The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE VOL.16 NO 50 The civilization of the world will culminate on the North American continent and the Mississippi valley is destined to be the seat of its power. Here the human race, chastened and amalgamated by the progress of the ages, will develop a new and homogeneous type, made up of every element known to the nations. The German, the Swede, the French, the English, the Russian, the Scandinavian will fuse to make the distinctive American, embodying all that is strong and verile and wise and progressive filtrated through every racial channel of the earth. The men who now own farms along the rivers of this enchanted valley those who make busy marts of her countless commercial capitals, constitute the mourn from which is to crystallize before this century is completed such a population as has not as yet crowded any section of the globe's wide surface. Those now liuing will not be here to see it all but farmers' boy born this day on the farmers' Ohio, the Missouri, the Tennessee, or other tributaries of the great "Father of Waters" will witness the wondrous spectacle which, before another century has passed, will challenge the amazement of the western world. The farmers of the Mississippi valley, now numbering millions, eventually to number hundreds of millions, are the heirs of all the ages. Here agriculture, typified in a marble case of Ceres, will smile from the hilltops over all the regions in the blessed land of Beulah. No longer crude, no longer imperfect, science will have taken full charge of its processes before the sun sets on the last day of the year 2.000. The fine arts will have reached their estate and music, composed by a native of this valley, will herald the climax with more than the majesty of Mozart. There will be a score of cities by the lakes with each more than a million in population and one with figures far transcending these. There will be a ship canal from Chicago to the Mississippi and ocean vessels will be able to ascend the mighty waterway from the gulf to the Twin Cities near jitrs source. Deep dredging and systems of locks will enable the same great liners to go up the Ohio to Pittsburgh, up the Missori to the falls, through the drainage canal to Chicago. The isthmian canal will, of course, have been finished and through that interoceanic waterway the products of the Mississippi valley will find their outlier to Asia. There will be a ship canal from Buffalo on Lake Erie to New York on the Mississippi and its tributaries an the farms of this happy region, more fruitful than the Nile at its best, are destined to furnish the great export surplus of the United States. This vast valley includes many mighty states, hundreds of navigable rivers, endless water powers, the richest of soils, great variety of climate and such a system of lakes as is known nowhere else. Great is this valley now, happy, rich and prosperous beyond the dreams of men, but greater by far it is to become before the passing generation shall have given place to the descendants who are to carry their work on into the yet distant twenty-first century. The Meiry Christmas. Amas was generally celebrated in this city, it was a model day in every respect notwithstanding that we live in a "dry dry town nevertheless many give strong evidence that they had struct oil somewhere, whether they were introduced to the blind tigers are the real things-many got all that was coming to them and a good deal more we guess. The greatest joy and real good feeling came to those who tried and did make others happy. Gifts were bountifully bestowed here and there, the poor and unhappy were made temporarily happy, but as usual no joy comes unless followed by sorrow. Several sad incidents happened to mar. "The peace on earth and good will toward all men." Among the most serious was two murders and a stabbing affair. As Ethiopia figures in most every thing of prominence, so in this a colored woman killed an Italian, a white man killed an man and a Negro cut another thus closed a Xmas that brought joy to some sorrow and death to others old time moves on undisturbed. LOCALLY. Nice furnished rooms at 1512 N. 3rd st. at reasonable rates, Mrs. J. Bolden, proprietress. A New Restaurant just opened at 1010 N. 3rd St. where you can be served to good meals cooked to your taste at the low figure of 15 cts. a meal. Give them a call. A. J. Sheridan Plumbing Shop at 440 Minnesota ave. and office at 530 same. has been noted throughout the city for his good work, promptly done and his low prices, having done his office an excellent job in piping, fitting up stoves and lights, we can highly recommend him both as a first class mechanic as well as an honorable man in all his dealings and business. If you want a whole lots of the best quality of goods for the least quantity of money go to A. L. Sumerwell's store at 440 Minnesota ave. Miss Ella King who is a stenographer and is one of the leading ladies of our city, has accepted a position in Judge I. F. Bradley's office. She should be encouraged by the good people by giving her such work to do that is in the line of her profession. THEY SAY Good bye old 1905 we are loathe to leave thee. Let me hold your hand awhile—every little bit helps. Oh! Christmas, oh! Christmas will we ever forget the last. We hope for you a Happy New Year. How about your New Year resolves—Don't turn new leaves if you don't mean it. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Ha! Ha! He is off his feet again, -- excuse me for laughing. Who is that real tall fellow at No.5. Who is that real cannow at No. 5. Good morning—How is the captain—on duty again I thank you—Hip! hip! Hooing for No. 5. Who is that Guy—inquire at No. 5. Who made Egg-rog? The Dressmaker on Lower Minn.—is certainly in the push. Wonder what brought him out so early Sunday morning, can we guess the location, Ha! Ha! certainly a laugh com inp to us. How vigorously are those wedding bells ringing, "only two." Ha! Ha!! Ha!!! what a funny old world this is, anyhow. What about the Inter State Literary is its popularity waining. In the good old snmmer time strolling down the shady lane with her little hand in mine—what fond recollections. Only a dream" but a very pleasant one. And Christmas has come and gore. Did they all really have a time. Recollections of by gone days. Recollections of by gone days. He is not now under the old elm tree but,—"Just across the way." Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County kansas. Peter Seaman, Plainoiff. vs. Anna Seaman, Defendant. The above named defendant will hereby take notice that she has been sued by the above named plaintiff in the above hamed court, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 1st day of February, 1006 the petition filed against her will be taken as true and a judgement rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing him from her the said defendant, and for cost of this action. I. F. BRADLEY. Attty. for Pliff Attest: Wm. Needles. Clerk. 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 judgement rendered theron, 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: Wm. Newey, Clerk. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, A Great Firm The growth and tremendous expansion of the great and only Jones Dry Goods Co., of Kansas City, Mo., marks a distinct epoch in the commercial history of the West. Admiration, respect, honor, amazement, follow each other in the utmost rapidity as one gazes upon the magnificent structure and the thousands of mortals passing in and out. The begrimed broad faced brawny working-man, the faithful house wife his companion, the gaily decked society woman, the business man and the man of leisure all blend together in sharing the beneficence offered in trade by this mammoth institution. so popular is this store with the masses that a visit to Kansas City is incomplete without a trip to "Jones" as familiarly called by the public. The most remarkable thing to be considered after all, in arriving at a proper conception of a colossal institution like the "Jones Dry Goods Co." is to consider from whence it sprang and the height to which it has come, in the short duration of its existence. Few people in the hurrying scenes in a battle for life ever pause to inquire the history of a business founded on such a grand foundation and maintained in such excellence care. It remains for the historian, in casting about for suitable characters to encribe on the scroll of fame, to dig up examples worthy to hand down to posterity for emulation. In the category of successful men no names will shine with more brilliancy than that of the Jones Bros., the founders of the great structure that bears their name. Ort have we told the story old but new. How from the effort of two energetic hustlers whose souls were fired with noble ambition actuated by an intense desire to benefit humanity. The toil and spent in building up of a business makes the characters more prominent and fit subjects to point as lights to those that struggles in the great arena. "STORY OF THE EVIL SPIRIT." Famous Painting on Exhibition in Jones Brothers Store. "The Story of the Evil Spirit" Astley D. M. Cooper's celebrated Indian painting is on exhibition at the store of Jones Dry Goods Co., this week. Many have availed themselves of the opportunity to see this realistic picture, and it is certain that larger crowds will visit the gallery as the beauty of the painting becomes better known. Mr. Cooper, who lives at San Jose, Cal., has devoted the greater part of his artistic career to the delineation of Indian scenes. Besides the large painting at Jones Bros.' are a number of smaller pictures of Indian life. There are several ideal pictures which are well worth study. "The Story of the Evil Spirit," which sold for $20,000, is painted from an incident in the Indian war. A group of Sioux Indians and two captive girls, sisters, are about a fire in a tepee. An Indian who has just arrived is telling the message which the medicine man asserted had been delivered to him by the evil spirit. The captive girls, not undersstanding his words, believe that he is telling of the torture prepared for them, and their faces depict their fear. The beauty of the painting depends in large part upon the light effects which the artist has secured. There is the glow of the campfire and through a rent in the wall of the tepee and through the open door streams the moonlight. The contrast of these two shades of light is wonderfully brought out by Mr. Cooper the red glow of the campfire on one side and the soft moonbeams upon the other. Administrator's Notice State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, In the Probate Court in and for said county. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the under signed, on the Estate William Bryant late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable the Probate Court of the County and State after said, dated the 30th day of Dec. 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. ANNA MILLER Administratrix of the Estate of William Bryant, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned. Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyan dottie. State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 30th day of Dec. A. D. 1905. "Lena Mason" Mrs. Rev. Lena Mason who held a six weeks revival meeting at Pilgram church 6th and Charlotte, Ksnsas City, Mo., is now in Louisville, Ky., holding a series of meeting. Mrs. Mason is a power in the pulpit. "A New Century Heroine, or As She Stand To-day." By Miss Anna J. Muryhy. A creature that is wonderous brave and true. Telling all men what God would have them do, I know not what you think this wonder do She stands before all nations white and black. And children to God will turn in their youth, I know not what this wonder seems to thee, She stands before their friends many they are, To her words they list with much heed, She reaches up and gets the food from God, Their hungry souls they spiritually feeds What seems this wonderful creature to thee Who would dagger her pure, true, and right hearts. heart righteous heart But Jesus Christ with His Angelis host Stands before them and takes His elects part, And her foes cannot stand but they must flee, A pure hearted "Heroine" she seems to be. She stands before all classes bad and good, Some whom have tried her progress to impede, But the lowest round where she first stood, She's far beneath her and her goodly deeds, She will stand at last in the greatest day With millions before Godh's judgement bar, Well done my servent he will say, Thou hast been quite faithful and true thus far, Thou hast fought the world and gained victory, A pure hearted "Heroine" you've been I see. I know you are thinking who can she be Do you want to know this wonders real name? From what I have said you can yourselves see, That she has a very wide spreading fame Her name I'll tell if you will agree, A true, good "Heroine" she seems to be. Well listen now I'll tell you real plain, So keep in remembrance what I said, And think when I've told you this wondrous name, That she will leave a record when she is dead. For many have been saved, Is Mrs. Lena Mason. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Thursday the 2nd day of Nov. 1905, my application was filed in the office of the Probate Judge of Wyandotte County, Kas., for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors ot 1512 N. 5th St., in the Third word of Kansas City, Kansas, and said application is set for hearing on Monday the 4 day of Dec. 1905, at 10 o'clock, a.m., when and where all person may attend if they see proper. The Wyandotte Drug Co. By E. A. Williamsod, Manager. 1512 North 5th Street. The Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia has been placed under the civil service regulations. All applicants must stand an examination and be certified through the Civil Service Commission. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Albert Whiteside. Plaintiff. vs. No. 19286. Lizzie Whiteside. Defendant. To Lizzie Whiteside, Defendant: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the plaintiff above named in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for divorce, and that you are required to answer the petition of the plaintiff, filed in the office of the clerk of the District Court, Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 22nd day of January 1905, or said petition will be taken as true and a judgment will be taken for the plaintiff, granting him an absolute decree of divorce from you, and for such other relief as the nature of said case may require. DCRSEYGREEN. Atty, for Plaintiff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are those gurgling. The sadest are these you're now a has been. Respectfully dedicated to the boys who were caught under the ax so vigorously wielded by Mayor Rose. Out of bunch of forty one slaughtered chickens up to date, six black spanish roosters have been hit. Publication Notice. In the court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Mary Bradley, Plaintiff, vs. Otis Divers, and Ida Divers, Defendant. To the above named defendants you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 20th day of January A. D. 1906, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree foreclosing a certain mortgage, given by the defendant Otis Divers, on the following described real property to-wit: -The south one-half, of the North-west quarter of the South-west quarter of section twenty of township eleven, of range twenty four, in Wyandotte County, Kansas and excluding you, and each of you from all interest in said land, and ordering the sale of said land in persuance of said judgement and for costs of this action. I. F. Bradley, Atty, for Piff. Attest: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. PUBLICATION NOTICE 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 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 Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. State of Wisconsin. LISSE T. KRISSA County of Wyattotte Sarah C. Regan, Plaintiff. William Regan, Defendant. The State of Kansas, to greeting to William Regan, you will take notice that on the 4th day of April, 1905, that the said above named plaintiff filed her petition in the District Court of the above named state and county for divorce setting forth two causes of action against you. Cause of action No. 1. Charging you with extreme cruelty. And in cause of Action No. 2. Charging you with gross neglect of duty. Uueless you answer demur or otherwise object on or before the 23rd day of dec. 1905. And upon further proof the plaintiff will be granted proof as prayed for in her petition. L, W. JOHNSON Stylor Plaintiff. Attest by Clerk of District Court, on 8 day of Oct. 105. Wm. Needles, Clerk, By D. C, McCombs, Deputy. NOTICE. State of Kansas. County of Wyandotte ss In the District Court of Wyandotte County. State of Kansas. Lawrence Jones, Plaintiff. vs. Elsie Jones, Defendant. The State of Kkansas greeting to the above named defendant, you will take notice that on the 16th day of October, 1905. Said Plaintiff above named has filed his petition in the District Court of Wyandotte County, State of Kansas. A petition against you asking for a divorce, seteing forth 2 causes of Action No.1. Gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. And unless you answer demur or otherwise object on 3rd day of December 1905 The allegations in said petition will be taken as true and upon further proof the Plaintiff will be granted the divorce as prayed for in said petition. L. W. JOHNSON, Atty. for Plaintiff. Attested by Clerk of District Court, on 16th day of October, 1905. Wm. Needles Clerk of the said Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. der D. C. McCambs Deputy. DEC. 29, 1:05. this Section CALL HERE Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Geo. A. Dudley, Plaintiff. VS. Myrtle Dudley, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and unless you appear and answer on or before the first day of December, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered—the nature of which will be a decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and for cost of this. I. F. Bradley, Atty, for Plaintiff. Attest: Wm. Needles. Clerk. First Pub. Oct. 20 Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. May Williams, Plaintiff. vs. Elis Williams, Defendant The above named defendant will hereby take notice that he has been sued by the above named plaintiff in the above named court, and that unless you appear and answers, on or before the 2nd day of Dec. 1905 the petition filed against him will be taken as true and a judgment rendered the nature of which will be addecee dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing her from him the said defendant, and for cost of this action. I. F. Bradley, Atty. for Fri. Attest; Wm. Needles, Clerk. Attest; Wm. Needles, Clerk. Publication Notice Ranson Knight Plaintiff. vs. Elure Knight, Defendant. The State of Kansas. To Elure Knight. Greeting: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by Ranson 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 Eighth day of September, the petition will be taken as true and judgement rendered as prayed for. The plaintiff is seeking an absolute divorce, for ever desolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between the plaintiff and defendant and for cost. Ranson Knight. By Chas. W. Frye. Atty. First Pub. Aug. 11. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the Disric of Wyandotte County The State of Kansas, to William Darkl Greeting, you are hereby notified that you have been sued on the grounds of gross neg- cess of duty, extreme cruelty, and adultery, in the above entitle cause in the above named Court, Wherein Mary Darkl is Plaintiff and William darkl is Defendant, 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 absol- ate 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 Darkl. Chas. w. Frye, attorney First Published April 1905 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Alien Walker, Plaintiff, vs Robert McCrie c. D. Shrader, Defendant Number 6073. To Robert McCrie To Robert McCrie and C. D. Shrader You are hereby notified that the plaintiff anove 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 56 in Wyandotte city, or per record p at 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, 1955. the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American Citizen. American Citizen The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. Published Weekly at 1510 North 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 Six Months.....65c Three Months.....40c One Month.....15c Advertising 25 cents per inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Ad' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. What with high finance and chorus girls this is a bad year for millionaires. The king's cup has filled the cup of the New York yacht club full of joy to overflowing. The Northwest Passage has been found, but it doesn't appear to be good for much, after all. The tallest shaft in the cemetery won't prevent a man from being forgotten after he is dead. Death is a mistake, according to a young female lecturer in New York. So many of us make it, too. Notwithstanding Mark Twain's venerable appearance, the heart of him seems to be as young as ever. That alleged comet which the papers announced, has gone. It was only a little celestial fuzz, anyway. It isn't really hard to quit smoking; the only difficulty is to avoid changing one's mind, and taking it up again. About all there is left for Lord Rosebery is to sit on the fence and throw stones at both parties as they go by. The Rochester Globe prints this scare headline: "Robbed in a hotel." Such an obvious statement to put in a head! Mark Twain says he doesn't believe in exercise. Evidently he has never had to frame an excuse for belonging to a golf club. Mme. Calve says Milwaukee is "abum town." We are sorry that Milwaukee's opinion of Calve's voice is unfit to print. "Give your stomach a vacation," says an advertisement. Lord, don't we wish we could! When our stomach goes, we go. The height of the atmosphere is 109 miles, but there is so little of it, five or six miles up, as to take one's breath and freeze one's ears. The Chinese have a game called "chefa," which is said to be very much like policy, even to the detail that the Chinese printers play it. A Chicago woman refused to pay for a new coat because she said it made her look like a camel. Chicago women like to hump themselves. Owing to a sudden attack of influenza, Mr. Tellum Whott has been forced to defer writing his article on "How to Avoid Catching Cold." It must not be forgotten that Mme. Bernhardt presents a more conspicuous mark for egg throwers now than she did in her younger and leaner days. A young woman in New York has coyly owned to being 2,000 years old. This is a whole lot safer than mentioning a limit that looks suspicious on the face of it. The Emperor of China is talking of going abroad. Perhaps the dowager empress has been looking in his hand and informing him that he is going on a long journey. The Chicago typewriter girl was has just inherited a fortune of a million dollars will continue to work as a stenographer, but hereafter she won't take much "sass" from the boss. Mark Twain's moderation in making it his practice never to smoke more than one cigar at a time will be commended by everybody, with the possible exception of the tobacco trust. Capt. Bernier says he would not go to the North Pole in a balloon. The Cap. has seen icebergs at close range and has an inward presentiment that they would not be desirable things to fall on. The dyspeptic who is ordered by his physician to walk five miles a day, and who recovers his health by following the advice, ought not to complain because he has to have soles put on his shoes. It is this way with the man at the races: If his pony wins he will have a pony of brandy after a good dinner, but if the horse he bets on sails in loser, then he will have a schooner with his sandwich. MADE IT A DIFFERENT CASE. Nuisance Turned, Out Largely a Matter of Ownership. Mrs. Russell Sage is one of the most active workers in the movement to abolish the docking of the tails of horses. In a discussion of this movement she said recently: "If the horses already docked were out of the way we should have no trouble in putting a stop to docking forever. But many persons, advocates of our movement in the past, no sooner buy a pair of showy carriage horses with docked tails than they desert us and go over to the enemy." She smiled sadly. "It is the old story." she said. "White owned a dog. Black, who lived next door, came to him and said: "Look here. That dog of yours howls so much at night that my wife and I are going mad for want of sleep." "Is that so?" said White. 