The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section LIBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE VOL.17 NO 48 TO A GENEROUS PUBLIC. This is to certify that the Young Men's Christian Union is an organization of young men in good faith and duly charmed, whose aims and objects are the most commendable, being the same except in name as the Y. M. C. A. They are soliciting for the purpose of creating a building, they are in truth and in fact Christian gentlemen: Have you subscribed to the building listed of the Y. M. C. U., if not do so at once. We are endeavoring to raise $5,000 beginning Jan. 14, 1907. Subscribers are as follows: J. A. Montgomery ... $10.00 J. F. Bradley ... 5.00 Artie Richard ... 5.00 S. W. Shannon ... 5.00 Thomas Knapper ... 5.00 L. W. Johnson ... 5.00 H. Miller ... 5.00 E. A. Moberly ... 5.00 Rev. W. A. Bowren ... 2.00 J. W. Haywood ... 2.00 J. A. Gerran ... 2.00 Hill and Davis ... 2.00 Frank M. Vault ... 1.00 F. S. Huffman ... 1.00 J. J. Lewis ... 1.00 J. E. Johnson ... 1.00 Elmer Johnson ... 1.00 R. T. Trotter ... 1.00 Horace Bell ... 1.00 George Warren ... 1.00 Edward Ross ... 1.00 Frank Perry ... 1.00 E. Bailey ... 1.00 W. D. Wilson ... 1.00 Geo. Morehead ... 1.00 R. L. Bruce ... 1.00 James Stewart ... 1.00 Henry Williams ... 1.00 Mrs. L. W. Johnson ... 1.00 Elsie Bradley ... 1.00 Norman L. Lacount ... 1.00 Rev. Gordon ... 1.00 Garfield Wiggins ... 1.00 Prok. W. G. Wood ... 5.00 Aaron Miles ... 5.00 The Hallord ... 5.00 H. Mattingly ... 5.00 Georgie Houston ... 5.00 Ollie Reams ... 5.00 Ollie Jenkins ... 5.00 B. Brown ... 5.00 John Holland ... 5.00 Luther Hall ... 5.00 H. E. Gillian ... 2.50 Walter Griffin ... 2.50 R. C. Sayles ... 2.50 Miss Ether. Weeden ... 2.50 Charles Scott ... 2.50 Albert Jackson ... 2.50 D. Minos ... 2.50 Earnest Shinall ... 2.50 George Bradley ... 2.50 John Herrell ... 2.50 Martin Taylor ... 2.50 Walter Guinn ... 2.50 Mike Gee ... 2.50 William Ward ... 2.50 N. W. Bailey ... 2.50 Arthur Brown ... 7.50 Thomas Reece ... 7.50 E. Brown ... 1.50 Henry Swain ... 1.50 Martin Tucker ... 1.00 L. Berry ... 1.00 Ed Davis ... 1.00 Mrs. M. Waddell ... 1.00 Mr. Robert Rowland ... 2.50 Mr. Harvey Sylvester ... 2.50 Mrs. McHenry Scott ... 5.00 Mrs. Harry Miller ... 2.00 Geo. Fleming ... 1.00 J. E. Summers ... 5.00 W. M. Briggs ... 2.50 Alfred Porter ... 2.50 Nathan McGruder ... 1.50 Frank Tolliver ... 5.00 Mrs. Davie Harpole ... 1.00 T. P. Harpole, Jr ... 1.00 J. T. Harpole ... 2.00 Publication Notice the District Court of Wyandotte County Ranassa. Sarah Shelden, Piff. vs. Charles Shelden, Dept. To the above named defendant, you are berely 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 21st day of Feb. 1907. The petition filed against you will be taken as true, and a judgement rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plain- tition and defendant, and divorcing her from malt defendant and for cost of this action. L.E. Browne Traveling Shoe Salesman for Kansas City and suburbs? Apply at H. D. Kaff So. Kauffman City Locals. Mrs. Eva Martin and Miss Maud Curtley of Argentine, Kas. was in this city this city visiting their old friends. The funeral of Mrs. Rachel Burdette, the wife of R. Burdette of 1703 N. 4th St. who died last Wednesday was held at the First Baptist Church, of which she was a member, Sundday, Rev.W A. Bowren, conducted services. She was a member of Rebecca Tabernacle who had charge of the remains. She leaves a husband one sister and other relatives and a host of friends to mourn their lost. Henry Williams of 1246 Barnet died last Thursday. Hon. Carvine Patterson went to Leavenworth, this week where he attended the Baptist State board. An old settler, Peter Merrill, who lived in this city for more than forty years died last week in Vance, Kans., at the home of Alex Williams. Life is cheaper in the United States of America than in any civilized country in the world. he law has less terror for the criminally disposed than in any part of the world where law is supposed to reign supreme, and yet this is called a Christian country, and under the highest form of Christian civilization. There were 73 lynchings in the U. S. during the year 1906, of these 70 were colored and 3 white. The lynchings occurred as follows: Colorado 1; Maryland 1; Indian Territory 1; Tennessee 2; Missouri 3; Kentucky 3; Arkansas 4; North Carolina 5; S. Carolina 5; Alabama 5; Florida 6; Texas 6; Georgia 6; Louisiana 9; Mississippi 13. Twelve lynchings occurred on Sunday and they embrace every offence from the thefts of a yearling calf to a criminal assault. Old Folks Home To build an Old Folks Home for Kansas City, kansas. Under the management of the E. P. and B. Aid Association, 50 or 100 acres of land will be purchased within a few miles of this city for the home site. The home will be built partly on the plan of a soldiers home. the building will be of trick and stone. A committee is now looking for a location, work will begin next spring on the home as the board of managers hope to have it in operation in one year. Hundreds of old colored are in grave want, most of them are exslaves and humanity demands that they be taken care of one old man 85 years living at 2725 N. 6th St. his wife Evertine Pape is 70 years old the live with their daugh ter Mrs. Mattie Bibbs who has a large family and is very poor. Invalids young and old will be cared for by the home. The association is a charitable institution and will solicit the general public for aid to build the home. Committee—Iseac B. Atkinson, Chr. Isaac Taylor, treas. W. H. Bolden, Seo Wade Reed, Mosee Martin, Mrs. S. A. A Taylor, Mrs. Minnie Reed, Ed Swan- agan, Mrs. Kattie Jackson, Verge Jack- son, George Miller, Peter Shirley, Reu- bin Bell, "Henry Harris," John Malone, Mrs. Minnie Payne, H. A. Jackson, L. A. Aldrieh, Henry Woadfork, W, H, Hollinsworth, Headquarters at $1508 n.street. First Paper Made in England. The first English paper maker was John Tate, who founded a mill at Hertford at the close of the fifteenth century. Tate made a fine thin paper, having for a watermark an eight pointed star within a double circle. White coarse paper was made by Sir John Spelman, a German at Dartford in 1690, and here the first English paper mills on a large scale were erected. Till 1690, however, when William III. passed an act to encourage the home manufacture of white KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING, 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 1003 the petition filed against you, will be taken as true, and a judgement rendered against you, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divoreng plaintiff from defendant and awarding to her her maiden name Plearl Jordan, and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, atty, fer pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles. Clerk. 1st pub. June 1, 1906 Race Notes Let us not discredit the other fellow's efforts merely because his way is not our way. There is all kinds of work for all kinds of men, and there may be as many good methods of attaining results as there are good workers. I Colliers Weekly of New York city has issued orders to its soliciting agents on the field not to accept subscriptions from Colored patrons saying, "business of this description, we figure can mean nothing but loss," As we figure this business will mean a saving of much money to our people of which can be much better invested in other ways. Mr. W. H. Kennedy a prominent colored Republican of New Orleans has been appointed Reciever of Public moneys by President Roosevelt. Dr. Harvey Johnson pastor of the Union Baptist church, Baltimore, Md., has entered suit for $1.000 damages for being ejected from a coach on the B. & O. railroad in making an interstate journey from Baltimore, Mo. to Harpers Ferry, Va. last August. 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 ceased. Creditors and all persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that at the next regular term of the Probat 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. Executrix of Peter Bruns, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my uand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court in the municipality A.D. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge --- Wardrobe for The day was not when the wardrobe necessary for crossing over to England was discussed with as great earnestness as to the preparation of a trousseau. Now with a couple of business suits, a heavy coat, a soft hat and a steamer trunk full of linen the regular traveler is ready for the voyage. There is always one man who wears his evening clothes at dinner and the curious thing about him is that he always looks as if he had never worn them before. But there is usually only one of this type, just as there is one of the man who appears on deck the last day out with a silk hat.