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ig Bote 0c ~ P22" PEKA PLAINDEAL ee. Di @ VOLUME III. : . TOPEXA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 101. NUMBER 18 The Outlook for Kansas Farmers this Year, for Splendid Crop Relaticns is Better than Ever--Now is the time to buy a Farm. Spring Has Come--Now is the Time for the Boys to Trek PAUL DRAY'S BUDGET . INTERESTING GOSSIPS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. CONGRESSMAN WHITES’ MEMORIAL Hon John P. Green's Eloquent Trib- we toa Brilliant Negro— Enxereives at Metro- politan Church, INE RISE OF AN ABLE KEGRO. Washingtoa, D. C., ‘Mares 22, 1991. Metropolitan A.M] E church was taxed to its full capacity Friday even- ing the 22d Inst, by our 2,000 people of Washington and elsewhere to partici- pate in the testimonial and reception given to Ex-Congressman Geo. H. White. The occasion was full of inter- est and inspiration, It was an ova- tion that must have caused the able leader's breast to swell with pride and gratitude. What better evidence of the high esteem and value placed upon him by his race, could he desire? Peo- ple from all parts of the country and representing nearly every faction of political leadership vied with each oth- er in adding tho highest praises for his splendid services to his race. Standing alone in Congress as the representative of 10.000,00 American citizens, confronted as he bas been by the strongest opposition, Mr. White has fought persistently and hard for every right and interest of bis race. He has done tuis at a great sacrifice to his personal advancement. His rec- ord is unmarred by that selfishness AE ee = < \ es i ; E> ? WLI Ae LP fg y Yr HON. GEORGE H. WHITE, The last Negro Representative in Congress. which has marked so many leaders of our race. He Is as fearless as a lion. has the courage of his consitions and above all, honest and manly. He is the type of leader the race wunts.needs and niust tle to. ‘The speeches praising Mr, White ‘were as numerous as they were good and the vast audience at no stage grew restless. ‘The speakers of the evening were: Dr. J. Albert Johnson, pastor of Metro- politan A. M. E chureh. Prof, Kelly Miller, of Howard University; Prof. Jesse Lanson, of the Afro-American Council; Dr. W. «+. brooke, pastor of 19th Strect Baptist enureh; John P. Green, superiatendent United States Stamp Agency, Mrs. Mary Church Ter- rell, president of the National Asso- ciation of Colored Women, Dr. W. S. Montgomery, superintendent of Color- ed Schools of the District of Colum- bia, and Dr. W. J. Howzrd, pastor of Zion Baptist church. Mr. John W. Pope, Rich Square, N. €.. on behalf of Mr, White's const!- tuents at the Second Congressional District of North Carolina, in a clever ttle speech, presented Mr. White with a silver berry set, and Miss Ella M, Doston, superintendent of the Nation. al Memorial Home Association and the colored citizens of the District presented the guest of the evening with a silver tea service. Owing to illness, Congressman Dict could not be present. Letters of regre' were read by Miss 3 L. Jordon from Dr. F. J. Grimke, and from Mr. Cor telyou secretary to the president. Th Ietters of commendation were reat by Miss Ottle M. Brooks. ‘During the course of Hon. John P Green's speech the audience becam greatly enthused. The people for th moment seemed to forget that the: ‘were in God’s house, and rose to thel feet cheering, yelling and waiving hat and handkerchlefa. I. was like a poll tical convention. ‘Mr. Green is a very eloquent orato and the spint which be put into hi ‘utterances electrified and caught hi hearers, Address by Hon. John P. Green: tA Ceaener IR he Sete NOFmat and other schools prior to the year 1880. 2 In 1879 aAtmitted to practice law In all the courts of North Caroliza. -__3, In 1880 elected to the lower branch of the North Carolina Legislature. 4. In 1884 elected to the Senate of the State of North Carolina, 3. In 1886 elected as solicitor and proseenting attorney of the Second Judicial District of North Carolina, and again elected to the same honor- able position holding the office and Alscharging honorably and efficiently the du es pertaining to the same for the period of eight years. 6. Elected Delegate at Large to the St. Louis Republican National Conven- tion and voted for the nomination of William McKinley, president of the United States. 7. Elected to the 55th and 56th Con- gresses, and here peruaps T ought to say, that in the States of Ohio. West Virginia, New Yorn and Pennsylvania and many other states in the North, the Hon, George H. White has proven himself to be an orator of the first class in speaking for th. Republican party, and it would be a very gener- ous and very beautiful acknowledge ment of the great services performed by this distinguished colored gentle- man to the Republican party in its time of need to see him given a prom- {iment and responsible position within ‘the gift of the nation. As Coneressman, Mr. White Intro- Auced and secured the passage of a number of bills of importance to his district, which cannot now be enum- ted. He also Introduced the following of general interest to the colored pro- ple of the United States: 1. To appropriate $1,000,000 to re- Imburse the depositors of the Freea- man’s bank. 2. A bitt to zppropriate the sum of 230,000. being bounties and back pay of colored soldfers not demanded by them or thelr heirs, $100,009 of which was for the erection of a home the bal- ance to he put in government bonds for the support of the aged and Infirm col- ored people in said home. This bill was drawn and Introduced by Mr. Brownlow. of Tennessee, but was call- ed up and pressed throngh the House by Mr, White. of North Carolina. 