The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. DR. GEORGE M. GRAY. leads the ticket. Elected by 343 majority. He is the man of the hour. The choice of the people and the right man in the right place. M. B. H. The mayorality context of last Tuesday's election is now over and the battle fought to a successful finish upon part of the citizens party and whenismusketry was over and the bullets deceased to flow into the ballot box, and when the dems smoke of the terrific little had cleared away it was then early seen that the honorable gentle in Dr. George M. Gray was elected mayor of our fast growing and prosperous municipality, we are thoroughly satisfied that his ever official act will be the sees for the best interest of his constituents and that all classes of citi- Western University President and Mrs. Frenoh were the guest of Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Ward at university last week. Rev. J. T. Knapper, pastor of the A. M. E. Church at Glasgow, Mo., was a very pleasant visitor this week. The Rev was accompanied by his son who has entered here as a student. The recent arrivals at Western University are Mr. E. L. Follings of Housen, Texas and Mr. Fred Salisbury from Ind, Ter. December 12th the band boys will give concert at Allen Chapel. December 16th the university choral club will give a musical for the interest of the Sunday forum. December 18th the regular Christmas recital by the students in the musical department will be held under the auspices of their director, Prof. R. G. Jackman. This will be one of the best recitals given and everyone is cordially invited to attend. December 20th the Oratorical and seduction concert will be given in the staged by Mrs. Motin the directress of this department. Mrs. Motin is a very fine teacher and actress and it will be worth while to hear her. December 21st the Musical department will have a recital at Second Baptist church, 10th and Charlotte Streets, Kansas City, Mo. This concludes the programme for the Christmas recitals at the University. Everyone is cordially invited. Publication Notice. The District Court of Wyandotte Covnty, Louisiana. 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, 1903, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a degree disserving the bonds of matrimony arising between plaintiff and defendant, and restoring plaintiff to her maiden name, Bessie Reniek and for cost of this suit,.) Affect: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Affect: Wm. Needles, Clerk. First Pub. Aug. 3rd zens will receive equal and fair consideration at his hands. The citizen's party executive committee are men who rank among the highest and most honored citizens of this city, men who stand for a pure honest clean city government, too much credit cannot be given them for their active and able management and untiring efforts in securing the election of Dr. Geo M. Gray. Now let the political hatchet be buried and all fall in line and assist our mayor in making this a grand and glorious city in which to live. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Pearl Northington, Plaintiff William Northington, Defendants 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 20th day of July 1006 the petition filed against you will be taken as true, and a judgement rendered against you, the nature of which will be a degree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and awarding to her maiden name Plearl Jordan, and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradle y. atty, fer plff. Attest: Wm. Needles. Clerk. Jst pub. June 1906 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 10th day of Dec. 1906, my application was filed in the office of the Probate Judge of Wyandotte County, Kansas for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at 1212 N. 5th St., in the Third ward of Kansas City, Kansas and said application is set for hearing on Monday the 14th day of Jan. 1907, at 10 o'clock a.m. when and where all persons may attend if they see proper. E. A. Williamson. 1212 N. 5th St. Size of Ancient Babylon. Ancient Babylon was not such a great city as some have supposed, according to H. Valentine Geere, the archaeologist. He says: "The idea of Babylon's vastness and magnificence, to which we have become accustomed, has been practically exploded. Dr. Kodewey told me that the site of the city was larger than that of any other ancient city; but ever so, the idea that it could be compared with London and its suburbs, which has been very generally held, is entirely erroneous. In point of fact, it appears that its walls were not more than eight miles in circumference. Moreover, the great palaces are shown to have been poor affairs after all, with wretchedly cramped apartments, and next to no pretensions to architectural style; and the temples were exceedingly crude buildings." Growth of National Capitol. 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. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. City Locals. Be wise and dont throw your vote away by voting against Dr. Gray. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. John Callahan, Plaintiff. vs. Thomas H. Lynch, Ollie E. Lynch, T. H. Lynch Mercantile Company. a corporation, and the unknown heirs and devisees of S.A. Snyder, deceased. Defendants NO. 19862. The State of Kansas to the above named defendants and the unknown heirs and devisees of S.A. Snyder, deceased. Greeting: You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 26th day of October, 1905, the plaintiff above named, John Callahan, filed his petition in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas and commenced suit against you, and in said petition said plaintiff alleges in substance as follows: All of lots thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), in block sixty-one (61) in Armourdale, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof. That the defendant above named and the unknown heirs of 8. A. Snyder, deceased, respectively, set up, assert and claim certain estates, titles, rights or interests in and to said real estate adverse to the plaintiff, there by creating a cloud upon the plaintiff's said title and rendering the same unmeritably That said claim of said above named defendants and the unknown heirs and devises of S. A. Snyder, deceased, are wholly unfounded and without any right whatever and said defendants have not, nor have either of them, any estate, right, title or interest whatever in or to said real estate or any part thereof. And praying in substance that the plaintiffs' title to said real estate be adjudged good and valid and that the claims estates, rights, titles or interests of the defendants and unknown heirs and devises of S. A. Snyder, deceased, in, to or upon said real estate be adjudged invalid, and that they and each of them be forever barred from asserting any claim whatever in or to said real estate or any part thereof. And you are further notified that unless you answer the petition of said plaintiff on or before the 24th day of December, 1900, the allegations thereof will be taken as true and a judgement and decree will be rendered by said Court against you in favor of the said plaintiff quieting his title to said property against you and forever barring you or any person or persons claiming 'by or through you from asserting any claims of estate, right, title or interest in or to said real estate and giving plaintiff other relief as prayed for in said petition. John Callahan by E. L. Fisher his atty. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk of the District Court. Nov. 9 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. Bethell A. M. E. Buhreh ear. of steward streets, will run a ten days Gospel meeting commencing Friday night Sept. 7th Rev. Pesy and Hawkins and others will assist Rev. L. W. McComiek in these services, every are cordial invited Nice Furnished Rooms for rent with board or without, will be at home to friends on Thursday, 423 Oakland ave Mrs.Annie Williams 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 judgment 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 said defendant, and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atty, for Pliff Attest: Wm. Winey Clock. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte In the Probate Court in and for said county, In the matter of the Estate of Peter Bruns excused. Creditors and all persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said county, to be begun and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid, on the first Saturday in the month October A. D. 1906. I shall apply to the said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. SOPHIA VAN TUYL. Exeutrix of Peter Bruns, deceased. In withes whereof, the undersigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my nand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 10th day of September A. D. 1906. AMERICAN HAIR GROWER BEFORE USING PIOTURES TAKEN FROM LIFE. AFTER USING NATURE'S OWN REMEDY This is not a chemical compound. It is absolutely harmless, will not injure the most delicate hair. It will absolutely promote the growth of hair and prevents dandruff. It makes the hair fine and silky and nourishes it to grow long and straight, prevents the hair from falling out. Finely perfumed and makes an excellent hair dressing. Used by leading hair dressers and strongly endorsed by them. We have a thousand testimonials to prove all we say. It is not a new thing but has been tested for years. Price 25c JAR BY MAIL POSTAGE 70 EXTRA General Supply Agent MRS.E.F.MADISON 614 Troupe Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. The Ethiopian Protective and Benefician Aid Association Employment and Information Lureau for the members of the Association. Local Office of The Ethiopian Protec Aid Ass Employment and Information of the Ass 1508JN. 3rd Street. BELL TELEPHON The Ethiopian Protective and Benefi cial Aid Association, National Conven tion at Kansas City, Sept. 22nd, 1908. The National association will be composed of delegates from every State and Territory in the union, the association will have an exhibition of many amusing features at the same time of the convention which will run for 30 days, one hundred acres or more land will be bought by the association for exposition grounds, buildings will be erected on the grounds to suit the exposition, thousands of members are now joining the association has over a thousand members. Kansas has many organizations, Garden city, Dodge city, Larned, Great Bend, Hutchinsons, Wichita, Newton, Emporia, Topoka and Kansas City have their local organization, local organizations will be set up in each state and each organization will send delegates to the national convention. Among the great objects of the association are to organize the 10,000,000 colored people of the nation into one common body to better the conditions of the whole race and for their protection. To ISAAC B. A. President of the E. H. W. H. BOLDEN, Acting Secret Peter Sh To the Afflicted. To those who are suffering with Chronic diseases and especially such as other Doctors have given up. Call on Doctor Benjaman Bonner of Quindaro Kansas, he is o devine healer, and says he will cure you of the following diseases, if you are suffering with Parlyses he will cure you of that particular disease or no charges for his service, I can also cure Bed Fever. Palpitation of the heart. Indigesting. Side Pleurisy. call on me at Quindaro Kansas. buy land by the thousands of acres in each state, to colonize these lands, farm them, build towns and cities raise cattle hogs, horses, poultry and ete., to establish tanneries, shoe and cotton factories this will solve the race problem, 10 cents a piece from 10 million people would be 1 million dollars for 12 months would be $12,000,000 for five years would be 60 million dollars which would buy 1,200,000 acres of land at $50. per acre this would be enough land to colonize every colored family in the Unite states. This would give the boys and girls who are now being educated something to do instead of learning bad habits and starving out in cities. Certificates for membership are 50 ets monthly dues 10 ets. Each state can organize itself and select it delegates to the national convention. Now let every race man and woman get busy for further information address Kansas City headquarters. Several canvassing agent are wanted in every state and city with a good commission allowed. I am yours for the up building of the Ethiopian or black race in America and throughout the world. TKINSON, P. & B. Aid Association. Mary. Birley, Canvassing Agent. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte county Kansas. Isaiah Edmonson, vs. Russia Edmonson. 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 11th day Jan. 1907, the petition filed in said cause will be taken as true and a judgment rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plain- and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and guardian cost on this action. Attest: By I. F. Bradley, Atty. Wm. Needles, Clerk. Nov. 30 DECEMBER 7.1506 CALL HERE Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas Office of Wyandotte. ss In the Probate court in and for said county. In the matter of the Estate of Narcissa Watilla, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration with will annexed have been granted to the undersigned, on the Estate of Narcissa Watilla late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 13th day of October, 1906. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified that they must present, the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within one year after said Letters, they shall be forever barred. ElmerJ. Champe. Administrator of the Estate with will annexed of Narcissa Watilla, deceased. and designated, Probate Judge in and for the county of (SEAL) Wyauette, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 15th day October, A. D. 1906. Winfield Freeman. Probate Judge. Oct. 19. Notice of Final Settlement. 22. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte. In the Probate Court in and for said county. In the matter of the Estate of Anthony Dudley, deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that at the next regular term of the Probate Court in and for said Court, to be begun and held at the Probate Room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, State aforesaid, on the first Monday in the month. November A. D. 1905. I shall apply to said court for a full and final settlement of said estate. Bliza Dudley. Administratrix of Authority Dudley, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the county of Wyandotte, state of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affidazed seal of the said Probate Court this 12th day of June. Executors Notice. State of Kansas. County of Wyandotte | ss In the Province 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 so 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, persons having claims against all 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 estates 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. Dated Aug. 11, 1906. NOTE LETS For Rent-To desirable parties(gen- teman perfected)well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city,in- quire at this office. Mrs.S. T. Mitchell of 340 Minn.ave.,is proprietress of one of the most desira- ble clean up-to date Rooming house in the city-charges always reasonable. For Nice Furnished Rooms call on Mrs. Iday Easily at 1107 N. 6th st,conveni- ently located only one block from the Minnesota ave, car line, Prices reason able. Mrs. Reed, 528 Nb. ave., has a few nicely furnished rooms to rent. Notice of Application for Parole. To whom it may concern:— This is to notify all persons that I the undersigned will on the 2nd day of October 1906 or as soon thereafter as can be conveniently heard apply to the Prison Board of the State of Kansas, for a parole from the State penitentiary of the State of Kansas. Take not cee and govern yourself accordingly. NOW IS the time Subscribe For thet Weeky American Citizen American /Citizen 1 ce ‘he Oldest Negro Jourgal 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. OND MERE 5 Accson wn acon ast GOO, Bix Months. ......sccssccseseeee +650 Three Months... ....csssesccee eee 40C he Mouth,....-...ccccsscceees+ 180 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 Mo- cow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side. Waldorf Astor has become so thor- ‘oughly anglicized chat 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 raft explains the first, possibly. Perhaps boys should be thankful for whippings, as somebody declares, but “hey seldom are before they are 45. . Sweet Spring 1s now approaching, and Summer with the rose, so poetry's encroaching upon the field of prose. “King Edward was “warmly 4e- celved” 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 hola? - 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. Tt is now belfeved that Anna cone 4s going to give’ Boni one more chan in spite of the fact that he has taken a great many already. Uruguay should, not be blamed for having a‘revolution.” A review of re- cent, South American history © shows that tt is Uruguay's turn. ——_—__, \} Asks the edifor of the . Pittsfield Journal: “Aré ‘there four, girls with gray eyés in Pittsfield?” Apparently ye scribe means {o get busy. a _. Queen Maud’ of Norway is losing ‘her, health.beeause she fears her hus, band will be killed. This queen bust ness Is not atl pickles and pie ‘t-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 is a pity that the great romancers of the sea did not live in a generation which affords such thrilling material as the log of the dry dock Dewey. A Minnesota man says he has dis- eoyered 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 a kind of society paper, is made to sy: “How far that litte scandal tifrqws| his beams! So phivés a baw é€ed in this heught* wéria” News comes from the east that’ the seventeen-vear locusts will devastate the land thy year How-many times inf the course of a deeade do the sev- enteen-vear locusts come, anyhow? As the last suffragist was, detatched Mrom the format Wend pyft into the policg-wagha. the premier of the great Petijeh Fyppird erhwidd oht trom une der bis ved and sighed a steh of re Bs } ( iA re ag borane a. gotten in ner? te reade he aanlatton of matines ciris We tpaw sirerst ae tors who shold te Griv\n trum ithe _afiie me” a Stub insta of sort GREAT SINGER IS UNGRATEFUL. Mme.