The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. IBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE Vote for Vernard. When the voters go in the booths on Tuesday to cast their votes they stop and think shall I vote in favor of slating the laws of my country and or shall I vote for the enforcement law and a good city administration we believed it will be safe to say out of every 5 will cast their votes. E.L. Vernard a man who is deeply rooted in the continued growth and growth of this city, a man who b-liieve taking out just to his constituents being true and loyal to laws of his City Locals. Mr. Pontee of 1427 N. 4th St., is very seriously ill this week. Mrs G. Gant of 614 State av. who has been quite ill for several months we are pleased to learn that she is improving. Mrs. Gracie Slaughter of 321 Oakland will go to Omaha, Neb. Monday, where she will spend three weeks with Harry Slaughter, her brother-in-law. Mrs. Lulu Stewart of St. Louis, formerly of this city is spending a few days here visiting her mother Mrs. Ellen Green of 1612 N. 2nd St. At 8th St. Baptist Church. We are still standing up for Christianity as it was first delivered to the Saints Last Lord's Day was a glorious one with us. Rev. Jackson was in the spirit on the Lord's Day and brought us a sweet and good message from above. In the morning he delivered an able sermon, many hearers enjoyed the message, at 12:30 Sunday school was well attended with a collection of $3.98. at 3 p.m. the church reassembled and pastor preached on "Christian Baptism" and emerged The Young People's society or B. Y. P. U. met and had a general good meet- $5,000 BEHIND. Must raise this amount on Sunday or suffer embarrassment. March and April have been two very busy months with us. The preparation for the annual Foreign Mission Rally to be observed by all the Sunday Schools and churches in sympathy with the work of the National Baptist Convention, and the arduous task of raising MINISTER TO MODERN VANITY. The Looking-glass, and How It Looks to Men and Women. It is not always for the mere gratification of personal vanity that we should attentively study our mirrors, savs the London Chronicle. Socrates advised all young people to look often in their looking-glass to ascertain if they were good-looking—that if they were so they might strive to make their mental attainments correspond, and if they were not, then they might endeavor by the superior accomplishments of their minds to make up for What the America City would like to see. The Negroes of Kansas City, Kansah get together and be men and women dirty, low down, contemptable with mining; lying and deceitful wretch menace to the best interest of their ves and whole the race. NOTE LETS For Rent—To desir able partie tieman perfered)well furnished re in one of the best families in the city. ask the voters of this now growing prosperous city to think well before must your vote for mayor on May 8th ask your selves a question, are we to ignore and disregard the laws, state, and show to the people of country that we are not desirious of living in a way which would give our name that would tend to bring us and disgrace upon us for years now. Editorial Chips. are your money" is three words should be uppermost in minds of Negro who would be something is world. talk and more work" every Ne should take to himself more effect- work is need along all lines of Negro my land”“get a home” has been price of every reputable Negro in the land it should find lodge with the Negro as much now as if uttered. at the Negro is his own greatest bling block, when carefully looked cannot be deried his lack of union, since, rue man and womanhood sponsible for many of the existing unions of the race today. that Booker T. Washington is the best Negro of the age must be cond by all. I. and H." Harris and Hoch must be destiny of Kansas people this fall a religious stand point all mortals choose but beten the two unknowns—Heaven or Hell. decide pride of our citizens should make it a question whether a marshouse should live or die, but how can we have. every loyal citizen of this community would resent in every way possible the out of the Kansas City Star to hitch growing metropolis to Kansas City city dubbing it the "West end." We have our differences, our political issues may disrupt, we may fall out and out. But the Integrity, man and womens of the people on this side side of state line can settle all, without the out side "Butt ins". Missouri has too long swallowed up city and attempted to claim our mouth industrial interests. We stand we have always stood—Wyandotte last and all the time. Well might ask what's in a name? Kansas City, a distance is always Missouri. County of Wyandotte, ss The Probate court in and for said County, is the matter of the Estate of Maria Hay- nay deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad- ministration have been granted to the un- granted on the Estate of Maria Hayden of said County, deceased, by the Honor- er of the Probate Court of the County and afterward, dated the 11th day of April D. 1906. Now, all persons having claims that the said estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the un- granted for alliance with one year from the date of said letters or they may be pre- pared from any benefit of such estate, and of such claims be not exhibited within two years after date of said letters, they will be for ever barred. JESSE STANFORD, Administrator. The Estate of Maria Hayden deceased. BUSINESS whereof, the undersigned Probate Judge in and for the County of KYWyandotte. State of Kansas have hereto set my hand, and the seal of the said Probate Court with day of April, A. D. 1906. Winfield Freeman. Probate Judge. 1st Pub. Apr. 20. City Locals. Mr. Pontee of 1427 N. 4th St., is very seriously ill this week. Mrs G. Gant of 614 State av. who has been quite ill for several months we are pleased to learn that she is improving. Mrs. Gracie Slaughter of 321 Oakland will go to Omaha, Neb. Monday, where she will spend three weeks with Harry Slaughter, her brother-in-law. Mrs. Lulu Stewart of St. Louis, formerly cf this city is spending a few days here visiting her mother Mrs. Ellen Green of 1612 N. 2nd St. Mr. Raleigh Somers, a well known personage is quite seriously ill. Mrs. Amanda Lewis, who has been quite ill for sometime at her home on Walker—has returned to the Douglas Hospital for treatment. Hon. E. E. Vernard's candidacy for mayor of this city is beginning to look as if it will be a walk away that he will be elected by a much larger majority than any other candidate for mayor has ever received in the history of this city. The second quarterly meeting of the Bethel C. M. E. church, Cor. Stewart and Water sts. will be held next Sunday Rev. Spencer of the C.M.E. church will preach in the afternoon. Come one and all. Rev. L. W. McCormick, pastor. Booker T. Washington will speak at Central and Lincoln High School this morning, Quindaro or the Western University this afternoon and Convention Hall to night in the interest of Douglass hospital of this city. The special election (municipal) for Mayor will be held next Tuesday from 6 to 6. This election is caused by the resignation of W.W.Rose who was elected one year ago—The issue a shrewwhat forced one is a "wet or dry" town and equitable system of taxation. Mr. Henry Thatcher of the North end who was quite seriously cut last week in a playful frolic with a companion with a knife at the Armour Packing Com., where he is engaged is able to be up. The funeral of John Teavault of Oakland ave., who died last Wednesday will be held Sunday at the C. M. E. church, 4th and Oakland ave., services will be conducted by Rev. Spencer. Mr. Henry Clay of N. 9th St, left for Denver, Colo., this week in search of a lost brother. Can the Republican of this city and county afford to be quite and let Hon. E. E.Vernard be defeated this spring in view of the fact that the fall campaign from all indications will be a fight to a fins this being true it would seem to be a wise plan for the Republican to get together now. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thatcher of N. Hallock ave., a bright and bouncing baby by. Mother and baby are doing well as we go to press. Our congratulations to the esteemed young couple. Mr. Sandford Brown of this city and Miss Lucy Morgan of Dunlap, Kansas., will unite in holy matrimony on the evening of May 10th by Rev. G. W. Burdette. Ceremonies from the residence of the groom 821 Freeman ave. The affair will be private. Mr. Brown is one of our efficient and trusted patrolmen, well known and popular and has seen many years of faithful service in the blue. The bride is a preposing, industrious and charming lady of Dunlap, the picturesque little Kausas town. 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 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 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 Plf. Attest: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. Don't fail to give the old reliable Employment Office a call in search of work. Mrs. Ella Stovall, agt. both phones 263. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, At 8th St. Baptist Church. We are still standing up for Christianity as it was first delivered to the Saints Last Lord's Day was a glorious one with us. Rev. Jackson was in the spirit on the Lord's Day and brought us a sweet and good message from above. In the morning he delivered an able sermon, many hearers enjoyed the message, at 12:30 Sunday school was well attended with a collection of $3.98. at 3 p. m. the church reassembled and pastor preached on "Christian Baptism" and emerged The Young People's society or B. Y. P. U. met and had a general good meeting and raised a financial collection of which was good. The pastor proceeded in his own way from the text, "And He said, Abba Father, all things are possible unto thee, take away this cup from cup me nevertheless not what I will but what thou wilt," Power and possibilities of God, with things working together for good to them that love the Lord. A reference was made touching on the black and eronous crime committed on those innocent men of Springfield, Mo., He said all the white man had to do now is to eat his victim, other than that this nation has gone to its zenith. While much was being said by Gov. Folk, the attorney general and other good citizens of Mo. in condemning the act, the Lord of heaven put his foot of power on the earth somewhere and mashed it and the effect resulted in shaking to pieces part of San Francisco and put a little of the Holy Ghost there which resulted in quite a fire, which has been read about in the papers by thousands of people, but that was no fire like the wicked will get when God will not set fire to Sam San Francisco but to the world