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 OL 16 NO 50 The Oldest LIBERAL COM The Busy Destroyer. "Death" Oh! Death! it has thrown its tale over many homes in our city the ten days and amid the joyful tidies and pleasant scenes of the holidays. Dath has picked its victims out one by in mid succession. the past ten days has seen removed from the active scenes of this life Benj Foster an esteemed citizen and ex- cipleman, Will Bryant a well known ing man, Chas. Brown an old soldier pioneer citizen, Miss Brown a promi- nently young lady budding into woman- d. Mrs. Amanda Smith an aged and sected citizen, John Shinall, republican central committeeman of the eighth unc, well known and reared in this His funeral will be held Sunday the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at the auspices of the Widow Son age of Mason. The sad feature of the death is that a widow and six little idren are left on the mercies of a cold pulseless world. Among peculiar idents are that in the last republic- campaign. Ben Foster as he is fa- lar known and John Shinall were opens for the honors of committeeman the 8th precinct-both are now beyond disturbance of heated political cam- our deepest sympathy goes out to the dwarves, especially to the unfortu- widow with the six little offsprings are for. We commend them to Him has promised to be a Father to the ans, a Husband to the widow, and and to all. The prevalent sickness gamonia. Health is Wealth. we cannot be to much care taken well, the uncessary exposure, the messiness of the Negro in general is possible for a good many early death suction and pneumonia are taking the Negroes in pretty good numbers season. Health is wealth and the should above all other be careful his health. Keep Out of Trouble. tuble is said to bother no ore di- unless they bother it. The num- young Negro men who have gone estate penitentiary from Wyandott y in the past few years ought to be going to a good many more who are tug their way to years of gloom and ument as fast as time will permit. Is nothing in being a 'bad nigger' Edge Holt of the Common Pleas sentenced Robert Gatewood from five years, for confessed burglary and Myers from 4 to 30 years—all is good behavior. These 2 young come from old families doubtless up under rightful influence, but led to the bad, thus reaching a teme sed. Young man if you are going from the teachings of that dear mother and father, whose dear little and is to be seen in Woodlawn or Oak cemetery. Take warning—this is your year make new efforts to be men. Another Crusade. assumes that it is the prevaling motto mouss City Kansas is to "keep some going on"—Another Assistant Attorney General has been appointed and doing must go, so says Hon. C. F. Wings, the new assistant. From the "fuss over municipal affairs in city, the people at a distance will believe that surely Kansas City, is the last place. Just as expected. The bottom has about fallen out of joint" business in court thus compares the oft repeated. That the peo- kansas City Kan., do not want a EDICATION, NOTCIE. District Court of Wyandotte county Hall Hall. Plaintiff. Harry Hall. Defendant. we above named defendant: you are moved that you have been sued in we named court, by the above plain- nies you appear and answer on or the 20th day of November A. D. 1905, you will be taken as true, and a ever rendered theon, the nature of we a decree dissolving the bonds we exist between plaintiff and we plaintiff and awarding to her, her plaintiff, Sarah Everett. and for cost of L. F. BRADLEY. 10. HOLDEY, Atty. for Plaintiff. 11. Needles, Clerk. First Pub. Oct. 13 LOCALLY. Mrs. Annie Hubbard of State ave., in the Sea Foam block entertained at dinner a few young friends Saturday afternoon of last week in honor of Mt. F. D. Booker of the Agricultural School at Manhattan. Mr. Booker in the son of Capt. and Mrs. T.S. Booker of this city. Mrs. W. H. Watson of Washington ave. is taking an indefinite trid through New Orleans and other southern points. Mrs. Sylvia Commodore of 431 Oak land ave., returned recently from the Old Soldiers Home where she visited her father Mr. Joshua Mathews who is confined to the hospital there. Mrs. Fannie J. Bayless of Valentine, Neb. who has been sojourneying in the city of Leavenworth will visit her sister Mrs. Sylvia Commodore enroute to her home to join her husband. The Board of Directors of the Orphan Home desire to most cordially thank Rev. A. M. Ward of the A. M. E. church for his kindness toward them and their charges, also to all others who have so kindly thought of the dear little souls in the institution. The Grant Mission A. M. E. Church will hold its first Quarterly Meeting on Sunday the 14 of January all ministers and their congregations are invited to be with us. Corvine Patterson went to Topeka to last Friday in respond to invitation to a dinner by Rev. Fishback. We trust you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and have resolved to live better, do better and patronize home industries the coming year and all succeeding years We were visited by a merry crowd of friends during the holidays and we greatly appreciated their call, those in and out of the city. Miss Eulula Brown of Waverly, Mo., spent the holidays in the city and was among our welcome callers. Miss Brown is a teacher in the public school of that city and is an estimable young lady. Mrs. A. A. Clemons of 4th St., and her daughter Miss Nora are on an extended visit to Muskogee, Ind., to visit her sons. Mrs. Olie Henderson of N. 3rd st,who has been absent at the George R. Smith college the past fall and winter is home on a visit. Rumors are that she will remain home under a new name. THEY SAY She's the only pebble on Broadway. There is no sport like the old sport. How many people are 'Fighting Fate' The boy is not game, a regular tender foot. God still reigns and the government at Washington still lives,—Ha! Ha! 'Sympathy' is all right in its place. Oh! me, oh! my I wonder whats the matter with the mail. "Just across the bridge of gold." That sweet face and those dreamy eyes they haunt me still. What might have been—what regrets linger in their memory. Sue is a school marm, Ha! Ha! Ha! Are they really selfish people. The wedding bells continuing ringing who tis! A surprise for somebody. A smile or two A girl may be named "Pearl" are still be a "peach". Some people would rather make a mistake than to miss steak. It takes two to make a matrimonial bargain, and three to break it up. If women could change their complexions as easy as they can change their minds they would be much happier. Speaking of the necessity of regular exercise—Did you ever hear of a woman losing the use of her tongue by lack of it "A school teacher wrote the following sentence on the blackboard for the benefit of the young grammar class: "The horse and cow is in the lot." She waited quite patiently for some one in the class to tell her what was wrong with the sentence. Finally little Sammy in in the back row held up his hand. "Well, Sammy, tell us what is wrong with the sentence." "Please, Ma'am, you should put the lady first," was the reply. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, Politically Speaking The Republicans are figuring on mayoralty timber a year henco. It is probable that the faction still exists in Republican ranks. Somebody said that Mr. Jno. Horton would make a good Probate Judge. Marvin Reitz, ex-city attorney would not mind being a double "ex" in time if he can land as county attorney. Balle P. Wagoner is out of politics. Will Woods is grooming in great shape for a run for county attorney honors. A number of leading colored men, we hear were called to Topeka last week presumably to dine with an eminent divine, but we get it rather reliably that a conference was in vogue, fixing up Gov. Hoch's fence. It is an evident fact to a man up a tree that his fence is badly in need of fixing, not only with the colored brother, but the white. Was Jim Getty in earnest about his intentions at the next legislature. By the way who are the Negro leaders Did the lieutenants of Gov.Hoch get all the real things? Wonder why this little dinner is only whispered? It is said that the office of Probate Judge is one of the best in the county—yet none of the ex's seem overburdened with the "metal." Holiday Wedding Bells. Among the many, we mention a few—Mr. Robert Carter of this city and Miss Viola Chrisholm of Chattanooga, Tenn., were married by Rev. Chas. Ferguson, on Christmas eve, it was a quite little home wedding. The groom is an industrious upright young man and the bride is a petite charming and cultured young lady from one of the best families in "Sunny Tennessee," they were the recipients of quite a few useful presents. Mr. Chas. Smith of Kansas City, Mo. and Miss Mamie McAfee, sister of patrolman James McAfee of this city are well known young people. Mr. Wm. Summers of Peoria, Ill., and Lulu Smith-Johnson were married in Galesburg, Ill., on the 24th. Reception held in Peoria, Ill. on the 26th. Mr. Summers is a machtnist and Mrs. Johnson is janitress of city hall. All of the above parties will live here temporarily at least. We extend the glad hand to all and hope for them a pleasant voyage down the stream of time together happy and contented. "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 $20,000, is painted from an incident in the Indian war. A group of Sioux Indians and two captive girls, sisters, are about a fire in a trune An Indian who has just arrived is telling the message which the medicine man asserted had been delivered to him by the evil spirit. The captive girls, not undersrung his words, believe that he is telling of the tortures prepared for them, and their faces depict their fear. The beauty of the painting depends in large part upon the light effects which the artist has secured. There is the glow of the campfire and through a rent in the wall of the tepee and through the open door streams the moonlight. The contrast of these two shades of light is wonderfully brought out by Mr. Cooper the red glow of the campfire on one side and the soft moonbeams upon the other. Give her a call. When need the service of a Notary public and typewriter Miss Mary E.King Room 206 Portsmouth Building is at your service. Residence 1119 Freeman Phones: Bell 1246 W. and Home 111 W. he is deserving of your patron$^2$. NOTE LETS. 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. Miss Etta Scott the wonderful lady evangelist of our city leaves tomorrow for Iola, Kansas. FOR SALE—A bargain in a No. 1, Upright piano $250 when new, mandolin attachment, call at this office and inves tigate the bargain. FOR RENT—To desirable parties (gentleman preferred) well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city, inquire at this office. 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. The Preacher and churches. Rev. W. M. Jackson of 1610 N. 4th st. has pastorage charge of the both Baptist churches in Edwardville, and Eudora Kas., he is doing excellent work. Rev. P. M. Mack, pastor of Morning Star Baptist church at Kimball and Howard Sts., is pushing rapidly ahead in his glorious work. The churches are rapidly assuming a metropolitan air in this city, as well as being pastored by a more intellectual class of ministers. The Mt. Pleasant Baptist church is now being heated and lighted by natural gas, entertained by an excellent choir and music from a piano and organ, Rev. J. R. Richardson, is the progressive pastor. King Solomon Baptist church under the pastorage of Rev. H. H. Gordon, is moving onward and upward. Pleasant Green Baptist church under the pastorage of Rev. Geo. McNeal is an advance house of worship. The St. James A. M. E.church is pastored by a man who dons overall and jeans and hustles with a shovel as good as any member of his flock, when it is necessary—That's Rev. A. M. Ward. The Man for the Place. We cheerfully endorse Prof.W. T.Vernon of the Western University at Quindro for the appointment as Register of the Treasury. He is among the ablest Negroes of the great west, an honor and pride of the great state of Kansas. President Roosevelt can do no better in making a selection. No man will be more attentive, loyal and appreciative than "W. T." We but voice the sentiment of the thousands of loyal sons of Ham scattered over the boundless prairies of Kansas. Notwithstanding the ungrounded charges filed in opposition to his appointment. We are for him, for we believe that the charges will not pan out as reported and in the end the integrity, manhood and good common sense of President Roosevelt will rise above, the jealousies of a few and he will find it consistent with the best judgement and the wishes of the people to appoint W. T. Vernon the next Register of the Treasury. 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, 1906 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, Atty. for Plf Attes: Wm. Needes, Clerk. Mr. Henry Martin, a wealthy Englishman, who recently married pretty Miss Mona Dedman a colored waitress in Springfield, Mass., considers his marriage nothing out of the ordinary. It will be remembered that black and white marriages are not considered a novelty in the European countries. If any line is drawn at all it is done on the wealth position and character. A person with good character, no matter what race or nationality he belong to, he is held in highest esteem by those who are acquainted with him.—Ex. 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 1965, 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. DORSEY GREEN, Atty. for Plaintiff. Attest: Wm. Needles. Clerk. By D, C. McCombs. Deputy. Publication Notice In the court of Common Pleas at 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. 1968, 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 In the District Court of Wyandotte county State of Kansas. State of Kansas. County of Wyaadotte Sarah C. Regan, Plaintiff. vs. William Regan, Defendant. The State of Kansas, to greeting to William Regan, you will take notice that on the 24th 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. Ahd in cause of Action No. 2. Charging you with gross neglect of duty. Ualess 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 Plantur. Phantur. Attest by Clerk of District Court, on 6 day of Oct. 1905. Wm. Needles, Clerk. By D. C. MeCombs, Deputy. NOTICE. State of Kansas. Lawrence Jones, Plaintiff. vs. Elsi Jones, Defendant. The State of Kansas 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, setting forth 2 causes of Action No.1...Gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. And unless you answer denur or otherwise on object 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. per D. C. McCambs Deputy. Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas. County of Wyandotte. ss 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 Wyandotte. 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. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. Dec. 22nd JANUARY 5, 1906. this Section R CALL HERE Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Geo. A. Dudley. Plaintiff. 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 action. I. F. Bradley, Atty, for Plaintiff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. First Pub. Oct. 9 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 addeeer dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing her from him the said oefendant, and for cost of this act. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandott County Kansas. 