The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. BERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE HINT OF SCANDAL IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT. Administration is Entitled to En- dorsement. NO DANGER OF DEFEAT. CHITA EAGLE MAKES STRONG ARGUMENT FOR HOCH. her Sense, Logic Nor Reason" in Predicting Harris Will Will. One of the strongest statements of reason for Republican success in Kansas this year made since the opening of the campaign was recently made in the editorial columns of the Wichita-Eagle. The article was as follows: Kansas in all her history was never free of political scandals than the present time. The supposed mercury crookedness has been probed the bottom, first by expert accounts and later by suit instituted in courts, with the result of no difficulty or any over-reaching discovery far as the present incumbent is warned. As for the seeming disgrace in the books of his predecessor the offer has been made to make good" when it is shown that he has been any shortage. The cases are busted, and the boss busters are ceased to accuse. None but honest and capable men have been appointed to office by the last two chief officers of the state, and the more facts of the last legislation are looked into the strong is the conviction of their dom and practical utility. No situations of lobby bribery have been heard, and no evidence of graft has been suggested. The state revenues have been honestly and economically disbursed, no charges have been lodged against the management of any of the state institutions, and the life and conduct of every official have been above criticism. Now with a fairly nominated ticket, exceptional good and true men, with a cut in the tax per cent, with hedges of still additional reformatory legislation asked and made, all taken together with the additional fact of all round admitted prosperity, there should be any apprehension in defeat for the Republican party the state, in November, is beyond comprehension. There is neither logic nor reason on which to deliberate such a prediction. The deft of the Republican party in the face of the facts enumerated would be unaccountable political anomaly even though every one of the nominees on all the other tickets were anomalies of perfection personally. There would be no more political sense in defeating the Republican state ticket, the great Republican majority conceded, than it would be to send to Washington eight Democratic congressmen on the plea that Roosevelt didn't trust the present delegation holding up his hands in his patriotic and courageous undertaking for a secure deal and better citizenship. DEMOCRATS HAVE NO SHOW. William Allen White Says Republicans are Sure to Win. William Allen White, of the Emporia gazette, continues to give evidence from time to time that those who pressed him as opposed to the re-election of Governor Hoch and the success of the entire Republican state ticket, were mistaken. In a recent issue of his paper Mr. White printed the following article, which sets at rest all doubt as to his support of the entire Republican ticket: the editor of the Gazett has no political sense. Every one admits that, at times he hits it right on a guess. Erie county and in Butler county this week Democratic candidates on the county ticket refused to run. The Democrats in the Second district count three men before they got one who would stick. Last week in three counties Democratic nominees got off the ticket, and the Democratic concession in Cowley county endorsed a Republican nominee for obvious reasons. City Locals. Rev. C. G. Fishtack on his return from the Central district Baptist association soped over a short while in this city, the guest Elder Bowren. Bethell A. M. E. Bhurch cor. of steward streets, will run a ten days Gospel meeting commencing Friday night Sept. 7th Rev. Pesry and Hawkins and others will assist Rev. L. W. McComick in these services, every are cordial invited. Mr. John Malone of Pittsburg Kans. was in the city, last week the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Everett of 366 Kimball avenue. Mr. Roberts of R. C. Mo. was the guest last Sunday of Will Everett of 355 Kimball avenue. Tuesday evening Augst 28th at 523 Camdell street Kansas City, Mo. the time being 8 ockt. Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts began 'beating as one. for Rev. Hawkins joined with all the usual solemnity in wholly Wedlock Miss Nora Clemons and Mr. Alfred Robinson. he agair was quiet but neverthless notaqle, from the fact that the young people are so well known and are an exceptional handsome couple Miss Blemons is originally from 'Sunny Tennessee' but of recent years she has resided with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Clemons 417 Freeman ave. She is a petete and charming young lady bearing with modesty, the just tittle of one of the most beautiful young women of the west. Mr. Robinson the groom is a popular and well known young man of Kansas City, Mo. The young couple have the best wishes for success and a pleasant vorage down life stream together. Mrs. Nancy Taples and her daughter Estella and Lella Merrill of Topela is in the city visiting Mrs. L. Robnett her daughter of 1236 Barnett av. Mrs. John Dalton of 1228 Barnett is in Ottawa, Kas, at the bedside of her mother Harriet Thomas who is ill. Miss Nettie Summers of Peoria, Ill., who has been visiting her sister-in-law Lulu Summers of 312 State'ave, will return home next week. Miss Summers is quite favorably impressed with the hospitality of the people at the Kawsmouth and regrets to leave. It is said some very favorable impressions were made during her three weeks stay. We cannot predict, whether she will return soon or when the roses bloom again—They say. Mr. Joshua Matthews father of Mrs. Sylvia Commodore and Sylvia Robinson died this week at the Soldier's Hce in Leavenworth, Kansas, his funeral and burial will be in this city. Special Offering Day at First Baptist church (second Sunday) Sept. the 9, at which time the members and friends of our church are asked to make a special donation to assist us in making the church more comfortable for services during the winter. The brethren are asked to give $2.00, the sisters $1.50 and the friends are asked to give any amount they feel like giving. All friends who as much as $1.00, their names and the amount will be recorded on the special offering list with that of the pastor and members. Any amount given however will be thankfully recieved. All church are cordially invited to assist us and in turn we will assist then whenever needed. The interest along all lines is picking up in our church work. The prayer meetings are well attended and very elfying and the spirit is quite in evidence. All are welcome to our services. NOTE LETS For Rent-To desirable parties(gentleman 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. For Nice Furnished Rooms call on Mrs. Iday Easly at 1107 N. 6th st, conveniently located only one block from the Minnesota ave, car line, Prices reason able. The More the Merrier. Crafty Milliner-Really, Miss Passay, the white feather on your hat makes you look at least five years younger. Miss Passay-Well, you may-er-put a couple more white feathers on it-Sacred Heart Review KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. DO NOT WANT BRYAN Kansas Democratic Managers Dialike the Presidential Possibility. The Democrats have shown the white feather in the matter of inviting W. J. Bryan to come to Kansas and speak this year. They have said in private conversation that they are afraid that Bryan will declare, that none but Democrats ought to vote the Democratic ticket in Kansas this year. Colonel W. A. Harris and his lieutenants, W. H. Ryan and Hugh P. Farrelly, are not on the most intimate terms with