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ge a : dee ae T tHE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. ~ onuate I oO TOPEXA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1101. NUMBER 6. , The Negroes of Topeka Should Resent the Topeka Daily Capital’s Effort to Read Them Into the White Man’s Gane of Law Breakers. } necessary to enable the Negroes of| be lynched. The black man that holds| 90d ran out on the floor. - Of course we | longing for an education, a young col-| experlences in the night-schoo! gave) |. st ome otthem sp cet ont ctacces fe ‘America to rise superior to race pre-|a mortgage on a white man’s house, | at once abandoned that cabin. Finally | ored boy who had learned to read in| me faita in the night-school Idea, with dren bad two names, and some of them | ing to ally themselves with all classes js fudice. We point with rerdoaablc| Which he can foreclose at will, Is not| we reached our destination—a little| the state of Ohio came to Milden. As| which in after years I had to do both indulged in what seemed to me the ex-|o law breakers, does not become pride to the many millions of dollars| Wor Cat gnc nite eases | toma called Malden, which 1s about| soon as the colored people found out at Hampton and ‘uskeeges. But my travagance of having three. Twos iti the erearest paper in the most intel- accumulated by Negroes; to the many BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, | 80 miles from Charleston, the present | that he could read, a newspaper was] boyish heart was still set upon going deep perplexity, because I know ote and christian state in the ‘successful business enterprises inaug-| In The New York Independent, in| capltal of the state, secared, and at the cloce of nearly| to the day-school, and I let no oppor-| tBe teacher would demand of me 88 union, : erated by him; tothe many education-| 1899. ‘At that time ealt-mining was thelevery day's work this young: man| tunity slip to push my case, Finally! (Continued on page four.) (Continued on Page Four.) — — — — = a is c% ae eel . co ee Beste 8:6. 8 Ba Becks te. ae ee toa hes lad ustrials SchoolssforithesNecrocRmjeiand:Cisleiol Kaneseck COMDITION AND AACE PREUDICE. THE ent oF oe RACE HAS MUCH TO DO WITH IT. PREJUDICE CAN BE SUBDUED. COMMERCIAL DEVELOP- MENT THE SECRET. CONDITION Ana RACE: PREIUDICL SPANIARD DEMANDED. In these days much is helng said and written about the Negro. His present condition and future prospects, con- stitutes the theme of many publie men of both races. The part the Negro played in the development of his con- dition prior to Emancipation was pure- ly passive, He was a persecuted vie- tim of the cures of a drunken grand- father, and hence was apparently re- signed to the fate of a “scrvant of serv- ants * * © * unto his brethrens, With emancipation the Negro ceased to ve a nassive actor in his condition, and Wecame an active clement in the evolution of himself from the chattel to the intelligent progressive citizen of the most progressive republic the world has ever known, The Darniman theory of evolution transformed the current of speculative thought, and has given a new coneep- tion of the physical advent of man. The biical story of the curse of eana- an advanced by the many who sousht justify Iman slavery previews. to emancipation, and the tacit acceptance of It hy a large class of Ameticaus siuce. as an excuse for the development of a condition of peonage for the Negro, becomes a STORY INDEED. when viewed in, the light of moter speculative thought as applied to the human species. ‘The conditions of the Negro dulferentlate with his environ- ment. The great, and unceasing strag- gle of the race, to rise above the en- Vionment of ignorance and poverty, Vice and superstition, Imposed by slay- ery has not been sufficient to apprect- ably change the condition of the masses to the estent, that unfayorable public criticism of an individual, does not reflect upon ALI. Undoubtedly, into the unfavorable public opinion of ‘our people, race prejudice enters large- ly, Race prejudice began on the plains of Shinar and will continue until the Almighty In His wistom brings all Races to “dwell together in peace and unity.” ‘That this Inherent prejudice can, in a measure, be subdued, and held In abeyance. is clearly demon- started in the development of the so- cal, commercial. and political rela- tions of the Angle-Savon race, witi: ‘other racial elements eveopt the black. To suggest that there is no race pre- Judice between the Russian Selay, the Japanese, and the Cancasian, is to sugaest that whiuh is 2 recosnized rac- ial Impossibility. Hat conditions of cach have much, if not all, to do with the ase. We do not desire to be understood as meaning to Infer tiat there has Deen no progrss. Tut there Is a wide destinetion between the development of au Individual and the cvohition of a race, The presence of the one is inli- cathe of the possibility of the cther. Radal exolation is a matter of slow dorelopment and it {s something to ‘Pick cach individual contributes bis patt. ‘The present condition of the Ne- gro is Int one of the cvolutionary stages In the transition from a slave to achizen, Wealth, education and moranty are the co-ordinate forces that make for ang people, a condition open to a fav- * orable public criticism. The accurra- lation of wealth, the acquiring of an education, and the development of the moral nature of our people to the high- est possible standard, are the requisites necessary to enable tho Negroes of America to rise superior to race pre- Judice. We point with rardouabl: Pride to the many milltons of dollars accumulated by Negroes; to the many ‘successful business enterprises inaug. erated by him; to the many education- al institutions maintained and con: ducted by mien of our race; and, to the thousands of church spires poluting heavenward. as an evidence of the re- Higious aad developing moral nature ot tho race, but all these, pregnant as they are, of racial ability, dwin-te into insignificance, when conipared with moral, educational or financial achieve- | ments of other races. Or, when one considlers the object poverty of the | masses, of the innotance and supersi- tion of the same masses, oF the lack of Proper moral courage o2 the part of religion, leaders indicates, that the achievements. to Which we point with ‘80 much pride. are. but the heette flesh of the consumptive. It is to the cure of the condition. rather than the amelior- ation of race prejudice that the en- ergy of hte Negro mind must be dl- rected. ‘The condiiton of our people has pass- el the stage. when legislative enact- ments can he urged as aspanacea for our tls. ‘The came is up to us. and We must play iboutalone. The duty of every intelligent Negro is clear. In the accumulation of wealth every pos- sible opportunity for promoting the Interests of the race must be sought out. The business men of the race shonld orcanize for the development of the financial side of the race. How much inore Important a factor would the Nes be if he owned one-third the farm lands of Kansas and was Pouring the results of his labors into the market for consumption, Ie would therety became interested in the com- mercial fife of the state, He would he soucht ont to aid in the promoting new entermisee eateulated to advance the Renoral financial welfare of the cam munity. Te would graduate from the porter and janitor into the satesman and proprietor of mercantile houses, he eilucation of the niasses in a cor teet understanding of the rieht and Auties of citizenship is inseparable from a proper development of the mor- [ality of the rare, ‘To achievement the hest possible results. the church andl ‘the schoot must so hand in hand. That a proper conception of this ts gradu- fe drawing upon the better educated element of our people is seen in the works of the Indies of Kansas City as reported last week, and in the nisht ‘school recently opened at the Shiloh ‘Daptist Church in the city of Professor Charles F. Clinkscate, principal of the Buchanan School, assisted by Mr. Nathanial Sawyers and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Page. This schoot Is kept ‘open at night for all, especially those [who were prevented obtaining an edu- cation in early life. There has not beer ‘that nigh moral courage manifested hy ‘those occupying the pulpits of our ‘churches, that has been an example in- splring to others. Our ministers of the -Rospel. and the laity, as well, mus. ‘develop a hight standard of morals. Ml of us must Tend a hand to refute ‘the charges of dishonesty and immor- ‘ality. CONDITION AND RACE PREDIC _ Here are the words of a ercat man relative the condition of our people as affecting race premdiee: ME respect: that industrial training Will heen coment the friend-hip of the two races. The history of the world ‘mures that trade-commeres Is the Tmeruaner of peace an elvitization as between riees and nations, We ate Interested In The political welfare of Cuba and the Sandwich Islands. be- eatin We have business interests with these istands. The Jews, that were once in aboat the Sime poston twat to Nexro is to fay, has now compinte toe oznition, because ke Las cntsin ¢ Tiseif about America in a Insiness or indu-tial sense. Say or think what we wiil, at is the tangible or visible cloment that is going to tell largely dating the next twenty ycars ia the solution of the race proplem. Every White mian will respwet the Nero, who ows a two-story brick business block lin the center of town and has $5,000 ‘in the bank. When a black man is the largest tax-payer and owns and culti- Yates tho most successful farm in bis county, his white neighbors will not object Yery long to bis voting and having bis vote honestly counted. The black man who is the largest con- | tractor in his town and lives in a two: story brick house is not very likely to ‘ve lynched. ‘The black man that holds a mortgage on a white man's house which he can foreclose at will, is no! Akely to be driven away from the bal- lot-box by the white man.” BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, In The Now York Independent, fr 1899, Ant Antobiograzlyas,— By Booker T. Washington, PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF The Outlook Publishing Cowpany. pnt iainer ies cnsen gg eres menp Ne erro ar After the coming of freedom there were two points upon which practically all the people on our place were agreed, and I find, that this was gener- ally true throughout the South: That they must change