|Patti Criticises America, Which (Made) Her Wealthy. ft Confirmation of thé report that Mme. Adelina Patti~has made “her Gnal tour in the United States Is found in her recent criticisms of the American people. This lady, who once lived down on Grand street West, but now dwells in a castle in Wales, largely owing to the generosity of the citizens of this city, has lately dis- covered that we haven't any appre clation of art, cookéry, 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. ie Mme. Patti's last tour of this coun: try was not fifiancially successful—a circumstance that may account for her change of heart. The lady, however, insisted upon receiving her contract money to the last dollar. The im presarlo was almost ruined, although the fault was the diva’s own. She couldn’t sing! Her voice had lost its fine quality. She wasn’t a “diva” any lon... The American people found this out and refused to assist in main- taining Craig y Nos castle—Brooklyn Eagle. | Famous Actors as Negro Minstrels. | Jefferson said he thought he was one of the first men to black his face after the appearance and success of “Jim Crow” (T. D.j 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?” x 2 “I played Brudder Jones,” said Mr. Jefferson. “Everybody yknqws I wast inj the minstrel business,” Goodwin exclaim- jed. "Yes," I remarked, “‘beéause! we were there together. “Well,” joined in Crane, “I was on the tambourine end with Campbell's jinstrels.”. 1 rememiber 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 inguired the reason, and 4 added, “Oh, nothing much, only Booth andthe banjo seemed such an odd coarbination.”—Francis Wilson “in Scribner's Magazine. ie = Sh Oxted ee eas How degply comfoiging the ‘fender phrase, Thykteacer wcelute moderate at Through all Ufe's Jong and dark and ‘weary maze, Dit 2 , ‘Thou art Compassionate. To God of Justice and of Power we' turn ‘When ‘wrong or devastating blow cuts deep; And yet in daily struggle needs must yearn’ ,)) Fer-oife Compassionate. : In limits of our souls we live, alone, ‘And, een our =e may’ not under ‘stan But all “the househdid jar within’ {« known ‘To thee, Compagsionate, Thou know'st the many sorrows of th: ay; ; Wide longing, narrow opportunlty— We bring Riss Broken operat are may, : ‘F0 one Compasstonate. We may have blundered gilevously an? Ione, Darkened Thy world we might have made so bright, © Sun Thou dost! heal the heartache anc ne wrong Thou Compasstonate! May, Btuelyn “Bourne, in Overland fonthly. Pn a a 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 vi the magazines.” His friend looked at the strange: with much interest, “Oh, one of our frenzied finance captains, is he?” he asked. “No, he—" “Writes up trusta and things then?” “Oh, then he’s a prizefighter or a: 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 ou: of his face—New York Journal. ‘True to His Promise. The other boy had called Tommy » liar, an’ a fightin’ Nar, and told hin he dassen’t take it ap. Tommy's fists were clinched. and ‘his eyes were blazing, but he stood there rapidly repeating something to himself, in accordance with a lone standing promise he had made to his mother. “It you'll jist wait till I've anished sayin’ It,” he said, “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. ed around the cor.:r while Tommy's Ups were still moving. Flying Wedge. “Great Sco:t!” exclaimed the drure. mer who had put up in the old farm bouse over night. “What was thai noise down below? Football rush? “Worse than that, stvanger,” chuci led te old farmer, as he snaded o. the candle. “Yeou see, | have elgh: darters a’ each one of them has ‘ean who calls on Thursday nights Wall, the frst conple that gets+ tls parlor cau save it, That's why the, are ranoing”, | 3h LACE SCARF AS EAR TRUMPET. Ca Elderly Lady Has Discovered It Acts as Sounding Board. 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 timés to catch all that friends say. Anything said in an undertone is com- pletely lost to her—that is, it was un- til she bit upon a novel idea, While visiting a friend recently the hostess had pitched her voice almost tothe straining point and her vocal organs were getting tired, when “Aunt Sis,” as she {s affectionately termed, interrupted her by saying: “Please, ‘earle, hand me my lace head scart.” “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 hot. 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 ft 1s, 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 the:n sefore I began to wear this:scarf, bv! now I know lots’ of their secrets anc they don't know it, It’s a good jc\.c 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, 2s well as you and I. Wait and I'll prove at i He led the way to a tank in which were some red and some yellow pnd some green fish, and in it were ar‘ ficial grottoes painted respectivelyired and yellow and green, The keeper rofled 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 gree: 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 us before. Each fish darted lke a shot to the grotto of its own color, where it knew It: would be best concealed. net T masa 1 a Everything that I made I used to bring ing ths ¢ Was Ta’ song, why, then ‘twas @ son: Sas, (ating, to.you en ‘was, 10 Slory, Xo ot 1 was telling nin story. Ah, .mv""dear, could you hear ‘mig. th: Blige and the glory? Did any lone praise me, to you I said j ail over: My? lenighter for you: how we laughed 1: the days past recover? My tears ‘and ‘my troubles. were yours id anyone grieve. ms. T cgzried it strplene to the love that was Sure to iblieve'me. | © my, dear, when aught happens, to, you ora arm turnings eet BaPPeD Forgdtting how far sou “hava traveles this day from my yearning. Thete i nobody "now. fo tall things to your house fs to lonely: Ana Bult I'm forgetting aud bringing m; tale to: you only. : ‘The ola days are! over;’how pleasant th Were. the fine weather, When youth and my Gatling and 1 were ag hame and’ together! And suit T'm forgetting, ockone, that no ‘onger you'fe ‘neat. mer And turn to You still with my tale, and there's 110 one to hear me. bail Kuall Gazette. iki ih hc i a al 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- se 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 eleet a new one.” “Oh, yes,” the child replied; “and then they shoot the old ones, don’t they?”—-Boston Herald. Shia iis Mee Wt _ @aakin, on the Red sea. has proved ‘am unsstisfactory port and is to be ‘eaperseced 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 1s 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 Scho'are Twenty words submitted to a spell: ing bee in Springfield, Mass., in 1846 webeifivenita the BIgh school clase at East Liverpool by Supt. Rayman, and it ts 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 731% per cent. The words submitted were accident. al. accessible. baptism, chirocraphy. characteristic, deceitfu’. descendant, eccentric evanescent flercen 2s, feign. adly, ghastliness, sniwed, heiress aystertes, | Imbecititv.. ineonceivabte iconvenience.: inefficient,. irresis: ible —Pittsiure Dispatch... " SHIELDS FOR TROCPS IN WAR. Their Gse Urged by a\Germbn Milt ‘ Karvy Weiter. - s | A writer im the ean eae faises‘anew the ‘question of ‘the vse of portable shields for the protection of infantry in the attack, says the Broad Arrow. He writes approvingly of the Japanese sprde 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 coult make no fmpression 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 shicld should be carriedjon the back, when going Into action on the chest, and when advancing to the attack in the jeft 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 |. Authority Says. “Deep auburn and the drab shades are'the fashionable colors in hair this Season.” S91d thé woman who. makes hair coloring a speciality, a3 plaziaiy 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 aa her wavy tresses. Hav- Ing been blessed with medium brown holt by nature she became a ravish- ing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in, “Next che took to titian red after a trip to the art galleries of Europe. Tnen she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair ts drab. “The lest is by far the most popv: lar of all for the reason that 1s most difficult to obtain, and. them it ts pret iy generally becoming, and it happens that women who ate born with this particular color of hatr are almost ai- ways clever ; “How is it’ done? Well, in’ casé of a woman whose hair is. dark a bleseh nmgt first be used, before the dye is applied. With women whose hair has turned gray-It 4s a still simpler p¥ofi fem. The. eplor: lasts a yeat, iis't- the head can be'wa'shed dnd 6vet ait water bathing’ does ‘not ‘allect it.’ New York Stn) * oe AE ‘WHat"Monoe Oh’ Da. They say that’money can not buy. Ther sweetest thins ‘ia ito Heglth, Heavens telends, tespect, content Or een‘ loving witer phey sav that money can’ nt uy These things for me, alas! But k= Well don't’ know! What poltght my private car? Just wealth What TeuEne ph ovely vagpt: Which salis'me fo lands wher health Is found in every snot’ What pays my specii fet. dear Jim, To keep me {n such perfect trim? Welt don't isnow! What bought the most delightful wife A'man could hope to Sit? What burs her every wish jn, tite The clothes she Gazzics, in? nd" her heart beats. not for me, nd Tam nor adored. vou see, ‘Well—t don't Know! And heaven? Oh. of course, I don’t erect to get In free; But Ifthe Vora meant’ what he sald Concerning charity, The tithe I'll give before I die * ‘Will slip me through the needle's eye, ‘Or—i don't Know! For happiness? Well. money bought This ninety-cent cigar: oe It bought this chair in which I loll, It POuahE this private car; It bought this comes end ‘T guess, If all this is not happiness, ‘WellI don't know! —New York Presa, Sat & Gasd Kdvdtteamenk 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 {I- 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 weil" 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 Requirements. A Kansas City man purchased a sity lot with the, restriction that he should not build a house on it to cost fess than $2,500. After having «paid tor the lot he decided to build a $1,508 sottage. Before he had completed tt the real 2state man from whom he bad bought che. lot threatene?. to. sue him cor dreach of contract. “This little shaék you are building” said te real-estate nan. “lacks a whole ‘lut of belt g’a 32.300 house such as you agreed to outta.” “Con't form too hasty judgyenc,” replied the uwner, “True, at }usn't cost teat tiuch set, but 1 intend to ta solid .ol brick ip the enlmney,” | ~Kangas'Chy:Pinies 0) cs) Telephone Bell W. 32. _ ‘Telephone Fone IW. B. Raymond _ FUNERAL DIRECTOR Sd Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Can | for alll Purposes, at all Hours. | The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulance | sick and wounded os Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. Cail at 43) | sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. 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Anda Self Cleaner Water fil seit Cieater Water i e that! makes the water clear’ as 4 Cryétal aha Flealthy For 60 td 75 cchts. Hee A. J. SHERIDAN : : ae ROOM 8) es 530 MINNESOTA. AVE. . KANSAS. CITY, Kal “In the shade of the Old Apple Tree” is a very popular sot jot you be popular by trading at a popular store?- L. J. MADDUX, Staple and Fancy Groceris Meats and all Kinds of Produce. HOME PHONE 784 WEST. 52 FREEMAN AVE. KANSAS CITY, In an Excuse Book. foot Geli pener rs no oa Because its employes were late a London‘house provided a book in whick 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 Buit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postace Stanc. the late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of iMustra tion. ‘The judge cast in 1860 the’ only vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an’ odd way the power of perseverance. “Lin. coln persevered,” he said, “and it is ‘only those who persevere, they who concentrate ‘their energies, 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 ina little while take up placer mining or plumbing... Consider, Tather, the postage stamp, whose use ful depends on its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.” Think What a Family Then! “Well.” said the fist policyholder throwing aside his paper, “there is ai eas: one thing we can be thankful for concerning our Mutual, friend, Mr, MeCurcy.” “Wigs that?" inquired, the second paWeniohter.e 5 3 “Thee he teo'tce Mormon” _. Res, 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 8 SOUTH AMERICA MEDICAL INSTIT Office Hours: From 10 a.m. till ‘and from 6 till 9p. ™ C,H, C. JORDAN, M1. HH Here is the Place | Jeod. Robes TONSORIAL PARU All the Latest Style Halr Cuts Shave strictly Upto-De? 435 MINNESOTA AVE “An Old French Sailor. French seamen have # SO", person of a centenarian sailor belongs alike to the Hee to the merchant service, {F bee in both, and it would be ame say In which of the two bis were the most thrilling ineludes three shipwrecs, "| of Navarino, in which be "4, tion in orders, the bloc!’ one capture by brigan’s 11 himself and his comp" *" Spanish ship which cael sait which haq capture! 2% 4 serying many years ‘ ol he became a master oni “i owner on his own ace)!" js Pierre Loirat. He ¥% November, 1805, and at 12 be Pe oe Mage ie ee eee eet s © ee, The Gvening Story. by gl svetetetetetetotetererete sorereraicreveseal OL The History of Bride Cake. polica! customs Which have been trans. Seed os fom the dstane past a Vedding feast, without the lime-hon- A tenie cake, would be considered, by eee snvral consent, thoroughly "ine sintrite, and he would be a‘bold person Seperate wr’ js omission on the festive occasion. fE, iniversal is the practice of connect yy tite cake With OUF marriage Tites, fae ove the poorest peasant contrived peek ihe nuptial board—however frugal tie tre may De Upon ft—with this nec- (har adjunct. It may. naturally’ be Shed, therefore, why the bride cake Miho be invested with so much super- Mivous ©overence ag to render its ab. free ot the marriage feast, In the eyes Sires: persons an ominous and ill-star- pa at rhe svswer to this question, like the qisin of 0 many other of our social cus- fre bos given rise to various conject- re iiss ageording to one popular feoovion. we have in the bridal cake, a pve) af the old Roman form of mar- fase" “confarreatio’ or eating togeth- fe. I oppears that at a marriags cere- ory of this kind offerings of a eake and fivecn were made to the gods. ‘The Ls of a sheep was spread” over two guirs. upon which the bride and bride gun sit down with thelr heads uncoy- fel Then the marriage was completed cthe presence of the pontifex maximus ji ton witnessesy after that another pevitoe was offered, A-cake, made by fetal vinsivg, Was earrled before the rid she was conducted to the res- Heoce of her husband. cis hy MO means clear, however, that : adopted the ‘custom from the Pon-rs Inasmuch as the same practice, s viows forms, has existed from tio memorial among remote savagan sor Sii-olvillzed peoples, who ean not be sopnosed to have obtained it from the Sir John Lubboék, in his “Origin of cwilirrtion, (1870, page $5) tells ux how among the equois, the bride and bride- rroom used to partake of a cake of “'sag- imite"—ahich the bHde offered to her buscar, ‘ ‘Tho Fiif islanders have a similar cus- tor, Among the Tipperahs, one of the hill trihes of Chittagong, the bride prepares fone drink, sits on her lover's “knee érinks ha® and gives him the other half they afterwards erook together thelr Iit- tie fingers In ne form or another a similar eus- tom is @ma among most of the hill trikes of India. © true. derivation of | bridecake therefore, is probably to be sought, no s myelin Mie ol Roman marriage nite of “comfarrentio.”