W. J. Bryan and they hope to keep him from securing the Kansas delegation to the national convention in 1908. Harris was directly opposed two years ago to the very things that Bryan was advocating. Bryan did not want the Kansas delegation to vote for Alton B. Parker for the presidential nominee of the Democratic national convention, but so effectively did Harris and his followers work that eight of the twenty Kansas delegates went to St. Louis and voted for the New York candidate. Because Bryan meddled in Kansas politics at this time and tried to induce the Kansas Democrats to support W. R. Hearns, Bryan is to be opposed in the next campaign and by all means kept out of Kansas this year. The Nebraska man believes in drawing party lines. He is of the opinion that if the Democrats ever win in the nation they must win by standing together and not with the assistance or any other party. He believes that he can convert Republicans into thinking like Democrats, but he is not to be trusted to begin his campaign of education in Kansas this year. NOT REPRESENTATIVE. Opinion of a Neighbor on the Harris Cattle Association. Col. Harris of Chicago, the Illinois man the Democrats have nominated for Governor of Kansas, is going to meet with trouble in defending his connection with the big cattle shipping associations with headquarters in Chicago. The farmers do not yet understand what sort of a "breeder" association' it is that can afford to pay Harris $5,000 a year to stay in Chicago and book after its shipping interests. Some of the Populists are already looking up Harris' record as president of this shipping association and are proposing to make it hot for the man who betrayed them in their effort to enact a maximum freight rate law at the 1897 session of the legislature. Horace. A. Keefer, a former neighbor of Col. Harris in Leavenworth county and now the Populist candidate for Governor, is making red hot charges against Harris alleging that Harris has betrayed the legitimate stockmen of the west and compelled them to organize a new association. Mr. Keefer says: "Harris is so busy in Chicago attending to the business of the railroads in the cattle shipping business that he cannot spend as much time in the Kansas campaign as he would like. His work of manipulating the Western cattle shipments keeps him occupied and he also has to see that conventions of cattlemen are packed with railroad employees. The Denver convention a year ago was a fair example of the packing system. The bona fide cattlemen in attendance there became so disgusted that they bolted the convention and organized a separate association." KANSAS HAS MONEY. Eastern Bankers Report No Demands From the West. Congressman Charles Curtis who has returned from a consultation in New York with the members of the National Republican congressional campaign committee, says that Kansas is counted on in national circles to send eight congressmen back to the lower house. Mr. Curtis also says that eastern bankers are not preparing to send any money to Kansas this year to move the crops. It has been the custom heretofore for the eastern financiers to send their spare money to the western states and especially to Kansas to assist in moving the wheat Tohl etter carrier and the widow—twy hearts soon to beat as one. sas to assist in moving the wheat crop. There has been no call for this money this year and the bankers are ending other uses for it. Kansas farmers have enough money to move their own crops. We may have wireless politics in the next world. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Governor E. W. Hoch. Lieutenant Governor -- William J. Fitzgerald. Secretary of State — C. E. Benton. Autor James M. Nation Attorney General — Frederick S. Jackson. Treasurer — Mark Tully. Superintendent of Schools — E. T. Fairchild. State Printer — Thomas A. MeNeol. Member of the Supreme Court — W. A. Johnson (six years). R. A. Burch. (six years), Silas Porter (four years). Charles B. Graves (four years). Superintendent of Insurance — Chas. W. Barnes. For Raiload Commissioner — Fran L Ryan. George W. Kanavl. Charles A. Ryker. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte Covnty, Kansas. Birdie Smith, Plaintiff vs. Peter Smith, Desendant. 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 14th day of September, 1966, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the natre of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and restoring plaintiff to her maiden name, Birdie Renick and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atta, for Piff. Attest! Wm. Needles, Clerk First Pub. Aug. 3rd. A BARGAIN. For Sale—A No. one upright piano at the most reasonable figures. This is an exceptionable chance to secure one of the best "make" and highclass instrument of today. Call and examine and get terms. No. 411 Neb. ave. K. C. K. Elder M. Phillips of Primitive Baptist church, the oldest preacher in the West asks all the colored preachers and white ones as well to give their appreciation to the American citizen by working this matter among the people in the church- It is reported that Justice John M. Harlan is to retire from the Supreme bench of the United States court. Judge Harlan is the finest type of Southern manhook and believes in "equal and exact justice to all." He is the Negro's friend, and with, his passing so passes the Negro's hope for fair play before that August body. That City Council Alderman at San Antonio, Tex., who refused to vote on an invitation to the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to meet in that city, gave as his objection: "This is a white man's country and we believe in Negroes keeping their places." Verily the braying of these foal jackasses is enough to sicken the stomach of a buzzard. The foolkiller would have his hands full if he went to Texas. The Nation Medical Association of Negro Physician. Dentists and Pharmacists is in session at Odd Fellows Temple in Philadelphia. this week. Quite a number of delegates from all section of the country will be in attendance.. According to press reports a police man at Hopkinsville Ky entered a Pullman Sleeper on an Illinois Central train last Monday night and compelled a colored mah and his wife to leave a berth which they were occupying and forced them to the Jim Crow" car against their wish and under protest. They were enroute to Chicago and the train was deained while they dressed and were removed Growth of National Capitel. When the extension planned for the nation's capitol at Washington has been made, the edifice, including the works of art which it contains, will have cost nearly $20,000,000. In 1709 the first building lot on which the capitol stands cost $500. The cornerstone was laid Sept. 8, 1793, with a speech by President Washington, a military procession and a barbecue. Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte. ss In the Probate court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Maria Hayden. Decased. 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 allowance 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 Judge in and for the County of (SEAL) Wyandotte. State of Kansas have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said 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 of 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 forecoring a certain mortgage, given by the defendant Ols 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 Plf. Attest: J. L. Beggs, Clerk. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County, Kansas. H. S. Sykes, Plaintiff. vs. No. 7574. J. E. Bernheimer, Defendant. Tde State of Kansas to J. E. Bernheimer Greeting: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, on the 2nd day of June 1906, by the above named plaintif, and unless you answer on or before the 4th day of August, 1906. Judgement will be taken against you as prayed for. The relief plaintiff is asking, is to quiet your title or claim. If any you have, in add to lots 32 and 33, in block 70, in Wyandotte City, for cost and such other relief that plaintiff is entitled to. H. S. Sykes, by Chas. W. Frye, Atty. Attest; J. L. Beggs, Clerk. Final Settlement In the Probate Court of Wyandotte county Kansas. In the matter of the Estate of Isaae Hatton. Deceased. Notice of Final Settlement To whom it may concern. This is to notify all persons, that. I will on Monday the 4th day of Dec. 1905, make final settlement in the above entitled estate, or as soon thereafter as shall be contentent, all persons interested take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. JOHN BARNETT. Administrator with will annexed. 1st Pub. Nov. 1905. 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. 1006, at 10 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 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 Wyandotte county Kansas. Mrs. James Brown of Atchison, Kas. is the guest of her niece Mrs. Anna Farafax of 1102 N. 3rd street. AUG.31 Executors Notice. State of Kansas. iss Country of Manitoba In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Anna Williams, deceased Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Anna Williams, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 17 day of July, 1906. Now, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for the allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. JAMES DOWNS. Executor of the last will and testament of Anna Williams deceased. 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 Pflf Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Publication Notice In the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandott County, Kansas. L. E. Hayes, Plaintiff, us. Linus S. Wolcott. Frank E. Wolcott, Eliz 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, 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, 1966, the petition will be taken as true and a judgement rendered, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of mat- rimery existing between plaintiff and defen- dant and divorcing plaintiff and defend ant and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, Atty. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needios. Clerk. March 2. 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. MID FORT ioosscsevevcncsncsseac seh Bix Months..00.cccccccsccseseee «65C Three Months. ...ssss0sccccceee+-40€ One Month.......cceccececeseesse 15 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 Mos Pow editor. Evidently a farmer on ‘the side. Waldorf Astor has become so thor- voughly anglicized that he is going to ‘marry an American girl. A clergyman says that bridge whist ‘Weads 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. eee od it 8 now believed that Anna Gould 1s going to give Bon! one more chance, tm spite of the fact that he has taken @ great many already. Uruguay should not be blamed for shaving @ revolution. A review of re- vent South American history shows that ft 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 hus- ‘band will be killed. This queen bust- ‘mess 1s not all pickles and ple, It 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. of ait 2 Dity that the great romancers 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 dorealis. 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 vadded to the leading nines as marvel- ous discoveries will probably make sgood. Cheer up, mister! The president of {the Dressmakers’ National Protective Association says that women’s dress will be less expensive this year than sever before. The Japanese, says one of their jstatesmen, 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 trows 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- enteeu-year locusts come, anyhow? As the last suffragist was detatched from the doorknob an4 put into the Police wagon, the promier of the great British Empire crawled out from un- der his bed and sighed a sigh of re- let An actor has become a soldier in order to escape the adulation of matinee girls. We know several ac- Fho should be driven from the mere Tipo, should be. driven. 2 at ath GREAT SINGER IS UNGRATEFUL. Mme. Patti Criticises America, Whloh Made Her Wealthy. eae a ie at ene eh 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, 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. Patt’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 Bagle. Famous Actors as Necro 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,” sald 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 Temember 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.” 1 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 Seribmer’s Magazine. ‘©: Sean Ossetian. How cers comtartna tie 4 tender phrase, ‘Thy, greater attribute seem merged I Through all life's long and dark and ‘weary maze, ‘Thou art Compassionate. T9 God of Justice and of Power we t “When rons ‘oF devastating blow cuts And yet In dally struggle needs must for one Compassionate, In limits of our souls we live, alone, "and len Our hearest: may’ not ‘under- 3 But ul “the household jar within” 1s own ‘To thee, Compassionate. Thou know'st the many sorrows of the Wide longing. narrow opportunity— We bring iets Broken See aren may, 'T6 one Compassionate. We may have blundered grievously an? Darkened Thy world we might have made so bright sun ae dost heal the heartache and ie WTONE ‘6, ‘Thou’ Compassionate! ay Ethelyn ‘Bourne, in Overland fonthly. \GOADA Sekine ‘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, is he?” he asked. “No, he—” “Writes up trusts and things, then?” “Oh, then he’s @ prizefighter or an actor—he {s 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 Hie Promien 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 sald, “I'll knock the tar out o' you, Dick Bunker, you ple faced slob! “But children, you should nev- er let your angry passions—’” ‘The other boy, however, disappear. e@ around the coraer while Tommy's lips were still moving. 5 Sea se ara 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 ere runnine” i LACE SCARF AS EAR TRUMPET ‘as Sounding Board, With advancing years a. dear old lady has found that her hearing ha: become somewhat affested. She ha: ‘not found {t necessary to use an ea! trumpet as yet, but it is difficult at times to catch all that friends say. Anything sald in an undertone 1s com. ‘Dletely 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 {s 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 T can't explain why it is, but it is so nevertheless. I have had lots of fur 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 He led the way to a tank in which were some red and some yellow and some green fish, and in ft 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. ok a ome, eek Everything that I'made I used to bring ou Was fs! song, why, then ‘twas a sons to sing t6 you Was 0a story, Wo you 1 was telling my story: An, my Gear, could you hear ‘mid the Bliss ana the Eloy? Did any one praise me, to you I said tt i over: My laughter for you: how we laughed in tite days past recover? My teats aid Tiny. troubles were yours, anyone grieve me, 1 cared Waetalent to tne Tove that was ‘sure to ‘relieve te. © my, dear, when aught happens, to you anor Forgetting how far you have traveled his aay from my yearning. ‘There is’ nobody now fo tell things to; ‘your house fe. go lonely: And still Pm forgetting and bringing my ‘tale to you only. ‘The old days are over; how pleasant th: ‘were, the fine sreatner, When youth and my aarling and I were af home and together! And stint Yim forgetting, ochone, that no longer’ you're ‘nea? me, And tur to ‘you still with iny tale, and there's no one to Near me. —Pall" Mall ‘Gazette, Siac oak it. nimalenccimece 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- ste 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 sajd to her aunt: “Aunt Minnte, 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.” “Ob, yes,” the child replied; “and they shoot the old ones, don't der Sosten Herald. New City for Eovn+t ®uakin, 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 tt 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 ts 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 Scholarc ‘Twenty words submitted to a spell. ing bee in Springfield, Mass., in 1844 were given to the high school class at Bast Liverpool by Supt. Rayman, and it is 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% pei cent. ‘The words submitted were accident. al, accessible, baptism, chirography characteristic, deceitful, descendant, eccentric evanescent. fiercenars, feign. edly, ghastliness, gnawed, heiress, hysterics, imbecility, inconceivable inconvenience inefficient, irresistible. —Pittsburg Dispatch. SHIELDS FOR TROOPS IN WAR ‘Thelr Use Urged by a German Mill- 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 ot the Japandse 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§pn 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 Ie 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 ad- vance style in dress goods. “One of my customers has to my knowledge worn five different colors or shades ou her wavy tresses. Hay- 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 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 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 ts 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 Wil! Do, rey ayes Mn ont toy These things for me, alas! But I— What bought my private car? Just wealth, What bought my lovely yacht, vies us iat Teer east eee A man could hope to win? eee Ast a ee ge oe And heaven? Oh, of course, I don’t re But if the Lord meant’ what he said Te Hp Leer ele, P “Orci don't know!" °7% For happiness? Well, money bought PRplainety-cent, cigars It bought this chair in which I tell, ic bees PUY ae Coe Sar ats HE al file snot apinene, | SP —New York Press, Not a Good Advertisement. 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 {l- lustration to embellish the work, thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man’s name and address, but ultt- 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 unfcorns —I only kill fat pigs!” Verdict for defendant—New York World. Bullding Up to Reauirementa, 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 tor the lot he decided to build a $1,500 Before he had completed it the real estate man from whom he had bought the lot threatened to sue him tor breach of contract. “This little shack you are building.” said the real estate man, “lacks a whole lot of being a $2,500 house such as you agreed to ouild.” “Don’t form, too hasty Judgment,” teplied the owner. “True, {t ‘hasn't 2ost that much yet, but I intend to put a solid gold brick in the chimney.” —Kangas City Times, sy Telephone Bell W. 32. Telephone Home Wy, 3 W. B. Raymond and Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Carrtagy for alll Purposes, at all Hours. The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulance fy sick and wounded on Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at 43) Minna) - sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. ———— lll Wi t U / t THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST - - - - - DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normitl ani say Industrial. 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KANSAS CITY, KANG ce bie Me eco. ty ate “In the shade of the Old Apple Tree” is a very popular song— not you be popular by trading at a popular store? L. J. MADDUX, Staple and Fancy Groceries Meats and all Kinds of Produce. HOME PHONE 784 WEST. 852 FREEMAN AVE. KANSAS cITy, KANii In an Excuse Book. W3) +. _ 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 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 custo- mary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stanp. The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustra- ton. ‘The judge cast in 1860 the only ‘vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an odd way the power of perseverance. “Lin- coln persevered,” he said, “and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, whu 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 Ther! “Well,” sala the fitst’ policyholder, throwing aside his paper, “there is at Teast 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. 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He was 10m November, 1805, and at 12 he gr sae. yee TODAY SHE IS A BANKER'S DAUGHTER AND HE A NOBLEMAN'S SON THEY ARE FLIRTING AT THE SEASHORE, EACH THINKING THE OTHER WON. TOMORROW THEIR VACATION NOW IS ENDED, AND THEY BOTH RETURN TO WORK, SHE TO RATTLE THE TYPEWRITER KEYS, AND HE TO HIS JOB AS A CLERK. -MC.ORATH The Evening Story. Jane's Financial Embarrassment. We are a "fourfusher" in some a man quits loving a girl after he respects, but we never pretend we By Helena Smith-Dayton. "VIOLETS!" saffied Jane, opening the lavender box with none of the enthusiasm she usually displayed on such occasions. "Of course it never would have occurred to the extravast unknown admirer to send fifty worth of postage stamps in all." one glanced toward her desk, were a neat pile of brown envelopes and her reproachfully in the face. an entire week's work held up because the brilliant young writer, Jane Sickard, lacks the necessary postage!" he groaned. "As it's all time stuff and special orders—I may as well destroy it unless it goes today. I may well give up looking for that check and do something desperate." Jane grew up and down the apartment trying to think of a method to obtain the firing sum at once. "Ask your mother for fifty cents to see the elephant jump the fence," she created for the hundredth time. The jungle refused to dislodge from her head. "There I go again. If it are only fifty dollars I could hustle round and get it—but fifty cents!" It seemed as if a mocking voice echoed to see the elephant jump the fence! "Of course," she went on, sarcastically. "I might waylay little children and steal the pennies from their moist clothes—or I could make these violets into small bunches and sell them on the street corner—flower girl in a nail suit and Paris hat that would be a novelty! There must be some way of raising fifty cents without selling my possessions. I never approved of getting the pawn-shop habit—it's hard to shake, once acquired. I don't like to let a little fifty-cents-to-see-the elephant get the best of me. Why, I won't need another penny until my check comes. My board is still in advance, and before anything else there'll be lots of checks. But I must have fifty-cents-to-see—" Jane stopped impatient, and as if the narrow confines of her own room were stifling her, she opened the door and stepped into the hall. She paused on voices from the upper landing floated down to her. She always paused when she heard Peter Gleason's deep voices. "Here's a dollar," he was saying. "Run over to Carter's and buy me three or four magazines. Haven't seen one one for a month, so anything you get will be new to me. And you may keep the change, John." Thank you, Mr. Gleason," came John's squeaky answer. "I'll be back with 'em in a jiffy." He came down the stairs two at a time. ON SECOND THOUGHT. Observations by the Wise Man of the Topeka Capital. As we understand the situation, Mrs. Thaw dismissed the attorneys remained by her son and hired a firm of lawyers. "John!" called Miss Gaylord, softly. "I'm on an errand for Mr. Gleason, but when I get back—" "Yes, yes! It's about that!" she interrupted. "I want you to do