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 The Man of the Hour—A Man of the People and for the People and of Ability and the Moral Courage and Backbone to stand by what he believes to be right. Every citizen who has the interest of this city at heart, and are greatly interested in its mammoth institutions which give daily employment to thousands of men and women, will vote for Gen.D. E. Cornell, Tuesday, April 2nd feeling that in electing him for Mayor that our city will be thoroughly guarded and give us an honest clean business city administration. We honestly and candidly ask our people to vote for Gen. D. E. Cornell for he is beyond any question of doubt a friend to our people, and for the sake of our taxes, our homes and families, let's stop and think for a moment and then do what you think is best and should you do that you will not fail to vote for Gen. D. E. Cornell for mayor. We are satisfied that the good citizens of this city are thoroughly disgusted with the manner in which this city has been run during the last two years with two or three elections during one term of office and the business interest almost completely stopee on the account of the life of harmony among our city officials. A sure Winner. He stands for Law Enforcement and a good clean business like city administration. He will be found in his office during all office hours thereby giving all his time and attention to the various needs and business of which would be to best interest of the city. The people are with him for they realized that he is the man of the hour. Gen. D. E. Cornell stands for municipal ownership of the water plant or of any other public utility that would be to the best interest of the people of this city. We are satisfied that he will do all within his power to bring about an equal and just schedule of taxation which will an able the small taxpayer to feel that he has been fairly and honestly treated when he entered the county treasurer's office to pay the same. VOL.18 NO 3 The Oldest LIBERAL COM GEN. D. E. OUR NEX The Man of the Hour—A M • People and of Ability and Backbone to believes to Every citizen who has the in- are greatly interested in its mama- employment to thousands of men. E. Cornell, Tuesday, April 2nd f. Mayor that our city will be thou- honest clean business city admini- We honestly and candidly ask E. Cornell for he is beyond any q people, and for the sake of our ta- stop and think for a moment and and should you do that you will n Cornell for mayor. All who want to be with the winner had better get on the band wagon, the Cornell wagon is the only safe one all the rest are in bad condition and will break down. This is no time for our people to go off on side issues and thereby lessen the chances to elect such a grand and splendid gentleman as Gen. D. E. Cornell, if this city and county were searched from center to circumference there could not be found a better friend to our race than Mr. Cornell. We are satisfied that the goodly disgusted with the manner in wiing the last two years with two or of office and the business interest account of the life of harmony am A sure Winner. He s and a good clean business l will be found in his off thereby giving all his time a needs and business of which of the city. The people are that he is the man of the he Gen. D. E. Cornell stands for plant or of any other public utility est of the people of this city. We within his power to bring about a tion which will an able the small fairly and honestly treated when office to pay the same. A WINNER A WINNER Vote for U. S. Guyer he is the man for judge of North side city court, we feel safe in saying that his decisions will be rendered according to the law governing the case in voting for him you will be voting for a man who is thoroughly qualified to fill this important position and a man who ranks among the best and leading citizens of this city. When it comes to his ruling as a Judge he will have no friends to reward nor enemy to punish. The business in our city courts are becoming so great that it is necessary that the Judges should be men of ability and well versed in law, and in electing Hon.U. S. Gayer for Judge of the North Side city court would show great wisdom upon the part of the citizens of this city. When you go to the polls on Apr. 2nd dont fail to vote for George Poerechler for City clerk. He has made a good, honest, and effec- cent clerk during the last two yrs. M. B. citizens of this city are thorough which this city has been run dur- three elections during one term almost completely stopee on the long our city officials. stands for Law Enforcement like city administration. He ce during all office hours and attention to the various would be to best interest with him for they realized our. municipal ownership of the water that would be to the best intere are satisfied that he will do all in equal and just schedule of taxa taxpayer to feel that he has been he entered the county treasurer's The Republican Ticket. A SURE WINNER THIS TIME FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. For Mayor—D. E Cornelll For City Clerk...Geo. Foerschler. For City Attorney...Ralph Nelson. For City Treasurer...Miss Tiera Farrow. For Police Judge...John T. Sims. For Judge City Court, 1st District...U. S. Guyer. For Clerk City Court, 1st District...R. A. Kope. For Marshal City Court, 1st District.. Martin McDonald. For Justice of the Peace 3rd. Dist. Wm. Winship. Remember Miss Tiera Farrow for city Treasurer when you vote on April 2nd. For She is the one to vote for if you want a good treasurer. Vote for Judge John T.Sims for judge of police court. North side He is the right man for that place. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. Miss Tiera Farrow. In voting for city officials, it should be understood that these places should be supplied with persons who are looking for the best interest of the city an people and as City Treasurer, there is no one who could fill this position more successfully that Miss Tiera Farrow. She is fully competent for the office and by voting for her as our city treasurer on Apr. 2nd, you will find that you have the right person in the right place. Mr. John T. Sims Judge John T. Sims, the candidate for re-election to the office of Police Judge, needs no introduction to the citizens of this city, he is well and favorably known, you can not fool the good people for they know in re-electing Judge Sims they will have a police judge one of which all can point with much pride and there is no doubt but what he will be re-elected by an overwhelm majority. Mr. Martin McDonald Vote for Martin McDonald for Marshal of the North Side City Court he was filled this position during the last two years