The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in this Section BERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE man who stands for Law Enforcement and an Economical City Administration. A man who belonged to no clique or gang, but always battling for the best interest of all the people. There is no man in this city who is better and more favorably than Hon. D. E. Cornell, and there could not be a better found in this state to fill the position of mayor of this city he for he is thoroughly versed with the many important needs this city. He has lived here for almost forty years and during these years, we fail to hear one single person speak of him or than a man who stands for those noble principles of true good who believe in honesty and fair dealing to all, be they or poor. If there ever was a time in the history of this city, when the men's who are interested in making this a pleasant and desirable to live, it is now; and such a city will only need a man as D. Cornell for its mayor, who will promote its future progress, and for all that implies the best interest of all citizens regard of color or stage in life. He is possessed with great executiveiry and when elected he will be mayor and not the other fellow he is not a better friend to the people, our race than Hon.D. E. Cornell. And any one who casts a vote against him for Mayor on 2nd will make a serious mistake. 1.17 NO 52 The Oldest LIBERAL COM HON. D. E. OUR NEXT man who stands for Law, nomical City Admini- belonged to no cl always battling terest of all There is no man in this city w own than Hon. D. E. Cornell, found in this state to fill the he for he is thoroughly vers this city. He has lived here f some years, we fail to hear on or than a man who stands for hood who believe in honesty or poor. If there ever was a time in th men's who are interested in ma- te to live, it is now; and such cornell for its mayor, who will for all that implies the best of color or stage in life. He ity, and when elected he will b is not a better friend to the And any one who casts 12nd will make a serious mi A WINNER te for U. S. Guyer he is the for Judge of North side city, we feel safe in sayiug that decisions will be rendered ac- ing to the law governing the in voting for him you will be ing for a man who is thorough qualified to fill this important nation and a man who ranks on the best and leading citi- of this city. When it comes this ruling as Judge he will be no friend to reward nor may to punish. the business in our city court becoming so great that it is sarcastic that the Judges should men of ability and well versed aw, and in electing Hon. U.ayer for Judge of the North City court would show great am upon the part of the citi- of this city. the Republican Ticket. WINNER THIS TIME FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. Mayor - D. E. Cornelll City Clerk...Geo. Foerschler. City Attorney...Ralph Nelson. City Treasurer...Miss Tiera Farrow. Office Judge...John T. Sims. Bridge City Court, 1st District...U. Mayor. Bridge City Court, 1st District...R. Hope. Maryal City Court, 1st District... John McDonald. Maryal City Court 2nd. Dist. Cheeker. President of the Peace 3rd. Dist. Winship. Miss Tiera Farrow for surveyor when you vote on April She is the one to vote for if you good trouser. Judge John T.Sims for judge court. North side He is the man for that place. You go to the polls on Apr. You fail to vote for George surveyor for City clerk. He has a good, honest, and effec- cled during the last two yrs. City Locals. Send us your news, Telephone Bell 1958 West. Mrs. Fannie Merritt, of 1107 N. 6 St. is quite ill this week. The funeral of Stella Gertrude Meritt of 1107 N. 6 St. who died last Tuesday was held Thursday afternoon at the 8 St. Christian church the services were conductby Rev. W. A. Bowen. Rev.J. Anderson, who has been atIndependence Mo.for the three days assisting Rev. J. B. Winrow in his revival meetings returned home this week. Mr. Spencer Walls has returned from Omaha Neb. where he attended the wedding of Miss Mary William and Mr. B. Burton. Mrs. Ed Smith, of 525 Neb. who has been quite ill for three week is improving. A Union Missionary service of all the Baptist Churches of the city will be held at First Baptist church nextSunday Mar. 10th, at 3 P. M. in the interest of Foreign Mission work. Sister Josie Straghn, a native of British Guiaua S. America will address the meeting. All who fail to hear her will miss a rare treat, as she is a cultured lady, an interesting and an inspiring speaker. Come and hear her, all are welcome. No admission. 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 briek 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—Isaac B. Atkinson, Chr. Isaac Taylor, treas. W. H. Bolln. S. Wade Reed, Moses Martin, Mrs. S. A. Taylor, Mrs. Minnie Reed, Ed Swanagan, Mrs. Kattie Jackson, Verge Jackson, George Miller, Peter Shirley, Reubin Bell, Henry Harris, John Malone KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. The place of Man and Woman in the home. The husband is the home supporter: the wife the home maker: therefore, unless in cases in which the husband has, by some misfortune, become unable to perform his part, married women ought not quit their own particular sphere. To do so is false economy, as the home expenditure must be greater where the careful housewife has taken her capabilities elsewhere. Where the wife becomes as business jaded as her husband, to whom can he turn for relazing company? And how shall a woman support the double strain of married and business life, and keep her health and youth? Therefore her place should be at home while her husband should be the wagereaer and burden-bearer: Especially is this the case where there is a family. Children always look to mother for ever thing, from a pin to a fish-hook, from a doil to advice and comfort or motherly chats in the bedding stage of life, and she should be where they can easily find her. Yet it is often for the family that a woman does engage in business. Such women deserve to succeed. But on the whole, unless a woman has very special gifts, or is compelled by hard circumstances to do otherwise, she should confine her talent or energies to her home and family. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Sarah Shelden. Plff. vs. Charles Sheldon. Dept. 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 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 plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing her from said defendant-and for cost of this action. I. F. Bradley, Atty. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles. Clerk. 1st pub. Jan. 11th 1907. Afro-Americans Protest Do Not Want "The Clansman" to Show In Richmond. Richmond,'Va.,... "The Clansman" Thomas Dixon's dramatization of his book of that name, which deals with a phase of Southern history little understood by the world at large, is billed to appear in this city Friday and Saturday It has aroused indignation on the part of the colored people of the city because of its dealings with questions an things concerning that race, and they today held a public meeting for the purpose of formulating a complaint to be presented to the city authorities looking to the suppression of the performance. The colored ministers of the city are among those opposed to the production of the play. Recently the town council of Suf folk refused to permit the production of the play. GLOSSINE. GLOSSINE. The New and most Wonderful Hair Grower, Reliable, Infallible, Innocent and Harmless. It straightens Kinky, Knotty, Knappy Hair and Causes it to Grow Long, Straight and Beautiful. There may be people that say they sell glossine, but we sell real glossine. Price 50 Cents. Please give us a call. Director, Rub into the Scalp once daily. Agent can be found at 2437 Flora Av. Kansas City, Mo. Tel. Bell East 2035. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Sarah C. Reagan Plaintiff. vs William Reagan. Defendant. State of Kansas Greeting: To the above named defendant, William Reagan, you will take notice that on the 28th of December, 1906, that the said plaintiff above named, has filed her petition in the above and entitled court, asking for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Unless you answep demur or otherwise object, on or before the 23rd day of March, 1907, the allegations of plaintiff will be taken as true and upon further proof the plaintiff will be granted a divorce as prayed for. L. W. Johnson, Atty. for pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. By E. L. Cable, deputy. 