me a particular favor, John. It's all right, but rather unusual. I have some new magazines—the very ones Mr. Gleason would like. I've more than I can read. It would save you a trip out in the storm—the magazines are really just as new as you could buy at the store—would you—buy them from me?" It was out at last. Jane never had felt so shy of any one in her life as she did of the astonished little hall boy. "Sure, Miss Gaylord," he said, without hesitation. "I'd do anything for you. It's on the level, ain't it?" "Yes, John, strictly on the level," she answered, with a little laugh that suggested tears. "Have 'em ready when I come back," he whispered. "You are a dear boy!" cried Jane. She fled to the back of her room in a panic of nervousness at what she had done. She selected several magazines of recent issue and was back at the door long before the return of the boy. "If I was back with the books too soon, he'd get onto it," was his naive explanation. "And John," she pleaded in a voice that shook, "please give him this box of violets—don't tell him who sent them—but he has been so ill—poor man. You see it will give good measure, for the 50 cents." John nodded wisely and took his way upward. "Good boy, John," she heard Gleason say a moment later. "Couldn't have made a better selection myself. Violets, too? No name given? You won't tell Very well—if you promised not to, of course!" Back in his study Gleason tressed the violets carelessly on a table already loaded with flowers and took up a magazine eagerly. "I hope my little Jane has a story in this month," he said, scanning the table of contents. He passed his own name, but Jane's was not there. He took up another and again was he disappointed, but in the third magazine Jane's name headed the list. He was turning to her story when a sheet of paper fluttered out. On the closely written page his own name caught his eye. Naturally he read every word, though it was obviously part of a letter. "You remember," it ran, "how I used to rave about Peter Gleason and his work? Strange that he should come to board at Mrs. Stuart's and be finds out she isn't worth it. The trouble is that it is hard for him to convince himself that she isn't." We have always imagined that one of the qualifications required of the recording angel is ability to write short hand rapidly and well. taken ill almost immediately after—and that I should have the privilege of assisting his trained aurse when he was unconscious. Yes, he is all I imagined him—and more. If you must know the worst, I—no. I can't write it to even you, Mollie. But put romantic ideas out of your head—I'm very happy, as usual. But—" That was all. "Bless her!" whispered Peter, over and over. "And I thought her too wrapped up in her work to give me a thought. Helped to nurse me, did she? My little Jane! And she must have sent these magazines—and the violets! And John, the scamp, never told me! But, on the other hand, John is such an honest little chap he couldn't have kept that 50 cents. If he really bought them—how came that letter between the pages of a magazine from Carter's?" Then, in spite of himself, a doubt flashed into his mind. Was it a clever ruse—was the letter placed there by design. Peter was not cynical—but there had been so many traps laid for him! Slowly he placed the letter on the coals in the grate and watched it burn. "If she didn't intend me to see that—it would break her heart if she knew. And when I tell her I love her—she might think it was only pity because I had discovered her secret. I won't believe it was a plot—little Jane." Two days later a timid tap came at the door of Gleason's study. "Ja—Miss Gaylord!" he cried, enthusiasmically. "Why haven't you been up to see an invalid before this? Such rank neglect!" He took her hand and refused to let it go for some moments. "Aren't you sorry." "Here's your 50 cents," she began, desperately. "My check came and—" Looking up suddenly she met his questioning eyes. Recklessly she explained the humiliating details of the transaction. "I would so gladly have given them to you," she ended up, with a scarlet face. "And I shall be very unhappy unless you take the 50 cents!" Peter was radiant. Unconsciously Jane had vindicated herself from suspicion regarding the letter. "But you sent violets!" he reminded. "I sent the violets along to take the curse off," she admitted, "but some one—I know not who—sent them to me, first." "Merely to take the curse off?" he queried. "Not because you had a little sentiment for the invalid? Then you deserve to be punished with the truth! I sent those violets to you!" "Oh!" cried Jane, hiding her face. "Oh!" "But hereafter," he said sternly, I want the right to furnish your blessed postage stamps!" "Oh!" murmured Jane. are going to get up early in the morning. The Maine Democrats are claiming the state by a majority of 5,000. This is believed to be the smallest any party ever claimed in any state. Now that Alfred Henry Lewis has offered the nomination to Mr. Roosevelt the matter may be considered settled. In her amusing story "A Call," in Harper's Magazine, Grace MacGowan Cooke tells of the first call made by two small country boys on the daughters of a neighbor. The call was be conducted on approved principles laid down in a hand-book on etiquette: Abner began to repeat paragraphs from the hand-book. " 'It is be to remark,' ' he opened, in an unnatural voice, ' " "How well you are looking!" although fulsome compliments should be avoided. When seated ask the young lady who her favorite composer is.' " "What's a composer?" inquired Ross with visions of soothing syrup in his mind. "A man that makes up music. Don't butt in that way; you put me all out—composer is. Name yours. Ask her what piece of music she likes best. Name yours. If the lady is musical, here ask her to play or sing: "This chanted recitation seemed to have a hypnotic effect on the freckled boy; his big pupils contracted each time Abner came to the repetend. "Name yours." "I'm tired already," he grumbled; but some spell made him rise and fare further. When they had entered the Cliborne gate, they leaned toward each other like young saplings weakened at the root and locking branches to keep what shallow foothold on earth remained. "You're goin' in first," asserted Ross, but without conviction. It was his custom to tear up to this house a dozen times a week, on his father's old horse, or afoot; he was wont to yell for Champe as he approached, and quarrel joyously with her while he performed such errand as he had come upon; but he was gagged and hamstrung now by the hypnotism of Abner's scheme. "Walk quietly up the steps; ring the bell and lay your card on the servant," quoted Abner, who had never heard of a server. "Lay your card on the servant!" echoed Ross. "Cady'd dodge. There's a porch to cross after you go up the steps—does it say anything about that?" "It says that the card should be placed on the servant," Abner reiterated, doggedly. "If Cady dodges, it isn't any business of mine. "There are no porches in my book. Just walk across it like anybody. We'll ask for Miss Champe Claiborne." "We haven't got any cards," discovered Ross, with hope. "I have," announced Abner, pompously. "I had some struck off in Chicago. I ordered 'em by mail. They got my name Pillow, but there's a scalloped gilt border around it. You can write your name on my card. Got a pencil?" He produced the bit of cardboard; Ross fished up a chewed stump of lead pencil, took it in cold, stiff fingers, and disfigured the square with eccentric scribblings. "They'll know who it's meant for," he said, apologetically, "because I'm here. What's likely to happen after we get rid of the card?" "I told you about hanging your hat on the rack and disposing your legs." "I remember now," sighed Ross. They had