. as in its symbole calure;s cory eiciae tee cae moter nither iy woe, grains om. made Inte colds Gh ineeenoavtie aenie, Been i tery romate. nation in, thig ward's history Je) neste erahtem si plenty ant Andie tHe Biirnt=ong. theforp tha iit Rene wl achat en ae from the tate: tant at ms this, roof. .af, the ridogronsn's house Wschke' itedl SbIAThT pohioh wea nde ofjpshngtse Adirhis Phe higher she tuew ithe inaler (0 wate eotueeey fkomarinte work be..nnd qx the houses wee low ann theiitectmant: se: bride ics Ghliedl 10 WO Re coe Me fo: ai Hethonian. wedding een ‘aeons Of bere. in seernedonver the hres thorse'ana @ handful of tye 4s fev, over the neste of the bridal Be hv ehnd ick’ sake, kk Sweden, Who bride. has ‘her pockets fre vith bread. it being & papular’ hes Ie vist evap pleee she Tenyels tO) the om on Sor wayta the ehireh, awill aver sores istortune i 1» countries tice, which fs the fav's ood. te substituted ‘and holds a Povinent plea in the muiptial ceremony. m the Miatnhar coast of India, the ca niles the helde'and beidezroom Bith vce, and mone the Rrahmins, the Weivenom pute three handfuls of rice on tha bridere Reeth In Joos they both partake of rlee trom the sime lsh to insure enod luck. Hence We may trace the practice in our own country of scattering rie on the bridal cminte 1) Tialy, the mother of a newly mar- He! non, on his arrival home with his trie, throws some riee behind her back. Witout enumerating further Mustra- tions. it is evident the {den of corn, fn fr Com, as an emblem of prospertty tes soon most extensively mterwoven Sith the marriage egremony in most na tons © ‘which, may probably be. traced { soveregee ascribed to the bride's Tho Me is go, seems further clear frm mony old marriage eustoms still feo oy Im different parts of the éoun- fy. so fn which the cake, aw the aym- Wo o( Sea teek holds @” prominent )) Sotkshire tf 4 eut into small square Y | then thrown for luek over the tous of the bridal eoupte, after which i 4 throuzh ating. On. the \val at her father's doora plate- {oF coke is flung from an upper wins * the crowd below. An augury 0 drawn from the fate which at- te viate, for should 1 be un- < sign Is ominous. but other- {ooo the ‘more Dleces it breaks into ood luck will follow them. ey 1M" Practice prevails in Scotland, yo) returning home from kirk, oné fo ulest of the Inhabitants throws {2/00 of short bread over the bride's ES! scramble for the broken frag ; 8 exsues it being deemed very “sto eet on plece, niovtines by ‘way of varlation eur Te: Ss broken over the head of the fal. but It ts considered very unlucky eal iw gee Se ear S a” Sr el ee ee OAT, Mrs. Tabitha Lismahago, the fragments were “istributed among the bystanders according to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every Person who ate of this hallowed cake Should that night have a vision of the man or woman whom Heaven designated should be his or her mate.-- «Again in. Moffatt’s “Health's Improve- tment,” we are to\d that when the bride comes from chureh, her friends are wont to cast wheat on her head, and when the bride and bridegroom return home, one presents him with a pot of butter, as Presaging plenty and abundance of all good things. | Referring to other bride cake customs, | it appears that in Westmoreland, at the | conclusion of the marriage ceremony the | company returned in cavalende to the bride's house, where they had dinner. In | their/arrival home, every one was pre- | sented with a slice of bride cake—locally | known as the wineberry or currant cake <awhich the bride cut up and the groom handed round to the guests. Macaulay, in his ‘History of Clay. brook,” (1791) describes another custom. | A pole was erected in front bf the house three or four fect high., with the cake stuck up on the ton of it. On the in- stant that the bride set out from her | old habitation a company of young men | started off on horseback, and he who | was fortunate enough to reach the pole first, and Knock the cake off with his | stick had the honor of recelving: it from | the hands of a damsel on the point of a | wooden sword, and with this trophy he | returned in triumsh to meet the bride and hor attendants. | As might be expected, the brlae ake | did not fall to become an equally tm- | portant source of attraction In love dt- | Vinations; and Rowe,-in his “Happy Vil- Ince" (1798) speaks of it as suen: “The wedding cake now through the ring was ted x The stockings thrown across the nuptial | bed” | To endow the bride cake, however, with prophetic virtues. Tt was considered essential to pass it throngh a wedding | rine, and according to Brand, once was | not sufficient, many performing this mag- | ie rite, as many as nine times. Numerous Thustrations of this superstition occur ‘n the Nterature of bysone times. In the “Spectator” the writer tells us | tint fie resolved to try his fortune: fast- ed all day long, that he might be sure of | dreaming upon’ something at night; pro- cured a handsome slice of bride ‘ake, which he placed very conveniently under his pillow. The “Connolssem also. notices this mode of divination: “Cousin Derby was married a lttle fwhile azo, and he sent me a piece of | ride auker to mit-andor my pillow, and Thad. the, sweetest rdreams,. 1 thoveht we wore going ayay ta be married: to- cofhen | In the northenstof Seotland, sdys' Mr sor, reat. Tees ™ tions were, forenenly te for the by of the bridal aie, nai the baking of the bride take: My haking. the latter, spesiat care wae taker With the first. layer, slgstadt shortid be brokana broken eake portending unhap- pines, Again, we are further told, by Mr Nu pier, in-hig “Folklore. of ‘the west of Scottend,"* ‘that immediately after: th martinge: ceremony’ the “bride eakesa Inrce.and elaborately preared article fs cut up and distributed, Young. girls SUI put a piece of Mt viiter their pillows in orderto obtain prophetie dreams. Io some rages this is done by a friend writ ing the names of three young mon on a Piece of Hhper Rnd the enke wrapped dn Cs put under the pillow. for thrée nichts dn guceession before it Is opened Stonld the owner ti-ve dreamed of one vf the three men it is regarded es a moot that he is to bs her ‘future hus | bana, In some parts in the north of Hngland. |x practice etl exists of puttiag wth amonz the Ingredents of the cake, and |i Invite the guests in succession to eu a slice. The person who ts lucky enough |to hola the knife when it comes upon the hidden ring ts evrsidered to be sire of happiness for the ensuing twelve months. At Burnley we find a variation of this | custom, it beng the practice of putting | SyRtdding ring and a aizpence into a flat currant cake. When a company fs | shout to retire trom the day's festivition “the jeake is broken and distributed améng the single Indies. No small ex- citement is now ocessloned. It being a populer notion that she who gets. the Ting In her portion of the cake wilt shortly be married, whereas the one who | séts the mixpence, it ts belleved wit! div ‘an old maid, : Tt fs unnecessary to add further tilus- trations of these bride cake diyinations | am those we have quoted are a fair sume | ple of the whole class. ‘They are not @pnfined moreover to our ‘own country, fhit are found in one shape or another in [every nation on the globe. |Notin the “Marrioge/of the C14°""we fave & graceful alluston to a, bridal cugtom: “Then comes the bride, Ximena, +The king he holes her tend. | And the queen, ard >it in purge ‘The nobles of the Inn All down the strect “he ears of wheat “Round Ntmena are firing Tut the king lifts o% her bosom aweet Whatever there is lying." | i the dace fone tor fy wan cnstomary in the old country to nresant the bridal | couple in the church with “Saps of wine’ =a mixture of wine and sopsed cake—a practice to which we find numerous al- lusions made by ot writers, eaumont and Fletcher, in “The Scorn- ful Lady,"" refer to it: “Believe me if my wedding smock were on, “The lhpseres and cakes ent: and arunt or: Pere a Were ssn ‘walarma enSomionmeed Si thechands = = : ret tena mp to théTchuréh® Were my teet at the door | Were ‘I John," suid, > If Jobn should boast q favor done by me, ; I would not wed that year.” z Originally, we were told that. these “sops of wine” were _ blessed before beng given to._~ the bridal couple, a__ direction _ relating to which occurs in the “Sarum Missal", In Coates’ “History of Reading” ‘page 125 In the church warden‘s account of St. Lawrence parish, in 1861) occurs the following entry: “Prydepast, It. receya of John Rad- leye 6 shillings and eight pence,’ a note further explains that the allusion 1s prob- ably to the wafers, which, together with sweet wine were given after the solemn- ization of the marriage, In Circassia there is generally set upon the carpet, in one of the rooms of the bridegroom's house, a cup of wine and a plate of dough and the first thing the bride does on entering is to spill the wine and to scatter the dough about the room, In Holland it is customary to send to friends and acquaintances at a wedding two bottes of wine, highly spicéd and Sugared and decorated with ribbon. Customs of this kind all seem-to point in our direction and to refer, as we have already said, to the notion of plenty and prosperity, "indieated by the: various {rhuts employed on this occasion. Lastly, among some of the very many old customs connected with the wed- ding cake, may be mentioned the follow- ing from Aubrey’s “Remains of Juda- ism and Gentileism.” “When J was a ttle boy, before the Civil war, I have seen, according to