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 15th 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 Countr The State of Kansas, to William Darki Greeting, you are hereby notified that you have been sued on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, extreme cruelty; and adultery, in the above entitle cause in the above named Court, Wherein Mary Darkis is Plaintiff and William darkis is Defendant, and unless you answer on or before the first day of July 1905. Plaintiff petition will be taken as true Judgment will be rendered against you as prayed for. The plaintiff is asking an absolute divorce, custody of two minor children and a reasonable attorney fee, for cost, and for other relief such as the nature of Plaintiff case demands. Mary Darkis. Chas. w. Frye, attorney First Published April 28th 1905. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Allen Walker, Plaintiff, vs Robert McCrie c. D. Shrader, Defendant Number 6073. To Robert McCrie and C. D. Shrader. You are hereby notified that the plaintiff above named has brought suit and filed his petition against you, in the abve entitled court, and that you must answer the petition afreshed filed against you, on or before the 28 day of October 1905, or said petition will be baken as true and judgement accordingly rendered against you as follows; First- A personal judgement against you quoting your title to and in lot 46 in block 56 in Wyndotte city, or per record p at thereof such other relief as set out in Plaintiff's petition and for cost herein expedded. Allen Walker. By Chas W. Frye, Atty for Plaintiff. SEAL. Att st: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. By F. L. Kenny, Deputy. First Pub. Sept. 8th, 1905. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weekly American 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 had 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 "a bum 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 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 cameras, 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! Gimme the old-time chimbly. The back log an 'the blaze'! I want to there a frank-heat gleams. An' tell old stories, an' dream old dreams! The steam-heat—it says nuthin' The stove hides dreams from sight; But the dams of 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 last. The face of the old-time sweetheart In the night at the gate! Old-times old loves, in the firelight's Ghee. The old, sweet story—the old sweet dreams! —Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. While Gen. Brugge, 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. 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. "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 Galzkammergut 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 Daddy's Song. Must all thy songs be mother songs, My bonny baby boy? 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, To hear his merry shout, And then a tickle here and there, To bring the dimples out, And then a romp upon the bed, Oh, precious little toulle head! Now, then, we barefoot boy, take care! Run swiftly e' the floor, And father' be a braun bear, And grandma and grandpa! Why, bless us, boy, what filmsy 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!) "Hush, baby mine, by-low!" Come, come, you little rascal you, Dad's had enough of peek-a-boo! Hush, hush, my boy, to sleep with thee! (I wish his mammy'd come!) Thy father' will turn into a bee And hater, 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 here," 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 part 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. 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' have breakfast. Begin fightin' at 6, knock off at 12. Begin shootin' agin at 1, knock off at 6 an' eat 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 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 st' thou why?— Have wandered to thy door. The quiet taper burns, And makes thy casement bright, And that the earth falls Between me and the light; I gaze on a shine My heart would bend before; Myouch had seen no rest. Had I not seen thy door! The Night, as if to breathe, Her stars shine; The very air seems faint With breath of lovers' hearts; Some spirit robes the earth In a light then own way; Or is that light then own? And is that heaven thy door? —Charles Swalh. 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 jewel-room in the appraiser's office, New York. The importer who can bamboozle 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 cheek kissed him full upon the lits. Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B. R. FUNERAL and Embalmer. The very best for all Purpose The Best Equipped White sick and on Short Notice. Charges R. sota Ave., Kansas Western B. Raymons GENERAL DIRECTOR her. The very best of Service, Fine for alll Purposes, at all Hours. Equipped White Enameled Ambul sick and wounded Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. 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 KANSAS AND THE WEST DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Norm Industrial. COURSES:—Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub- sical (Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, or- mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpe- and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, ences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION:—For terms, prices and all inducem- write to WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., L PRESIDENT, QUINDARO, ENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal. —Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub- Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, or Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpet- ok-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and ing, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking g and Gardening. SES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, and Thorough Teachers. ION:—For terms, prices and all inducemen IAM T. VERNON, A. M., L PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. 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KANSAS CITY hade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular dlar by trading at a popular store? A. J. MADDUX Table and Fancy Grocer Seats 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 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. 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 persevereance. "Lincoln persevere," 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." Think What a Family Then! "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. 530 MINNESOTA AVE. 852 FREEMAN AVE. Telephone Home W. 32 Raymond DIRECTOR rest of Service, Fine Carriages es, at all Hours. E 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. ion, Healthful Climate, Good Influ- rences and all inducements offered NON, A. M., D. D. PRESENT, KANSAS uncolored people set in the dark o and drink muddy bad disease germs. aner Water Eilter r as a Crystal and Healthy. 75 cents. ERIDAN M 8, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Tree" is a very popular song—W popular store? ADDUX, ency Groceries inds of Produce. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 Wht SCOTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m., till 4 p. and from 6 till 9 p. m., C. H. C. JORDAN, M. M., M. Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TONSORIAL PARLO All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Co Shave strictly Up-to-Date 438 MINNESOTA AVE. An Old French Sailor. French seamen have a dozen in person of a centenarian. The sailor belongs alike to the navy to the merchant service, for he se in both, and it would be difficult say in which of the two his advent were the most thrilling. His re includes three shipwrecks, the be of Navarino, in which he won tion in orders, the blockade of All one capture by brigands, follows himself and his companions seizing Spanish ship which captured the sair which had captured them. as serving many years before the he became a master and small owner on his own account. His n is Pierre Loirat. He was born November, 1805, and at 12 he was sea. ROOM 8. every housekeeper should know if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because it package contains 16 oz.