-Outing. Why Du Chanlu Wills Bacheler. The late Paul du Caffau was on one occasion asked why he had never married. "Well, once upon a time," he answered, without a smile, "an old African king who was very fond of me offered me my choice of 853 women as a wife. 'Your majesty,' I replied, 'If I should marry one of these beauties of yours there would be 853 joyous women here.' 'Well,' replied the king, 'that is easily settled. Take them all.' That was a little too strong. 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, 1906, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will e a degree dissolving the bonds' of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and restoring plaintiff to her maiden name, Birdle Renick and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atta. for Pflf. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Charles De Kay, the well-known art critic, has some pertinent things to say in Broadway, concerning Americans as art collectors. "New York," he writes, "to those who are in the way of hearing about works of art in private hands, is a constant surprise by reason of the treasures that unexpectedly appear. American collectors are independent folk in some respects; they are apt to shun observation in their projects; they dislike to buy things which have been much exhibited. Moreover, they are singularly shy of each other, in a way jealous. They hold aloof, one from the other instead of taking counsel, as if they were afraid to be thought to lean on another's opinion and were pursued by the idea that a fellow collector might snatch the prize from under their noses. Sometimes their scepticism regarding objects offered them by dealers in New York is comically offset by the ease with which dealers in London and Paris mulet them of great sums. The case in point was a tapestry offered to a certain very rich man in New York for sixty thousand dollars $60,000)—and declined. He went to Europe and bought a set of five tapestries of the same period (old Flemish) for the tidy sum of six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000). But in this set of five, there were two pieces which were no other than the single tapestries offered him the year before for sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). This tapestry had been sent back to Paris, cut in two, the halves provided with borders like the other three and the whole set of five sold to the same millionaire for one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) a piece. It is generally agreed in Washington that Viscount Siuzu Aoki, ambassador from Japan to the United States, is the spunkiest diplomat ever seen there. When the viscount made his first call at the state department to protest against the separation of the Japanese from white children in the San Francisco public schools there is said to have ensued the most heated colloquy Secretary Root has ever had with a foreign diplomat. The ambassador of his imperial majesty was wroth all through and he let the calm-tempered Mr. Root know it without mincing words a bit. Mr. Root forthwith communicated with the president and the result was the immediate dispatch of Secretary Metcalf to San Francisco to look into the situation carefully and make a full report to the president. Viscount Aoki's wife is a German of high birth and he seemed to feel that the treatment accorded the children of Japanese at San Francisco was a personal insult constituting an international incident of grave portent. What species of animal lives to the greatest age is a question that has not been satisfactorily answered, but an official of the National zoo at Washington asserts that a giant tortoise, recently brought from Mauritius to the London zoological gardens, is probably the oldest living creature whose age is positively known. This tortoise which weighs a quarter of a ton, has lived at least 150 years, as historic documents prove. The same authority avers that 100 years is a good old age for an elephant, and no other animals, except certain birds and reptiles, reach half this span of years. But in 1821 a tortoise died at Peterborough, England, whose age was said to be 220 years. One instance, at least, is known of a tortoise which was still growing when 80 years old. 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, 1906, the plaintiff above named, John Cullahan, 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: That he is now and has been the owner in fee simple and in the actual possession of the following described real estate, lying and situate in Wyandotte County, Kansas, to-wit. All of lots thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), in back sixty one (61) in Armourdale, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, according to the recorded platter thereof. That the defendant above named and the unknown heirs of S. 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 unmarkable. That said claim of said above named defendants and the unknown heirs and devisees 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 plaintiff's 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 devisees 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, 1906, the allegations thereof will be taken as true and a judgment 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 rhe best "make" and highclass instrument of today. Call and examine and get terms, No. 411 Neb. ave. K. C. K. 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 cordall invited Nice Furnished Rooms for rent with board or without, will be at home to friends on Thursday, 413 Oakland ave. Mrs. Annie Williams. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County kansas. Frank Benton, Plaintiff. vs. Jane Benton, Defendant. The above namee defendant will hereby take notice that she has been sued by the above named plaintiff i the above hamed court, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 30th day' of April 1066 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 this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atty, for Piff Attest: Wm. Needles, Cleek. Notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte, {se In the Probate court in and for said County, In the matter of the Estate of Corvila Broadus, Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate are hereby notified, that at the next term of the Probate Court in and for said County, to be begun and held at the Probate room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State aforesaid on the first Monday in the month February, A. D. 1907. I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate. C. Patterson, Administrator with will annexed of Corvila Broadus, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 18th day of December A.D. 1006. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. 1st Pub. Dec. 21. CONTENTMENT. A rose beside a cabin door. IS Section CALL HERE Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte. In the Probate court in and for said county y In the matter of the Estate of; Narciss Matilla, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration with will annexed have been granted to the undersigned, on the Estate of Narcissus Wattila 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. Elmer J. Champe, Administrator of the; Estate with will annexed of Narcissus Matilla, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the county of (SEAL) Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have herseto set my hand, and affixed the seal of, the said Probate-Court this 13th day October, A. D. 1906. Winfield Freeman. Probate Judge. Oct. 19. V notice of Final Settlement. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte ss 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 Coudy, to be begun and held at the Probate Court 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 and final settlement of said estate Eliza Dudley Administratio of Anthony 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 affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 12th day of October A.D.1906 Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge Executors Notice. State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte 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 Honoreable, the Probate Court of the County and State foresaid, dated the 17 day of July, 1006. 