been going slower and slower. The angle of inclination toward each other became more are more pronounced. "We must stand by each other," whispered Abner. "I will—if I can stand at all," murmured the other boy, huskily. "Oh, Lord!" they had rounded the big clump of evergreens and found Aunt Missouri Claiborne placidly rocking on the front porch! Directed to mount the steps and ring the bell, to lay cards upon the servant, how should one deal with a rosy-faced, plump lady of uncertain years in a rocking-chair? What should a caller lay upon her? A lion in the way could not have been more terrifying. Even retreat was cut off. Aunt Missouri had seen them. "Howdy, boys: how are you?" she said, rocking peacefully. The two stood before her like detected criminals. Buddhist Pantheon Found. Some most interesting archaeological discoveries have been made by the Prussian exploration expedition to Chinese Turkestan. Remains were found of persons belonging to a red-haired, blue-eyed race evidently the founders of the temple in the Mingoi caves, and bearing garments of unmistakable Iranian origin. A number of great iron swords were also discovered. Search revealed the existence of further numerous Buddhist frescoes, containing many figures. The temple seemed, in fact, to have been a sort of Buddhist Pantheon. It is a great art to know when you must grant a disagreeable request. The first thing a rich man seems to think of is to marry an old actress with a record of three or four husbands: An old maid beats all the old actresses on earth, when it comes to a man getting married. The Other Mule's Grass. We laugh at the mule that stands at the fence, neglecting to eat, and looks longingly into the adjoining pasture, imagining that the grass there is sweeter than his own, says the Des Moines News. It is fuuny, and yet it is the same trait that we who call ourselves wiser than the mule exhibit all through our lives. We begin early. How quickly a baby will drop whatever he is playing with to seize that which is withheld from him! A tendency to undervalue what we have and to magnify what others have seems to be an element of our nature. Many a young writer feels that he would be quite happy if he could write such history as Fiske; yet the story is told of Fiske that his great desire was to sing. Compliments on his writings or lectures brought no sweetness to him, but a favorable word on his signing filled him with joy. The mule at the fence has plenty of company. The poor think the rich must be happy. The rich envy the poor their lack of cares. The unsuccessful deem the successful ones content. The successful miss the keen joy of triumphs in their days of hard struggle. We see only the thorns in our own vocations, the roses in those of others. The shop girl would be an actress; the cook would change places with her mistress, the lawyer sees the advantages of being a doctor, the doctor those of being a lawyer. The country boy leans on his plow-handle and looks toward the city with longing eyes. And the city youth yearns for the green of the country or the free life on the seas. What's the use? We laugh at the mule at the fence; why not laugh at ourselves as we see us at his side? Don't try to be somebody else. 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Plaskeit had started from his house to the barn, a few hundred feet away, just as a small white cloud was pacing. When he had covered about half the distance there came a flash of lightning, followed by a peal of thunder, when Plaskeit dropped to the ground dead. THE FUNNY FOLKS THE FARM. ALCOHOL FOR BERRIES. The Department of Agriculture to Instruct Farmers in the Use of Denaturized Alcohol. Norfolk, Vo.—The value of free alcohol to the public can be better appreciated when the many uses of this product are known to the farmers of the country. Uncle Sam being desirous of giving the public the full benefit of the opportunities in store, purposes having an exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition showing the development and uses of denaturized alcohol which is made from the products of the farm and garden. This exhibit will be in charge of competent government officials of the Experiment Stations of the Department of Agriculture. In connection with this Government exhibit will be exhibits of various kinds of internal combustion engines using denaturized alcohol for fuel. Farmers will learn at the Jamestown Exposition how to save labor in a thousand different ways. They will be shown how they can utilize machinery for sawing wood, chopping stock feed, pumping water and many other things. And the farmer's wife can employ machinery for doing her churning, washing, operating her sewing machine and in many other ways to save labor. Special machinery is already being made for utilizing this now and cheap fuel and so economical will be this fuel alcohol that every farmer can make his own supply from the waste products of his farm. Uncle Sam will also show the public how to use denaturized alcohol as a fuel for heating and cooking purposes at home and for lighting the houses and country roads. He will teach the farmers how they may save time and expense by making their fuel and lights at so small a cost that their living expenses will be reduced to a minimum and their conveniences so greatly increased that they will find real luxury in living on a farm. ed float vetarism wwoOefS THE Got Through With Wings. "You may have read," said the travelling agent of an oil company—"you may have read that at an investigation before the Interstate Commission witnesses swore that even ministers of the Gospel were brined to help the oil of a certain company along. That may be pretty strong, but let me tell you about a certain deacon in a certain town on my route. After I had taken orders in the town for a time I found him opposed to me. He was getting a gallon of kerosene free each week, and the way he did talk up the other company was blissful to hear. My buyers found that he was hurting the sale of my oil and wanted me to struggle with him. I was delaying the matter and wondering how best to approach the Deacon, when I ran across him at the depot one day on my arrival. I knew he didn't drink and didn't smoke, and it was embarrassing to tell just how to tackle him. While 3 I was hanging around a friend whispered to me that the other company had gone back on the Deacon and was longer supplying him free. With this knowledge in my possession, I braced up to him and said: An incident which, the writer declares, raised the pugnacious sparrow several degrees in his estimation is described in Outing. It shows that the sparrow has other good qualities besides his sturdiness and self-reliance. For several days four or five sparrows had visited a certain place on the roof near my window. They always The Jamestown Exposition, where Uncle Sam's new show will be given free to everybody, will open its gates to the public on the historic shores of Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Virginia, April 26th, 1907, and closes Nov. 30, 1907. It will be an international exposition, given in honor of the three hundredth anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America. NOTES FROM THE KANASS DAIRY ASSOCIATION A prominent butter-buyer in Minnesota, which is one of the best butter-producing states in the Union, remarked that high-class butter is very rare on the market nowadays. A tub that will grade as high as 95 is the exception. Why is this true? It is due, almost entirely, to the poor cream received. The commission houses and large plants lost heavily on poor butter last year, and the reason they are co-operating in the work of grading cream is to get better quality. They must have better quality or go out of business, and if all interested parties do not carry