The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section IBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE Stop your Paper Almost all newspapers have had experience with the subscriber that takes notice at something published in its summers, and command you to "stop the per" but the following from the ¡Spoke Outburst is unusually good: "One day a subscriber met Col. Patrick Henry Winston, editor of Winston's weekly, on the street and, with sorrow his voice and tears in his eyes inform him that he must withdraw his mucus support of $2.00 per year, owing an article which met with his disapproval. Do you see the man across the street asked the Colonel? Yes came the only. Well, when you quit he'll subi- The Seattle Republican thinks, however, it has more than its share of such commands. A colored subscriber wants paper stopped because "it has not been in it," A white subscriber orders his paper discontinued because "it has too much colored news in it." So between the two, the financier has has the devils in time to keep things doings.-Ex. LOCALLY. Call up 1958 West—with your news if right we will fix it. If you have visitors from out of city, illness or death in your family, call us its news 1958 West. THEY SAY Jig! My! home some people like to st, we are still smarting over the hot —caught over the phone. Nickland ave. still holds charms for people. Now girls lets all go out and see the last No. 5 hitch—the captain is very aging. And they did "gig" and who caught m, we are the real goods. the boys at No. 5 are not inclined to narrow for there is one Broad. Hello Central—Give me Gleed and uses Livery-a hack please-convention for burst. Oh! the Alabama Babes did you see a jedge" now wasn't he a cannon catcher for true. LET MUSICIAN IN OUR CITY. Mr. Frank M. Liston, is here from New York city one of the greatest musi- sics of our race, he plays, teaches and mages music for piano, violin, viola, auolin, guitar, trombone, cornet in every instrument in America, he al- so one of the most popular musi- cists the country. He has opened a con- servatory of music at 340 Minnesota av., will teach all and everything, he maches in 5 months or refund you your money. Publication Notice District Court of Wyandotte County Charles W. Jones, Plaintiff the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named shiff, and unless you appear and answer before the filed date of February 1906, the filing in said case, will be taken as a judgement rendered against you and a judgement rendered against your nature of which will be a decree, dissolvency bonds of matrimony existing between him and shiff, and divorcing plain from defendant, and for cost of this act. Checker NOW IS the time to Subsc ibe For the Announcements I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office, county commissioner from the 2nd District subject to the Republican convention. Rooms and lodging also board can be had at Mrs. Annie MeKay 320 N. James Street. Mrs. S. T. Mitchell of 340 Ninn. ave., is proprietress of one of the most desirable clean up-to.date Rooming house in the city—charges always reasonable— FOR RENT—Nice Furnished Rooms at 423 Oakland avenue, Mrs. Annie Williams. Mrs. Reed, 528 Neb. ave., has a few nicely furnished roms to rent. 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. Bernorc, 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 8th 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 duett by two very excellent pianist. Refreshments served by the sisters sewing circle. Don't miss this treat in being highly entertain ed. At 8th 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. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. CALL FOR A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that a Republican primary election will be held throughout this County on Saturday, the 24th day of March, 1906, between the hours of 1 o'clock p. m. and 7 o'clock p. m., in the several voting places, for the purpose of voting for a candidate for the nomination for the office of representative in Congress for the Second Congressional District of the State of Kansas, and the election of Delegates to a County Convention, to be held in the "Auditorium," Kansas City, Kansas, Wednesday, the 28th day of March, 1906, at the hour of 10 o'clock, a. m., said Convention to elect delegates and alternates to attend the Republican State Convention for the purpose of nominating candidates for the several state offices. Also to elect a County Central Committeeman for each prefect in the County, and the nomination of candidates for each of the following offices, to be voted for on November 6, 1906: Sheriff, County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Clerk of District Court, Probate Judge, County Attorney, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, County Clerk, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Said convention shall be composed of 421 delegates, being one delegate for each twenty votes or major fraction thereof cast for Hon. J. R. Burrows for Secretary of State in 1904; provided, however, that each precinct outside of the city of Kansas City, Kansas, shall have at least two delegates. In all matters pertaining to this primary election, such as ballots, poll books, tally sheets, registration books, etc., the general rules and restrictions contained in said Congressional call are hereby adopted for carrying out the purpose of this call, except as herein specifically stated. On top of each ballot containing the 1st of candidates for delegates the number or name of said precinct shall be printed thereon; also the num- ber of delegates said precinct is entitled to under this call. Every candidate for delegate to said convention, shall on or before 6 o'clock, p. m., of Wednesday, the 14th day of March, 1906, file their name and residence with the Chairman of this Committee, or the person designated by the Executive Committee, and only names thus filed shall be printed on the official ballot; said official ballot cast will be the only ones canvassed by the Executive Committee. The names thus filed shall be printed in one column, with a square to the right; each voter shall vote only for as many delegates as said precinct is entitled to by making a cross in the square at the right of the name of the delegate for whom he desires to vote. Every candidate for the office to be nominated by said convention shall on or before 6 o'clock, p. m., of Wednesday, the 14th day of March, 1906, file with the Chairman of this Committee, or the person designated by the Executive Committee, his name and residence, stating for what office he proposes to be a candidate, and pay to such person a filing fee as shall have been fixed therefor by the Executive committee. An official list of such candidates so fixed shall be certified by the Chairman, and Secretary of this Committee to said Convention. At the close of the