The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in thisSection LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE L17 NO 12 It Is Not Right. It has been a query among the colored citizens—why the Board of Education of Kansas City, Kansas, were in such a hurry to make appointments of colored teachers for the next school year? It is about time that some consideration should be given the Negro citizens regarding the selection of teachers for their children. Is it possible that the Negroes of this city have no rights the board of Education will respect? Have they concluded that anything is good enough for Negroes? We would like to ask the mothers and fathers who are driving to educate their sons an daughters, the latter especially, if they think it is right that our schools should be bowled with married women, who have husbands to care for them, to the exclusion of young women who are being and are fitted for the same position. A ruling has been made barring married women from teaching in our public school—has the Board of Education lived up to it—with the Negro schools. Is it a "pull" or what, that you must have in the city to be a teacher. Does Brains and morality count for anything? We have nothing personal against the colored married women who are been reappointed, but simply think they block the way for young women who are deserving of these places. The school affairs of this city have not recieved the attention it should at the hands Negro—Wake up be men and women and for right, see why something ex- Primitive Bapt Church. Bav. M. Phillips, pastor of Primitive optist church and all his members will are on the 27th for Ft. Scott, Kansas. ere they will hold a four days series Meetings at Mt. Pleasant Primitive optist Church. Editoral Chips. "Peace" at sometime and somewhere and in someway ought to reign in Kansas City, Kansas. If we expect to have a city and a fit place to live, something besides politics ought to be amounted to the "getting" back spirit ought to be liberated. The Negroes of Kansas City, Kansas, not get a more on themselves they pay little attention to the affairs of the public schools and consequently theyaving no consideration in the selection of teachers and the board of education believing that all colored people are like and its a matter of very little concern to them what is dumped into the negro schools of this city to teach. We know not the circumstances surrounded the so-called race riot in Nebraska, whereincold soldiers killed four would be lynch leaders,but we do say that it would have blessing if these black soldier boys had been in Springfield,Mo, and relieved the courts from a mock trial of the mob leaders in the burg. Gatifying in the highest sense are the press dispatches that are wafted over the wires that Prof. W. T. Vernon, the pride of Kansas has been exonorated of the blackening charges and that soon must be inducted into the office of Registrar of the Treasury of the United States—what disappointments must be that class of self styled race leaders and imposters who have goaded on a poor fortunate woman, to do, that which they dare not attempt without the shield of a "more to be pitied than censured" woman. God reigned and right wafted. Now watch the career of the men who have schemed and piloted the affairs against Prof. W. T. Vernon. See where they end. The school year is now drawing to a close—the Jim Crow high school has been started—It has been dubbed the manual training school—now it remains to be seen how much of a manual school the Negroes will have. There would not have any serious kick upon a separate school if the same advantages and facilities and curriculum was to have been ours. Will we get them? We have not at the present. Grand Excursion. Sedalia, Holden and Warrensburg Sunday, May 13, only $1.25 a round trip Come along and spend a day fishing and boating at beautiful Pertle Springs. The train leaves Union depot at 8:45 a. m. returning, leaves Sedalia at 8 p. m. Tickets at 901 Main and Union Depot City Locals. Rev. Drake who is now exhibiting one of the most interesting moving pictures now in use, will be at Mt. Zion Baptist church, May 21st. Rev. R. H. Young formerly a resident of this city now pastor of Wesley Chapel at Carthage, Mo. is in the city and paid our office a call and renewed his subscription for this paper. Mrs. Wilkinson mother of Mrs. James McAfee wife of patrolman McAfee died suddenly Wednesday night at his residence 4th and Virginia ave. The teachers in the Negro public school have all been re-apointed, just why the white school board was in such a hurry is a question. Mayor W. W. Rose has been cited to appear before the supreme court in Topeka, Kas. on June 4th to answer why he is not in contempt of court—speculations as to the out come is rife. Mrs. Florence Davis who some months ago in a quarrel shot and killed an Italian and who was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary has through the pers steney of Judge I. F. Bradley her attorney succeeded in a reduction to a from one to two years sentence. The excellent legal ability of Judge Bradley and the strenuous efforts in behalf of his client are certainly commendable. Mrs. J. W. Caldwell and mother of Tonganoxie, Kansas, were entertained very sumptiously at luncheon Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Ruth Lewis of 10th and Everett. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Gayden of the Sea foam block, a bright and bouncing baby girl Monday eve., of this week. All are doing well. Mr. H. F. Johnson, one amoug the best known citizens in our community is seriously ill at his home 852 Freeman. Mrs. Ida Lawrence who has been visiting her mother Mrs John Taylor of Parallel ave. returned the past week to Wyoming. J. W. Jones president and manager of K. C. Embalming and Casket Co., will spend Sunday in Leavenworth. The funeral services of Uncle Alfred Williams who died this week will be held Sunday morning from Mt.Pleasant Baptist church. The Annual Sermon of the U. B. F. and S. M. T's of this city will be preach at the M. and O. Hall, [Sunday May 27, at 2 p. m Rev.M. H. Spencer, pastor of St. Peters C. M. E.will deliver the same. Public invited as well as all secret lodges. Prof. Vernon left this week to qualify for the office of Register of the Treasure of U. S. at Washington, D.C. Miss Ruth Scott, of Mexico, Mo., the sister of Mattie will be the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Polly Bradford, 1207 N. 8th Street. Mrs. J. H. Lee of 537 State is spending sometime at Moberly, Mo., with her parents. The finest and most attractive moving pictures together with the largest photograph now in use will be exhibited at the 9th St. Christian church on May the 22nd you will miss a treat should you fail to go, see and hear for yourself. Try. There's a victory yonder awaiting the chap Who greets with a laugh every downing mishap. Who loses the game with a glint in his eye, Who fights as he loses and dies full of try. Who tackeis the ladder with vim and with bounce, And laughs when he lands at the foot with a jounce. Who tightens his belt and with never a sigh Keeps falling and falling with heart full of try. He isn't defeated who dies in the fight, If he had lived he'd have finished all right. It was fate stilled his laugh, and endeavor put by, While his jaw was firm set and his heart full of try. And I know that up yonder whe he has cashed in The loser will head many fellows who win; For we're judged when we win to our homes in the sky Not by our success, but the strength of our try — Houston Post KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, Tuskegee Commencement. We acknowledge the receipt of a kind invitation to attend the 25th Annual Commencement of the great and only Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, May 24. Nothing would afford us greater pleasure than to attend this commencement and breathe the atmosphere that circulates in and around such a great institution. This in fact will doubtless be the greatest commencement in all the career of "Tuskegee." A quarter of a century of successful fitting up to face the stern realities of life of hundreds of young men and women. What more, if nothing else would be necessary to inscribe high up on scroll of fame-chiseled deep—the name of him who has given his time, energy and whole life Principal Booker T. Washington. We regret and deeply regret our inability to be present, but trust all will avail themselves of the opportunity to attend and see the great work being done. Cheap rates on all roads leading to Tuskegee are announced. At 8th St. Baptist Church. MARION, ARK.