their names, and that they must leave the old plantation for at least a few days or weeks in or- der that they might really feel sure that they were free. In some way a feeling got among the colored people that it was far from proper for them to bear the surname of their former owners, and a great many of them took other surnames. This was one of the first signs of freedom. When they were slaves, a colored per- son was simply called “John” or “Susan.” There was seldom occasion for more than the use of the one name. If “John or “Susan” betonged toa white man hy the name of “Iateh- er." sometimes he was called “John Hatcher,” or as often “Hatcher's John.” But there was a feeling that “John Hatcher* or “Hateher’s John” was not the proper title by which to denote a freeman: so in many cases “Jol Hateher" was changeil to “John S. Lincoln” or “John 8, Sherman,” the initial “S." standiag for uo name, it being simply a part of what the col- ored 1uan prouély called his “entitles.” As I have stated, most of the colored People Ieft the olf plantation for a while at least, so as to be sure, it seemed. that they could leave and try their freedom on to sce how it felt. After they had remained away for a time, many of the older slaves, especi- ally, returned to their old homes and made some hind of contract with their their former owners by which they re- mained on the estate. My mother’s husband, who was the stepfather of my brother John aud my- self, did not belong to tre same owners as did my mother, In act, he seldom came to our plantation. I re- member seeing him there perhaps once a year, that being about Christmas time. In come way, during the war, by running away and following the Feilerai soldiers, it seems, he found his way Into the new state of West Vir- ginia. As soon as freedom was de- clared, he sent for my mother to come to the Kanawha Valley, In West Vir- ginta, At that time a journey from Virginia over the mountains to West Virginia was rather a tedious and in some cases a painful undertahing. What little cloting and few household svods we had were placed in a cart, but the chillen walked a greater portion of the distance, whieh was several hua Ired aftes, 1 do not thing any of us ever had een very far from the plantation, and the taking of a torg journey Into an- other state was quite an event. The parting irom our former owners and the members of our own race on the plantation was a serious occasion. Trom the time of our parting till their death we hept up a cortesponitence with the older members of the family. and in later years we have hept in touch with thase who were the 3oung- er members. We were several weeks making the trip, and most of the time xe slept in the open air and did our cooking over a log fire out-of-doors. One night I recall that we camped near an abandoned log cabin, anit my ‘mother decided to build a fire in that for cooking, and afterwards to make a “pallet” on the floor for our sleeping. Just as the fire had goiten well started a large black snake fully a yard and a half long dropped down the chimney and ran out on the floor. : Of course we at once abandoned that cabin. Finally we reached our destination—a littl town called Malden, which 1s about five miles from Charleston, the presen! capital of the state. At that time salt-mining was the SSERS SRCESSy BE SHRS Pare OF WCE Virginia, and the little town of Malden was right In the midst of the salt-fur- naces, My stepfather had already se- cured 2 job at a saltfurnace, and he had also secured a little cabin for us to Ive In, Our new house was no better than the one we had left on the old plantation In Virginia, In fact, in one respect It was worse. Notwith- standing the poor condition of our plantation cabin, we wore at all times sure of pure air. Our new home was in the midst of a cluster of cabins crowd- ei closely together, and as there were no sanitary regulations, the lth around the cabins was often intoler- able, Some of our neighbors were colored people, and some were the poorest and miost ignorant and degrad- ei white people. It was a motley mix- tue, Drinking, gambling, quarrels, fights, ant shockingly itmmoral nrac- tives were frequent. All who lived in the little town were in ove way or another connected with the salt bust- ness, Though 1 was a mere chill, my stepfather put me and ny brother at Work in one of the furnaces. Otten I Wezan work as early as four o'cluck in the morning, ‘The first thing I ever leatned in the Way of book Knowledge was while working in this salt-furnace. Each saltpacker had his barrels marked With > certain number, ‘The rmber alloted to my stepfather was “18.” At the close of the day's work the boss of the packers would come around and put "18" on each of our barrels, and I soon learned to recognize that figure Wherever I saw it, and after a while got toa point where I could make that figure, though I knew nothing about any other figures or letters. Trom the time that I can remem- ber having any thoughts of anything, 1 recall that I had an intense longing to learn to read. I determined, when quite a small child, that, if 1 accom- Dlished rothing else in life, I would in some way get enough education to en- able me to read common books and Newspapers. Soon after we got settled in some manner in our new cabin in West Virginia, I induced my mother to get hold of a book for me. How or where she got It I do not know, but in some way she produced an old copy of Webster's “blue back” spelling hook, which contained the alphabet. followed by such meaningless words as tab." “ba,” “ea,” “da” I began at onee to devour this hook. and I think it was the fist one I ever had in my Wands. I had learned from somebody that the way to begin to reat was to Iearn the alphabet, so I tried in all the ways I could think of to learn it. all cf course without a teacher, for I could find no one to teach me. At that time there was not a single member of my race anywhere near us who could read, and Twas too timid to ap- proach any of the white people, In suaie way, within a few wecks, I mas- tered the greater portion of the alpha- Wet. In all my efforts to learn to read my mother shared fully my ambition, aad sympathized with me and aided me in every way that she could. ‘Thoush she was totally ignorant, so far as mere book knowledge was concerned. sho kad high amLitions for her chil- dren, and a greet fund of good, hard common sense which seemed to en- able her to meet and master every situation, If I have done anything ‘in my life worth attention, I feel sur that I inherited the disposition from my motber. In the midst of my struggles ani longing for an education, a young col ored boy who had learned to read {1 the state of Ohio came to Milden. A soon 98 the colored people found ou that he could read, a newspaper wa secured, and at the cloce of nearl: every day's work this young: mai a would be surrounded by a group of men and women who were anvious to hear him read the news contaived in | the papers. How I used to eney this man! He seemed to me to be the one young man in all the world who ought to be satisfied wi his attainments. | Abou this time the question of hav- jing some Kind of sehoot fopened for the colored —_chil- dren of the village began to be dis- cussed by members of the race. As it would be the first school for negro children that had ever been opened in that part of Virginia, It was, of course, to be a great event, and the discussion exelted the widest Interest. The most perplexing question was where to find a teacher. The young man from Ohio ‘who liad learned to read the papers was considered, but his age was against him. In the midst of the dis- cussions about a teactier, another, young colored man from Ohio. ‘who had been a soldier, in some way found his way Into town. It was soon learned that he possessed considerable education, and he was engaged by the colored people to* teach their first school. As yet no free schools had been started for some col ored people in that section, hence each femily agreed to pay a certain amount each month, with the understanding that the teacher was to “board ‘round” —that fs, spend a day with each fam- ily, This was not bad for the teacher, | tor cach family tried to provide the very best on the day the teacher was to be its guest. 1 recall that I looked for- ward with an anvious appetite to the “teacher's day” at our little eabin, | ‘This experience of a whole race be- sinning to go to school for the first | time presents one of the most interest- ling studies that has ever oceured in ‘connection with the developement of |any race. Few neople who were not jem in the midst ot the scenes can form any exact idea of the intense desire which the people of my race showed for an education, As I have stated, it wasa whole race try ing to zo tro school. Few were too young, and none too old, to make the attempt to learn, As fast as any kind of teachers could be secured, not only were day-schools filled, but night- schools as well, The great ambition of the older people was to try to learn to read the Bible before they died. With this end in view, men and women who were fifty or seventy-five years old would often be found in the night school. Sunday schools were formed soon after freedom, but the principal Book studied in the Sunday-school was the spelling book. Day-school, night- school, Sunday-school, were always crowded, and often many had to be turned away for want of room. ‘The opening of the school In the Kanawha Valley, however. brought to me one of the keenest disappoint- ments which T ever experienced. I had been working in a calt-furnace for several months and my sttepfather had Aiscovered that I had a financial value, jj and 0, when the school opened, he de- jciled that he could not spare me from = work. This decision seemed to loud my every ambition, The disap- { pointment was made all the more se Irene by teaton of the fact that my i place of work was where I could see ' he havpy children passing to and from ‘ school mornings and afternoons. De- atte this disappointment. however. {determined that ] woutd learn some- thing, anyway. 