polls, the judges and clerks shall count the ballots and certify over their signatures, the number of votes cast for each delegate, and said certificates, together with the poll lists, tally sheets, used and unused ballots shall be delivered to the Chairman of the County Central Committee immediately after the result is ascertained. On the 27th day of March, 1906, at 1 o'clock, p. m., the Executive Committee will meet to canvass said returns, hear and decide contests, if any, and ascertain the names of delegates entitled to seats in said convention, and those persons, to the number to which each precinct is entitled, receiving the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. A roster of said delegates shall be certified to said convention. Any person having interest in, and desiring to contest the election of any delegate voted for at said primary may do so by filing with the Chairman of this Executive Committee on or before 1 o'clock, p. m., of the 26th day of March, 1906, the name of party, or parties, contested, setting forth in clear and concise language his reason for such contest. Each assignment or reason for contest shall be separately stated and shall be signed by the party making the same, and shall be verified by the party as true. The Committee's decession shall, in the matter of contests, be subject to appeal to the Convention. The County Central Committee selected at said convention shall convene upon the call of the Chairman of this Committee, for the purpose of organization. The Executive Committee shall have full and complete control of all matters pertaining to said primary election held under this and the Congressional call, and it shall make such rules, and adopt such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the objects therefor. By order of Committee. O. J. PETERSON, J. W. RADFORD, Chairman. Secretary. Publication Notice. In the court of Common Pleas af Wyandotte County, Kansas. Ida Divers, Defendant. To the above named defendants you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court. by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 20th day of January A. D. 1906, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree forelosing 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 Pliff. Attest: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Albert Whiteside, Plaintiff. vs. No. 19286. Lizzie Whiteside, Defeudant. 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. DORSEY GREEN, Atty, for Plaintiff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. In the District Court of Wyandotte County kansas. Peter Seaman. Ptlainoff. 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 o this action. I. F. BRADLEY, Atty, for Pflf Attest: Wm. 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 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 3rd day of March 1906, the petition will be taken as true and a judgement rendered, the nature of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and for cost of this suit. 1. F. Bradley, Atty, for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needless, 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 fate 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 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 Adminlfltratrix of the Estate of William Bryant, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wiganotte. State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the 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 Scalia, Plaintiff. Delilah 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 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. 1006, 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, (33) 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 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. R. 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. Burnham Millard F. Constock, and Geo. W. Constock. You and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above 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 quoting the title of said land in the plaintiff. Joteph Davis, Plaintiff by I. F. Bradley, his attorney. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk FEBRUARY 23, 1906. Airo-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 William Prmist, an Afro-American a graduate of Booker 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 husd 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 reciever 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 owns 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 excreases 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 98th 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 Misouri orated and in matchless eloquence told the story of the Great Emancipator 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 1,00.0 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 Jackson, 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 "Royal al," will be manufactured. This is a project never before attempted by colored people, but as the profits are large succes 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 -Dealeze In- Hard and Soft Coal, Wood. Cesspool Cleaning Cisterns Filled Tel. 215 West. 527 STATE AVE. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. Published Weekly at 1510 North 3rd Street KANSAS CITY . . . . . KANSAS. W. C. Martin, Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms of Subscription in Advance. One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....65c Three Months.....40c One Month.....15c Advertising 25 cents per inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Ad' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. What with high finance and chorus girls this is a bad year for millionaires. The king's cup has filled the cup of the New York yacht club full of joy to overflowing. The Northwest Passage has been found, but it doesn't appear to be good for much, after all. The tallest shaft in the cemetery won't prevent a man from being forgotten after he is dead. Death is a mistake, according to a young female lecturer in New York. So many of us make it, too. Notwithstanding Mark Twain's venerable appearance, the heart of him seems to be as young as ever. That alleged comet which the papers announced, has gone. It was only a little celestial fuzz, anyway. It isn't really hard to quit smoking; the only difficulty is to avoid changing one's mind, and taking it up again. About all there is left for Lord Rosebery is to sit on the fence and throw stones at both parties as they go by. The Rochester Globe prints this scare headline: "Robbed in a hotel." Such an obvious statement to put in a head! Mark Twain says he doesn't believe in exercise. Evidently he has never had to frame an excuse for belonging to a golf club. Mme. Calve says Milwaukee is "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 coily 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."