The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. IBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE OL16 NO 51 AUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR. cause I loved so fondly, because I loved so long, in his infinite wisdom, save me a gift of song, cause I had loved so vainly, and sung with such faltering breath. Master in his infinite mercy, the boon of death—Dunbar. Paul Lawrence Dunbar born in Day- Ohio in 1872, graduated from Steele School, that city, afterwards he worked in an elevator and wrote verse, while running elevator he published his at book, "Oak any Ivy", first public pearance, to invitation by Dr. H. A. Seyer, Supt. State Insane Asylum, Tol- to, to read before several thousand of guests, wrote book of short stories titled "Majors and Minors", went to New York wrote "Lyrics of Lowly Life" titled London, and while there wrote first long story, "The Uncalled", turning to the country, was married Miss Alice Ruth Moore, of New Or- and and lived in Washington, D.C. for years, moved to his old home at ton and wrote 'When Malina Sings' owdy, Honey, Howdy," and other uses and stories, total number of books published, twenty-one. Died Feb. 9, '06 Paul Lawrence Dunbar's illness with seemingly cruel malady which degrades us of his great life has been the powerful knowledge of Washington for time, but when his death became here it was the cause of deepest fear. Every one feels that in his death he is an irreparable loss. No encomium us is necessary to add kuster story to the name of Dunbar, made mortal by his beautiful and sublime sons and his great genius. He is dead lives. Of him, mother earth can take that which she formerly gave, the life of the immortal life on forever. It breathes in the using beauty of his songs, and perpetuates in his masterly writings, theDUCT of a most remarkable genius. If the colored-people, with whom he identified, have any special claim on Dunbar and the rich legacy he has to humanity, it may be said that no or people have produced equal. The impulses moving and mating his soul, which wealways find mating to those sublime heights of beauty, granduer and sweetness, were heart throbs of his people, whose life and emotion he portrayed with seminal genius peculiarily his own. Dunbar, more than to any other posterity will owe a debt of gratitude for the preservation of the life, habits and thoughts of the colored peacen and their peculiar dialect and mode of living just after the emancipation. There is no doubt but that history will write his name among the world's most famous, and that his writings will give a place among the world's most singers. With a view to reflecting the loss the race feels in the death of this great poet, and also with a view showing the esteem in which he was led by the colored people, the following images were collected today from p. o. o. m e n t men in this city. An Old Resident Dies. Death has claimed anothr victim. Today, Mr. Ambrose Dudley one of the pioneer citizens of our thriving city was enrolled on the scroll of that unnumbered that have passed beyond the contours of this world. At 5:30 this morning at 1504 N. 8th St., in the little home that has been his castle for years he breathed his last. Mr. Ambrose Dudley was born in Owens County, Kentucky, 31 years ago and came to Kansas City Kansas, about 1869 and engaged in the transfer business which he faithfully allowed until a few years ago when needed to abandon on account of health. Mr. Dudley enjoyed an extensive acquaintance and was respected by all. He is the brother of the manager of this pus, leaves a wife, sister and other relatives. Funeral services have not as yet been arranged but will doubtless be held Monday afternoon from the Ninth St., Christian Church, Rev. J. D. Smith and Rev. D. B. Jackson, will officiate. including the features of the Alabama James Minstrel will be a speciality by Judge I. F. Bradley, the original Alabama James. Hear the sweet Southernodies, the side splitting jokes. You will miss one of the treats of the season if you miss the Alabamu Babes at the C. and O. Hall on the 22nd THEY SAY Yes its the latest out didn't we tell you. We wonder if he finally brought the opera tickets. Watchman—How long before that other wedding. Judge "I. F" the original Babe He's a natural born cannon ball catchee—deed he is—the judge. Have you reckoned the number that are learning the lullaby. Echoes of the Adelphia Art Club reception—Oh! it was a swell thing. Now you know we are "Big-to-do," people and wouldn't miss Convention hall, on the 23rd. The Alabama Babes and their new new show, its the real thing. Call up 1958 West—with your news if not right we will fix it. Have you noticed how popular telephones are getting with the colored population? 10-16 66 if I catch that gig I'll git sick. 4-11 44 if dat gigs I'll work no more. There is to be another Art club reception—strictly "out o' sight" yet in sight. There is a certain phone on a certain street that has more calls than the police station. Hello! central how is No. 5.? All are on duty save one Guy. There is a new belle often seen in the Sea Foam block. LOCALLY. Miss Clara Johnson of 16 Franklin av. is indisposed this week. Mr. J. W. Enlish of Bynton, I. T., is in the city vis ting his son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones of 1507 N. 4th street. Mr. Joseph Brooks who has been quite ill on Jersey ave. is now able to be out. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Tunson of 1510 N. 3rd st. a bright and bouncing nine pound baby boy—all are doing well. The W. H. B. club will be entertained by Miss May J. Gatewood of Winona ave. next week. Rev. J. B. Anderson of Springfield Ill who has been holding revival services at Denver Colo. passed through our city last week en route home he was the guest of Mrs. L. B. Hilton of N. 5th. Rumor has it that Rev. Robert Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist church will resign soon and return to "Old Kentucky." Rev. M. Phillips of the Primitive Baptist has gone South in behalf of the peer Saints T. easure of that denomination. The melodious strains of both an organ and piano are blended together in the services at Mount Pleasant Baptist. Mr. P. Jackson of 2021 Water st., who had an operation performed some time ago is improving slowly. The Art Club of the First Christian church met last week at the residence of Mrs. L. Brows 358 Cleveland ave. Mrs. J. H. Miller, of 1232 Neb. met with a serious accident by having his fingers frost bitten a short while ago. If you want good Board and Nice furnished rooms go to 1013 Nebraska ave., Mrs. Anna Williams, the proprietress, will treat you royal in boh. Mrs. Grant Kirby of 330 Oakland ave is spending some time in Moberly, Mo., with her many friends. Mrs. C. Bailey of 540 State ave., who has been quite ill for sometime is improving. Mrs. L. V. Terrill [of 2314 Alice ave., who has been sick for three weeks is now able to be up. Mrs. L.;Lankfork[of this city will leave in a few days for Muskogee, I. T. Mrs. M. J. Murphy of 315 Oakland av is quite this week it is hoped by her many friends that she will soon recover. If you have visitors from out of city, sickness or death in your family, call us up, its news 1958West. GREAT MUSICIAN IN OUR CITY Prof. Frank M. Liston, is here from New York city one of the greatest musicians of our race, he plays, teaches and arranges music for piano, violin, viola, mandolin, guitar, trombone, cornet in fact every instrument in America, he also is one of the popularist country in the country. He has opened a conservatory of music at 340 Minnesota ave., and will teach all and everything, he teaches in 5 months or refund your money. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, THE GRAND OLD MAN. F. W. McKinley At 8th St Baptist Church At 11 a. m. pastor Rev. D.B. Jackson preached, subject: "Running the Christian Race," good service, and excellent Sunday School session was had, a good collection of $3.18 in this department. Pastor heard some excellent temperance remarks and meny points of information as to how this and other cities may be cleaned. B. Y. P. U. service was very good and attended nicely. Evening service was well attended, with much spirituality in it. Pastor preached on the subject: "What is man?" Good service and well attended, many visitors were with us. Last week the young ministers met at this church and organized the young ministers union for the purpose of spiritual strength and literary attainment, officers, H. H. Chester, Pres., H. Montgomery V pres., M. Carroll, Sec'y. J. Bernord, Cor. Sec., John Landix, Treas. A committee on constitution was appointed thus: Revs. I. N. Chandler, H. H. Chester, R. Berry, and Walter Owens. This union will have its first public meeting at the 8tn St. Baptist Church on Feb. 25th, at 11 a. m. At 3 p.m. on same day Rev. H. H. Gordon is invited to preach a special sermon for the sisters of the sewing circle of the church, sister L. E. Fitzhugh pres., sister J. L. Jackson, sec. Two weeks ago sister Emma Arthur entertained the circle, last week sister M. Miller, Jr. this week sister Charlie Williams 848 Freeman ave. These sisters made it pleasant, serving refreshmeats in abundance. This church gave a very royal reception on Feb. 1st in honor of the business men of this city, which was nicely attended under circumstances. Look Out for Feb. 22nd. A Martha Washington Supper with grand Entertainment consisting of solos, recitations, essays and an instrumental duet by two very excellent pianist. Refreshments served by the sisters sewing circle.Don't miss this treat in being highly entertained. At 5th and Oakland ave. Many of the members are on the sick ist this week: Sisters, Emma Haines, Emma Howard, Sr. Emma Howard, Jr. Anna Rhodes, Celestial Scott, J. L. Jackson and Rev. Stokes. 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 1906, or said petition will be taken as true and a judgement 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. DURSEY GREEN, Atty. for Plaintiff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Politically Speaking Jno. West is the Democratic nominee for councilman in the 2nd ward—He is on the move. There was some talk among the Republican City Central Committee about not allowing D. W. White the colored gentlemar and prospective candidate from the bloody third ward, to file for the primaries because it was said he stepped over the fence one—Awful poor politics for Wyardotte republicans. Republican City Primaries Saturday 24th afternoon. In the campaign of Mayor Rose last spring he announced from the stump that the papers and press would always be telling what Rose was doing His name, true to the utterance has appeared almost daily since his election. Announcements I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Counellman of the 2nd Ward subject to the Republican Primaries. FRED G. PALMER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Counellman of the 2nd Ward subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. A. C. WELLS. Publication Notice. In the court of Common Pleas af Wyandotte County, Kansas. Mary Bradley, Plaintiff, vs. Otis Divers, and Ida Divers, Defendant. To the above named defendants you are hereby notided 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 forelosing a certain mortgage, given by the defendant Otis Divers, on the following described real property to-wit: -The south one half, half 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 Pliff. Att test: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County kansas. Charles W. Jones, Plaintiff. 88. Sofronia Jones, 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 3rd day of February 1906, the petition filed in said case, will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree, dissolve the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plain tiff from defendant, and for cost of this action. Charles W. Jones, by Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County kansas. Peter Seaman, Plainoff. 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 banned court, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 1st day of February 1906 the petition filed against fier 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 Pifl Attest: Wn. Needles. Clerk. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas Melvina McTear, Plaintiff. vs. Robert McTear, Defendant To the above named defendant, you ar- 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 3rd day of March 1906, the petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of mat- rimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divowing plaintiff and defendant and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, Atty. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. 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 undersigned, on the Estate, William Bryant late of said County, deceased. by the Honorable the Probate Court of the County and State afore 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 state; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred. ANNA MILLER Adminiftratrix 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. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Kansas. Court of Common Pleas County of Wyandotte. Lizzie Scales, Plaintiff, Delliah Lewis, Defendant Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the Court of Common Please in and for the said County of Wyandotte, in a certain cause in said Court, numbered 6722 wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me the undersigned, Sheffield of said County directed. I will offer for sale, at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Kansas City. In said County, on Monday the 12th day of March A.D. 1906, at 10 o'clock a.m. of said day, the following described Real Estate situate in the County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, to-wit-Lot thirty four (34) in block fifty three. (35) in the former city of Wyandotte, now a part of Kansas City in Wyandotte County Kansas. A. GUNNING. Sheriff of Wyandotte County Kansas PUBLICATION NOTCIE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Joseph Davis, Plaintiff. vs. W. H. Ryus, C. J. McAllister, The New England Loan and Trust Co., a corporation, W. H. Miller, Isaac L. Miller, as administrator, Chas. W. Roberts, as administrator, The Chester County Guarantee and safe Deposit Company a corporation, Robert Conwell Executor of the last will of Anna W. Roberts, J. K Hall, The Prudential Insurance Company, E. A. Bowley, A. D. Hermance, The Dollar Saving Bank, a corporation, David Updegraff, The Kansas National Bank, a corporation, Jennie Lemke, D. McCoy, The Thompson National Bank, a corporation, Sarah E. Johnson, The Husted Investment Co., a corporation, The Husted Building Company, a corporation The Boulevard Land Co.a corporation, James D.Husted, Trustee for Oliver, R Burham, Oliver R. Burham Millard F. Comstock, and Geo. W. Comstock. Defendant You and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the a bove named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 31st day of March 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, forever barring you and each of you from all right title and interest, in and to the following described real estate: towls:—Lot Fort Seven, in block seventy in the former city of Wyandotte, now a part of Kansas City in Wyandotte County Kansas, and for costs of this action, and quieting the title of said land in the plaintiff. Joteph Davis, Plaintiff by I. F. Bradley, his attorney. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk Feb. 9 Afro-American News. For the Perusal of Busy People. Jim Crow cars are to be instituted at Newport Newsi Va., and the colored people are preparing to walk. Okolona, Miss, has more Negroes doing business in the main part of the city than any other part of the stat. On the principal streets there are colored men engaged in dry goods, groceries, tailoring and restaurants. The mammoth blacksmith and machine shops at Des moines ill., near near Marion, with all the improved machinery necessary, is under the control of Willi am Prmist, an Afro-American graduate of Bocker T Washington's school. A Free Library has been opened in Louisville Ky., for "Colored Folks". The first person to take out a book was William Thomas an ebony hud Negro. He asked for and recieved a work on chicken culture. He said he wanted to "raise" a few chickens. Nathan H. Alexander, of Moutgomery Alabama has been appointed receiver of public monies for the state of Alabama. 300 delegates are expected in Washing ton city about Feb. 24th. to attend a colored convention for the purpose of discussing Negro suffrage in the South. Pine Bluff Ark., has a Negro population of 9,000 and claims a larger proportion of colored people who own their homes thtn in any other city in the country. Bids for the construction of the Jim Crow High School in Kansas City, Kas. are being advertised for. The building it is said will cost $40,000 and will be a Manual Training School too—About 17 rooms it is said will be contained. The Twenty-fourth Infantry, now at San Francisco, waiting to take ship to Manilla, is the First colored regiment ordered for F reign service in five years. P. Logan is the unpretentious name of an Afro-American at Okolona Miss., has a hobby for real estate he owes several store buildings, eighteen or twenty residences, a plantation containing a section and a half., and now lives in a big house formerly owned by his master. Now isn't that solving the problem. The Anniversary of the birth of Hon Frederick Douglass, the grand old man of the past, was fittingly celebrated by appropriate excreises on the 14th., in various parts of the country... The Kansas Lincoln Day club a Negro organization of Topeka celebrated with an elaborate banquet the 93th birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln Prof. W. T. Vernon, the pride of the state, who is president presided and Hon. Nelson C. Crews, the pride of Missouriated and in matchless eloquence told the story of the Great Emanuclip imparted some good advice to the race, In the course of his address he referred to the manly struggle of Prof. Vernon, from the ranks of the lowly to o national character the audience was moved to cheers and tears and the wildest of enthusiasm prevailed. The Magnolia Mercantile Co., has organized for the purpose of manufacturing baking powders. The company will open its office in a few days with G. C. Cade in charge. The first out put of 1,0.0 cans will put on the market about March 1. The first officers are as follows who will devote their time President G. C. Cade of Houston, Texas. Vice President, Sam Jaekson, of Rodney Miss. Secretary and Chemist V. O. Beck of Austin Texas. The factor ywill be located in Houston Tex. A high grade baking powders equal to the "Roy al," will be manufactured. This is a project never before attempted by colored people, but as the profits are large success will no doubt be assured. The Magnolia Baking Powder is to be extensively advertised and put upon the markets of the entire United States by both colored and white sale men, as an article of merit. PATTERSON & GAYDEN -Dealers In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Cesspool Cleaning Cisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. “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. “Terme of Subscription in Advance. TONG VOOr 6... ccc ccecccces coe ee $100 Six Months. .........ssscccse+e e650 Three Months.........ssssssscee 0400 Cig MON ssnes.2is 2. Se concnne <ol60 Advertising 25 cents per inch First ai ae Insertion. Re eh i What with high finance and chorus girls this is a bad year for million- aires. 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 for- gotten 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 ven- erable appearance, the heart of him seems to be as young as ever. That alleged comet which the pa Pers 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 £0 by. The Rochester Globe prints this Scare headline: “Robbed in a hotel.” Such an obvious statement to put in a head! Set SSeS ' 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 Mil- waukee’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 stom ach 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 1s said to be very much like policy, even to the detail that the Chinese printers play it. A Chicago woman refused to pay for & new coat because she said it made her look like a camel. Chicago wom- en like to hump themselves. Owing to a sudden attack of infu enza, 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 conspicu- ous 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 mention- ing a limit that looks suspicious on the fate 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 