'I hadn't noticed his howling. I think you must be mistaken.' "A week passed and Black came home one day with the objectionable dog on a string. "I have bought this cur,' he told his wife. 'I have bought it from White and I am going to chloroform it.' "Another week and White, the dog's former owner, said to Black: 'You haven't chloroformed that dog yet, have you?' "Why, no not yet, 'Black answered. The fact is we have grown rather fond of the critter, he is so playful and affectionate.' "But doesn't his barking annoy you?' White asked. "No, I haven't noticed it,' said Black. "Well,' White grumbled, 'I can't sleep for that brute's continual yowling.' Mrs. Sage smiled again. "In the case of ourselves it is one thing; in the case of others it is a different matter," she said. Love for the Old Home. Mankind is nomadic, and while the sweetest poetry in the language is inspired by the old home, the monumental work in the world has been accomplished in the main by those who left the parental roof to pursue elsewhere the quest for fortune, fame and high success. Nevertheless, the love for the old home abides. The reunion of those who remain and those who have departed is an occasion that will stir the pulse of any community in which such a soulful event takes place. The pretty announcement was made by a newspaper in a little New England town which was about to celebrate its old week that "the Jones boys have arrived and Charles will preach in the Presbyterian church on Sunday." A little walt of news like that revives old times and pays for all the preparation of "old home week."—Philadelphia Ledger. Surplusage. Owen Wister, the novelist, was criticising the work of a literary beginner. "Now, here," said Mr. Wister, slashing his blue pencil through an entire manuscript page, "here is arrant superfluity and surplusage. In what way do these 400 words help your story? "In no way. On the contrary, they hinder, they impede it. These written words are mere surplusage, as so many of our spoken words are mere surplusage. They resemble the useless questions that we ask. "A man stood before a mirror in his room, his face lathered, and an open razor in his hand. "His wife came in. She looked at him and said: "Are you shaving? "The man, a foe to surplusage, replied fiercely: "No; I am blacking the kitchen range. Where are you—out driving or at a matinee?" Look for Action from Sen Look for Action from Senator. According to general belief Mr. Knox of Pennsylvania does not mean to be a silent member of the United States senate at the coming session. As a rule newcomers are rather expected to keep in the background for a time, but Senator Knox is tacitly booked to take a leading part in discussion of the railroad rate measure. For many years Pennsylvania senators have almost confined themselves to committee activity. The amateurs, father and son, were silent men, and so to a great extent was Mr. Quay. Mr. Penrose, too, rarely opens his lips, so the spectacle of a Pennsylvania senator active in debate will be somewhat of a novelty. The Old-Time Fireplace. The stoves an 'the steam-heat "git" me These wearisome wintry days! Give me the old-time time! The back-log 'n the blaze! I want to sit where the oak-fire gleams, An 'tell old stories, an 'dream old dreams! The steam-heat—it says nuthin' The stove hides dreams from sight; Bake the open fire Sing songs of a winter night! Settin' there, where the bright light streams. I tell old stories, an 'dream old dreams! Youth comes back with its roses As I dream by the fireside late. The face of the old-time sweetheart In the starlight at the gate! Old-times—old loves, in the freelight's gleams! The old sweet story—the old sweet dreams! —Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Under Arrest, but Unguarded. While Gen. Brugere, commander of the French army, was under fifteen days' arrest in Paris he was not permitted to leave his quarters on any pretext except to transact official business at the war office, might not wear his sword and could receive no visitors. But in consideration of his high rank no sentry was placed over him. MEN HAVE HORROR OF DIMPLES. Willingly Pay Money for Removal of "Beauty Spots" Female scoffers who deny that men have been blessed by nature with so seductive a charm as a dimple will change their tune when they hear what the beauty doctor has to say on the subject. "Dimples are just as common among men as among women," says that apostle of the good advantage. Beard and mustache combine to hide their charm. Anyhow, men are not proud of dimples. They consider them a sign of effeminacy. Now that smooth faces are the fashion, the man with a dimple in cheek or chin is hard put to it to hide that beauty mark. In his extremity he seeks relief from me. "What can I do with these devilish dimples? says he. "Take 'em out,' I advise. "Can you do it?" he asks. "Sure," says I. "All right," says he; go ahead. All right, says he; go ahead." "Then I begin treatment. In the past year I have removed sets of dimples from men's faces that any woman of their acquaintance would have paid $100 for. All men with money to spend patronize the beauty doctor more shamelessly than they used to; out of all the miracles they wish performed there is none they insist upon so stoutly as the removal of dimples." IS HAPPIEST AWAY FROM POMP. Austrian Emperor Finds Rest in Society of Grandchildren Although Francis Joseph of Austria is a central figure in the most exclusive of European courts his dinners are quite informal in tone except on rare state occasions. Usually his majesty converses in the liveliest manner with his guests. In the smoking-room, to which he almost invariably accompanies the men, he joins in the general chat, laughs at the jokes and shows marked preference for the frankest replies to his questions. Since the tragic death of his son and wife the emperor leads a solitary life for a greater portion of the year. In summer, however, he makes his way to his lovely villa at Ischl, in the beautiful Calzkammergut and here is surrounded by his daughters and their children. It is then that pathetic old man is happiest, playing "grandfather" with the babies, taking walks with them and forgetting for a brief season the trials and sufferings, misfortunes and disappointments which life has brought him. Daddy's Song. Must all thy songs be mother songs, Do poets write no other songs, That father's name employ? Why, then, I'll right the monstrous wrong; Come, boy, and hear thy daddy's song. But first a toss high in the air, And then a tickle here and there, To bring the dimples out, And then a romp upon the bed, Oh, precious little tulle head! Now, then, we barefoot boy, take care! Run swiftly 'oer the floor, And then a tickle here and there, And growl and bite and paw! Why, bless us, boy, what films stuff! Dad's song is rag time, sure enough. There, now of play we've had our fill, Tis cuddle time, I know, (How very bright his eyes are still!) That father's name will come, Come, come, you little rascal you. Dad's had enough of peek-a-boo! Hush, hush, my boy, to sleep with thee! (I wish my mammy'd come!) Thy father'll turn into a bee If longer he must hum. Ah, well, to lull a child to rest, A mother song, perchance, is best. —Boston Transcript. Blue Dogs With Pink Tails "I will never forget my first experience in hospital work," said Chief Surgeon Millar of the Central emergency hospital. "There was a green nurse in the detention ward and we had a very violent case in there—a man in the worst stage of 'delirium tremens. I was awakened in the middle of the night by the head nurse, who requested me to come at once to the patient. When I got there I found him raving and very violent, with the new nurse scared out of her wits. I said: "Why did you let him go so far; I left you some medicine to give him as soon as he got delirious." "Yes, doctor," she replied; "but you told me to give that to him if he saw any more snakes, and this time he was seeing blue dogs with pink tails."—Exchange. Graded Christianity. In a certain church in Greater New York the children of the rich have Bible-lore instilled into their youthful minds on the level of the church floor, while the infantile poor are taught who the fathers of Abraham were, in the basement. "Who teaches the children upstairs?" a certain young and enthusiastic church worker, whose duties lay below, was asked. "Oh, they have rich teachers up there," was the reply, but her tone was a little wistful. "What income must a child's parents have before it can be admitted to the room upstairs?" This was not ascertained. Accepted the Authority. The late Frank F. Heard, for many years a prominent member of the Boston bar, was the author of a work on law which was much used and quoted by lawyers. He was once trying a case the opposing lawyer being Gusavus Somerby. Mr. Somerby made his argument, when Heard suddenly said: "That is wrong. What is your authority?" "F. F. Heard, page —," replied Somerby. "Oh, well," said Heard. "if Heard says so it is so." And the case proceeded, with much amusement on the art of the spectators. NEAT AND EFFECTIVE REBUKE. Showing How Unnecessary It Is To Give the Lie Direct. Senator Foraker was contradicting a certain statement. "Though this is a firm contradiction," he said, "I want it to be a pleasant and polite one. It is not necessary, when men tell falsehoods, to call them liars and club them over the head. Their error can be pointed out in neater and more graceful ways. "For instance: "In a small town in Indiana a group of drummers were assembled. They sat in the reading-room of the country hotel. On the firmy hotel paper they had finished writing to their firms with the lumpy ink and the rusted pens which the hotel management provided, and now, with newspaper reading and desultory talk, they whiled away the tedious evening. "A young drummer in a red tie took the cigarette from his mouth and said: "Well, my day's sales here reached $5,000. Not bad for a small town, eh? "An elderly drummer looked up from his newspaper and said quietly: "Not bad at all. It is wonderful what one can sometimes do in these little places. On my last trip here my commissions came to just what you say your sales did. "The young man reddened. "This isn't a lying competition,' he said gruffly. "Oh, excuse me,' said the other. 