—Philadek phila Ledger. Surplusage. Owen Wister, the novelist, was criticising the work of a literary beginner. "Now, here," said Mr. Wister, slashing his blue penil 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 camerons, 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 keeper an 'the hide! I want to sit where the oak-fire gleams, An' tell old stories, an' dream old dreams! The steam-heat—it says nuttin' The stove hides the fire from sight; But the flames 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 late. The face of the old-time sweetheart In the stairlight at the gate! Old-threes-old loves, in the firelight's gleams— The old. sweet story—the old sweet dreams! —Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Under Arrest, but Unguarded Under Arrest, but Unguarded. While Gen. Brugere, commander of the French army, was under fifteen days' arrest in Paris he was not permitted to leave his quarters on any pretext except to transact official business at the war office, might not wear his sword and could receive no visitors. But in consideration of his high rank no sentry was placed over him. MEN HAVE HORROR OF DIMPLES. Willingly Pay Money for Removal of "Beauty Spots." Female scoffers who deny that men have been blessed by nature with so seductive a charm as a dimple will change their tune when they hear what the beauty doctor has to say on the subject. "Dimples are just as common among men as among women," says that apostle of the good advantage. Beard and mustache combine to hide their charm. Anyhow, men are not proud of dimples. They consider them a sign of effeminacy. Now that smooth faces are the fashion, the man with a dimple in cheek or chin is hard put to it to hide that beauty mark. In his extremity he seeks relief from me. "What can I do with these devilish dimples? says he. "Take 'em out,' I advise. "Can you do it?" he asks. "Sure," says I. "All right," says he; go ahead." "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 Salzkammergut and here is surrounded by his daughters and their children. It is then that pathetic old man is happiest, playing "grandfather" with the babies, taking walks with them and forgetting for a brief season the trials and sufferings, misfortunes and disappointments which life has brought him. Daddy's Song. Must all thy songs be mother songs, My bonny baby boy? Do poets write no other songs, That father's name employ? Why, then, I will 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 touse head! Now, then, we barefoot boy, take care! Run swifty'er the floor, Ah, she'll be a crun bear, And gawl and bide and bite! Why, bless us, boy, what films stuff! Dad's song is rag time, sure enough. There, now of play we've had our fill, "Tis cuddle time, I know. (How very bright his eyes are still!) "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 my mammy'd come!) Thy father'll turn into a bee It hats hair. Ah, well, to lull a child to rest. A mother song, perchance, is best. —Boston Transcript. Blue Dogs With Pink Tails. Blue Dogs With Pink Tails. "I will never forget my first experience in hospital work," said Chief Surgeon Millar of the Central emergency hospital. "There was a green nurse in the detention ward and we had a very violent case in there—a man in the worst stage of delirium tremens. I was awakened in the middle of the night by the head nurse, who requested me to come at once to the patient. When I got there I found him raving and very violent, with the new nurse scared out of her wits. I said: "Why did you let him go so far; I left you some medicine to give him as soon as he got delirious." "Yes, doctor,' she replied; 'but you told me to give that to him if he saw any more snakes, and this time he was seeing blue dogs with pink tails.'"—Exchange. Graded Christianity In a certain church in Greater New York the children of the rich have Bible-lore instilled into their youthful minds on the level of the church floor, while the infantile poor are taught who the fathers of Abraham were, in the basement. "Who teaches the children upstairs?" a certain young and enthusiastic church worker, whose duties lay below, was asked. "Oh, they have rich teachers up there," was the reply, but her tone was a little wistful. "What income must a child's parents have before it can be admitted to the room upstairs?" 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 filmsy hotel paper they had finished writing to their firms with the lumpy ink and the rusted pens which the hotel management provided, and now, with newspaper reading and desultory talk, they whiled away the tedious evening. "A young drummer in a red tie took the cigarette from his mouth and said: "Well, my day's sales here reached $5,000. Not bad for a small town, eh? "An elderly drummer looked up from his newspaper and said quietly: "Not bad at all. It is wonderful what one can sometimes do in these little places. On my last trip here my commissions came to just what you say your sales did. "The young man reddened. "This isn't a lying competition,' he said gruffly. "Oh, excuse me,' said the other. 'I thought it was.'" Story of a Medford Warrior Story of a Medford Warrior. Capt. James C. D. Clark of the Lawrence Light Guards of Medford, Mass., was a speaker at a recent camp fire of civil and Spanish war veterans, and related the following story: A Medford man, a quiet 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' ate supper, an' turn in to sleep. Every day the same old thing; that's all." A Station Without Signals. There is no chance of a signalman making a mistake at Wanstrow Station—the smallest on the Great Western railway—for the simple reason that there are no signals, and, consequently, no signalman. The station is situated on the Wells branch of Somersetshire, between Witham and Cranmore, a structure consisting of a platform about 24 yards long and a small waiting room. In the waiting-room is a fire grate, and on the platform one lamp. No station master, porter, or other staff is kept at Wanstrow, the station being under the supervision of the Witham station master, who pays occasional visits to the place to see that everything is in order. In the winter a platelayer makes a fire in the waiting-room, attends to it during the day, and lights the platform lamp when necessary.—London Tit Bits. Snuffbox in Her Stocking It was a sunny day and several passengers on the ferry boat were sitting on the outside benches. One middle-aged, quietly dressed and obviously respectable woman sat alone. Presently she reached down, pulled up her skirts and drew a small box from out of her stocking. She opened the box and took therefrom a pinch of snuff. This done, she replaced the box in her stocking and fastened her garter. The pungent odor of snuff pervaded the air, but the woman appeared unconcerned to the point of defiance. "Well!" exclaimed one man to himself or anybody who chanced to hear him. "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it."