faithfully and honestly, with credit to himself and entire satisfaction to the public and that he will be reelected there is no doubt. Don't fail to give him your vote. Mr. R. A. Kope. R. A. Kope, the candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of North Side city court is a gentleman whose integrity and ability is unquestionable. Don't fail to vote for George Foerschler for city clerk. He has filled this position for the last two years with credit to himself and his acts as such has been in keeping with the desire of the crying public in using economy in the expenditure of the city fund. He is kind and courteous to all who may have business with him at his office. Vote for him and he will be re-elected on April 2nd beyond any question of doubt. Mr. Martin H. Newhall. When you are looking for good man for Judge of the South Side city court vote for Martin H. Newhall, he is a splendid gentleman and is worthy of the undivided support of the Republican party. There is no cause for scratching this time for every candidate on the republican ticket is competent to fill the various position for which they aspire and are deserving of the votes and influences and support of every voter in this city. This election means that the officers elected will hold their office for two long years then it become our duty to be careful as to how we vote in order that we may have good competent officials and there can be mistake if you will only stop and think seriously of the matter and then you will vote for Gen. Cornell and the whole republican ticket. The New and most Wonderful Hair Grower, Reliable, Infallible, Innocent and Harmful. 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 hair. Publication Notice: In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Pearl Northington, Plaintiff. William Northington, Defendants. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 30th day of July 1000 the petition filed against you will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered against you, the nature of which will be a doeress 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, per flpf. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. 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, Rev. J. K. Parker of St. Louis was with us last Wednesday and Thursday eve. We are glad to report that Mrs. Geo. McNeal, who has been ill for the past two months, was out with us last Sunday. Our Pastor Rev. Geo. McNeal agave a lecture to the men great and small last Sunday morning. There were but a few Amens from the brethren, but the sisters seem to enjoy the lecture to their heart's content. In our campaign against Sin, we are glad to say that we are victorious over Satan by winning twenty-two souls and we hope to have equally as many more before our baptising. A running republican meeting was held Wednesday night at 3rd.& Jersey Ave. Dont scratch your ticket, vote it straight this time. It's Connell in the air, it's Connell everywhere, His election is sure with a majority of from one thousand to one thousand five hundred. When you want a good smooth and an up to date shave, go to 315 Minn. Ave G. W. White will treat you right. Executors Notice. County of Wyandotte **||**88 In the Probate Court of Said County. In the matter of the Estate of Henry Fulgham, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Henry Fulgham, late of said, County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 29 day of Jan. 1907. 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. ANNIE FULGHAM. Executor of the last will and testament of Henry Fulgham, deceased. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Sarah Shelden, Piff. 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 Piff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. 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 position in the above and entitled court, asking for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Unless you answep damur or otherwise object, on or before the 28th day of March, 1907, the allegations of plaintiff will be taken as true and Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte Co. Assistance 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, 1966, the plaintiff above named, John Callahan, filed his petition in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas and commenced suit against you, and in said petition said plaintiff alleges in substance as follows: 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 sixy one (61) in Armourdale, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof. That the defendant above named and the unknown heirs of 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, thereby 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 devises of S. A. Snyder, deceased, are wholly unfounded and without any right whatever and said defendants have not, nor have either of them, any estate, right, title or interest whatever in or to said real estate or any part thereof. And praying in substance that the 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 devises of S. A. Snyder, deceased, is, to or upon said real estate be adjudged invalid, and that they and each of them be forever barred from asserting any claim whatever in or to said real estate or any part thereof. And you are further notified that unless you answer the petition of said plaintiff on or before the 24th day of December, 1900, the allegations thereof will be taken as true and a judgement and decree will be rendered by said Court against you in favor of the said plaintiff quieting his title to said property against you and forever barring you or any person or persons claiming by or through you from assuring 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. City Locals. Send us your news, Telephone Bell 1958 West Rev. H. E. Strickland, has the sympathy of the church in the sad bereavement of his father Bro. H. Strickland of Memphis Tenn, who was esled from labor to reward a few days ago in that city. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away blessed be the name of the Lord. Publication Notice. State of Kansas. Wyandotte County. 89 In the District Court of Wyandotte County. State of Kansas. M. T. Jones. Plaintiff. vs No. Martha Jones. Defendants. The State of Kansas, to Martha Jones Greeting:— 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 neglect of duty. Unless you answer demurer or otherwise object or before the 13th day of April, 1907, the allegations, statement and averments of sled petition, shall be taken as true, and upon further proof, the plaintiff will be granted divorce, as prayed to. 