and burn up the wicked. The sisters sewing circle is doing a great work under the leadership of sister L. E. Fizhugh as president. The sisters are wide awake and know how to do, what to do and when to do. On Apr. 24th when Rev. Jackson had returned from services at the St. Paul Baptist church, he found many sisters and some brethren assembled in his home at 710 Freeman ave, music was being played by sister Julia Plummer while brother Thomas Napper and others were singing When I came to myself I thought on these words, "Amazing sight, how many stand and knock at my door. Behold they said, we have come, with much to satisfy (you and the roar) the row." They came with warm hearts for pastor and wife.and brought 'a linen storm among the things brought: 3 pair hose for pastor, 4 handkerchiefs and 1 shirt, 2 handkerchiefs for sister Jackson, also for them 2 dozen large towels some over 3 ft.long, 1 doze beautiful napkins and 1 large white hemstitched tablecloth most beautiful 1 sofa pillow cover. Last but much desired, Ice cream and three kinds of cakes were served to all present. One of that number had some very much desired contents of a basket but was kept until the pastor came and delivered to him which brought smiles to his face when uncovered it was found to be a very fine cake indeed. Pastor Jackson an wife will not forget the good folks of 8th St. church for their hospitality. Sheriff's Sal In the court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Mary Bradley, Plaintiff, vs. Otis Divers and Ada Divers, Defendants. Under and by virtue of an order of sale issued by the clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for Wyandotte County, Kansas, in a certain cause in said court, numbered 7142, wherein the parties above named, were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned sheriff 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 28th day of May A. D. 1006, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, the following described real property, situate in the county of Wyandotte and state of Kansas towit- The undivided one seventh (1-7) interest and portion, more or less, in and to the following lands and tenements, which land are held by the said defendants, along, with the heirs at law of Robert Divers, as tenants incommon, meaning hereby, all the right title and interest that came to the defendant Otis Divers, as the heir at law of Robert Divers and Ellen Divers, deceased, in and to the following described real estate towit:--The South one half (1-2) of the North west (1-4) quarter of the South west quarters [1-4] of section twenty (20) of township eleven (11) of range twenty-four (24) in Waydotte county Kansas. SAMUEL MC CONNELL. Sheriff of Waydotte county. Kansas. 1st. pub. Apr. 27. Everybody should Register at once as Friday next is your last chance. Don't mise your vote. $5,000 BEHIND. Must raise this amount on Sunday or suffer March and April have been two very busy months with us. The preparation for the annual Foreign Mission Rally to be observed by all the Sunday Schools and churches in sympathy with the work of the National Baptist Convention, and the arduous task of raising money enough to get two missionaries off to Africa and one to South America, necessitated not only extra help but every moment of the time of the Corresponding Secretary either of the field or at the office. It is difficult to prophesy as to the outcome of the rally on Sunday, April 15th. We have tried to reach every Sunday School Superintendent and every pastor an friend of missions in this country, in Africa and the West Indies. Letters, soliciting envelopes and the Herald with its supplement have all gone forth with a prayer that they will not return unto us void. We have done our duty and now we must depend upon the Sunday Schools and churches that certainly have the money to give if they will and upon Almighty God in whose name we labor. This is the final word to the Superintendents and churches. Unless we realize at least $5,000 from this rally the Board will find itself handicapped and and embarrassed in meeting its expenses and in paying off the missionaries. When our workers in Africa complain our friends at home are disposed to feel that the Board is not discharging its duty but it takes money to pay missionaries in Africa as surely as it takes money to pay pastors in the United States. We do the best we can with what we receive. There has not been a time when we have failed to lay the case before the churches and Sunday Schools. Now we have asked for the paltry sum of $5,000 and we say to you truthfull unless this amount is forthcoming the Board will not be able to mee its obligations, the missionaries will continue to complain and some of our uncharitable churches at home that have not been giving a penny will wonder why its Board would let the missionaries suffer. Pastors, Superintendents, teachers, children we rest the case with you and beg you in God's name to make the sacrifice of your lives to enable the Board to relieve itself of its indebtedness to the missionaries on the field. Resolut.on. KANSAS CITY, MO. WHEREAS, In His omnipitance, it has pleased the Almighty Father, the Creator of all that is good and sublime, to take from our midst, our dearly beloved Brother, Joseph Ball, and WHEREAS, believing that all things work together for the good oh mankind, fully realizing that happy indeed are those who die in the Lord. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the heartfelt sympathy and condolence of the Railroad associates of our deceased, Brother be and are hereby extended to the stricken family, and while regretting his untimely demist yet realizing that he is not dead but only gone before to await the ciarion blast of resurrection trumpet on that final judgement morning when all shall be judged according to their deeds and works, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of these resolutions be presented to the stricken and bereaved family as a token of the high esteem and sterling worth of Brother Ball, and that a copy be given to each of the following papers: The Christian Recorder, The Rising Son, and The American Citizen. J. W. CROWE, Chairman. C. H. POWELL, ROBERT MILLER, Committee. They Say. Call up 1958 West—with your ne ws not right we will fix it. If you have visitors from out of city, sickness or death in your family, call us up, its news 1958 West. Word on Politics. The mass of the people of this city are not yet ready to show to their state and nation that they are not in favor of law enforcement and a clean hones city administration. MINISTER TO MODERN VANITY. The Looking-glass, and How It Looks to Men and Women. It is not always for the mere gratification of personal vanity that we should attentively study our mirrors, savs the London Chronicle. Socrates advised all young people to look often in their looking-glass to ascertain if they were good-looking—that if they were so they might strive to make their mental attainments correspond, and if they were not, then they might endeavor by the superior accomplishments of their minds to make up for their personal shortcomings. This is excellent advice for vanity-possessed moderns, but it is improbable that the high mental attitude of Socrates is appreciated by them. How the elaborate toilets of to-day could be accomplished without the aid of the mirror it is impossible to imagine. It is popularly supposed that the mirror is the woman's pet possession, but man is by no means averse to contemplating his many charms as reflected therein. A woman frankly confesses her interest in the alluring combination of glass and quicksilver, but the man, while voicing his scorn, proves his superior vanity by his concealed and secretive study of it. He jeers at his wife's cheval glass, but was anything more entirely provocative of human vanity ever invented than the many-sided shaving glass? Slowest Train in the World Georges Irade, writing in the French Journal Les Sports, claims that after a long and conscientious search he has run to earth the slowest ordinary passenger train in the world. This record-holder is chronicle on page 773 of the Guide Chaix and performs in Spain, a country in which twelve miles an hour is by no means an uncommon rate of speed on the railway between Soto de Rey and Clano Santa Ana. This line is thirteen and three-quarters miles long and it has one station en route, viz., Sama, which is twelve miles from Soto de Rey and one and three-quarters miles from Clano Santa Ana. Leaving the last named place at 6:25 a. m., the train reaches Sama at 6:55 and Soto de Rey at 8:20. Thus the average rate of speed of the train is under seven miles an hour, while from Clano Santa Ana to Sama the speed is only three and three-quarters miles an hour.—Railway Age. What's the Use? We observe our friend seated in a gloomy corner, chewing an unlighted cigar and mumbling to himself. We ask him if the world is going wrong with him. "It is," he growls. "Say, do you remember last week I said I was going to lick that editor for printing that stuff about me?" "Yes." "I had a right to whip him, because what he printed was not true." "So you said at the time. Did you thrash him?" "I did. I went to his office and eternally lammed him." "Well, you ought to be satisfied. You have avenged yourself." "I have? This week his paper comes out with a long story about how he whipped me, made me acknowledge the other story was true, made me apologize, and then chased me until I hid under a box car in the railway yards." The Rhymeless Song. [On the latest popular models of near-rhymes.] enemies win the house That I treat you down south, I am thinking of it now that I am alone. It was in youth's happy time That the sweetest joes were mine, And I never can forget that dear old home. (Chorus.) It was there a little lady Promised she would be my baby. She was pretty and her name was Mary Joe. She was gay and she was merry, But I didn't call her Mary— I referred to her as Mississippi Mame. We lived down by the lake, At at evening, when 'twas late. I would take her walking in the fragrant lane. I would whisper of my love, And swear I'd never rove From my Mississippi Mame's side again! (Chorus.) —Cleveland Leader. Women Workers in Japan. I have encountered another novelty in Japan—tea and toast in my room at 5 p. m. and dinner at 7:30 o'clock. The chambermaids at the hotel are all men. I haven't seen a woman about the place. The women are probably out gathering rice and wading in mud up to their knees. The women are not only ornamental here; they are useful as well. American women who visit Japan are apt to attract so little attention that they will feel insulted. Our American notion that a woman is an angel is unknown here.