—New York Press. The Cottage Door. The starry silence falls Along my sylvan way; A spirit walks the earth We never meet by day; And listening to the voice Of our wanderer more. My feet—O, know'st thou why?— Have wandered to thy door. The quiet taper burns And makes thy movement bright. And soft thy shadow falls Between me and the light; I gaze as on a shrine My heart would bend before; My couch had seen no rest. Had I not seen thy door! The Night, as if to breathe, Her starry curtain parts; The very seems faint With breath of heaven 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. Acknowledged Expert on Diamonds. The credit of being the greatest diamond expert in America is generally awarded to Gen. Mindil, who for ten years has had charge of the jewelroom in the appraiser's office, New York. The importer who can 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 lips. Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B. R. FUNERAL and Embalmer. 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THE NEW CONGRESSMAN. With joy he views those lofty halls Whose noble, grand, historic walls Have sheltered famous men; And thinks how he'll the nation teach, And soon with some magnetic speech Awake those walls again. But he'll not keep them waiting long, And when he does burst forth in song, What pictures he will paint! He earnestly doth yearn; And if he's good, the leading chaps Will let him make, some day, perhaps, A motion to adjourn. —Louisville Courier-Journal. The One to Be Pleased "No," said Peckham, "we never have boiled ham at our house any more." "Why?" replied Newitt. "I thought you were very fond of it." "So I am; but my wife's pet dog won't eat it at all."—Philadelphia Press. Merciless. "What do you think of that young author?" "Before reading his book," answered Miss Cayenne, "i thought he must be more intelligent than he looks. After reading it, I have concluded that he looks more intelligent than he is."—Washington Star. 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Fights and other disturbances in Winfield are still attributed by the reporters to old "John Bareleycorn." "The Alice Roosevelt hat" is already being shown by the milliners in Hiawatha; but it isn't the $150 kind. A new use has been discovered for natural gas in Kansas. An Arkansas City man is using the new fuel in incubators. Coffeyville is planning to have a Chautauqua assembly this year. How does it happen that no assembly is ever held over in Chautauqua county? The pastor of a Harvard church announces that henceforth he will begin services promptly on time, "whether there is a quorum present or not." A man who sells refrigerators along the Central branch has been called in by his firm. The weather has been fine for his business—only there's no ice. At a teachers' meeting in Doniphan county one young woman played a cornet solo and another teacher a vfolin solo. "Psychology of Corporal Punishment." The Circuit Rider expresses surprise to find that every Kansas man is a press agent for his own town and state. It is his first extended visit through Kansas. A Brown county man who was severely burned and disfigured in a fire is growing new eyebrows by having hair and skin transplanted from the back of his neck. An "oldest native son" contest has been started in Kansas. James Simpson of Highland holds the record so far. He is 49 years old and lives on the farm where he was born. Joseph W. de Alamo, a native of Spain, has taken out final naturalization papers in the district court at Leavenworth, in order to apply for a commission in the regular army. A Leavenworth man was injured the other day by the explosion of a can of tomatoes. It was the severest casualty of that sort since a pie blew up at the Wichita pure food show. A clergyman in Horton advertises that he will sell his Bible for enough money to get out of town. "This" says the Horton Commercial, "is not a flattering reflection on our people." In Conway Springs the Methodists have erected a fine brick edifice and the Conway Springs Star says they propose from this time forth to call it the "Methodist Episcopal" church. A Shawnee county woman who was divorced twenty-five years ago is trying to have the decree set aside. In the prerogative of changing one's mind there is no statute of limitations. A. H. Linn, a farmer who lived near Easton, was accidentally killed last week. In attempting to put his shotgun into a wagon it was discharged. The load entered the body near the heart. By allowing the gas street lamps to burn all night and all day in Neodesha is saving $50 a month which was the salary of the man hired to light them in the evening and turn them out in the early morning. Jamestown is talking of forming a fire company in order to bring down insurance rates. Other towns have been deluded into doing the same thing, and found the fire insurance rates stayed exactly where they were. A prosperity item from the Brown County World: "Charles Carothers has sold his place near Abilene. He left here nine years ago with little or nothing. Now he has stock and implements, $5,000 in the bank and has sold his farm for $15,000." It has been learned that Carrie Nation took a course in hypnotism from a magnetic healer at Nevada, before she began her saloon smashing career. There is a religion sect in this country that teaches that hypnotism, spiritism, etc., were originated by Satan to bring the true religion into disrepute. That explains it. "It must be nice to be an evangelist," remarks the Atchison Globe. "He goes into a strange town under the most auspicious circumstances. Everyone is glad to see him, the church members give him their best cooking, listen tearfully to his scolding and beam at his praise. His old sermons are new to them, and if he lifts afy sinners out of the mire he is gone from town and spared the humility when they fall back again. He is like a bright light in the church sky; gone too soon for the people to discover that it is only an ordinary candle light, and perhaps not as bright as that which illuminates their pulpit every Sunday in the year. The preacher does the hard milking, and the evangelist comes along and gets the cream. Under the circumstances, the church people should really thing more of their preacher. He deserves some credit because he has never deserted his work to prance around in evangelical fields." Being a statesman is not all joy, Congressman Campbell has only one postoffice in Coffeyville to distribute among ten eager applicants. Among the reasons given by Mary Swisher of Leavenworth why she should be divorced from John Swisher is that he killed the cat with an ax; that he bought a comb, broke it in two and gave her half, and said that she didn't need a mirror; that he wouldn't buy any dishes, saying he "had Indian blood in him" and his family should learn to eat as he ate, and that he never took off his shoes unless they were new and his feet hurt him. RAISED FROM A DEATH-BED. Mr. Pitts, Once Pronounced Incurable, Has Been Well Three Years. E. E. Pitts, 60 Hathaway St., Skowhegan, Me., says: "Seven years ago my back ached and I was so run down that I was laid up four months. I had night sweats and fainting spells and dropped to 90 pounds. The urine passed every few minutes with intense pain and looked like blood. Dropsy set in and the doctors decided I could not live that I was laid up four months. I had night sweats and fainting spells and dropped to 90 pounds. 