1 apptied myself with [ese carmesctce than ever t ti {mastering of what was in the “blue back” speller, | My mother sympathized with me in say disappointment, and sougitt to | comfort me in all the ways she could, ‘and to help me find a way to learn | After a while I suececded in making | arrangements with the teacher to give “With the understanding that I was to rise carly in the morning anil work in the furnace till nine o'clock. and re- is fromediately after school closed in the afternoon for at least two more hours of work. ‘The school house was some distance from the furnace, and as I had to work Ul nine o'clock, and the school opened at nine, I found myself in a difficulty. School would always be begun before I reached It, and sometimes my class had recited. To get around this dif- culty I yielded to a temptation for which most people, I suppose, will con- demn me, but since it fs a fact I might as well state it. T have great fafth in the power and influence of facts. It Is seldom that anything 1s permanently gained by holding tack a fact. There was a large clock in a little office in the furnace. This clock. of course, all the hundred or more workmen depend- ed upon to_—regulate their hours of beginning and_end- ing their day’s work. I got the idea that the way for me to reach school on time was to more the clock hands trom half. past eight up tothe nine o'clock mark. ‘This I found myself dain morting after morning. till the | furnace “boss” discovered that some- thing was wrong, and locked the clock ‘in a case. 1 did not mean to incon- venience anybody. I simply meant to ‘reach that school-house in time. | When, honever, I found myselt at school for the first time, I also fonnd [pact coufunted ith ino. other ‘dificutties. In the first place. I found that all the other children wore hats ior caps on their beads, and T had neitehr hat nor eap. In faet, T do not reriember that up to the time of £0- ing to sexool I had exer worn any hind ‘of covering upon my hea‘l, nor do I recall wnat either of any body else fad “even thongit anything about the need of covering for my head. But, of ‘course, wnen I saw how all the other boys were dressed, I began to fect ‘quite uncomfortable. As usual, I put the case before my mother, and she ex- "plained to me that she had no money | with which to buy a “store hat.” which | Was a rather new institution at that | time among the members of my race jana was considered quite the thing for | young and old to own, but that she would find a way to help me out of the aimiculty. She accordingly kot two ‘pieces of “homespun” (Jeans) and ‘sewed them together, and I was soon ' the proud possessor of my first cap. | The lesson that my mother taught me in this has always remained with | me, and T have tried as hest 1 could to | teach it to others. I have always felt ‘proud, whenever I think of the Inci- ,dent, that my mother had strength of ' character enough not to be led into the temptation of seeming to he that which she was not—of trying to impress my schoolmates and others with the fac tat she was able to buy me a “store hat™ when she was not, 1 havealways felt proud, she refused to go into debt for that which she did not hate the money to pay for. Since that tise 1 hate owneil many hinds of cips and hats, but one of which f felt so prond as of the cap made of two pieers of Goth sewed together by my mother. T have noted the fact, lat without sat- isfaction, T need not all that several of the boys who hezan their exrcers with “store hats” and who were my schoolmates and used to join In the sport that was.mavie of me because I jail only a “homespun” cap, Litve end- ed thelr careers in the penitentiary nhile others are not able now to buy | Any hind of a hat. My second diffeulty was with regard to my name, or rather a name. From the time when I could remember any: ' thing, I had been called simply “Book jen” Before going to school it hat “never occured to me that {t was need { dup ae-spmropeies te navean aganson DAILY CAPITAL, TRANSFORMATION OF A CHRISTIAN DAILY INTO A LYING DAILY. ATTACK INNOCENT CITIZENS. WERE ALL BIG “BURLY™ WHITE MEN. ARRAYS CLASS AGAINST CLASS— RACK AGAINGT ACE-CITIZEN AGAINST CITIZEN. | We thought when Rev. Dr. Sheldon. was elevated to the editorial chair of ‘the Topeka Capital for one week, to demonstrate to the world how Jesus would run a daily, that the Capital from that time on would be one of the most substantial, reliable and exemplary newspapers in the country. Instead, itis becoming one of the most malicious, vicious and unreliable journals in the west. ‘The only reason we ean give to our read- ersfor this sudden departure from the path of rectitude and from the “what Jesus would do” position where the reverend left it, is on account of its financial condition. It is current- ly reported that the present would-be owners are in dire straits for finance. ‘They're attempting to bolster up their weakening condition by pandering to i depraved prejudhc: s of the hood- Jums and thugs. ‘They have reduced their expenses by discharging good and reliable men on their staf and empioying tramp reporters, who would do well writing for the inhab- itants of the Ozark inountains. Good men, well paid, will make zoo business, but tramps and dum- mies do not pay. From the tone of the paper one would think that the Daily Capital was published in Texas or Mississip_ pi. Last Sunday's issue purported to give out information in big scare head lines concerning Mrs. Nation In this it tried to milame the minds of the white citizens against the col- ored, by stating that the jomtists had employed “big, burly, tough Negroes, to strip white women and to tar and feather them.” This was done for no other purpose than to create race prejudice. No colored man had been employed to do anything of the sort or thought of such. | Last Monday's display proved the Capital to be an infamous lying sheet. Not one colored person was ‘seen in the crowd that opposed Mrs. Natfon and her bond of erasaders. On the other hand, when she came 'to attack the joints, she was repulsed by a crowd of big. burly white men; land we notice that the Capital on the following ‘Tuestlay inorning fail- ‘ed to mention about the “big, burly nen’ who opposed her. | Now this Capital that started out to christianize the world and changed on account of employing cheap men to write for it, has brought it down so low that its patrons are quitingit every day in disgust, It gives no ‘news that can be relied upon. _ The Potice News and Gazette wonld refuse employment tv a class of jonrnalistic tramps who dish up a lot of hogwash calculated only to en- gender bitter strife between peacea- Lie and quiet citizens. Perhaps, if intercession was made nith the holders of the outstanding paper of the Capital, and their con- sent secured to a rednetion of the 'yate of interest a:d an extension of time secured for final payment, this i pandering to the baser passions and prejudices of the people, so unlike the Capital of old, would cease. | This pandering to the prejudice i against the Negro by the Capital, by | nnouncing to the world that the Ne- \ groes of Topeka are ready and will- jing to ally themselves with all classes ler law breakers, does not become jthe greatest pager in the most intel- [en and christian state in the jusion. Sf Cantinuct an Pace Four.) Topeka Plaindealer. | Tobago Tre. nae gente Re a Pubhshang Con. 114 Ee zth st, ee Be Ginnie Te peiseemmssarcnunernacalt Se aac mesoctiamrencian Roman edo concne Sire ron a ln ao FRIDAY, FEB., 1901. [Un order to ineure publication of matter in the current issue, cor- respondence must be in this office not later than Tuextay } Don't worry so much about race prejudice, Worry more about im} roving your condition. There is plenty of room on the farms of Kansas for Negro fami- lies desiring an opportunity to improve their conditions. The way B.C. Duke went after the preachers out at St. John A. M. E. church the other night would Icad one to believe that our reverend brothers stand in need of a little reformation. Take the beam ont, brethren, and then go after the mote. Kansas has always contributed her full share to the preservation and upbuilding of the nation, from the time of the war of the Rebellion to the present day. Isn't it time that Kansas gets a Aittle of it at home, and isn’t an exposition the right way to do it? If Kansas could hold an expo- sition equal to or better than the one held at Omaha, it would do the state a great deal of good. It would cost Kansas a total of 20 cents a person to do that. This is all the present Dill before the legislature asks and all that is contemplated. An amendment has been intre- duced changing the Dill for the eaposition to read that should there be any profits, the stock holders shall have no more than six per cent on their investment. the remainder to be divided be- tween the state of Kansas and Shawnee county in proportion to the amount contributed by each. We failed, in advertently, last week to call the special attention of our readers to the splendid article of Charles Douglass, a son of the late Hon. Frederic Douglas, on “tA Retrospect of the Nineteenth Century Negro.”’ Mr. Douglass is an able writer and displays much of the talent of his father. He called partic- ular attention to the lack of race pride among our people and the manifest digposition to get away from the race, as seen by the large number of “anti-kink” anti-swell” and ‘‘anti-black" remedies so widely advertised by our race papers. It is high time that scmcone should call atten- tion to this weekness of our peo- ple. A race of people ashamed of themselves cannot hope to be great people. MUNICIPAL CAMP.UGN. Just now the approaching municipal election is the topic o| all absorbing interest to the citi- zens of Topeka. Much interest sezms to be manifested in who will be candidates for the various offices, rather than what will be the best policy to be pursued that will promote the interests of the city. What the people of Topeka want is an administration that seeks to carry out the honest de- sires of all the citizens, with a due regard for the tax payers. Topeka is 2 coporation, and to secure the best results, each de- partment of the city should, as in any other great business enter- prise, work together: without friction. For the past six months this city has presented the sorry spec- tacle of a clash between various departments, with the result that all good citizens are pretty thor- oughly disgusted. The citizens of Topeka who are just now giving much concern to city politics, should sce to it that men are selected who will give usa business administration. To secure such an administration the citizens cannot afford to turn the management of local affairs over to politicians, There are enough good, sensible, patriotic men in Topeka who will honestly and conscientiously discharge the duties of the various offices. The Plaindealer is interested that Topeka should kave a good clean government economically administered, The right kind of municipal government can only be secured by the manifestation of interest by the very best class of citizens. It has been charged that the Negroes of Topeka are disposed to favor the lawless clement in politics. The Plaindealer resents this assertion as without founda: tion in fact. The Negroes loy- ally supported Mayor Drew tw years ago. They did so because he was endorsed and his electior iby: our best citizens. The same is true of other city offices. | In the coming election the | Negro voters of Topeka will be ifound on the right side of th question. ALISSACHUSETTS REFLECTS. A= the country reminates upon the latest strocity of Negro burn- ing, it will feel a chill of appre- hension for the future if for no other reason than that the bar- barous act of cruelty took place in Kansas. ‘Bleeding ‘Kansas” is an expression that takes the mind back to the days before the civil war when the struggle against slavery was concentrated by “Ossawatamie” Brown, Eli Thayer and hundreds of our best families. It seems a glaring mockery of all that Kansas bled for in that period that more than a generation later a Negro should in the most populous part of the state be creamated alive by < mob which was filled with passion not so much against a criminal as against a black'skin.