—chson Globe. MAY 4, 1906 thisSection CALL HERE What the America Citizen would like to see. The Negroes of Kansas City, Kansas get together and be men and women no dirty, low down, contemptable under mining: lying and deceitful wretches a menace to the best interest of themselves and whole the race. NOTE LETS For Rent-To desir able parties(gent man perfered)well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city,inquire at this office. Mrs.S. T. Mitchell of 340 Minn.ave,is proprietress of one of the most desirable clean up-to date Rooming house in the city-charges always reasonable. Nice Furnished Rooms for rent with board or without, will be at home to friends on Thursday, 423 Oakland ave Mrs.Annie Williams. Mrs. Reed, 528 Neb. ave., has a few nicely furnished rooms to rent. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Frank Benton, Plaintiff. vs. Jane Benton, 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 30th day of April, 1000 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 suit. 1. F. BRADLEY, Atty. for Pliff Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. March 2. Publication Notice. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wya andotte County, Kansas. L. E. Hayes, Plaintiff, us. Linus S. Wolcott. Frank E. Wolcott, Eliza beth Chapman and her husband J. P. Chap man. Evelyn Collar, F. T. Collar, John Miller W. T. Little and Company and S. F. Scott, et al. Defendants. John Miller, W. T. Little and company and S. F. Scott, non-resident defendants. To you and each of you: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the entitled action, in the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County Kansas, and that unless you answer the petition filed herein on or before Monday April 23rd, 1906, said petition will be taken as true, and a judgment will be rendered in said cause against you and each of you of the following nature to-wit: A judgment in favor of said plaintiff, quieting his title to the following described real estate, situated in Wyandotte City, now a part of Kansas, City Kansas, and more particularly described as lot 15 and 16 in Block 64 in Wyandotte City, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, restraining and enjoining you and each of you from claiming or attempting to claim any interest in or to, or title to said property or any part thereof, and a further judgment against you and each of you for the costs of said action. L. E. HAYES, Plaintiff. Mar. 9. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas George Waller, Plaintiff. vs. Anna Waller, 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 30th day of April, 1906, the petition will be taken as true and a judgement rendered, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff and defendant and for cost of this suit. 1. F. Bradley, Atty. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needies, Clerk. March 2. NOW IS the time to Subscribe For the Weeky 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. Grangemouth is the name of a Moscow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side. Waldorf Astor has become so thoroughly anglicized that he is going to marry an American girl. A clergyman says that bridge whist leads to mental decline. Why doesn't he try poker for a change? Senator Pettus is declared to be a poor man and fond of poker. The last explains the first, possibly. Perhaps boys should be thankful for whippings, as somebody declares, but *they seldom are before they are 45. Sweet Spring is now approaching, and Summer with the rose, so poetry's encroaching upon the field of prose. King Edward was "warmly received" in Paris, but not in the same way as when he used to be prince of Wales. The czar will reserve the right to wield the big stick over the Douma, according to the latest advices from St. Petersburg. We learn from the New York Mail that women are using garters to keep those long, arm-length gloves in place. But do they hold? Manchuria will be finally evacuated by the Japanese in a few days. It has taken them longer to get out than it did to get in. It is now believed that Anna Gould is going to give Boni one more chance, in spite of the fact that he has taken a great many already. Uruguay should not be blamed for having a revolution. A review of recent South American history shows that it is Uruguay's turn. Asks the editor of the Pittsfield Journal: "Are there four girls with gray eyes in Pittsfield?" Apparently ye scribe means to get busy. Queen Maud of Norway is losing her health because she fears her husband will be killed. This queen business is not all pickles and pie. It was not long ago that all the "success" magazines were pointing to the Pittsburgh millionaires as examples to the youth of the land. With 10,000 doctors in convention in Boston next summer, the rest of the country ought to have a good opportunity to get well.—Boston Globe. It is a pity that the great romancers of the sea did not live in a generation which affords such thrilling material as the log of the dry dock Dewey. A Minnesota man says he has discovered the cause of the aurora borealis. But what bearing will this have on the price of coal this year? Much to the surprise of everybody, some of the phenomenal ball players added to the leading nines as marvelous discoveries will probably make good. Cheer up, mister! The president of the Dressmakers' National Protective Association says that women's dress will be less expensive this year than ever before. The Japanese, says one of their statesmen, should adopt chairs and develop their legs. Well, short legs did not prevent them from "getting there" in the late war. Portia, as quoted by the editor of a kind of society paper, is made to say: "How far that little scandal throws his beams! So shines a bad deed in this haughty world." News comes from the east that the seventeen-year locusts will devastate the land this year. How many times in the course of a decade do the seventeen-year locusts come, anyhow? As the last suffragist was detatched from the doorknob and put into the police wagon, the premier of the great British Empire crawled out from under his bed and sighed a sigh of relief An actor has become a soldier in order to escape the adulation of matinee girls. We know several actors who should be driven from the stage with a club instead of soft GREAT SINGER IS UNGRATEFUL. Mme. Patti Criticises America, Whle Made Her Wealthy. Confirmation of the report that Mme. Adelina Patti has made her final tour in the United States is found in her recent criticisms of the American people. This lady, who once lived down on Grand street West, but now dwells in a castle in Wales, largely owing to the generosity of the citizens of this city, has lately discovered that we haven't any appreciation of art, cookery, music or good manners. This is an ill return for all the complimentary words we have uttered about her, not to mention the dollars we have paid to hear her voice. Although she was born in Madrid in February, 1843, she came here with her parents as a child and grew up among the people of New York. Her brother, Carol, used to lead the orchestra at the Grand Opera House, during the Jim Fisk era of French opera-bouffe. Mme. Patti's last tour of this country was not financially successful—a circumstance that may account for her change of heart. The lady, however, insisted upon receiving her contract money to the last dollar. The im presarlo was almost ruined, although the fault was the diva's own. She couldn't sing! Her voice had lost its fine quality. She wasn't a "diva" any longer. The American people found this out and refused to assist in maintaining Craig y Nos castle.—Brooklyn Eagle. Famous Actors as Negro Minstrels. Jefferson said he thought he was one of the first men to black his face after the appearance and success of "Jim Crow" (T. D.) Rice. "I suppose," said Mrs. Drew, "there are very few men in this company who have not at one time or another been associated with minstrel performances." "I played Brudder Jones," said Mr. Jefferson. "Everybody knows I was in the minstrel business," Goodwin exclaimed. "Yes," I remarked, "because we were there together. "Well," joined in Crane, "I was on the tambourine end with Campbell's minstrels." I remember telling this at Lawrence Barrett's house at Cohasset, where the rest of the party consisted of Edwin Booth and Stuart Robson, Booth then told how he and J. S. Clarke were minstrels in their younger days, and he followed this up by declaring that he used to "pick a little on the banjo." I laughed, and Booth inquired the reason, and I added, "Oh, nothing much, only Booth and the banjo seemed such an odd combination."—Francis Wilson in Scribner's Magazine. O Thou Compassionate. How deeply comforting the tender phrase, Thy greater attribute seem merged in this— Through all life's long and dark and weary maze, Thou art Compassionate. To God of Justice and of Power we turn When wrong or devastating blow cuts deep And yet in daily struggle needs must yearn For one Compassionate. In limits of our souls we live, alone, And e'en our nearest may not understand But all "the household jar within" is known To thee, Compassionate. Thou know'st the many sorrows of the day Wide longing, narrow opportunity—We bring life's broken toys, as children may, To one Compassionate. We may have blundered grievously and long, Darkly Thy world we might have made so bright Still Thou dost heal the heartache and the wrong To Thou Compassionate! —May Ethelyn Bourne, in Overland Month Of No Importance. Two men were standing together on an East River ferryboat when one pointed out a third man with the remark: "I can't recall his name at this moment, but he writes for a number of the magazines." His friend looked at the stranger with much interest. "Oh, one of our frenzied finance captains, is he?" he asked. "No, he—" "Writes up trusts and things, then?" "Oh, then he's a prizefighter or an actor—he is rather husky looking." "No, no! He's just a plain author—writes stories." "Oh!" the friend exclaimed, the look of interest suddenly dying out of his face—New York Journal. True to His Promise The other boy had called Tommy a liar, an 'a fightin' liar, and told him he dassen't take it up. Tommy's fists were clinched and his eyes were blazing, but he stood there rapidly repeating something to himself, in accordance with a long standing promise he had made to his mother. "If you'll jist wait till I've finished sayin' it," he said, "I'll knock the tar out o' you, Dunker Bunker, you pie faced slob! 