1 passed the House, but died in the Senate during the last hours of that boy. 4. A bill for the protection of al citizens of the United States agains! mob violence. He could not bring te the support of that bill a sufficten nnmber of votes to pass it. ‘The last effort of Congressman White was the great speech which he made and we all know about that speech I want to read the ciosing paragraph of it: “Now. Mr. Chiarman, before con eluding my remarks 1 want to submil a brief recipe for the solution of th so-calleil American Negro problem, 11 asks no special favors, but simply de mands that he be given the same chance for existence, .or earning : livelihood, for raising oimself in th scales of manhooa and womanhoo that are accorved to kizured nation alities. Treat him as 2 man; go int his home and learn of his social con ditions: tearn of his cares, his troubles and his hopes for the future; gala hi confidence: open the doors of indus try to him: let the word “Negro, “colored,” and “black be stricken fron all the organizations enumerated the federation of labor. Help him to overcome his weakness punish the crime-committing class b; the courts of the land, measure th standard of the race by its best mater lal. cease to mold prejudicial and un | just public sentiment against him, an my word for it, he will learn to sup port, hold up the hands of, and fol in with that political party, that inst! tution, whether secular or religiou ]in every community where he live | which is destined to do the greate: | good for the greatest number. Oblite || ate race hatred, party prejudice, an help us to achleve nobler ends, greate .| results, and become more satisfactor | citizens to our brother in white. | This, Mr. Chairman, is perhaps tt ;] Negroes’ temporary farewell to th +] American Congress; but let me sa 5] Phoentx-like he will rise up some ds -] and come again. These parting wor are in behalf of an outraged, hear | broken, bruised, and bieeding, but Go 3] tearing people, faitnful, industriou 3 loyal people—rising people, full potential force." CITY. ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY. TOPEKA NEEDS SANTA FE SHOPS DO NOT FAIL TO VOTE FOR THE BOND PROPOSITION—NOW IS THE TIME TO RESENT ABUSE EVERY REPUBLICAN WHO STOOD UP FOI A DL SINESs ADMININTRATION OF OUE OITY AFFAIRS WILL HAVE A CHANCE ON APIIE SECOND. TO VOTE FOR THAT KIND OF A MAN, Wo understand that Albert Parker the Citizens’ nominee for mayor is, and always has been a strong advocate of elty ownership of the water works, Neat In Importance to the success of the Santa Fe bonds, to the citizens of Topeka, is cheaper water. This Is of especial fnterest to the laboring classes of this city. A strong effort Js belng made by the class of fellows who bolted the straight Republican ticket last fall to obscure the real ques- tions before the people. The Plain- dealer stands for the progressive bust- ness of the city. ‘The adoption of the vond proposition, and the city owner- ship of Water Works, means work for the laboring man and less cost of Iiv- ing, The severe criticism of the War- ner supporters by the Hughes factions durig the late campaign. has given the Democratic leaders a means to break into the Republican ranks. The men who supported Mr. Warner are all good citizens anxious to promote the best Interest of the city, Many of these men have been forced to the support of Mr. Parker because of this abuse. Republicans jnust learn that there is no argument in abuse. That it means no more, although it may come from Mr. Troutman, Mr, Foster or Larimer or Mrs, Margaret Hill McCarter, ot a ‘These were the last words uttered by George H. White, our honored citi- zen. I have given you bis public life as a teacher; asa prosecutor, as a member of the Legisiature, as a Con- gressman, and as a stumper. I give him to you as a propbet, and I guar- antee that his prophecy will be fulAll- ed; and why will it be fulfilled, be- cause this Negro race has wrapped up in it, as he says, potential force and because we are Americans. One man said here tonight that this Is a white man’s country. I deny ‘that statement—it is not a white man’s country. (Prolonged applause.) A race of people brought against their will to foreign shores; bleak shores from their sunny land; a race of people who came nere side by side with the white people; helped to chop down the trees, grub up the roots; plow up the virgin soll and plant producing cotton and tobacco; a race of people which has fought for this nation, pour- ed its blood in a living stream; a race of people which worships the same God—no race of people can thus exist and not be a part of the community