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. NOTE LETS For Rent- To desirable parties(gen tieman 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 Easily at 107 N. 6th st., conveniently located only one block from the Minnesota ave, car line., Prices reason able. Mrs. Raed, 528 Nb. ave., has a few nicely furnished roms 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 1068 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 cease and proceed accordingly. NOW IS the time Subscribe For the Weekly American The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. at 1510 North 3rd Street KANSAS CITY . . . . KANSAS REV. G. McNEAL, Asso. Editor. Geo. A. Dudley, Editor in Chief; Publisher and Business Manager. Terms of Subscription in Advance. One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....65c Three Months.....40c One Month.....15c Advertising 25 cents per inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Ad' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. Grangemouth is the name of a Moscow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side. Waldorf Astor has become so thoroughly anglicized that he is going to marry an American girl. A clergyman says that bridge whist leads to mental decline. Why doesn't he try poker for a change? Senator Pettus is declared to be a poor man and fond of poker. The last explains the first, possibly. Perhaps boys should be thankful for whippings, as somebody declares, but they seldom are before they are 45. Sweet Spring is now approaching, and Summer with the rose, so poetry's encroaching upon the field of prose. King Edward was "warmly received" in Paris, but not in the same way as when he used to be prince of Wales. The czar will reserve the right to wield the big stick over the Douma, according to the latest advices from St. Petersburg. We learn from the New York Mall that women are using garters to keep those long, arm-length gloves in place. But do they hold? Manchuria will be finally evacuated by the Japanese in a few days. It has taken them longer to get out than it did to get in. It is now believed that Anna Gould is going to give Boni one more chance, in spite of the fact that he has taken a great many already. Uruguay should not be blamed for having a revolution. A review of recent South American history shows that it is Uruguay's turn. Asks the editor of the Pittsfield Journal: "Are there four girls with gray eyes in Pittsfield?" Apparently ye scribe means to get busy. Queen Maud of Norway is losing her health because she fears her husband will be killed. This queen business is not all pickles and pie. It was not long ago that all the "success" magazines were pointing to the Pittsburgh millionaires as examples to the youth of the land. With 10,000 doctors in convention in Boston next summer, the rest of the country ought to have a good opportunity to get well.—Boston Globe. It is a pity that the great romancers of the sea did not live in a generation which affords such thrilling material as the log of the dry dock Dewey. A Minnesota man says he has discovered the cause of the aurora borealis. But what bearing will this have on the price of coal this year? Much to the surprise of everybody, some of the phenomenal ball players added to the leading nines as marvelous discoveries will probably make good. Cheer up, mister! The president of the Dressmakers' National Protective Association says that women's dress will be less expensive this year than ever before. The Japanese, says one of their statesmen, should adopt chairs and develop their legs. Well, short legs did not prevent them from "getting there" in the late war. Portla, as quoted by the editor of a kind of society paper, is made to say: "How far that little scandal throws his beams! So shines a bad deed in this haughty world." News comes from the east that the seventeen-year locusts will devastate the land this year. How many times in the course of a decade do the seventeen-year locusts come, anyhow? As the last suffragist was detatched from the doorknob and put into the police wagon, the premier of the great British Empire crawled out from under his bed and sighed a sigh of relief An actor has become a soldier in order to escape the adulation of matinee girls. We know several W. B. Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR and Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Carriages for alll Purposes, at all Hours. The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulance for sick and wounded on Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at 431 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. Employment and Information Bureau for the members of the Association. ISAAC B. ATKINSON, President of the E. P. & B. [Aid] Association. W. H. BOLDEN, Acting Secretary. Peter Shirley, Canvassing Agent. Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B. R. FUNERAL and Embalmer. The very best for all Purpose The Best Equipped White sick and on Short Notice. Charges R sota Ave., Kans Local Office of The Ethiopian Protec Aid As Employment and Informati of the Ass 1508 N. 3rd Street. BELL TELEPHON The Ethiopian Protective and Beneficial Aid Association, National Convention 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, Topeka 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.1700 ISAAC B. AT President of the E. P. W. H. BOLDEN, Acting Secret Peter Sh Value of Moderate Eating. No matter what kind of food be taken, the quantity should be small. The human body can live and thrive and work on a surprisingly small quantity of nourishment. Great mod ification in eating is, therefore, one of the keys that unlock the doors of long living. Greatest Misfortune of Life Mayors appear to have had their troubles two centuries ago. At Bielefeld, Germany, there is a tombstone with this inscription: "Here lies Johannes Burggewe, who considered his election as burgomaster of this city the greatest misfortune of his life." The Day's Length. By a simple rule, the length of the day and night, any time of the year, may be ascertained by doubling the time of the sun's rising, which will give the length of the night; and double the time of setting will give the length of the day. Cold Baths vs. Drunkenness Cold Baths vs. Drunkenness. In the course of a discussion at the sanitary congress Mr. Weaver declared that it was almost impossible for anyone taking a cold bath every morning to become an habitual drunkard.-London Telegraph. Hunt Treasure at Mont Pelee. Treasure hunting has become the principal occupation of the islanders of Martinique. They dig day and night among the ruins caused by the eruptions of Mont Pelee for gold and other valuables. No Dutiful Wife Will Do It Once when a man loses all love for his wife is when he holds a straight flush against four aces in a little poker game and she has the four aces. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Radium Kills Mice. Before the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Bouchard stated that mice exposed to emanations from radium died in six hours. Thunder Kills Oysters Thunder Kills Oysters. Oysters are such nervous creatures that a sudden shock, such as a loud thunder-clap, will kill many hundreds of them. Not So Likely to Happen. If our hearts expanded as readily end as easily as our heads swell, the Telephone Home W. 32 Raymond DIRECTOR Rest of Service, Fine Carriages es, at all Hours. Enameled Ambulance for wounded reasonable. Call at 431 Minne- as City, Kansay. Protective and Benefician Association Union Bureau for the members association. Kansas City, 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 etc., 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 earning 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, & B. Aid Association. ary. irley, Canvassing Agent. To the Afflicted To those who are suffering with Chronic diseases and especially such as other Doctors have given up. Call on Doctor Benjamin 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. Ingesting. Side Pleurisy, call on me at Quindaro Kansas. He refers you to any of the following persons whom he has treated for their different cases: Maggie Jenkins foot of Freeman, Mrs. R. Grigsby, Quindaro; Mrs. H. H. Everett, Quindaro; Laura Kennedy, 506 Oak, and Anna Becham 019 Pacific both in K. C. Mo. 