—Spring. field Republican. ONSTEAD RESOLUTION. The Olmstead resolution directing the Committeo on Census to inquire, esamine and report in what states the tight to vote had been denied or abridged, exeept for participation in rebeltion and other crimes caused some consternation when recently intro- duced in Congress. Mr .Olmstead, al- though a Republican from Republican Pennsylvania, clearly acted without consulting the leaders of his party, for, in adaition to the natural indignation evinced by the Southern congressmen, Republican leaders of authority were plainly confused and disturbed by the appearance of the resolution, which, after all, was a harmless one, It pro- vided for an investigation and congres- sional investigations are innocent af- fairs, which affect these least of all, at whom they are directed. After a little open shirmishing, during the progress of which an understanding seemed to have been reached, the resolution was referred, and it will be seen no more. Its eaistence whil be as flecting as the fame ot its author. To those who have watched the trend of events in the South the action of the Republican leaders in sidetrack- ing a proposed investigation into the Tepresentation of Congress from that section, with a view of reducing it Within the constitutfonal limits, was not at all surprising. Gradually the Protests of the Northern politician against the disfranchisoment of the with a delicacy that is truly touch- tng. ‘The reason for this can be found without much seeking. The economic interests of the South ate changing, and with this change Is growing un new political interests. When the liv- tihood and prosperity of the South de- pended almost wholly upon agricul- tural pursuits, it was consistent for the pepole of tke South to ally them- selves with a party that stood for the Interests of the farmer and small pro- ducer. But the investment of surplus capital from the North bas brought with it new economic conditions. The | bourbon farmer is either becoming himself a “captain of industry” or the sent of the Northern capitalists. He finds that his interests are becoming more and more in keeping with the party of the capitalist class—the class that owns and direct the machinery of industry. While he may, for expedi- ence sake, retain his affiliation with the Democratic party In his home state, yet his sympathy inclines more definitely and clearly toward the Policy and prospects of tre Republican party of the North. " In line with this attitude of the Southern native-born capitalist, is the attitude also of the Northern capital- ist whose investments are revolution- izing Southern ideals and Southern Politics. Finding the Democratic par- ty in full control of the States where his capital was being invested and Where he consequently needed the ten and encouragement of the | State to further his schemes of profit, the Northern capitalist was too shrewd to encounter prejudice by openly an- tagonizing the political feelings of the Southern people. Instead, he insinu- ated himself into the councils of the Democratic party, and by the use of the methods pecutiar to his hind, man- |aged to influence the Democratic ad- ministrations in the several States to his ends and purposes, trusting to the future to bring matters around to his full liking. Thus it is that the Demo- cratic party In states like Georgia, Vir- sinia, Alabama and Tennessee is breaking away from the old moorings and the doctrines of imperialism, high tariff, ete.. are mecting with great fa- vor in the ejes of the Southern poli- tician. In States like Kentuchy, where ‘the Republican influence has been al- Ways strong, the industrial capitalists have allied themselves openly witt their natural party and the contest be- tween the Democrats and Repubtican: has been more Intense and bitter. Iti sufficient that the old cause of States rights and bourbonism is dying rapid. ly and the new cause of industrial de | velopment and cayitalist expansion { taking its place, | As a natural consequence of thi | new understanding of thelr commot interests between the Southern an || Northern captialists has come also : || change of front on several hithert ,| ¥exed questions. One of theso is thi : disfranchisement of the Negro; which we may add, involves also the disfran '| chisement of a considerable number 0 |} white workingmen. The violation o | the scantity of the ballot is no longer: necessary issue. So long as the South ern states, under the administration 0 Demecrats, are run in harmony will the interests of the capitalists whi | control the Northern Republican party ‘| Why should the latter concern itsel 'y any longer with the Negro? The tim '| is passed when the oppressed colorer ‘{man can be of service packing conven | tions or securing northern sympatheti | yotes in the elections. The Republi {cans are perfectly sure of rotainin; || their dominance in national affairs | and they are justified in the assurance | The same economic forces that ar {hanging the political conditions | the South, and destroying the identi | ty and characteristics of the Southert sates to bo in the interest of “good government” and “the nations’ sta- bility and welfare." ‘The trend of the Tmperfalistic policy of tho national savernment Is away from a free ballot for all citizens, and toward the sut- frage restricted in the Interests of the property holding exploiting class. ‘The refusal of the republican party to use Its power under the constitution to reduce the congressional representa~ tion of the South within its just and constitutional limits is consistent with the economic and politica devel- opment of the United States. ‘The constitution will he disregarded when the interests of the capitalist class de- mand it, regarded only when the same Interests can subserve their own ends. ‘This class has no consideration except ss of gathering profits, and this governnient being controled by this class {s a profit-making machine, ‘The Negro is only a section of the working class whoso exploitation is necessary to the making of profits. So long as the workers have the free use of the allot, thero fs danger of a political re- volt of the working class against the government of the capitalist. ‘To nul- lify or remove this danger the working class must be distranchised, sceretly Af possible, openly if necessary, but dis- franchisement must come, if the cap- italist can hope to continue in control and pursue undisturbed his exploiting, wealth-accumulating course. And the working class can only save itself from this fate by supporting and Noting for a party that stands for the freedom of the workers, politically and j industrially, and that opposes the rule ie the capitalist class—The People, NY EDUCATION AND LIFE. This is a universe of wonderful and mysterious things; but the most woa- derful is the human body, the most mysterious the human soul, Man is the union of the two and the training and development of them is education, Parents and teachers rust hnow that the object of education fs to fit the Lor or girl who recieves it, for living in such a man- ner as will satisfy the eternal law of Goll. ‘The lack of interest in home and school and church grows out of a lack fo interest in life and lving God and nature. The fathers and mothers, and therefore, the boys aud girls sire too careicss about Ife and life's reoblems. There are some questions of life and living and education, that have at this ‘time a peculiar interest to our race. A [child enters the world prono to be ike its aneestors in outward and in- [ward parts and these points of resem- Vlance are much Ike the leopard's spots: hard to change. ‘Then here is the first great warning to parents, the solemn call to pure and holy lives. This hereditary influence Is prolonged in the parents’ sole management of the ebild during infancy and early childhood, and during this period the destiny of a human being fs too often stamped for a weal or for a woe. And then the child enters the pub- Me schools, It is a change in its life. He is ushered into a new world. The Mood gates of influences, other than of the home are turned loose on him. Have the heriditary and home Influ- ences given him tendencies to strong character and will-power? Them the is safe, Too many parents are glail when their little ones enter school be- cause it relieves them of a burden. This is a fatal mistake. ‘The burden, If you are true to the flesh of your flesh is heavier still. Be fore he entered school your chiefest care was to look arter his bodily wants, but now you must look after bls habits for they are forming thick and jast. You must wateh the progress of his character development, the turn of his thoughts, the strength of his will and nature of his attachments. How diligently parents should study her child during the first five years Of its school life! If they neglect it the chil may be ruined for life. The founders of the republic early saw the necessity for the public schoot, that the safety of the people and the government depended on the intelll- gence and character of its citizens. To secure this class of