—one full round—while all other Cold Water marches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 ounts. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you 12 oz. package it is because he has stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money at the annoyance of the iron stick-on Defiance never sticks. The sooner a man gets rid of the man that he was cut out for a political leader the sooner he will become of some use to himself and fam- If you have blood poison producing infections, pimples, ulcers, swollen hands, bumps and risings, burning, nicking skin, copper-colored spots or wash on the skin, mucous patches in mouth or throat, falling hair, bone pains, old rheumatism or foul catarrh, make Botanic Blood Balm (B. E. B.), it kills the poison and blood. It sores, heals, heal, hard swellings subside, aches and pains stop and a perfect cure is made of the worst kind of Blood Poison. For cancers, tumors, swellings, eating sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimples of all kinds, take B. B. B. It destroys the cancer poison in the blood, seals cancer of all kinds, cures the worst humors or suppurating swellings. Thousands cured by B. B. B. After all else but botanic ingredients, Improve the digestion, makes the blood and rich, stops the awful itching and all sharp, shooting pains. 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RE THIS COUPON IS GOOD FREE Upon receipt of your Address CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Flitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN. Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Aloe Stone - Lebanon Salt - Anise Seed - Peppermint - Bitter Carbamide Sulfate - Worm Seed - Clarified Sugar - Whiskey Coffee. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Chat H. Fletcher. NEW YORK. A NOVEL OF OLD 35 DOSSES - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat H. Fletcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. THIS COUPON IS GOOD FOR $1.00 ON PURCHASE Druggist's Name His Address ____ And 10c in stamps or silver to pay post if you have never used Mull's Grape certificate good for one dollar tow your druggist. Address MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO., YOU WRONG YOUR from Constipation and Stomach Trouble. Why suffer or take needless chances with perfect, harmless, natural, positive cure within CONSTIPATION AND cause blood poison, skin diseases, sick headache and every kind of female trouble as well as men all this is true. Just don't drug or physic yours. MULL'S GRAPE the natural, strengthening harmless remedy tha and puts your whole system in spendid conti to stoke. The children like it and it does them So cont. cont and $1.00 bottles at all drug as soon as the 50c bottle and about three great saving in buying the $1.00 size. 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ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACNE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripine to Gatee who won't Guarantee I Call your BODY BACK IF IT DON'T CURE. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and Scrofula. PRICE. 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE THIS CAN EQUAL FOR NEADRE GB CURSE COURSE COURSE Read the Experience of a Minnesota Woman and Take Heart. If your backache aches, and you feel sick, languid, weak and miserable day after day—don't worry. Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thousands of women in the same condition. Mrs. A. Helman of Stillwater, Minn., says: "But for Doan's Kidney Pills I would not be living now. They cured me in 1899 and I've been well since after day—don't worry. Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thousands of women in the same condition. Mrs. A. Helman of Stillwater, Minn., says: "But for Doan's Kidney Pills I would not be living now. They cured me in 1899 and I've been well since. I used to have such pain in my back that once I fainted. The kidney secretions were much disordered, and I was so far gone that I was thought to be at death's door. Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me I feel as if I had been pulled back from the tomb." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Obstacle is often only another way of spelling opportunity. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock on hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. You are not likely to slay the enemy by drawing a long bow. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drugs refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE's signature is on each box. 25c. Love's music is never perfect without the chords of pain. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. No man ever broke his back under his brother's burden. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. It is more blessed to receive than to give harsh words. SHORT KANSAS ITEMS Governor Hoch has the grip. Wichita has been flooded with counterfeit >10 bills. Atwood, Kan., has a new paper called the Square Deal. The wheat crop has been saved for the second time by the snow. Humboldt is going after a rubber plant—just as if rubber grew on trees. The oil men are wondering what New Year resolutions the Standard has made. Mrs. Anna iseman, who for many years conducted a hotel in Leavenworth, is dead. Atchinson has purchased a rock crusher in order to enable her prisoners to lead more easy lives. Mrs. Young, aged 51 years, died in Belleville this week. She was the oldest resident of Republic county. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad has founded a town near Galena. The new place is called Playter. There are 2,398 veterans quartered at the Leavenworth Soldiers' home and about 1,000 are absent on leave. George Walker of Clay Center sold 105 mules to a Kansas City dealer this week for $4,000, an average of $133 a head. During the last year there were 344 arrests in Chanute, an average of more than one day if you don't count Tuesdays. Attendance at chapel services at the University of Kansas is not compli-sory, yet the average daily attendance is 800. Only four governors who served during the civil war are still living. One of these is Samuel J. Crawford of Kansas. Thomas A. McNeal advocates rubber instead of armor plate for battle ships, so that the enemy's projectiles will bounce o... At a recent wedding in Republic county 'among those present' were 248 guests, a brass band and fourteen kegs of beer. It is found that of the twelve boys within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court of Saline county, nine of them smoke cigarettes. The first of the Union Pacific motor cars will be put in service on the Leavenworth-Lawrence branch of the Union Pacific in a few days. Lawrence's new $40,000 Y. M. C. A. building was dedicated Sunday. The principal address was made by H. M. eBardsley of Kansas City. L. F. Hussy, state oil inspector of Kansas, has turned $16,184.40 into the treasury, after paying the expenses of his office, amounting to $15,000. Clay county farmers have "bitten" on water tanks in which they were induced to believe water would not freeze even in the coldest weather. The government officials at Dodge City are doing a land office business. Hundreds of homesteaders file their entries on farms there every month. E. T. Ellis of Abilene, Kan., hopes to revolutionize the sweet potato industry by raising tubers from a sweet potato from the South Sea islands. Junction City's "prospects hole" has bee nabandoned. It was bored to a depth of 1,330 feet and the only thing encountered in paying quantities was soil. The Muscath Record tells of a teacher there who placed the 23d Psalm on the