dust inherited a fortune of a million dollars will continue to work as a ste nographer, 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 com- mended by everybody, with the possi- ble 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 wauid 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 tollowing 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 Mat. ter of Ownership. | Mrs. Russe!l 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 docxed 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 soon- er buy a pair of showy carriage horses with docked tails than they jfesert 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 ang 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, ‘T can't steep for that brute‘s continual yowl- Ing’ Mrs. Sage smiléd again. “In the case of ourselves it is one thing; in the case of others it is a dif- ferent matter,” she said. Love for the Old Home. Mankind is nomadic, and while the Sweetest poetry in the language is in- spired by the old home, the monu- mental work in the world has been ac- complished in the main by those who left the parental roof to pursue else- where the quest for fortune, fame and high success. Nevertheless, the love for the old home abides. The re- union of those who remain and those who have departed is an occasion that will stir the pulse of any com- munity in which such a soulful event takes place. The pretty announce- ment was made by a newspaper in a little New England town which was about to celebrate its old home week that “the Jones boys have arrived and Charles will preach in the Pres- byterian church on Sunday.” A little waif of news like that revives old times and pays for all the prepara- sion of “old home week.”—Philadel phia Ledger. ie Owen Wister, the novelist, was crit- icising the work of a literary begin- ner. “Now, here,” said Mr. Wister, slash- ing his blue pencil through an entire manuscript page, “here is arrant su perfluity 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 use- less 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, re- plied fiercely: “‘No; I am blacking the kitchen range. Where are you—out driving or at a matinee?’ ” LLeok 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 ex- pected to keep in the background for a time, but Senator Knox is tacitly booked to take a leading part in dis- cussion of the railroad rate measure. Por many years Pennsylvania sena- tors have alniost confined themselves to committee activity. The camer. ons, 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 Penn- sylvania senator active in debate will be somewhat of a novelty. aaa iid ate eke The stoves an’ the steam-heat “git” me ‘These wearisome ‘wintry. days! Gimme the old-time ehimbly, ‘The backlog an’ 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 trem sight; But'the flames, of the open fire Sing songs of a winter cee Settin’ there, where the bright Nght ‘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’ firelight’s ‘gleams— The Old. “Sweet story—the old sweet reams! —Frank.L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitu- tion. Under Arrest, but Unguarded. While Gen. Brugere, commander of the French army, was under fifteen days’ arrest in Paris he was not per- mitted to leave his quarters on any pretext except to transact official busi- ness at the war office, might not wear his sword and could receive no vis!- tors. But in consideration of his high rank no sentry was placed over ate, 4 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 emong 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 ian 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.’ “Then I begin treatment. In the Past year I have removed sets of dim- ples from men's faces that any woman of their acquaintance wouldl 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 rerformed there is none they insist upon so stoutly as the removal of dimples,”” iS HAPPIEST AWAY FROM POMP. Austrian Emperor Finds Rest in So- Clety’ of Grandshitiven. ity OF Granachilcren. Although Francis Joseph of Aus- tria is a central figure in the most ex- clusive of European courts his din- ners are quite informal in tone except on rare state occasions. Usually his majesty converses in the liveliest man- ner 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 sreater portion of the year. In sum- mer, however, he makes his way to his lovely villa at Ischl, in the beautiful Yalzkammergut and here is surround- ed by his daughters and their children. It is then that pathetic old man is hap- piest, playing “grandfather” with the babies, taking walks with them and forgetting for a brief season the trials tnd sufferings, misfortunes and dis- appointments which life has brought Lim, ean gle Must all thy songs be mother songs, My bonny’ baby boy? Do poets "write ‘no. other songs, ‘That father's name employ’? Why, then,” Tiright™ the | monstrous wrong: Come, boy, and hear thy daddy's song. But first _a toss high in the alr, To hear his merry shout, And then a tickle here and ‘there, ‘To bring the dimples out, And then’a somp.tpon ‘he bed, Oh, precious’ Hittle touste head! Now. then. wee barefoot boy, take care! Run swiftly o'er the floor, And father'll be a bruin bear, And grow! anid bite ad paw! Why, bless us, boy, what filmsy stuff! Dad's song is tag time, sure enough. There, now of play we've had our All, “Tis' cudate time, 1 know. (How very bright’ his eves are stilt!) “Hush, baby mine. by-low!" Come, come, you litile rascal you, Dad's had enough of peek-a-boo! Hush, hush my boy, to sleep with thet (wish his'mammy'd. come!) Thy father turn into a bee IE longer ‘he must hum, Ah, well, to Tull a child to. rest, A nother song, perchance. ta best, Boston Transcript, Blue Done With Pink Tate. “I will never forget my first experi- ence in hospital work,” said Chief Sur- geon 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 trémens. | was awakened in the middle of the night by the head nurse, who request- ed me to come at once to the patient. When I got there I found him raving and very violent, with the new nurse seared out of her wits. I said: ““Why did you let him go so far; I left you some medicine to give bim 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 -Ghivtetlontie, 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 -up- stairs?” a certain young and enthusi- istic church worker, whose duties Jay 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 par- ents have before it can be admitted ‘0 the room upstairs?” This was not ascertained. Aocentad tha Authnctitc The late Frank F. Heard, for many fears a prominent member of the Bos- ‘on bar, was the author of a work on aw which was much used and quoted oy lawyers. He was once trying a vase the opposing lawyer being Gus- avus Somerby. Mr. Somerby made tis argument, when Heard suddenly ‘aid: “That is wrong. What is your mthority?” “F. F, Heard, page —,” repliee Somerby. ‘Oh, well,” said Heart, “if Heare ‘ays so it is so.” And the case pro- seeded, with much amusement on the vart 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 contradie- tion,” he said, “I want it to be a pleas- ant and polite one. It is not neces- sary, when men tell falsehoods, to call them liars and club them over the head, Their error carr 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 coun- try hotel. On the fiimsy hotel paper they had finished writing to their firms with the lumpy ink and the rusted pens which the hotel manage- ment provided, and now, with news- Paper 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 @ lying competition,’ he said gruffly. “‘Oh, excuse me,’ said the other. ‘f thought it was.’ ” 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 bis bravery, tried unsuccessfully to get bis 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 break- fast, 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 Sianale. There is no chance of a signalman making a mistake at Wanstrow Sta- tion—the smallest on the Great West- ern railway—for the simple reason that there are no signals, and, conse- quently, no signalman, The station is situated on the Wells branch of Som- ersetshire, between Witham and Cran- more, a structure consisting of a plat- form 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 dur- ing the day, and lights the platform lamp when necessary.—London Tit Bits. Snuffbox In Her Stackina. __ it was a sunny day and several pas- sengers on the ferry boat were sitting on the outside benches. One middle- aged, quietly dressed and obviously respectable woman sat alone. Pres- ently she reached down, pulled up her skirts and drew a small box from out of her stocking. She opened the box end 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 un- concerned to the point of defiance, “Well!” exclaimed one man to him- self or anybody who chanced to hear him. “I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it."—New York Press, The Cottane. Daas. 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 soft thy shadow falls Between me and the light; T gaze as on a shrine Iy heart would bend before; ‘My, couch had seen no rest, lad I not seen thy door! ‘The Night, as if to breathe, Her starry curtain parts; The very air seems taint ‘With breath of lovers’ hearts; Some spirit robes the earth In light that heaven wore; Or is that light thine own? And is that heaven thy door? —Charles Swain, Se Acknowledged Expert on Diamona. The credit of being the greatest dia- mond 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 bam- boozle Gen. Mindil as to the value of @ precious stone has not yet come to the front. Worse Than an Epidemic? Dr. Heber Jones, io whom the citi. zens 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 em. barrassed” when the leading woman who presented the check kissed him fall upon the Ics. Telephone Rell W. 32.” Telephone Hone es —~W. B. Raymond | and Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Cary for alll Purposes, at all Hours. The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulangs sick and wounded on Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. Cail at 43) yy, sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. West Uni i THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST - - - . . DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Norma! anj Industrial. 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KANSAS CITY, KANS\ “In the shade of the Old Apple Tree” is a very popular song—W) 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. 852 FREEMAN AVE. KANSAS CITY, KANSA In an Excuse Book. oe | Because its employes 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 “Om- nibus horse died,” as the case might be, and the rest fell into the habit of making ditto marks and letting it eo 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 custo- mary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stanp. The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustra- tion. 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. “Lin- coln persevered,” he said, “and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, who suc- ceed. Don't give three years to jour- nalism 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 use- ful 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. “That he isn’t a Mormon.” 3 [ A 00 acto ane joare Lint jean ili hon a mos wou eS 0 fang cont in. two day not sea hes aPP fun legs feat ons cei liar rea ron va Thi tho ibe, nife hes I fe ha rec tol ' Dr. tad } tho “wl Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 Whi SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m,,tili 44 and from 6 till 9 p.m, C,H, C. JORDAN, M. ML, M.D. Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TTONSORIAL PARLOR All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Cleat Shaye strictly Up-to-Date 488 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 servé! in both, and it would be difficult ® say in which of the two his adventi™® were the most thrilling, His rect Includes three shipwrecks, the betl#® of Navarino, in which he won ™ tion in-orders, the blockade of Als'*" one capture by brigands, followed 1 himself and his companions seizing the Spanish ship which captured the 0% sair which haq captured them. M@ serving many years before the m4 he became a mas'er and smell shi? owner on his own account. Hie 1% is Pierre Loirat, He wes mn 3 November, 1805, and at 12 he wet ® sea. ae |NEMIA CAN BE CURED oars Etat, Now Anemia is just the doctor's name for pooitessness. De. Williams’ Pink Pille wrally make new blood. ‘They cure seeoiajustas food enres hunger. ‘They aed irs. Thos. J, McGann, of 17 {hneoln Place, Plainfield, N.J.,and they vendo as much for any other pale, weak, Shing, bloodless person. infu the spring of 1908 T did my nenal poose cleaning,” says Mrs. McGann, bom] soon afterward I began to have the most_terrible headaches. My heart Foald beat so irregularly that it was jifal and there came @ morning when Fonduot get up. My doctor said Thad anemia and he was surprised that T had amrinued to live in the condition I was G.I was confined to my bed for nearly fro mouths, the doctor coming every {iy for the first few weeks, but I did pot improve to amount to anything. “sitozether [was sick for nearly two sar. 1 was as weak as a rag; had fidadts, irregular heart beats, loss of fopetit, evans in the limbs and wae tinble to get a good night's sleep. My gs and feet Were so swollen that I fared they would burst. “one day, while Twas wondering how jg I could live, feeling ax I did, I re- quvel a, booklet telling about Dr. Wil- cory’ Pfik Pills for Pale People, f nad it and told my hnsband to get ma cme of the pills. " Before the first box sis goye L felt a change for the better. Thave faken about twelve boxes and al: though I was as near the grave as I conld te, Inow, feel asf Thad a new lease of iif, [lave nomore headache, the heart ats regularly, ny cheeks are pink and Tied ten years younger. I feel that I Jnre been cared very cheaply and Thave roommended Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills tolots of my friends.” For further information address. the lm. Wiliams Medicine Co., Scheuec. tady, N.Y. He was describing the game. “I thought I had a clear field,” he said, “when suddenly he tackled me.” “What do you mean by that?” she asked. “Why, in this vase he caught me around the waist with both arms and 1 couldn't make him let go.” “But why?" she inquired, with a sigh, chr under those circumstances did you want to make him let go?” ‘Then she added, after a pause: “You men ae queer creatures.”