the custom then, the bride and bridegroom kiss over the cake at the table. It was at the close of the @inner; the cakes were laid, one upon another, like the pie- tures of the Shewbrea/ in the old Bibles. ‘The bridesroom waited all dinner.” In some Eastern villages it 1s still cus- tomary to give a piece of wedding cake to the bees, informing them of the names of the parties married. Tt is commonly believed that if this little mark of at- tention 4s omitted the bees become irate, and sting every one within reach, ‘The bride cake, in its present form, ts of comparatively modern introduction, In elden times small rectangular buns were In demand, ‘They were made of sugar, eggs, milk, splees and currants, Jeaftreson in his “Brides and Hridals,"* speaks of “The little blocks that were made in Selden's time, by every couple for thelr marriage banquet, and also by many persons who were Didden to the feast. ‘The quantity of thesé cakes brought tosether at a wedding in Eliza- hethon England, by the official caterers for the party and by the guests was very great. : Th the process of time these cakes have been artistically piled up ina large cake and feed, with a crust of white sugar, the top being adorned with sun- | dry devices. considered suitable for the | occasion, This, again, gave place to, the | menpfactire of the bride cake somewhat a8 we se ft now-a-days, and as made Jn the soventoonth gpntury, it tg thus }acsrribed by, febrile |Mrpis aay. my Julia, thow muét make Tor mistress bride, 1 wedding eqke: | Freed the doncheand it ywill be ‘To paste of nimonds turned by thee: [.Or-teigs zthon, but once or ewes {And for the:brlde dike there'll we tenise.” WESTERN PATENTS. Chapie, Alexander, Florissant, Mo. ¢ar loading apparatus. : Combs, James G..0 and I. D,, Harold Mo,, Clectrically-operated railway -sig. nal.and gate. i : Kidny, Joseph H., Lisle, Mo., main Mine sounder. z Lewallen, Chas, A., Kansas City. Kansas, smoke eqnsumer, MeGairo, Squire D., Arkow, Mo. cultivator, Millet, Shirley S., Kansas City, Mo, duplicating and swaging device, Mohler, Levi D., McPherson, Kansas smoke consuming attachment for furn. aces, Moran, David P., Wichita, Kansas, car coupling. Padgett, John G. Junction City, Kansas, inking device for printing presses. Peugh, Edwin D., Hurland, Mo., rall- way tie. i Pierce, Willizm A., Topel:a, Kansas road filling and leveling device, Wand, Lewis.” Wichita adjustablr liner for Inotyp> machines. Wilkison, William A., Avalon, Mo. Anchor, A careless remark made py some cit- izen unknown to the police started a Tun on the savings bank at Chillicothe, Ohio, recently. It began at noon and continued untfl late in the evening. Women, children, and men quit their employment and ran to the bank breathless. One depositor said he saw a statement in an evening newspaper that the bank had closed. {[t was dis- covered, however, that he saw tae bank's semi-annual statement, which read, “balance on hand at close of business November 10.” = The amount of withdrawals, it is re- ported, reached from $10,000 to $15,000. ‘The depositors who withdrew this money will lose a month’s interest. “When you were a little boy an’ fel- lers come to see your sister did they ever give you a quarter to go out an’ play?""—Louisville Courier-Journal. S++ P++eos > POtteto+e+ able to get divorce because, where her husband lived, the canse would not be sufficient. Her amesdment was not agreed to. He was a man among men, But alas! 'Tis sad, but none the less true, He met a woman— A young and beautiful woman— And she made a monkey of him. Deer Atundant as.in the Zitties. “The white tailed der has no¥ only ed to see the total disappearangé of the bison, wapiti, caribou and the “mcose (except in Maine and Northern Minnesota) from the different. loeall- ties east of the Mississippi, where ‘bese animals formerty occurred but it has survived so persistently in its ald haunts that, today. it is nearly as revlerally distributed over the Eastern States as in the sixties. Not many years ago deer were far less numerous n Maine than moose or caribou. Today ‘hey are wonderful:y abundant, while che caribou within the last decade rave entirely disappeared. The caribou ive not been exterminated by over- junting, but have retreated by choice © the more remote forests of Quebec ind New Brunswick. Old hunters have often told me that their departure trom Maine was due to the quarrel- some disposition of the buck deer and their extraordinary increase in recent years. It is possible, hetvever, that the open, primitive forests‘of the past, being now largely replaced by a thick tangle of second growth well adapted to the wants of deer but poorly to these of caribou, have caused the lat- ter to seek food elsewhere. The deer of New England, protected equally by well enforced laws, by the disappearance of their natural ene- mies and by the inexhaustible natural food supply of deciduous trees which follow the lumberman, are pushing constantly northward and eastward. Uhave found them fairly common in the Temiscouta region of Quebec, along the St. Francis and its tributar- ‘ies; also in New Brunswick along the streams and ponds drained by the Miri- michi. Mr. Edward Scudder, of New- ark, N. J., who spent last summer hunting on the peninsula of Gaspe, tells me that deer have even reached the country around the upper waters of the Little Cascapedia, where a few years ago they were unknown, Along our northern tier of States, in the big woods of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mth: (gan, tower Ontario and the Adiron- dacks, the animals are still numerous With good protection they have in- creased in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Straggiers have even penetrated into the wilder parts of Connecticut ahd occasionally the densely populated little state of Rhode {sland.—Wm. Arthur Babson in Recre- ation. General Grant and Genera! Wallace. | General, Lew . Wallace’s. . first meeting ‘with General Grant, ‘at 2 time when Wallace loomed ‘rather higher than Grant in military ai- lars is among the thousands cf fascinating: incidents described «in the Autobiography, just published ldy: the. Harpers,’ of the-author of | Ben-Hur, “Tn the latter part ‘of October, 1861, General Ulwises’ S, Grant | visited Paducah aceompanied by his staff: and he and Major John A. Rawlins, his adjutant-general, were assigned to me. “Tt is to be remembered now that in October, 1861, General Grant was comparatively unknown. Me had already rendered valuable service in the seizure of Paducah and Smithland, but the time had not yet arrived when the prescience and promptitude shown therein ad- mitted estimation. He had not even fought the battle of Belmont. So when with General Smith and Major Rawlins, he alighted from a hack in front of my house, T re- ceived him as T would anv other undistinguished officer of his-rank., “The afternoon was dark and chilly. A good fire burned in the parlor. My servant took the be- longings of the strangers, hats and overcoats: after which General Grant drew his chair towards the grate, and said, spreading his hands before the blaze, and look- ing around: “Well. this is cheerful!” “T recollect, also, the firelight il- lun-inating his face, and shining through his heard. cut short, deep- ening its natural reddish tinge Two other things. apropos of his appearance. and distinctly recalled: one, a uniform coat off-color and the worse of tarnished brass but- tons: another, that there was noth- ing about him suggestive of great- ness, nothing heroic. “T opened a box of cigars, and he smoked incessantly and talked freely but without an illusion to the war, much less the “itary situa- ‘ion.” She Weighed Five Hundred Pounce ‘The funerai of Mrs. Anna Geskill. a tegress, reputed to be the heaviest soman in'Delaware county, Pa., took place recently. She weighed nearly five hundred sounds. 