1st pub. 1907. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, Pearl Northington, Plaintiff. V4. 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 decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant, and awarding to her her maiden name Plearl Jordan, and for cost of this suit. I. F. Bradley, atty, for pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. 1st. pub. June 1, 1906. Race Notes Hon. Preston H. Leslie who was Governor of Kehtucky in the early seventies and who was Governor of Monatna when it was a tiritory diud at Helena Montana. Thursday Feb. 7th aged eighty eight. His funerale took place last Sunday, from the Baptist Church in Helena When a resident of this state he was moderator of the GeneralAssociation of White Baptists and has always been an ardent Christian worker. The organised life of the Baptists in the United States will be two hundred years old next October. The old Philadelphia Association, the Confession of Faith of which is so well known among us, was organized in October, 1707. It is proposed to celebrate this bicentennial, and the happy suggestion is made that this occasion be taken to make a new study of Baptist history and faith. When you want a nice lunch, something nice to eat that will please you call at 1510 N. 3rd St. Kansas City Kas. You will find first class home made pies, chili, fresh fish, hamberges, winnies, bake beans, pig feet etc. Pleasant Green Baptist Church Notes, Pastor,Rev. G. McNeal preached an able sermon last Sabbath morning, two souls were united to the church for Baptism. We are still carrying on revival and have 19 converts, we beseech you to come out with fervent prayers and bring your wicked son and daughters, husbands and wives, neighbors and their children. Our pastor's beloved companion has been on the sick list for six weeks or more, but we are glad to report that she is convelescent. The Sewing Circle met at Mrs. Rosa S. Jones of 1406 N. 3rd St., last Friday and those present report a delightful time. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt was called away hurriedly to the bed of her sick mother in New Providence, Tenn., about 6 weeks ago. But we are glad to hear they are getting along very well and she is expected to return soon with her mother if she is able to stand the trip. The Ministers Alliance met Monday 11 a.m. and was called to order be the President Rev. W.A. Bowren, prayer was offered by Rev. C. Ferguson. Mt. Zion Baptist Church report good Sunday School and good services all day. King Solomon report by Pastor Rev. H. Gordon, one additism, collection $15. 8th St. Baptist church report by Rev. D. B. Jackson, col. $68. Metropolitan Church by Rev.O Davis, good services all day,good B. Y. P. U. and Sunday school, col. $15. Pleasant Green Baptist Church 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. oes 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 of 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 sixy one (51) fin Armourdale, now a part of Kansas City.-Kansas, according to the recorded plat 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 unmarriedable. That said claim of said above named defendants and the unknown heirs and devices 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 claim estates, rights, titles or interests of the defendants and unknown heirs and devices of S. A. Snyder, deceased, is, to or upon said real estate be adjudged invalid, and that they and 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 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 casserting 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 eor. 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. 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 State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, In the District Court of Wyandotte County, State of Kansas. M. T. Jones, Plaintiff. vs Martha Jones, Defendant. The State of Kansas, to Martha Jones Creeing: You are hereby notified that on the and day of March, 1907, the above named Plaintiff has filed this petition in the District Court, asking and praying for a divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty and gross negligent of duty. Unless you answer demuror or otherwise object or before the 13th day of April, 1907, the allegations, statement and averments of srid petition, shall be taken as true, and upon further 'proof', the plaintiff will be granted divorce, as prayed for. 'L. W. Johnson, Atty, for Pliff, Attest this 2nd day of March. Notice of Final Settlement County of Wyndotte, ^§8 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 Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyndotte 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 Wyndotte, 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. MARCH 8. 1907 is Section CALL HERE Publication Notice In the District Court andotte Covnty Kansas. Birdie Smi h. Plaintiff vs. Peter Smith, Desendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 14th day, of September, 1966, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the natre of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and restoring plaintiff to her maiden name Birdie Renick and for cost of this suit. L. F. BRADLEY. Atta. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk First Pub. Aug. 3rd Administrator's Notice. Name of Kansas County of Wyandotte In the Probate court in and for said county. In the matter of the Estate' of Joseph Anderson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned, on the Estate of Joseph Anderson late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 1st day of March, 1907. 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. Samuel Diggs, Administrator of the Estate with will annexed of Joseph Anderson, deceased. notice, and assigned, Probate Judge in and for the county of (SEAL) Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 1st day March. A. D. 1907. V 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 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 County, 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 Administratix 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 NOTE LETS For Rent—To desirable partiesglen tieman perfered)well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city,inquire at this office. Mrs.S. T. M. 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 1107 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. This is to notify all persons that I the undersigned will on the 2nd day of October 1906 or as soon thereafter as jean be conviently 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 ce and govern yourself accordingly. CLARENCE STEWART. And few there were who, passing, saw A rose, a sunbeam, nothing more. —Beth Slater Wilson. NOW IS the time Subscribe For the Weekly American LCi tS” cee ia Re % Lfor concerning American Citizen Whe Oldest Necro Journal Publisned ‘Weel:ly in this part of the Country. Published Weekly at 1510 North rd Street KKANSAS CITY - - - - - KANSAS, Rey. G. McNeau, Asso. Editor. a Geo. A. Dudley. Editor in Chief; Publisher and Business Manager. ‘Terms of Subscription in Advance. MR LONE. 25... oScse ps cass aens HOO Gix Months.....-.-.-eeeeerecer e+ GHC Whree Months.......-----+ 2000022 A0€ One Month. /...-.-..