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Good rich land can be bought for a small part of what land costs in your locality. This land will yield 50 bushels of corn to the acre, 30 bushels of wheat, 90 bushels of oats, as a regular thing. The average prices of grains sold by farmers in the Southwest during the past five years was higher than the prices secured by farmers in your neighborhood. Under such favorable conditions, the Southwest farmer is bound to prosper. S. G. LANGSTON, Secretary, M. K. & T. Land Bureau, 588 Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Mo. CALIFORNIA $25.00 From Kansas City, with proportionate rates from other places east of Missouri River, to Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and many other points in California, New Mexico, and Arizona. Tickets on sale daily. Feb. 15th to April 7th, 1906. inclusive. Good in T. trust sleeping-cars; $5.75 additional for double berth. Liberal stopovers allowed in California and at certain points in Arizona. A Special Representative Wanted (Man or Woman.) 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The shadows of night had fallen upon the desert when that point was reached on the homeward run, and the thoughts of most of the eastern newspaper representatives in the brilliantly illuminated train were centered upon their far-away homes, wondering what the little ones were doing—probably yearning to be with them. While they were thus engrossed Santa Claus was busily engaged planning a surprise; and a delightful surprise it proved to be. When everything was ready the guests of the Union Pacific Railroad Company were called into their special car, a state-room door swung back on its hinges, and there stood revealed a Christmas tree, glittering with tinsel and filled with presents, one or more for each guest. As his name was called each stepped forward and was handed a pretty souvenir, to which was added a large glass object encasing a generous sample of California's justly famed vintage. This delightful little incident relieved such mental tension as had existed, for it was a manifestation of the true Christmas spirit that was appreciated as much as it had been unexpected. It was one of the touches of "nature that make the whole world kin," for it served to bring still closer together the entertainers and the entertained on the initial trip of the Los Angeles Limited. For this reason, grewsome as its reputation is, Death Valley will always be associated with a pleasant memory in the minds of the newspaper representatives.—"Telegraph Gazette," Pittsburg The man who always has the sins of others before him puts his own in his pocket. Your farm p in the It is no the South This cou big, the Precisely Southwest a small p This land acre, 30 as a reg grains so the past secured Under sw west farm THE LIGHT SHaded portions respond very fertile sections of the Southwest. 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I'll be glad to have the place your name on the mailing list and send you a copy of it. I'll do a day while you think of it as a free copy of the paper. You will be done to furnish you with information about the LOR VOUDG READERS (& little grouch got loose one day Zp lureh and bump’ around, And ever as it rojled away Some one had rueful things to say, Or, saying nothing, frowned. A man whose heart was full of song Ceased suddenly to sing. And. grumbling sadly. went along Convinced that hopelessness and wrong Were over everything. A maid with glory on her face ‘And laugnter in her eyes Sat down to ponder on her case. “Alas, the world’s a cheerless place,’ She’ murmured through her sighs. A mother who had sweetly smiled And crooned a lullaby Turned sadly from her fretful child And. with a hunted look and wild, Expressed a wish to die. A rosy boy who lightly played About upon the floor, Without preliminaries inade Remarks that loss of gice betrayed, And rose and kicked the door. Let not the grouch you have get loose, Pounce on it at its birth, Put round its neck a double noose ‘And guard it well. lest it produce New troubles for the earth. 8. E. Kiser. Case for Turnover Collars. Cut two pieces of cardboard, each 4 by 14 inches. Then baste on each side of these strips white sheet wad- ding, and trim the edges off even with the cardboard. Cover each strip on both sides with ribbon 4% inches wide, or silk of some shade, turning in the edges of the material and over- casting them together with sewing silk of the same shade. A little sachet powder sprinkled between the layers of cotton wadding will give a delicate ae AA- CG i on | LEZ perfume. Next make three small bows of ribbon one inch wide to match with material used, and sew one bow in the middle and one at either end of the strips, joining the strips together like hinges. On the opposite side from the hinges sew a piece of ribbon eight inches long to the middle of each strip; this is to tie the case together with. Thew sew a piece of the rib- bon across each end of the strips on the inside. These are to hold the col- lars in place. A very pretty case can be made of Dresden taffeta ribbon outside and pure white taffeta ribbon on the in- side, with either pale pink or pale blue bows. If a plain color is used for the outside a monogram inside of a heart can be put on with water color paints. Chinese Bread Fruit, The pomelo, sometimes called the Chinese breadfruit. a citrus fruit which may be described as a cross be- tween the orange and the grapefruit, combining the good points of both, is the subject of an interesting report by Mr. Anderson, the United States consul at Hangchow, says the Youth's Companion. Mr. Anderson regards it as the finest fruit grown in the Far East. He believes that it might be introduced with profit into the south- ern United States. Already, it is un- derstood, a few persons in this coun- try are cultivating the pomelo, but not upon a commercial scale. In China, it is believed, this fruit has been cultivated for at least 2.000 years. The best pomelos in the world are said to come from a little yalley near a large Chinese city named Chang Chew, lying inland from Amoy, and not yet opened to foreign trade. ‘The summers in this valley are hot and rather damp, and the winters are without severe frosts. In Other Words. 