—Mr. D. H. Jackson the great farmer and merchant lived in that part of the country for thirty six years and made quite a mark and had many friends among the people both white or colored. But best of all he has made friendly relations with his heavenly Father. He had been a Christian for over twenty five years and last Monday or April 30th the Lord called him from lator to reward. Rev.D B. Jackson was called to see him, but missing connecting trains at Memphis, Tean., with the St. Louis and Iron Mountain R. R., he never got there in time. The funeral was very impressively attended by Rev.Wm. Barrett of Vincien Ark. He left a father, two sisters, two brothers, a wife, five grown sons and grandchildren, many, many friends to mourn his loss. He struggled hard to make home a good one. He prepared a home in heaven for himself and a home on earth for his family. He left two farms and plenty of stock, wagons, buggies and everything good for his home and family. A large store and grocery fully supplied with $5,000 worth of goods on hand with no commission on them. His earnings left will amount to more than $23,000 and the family may live well if they will. The white citizens sent to Memphis, and bought many fine flowers and presented them for the burial. Rev. D. B. Jackson went there Monday April 30th, and returned Sunday morning for service at chureh. Sheriff's Sale 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. 1906, at 10 o'clock a.m. of said day, the following described real property, situate in the county of Wyandotte and state of Kansas toit- The undivided one seventh (1-7) interest and portion, more or less, in and to the following lands and tenements, which said 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 Wayndotte county Kansas. SAMUEL MC CONNELL. Sheriff of Wayndotte county, Kansas. Ist. pub. Apr.27. They Say. Call up 1958 West—with your news 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. Don't fail to give the old reliable Employment Office a call in search of work Mrs. Ella Stovall, agt. Both phones 263 "Bny land"—"get a home" has been the advice of every reputable Negro journal in the land it should find lodgement with the Negro as much now as if first uttered. Race Notes. Mr. Primus Parsons Mason prominent colored citizens of Springfield Mass, who died recently left $10,000 to found ahome for aged men in that city. He lived in Springfield and made his first purchase of land as early as 1837. Wm. T. Francis, one of the most popular colored attorneys in the northwest and connected with the legal department of the Northern Pacific R. R Co. at St. Paul, Minn. was successfully nominated as a member of the City assembly on the Republican ticket at the primary election last week. His victory was enviable and was due to the hearty support of the best and wealthiest citizens of St. Paul. The Freeman. The faculty of the Western Industrial School of Quindaro, Kans., passed resolutions Wednesday afternoon designating their hearty approval of President Roosevelt in appointing Prof. W. T. Vernon, Register of the U.S.Treasury. Prof Vernon has been president of the Western University for 10 years. Yes There's Beautiful Larkis Grove the excellent picnic grounds in the picturesque little surburban city of Quindaro, Ks. will be thrown open to the public on May 30th, with exceptional attractions. A days outing in the shade of the elm and walnut trees—will indeed be relishable. The Metropolitan band will render music of the highest class for the enjoyment of all. Everybody's invited, good order will be maintained. Admission 10 cents.—Take Quindaro Boulevard carget off at end of line, walk two blocks north. Through Others Glasses. Push something if its only a wheelbarrow. The best way to check the murmuring of the flesh is to bridle it with the Spirit. If you want to know yourself, really, just run up against a glittering temptation. Do the thing nearest you now well, and the thing far off, which your heart craves will come seemingly of its own volatition. You may sometimes think that the efforts you put forth, and the sacrifices you make, are but poorly appreciated, especially by those for whom you have strenued the most, don't worry about such things. The more you unselfishly do for others, the richer you grow as a depositor in God's bank, the only bank which never fails to pay more than one hundred per cent.—St. Luke Herald. Administrator's Notice State of Kansas County of Wyandotte. In the Probate court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Maria Hayden. Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Maria Hayden late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 11th day of April A. D. 1906. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for alliance with one year from the date of said letters or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate, and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of said letters, they shall be for ever barred. JESSE STANFORD, Administrator. Of the Estate of Maria Hayden deceased. Kansas City, Kansas, April 11, 1906. In witness whereof, the undersigned Probate (SEAL) Wyandotte, State of Kansas have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Probate Court this 11th day of April, A. D. 1906. Winfield Freeman. Probate Judge. 1st Pub. Apr. 20. 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 30th 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. 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, says 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 chronicled on page 773 of the Guide Chaxx 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. I remember with that house. That I dwelt in, 'way down south. I am thinking of it now that I'm alone. It was in youth's happy time. That the sweetest joys were mine. And I never can forget that dear old home. Women Workers in Japan. 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. son Globe. MAY 18, 1906 nisSection CALL HERE What the America Citizen would like to see. The Neg roes 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 roms 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, 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 suit. I. 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, 1905, 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 Black 64 in Wyandotte City, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, and 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 t and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, Atty. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. NOW IS the time to: Subscribe For the Weeky American Citizen The Oldest Negro Journal Published ‘Weekly in this part of the Country. Published Weekly at 1510 North 3rd Street KANSAS CITY - - - - - KANSAS, W. C. Martin, Editor, Geo. A. Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. ‘Terms of Subscription in Advance. OWN MERE occ sncsscdoc'snsevse ns GL00 Bix Months........sccsssssseee += 65 Three Months.......s.scsss0sse-.40€ One Month.........0eeeeeeeeeeees LBC Advertising 25 cents per inch First Insertion. A Standing Display ‘Ad’ for 3 Months 2 ene es Se eee Grangemouth is the name of @ Mos: cow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side, ‘Waldorf Astor has become so thor- sughly 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 ‘hey 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 re- ceived” 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 4s now believed that Anna Gould 4s going to give Boni one more chance, in spite of the fact that he has taken @ great many already, ee Uruguay should not be blamed for having a revolution. A review of re- cent South American history shows that it is Uruguay's turn. pee een 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 hus- band will be killed. This queen busi- ‘ess is not all pickles and ple, Tt was not long ago that all the “success” magazines were pointing to the Pittsburg millionaires as ex- amples 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 oppor- tunity to get well.—Boston Globe. It {sa 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 dis- covered 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 marvel- ous 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 & kind of society paper, is made to say: “How far that little scandal throws his beams! So shines a baa 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 sev- enteen-year locusts come, anyhow? As the last suffragist was detatchea from the doorknob and put into the police wagon, the premier of the great British Empire crawled out from un- der his bed and sighed a sigh of re- Net An actor has become a soldier in otder to escape the adulation of matinee girls, We know several ac- tors who should be driven from the stage with a club instead of soft glances. GREAT SINGER IS UNGRATEFUL. Mme. Patti Criticises America, Which Made Her Wealthy. oD ON ee” | aren tear Te} 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 sitizens of this city, has: lately dis- covered that we haven't any appre- elation of art, cookery, music or good manners. This is an ill return for all the complimentary words we have ut- tered about her, not to mention the dollars we have paid to hear her voice. Although she was born in Mad- rid in February, 1848, 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 coun- try 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 presario 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 main- taining Craig y Nos castle—Brooklyn hata” 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 per- formances,” “I played Brudder Jones,” said Mr. Jefferson. “Everybody knows I was in the minstrel business,” Goodwin exclaim- ed. “Yes,” I remarked, “because we were there together. “Well,” joined in Crane, “I was on the tambourine end with Campbell's minstrels.” 1 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 young- er days, and he followed this up by declaring that he used to “pick a lit- tle on the banjo.” I laughed, and Booth inquired the reason, and I added, “Oh, nothing much, only Booth and the banjo seemed suck an odd combination.”—Francis Wilson in Scribner's Magazine. O Thou Comnaceionate. aE only, comforting the tender phrase, Thy greater attribute seem merged Ii ‘ha Through all tife's long and dark and ‘weary maze, ‘Thou art ‘Compessionate. To God of Justice and of Power we turn When ‘wrong or devastating blow cuts jeep; And yet In daily struggle needs must yearn For one Compassionate, In limits of our souls we live, alone, ‘And c'en our nearest may’ not under- stan But all “the household jar within” is known ‘To thee, Compassionate, Thou Know'st the many sorrows of the ide longing. narrow opportunity— We bring fi Broken (oper aren may, ‘To one Compassionate. We may have blundered grievously ant long, Darkened Thy world we might have made so bright, Sull Thou dost’ heal the heartache and the wrong ‘© ‘Thou Compassionate! —May Ethelyn ‘Bourne, in. Overland Monthly. OT: Ne deiesiisnis. ‘Two men were standing together on an East River ferryboat when one pointed out @ third man with the re- mark: “I can’t recall his name at this mo- ment, 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, {s 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 exclafmed, the look of interest suddenly dying out P his face-—New York Journal. ‘True to His Promise. The other boy had called Tommy a liar, an’ a fightin’ Har, 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 finishea sayin’ it,” he said, “I'll knock the tar out 0’ you, Dick Bunker, you pie faced slob! ‘But children, you should ney- er let your angry passions—’” ‘The other boy, however, disappear- ed around the corser while Tommy's lips were still moving. ——~— Flying Wedge. “Great Scott!” exclaimed the drum- mer who had put up in the old farm house over night. “What was that noise down below? Football rush?” “Worse than that, stranger,” chuck- led the old farmer, as he snuffed out the candle. “Yeou see, I have eight darters an’ 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 Soundina Board. 8s Sounding Soard. With advancing years a dear old lady has found that her hearing has become somewhat affeeted. 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 com- pletely lost to her—that is, it was un- til 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, dearie, hand me my lace head scarf.” “Do you feel a draught?” anxiously inquired the hostess, handing over the mantilla, “Not the slightest,” said “Aunt Sis” as she adjusted the head covering. “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 fuy over it, too. My boys have been tak ing advantage of my infirmity to whis per to each other. I didn't hear them defore I began to wear this scarf, but now I know lots of their secrets ané 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” é He led the way to a tank in which were some red and some yellow and some green fish, and in it were arti- ficial 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. Everything that I made I used to bring ou Was ia’ song, why, then ‘twas a song to sing t0 you, Was it a story, to you I was telling my Story. Ah, mi "dear, could you, hear ‘mid the bliss and the ‘glory? Did any one praise me, to you T sald tt ‘all over: My laughter for you: how we laughed in the days past recover? My tears ‘and ‘my: troubles were yours: Gia any one) grove me, T carried it'stialgnt to the love that was sure to relleve ime. © my dear, when aught happens, to you ram turning. Forgetting ‘how far you have traveled this aay’ from my yearning: There is nobody now to tell things to; your house i so lonely; And still I'm forgetting and bringing my tale to youronly. The old days are over; how pleasant they ‘were. the fine weather, When youth and my darling and I were ak ame and together! And stilt'T'm forgetting, ochone, that no Tonger you're neat. me, And turn to You still with iny tale, and there's Ao one to, hear me. Pall "Mail “Gazette, Sitkn Ok thin ight eden In the autumn of 1901 Mrs. W. of Roxbury spent a few weeks with her daughter in Nova Scotia, returning home shortly before President McKin- ley was shot, bringing her niece, Bes- sie F., aged 6 years, home with her. Of course the child heard a