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 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 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. nexed of Corvilla 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 15th day of December A. D. 1096. MARCH 22. 1907 is Section CALL HERE Publication Notice. In the District Co r yandotte County Kansas. Birdie Smith 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, 1906, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and restoring plaintiff to her maiden name Birdie Reniek and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atta. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk First Pub. Aug. 3rd. Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte. In the Probate court in and for said county. In the matter of the Estate, of 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 last 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. in wittles,whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the county of (SEAL)[,]Wyandotte, State of *Kansas*, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 1st day March, A. D. 197. 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 Coudy', to be begun and held at the Probate Court roomin 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 Administratrix 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 on the 12th day of October A. D.1906 Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge NOTE LETS For Rent—To desirable parties gen tieman perfered)well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city, in- quire at this office. Mrs.S. T. Mitchell of 340 Minn.ave., is proprietress of one of the most 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. Reed, 528 Neb. ave., has a few nically 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 1908 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 notice and govern yourself accordingly. CLARENCE STEWART. And few there were who, passing, sat A rose, a sunbeam, nothing more.' —Beth Slater Wilson NOW IS the time Subscribe For the Weekly The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. Published Weekly 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 Moc cow 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 ple. It was not long ago that all the "success" magazines were pointing to the Pittsburg 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 autora 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 detached from the doorknob and put into the police wagon, the premier of the great British Empire crawled out from unhitched hed and wished a sligh of re . 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. Local Office of The Ethiopian Protective and Benefician Aid Association Employment and Information Bureau for the members of the Association. 1508 N. 3rd Street. Kansas City, Kansas. BELL TELEPHONE 2313 WEST. 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 Embälmer. The very best for alll Purpose The Best Equipped White sick and on Short Notice. Charges R sota Ave., Kansas Local Office of The Ethiopian Protec Aid As Employment and Information of the Asso 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 Teritory 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 Bead, Hatchinsons, 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. $ ^{*} $ To ISAAC B. A. President of the E. P. W. H. BOLDEN, Acting Secret- Peter Sh. Value of Moderate Eating. No matter what kind of food is taken, the quantity should be small. The human body can live and thrive and work on a surprisingly small quantity of nourishment. Great mod- ation in eating is, therefore, one of the keys that unlock the doors or 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 Burggreve, 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 Pelée TREASURE HUNTING 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 Sctences, M. Bouchard stated that mice exposed to emanations from radium died in six hours. Thunder Kills Oysters. Oysters are such nervous creatures that a sudden shock, such as a loud thunder-clap, will kill many hundreds of them. Telephone Home W. 32 Raymond DIRECTOR list of Service, Fine Carriages es, at all Hours. Enameled Ambulance for wounded reasonable. Call at 431 Minne- as City, Kansay. Active and Benefician Association on Bureau for the members association, Kansas City, Kansas. NE 2313 WEST. 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 taneries, 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 million 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 Benjaman Bonner of Quindaro Kansas, he is o devine healer, and says he will cure you of the following diseases, if you are suffering with Parlyses he will cure you of that particular disease or no charges for his service, I can also oure Bed Fever. Palpitation of the heart. Indigesting. 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, 560 Oak, and Anna Beeham 1019 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 as true and a judgment rendered the nature of which will be.' a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plain- and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and for cost so this action. Attest: By I. F. Bradley, Atty Wn. Needles. Clerk. 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 SHIELDS FOR TROOPS IN WAR. Their Use Urged by a German Military 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 Bread 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/inimpression 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 titan red after a trip to the art galleries of Europe. Then she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair is drab. "The last is by far the most popular of all for the reason that it 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: What money will Do. They say they can not buy The sweetest things in life. Health, heaven, friends, respect, content The most important wife. They say that man 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. What bought me to lands where health Is found. What pays my specialist, dear Jim. What pays my specialist, dear Jim, to keep me in such perfect trim? Well—I don't know! What bought the most delightful wife A man who loves her What buys her every wish in life— The clothes she dazzles in? And if her heart beats not for me, And I am not quite happy, Well—I don't know! For happiness? Well, money bought This ninety-cent cigar; It bought the hair in which I loll, It bought this rattle, It bought this cognac—and, I guess, If all this is not happiness. Well—I don't know! —New York Press. Not a Good Advertisement. 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 illu- tation to embellish the work, thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man's name and address, but ulti- timately 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 12,500 house such as you agreed to AMERICAN HAIR GROWER BEFORE USING PICTURES TAKEN FROM LIFE. AFTER USING NATURE'S OWN REMEDY This is not a chemical compound. 