1—If too many persons are engaged ‘na culinary operation, it is probable ‘that the savory mixture may suffer from the united efforts of their ardent zeal. 2—It is not forbidden to the lowly feline creature to lift the eyes of re- spectful admiration to the august Jpeg highest person ‘in the realm. 3—It is not unusual for costly and ‘elegant attire to impart to the wearer a grace and beauty not always grant. ed by nature, “Solutions—1, “Too many cooks spoil the broth”; 2, “A cat may look at a king”; 3, “Fine feathers make fine birds.” ‘The Rose and How It Grows UD) 6 A ee Plants are like animals in many ways. The animal breathes, so does the plant. The animal has veins through which the blood flows, carry- ing life and vigor to every part. The plant, too, has veins through which the plant’s blood flows to every part. Through the center of the leaf runs a tough, heavy vein, from which are sent out many branehes. These in Doll FerniCure Co cake : mice < a 3 a 1 a lah SS u i rid ‘ Ny pot ae WAN top, over which stiff cardboar i BS Piainaintg b arawn sie — Neem tS pote aid ait fale ar turn send out smaller branches, and these last still smaller ones until the whole leaf is covered with a net- work of veins. ‘The moisture is drawn from the earth through the roots and carried by these veins to every part of the leaf. Look again at the surface of the leat and you will see little pores. Through these the leaf breathes, taking in tne air as we take it into our lungs. But the leaf takes that part of the air which the animal cannot use, and the animal takes the part the plant cannot use. {n this we see the wis- dom of God who made all things. Legend of Monkeys. Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, when starting out from Hyderabad, In- dia, on a tiger hunt, in 1883, was struck by the scenery around: the city, where the undulating ground is strewn wita bvge blocks of stone, “as if they had been tossed hither and thither by Nature in some capricious mood.” Some of the blocks are piled upon each other in such a manner as to cause a lively imagination to fancy them giants barring the way. According to Indian-folklore, these blocks were brought hither some four thousand years ago, in this manner: ‘The monkeys, which, in the earliest times, in great numbers inhabited the lands beyond the Himalayas, seized on the remarkeble idea of building a bridge between the mainland and Cey- lon, an, headed by their leadeds, they left cheir settlements for the south, carryirg with them, from their meun tains, materials for their gigantic bridge." But the road became too long for them, and they were obligec on heaching the spot where Hydcr- aled now sfands, to throw their loads awey, and here they lie to-day. Noah’s Ark Party. From water-color paper cut and decorate Noah's arks three or four inches long, and on the back of these paste an envelope to contain the in- vitation, Inclose the whole in a large envelope for mailing, says the Wom- an’s Home Companion. The invita- tion may designate the kind of ani- mal each guest is expected to repre- sent, or that may. be left to the indi- vidual choice, merely asking them to come to the party in costume. These costumes are to be as simple as pos- sible, only expressing some charac- teristic feature of the animal. To rep- resent the elephant a loose domino of gray muslin may be used and a close-fitting cap with huge flapping ears attached. For the lion a tawny- colored domino with a flufty ruche for the neck and shoulders made of tissue paper fringe. Chinese Treatment of Animals. ‘hey never punish; hence a mule that in the hands of a foreigner would be useless or dangerous to those “about it becomes in the possession of a Chinaman as a lamb, writes George T. Angell in Our Dumb Animals. We never beheld a runaway, a jibbing or a vicious mule in a Chinaman’s em- ployment, but found the same rattling, cheerful pace maintained over heavy or light roads, by means of a tur-r or cluck-k, the beast turning to the right or left, and stopptng with but a hint from the reins. This treatment is extended to all the animals they press into the service. Often have I admired the tact exhibited in get- ting a large drove of sheep through narrow, crowded streets and alleys, by merely having a little boy lead one of the quietest of the flock in front: How would you like to make some doll’s furniture? It's a fine occupa- tion fur snowy days, and even if boys disdain dolls they will enjoy ‘prepar- ing the framework of the furniture, I am sure; then the girls can put on the finishing touches. The materials necessary are thin box wood and strips, a bottle of glue, some thin steel wire nails, a box of small upholdsterers' tacks and any pretty dimity, swiss or silkoline for the drapery. The canopy bedstead is 24 inches long, 12 inches wide and 15 inches high. The uprights are three-quar- ters of an inch square and the rails at the top three-eighths of an inch thick and three-quarters of an ingh wide. The slat rails are one and a quarter inches wide and the slats one inch. The frame fs put together with glue and nails. A rail three-quarters of an inch wide is fastened to the middle of the £. ‘ oy a. sh i a as the others steadily followed. Cattle, pigs and hirds ate equally well cared for. We met in Paris in 1869. Mr. Burlingame, who was then our minis- ter to China. We asked him whether a society for the prevention of cruelty ts animals ought not to be formed in China. His reply was that there was ho such thing in China as cruelty. to animals; the Chinese were about the kindest people in the world in their treatment of them. Home-Made Gifts. For the pen wiper get three round pieces of heavy cloth about the size of a tumbler (or it may be any shape). Then take a piece of white heavy paper or water-color paper the same size and shape, and paint a bor: WW WH, SIE ARN . . WBVeSo der of about half an incn of blue around it and draw holly leaves and berries on it like the picture. Tie the cloth and cover together with a half yard of red ribbon. For the blotter get a good-sized plain white blotter, or one that you get from a lawyer's office with adver- tisements on one side. Then get a piece of cardboard or water-color pa- per the same size as the blotter. and paste it over the sign so it won't show. Then draw a margin about an | figos BLOTTER 1906 | inch wide, put holly leaves on it, be- tween each leaf paint a red berry and in the middle put 1906—Blotter—1906. A Pretty Japanese Custom. No people on earth love trees and flowers more than do the Japanese, and the blossoming of the plum trees and the cherry trees they make a time of special holiday. The plum- tree is the popular favorite, and when it flowers, the people, dressed in their best, go out into the gardens and groves and sip tea under the fragrant Lranches. There they give vent to their aesthetic delight by writing lit- tle verses on bits of paper