—Cleveland Leader. It is a mighty ungrateful man who jen not feel thankful that it was no forse, * $100 Reward, $109. fe renders of this paper wil be pleased to earn butucre eat vemos Greaied Geeace tas steers been able toveure ia ait ta stazes ut tase titra Mae Gavarmh Cure te the Ouiy: prsties “itavw known fo tie medical tratersity Gatare vie a"coanteutionaldlscase reeutres‘d ena uty, ating directly upon the bised and whats siacad of. the nysteme thereby ‘aeetay na ant ation of the lceaie and eietag the pause thy Suldng bp nding fate fa Goings wun ‘The proptletses havo auch falth ig es curaiies powées that they od Hundred Boliis far Way cis tee te Eg Fe. Sead for arottestungatsle titre ¥-4 CHENEY @ Gdn Toledo, 0. Siial Dewediae te Tus fas Fully Pils for constipation. Why He Was Cheerful. “No man,” said Jerome K. Jerome, ‘should m@rry unless he is by nature a ‘gond provider’—unless without a twinge he can hand forth money right and left | “Some men can in a sunny, cheer. ful way, spend $10 or $15 on a dinner in a fashionable restaurant, while they become morose, sour and fear- ful for the future when they are bliged to give their wives a dollar or » for the days meat, These men should remain single, erwise they will make such hus- mls and fathers as my old friend, ist. “Crust’s daughter said one after. fen, in a tone of unutterable sur- rice Papa went away quiet gay and tieerful this morning.” Mrs Crust made an exclamation of tatosance. That reminds me,’ she said. 4 Het to ask him for any money. ”— Behance, For Ghasitv’s aka. , lit be proper, mamma, to per Ps Mr. De Riche to kiss me twice the play we are rehearsing for Mrs. Nslpole's charity?” “Why, of course not, dear.” “Bit they say he is enormously realthy and—” “hy didn't you tell me that at Rs my love. As it fs for sweet jait’s sake, perhaps you may, after Exchange, A BOY'S BREAKFAST "S's a Natural Food That Makes Its Own Way. ‘ There's a boy up in Hoostek Falls, RY, who is growing into sturdy tod on GrapeNuts breakfasts. f.282t have been different with him, ts mother explains: ,M year-old boy is large, well sloped ang active, and has been ini? % by his fondness for Grape es food.” at tive: gece bela A tervous child and was subject ut duent attacks, of indigestion fer %d to rob him of his strength an 72 Very troublesome to deal fe, never steed to care for Shing for his breakfast until I hat Grane Nuts, and T have never iy «2 C*8nge from that. He makes mo Mite breakfast of Grape Nuts I ig always relished by him fe ¢® £255 that it satisttes bins bet “pit the ordinary kind of a meal etter than all he is no longer . at iwith indigestion or nervous- fen, 224 has got to be a splendidly oped fellow sinee he began to pe-Nuts food.” Name given by Tht, C» Battle Creek, Mich, “eS a reason, Read the little y "The Road to Wellville.” is Mount Vernon a Shrine Toward Which Turns Every Loyal American Heart Se OR eS Oe Sie, ao OS aa Suse oe bia Bae I Bae : | Wc es eee #8 Be a — ‘ oe , ee i a ee ee ae ee ae i A oe ee, ed . Bae er a | A as we | f er aa : een ies Y OES A Lis ee i 8 ee al] rf eee ou ee es ee! ae, a 3 ee ee Se FTF 7 ee eS 7 es oe > ee > ue omer a ae awe rs ~~ oe 2 he ee Fy t ‘a a fs vS, gs aN ar a ae en f . 4% oy aN ae ee a ie oe (ao % Sd A. ee oo S @ oy 4 ‘ Be Wem cor ae yer Le ae areky ee Al a eae Vie ry nb ®, eo ve Galt Ll f. a < a ies ESS ee > a rs es ie Pak | ae tog Ve = om re” ae : EPR SS) eens ah ' A hundred years have passed since Death, entering the upper chamber at Mount Vernon, laid his hand upon the heart of Washington, and stilled its throbbings; but that the love and ven- eration with which he inspired his countrymen has known no diminution 4s proven every recurring anniversary of his birth. Perhaps even more conclusive evi- dence is to be found in the hundreds who daily visit the historic spot, and in the absence of merry-making which marks these throngs. They come as Pilgrims to a shrine, speaking in sub- dued voices as they pass from room t© room, or standing in awed silence before the tomb which holds all that 4s mortal of him who in so distinctive @ sense is immortal. There is an air of such deep re. pose about the place, despite the ebb and flow of the tide of humanity, that squirrels, with feathery tails erect, frolic on the lawn in delightful abandon, while birds chatter in the branches of trees, or perch in rows on stable eaves, and along the upper ‘edges of the low, half doors, Glancing over one of these one seems to see in his accustomed stall Washington’s war horse, Nelson, who, afier the bat- tle of Yorktown, was never allowed to feel the weight of a saddle, and to hear his whinnying response to his master’s call. Across from this is the garden, red- olent with the odor of box bushes” transformed from the green, outline of Mrs. Washington's day into aro- matic walls of vendure. Gay with sweet williams and pinks and all the rest of the fragrant, oli-fashioned flowers, it was an alluring spot to lit. tle Nellie Custis, who was sometimes discovered there during the hours sa- ered to harpsichord and spinnet, when only the interposition of her adopted father shielded her from her grand- mother's displeasure. Mount Vernon, as is generally known, was purchased in 1858 by an association of ladies, which now has representatives from thirty-seven states. Through these representa- tives each state assumes the care of a room, and the responsibility of fitting it up with furniture, of which it was despoiled at the sale of the late owner; or, failing this, of substituting articles possessing historic interest and belonging to the period. One of the most successful of these attempts is to be found in the Minnesota, or spinning-room, vocal in the days of yore with the music of wheel and loom and the measured stroke of the flax brake, while above the rythmical whirr might have been heard the mis- tress’ voice, giving direction to the swarthy artisans who spun and wove most of the clothing worn by the 300 slaves belonging to the estate. The articles in this room, which were col- lected by Perley Poore and treasured by him at his home, were purchased by the association from kis widow with money earned by the pupils of the St. Paul schools, They have since been put in working order and con- tinue