The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. VOL.18 NO 11 Short Eulogy of C. U. Anderson. 66 years months 29 days ago Chas. Upton Anderson first saw the light of day in Merriam Co., Fulton, Ky. At the early age of 4 years was brought by his parents to Lafayette Co Mo. remaining here until he entered manhood. In 186 year of proclamation he came to Kansas City, Ks. a young man at the age of 2 yr. when the fires of his youth were all aglow in its busy zeal and a noble heart he started out to make an honorable living and to be felt in the community as a citizen worthy, honest and upright. How well he succeeded in his aims and how highly he was respected by the community, the following tribute must be paid to him. Recognizing his good judgement, common sense and broad mind he was elected member of the City School Board for a term of 2 years. This however coming from the people both white and black has been held only by few of his race. Again he was honored by the city by being elected member of the city council from his ward and in his declining days when unable physically to perform other duties he was appointed Sanitary Inspector of the city. His services as a citizen were appreciated until his death. Besides wielding a powerful influence in the community an city his services and influence in the church and society were indispensable. In 1872 he was converted and baptized into the 1st Bapt.church of this city. A few weeks afterwards was elected treasurer of church and remained until the organization of the Metropolitan church nearly 17 years ago. At the organization of the Metropolitan church as a charter member and leading spirit he was elected treasurer and remained until a few months of his death. In 1867 Dec.26 he was married to Miss Fanny Miller, his companion for all these years, who helped him and cared for him. Mayor D. E.Cornell in his long list of appointments remembered the colored wing of the republican party in great shape by appointing Corvine Paterson Street Commissioner a position 'Aunt Aggie's children' felt that they were justly entitled to for many years. Mr. Paterson filled this office under Mayor Cog some years ago and is thoroughly versed with the duties of this important office, no better man could have been selected for this position than him. Anderson wilson was appointed his clerk, The following colored officers were appointed: S. F. Brown, Press Younger, James McAfee, Gus Clark, Wm. Mosby James Glass and Rickard Austin. Colored sanitary sergeants: William Alexander, Henry Reed. William Parker, seavenger. E. F Bell city impounder. All are splendid gentleman and worthy of the various position of which they have been appointed to fill. When you want a nice lunch, something nice to eat that will please you call at 1510 N. rd St. Kansas City Kas. You will find first class home made pies, chili, fresh fish, hamberges, winnies, bake beans, pig feet etc. We call the attention of Ladies especially, when wanting to purchase anything in the dry goods line to call on The Goldberg Dry Goods Co., where there can be found the finest quality of goods and latest styles at lowest prices. City Locals. Send us your news, Telephone Bell 1958 West. When you want a good meal or luno call at 1510 N. 3rd. St. Mrs. Mamie Anderson of of 310 Oakland, whose husband was shot and killed last Saturday night, May 25th by an officer wishes to thank the following named person for their sympathies shown her during her sad bereavement. Wilhite Tfr. Co. $2.00 Ed Kemp 1.00 John Green 1.00 John Ransom .75 Henry Bell, .50 Earnest Kiley .50 Henry Kemp .50 Al Horton 1.00 Harry Frye, .50 Nick Samuels, .50 Jim Harrison, .60 C. E. Weyrauck, .50 John Montgomery, .50 Birt Holder, .50 Chas. Howard, .50 Mr. James A. Johnson, age 0 died May 8th at 90 a. m. at the home of his mother 852 Freeman ave. Euneral Saturday morning May 11th from St. Mary's church 5th and Ann aves. at 9 a. m. Low Mass will be celebrated by the The Rev. Father Herne. Father Sorten of Leavenworth will preach the funeral sermon. Interment in St. John's cemetary. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Sarah Shelden, Pliff. 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 divoreing her from said defendant and for cost of this action. L. F. Bradley Atty for Pliff. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. John Callahan, Plaintiff. vs. Thomas H. Lynch, Ollie E. Lynch, T. H. Lynch Mercantile Company, a corporation, and the unknown heirs and devisees of S.A. Snyder, deceased. Defendants NO.19862. The State of Kansas to the" above named defendants and the unknown heirs and devisees of S.A. Snyder, deceased. Greeting: You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 23rd day of October, 1964, the plaintiff above named, John Cahanah, 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 she 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 (31) 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, there by creating a cloud upon the plaintiff's said title and rendering the same unmarkable. That said claim of said above named defendants and the unknown heirs and devisees of S. A. Snyder, deceased, are wholly unfounded and without any right whatever and said defendants have not, nor have either of them, any estate, right, title or interest whatever in or to said real estate or any part thereof. And proving in substance that the plaintiff's title to said real estate be adjudged good and valid and that the claims estates, rights, titles or interests of the defendants and unknown heirs and devisees of S. A. Snyder, deceased, 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, 1800, the allegations thereof will be taken as true and a judgment and decree will be rendered by said Court against you in favor, of the said plaintiff quieting his title to said property against you and forever barring you or any person or persons claiming by or through you from asserting any claims of estate, right, title or interest in or to said real estate and giving plaintiff other relief as prayed for in said petition. KANSAS CFTY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express sincere thanks to our many friends and neighbors, and members of the Masonie Fraternity, especially Widow's Son, No. 17; The Sewing Circle, the Metropolitau Baptist Sunday School, and other organizations for their kind sympathies and beautiful floral offerings during the sickness and death of our beloved husband and bother. MRS. J. J. PEEBLES. To whom it may concern:— This will inform you that I Rev. G.McNeal will appear before the Board of Pardon the parole of Clarence Stewart who was sentenced to Kansas Penitentiary for grand larcency, for from one to five years. STOP! JUST THINK A journalist by the name of Frank A. Munsey, owner of the Argosy Magazine Munsey's Magazine, The Serap Book and a Home Journal of some small circulation, owns and publishes a paper here, which he calls the Washington Times. This Times was started about 4 years and from its birth has useb every base method of yellow journalism to injure the Negro thinkling in this step to cater to the prejudices of the community in which his paper has a large circulation and win in the field of competition over the Washington Evening Star a paper which is a model of American journalism. But it has not been satisfied, even under the eye and personal supervision of Frank A. Muusey, to falsify accounts concerning colored people; hence, it issues an advertising folder which contain the very falsely significant paragraph: "Washington, the