good deal of talk in the house about the shoot- ing 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. Mew Cy fan Baek Suakin, on the Red sea, has proved ‘n 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. Niland Bite ‘Twenty words submitted to a spell- ing bee in Springfield, Mass., in 1846 were given to the high school class at East Liverpool by Supt. Rayman, and {t {8 reported not one in the class cor- rectly spelled every word. Only ten had averages of over 90 per cent. The average of the 124 pupils was 73% per cent. The words submitted were accident. al, accessible, baptism, chirography. characteristic, deceitful, descendant. eccentric evanescent. fiercen2es, feign. edly, ghastiiness, gnawed, heiress, hysterics, imbecility, inconceivable, inconvenience inefficient, irresistible. —Pittsburg Dispatch. SHIELDS FOR TROOPS IN WAR. tary Writer. ‘A writer in the Militar-Wochenblatt 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 re- garding which there can be no dis- pute, 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 at- tacking Japanese infantry not infre- quently went forward, carrying with them filled sandbags weighing as much as forty pounds. He remarks that if the undoubtedly brave Japa- nese soldier found it necessary to load himself with so bulky and bur- densome a protection when advancing in the open against an intrenched en- emy 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 Gave. Autnority 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 ad- vance style in dress goods. “One of my customers has to my knowledge worn five different colors or shades eu her wavy tresses. Hav. ing been blessed with medium brown hair by nature she became a ravish- ing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in. “Next she took to titian red after a trip to the art galleries of Burope. Tnen she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair is drab. “The last is by far the most popu- lar of all for the reason that is most difficult to obtain, and then it is pret- ty generally becoming, and it happens that women who are born with this particular color of hair are almost al- ways 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 prob- lem. 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. They say that money can not buy ‘The sweetest things in iife Health, heaven, friends, Tespect, content, Or e'en'a loving wife, Tey Ayal meTey an nok Duy These things for me,, alas! But I— Well don't know! What bought my private car? Just wealth What bought my lovely vacht, Which sails me to lands where Health Is found in every’ spot? What pays my speciallst, dear Jim, To keep me in such perfect trim? ‘Well don't know! What bought the most delightful wife A’man could hope to win What buys her every wish in, Iife— ‘The clothes ‘she dazzles. in? And if her heart beats not for me, And ¥ am not! adored. you ee, ‘Well don't know! And heaven? Oh, of course, I don't Expect to get, ini tree; But If ‘the Lord meant what he said Concerning charity. The tithe Till give before I ate, Will slip me through the needie’s eye, Or—T'don't know! For happiness? Well. money bought "Phi Uninety-cent, cla, It bought this chair in which I loll, It bought ‘this. private ‘ear; Tt bought this Goxnac and, T guess, If all this 1s not happiness, ‘WellI don't ‘know! —New York Press, Stat a Gia Men A Welsh judge had before him a ease in which a printer sued a pork butcher for the value of a large par- cel of paper bags with the butcher's advertisement printed thereon, ‘The printer, having no suitable il- lustration to embellish the work, thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man’s name and address, but ulti- mately 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 ani. male 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 Requiremente. 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 paid 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 beitg a $2,500 house such as you agreed to ouild.” “Don’t form too hasty judgment,” replied the owner. “True, it hasn't prc nt moi anaes @ solic i. ~—Kansas City Times. caimney. “Telephone Bell W. 32. Telephone Home W, 2 W. B. Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR and Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Cattiagy for alll Purposes, at all Hours. The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulance fy sick and wounded on Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. 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Residence—Bell—“West” 15. oe ld Why does colored people as well as uncolored peoplet set in the dark by a smoky poor light and drifk muddy bad water full of disease germs, When they can get a first-class Bright Gas Burner Light | For 35 to 75 cents. Anda | Self Cleaner Water Filte that makes the water clear as a Crystal and Healthy. : For 50 to 75 cents. A. J. SHERIDAN ROOM 8, 530 MINNESOTA AVE. KANSAS CITY, KANSAjf “In the shade of the Old Apple Tree” is a very popular song—Wi not you be popular by trading at a popular store? L. J. MADDUX, : Staple and Fancy Groceries Meats and ail Kinds of Produce. HOME PHONE 784 WEST. 852 FREEMAN AVE. KANSAS CITY, KANSS| In an Excuse Book. in ea Because its employes were late a London house provided a book in which the tardy ones were to write excuses, Reasons for lateness were not much varied. At the top of the page one would write “Train delayed,” or “Om- nibus horse died,” as the case might be, and the rest fell into the habit of making ditto marks and letting it Bo at that. But not long ago one man had a rew excuse. He wrote with pride: “Wife had twins.” The second slow person that morning was in a great hurry, and did not notice the innovation, but made his custo- mary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stann. The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustra- tion. The judge cast in 1860 the only vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an odd way the power of perseverance. “Lin- coln persevered,” he said, my it is only those who persevere, tt@™, who concentrate their energies, who suc- ceed. Don’t give three years to jour- nalism and then, discouraged, try the law awhile. Don’t learn the grocery business and in a little while take up Placer mining or plumbing. Consider, rather, the postage stamp, whose use- ful depends on its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.” Think What a Family Thent “Well,” said the first policyholder, throwing aside his paper, “there is at least one thing we can be thankful for concerning our Mutual friend, Mr. McCurdy.” “What's that?” inquired the second policyholder. “That he isn’t a Mormon.” Res, 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 Whit SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m.,,till 403} and from 6 till 9 p. m, C. H, C. JORDAN, M. M., M. Leeann Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TONSORIAL PARLOR All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Ce Shave strictly Up-to-Date 438 MINNESOTA AVE. eh ‘An Old French Sailor. French seamen have a dozen 12" person of a centenarian. The % sailor belongs alike to the nav) ™ to the merchant service, for he "7 In both, and it would be aifficult ® say In which of the two his advent" were the most thrilling, His rect includes three shipwrecks, the bi? of Navarino, in which he won ™ tion in orders, the blockade of Ais one capture by brigands, followe! # himself anq his companions seizi0s Spanish ship which captured the sair which hag captured them. serving many years before the he became a master and small owner on his own account. His is Plerre Loirat. He was bom | November, 