-0eee reece ee LOC Advertising 25 cents per inch First - Insertion. ‘A Btanding Display ‘Ad’ for 3 Months ‘er longer 15c per inch, each insertion, Grangemouth ts the name of a Mos ow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side, Waldorf Astor has become so thor. eughhy anglicized that he is going to marry an American girl. ‘4 clergyman says‘that bridge whist leads to mental decline. Why doesn’t he try poker for a change? Senater Pettus is declared to be a poor man and fond of poker. The dast explaing the first, possibly. Perhaps boys should be thankful for whippings, as somebody declares, but ‘hey seldom are before they are 45. Sweet Spring ts now approaching, and Summer with the rose, so poetry's encroaching upon the field of prose. King Edward was “warmly re- ceived” in Paris, but not in the same way as when he used to be priuce of ‘Wales. The czar will reserve the right tc wield the big stick over the Douma according to the latest advices from St. Petersburg. We learn from the New York Mai! that women are using garters to keep those long, arm-length gloves in place. But do they hola? Maneburta will be Gnaily evacuate: by the Jopanese in a few days. Ii has taken them longer to get out than it did to get fa. It ia now belleved that Anna Gould 4s going to give Boni one more chance. tn spite of the fact that be has taken @ great meny already, Uruguay should not be blamed for having a revolution. A review of re- ent Sonth 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 buey. Queen Maud of Norway is losing her health because she fears her hus- band will be killed. This queen busi- ness 1s not all pickles and ple It was mot 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 ts a pity that the great romancers of the sea did not live in a generation which affords such thrilling material fat the log of the dry dock Dewey. A Minnesota man says he has dis- covered the cause of the aurora borealis, But what bearing will this have on the price of coal this year? Much to the surprise of everybody, ‘ome of the phenomenal ball players added to the leading nines as marvel- eus 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 aver before. 2 The Japanese, says one of their statesmen, should adopt chairs and develop their legs. Well, short legs did not prevent them from “getting there” in the late war. Portia, as quoted by the editor of a kind of society paper, is made to say: “How far that little scandal throws his beams! So shines a bau deed in this haughty world.” News comes from the east that the weventeen-year locusts will devastate the land this year. How many thnes fm the course of a decade do the sey- enteen-year locusts come, anyhow? As the last sufiragist was detatched from the Coorkmoh ‘and put ‘into the police wazou, the premier of the grext Telephone Bell W. 32. Telephone Home W. 32 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. Cail at 43) Minne. sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. a Sloe es The Ethiopian Protective and Beneficrai | Aid Assccration Employment and [Information _ureaul for'the members of the Asso. -ation, Seer 1508 N, 3rd Street. Kansas¢City, Kansas, BELL TELEPHONE 2313 WEST. F ISAAC Bo ATKINSON, ~ President of the E, P. & B.{Aid’Association, LW. H. BoLprn, Acting Secretary. | Peter Shirley, Canvassing Agent. ‘The Ethiopian Protective aud Benefi- cial Aid Association, National Conven- tion at Kansas City, Sept. 22nd, 1908. ‘The National association will be_com- posed of delegates from every State and Feritory inthe union, the association will bave an exhibition of many amus- ing features at the same time of the con vention which will run for 30 days, one hundred acres or more land will be bought by the assoeiation for exposition grounds, buildings will,be erected on the groundy tosuit the exposition, thousands of members are noW joining the associa- tiga has over ‘a thousand members. Kansas pas many organizations, Gar- den city, Dodge city, Larned, Great Bend, Hutchinsons, Wichita, Newton, Emporia, Topeka and Kansas City have their local organization, local organiza tions will be sebupineach state and euch organization will send delegates to tbe national convention. Among the great objects of the asso- ciation are to organize the 10,000,000 col vred people of the nation into oné com mon hod to better the conditions of the whole race and for their protection, \To Mayors appear to have had thelr troubles two centuries ago, At jnele- feld, Germany, there‘is a tombstone with this inscription: “Here Iles Jo hannes Burggreve, who considered his alection 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 ‘ime of the sun's rising, which will give the length of the night; and dou- ble the time of setting will give the length of the day. Cold Baths vs. Drunkeniness. In the course of a discussion at the sanitary congress Mr. Weaver é@ clared that it was almost impossible for anyone taking a cold bath every morning to become an habitual drunk- ‘rd.—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 Wilt De It. Once when a man loses all love for dis wife is when he holds a straight flush against four aces in a little po ker game and she has the four aces.— Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Radium Kills Mice. Before the Paris Academy of Sct snees, M. Bouchard stated that mee exposed to emanations from radium tied in six hours. Thunder Kills Oysters. Oysters are such 2crvous creatures that a sudden sho’, such as a lond thunder-clap, will Sid cany hendveds sie Aah ES ee Nh See buy land by the}thousands” of acres in ‘each state, to eelonize these lands, farm them,build towns aad cities tig» exttte ‘hogs, horses, poultry and ete,, ty este lish tanevies, shbo and eotton factories ‘this will Solve the race problem, 10 eents a piece from 10 million people would be 1 million dollars for 12 months would be $12,000,000 for five years woula be 60 mil | lion dollars which would buy 1,200,000 acres of land at $50. per acre this would be enough lund to colonize every colored family in the Unite states. This would give the boys and girls who are ‘now be- jing cducated’something to do instead of earning bad habits and starving out ia cities, pCertifieates for mombership are 50 ets ‘monthly dues 10 cts, Each state can or- ganize itself and select it deiegates to ‘the oational eanvention, Now let every race man and woman get basy for far- ‘ther information address Kansas City -headquarters, Several canvassing agent are wanted in every state’ and city with a good commission allowed. Lam yours for the up ouilding of ‘the Ethiopian or black race in America and throughout the world, % To the Afflicted. ‘TuthLose whe are suffermg with Chro- nie diseases and espesinlly'such as other Doctors have! given up. Coil on Doctor Benjaman Bonner of Quindaro Kansas, he iso devine healer, und says he wil eure you of the following diseases, if you are snffering with Parlyses he will ‘cure you of that perticular disease or no ‘charges for his service, T evn olso eure re Fever. Palpitatior. of the heart. In- digesting. Side Pleurisy. call on me at Quin daro Kansas | He refers you tovany of the followiag |pereons whom he bas treated for their ‘different cases:-Maggie Jenkins foot of Freeman, Mrs. R. Grigsby, Quindaro; xe HH. Everett, Quindaro; Laura | Kennedy, 566 Oak, and Anna Bechain |1019 Pacific both in K. C. Mo. | 322 Publication Notice. In the District Court of: Wyandotte eounty Kansas, Isaiah Edmonson, Russia Edmonson. ‘To the above named defendant, you are hereby notitiedjthat you hyve been sued in the above named courkby the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before ‘the 11th day Jan, 190% tho petition filed.in said cause will be taken ay tra2.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 fron defendant andsfor cost os this action. Attest: By I, F. Bradley. Atty. Wnu. Needles, Clerk. Dec..7 Size of Ancient Babylon. Ancient Babylon was not sucl a feat city as some have supposed, ac cording to H. Valentine Geere, the archaeologist. He says: “The idea of Babyion’s vastness and magnifl cence, to which we have becons ac eustomed, has been practically explod- ed. Dr. Kodewey told me that the site of the city was‘arger than that of any other ancient city; but ever 80, the idea that it could be compared with London and its suburbs, which has been very generally held, ts em- tirely erroneous. In point of fact, tt SHIELOS FOR TROOPS IN ‘WAR ‘Their Use Urged by a German Mili taty Writer, A writer In the Militar-Wochenblatt raises anew the question of the use of portable shields for the protection of infantry im the attack, says the djrcad Arrow. He writes approvingly of the Japanese spade work in the offensive, the more so because he mentions incidentally, as a matter re- garding which there can be no dis pute, that the German authori¥jes have long since advocated the use of artifielil cover in the attack, and points out that when the ground was frozen or rocky, and the spade could make no impression upon it, the