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Example of the Postage Stamp The late Judge Andrew Wylle, 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 530 MINNESOTA AVE. 852 FREEMAN AVE. In an Excuse Book. aner Water Filter r as a Crystal and Healthy. 75 cents. HERIDAN OM 8. The Tree" is a very popular song—Why popular store? 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KANSAS 1 teeta Me tee “gre Ween struck by the occur biyo aiscase in members of the “mir. Ove has reported thres Mipree successive generations eijy. A father, two Sons and hters were affected In another vvquete of digestion have the “ayrtatt influence fn determin. f_ qeate attack of appendicitis,” 4 | sue of the appendix varies ac- ago age and to persons, Its Ee from three to three 5 nes. The appendix of a ly larger than that of c is irregular and uneer- a 1 record of one appen- 1 foot long Between \d 30 it reaches its j ch some observers ; 1 from 20 to 40. It in size as a person 1 some eases it has 1 in the aged. {the appendix varies ; the length, the com- 2 that of a goose quill. abnormalities in width, 5 It points in different ne at different times, and a of its various positions is a fig: jssned approximately like a “dad. ns legs” spider. cone places, the hospital of the s Hopkins Medical school, for in- p> itis the custom to examine the < whenever the abdomen is ales the condition of the pa pis such that the Inspection would polded danger. Of seventy sur sho were canvassed by Kelly ion, “When the abdomen 1 for other causes, and the ‘al appendix fs easily ac cour rule to remove it?” d against and the rest ing so. {a canvass among many to whether the appendix na normal condition, emoved as a preventive the almost unanimous such a step is “ab f v “yithout ex ton He orl appendicitis was eofned Dr. Reginald H. Itz, a Bos. clan, He says he invented his purpose. of calling atten. inflammation of the appendix object of direct treatment. Be. pint time the names used had not faite appendix itself the disered- feimdng to {t as the actual cause he toile, axes at Johns Hopkins hos- fein bodies were found in only Fit many cases the contents of tmenlix resemble fruit stones, ‘iey are really organic matter and est exertion and blows are Fes of the disease far more often ‘s conerally supposed. A long bi- He ride, a leap from a street car, an of swimming, exposnre to cold, a the fist, a Kick, a fall, a bruise fey one of a hundred other appli- Fes of force may bring about the fssre the most common and most vis of the foreign substances. mall, heavy objects, like bullets, ‘tr all pointed bodies the appen- Ss sort of trap, These foreten “may he direct dauses of the 2 «iionstes performed at the " hns Hopkins and Rhode hospitals, there were eighty-six “Which acute inflammatory dis- “of tho vermtform appendix eaus- f'8, cirectly or indirectly, About "ent, wore males, About 43 per ‘the deaths occurred in the sec- “4 third decades of life. | “me of the cases the symptoms (ileitis were not discovered un- P* death. Tha larger percentage | “among men and boys is ex- ‘Tilaustbly as being due to the ~,lshility to exposure to injury Seater tendency to errors in “4. in part, perhaps, to excessive M ‘otacco’ and the consequent al- * disturbances, OS teen) ax. 5 Lg .,, Over of Nature wonders at “ind worships the Creator eed New Russian Railroad. piste has applied to the gow og permission to build a lint ** from Moscow to Rell, the the Baltie Province of Es 284 on the southern side of the ‘and. The length of this States. The cost of ‘erime to the govern- ment reackes the enormous sum of 140,000,000. Of this sum $80,000,090 are expended in 2 certain Per-entaze cf the maintenance of the Supreme and ‘Federal courts. United States district attorneys, United States marshals, and the Secret Service buteau; part of It is the cost of crime to the Treasury department to prevent smuggling, the cost of crime to the army and the havy and to the postoflice and to alk lied departments. The government losses by smuggling and postal frauds, tte, add the $60,000,000 to. make the Mforesald total, In the iast statement, which is only an estimate of what the national government pays for crime, it should be remembered. that there fre no reliable figures on the-sibject. {m estimating the goverament losses at sixty million dollars a year for smuggling, fraud, ete. the writer has endeavored to keep’ strictly under the mark. {t is estfmated that the govern- ment loses from seven*-five to one hundred million dollars a year by smuggling alone; while the postoifice frauds are “believed ‘ta have cost the government something like forty mil- lions a year. ‘The detailed cost of crime in the United States presents some asiound- ing figures. In 1906 the cost of crime in Greater New York was $35,652,- 133.24, The state, county and city authorities outside of Greater New York spent for it $42,605372.57. In iforty-five states (New York exciuded) 'the expenditure was — $697,080,- 000,000. Criminal losses by fires totalled $100,000,000. By cus- toms frauds the national _gov- ernment lest $60,000,000 . During this one year the loss in wages of ‘100,000 state prisoners was $28,080,- 000, while the loss in wages of 150,000 prisoneis in city and county jails was $33,000,000. The grand total, there- fore, of the cost of crime in the United States reaches fhe stupendous figures of $1,076,327,605.99. The cost of religious work in the United States is enormious. The cost of foreign missions, comprising all denominations, is. $7,000,000, home mission expend the same sum, We spend for education, $20,000,000; for church expenses and ministers’ salar- fes, $150,000,000. Hosplials and dispen- saries fo the sick poor cost us $100,- 000,000; for sanitarfitms of all kinds we spend $60,000,000, City missions and rescue work of all kinds demand and receive $3,000,000; ntadTitarian work of every kind $12,000,000. Our | Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Associations cost $5,000,000; while all other moral and social work | in the United States requires an ex: penditure of $5,000,000. The total ex- penditure for humanttarian and relig. fous work is, then, $549,000,000. As against this, the total cost of crime in the United States for the year reached the incredible total of $1,076,327, 605.99. That is to say, we spend more | than five hundred million dollars a | year more on crime than we do on all | spirittial, ecclesiastical, huznanttarian, educational, and healing agencies put | togetlier!