'I thought it was.'" Story of a Medford Warrior Story of a Medford Warrior. Capt. James C. D. Clark of the Lawrence Light Guards of Medford, Mass., was a speaker at a recent camp fire of civil and Spanish war veterans, and related the following story: A Medford man, a quaint character of Irish birth, returned from the civil war with an undisputed record of hard and meritorious service in the army. The younger generation, hearing of his bravery, tried unsuccessfully to get his own version of his part in the bloody struggle. One day, finding himself besieged by a number of persistent questioners, the modest warrior consented to speak. "We'd get up in the mornin' at 5 o'clock," he began, "an' can have breakfast. Begin fightin' at 6, knock off at 12. Begin shootin' agin at 1, knock off at 6 an' ate supper, an' turn in to sleep. Every day the same old thing; that's all." A Station Without Signals. There is no chance of a signalman making a mistake at Wanstrow Station—the smallest on the Great Western railway—for the simple reason that there are no signals, and, consequently, no signalman. The station is situated on the Wells branch of Somersetshire, between Witham and Cranmore, a structure consisting of a platform about 24 yards long and a small waiting room. In the waiting-room is a fire grate, and on the platform one lamp. No station master, porter, or other staff is kept at Wanstrow, the station being under the supervision of the Witham station master, who pays occasional visits to the place to see that everything is in order. In the winter a platelayer makes a fire in the waiting-room, attends to it during the day, and lights the platform lamp when necessary.—London Tit Bits. Snuffbox in Her Stocking. It was a sunny day and several passengers on the ferry boat were sitting on the outside benches. One middle-aged, quietly dressed and obviously respectable woman sat alone. Presently she reached down, pulled up her skirts and drew a small box from out of her stocking. She opened the box and took therefrom a pinch of snuff. This done, she replaced the box in her stocking and fastened her garter. The pungent odor of snuff pervaded the air, but the woman appeared unconcerned to the point of defiance. "Well!" exclaimed one man to himself or anybody who chanced to hear him. "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it."—New York Press. The Cottage Door. The starry silence falls Along my sylvan way; A spirit walks the earth We never meet by day; And listening to the voice Of years that are no more, My feet—O, know't thou why?— Have wandered to thy door. The quiet taper burns, As he meets the easement bright, And soft thy shadow falls Between me and the light; I gaze as on a shrine My heart bends bend before; My neck had seen to rest. Had I not seen thy door! The Night, as if to breathe, Her starry curtain parts; The very air seems faint With breath of lovers' hearts; Some spirit robes the earth In that light we wave; Or is that light thine own? And is that heaven thy door? —Charles Swain. Acknowledged Expert on Diamonds. The credit of being the greatest diamond expert in America is generally awarded to Gen. Mindil, who for ten years has had charge of the jewelroom in the appraiser's office, New York. The importer who can bambooze Gen. Mindil as to the value of a precious stone has not yet come to the front. Worse Than an Epidemic? Dr. Heber Jones, to whom the citizens of Memphis recently presented a purse of $10,000 for his care of the quarantine this year, has weathered five epidemics in the city and yet it is recorded that he was "greatly embarrassed" when the leading woman who presented the check kissed him full upon the lips. Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B. R. FUNERAL and Embalmer. The very best for alll Purpos The Best Equipped White sick and on Short Notice. Charges R sota Ave., Kansas Western B. Raymon GENERAL DIRECTOR ner. The very best of Service, Fine for all Purposes, at all Hours. Equipped White Enameled Ambul sick and wounded Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. tern Univer W. B. Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR and Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Carriages for alll Purposes, at all Hours. The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulance for sick and wounded on Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at 431 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANASAS AND THE WEST . . . . . DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, Oral Industrial. COURSES:—Classical, College, Bac- sical (Instrumental and Vocu- mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Book-Binding, Business Tailoring, Dressmaking and Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES:—Splendid Locat- ences and Thorough Teacher INFORMATION:—For terms, p write to WILLIAM T. VER PRES QUINDARO, Phones Office—Bell— Residence—B Why does colored people as well as by a smoky poor light water full of MENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal. —Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, or Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpet-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Log, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking and Gardening. GES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, and Thorough Teachers. ION:—For terms, prices and all inducement to IAM T. VERNON, A. M., B. PRESIDENT, Phones Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"West" 15. red people as well as uncolored people set in by a smoky poor light and drink muddy bad water full of disease germs. DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES:—Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION:—For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to Why does colored people as well as uncolored people set in the dark or by a smoky poor light and drink muddy bad water full of disease germs. When they can get a first-class Bright Gas Burner Light Gas Burner Light Bright Gas Burner Light For 35 to 75 cents. And a Self Clean that makes the water clean For 50 to A. J. SH ROC Self Cleaner Water makes the water clear as a Crystal and Healthy For 50 to 75 cents. A. J. SHERIDAN ROOM 8, TA AVE. KANSAS CITY " shade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular by trading at a popular store? A. J. MADDUX Table and Fancy Grocer Meats and all Kinds of Produce that makes the water clear as a Crystal and Healthy. For 50 to 75 cents, "In the shade of the Old Apple not you be popular by trading at a p L. J. M Staple and Fa Meats and all K "In the shade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular song—Why not you be popular by trading at a popular store? L. J. MADDUX, Staple and Fancy Groceries Meats and all Kinds of Produce. HOME PHONE·784 WEST. Because its employees were late a London house provided a book in which the tardy ones were to write excuses. Reasons for lateness were not much varied. At the top of the page one would write "Train delayed," or "Omnibus horse died," as the case might be, and the rest fell into the habit of making ditto marks and letting it go at that. But not long ago one man had a new excuse. He wrote with pride: "Wife had twins." The second slow person that morning was in a great hurry, and did not notice the innovation, but made his customary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stamp. The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustration. The judge cast in 1860 the only vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an odd way the power of perseverance. "Lincoln persevered," he said, "and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, who succeed. Don't give three years to journalism and then, discouraged, try the law awhile. Don't learn the grocery business and in a little while take up placer mining or plumbing. Consider, rather, the postage stamp, whose useful depends on its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." "Well," said the first policyholder, throwing aside his paper, "there is at least one thing we can be thankful for concerning our Mutual friend, Mr. McCurdy." "What's that?" inquired the second policyholder. "That he isn't a Mormon." 530 MINNESOTA AVE. 852 FREEMAN AVE. Telephone Home W.32 Raymond DIRECTOR of Service, Fine Carriages es, at all Hours. Enameled Ambulance for wounded reasonable. Call at 431 Minne- as City, Kansay. University College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical), including piano, organ and harp and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing Course, Stenography and Typewriting Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, On, Healthful Climate, Good Influence. Vices and all inducements offered. NON, A. M., D. D. DENT, KANSAS. "White" 4302. "West" 15. Uncolored people set in the dark of and drink muddy bad disease germs. Ever Light ner Water Eilter as a Crystal and Healthy. 75 cents. ERIDAN M 8, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Tree" is a very popular song—Why popular store? ADDUX, Fancy Groceries inds of Produce. E 784 WEST. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 White. SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m., till 4 p.m. and from 6 till 9 p. m.. C. H, C. JORDAN, M. M., M. D. Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TONSORIAL PARLOR All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly Up-to-Date 438 MINNESOTA AVE. An Old French Sailor. French seamen have a dozen in the person of a centenarian. The old sailor belongs alike to the navy and to the merchant service, for he served in both, and it would be difficult to say in which of the two his adventures were the most thrilling. His record includes three shipwrecks, the battle of Navarino, in which he won mention in orders, the blockade of Algiers, one capture by brigands, followed by himself and his companions seizing the Spanish ship which captured the corsair which had captured them. After serving many years before the mast he became a master and small ship owner on his own account. His name is Pierre Loirat. He was born in November, 1805, and at 12 he went to sea. ROOM 8, AND CONSIDER THE 16.3 Gite ALL-IMPORTANT Wiagae Cee FACT > Oe rf y Re? i aA S S ne Lops hat in addressing Mrs: Pinkham you eh! Jd sre confiding your private illsto a woman WRgRRe a iercaogay Sf woman whose experience with wo. (Nag Ree eaP7L,| ban'scieases coversa great many years, (WHR Pam eae You can talk freely toa woman whenit Qik (gunna jsrevolting to relate your private troubles (aaa 2 joa man—besides a man does not under- Se giand—simply because he is a man. We Many women suffer in silence and Arift along’ yi from bad to worse, knowing full well chat they 7 i qnght to have immediate assistance, buta natural a modesty impels them toshrink from exposing them- ee elves to the questions and probably examinations of ee even their fainily physician. It is unnecessary, we Af jl Without money or price you can consult a woman Bae Wi | whose knowledge from actual experience is great. pA oe vf if bee es Mrs. Pinkham’s Standing Invitation: ste fa edt] Women suffering from any form of female weal. /BiMmey aA itaay sess