out the cream-grading idea and stick to it, they will get let down harder than ever. There are some creamery patrons who will bring their cream and milk in just as poor condition as it will be accepted. They are careless about the proper care and cleanliness necessary for good cream. The only way to reach these patrons is to grade the cream and pay a higher price for good cream delivered frequently than is paid for cream that is old or not clean. Questions come to this office as to who shall grade the cream with hints that the buttermaker is not competent. Why should not the buttermaker be competent? Isn't the average buttermaker as competent to grade your cream as is the average grain-buyer to grade your wheat? I say he is and oftentimes much more so. A farmer will take a load of wheat to town that "Well, Deacon, I hope to convince you yet that my kerosene will give more light than any other made." "Um!" he replied as he twiddled his thumbs. "I should like to give Perkins, the grocer, orders to leave a gallon at your house every week free of cost to you." "Well—I—don't—mind," he slowly replied. "You can see how it compares with the other company's, you know. I have heard you say that the president of the other concern deserved angels' A MISNO "Wot's a walkin' delegate anyhow? wot never walks, only uses parlor cars E A MISNOMER. "Wot's a walkin' delegate anyhow? "Why a walkin' delegate is a feiler wot never walks, only uses parlor cars an' cabs" "Wot's a walkin' delegate anyhow? "Why a walkin' delegate is a feller wot never walks, only uses parlor cars an' cabs." brought food for another little fellow, from me, and made no resistance when who never tried a flight from the spot. I picked it up. brought food for another little fellow, who never tried a flight from the spot. The visiting sparrows never came empty-billed. They would drop the tiny morsels of food near the little sparrow. When it began to eat the crumbs the others set up a great chirping and then flew away. After watching this for a few days I went out on the roof and approached the lone bird. It did not flutter away is a little dirty with cockle-seed and wild oats and will not say a word when docked two to four pounds per bushel. But let the same bring cream that is off flavor or sour because of dirty practice in handling the milk, separator, cream, etc., and he will be terribly sore if spoken to about it even though he is not docked in price Now why this difference? Simply because he has always known that he must bring good wheat or get docked. On the other hand he has been used to bringing poor milk or cream and receiving the same price as does the patron who brings fine goods. Of course this is not fair, and the sooner we get into the system of paying a different price for the good and the poor, the sooner we will get more good cream and less poor. While the hand-separator is all right and has come to stay, it is a fact that the conditions which have surrounded its use in late years have not been as productive of good quality as under the whole-milk system. This is due to infrequent delivery of cream which causes that stale and musty flavor which can never be gotten rid of by the butter-maker. In my judgment the best way to overcome this would be for the patrons to organize routes and take turns in collecting and delivering cream. Six families on a route would make but one trip a week for each and would deliver the cream every day in summer. The dairy business is by far the most profitable branch of agriculture and the profits may be increased or decreased by proper methods or the lack of them. Care, cleanliness, and cold are the watchwords of the successful dairyman. Remember that a ton of wheat robs the soil of $7 worth of fertility and sells for about $20, while a ton of butter robs the soil of about 50 cents worth of fertility and its worth is about $600. It costs as much labor to produce one as the other. wings." wings." "Yes, I believe I have said something to that effect." "And his kerosene still continues to give the best of satisfaction, does it?" "Well—er—I couldn't say that. I am not burning any of it now." "Indeed. Any trouble?" "No particular trouble except that President Blank seems to have got tired of wearing the angel wings I fastened on to him, and now if you want them you can tell Perkins to send around the gallon weekly!" MER. "Why a walkin' delegate is a feiler an' cabs." from me, and made no resistance when I picked it up. The sparrow was blind. Its eyes were covered with a milk-like film. Jacob Boyer, a well-known farmer of near Finesville, N. J., accidentally killed himself in a peculiar manner in front of his home and in the presence of his wife. JOE KERR Slain By His Own Gun William Johnson Daisy- Carrye made an awful break on my birathday. Maisie- In what way? Daisy- Carrye made an awful break on my birthday. of the person who gave it to her. Test your cows and sell the unprofitable ones. Recently Professor Erf, of the Agricultural College, concluded tests for a year of the college cows and found that one cow charged 8 12 cents per pound for her butter while another charged 24 cents per pound. The other cows ranged between these figures. He also found that by selling half the herd he could make a handsome profit while if he kept them all he could not make one cent. Thousands of cows are now being milked in this country that are a dead loss to their owners. To correct this condition the farmer should weigh the milk from each cow daily and make a test for butter-fat about once every seven weeks. He should ventilate, lighten, and cleanse his stable, and keep the cows comfortable all the time. He should study the principles of scientific feeding and balance his feeds into the best milk-producing ration, and he should get a good, pure-bred dairy bull and raise and train his heifers into good milk cows. Questions come to this office as to how best to send cream samples for official test. Great care should be exercised in taking the samples. The cream should be thoroughly mixed by pouring from one can to another at least four times. Then fill the sample bottle entirely full, cork tightly and place in a mailing case and address to Prof. Oscar Erf, State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas. The test will be made free of charge and the results reported. Be sure to cork or seal the sample bottle tightly to avoid evaporation, and fill it full to avoid churning of the sample. During the summer drouths it is important that the cows be kept on full flow of milk. This can be done by feeding new hay with the grain ration or by feeding soiling crops such as green corn, sorghum, Kafir-corn, or alfalfa. The best combination of dry weather feeds is made by mixing a grain-ration of one part corn, one part oats, and one-eighth part oil-meal, and Daisy-- Carrye made an awful break Maisie—In what way? Daisy-- Carrye made an awful break of the person who gave it to her, The Quick Delivery "Their goes a man," observed a steamship agent as he directed attention to a surly looking individual who had just engaged passage for Europe, "whose efforts are devoted to constructing short cuts in business methods and in eliminating all time-consuming men and their propositions from his busy existence. He is a man of very few words. "Some years ago this gentleman crossed the ocean and had a very unpleasant trip. One morning a sympa thelic passenger offered him a lemon expressing a sincere wish that it would give relief. "The pale traveler seized the lemon hurler it viciously into the ocean an growled." "Tor is a quicker way than the other." Boyer had been aggravated during the day by dogs chasing his sheep, and later, when one of the strange dogs got into a fight with the family dog in front of the Boyer house, he secured a