in which they live. (Great and pro- longed applause.) There are just two men in this na- tion—the white man ani the black man—no other man counts. The China- man does not, the Indian does not, the Japanese does not—no man counts in this country except the white and black man. No race other than the white man and the black man has pre- sided in the Sgnate or sat in the halls of Congress. We came here against our will; our destinies are linked to- gether. They migl.. attempt to crush us; they might thina we are about giving up the ghost, but as sure as there is a God in heaven above, or we have men like George H. White, and office or no office, we will fight these people to the end. (Prolonged ap- plause.) When Mr, White arose to speak ther was a repetition of the former scenes He stood as one dazzed for nearly five minutes before the applause suffictently subsided to enable him to proceed. | With a voice that plainly showed how deeply he was affected, he thanked th | people for the honor shown him an¢ || hoped that he would ve able to meas ure up their expectations, Thougl +] out of congress he woula continue t fight for the rights of his race. Hi | woutd never falter in bis duty. .| Mr. White is president of the loca || Afro-American Councl which has com | pleted arrangements for testing th || constitutionality of the distranchis .| ing amendments passed by the Louis || jana and North Carolina legislature: || This is a step in the right directior +] White fs all right, all right, ‘The coun try will hear from him again. 7 oa ao pet tenet ge Joys to Trek to the Farms and Listen .to the Voice of the Turtle. ‘Two years ago, a cry was raised that in the event of the election of certain candidates for counciimen the cltizens of Topeka would have an extension of the water works and cheaper water rates. Those who have watched the course of this element in our city politics have seen only a lame attempt to do what the people have demanded. Keep this in your mind when you go into the booth to mark your ticket. Mr. Parker is one of the heavy tax- payers of the city and during his en- tire term as register of deeds employed a colored man, Mr. Geo. Waters, as clerk In his office. ‘The Daily Capital is playing its inconsistent rate to the end. It is now insisting that the people that {ft abused and smote come up smfiingly and kiss thelr hand. Con- sistency, what a jewel. ‘We understood that the supporters and friends of Mr, Warner in the late primary can expect nothing from the Hughes element, This is mighty poor policy. When Republicans resorts to such methods, its time to sing the dox- ology. Colored people can rest assured that they will have a square deal under Mr. Parker. Colored voters and workers should see to It that all registered voters should get out on election day and cast their vote for a business administra- tlon. No one belleves a candidate who says openly that all the respective peo- ple are on one side and the lawless ele- ment on the other. There are good ren and tax-payers on both sides. The Pen and Pencil Club were the guest of honor at a banquet given by Ex-Congressman white last Monday evening. This is the second function of the kind given the club and second in the history of Washington where a leader of the race has gathered around the festive board in honor of the represenatives of the Ne- gro. Itisanew departure and fone that will bear its fruit. The critics of the Negro Journals ‘cannot offer the fact that they ‘have great influence in molding ‘public sentiments and heralding the doings of the race so that all [who read may Iearn of our_pro- igress. Such occassions as that of the white banquet bring out leaders closed to the people. Misses Gaskins and Gaines serv- ed the dinner; spread covers for forty guest. ‘The menu was very toothsome and the wines and other assesories—well, they soon went downand the spirits o! the members rose. President L. M. Hershaw acted as toast- master. Among the speakers who responded to toasts were IMessrs. H. Y. Arnett, R. H. Thompson, Rosco C. Simmons, H.P. Slaughter, A. O. Stafford, A. L. Manley, Edith E. Cooper, F. M.*Sims, W. T. Menard, and others. PAUL H. BRAY. ANXIOUS TO GO HOME. Atlanta, Ga., March 19,—A petition asking the state of Georgia for trans- portation to Liberia has been present- ed to Gov. Chandler by representatives of the Negroes of Elbert county. ‘The paper recites that the signers are tired of living in Georgia and ‘states further a belief that the white people of Georgia would be glad to see them go. One thousand Negroes, most- ly of the country epttonfleld-picker type, signed the petition. ‘The largely increasing number o! lynchings in this section ts sald to be at least partly the cause of the desire ‘of the blacks to move. Gov. Chandler tata those who presented the petition that he could do nothing for them. xa: saad caseiqcoy siiMAP Ect One hia ND in GROLS. ‘The Charlotte “Observer's” corres- Pondent, Mr. Bryant, who recently showed so clearly that the failure of the Vesta Cotton-3ill in Charleston ‘was not due to the employment of Ne- gro labor-since it had failed twice when employing white labor—now reports an Interesting visit to