at- taeking Japanese infantry not infre- quently went forward, carrying with them filled sandbags weighing as much as forty pounds. He remarks that if the undonbtedly brave Jepa- nese soldier found it necessary to ‘load himself with so bulky aud bur densome a protection when advancing in theopen 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 wou!d then find himself, like his gunner comrade. protected by a bullet-proof shield. The writer in the Wochenblat! suggests that on the march the shield should be carriedon the back, wher }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 ‘DRAS. ‘That is the Fashionable Color, So an Authority Says. “Deep auburn and the drab shades arsine fashionable colors in halr this seascn,” said the woman who makes ‘hair coloring a speciality, as placidly as though she were commenting on ‘the state of the weather or the ad: ‘vanee style in dress’ goods, % “One of my_eustomers has to my Amowledge worn five different colors ‘or shades oa her wavy tresses, Hav- ‘ing been blesséd with medium brown hair by nature she became a ravish- ing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in. | “Next she took to titian red after « trip to the art. galleries of Europe, ‘Phen she thovsht she would be more Attractive as a bruneite, and now her hair ts drab. “The lest is by far the most popv- lar of ‘all for the reason that is most difficult to obtain, and then it fs pret- ty generally becoming, and it happens that women who are born with this partienler color of hair are almost al wavs clover, How is it done? Well, in ease of a woman whose hair is dark a bleach must first be used before the dye is applied. With women whose hair has turned eray it is a still simpler prob- lem. The color lasts a year, wihile the head can be washed and even salt water bathing docs not affect it.’— New York Sun. What Money Wil! Do. They say that mores can nov hay eee he ee Health, heaven. tslenda, Pesticet. content Greien'@ loving wite They ‘say that money can not buy These things for me, sian Bue Weurct dont know! Wha} auent wal nrveata cut sete sane Wihat bavane nm lovee vache Whien sails'me to lands yehere Health Ts food imvevers shat hat pays my epecia lee dear aim, To keep me in suck pevvect whet Well don't’ knot! What hought the most actightful wife Aman could hope. to win Witat buss her sters wiah in tife— The ‘clothes ‘she Gazsien, in? And if ‘her heart beats not for me, And Tamence adored) vou see, ‘Wall don't Know? Ang heaven? Oh. of course, I don't Bp to, eet Ir fet But Ifthe Lora meant’ what he sald Concerning’ charity: The ithe Th give Wefore 2 ate Vil Suip me trough the needie's eye, Ort doa't Know! . For happiness? Well. money bought “Thier inet e-cent clots Ie bought" this chair in which T Tet > Te bought this Trivate eats Fave thle ound ands T guemm Ef atl tite tp noe harping, ‘Well=I don't. now? “New York Press, bite a it de 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 {1 lustration to embellish the work thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man’s name and address, butllti mately the latter refused to pay. The judge, looking over a specimen, observed that for his part he thought the lion and the unicorn were much nicer than an old fat pig. “O well,” answered the butcher, “perhaps your honor likes to eat ani: male like that, but my customer's don’t. I don’t Kill lions and unicorns —I only kill fat pigs!” |, Verdict for defendant—New York World. / Buildina Uo-to Reauirements. A Kansas City man purchased a uty lot with the restriction that he should not build a honse on it to cost leas than $2,500. After having paid for the lot he decided to build a $1,500 cottage. Before he had completed it the real astate man from whom he had bought the lot threatened to sue him for sreach of contract. “This little shack you are building,” said the real estate FO COR Ba hee ee (ees BO Rae : ee \ dim ee Ji ete : ‘ eas INSHEN e et \ ] er iis a ee 4 3 gi A SE oe ay, Sogn, ss Renee . RAN CRA E i lie { p Cee if} ei pf Cr i " ely 6 ; i BEFORE USING wee AFTER USING j fe ' VATURE'S. 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SHERIDAPRS ROOM 8, 530 MINNESOTA AVE. KANSAS CITY, KAN “In the shade of the Old Apple Tree” is a very popular song-M™™ not you be popular by trading at a popular store? L. J. MADDUX, . Staple and Fancy Groceries Meats and ali Kinds of Produce. "HOME PHONE 784 WEST. 852 FREEMAN AVE. , KANSAS CITY, Kansas ee ee See ————— — Because its employes were late a ‘London house provided a book in which the tardy ones were to write excuses. Reasons for lateness were not much ae 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 fnnovation, but made his custo- mary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. ‘The excuse book was abolished. | Example of the Postage Stann. The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustra tlon. 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,” be said, “and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, whu suc- ceed. Don't give three years to jour- nalism and then, discouraged, try the law awhile. Don't learn the grocery business and in a little waile take up placer mining or plumbing. Consider, rather, the postae stamp, whose use. ful depends on jts ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.” Think What a Family Thent “Well,” said the first policyholder, as e “s nis paper, “there is at Res, 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 Will SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m., tili#? ® and from 6 till 9 p. C,H, C. JORDAN, M. M., Mt pee Here is the Place J. T. 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TH Sailor belongs alike to the "™Y) to the merghant service, for YC in both, and it would be TUN say in which of the two 1d were the most thrilling, * ou ineludes thres shipwr ‘oo 3 Of Navarino, in which be tion in orders, the blockade Os One capture by brigands: 10" nc himselt end his companions *, Spanish ship whic cap'vre" air which had captured ee pany years before M, ‘and “ues, Eddy a8 the Medium of ter Dead Brother. c Mrs. Patterson (now Mrs, qui Mrs. Oroshy sat together at c ides Of the same table, sud- “oy Mrs. Patterson Teaned back- ‘ani, shivered, closed her eyes, and peu co tlk in a seputehral, mau- gst voiee, The voice said that “he” es Albert Baker, Mrs. Pattersons jeuer, “He” had been trying, the juice continued, to get control of Mrs, puletson for many days, “He” wish- «to wern Mrs, Crosby against put- tog such entire confidence in Mrs, person. “He informed me,” Mrs, Crosby continues, “througa her own tye, that while his sister loved me as nich as she Was capable of loving anvone, life had been a severe experi- gent with her and she might use my ered confidenee to further any am- sitions purposes of her own.”—Me- ure’s Magazine. Illustrated. Atesener in one of the primary. xivols of New York reeently read to ter povils “The O14 Oaken Bucket.” Ater explaining the song to them tery corefilly, she asked the class to py the rst stanza from the black yor], whexe she had written it, and xy (0 llvstrate the verse by drawings tlie seme way a story fs Mustrated. ins short while one little sirl hand- si up her slate with several little dots woven wo lines, a ¢irele, half a doz a dols, and three buckets . 1 do not quite understand this, felwy," sa'd the teacher, kindly. ‘What is that circle?” oY, that’s the we,” Maimy re- Wed. ind why do you haye three bueck- es?" again asked the teacher. Ove.” answered the: child, “is the xien bucket, one is the fron-bound weket, and the other is the moss-cov- net buckpt that hung in the well?” “Sut, Maimy, what are all these lit- {le dots for?” “Why, those are the spots which my Infancy knew,” earnestly replied Mat- /ay.—Harper's Weekly. Poetry of the Future. When Peary has found the North pole, ind the Panama eanal is finished, And the negro question is satisfactor- nswered, Jud English spelling is reformed, And we have nniversal peace, hd politicians are all honest, here really are no trusts, ind coal ccsts only fifty cents a ton, ind life insurance is absolutely square, ice fs delivered free, tui the city pays taxes to the eftizen, siailmen promptly pay all their ‘alie steam trains and electric Ul wait for you, 451 the Cape Cod canal projectsis for \ et home before 10 o'clock at variably sober, Ant school children really tove thetr And the churches are regularly erowd- Then life will be so sweetly poetic That al! poetry cam be written Uke this, Usght off the be* Without though Nthout meter, Without rhyme, Somerville Journal. 