Capitol of the nation has a population of 355,000 which 95,000 are colored and are disregarded in the Times' circulation. What is said below, therefore 'applies wholly to the white population.'" Following this paragraph was one dealing with wealth and income which in no wise reckoned with the colored people, and then came the following: "The Times has not only not sought circulation among the colored people, but it has deliberately avoided it and in its news columns has shown emphathetic that it is a paper for white people." The above is surely convincing, and we call upon the colored people all over the country to strike from their list of reading mater any and everything with which Frank A. Munsey has anything to do. He is using his organ to degrade you and debase you, and honor anb self respect demand that you resent his unjust imputation and contemtible slur and malicious falsehood. His Times is like the politician who never wants office. He always has his hand out for money; and while Frank A. Munsey is declaring he does not want colored people to take his pape', his agents pleads with the colored people to subscribe and his collectors are calling upon them as upon the whites. But the sad part of it is, some of the colored people continue to buy and read this penny sheet, which was coueved in sin and born in iniquity. Strike back at this inquisitive influence and crush this serpent's head; unless you prefer to slender and abuse rather than stand where you can and where it is your duty to stand for the right. Touch not and handle not any that comes from Munsey.—Plaindealer. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Nathaniel Singletary, Plaintiff. vs. No. 20168. 10.2016. Joseph Gruble, the heirs, devisees, administrators, executors, and trustees of Joseph Gruble, whose names are unknown, Defendants, "State of Kansas to the above-named defendants. Greeting:-- You and each of you will take notice that you have been sued by the above-named Plaintiff who has filed his petition against you in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and that you must answer said petition on or before the 1st day of June 1997, or the same will be taken as true and a judgement rendered accordingly, queting the title of the said Plaintiff to Lot Eleven (11) in Block One Hundred (100) of Wyandotte City, now of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, and excluding you and each of you from any interest or estate thereon or any claim thereto or lien thereon, and perpetually enjoining you and each of you and all persons claiming under 'you' or through you from ever setting up any claim to interest in, or lien upon said premises and for such other and further relief as may be right and proper. Nathaniel Singletary, Plaintiff. By Smith and Henderson, Atty, for PLR. Attest: J. Will Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte county Kansas. April term 1907. Charles H. Love, Plaintiff. vs. No. 20138 Elmira Love, Defendant. The defendant, Elmira Love, is hereby notified that she has been sued by the plaintif above named, in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for a divorce on the grounds of abandonment, and that she must answer the petition filed by the plaintif on or before the 15th day of June, 1907 or said petition will be taken as true and judge rendered divorcing plaintiff from the defendant. Atty. for plaintif. Attest: J. Will Thomas, Clerk. By E. L. Cable, Deputy. May 3. 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, Robert B. Director, Rub into the Scalp once daily Agent can be found at 2437 Flora Av Kansas City, Mo. Tel. Bell East 2035. Publication Notice State of Kansas. | ss Wyandotte County. | In the District Court of Wyandotte County State of Kansas. The State of Kansas, to Martha Jones Greeting:— You are hereby notified that on the and day of March, 1907, the above named Plain- tiff has filed his 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 demurber or otherwise object or before the 13th day of April, 1907, the allegations, statementf 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. Artest this 2nd day of March. J. Will Thomas, Clerk. By E. F. Cable. Deputy. mar. 8th The Goldberg Dry Goods Co., is the coming store of this city, they keep on hand the best goods and know how to treat their customers. Publication Notice In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas. Sarah C. Reagan Plaintiff. 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 or 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. Feb. I. Publication Notice In the District Co. 1 yandotte Covnty Kansas. Birdie Smith, Plaintiff vs. Peter Smith, Desendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 14th day, of September, 1906, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and restoring plaintiff for her maiden name Birdie Renick and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atta. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. Executors Notice. State of Kansas. County of Wyandotte 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. 1967. 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. Better than ever. Shoes with style, snap, finish, fit and wear. 3.50 styles and qualities, and only here, at.....$2.50 Ladies' solid leather, patent tip Oxfords extra good. 1.50 Ladies' fancy top $2.50 kid Oxfords.....1.98 Ladies' all patent leather Oxfords, R-H. special... 2.50 Ladies' all patent kid Oxfords $4 and $4.50 shoes. 3.50 Ladies' $1.25 and $1.50 Strap Sandals.....98 Ladies' $1.25 and $1.50 White Canvas Oxfords .....95 Ladies' $1.00 White Canvas Oxfords.....75 Ladies' 3.50 all patent and gun metal street pumps 2.50 Babies' 25c Shoes.....19 Ladies' Common Sense, solid leather, hand turned, only.....1.25 All our Peters Shoe Co.'s $3.00 Shoes, special in this sale.....2.25 Ladies' White Rose Shoes.....1.25 Ladies' Zaidee (marked 3 dollars) Shoes.....2.25 Peter's Men's Black Diamond Shoes, in a variety of shoes 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 Corvilla 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 Corvilla Broadus, deceased. anexed of Corvila Broadau, deceased. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 18th day of December A. D. 1006. Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge. 1st Pub. Dec. 21. Adminisrator's Notice. State of Kansas County of Wyandotte. In the Probate court in and for said county. In the matter of the Estate of Thomas P. Johnson deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned, on the Estate of Thomas P. Johnson late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 8th day of May 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. C. W. Comager Administrator of the Estate with will annexed of Thomas P. Johnson deceased. in wittles wherefore, 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 8th day May. A. D. 1907. IMPORTANT NOTICE The name and address of every soldier a late member of either of the Companies which was discharged by the President's order, is wanted by United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker. Address, Hon. J. B. FORAKER, Senate, Washington, D. C. Race Notes JUNE 7. 1907 is Section CALL HERE NOT SHOT FARM ONES are tired of winter all summer. R TO-DAY OES with style, snap, finish, wear, just recieved) $3. and and only here, at... $2.50 tip Oxfords extra good. 1.50 and Oxfords... 1.98 oxfords, R-H. special... 2.50 shoes $4 and $4.50 shoes. 3.50 sap Sandals... .98 white Canvas Oxfords... .95 s Oxfords... .75 gun metal street pumps 2.50 ... .19 old leather, used, only... 1.25 3.00 Shoes, in this sale... 2.25 ... 