Fayetteville, N. C. where there 1s a silk-factory not only manned but managed by Negroes. The mill {s owned by a Northern firm— the Ashley & Bailey Company, which has large mills at Patterson. N. J., and also at Columbia and Marletta, Pa. Its North Carolina mill was built twa years ago, and has been managed by Mr. T. W. Thurston, a mulatto form- erly employed in the Paterson mills of the company. He has white fore- man In two departments—a yung Ger- man in charge of the reeling, and a young Englishman in charge of the weaving—but the rest of his hands are colored. ‘The mill, as described by Mr. Bryant, fs a three-story brick bullding, well lighted and well kept, with over two hundrea employees, who are as neat as their surroundings, and work with an animation showing pride In their position. The discipline of the mill, he says, 1s of an unusually rigid sort. As in all tne mills in North Carolina, the employees are mainly girls and boys between ten and elgb- teen years of age, and the manager insisted upon baving the right to cor- rect these children in the old-fashioned | way, If he took them into his mill. The colored people of the town, however. made no objection to this, and the number of applications was so great that he was able to select for the work only the more promising of the applt- cants. ‘she friends of the manager Insist that he has never resorted. to whipping except where the boys have been gullty of the wanton destruction of machinery. Some of the whippings have occasioned scandal and have been severely criticised in the newspapers of nelghboring towns. Nevertheless says Mr. Bryant, the manager of the mill Is working In the bellet that be 4s bound to maintain military discfp: Mine, not only to make his mill 2 sue- cess, but to prove the capacity of hi race. Among the mottoes about th mill, Mr. Bryant noticed the follow. ing: “Our battle-ery—Remember the failure of the Vesta Cotton-Mill:” anc “We fight not against flesh and blood but against ignorance and {dleness.’ “At first,” says Mr. Bryant, “the peo ple of Fayetteville feared that the em ployment of colored labor in the mil would cause raclal trouble, but the} are now convinced that it ts ; good thing for the town, from tw standpoints: it takes the young Negr from the rtreets and makes a good citt zen of hit, and it pays out about fou thousand dollars a month to be spen for food and clothing.” Mr. Bryan reports that the mill is already a de monstrated success. The owners of th mill, however, more cautiously refer to it as an experiment which promise: to be permanent. If Negro labor cat not only man but manage a silk-mill Its future success in the making of cot ton is assured—The Outlook. ‘LET US BE BRAVE. Editor E. L. Winters of the Corsi- cana Oil City Afro-American, judging by his utterances is aiming to arrest the attention of Negroes only, as he proceeds along the road of journalism. He addresses his criticisms when speaking of reprobates, to “colored reprobates;” when discussing gambling he makes it clear that he is discussing “colored gambling;"" and so on he pro- ceeds placiag “colored” before all things which he does not find worthy of commendation. Hditor Winters should remember tuat lewdness, gamb- Ung, loafing and other crimes in Corsi- cana are not shortcomings which afflict Negroes only. He should remember that as a public journalist his paper should be broad enough to stand for morals, law and order, for the people throughout the land. ‘We admit that it takes some nerve to take this position, but editing a fear- Jess newspaper is a brave man's job ‘The Dallas Express is of the opinion that the crimes which afflict Cirsicana and the balance of the country are of- fenses which the whites participate in ‘more freely than the blacks, and the Journal wihch cannot afford to go to the root of the evil should retire from the field of criticism. that those whe have courage and convictions may have room to go on with the work o! reformation. Conditions in Corsicans cannot be made what they should b by Negro’s efforts alone. What Is tru of Corsicana is also true of the country at large. The truth fs, all the peopl must come to have a higher regar for law and order. Public journals anc public sentiment must rise hiet | enough to endorse a good Negro a | against a bad white man, and vic | verga, and until this is done law an | order and constituted authority in tht } country will continue on the decline Dallas Express. INRUMAN TENDS. : THE CITIZENS OF TOPEKA WATCH OVER THEIR DAUGHTERS BEWARE OF THE WHITE RAVISHER, White Brutes Abroad—Another At tempt to Ravish a Little Girl— Mr. Grotewohle's. Daughter Subject to Asault. _ SUCK SLATER HES SOME EKULA ORS. 16-year-old daughter of a prominent Santa Fe shopman. At that time, there was much talk of lynching this fiend. He succeeded in escaping the venge- ance of an outrage people. The escape of this villian seems to have given en- couragement to that class of flendish brutes, who have no regard for the tender years of the girls. We take the following from the Daily Capital of 26th Inst., which reveals a depth of depravity hardly to be expected in a community lke Topeka: “Another fend in human form