1805, and at 12 he west so, are no Roohelle Salts, Alum, or Ammonia in food made with alumet Baking Powder IN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST It makes pure food. OLDSMOBILE It took 20 years to be able to build automobiles that are recognized as standard in quality, reliability and work- orship. Oldsmobiles are known all over the world as the standard not excelled in the qualities that make an automobile durable, satisfactory and economical to own. A purchaser of an Oldsmobile knows he is getting a big dollar's worth for every dollar he invests. Write us for our agency proposition in towns not now under contract. OLD S MOTOR WORKS, LANSING, MICH. United with Thompson's Eye Water HONETIC PHENOMENON. the "O" Came to Be Left Out in the Modernized Spelling of "Phenix." wer were talking about spelling reform the idiosyncrasies of English spelling general, relates Success Magazine. there's that very word 'phonetic,' said of the men; "that's a sample of Eng-spelling. The reformers call them in the 'phonetic system,' and yet have to spell 'phonetic' with a 'pho' order to let people know what they. The very word that means 'spelled enounced' is as far from it as pos- new, now!" drawled his friend, "you're on the good old English speller, ought to be proud of 'phonetic', that word is so trimmed down, sawed off, and cut short, if I didn't know it was English if I met it on a blank page. You ought to use the language for the word. It is a useful word. That 'pho' might have spelled like dough and the 'net' 'tet' 'tetet', and the 'ic' like 'liq' in 'liquor'. That would be a old-style English word—phouh-seiq. But it is coming! Phonetic spellings coming! Look at that word 'minix'. It is spelled 'phenix' everywhere and I remember it always used to 'phonix'. The 'o' has gone. That was—"Nothing!!" said the objector, "What it show? That the phonix is a bird, the phonix a bird? Yes! Well, round thing you say was an 'o' was eg. That's all. 'Twas just an egg, the phonix laid the eg. That's all." The Other Way About- American, who had spent more time money than in studying grammar in coaching in England remarked that he supposed, coachman, all trees grown on the lawn, on sir, 'responded the coachman; sir, they hedges grown out of the Can't Hold On. Are you fond of yachting, Miss Gray?" Do, yes! At the very thought of the breeze, the straining sail, the ing water, I can hardly contain my peace—that's the way it affects me." Ireland Leader. Seasonable Hour. Am Parent—What time did that young leave? Party Daughter—Just when you got from the lodge, ma returned from bridge party and Bridget came back on her night out—N. Y. Sun. The Happy Man. Orange—She's engaged at last, eh?" Who's the happy man? Lemon—Her father—Los Angeles grid. Bangley always speaks of his wife "dearest."" Yes, but you ought to hear how he says 'to her.'—Detroit Free Press. TRANSFORMATIONS. Results When Coffee Drinking Is Abandoned it is almost as hard for an old coffee user to quit the use of coffee as it is for whisky or tobacco flend to break off, except that the coffee user can quit coffee and take up Postum Food Coffee without any feeling of a loss of the morning beverage, for when Postum is all boiled and served with cream, it really better in point of flavor than of the coffee served nowadays, and to the taste of the connoisseur it like the flavor of fine Java. A great transformation takes place in the body within ten days or two weeks her coffee is left off and Postum Food used, for the reason that the polish to the nerves has been discontinued in its place is taken a liquid that maintains the most powerful elements of enrichment. It is so easy to make this test and prove the statements by changing from cof- e to Postum Food Coffee. "There's a reason" KANSAS HAPPENINGS Standard to Build Fourth Pipe Lines There seems to be no end to the pipe line enterprises of the Prairie Oil and Gas company. When the second pipe line was built from Caney to Humboldt it was regarded as a big concession to the field. The third was a cause for surprise, which has scarcely been forgotten, when the announcements comes of the fourth line between these two points. The pipe has already been ordered for the fourth field artery. It will be 8-inch from Caney to Neodosha station and 12-inch from Neodesha to Humboldt. Gun Caught in the Fence: John Doran, a well known farmer on Munker's creek, seven miles north of Council Grove, shot himself while hunting rabbits in his orchard. He was found dead near a wire fence, and his repeating shotgun was hanging on the fence. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict of accidental shooting and it is thought that he was climbing through or over the fence when the gun was discharged. Limit the Divorces. Judge P. J. Galle, of McPherson, has served notice on the attorneys practicing before him that he will follow the order of the United States supreme court and grant no more divorces on cases where service on one of the persons interested has been had by publication. This is the first court in which an order following the decree of the United States supreme court has been made. Double Track to Kansas City. After arduous work covering a period of two years and involving an expense of over $2,000,000, the Union Pacific's double track line between Topeka and Kansas City has been completed. This line is used jointly by the Union Pacific and the Rock Island, and both roads will make a considerable cut in their running time between the two points. The Dewey Verdict Stands Chauncey Dewey, failed in his effort to have the district court of Norton ordered to discharge him from the accusation of murder made against him in the lower court. The lower court dismissed the case without prejudice to future action, and Dewey wanted an absolute discharge. The supreme court has denied this request. Deposed Marshal Will Ask State Aid A. W. Baker, who has been let out as city marshal of Girard, and who was succeeded by Cecil Sturgeon is threatening to contest the appointment. Ex-Marshal Baker is an old soldier, and he claims that the state law which gives veterans the preference in appointments of this kind has been ignored by the mayor of Girard. Much Paying for Cherryvale: Cherryvale will shortly let the largest paving contract in the history of the city. It will include 15 blocks on East Main street, making a mile of brick pavement to the east line of the city; three blocks on West Third street, and one block on North Labette street. And it will all be paved with Cherryvale-made brick. Attorney Smith Disbarred. The supreme court, in an opinion written by Judge Johnston, has disbarred from the further practice of law in Kansas J. A. Smith, a lawyer of Kansas City, Kan. It was charged that Smith accepted $10 in money and a diamond worth $190 not to testify in a lawsuit in Lyon county. Great Meeting of Road Drag People. One of the most enthusiastic good roads meetings ever held in that county was held in the auditorium at Waverly. For the past few weeks the merchants, farmers and others have been agitating the good roads movement and this meeting was the result of their efforts. Campbell Must Go to Prison. The supreme court has affirmed the decision of the district court of Wyandotte county in the case of Frank M. Campbell, a former member of the school board, who was convicted of accepting a bribe and sentenced to a term of one to seven years in the state penitentiary. Miners Expect to Be Long Time Idle. Coal miners in southeastern section of the state have commenced drawing on the emergency fund of the miners' union during the strike. They say they expect confidently to remain idle until snow flies. Children Killed by Lightning. Homer and Hazel Burris, children of Marion Burris, county commissioner of Hamilton county, were killed by lightning on their father's ranch near Cooldale. Horses Burned to Death. Fire at Hutchinson burned the McKee livery stable and the interior of the city transfer warehouse, causing the death of 32 horses, the property of a dozen residents of Hutchinson and of the livery company. Kansas Graduates in Demand East. The General Electric company of Schenectady, N. Y., has just written Prof. Eyer, of the electrical engineering department of the Kansas Agricultural college that they will engage four of this year's graduates. An M.D.'s Praise A Valuable Agent. A Valuable Agent. The glycerine employed in Dr. Pierce's medicines greatly enhances the medicinal properties which it extracts and holds in solution much better than alcohol would. It also possesses medicinal properties of its own, being a valuable demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and antihypertensive. 