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 position filed in said cause will be taken and a judgment renamed the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plain- and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and for cost as this action. Attest: test: By I. F. Bradley. Atty. Wm. Needles. Olerk. Dec. 7 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 arch SHIELDS FOR TROOPS IN WAR. Their Use Urged by a German Milli- 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 Brac Arrow. He writes approvingly of the Japanese spade work in the offensive, the more so because he mentions incidentally, as a matter regarding which there can be no dispute, that the German authorities have long since advocated the use of artificial cover in the attack, and points out that when the ground was frozen or rocky, and the spade could make no impression upon it, the attacking Japanese infantry not infrequently went forward, carrying with them filled sandbags weighing as much as forty pounds. He remarks that if the undoubtedly brave Japanese soldier found it necessary to load himself with so bulky and burdensome a protection when advancing in the open against an intrenched enemy it would seem far better to equip the infantry with a light, handy shield. Furnished with a handle by which to carry it, a loophole to fire through and some arrangement to prevent its falling down, the infantryman would then find himself, like his gunner comrade, protected by a bullet-proof shield. The writer in the Wochenblatt suggests that on the march the shield should be carried on the back, when going into action on the chest, and when advancing to the attack in the left hand, so as to be at once available for use when lying down to fire, both as head cover and rifle rest. YOUR HAIR SHOULD BE DRAB. That is the Fashionable Color, So an Authority Says. "Deep auburn and the drab shades are the fashionable colors in hair this season," said the woman who makes hair coloring a speciality, as placidly as though she were commenting on the state of the weather or the advance style in dress goods. "One of my customers has to my knowledge worn five different colors or shades on her wavy tresses. Having been blessed with medium brown hair by nature she became a ravishing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in. "Next she took to titian red after a trip to the art galleries of Europe. Then she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair is drab. "The lest is by far the most popular of all for the reason that is most difficult to obtain, and then it is pretty generally becoming, and it happens that women who are born with this particular color of hair are almost always clever. "How is it done? Well, in case of a woman whose hair is dark a bleach must first be used before the dye is applied. With women whose hair has turned gray it is a still simpler problem. The color lasts a year, while the head can be washed and even salt water bathing does not affect it."—New York Sun. What Money WILL Do They say that money can not buy The sweetest things in life— Health, heaven, friends, respect, content, Opportunity. On the other hand, They say that money can not buy These things for me. alas! But I— Well—I don't know! What bought my private car? Just wealth, What bought my lovely yacht, Which sails me to lands where health is my spot. What pays me special dear Jim, To keep me in such perfect trim? Well—I don't know! What bought the most delightful wife A man could hope to win? What buys her every wish in life— The mother she dazzles in? And if I were her me, And I am not adored, you see, Well—I don't know! And heaven? Oh, of course, I don't Expect to get in free; But if the Lord meant what he said Concerning charity, The Lord said I do. For happiness? Well, money bought this ninety-cent cigar; It bought this chair in which I loll, It bought this private car; It bought this promac-and, I guess, If all it was guessed, Well-I—I don't know! A Welsh judge had before him a case in which a printer sued a pork butcher for the value of a large parcel of paper bags with the butcher's advertisement printed thereon. The printer, having no suitable illustration to embellish the work, thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man's name and address, but ultimately the latter refused to pay. The judge, looking over a specimen, observed that for his part he thought the lion and the unicorn were much nicer than an old fat pig. "O well," answered the butcher, "perhaps your honor likes to eat animal like that, but my customer's don't. I don't kill lions and unicorns — I only kill fat pigs!" Verdict for defendant.—New York World. Building Up to Requirements A Kansas City man purchased a city lot with the restriction that he should not build a house on it to cost less than $2,500. After having paid for the lot he decided to build a $1,500 cottage. Before he had completed it the real estate man from whom he had bought the lot threatened to sue him for breach of contract. "This little shack you are building." said the real estate man, "lacks a whole lot of being a $2,500 house such as you agreed to build." "Don't form too hasty judgment," replied the owner. "True, it hasn't that much." AMERICAN HAIR GROWER BEFORE USING PIOTURES TAKEN FROM LIFE. 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SH that makes the water clear as a Crystal and Healthy. For 50 to 75 cents. "In the shade of the Old Apple not you be popular by trading at a p L. J. M Staple and Fa Meats and all K "In the shade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular song—Why 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. Because its employees were late a London house provided a book in which the tardy ones were to write excuses. Reasons for lateness were not much varied. At the top of the page one would write "Train delayed," or "Omnibus horse died," as the case might be, and the rest fell into the habit of making ditto marks and letting it go at that. But not long ago one man had a new excuse. He wrote with pride: "Wife had twins." The second slow person that morning was in a great hurry, and did not notice the innovation, but made his customary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stamp Example of the Postage Stamp. The late judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustration. The judge cast in 1860 the only vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an odd way the power of perseverance. "Lincoln persevered," he said, "and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, who succeed. Don't give three years to journalism and then, discouraged, try the law awhile. Don't learn the grocery business and in a little while take up placer mining or plumbing. Consider, rather, the postage stamp, whose useful depends on its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." Think What a Family Then! "Well," said the first policyholder, throwing aside his paper, "there is at least one thing we can be thankful for concerning our Mutual friend, Mr. McCray." 530 MINNESOTA AVE. 852 FREEMAN AVE. In an Excuse Book. aner Water Filter or as a Crystal and Healthy. 75 cents. ERIDAN M 8. Tree" is a very popular song—Why popular store? ADDDUX, ncy Groceries inds of Produce. Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 Whita SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 p. m., C. H. C. JORDAN, M. M., M. D. Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TONSORIAL PARLOR All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly Up-to-Date 438 MINNESOTA AVE. An Old French Sailor. French seamen have a dozen in the person of a centenarian. The old sailor belongs alike to the navy and to the merchant service, for he served in both, and it would be difficult to say in which of the two his adventures were the most thrilling. His record includes three shipwrecks, the battle of Navarino, in which he won mention in orders, the blockade of Algiers, one capture by brigands, followed by himself and his companions seizing the Spanish ship which captured the corail which had captured them. After serving many years before the mast he became a master and small ship ower on his own account. His name is Pierre Lourat. He was born in ROOM 8. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS KANSAS CITY, KANSAS SHOOT AT HUMAN TARGETS. Frenchmen Bring Bloodless Dueling to an Exact Science. Shooting at human targets merely for the sport derived from it, and as a test of marksmanship, in other words, bloodless dueling or fencing with pistols, has been made possible through the invention by a Frenchman of a harmless wax projectile. This new diversion is really no more serious than fencing with swords, and has that spice of realism in it that tends to make any sport popular. The new bullet is an ingenious device and required a great deal of experiment before being perfected. The situation was thus: A heavy projectile must necessarily have a wounding force, a light one loses its precision, and a soft bullet will be changed in shape and describe an irregular trajectory; therefore a harmless projectile to be effective must differ from all these. The Frenchman's product is a spherical ball of wax fat, with a small charge, and in tests twenty-four balls were lodged in succession in a rectangle four by five inches at twenty cards. At a six day tournament held in the Tuilleries the efficiency of the wax bullet was demonstrated The combatants wear thick screens for masks, with heavy glass over the eyes and wear thick clothing to prevent bruising from the impact of the balls. The distance is twenty-five paces and the weapons are revolvers. The director of the combat, keeping his gaze fixed upon a metronome which beats 90 to 100 times a minute, makes the inquiry as in an actual duel, "Are you ready?" and when they reply "Yes" the director, timing his words exactly to the beats of the pendulum, cries, "Fire—one—two—three!" At the command "Fire!" the adversaries raise their weapons and shoot. The two shots must be made before the command "Three!" As the participants in these trials were experts they made a good average, hitting their man six or seven times out of eight shots. Although more than 1,600 balls were fired, there was not the slightest accident. The wax bullets can be used in apartments as well as in the open air without the inconvenience of the lead ball of small caliber, which will probably lead to its introduction into the armies of the various nations for practice shooting-Popular Magazine. Broken Friendships Some one has said "it is sad to bury a friend, but sadder far to bury a friendship," and only those who have felt the desolation of this can appreciate its full truth. To realize that an ideal is shattered, a faith misplaced, and an affection slain is an experience too bitter for words, and yet, such things are. We may say the friendship did not exist, or what did exist was not worthy that exalted name; but whatever it was, we know we believed in it, swore by it, and suffered when we came to the end of it. Those charming lines from Moore, the melody of which is as beautiful and soul stirring as the words themselves: "The heart that has truly loved never forgets, but as truly loves us to the close," was not meant, we fear, for this age of spasmodic tendencies. Any of us who are of spasmodic tendencies .any of us, who turn and look back upon life are horrified at the long line of ghosts following in our wake, and multiplying so rapidly as we grow older that we wonder why the angels of faith and hope ever walked before us. We have believed in love; we have counted upon and lived our love, but love often greets us at last with grinning teeth and sunken eyes. We have been taught, too, that "the greater absorbs the lesser," yet, what a thy thread will oftentimes sever an affection that has brought us joy for years. A foul word, a treacherous act, a wanker worm in the shape of "somebody else," and then—the end. Webury our dead and look upon even the memory of it with a heart as cold as it will be under the sod. Our grief was intense, maddening, perhaps, but it is over and we walk on through life, wiser and sadder, for ever more.—Imogene in Washington Herald. Do you intend to inaugurate any great reforms this year, Senator?" asked the beautiful girl. "No," replied the statesman. "My present term will not expire until 1909."—Chicago Record Herald. Boyce—Was there a shooting affray in that saloon around the corner last night? Joyce—No; that cracking sound was made by a lot of men breaking their New Year's resolutions. Husband—My dear Emily, why is it am always in the wrong. Wife—Become I am always in the right. Poverty and Love. "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window." From our earliest childhood we have been taught that this is a very ignoble sentiment, but as we, wander—or are tossed—through the years of life, we question it very seriously. Not that we cannot see the beauty of love under all conditions, if it can exist, but we are inclined to believe that it is utterly incompatible with the degrading influences of poverty. Degrading? Yes, that is the phrase we use. Let the illusionists clutch the air and rall as they will, we still hold that poverty is degrading even in the realms of gentility. Not to the depths of depravity, as some may interpret this, but degrading so far as sentiment, romance and pride are concerned. Love is the lightness and the brightness—the butterfly whose wings flutter only in the warm sunshine. How, then, is it possible to sing, to dream, to laugh, even, with the fascinating abandon of joy when the mind is weighed down with the hard, cold facts of life, and the heart is numb with the despair of selfdenial? We know all the stereotyped platitude such as "riches do not always bring happiness;" "poverty isn't the worst thing in the world," etc., etc., but we say unreservedly that, generally speaking, poverty is the worst thing in the world. Does it not make people steal, forge, and even murder? Does it not send women to the dogs and men to the penitentiary? Does it not break homes and separate families? Then isn't it utterly absurd to talk of combining it with the beauty, the romance, the sentiment of love? If riches do not bring happiness, then why should one man be able to travel the world over that he may be rid of a distressing malady, going where the air is most bracing and the waters most famous? If not cured, he has prolonged his life many years. Why are you able to rush your suddenly stricken child on to a noted specialist, while I must wring my hands and see mine die? Why is a neighbor's wife carefully carried to the best hospital and watched over day and night by a trained nurse, while another's drifts into the great beyond solely for the want of proper attention? Answer me these questions and I will tell you if the rich man does not thank his God with the rising and setting of every sun for the blessings he enjoys, then he is not worthy the name of man. But we are not here to discuss great wealth. Let this be clearly understood The theme of these few lines is poverty and love. Some finds in a degree of wealth the power to give it the food it feeds upon—flowers, music, diversion, the dainty accessories of life. Each and all of these combine to keep the heart light and the mind free from care. Without these, the love that goes with romance and with sentiment will surely die, and, once dead, come disaster and divorce.-Washington Herald. Bottled Up. D. H. Morris, the president of the Automobile Club of America, has on his Long Island estate a fine chicken farm, says the New York Tribune. At a dinner in New York Mr. Morris, in response to some compliments on the success of his farm and on his knowledge of chickens, said, with a laugh. "And yet I was as ignorant of chickens a few years ago as—as a farmer on his first visit to New York was ignorant of city ways. "Everything was fine,' this farmer said when he got back home from New York. 'Everything was fine except the light. They kept the light burning in my room all night long—a thing I ain't used to, and I couldnt sleep on account of it.' "Well, Hi, why didn't you blow it out?" said his wife. "Blow it out? How could I?" said the farmer. "The blame thing was inside a bottle." An Irishman having been told that marriages were made in heaven felt some doubts on the subject, and taking pencil and paper he wrote the following: "Though matches are all made in heaven, they say, Yet Hymen, who mischief oft hatches, Sometimes deals with the house 'tother side of the way. And then they are Lucifer-matches." Elderly Coquette—I don't like this furniture. It isn't suited for my style Dealer—What do you say to something antique.—Life. Better write your good deeds in something more endurable than ink. Chemists tell us that all records written in ordinary ink now will be completely faded out in seventy years. The candle still rolds its own, notwithstanding petroleum, gas and electricity. The production of candles in the United States during the fiscal LAWYER WA3 OUTDONE. Witness Got Back at Him in the Cross Examination. A veteran member of the Palimors bar tells of an amusing cross-examination in a court of that city. The witness had seemed disposed to dodge the question of the counsel for the defense. "Sir," admonished the counsel sternly, "you need not state your impressions. We want facts. We are quite competent to form our own impressions. Now, sir, answer me categorically." From that time on he could get little more than "yes" and "no" from the witness. Presently counsel asked: "You say that you live next door to the defendant?" "Yes." "To the north of him?" "No." "To the south?" "No." "Well, to the east, then?" "No." "Ah!" exclaimed the lawyer sarcastically, "we are likely at last to get down to the one real fact. "You live to the west of him, do you not?" "No." "How is that, sir?" the astonished attorney asked. "You say you live next door to him, yet he lives neither to the north, south, east, or west of you. What do you mean by that, sir?" "I thought perhaps you were competent to form the impression that we live in a flat," said the witness calmly. "but I see I must inform you that he lives next door above me."