7S mpc ay Say . it ily oO ; s s) Mi iy sy Fi, G | wp ; wi = J ger vA Vgc Up at — 3. Est tS eee Kare s i J am ie ae Rae 2) OS Pues x To Make it Look Old. be You certainly were a long yy Tinging this champagne. naft-Not my fault, sir. ‘The Se Sa long time finding the = the bottle, sir, ised to go into the soap E lusively,“ whereas today % most important mills in converting this oil into cS stie grease, sold com- vstitute for butter, Bite cc ee y walk where angels ke: bose they haven't got: - car fare, a 'y lend enchantment, but s* sco young lovers walking on sides. of the! wtyeae suet na ae a ee enema ree FOCTE SPELT OHS * CURRENT ITEMS. ” PRS O OEE aoe EE James J. Hill, president of fie Great Northern Railway company, whe | has returned from St. Peal to Nex York, expressed the conviction tha: the tide of prosperity is turning and that there are indications of a signifi- cant recession in business, As Mr. Hill phresed it, “the sails of prosper- ity ere being reefed. The year 1908 tay be a hard year and wany thoa- sands of men may then be out of work.” + General Loynaz del Castillo, of Cuba. is out with another statement calling for liberty or death. In a state- ment published in La Launch, he says: Independence or death is the only: fe- sue, Let cowards live withoat 2 coun- try. To my last breath T ficht for Cn ba libre, Hixndreds of thousands of Spanish soldiers have been buried for opposing Cuba’s Independence. i1?- lions more cf tombs will he opened if nécessary. We acrepted the surrender of arms, belfeving the Americans world sive back our liberty. AN rhe above IT have said to Seeretary Baron T repeat it now to the protectorisis. Unless the strictest eeomomy fs prac- ticel, a timber femme wilt result tn the United States within the next fe years, is (he opinion of R. §. Kelloze. United States forest inspector. who spoke before the Western Socicty of Bagincers at Chicago, “The entpnt of timber has remained stationery for years, while the demand bos Inereasad stendily.” ssid Mr. KelNosg. “White pine lumber bas advanced 10% ner cent gn the last twenty vears, Great economy must be practiced in the noxt few yeors in order to avert a timber famine.” * In the postofiee apnrapriation line the controversy between newspavers and magazines which carry cannon advertisomerts was disposed ef iy the senate by the adoption c7 the fol: lowing provision; “That hereafter newspapers and periogieats may ear- ry blank or printed return coupons as part of advertisements or other blewk space for writing coneernias the subjects trented, not in eseee3 of nethird of the superileiat area voc: eupied by the advertisements or ar ticle, without impairing their rect to the second class rates of postage.” = * The U.S. Senate, in commfitee of tae whole, uccepted the Beveridge autendment to tie pure food lew, re- outring that the Inspected meat not only st bo marked “inspected and passed" inorder that it may be ed. suitted to ‘Inter: 2 -commerte, bu ke corperation~eileriig the products fer shigiient ‘shall also eause the Ie tel to le atiacked xiving the d:te of | iuspection ond packing. ‘Tre amend- | fucnt applies to all meat food pro. @uets deposited or inclosed in cou: | tins, pats, canvas or other reesntach |The packers have bitterly opposed this provision, - Replying toa question regarding the size of Jolin D. Rockefeller’s fortune Frederick T. Gates, Mr. Rocke feller's business representative, sald: “Ther have been.a great many amusing mis- statements .on ‘this subject. Several years ago Senator Hoar in the senate eredited Mr. Rockefeller with a for- tune of 1000 nifilion dollars. Phe facie The committee of pcliey-holders of the New York Mutual Life were de- feated in tho election for directors hy a decisive vote. The official fieares are as follows: Administration ticket, 199,182. United committee ticket, 69 161. Selected fusion ticket, 7.447. 41. though the complicated system arlopt- ed by the $25 a day inspectors sppoint- ed by Insurance Superintendent Kel- sey to canvass the New York vote hare Rot made sufficient progress to an- ounce the result of the preliminary count, there seems lttis doubt that the MeCall-Morgan administration comM- nation was equally suecessfil, indend it is not unlikely that the perconta:e azainst the International Polis? Meld ers’ ticket wilt be higher than in the Mutual Life, where the fleht tas wased most ‘bitterly by combined commit tees, : ® Application to orzanize the First National bank of Kiowa, I. T.. With a capital of $25,099, has heen approved by the comntrolieMof the currency. Pension atiorneys are clesing their Offices in all parts of the country since pie Dasesce 2, the. la Pa Contes $ structed Under Government “+ + Engineers. * PERE E SEE ESET ED James P. Stevens, chief engineer of the Fafama canal has resigned; the bid of W. J. Oliver for the contract to dig the canal has been rejected; the Senate’ committee on canals has fail- to. repert the nominations of the can- 21 commissioners, hence there will be no canal commission after March 4; army efticers “who will not heed at- iacks in Congress gnd from the press and who will be content with small vay” are to take up the great task and Major Georze W. Geethals, energetic and young enoagh to complete the project before he comes of retiring age, 15 to head the organization. An cfficial statement from the White hovse officers announced that all the bids have been rejected. The form is declared, after investigation, to be defective. ‘The>purzose of tho rovernment to secure for building the canal the services of the best and mest experienced contractors has filled. ‘The canal prebably will be dag by contract, but the future plans fu that direction are indefinite, ‘The present forea and organization on the isthmss, which Mr. Stevens leaves as the chief monument to his eighteen months of labor there, will be continued under new supervision. Ratéthere will be quite a change’ in he persentel. Second in command ) Major Goethals will be Major Da- vid Dat. Gafilard. Major Setbert will be third in command, The President intends to have a line of army engi- neers trained into the special work, so that If one drops out because of in- capacity or for any other reason there will be another to take his nace. Purtermore, Joseph Clay Sifles Plackburn, Democrat, “of Versailles, Ky. soon to become an. ex-senator af ter thivty years in public life, proba- ably will be made a member of the canal commission, and it is in the Presi@eni’s mind to make all three army ensineers canal commissioners. fie wil yeise their salaries beyond the compensation of military officers Mejor Goethals will have $15,000, halt jie salary paid to Mr. Stevens. There is mystery behind the resiz: nation of Stevens. It came as a sur- prise to the President about ten day azo. Sypatently all the reagons for it have not been told. ‘The chief en- ginger smarted under the attack upon the-eandl. He was unnseg to govern- ment wis of doing business and re- sented the constant gornfiny of de- tails. When the Sénate committee on interoceanic canals waned to” brin+ hit hack Inst spring to testify agnia be informed the President that he would resign if the eomnulitee insist ed. More than onve My. Stevens assert ed that he would buil@ the canal ia quick time if the government would permit bita to baild a board fenc: around it and exclide all exeent the workers. He was jealous, too, of those who preceded him and who left their places ‘to accept more uerative employment in private enterprises, Nothing scems to be known here of Mr. Stevens's plans. He is to give way to Major Goethals as scon as convenient. Experience. A certain member of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange has set his nephew up lin business three times byt the young min lacks something essential to sue- cess in the line selected for him, and has failed with each effort. When he recently appeared before the uncle with his fourth request, the laiter sata: “You must learn to lean on yourself. I can't carry you all my life. I’ tell yon