1.25 (dollars) Shoes... 2.25 and Shoes, of shapes... 2.50 Milk Skirts, - $7.50 with no red tape, cheerfully refunded G DRY GOODS CO. Wyandotte, Kansas. Votice 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, I to be begin and held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, State of 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, decreased. 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. 12:14 a.m. 11th day of October A.D.1906 Winfield Freeman, Probate Judge NOTE LETS For Rent—To desirable parties(gentleman perferred)well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city,inquire at this office. Mrs.S. T. Mitchell of 340 Minn.ave.,is proprietress of one of the most desirable clean up-to date Rooming house in the city-charges always reasonable. For Nice Furnished Rooms call on Mrs. Iday Easily at 1107 N. 6th st.,conveniently located only one block from the Minnesota ave,car line, Prices reason able. Mrs. Reed, 528 Nb. ave.,has a few nicely furnished roms to rent. Notice of Application for Parole. To whom it may concern:— may concern:— This is to notify all persons that I the undersigned will on the 2nd day of October 1906 or as soon thereafter as can be conveniently heard apply to the Prison Board of the State of Kansas, for a parole from the State pententiary of the State of Kansas. Take not cee and govern yourself accordingly. NOW IS the time Subscribe For the Weekly The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. at 1510 North 3rd Street KANSAS CITY . . . . KANSAS REV. G. McNEAL, Asso. Editor. Geo. A. Dudley, Editor in Chief; Publisher and Business Manager. Terms of Subscription in Advance. One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....65c Three Months.....40c One Month.....15c Advertising 25 cents per inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Ad' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. Grangemouth is the name of a Moscow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side. Waldorf Astor has become so thoroughly anglicized that he is going to marry an American girl. A clergyman says that bridge whistle 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 aurora borealis. But what bearing will this have on the price of coal this year? Much to the surprise of everybody, some of the phenomenal ball players added to the leading nines as marvelous discoveries will probably make good. Cheer up, mister! The president of the Dressmakers' National Protective Association says that women's dress will be less expensive this year than ever before. The Japanese, says one of their statesmen, should adopt chairs and develop their legs. Well, short legs did not prevent them from "getting there" in the late war. 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 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 under his bed and sighed a sigh of relief Telephone Bell W. 32 W. B. R. FUNERAL and Embalmer. The very best for all Purpose The Best Equipped White sick and on Short Notice. Charges R. sota Ave., Kansas Local Office of The Ethiopian Protec Aid As Employment and Information of the As 1508 N. 3rd Street. 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. BELL TELEPHONE 2313 WEST. The Ethiopian Protective and Beneficial Aid Association, National Convention at Kansas City, Sept. 22nd, 1908. The National association will be composed of delegates from every State and Territory in the union, the association will have an exhibition of many amusing features at the same time of the convention which will run for 30 days, one hundred acres or more land will be bought by the association for exposition grounds, buildings will be erected on the grounds to suit the exposition, thousands of members are now joining the association on has over a thousand members. buy land by the thousand each state, to colonize them, build towns and hogs, horses, poultry, taneries, shoe and this will solve the race a piece from 10 million 1 million dollars for 1 $12,000,000 for five yer lion dollars which woe acres of land at $50. be enough land to co family in the Unite st give the boys and girl ing educated, something earning bad habits a Kansas has many organizations, Garden city, Dodge city, Larned, Great Bend, Hutchinsons, Wichita, Newton, Emporia, Topoka and Kansas City have their local organisation, 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.1To ISAAC B. A. President of the E. P W. H. BOLDEN, Acting Secretr Peter Sh ISAAC B. ATKINSON, President of the E. P. & B. Aid Association. W. H. BOLDEN, Acting Secretary. Peter Shirley, Canvassing Agent. 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 moderation in eating is, therefore, one of the keys that unlock the doors of long living. To the Afflicted To those who are suffering with nic diseases and especially such Doctors have given up. Call on Benjaman Bonner of Quindaro he is o devine healer, and says cure you of the following dis Greatest Misfortune of Life. 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." 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 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 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 Buttler 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. Before the Paris Academy of S cences, 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. Not So Likely to Happen. The Day's Length. Radium Kills Mice. Telephone Home W. 32 buy land by the thousands" of acres, in each state, to colonize these lands, farm them, build towns and cities raise cattle hogs, horses, poultry and etc., to establish tanneries, shoe and cotton factories this will solve the race problem, 10 cents a piece from 10 million people would be 1 million dollars for 12 months would be $12,000,000 for five years would be 60 million dollars which would buy 1,200,000 acres of land at $50. per acre this would be enough land to colonize every colored family in the Unite states. This would give the boys and girls who are now being educated something to do instead of earning bad habits and starving out in cities. Certificates for membership are 50 ets monthly dues 10 ets. Each state can organize itself and select it delegates to the national convention. Now let every race man and woman get busy for further information address Kansas City headquarters. Several canvassing agent are wanted in every state, and city with a good commission allowed. I am yours for the up building of the Ethiopian or black race in America and throughout the world. To the Afflicted To those who are suffering with Chronic diseases and especially such as other Doctors have given up. Call on Doctor Benjamin Bonner of Quindaro Kansas, he is o devine healer, and says he will cure you of the following diseases, if you are suffering with Parlyses he will cure you of that particular disease or no charges for his service, I can also cure Bed Fever. Palpitation of the heart. 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. Grigsey, Quindaro; Mrs. H. H. Everett, Quindaro; Laura Kennedy, 560 Oak, and Anna Becham 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 petition filed in said cause will be taken as true and a judgment rendered the nature of which will be: a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plain- and defendant and divorcing plaintiff from defendant and for cost on this action. ttest: B. I. F. Bradley. Atty. Wm. 