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Many of the scandals’are the re- sult of a system of blackmailing’on the ‘part 6f young men to extort money from thé’ parents, and altogether the older generation sees little to gratify it in the new, Kedd—t see they have a new dance called the automobile’ dance, ‘i | Greenets it a‘bresktown? ey a ri oO a~ ay ee NE \ =e FCO) e Ag O} " i * oe ] : cS . i SA SF BE \ aS? IK 2 Tap eS i # XQUING Ee 3 paid FR fee > By VSM SME MNOS Og ; Sh LCF“ ES A ZL SSS et i eS es eS ee sree he rho eiAoli dth atin cs ee Co Sees ee a TOMMY AND MYRTLE. $i ape gee gee TR ts ea Se imal nobile. all painted a rich dark red and having the most luxurious seats one ever sat upon. And how the great monsterlike vehicle did “chu. chu and chug, chug, chug,” as it started to go. And how loud- ly the horn did “toot, toot, toot., and “honk, honk, honk,” as they came near a corner or started round a curve. This was to ware all persons within its track that it was coming. On the very first dav that they had the automobile Tommy and ‘Myrtle went with their papa and mamma for a long ride into the covniry. The sun shone bright and warm—one of those fall sunshines which makes one drowsy and a bit lazy—and a soft wind was stirring the leafless trees along tle-road- way. Before they had gone ten miles Myrtle and Tommy were nodding, their eyes seeming de- termined to close in spite of their mother’s voice telling them to sit up and enjoy the scenery along the beautiful highway. But Tom- my and Myrtle could no longer hold their own against the Sand Man, who kept blowing sand into their eyes to make them go shut. And after one’s eyes are shut one might as well go to sleep, for what can one see without open eyes? So Tommy and Myrtle—sitting together in the back seat—decided to take a nap before reaching the town, some ten miles further on. where they were to stop for lunch eon. But hardly had Tommy and Myrtle lost themselves in the land of Nod when of a sudden the auto- mobile came to a stop, their papa jumped out and assisted their mamma to the ground. Then he said to Tommy and Myrtle: “You little ones just keep your seats, for mamma and I are just\going over this bank to gather some au- tumn leaves.” ; Tommy, still very drowsy, not- ded his head and said: “Yes. papa, we'll sit perfectly still while you are gone.” Then he rested his hea against the cushioned back and Prepared to fall asleep again. Mvr- tle wes still snoozing away beside him. After sleeping what seme | a long time to the children. they awoke to find their parents still ab- sent from the automobile, which was saying “chu. chu, chu.” as though about to start. Then. to the children’s amazement, they sow sitting in the chowTenr's place—the seat that their nova oc- supic—a queer Jittle old man with a lone hear? and sparkling eves. He had turned round and was looking at them with a merry twinkle in his, eves, while a smile broadened his toothless mouth. He was co small that ealy his hea showed above the back of the seat he occupied. So ‘the children could not see what-sort of a boy he hoa. if, indeed. he had sny at all “Well, how “would you like 2 ride to the moon?” asked the strange individual, still smiling in thé children’s faces. “We can get there before dark if we goat : good speed. It’s all nonsense for people to think they can’t get tc the moon—or anv other planet they choose to visit. So. if you sa\ so we'll go to the moon.” “But our papa and mania,’ faltered Tommy. while Myrtle seemed on the point of crying ow with fear. ' “Your papa and mamma b hanged,” laughed the funny man “They don't know anything abou driving an automobile. I’ve bee: chief chauffeur to the King o Mars and the man in the. moon preee sess tecssecsecescvace’ Can the World use All the Copper Be ing Mined? With this enormous expansiot in production—470 per cent. i twenty years,—it would seem a thongh an oversupply of copper i inevitable. As a matter of fac! the American consumers of it ar absorbing, month by month, mor RO a AE ORE an ale water Lee $ @ By Maud Walker. Jests anc Jingles. 3 9 and 1 know what speed means. So, ay we'll go and sup with the ‘man in the moon tonight, going tomorrow to Mars in time for «iin- ner, if you say so.” _ Before either of the children could speak the automobile was going down the road at a terrific speed, the dust flying in a cloud about it. Ata sharp curve the machine almost went over. which made the old man cry ont anl laugh wildly, Then he rose and stood on his knees on the seat, and the frightened children could see that he was a hunchback, and al- most a dwarf. His clothing was smeared with mud and grime, and showed that he had been walking through bad roads. Scraps of grass and dead leaves clung to his back, and Tommy Spought he ‘must have been sleeping on the ground. _ But it was little the two fright- ened children thought about the appearance of their strange chauf- feur, for their lives were in danger ‘they knew. The automobile was running at a speed that took their breath at times, and Tommy clung to the side of the seat, to keep from being thrown out, while Myr- tle clung to him, “Oh, oh,” wailed Myrtle. when she could get breath to articutate, “T’m sure we'll be killed; I’m sure we'll be killed! Oh, why did papa and mamma get out of here and leave us———” But the wind took her breath, and she did not finish her poor lit- tle wail. Tommy, pale and ton scared to try to speak, sat holding onto the seat for dear life, his heart heating wildly in his breast. “One thousand miles more and we'll be on the moon's great high- way. leading straight to the nalace ier the Old Man in the Moon.” shrieked the chauffeur, turning ‘round to let the children catch his words. “Holy smoke and burning ‘cinders! but we are going some,” he went on, again cackling and screaming with delight. r They were now in a road which Jed wn a long and very steep hill, and the automobile panted furiots- lv at the extra work it had to ac- complish. Then the little; old man became more talkative, turning in his seat so that he might face the children. “Have you anything in “here to eat?” he asked, smiling still, till his toothless gums were exposed in a most hideous way. Then a thought came to Tommy, one which he immediately used. “Yes, we have a fine luncheon EE EEF ARETE TEE E44 44444644 / | Jest: a xe Some men are like drums That are banged by the boys, It's the big-headed ones { That make the most noise. x Tommy paused a moment ‘in the work of demolition. “This 1s angel cake, all right,” he said. “Hew do you know?” asked Johnny. “T've found a feather in it.” * Vicar’s Wife (sympathizingly)—Now that you can’t get about, and are una ble to read, how do you manage to o¢- cupy the time? Old Man—Well, mum, sometimes 1 sits and thinks, and then again I jus sits Punch. w Count that day lost Whose low descending sun Sees in your town. No houses new becun. the void. It is predicted that, the world over, 1,500,000,000 pounds will be'worked up into different shapes in the twelve months end: ing next December; also that, until 1912, production and consumption will be practically equal, with, per- haps, consumption a little in the lead. For the next twenty year: the total use of copper is reckoned at 12,000,000 tons, compared with ¥ SONG Js Aloe | ‘ ne (oe NYG . ee “eg uprigl Cy ee oi * CA : aia o hoy ee Si; ®t) \\ «ES (\( fe a e year | KA \ PBS Gaar Ss Vf or | en (AIS ES een ie | ? Ae =| Vs i oF —— \ = ie > —— \ ta iW | = = oe NO | ~ ee | eee “ih i \ ‘ Sitesi ee es (of chicken and cake, but it is in the basket tied under the machine. If , You get out and look underneath, you'll find it. Then we'll all have a nice little feast out here on the road.” “Tl do that, my friends,” said the old man. “I'm — hungry enough to eat a pair of baked children, if nothing else was to be had.” And here he laughed in a most diabolical manner as he said this. Then, just as they reached the top of the hill he brought the i:2- chine to a standstill, jumping out to get the basket of luncheon. “Right back under the machine,” directed Tommy, rising as he spoke and pointing toward the rear jend of the automobile. The old man went down on all fours, looking for the basket, and the moment he did so Tommy leaped over the back of the front seat and took charge of the machine. This ws his first ride in their new machin=, but often he had ridden with his uncle, who had taught him the wav to start and stop the automobile in case he should ever need to know. So, before Myrtle could ask what he intended doing, or the old man could get up from his stooping posture, Tommy had the automo- bile spinning down the slow grade of the opposite side of the hill, and was keeping it pretty well steered in the middle of the road. Never once did he look behind him to sec what their late chauffeur was do- ing, but Myrtle glanced back from time to time to see the poor old cripple running feeb!v after them. frantically. waving his arms for them to stop, his mouth open an’ his beard and hair blowing about his face. Within a few minutes, however. +++ 9444446444664444444-4¢-45 “I gave you a dime yesterday,’ re- marked the philanthropic female, “and saw you go into one of those low sa- loons.” “Yes, mum,” replied the weary way- farer, “a fellow wid on’y a dime ain't got no call to go into dem high-toned ones.”"—Philadeiphia Record. * “The very day I first met him,” said Miss Plain, “something told me he would eventually fall in love with me.” “Indeed?” replied Miss Knox; “the ‘something’ wasn't your mirror,” was it?"—Philadelphia Press. w “Ts your husband putting by any- thing for a rainy day?” asked the pru dent relative. “I think so,’ answered young Mrs Torkins, “I heard him mention several horses yesterday that he said alway: nun best on a muddy track."