blackboard and said: "Now children, want you to learn the Lord's prayer." The tria. of Mrs. George Riggins and her daughter, Clarissa Shaw, charged with causing the death of Mrs. Riggin's stepson, will be held at Fort Scott this week. The Wichita Eagle has a department of "Small Talk of the Town," and there was almost a riot one day because a printer changed it to "Talk of the Small Town." A Franklin county prohet predicts that the Marais des Cygnes river will overflow this year. But this can hardly be caed a prophecy—he probably knows the Marais des Cygnes. Commenting on the statement that Shawnee county is to have but one candidate for a state office, the Leavenworth rimes asks: "What do you suppose Saawnee has up her sleeve?" Because offensive language has resulted in two murders at Fort Riley the post authorities ordered every soldier insulting a comrade in arms to apologize beore the entire troop to which ne may belong. Bruce Dutcher, a junction City man, was fatally wounded Sunday night by Private Van Couchie, Eleventh cavalry. Van Couchie is said to have been deranged, as he attempted to kill two soldiers after wounding Dutcher. The Kansas state board of health has sent a number of samples of different kinds of prepared foods to the state chemist for analysis. If any unhealthy substances are found in them the board will bar their sale in Kansas. By the new blanks being sent out by the state board of health the local health officers are required to tabulate the number of persons of each age up to 110 years who have died. Those who die after passing 110 will be listed as "scattering." Topeka is thinking of holding a horse show in February, although the Parsons Sun thinks the Kansas Day event when the politicians gather and pla yhorse ought to be sufficient. "The lawyers in the fool suit against Colorado for using water out of the Arkansas river claim they will win it and it will be worth millions to Kansas," says the Anthony Republican. "Maybe. But when Oklahoma sues us for using the water and cites the evidence which has cost Kansas a hundred thousand dollars, we'll have to quit. The suit has never been anything but a graft pure and simple, for the legal fraternity." There is only One Genuine-Syrup of Figs, The Genuine is Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. The full name of the company, California Fig Syrup Co. is printed on the front of every package of the genuine. The Genuine- Syrup of Figs- is for Sale, in Original Packages Only, by Reliable Druggists Everywhere Knowing the above will enable one to avoid the fraudulent imitations made by piratical concerns and sometimes offered by unreliable dealers. The imitations are known to act injuriously and should therefore be declined. Buy the genuine always if you wish to get its beneficial effects. It cleanses the system gently yet effectually, dispels colds and headaches when bilious or constipated, prevents fevers and acts best on the kidneys, liver, stomach and bowels, when a laxative remedy is needed by men, women or children. Many millions know of its beneficial effects from actual use and of their own personal knowledge. It is the laxative remedy of the well-informed. Always buy the Genuine- Syrup of Figs MANUFACTURED BY THE Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye any garment without riping apart. Write for free booklet - How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. *MONROE DRUG GO., Unionville, Missouri.* President Paul Morton was entertaining at Manhattan beach 750 agents of the Equitable Life. An agent fro mthe west asked Mr. M Morton if he believed that advertising benefitted life insurance. "Good advertising," the other answered, "benefits every form of business." "But what 'is good advertising?" said the agent. "Good advertising," returned Mr. Morton, "is the kind that strikes home, the kind that gives you a friendly feeling toward a concern. It makes you believe that it will be pleasant and profitable to deal with the advertiser. "A Deroit grocer, in my boyhood, inserted in the papers an advertisement that I think was a good one. I still remember it. It ran: "Twins are come to me for the third time. This time a boy and a girl. I beseech my friends and patrons to support me stoutly." "This," said the agent, "is the coziest little flat in Harlem." "Yes?" replied the man. "Oh, there's no doubt about that at all!" "That's so; there isn't any room, for doubt, is there?"—Philadelphia Ledger. Just Wonderful. Westry, Miss, Jan. 1st (Special)—The case of Mrs. C. W. Pearson, who residues here is a particularly interesting one. Here is the story told by Mr. Pearson, her husband, in his own words. He says:— "My wife's health was bad for a long time. Last July she was taken terrible bad with spasms. I sent for the doctor, and after making a thorough examination of her, he said undoubtedly the cause of her trouble was a disordered state of the Kidneys. His medicine didn't seem to be doing her much good, so as I heard about Dodd's Kidney Pills, I got her a box just to give them a trial. Well the effect was just wonderful. I saw that they were the right medicine and I got two more boxes. 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Contentment The swirling snowflakes fill the air; Wan ghosts to-night, I watch them flutter here and there, In raiment white. And while the misty troops charge by With gusty tread I hear the sparrows' twilight cry Far overhead. And spite the storm and sleet and night Within the nest Confidently till morning light They snugly rest. I thought 'twere better far to be A sparrow hold Than take life's ills so murmuringly. So thanklessly life's gold. —New York Herald. A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) "What's the matter with Eaton—was he ever jilted?" asked Perkins lighting a fresh cigar and gazing curiously at the receding figure of the confirmed old bachelor of the club as he walked into the dining room. "Why?" asked Brown "Has he been showing you a bunch of sour granes?" "Well, I should think so," replied Perkins "came in and said he had heard I was about to be married and was sorry he couldn't congratulate me. Was compelled to offer me his deepest commiseration instead. When I began to bridle said he didn't know the lady so there was nothing personal about it but wanted to record his warning that no fellow ever knew anything about a woman anyway and when he married just put his foot in a trap. Might be reasonably happy, he said, but if so it was purely a happenstance as no man could fathom a woman's mind or her ways. Did some fair damsel do things to him?" "Didn't you ever hear his story?" "Didn't you ever hear his story?" asked Brown reflectively. "No; fire ahead, old man," responded Perkins. "It must a been aplenty." "It is a strange story," said Brown. "You see Eaton and Ed Pixley were old college chums and about as close as any two fellows ever were and went into business together, Pixley & Eaton it was, and a very successful firm. Well about the time they got their business started in fine shape and were ready to clean up and realize big money Pixley fell in love with Edith Morton and married her. Well it seems Eaton who was Edith's second cousin or something of that sort, had been heels over head in love with her, himself for years but had not pressed his suit. When the announcement of her engagement with Pixley was made it nearly broke his heart—but the marriage did not estrange him from Pixley. He didn't lay it up against him but came out beautifully; did the 'bless you my children, bless you', act and all that. He settled down to business harder than ever and the firm simply leaped to the front. After the first blush of the honeymoon was over Pixley took a new hold too and they just tore along. "Well, money began to come easy and Pixley got tangled up with a lot of pretty swift fellows in a business way and being a