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 than eight miles in circumference. Moreover, the great palaces are shown have been poor affairs after all. SHIELDS FOR TROCPS 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 impression upon it, the attacking Japanese infantry not infrequently went forward, carrying with them filled sandbags weighing as much as forty pounds. He remarks that if the doubtedly brave Japanese soldier found it necessary to load himself with so bulky and durdensome a protection when advancing in the open against an intrenched enemy it would seem far better to equip the infantry with a light, handy shield. Furnished with a handle by which to carry it, a loophole to fire through and some arrangement to prevent its falling down, the infantryman would then find himself, like his gunner comrade, protected by a bullet-proof shield. The writer in the Wochenblatt suggests that on the march the shield should be carried on the back, when going into action on the chest, and when advancing to the attack in the left hand, so as to be at once available for use when lying down to fire, both as head cover and rifle rest. YOUR HAIR SHOULD BE DRAB. That is the Fashionable Color, So an Authority Says. "Deep auburn and the drab shades are the fashionable colors in hair this season," said the woman who makes hair coloring a speciality, as placidly as though she were commenting on the state of the weather or the advance style in dress goods. "One of my customers has to my knowledge worn five different colors or shades on her wavy tresses. Having been blessed with medium brown hair by nature she became a ravishing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in. "Next she took to titian red after a trip to the art galleries of Europe. Then she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair is drab. 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When the command was given the man under in-iment would begin running and the archers firing, and if in running this gruntlet none of the arrows hit him he are allowed to go scot free. Today many a man is called before the bar of public opinion on trial for some crime against society, but instead of society giving the man the unbalance of a trial, it proceeds to exorcate or condemn him, as the case may be. He is permitted to go scot free without even the admonition Don't do it again." or sent to the gallery, there to suffer the taunts and sors of an unsympathetic, unfeeling world. But when the offender against the law of society happens to be a young man, who alas! has loved too well but unwisely for her, society has only interest words of condemnation, terms of reproach and unkind and unattractable remarks. Many a poor man has found herself in the position of the man going from Jerusalem to Jerusalem, "passed by on the other side" by those who should have been her natural defenders and protectors. Only a girl might have been saved to life of honor and nobility if at the critical moment in her career some with a spirit of love and gentleness had spoken the sympathetic and kindly word. But that word un-Origin of Decoration Day Origin of Decoration Day. Decoration day originated among southern women during the Civil war. The custom of strewing flowers on the arms of soldiers gradually spread throughout the country and in 1868 several John A. Logan, as commander-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, appointed May 50 for that purpose. Since then May 30 in each year it has been observed as Decoration day throughout the United States. It is stronger only an occasion to decorate the graves of soldiers of the Civil war but extends to those who died in war struggle with Spain and to the memory of others who have died in civil life. there is some doubt as to who deserves the honor for having first sugared a memorial day. At least a woman different women of the South claimed it. Mrs. Joseph H. Morrow of Atlanta seems to have the first title to it. In 1868 she issued all for a meeting, at which arrangers were perfected for memorial service for those who had fallen in battle those days of terrible poverty was no money for flowers or carvings, but the women gathered wild fires from the woods and at the aped time they walked, bearing wreaths in their arms, two miles to the cemetery. The South was unmarital law and public speaking prohibited, so instead of orationsologies there was a simple service song and prayer, in which gold shaves participated. After the flowers were put upon the a meeting of Oregon Short Line Nets" said a broker, "E. H. Hardmade a fine speech on economy way management. At the end an appropriate story. He said keen business man bought at price a theatre that had long unprofitable and by economicalement put it immediately on a basis. But he was very eco-He watched the expenses the sharpest eye. The first to expense account contained meat. Meat for cats—to protect cattle and properties from the invasions—$2.' The proprietor calls item out, writing on the "If cats eat the rats, where are meat? If they don't where cats?" are many annoyances in life easily a man is justified in ing of, but losing an um- should not be one of them. BETTER Dan" Finn story, and a from New York sets forth the ances of an arraignment of ones of the sod after an espe- ciularic celebration. The were the usual in such in- Two prisoners had been fined third came to the bar. The tough the windows of the court shone upon the prisoner S SCOTT FREE. spoken, followed by the averted face and the closed door has driven her into deeper and deeper degradation or to the grave of a suicide. But the man goes scot free. Society shuts its eyes and vells its face and refuses to pay attention to the misdeeds of the man, who is frequently the greater criminal. Society says: "Well, you know a young man must sow his wild oats." But when, pray tell, was the sowing of the wild oats given as a special privilege to young men and not to young women? When were either given license to do wrong or sin against the laws of God and society? Society pardons the pathway of sin for man, but for the girl there is not even the sympathy of her oftimes likewise erring sisters. M Society permits the man to go. free and continue his unholy work if he so desires, but the girl must suffer in silence. In the olden times in America they branded with a scarlet letter the unfortunate who had stepped from the path of virtue, if she was a woman, but you never read of the branding of the man in like manner. Many are the Hester Prynnes. These are no Arthur Dimmesdales nowadays. The girl goes wrong and suffers the torments of the damned or commits suicide in the awfulness of her despair. The man, equally guilty, probably more guilty, has his sin overlooked, is sought after by maudlin mammas and prinking papas, and rises to the habitations of the just. Society is slow to lay hold of the great lesson taught by the world's best teacher: "Neither do I condemn thee. go in peace and sin no more." But when society does learn that lesson life will be sweeter, happier, and there will be fewer men to go scot free while the woman goes to despair and death. The Horse and His Character. An officer of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says it is easy to tell a horse's character by the shape of his nose. If the profile has a gentle curve, and at the same time the ears are pointed and sensitive, the animal may be depended on as being gentle, and at the same time high-spirited. On the other hand, if the horse has a dent in the middle of his nose it is safe to set him down as treacherous and vicious. A horse