—Wash ingten Star. tttt+++++++++os4+++4s44444444 a total consumption in the las century of 10,000,000 tons. Alto gether, the question of the supp! of copper for future generations i one of the most. interesting i economics. This is an electrica age. Therefore, copper is one o the most accurate barometers o trade. In some respects it is a bet ter gauge of developmen’s in th industrial world than are iron an Tommy saw coming toward them a farmer's wagon, and knowing they were now so far away from the old man that he could not over- take them before the farmer ‘should come up, he slowed down the machine, fearing some accident should he go on at his present speed, with the wegon coming to- ward them, As the farmer drove up opno- site the automobile Tommy brought it to a stop; and, holding up his hand to the man, said: “Excuse me, Mister, but will you give me a little assistance in a mat- ter of great importance?” The farmer drew in the reins of his slow-going horses and looked at the occupants of the great tour- ing auto with much surprise. With- out answering Tommy's question, he asked one for himself. “Waal, Tl be durned! What . you little chaps doin’ in that infernal thing by yourselves?” The man’s question was just the thing needed, and Tommy very tolibly told all about the cause of their present predicament. Then. to the children’s horror, the man said: “Why, that little old man escaped from the insane asvlum two days ago, and the whole coun- tv is heing scoured for him. T'll just drive along and get him an! let him have a free ride to town.” So saving, the farmer started hi: thorses at a trot, and within a fer minutes Tommv and Myrtle saw him stop ond take the lunatic— against his will—into his wagon and drive on toward town with him. “Well, I guess if I could come this far without accident I can tale the machine back to where we left papa and mamma,” said Tom- Pet h444444444444545464444444 LWYe gies. SK | What a Chinese ae Thought - of Americans. They live months without eating a mouthful of rice. Suey eat bullocks and sheep in enormous quantities ‘They have to bathe frequently. The men dress all alike, and to judge from their appearance, they arc all eoolies; nefther are they ever to be seen carrying a fam or an umbrella, for they manifest their contempt of these insignia of gentlemen by leaving them entirely to women. None of them kaye finger nafls more than an eighth of an inch long. They eat meat with knives and prongs. They never enjoy themselves by sit- ting quietly on their ancestors’ graves, but jump around an4 kick balls as if vaid to do it. They have no-dtenity for they may be found walking with women. ttt +FP+4++4+4+44+tssssee soso steel. Between 1895 and 1905 th production of it increased 150 pe cent. In the samc * 1-year perioc the output of iron and steel ros: 145 per cent. Copper, as a medi um, is doing in many ways wha iron and steel used to do. Its posi tion is somewhat analogous t that of concrete'as telated to bri’ The new form produces the sam results as the old, and at a lowe: my, turning the automobile around. _ About half an hour later, as they ‘went sailing around/a curve in the road, they saw; to their great hap- piness, their parents coming as fast as they could in a small top buggy. which they explained they bor- rowed at a farmhouse that thev might overtake the children, for they had seen from where they “ere gathering the autumn leaves the little hunchback approach the autorohile and jump in, 7nd be- fore they could climb the steep ‘bank which led to the road they saw to their consternation the ma- chine speeding madly away. “Well, this is all the auto ride T want today,” said the children’s mamma, as she sat in the back seat of the machine between the children, her arms encircling both. “T never spent such an hour of stis- pense in my life as this past hour has been.” “Well, what do you suppose we (felt—behind that crazy man. who had his hands on the lever—if you were tneasy >” laughed Tommy. “We felt that we were going to svn with the old man in the moon,” ‘said Myrtle. drvlv. suppressing a smile, “And tomorrow we were to dine on Mars. Just think of the disapnointmert of our chauffeur when he has to return to his room in the asylum and postnone his en- wrrements with neonle of other worlds! Tt’s really too bad.” And everybody langhed, now that the danger ws over: and, tving the horses behind the auto, they pro- ceeded merrily homeward, all thankfil that Tom's and Myrtle’s auto ride had ended so well. See pe: | eee oe ce a (: cA Ay £ q) | EE Ke oA f iKA a a “He > Sa 4 oe mM Neg i) L ei PMLA ES After lnforraation. Dusty—Hev you got any kind of job you want done, lady? Lady—I'm sorry, my poor man, to have to disappoint you. Dusty—Dat’s all right, tazy. I jest wanted ter find out if I could take a sleep in de next lot here widout bein’ worried by offers of work. I cannot sing the old songs I sung long years ago ‘And neither can the lady Who lives in the fiar below. eeabeaaaaanannnannnnnnee rate of cost—Charles F. Speare in American Monthly Review of Reviews. “Graft in San Francisco!” exelaim- ed the Californian. *“Say, you effete easterners don’t know anything about our graft. Why, I'll bet that if the cit- izens undertake to hang the boodlers., they'd get stuck on the price of rope.” | —PHiladelphia Ledger. Little Biographies of Big 4, Henry D. Thoreau, note ant author and philosopher, was sone 22, 1817, on a.small farm oyieq muateraal grandmother near ¢,." Mass. His father, John Tho... a “quiet litle man, unobtrusive y and minding his own dusino., the same cculd not be said of i = wal ez, who was exceedingly ta) ative given to gossip, sometimes ¢: ina Tous sort; a woman who took jos In the village Vicherings with relish,’ and who was “master fairs in ber own home, hor y,.% Bently retiring to the baciesag give her full sway. aa When Henry Thoreay yw; 4 uonths old he was ehris}-neg, sa was a boast of his mother's hi; y. upright during the ceremony. erying once. Although as ic sey a fun-loving, lively little chap, he ertheless, became so serious any templative at times when in iis , year that he was called "Judge" ie. ae ene a) Nites a Ee See Ao | It is not claimed for him that be over devoted to his studies, but at school he was a conscientious remembering everything he reai, becoming at the age of 16 capatis ester college. While at college expenses—which were very moéi indeed, as compared to the col boy's expenses of today—were partly by his father, partly by avnts and his sister Helen, the being a young school teacher, and ly by his own exertions, for during ‘summer he taught school, laying his earnings to help him through: following college term. He also ed in the beneficiary funds of the lege, though the sums he received that source were modest, indeed, |_At the age of 20 he graduate Harvard, not “with honors,” bit “a good name among nis classaia| and a high reputation for ge “scholarship.” During his senior year he tells us {9 his diary that during that s (1836) he “went to New York father, peddling.” In 1838—at the age of 21— made a journey to Maine for the pose of seeking employment as tei in some school. He carried with a recommendation of worth fi pastor. Dr. Ripley, and one alsol Ralph Waldo Emerson. A copy certificate from the latter {5 here. ’ “I cordially recommend Mr. Hf D. Thoreau, a graduate of Harm university in August, 1837, to? fidence of such parents or sali! ‘as may propose to employ hin Instructor. I have the highest ° fidence in Mr. Thoreau's mors! o} acter and in his intellectual 2 He fs an excellent scholer, a a4 energy and Kindness, and | still teem the town fortunate that s™ his services, “R. WALDO FdERSON. “Concord, May, 24, 1838. But the young man’s jour! Maine ended in disappointmen’ ® he retirued to his home—Conoo where he soon appeared as a leet before e Concord Lyceum. # there he remained—with the « tion of occasional visits away 0” * nes or to visit old friends—to the 4 of his life. Oh, Boston! ig A well known Washington arel™” ~ho has just returned from los"! chortling over a good Joke on ‘het rect and literary city. He says tt! the reading room of one of the exclusive clubs in the Hub there ® sign that reads: Only low conve" permitted here.—Harper's Wer! His Experience. Benders—So you think it's 2 2 first thousand dollars that is the est to earn? Spenders—Not much. Benders—What is, then? Spenders—The first thousand Why, when a person ts bein ri for money, do we say he 1s vint "” ned? 4 | Because, in the reign of Hen" there lived a bailiff named Do? 'gained’a great reputation f0' persons pay their debts. Wie?“ other method of getting payr sent been tried without success. 1" pui to work, and “dun hn." 0° ‘the*popnlat advice as a last reel"