citizens provistons were made for educating the people at public expense. The boys and girls growing into manood and woman- hood become a part of the government ftself and for his high calling he must be educated, but so important a mat- ter could not be left to the poverty, caprice or carlessness of parents. Our schools have done much In edu- cating the head, so called. They have done some in character development, but in educating the hand ,they have done Iittle or nothing. This is a ser- fous mistake aside from the business side of the matter. I take it, that to educate the hand to do somebing prof- Stable, skillfully and well, whether in carpentry or sewing, stone-cutting or cooking, makes more for character, more for intelligence, more for self- control than our lessons in grammar. I hope the day will soon come when every Negro school in Kansas will have a depertment, however, humble, for manual training, a department where labor, hard work If you like, will be taught and dignified; where*it will be taught that liziness is a crime and self- destruction; that industry is virtue and self-preservation. ‘Yet our public school eitucation pays, The boys and girls who have graduated from our High Schools have made more of a success of life than those who thought it not worth the while. ‘There can be no doubt that the train- ing that they there received has made their lives stronger, better and more capable. They have a great handicap over their weaker brother in the race of life, But it 1s not the diptoma that gives them the advantage, but the fact that the time, patience, work and en- thusiasm that It required to do a four- years’ High School course put into their lives strength courage and will- power. . What kind of interest have parents in their children? Is it the mere in- terest of flesh and blood or is it the interest In an immortal soul. If we have no more than the fleshy Interest we are not above the dumb brutes, for who is more loyal to her off-spring than the panther or tiger? We must not forget that the child is not only flesh and blood. He is also mind and heart and soul. This it is that stamps on him the image of divinity and makes ihe immonrcrobie distance between dumb-drivencattle and immortal man, Parents cannot please God and neg- lect to do all in their power to proper- ly bring up their children. Nor must boys be more neglected than girls for the women must sooner or later come down to the social and moral level of the boys. Give more attention to the boys. Teach them the religion of use- fulness, See to it they grow up to he, uot only lovers, but protectors of our women, The time has come when parents must take this hind of Interest in childhood. They must be on confident- ial terms with their girls and boys. ‘They must plainly peint out the dan- ge1s of secret sin and the pitfalls in their way. If parents do not do this a wiched selfish world will, and to them, the boys and girls will look up as to heroes and friends. It is not the oy or girl with a clean tongue that is the —_leaier at school, but the ove who is inclinging to the bad, who is beginning to learn the ways of the world. It is | these friends and heroes ,so taken to be, whether in school or out, who will Jead your boy astray, tarnish the bet. ter thoughts of your girls taking the place in their confidence that you, the Parent, ought to hold. And then be- gins the downward course. Slowly you loose control. Slowly the grow- ing boy or girl looses interest in home and wants to go, out into the world to learn more of its secrets. Parents beware of this change. It is a rock on which so many lives have been wrecked. Truly the time has come for taking up this question of eduea- tion in earnest. No narrow view will suffice. It must be viewed in this broader sense. In this department the editor and manager have made a start, W.E.cRay, Atchison, Kansas. -—TOPEKA—— ~ -—TOPEKA—— * Educational and Industrial Institute. Non-sectarian. co-educational, prac: tical education of the Negro youth. Courses: English, normal, industrial, music and business. ‘Tuition $1.00 per month each department, $1.50 per month literary and industrial courses combined; board, room, light, fuel and tuition, $7.50 per month. For further information, address W. R. ARTE, Principal. Radies {and Children | without. Escort Ex rome to Catornla should faimoueot thefuita Fe Route tomealy steamed cae om Tho rety cares and anaoy- ince at orastoce aad etuheo of tlt nade by + ieee exrunnt” condecter Nowure arse Fall faformation eheefully farts Tabs KINO, Tletet Aret, ‘Tee Atcins, Topaa & Banta Fe Ry. Tore, THE KANSAS SAVING INVETMENT COMPANY, COLORED CANUTE, KANSAS. Authorized Capital, 700,000. Stock solicited by correspondence, General solicitor and andfinancial agent, J. S. HALE what Tra Oonned shee Lita givethe ret thera mboved, the claret coneestne ofthe mir momen oetaccurenses in vatelr y tee agree twneay taal vd eneeepemaris We fees Geinenencpapersrdit- ae tila ruter nde. cates oatae aol coy edieaton corn hee Sore sod are hoc York Toran => > OTe 7 r f ‘ O i 1, 2D € In Ghe OUTLOOK LYMAN ABBOTT & WA*UILTOT W. WAaIF, FOITORS G:uing the months of November, December, and January wil appear a series of ten autobiographical papers from %6 ™ 9 ohima Booker T. Washington telling the romantic story of his life, from birth ina Virginia slave cabin to the eminent position which he holds as the builder and head of Tuskegee Institute and the honored and trusted leader of the colo.ed race in this country. Every Reader of This Paper will surely be interested i his Washingt’, ory, aml ay a special offer in order to intro- duce Tus Gurigoc ti new realty, we vill smd Tie Durie Ge the three months above mentioned at the spuci-l prise off twenty-five cents (rrgulse price, seventy-five cent siting the name of thi peper fy mentioned Tse (Outiood tells the story of world appenings every week in shozt, clesz, lobor-<aving paragraphs. Address S Subsenpticn Department , Tuc Curie: ., 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City. oryicr nouns: to 10 4.38. tob ra. 0. A. TAYLOR, M. D Puysteray axp Surexon Calls answored day and night. Tele hone, €96. 226} Kansas Ave WESTERN LNIVERSITY QUINDAKO, KANSAS, DEPARTMENTS, Theological, Normal, Preparatory, State Industrial und Musteat. ADVANTAGES, factsctnrs from Leading Colleres, Gond Water, Ex cellent Prateage, Healthfal Chimate. School term o ane months, lezins Seot_ a tyou. 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S Your Grocer keeps it; - - F buy somes it will make the best MINCE PIES ; you ever tasted. - - -- Ww hester$erke staclecterbesbecfectoctestacfestertecte Selected ate Snow’s Pine Expectorant Will be at all the Drug Stores and Dealers’ all this winter. | GET A LITTLE It will knock that cold in aminute. | MANUFACTURED IN TOPEKA BY F. A. Snow & Co A. M. THOMAS, Artoryey-at-Law, Phone, 299. 413 Kansas Avenue, Rooms 4and#. Topeka,-Kan. yoo ane The Blue Front Restaurant. We have opened a first-class restaurant and lodging house and offer the fol- lowing rates: Board per day $1, per week $3, normal students $2; two ina room, meals 15 cents and lodging 25 cents per night. Call on or address P. B. Moore or Mrs. P. BR. Moore, 71« Commercial street, Emporia, Kansas. Don’t forget toask your friend to subscribe for the PLaINDEALER Joi. KNIGHT, UNDERTAKER AND EsvALMER. » bys ST ee SO tee Pa ee eI hte 682-636 Quincy Street. Topeka, Ks | Be Sure to Read —— Sermonettes shortly to be pub- lished. ‘This series of articles will be prepared by some of our ablest young men and women and will deal with our race fuibles. Every family should have the Plaindealer Sove Snorr Sroxes Will be published this winter. thousands of Negroes who bore burden of slavery an passing rap- idly away another decade will find them arRest. These people have had thrilling experiences. Some have tried to escape from slavery. Some have sacrificed freedom to protect their masters and mis- tresses. The Plaindealer will pub- lish some of these stories. ARE you A READER of Kansas’ greatest Negro jour- nal of opinion? We want 3,000 more subscribers by the opening of the century. We are going to give an elegant copy uf Charles W. Chestnutt’s beautiful story, “The Wife of my Youth,” one of the most thrilling race stories ever written by a Negro. This: book goes to the person sending us the largest list of cash subscribers by the 1st of January. 7 George Klien & Co MAKERS OF High-Grade Buggy and Team Harness, w-Repairing Promptly Executed... 718 Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kan BLACK SKIN REMOVER, Recreate EY seme Ze y Re Ps a ‘D J ees Bovey BEFORE AFTER = A Wonderful Face Bleach. AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER Doin tn box for $1. or three boxes far $2 GGaerantecd 9 do wher wensy aon ty be the best in the world = One box ie alt \bet ts required ff used a1 direesed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH A PELCI-LINE comstextoa obtalned If ward as directed, Wilil turn treaty of s black of Brown person fonr or. Sve shades ligites-and 8 inuleto person perinetiy’ watie, Sta fog: futhe hours a chaal oF tworltshter will be hos Eicenisie.. Tasioes nog turp tae-ting tenets bat bleaches out white, thaskis reaann.ug Deaaus Sonate t milla rinkieesfreekies-dur e305 bua Se Diack eang, making the~tis fery ott wed Soomth Secadl pox pia, tany Weer eyorstee Towed without berms seth? skis. Whengoa sot the color you wiait,ctop using te preyeretioas TIE MAR STRAIGHTENER thst gues tn everyone dollar bux lernooch ts Keeps it frost falligg oat. itighiy preset tnd makes the batz‘sott and ary torch Intgce fa mori tn doles yas we seis tas Solisr a box. re ‘Any pero eendiog as onedolisrin a totter gf Festi money orden, exprevs an Bey GF Serer registered fetter, we wilkecnd it thr og. Hemel festapeprevaid orf you waatitscat G0". fewifeome by express, se era. Ia‘any cane where it falta to do want we claima, we'will Tetura the money of wena tes, {sco of charge. Packed to abst ‘uo cue Will Know contents exeeptreceiver. ‘THOS. B. CRANE, 12 West Brosd st, ‘Siemens wa. Topeka Plaindealer. PRIP OF TOP KAYEN No. 36 meets 1st and 2nd Saturday afternoon of each month at No. 906 North Karsa Avenue. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, Q. M. Miss Anna Reynold, C. R. MACDONALY TURNER, M. P. No. 95, U. K. T. Hall 609 N. Karsa Avenue. Meet 1st and 2nd Thursday of each month. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, C. P. Miss Sarah Walker, C. R. MACEDONALY LODGE, No. 95, GOOD SAMARIA TANS and DADHERIERS of SAMARIA, meet second and fourth Friday evenings of each month at 8 o'clock, at 113 East Seventh street. Visiting Samaria tans are always welcome. W. E. Jackson, Chief Atlas Lawson, Recording Sec. PEARLY ROSE TALERNA, No. 77, meets 1st and third Wednesday afternoons at 3 o'clock at 112 East Sixth street. Mrs. S. A. GARNE, C. R. Mrs. W. KERCHWALT, H. P. FRID STONESTREET FOR CITY MARSHAL. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Important Notice! Prof. G. N. Grisham, principal of the Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Mo., will lecture in Topeka, March 8, under the auspices of Cyrene Commandery No. 3 K. T. Proceeds be lecture to be used to buy pictures and decorations for the various colored school buildings of the city. Miss Eva Phillips has been ill. Mrs. Winnie Patterson is quite ill. Mrs. H. W. Dillard and son Harry have been quite ill. E. S. Lee of Columbus, O., has bought the Capital pharmacy. Otto Bennett, one of the Plaindealer's employees, has been very ill. Mrs. Sallie Malone of Kansas City is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Mason. Rev. Biggers of Ottawa was in the city, a guest of Miss Mary Jordan. Printer Smith's house in Lawrence was destroyed by fire Friday night. A. L. Jackson, son of Prof. G. W. Jackson, who has been sick, is improving. Miss Frankie Thomas will recite at the Second C. P. church Friday eve, Feb. 22. The Ladies' Imperial club will meet with Mrs. A. M. Thomas on Clay st., Saturday afternoon. Prof. E. Ridley will read a paper on Geo. Washington, at the C. P. church Friday eve, Feb. 22. E. P. Pennell has returned from his home in Troy, Ks., and will resume his work at the legislature. The Ladies Sewing circle of St. John's A. M. E. church met with Mrs. A. Williams, 412 Buchanan st. J. W. Fishback of Lawrence is in the city attending Confederate Labor union, which convenes this week. Fred Stonestreet, marshal of the city court, was confined to his home several days last week with the grip. Everybody should interest themselves to help swell the fund for purchasing decorations for the public schools. John W. Patterson can be found at the Capital pharmacy. He wishes to see all his friends who are in need of drugs. Have you heard the Second C. P. church choir? Whether you have or not, you will miss a treat if you don't hear them Feb. 22. Invitations are out for Mrs. Wiley's complimentary party to Mrs. James A. Clayborn, at 118 West 8th st., next Tuesday night. Wm. Plumb is home from an enjoyable visit with friends in Garden City. Billie knows how to reach the printer's heart. Call again, Billie. The Willing Workers' club and choir of the C. P. church will give a musical and literary entertainment Friday eve, Feb. 22, at their church on Quincy and 13th sts. Admission 10 cts. A meeting of the Afro-American league was held at 618 Kansas ave on Tuesday night and effected a permanent organization, by electing J. A. Page, president; J. B. Bass, secretary; and W. H. Hall, treasurer. Mrs. E. W. Matley gave a one o'clock dinner Thursday, in honor of Mrs. Cooley of Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Broadway of Chicago. Mrs. J. M. Forbes entertained Mrs. Cooley at a two o'clock dinner. Ne Plus Ultra club met with Mrs. H. Comer, Saturday, 3rd inst. A very pleasant time was spent in work, then lunch was served. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. J. W. Sharp, Saturday, Feb. 8, 942 Spruce st. WANTED.—Capable, reliable person in every county to represent large company of solid financial reputation; $956 salary per year, payable weekly; $3 per day absolutely sure and all expenses; straight, bona-fide, definate salary, no commission; salary paid each Saturday and expense money advanced each week. STANFORD HOUSE, 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago. There is a man in this city recently from Greenwood, S. C., the state we are sorry to say on his account we came from. We have endeavored to treat him as a friend from the time he landed in Topeka until his recent attack on the manager of this paper in a meeting which he thought was private. There he proceeded to lie and backbite us in the most willfull manner. We had friends in that meeting who said that this Pharisee made some very uncomplimentary remarks about the business of the writer. Now as to the comparison between Nick Chiles and W. W. Fisher, for honesty, sobriety and industriousness, there is as much difference as between King Edward VII and the man who robbed his neighbor's hen roost the other night. We can return to South Carolina at any time, but this man Fisher can not. It was not on account of politics either. If we were to publish the letters from the people whom he wronged in Greenwood, S. C., the good people of Kansas would exile him. He is a dangerous man for his race. If he is closeted with your enemy, he will join with him to destroy you for the hope of a dollar. A man who will maliciously, willingly and without provocation attack a man as did this fellow Fisher, is unworthy of the consideration of his fellowman. We do not hesitate to say that he for a small consideration would do anything that he has the ability to do, be that good or bad. It is no secret that a few would-be politicians and tramps have undertaken to pose in this community as leaders of morality. The time is fast approaching when the mask will be torn from them and they will be revealed in their true colors. Died. Miss Ella Ransom, sister of Rev. J. R. Ransom, P. E., died at Parsons, Ks., Sunday evening, Feb. 3. She had been sick for thirteen months. Rev. Ransom had just returned from Parsons last Friday, where he had been attending her sick bedside, and was called back there by dispatch this morning. The deceased came to Parsons with the rest of the family about four weeks ago. She was 20 years old, and a consistent christian. She leaves a mother, four sisters, six brothers and many relatives to mourn her death. Appeal To the Northwestern Missionary Baptist Churches of Kansas, Greeting:— The Twentieth century has dawned upon us bringing with it new duties. The work of evangelization must be pushed more vigorous now than ever. We must raise $1,000 this year for missions to be used largely in our own state, in the church edifice department, and to the support of missionaries and missionary pastors. The Ministers' and Deacons' union and executive board of the association meet with the Tabernacle Baptist church at Wichita, the 14, 15, 16, 1901. The churches are requested to do the best they can in their contributions to that meeting. H. I. MONROE, Sec'y. Topeka, Ks., Feb. 6. 1901. Our correspondents should send in their communications not later than Tuesday evening to insure their insertion the same week. Is singing "If I Only had a Job?" Plays every slot machine in town? Of the Plaindealer force is soon to be married? Of the smart set will lead the June weddings? Was so kind as to have her diamond ring mended? Is going to Oklahoma in June to claim her for his own? Wears her hair pompadour all around to win the widower? Said that the Plaindealer would have to hire both or discharge one? Thinks he can wear any woman's shoe smaller than a five?— S. P. J. Has given her the diamond ring, but hasn't the nerve to ask ma and pa for her? Is singing "Only a Dream" and "If," since the "Hottest Coon in Dixie" has gone? Should have been under the doctor care Monday night, but was financially embarrassed. Can't talk five minutes with any of the dear boys without saying something about getting married? Din't go on their collecting trip to K. C., Lawrence and other points, on account of the recent blizzard? Had twelve proposals in 1900, and eight for 1901. All have been widowers and ministers, each having from three to five children. She refused them all. INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE Night school has been opened for the benefit of all who are deprived from attending school during the day. School is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. The tuition is only $1 per month. The Sabbath afternoon services are always interesting. Choice music is rendered at each service. Be sure to be present Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. We are preparing for a benefit concert at the auditorium Thursday night, Feb. 21. The 23rd Regimental band are the promoters of the entertainment. They'll be assisted by best talent of the city. The admission is only 15 cts, or two for 25 cts. Tell your friends about it. All of the members of the Mother's league are requested to meet in the reception room, Chrisman hall, Monday afternoon at 3:30. This is a special meeting and all members are urged to be present. Visitors are always welcome. Our musical department continues to increase. The very best instruction is given. Let more of the parents enroll their daughters in this department. The already very efficient teaching force has been enlarged. A. Daily has been elected instructor in printing and bookbinding. He makes a speciality of job work. Prof. Edward Graves, a graduate of LeLoyne Normal and Industrial Institute at Memphis, Tenn., has been elected assistant principal and director of night school. Prof. G. and his scholarly wife are quite a valuable acquisition to our faculty. In addition to regular night school work, Prof. Graves will organize classes in Spanish and other languages. For further information apply at institute. Do not slight this opportunity. If you enjoy good singing, hear Charles McNary and the Second C. P. church Feb. 22. WANTED.