with a slight concavity in the profile will be easily scared and need coaxing. while one that droops his ears is apt to be both lazy and vicious. Jere, a Reuben. When the late Jere Rusk was governor of Wisconsin he attended a clambake in New Jersey, and of course had to make a speech. He began by saying that he had greatly enjoyed their low-necked clams. A long-faced old man across the table scowled and said in a stage whisper: "Little necks, not low necks." Gov. Rusk paid no attention to him, but after dinner the long-faced man followed him out of the hall. "You don't have many clams in Wisconsin, I reckon," said he. "Well," said Jere, "we have some, but it's a good way to water, and, in driving them across the country, their feet get sore and they don't thrive very well." "Why, man alive," said he, "clams haven't any feet!" Soon after that he button-holed one of Rusk's friends. "Is that fellow governor of Wisconsin?" he demanded. The man addressed replied in the affirmative. "W-a-l," said he, "p'r'aps he may be a smart enough man for Wisconsin, but he's a good deal of a fool at the seashore." He was Tired. The railroad president was hearing complaints. "What is the charge against this brakeman?" he inquired. "Please, sir," responded the spotter, "I have frequently heard him calling the names of stations so clearly that people could understand what he said." "This is a direct violation of one of our chief rules," observed the president warmly. "Fire him."—From the Bohemian. There will always be work for peace conferences so long as loose chickens and gardens try to exist in the same neighborhood. "Well, what have you got to say to this charge against you?" asked Finn. "Well, bless me soul," said the arraigned, "if it ain't Danny. Finn on the bench. Sure I didnt know who 'twuze until I heard the voice. Whot have I got to say to me old Fr'dnd Finn? What! Why. I'm goin' straight home! That's what I want to say." SURGERY'S DEBT TO LISTER. Complete Change In Methods With Wonderful Results. I have seen—or rather felt—a student tremble and almost collapse with shame at the rebuke offered him before many spectators because, at the end of an operation, he handed an unsterilized safety-pin to the surgeon. When Lord Lister began his pioneer antiseptic operations in that same theatre, says the Pall Mall Gazette, it was actually the unquestioned custom to use one and the same sponge in dressing the wounds of all the patients in a ward. That, of course, would now be regarded as tantamount to deliberate murder in the very first degree. Directly a case of pyaemia—a disease which I have actually never seen—appeared, it was immediately conveyed to every patient within striking distance. Surgery was, of course, under these conditions a desperate remedy for only desperate diseases. Similar conditions prevailed in maternity hospitals, which were statistically more deadly than the battlefield. Anaesthetics had been introduced in the fifties and had taken away the immediate horror from surgical operation, but they had no appreciable effect upon the mortality rate, nor was there any reason why they should. Lister's first results, of course, were only a very little better than those to which surgeons were accustomed. In course of time he established his claims, and after Listerism was accepted in Paris and other Continental capitals it was actually given a hearing in London. A quarter of a century does great things in these days. If the reader obtains permission to visit the theatres at St. Thomas' Hospital opened by Lord Lister a few years ago, and if he puts on the boots and caps and overalls which are kept for the purpose, he may get some hint of what Lister has done. If he is specially fortunate, and, not having come from the dissecting or post-mortem rooms, be permitted actually to watch an operation, he will learn many things. The warm and filtered air is driven into those theatres in such a fashion as to reach the patient first and the spectators last. All surfaces, of course, are smooth and rounded. I do not think you will find a beard in the body of the theatre. You will look long and far before you will find a sponge in those theatres. Chinese Version of It. A French officer, Louis de Chantilly, tells in Paris Gil Blas of his discovery in a Buddhist convent in the mountains of Tonkin or a dusty manuscript containing the Chinese version of the seven ages of men. "At 10 years old," says the writer, "the boy has a heart and a brain as soft as the tender shoots of a young bamboo. At 20 he is like a green banana; he is just beginning to ripen in warm rays of common sense. "Thirty years sees him developed into a buffalo. He is strong and lusty, full of bodily and mental vigor. This is the true age of love; the age for him to marry at. "At 40 years, the prosperous man has grown to be a mandarin and wears a coral button. But it would be truly indiscreet to confide to him at this early age any functions calling for judicial intelligence or calm. "When he reaches 50 years, however, although he has grown stout and fleshy, he is fit to hold any municipal or state office; he can administer a city or a province or perform any official duty. 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We have seen no attempt to frame a graphic conception of the stupendous aggregate of China's millions half so successful as that of our veteran American Baptist missionary, the Rev. Dr. William Ashmore (now living at Wollaston, Massachusetts). It was first worked out during his residence at Swatow, China in 1888, and printed there. But it will serve excellently well at the present moment when in various relations, political, military, and social as well as humanitarian and religious, the world's attention is being concentrated upon China. Dr. Ashmore's method is to imagine the population of 400,000,000 on the march in review. Before he gets through, the reader's head fairly swims and reels at the passing of the interminable multitudes. The authorities differ on the population of China. The old official census of 1812 made it 360,000,000. A late statement based on partial returns puts it at 382,000,000; but it is often quoted in round numbers at 400,000,000. Dr. Ashmore takes the lowest of all these figures in the calculations that follow. For a basis of comparison he adopts the exodus of the nation of 6,000,000 which passed before Moses, "field-marshal of the living God," on its march from one country to another by the way of the Red Sea, the wilderness of Paran, and the river Jordan. That pageant of the tribes of Israel has inspired literature and all the arts from that day to this, has been celebrated in legend and music, and yet no adequate conception has probably ever been formed of the stupendous cavalcade. But that was 6,000,000 as against the 360,000,000 of Chinese which Dr. Ashmore arrays. To help us form the picture he calls to mind the review or the United Armies of the Union at Washington after the Civil War. Anybody privileged to possess a seat for that pageant has talked of it ever since. For witnessing the review of China's hundreds of millions Dr. Ashmore warns us to get ready our tents. "Make them good and strong, able to endure pelting storms and changes of season, for it is no holiday's work you are settled down to." Twelve hours a day is long marching, but he proposes keeping the vast army of living men, women, and children moving at that rate. Further, he makes them march in close order; and not only that, but in "lock-step," allowing but a foot and a half