are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. /pagayaeey ] Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. “All letters are received, [ae aeg Jmey Lal qpened, read and answered by women ouly. A” ra tr se roma ean freely talk of her private illness to a JY¢@aay/a za ase oman; thus has been established the eternal STAM fey Eee es coaidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women e@eiaawad Jee of America whieh has never been broken. Out @laeae iar UMRAO. ofthe vast volutae of experience which she UME pees has to draw from, it is more than possible Z YU vy Vi Bia try that she has gained the very knowledge UM) jf At we St will help your ease. She astes note JY AU Pmana\ % fngin return except your good-will,and her WW]! pet's airice has relieved thousands. Surely any f y inn: ronan, rich or poor. is very foolish $f she/ | Al AN | does not take miracles of this generous | wl offer of assistance. — Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. I PRICE, > 25 Cts. an Re Te AN I [-GRIPINE i, ve IN ONE DAY é IS GUARANTEED TO CURE WNTFGRIPINE \232 cate, eto coco, HenDAciE AND NEURALGIA mmc forenace BO? Joell Ane getty fa win ap bears as B.W. Diemer, M. D., Manutacturer, Springfield, Mo. ne _ RW Diener BD. Mannan Boringtol ; Eas ESS PILES XO MONEY TILL CURED sco nen carrera Following we publish two let- ters from @ woman who accep- ted this invitation, Note the result. First letter, “Dour Mrs. Pinkham— “Foreight years | have maffered something teritls every month with my periods. The as areexcraciating and {cam bardly stand been. “My doctor says T have ovarian and wou trouble, and T must gp Uarough an op stout Tvant tp got well 1.0 not want stat toe it can pasibly ep te Pac tell me. what to do. ‘ou can mre Nee Marg ‘Dimmick, 80th and Gapiol Sts. Benning P.0., Wasbington,D.C. Sccond letter. “Dear Mrs. Pinikham:— “'Atter following carefully your advice, xl taking Lydia’ E, Pinkham's. Vegetable lapel, Lam very anxious te sea you yeti that tiers may iow Takscand what’ yon bave done for sue. a Come!—be the guest of S A toni ‘this winter. Leave the chilly north behind 04, and fnd health and pleaauine under the Mainless splendor of her turquoise sky. To all newcomers, San Antonio offers a ‘thousand delightful surprises, For the Sehtter, the old) Mission Churches are Mill here, the Cathedral of San Fernando, ‘nd gray and gbostly in the dazzling sun- Ught the historic Alamo. For the invalid a Perec! combination of suusy winter Weather, pure, dry air, beautiful scenery ‘tnd modern accommodations. The Climate’s the thing in San Antonio ‘The invicorating wir, dry and warm; the altitude; the perfect natural drainage, all ‘Combine to make the temperature as nearly Perfect ascan be. It is possible to spend ‘Bost of each day, from. ‘November to March, extdoors. ‘The parks and plazas, the mar- Bins of the creeks and. rivers, the groves of Palm and m agnolia, lose nothing of their Tustrous green during the winter months. San Antonio is, of all America, the oddest Menai ‘ng of mode’n utility and beauty, with ‘he romance and heroism of the medieval. Come to San Antonto! The excep. er oS eet oa eaves ee nnemaanaaet ven Wek er. Ryemene nt Joarney of but aman cost and not of mae or thenede e tenes aTeed Tale of Cima Prana ares GEESE Saou tueuta’be aos poste or Ba Reais aaa be he W. S. ST. GEORGE General Passenger and Ticket Agent | Yer tia ST, LOUIS, MO 4 “3 pies MADE. lugs #35 Old Carpets Sears ee Price list t Kanes ity’ Rug’ ©o., Kanes Gy is Ration win ue sv cieuset Thompson's Eye Water ee ee Only the doctors know how little Tal sickness there is in the world. ‘iter Grays Sweet Powders for Children, uSstully used by Mother Gray, aurse the Children's Home in New York, cure Sesipation, Peveriahness, Bad ‘Stomach, But Disorders, move and regulate the ae Sand Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 ves- Paez’, ,At all Druggists, 2c. Sample Address AS. Olmsted, LeRoy,N.Y. is a good law that works. on ection day, VNU, KANSAS CITY, NO. 52, 1905. SCR ayer CONSUMPTION 2 casa at Fou know, I wrote you that my doctor said I must have ‘an operation or I could not live. I then wrote you, telling you my ail- ments. I followed your advico and ain en- tirely well. I can “walk miles without an ache oF a pain, and Lowe my life to you and to Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Coinpound. I wish every suffering woman would read this testimonial and realize the value of writ- tng to you and your. remedy.”—Mrs, Mary Dimmick, 59th and B. Capitol Streets, Bax ning P. U., Washington, D. C. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health so many women whose testimony is 60 unquestionable, you cannot well say, without trying it, ** I do not believe it will help me.” It you are ill, don’t hesitate to get a bot- Ue of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound at onex, and write Mrs. Pink ham, Lynn. Mass., for special advico— it is free and always helpful, Ha GUARANTEED TO CURE ) COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA, Lntl-Gripine to ¢ desler who won'tGuarantes our MONE BACK IF IT DON'T OUI, ner, M. D., Manutacturer,Springfleld, Mo, eee ee URED 22.200 pw, Teearar gr Brera ¢ OMe St. Kanshs CITY. Mo. (oouce once at Sele Astor’s Tudor +illace. William Waldorf Astor, who bought Hever castle in England about twe years ago, is building a Tudor vil- lage around the old place and will try to give it surroundings similar to those existing in the days when Henry IIL. went there to woo Anne Boleyn. How’s This? ¢ Hundred Dollars Reward fo gauevof Caaserh hat Cann hs Bea PE ay Satara Gare: F. J. CHENEY & C0,, Toledo, 0. We. tho uaderiguodl have Koswac Fs J: Cusdy tore act 3 ear ad bee apres fore tbls Wo carty out any cipatocsseana ae React Waloixa, Rnoras @ Manviss ‘Wvléale Druggttn, Telco, 0, Hats Catareh Care is taken internly acing avfecuy pea io Sood and tucogy sues af we Botte. Sold by all Drugaiseres” Peice "0eBt Per "Fake Hall's Fatatly Pils for constipation, “Is your son doing well at college?” “Yes,” answered Farmer Corntassel. “He had his picture took after the football game, and it showed he had his regular share of arms an’ legs. I should say he was doin’ right well.” —Washington Star. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new. things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfled with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guar- anteed by the manufacturers to be su- perior to any other brand, but because each 0c package contains 16" ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It Is safe to say that the lady who once’ uses Deflance Starch will use no other, Quality and quantity must win, ‘Westerner—San Francisco's demand for brick is so great it has created a brick famine in California, Easterner —Why, are there so many cats out there?—Yonkers Statesman, Important to Wiothers. ‘Bxamine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, ‘sanfe and sure remedy for infants and children, and seo that it Bears the Signatare of y In Use For Over 30 Years, ‘The Kind You Have £iways Bought, Knowledge that she bas a bewitch- ing smile has much to do with a wo- man’s cheerfulness. Lewis’ Single Binder — the tamous straight bo cigar, always Your dealer or Lewis eo aon itr. One ts beginning to acquire wisdom when he realizes that he isn't the whole show, reGPROTEED ORE TOLLE ES. Sistritet tate cate evo aa ob, Gout is something a man earns and, curses his ancestors for. g UNITED AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS.| KANSAS TAXESS FOR 16 How a St Louis Man Found His| The Santa Fe Contributes the Gr Mother. Amount to the State Treasu HUTCHINSON, _KAS.—Joseph| TOPEKA—The railroad com Smith of St. Louis has found his|and the telephone and telegrapt mother, Mrs. M. J. Fair of Hxtchin-| panies pay a good share of the son, after a separation of eighteen| in Kansas. Of the 1905 taxe years. Long ago in New York state,| payment of which continues the son, then a baby, was given to an| next October, these companie: aunt who later wrote the mother that | pay $2,699,219.42 out of the the childhad died. The mother be-| amount of 17 million dollars p lieved this until recently. |the state. The Atchison Top ‘The son learned that his mother | Santa Fe Railroad company hea was alive, but found no trace of her | list of corporatins with a tax pa until a few days ago in a St. Louis| of $810,596.57. The Missouri 1 hospital a man told him that a woman | is second in the state with $534, in Dallas, Tex. could locate his and the Chicago, Rock Island & 1 mother. A trip to Dallas unearthed | is third with $347,135.83. ‘The an aunt and the mother’s home was|ern Union Telegraph company ledrned. He come on the first train | taxes amounting to $25,507.46. and the family were united for Christ-/ | Wandotte county receives mas. | taxes from railroads than any ——_—_——_. | county in the state. The taxe KANSAS TEAGHERS | by the corporations there amo $112,368.89, Shawnee county is | MEET IN TOPEKA) it a payment of $55,750.89. ee ee ee TOPEKA.—Upwards of 690 teachers have registered at the annual meet- ing of the State Association and they are still coming in large numbers. The largest attendance ever had is looked for. Governor Hoch delivered the address ‘of welcome. The re- sponse was by Superintendent W. 8. Heusner of Junction City. ‘The presi dent's address was delivered by Thomas W. Buteher of Wellington. The teachers were tendered a re- ception by the teachers of Topeka in the new Manual Training school build- Ing. = TEACHERS ELECT D. M. BOWEN. The Fort Scott Man Made President of the Kansas Association. TOPEKA—David M. Bowen, for seventeen years superintendent of the Fort Scott schools, has been elected president of the State ‘Teachers’ as- sociation for the ensuing year. Strong resolutions favoring Governor Hoch in his fight to enforce prohibition in Wyandotte, Shawnee and other por- tions of the state where the law was being violated, were adopted. FOR THE KANSAS CORN SHOW. Dr. Hopkins of Ann Arbor to Speak at the Manhattan Meeting. MANHATTAN, KAS.—The sanual meeting and corn show of the Kan- sas Corn Breeder's association will be here January 22-24. ‘The meeting will begin with an evening session Jan- uary 22. Corn-judging classes will be in which the members of the association and farmers will be given practice work in judging corn, Another Devlin Policy Paid. TOPEKA.—A newspaper received at the office of Receiver James T. Brad- ley stated that a check from the Union Central Life Insurance company of Cincinnati had been received at Topeka and would be paid over as soon as Mr. Bradley returns from Sedan, The Devlin policy in the Union Central is for $10,000. Atchison Enoch Arden Story. ATCHISON KAN.—Robert Lelling- ton is a modern Enoch Arden, He left his wife ‘wenty-eight years ago. ‘Tuesday he returned, aged, feeble and penniless. He found his wife owned her own home and was in good cir- cumstances. She took him in and is nursing him back to health, Giscaccedd ins aces cae es A, LAWRENCE, KAS.—The gymna- slum building of the university has been relocated just west of the Fowler shops. An order will also be issued to move McCook iseld farther south. ‘This will be fought stubbornly by the town people, who claim the field is already too far away from town. Buy Kansas Telephone Lines. SEDAN, KAS.—The Missouri and Kansas Telephone company has bought out the Dorsbrough Telephone company’s lines and will take them over January 1. The sale includes the local plants at Caney, Peru, Sedan, Cedarvale, Hewins, Elgin and Chautauqua. Ten Topeka Jointists in Jail, TOPEKA.