—Harper's Weekly. Ta Mae YZ 4 \ v re ae Mt i f A Difference. at ‘The Magazine Wditor—Say! Is this a dialect poem? ‘The Poet—No; I've merely employed the simplified spelling method. Senator Reed Smoot was given a re- ception at Provo, Utah, upon his re- turn from the East, and made a speéch in which he said that the actiom of the United States Senate in deciding him to be entitied to a seat was a vie- tory for the nation, for the state and for religious liberty. Bobbs—Did you say that he acts like an owl? Dobbs—Yes, he sleeps’ all day and hoots all night. Head gear—Mental balance. A lot of people waste steam blow- ing the whistle that should be saved to run the wheels. mi hi lanes @ may be humble and a beg- Qe = na a BS AN TNS fo! ny: a wl MS Or Sy? fee ESL) bec * AGS TAS Awful Voice. Mrs. Schreecher—All I have to do is to sing and baby goes right to sleep. Mrs. Kuting—A very wise child. PORT So J &: 2 et) } ER. ee Sey i Sf bse Fm) i BEEN | a. EY } Ze ato AS ¢ ae) ee “ A ut m oa aa eee ey ||| VEX SSA, WY iq (ASG ii a Shere y >) |e oe bi: D i Bee ary LED 9 Him BY The Tall Man—I heard a preacher Say yesterday that there was a certain Place paved with good intentions. The Short Man—Guess he was talk- ing about my town. We're in the hands of a street-paving band of grafters and our streets are a sight. hi q Rat : fa ye o Sage iy ‘aul |e ee yn aan |e ®, Sp iS Ce ‘ . STM, Wieigar © te | XS, OB ee |) a EES ‘gs ee —<Yrip FE LES yy Dd 3 at =) 5 == ZC Ss Then She Moved. Farlie—Auntie, I want to run my railroad train across here. . Auntie—I can’t move now, Farlie, Earlie—All right, Auntie. I'M just play there's a big fat cow on, the track, Wf Ve t= ae Ne ye oe What He Caucht. “Did you catch the last car home from the lodge last night?” “No; Thad to walk home and caught a cold and also caught the dickens when I got home.” oe Ree India’s Industries. Bs India, the land of mystery, is rapid- ly coming to the front in various fields of industry. The Indian empire pos- Sesses no fewer than fifteen coal beds, while iron is worked on an extensive scale in three districts, two of which are situated in the immediate vicinity of Calcutta. Nor are oil fields want- ing; seventeen more or less important centers are engaged in this industry in the provinces of Bengal and Assam, while tobacco cultivation is another Valuable asset to Assam, as well as to Madras. Even the hard lessons of experience cannot prevent us from making fools of ourselves the second and third time. The bill granting suffrage to women, was talked to death in the English House of Commons. It did not come to a vote, and will now have to come Uefore the people at a general elec- tion, KrUILNAM FADELESS NDvyvre pee h cl os Oat eect PEE PAT ne a Kak your Grasnist or he al nae colars than anyother dye, One tOc package colors silk, weol and cutton equally well a ‘ak our drusaist or we will send postpaid at 10¢ a package. "Writs for free bookiet--How to Dye, Bienen s Mee ee PEEO44 444644 4466465644564656654 br ree nin for free bookiet--How | i i * THE BUSINESS MAN. = 4 ee —- : % President Roosevelt's Opinion of + % Him as Expressed in His + * Latest Book. 4 SESE SERED H&G The American business mam is of a peculiar type, and probably the qual- ities of energy, daring and resourteful- ness which have given him his prom- inenee in the international industrial world find their highest development in the west, It is the merest truism to say that in the modern world indus- trialism is the great factor in the growth of nations. MateMal prosper- ity is the foundation upon whitch every mighty national structure must be built. Of course there must be moré than this, There must be a high moral purpose. A life of the spirit which finds its expression In many diver ent ways but waless materiel prosper- ity exists also there is scant room in which to develop the higher life. The productive activity of our vast army of workers, of those who work with their head or hands, is the prime cause of the giant growth of this na- tion. We have great natural resources but such resources are never more than opportunities, and they count for nothing if the men in possession have not the power to take advantage of them. In such development laws play a certain part, but individual characteristics a still greater part ** © The prime factor in securing in- dustrial well being is the hfeh average of citizenship found in the community: The best laws that the wit of man ean devise would make no community of ‘thriftless and idle men prosperous. No scheme of legislation or of social reform will ever work good to the community unless it recognizes s fundamental the fact that each man’s own individual qualities must he the prime factors in his success, Work in combination may help, and the state can do a geod deal in its own sphere, but in the long run each man must owe his success in life to whatever of hardihoed, of reselution, of common sense and of capacity for lefty en- deavor he has within his own soul. It is a cood thing to act In combine ation for the common good, but it is a very unhealthy thing to let our- selves think for one moment that any- thing can ever supply the want ‘ef our own individual watcbfulness and ex- ertion. Yet, given this high average of indi- vidual ability and invention, we must ever keep in mind that it may be nuk lifled by bad legislation and that it ean be given a chance to develop un- der the most favorable conditions ‘by good legislation. ONLY ONE “BROMO QUININE.” That is LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. ‘Similarly named remedies sometimes deceive. The first and original Cold Tablet is a WHITE PACKAGE with black and red lettering, and bears the signature of E. W. GROVE. 2¢. Even the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wouldn't object if you were unkind to the train hog. PILES GURED in 6 TO 14 DAYS. 