what I'l do, You owe me a great Geal as the resnlt of your last failure. Piteh in on your own hook and go it alone till yon pay off those debis. When you've done that, I'l give you a check for what they amount to. Such an experience will do you more good than all the money I could give you now.” Two months late: the nephew walket in with every claim receipted, and the uncle was so delighted that he gave the promised check. “How dig you manage it, Howard?” he asked, efter an expression of con- gratulation. “T horvowed the money," replied Howard —Hatner’s Weekly? Detecting Flows in Metats, To detect hidden cracks opening front the surface of metals, the -sur- face is first moisienc? with kerosene, end is then dried off sith with agloth. It ig: then. coatod with. a PUTNAM FADELESS DYES The Unguiet Stars, In a recent: suit in a Cincinnati court a lawyer was eross-examining a German, the point under inquiry being the relative position 6f the doors, win- dows, and so forth, in a house in which a certain transaction was al- leged to have ocenrved, | “And now, my good man,” the law- ‘yer said, “will you be good enough to tell the court how the stairs run in your house.” | ‘The German looked dazed for a mo- ‘ment. “How do they run?” he re- neatted. , “Yes; how do the stairs run?” “Yell,” continued the witness, “ven 1 am oop-stairs dey run down, and ven ‘Tam down-stairs dey run oop." “Harper's Weekly. ONLY ONE “BROMO QUININE.” ‘That is LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. | Similarly named remedies sometimes @ceeive. The first and original Cold Tablet is a WHITH PACKAGE with black and red lettering, and bears ‘the | sienature of FE. W. GROVE. 25¢, Municipal play-grounds were given a big boost by President Roosevelt and Representative Boutell at Chigago at a banquet given by the Washington Playgrounds’ associatioh. The Prest- dent wrote a letter in which te asked that the inalienable right of boys and girls to frolie shonld not de dented them. Representative Boutelt explain ed his biil to Congiess for the estab- lishment of playcrounds in Washing- ten. The President advised si cities to mike provisions at once for play- grounds, lest suitable sites ne obtained oniy at immense cost. As an example of hindsight, he pointed to New York, where playgrounds recently cost 1 mil- lien dollars, PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleed- ing or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. Contrary to a widespread belief that hardwoods give more heat in burning than soft varieties, the scientists at Washington are contending that the greatest heating power is possessed by the wood of the linden tree, which is very soft. Fir stands next to linden, and almost equal to it. Then comes pine, hardly inferior to fir and linden; while hard oak possesses 8 per cent. less heating capacity than linden, and red ‘beech 10 per cent. less. Cheaper the Oil, Better the Light - Secs er one or vee fi." " New Safely Burners. f oceta Ser Ceopes Zine Pte te aghttt WN hight bright as electric = ae en SOP inged Bis ec] tetery seer ts 8 pes prepaid wre. 48c | fee a Remit and adress to | Ws ay Safety Burrer Ca. ste ek Box 8r2 Sa Sy Lincoin, Nebr. SONSUMPTION [500% Gf cineca ea bm bed TREE Saracen seein! VARICOCELE Safe, Painiess. Permanent Vure GUARANTMED. ae on eee Cae eoae Pet Seat GAN oes IRC. M. COE, O15 Welnnt$t . Kansas City, Mo. The supreme court has decided that the State of Kansas has no right to intervene in behalf of the railroad in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Indian territory land grant case. The rail- road claims land along the right- of way worth several million dollars, be- longinggto members of the Five Civi- lized tribes. The State of Kansas brought the suit as trustee for the rail- road company last October. Solicitor General Hoyt filed with the court a motion that the case be dismissed on the ground that the State of Kansas had no right to bring the suit, as it was not a trustee for the railroad in the land grant. This motion the court granted. Its decision was announced by Chief Justice Fuller. A written opinion was not handed down. The court merely dismissed the case. ‘This ends the suit in its present form. If the Missouri, Kansas & Texas renews its claim, it must be brought before the court directly by the railroad com- peny. 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Sold by Drnggists, price Te, Take Hall's Family Pills for const pation SHOFEOSOSE FEET SET OE thee Southern dropped out of the mail subs sidy {t took all the Southern congress men with it and the effort to get the Santa Fe subsidy was abandoned be= cause a sufficient number of _ i . i geE i y Pa FP Ve a WO S OF duke AS Oy etn a + ol tls pipe 7) ¢ Coane z Se PR spl : = He ete eek beh ahee FEMININE CARPENTER. ‘Actually Helped Build Her Own Home. “Having always a&pired to being the owner of a home in the country,” writes E. C..in the New York Evening Teie- gram’s Own Home — Competition, “where we two, husband and myself, could enioy our old age and die in iresh air, with no means to gratify that de- sire, I could see but one way that it was to be accomplished, i. e., go sys- tematically about saving for that pur- pose. As my allowance was but $6, I could save very little. With what pres- ents and perquisites we received, as weil as economy, at the end of four years I had laid by about $700. Then we looked about for a desirable location. That we found in Westchester county, about twenty miles from the city hall, New York city; cominutation 12 cents per day. I paid $500 for four building lots, 25x125 feet each. I received in the neighborhood of $300 as commission for selling suburban property, and con- cluded I would venture starting the bui.dine of a house with $500, for if I could not complete it at once T could save rent and finish as I was able. The house is 28x30 feet, two stories and at- tic; ceilings, ground floor, g feet; sec- ond story, 8 fect; kitchen, pantry, din- ing room and front room, with a hall large enough for an ordinary reception room. Second floor, two large bed- rooms, one small one and bathroom; ample closets. More bedrooms could be finished in attic if required. “T started the house in summer, camped on what I now use for garden, hired Italians to dig the cellar and lay foundation with stone on the place. In digging they struck a vein of sand, which was utilized, thus saving the ex- pense of ‘huilding sand.’ Had the oppor- tunity to buy a building with good tim- ber and well-seasoned lumber, for which I paid $50. The cost of taking it down, aside from volunteer help, was $io. It furnished nearly all the timber, sills, beams, ete., and the entire lining. Labor was the largest item, and even that I managed to economize, because all those friends and acquaintances that invited themselves up to camp out with us helped all that they could under the direction of a competent carpenter and builder. Between the lining and clap- boards is an interlining of sheathing paper to insure warmth, and although the expectation was that the house SREP EE SEE HE EES + % DID NOT GO OFF. * * — + “ Anniversary of Attempt on Life of + + ndvewr-duckson: * While the funeral-sérvices over the remains of Congressman Davis, of [South Carolina, were being held in the capitol seventy-two years ago, an aitemst to kill President Andrew Jack. son Was made by printer named Livwrenee, a’ rezid=nt of this city. tke funeral services were held in the house of representatives and were atiended by ihe President, members ‘of the cabinet, senators and represen- atives and friends of the deceased. ln- mediately afier the services were con- eluded in the hall the body was remov- ed from “ere through the rotunda and by the east piazza to the hearse, fol- lowed by the President and others in slow procession. President Jackson was waiking with several officiais and Was regretting the fact tHat it would De impossible for him to attend the bdurial,-interment being in Congression- al-cemetery. Just as the President ame out of the rotunda, a man ap- proached from a corner section of the rotunda in which there was a large PPFEEEEH ESSE SH SHG EH eres A Southern Opinion of Lincoin. ‘This day ufnety-eight rars ago, amid the environments of humility “and. poverty, was born a child who be “fore