and hang. ing them up on the boughs of the trees. A fete of a similar kind takes place when the cherry trees bloom. There is a road in the outskirts of Tokyo that is lined on both sides with great old cherry trees for a dis- tance of five miles, and the branches, meeting overhead, form a perfect can- opy of blossoms. ‘Tha Balnhow:. The Indians have a lovely thought about the rainbow. They love flow- ers even as we do. The roses, lilies, pansies and goldenrod they hate to see leave. When they see a rainbow they fancy that in the lovely colors spanning the sky all the wild flowers, lilies, violets, etc., and the moss of the woods are still living and blos- soming anew in the heavens. painted in blue or white enamel paint. A wider flounce is tacked around the lower edge of the slat rail, and two curtains at the sides of the head and a backing behind the pillow finish a very attractive canopy bed. The dressing table is made twelve inches high, ten inches wide and five inches deep, with the top six inches above the floor. i Two uprights support a top cross- Piece, and to these the sides and top are made fast. Two shelves are ar- ranged under the ledge. A piece of mirror is glued’ to the back of the frame, and two curtains are tacked to the top crosspiece. The flounce om the lower part is divided in the middle to get at the shelves, If you wish to be very neat, you ean cut out the back of the frame about an eighth of an inch, put in the ‘Mirror, and hold it with a piece of stiff cardboard tacked as a picture is ‘framed. Sis aia eRe PRN se TWITCHING NERVES bboy sy cy eopract eal Snfferers from ailmients that have af- flicted in regular succession one genera- tion after auother of their cesar ae a rule, inclined to submit to them as in- evitable. The case which follows proves that such hereditary difficulties are not beyond the reach of curative forces and should inspire hopefulness and a rendi- ness to try remedies that have effected signal cures, such as that which is here given. Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells, of No. 408 Kast Seventh street, Newtou, Kansas, gives the following account of her ail- ment and her cure : “For two years I suffered from atrying nervousness in my lower limbs from my knees down, as my mother and my grandmother had suffered before me. ‘The situation was for many years ac- cepted as unavoidable because heredi- tary. Butabout two years ago, when my soni was realizing benefit from the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, thonght there might possibly be some good in them for mer My trouble lind. then become so serious as to make it difficult for me to sleep. Ioften had to walk the floor in restlessness the whole night. After take ing some six boxes the twitching disap- ared and I ceased to use the remedy, Povidently stopped a little too soon for nervousness came back after a month or so and I used the pills again for a short time. Relief came at once and since I stopped using them the second time I have been free from any refurn of the twitchings or from any interference with my sleep.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cured the worst cases of bloodlessness, indiges- tion, influenza, headaches, lumbago, sci- atica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal wealtnessaud the special ailments of girls and women. For further information, address the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. No Postage Stamps. Old Man—“It that young idiot in the parlor hasn’t got sense enough to make shorter calls, he might as well be of some use. Ask him if he can spare me a postage-stamp.” Daughter (after a trip to the par. lor—“He says he's very sorry, but he called at the postoffice today to re- new his supply of postage stamps, but he hadn't anything smaller than a fivehundred-dollar bill in his vest pocket, and they couldn’t change that.” “Eh? By Jinks! Well you ninny, go back to the parlor at once. 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Describe trouble and special free medical advice also sent in sealed let- ter. B. B. B. is especially advised for chronic, deep-seated cases of impure blood and skin disease, and cures after all else fails, A Strangler’s Mistake. Distinguished Stranger (in the West)—‘That is a well-drilled squad of soldiers.” American General—“Squad? Great Scott, man! ‘That’s an army!” Lewis’ Single Binder straight 5c. You pay 10e for cigars not so good.” Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, LiL William Waldorf Astor, who bought Hever castle, in England, about two years ago, is building a Tudor village around the old place and will try to give it surroundings similar to thase existing in the days when Henry VIII went there to woo Anne Boleyn, * Why It Is the Best 1s because made by an entirely differs ent process. Deflance Starch is un: like any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. Shaban Bey, a leader of the Alban- Jan insurrection against Turkey, has arrived in this country to try to in- terest the American board of foreign missions in bis project for a boys" school in Albanfa, Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents tha: any other brand of cold water ‘starch. Judge—Were you present when the trouble started between the man and his wife? ‘Witness—Yes, sir. I was atedelt weddin’, ef dat’s whut yo’ means, sab —Philadelphia Bulletin. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be- cause it is better, and 4 oz. more ‘of It for same money., The Field Mouse—Hello,, Doel How's business? Old Dr. Stork—Pret ty dara slow. In fact, I've about de cided to give trading stamps—Puck Gen, A. B. Aylesworth, Ontario's new postmaster general, who is seek- ing election to parliament to succeed Sir William Murdock, is described as closely resembling Abraham Lincoln in appearance, being 6 feet 6 inches in height. The Hog Family. Mr. Borem—“My father was a great breeder of hogs.” Miss Cutting—“Ah! There was quite a large family of you, wasn't there?"— ‘Qlustrated Bits. SEDDLER KEPT HIS CUSTOMER. pe ee a eee ee ee et Born to Be Gulled. Congressman Nicholas Longworth vas discussing an industrial stock that had proved worthless. “I have, I confess,” he said, “no patience with people who invest their money in such transparent frauds. They are as gullible as the Transvaal farmer. 2 “This farmer had bought his stock and his household necessities from a certain peddler for ten years. At the end of the time he came to the con- ciusion that the peddier had been cheating him—that the various addi- tions and multiplications involved in their business: transactions had been wrongly done. “So the farmer on his next visit to Pretoria bought a ready reckoner. He studied the volume carefully ant was now convinced that his fears were true. Neither in addition, sub- traction nor multiplication had the peddler used him justly. Beyond doubt he was short a good deal of money. “The next time the peddler called the farmer said. “<I will deal with you no more.’ “Why not? the peddler asked. “‘Because you have been cheating me. I have bought a ready reckoner and it is plain you have used me in a cishonorable way.” “‘Let’s see your ready reckoner,’ the peddler said, suspiciously. “The book was brought to him, he slanced at it then handed it back with a sneer of contempt. “This is last year’s ready reckon- er) he said. ‘It's no good for this year.” ““Why, you're right,’ said the farm- er. ‘I never thought of that.’ “And he bought a heavy bill of “004s.” ‘The Chinese Clerk. Chinese merchants and clerks are ir evidence wherever trade is carried on in Hongkong, writes Edwin Wild- man in the Chautauquan for February. ‘The great banking houses employ Chi- nese money changers, interest clerks and schroffs. No white man can com- pete in methods of lightning calcula- tion with the Oriental. The”long, slim fingers of the Chinaman, gliding over the beads of the abacus, is a sight to inspire admiration. With the agility and accuracy of a piano player the Chinese oceountant will perform problems of arithmetic that are as- tounding. “The most complicated sums m banking are computed with the case a professional pianist might ren- cer the simplest melody. — Counter- feit money is the order, rather than the unusual, in China; the whole coun- try is full of it. But the Chinese schroff will detect by touch a spurious coin or bill, as it passes through his fingers or glides across his palm. He can count a pile of dollars, running them over his hand with such rapidity that the eye of the onlooker is unable to distinguish anything but an unin- terrupted stream of silver. The in- tegrity of the Chinese clerk is well known. He is the accountant, cashier and middle man. Locks No Longer There. Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania was making a speech in the house ‘about the rate bill when Ollie James of Ken- tucky broke in with a fierce inter- ruption. Mr. James is the baldest man in the house, excepting Mr. Sib- ley, and Mr. Sibley is the baldest man in the house except Mr. James. On sunny days persons who sit behind them have to wear blinders. Mr. James kept plaguing Mr. Sibley until both became excited. The verbal duel waxed hotter and hotter until Sibley, striding into the aisle and shaking his finger at James, cried furiously: “Sir, you can not shake your gory locks at me!” Mr, James saw at once that this was true. He stuttered and sat down. Tai pata Ina black oak chest all carven, We found it laid, Still faintly sweet of lavender, An old Brocade. ‘With that perfume came a vision, A garden fair. Inclosed by great yew hedges; A lady there, Is culling fresh blown lavender. A-singing goes Up and down the alleys green— A human rose. ‘The sun glints her auburn hair And brightens, too, ‘The silver buckles that adorn Each little shoe. Her kerchief and her elbow sleeves ‘Are cobweb lace; Her gown, it is our old brocade, Worn with a grace, Methinks I hear its soft froufrou, And see the sheen Of {ts dainty pink mossrose buds, Their leaves soft green, ‘On a ground of palest shell pink, Insgarlands, laid: But long dead the Rose who wore tt— ‘The old brocade, : —M. 8. Brereton, in A Celtic Christma Dwarf Trees and Giant Results. Gather apples and pears two years after planting the trees? exclaims a writer in the February Garden Maga- zine. Impossible, you say! Not at all. I have done it, others do it, and so may you. Of course, the large or- chard trees commonly seen take five or six years to reach fruiting age, but by planting dwarf-trained ‘trees the seemingly impossible may be obtafn- ed. The owner of a very small gar- den need not despair of enjoying Ins- cious pears and juicy apples from his own trees either. Let him plant dwarfs, they occupy so little room that even the average city plot would easily accommodate a score, Japs Control Monopolies. The Japanese government today controls many of the important mo- nopolies. A large percentage of the railroads, the telegraph and telephone lines, the salt-works, the tobacco mo nopoly, and the camphor productios are directly under the control of th government. There le no Rochelle saits, LimeorAmmoniaintoodme’ Theonly high grade Baking» made at a moderate pricg" Judge—Were you present wig trouble started between the mas his wife? Witness—Yes, sir. 1 was y Weddin’, ef dat's whut yo’ mean, —Philadelphia Bulletin. Se TERRIBLE SCALY Ec7py, ae eee ON Chest: Face and Neck Were All 8; Out—Cured by Cuticura, “T had an eruption appear oy chest and body and extend yp and downwards, so that my new. face were all broken out; aly arms and the lower limbs’ es te the knees. I at first thought Prickly heat. But soon seals crusts formed where the breaking was. Instead of going to a physi Purchased a complete treatment ot Cuticura Remedies, in which | great faith, and all was satis A year or two later the eruption Teared again, only a little lower; before it had time to spread 1 cured another supply of the Cut Remedies, and continued their use til the cure was complete. It ig five years since the last attack, x have nut seen any signs of a rag I have more faith in Cuticura Re dies for skin diseases than anyii I know of. Emma EF. Wilsoa, comb, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1905.” Shaban Bey, a leader of the Al fan insurrection against Turkey, arrived in this country to try to terest the American board of for missions in his project for at school in Albania. Garfield Tea. Mild Laxative Nothing has yet taken the place| Garfield Tea, Nature's remedy tor ney and liver trouble, constipation sick headache. Contains no har ingredients, nothing but medic: herbs. Sold at all drug stores. & for tree sample to Garfield Tea Brooklyn, N. Y. No Yell at Vassar. First Vassar Student—“Say, gj there's one thing we've forgotten. hayen’t any college yell. All leges have yells, you know.” Second Student—“Why, of co Strange we never thought of it. have one.” Third Student—“But I don't how we can yell without taking J gum out of our mouths.” Fourth Student—“Let’s let the j go, It isn’t very lady-like, anyh A Prediction That Came True, Mrs. Muggles—“Oh, I just tell 7 the earth is full of wonders! poor, dear husband predicted the ¥ day of his death.” Caller—“He was rather mori though, for years, was he nct?” “Yes, indeed. He was always s ing he was going to die soon, avi knew in my heart it would come t sometime, and sure enough it dil’ Among the clerks in the land off in Washington is Mrs. Anna Grid 80 years old, mother of the cajid to whom Dewey said at Manila: “If may fire when ready.” She is the widow of a gallant naval offi who was killed in the fight betm the Monitor and Merrimac. A Strangler’s Mistake. Distinguished Stranger (in & ‘West)—“That is a well-drilled si of soldiers.” American General—“Squad? Gr Scott, man! 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