'But children, you should never let your angry passions—'" The other boy, however, disappeared around the corner while Tommy's lips were still moving. Flying Wedge. "Great Scott!" exclaimed the drummer who had put up in the old farm house over night. "What was that noise down below? Football rush?" "Worse than that, stranger," chuckled the old farmer, as he snuffed out the candle. "You see, I have eight darters on' each one of them has a beau who calls on Thursday nights. Wall, the first couple that gets the parlor can have it. That's why they are running." LACE SCARF AS EAR TRUMPET. Elderly Lady Has Discovered It Acts as Sounding Board. With advancing years a dear old lady has found that her hearing has become somewhat affected. She has not found it necessary to use an ear trumpet as yet, but it is difficult at times to catch all that friends say. Anything said in an undertone is completely lost to her—that is, it was until she hit upon a novel idea. While visiting a friend recently the hostess had pitched her voice almost to the straining point and her vocal organs were getting tired, when "Aunt Sis," as she is affectionately termed, interrupted her by saying: "Please, dearle, hand me my lace head scarf." "Do you feel a draught?" anxiously inquired the hostess, handing over the mantilla. "Then why do you wear it? It will make your head tender." "Oh, I think not. You see, the scarf acts as a sort of sounding board. It keeps out all other sounds except those of the human voice. When I wear this I can hear even a whisper I can't explain why it is, but it is so, nevertheless. I have had lots of fun, over it, too. My boys have been taking advantage of my infirmity to whisper to each other. I didn't hear them before I began to wear this scarf, but now I know lots of their secrets and they don't know it. It's a good joke on them." Fish Know Colors. "Fish know colors," said a keeper at the New York Aquarium the other day. "They can distinguish between red and blue, or white and green, as well as you and I. Wait and I'll prove it." He led the way to a tank in which were some red and some yellow and some green fish, and in it were artificial grottoes painted respectively red and yellow and green. The keeper roiled the water with his hand, and the fish fled, the red ones to the red grotto, the yellow ones to the yellow grotto, and the green ones to the green grotto. "They know which color shields them from observation best," said he. "Now I'll change the grottoes, so as to prove my statement a second time." He moved the grottoes to different places in the tanks and again roiled the water. The same thing followed as before. Each fish darted like a shot to the grotto of its own color, where it knew it would be best concealed. To the Beloved. To the Beloved. Everything that I made I used to bring you. Was it a song, why, then 'twas a song to sing to you. Was it a story, to you I was telling my story. Ah, my dear, could you hear 'mid the bliss and the glory? Did any one praise me, to you I said it all over; My laughter for you: how we laughed in the days past recovery? My tears and my troubles were yours: did any one grieve me. I carried it straight to the love that was sure to relieve me. O my dear, when aught happens, to you I am turning. Forgetting how far you have traveled this day from my yearning. There are things to tell things to; your house is so lonely; And still I'm forgetting and bringing my tale to you only. The old days are over; how pleasant they were, the fine weather. When youth and my darling and I were at home and together! And still I'm forgetting, ochone, that no one knew me. And turn to you still with my tale, and there's no one to hear me. —Pall Mall Gazette. Fate of the Old Presidents. In the autumn of 1901 Mrs. W. of Roxbury spent a few weeks with her daughter in Nova Scotia, returning home shortly before President McKinley was shot, bringing her niece, Bessie F., aged 6 years, home with her. Of course the child heard a good deal of talk in the house about the shooting of the president. One day Bessie said to her aunt: "Aunt Minnie, who is king of the United States?" Her aunt replied: "We have no kings in the United States like you do in your British country. We have presidents. We have an election every four years and elect a new one." "Oh, yes," the child replied; "and then they shoot the old ones, don't they?"—Boston Herald. New City for Egypt. Suakin, on the Red sea, has proved an unsatisfactory port and is to be superseded by a brand-new rival which has been built up out of coral work and desert sand by the Egyptian authorities. The rival is Port Sudan, the latest addition to the cities of the British empire, and an enthusiast says that it is destined to be a place of magnitude and importance in the days when cotton shall have made it the New Orleans of the east. The place has hitherto been called Mersa Sheikh Barud. It is about 680 miles south of Suez and is capable of holding a dozen vessels of moderate size. The entrance is 600 feet across, and the land around is six feet above sea level. Posers for Scholars Twenty words submitted to a spelling bee in Springfield, Mass., in 1846 were given to the high school class at East Liverpool by Supt. Rayman, and it is reported not one in the class correctly spelled every word. Only ten had averages of over 90 per cent. The average of the 124 pupils was $73\frac{1}{2}$ per cent. The words submitted were accidental, accessible, baptism, chirography, characteristic, deceitful, descendant, eccentric evanescent, fierce $^{3,4}$s, feigned, ghastliness, gnawed, heless, hysterics, imbecility, inconceivable, inconvenience inefficient, irresistible. —Pittsburgh Dispatch. SHIELDS FOR TROOPS IN WAR. Their Use Urged by a German Military Writer. A writer in the Militar-Woenchlatt raises anew the question of the use of portable shields for the protection of infantry in the attack, says the Broad Arrow. He writes approvingly of the Japanese spade work in the offensive, the more so because he mentions incidentally, as a matter regarding which there can be no dispute, that the German authorities have long since advocated the use of artificial cover in the attack, and points out that when the ground was frozen or rocky, and the spade could make no impression upon it, the attacking Japanese infantry not infrequently went forward, carrying with them filled sandbags weighing as much as forty pounds. He remarks that if the undoubtedly brave Japanese soldier found it necessary to load himself with so bulky and burdensome a protection when advancing in the open against an intrenched enemy it would seem far better to equip the infantry with a light, handy shield. Furnished with a handle by which to carry it, a loophole to fire through and some arrangement to prevent its falling down, the infantryman would then find himself, like his gunner comrade, protected by a bullet-proof shield. The writer in the Wochenblatt suggests that on the march the shield should be carried on the back, when going into action on the chest, and when advancing to the attack in the left hand, so as to be at once available for use when lying down to fire, both as head cover and rifle rest. YOUR HAIR SHOULD BE DRAB That is the Fashionable Color, So an Authority Says. "Deep auburn and the drab shades are the fashionable colors in hair this season," said the woman who makes hair coloring a speciality, as placidly as though she were commenting on the state of the weather or the advance style in dress goods. "One of my customers has to my knowledge worn five different colors or shades on her wavy tresses. Having been blessed with medium brown hair by nature she became a ravishing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in. "Next she took to titian red after a trip to the art galleries of Europe. Then she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair is drab. "The last is by far the most popular of all for the reason that is most difficult to obtain, and then it is pretty generally becoming, and it happens that women who are born with this particular color of hair are almost always clever. "How is it done? Well, in case of a woman whose hair is dark a bleach must first be used before the dye is applied. With women whose hair has turned gray it is a still simpler problem. The color lasts a year, while the head can be washed and even salt water bathing does not affect it."—New York Sun. What Money Will Do MONEY WIN DO. They say that men need buy The sweetest things in life. Health, heaven, friends, respect, content "e'en a loving wife. They say that men can not buy These things for me, alas! But I— Well—I don't know! What bought my private car? Just wealth, What bought my lovely yacht, Which sails me to lands where health is Found in every spot? What pays special dear Jim, To keep me in the perfect trim? Well—I don't know! What bought the most delightful wife A man could hope to win? What buys her every wish in life—the clothes she dazzles in? And if her heart beats not for me, And I am not your see, Well—I don't know! And heaven? Oh, of course, I don't Expect to get in free; But if the Lord meant what he said Concerning charity. The tithe I give to the needle's eye, Or—I don't know! For happiness? Well, money bought This ninety-cent cigar; It bought this chair in which I loll, bombs it with private car; It bought this car in which I guess, If all this is not happiness, Well-I don't know! Not a Good Advertisement A Welsh judge had before him a case in which a printer sued a pork butcher for the value of a large parcel of paper bags with the butcher's advertisement printed thereon. The printer, having no suitable illustration to embellish the work, thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man's name and address, but ultimately the latter refused to pay. The judge, looking over a specimen, observed that for his part he thought the lion and the unicorn were much nicer than an old fat pig. "O well," answered the butcher, "perhaps your honor likes to eat animal like that, but my customer's don't. I don't kill lions and unicorns — I only kill fat pigs!" Verdict for defendant.—New York World. Building Up to Requirements Bringing Up to Requirements. A Kansas City man purchased a city lot with the restriction that he should not build a house on it to cost less than $2,500. After having bought for the lot he decided to build a $1,500 cottage. Before he had completed it the real estate man from whom he had bought the lot threatened to sue him for breach of contract. "This little shack you are building," said the real estate man, "lacks a whole lot of beit g a $2,500 house such as you agreed to build." "Don't form too hasty judgment." replied the owner. 