to turn out beautiful fabrics. In the dwelling-house the apartment coming first in order is the banquet hall, in charge of the vice-regent from New York. The elaborately carved marble mantel in this room exhibits interesting proot of the power of an awakened conscience. A dog's head, broken off by some ruthless relic hun- ter, was afterward anonymously re- turned, and has smce—with the aid of cement—been restored to its original position, Over this mantel a French clock, which regulated the life at Mount Vernon, still ticks, telling the hour as veraciously now as then; while on the wall to the right of it hengs the portrait of Washington which Rembrandt Peale painted with such feverish energy, and which was ‘donated to the association by his heirs. A chair brought over in the Mayflower stands beneath the picture, and near it is the stool on which Washington kneli at Christ Church, Alexandria, and another used by Nel- lie Custis. Other objects to which the atten- tion is directed are a model of the Bastile made of the stone of which the prison was composed, and pre- sented by Lafayette; a British flag captured by Washington and donated by General Grant, with many relics of equal interest. The end of the build- ing opposite the banquet hall is oceu- pied by the library, with its valuable collection of books and souvenirs, It is in the rooms which these apart- ments flank, however, ranged on either side of a broad hall, that one is brought most closely in touch with the family life at Mount Vernon. Nellie Custis’ musie room, in which the general's flute lies upon the harp- sichord which he presented her on the occasion of her marriage, recalls one of the most delightful relations of his life—his connection with his beautiful adopted daughter. Here she beguiled him with the songs which he loved or played the accompaniments to his mu- sic on the flute. In the dining-room, where the family party was so often reinforced by “guests, is an original piece—an old Chippendale sideboard— which descended to Mrs. Robert E. Lee and was afterward restored to its aceustomed position by her, while in ‘Mrs, Washington's sitting-room may be seen the same card table around which the household gathered for the evening rubber. The most noteworthy object in the west parlor is the carpet, made for Washington by order of Louis XVI, and still in a perfect state of preser- vation, although more~than one hun- dred years old. It is of velvet, the cir- cular center of pale ecru, upon which is stamped an American eagle, with the motto, “E Pluribus Unum,” be- neath, being surrounded by a rich green background, plentifully sprin- kled with yellow stars. While the carpet was on its way to this country Weshington was made President; and, being unable in that capacity to accept the gift, it became the prop- erty of the United States government. It was afterward purchased by Judge Yates, of Lancaster, Pa., and within the last two years has been presented to the association by his granddaugh- ter, Mrs. Townsend Wheelan, of Phil- adelphia, In the hall the visitor is shown the key of the Bastile, and, ascending the stairway at ths foot of which it hangs, is confrontet by a cabinet filled with the most interesting eurios. Impris- oned behind glass doors is the com- pass used by Washington in survey- ing Lord Fairfax’s land, with many other objects closely associated with him; a memento of Mrs. Washington existing in a quilt made by herself of bits of her gowns and donated by Mrs. Jefferson Davis. On this floor, in the chamber occu- pied by Nellie Custis, is the mirror which so often reflected her beauty, and the steps by which she climbed to her high-testered bed. Here, too, in the Lafayette room, is the four- poster, in which the Marquis slept on the occasion of his visits to Mount Vernon and the dressing table before which he adjusted the unbecoming red wig, Other apartments, called by the names of the states which care for them, are grouped about these. Each has an interest peculiar to itself; but above and beyona them all in sacred associations and hallowed memories is the room in which Washington breathed his last. The bed upon which more than one hundred years ago he lay dying stands in the same spot today, Near it is a light table stained with the marks of medicine glasses, and at its foot the chair in which the faithful wife sat watching through all the weary hours, and upon which, when all was over, lay her open Bible. One must climb another flight of stairs to reach the room occupied by Mrs. Washington after this—a low, narrow roof room, yery cold in win- ter, for there was no way of heating it, and hot when the summer sun beat upon it, Through its single dormer window, however, she could look out upon her husband's tomb, and there she remained until the silver cord which bound her to life was loosed and she went to join him in his long sleep by the river. A negro sentinel guards the graves, who tells you, in the vernacular of the race, how the key which locks the vault behind them, and in which forty of their kindred are buried, has been sunk in the Potomac. “Not,” he adds, “where it can be dragged for, but deep, where it will never more be found.”—Grace De- vine Bostwick, in Los Angeles ‘Times. 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Garfield Tea, Mild Laxative Regulates the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels, cures Constipation and Sick Headache. Send this notice with your name and address to the Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., for free sample package. Sold at all drug stores. Send us the name of your druggist. The Japanese cigarette has made its appearance in London. It consists of half an inch of broad strips of chocolate-colored tobacco, to which is attached a cardboard tube an inch long. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. Eca bottle. In accordance with a custom followed for centuries, when the newly elected mayor of the borough of Islington, London, first took his seat on the bench as a magistrate, he was fined $1.25. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nerveness after sermon of Dr. Kline's stint Nerve Restor- er. Send for FRDE $3.00 trial bottle and treaties. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. 381 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. A. 