ts loose In the vieinity of Topeka. This fiendsattempted an assault on 7-year: old Esther Grotewohl Sunday after- noon. Luckily the child broke loose from him, and galned the safety of 3 neighbor's home. “Esther Grotewohl is the daughter jot W. E Grotewobl. She lett be home at 1246 West street at 3 o'clock | yesterday afternoon to attend Epworth league at Martin church, She was ac- companied by her 4-year-old sister and two other littte girls. A block distant form her home they met an elderly man with side whiskers, who stopped and spoke pleasantly to them. He singled out Esther particularly and talked to her while the other children went ahead. He showed her two rings on his fingers and asked if she would not like to have them. She assented and he told her that If she would g¢ around the corner and take a shir from the line which velonged to him and bring it to him, he would give he the rings. “He also told her he bai some candy and peanuts In a nearbs barn which she could have “They went into the yard at 152 West street, the residence of a Mr Porter, and there the man caught he up im his arms and carried her foreibl; into the barn loft. Once in the lof he drew a knife from his pocket anc opened it At this time the little gir grew frightened, and watching he chance, slipped out of his grasp. sli down the mow to the floor of the barn and ran screaming to the house of he aunt, Mrs. George Grant, who live in the same block, wither the othe children had preceded her. irs. Gran hurried the children to their own hom and there little Esther told the stor; of the assault. “When Mr. Grotewohl came hom at 5 o'clock he found his family i hysterics. No attempt had been mad to notify «ae police or the neighbors The police were at once notified. an | the neighborhood alarmed. A mob o Jangry men, neighbors of the Grote | wobls, spent ue night searching th | country west of town for the fiend, bu | discovered no trace of him. | “Tho distinguishing feature of th | ttle girl's identification of her assail | ant was that he was an elderly ma | with side whiskers, and that he car |ried a basket on his arm. A ma | answering this description carrying : | basket ate supper last night at a fars '| house just this side of Auburn. Whei '| the news came to Topeka Officers Go! '| and Bundy at once took the trail. The '/1eft Topeka about 4 o'clock yesterda afternoon and had not returned at ‘| late hour last night. '| “It is thought that the man who at ‘| tempted the assault is a resident c the Auburn vicinly, although It ha "| not yet been possible to identity bi "| with any resident of that communit “| known to Topeka people. The peop! ‘| of the West street vicinity are ver ‘| much wrought up over the matter, an "| if the man is brought back to Topek ‘| he will need all the police protectlo th a com eet, HERE'S THE WAY TO TREAT ‘EM. ‘A quartette of young white toughs jostled a colored woman on Maln street In front of the Express office ‘Wednesday afternoon, The woman, who was evidently an employe in some one of the tobacco actorles, did no stand very much on ceremony or stree! etiquet and gave one of the fellows « genteel thrashing and left bim an¢ Portions of his clothing floundering ir the mud and water, greatly to th young fellow's discomfture and the amusement of a largo crowd of white and colored men who witnessed th thrashing which was justly adminis tered.—Richmond (Va.) Reformer. FLEA FUR SHE WESTERN NEGRO. (By J. Silas Harris.) Some Reasons Why the Western Negre ‘Should be Recognized by the Nation- al Administration. Tho failure of the Western Negro, those living west of the Misslssippl, to receive recognition at the hands of ‘the National administration, Is one of the strangest anomalies ever wit- nessed in the history of Americam politics. It fs conceded by all, that the ‘Western Negro 13, in point of char acter, education and worth, easily the ‘equal of his more favored Northern, Eastern and Southern Kansmen, yet ‘he seems never to bave been able to Impress the powers that be, with the ‘above facts to the extent of getting some of the good things that hare gone to members of bis race since ‘their emancipation. / Beginning with the administration of General Grant, a third of a century ago, the leaders of the Republican party began the creation of positions for those of their deserving Negro allies, who by thelr character, ability and worth, were entitled to, and well fitted for such recognition, But dur- ing all these years. a perlod which usually marks the life of a political party, the Western Negro has simply deen ® looker-on in Venice. It may be of interest to many of my friends who are seeking Information, to relate some facts relative to this subject, that has never before, as I know, appeared in print, If all the Negroes who live in the Northern and Eastern tler of states should emigrate at once, thelr going would not cause the political com- plexton of 2 single one of these states to be changed, and the result of Mr. McKin.ey's first campa.gn was the frst time in the history of the Republic, since the period of the reconstruction that a single vote from the south in tue electorial college was given the Republican candidate for president. Yet every position given Negroes by the president, with tue two exceptions mentioned ebove, has gone to men liv- ing in east, north or south. We have here in the west an army of Negro ‘voers, numbering more than a quarter of a million; men who not only vote the Republican ticket, bue whose votes are counted. men who have fought thetr way to the front In all the yreat battle of the party, making it possible the election of Republican Congress- men, Governors, U. S. Senators, and even a president. and yet In the face of ail this, there has been but two Negroes from this section ever ap- polnted to a political position by the National Repu¥lican adwfnistration. 