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COURSES:—Classical, College, B sical (Instrumental and Voc mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Book-Binding, Business Tailoring, Dressmaking and Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES:—Splendid Locat ences and Thorough Teacher INFORMATION:—For terms, p write to WILLIAM T. VER PRES QUINDARO, Phones Office—Bell— Residence—B Why does colored people as well as by a smoky poor light water full of MENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Norman. —Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Norman, Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, or Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpenter, Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking and Gardening. RES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, and Thorough Teachers. ION:—For terms, prices and all inducements. IAM T. VERNON, A. M., L. PRESIDENT, Phones Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"West" 15. red people as well as uncolored people set in by a smoky poor light and drink muddy bad water full of disease germs. 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SH ROC Self Cleaner Water makes the water clear as a Crystal and Health For 50 to 75 cents. A. J. SHERIDAN ROOM 8, TA AVE. KANSAS CITY shade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular sular by trading at a popular store? L. J. MADDUX 梨 and Fancy Grocer Meats and all Kinds of Produce that makes the water clear as a Crystal and Healthy. For 50 to 75 cents. "In the shade of the Old Apple not you be popular by trading at a p L. J. M Staple and Fa Meats and all K "In the shade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular song—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 In an Excuse Book. Because its employees were late a London house provided a book in which the tardy ones were to write excuses. Reasons for lateness were not much varied. At the top of the page one would write "Train delayed," or "Omnibus horse died," as the case might be, and the rest fell into the habit of making ditto marks and letting it go at that. But not long ago one man had a new excuse. He wrote with pride: "Wife had twins." The second slow person that morning was in a great hurry, and did not notice the innovation, but made his customary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stamp The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustration. The judge cast in 1860 the only vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an odd way the power of perseverance. "Lincoln persevered," he said, "and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, who succeed. Don't give three years to journalism and then, discouraged, try the law awhile. Don't learn the grocery business and in a little while take up placer mining or plumbing. Consider, rather, the postage stamp, whose useful depends on its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." "Well," said the first policyholder, throwing aside his paper, "there is at least one thing we can be thankful for concerning our Mutual friend, Mr. McCurdy." "What's that?" inquired the second policyholder. 530 MINNESOTA AVE. 852 FREEMAN AVE. Telephone Home W 3 Raymond DIRECTOR st of Service, Fine Carriage es, at all Hours. Enameled Ambulance for wounded reasonable. Call at 431 Minne as City, Kansay. University college, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Manual), including piano, organ and harp and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering. Union, Healthful Climate, Good Infra- sices and all inducements offered. NON, A. M., D. D. DENT, KANSAS "White" 4302. Well—"West" 15. uncolored people set in the dark and drink muddy bad disease germs. Her Light ner Water Eilter as a Crystal and Healthy. 75 cents. ERIDAN M 8, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Tree" is a very popular song-Wh popular store? ADDUX, ency Groceries inds of Produce. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 W128 SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m., till 4 p. and from 6 till 9 p. m., C. H. C. JORDAN, M. M., M. D. Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TONSORIAL PARLOR All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clear Shave strictly Up-to-Date 438 MINNESOTA AVE. An Old French Sailor. French seamen have a dozen in the person of a centenarian. The oak sailor belongs alike to the navy and to the merchant service, for he serves in both, and it would be difficult say in which of the two his adventure were the most thrilling. His record includes three shipwrecks, the battles of Navarino, in which he won motion in orders, the blockade of Algiers one capture by brigands, followed by himself and his companions seizing the Spanish ship which captured the consair which had captured them. After serving many years before the man he became a master and small ship owner on his own account. His man is Pierre Loirat. He was born November, 1805, and at 12 he went ROOM 8. Williams' Pink Pills Restored the Patient to Perfect Health And Strength. Mrs. Mary Gagner, of No. 576 South Summer street, Holyoke, Mass., has passed through an experience which moves that some of the greatest blessings of life may lie within easy reach and yet be found only by mere chance. A few years ago while she was employed on the mills she was suddenly seized with dizziness and great weakness. "I was so weak at times," she says, "that could hardly stand, and my head became so dizzy that it seemed as if the door was moving around. "My condition at last became so bad that I was obliged to give up work in the mill, and later still I became so feebly that I could not even attend to me household duties. After the slightest question I had to lie down and rest until strength. A friend who had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People urged me to give them. I bought a box and began to take them. The benefit was so positive and so quickly evident that I continued to use the pills until I had taken altogether six boxes. By that time I was entirely cured, and for two years I have no return of my trouble. I am now in the best of health and able to attend all my duties. I am glad to acknowledge the benefit I received and I hope that my statement may be the means of encouraging others who may suffer in this war to try this wonderful medicine." The secret of the power of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of debility, as such Mrs. Gagner's lies in the fact that they make new blood, and every organ and even every tiny nerve in the body feels the stir of a new tide of strength. Be Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all muggers or will be sent, postpaid, on ceipt of price, 50 cents per box, six sizes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Malline Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Had Valuable Hairlooms. Black—Are there any valuable rooms in your family? White—Yes, two great uncles and grand aunt. They're all rich.—Dee-Free Press. Garfield Tea is Nature's remedy for liver and kidney diseases. "Can't see why you're so smitten with her." "Why, because she is so nicely pretty." "Beauty's only skin ep." "Well, great Scott! I'm no animal. That's deep enough for Eminent Doctors Praise Its Ingredients we refer to that boon to weak, nervous, commonly known as Dr. Pierce's morale by description. Dr. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff of the ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says Unicorn root (Helonias Dioica) which one of the chief ingredients of the "Farrle Prescription": A remedy which invariably acts as a uter- invigorator *** makes for normal ac- tion of the entire reproductive system. Continues "in Helonias we have a medica- tion which more fully answers the above poses than any other drug with which I am painted. In the treatment of diseases pe- r to women it is seldom that a case is which does not present some indication this remedial agent." Dr. Fyfe further argues "The following are among the leading cations for Helonias (Unicorn root). Pain examining in the back, with leucorrhoea; the (weak) conditions of the reproductive causes of women, mental depression and ir- क्लोरो (reproductive organs of women, constant sation of heat in the region of the kid- es; menorrhagia (flooding), due to a weak- ed condition of the reproductive system; menorrhea (suppressed or absent monthly friords, arising from or accompanying an normal condition of the digestive organs of anemic (thin blood) habit; dragging sations in the extreme lower part of the women." If more or less of the above symptoms are present, no invalid woman can do more than take Dr. Pierce's Favorite ingredient, the leading ingredients of which is Union root, or Helonias, the medical property of which it faithfully represents. "Golden Seal root, another prominent patient of 'Favorite Prescription,' Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of BenMedical College, Chicago, says: 'This is an important remedy in disorders of swollen, swollen, swollen, general encephalitis, it is useful.' Conf. John M. Scudder, M. D., late of Manny, says of Golden Seal root: manni, says of Golden Seal root: its relation to its general effects on the earth, there is no medicine in use about which it is general unanimity of opinion. It generally is treated as the tonic useful in stabilized states." Bartholow, M. D., of Jeffersonical College, says of Golden Seal: "Unable in uterine hemorrhage, menstrua (flooding) and congestive dysmenorrhagia painful menstruation." Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith represents all the above named infants and cures the diseases for which are recommended. 