he had passed far beyond the ‘Aweridian of life was destined to hav ke) @omen # Home. would cost $800, it did not cost much over $500. “I did all the wainscoating in the kitchen and dining room after thé boss had shown me how it should be done. I have come to the conclusion that a woman can do far more than she is credited with if she is real determined. The taxes are my largest item and the hardest to meet, but words are inade- quate to express my satisfaction that I have my own home, free from debt, even though it is humble. No landlord can ‘put me out’ because my chickens or dog annoy somebody else. Ti 1 aim in- disposed I have no fears that | am los- ing time and the rent may not be ready on the first. The garden gives me plenty: even if Ido neglect it for a week.” A MISUNDERSTOOD SCIENTIST. Dr. Willima Osler’s statement, made nearly two years ago, that “ man’s best work is done before forty,” which he meant in a preparatory sense, created a world-wide sensation at the time, its signification being thoughtlessly and in- jurionsly perverted. It is only lately that it has received its true interpreta- tion, declares the Christian Register. Taking advantage of’ Dr. Osler’s presence in Canada recently, (whither he went to celebrate the centenary of his beloved mother), Mr. Charles Leon- ard-Stuart, the well-known encyclopae- dist, wrote to him for accurate informa- tion. The reports of the professor's famous address to the students of Johns ‘Hopkins University were so distorted that “oslerized” has become a familiar term. Dr. Osler’s real words or that oc- casion were: “The teacher's life shouid have three periods—siudy until twenty-five; inves- tigation until forty; profession until sixty, at which time I would have him retired on a double allowance. Whether Anthony Trollope’s suggestion of a col lege and chlororofrm should be carried out or not, L have become a little dubi- ons, as my own time is getting so short.” ‘This is very different from the gener- ally accepted idea that he asserted that man’s creative usefulness ended at forty, and suggested his chloroforming at six- ty. In an encyclopaedic article on medicine, Dr. Osler writes thus on age? “Within the past three centuries the pile of rubbish, and advancing imme- diately in front of the chief executive leveled a large Colt pistol at his breast and pulled the trigger. The pistol was one of the old style cap and ball pat- tern, and while the eap exploded the pisiol failed to discharge. Just as secu as the would be assassia saw that his pistol! had failed io do its work, he dropped it tu the floor and quickly drew from his bosom another pistol und made a second attempt to shoot the president In the breas( and again the weapon fuiled to discharge, and i: man was knocked down and securely held by Captain Gedney. With such lightning-like rapidity had the attempi to shoot been made that no ove was given a chance to stay his hand. President Jackson, as soon as he realized what was taking place shook himself from a Mr. Woodiury who was walking with him, and raising his cane made an effort to reach the man, President Jackson, although an old man, seemed to take on all the vigor of yeuth as he realized that aa effort had been made to take his life and in a cowardly way, and his cour: age was only equaled by ‘his anger | which he exhibited in no small degree. The would-be assassin was carried 0 a place of safety by Captain Gedney Hebe reresste eres bas sseoess by the sheer force of integrity, king | ness of heart, purity of life and par | pose, and a forceful, clear, yicorou intellect, he rose by slow doxrees t the most exalted civic position in bu | man Sovernment. me : < and Mr, Woodbury, and fae funerat procession moved on as soon as the exeitement subsided. ‘The President returned to the White House and ex- pressed himself as deeply sorry Zat he was net permitted to use his cane on the man who Had attempted his life, It was two years prior to ‘this assault that young Lieutenant Ran- dolph had entered the steamer at Mexaadria and while the Prestdent and party were en route to Freder- icheborg, Va, to attend ‘the laying cAthe monument to the mether of Washington, had pulléd Precident Jackson's nose because he had dic- missed him from the service af the vavy. At that time the President was provented from using his ir@&ty cane, and the second assault at the Capitol was regarded by him as a Tittle more ‘than even the President of the United States should be required to submit to. When it became known to Pres- ident Jackson that the man who had pmrade the assault was unbalanced ‘mentally he expressed regret for his condition. Lawrence was carried to court, clsimed that President Jackson had Killed his father, and that he “wanted to’Kill him fer revenge. Law- rence's father had died a natural death in Washington several years before the assault was made on the President tL ES LEEESEEEREDSSAEESE SESE. a public speaker and tebater had few superiors in the world. The: people of the South once held him as_an cbject of execration, but they learned before be had been many months in the grave , that his death was a dire calamity, and ey nk ack oe oe ie i ss Hotty. ears and. more they. freely. ac average working life of English-speaix- ing men has doubled. A iew lived as long as now, and some strong or favor- ed ones had efficient working powers as long; but the common life was worn out in what is now middle age. In Shake- speare’s time, the fifties were vener- able; ‘Olid John of Gaunt, time-honored Lancaster,’ was fifty-eight when sup- posably addressed; and Admiral Cohg- ny, murdered at fifty-three, is described by his contemporary biograpser as a very old man, Now, when we hear of a death in the sixties, we instinctively ice! it an untimely cutting-off in what showid still be fresh and vigorous age, and even at eighty it seems but just fair ripeness for the sickle.” Even at this late date, it is a matter of general interest to have the profes- sor’s position accurately defined. It was a singular instance of a man suddeniy becoming famous for what he did not say, whereas what he did say was very much more to the point than the senti- ments popularly, but erroneously, at- tributed to him. RAISING CHILDREN. © Those of Today and the Child Yet to Come Into the World. We are just waking up to the fact that the twentieth century children are distinctly practical little creatures, quite lacking in the imagination which makes childhood the happiest period of life, the period upon which we look back with satisfaction after we have become world-worn and weary. It comes from discarding fairy tales and supplying their place with practical stories that give a. premature knowledge of the world; the possession of too many Iux- uries and a multitude of costly toys, and the enjoyment of pleasures much too grown-up for tender youth, Well, we cannot remedy the mischief already done, but we can guard against a repetition of ‘it. There are other children to come into the world to be reared and these are a few mothers who can be brought to understand the grav- ity of the situation. In the matter of hygiene we are an improvement upon our ancestors, but in matters of good sense we do not equal them, if we are to judge by the results. And precocious, unnatural children is a glaring instance of the error in one branch of living. We and, of course, there was no founda- tion for the statement that the Pres: ident had killed him. Lawrence was placed in jail for a Gme and finally sent to an insane asylum. ‘There was great excitement in Washington at the time as it was stat- ed that the attempt to kill President Jackson was a well-laid plan by men who did not approve of the President's refusal to restore to the Bank of the United States the government depos- its, This belief became almost gener. al from the fact that during the fall an winter President Jackson had re ccived a namber of letters threatening him with assassination if he did not restore the deposits. The Sentiment Was. Al Richt. Dr. Allen G. Hall, moderator of the | general assembly of the Southern | branch of the Presbyterian chureh ia | the United States, is a famous story teller and after-dinner speaker, and takes a lively interest in polities. Dur- tug a recent campaign he’ asked al friend for