—Atlanta Constitution. What it Costs to Run an Automobile. The prospective automobile purchaser must realize that even though he buys a runabout—the smallest type of motor, carrying the driver and one other passenger—he is not going to be able to keep the car in operation for $5 or $10 a month. It has often been said, and truly, that it is not the first cost of an automobile that counts so much as the maintenance expense. It may be possible for a man with a small car who motors modestly to get along with an expense of $20 or $30 a month if he has good luck and handles his car carefully and considerately, but the average cost of maintenance will be from $50 to $300 and even more a month. Here are some figures from bills I paid while the owner of a car of the runabout type with a single cylinder 8-horsepower engine and convertible body carrying two or four passengers. These are my expenses for seven months, from April to November, when I covered nearly 10,000 miles. My bill for April follows: One gallon of cylinder oil ..... 75 Two inner tubes ..... 15.00 Extra fan belt ..... 1.50 6 Repairing puncture ..... 75 10 Repairing puncture ..... 75 12 One auto jack ..... 4.50 14 Four hours time adjusting ..... 2.00 18 Half gallon cylinder oil ..... 38 21 Patching inner tube ..... 75 23 Two hours time adjusting ..... 1.00 26 Extra spark plug ..... 4.50 30 One month's storage ..... 12.00 Gasoline for month Total ..... $55.88 My bill in May was $67.22 and was made up chiefly for mechanics' time in making adjustments, as I was not then familiar enough with the car to do this work myself.—American Monthly Review of Reviews. Blushes Made to Order. A dermatologist has solved the mystery of converting a faded society woman into a study in pink and white, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The beauty doctor has already made several successful experiments with his fountain of youth. He simply tattoes a blush on the cheeks without injury to the flesh or skin. He declares the process does not cause pain—not even a wince—because the needle only enters the skin one-sixteenth of an inch. He uses vegetable coloring to produce the schocgirl blush. This is injected under the skin. The fluid is said to be quite harmless and really possesses antiseptic properties. Two sittings are necessary for a complete operation, and the effect for a few days is not pretty. The complexion changes from pink to red and finally to a delicate pink. Miss Forty Summers—I had a proposal last night and refused it. Miss Crusher—You are always thinking of the welfare of others, aren't you, dear? ""emmy." said mamma (who had noticed severe bruises on his face), "you've been fighting again." "Yes, mamma." "And didn't you promise me that when you wanted to hit anyone you would always stand still and count a hundred?" IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS PE-RU-NA CURED HIM. Cold Affected Head and Throat—Attack was Severe. Chas. W. Bowman, 1st Lieut. and Adjt. 4th M. S. M. Cav. 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And it is not potent in the case of that particular wrong, it should not be recognized for condoning passionate revenge for any wrong. Every man subject to jury duty should be made to understand that the "unwritten law" is a relic of barbarism and an expression of anarchy.—Boston Herald. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY, Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation She—What interested you most in your travels, major? Major—Well, the mummy of a queen I saw in Egypt. It is wonderful how they could make a woman dry up and stay that way. Philadelphia Inquirer. Police of the city of New York arrest each day an officer THE HOME CIRCLE. How to Raise the Pile of Velvet—When the pile is pressed down; cover a hot smoothing-iron with a wet cloth, and hold the velvet firmly over it; the vapors arising will raise the pile of the velvet with the assistance of a light whisk. Where the velvet has been crushed, hold the wrong side over a basin of quite boiling water, and the pile will gradually rise. Do not lose patience for it takes a considerable time, but the result is marvelous. To Remove Vaseline Stains—Treat them as you would other grease spots. Sponge first with ammonia, then cover with a paste of powdered chalk. Leave the earth, wet with a little water. This on, two days, brush out the powder, and if you do not wish to wash the whole counterpane sponge the place where the spot was with alcohol, rubbing dry with a soft cloth. To Restore the Color of Mahogany—Wash with soap and water, then apply an ounce of alkanet root, cut in small pieces and add to it a pint of linseed oil. When this solution has stood for a week, add half an ounce of shellac varnish. Allow to stand near the fire for a week, strain and rub with a soft woolen cloth. To Restore Upholstery That Has Become Faded—Beat and dust out thoroughly, and afterward brush; then apply a strong lather of castle soap, by means of a hard brush; wash the lather off with clear water, and afterward wash with alum water. When dry, the colors will be restored to their original freshness. When the colors have faded beyond recovery, they may be touched with a pencil dipped in water colors of a suitable shade, mixed with gum water. Varnish for Harness—Alcohol one gallon; white turpentine, one and a half pounds; gum shellac, one and a half pounds; Venice turpentine, one gill. Let stand by the stove till the gums are dissolved, then add sweet oil, one gill, and color it, if you wish, with lamp black, two ounces. This will not crack like the old varnish. Where there are a number of children in a family who go to school they generally need erasers in their lessons. The pennies count up when there are four or five to buy at five cents apiece. But I have found a way of saving. Give the children the rubber cork which comes on ammonia washing fluid bottles, etc. They do the work just as well and last longer. MRS. JAS. WRIGHT, Callaway County, Mo. Brown and black checkered cloth was used for the young girl's street frock shown in the sketch, the model being of the plainly tailored variety, with a short plaited skirt and a semi-fitting coat. The coat had a seam from the shoulder both in front and back, and was made double-breasted. There was a pocket on each hip and on the left side of the front. "Is Dr. J. Millington Thompson, the throat specialist, in the audience?" asked one of the ushers, just after the curtain had gone down on the second act, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Yes," answered a little man in the fourth row, rising to his feet. "Your house is on fire," said the usher. "I suppose I'll have to go and see about it," said Dr. Thompson, "but I have no uneasiness about the house. It's insured in the Quickpay Fire and Tornado Indemnity Company, the best in the country." Stepping out into the aisle, he moved with serene and leisurely dignity toward the door, the observed of all observers. There are but two cities in the world where the coral industry is actively pursued, says the Brooklyn Eagle. These are Naples and Leghorn, the latter town being known to its own inhabitants by the more melodious name of Livorno. That the handicraft is not a very arduous or depressing ```markdown ``` To Judge by Her Playing. Katherine (at the musicale)—She plays entirely by ear. Midder—It's a pity she's deaf. WOMAN'S VIEW POINT. Betty Bradeen Discourses on the Evil of Overeating. Medical science, while waxing fat at the expense of foolish humanity, declares that practically seven-eighths of our ills are due to overfeeding. There is honesty for you, although the doctors take no chances of diminishing their incomes by frankness, because men and women prefer much feeding and its consequences to moderation that means any curtailment of pleasure. Eating is regarded as the chief pleasure of existence. It has been stated, on good authority, that the prevalence of head colds is due to overeating, and that the ailment is wholly unknown to tramps, despite exposure. They die from pneumonia, and consumption, but are immune in a quarter where better care of health is powerless to ward off the affliction, and to food, alone, or the lack of it, is attributed the cause. There are compensations even in tramp life, it seems. But imagine a doctor doing the foolish things for which he censures his patients! One of the profession has died since Thanksgiving Day from the effects of the turkey