sociable, convivial fellow, liked the pace. As a consequence he began to spend more of his spare time at the clubs and card tables and one place and another then he did at home—and more than the exigences of business strictly required. He was a kind and indulgent husband all right but his interest was divided with the preponderance constantly growing away from home. Now Mistress Pixley was deeply in love with her handsome and dashing husband and by that same token she was more or less jealous of his interest and his time. Gradually she came to believe, with considerable truth, that she and the children were an incident in his CORBON It was a fierce session. life rather than the whole thing. this idea once planted grew rapidly and she became haughty and resentful as a proud nature will. Of course Pixley felt the strained atmosphere and it served to drive him more and more away from home and from her. There was even some talk of other women or another woman. "All this time Eaton had been a consistent and faithful friend of the Pixley's—both of them and being a man of discernment he saw how affairs were trending, also being a man of sense and delicacy he felt estopped from making any sign which might tend to straighten matters out. "Little by little Mrs. Pixley came to lean on his friendship and to con- BY JOHN NORTH fide her troubles to him and with his great admiration and his knowledgege that Pixley was drifting the wrong way not only in his marital affairs but in business also—he was losing vast sums in gambling and neglecting business sadly—he was in full sympathy. In the meantime Pixley, resenting his wife's expostulations and her growing coldness, threw his anchors overboard and got into almost open relations with another woman—maintained another establishment and all that. "Finally Eaton's sympathy with Mrs. Pixley got the better of his discretion and he called Pixley to the A I loyear you and I despise you." carpet. It was a fierce session, if rumor is to be believed for Pixley was a high headed fellow and Eaton was no baby when aroused. He told Pixley the plainest truths one man can tell another and did not mince his language. Pixley invited him to mind his own business and the matter got very close to pistols—there would have been a duel, they say, if Eaton had not borne in mind the awful scandal which would have resulted and refused to fight even under the provocation of being called a coward. He knew that Mrs. Pixley's name would surely have been dragged into the matter and endured the last humiliation a brave man can accept in order to prevent that. "Pixley plunged still deeper into his dissipations, practically deserted his family and lived almost openly with the other woman. Things got into a beautiful muddle with domestic, business and friendship involved, when Pixley had the grace to get shot in a quarrel over cards. He lingered for a few days and died. Eaton taking care of him and doing everything a man could do for him. Before he died he sent a letter to his wife expressing deep contrition for his sins and begging her forgiveness. "When it was all over Eaton went to the widow and offered his assistance in straightening out the estate and in any other way. She might choose to use him. Like everything else he felt it was a great blessing to her to have the unfaithful husband out of the way. Do you think she felt that way about it? Bless you no. She just flung her head back and blamed all her troubles onto Eaton "It is all your fault, sir," she said. "It is you who came between my husband and myself—for what selfish purpose you best know yourself but it is easy to guess. Edward was a proud man and you drove him to all his excesses, drove him away from his family and finally to his death by your interference and your busybody way. I never want to see you again. I loathe you and I despise you. The only thing you can do for me is never to let me see your false face again." "Eaton staggered out of her presence, dazed and stupefied. When the affairs of the firm were checked up it was found that Pixley had overdrawn his account so seriously as nearly to wipe out his interest. His fast life and his losses at the gaming tables had eaten into money much more than anybody suspected. Eaton simply wiped out the overdraft and sent Mrs. Pixley a check for an even half of what was left. Then he received another blow. She wrote him a cold note acknowledging the receipt of the check and stating that Mr. Pixley had informed her that his interest in the business was worth a certain sum, many thousands of dollars in excess of the amount of the check; that of course the business was wholly in his hands and that she had no appeal from his decision; that robbery of widows and orphans would be wholly ir accord with his course of action in other directions; that she considered the entire matter now closed and was thankful that she need have no further communication with the nemesis who had pursued her dear husband to the grave. "It nearly drove Eaton to suicide because he still loved her with all the ardor of his unselfish soul and cared more for her good opinion than for that of all the rest of the world put together. "I reckon he would have committed suicide but the utter injustice of the letter aroused his anger. He sold the entire business and sent her a check for the exact difference between the amount he had sent before and the amount she named in his letter. It took his entire fortune and since then he has done a modest little business—making just about enough to support himself in comfort and has lived without ambition, a lonely, bitter, futureless life." Perkins whistled softly: "By jove" he said "I remember hearing Edith Pixley say one time that Mr. Eaton was such a strange, cold man, that he had scarcely spoken to her since her husband died although they used to be great friends before that." "Women are strange creatures," concluded Brown as he rose and sought his favorite corner in the dining room. EAGLE SKILLFUL IN STRATEGY. Cunning Devices Used by the Mon- arch of the Air. Ornithologists are inclined to discourage the idea that eagles are in the habit of attacking large animals, but a contest witnessed by an observer dispels such theory. The battle was between an eagle and a stag. The bird singled out from a herd one particular buck, which it succeeded in driving from the rest. It struck the animal with its powerful wings, knocked it down and finally killed it. A still more remarkable spectacle is well authenticated. An eagle attacked a fawn in the highlands of Scotland. The cries of the little one were answered by its dam, which sprang upon the eagle and struck it repeatedly with its forefeet. Fawn, deer and eagle rolled down a declivity, the bird was dislodged from its hold on the fawn rescued. Many traditions are extant as to the carrying off of children by eagles. The most recent case bearing close scrutiny is one which happened in South Africa. A Boer farmer whose stock had been harried by eagles lay in ambush for the robbers and saw one of them descend and carry off the 5-year-old child of one of his Kaffir servants. He shot the bird, which, with the child still clutched in its grip, fell into a thorn bush. The bird was dead, but the child was little hurt. Two eagles will stalk a covert in concert. While one conceals itself the other beats about the bushes with great screaming, driving out its quarry for the hidden eagle to swoop down upon. An even more insidious method has been observed. An eagle seeing a sheep on the edge of a precipice flew at it, screaming shrilly and with forceful beat of wing hurled it into the valley below, where it could devour it as leisure. In the light of such records there is good reason for believing the legend of the eagle dropping a tortoise on the bald head of Aeschylus, the Greek poet, and so causing his death. Capt. Martin's Timely Caution