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The Cuticura Remedies cured me of my skin disease, and I am very thankful to you. My trouble was eruption of the skin, which broke out in spots all over my body, and caused a.continual itching which nearly drove me wild at times. I got medicine of a doctor, but it did not cure me, and when I saw in a paper your ad, I sent to you for the Cuticura book and I studied my case in it. I then went to the drug store and bought one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and one vial of Cuticura Pills. From the first application I received relief. I used the first set and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and was completely cured. I had suffered for two years, and I again thank Cuticura for my cure. Claude N. Johnson, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. D. 2, Walnut, Kan., June 15, 1905." Fifty thousand acres of alfalfa were raised in the Greeley district of Colorado this year, three crops being cut during the season. The average yield to the acre for the three cuttings is five tons. Those Who Have Tried It. will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. "How are you doing on this year's farewell tour?" "Not so nicely," replied the prominent actress," "Well, I hope you'll do better on next year's farewell tour."—Chicago Sun. Havland, Kas., thinks it is big enough to incorporate. Sheriff Meyer of Salina burned $500 worth of gambling devices publicly on Tuesday. The Kingman Journal has a theory that taffy is what makes love's young dream so sweet. A careload of rabbits was shipped this week from Pratt to the Salvation army in Kansas City. Parsous, Kas., is afflicted with professional mashers. The police are preparing to mash the mashers. It is rumored that Thomas M. Potter of Peabody will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. Newton is to have a military ball February 19, so-called because Brigadier General J. W. F. Hughes has been invited. Says a Kansas philosopher: "If you had John D. Rockefeller's faculty of not talking back, you would get along better than you do." A Leavenworth saloon keeper has observed that many a man who takes his whiskey straight does not keep his accounts the same way. The teacher and most of the pupils of a school near Cherokee witnessed a tragedy the other day when Roe Campbell killed John Mammon. The popular songs, may be little late in reaching Erle, Kas., but they get there just the same. At present "A Measly Shame" is all the rage. Highland university is the oldest university in Kansas, and the first west of the Mississippi to issue diplomas. It was chartered Feb. 9, 1858. Mrs. Sol Metz. Sabetha, has worn the same glasses, bows and lenses, for 20 years. Hoy happy some people would keep their false teeth that long A Cowley county branch of the Kansas Civic league has been organized at Winfield. Representative men of all political parties are members. There may be no Coal trust; nevertheless the price of the output of the Jewell City coal mines has been boosted to $4 a on "on orders from Topeka." The Topeka Capital has raised the question whether there are any groundhogs in Kansas. A Washburn college professor says there are a few. The water works department of Topeka has made a profit of $6,181.53 over operating expenses and interest during the 10 months of city ownership. Mr. W. McClaughry, Bertillion expert at the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, has gone to Europe. He will inspect all the leading prisons of Europe. The Sedgwick Pantagraph has a theory that the ground hog has no more to do with regulating the weather than voter has in running the government. John MacDonald, editor of the Western School Journal, nolds to the belief that if Esperanda, the new language, can be learned in a few hours it isn't worth learning. "A man caught looking in the mirror at himself," says the Emporia Gaette, "takes on a sneaking expression, like a dog that has been caught sleeping on the sofa pillows." City Engineer Brown of Wichita, has completed the survey of the route for the canal to straighten the channel of Chisholm creek. The canal will be seven miles long. The Rev. A. S. Embree of Topexa declares that John D. Rockefeller's religion "has no more of the true spirit of Christ in it than has that of the Brahmin or the Parsee." Thomas E. Dewey of Abilene, reported of the supreme court, is a candidate for a federal judgesup in Alaska. All the other reporters and in most of the editors are unanimous for him. Joe Rank concludes that the railroads are doing pretty well this winter considering that both Congress and many of the legislatures are on the track waving red petticoats at them. Warden Haskel of the state pentientary has stored large quantities of sisal and expects to have 4,900,000 pounds of binder twine on hand for sale to the farmers when harvest opens. William Daden of Downs, an old time engineer on the Central Branch, estimates that he has run his engine fifty-one times around the globe, or far enough to have made four trips to the moon. A Topeka young man who has become a real actor explains that his part is that of "first nudging gentleman." It is his task to nudge the supers on either side of him to cheer when the king appears. Ewing Herbert notices that the last court is entitled to the last guess. Twenty-six Kansas judges made twenty-six guesses on twenty-six law cases. Then the supreme court took twenty-six guesses at the twenty-six cases and reversed thirteen of them. Several weeks ago a faction item appeared in the Washington Register to the effect that some of the high school pupils were "overworking the Latin ponies." Last week the editor received a letter from the headquarters of the Society for the Prevention of Cruely to Animals saying the society had noticed the item and asking for additional information. A bulky annual report of the society's work was also sent. "It is quite evident," says the Register, "that the head of this society never rode a Latin pony through school." Ed Harry, a Cheyenne Indian, who has served two years in the penitentiary at Lansing says a term in the penitentiary is what half the young Indians in the territory need. A Saline county man ran half a mile to get his gun to kill a rabbit. Then he approached carefully and fired. When he picked up his game it was not only dead but frozen stiff. Mrs. Myra McHenry, a saloon "smasher," is in jail in Arkansas City for contempt of court. She did not have the $100 with which to pay the fine and she complains that contrary to her expectations the police judge refused to remit the fine. A TRAINED NURSE Mrs Martha Pohlman pains down through my limbs so I could hardly walk. It was as bad a case of female trouble as I have ever known. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, however, cured me within four months. Since that time, I have been asked to recommend it to a number of patients to whom all forms of female difficulties, and I find that while it is considered unprofessional to recommend a patient medicine, I can honestly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for I have found that it cures female ills, where all other medicine fails. It is a grand medicine for sick women." Money cannot buy such testimony as this—merit alone can produce such results, and the ablest specialists now agree that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the most universally successful remedy for all female diseases known to medicine. 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