feast, and nobody knows how many fellow-sufferers are scattered through the country. Death is the extreme penalty, and somewhat rare, but sickness of various kinds can, undoubtedly, be directly traced to greediness on the national holiday, a greater degree of greediness than usually prevails. I heard a man say that his own well-spread board was meager compared to that of his ancestors on similar occasions. Probably so, but our ancestors were hardy and able to throw off the effects of a hearty meal. We do not take into consideration the great difference between their life and the one that claims our attention. As it is, we eat altogether too much food for our health and comfort, and the fashionable remedy for most alliments is semi-starvation for a period of varying length. There are doctors who cure by diet with such success as to save us money on drugs. I know one who devoted so much time to the study of this kind of medicine as to make possible a set of printed cards which he distributed where he thought they might do the most good—in hotels and restaurants. There was a list of foods for the person with rheumatic tendencies, for the owner of a weak stomach, for the full-blooded and the emaciated, but strange to say, nobody wanted these little helpers, so his good efforts were wasted. The great Edison says that he has not only become convinced that mortals sleep too much, but is getting to believe that they eat many times more than they should. He is proving his beliefs by personal experiments, and says that his power to work and endure fatigue has increased to an amazing degree. Why do we not follow his example and snap our fingers at high prices by cutting down our food supply? Because we are creatures of habit, first and always, and less than three meals a day seems like starvation. Adding to the number is easier than sacrifice. BETTY BRADEEN. Franklin—This Christmas present business is not properly balanced. Penn—Why not? Franklin—It is always a diamond ring for fiancee and a ten cent handkerchief for mother. Franklin—That man Jones doesn't appeal to me. Penn—You are lucky; I once loaned him five. "A politician should be able to select as his friends those who can do him "the most good." "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "and it is equally important to select as your enemies those who can do you the least harm."—Washington Star. When a man has to howl to be TH VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD HINTS 一 A Street Suit for School Girl. Two birds with one stone Some men are born fools, some attain folly, and others have folly thrust upon them. Italian Coral Workers. The Cook Book. FOR THE COOK BOOK. Mock Apple Pie—Two soda crackers (rolled fine); one egg, one cup of sugar; one cup of water; the juice of one lemon and grated rind. Bake with two crusts. This makes one pie. Vinegar Pie—One cup of vinegar; three cups of sugar; three cups of water; one-half cup of corn starch; five eggs; butter the size of an egg; one tablespoon of lemon extract; bake with two crusts. Mamma's Lemon Pie—Make a smooth paste of three tablespoons of flour and one cup of water; add it to two cups of water; two cups of sugar and bell three minutes; add the juice and yellow rind of two lemons and the yolks of three eggs beaten until light, reserving the whites for frosting. A Good Pie Crust—Three cups of flour; one cup of lard; one teaspoon of salt; one cup of cold water. A Sponge Cake—Three cups of flour; three cups sugar; three cups of light bread sponge; one cup of milk; one cup of butter; three eggs; one teaspoon of soda, one cup of raisins. Molasses Cookies—One cup of sugar; two cups of molasses; one cup of lard; one cup of hot water; four teaspoons of soda (dissolved in water); one table-spoon of ginger; flour to make a soft dough; roll thin; bake in a hot oven. (This is by right the richest candy or confection made.) One pound of blanched almonds. One pound of powdered sugar. Three ounces of rose water. Put the almonds, a few at a time, through a meat chopper, add the rose water, and pound them in a mortar until as fine as flour. Put them into a porcelain lined sauce pan and add the powdered sugar, rolled free from lumps; stir over a slow fire until when touched it no longer adheres to the finger, but do not let it get too dry. Dredge a kneading board with powdered sugar; turn out the mixture on the board, and roll out until it is an inch in thickness, and if necessary, add more powdered sugar to the surface and to the rolling pin to prevent sticking. The Marzipan can form one large round cake, or it may be made into other forms. The cakes are put to dry slightly in a cooling oven, where the fire has been extinguished, but the paste must not be allowed to get hard, and it must remain white. With a tinting of vegetable color, the paste is made to resemble real fruit and flowers, and in these forms many handsome things are to be seen at Christmas time among the imported specimens of Marzipan. Fish, beautifully cooed, lobsters of most natural form and redness, rears, apples, potatoes and delicatessen facsimiles are all of the almond paste. White "tarts," which come in round flat boxes show only the pure white in rich designs, like basrelfs of alabaster. This is known to be the finest of all candies put in the finest and best of forms, especially used at Christmas time. Try this. ```markdown ``` Gown of Mauve Marguisette This illustration shows a gown of mauve marquisette, the skirt being made with panels, one overlapping the other. The skirt was tucked from the panels, which were stitched on the edges, the bottom being trimmed with a row of wide tucks. The corsage had the lower part of the bodice formed of frills of the material, the frills being held together in front by soft satin ribbon of the same color, threaded through eyelet holes embroidered in the silk. The sleeves were frills of lace, falling from under frills of the material, threaded with the satin ribbon. A band of lace outlined the yoke, which was of thinner lace, strapped with tiny blas bands of the silk, each band being finished with a tiny rhinestone button. "coral girls" of Livorno are as distinct a class as are the cigarette girls of Barcelona. Every Sunday and Festa they disport themselves in large numbers on the famous Passegio at Livorno, and are generally acknowledged to be the prettiest girls in a country where feminine beauty is by no means uncommon. ```markdown ``` 一 1 Marzlpan SUN and you will be astonished at the results and it is worth knowing. As made in Nuremburg, where the neighboring Reichenhall once supplied abundantly the chief ingredient—honey. One pound of blanched almonds, cut up fine. Two ounces of citron. Two ounces of orange peel cut fine or small. Two ounces of ground cinnamon. One-fourth ounce of ground cloves. One-fourth grated nutmeg. Put these ingredients into a bowl and moisten with a wine glass of prune brandy. Melt four pounds of strained honey (dark honey preferred) or an equal quantity of dark molasses; add one table-spoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, and gradually add to this five pounds of sifted flour. Turn this mixture out on the kneading board; add the moistened ingredients, the grated rind of one lemon, and lastly, one pound of powdered sugar, knead the dough with flour and roll one-fourth of an inch thick; spread the sheets in buttered pans; bake in a medium oven; cut into rectangular pieces while still warm. After taking the cakes from the tins spread the top with a syrup made of granulated sugar and water boiled until it threads. Apply with stiff brush. Very excellent. A common recipe for an ordinary Lubkucken is this:—Two quarts of syrup; one-fourth pound of butter and one-fourth pound of lard melted together; five teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 1 1-2 pounds of sifted flour; pour in the syrup, butter and lard; work the flour in well and then add a little at a time; grate lemon peel, some ground cinnamon and cloves; roll out very thin and cut in squares with half of an almond on each square. Let the cakes stand one or two days to ripen, and bake in a slow oven. German Lubkucken One quart of molasses; one pint of sugar; 1-2 pint each of butter and lard; yolks of three eggs; level teaspoonful of black pepper; a heaping teaspoonful of cinnamon; two teaspoonfuls of alliice; one teaspoonful of ground cloves; a little nutmeg; the grated rind of one lemon and a little eitron cut fine; add flour to roll in squares; let them stand over night and bake next morning. Beat the white of the egg with sugar and ice the cakes after they are baked. This is something good. Butter Scotch. Boil for ten minutes, one pound of brown