to each person instead of the two and a half feet to each man allowed in military close-order marching. Twenty miles a day is good work for a column on the march, and at that rate each million will require fourteen days in passing. And now with all things ready the grand old missionary starts the columns and review on the first day of June. He marshals the Chinese by their great provinces. First comes Chili the capital province of the empire, about the size of the State of Illinois. In that space is packed a population of 27,990,871. They will reach 7952 miles, nearly, and the line will stretch from the steps of the Capitol at Washington, across the continent, and far away into the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and will require 397 days in passing. "You see you are in for it," says Dr. Ashmore; "you thought you would sit it out on that line if it took all summer, but summer comes and summer goes and there you are still; lay in a stock of coal, for winter will be upon you before a quarter of them have gone by; autumn passes, winter passes spring passes, and you are well into the heat of a second summer before you have seen the last of that column, and that is only one column. After that there will be fifteen more columns, and the procession will have been over thirteen years in passing."—E. H. Clement, in Harper's Weekly. All mechanics in France are obliged to serve an apprenticeship of from two to three years, during half of which period, at least, they receive no wages and must board themselves. In addition to this, each one must give up two years of his life for military service, for which he receives 1 cent a day and board and clothes. It will be seen that every mechanic in France must expend four or five years of his life without wages, before he is prepared to earn from 97 cents to a dollar. Mistress (opening the drawing room door during a chat with her friends) —You were listening, Johann! Servant (frightened) — Certainly not, madame! Mistress (severely)—Do not deny it! Your hair is standing on end. Fliegende Blatter. Until it comes to going into deep darkness, how will admit that he is 1 ```markdown ``` Spraying to Kill Weeds. The farmer's battle with the weeds is to be won by man according to Prof. B. A. Moore, of the agricultural college of Wisconsin. "Spraying" the cereal crops with chemicals that will destroy weeds but not the cereal, is the secret. The Babacock milk test and the formaldehyde treatment for grain smut added millions of dollars to the farmers' treasury, but both of these discoveries are insignificant if a cheap and efficacious manner of destroying wild mustard, Canada thistle and rag weed is discovered. Experiments by scientific agriculturists now indicate that spraying a cereal field with 10 per cent solution of iron sulphate will accomplish what the cultivator has never been able to do. The tests so far show no damage to the grain. The grains tested so far are oats, barley, wheat and spelz. No tests have been made on rye in the United States, but Prof. Staglich has had success in spraying rye in Europe. Experiments are also being made on Indian corn and the results so far have been successful. The only effect that is seen on the grain is the blackening of the lower and older leaves that are doomed to wither eventually, while the young leaves, that bring the cerealic maturity, are unharmed. There are no complaints from any center of deterioration either in the quality or quantity of the grain crop sprayed. There has been no difference observed in the time of ripening. No tests have been made in this country on clover or grases, but experiments made in Scotland show that in no case was damage done to the young clover or grass, while the mustard was entirely destroyed. To spray one acre of grain requires about 100 pounds of iron sulphate dissolved in 54 gallons of water. It is not poisonous, so will not injure stock. One man can do the work of spraying. The sulphate of iron costs 55 cents per acre. The cost of labor is estimated at 20 cents, making a total of 75 cents per acre. Knowledge of this treatment is so far entirely empirical. Why the solution kills the weed and does no harm to the cereal is unknown, but this phase is being investigated and with its solution will come certainty in treatment. Many interesting theories are advanced. One theory is that it is due to the varying quantities of oil in plants. This has now been disproved by Prof. Stender of Breslau. A second theory held that the difference in effect arose from the position of the leaves, whether more or less vertical, but this has no apparent foundation. Still another argument advanced is that the roughness of the leaves produce the difference in the results. The rough mustard leaves were thought to retain the spray better and therefore to feel the full effect of the solution. This theory also is untenable, for there are many other plants that retain the spray equally well and yet escape injury. It is probable that the plants injured contain substances peculiar to the order, substances which react chemically with the iron salts. This subject is being investigated by Mr. Ingles, agricultural chemist of Yorkshire college England, and has been extensively discussed by Prof. Stender of Breslau.-Cincinnati Times-Star. The models of the large bronze doors which the Washington sculptor, Louis Amaties, was authorized to design for the main west entrance of the Capitol need only a few finishing touches before they will be ready to cast. These massive doors will be nearly eight feet in width and more than thirteen in height. A criminal whose dread day of hanging had arrived was asked by the jailer if he had any last request to make. "I have," said the condemned man, "and it is a very slight favor indeed." "Well, if it is a slight favor I can grant it. "What is it?" "I want a few peaches to eat. "Peaches!" exclaimed the jailer. "Why, they won't be ripe for several months yet." "Well." said the condemned man, "that doesn't matter. I'll wait." Bobbs—Smith is always boasting of the calls he makes on the wealthy. Bobbs—Yes, he is a tax assessor. Sowing Corn for Fodder. The silo has opened advantages to dairymen in other countries where corn does not mature. In England where the conditions are unfavorable for the production of matured crops of corn, the farmers sow corn for fodder, store it in the silo then grow a crop of turnips on the land, from which they took the fodder. The same sys- The Farm. Grains for Domestic Animals. Will you please give me the relative value of such grains as Kafir corn, black and white cane, broomcorn, maize and dent corn, for feeding to horses, cattle, hogs and also chickens? I have moved to the short grass country, and here we have to contend with some entirely different problems as to feed, then we had farther East.