—As a result of the cru- sade for law enforcements in Topeka, ten jointists pleaded juilty and were sentenced to jail. This is the first time for some years that so many Topeka jointists have been behind the bars at one time. Ireland is a “Trusty.” WINFIELD, KaS.—A. E. Ireland, who was refused a pardon by Gover- nor Hoch, is a “trusty” in the jail here. Sheriff Welfelt said he wonld lock Ireland up in the jail as soon as room could be found for him there. At present the jai: is said to be full. Ireland is kept ih the jail office. Injured by a Leavenworth Gar. LEAVENWORTH, KAS. — John Kumekie. was. probably fatally injur- ed by an electric car running over him at Richardson, Kumekie was at- tempting to alight when the car was in motion and he was thrown under the wheels: VaceiMation Made Soldiers Sick. JUNCTION CITY, KAS.—The sol- diepd of the Fort Kuley garrison were sot camies about two weeks ago, 4nd row there are 117 soldiers #0 ‘sick feport. _ KANSAS TAXESS FOR 1905. The Santa Fe Contributes the Greatest Amount to the State Treasury. TOPEKA—The railroad companies and the telephone and telegraph com- panies pay a good share of the taxes in Kansas. Of the 1905 taxes, the payment of which continues until next October, these companies will pay $2,699,219.42 out of the total amount of 17 million dollars paid in the state. The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company heads the list of corporatins with a tax payment ‘of $810,590.57. The Missouri Pacific fs second in the state with $534,832.87, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ‘is third with $347,135.83. The West- ‘ern Union Telegraph company pays ‘taxes amounting to $35,507.46, |, Wandotte county receives more ‘taxes from railroads than any other ‘county in the state. The taxes paid by the corporations there amount to $112,368.89. Shawnee county is second with a payment of $55,750.89. There are five counties in the state in which there are no railroads, tele- phone or telegraph taxes paid. They are Grant, Haskell, Morton, Stanton and Stevens counties. POLICY FOR EVERY VOTER. 321,537 Kansans Are Carrying Life Insurance. TOPEKA—Kansas has almost as many people carrying insurance as there are voters in the state. The re- ports in the insurance department show that 321,537 people in the state carry insurance. Of this number 129,- 121 carry insurance in old line com- panies to the amount of $15,045,140, and 192,416 carry insurance in frater- nal companies to the extent of $293, 406,005. ‘This makes a total insurance of over $408,000,000. ‘The average vote cast in Kansas is about 320,000. Of course, many per- sons qualified to do so fail to vote, but the records show that there is an ‘insurance policy in the state for every man who yotes. This doesn't mean, however, that every man has an in- surance policy, because many women ‘earry policies. Liesl lpa Sia Seretaee in ber abostcmantrana pid oi rans KANSAS _CITY.—$1,172,093 have been expended in new buildings in 1905, according to the report of the building inspector, or $140,000 more than the total of last year’s building operations. The number of new houses was 907 in 1905 and 642 in 1904, The latter figures include per- mits for several large factories, while those for this year are mostly resi- dences. Many houses which are real- ly a part of Kansas City, Kas., have been built in the additions outside tne city limits, and do not show on the inspector s list. Getting Ready in Good Time, TOPEKA.—In accordance with the action taken at the preliminary meet- ing in this city a delegate convention has been called to meet here on Jan- uary 29, the anniversary of the ad- mission of Kansas to the Union, to effect a permanent organization and proceed with the work of appropriate- ly celebrating in 1911 the fiftieth an- niversary of the admission of Kansas. Junction City Prospectors Quit, JUNCTION CITY, haS.—Work of drilling wells here in prospecting for oil or gas is being abandoned, and the casing is now veing pulled out of the last well, which is 1,930 feet deep. It was the deepest well ever dug in that part of the state and the only one that ever produced any oil. The oil was in such a small quantity, how- ever, us to be very far from a paing proposicion. Another Devlin Payment. TOPEKA—The State Mutual’ As- surance company of Worcester, Mass., turned over a check for $35,698 to James 'T. Bradley, receiver of the First National bank. This is one of the policies on the life of the late C. J. Devlin which had been assigned to the bank. a His Broken Neck Mended. ‘TOPEKA.—E. R. Judd, Rock Island station agent at Seldon, who broke his neck in a fall recently, but lived, has been operated upon at the com- pany’s hospital and the surgeons say he will soon be able to resume his duties as station agent. Two Inches of Snow In Kansas. PARSONS, KAS.—Tow inches of snow fell here, following a steady downpour of rain all night, The snow melted almost as fast as it fell. Kansas Bankers Will Meet in Wichita. WICHITA. — The Kansas State Bankers’ association will hold its an- nual meeting in this city May 15, 16 and 17. Kansas Millers in Great Bend. GREAT BEND, KAS.—The millers of the Southwestern dsirtict of Kan- sas met in this city at the office of Moses Bros. Grain company. About twelve imniliers from points outside the city were present. A banquet was held at the Hotel Greene. Charged With Conspiracy. WICHITA, KAN.—Thomas T. Tyner was arrested by the police on infor- mation from Joliet, Ill, that Tyner had been indicted there on a charge of criminal conspiracy. : THE WHOLE LOT es St. Jacobs Oil {Ss ready always for all forma of muscular aches or pains. from , LUMBAGO RHEUMATISM STIFF NECK SPRAIN . IF CURES ALIKE THE WHOLE LOT. ‘(ie THE EARTH'S AREA. One of the best authorities estt- mates the area of the earth’s surtace at 196,791,984 square miles, of which ‘about 53,000,000 square miles is land, the rest water. Throughout most of this 53.000,000 square miles Pills- bury's Vitos has made its way be- cause it's so good. It is the ideal breakfast food, and thay be had at any up-to-date grocery. A Statesman. “Charley takes a great interest in the tariff,” sald young Mrs, Torkins. “He is getting to be a regular states- man.” “What makes you think so?” “He talks in his sleep about stand- ing pat.”—Washington Star, The Pe-ru-na Almanac in 8,000,000 Homes. The Peruna Lucky Day’ Almanac has become a fixture in over eight million homes. [t can be obtained from all druggists free, Be eure to In quire early. The 1906 Almanac is al- ready published, and the supply will soon be exhausted. Do not put it of. Get one today. Mrs. Hoyle—Does your husband ever swear? Mrs. Boyle—I have ney- er heard him, but I always go out of the room when he is shaving himself. Ask Your Gruggist for Allen’s Foot-Ease. “I tried ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE recent. ly and have just bought another supply, 18 hhas cured iny corns, and the hot, buruing and itching sensation in my feet which was almost unbearable, and I would not be with- out it now.""—Mrs, W. J. Walker, Camden, N. J.” Sold by all Druggists, 25¢. Now With “Greatest Show on Earth.” Congressman Kahn, of California, was formerly an actor and appeared with Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Tomaso Salvini, and other celebrities. In his new role he will also appear with some distinguished actors, far- ceure, and burlesquers.—Kansas City Journal. A Confusion of Sounds. Drummer—Why are all the natives of this village out this morning? Unele Silas—Why, by heck, they heard an automobile with one of those new callihope whistles coming down the road and thought a circus parade was on the way.—Chicago ‘News. 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Generally people will confess thing that they can’t lie out of. ; Rainbowwille Biren es see aos ae ee ere eee famed Reweentien, fea eaee peeene ae lees as Sa Se eae Saisie uate weet aemstieeria ee et erent cae ene! a eee ers & wee one 4 2 See one dase gs) eee a eee eee a INA); ON 9 a = iN: AN CIM Hin \\ ZA LY ALLEW PEWEL Ties mee “Mrs, Millman, let me present Mr. Leonard to you.” I bowed over the white hand that was graciously extended and my host- ess bustled daintily away, confident that she had brought together two peo: ple who wanted to be brought to- gether—perhaps to stay together for a greater or less time. » So far as I was concerned, my host- ess was both right and wrong. I was anxious to meet Mrs. Millman—pos- sibly a little too anxious for my sub- sequent peace of mind, It had been long since we had last met and the o¥f hurt was not yet gone out of my heart. How well 1 remembered the parting—that sad swirl in the current of life that had finally separated two people who had been drifting away from each other for a long time, ‘Was it my fault? Was it hers? Was it that of the max she had married and who, I had learned, had recently left her a widow? Was it my fault that T was not more ambitious? Was it hers that she was not patient enough? Was it his, that he had everything to offer her from a worldly point of view that I had not? As I dropped the hand and uttered some commonplace I glanced at her face, She gave no sigwof having rec- ognized me and as I caught sight of the reflection of my own bearded face, bronzed with many wanderings, I was not surprised. I had been introduced to her under my pen name, by which Thad been known “or years. “I have been wondering, Mr. Leon- ard,” she said, “when I was going to meet you. You social lions are as hard to meet as though yon were real czars, instead of the arbiters of the destiny of your characters.” “It is very kind of you to be inter- ested in my poor literary efforts,” I said, knowing of old the power of her flattery. “I like to meet clever people,” she replied, with an evident sincerity which robbed the remark of its bold- ness. “I have read all of your books and especially the last. I want to congratulate you on your success.” “Largely advertising, I assure you,” I answered cynically. “We become famous like breakfast foods or auto- mobiles.” “I wonder what was the secret of your success,” she answered, with the old roguish twinkle in her eye. “I have found little evidence of a know!