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George was dressed for that sort of weather, and when he arrived at El Paso, Tex., en route to Southern California, he was obliged to put his overcoat out of sight, its very presence almost suffocating him. The next morning, on rising from his berth, he dispensed with some of his heavier garments when dressing, for he had now come into a salubrious climate where the Northerner sometimes finds even February too warm for comfort. But George did not feel uncomfortable yet. The first suggestion of too much heat for comfort in winter clothing was at Yunia, Ariz., that interesting town that lies below sea level, and whose houses have double roofs to protect the inhabitants from the tropical sun which comes down so fiercely during nine months of the year. There he found a June day in winter, bright sun and soft, warm sands stretching all around. At Yuma the train crossed the Colorado river, that uncontrollable stream which has broken through its banks and is filling up the great Salton Desert basin, making of it a sea. George left the train at Yuma and walked about the station, buying a string of beads from a Yuma Indian squaw, who, with a number of her tribe, was squatted on a blanket in front of the railway station offering her wares for sale. He sat down in the shade of In 10 minutes George was again on the train going westward through the Yuma Desert. As they sped along through sand and sand George became deeply impressed with the mystery and silence of the desert, and longed to go about in it. In the distance, both to the right and left, were dim mountains, at times almost lost in the purple haze that denoted great distance. On top these mountains gleamed snow in the tropical sunshine, a problem George could not solve. "Why," he asked himself, "if the mountain tops are nearer to the burning sun than are the valleys, do they keep so cold?" But the question remained unanswered. As they pushed on into the desert the heat became much greater. It matte George think of an August day during a drouth in his own state. Then he fell to thinking how it was that very moment at home. Doubtless a blizzard was in progress, snow blowing and piling everywhere in great drifts, while here was he, less than 2,000 miles from home, riding under a tropical sun through great wastes of sand and endless sand. It was evening when George reached the little town where his uncle met him at the station. But his journey was not yet ended. He stayed with his uncle at a hotel that night, and early in the morning they set out for a 10-mile drive over dry, sandy roads. His uncle had a fruit ranch right on the edge of a desert, his orchards being fed by means of irrigation. During the pleasant ride George expressed his wish to go into the desert What is Our Area? "What constitutes the area of the United States?" would seem to the ordinary layman a simple question, but according to a bulletin recently issued by the United States geological survey of which Henry Gannett is the author it is quite the reverse. The bulletin represents the result of conference he Desert. to make some geological study. He was deeply interested in that science and wished very much to take advantage of this visit to the West to further his knowledge. "I'll tell you what you may do," said his uncle, who was fond of his bright young nephew. You may take a mule tomorrow and ride over beyond that low range of mountains. It's a good day's journey to go and return. You'll have to start before breakfast and eat a snack as you travel. Pathfinders never wait on meals, you know." And the indulgent uncle laughed merrily. "We'll make a regular Westerner of you before we let you return to civilization again." "Nothing would suit me better," declared George. "Is the desert just beyond those mountains, uncle?" "One desert is, yes," answered his uncle. "Truth is, there are so many deserts in this part of California that one is lost for names for them. The geological name for that desert is to be seen on some of the maps, but most of them ignore its existence since it belongs to a chain of greater ones. But it is about as treacherous a one as a man can lose his way in. And I'll advise you to follow my instructions to the letter or—you might never show up to have another meal with us." "I'll follow your advice, then," laughed George. "I'm too fond of living to take great chances of losing my life. Aunt Mary may put my name in the pot for supper, for I will not remain out all night. I like sleeping in a bed." The next morning George was up before the sun and out with his uncle at the corral, helping to feed the cattle and horses. Then Old Trusty, a mule used to the mountain road, was sad- AYH the mule had proceeded to eat dled for George to make his start to the desert. As he passed the kitchen door the Japanese cook was waiting for him. He held a small canvas bag tied with a cord so looped that it could be hung over the pommel of the saddle. This bag contained a goodly supply of food and drink. Waving a farewell to his uncle and the cook—the other members of the family were not up yet—George struck off at a jog-trot toward the nearby mountains that walled the desert from view. After riding for half an hour he decided it was breakfast time, and untying the bag took out two thick slices of bread and butter and a liberal piece of cold beef. In the bag was a gallon-jug of water, from which George refreshed himself after his meal. "Not quite so full of flavor as coffee, but more wholesome," he said to himself as he corked the jug and dropped it again into the bag. He had had full instructions from his uncle as to the route he was to follow. There was a wagon road all the way to the valley, that lay like a dried-up lake between two low mountain ranges, a valley that, from heat and lack of moisture, was a desert about 10 miles long and seven to eight wide. Old Trusty knew the trail and went ambling along through the pass between two walls of mountains, a pass that was full of vegetable life and picturesque rocks. Enough melted snow found its way into this little canyon to bring into life the vegetation that grew there. George discounted and gathered some of the leaves from a palm tree still in its sus bureau and geological survey in an effort to agree on what constitutes "the area of the United States." The absence of a standard of measurement for determining the area lad to a discrepancy between the tables of the census bureau made in 1887 and those of the general land office prepared in 1899. The result of the cooperation of the department is that the area of the United States present ```markdown ``` infancy. He also examined some of the rock formations and the soil. Then, getting into the saddle again, he went on towards the "mystery," as he called the desert. The sun shone from straight above his head when he entered the edge of the waste of sand to the east of the mountains. Drawing Old Trusty to a halt, George sat breathless, looking about him. Within that area called the desert not one sign of life of any kind was visible. Sand, reflecting the heat—such heat as George had never before felt—was spread like a death pall over every inch of the ground that lay in the little secluded valley. One time it had been a small sea; centuries of heat had died it up. George's uncle had warned him against advancing more than a quarter of a mile into the desert waste. But the trouble that followed was not due to George's disobedience to his uncle, but to the fact that there was no way of measuring distance on that flat, gleaming surface. George rode on and on into the trackless sand, leaving no tracks behind