50% MORE CREAM FROM SAME COWS. use your cows of being Give them a square deal will pay you well. If you are not using a centrifugal cream separator from 20 per cent, to 50 per cent. of your cream is thrown away with the skimmilk — just wasted—and the cows accused of not earning their feed. In addition your own time and labor are being wasted. not using a centrifugal cream separator from 20 per cent. to 50 per cent. of your cream is thrown away with the skimmilk — just wasted—and the cows accused of not earning their feed. In addition your own time and labor are being wasted. Why not get a DE LAVAL cream separator, stop these DE LAVAL machine may be bought upon its liberal terms that it will more than earn its cost while you are paying for and still be good for 20 years more profit use. As compared with other separators the superiority of the DE LAVAL is seen in the fact that over 1000 DE LAVAL machines, ten times the number of all others combined, have been sold to date. You may have ample of a DE LAVAL free of all cost. over the time to get a DE LAVAL white cows are making the largest connect, and savings count biggest. Write to day for feedback. business, no matter where located, if the title is good and the price reasonable. Write, giving description and location of the property and the price wanted. BRENE COUNTY ABSTRACT & LOAN CO. SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. KANSAS HAPPENINGS School Statistics The total valuation of all of the Kansas counties, as returned by the county assessors to the county superintendents of schools, is $352,644,970. The total bonded debt of all the school districts is $2,108,919. The valuation of school property in the state as fixed by the assessors is $10,524,769. The number of school buildings is 8,788, and the school rooms number 10,544. Oklahoma Knights in Newton. Five hundred Knights of Columbus from Oklahoma were at Newton, the guests of the local council. The three degrees of the order were conferred on a class of 60 by picked teams from Kansas City, Topeka and Emporia. At night the visiting knights and their ladies were given a banquet in the auditorium, covers being laid for 600. Toasts were responded to by members of the order from Kansas. Six hundred workmen of the Edgar Lead and Zinc company's smelter at Cherryvale struck because the company refused to discharge the foreman, William Fisher. The men assert that Mr. Fisher discriminates between men and is otherwise objectionable. The company officials say they will keep Mr. Fisher in spite of the strike. Iola Prepares for Log Rolling. The M. W. A. log rolling which is being planned for the latter part of September at Iola will make arrangements for 10,000 out-of-town visitors. All of the lodges over the county will be asked to help in the *log rolling The Iola lodge has something like 500 members, and with the 300 members over the county 800 people would assist in the big event. Peach Crop Heaviest in Years Peach, cherry and plum trees are heavily laden with buds in the vicinity of Marysville, proving the truth of the opinion of local horticulturists that the late cold snap has not injured the fruit. Many of the fruit men contend that the peach crop this year will be the heaviest for several years. Plums and cherries will also bear abundant crops. Iola Lands a Factory. An Endurite plant will be built in Iola within the next six months. Dr. Dressbach spent four days in Chicago making a thorough investigation of Endurite as a building material, finding that it was extensively used in that city, and that the plants located there are running to their full capacity the year around. Fined Jointist the Limit. A $500 fine, six months in the county jail and a payment of $100 and costs is the punishment of J. H. Hahn, a Kansas City "jointist," got for violating an injunction forbidding him to sell liquor. Judge William G. Holt, in the court of common pleas, fixed the punishment, which was the maximum under the laws of Kansas. Rope Sawed Finger Off. George Miner, a teamster, at Chanute, lost the tip of one finger by getting it caught in a picket rope to which one of his horses was attached. The horse was restive, and started running while Mr. Miner was trying to hold it, pulling the rope through his hand with such speed that it sawed the end off of one finger. Found After Four Months. After a four-months' search at Wichita for Michael Devine, aged 68 years, the mystery surrounding his disappearance was solved by the discovery of his body in the big Arkansas river. The discovery of his body was made by boys who were fishing near the Douglas avenue bridge in the central part of the city. Cherryvale Passes 6,000 Limit Cherryvale was pleased when the city assessor made public the fact that the city contained 6,000 people, a gain of 812 since the enumeration this time last year. These figures do not include Smeltertown and Corbin City, two populous suburbs, containing about 1,000 people. May Hire Tax "Ferrets." Judge Moore, of the district court, refused an injunction at Abilene against the county commissioners to restrain them from hiring tax "ferrets" on commission to collect unreported taxes. For Half Century Resident of Linn. Mrs. Martha Smith, who for 50 years has lived near Blue Mound, Linn county, is dead. Her father, Capt. Stevenson, was a member of the Sixth Kansas during the rebellion. The Record for Generosity. Vesper is a small station on the Union Pacific, west of Lincoln. It has three houses and an elevator, but it has contributed over $200 to the relief fund of San Francisco. Wichita to Have Old-Fashioned Fair Wichita and Sedgwick county are to have an old-fashioned county fair. The fair will be held some time in September. It will be a fair in which the exhibits will consist of the manu- factured and agricultural products of Wichita and Sedgwick county. A Veteran's Good Fortune. William Dunlap, a member of D barracks of the Soldiers' Home has gone to Tonopah, Nevada, to claim his share of a $250,000 estate left by his brother, E. Y. Dunlap. That Constant Misery C11 SEVEN YEARS OF SUFFERING Ended at Last Through Using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Sellina Jones, of 200 Main St., Ansonia, Conn., says: "If it had not been for Doan's Ki-ney Pills I would not be alive to-day. Seven years, ago I was so bad with pain in the back, and so weak that I had to keep to my room, and was in bed sometimes six weeks at a spell. Beginning with been for Doan's Kidney Pills I would not be alive to-day. Seven years, ago I was so bad with pain in the back, and so weak that I had to keep to my room, and was in bed sometimes six weeks at a spell. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, the kidney weakness was soon corrected, and inside a week all the pain was gone. I was also relieved of all headaches, dizzy spells, soreness and feelings of languor. I strongly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Which Death? Captain Longaway—Did that pretty Mrs. Young ever get over her husband's death? Bob Innocent—Which one—her first or second?—Brooklyn Citizen. Had Legs for Cavalry "George left the infantry company." "Why?" "They told him his legs had the proper curve for the cavalry."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. AWFUL SUFFERING. From Dreadful Pains from Wound on Foot—System All Run Down— Minecave Guns by Outtune "Words cannot speak highly enough for the Cuticura Remedies. I am now seventy-two years of age. My system had been all run down. My blood was so bad that blood poisoning had set in. I had several doctors attending me, so finally I went to the hospital where I was laid up for two months. My foot and ankle were almost beyond recognition. Dark blood flowed out of wounds in many places and I was so disheartened that I thought surely my last chance was slowly leaving me. As the foot did not improve, you can readily imagine how I felt. I was simply disgusted and tired of life. I stood this pain, which was dreadful, for six months, and during this time I was not able to wear a shoe and not able to work. Some one spoke to me about Cuticura. The consequences were I bought a set of the Cuticura Remedies of one of my friends who was a druggist, and the praise that I gave after the second application is beyond description; it seemed a miracle for the Cuticura Remedies took effect immediately. I washed the foot with the Cuticura Soap before applying the Ointment and I took the Resolvent at the same time. After two weeks' treatment my foot was healed completely. People who had seen my foot during my illness and who have seen it since the cure, can hardly believe their own eyes. Robert Schoenhauer, Newburg, N. Y. August 21, 1905." The more experience men and women have in rearing children the slower they are to give advice about rearing children. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all drugstores, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Josh and Artemus Josh Billings was a great spelling reformer, but he lived before his time. So did 9rtemus Ward, and we hope their work will continue a long way ahead of time. Defy tradition and get down to business.—Wilkesbarre Times. Garfield Tea, the herb laxative, is mild, effective, health-giving—a faultless preparation. It cures constipation. Safe. An official in the land office at Washington relates how Dr. Whipple, for a long time Bishop of Minnesota, once undertook to hold religious services near an Indian village in one of the western states. It appears that the bishop's effects were scattered about the "lodge," and, when about to go out, he asked the chief if it were safe to leave them there while he went to the village for service. "Plenty safe," grunted the Indian; "no white man in a hundred miles from here."—Harper's Weekly. A Boston man has asked the courts to restrain his wife from calling him up over the etelephone at his office. What his programme is that he objects to having his wife keep tab on him is not announced. Life-Weary Women brought to despair through the suffering caused by female diseases, should take heart. There IS a cure for all your pain and misery. Mrs. John A. Keeton, of Cephas, Va., writes: "Life was a burden to me for years. All that my dear doctor did, brought no relief. Cardui helped me more than New Portrait of Putnam. Darius Cobb, the elegated artist, has just completed a highly successful picture of General Israel Putnam, the heroic patrol of the Revolution, for Colonel Henry H. 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The rustic simply stared, and the American demanded if he knew of whom he was speaking, receiving a prompt negative. "Why, of Shakespeare, man. You must know of him!" the pilgrim explained, stricken with horror. After some coaxing the man fully admitted that had heard of Shakespeare, and believed that he had "write for summant." "And have you any idea for what he wrote—was it the Times?" the American inquired with infinite sarcasm. "Oh, it wasn't the Lunnon paper," the man said. "I know it was summat solemn like. I think it was the Bible, bellike."-Harper's Weekly. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE This medicine is discontinued. Use of our medicine package. The public may rely on our care of limitations, sold only in bespoke A lady in a small Alabama town had occasion to call at the cabin of her washerwoman. Aunt Betsy, says Success Magazine. 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Recently when the Morocco difficulty became acute he wrote for the Paris Figaro an article declaring that there was no chance of war arising fro mthe difference between France and Germany and that there was no ground for the panic felt in France, as the French artillery was superior to the German artillery and the French troops were as good as the German troops. Smokers appreciate the quality value of Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. The Lady—I have only five cents to give away this morning. To which of you two shall I give it? The Hobo—Give it to Panhandle Pete, mum. He's bought dis route o' me, an' I'm jes' taken' him over de ground.—Cleveland Leader. Briggs-Biliter's daughter did very well in literature, did not she? W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $4.00 Clit Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. Griggs—Yes, indeed. I understood that she made money enough on her first novel to get herself an education—Life. 