a frank opinion of a ee high public officer. The friend replied with candor and profanity: “That man is a damn fool” Whereupon Dr. “Hall said: ‘As the moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian ‘church in the United States, as a rul- ASFELEEDE SEDER EE ESE ETE EHS “whom mankind will not willingly let "die—Houston Chronicle. | Didn't Wish to Interrupt. | A husband was being arraigned in | court ina suit brought by his wife for ROL ay have not improved upon children in any way, save, possibly, in bodily health, and I am not quite willing to concede even that point. Look at the nervous school children, the large number with defective vision— they are hardly specimens of an im- proved condition of health. The regular school work, with holidays and daily in- tervals for recreation ought not to seri- ously affect the health of a child, ana nerves ought to be unknown to babies. Too little sleep, improper food and ir- regularity of meals are common faults in the home, and the children are the real sufferers. Reading matter for young people is not adjusted to their mental capacity, and pleasure in simple toys is conspicuous by its absence, The only dolls desired by little girls are the big things with fashionable wardrobes, and the. only toys that will please boys are mechanical affairs of costly work- manship. \ I shall never falter in my allegiance ‘to fairy tales. I think we need imagin- ation stimulants at all ages, but partic- ularly when the brain is growing and the character is setting. We need some- thing to take us from the rut of the commonplace, and we are offered very little in that line. As I have said before, I pity a man or woman who has no hap- py childhood to look back upon, for the sweet memory helps to smooth the rough places of life. We expect to meet difficulties and disappointments in the grown-up world, and it is only fair that we-be, properly equipped for the ordeal. Childhood is the training school, 1 verily believe, the time when swect- ness or bitterness of spirit is germin- ated, therefore childhood should be es- pecially guarded—which it is not. There is a baby coming into this world soon, and I predict for it the ideal childhood. It will be gifted with pa- rents of unusual sense and will be brought up on sensible, scientific prin- ciples. Its wardrobe is just what a baby should have—ample, simple and very dainty—and from it I reason out an ideal childhood. Everything is infin. enced by the beginning, and senseless infant outfits tell the story of a spoiled baby existence. This baby will have imagination if a musical and literary at- mosphere have any effect, and I am will- ing to wager that it will know the fairy world as I did—to its lasting pleasure and benefit. Bettv Bradeen. ing elder in the church, ana as the su- perintendent of a Sunday school, I am constrained to rebuke your pliraseol- ogy, but my devotion to truth compels me to applaud your sentiment.” A man who was rich enough to af- ford it fell sick and in due time his family doctor called a consultation. After the conferees had taken several snifters and 2 smoke over it'they de- cided as the first named hoped. and he went to the sickroom and reported, He said: “We are unable to agree at this time as to whether or ‘not your trouble Is constitutionat or not, but— “Doctor.” interrupted Ue patient, as he raised himself on his elbew and swore a few lines, “you don't mean to tell me I have to take this to the su- preme court to be decided?” The ezarina of Russia, who is re- nowned for her beautiful jewels and extensive wardrobe, has one of the handsomest sable coats in the world. In United States coin it is valued at from $250,900 to $400,000. The queen of Norway also has a magnificent sable coat which, although not as valnable as that of the ezarina, is worth a sinall fortune, being valued at between $150,- 900 and $200,000, TEE H+ereehertseeoes 4444 on your wife is that you have not spoken to her for three years. Is that ae “It is your honor,” quickly answered the husband. a “Well, sis.” thundered the Judge, “why didn’t you speak to her, may 1 “Simply,” th u ‘ Sa ee ct ol grant Wye} EY x , 4 Didnt Want to Go to Court. Was His Own Grane--~ | Nothing in the way ¢ = marriages ever < domestic complication 2 ‘matriages that have oc - country. $ | William’ Harman 4 Penn., is said to have ¢ x elde in March, 1893, leay a a letter which showed i 2 matter of his relations! ; had preyed upon his mind a Harman: i" “T married a widow who ie grown-up daughter. My fathey sig our house often, fell in love winy S stepdaughter, and married jie, g .. father became my son-in-low ang. stepdaughter my mother, for so 2 my father’s wife. Some tine art ward my wife hada son. He yas gy father’s brother-in-law and my uno for he was the brother of my step. mother. My father's wife—namay, my stepdaughter had # son. ie yaq | of course, my brother, ani in the | meantime my grandchild. for ie qgg the son of my daughter. My wite yg my grandmother, because she was gy mother's mother. I was ites husband and grandchild at ‘he ong time, and as the husband of my vant, mother I was my own grantfa'lien There is a family of brothers in tay that have practiced rotation 7 age with the most unique rc It declared that five brothers bave man ried one woman snecessivel drag the last five years. Though they ling in Utah, they are not Mormons, bat Gentiles. The brothers were Artur, Harper, Harry, Chester and Silly 3 Damm. They are said to be the meq about whom the joke of “the whole Damm family” was originated. woman was married five times witha changing her name, as she svecessine ly became the wife of Arthur, Mary, Chester, Harper and William 3 Damm. ‘ Each man thus became a broiierta law to all his brothers, and not oy that, but each one was bis own butie er-in-law. Three children were wa during this femily epidemic of mar ages, and it would be quite hopelew to try to figure out the relation of the children to each other and io their lit ferent fathers and uncles. The last husband would be stoyfut er to his nephews and nieces. « ok ruple brother-in-law to his wife, aal- butt it is hopeless % In Philadelphia the other day Mrs Sarah Burns Elkins was led 10 the a: tar by John H. Cotney and John was the third of the Cotney boys to nar sisters of the Burns family. !n 187 Lois Cotney married Mary Borns, und they now live at 2124 Ellsworth street, Philadelphia, Two years exo Joep? Cotney married Margaret Purns. and they live at 1521 South Capital sitet in the Quaker City. The Cotney children inevitably wl be double cousins—or is it triple 0 ins? And each husband undoubtedl# his own wife's brother-in-law A man in Minnesota married 1he#] ter of his grandson's wife. ‘he ls came to Chicago and her sister st mother , recently came to visil # “How is it that your sister's name the same as yours wien you are married?” asked a friend, and U@ the grandson's wife told the joke # the relationship under pledse o! © crecy. The two women tried to isu out their kinship, but had to sv¢# up because it threatened to drive thet to the point reached by the Peusilh vania man. ‘They followed the case fer eas to know that the grandson W# te brother-in-Iuw cf ies grandfather the uncle of his facher’s bro! = also was his uncle. He was 4? 7 own uncle and his own nephew. & ee <. -he brother of his grandmolht' consequently his own grant a didn’t know whether to call bis St in-law grandmother or 1: i beth,’ as she was a s\at a and he dared not addres: eo ‘The relaticnship vetween te of the two marriages we Be men that perfected loge cago Tribune: Reasoning. a “Such reasoning,” said Ov": ° a a Grant, in a military argue “F minds me of the reasoning of 014 CO Sandhurst. Corp. Sandhurst v%* day drilling a batch of ray rere ‘Why is it,’ he said to a bris! cone chap, ‘that the blade of youl" bre: curved instead of straight aft “<The blade is curved,’ the ' answered, ‘in order to give mo to the blow.’ f + ‘Nonsense,’ said the corpo"! ™ blade is curved so as to f we ‘Dard. If it was straight, bo" you get it in the curved scab" idiot,’ "—Rochester Herald. Fairly Safe. umes 2Now, then iis gentleman, I will tell you bo" ™ hairs there are on the head 0! 8 8 in the audience who cares ‘° = Volce—“Well, how many hav? 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