Some fifty years ago Capt. Richard S. Martin was well known at the West End and a familiar figure on School street, in the vicinity of the city hall, says a writer in the Boston Herald. He had "run with the machine" and been captain of "Old Barnicat," and was later an engineer of the Boston fire department. He also carried on the painting business at 10 Chapman place. It was his custom to be at his shop quite early two or three times a week, to see that his employees were all on time. If any one arrived late, the same dialogue always took place. One morning "Bob" White was the victim, and was accosted by the proprietor, who said: "Mr. White, you are thirteen minutes late this morning." "Y-yes-yes, sir; but, you see, I was married last night." To which Capt. Dick replied: "Very well, very well; but don't let it occur again." Be Ready for Instant Battle Be Ready for Instant Battle. A man should keep his mind up to the standard; he should keep it disciplined and ready for action. To do this it must be trained, drilled every day in mental tactics, so that it will be strong, vigorous and alert, ready to act in an emergency with the maximum efficiency of which it is capable. What condition for a sea fight would our navy be in if we, for five years, dropped all gun practice and allowed all the naval officers and sailors to do as they pleased and have a good time. Your mind is your personal navy. Your faculties are your ships and men; and if you are not ready for life's great battle, ready for an emergency, how can you expect to conquer when the crisis comes?—Success. Those Girls. "Vernon told me this morning," related the blonde, "that he passed the tree where two years ago he carved your initials and his own and encircled them with a heart. He says he felt so good he almost danced with joy." "Ah," said the tall brunette anxiously, "he must still love me after all. Did he say why he felt so happy?" "Yes, he said some men were cutting the tree down." The News of Kansas The Bell Company Failed to Get Franchise in Independence Franchise in Independence, INDEPENDENCE, KAS—After a heated session the city council failed to pass an ordinance granting a franchise to the Bell Telephone company over the mayor's veto. The ordinance granting the Bell people a franchise was passed at an extra session recently following an attempted raise in rates by the Home people. As a result of last night's action the Home people agree to furnish a bond to secure the contract that the rates shall not exceed $1 for residence telephones, or $2 for business telephones during the next twenty years. They agree to furnish the city free toll service to Kansas City, supply a number of telephones within the town, provide fire alarm facilities and pay in royalty $500 per year for the first five years and $1,000 per year for the succeeding twenty years. A modern system of latest design is being instaled. FOR A NEW INTERURBAN. Electric Lines to Connect Missouri And Kansas Towns. PARSONS.—R. C. Rawlings, of Chanute is asking for a franchise for an electric street railway in this city. The company he represented has secured a franchise from the Chanute council, to also be a part of the proposed interurban system which, when completed, will consist of 214 miles of track and connect all the towns in Southeastern Kansas and also Joplin, Carthage and other towns in Southwest Missouri. Engineers have gone over the proposed route, and Mr. Rawlings says that the company has the money already secured with which to build and equip the road. County Wants Excess Salary: LEAVENWORTH, KAS.—Judge Gill patrick has denied a motion by attorneys for the members of the county board to have dismissed suits brought against them by the county for drawing more salary than the law allows. The commissioners have been drawing $3 a day and expenses, but overlooked the fact that there is a maximum of $/00 per annum fixed by law. The suit is to recover all over this amount each year for several years. Suspected Train Wrecker Arrested Suspected Train Wrecker Arrested. ARKANSAS CIT1, KAS—F. E. McGarth, special agent for the Oklahoma division of the Santa Fe, has caused the arrest of a man giving his name as James Williger, who is suspected of being implicated in the wreck of the Santa Fe at Lang, Kas, last month. Potographs of the suspect have been sent to the detectives in charge of the case at Topeka. Trackman Killed by Train. ARKANSAS CITY, KAS.—Paul Deinas, an Italian track man in the employ of the tue Santa Fe, was struck and killed by the northbound passenger train. He was returning to the railroad camp from town with a supply of groceries with which to celebrate the Italian Christmas. Zero Weather in Kansas TOPEKA.—Sunday night was the coldest of the year. The temperature was near zero for the first time this winter. Reports from the western part of the state say that cattle are well sheltered and not suffering. The stockmen are well supplied with feed 4 A Pioneer Dead. LEAVENWORTH, KAN.—Jep S. Rice, a Leavenworth ploneer, and for twenty years manager of the old Planters hotel, is dead. He was 73 years old. Riley Soldier's Victim Dead. JUNCTION CITY, KAS. — Bruce Ducher, who was shot here Sunday night by Private William Pfannkuche, Troop A, Eleventh cavalry of Fort Riley, is dead. Pays Bill Grocery Bill TOPEKA.—Governor Bailey's grocery bill is a closed incident. The governor has sent a check for $1,200 to the state treasury to square the account. Runs Many Barrels. INDEPENDENCE, KAN.—The pipeline runs of the miscontinent oil field for 1905 aggregated 11,854,817 barrels.3 Refinery Is In Operation. TOPEKA.—Another independent oil refinery is in operation. It is the Rillin plant in Neosho county. To Rebuild Line JUNCTION CITY, KAN.—The Junction City-Parsons line of the M. K. & T. will be rebuilt. Appointed Attorney General. TOPEKA—F. S. Jackson of Eureka has oeen appointed an assistant attorney general. Gymnasium Changes at K. U Gymnasium Changes at K. U. LAWRENCE, KAS.-The gymnasium building of the university has been relocated just west of the Fowler shops. An order will also be issued to move McCook field farther south. This will be fought stubbornly by the town people, who claim the field is already too far away from town. Negro School Law Valid TOPEKA—The supreme court has upheld the law permitting the erection of a high school for negroes in Kansas City, Kan. TO ENLARGE TOPEKA SHOPS The Santa Fe to Employ Between 4,000 and 5,000 Men. TOPEKA.—Topeka is elated by the announcement that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway has practically decided to increase the capacities of its shops in Topeka. When the new shops are finished they will employ between 4,000 and 5,000 men. They will have an annual payroll of more than 1 million dollars and they will turn out finished products annually at nearly 9 million dollars. BODY FOUND AFTER NINETY DAYS HIAWATHA.—Otis Anderson, a Kickapoo Indian who lives on the reservation in the southern part of this county, went to St. Louis last September. He returned in a drunken condition, and was never seen again. It was believed he had met with foul play at the hands of another Indian. Recently people living in the neighborhood of the Rock Island depot at Horton have noticed a most offensive odor. Monday the vault back of the deptot was inspected and a body of a man seen in it. The coroner was sent for and the body brought to the surface. Though terribly mutilated by rats, it was identified as that of Anderson. Mitchell Puamo, an Indian who accompanied Anderson to St. Joseph, has been arrested and is now in the county jail. WAITING ON THE MUTUAL First National Dividend Depends on Payments of Policy. TOPEKA.