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Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mention this paper.) WANT FARM for $10,000 of Gas, Oil and Refiners Stock. So of this will pay $6 per cent. dividend this year. Address L. HOX 645, SIoux CTY, Iowa. Afflicted with: Thompson's Eye Water sore eyes, use NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered from All parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. San Francisco Earthquake. At the suggestion of the president, Gov. Pardee has made a formal request for the use of troops of the regular army at San Francisco. The action was taken simply to observe legal forms and avoid complications. San Francisco agent of the Liverpool and London Globe insurance company estimates the loss of that company in the earthquake and fire at $4,335,000. The Spanish Club, representing the Spanish colony at Manila has passed resolutions expressing sympathy with the people of San Francisco. A syndicate of New York capitalists has made a proposition to loan San Francisco $100,000,000 for the purpose of rebuilding the city. San Francisco proposes to ask the government to guarantee an issue of $200,000,000 of municipal bonds for the purpose of rebuilding the devastated city. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler is authority for the statement that the University of California is loser to the extent of $1,500,000 by the recent earthquake. Of 576 vaults recently opened in San Francisco the contents of 40 percent of them were found to have been destroyed. Fire recently entirely destroyed the laundry of the general hospital at the Presidio, San Francisco. By hard work the hospital buildings were saved. Gen. Greeley has notified the war department that San Francisco has only ten days rations on hand. Further contributions from the country at large will be necessary. Auditor Horton, of San Francisco, estimates that the expenditures for the coming fiscal year will amount to $8,648,400. Close estimates which have recently been compiled show that ahe actual property loss in San Francisco will approximate $350,000,000. Miscellaneous. Another war cloud has arisen between Colombia and Venezuela as the result of the refusal of Vice President Gomez to receive Dr. Herrera, the Colombian minister. The international cotton conference at Washington adjourned after denouncing the reports of the agricultural department. No satisfactory scheme of remedy was, however, suggested. A tornado did much damage in Furnas county, Nebraska, many buildings being destroyed and several persons injured. Germany has issued invitations to 29 states to take part in an international wireless telegraph conference at Berlin, June 28. Presumably as a result of investigations being made by interstate commerce commission regarding relations existing between coal carrying roads and mining companies, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has sold its controlling interest in the Consolidated Coal Company. The United States cruisers Chattanooga and Galveston have arrived at Manila for an overhauling preparatory to joining the fleet at Shanghai. Ouster proceedings have been filed in the circuit court at Toledo, Ohio, against the Standard Oil company and 17 affiliated companies. The court was asked to dissolve their franchises and appoint trustees for creditors and stockholders. A receiver has been appointed for the American Reserve Bond company of Chicago. After 40 years service as judge of the United States court for the district of Colorado Judge Moses Hallat has retired and Robert E. Lewis has been sworn in as his successor. A fusillade of 30 or 40 shots and the wounding of one man marked the newal of the feud spirit in Breathitt county, Kentucky. The Olympic games at Athens were closed by the presentation of the prizes personally by King George to the successful contestants. The day ended with a dinner given to the winners and invited guests by the King. The appellate division of the supreme court of New York has decided that the officers and directors of the Equitable Insurance company must account to the policy holders for the funds wasted in recent years. The case against R. M. Snyder, a Kansas City promoter, charged with bribery at St. Louis has been dismissed on account of the absence of the prosecuting witness. The total amount of national bank notes in circulation is $556,646-282. The war department will this year spend $40,000 on the extension and improvement of the national target range at Fort Riley, Kan. A detail of Moros on the Island of Samar, in an encounter with Pulajanes killed 30 of the latter. The Isthmian canal commission has decided to ask for an appropriation of $26,348,281 to continue the construction of the canal during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. Americans have won a majority of the events in the Olympic games at Athens, Greece. Steamers arriving from Iceland report that Mount Hecla has again been in eruption, ashes being scattered over a wide area. A dispatch to the London Morning Post from Shanghai says the customs returns from the whole of China for 1905 were $23,407,000, against $20,995,400 in 1904. State troops at Mount Carmel, Pa., fired three volleys into a crowd of striking miners seriously wounding some 20 men. Directors of the Waltham Watch company announce their intention to enlarge the works and increase the number of employees from 3,500 to 6,000. Two coaches became detached from the rear of a Colorado and Southern passenger train west of Denver and after running backward down grade about a mile rolled over in the ditch. Twenty passengers were injured, none fatally. The programme of the opening of the Russian national parliament has been changed. The emperor will not go in person to the Tauride palace, as had been planned, but will go to St. Peterburg and receive the members of parliament and council of the emperor at the winter palace. Another disaster has occurred in the Vesuvian region. Torrents of rain and a heavy gale caused avalanches of mud, sand, ashes and clinders to fall upon several localities, doing great damage. Rules just completed of the Pan-American congress to be held at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, July 20 provide that the deliberations shall close September 1 regardless of unfinished business. John R. Walsh, former president of the defunct Chicago National bank has been held to the federal grand jury in bonds of $50,000. A clash between union and non-union miners at Windber, Pa., resulted in two men being fatally wounded and several others more or less injured. Twenty thousand double blankets are among Chicago's donations to San Francisco. The supreme court has decided that the government must refund to the Cherokee Indians $4,000,000, being the amount, with interest since 1838, charged against them for expenses in moving the tribe west more than 50 years ago. The Kansas republican convention at Topea recently held renominated Gov. Hoch for a second term by acclamation. The action of the convention was entirely harmonious and the ticket nominated is conceded to be a strong one. During the past month 3,000 pensioners of the civil war who were members of the G. A. R. have died. May day was celebrated in the United States by the inauguration of many strikes, the principal one being that among marine workmen on the great lakes, shipment of freight was generally tied up at the prominent points. Severe rain, wind and hail storms were recently reported in Oklahoma. Young livestock was killed and crops were badly damaged. For the ten months of the present fiscal year the receipts of the government have exceeded the expedition by $4,020,566, as against a deficit for the corresponding time last year of $33,689,557. Owing to misaprehension in the south the order for a military escort to Rev. Father Sherman, son of Gen. W. T. Sherman in his trip over the ground covered by his father in his historic march from Atlanta to the sea, has been recalled by the president. In the Olympic games at Athens the Americans took 11 firsts, six seconds and five thirds out of 29 events. Eight men were recently taken unconscious from the McAdoo tunnel under the Hudson river at New York, as the result of an explosion of gas. Gov. Pardee has sent a petition to congress asking that the government pay the various claims of California now pending aggregating $6,000,000. According to a preliminary report of the production of anthracite in 1905, made public by the United States geological survey, the tonnage during that year was the largest in the history of the industry. The Chicago city hall has been condemned as unsafe and dangerous to the occupants. Congressional. In a recent speech in the senate Mr. Tillman of South Carolina made a vigorous attack on the federal judiciary, declaring that congress should 'clip their wings." The house of representatives has extended a vote of thanks to General Horace Porter for having recovered from France the body of Admiral John Paul Jones. The house bill appropriating $170,000 for the emergency work at Mare Island navy yard and for postal service at San Francisco has passed the senate Personal. Mrs. Nannie Langhorne Shaw, of Virginia, and Waldorf Astor, oldest son of William Waldorf Astor, were recently married in London. Corwin H. Spencer, millionaire of St. Louis dropped dead recently while watching the ticker in a broker's office in that city. Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States senate. Otto Kelsey, former comptroller of New York, has been appointed state insurance commissioner. Sir Henry Tushereau, chief justice of Canada, has resigned. I. V. Holmes who had charge of the construction of the Ironclad Monitor has died at Wheaton, Ill. E PLURIBUS HENUM 1$ 1$ INDUSTRY UNITED DEMOCRAT ONE DOL. HAVE TEN DAYS RATIONS. Gen. Greely Says the Food Supply at San Francisco Is Short. Still Feeding 300,000 a Day—Further Appeals for Help Are Likely to Be Made. Washington, D. C. — In a telegram to the war department Thursday Gen. Greely reports a general improvement in conditions in San Francisco and vicinity. He called attention to the fact, however, that scarcely ten days relief rations are in sight and that further appeal to the generosity of the American people is possible. Reporting over night, Edward T. Devine, representing the Red Cross says that three hundred thousand were fed on May 1. Relief plans he said, must be continued for several weeks. He reports present little need of relief at Santa Rosa but says the greater need will be in San Francisco, Oakland and immediate suburbs. San Francisco, Calif. — The commercial banks belonging to the clearing house association have arranged to open for new or "special" business. The arrangement is to receive all deposits that customers may desire to make on new accounts. The depositors may check out these new balances without restriction or limit The plan for new or special business was adopted in Oakland and other parts of Alameda county and so successful was it in its operation that the banks have now resumed regular business and are receiving more money than they are paying out. The savings banks are most anxious to resume business but they are unwilling to jeopardize the interests of their depositors by opening their vaults a moment before it is quite safe to do so, the contents of several vaults (not savings banks) having been prematurely opened have been destroyed. General Greely gave warning to the finance committee of the Citizens' Relief committee Thursday afternoon that he had only eleven days rations on hand; that the army could not furnish an ounce of food beyond that which has already been purchased or is in sight, and that the feeding of the people is a problem which demands immediate attention. After considerable discussion the committee decided to have a summing up of resources and needs at a conference Friday afternoon. Following this meeting it is probable that an appeal for food supplies will be made to the country at large. The gigantic task of cleaning up the great ruined district was commenced Thursday on broader lines. The curtailment of the relief list together with the decision of the police to arrest as vagrants all able-bodied men without any visible means of support who refuse to work, has had the effect of removing many idlers from the streets, and added materially to the strength of the army engaged in municipal house cleaning. The larger railroads have made good progress in running spur tracks into the burned sections and next week will begin to remove all useless material which will be used in other sections of the country for filling and grading. Although the water supply in the ruined part of the city is increasing daily there is not yet an adequate flow for use in case of fire and all cooking is still carried on in the streets. Cavalry Going to San Francisco. Wichita, Kansas—One squadron of the First cavalry, en route from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to San Francisco to do guard duty, passed through here at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. Two Ex-Mayors Die Marion, Ohio. — Simultaneously with the death of ex-Mayor Johnstone here Monday came the news of the death at Chillicothe, of John G. Mader, who retired as Marion's mayor last January. Haye Returned from Washington, D. C. — President and Mrs. Roosevelt, who left Saturday on a cruise down the Potomac river, on the Sylph, returned here at 8:30 clock Sunday evening and were driven directly to the White house. CANNOT WIN THEM BACK. Dowie's Efforts to Find Favor With Former Followers Do Not Meet With Success. Chicago, Ill. — John Alexander Dowie is making little if any progress in regaining a foothold among his former followers in Zion city. The "first apostle" has been in Zion city for five days and has held three meetings in Shiloh tabernacle, but the "faithful" are still loyal to their new leader, General Overseer Wilbur Glen Voliva, and do not respond to Dowie's calls for reinstatement in their favor. Dowie's third meeting since his return from Mexico, for the purpose of telling his side of the controversy, was held in the tabernacle Thursday night. Less than three hundred Zionists attended the meeting, the remainder of the inhabitants of the city keeping away from the tabernacle in obedience to the wishes of Voliva. Dowie's discourse was along the same lines as on the two former occasions. He denied all the charges that have been made against him, Mrs. Dowie was on the platform with him Thursday night and also addressed the meeting. Dowie's health seems to be improving, as he walked about the platform while addressing the meeting Thursday night. Storm Damage in Arkansas Storm Damage in Arkansas. Fort Smith, Ark. — Reports have been received here that Huntington and Mansfield, 30 miles from here, were visited by a terrific wind and rain storm Tuesday evening. Telegraph and telephone wires were blown down, cutting off all communication. The streets of Huntington were flooded to a depth of two feet. Houses were unroofed and a number of buildings demolished at Mansfield, three miles from Huntington. Large tracts of timber were leveled and fences for miles destroyed. The warehouse of the A. T. Booth wholesale grocery company, containing $3,000 worth of merchandise, was destroyed Zion City's Institutions Closing Chicago, Ill. — As a result of pending litigation over the control of Zion City's financial affairs, the college and kindergarten are to be closed indefinitely. Wilbur Glenn Voliva, the present dictator of the North Shore colony, made this announcement Tuesday night. Funds for the support of the educational institutions cannot be secured owing to the court injunction and bankruptcy proceedings. Democrats Nominate Brady. Coffeyville, Kansas. — Democrats of the third congressional district met here Tuesday to nominate a congressman. The resolutions strongly condemn present Congressman Campbell's betrayal of his constituents by following the mandate of Speaker Cannon. Frank M. Brady of Labette county, was nominated over J. H. Keith of Coffeyville by a vote of 58 to 38. A Kansas Hailstorm Wellington, Kan.—A furious sto of rain and hall coming from the southwest struck this town a few minutes after 6 o'clock Monday evening. The hallstones smashed nearly every skylight in town and broke window glass in all directions. Rain fell in torents for about 20 minutes. Reports from other points are that the storm did great damage to the fruit and wheat. Carnegie Is Now en LL. D Ottawa, Ont. — Andrew Carnegie formally opened the Carnegie Public library of Ottawa Monday afternoon. The degree of Ll.D from Queen's university was conferred on Mr. Carnegie. To Furnish Drugs Free San Francisco, May 4. Twenty-six of the drug stores in the district not wiped out by fire were decided upon Wednesday by the health commission as location for free dispensaries. Within three days at the most each of these stores will be supplied with drugs and will be placed in charge of competent druggists. The supplies will be secured from the main drug supply station at the Presidio and at any one of these dispensaries it will be possible to have filled, free of charge, all physicians prescriptions. SENT GARFIELD'S REPORT. President Transmitted to Congress Results of Oil Inquiry. Standard Oil Company Profits by Secret Rebates—May Institute Criminal Proceedings. Washington, D. C. — President Roosevelt Friday transmitted to congress the report of James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, giving the results of his investigation of the subject of transportation and freight rates in connection with the oil industry. In his message the president expresses the view that the report is of capital importance because of the effort now being made to secure such enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission as will confer upon the commission power in some measure adequate to meet the clearly demonstrated needs of the situation. That the Standard Oil company has benefitted enormously up almost to the present moment by secret rates, many of which were clearly unlawful, the president says the report clearly shows, the benefit thereby secured amounting to at least $750,000 a year. On this subject he says: "This $750,000 represents the profit that the Stnadard Oil company obtains at the expense of the railroads; but of course the ultimate result is that it obtains a much larger profit at the expense of the public. A very striking result of the investigation has been that shortly after the discovery of these secret rates by the commissioner of corporations, the major portion of them were promptly corrected by the railroads, so that most of them have now been done away with." The statement is added that the department of justice will take up the question of instituting prosecutions in at least certain of the cases. Continuing, the president says: "But in addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits immensely by open rates which are so arranged as to give it an overwhelming advantage over its independent competitors." It is unfortunately not true he says, that the Standard Oil company is the only corporation which has benefitted and is benefitting in wholly improper fashion by an elaborate series of rate discriminations. The Sugar Trust, he adds, according to the results of the investigation now in progress, rarely, if ever pays the lawful rate for transportation. He favors, as an element of competition the passage of some such law as that which has already passed the house putting alcohol used in the arts on the free list and of keeping the fee to oil and coal lands of the Indian tribes or on the public domain in the government, the lands to be leased only on such terms and for such periods as will enable the government to entirely control them. No Concessions from Operators No Concessions from Operators. Philadelphia, Pa. — The representatives of ten of the principal coal and coke companies in the Central Pennsylvania bituminous or Clearfield district, whose employees have quit work pending a settlement of the differences existing between them, meet here Friday. After a session lasting for several hours it was announced that the operators had unanimously resolved not to recede from the position they have taken in favor of an open shop and the abolition of the check-off system, and to fight it out at whatever cost. The operators are making preparations to open their mines next week. The companies participating in Friday's meeting represented capital of more than $100,000,000. No Decision by Coal Miners: Scranton, Pa. — The United Mine Workers' convention of delegates from the three anthracite districts, which has been in session here for the past two days considering the refusal of the mine operators to grant the demands of the mine workers, will declare itself finally and definitely Saturday. That is the only thing that could be said with any certainty Friday night. The entire situation is now believed to rest with President John Mitchell. Great Britain's Last Word. London, England.—The British ambassador at Constantinople Thursday presented a note to Turkey demanding the complete withdrawal of Turkish troops from Egyptian territory. The note is practically an ultimatum and constitutes Great Britain's last word on the encroachment of Turkey in the Sinaitic peninsula. 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