—P. D. Gueddert. The varieties of grain mentioned all have considerable feeding value for all classes of domestic animals. Kafr corn especially has been used quite extensively over all sections of the country where corn is not an absolutely sure crop. It has been tested experimentally at the various experiment stations in comparison with the Indian corn and other grains with very satisfactory results. In digestible nutrients it is very similar to ordinary corn, containing almost exactly the same amount of protein but somewhat less of carbohydrates, and about two-thirds as much ether extract, or oil as corn. For poultry feeding it is generally considered superior to corn. A large number of tests have been made at the Kansas Station in feeding Kafir corn to swine, with very favorable results. A bushel of Kafir corn will not produce as many pounds of pork as a bushel of corn, but an average of a few of the trials shows that the Kafir corn has about 89 per cent of value of Indian corn. From the fact that the grains are small and flinty in character, it can not be fed whole, grinding and feeding wet giving the best results. For horse and cattle feeding, the value is very similar, although less experimental work has been done with cattle and horses. Some tests have been made at the Oklahoma Station with horses, in which the experimenters report that its value approaches that of corn very closely. A great many farmers who have had experience in feeding it, claim that it is fully equal to corn, many feeding it in the head allowing a whole mature head of Kafir corn to take the place of an ear of Indian corn. Broomcorn and milo maize are near relatives of Kafir corn and are almost identical in comparison, and while practically no experimental work has been done with these grains, their value is undoubtedly very close to that of Kafir corn. When the broomecorn is harvested for the brush, the seed, of course, has not matured so it can not be very satisfactorily saved or utilized for feeding purposes. Cane seed, while very similar in composition to its near relative, Kafir corn does not give as favorable results in feeding. It seems to have a bitter principle which renders it unpalatable, and doubles acts in a depressing way upon the digestion. It is used to some extent as a poultry feed, however, with considerable success.—G. C. Wheeler in Kansas Farmer. Lime for Fungi. There is a fungus which sometimes attack carrots and turnips, causing decay at the roots, or a misshapen growth, or a withering of the leaves. This may be prevented by a liberal sowing of air-blacked lime upon the soil, thirty or forty bushels per acre, and harrowing it in before the seed is sown, as the fungus lives in the soil. But it is usually better and cheaper to put the root crops on new land where this fungus has never appeared. Two Distinguished Pedestrians. While the President's car was waiting on a track near Akron on his recent trip to Indianapolis, Mr. Roosevelt suggested that Mr. Fairbanks join him in a country walk. As the dinner hour was still an hour away, the Vice President, without betraying any inward qualms, resolved that he was no mollycodile, and accepted the President's invitation with an appearance of bland alacrity. The President struck up a swift pace from the very start, talking as rapidly as he walked. It was not long before the Vice President discovered that the stories he has been reading in the newspapers about the President's cross country walks have not been exaggerated in the least. Mr. Fairbank's legs are long and the President's are comparatively short, but the Hoosier statesman discovered that but our farmers we content with one crop, and thus do not derive as much from the land as is possible to be obtained. The land in England is high, and farmers pay high rents, but they do not hesitate to use manures and fertilizers freely, securing large crops in return. Preventing Milk Fever. Milk fever can be prevented very he required every inch of his legs in constant action to keep up with the hot pace set by his companion. Spying a farmhouse in the middle distance, Mr. Roosevelt proposed that they should visit it. They rapped at the door and farmer, wife and children came forth, first with suspicion, and then with gasping wonder as they learned who their visitors were. The housewife invited them to have a glass of milk. They accepted it with thanks and praised its fine quality as they drank it. Then the President and the Vice President talked with the farmer's family about homely topics, and although Mr. Fairbanks evinced a great interest in the conversation and took a lively part, the President soon proposed that they should proceed with their walk. Mr. Fairbanks assented with the cheerfulness of a Spartan and the pace became brisker than ever. By the time they reached the car it was 9 o'clock. Mr. Fairbanks was breathing rapidly, but smiling in a determined manner. They had walked about six miles. Dinner was then served, and although the meal had been long deferred. Mr Fairbanks was rallied by the President and Secretary Loeb, and even by Dr. Rixey on his lack of appetite. GLEANINGS. Do not use pots that are too large for the winter flowering plants. It is better to give larger pots when the necessity for such arises. Be careful in watering, for the tendency is to give too much water. An excellent fertilizer for winter plants is to dissolve a teaspoonful of nitrate of soda, phosphate of lime and phosphate of potash in three pints of water, which may be applied in the same way as watering—three times a week. The materials are free from odor and may be procured at any drug store. For very large hanging baskets the madera vine is very satisfactory. It is best not to give it very rich soil; its growth will not be so strong, but the leaves will be closer together and also be more attractive. Pinch it back mercilessly until the basket or trellis is covered with foliage. After that let a few vines grow, allowing some to droop and others to train up along the wire or strings, suspending the basket. Keep the glossy leaves clean and the result will be a handsome basket and a charming plant. As long as cold draughts enter the stable the animals will demand sufficient food to create more animal heat as a protection. If the live stock can be kept warm less food will be necessary. When straw is passed through the fodder cutter and used in the stalls it shuts out the draughts along the floor and prevents loss of warmth, as well as serving as an excellent absorbent. The best place for all kinds of slop, soapsuds, etc., is on the manure heap. it is an advantage to keep manure somewhat damp (not wet), and when all refuse matter is added to the heap the manure will be better than when kept dry. If the manure in the heap is turned over once or twice during the winter and the coarser portions thrown to the bottom, decomposition of the mass will be more uniform, while the addition of the soapsuds, etc., will prefent loss of ammonia. After coming all the way from Mississippi to secure apartments for his mother in Boston, ex-Senator C. William Hinds, one of the most prominent colored educators in the South, is fairly discouraged by Boston's attitude toward those of his race, remarks the Boston Traveler. After visiting nearly every real estate dealer in the city and suburbs, even offering to rent a good-sized store in a half dozen different localities, in order to secure a house but he failed in every effort. In one case a prominent dealer told him outright that they would not rent to a "nigger." Dozens of others have tripled their rents in the attempt to discourage him. A cranky man always imagines he is a great disciplinarian. easily by milking the cow regularly before she drops her calf. If she is usually a heavy milker she should be as regularly milked for a few weeks before parturition as she is after. Begin the milking at least two weeks before the date of the arrival of the calf. During the first week each day is sufficient, but in last week she should be milked both night and morning.