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TRUE SOUTHERN CHIVALRY Kentucky Colonel Didn't Apologize, But He Came Very Near Doing It Many stories have been told of southern chivalry, but the palm appears to go to a story told by a former governor of Kentucky while visiting Philadelphia recently. According to the narrator, a genuine Kentucky colonel boarded a street car which he was very crowded, and somehow he was on foot of a very pretty woman. Of course, the woman expected the colonel to apologize, just as did everybody else who heard her give a mouseelie squeal when the colonel's foot came down. And she looked as though she expected an apology, but the colonel, divining her thought, doffed his hat and said: "No, madam, I'm not going to apologize. When the good Lord was so gracious as to and with such wonderfully small feet that a man has to trample to them "o find them, then I don't think that an apology—" The compliment was too graceful for the woman to resist, and all that followed was a smiling acknowledgment of the colonel's gallant speech. BOY'S HEAD ONE SOLID SORE. Hair All Came Out—Under Doctor Three Months and No Better—Cuticura Remedies Works Wonders. Mr. A. C. Barnett, proprietor of a general store in Avard, Oklahoma, tells in the following grateful letter how Cuticura cured his son of a terrible eczema. "My little boy had eczema. His head was one solid sore, all over his scalp; his hair all came cut, and he suffered very much. I had a physician treat him, but at the end of three months he was no better. 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For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and information应用 to SUPERINTENDENT IMAGINATION, Ottawa, Canada, or to the following authorized Canadian Government Agents: J. S. CRAWFORD, 125 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. Mention this paper. THE SIGN OF THE FISH TOWER'S FISH BRAND has stood for the BEST during seventy years of increasing sales. Remember this when you want water proof oiled coats, suits, hats, or horse goods for all kinds of wet work. WE GUARANTEE EVERY GARMENT. 418 A.J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. Limited TORONTO, CAN. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most KipetaehBapeesines of the Past Seven Days. Interesting aS: Gathered from AI parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Renders. ee. | Rev. Hunter Corbett, D, D., has been chosen moderator by the Pres- byterian general assembly in session at Des Moines, Ia, Carl Schurz, the well-known writer and statesman is critically ill at his home in New York. Brig. Gen. John C. Tiddall, U.S. A. retired, who was the first governor of Alaska, is dead at his home in Mont. clair, N. J., aged 81 years, Maj. Barak G. Thomas, the noted breeder of race horses and founder of the Dixiana stud, is dead at Lexing- ton, Ky., aged 80 years, Walter Wellman, the American ex- plorer, recently delivered a lecture in Paris before the Society of Aerial Navigation relative to his proposed balloon expedition to the north pole. Statistics recently made public in Wall street show that the income of John D. Rockefeller from Standard Oil stock alone is more than $1,000,000 @ month. Dr. Seth Ward, Dr. John Tigert and Dr. James Atkins have been elected bishops by the general conference of the M. E. Church, South, at Birming- ham, Ala. Minceloncous. Vice Admiral Kuzmich commander of the port at St. Petersburg has been , assassinated by a workman because he had refused to permit the workmen to make a May day demonstration. Four magazines of the Union Metalic Cartridge company at Bridgeport, Conn., containing 25,000 pounds of powder each exploded causing great alarm among the residents who thought an earthquake had oecurred. Pennsylvania fire insurance comt- panies, nine in all, have submitted statements of their condition and showing an aggregate loss in San Franeisco of $7,460,250. A police captain of Warsaw Russia has been killed by the explosion of a bomb thrown by a young man. Sol- diers immediately shot the assassin. The post office department has been notified that navigation on the Yukon river in Alaska will open on or about June 6. C. S. Crummer, of Republic county. has been elected chairman of the Kan- sas republican committee. Clyde Miller, of Osage county, was. elected secretary. Peter Becker, of Enid, has been chosen commander of the Oklahoraa GA. R. The next encampment will be held at Enid. Forest fires are sweeping northern Wisconsin and Michigan. Two hun- “dred square miles have been burned over and several lumber towns de- stroyed. Recent statistics show that the Standard Oil company has paid to Its stockholders $241.043,00 in divi- dends since January 1, 1898. This is nearly 3% times its authorized capital- ization of $100,000,000. ‘The Mutual Insurance company has ‘ brought suit against former members of its committee of expenditures to re cover such sums of money as maj have been lost through negligence o} the defendants. The total deposits in the banks of Kansas show that there is $83.69 in cash on hand for every man, womat and child in the state. Mayor W. W. Rose, of Kansas City, Kan., has been cited to appear before the state supreme court on June 4 tc answer to the charge of comtempt. The assembly grounds of Moun’ Eagle, Tenn., were recently damagec by fire to the extent of $25,000. A permanent organization of the civil service commissions of the coun try was organized at a recent meet ing held at Washington. Charles § Fowler, of the New York city com mission was elected president. Mrs. A. F. Pearson, of Altoona, Kan. died recently on a railroad train whil on her way to Lincoln, Neb., from a1 overdose of headache powders. Restaurants throughout San Fran ¢isco are now serving 15 cent meals. Gen. Greely reports that the storie of shooting of a large number of peo ple during the San Francisco fire b the army are untrue, The Stgndard Oil company ha issued an official statement denyin; the charges in the recent special mes sage to congress and in the Garfiel report. The statement declares th prosperity of the trust is not due 1 reprehensible methods. The Order of Eagles of Kansas i state convention at Leavenworth elected W. D. Hunt, of Emporia a prasident. The next convention wi be held at Iola. The Standard Oil company has ad vanced the price of all high grad gasoline one cent a gallon, ‘The Ilinois legislature has passe the Shurtleff primary law and ac fourned, Gov. Higgins, of New York, ha granted an additional respite of 3 days to Albert Patrick