—The payment of the 55 per cent dividend to the creditors of the First National bank cannot be made until the New York Mutual Life pays over the $283,000 of life insurance which it has formally announced will be paid. The insurance company gives no explanation of its continued delay and to every question always returns the answer that the claim has been fully allowed and will be paid very soon, and yet with all this it has not been paid. A theory has been advanced by Receiver Bradley that the stringency of the money market in New York has been the occasion of the delay. "I don't allege this. I simply offer offer this as a theory," he said "I don't think that we will have to delay the payment of the dividend and I believe it still can be made on the 15th of the month. The actual payment will not be made until the treasurer of the United States has the money actually in his possession in Washington. We are all ready here and will forward the schedules to Washington. Retail Grocers' Program WICHITA, KAS.-Ine program for the meeting of the Kansas Retail Grocers' Association, which will meet here January 10, has been issued. It follows: Opening address, President J. J. Brady, unfield; response, J. B. Case, Abaline; talk on organization by grocers; address, "Legislation." P. J. Murphy, Harper; address, "The Wholesaler and the Retailer." J. C. Adams, Cederville; address, "Mail Order Houses," Otis Moore, Arkansas City; address, "Mutual Insurance," C. I. Reed, Wichita. Kansas G. A. R. to Meet in Kansas G. A. R. to Meet in June. SALINA, KAS.—The local members of the G. A. R. met and set the dates for the next state meeting for June 5, 6 and 7. On the same days there will also meet the four auxiliaries of the G. A. R. The Woman's Relief Corps, the ladies of the G. A. R., the Ladies' Aid Society, and the Sons of Veterans. The grand offices or these societies will be here. A Big Mill for McPhereson, Kas. MC PHERESON, KAS.—A milling project has been completed by the purchase of a mill site consisting of six lots. The organization was completed this morning. The stock is sold and work will begin at once. The mill will be of 450 barrels capacity. The enterprise is backed all by McPhereson men and capital. First Sedgwick Homestead WICHITA, KAS.—"Buffalo Bill" Mathewson sold to Eastern capitalists the last tract of forty acres of what was the first homestead taken in Sedgwick county. "Buffalo Bill" still held the original patent issued in 1869 and signed by U. S. Grant. The tract lies in the heart of the residence district of this city. A Fort Leavenworth Escape LEAVENWORTH. KAS.—Alexander Emptie, a prisoner awaiting trial for desertion has escaped from the Fort Leavenworth hospital. He was in the isolation ward of the hospital recovering from diphtheria. Sudden Death of Smallpox CANEY, KAS.—William Elam, a farmer living near Copan, I. T., came to Caney Thursday evening and complained of not being well. He went to bed and died during the night. The doctors pronounced the cause of his death smallpox. Burton Not To Resign ALBINE, KAS.—Senator Burton said regarding the statement that he would resign his seat in the Senate: "There is absolutely no truth in the statement." What We're Coming To. "Cold winter ahead," declared Un- Goshall Hemlock "How can you tell?" he was ask- "Didn't ye hear the wild geese how in' this mornin'?" "Oh, that was Jed Busby's new an- mobile." "Thunder! Gol darn it all. The lest shows what the kentry's com- bo." Reminds Them of Old Times. "A state of war" has been decla- in Valdivostok, just to make the p ple there feel at home again. BOY'S TERRIBLE ECZEMA Mouth and Eyes Covered With Crust —Hands Pinned Down—Miraculous Cure by Cuticura. "When my little boy was six months old, he had eczema. The sores extended so quickly over the whole body that we at once called in the doctor. We then went to another doctor but he could not help him, and in one despair we went to a third one. Masters became so bad that he had regular holes in his cheeks large enough to put a finger into. The food had to be given with a spoon, for his mouth was covered with crusts as thick as a finger, and whenever he opened the mouth they began to bleed and supurate, as did also his eyes. Hands, arms, chest, and back, in short the whole body was covered over and over. We had no rest by day or night. Whenever he was laid in his bed, we had to pin his hands down; otherwise he would scratch his face and make an open sore. I think his face must have itched most fearfully. "We finally thought nothing could help, and I had made up my mind to send my wife with the child to Europe, hoping that the sea air might cure him, otherwise he was to be put under good medical care there. But Lord be blessed, matters came differently, and we soon saw a miracle. A friend of ours spoke about Cuticura, We made a trial with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, and within ten days or two weeks we noticed a decided improvement. Just as quickly as the sickness had appeared it also began to disappear, and within ten weeks the child was absolutely well, and his skin was smooth and white as never before. F. Hohrath, President of the C. L. Hohrath Company, Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons, 4 to 20 Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa, June 5, 1905." Senator Bacon's Match Senator Augustus O. Bacon of Georgia, who recently returned from Europe, wears on the lapel of his coat a tiny watch not bigger than a man's thumb. In spite of its extremely delicate mechanism, the watch keeps good time. Senator Bacon's purpose in wearing it so conspicuously is to curtail interviewers with tedious persons. The man can talk with the senator on any unimportant subject for any great length of time with the little watch staring him in the face and marking the passing minutes must be possessed of considerable courage or colossal nerve. Claims the Behring Cure. Dr. Carl Von Ruck, of Asheville, N. C., disputes the claim of Dr. Emil Von Behring, of Germany, to the credit of discovering a new remedy for tuberculosis. Dr. Von Ruck declares he was the first to use the treatment now employed by Dr. Von Behring. He takes the position that he related the results of his own experiment to Dr. Behring in 1902, at Marburg, Germany, and sent his literature and reports on the subject, yet the German savant fails to give him any credit for this. Old Hunks—with a roar—"Well, that's no reason why you should always be on the wrong side!"—Chicago Tribune. MALARIA?? Generally That Is Not the Trouble. Persons with a susceptibility to malarial influences should beware of coffee, which has a tendency to load up the liver with bile. A lady writes from Denver that she suffered for years from chills and fever which at last she learned were mainly produced by the coffee she drank. "I was also grievously afflicted with headaches and indigestion," she says, "which I became satisfied were likewise largely due to the coffee I drank. Six months ago I quit its use altogether and began to drink Postum Food Coffee, with the gratifying result that my headaches have disappeared, my digestion has been restored and I have not had a recurrence of chills and fever for more than three months. I have no doubt that it was Postum that brought me this relief, for I have used no medicine while this improvement has been going on." (It was really relief from congestion of the liver caused by coffee.) "My daughter has been as great a coffee drinker as I, and for years was afflicted with terrible sick headaches, which often lasted for a week at a time. She is a brain worker and excessive application together with headaches began to affect her memory most seriously. She found no help in medicines and the doctor frankly advised her to quit coffee and use Postum. "For more than four months she has not had a headache—her mental faculties have grown more active and vigorous and her memory has been restored. "No more tea, coffee or drugs for us, so long as we can get Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book "The Road to Wellville" in piks.