—Journal of Agriculture. Approaching Esperanto Congress. Those of us who are interested in the success of Esperanto cannot but rejoice in the glowing reports published from month to month by the Committee of Three in "The British Esperantist." The committee was entrusted with the task of arranging all the details of the approaching Esperanto Congress, to be held from August 12th to 14th, at Cambridge, England. "On Sunday, August 11th," says the committee in a recent number of the "Esperantist," "the Esperanto Divine Services will be held. The Rev. J. Cyprian Rust, chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee, has already prepared an able translation from the English Book of Common Prayer, which we shall shortly publish, together with a selection of hymns suitable for well-known tunes." The committee also announces that "a great exhibition of British sports will take place on Thursday afternoon, August 15th, and also the ringing of the chimes will be heard from the celebrated bells of Great St. Mary's Church." The mere fact that the Esperanto Congress, that will include numbers of representatives from every part of the globe, will be held on British soil is of tremendous importance to the idea. For no international project, if it is to be universal, can succeed without the support of the English-speaking peoples, and the English-speaking peoples are so constituted that they cannot take things on trust or by hearsay. They must see with their own eyes thousands of men and women, gathered from all over the world, to do battle for one great idea; hundreds of aliens worshiping in an English church, indeed, but in a common tongue. The coupling of British sports with the idea of Esperanto shows no less insight on the part of the committee. Bring Esperanto into the intimate life of the British public, and the idea is bound to take hold in Great Britain as it has in France. We hope, too, that many Americans will find it possible to attend the Congress, and convince themselves of the excellence and practicality of the idea of an international tongue.—The North American Review. Then It Dissolved. An automobile running through the crowded street at a gait of 30 miles an hour, and sorry that it couldn't make it 60, had struck a young man and flung him 30 feet and left him senseless and with a broken leg on the pavement. The usual crowd gathered. The usual policeman was at hand. The usual 500 men and women jammed and pushed and elbowed to touch the victim with their toes. "Stand back and give him air!" shouted the policeman as he waved his club. How many of you will chip in? All crowded forward an inch or two further. "Stand back and let the ambulance doctor in!" Not a foot moved. "If you don't stand back I'll club some of yees!" Not one of them could have been pried back with a crowbar. They had come to stay. "Will yees stand back!" shouted the officer in desperation. They wouldn't. They gave him a flat rate to that effect. "Very well," he said as he removed his helmet. "This unfortunate man was the sole support of his widowed mother. They are behind in their rent, the coal is out, and he was going home to eat cold potatoes for dinner. How many of you will chip in and—" He locked and the crowd had dissolved.—Joe Kerr. The society reporters always speak of a bride being "led to the altar," just as though a bride couldn't find her way there blindfolded.—Philadelphia Ledger. Grit for Chicks. Chicks should always be provided with plenty of sharp grit and lots of small pieces of charcoal. The former enables them to digest their food and the latter keeps them in good health. Both are cheap, and the supply should never neglected, for it is as important as their daily food. The suicide of Mr. E. W. Huffcut an eminent lawyer, of Maryland, and a man of affairs and of education will set many persons to speculating as people have done in the past whether self-destruction is the act of a sane person. The letter which Mr. Huffcut left to his sister is calm and reasonable in its tone and has a certain pathos. But there is an essential element of selfishness in it. He longed for rest. He was tired of the battle of life, and it was his desire to put out to sea and escape it all. But how about the sister to whom he addressed the letter? He was thinking of himself alone. He had no thought of her or of the grief and anguish of mind he was bringing upon her. "I was never so glad to rest in my life," he wrote. "We must be quiet and live so. I have been thinking all the way down the river of some one's lines: "Sweet after toil is sleep; Then wherefore sorrow for him who sleeps And will not wake tomorrow?" But the sleep after toil that is sweet is the sleep of nature, not the force sleep of the narcotic, and the rest that comes to those that are weary and heavy laden after life's day is over and the sun is set is promised to him that overcometh"—to him that has fought the fight and won the victory, and not to the coward "that kills himself to avoid misery." "I am going down the river," wrote Mr. Huffcut, as he was about to end his life on the Hudson river boat. "enjoying the prospect of going out to sea." "For tho' from out our bourne Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar" But what of the pilot when the man who with deliberation has taken his own life meets Him face to face Will he say to one who has given up the good fight and turned his head upon the enemy and fled—will he say to such a one, "He that overcame the same shall be clothed in which raiment; and I will not blot his man out of the book of life, but I will not fess his name before my Father as before his angels?" "This life's a fort committed to t trust, Which I must not yield up till it forced; Nor will I; he's not vallant that da die. But he that boldly bears calamity. Nevertheless the man who goes down in the battle of life and is overcrowd should receive infinite pity and end passion. The love of living is a fixed by nature in all men that the cling to life and struggle for it when it is threatened. Indeed, it is a more velous thing that so few are ready and willing to give up living to solve for themselves the great treasure of death and the life beyond the grave. So few, even among those who are friendless and weary and have laden, are ready and anxious to cross over the river and join the "shining ones" who they believe are awake them on the other shore, that man are forced to the conclusion that the mere fact of suicide is proof of a normal mental condition—Baltimore Sun. Correct Thing in a Foot A young man wrote to a New York dealer in sporting goods for a pair of steel-shanked, ball-bearing skates, mentioning the length of foot was 13 inches. This appears be so extraordinary that it proves comment among the employees in store, and there was a general uring of feet. The longest was 11 inches. And the tallest man in crowd was 5 feet 10 1-2 inches. Scientists have said that to be in feet proportion the length of a foot should be exactly 15 per cent his full stature. Let's see. Take six-foot man—that means 72 inches according to this formula his should be 10.8 inches long young friend proved to be 6 feet ches tall, or 74 inches. Fifteen cent. of this would give him a 11.1 inches long. Mr. William T. Stead says it kindness to tell a man "when he made a fool of himself." A great jority of the people of this city now have it within their power. Mr. Stead a great kindness—ington Herald. Man (to a friend)—I am done doctors henceforth! One of the vised me to sleep with my wrist. I did so, and the very morning my gold watch was gone the bureau—Fliegende Blatter. She—You can always tell a vard man. He (from New Haven Yes; but you can't tell him my Harper's Weekly.