- etige of women in your books, and yet yoyr success rests largely upon what the world calls your insight into fem- inine character.” She could say this—when every character I had ever drawn had been drawn with her for its model; when for years her face had been before me. oN i (e ‘ N ) HA Ws eM . ma Gave no sign of having recognized me. Not understand women? I understood her, at any rate; at least I thought I did and by the process of induction I thought I knew all women. Her remark nettled me. “We are on profitless ground, I fear,” I said, a bit stiffly. “I shan't ask for your opinion of my characters, ‘They have all been drawn from lite, I assure you—all the women, at least. I might confess that most of them have had one woman for their model.” A flush mounted into her face and her yoice faltered when she tried to make it steady. “Your women have not the true womanly instinct,” she said. “They have beauty and intellect—everything wom jot a heart.” “T ae: I said, “that they were a ae drawn from a woman I knew—believe me, they are true to life.” It was a cruel thing to say. Her hand trembled as it clasped her fan. “You could not have understood women thoroughly,” she persisted, re- covering herself with an effort. “You make them act normally up to a cer- tain point. Then they become mer- cenary. Love counts nothing with them. They all marry for money or position. Your last heroine, ‘Muriel Vane,’ she did that; and her lover— he shot himself, didn’t he? I skipped the last chapters. You did not under- stand your heroine, Mr. Leonard. Be- | ae Ga a ih Ny Mt We Aes vel lq 1} a | \ ae 4 ne we Baars A little golden locket. lieve me it broke her heart to part with her lover in that cold, bitter way. it shadowed her life and nothing mat- tered after that.” “Yet she married well,” I said, scorn- fully. “It was all a story. Of course nothing like that ever happens in real life.” The brutality of my cynicism brought tears to her eyes and a sud- den impulse came over me to take her in my arms and tell her that the lov- er's heart was broken, too; that his life was shadowed and that in reality, instead of shooting himself, he lived to write his heart into his books. But I resisted the impulse and spoke more gently. “Believe me, Mrs. Millman, the book is true. ‘Muriel Vane’ lived and loved my hero—that is, he thought she loved him. She sent him away in coldness and a shadow fell upon his life which can never be lifted.” “Never?” she asked, softly. “I have no hope of it ever doing so,” I replied. “I know my model too well.” “I am deeply interested in the story,” she said in a low voice; “es- Pecially in the ending. The story is So like my own,” Her eyes never wavered as they ‘met mine, but there was something in ‘their depths that thrilled me with a vague hope. “There was the lover, the heroine, the tragedy of the parting, in my own story,” she went on dreamily. “But there the parallel ends. I was forced to marry, forced to sacrifice myself, The lover left me, I could do nothing else.” Her voice faltered pathetically, and again that rising hope mounted into my heart. “You don't understand ‘Muriel Vane’ at all,” sho said passionately. “She wrote to her lover to come back— wrote many times. She told him that love was all in all; that she loved him better than everything else in the world. The letters were never an- swered. It was then that she married —for money, the world said; but the marriage was hateful to her and the money saved her father from commer- cial ruin, She gave her husband re- ‘spect and honor, but her love she kept sacred in her own heart, dedicated to the memory of the old days. She kept it enshrined with a tendril of faded arbutus.” Arbutus! The dear sweet symbol of our love of long ago! An agony of pain went through me and then Claire Millman, the old Claire, the dear, lov- ing, tender, suffering Claire, that I had known and lost, who was found and who knew me all the time—my Claire forever and forever, rose and held out to me a Uttle golden locket. At a touch it opened and inside it I saw a few withered petals of arbutus. “Your lover shot himself,” she said, with a pathetic reproach in her voice. “It he had treasured his love as faith. fully as these petals have been kept, ® he would have had his Muriel after all. You did not understand ‘Muriel Vane'—Harold.” For the first time she had called me by my name. I opened a locket at the end of my watch chain and held it out to her. There were petals of with- ered arbutus inside it, too. They had all been gathered that night in June. “Teach me to understand her, Claire,” I said, humbly. Since that hour I have been learn- ing, learning a dear teacher's sweet, old lesson, ever new. . WASTE PLACES OF THE SOUTH They Are Rapidly Increasing in Value Year by Year. It is a matter of record that in 1895 in a certain rural community in the south six acres of land sold for $13.98 or $2.33 an acre, says the Southern Workman, Last year these same six acres sold for $1,660 or $276.66 an acre. Near this another tract which in 1892 sold for 70 cents an acre sold in 1904 for $150 an acre. All of this land in 1892-and 1895 was out in the country. It is out in the country now and it is used for farm- ing purposes only. No speculators have*run its price up; no “boomers” have laid off a city there and adver- ised “corner lots.” ‘There is no city there, and the people have no inten- tion of building one. Neither is there even a cotton mill or other manufact- uring concern there or anywhere in that vicinity. People have lived there for nearly 200 years and tilled the soil and that is what they are doing now. The difference is that for the first time they are learning how to farm, how to bring from land formerly con- sidered waste crops which sell at a big profit. And along with this and in consequence of this they are learning how to live comfortably in the coun- try, how to build themselves homes, how with others near them to build up a community life and enjoy those intellectual and social pleasures which they were wont to consider possible only in the town, Some “new blood” has been introduced into this com- munity, people who come down from the northwest to engage in truck growing, or any other kind of growing the land was capable of, but the na- tives, too, have been stimulated and thus assisted have gone to work to better themselves and build up their community. Four-Footed Police. That dogs make excellent detec. tives is well known, but their use as actual members of a police force is an odd and interesting experiment which W. G. Fitzgerald describes in his story, “Dog Police on Guard,” in the December Technical World Maga- zine. “When the Ghent (Belgium), chief of police had got his pack of ‘recruits together, he began to train them to distinguish between skulking crimi- nals and the ordinary, reputable citt zen, who walks by day. Some wery interesting demonstrations and experi ments were tried by means of (dum: mies; and it is a fact that witain a few weeks the more intelligent dogs had learned how to spring upon and take hold of a man by his clothes without driving their teeth into him. “Special kennels were then built in the police stations, with the name of its occupant over the door of eacn. Coats, collars and muzzles were pro. vided by way of ‘uniform,’ .aad there were even little boots provided for showy Weather. A veterinary surgeon was appointed at police headquarters to care for the dog policemen when they were sick, and the matron at each station was charged with the duty of getting their meals ready when each dog came off duty with his two-legged fellow officer.” ane age eee Awake! Awake! the ‘stars are pale; the east is russet gray: They face; behold the phantoms fade that ‘kept the gates of day; ‘Throw wide the burning valves,’ and let the golden streets be free? The morning watch is past—the watet of evening shall not be. Put off. put off your mail, ve kings, an¢ beat your brands to dust; A surer grasp your hands must know your hearts a better trusts Nay, bend aback the lance's point, an¢ break the helmet bar— A noise is on the morning winds, bu not the noise of war! Among, the grassy mountain paths the glittering troops increase; ‘They come; they come!—how fair thel feet—they come that publish peace ‘Yea, victory! fair victory; our enemies and ours. And all the clouds are clasped in light ‘and all the earth with flowers, Ah, still depgessed apd dim with dew, but yet a little while, And radiant with the deathless rose th ‘wilderness ‘shall smile, And every tender living thing shall fee¢ by streams of rest, Nor lamb shall from the fold be lost, nor nursling from the nest. For aye, the time of wrath is past, and near the time of rest, And honor binds the brow of man ant faithfulness his breast— Behold, the time of wrath is past, and righteousness. shall be. And the wolf is dead in Arcedy and the dragon in the sea. —John Ruskin, written at the age of 47. Supt. Locke Sizes Up Saco. Saco has the reputation of being one of the quietest, most conservative, law-abiding cities in Maine. A friend of John S. Locke, Saco’s genial super. intendent of schools, met him one day during the summer, and after a hearty exchange of greetings asked “What has been going, on in Saco since I was here last?” “Nothing, nothing,” the superintend. ent replied, and then, with characteris. tie drollery added “There is in the Episcopal service a declaration which aptly describes Saco ‘As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.” Good Description. “That girl has me where she wants me. She draws me out, and always sees right through me. And when she’s had enough of me she shuts me up in a burry.” “Say, what are you, a telescope?” FROM “DEAR LADY DISDAIN” ALONG THE UPPER f ‘ORINOCO NEAT SWINDLE IN PICTURES TRAGEDY OF HEAD HVNTING MINISTER'S JOKE ON GUESTS As a bird in the teeth of the weather Her letter flew over the sea. And faint as the filght of a feather It fluttered for shelter to me. And we thought of our sweethearts so ten- ler Who held us as thrall in thelr train, And We coined up fine phrases to send her, ‘Our Dear Little Lady Disdain! ; She hoped “‘we were feeling much better, ‘That we had no reason to pine,” And the dainty perfume of her letter, Crept over our senses like wine. She wrote she was weary of going, Phrough towns that were ugly and old,— ‘Those guides were so stupid for showing ‘The gaudy old trinkets they sold! Through Rome and through Florence she ‘wandered— In Venice she loitered awhile And her vigorous dollars she squandered, While her papa looked on with a smile, She wrote she was sorry We parted," She longed for a sight of our face, She guessed “we must fecl broken’ heart 4m a flourish of exquisite grace. She said we were foolish to quarrel, ‘She hoped we would strangle our pride, She pointed the tale with a moral, She said that the ocean yawned wide, She hintea so darkly of danger, Of a Prince and his “‘Castie in Spain.” How I longed for the gore of that stranger As I thought of Dear Lady Disdain! ‘Yes, Paris and London were splendid, And the Alps were so rural and high, And the Danube was blue and was blended ‘With the tint of a languorous sky, She said. “I am glad you are fretting For me when f wander in Rome, And I think you unkind for forgetting, ‘To send me the tidings from home." “Thanks for those books that you sent me, Rudyard Kipling 1s losing his rip. The tales of Bret Harte that you lent me Served to heighten the joy of the trip. Mark Twain is still taking his pleasure, Sashaying about at his ease, Maurice Hewlett has taken the measure ‘Of our cousins from over the seas.” Nearly a thousand miles of navig- able inland waterways of the Upper Orinoco river in South America are entirely undisturbed by commerce, ex- cept such as may be carried in an occasional canoe or “lancha.” “The lancha is simply alight scow or flat- bottomed boat, “fitted with a single mast, from which, however an enor- mous sail can be spread.” writes a traveler. “With the summer trade winds blowing from the Atlantic, good Progress upstream {s often made, but for the return trip the mast and sails are stowed away and the force of the current is depended upon, aided in the dry season by the use of poles or oars. If the westerly winds have set in, of course, it can sail back as well, and at times a little craft may be seen with sail set, tacking down stream in the teeth of an easterly wind, but this is sorry work. On my trip from San Fernando do Apure, in- deed, we picked up a passenger trom a lancha hailing from the town of Arauca, who informed me with no little disgust, that the voyage had al- ready lasted two’ months, and Ciudad Bolivar was still far distant. The lancha, if I remember correctly, reach- ed port just two weeks after we did, and, of course, by no possible good In the Paris Matin M. Hardouin, a well-known writer and financial au- thority, thus describes an ingenious plan to hoodwink the New York cus- toms authorities, which he says was carried out: “There exist in Mont- martre poor devils who can turn out Rembrandts better than Rembrandt himself. Certain