—Capable, reliable person in every county to represent large company of solid financial reputation: $936 salary per year, payable weekly; $3 per day absolutely sure and all expenses; straight, bona-fide, definate salary, no commission; salary paid each Saturday and expense money advanced each week. STANDARD HOUSE, 334 Dearborn Stree, Chicago. BEFORE. AFTER. TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. AFTER. Recognizing the fact that there are many SO CALLED hair growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to certainty that many of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875 when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair straighteners, many of which are worthless, outusing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are held with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad gurde we will forstret $50.00. Now, we ask lately agree to forstret $50.00 if you if they were not true to all we cla- several years under this guarantee, who has used Ozono has been satisfied 20,000 people are to-day using recommend Ozono as the King of take the Kinks out of Knotty, King some Hair. It will make short, hair your head of all itching, worrying and Scent can not live after Ozono lea- from falling out. It will restore gra- h hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a remedies to straighten hair, but also you to use hot irons. Friends, do not life of the hair, and cause it to drope outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono straight forever. You can stop the the hair are seen in a day or two afte- The price of Ozono is 50c., a be- this liberal offer, which is good at a on, enclosing with it the sum of four large boxes of Ozono and one which makes black skin bright, skin diseases. Also removes all fou- small pox pits. We will also include Food—Nature's great beautifier—re- and all facial blemishes; makes the younger. We will also include one package absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, from-clad guarantee to do all that Now, we ask you a plain quest $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with to all we claim for them? What is guarantee, and we are glaed has been satisfied in every respect today using our preparations, the King of all Hair Tonics, the Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Cruely, like short, harsh hair long and worrying scalp diseases. It after Ozono has been applied. I will restore gray hair to its nature at us make a statement. Many hair, but when they send the Friends, do not use hot irons; they use it to drop out. Ozono is necessary can stop the use at any time, day or two after the first application is good at any time: Cut out the sum of One Dollar, and wipe and one large bottle of Elon bright, rough skin soft and removes all facial imperfections. All also include one fancy jar of beautifier-removes wrinkles, nines; makes the old look young. Make one package of our celebrated LILLY PURE, and no soap but a which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every request. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonies. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Culty, Refractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itech, Eczema, Dandruff, and Seurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozoma straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozomo is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. The price of Ozono is 50c, a bottle - 4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send our, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and plant, and curses all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY THE GREAT SOUTHWEST STATES of Kansas, Missouri, and the Indian Territory. Passenger Trains are run in, between Kansas City and famous Hot Springs Of An ONLY by this LINE H.C. TOWNSEND, C ST, LOUIS, M or Grocer MONTGOMERY, PROP., (SUCCESSOR TO J. S. SPROAT) 112 East HOLESALE AND RETAIL ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTED for Close Traveling the States of K Colorado, Cansas, and the I Five (5) Daily Passenger in each direction, between The Famous Hot Are reached ONLY by th H.C.T Traveling the States of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Cansas, and the Indian Territory. Five (5) Daily Passenger Trains are run on this line in each direction, between Kansas City and St. Louis. Star G E. MONTG (SUCCESSOR T Telephone 252. WHOLESALE MAIL ORDERS S A Place for Star Grocery Telephone 252. 112 East Sixth Street. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 18-lbs N O Gran. Sugar $1.00 Cal. Evap. Aprcots, per lb. .10 Sugar Corn, per can. - .06 Gunpowder Tea, per lb. .35 3-lbs. bulk Mince Meat - .25 Gallon Can Syrup - .30 7-lbs. pure Buckwheat flour.25 P'kage Coffee (Star Brand).10 3 dozen Oranges - .25 Lima Beans, per lb. - .05 Star and Horeshoe Tob,lb. .44 See our fine display display of Lamp They all See our fine display of Lamps, NIPPS, Agent, TOPEKA, KAS. guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or ask you a plain question—would we also use are dissatisfied with our preparations, claim for them? We have advertised for you, and we are glad to say that every one is satisfied in every respect. Using our preparations, and every purchaser of all Hair Tonics, Ozono will positivelyinky, Harsh, Cruely, Refractory, Trouble-hair hair long and straight. It will cure scalp diseases, Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, so has been applied. It will stop your hair gray hair to its natural color, making the statement. Many firms are advertising when they send the preparation they tell you to not use hot irons; they will burn up the drop out. Ozono straightens without anyIt Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays, the use at any time. The good effects on after the first application. bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make it any time: Cut out this coupon and send it One Dollar, and we will forward to you one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, rough skin soft and plant, and cure all facial imperfections, and actually removes inside one famer jar of our Electrical Skin—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, the old look young and the young look package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is E, and no soap but a pure soap should ever Missour Pacific Route THE GREAT SOUTHWEST SYSTEM, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Indian Territory. Other Trains are run on this line in Kansas City and St. Louis. At Springs Of Arkansas this LINE TOWNSEND, G.P. & T.A., ST. LOUIS, MO. Grocery GOMERY, PROP., (TO J. S. SPROAT) 112 East Sixth Street. E AND RETAIL. SHIPPED PROMPTLY. Close Buying. 3-lbs. Cal. Peaches - .25 2-lbs. Crackers - .15 Crackers by the Box - .5½ Extra sliced Pe'chs, 3lb can .25 Uneeda Biscuit, per pkge .04 Burbank Potatoes, per bu. .70 3-lb. can Punkin - .05 12 bar Laundry Soap - .25 Can Best N O Molasses .10 25c can Bakihg Powder .20 White House Fl'r(fancy pt)1.00 day of Lamps, They all go at Cost. be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Olor, a positive care for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Women Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all snails and ooligars arising from the human body, such as feet, arm, pits, etc. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U.S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thumbs of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample or one: Boston Chemical Company: Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Filler, worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Packet (1 pint) Anti-Color, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. A. C. L. COAL COMPANY Is Headquarters for the Cheapest Prices, the Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits and the Promptest Deliveries. Get their Prices on WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Office 402 Minnesota Avenue. Telephone 152 West. Yard and Storage 917 and 919 North Third Street. E. F. HENDERSON, Manager, Kansas City, Kansas. Price 25 Cents per Bottle. Don't Fail to go see WILLIAMS & WALKER To-night----Thursday. LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE BUGGY FACTORY ON EARTH WRITE FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE OUR GOODS ARE THE BEST OUR PRICE THE LOWEST PARRY MFG. CO. INDIANZAPOLIS, IND. AFEN AFEN 310 East Bread Street, RICHMOND, TA. I enclose you $100, for which please to send at one AERY UP FROV Continued from first page. least two names, and I had only one. By the time the occasion came for the enrolling of my name, an {dea occurred to mo which I thought would make me equal to the situation; and so, when the teacher asked me what my ful name was, I calmly told him “Booker Washington,” as if I had been called by that name all my life, and by that name I hiave since been known. Later in my life I found that my mother had given me the name of “Booker Tatia- ferro” soon after I was bora, but in some way that part of my name seemed to disappear and for a ons while was forgotten. Lut as soon as I found out about it f revived it, and made my full name “Booker Taliaferro Washington,” [ think there are not many men in our country who have bad the privitege of naming them- selves In the way T have. More than once I have tried to pic- ture myself in the position of a Loy or man with an honored or distinguished ancestry which I could trace back through a period of hundreds of years, and who had not only Inherited a name, but fortune and a proud family homestead; and yet I have sometimes had the feeling that if I had inherited these, and had been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my ancestry and my color to do that for me which I should do for myself, Years ago I resolved that beeause I had no ancestry’ myself I would leave a record, and which might encourage them to still higher effort. (To be continued.) OLATHE. Mr. Andy Williams moved into b's new tonsurial parlors in the Miller Block Wednesilay, January 30th, The grandeur and elegance of bis new ayartments have elicited favorable commendation from the press of the city. Tt ean be said without exagzer- ation that the value of the furniture awl fixtures of the shop will not fail far helow the one thousand dollar mark; and will compare favorably with tousorial parlors of cities of more than one hundred thousand pesple. The walls and ceiling have been fres. coed ina shade of blue with oma- ments, The latest hydraulie chairs are arranged fuur in a rowon the north side of the rem and the brill ianey of the electric lights chiuning on the profusion of mirrors certainly present x dazzling aspect. The reat of the rom is devoted to baths and two very fine porcelain bath tubs adorn this department. The write had the pleasure of being showr through on the evening of the first by the genial proprietor and was com: pelled to exclaim at the completion o! the inspection, “The half cen_ueve betold.” Mr Williams has for his ascistants, Messrs, W. Rollins, S. Lewis, L. Williams and the very pop ular Geo. Young as porter. Mr. Wil Fiams was oue of the early settlers of this community and has the respect and best wishes of all. Mr. Bighom is in Topeka, having secured employment during the ses sion of the legislature. Miss Sadie Phillips of the high school was unable to attend schoo! Tast week on account of Hlness. Rev. W.S. Blake