sugar and a scant 1-2 pint of water; two tablespoons of vinegar; add 1-4 pound of butter and boil rapidly until the candy hardens when dropped into cold water. Turn immediately in greased pans and when nearly cold, cut into squares. When cold and hard, break the squares apart and wrap each one in waxed paper. Wit is often degenerated into cruelty, unless gloved with merciful consideration for the feelings of those it affects. Fashions. Blouse of Crane de Chine served as model for the sketch, the design being effective both for light or dark materials. The rather deep yoke was of thin allover lace lined with chiffon, the model blouse having cream-colored repousse lace, the sleeve frills being of two-mch edging to match, gathered into ruffles over a net foundation. Each of these ruffles was edged with pale blue gathered silk ribbon, the ribbon also being used to form a scroll design about the yoke. Little rosettes of narrowest lace, in the middle of each being a little pale blue button, were also used about this yoke. slipper they affect, and a bright-colored scarf called "santuce" on their heads—these coral girls are a picturequease feature in the factories they attend; but on Festa, in perfectly fitting and tasteful dresses, and a superlative "santuce" of silk or muslin worn as only a Livonese can wear it, they might easily be the envy of their sis- ```markdown ``` Lubkuchen. Butter Scetch RULES FOR CARE OF BABIES. Before a conference of club women at St. Paul recently Mrs. Wienna S. Abbett of Chicago, mother of five children in a lecture on "The Care of Infants" laid down the following rules which she guardians, if closely followed will develop the puniest child into a young Ajax. Never turn a baby's head downward while dressing it. Never lay a baby across your lap on its stomach. Never use the "indispensable" safety pin. Use buttons instead. Always put clothes on a baby by way of the feet—never by way of the head. Make all clothes so that they button at the shoulder and down the sides of the sleeves. Never let a baby cry. Crying does not develop the lungs. No baby will cry if treated rightly. Give a baby plenty of physical culture. Begin Indian club exercises as early as possible. Never make a baby's clothes more than 22 inches long. Let it sit at the table after the toddling age is reached. WOMAN CAR CONDUCTORS. The most remarkable feature of the Valparaiso street car system is its conductors; they are women. The sex is also employed in like capacity in Santiago, and all other cities of Chile that have horse or electric trams. This practice sprang into being at the time of the revolution of 1891, when men and money were scarce and women plentiful. Having apparently given satisfaction to their employers during the intervening years they are still retained. The first women conductors were said to have been young and pretty and to have been dressed in natty uniforms. Tradition even goes farther and says that at that time youth and good looks were a part of the "entrance requirements." In the light of the present this seems hard to believe. It is also recorded that after a while the natty uniforms were dropped, and it is possible that the clause "youth and beauty" was stricken out at the same time. Today, judging from what I have seen in a somewhat painstaking survey of the situation, I would say that the possession of youth and beauty, far from being a requirement was now the means of earning a flat disqualification. The customary dress of a lady tram conductor of today is a broad brimmed slouched hat, a short jacket with the sleeves turned back an inch of two and a short black skirt, always hanging with a heavy port or starboard list. They are neither flirtatious nor prudish, and no scandals are heard about them. To a foreigner it is an interesting sight to observe the street girl, to note how capably she manages her car, and the quiet, businesslike way in which she goes through the routine of collecting fares, giving change, discharging passengers and seeing that the rules regarding the number admitted are not broken. Mrs. Subbubs—No, my husband isn't at home; he's out hunting, as usual, Mr. McCall—You don't say? After something big? Mrs. Subbubs—We don't care whether she's big or little, so long as she can cook our meals and do plain housekeeping—Philadelphia Press. ```markdown ``` A Toque of Fur With Velvet Crown. One of the fashionable fur toques is shown in the sketch, the model bearing the name of a famous French milliner. The brim of the toque was of sable, the draped crown being of shaded tan velvet. At the left side was an aigrette in light yellow, at the base of which was a handsome gilt and enamel buckle holding in place two or three sable tails, which fell over the hair. About $60,000,000 is at present invested in England in the manufacture of motor wagons. About 250,000 men are employed on them, or as chauffeurs, etc., and their wages aggregate $75,000,000 a year. form are not enhanced by their speech, and the coral beauties are notorious for the freedom and vigor of their remarks on all possible occasions. But they are pleasant to look at, and their lips and cheeks rival in color the best tints of the coral which they manipulate so deftly. A HEART EXPERIENCE. Juno, Minerva, chaste Dian, Venus and all the Graces In her were blent—"Twas Nature's plan No trick of gowns and lasses. "Full many a time," as Shakespeare "And oft." we played together Lawn tennis till—I here confess— She caught me with leve's tether. Ah happy days of love's arouse! When we two, whiried the racket, In my dudish flannel blouse, She, in her dark blue jacket. One May-morn when my soul was fraught With memories delicous. To plight our mutual vows I thought The season all propitious. I swore by Jupiter and Mars, And t'other planets seven. In short, by all the faithful stars That stud the blue of heaven. That in my heart love's flame burns bright, Streng, steady and incessant! As Houston-Thomson's famed are light Or Edison's incandescent. Alack! the goddess shook her head Light on her racket resting. She archly looked at me and said: "I think must be jesseting." "I'm sure I'm not in love at all; "Tis time this fun were ending; Let's play no more. Put up the ball The net, you see, needs mending" The net was rent—that is to say— The net that she'd been weaving To snare my heart in artful way, With guilty, gay deceiving. I coolly lit my cigarette And sat beside her—smoking; Between the whiffs, with scant regret, I told her I was joking. And she sat there, a silent minx Fresh from my soul's undoing In cold abstraction like the Sphinx Her sweet gum softly chewing. A A lovely evening gown served as model for the accompanying drawing the little bolero-like satin coat and long sash ends being a very attractive feature of the costume. The design is practical for almost any thin material, the model being in ceru net of the coat of pale corn satin, figure a little rose bouquets. The coat was plaited into a shirred band of the material, and large buttons of white stones and enamel placed on each side of the back and front. The coat was made over an underblouse of net and lace. Gold cord was used on the sleeves and about the lace frill, which outlined the decollettage. The shirt was trimmed with wide net lace flouncing and insertion to match, and the high folded girdle was one of net over a silk foundation. The lining was of white taffeta, veiled with cream chiffon. Scotch Lad Got Even An American tourist on a visit to Glasgow, on emerging from the railway station, was accosted by a lad with the familiar shout of "Carry your bag sir?" The gentleman handed the boy the bag and asked to be shown through Glasgow. Crossing George's Square, they came opposite to Sir Walter Scott's monument, and the boy said proudly: "That is one of the largest monuments in Scotland." "Oh," said the Yankee, with an air of indifference, "we have threepenny cigars as big as that in America." They got onto a tram car going east, and just as they alighted at the terminus, a long circular piece of iron on a lorry, drawn by twelve horses, came up the street. The American, in surprise, asked the boy what that was for. The boy remembering what the Yankee had said about the cigars, and with a resolve to be even with him, replied: "Oh, a new hotel has just been built in the Trongate, and that is the kitchen poker."—Spare Moments. When a man won't take advice in when he needs it most the personal property of the late Rus- sell Sage at $50,000,000. The tax will be $310,000. During his life his per- sonal assessment was $2,000,000. Mrs. Sage is assessed $5,000,000 in her own right. This is easily the biggest individual tax ever recorded in the city's books.