under sentenc of death for the murder of William ¥ Rice. ‘A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., say that the steel trust has booked order for 1,000,000 tons of steel rails fo delivery in 1907. ‘The American executive assembly < the Isle of Pines has sent a delegat to Washington to work to defeat th Isle of Pines treaty. President Roosevelt has given out « statement in which he says that al no time has he ever stated that his approval of the railroad rate bill wa: conditional upon the acceptance ot any one amendment or set of amend- ments, The Southern Baptist convention in session at Chattanooga, Tenn., passed resolutions against lynching and pro- | posed that punishment by law for all | classes of criminal assault should be made stronger. | The draft of parliament's reply te the Russian emperor's speech from the throne has been submitted to the low- er house, It consists of ten demands, the chief of which is for political am- /nesty. President Roosevelt recently delty- ered an address at the White house to representatives of several state and municipal civil service reform leagues in which he favored an ex- tension of the present laws. The Russel Co-operative association which operates a chain of stores in Kansas, has been adjudged a bankrupt During a recent meeting of the low- er house of the Russian parliament a member cited the fate of Louis XVI of France as a warning to the emperor. Attorney General Davidson, of Texas was recently in conference with Her bers S. Hadley at Jefferson City, Mo. Tegarding prosecutions to be institutes in that state against the Standard Oil company. ‘The verdict in the Crapsey heresy trial was recently made public and rec- commends that the accused Episcopa- Jean minister be suspended from exer- cising the functions of the church un til he satisfies the church authorities that his belief and teachings are doc: trinally sound. Policeman John Dineen, of St. Louis, has been convicted of perjury in a police court case and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. ‘The 16th annual G. A. R. reunion for Oklahoma and Indian territory, re- cently held at Oklahoma City, was the most successful in the history of the territories. The parliamentary situation in Rus- sia is growing more complicated and chaotic as time passes and the great- est anxiety prevails in St. Petersburg as to what the immediate future may bring forth. ° Caleb Powers, has been committed to the custody of the Kentucky courts by the federal authorities and will soon be tried for the fourth time for the murder of Gov. Goebel. The general conference of the M. E. church, South, has voted $275,000 to establish a representative church at Washington, The Missouri rialroad and ware- house commissioners will have a hear- ing on freight rates on oil at Kansas City on June 18, Every railroad in the state is cited to appear. Joseph Crow, former postmaster at Omaha, Neb, and foreman of the re- cent federal grand jury which returned indictments in the land fraud cases, has been arrested on an indictment charged with attempting to bribe members of the grand jury . A New York thief recently stole a $10,000 automobile in which were $2,400,000 worth of bonds, scrip and other valuable papers. The grana jury at Clevelaud, Ohio recently returned indictments against President Harry Novell and 13 di- rectors of the local ice trust. ‘The River Brethern in national con- ference at Des Moines, Ia., have de- cieded to abolish the rule prohibiting members from being photographed. A daring attempt to loot the United States sub treasury at San Francisco was recently frustrated by a guard of regular troops stationed about the building. The robbers escaped. Congressional. The house committee on elections has decided the contest from the Twelfth Missouri district in favor of Coudrey. republican, and against Wood, demo- crat, the persent holder of the seat. | After 70 days of almost. continuous deliberation the senate by a vote of 71 to 3 has passed the railroad rave bill. The negative votes were cast by Senators Foraker, republican, of Ohio and Morgah and Pettus, democrats, uf Alabama, A letter from Secretary Taft has been transmitted to congress notify- ing that body that unless otherwise ordered the supplies for the construc- tion of the Panama canal will be pur- chased in the cheapest markets of the world, whether American or foreign. The president has transmitted to congress the full report of Commis- sioner Garfield regarding the oil in- dustry, The document covers 500 printed pages and includes document- ary evidence of the questionable methods of the Standard Oil com- pany. ‘The senate has adopted an anti- pass amendment to the rate bill which provides a penalty of from $100 to $2,000 for giving or receiving a rail- road pass, The senate has amended the rail- road rate bill by restoring the pres- ‘ent law which provides for five inter- state commerce commissioners with salaries of $7,500 each, The house committee on military affairs has authorized a favorable re- Port on a bill which provides for the Purchase of 257 acres as an addition to the Gettysburg battlefield reserva- tion. Senator Bailey, of Texas, disturbec the calm of the senate recently by de. {nouncing the Washington correspond ent of the Chicago Tribune as a malt. lous Mar for publishing an attack up- on him regarding the rate bill con. troversy. The correspondent claim: to have documentary proof of his as sertions. ~ , MY OLD 5 A a) ") 2 ) Jet re As ITs }¢ : ae SEE a Tat a Gf), = ee = SS Me a ae sieeee We 02 ia LM Me yj ji p12 8 8 Anlonanal lag 5: eran ONS AND DAUGHTERS-OF-THI i¥, o_ BLUE GRASS STATE TO HOLD lad . eco aE As Pah. ee BIG REUNION ae vies ee a pes a ora ron Gt ae N+ FLOERAL FOR NE ee ees | ROWAN HOMESTEAD Bs 7 Pr WHICH FURNISHED Tue Se Nes Desi | USPIRGIION FORY Hee i a Soe Rees OLD KENTKKY HOME sno ei Lees | W WHICH EOSTER. ? = ae “ees | WROTE HIS FAMOUS Se ~~ ee g Jone a es yy ss A Sg we LOUISE ( srarue Se eyo: HARDIN 1) STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER. WHICH WILL EEE BEWYEILED ON FOSTER DAY. HOME COMING WEER Se ee eee ee, Seeeneee Kentuckians will turn their steps and set their faces toward the old home for the week of June 13-17, when a grand reunion of all former residents of the Blue Grass State will be held under the auspices of the Louisville Commercial Club. Lonisville will be the mecca of the pilgrims and it is conservatively estimated that 100,- 000 visitors will be in the metropolis of the Blue Grass State during Home- Coming week. The suggestion of Home-Coming week, which came from Miss Louise Lee Hardin, of Denver, Colo., has led to one of the greatest gatherings ever held in the country. Though “Old Home Weeks” have been held in the New England States for many years, Kentucky is the first to invite all of its absent sons and daughters to re- turn to one city at one time, and it is the first which has attempted to se- cure the name and address of every former resident of the state. How great this task was may be judged by the fact that there are now living in other states and territories over 600,000 native born Kentuckians. The Blue Grass State has given of her best citizenship to the upbuilding of other states. Especially in the cen- ‘tral and western parts of the United States have Kentuckians gone in great numbers. Indiana has about 60,000, Missouri over 88,000, ete. In every walk of life, in politics, in law, in medicine, in business, Kentuckians have always been in the forefront. In Lincoln and in Davis, the state gave both to the North and to the South the war presidents. To Missouri she has furnished