dishonest picture dealers in Paris know this and give orders for these ‘Dutch’ masterpieces. At the bottom of the canvases the rame of Rembrandt is placed, _Ordi- narily the dealer sells these. But it occurred to one of them last summer that there was something better to do with them, ‘These are good,’ he said to the ragged painter who brought them. ‘Put your own name on them in place of that of Rembrandt. Why give him the credit, eh? The artist carried off the canvases, painted out the false name and put his own in place of it. ‘Then he took them back, and the dealer bougut them for a pitiful sum. “After a few weeks the dealer sent the pictures to his correspondent in New York, and at the same time sent Here is a story of the head-hunting Dyaks of Dutch Borneo which recent- ly appeared in the British North Bor- neo Herald: “Hathnaveng, a tribes- man, had been persuaded by Dutch missionaries to abandon the practice of head-hunting. He remained true to his promise, and for a time led a quiet life. Recently, however, he fell in love with a Dyak maiden. The girl, although returning his passion, disdained his offer of marriage be- cause he no longer indulged in the ancient practice of cutting off and bringing home the heads of the ene- mies of the tribe. Hathnaveng, goad- ed bythe taunts of the girl, who told him to dress in women’s clothes in future, as he no longer had the cour- age of a man, quitted the village and remained away a considerable time. On Christmas eve the Sunday school of a certain society in Hingham had a Christmas tree, on which, among the presents, was a bottle of liberal dimensions for the pastor, Dr. Miles, from one of the young ladies connected with the society. ‘The pastor was surprised, and pos- sibly shocked, to receive such a gift, but accepted it without expressing his’ feelings. Shortly afterwards he entertained at his house several broth- er ministers, who were greatly aston- ished to see brought on with the dessert a large bottle. Being total abstinence men, they looked upon the bottle as rather an “Tam lonely to-night, dear, mithout you rilang for the trlends of old days. Of the bunch that hung clustered about ou, Of the ‘Lake Shore's cool, bird-hauntec ‘ways : When ‘the white caps camé tumbling and crashing And clashed in the joy of the fray, Hoare’ sex gulls wheeled shrieking and ‘splashing: And'the foam churned to feathery spray. “T.am homesick to-night for the remion ‘That nesties near Michigan's shore For the friends of my youth» who are legion, ‘These aristocrats here are a bore, ‘The hoya of Chicago are splendid ‘And. beat all the counts over sea, My fauk may. be treason Tve ended fil you stand for such prattle from me?" “Aro vou, still Keeping on with your writ: ng? Is old Bubbly as fragrant of yore? In efalsted there's action and Nenting— Jack London's in hot Singapore. ‘That cathedral of ‘Milan was splendid, Slim spires tapered up to the sky, The air of Riviera has mended— ‘The maiden that went there to dle.” “Like a dove o'er the gray surging ocean T send ail these tidings to vou. Ag a chevalier show your devotion ‘You protest you are faithful and true, And at home do they think of the ranger hat climbed up Mont Blane tn the rain? 1'm ‘tired of roaming, a stranger, ‘Phe quest gives me exquisite pain.” She said that her love was unbroken, She said that her love would endure, ‘To seal It she sent us a token— VeTovanueup our mouth t0 be, sure," "Twas a gift from the fairest of misses Just ad sweet ag the Tink of Thyme, ‘twas a cluster of maldenly kisses, She sent from a fair. alien clime. James E. Kinsella, ‘Repletre Divisich, Chicane Foswitice. fortune could the owner sell his cargo of hides so as to make the trip profit- able, “Speedier and more picturesque than the lancha the ‘bongo,’ or large dugout, one-half of which is sheltered by a wicker or palmthatched canopy,” the same writer continues, “and a sight never to be forgotten is the pass- ing of a bishop or faithful ‘padre’ with his Indian boatmen, making a round of parochial calls requiring, perhaps, several months’ almost con- stant travel. The instant this craft is recognized the steamer or lancha slackens speed, and when the padre glides alongside he solemnly blesses the voyagers, then thankfully accept- ing such contributions as are offered him, and, exchanging a courteous fare- well, resumes his solitary way. “His garb, his halfnaked boatman and the primitive bongo make the traveler wonder for a moment if he has not beheld a vision of early colo- nial days when the hardy fathers fearlessly set up to plant the cross in the remotest regions of tle inter. for and a glance at the shore line of tangled primeval forest and the still, lifeless track of waters in his wake almost confirm him in the strange fancy.” a letter to the customs authorities there, telling them that they were about to be the victims of a tremen- dous Zraud. Two real Rembrandt pic- tures, recently discovered, were to ar- rive from Europe with the name of Rembrandt painted out and another insignificant name substituted for it. “Take off the upper coat of paint in the right-hand lower corner and you ‘will find that the name of Rembrandt is there. The idea is to sell these old masterpieces in the United States after they have passed your adminis- tration. I warn you that each paint- ing is worth at least $120,000.’ “This advice did not fall into un- eager ears. The outer coat was taken off, and sure enough, there was the name ‘Rembrandt,’ with the proper date. The customs people demanded $25,000 for the two paintings, a sum paid contritely by the correspondent, who feigned great thankfulness for being let off for that amount. But a fortnight later he sold the pictures for nearly $120,000, their authenticity being properly established by the re- ceipts of the American custom house. They had cost $20 apiece in Paris.” “When he returned he entered his sweethheart’s hut, carrying a sack on his shoulders. He opened it and four human. heads rolled upon the bamboo floor. At the sight of the trophies the girl at once took him back into her favor, and, flinging her arms around his neck, embraced him pas- sionately. ‘You wanted heads,’ declar- ed her lover. ‘I have brought them. Do you recognize them? Then, to her horror, she saw they were the heads of her father, her mother, her brother and of a young man wo was Hathnaveng’s rival for her affections, “Hathnaveng was immediately seiz- ed by some of the tribesmen and by way of punishment was placed in a small bamboo structure such as is commonly used by the Dyaks for pigs and allowed to starve to death.” improper addition to the feast, and when the hostess asked one of the guests to help himself and pass the bottle around the request was de. clined. The climax was reached when the host said: “Here, pass the bottle to me,” and all present expected to be shocked by seeing him help himself to wine. But, while a suspicious smile lurked around his mouth and fun sparkled in his eyes, he quietly inverted the bottle, removed the bot- tom, and showed to his neatly sold guests that the innocent object of their serious apprehensions contain. ed no liquor, but was filled with candy, —Boston Herald. sD. el UNSIGHTLY BALD epn- | Caused by Sores on Neck; Itching for Two Years _— Him Wild—Another Cure by Cuticura, “For two years my neck was gop, ared with eores, the humor spreagimy to my halr, which fell out, oarine SS unsightly bald spot, and the sorarest inflammation and” mercies iene made me wild. Friends advised Gut cura Soap and Ointment, and are fow applications the torment subsigeg to my great joy. The sores soon qi appeared, and my hair grew agai as thick and healthy as even, |S: always recommend Cuticura, (Signy HL J. Spalding, 104 W. 104 St. Ney York City.” In Mitigation, Gwilliams—Your favorite author, are Rudyard Kipling and Henry James? That’s the oddest combing tion I ever heard of. Sflint—Oh, I don't know. 1 tng Henry James admirable as a chaset —Chicago Tribune, THE EARNING Capariry happiness, and success, of a man fy greatly affected by the health of the woman of his household, the wite ey pecially. Viavi, used in the privacy af the home cures disease of woman pep manently, and enables her to {ill hey Place in church, society and the home as wife and mother. Sixty-four page book on Health, explaining fuly mailed free. Viavi Co, Century Bldg, Kansas City, Mo. His “Abent Friends.” Jobn Philpot Currant, the famous frish lawyer, ranks among the wit. tiest men the Emerald isle has ‘ever produced. His wit, however, was sometimes turned against himsolt by the intended victim, the following story furnishing an amusing example of how Curran was once outdone, A brisk young widow, in some part of Ireland, used to preside at the table of a coffee house patronized by Cun ran. Her name was Honor and one day there was some disputed charge, Curran slyly winked 2¢ the friend who happened to be dining with him and Proposed “Honor and Honesty.” “By all means,” added the widow, briskly, holding her glass to be filled, “let us drink to Mr. Curran’s absent friends," Strange Wedding Costume. Considerable of a senaation was caused at a fashionable wedding in Washington a few days ago when Mhe. Christopher Hauge, wife of the néwly appointed Norwegian minister appeared among the handsomely gowned throng garbed in a riding hab it. She had been at a riding academy in the morning, and had stayed there until too late to go home and change her costume. Hel Dosans Gurse Now: Washington, Kans., Dee. 25 (Sper fa})—Jesse E. Mitchell ts a telephone lineman, upd also a well known resk dent here. Everybody acquainted with Mr. Mitchell knows that be was about Patent Medicine. Hear what be MT ae eee alt kinds of Pate Trouble, There was a hurting acrot my back that made tt positive ageay to stoop, and as 1 am in w stoopitg Position metry all day, you can int ine bow I suffered. After a day's work that any mam would think nothing o. 1 would be tired and worn out. It fact, | was always (ired. 1 began u ing Dodd’s Kiduey Pills and alter taking four boxes 1 feel like a new man, I am as fresh at night as whet { begin work in the morning. 1 bavé no ain in my back aw, na 1 A woman is sure her husband cit be trusted if he goes downtown with out being shaved. For entith, Winslow's Soothing Syrap. Too i ee aie et Poisoned Yaqui Indians. ‘The following interesting little pa" agraph comes from the Nogales (4 T.) Oases: “From Carbo comes # port that one day last week an Amer can rancher in that vicinity, fearing 4 descent by Yaquis, poisoned a dem: john of mescal and then absented him self from home over night. Returt ing the next day he found twenty three dead Indians in and about the house.” ‘Try me just once and I am sure 1 come again. Defiance Starch. Sas Macy. New York certainly would be * very easy mark to a fleet which bad been welcomed as cordially in th lower bay as Prince Louis’ was, But would it be so easy for one against which the guns at Fort Hamilton and Sandy Hook had been thunder ing with shot and shell instead o friendly salutes? Or for which A miral Bob Evans had waited outsid? in a totally different spirit from th which animates him today? ‘Woman's Football Team. Miss Alberta Newton, a teacher Grand Island, Neb., has this seas08 managed the Grand Island football team with success. At the opening of the season sho Was chosen manest and her team has been remarkably successful. She undertook the mi agement of the team to give # hehe) tone to athletics in the nigh seb! and to strengthen tho team. ae Sometimes when a bor comes °Y of college he can earn his living # there is no one to support him