returned home Thursday from Carthage, Mo, hav- ing conducted a series ot meeting: there for a fortnight. There is quite a rivalry between the married women and maidens of this city. ‘The drill contet nest weck will decide whe is to wear the Tnurls. Col. Robert Young, a vete ran of the civil war, iy drilling the sisteen matried women for this con test; and C. HM. M. Collins of the Lines Sehoot hiay charze of the maidens Rey BR. Row of the A. M.E. chareh, i: conducting revival servis tL sand reports escel- Tent snecess. Mr. Chester Ttollins came down fiom Kamas City Sunday und spent afew days in our mid-t. Last Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Rollins entertained a few triends, The evening was sjent in playing whist. . Friday evening Mr. and Mra. John Jenkins and C. IT. M. Collins carried (Aff the honors, Miss Gertie Walker returned last Tuesday to resume her studies, after having spent several days with her parents at Belton, Mo, HUTCHINSON, ‘Av enthusiastic meeting by the col ored people held in Masonic hall adopted strong resolutions denouncing the action of the Leavenworth mot in barning Fred Alexander, and re questing Governor Stanley to remove Sherif Everhardy from office and prowecate him for murder in the firs ein gp DB aE A og to aS aT Pra ee rata On a gee a ee Foe omg eee be of the same nationality as the ac- cused. FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH held dedication exercises in theis new lecture rooms Sunday, Feb. 3. ‘The Plaindealer printed the following hymns for the occasion: MORNING HYMIN4—11. A. 208. Come, thou almighty King, Help us thy name to sing, Help us to praise; | Father! all glorious, | Oler all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient of Days. Come, thon incarnate Word, Gird on thy mighty sword; / Our prayer attend; Come, and thy people bless, And give thy word success: Spirit of holiness, On us descend. Come, Holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear, In this glad hour: ‘Thou, who almighty art, Now rule in every heart, And ne‘er from us depart, Spirit of power! 502. How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word; What more can he say than to you ‘he hath said,— To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? “Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed! I, Tam thy God, and will still give thee aids T'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, . Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. “When through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shal_ not over- flow; For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest dis. tress. “The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose 1 will not, I will not desert to his foes; ‘That soul, though all hell shoul en- deavor to shake, Tl never, no never, no never for- sake.” 520. I love thy kingdom, Lord, ‘The house of thine abode, ‘The church our blest Redeemer saved ~ With his own precious blood. T love thy church, O God; —_ Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, ‘And graven on thy haud. For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given, ‘Till toils and cares shall end. Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, Her sweet communion, solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise. Sure as thy truth shall last, “To Zion shall be given ‘The brightest glories earth can yield And brighter bliss of heaven. DOXOLOGY, AFTERNOON—S P.M. 345. How sweet and awful is the place With Christ within the doors, While everlasting Love displays ‘The choicest of her stores! While all our hearts and every song Join to admire the feast, Each of us cries, with thankful tongu: “Lord, why was I a guest?” "Twas the same love that spread the feast That sweetly forced us in; Else we had still refused to taste, And perished in our sin. Pity the nations, 0 our Gods Constrain the earth to come; Send thy victorious name abroad, -And bring the strangers home, 541. Jesus invites his saints ‘To meet around his board Here pardoned rebels sit. and hold Communion with their Lord. ‘This holy bread and wine Maintain our temting Ineath, —* ty umon with our living Lord, And interest in his death. Let all our powers be joined lis gloriony name to raise; Jet kaly love fill every mind, ‘And creee- pine lic wales, er Fe hail the power of Jesus’ name! Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. Crown him, ye martyrs of our God, Who from his alter cail; Eatol the stem of Jesse's rod, And crown him Lord of all. Ye chosen seed of Israel's rae, Ye ransomed from the fall; | Hail him who saves you by his grace, ‘And crown him Lord of all. ‘Sinners, whose love can ne'er forge! ‘The wormwood and the gall; Go, spread your trophies at his feet, ‘And crown him Lord ot alt. Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all. , that with yonder sacred throng, We at his feet may fall; ‘We'll join the everlasting song, And crown him Lord of all,’ RE are ls toe . 159. Glory to God on high, Let praise fill the sky! Praise ye his name. Angels his name adore, Who all our sorrows bore, And saints cry evermore, “Worthy the Lamb!"” All they around the throne Cheerfully join in one, Praising his name We who have felt his blood Sealing our peace with God, Spread his dear fame abroad: “Worthy the Lamb!” Join all the human race, Our Lord and God to bless; Praise ye his name! In him we will rejoice, ‘Making a cheerful noise, And say with heart and voice “Worthy the Lamb!” THE TOPEKA CAPITAL. Continued from Firat Pare. ~ Itlooks very much as though the | present managment of the Capital were taking lessons of the disreputa. ble mob that disgraced Leavenworth a few weeks ago. Let some gooid man with brain and alittle'money and good credit take this burden off the people's hands; if they do not, they will be the cause of a lot of innocent blood being spilt in Topeka. For God’s sake, for hu- manity's sake, take it off their hands, for it is more than they can bear. a a th : ; You Just : : - : : Swallow it. : ; F ‘That's all you have to do. | E Ik goes immediately to | E work to find the sore place E the seat of the disease— : andsets about curing it at - Fence, © Beauchamp's 3 : 7 § Balsam of Pine: . works while you sleep and ; : quits only when you are | Ewell. Itdon’t take long 2 either. ed 7 FOG. A. Reve ais, Hollon, hats 4 Eiri Ai Faaene ei ae bot center cater setere nats deat E Michi iw tea the cesta The teat tod tanh temeties tae E atau satan tin to Beco fie Revnanea war wea eg EF ennaind ait ELAR greta peace pect tig nied mantels te e ahaps wun tehelpeme ean ubae e Vesti is: : _ Ta, thang. 3 F ttep. 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HOWARD UNIWUERSITY. WASHINGTON, D.c. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, incuzone Medial, Dentalana tharmaceutte Coes ‘ieyseond Selon (0-1) ll bes outer and cotane ence) Renee Suen fee fn Metal tad Dene Cates, cath is, Piarmaccais Coreen oo “toate me repatre ee iets ot Pov esiaogu ee erher formation aires Sisduaunatih seen Din set Wy Citta asain MRS. R.P, TYLER... . it 1 i Firtedlae romiag Hous Por MCE, CLEAN Rooms, Rooms by the day or Week, 505 BLUFF ST. KARSAS CITY, HO Shumpooing and Face Massaze. Mis. Ilattie E. Van Vleck, Hair Dresser and Manufacturer... Hair to match all Complesions, WITCHES AXD HAIR sEWERtY 290 aa Wilt Scot, Tarren, Rasus EAGLE'S _ “Rose Tint” Leads All Others. facts ‘Init Ready Every Fatrct_} January ist and Voter 4 ae SS Cught to Knowd THE 199i iy eJORLD ALMANAC aa I AND ENCYCLOPEDIA. A Dolitical Regi A Doitical Resister Containing Full Information Upon All Statistical Facts and Figures, jeer The ‘vee 3 Potiticls t ial Want New 3 600 j “aGeey. Congress. } P= } A Complete Guide to the Forthcoming Elections of 190 % SETIAL The South African TLYTURES. i War: Warin the Phil- ooo ippiness The Interna tional Peace Congress; Our Naval and Miltary Establishments; 1F Samoan Settlement; The Great Trusisand Their Capitalizanon ang many other subjects of equally val mterest, A compicte History of cae’ of tte Ships _in the American Navy, by Edgar Stanton Mac- iay, Historian U.S, Navy. THE STANDARD + AMERICAN ANNUAL, 2 Bee 3 Postraid to any address. “" \ THE WCRLD, Gur Cuts Tak a (*) CT et NE se” PT URcA TiS eerie RS ae SPCC ee | uber asi Sa Aa eee Do you realize that Cotton is bringing the highest price that it has done for over ten years. Do you realize that in the Northwest industries are springing up, factories are running wages are jncreasing and peace, happiness, and prosperity is with us, and money is going to be plentifulandabundant—North, South. East and West. In every pocket you will hear the chink of coin, and every pocket-book will be fat with greenbacks. Our agents are already coining money—some ofthem mak ing as high as $80.00 weekly. Our laboratory is running today to fill onlers. Our goods are giving such decided satisfaction, every one is pleased. My friend, don’twaste time for time is money; but sit right down and write to us, and we will tell you how to make money every minute in the day, if you will only be our agent. It does not matter whether or not you are at work, You can work in spare time, Our agentsare all pros- pering and rising in the world. Write for full particulars to— * Boston Chemical Co., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond. Va. Se ELSons rN Spee “esr iscovery envio iN yore ; wp The oD pase Os Sos BAY } oy, i ea! aN : 1s as 2A ee ON Man MS ONG) tees Sy erage eee DY GTRAIGNTINE 3+ safe, certanrsdies. Se icc ee ted Se, from alt Eesha heats sud ae aie ethene ea ee, Tedistless te eis Mat etn auto faling cout eek SredueS- ace ee oe Misurioos head of hair, cnsesail hues, eb tat, Mette ere ane Teh Tae Ree nS rea eee sce tame artes thee Bee seicats voresneny aoa AS SANUERER RING CS, Rersor NS | ierareats wanted. Welteforterme> Sr 0 pe re A Profitable |} A Profitable : Way to See : The West ; Is to join one of the peraon- > ally conducted California - excursions of the Santa - Fé Route. Congenial ; companions are assured. ; Special conductors relieve . —-you of all care and con. | / tribute materially to your / enjayment. | No extra charge. | Inquire of : : T.L. KING, Topeka Agent, The Atchlsoo, Topeka Saute Fe Ry. | Ask FoR A eo eed Ppa? Ralston The 5 Minute Breakfast Food. Purina Health Flour “r Makes se “BRAIN BREAD.” PURINA MILLS, St. Louts, MO, M. MANSON REMOVED FROM 316 TO 408 At the old place, Money to loan on Valuables, Clothes, ect. Cleaning and Repairing Clothes. 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