one- half her governors and many of ner congressmen and senators. The list might be extended indefinitely were all the Kentuckians who have taken high rank among the distinguished men of their day named. The Breck- inridges, Clays, Crittendens, Mar- shalls and others have in every gen- eration taken a prominent part in the affairs of the state and the na- tion. The invitations to attend Home- Coming week haye met with enthusi- astic responses from former Ken- tuckians in every part of the world. Acceptances numbering about 50,000 have been received from every state in the Union and from fifteen for- eign countries. The preparations for the entertain- ment during Home-Coming week have been made on an _ elaborate scale. The citizens of Louisville are raising a fund of $60,000 to be de- voted exclusively to’ this purpose. Five parades, the unveiling of two statues, airship flights and many other features have been decided on. ‘The programme for the four days has been arranged with a view to recall- ing in the most attractive and-beauti- ful form the history of the state.” The first day, June 13, will be given over to welcoming and registering the guests. In the new armory build- ing in Louisville, the second largest of its kind in the United States, which will be the general headquar- ters for Home-Coming week, head- quarters for each of the 119 counties of Kentucky will be opened. These headquarters will be in charge of a hostess and a commissioner named from each county by Governor J. C. ‘W. Beckham. Here the visitors will register and receive badges showing the county of their birth. The for- mal address of welcome will be. de- livered by the Hon. Henry Watter- son, editor of the Courier-Journal, and the response will be made by the Hon. David R. Francis, formerly gov- ernor of Missouri, and the head of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Other distinguished Kentuckians who will be on the programme during the Weeks are Associate Justice John M. Harlan from Washington, D. C., for. mer Vice-President Adlai E. Steven. son, of Springfield, I11.; former United States Senators Wm. Lindsay and John G. Carlisie, of New York City; former Governor Thos. G. Crittenden, of Missouri; Governor E. W. Hoch, of Kansas; Senator S. H. Pyles, of Washington; Senator Shelby R. Cul: lom, of Ilinois; former governors o! Kentucky Proctor Knott, Simon Ya eer See ny | Sees Cee tee ee and Preston H. Leslie, who has also served Montana as chief executive in recent years. In the afternoon a magnificent floral parade of automo- biles and carriages will be given and many handsome prizes will be awarded. ‘The ceremonies of the second day will be in honor of the memory of Stephen Collins Foster. A life size statue of the composer of Kentucky's cradle song, “My Old Kentucky Home,” is now being made by J. L. Roop, the sculptor, and will be un- yelled on that day. One of the hon- ored guests will be Mrs. Marion Fos- ‘ter Walsh, of Allegheny, Pa., the only child of the famous composer. A ‘chorus of a thousand voices will sing “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Old Folks at Home,” “Old Black Joe,” jand others of the most popular of Foster’s songs. The bands of Louis- ville and those employed for Home- Coming week will be arranged as one and will together play the song that nas done so much to attach every Kentuckian to his native state. Daniel Boone, the hardy pioneer, is chiefly responsible for the coloni- zation of Kentucky, and who, when he first saw the dark and bloody ground, declared it to be a park and not a wilderness, will be honored on Friday, which will be known as Boone day. The exercises of the day will be typical of the period in which Boone lived. Following the unveil- ing of the statue of Boone, made by Miss Enid Yandell, and which has been presented to the city by one of her wealthy citizens, the visitors will gather in Cherokee Park, the most beautiful spot in the Falls City, Here a fort and stockade, modeled after Boonesboro, will be built anda mimic reproduction of an encounter be- tween the settlers and the Indians will be given. The victory of the settlers will be celebrated with old- fashioned games, apple parings, sew- ing bees and other simple amuse- ments which the pioneers greatly en- Joyed. A Virginia reel will be danced on a platform which shall be built to nold a thousand couples. At night an allegorical pageant, the theme of which will be the history of Ken- tucky, will be the center of interest. This pageant is expected to prove the most spectacular event of the week, and it is believed that it will surpass In gorgeousness the annual shows given during the Mardi Gras festivals in New Orleans. Imme- diately after the parade has covered the line of march the maskers will enter the new armory building, where Daniel Boone will be presented to one of the most beautiful of Ken- tucky’s young women, who will rep- resent the New Kentucky, and who, together with the pioneer, will lead off the grand march, which will open | the ball. The ball itself will be the biggest of its kind ever held south of the Ohio river. The dancing floor in the new armory will accommodate between 8,000 and 10,000 persons. Kentucky orators and poets wil have their day on Saturday, which will be known as Greater Kentucky day. An old-fashioned Kentucky barbecue will be held in Shawnee park on the bank, of the beautiful Ohio. | Until we meet again will be the | spirit of Sunday, the closing day of 2 reunion. | Following the Home-Coming week | in, Louisville County Home-Comings will be held by nearly every county |in Kentucky. The business organiza- tions of each couunty has appointed committees who, with the comission- ers appointed by Governor Beckham, is preparing to take back from Louis. ville to each county all natives and former residents. The entertainment ot the County Home-Comings will be simpler than that planned for Louis. | ville, and with the exception of sev. jeral formal orations and a large county picnic, it has been thought | that the visitors would find the great- jest enjoyment in seeing their rela. | tives and friends, and spending the ee visiting well remembered spots in the neighborhood of their formar ee ALFRED WHITEHOUSE, ee Dg ea ac cyte Pees ae ALLENS FOOT-EASE . ™*"= ‘A Certain Cure for Tired, Hot, Aching Feet. Que secrmad its DO NOT ACCEPT A suBSTITUTE. Gee ver Twice as Good One Third the Cost Every day is bargain gay in the ETB Wave circle. Come in and get c- Receaem qwainted. KC will help you cut ij lf down the living expenses and make t yI lf doctor’s bills a thing of the past. Do i you realize that you can get the best pe Dei and purest baking powder in the world CAsy) K C BAKING. | A POWDER RUN PINAL st one-third what you've been paying ; for anywhere near K C quality. 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Girls wy, are pa suscepti, male aj especially who ar to stand qt feet ftom ing until stores o ries, Day in and she is often the bread-wig the family. Whether she well, whether it rains or «hy must get to her place of empl perform the duties exacted smile and be agreeable, j Among this elass the symp female diseases are early ime weak and aching backs, pas lower limbs and lower’ part stomach, In consequence off wetting of the feet, periods painful and irregular, and f there are faint and dizzy spi Joss of appetite, until life is All these symptoms point to] rangement of the female ¢ which can be easily and enred by Lydia E. Pinkham, dle Compound. Miss Abby F. Barrows, Ne Athens Co., Ohio, tells what the medicine did for her. 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