double-barreled shotgun and fired twice at the intruding dog. At his request, Mrs. Boyer brought two more loaded shells out of the house, which Boyer placed into the gun. The next shot wounded the dog and Boyer then feed with plenty of alfalfa. Another ration may be made by mixing one part corn, one part barley, and one part bran, and feed with alfalfa. ☆ Figures showing the comparative profits of beef-raising and dairy farming are difficult to obtain, but there seems to be no doubt that dairy-farming is much more profitable. On cheap land that will grow good grass, beef production can be made to return a good profit on the capital and labor invested, but on high-priced land the dairy is the thing. Dairying by far the most profitable branch of agriculture, but, like other professions, it requires special training and special methods. THE ORCHARD What is the present condition of your orchard? If it is weedy and hard, plow it just as soon as you can. Then harrow it and get the ground in good condition. Do not disturb the roots, but get the weeds and grass. If you have or can get cow peas it will do to sow them any time in July or first part of August. They will produce a crop that you can mow or turn under in six to eight weeks. Then the ground should be plowed or thoroughly disked again and sowed to rye. If seasonable it will come on and make some feed and a covering for the ground. The rye will make fine fall, winter and early spring feed for poultry, pigs and sheep! If the orchard is pastured by poultry, pigs and sheep, they will eat the windfalls and wormy fruit. The insects for the coming season will be largely destroyed, and the pigs and poultry will be healthy. There is seldom a case of sickness in poultry where they have the range of an orchard and plenty of green feed, and it is equally so with pigs. Sometimes, of course, the disease is brought upon the place, but if conditions are right the disease is not so apt to take hold. Dirt, filth, close pens and bad water are breeders of disease germ and poultry or pigs kept under such conditions are liable to be swept away entirely if attacked. "Like the Wolf on the Fold." "I am not doing as well as I expected out here," wrote a man from Los Angeles to a New York friend. "have a door mat with 'Welcome' on it. This morning I examined it and found that the procession of my creditors has worn out the 'L' so now it reads; 'We Come.'" BAD. on my birathday. k on my birthday. First disconsolate widow—Are you going to the medium's tonight to see if you can get a message from your husband? Second disconsolate widow—No; it isn't any use tonight. Saturday night was always the night when he went off to spend his salary.—Somerville Journal. Our New Organ. Bobby had early shown a great interest in anatomy, but always drank in information about the various parts of the body most eagerly. One day he came to his mother in great perplexity and said: "Mother, I know where my liver is, but where is my bacon?"—Harper's Weekly. How many roads lead to unpopularity. attempted to beat the animal to death with the stock of the gun, when the second charge exploded and the shot fatally injured the farmer by tearing the flesh from his right which and entering his abdomen. Death resulted in a half hour. Boyer was 45 years of age. After the primary con. the big trading. WHEN WE PARTED 'NEATH LILACS. When we parted 'neath the iliacs, 'neath the iliacs in the lane. Oh, how full we we of anough Fearing we'd not meet again. And I fondly tried to cheer her. How the iliacs must have wandered At us lovers then so true— As their petals fell around us— Petals, full of evening dew. When we stood beneath the iliacs, Song birds nestling oer head Must have heard our words of worm Must have seen the tears we shed And no doubt they, like the flowers Thought we were too full of grief For their songs to make us gladden Or their joys to give relief. Refrain: How the song birds must have wandered At us lovers there so true— Not listen to their warbling, Songs of summer ever new. Years hath passed since 'neath the We sad-parted 'neath the bloom, Parted in such wee and anguish, Full of sorrow and in gloom. You now dwell in stately palace, And I roam a wanderer sad. Song birds cannot bring me pleasure Or the iliacs make me glad. Repeat: Do they still their petals shower? O'er fond lovers in the lane; And do the song birds in their bay Warble still a sweet low stun? —P. THE IDEAL ORCHARD This is the proper time to plan a new orchard or the improvement of the old one. That orcharding will in this southwest country has abundantly proven, yet how few give the orchard proper time and tention. Perhaps there is a difference between the home or farm orchard and the commercial orchard. Weieve that the farm orchard of the ten acres can be made the most probable piece of ground on the farm a well drained piece of land be seeded and thoroughly plowed as possible and then harrowed and lowed to lay until the grass and we start, then disked or harrowed two or three weeks until fall, will found to be in excellent condition an orchard. In southern Missouri southern Kansas and all points and west of these sections the should be planted in the fall vember or December is probably best time. There is usually sufficient moisture to keep the trees in condition and they are ready to with the first growth of spring. land should be thoroughly plowed either disked or harrowed as soon the ground will do to work it spring. The orchard the first can be planted to cotton, potato other cultivated crops. Those come off early are to be greatly ferred. As soon as the crops are en off, the ground should again plowed and either disked or harrow and may then be sowed or planted cow peas. These will mature in to nine weeks and if cut for hard leave the ground in excellent condition. For peaches, plums, and cherries rows north and south should feet apart and the trees 12 to apart in the rows. Getting the straight each way will not only the looks of the orchard but great advantage in cultivating gathering the fruit. The second pea cultivation may be similar to that Then if the orchard is fenced with woven wire fence it can be utilized hogs, chickens and calves to sizing of protecting the trees from and horses. The cow peas could pastured off and afford great feed, if mowed and made into hay, ground would be in fine condition a crop of rye which would make cellent fall, winter and spring. The cow pea seems to be expected to the orchard, it not loosens up and enriches the soil keeps down weeds and grass, it may be sown broad cast or plaster rows. The main thing in an orchard is thorough and perfect cultivation. The cultivation not only makes tree vigorous and healthy but out borers, mice, gophers and all other insects and animals, a structive to trees and fruit. Peaches, plums and cherries will gin to bear when three years old one crop will often pay for all the of the orchard, use of the ground for five years. While fruit is not ways a sure crop, it can be made more so with proper care and attention. The cultivation of the tends to prolong their growth buds do not put out in the fall early in the spring as when left ripen up in the hot months of the mer and fall. If the orchard is properly set and started it can be vated at little more expense than land and be made to produce times what the other land does few years. A five or ten acre orch will add hundreds and thousands dollars to the sale of the farm. Give the young turkeys a good life. They will settle the account at the three. If some grain field is distant the barns and they don't find it after vest call and feed them there, not need to be repeated. But then the pastures where the cows spend milk with wild onions. Give them a roost, the higher the better. Paint stinctively fear foxes and cubs.