1 do not blame the president for this state of affairs, for it 1s believed, all other things being equal, that Maj. ‘McKinley would as soon appoint a ap- able and deserving Negro from Alaska as to appoint ono from Georgia. I hold that the white men of this section who are able to get the ear of the president, have been too busy seek- Ing honors for themselves and their poor kin, to do anything fo rthe Negro whose votes made it possible for said white men to be leaders. It is doubt- ful If the time will ever come when the Negroes who live In this section will support the Democratic party, but tue time will come, unless they receive moro recognition In the future than they have recelved in the past, whes they will remain away from the polls and let these would-be leaders take care of themselves. It is my opinion that Negroes are big or little In the estimation of the world Just In the pro- portion that they win and hold, or lose the respect and confidence of their | Anglo-Saxon brother. ‘There are men here who by educa- tion, and Integrity, capable of filling ay’ position that ‘colored men have ever filled. There are three white men in Missouri who have never failed to | do something tor the deserving Negroes of Missouri, Kerens, BittInger and Warner men around whom every Ne gro In the west Is ever ready and will- | ing to rally. T hope that we will have less cause to complain in the future | than we have in the past. REV. SHELDON'S WORK. A meeting of the Village Improve- ment society was held Monday even- ing at the Congregational ehureh in Teenesseetown. ‘The meeting was opened by the Rev Charles MM. Sheldon, and in a short ad-~ dress he told of toe wenefits that had been derived from the formation of this society and that it was the desire of the originators of the society that far as possible his business should be left in the hands of the colored people themselves. Heretofore the busi- ness of the society has been largely in the hands of a committee composed of members of the Central Congrega- tonal church, and Mr. Sheldon said that the colored people should elect thelr own officers, and he.then tarned the meeting over into their hands. ‘The officers elected were Jerry White as president and Miss Eva Over secre- tary. A committee was appointed to secure vacant lots for those who did not have ground on which to make a garden, oF those who could not se- cure land for themselves. ‘Those com- posing this committee are W. T. Me- Kalght, Rufus Knott and Joseph Giles. ‘They are to obtain as many lots as possible and report at a meeting to be held Wednesday evening at the Con- gregational church. A committee has been appointed to select the prizes that will be given by the Improvement soclety this year. The prizes Will be useful articles of vari- ous kinds. No money prizes will be ‘given. me tek i lll i dll till a Topeka Plaindealer. published at Topica, Shawnee county, Ks., every Friday morning by the Phaladeer Publishing Co., 124 E 7th st. NICK CHILES - - BUSINESS MANAGER J. H. CHILDERS - - EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year by mail ..... $1 Six months by mail ..... 75c Three months by mail ..... 55c Entered at the postoffice at Topeka as second class mail matter. [In order to insure publication of matter in the current issue, correspondence must be in this office no later than Tuesday] RACE LEADERS. Nearly a half century has elapsed since emancipation. During these years the Afro-Americans have enjoyed a rather checkered career. There has been much said and written about the wonderful development of our people. Much pride has been felt in the multiplication of churches and schools. But overshadowing all, the uppermost destro has been the demand for the enjoyment of civil rights. This has necessarily -rought to the trout men whose lives and education best fitted them to mingle with the politician and manipulator rather than the laborer and producer. Up to this time the Negro leaders have been essentially politicians, more or less selfish in their alms. The "welfare" and "best interest" of the race have been the stepping stones into lucrative offices. Once lifted into position and wealth, interest in the civil rights of the masses has ceased to disturb them. Of course there are exceptions to this rule, but as a general proposition it is true. In their anxiety to reap official recognition the leaders of our people seem to have entirely lost sight of our real condition. As a general proposition a people who own the soil