him. What he supposed to be about a quarter of a mile was, in fact, over a mile. Having gone that distance, he drew Old Trusty's rein and dismounted. The mule was glad of the rest and stood with bowed head, sleeping. Being very warm and thirsty, George decided to refresh himself with some food and water. He sat down in the shade of the mule and proceeded to eat. Old Trusty did not seem to mind the heat or absence of water. George's uncle had said that he was like a camel—could go an indefinite time without water. He had been known to go two days without a drop and had suffered no bad results from it, either. As George was preparing to mount again there came a sudden breeze across the desert. Then George saw a regular sandstorm in progress just across the valley. It was thickening and spreading rapidly—coming his way. He sprang into the saddle and gave Old Trusty the reins, for his uncle had warned him of these desert squalls, as he termed the sand-storms. But hardly had he got into the saddle when the wind-full of sand—was about him, making it impossible for him to hold his eyes open. It cut his face and neck and blinded Old Trusty, who stopped, head down. "On, on, Old Trusty," urged George, kicking the mule's sides. So, without opening his eyes Old Trusty went on, finding it almost impossible to walk in such a storm. Then it was that a terrible fear seized George. He could not see any distance ahead of him and could open his eyes only for an instant at a time. He felt that they had turned in the wrong direction, but he thought it wiser to allow Old Trusty to take his way according to his animal instinct. The heat was that of a furnace and George had frequent recourse to his jug of water. He had drunk about half of it when he decided that it was extremely cruel for him to take it all and not so much as dampen the burning nostrils of the patient old mule. Drawing in the rein he sprang to the ground, poured the remaining contents of the jug into his hat and put it under Old Trusty's nose. The suffering animal took the draught at one gulp, and opened his bloodshot eyes long enough to look his thanks to George. After a long time—seeming much longer to George than it really was—Old Trusty stumbled over some rocks and dead tree branches. Hope shot thru George's heart. He sprang from Old Trusty's back and examined the ground. Yes, they were at the edge of the desert. And now he could see ahead of him. The mountains rose close by. And there—directly in their path—was the road leading into the canyon thru which they had come at noonday. "Dear Old Trusty!" said George, embracing the mule with a feeling of intense joy. "You, dear old fellow, brought me sats from the desert. I would have gone in an opposite direction had I followed my own ideas of the compass. But we'll not tarry here to congratulate ourselves. No telling what this mystery might take a notion to do. We will get on the other side of the mountain—it's healthy for us." which is given as 3,026,789 square miles, has been increased over the census figures by 1,118 square miles. The bulletin gives the area of Alaska as 590,884; the Philippines, 115,026; Hawaii, 6,449; Porto Rico, 3,435; Guam 210; Samoa, 77, and the Panama canal strip, 474 square miles. All of the detached territory is subject to change as the limits become more correctly defined. of George's uncle. The sun was setting in their faces, and George, thirsty, hungry, exhausted from the heat and blowing sand, smiled wearily, but gladly: "No more of the desert for me." Old Trusty, I don't know how you feel about it, but I guess you've no love for such an inferno. Come, can you limber up your legs a bit liveller and get us home in time for supper? I feel that I could drink a barrel of cold water and lie in a tub full of it all night. As for you, Trusty, I'm afraid you'll drink the well dry." And Old Trusty said never a word in reply, but quickened his gait as if understanding the wishes of his young master. WONDER BAKER Mrs. De Style—Your husband seems to be a pessimist. Mrs. Malaprop—Oh! no. He's an oculist. GREG DAVID Does he really love her? "How can he help it—she has refused him six times." Still at it. Helen—Fred told me it was a question of my acceptance or his death by suicide. Grace—And you accepted him? You cruel creature! Knew They Were False. Miss Oldbird—I'd like to go shopping with you, but the dentist is going to fix my teeth this afternoon and it will take him at least an hour. Miss Caustique—That will be time enough. You can go shopping with me while he's fixing them. Bills—What makes you think that I am charitable in saying that Smith is a level headed man? Wills—It is a nice way of saying that his head is flat. Messenger—Your wife has eloped with your chauffeur. Husband—Thank fortune! Now I wont have to break it to her that the cook has left."—Harper's Weekly. King Edward has taken up with the primate the matter of revising the Prayer Book. It is sometimes forgotten that he is the head of the church SUCCESS IN LIFE. Extracts from Theodore Roosevelt's Book in "The Square Deal." From the very beginning our people have markedly combined practical capacity for affairs with power of devotion to an ideal. The lack of either quality would have rendered the possession of the other of small value. Mere ability to achieve success in things concerning the body would not have atoned for the failure to live the life of high endeavor, and on the other hand, without a foundation of those qualities which bring material prosperity there would be nothing on which the higher life could be built. The men of the revolution would have failed if they had not possessed alike devotion to liberty and ability (once liberty had been achieved) to show common sense and self restraint in its use. The men of the great civil war would have failed had they not possessed the business capacity which developed and organized these resources in addition to the stern resolution to expand these resources as freely as they expended their blood in furtherance of the great cause for which their hearts leaped. It is this combination of qualities that has made our people succeed. Other peoples have been as devoted liberty, and yet, because of lack of hard headed common sense and of ability to show restraint and subordinate individual passions for the general good, have failed so signally in the struggle of life as to become a byword among the nations. Yet other peoples, again, have possessed all possible thrift and business capacity, but have been trampled underfoot or have played a sordid and ignoble part in the world because their business capacity was unaccompanied by any of lift toward nobler things which marks a great and generous nation. The stern but