and form a large portion of the great standing army of producers and industrialists, are not denied the right "to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Negro has made remarkable progress in the accumulation of property, but the greater part of his holdings are in the cities, where as an unskilled laborer he manages, by the strictest economy to make enough to satisfy the tax assessor and feed the multipig mouths. The Plaidealera has advocated from the beginning of its existence that the salvation of the Negro was on the farm. In the past ten years we have heard much rolling among the quasi-politicians and statesmen against the pauper emigrant of Europe. But we have seen this same "pauper" settle on the short grass plains of Kansas, and a few weeks ago some of them were making laws over at the State house. There are thousands of these same paupers coming to Kansas and the great west every year. They are taking up all the available cheap lands. By their industry and skill they are gradually encroaching on the tae sa-called "short grass regions" and causing it to blossom as the rose. The race is weak in leaders. Its leaders were planted in that time of the moon when they run to politics rather than business. Business is the keynote in this day and generation. The leaders of our people must awake to this fact. The race has politics enough to last it until its accumulated wealth has made it indispensable to this great republic. And when a people like the Jews work themselves by honesty, industry and economy, into the commercial life of this nation there will be no need for demanding legislative enactments to enjoy the ordinary amenities of life. And again. the preacher, like the politician, has preached our people from the farms to the city. Let them raise their voices and send them back. There are thousands of acres of land in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas that can be obtained cheap. Every year these lands are being taken by the "pauper" emigrant. It is high time that the race has more business and less politics derived into it. Andrew Carnegie has given $2,000,000 to public institutions in the past fifty days. How long will it be before a Negro can give as many cents to an institution calculated to benefit the race. Robert Church, the Memphis Negro who recently gave a thousand dollars to aid in the entertainment of Confederate veterans, will add a cubit to this height in the estimation of the race if he will endow some college erected for the education of Negro children, with some of his loose coin. GUESS IT'S COME Gee whiz! Is the millinium at hand? Last week Judge Candler of Fairburn, Ga., sentenced three prominent white men to life imprisonment for murdering a Negro who, it is charged, "informed" on them for illicit distilling. While this is true, yet it is hard to believe. This shows that there is some justice in the courts of the South for the Negro—Detroit (Micn.) Advocate. One hundred of the most prominent Negroes of Phillips county, Ark., met in Helena and organized the Phillips County conference. The purposes of the organization are for the betterment of the Negro race and their remaining on the farms and becoming farmers rather than denizens of the towns and cities, and the urging of the Negroes to work six days in the week. The practice of Negroes to rule, or ruin, does the race no good. Last week the forty-sixth annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was held in this city. As a gathering of strong Christian men, earnestly devoted to the savings of souls, the world will never witness their superiors. The world owes much to the aggressive spirit of Methodism. Ever since John Wesley sought to reach that class of people that the church falls to reach, the power and influence of the great Methodist church has been steadily growing and increasing with years. In the closing days of the last century this great and powerful ecclesiastical organization pledged to add to its fold two million souls. That this work is being carried forward with the characteristic real and determination of the Methodist church, can be seen in the mighty blaze of religious ferver that is sweeping around the globe. But the Methodist church is not alone in this great religious awakening. At the opening of the new century more has been pledged to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ than ever before in the world's history. But along with this marvelous manifestation of God's presence, among men, one finds an equally strong manifestation of the influence of his satanic majesty. Since the opening of the present century, there have been more Negroes lynched and mobbed than ever before in the history of America. These lynchings have been accompanied by more horrible and sickening details than heretofore. It would seem, that this great Christain nation, not satisfied with the inhuman exhibition of fendish barbarity that occurred in Georgia where Sam Hose was burned, are seeking to invent more barbarous methods of torture. We take pleasure in quoting from the Central Christian Advocate, as an evidence that these practices of the best people of the South does not meet the