just rule of judgment for humanity is that each nation shall be known by its fruits, and if there are no fruits, if the nation has failed, it matters but little whether it has failed through recnness of soul or through lack of robustness of character. We must judge a nation by the net result of its life and activity. And so we must judge the policies of those who at any time control the destinies of a nation. There was no patent device for securing victory by force of arms forty years ago, and there is no patent device for securing victory for the forces of righteousness in civil life now. In each case the all important factor was and is the character of the individual man. ☆ There are very different kinds of success. There is the success which brings with it the seared soul—the success which is achieved by wolfish greed and vulpine cunning—the success which makes honest men uneasy or indignant in its presence. Then there is the other kind of success—the success which comes as the reward of keen insight, of sagacity, of resolution, of address, combined with unfinchin rectitude of behavior, public and private. The first kind of success may in a sense—and a poor sense at that—benefit the individual, but it is always and necessarily a curse to the community, whereas the man who wins the second kind as an incident of its winning becomes a beneficiary to the whole commonwealth. Long Sermons. Mark Twain tells this story, the mural of which you may supply yourself: "I went to church one time and was so impressed by what the preacher told me about the poor heathen that I was ready to give up a hundred dollars of my own money and even go out and borrow more to send to the heathen. But the minister preached too long, and my enthusiasm began to drop about $25 a drop till there was nothing left for the poor heathen, and by the time he was through and the collection was taken up I stole 10 cents off the plate." Casper Whitney is called upon by rival explorers to make good his claim of having explored the headwaters of the Orinoco river, twenty-five day's journey by canoe beyond the limits of Humboldt's farthest point, and he promises to "make good." Joshua Pisa, of the Isthmus of Panama, and one of the greatest pearl merchants in the world, is visiting Washington. He owns valuable concessions granted by the Panamanian government, whereby he has almost a monopoly of the valuable oyster beds of the Pearl Islands that are situated in the Pacific ocean, seventy-five miles from the city of Panama. He ships his pearls mostly to Paris. "It has been said," writes Werner Mar Kaempfler in his article, "We Know About Mars." in McGraw-Hill that when cur Earth has so far been away that its inhabitants will pend for their water supply upon melting ice and snow of the Arctic Antarctic oceans, a gigantic effort be made to devise some means of constructing the polar spring and summing floods to the parched equatorial temperate zones. To Mars the unliking of polar seas is of as much importance as the annual inundation Egypt by the Nile. Assuming the Mars is inhabited by beings as intelligent as ourselves, it is reasonable infer that they would build trenches to guide the freshsts of poles to those regions where water most sadly needed. If we would signs of Martian intelligence, we must accordingly look for trenches in sluices. In the hands of Schiaparelli Lowell, Pickering, and a few others the telescope has revealed to us dark stripes which Schiaparelli canals, and the discovery of the well be numbered among the noteworthy astronomical achievements of modern times. They are in truth life lines of the planet. Their existence was doubted for years before an astronomer, with the executive Schiaparelli, who saw them first, been able to catch even a glimpse them. Long after, a few palm-shaped observers at last succeeded in disclosing them (for they appear only flashes, as it were, by reason of the currents of our atmosphere), the reality was doubted. Some of the men who had seen them refused to lieve their own eyes, arguing that stripes were merely optical illusions induced by eyestrain. Two years Mr. Lampland, of Professor Lowell staff, performed the very remarkable feat of photographing them, then forever disposing of the assumption their illusory character." The City Versus the Country The injurious effect of city life consists not merely in over crowding, the increased development of infectious diseases but especially in the rageous and abominable overcrowding of the laboring classes. Overwork and underfeeding have been recognized half a century as the chief causes the large death rate of the laboring classes as compared with the well-do. Even with all the improvements that have been effected in the condition of the laboring classes, the United States census (1900) shows the highest deathrate them of any "earning" class—20.1 thousand. Farmers came next to 17.6, as compared with mercantile trading classes at 15.1 per thousand and clerical and official at 11.0 laborers have a death-rate six per cent higher than that of men, and farmers forty-five per higher. Overwork and overcrowding are alike responsible for the frightful tribute paid by these same classes the Great White Plague. The impairment that occurs in most of our pitals in patients of the laboring classes, who are not suffering from some injury or acute disease, starts from being put at rest in a well-rated room and given a modern amount of nourishing food, is rest astonishing. It is an open secret in most of the chronic disease brought to our hospitals in the cities, it makes little or no difference what medicine is given during first week or ten days the patient improve on any medicine or on at all.—Woods Hutchinson, M. D. Harper's. He Coached Kipling He Coached Kipling. Rudyard Kipling spent a winter Washington some years ago. One of he was found peering around in corridors of the state, war and ma building. "What is it, Mr. Kipling?" a man who knew him, asked. "I want to find the person here we knows the most about steam engineing." They referred him to Chief Engine Melville, the great steam expert. "What is it?" asked Melville Kipling had been introduced. "I want to find the man who know most about steam engineering." "Jim' Perry's your man," said a ville, and he gave Kipling a cable Perry. Kipling went down to see Fry, talked with him for half a and then wrote his story, "Between the Devil and the Deep Sea."—Saturday Evening Post. George Lycurgas, the manager the Volcano House on the island Hawaii, is having a telephone line tended into the crater for warning case of eruption. Conductor—What are you kick about? Don't you think there is no for two persons in these seats? Passenger—Yes, if you stand up them.