approval of all. Editor Spencer says: BURNED AT THE STAKE. Well! It looks as if we might as well leave standing, electrotyped, our editorial on burning men alive, to use from week to week. Another such atrocity disgraced the State of Texas last week, when a Negro murderer was burned to death by a mob. Variety is lent to this horror, however, by the incidents, first, that the husband of the murdered woman made lunges at the Negro with a long knife, and second, that the governor made a noble effort to prevent the crime, and third, that the coroner eulogized the torturers. Gentlemen of exas, Kentucky, and everywhere else where mob violence is on the throne, be kind nought to remember that crime thrives on horrible penalties; that society is jeopardized, not protected, by reigns of terror; that there is no real protection but the orderly process of law. But yesterday, as it were, a human being was burned alive in Paris, Texas; now at Corsicana, Texas, the horror is repeated. Women and children looked on. How far is it, anyhow, from Paris to Corsicana? And again he says: THEY SHUT THE SALOONS. It is interesting to note that when the Negro was burned alive at Corsicana, Texas, last week, the "saloons were all closed." Why was that? Did not the saloons have a license? Is it not a legalized business? Why interfere. pray, with the "personal liberties" of the citizens of Corsicana, Texas, and the precious saloon-keepers? In order that the world might know that the "law comedy" of law enforcement is maintained, Coroner Roberts proceeded to deliver a verdict in which the fiendish outrage against public decency was condoned. Speaking of the verdict, the Central Advocate says: Last week a Negro, who had committed an atrocious crime, was taken by a mob from the officers of the law and burned at the stake at Corsicana, Texas, in the presence of more than 5,000 persons. Judge H. G. Roberts, acting coroner, who held an inquest over the remains of the Negro, issued a verdict which we give in part, as follows: "I find that the deceased came to his just death at the hands of the incensed and outraged feelings of the best people of the United States, the citizens of Navarro and adjoining counties." It is just a trifle singular how conspicuous the "uest people" usually are at a lynching. There was one thing about the affair that was quite unfortunate, and that is that a whole train-load of persons who went there for that purpose did not reach Corsicana in time to enjoy seeing the victim burned. What a pity that was, and how keen must have been their disappointment! Still, as burnings at the stake are getting to be common nowadays, they may have a chance in the near future to witness a spectacle of this kind, especially if they are among the "best people." And who could doubt that for a moment? If there is the least doubt or hesitancy on the part of any kindly disposed Christian, let them carefully study the moral conditions of the South and then give lavishly to domestic missions. There is a gigantic problem facing the Christian workers of America, of far greater importance than the Chinese question. What is to be done with the vicious deprivation of the so-called best element in the South? What is to be done to suppress the rapidly increasing criminal classes all around? These are problems for the Christian workers. Now how shall they be solved and by whom? ALL FIENDS NOT BLACK Henry Hobbs, a white man, assaulted a 11-year-old girl at Winchester, O. This is another proof that Negroes do not commit all the crimes; that there are a few white scoundrels and fiends, too. This valuable work is published in one large volume of over 400 pages, and beautifully illustrated with more than 60 original drawings and photo-engravings — size 6 by 8½ inches. SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. We want you to give a copy of this autobiography of the greatest Negro writer, Wendell Berry, in every county and district in the country to sell wantests in every county and district in the country to each town. Write now and be sure to get a copy. Address: Ashvile, N. C., March 17.—Biltmore is often described by enthu-slas as the finest private estate in the world, and perhaps there is nothing in the United States to compare with it in cost or extent, although in Europe—in England, France and Germany—are several country establishments, not including the retreats of royalty, that surpass it in various respects, and after hundreds of years of cultivation are now what Biltmore may be when it has reached the same ripeness and maturity. Biltmore is a single tract of field and forest, including Mount Pisgah, 5,757 feet high, with an area of 147,000 acres. There is only one break in the regularity of the boundary. A little wedge-shaped farm projects into it near the chateau. It is owned by a Negro, ignorant and obstinate, who has steadfastly refused to se., his little place to Mr. Vanderbilt except at a preposterous price. There is no truth in the stories that have been printed in sensational newspapers about attempts to rob this Negro of his little home, nor of the persecutions which he is alleged to have endured from the millionaire neighbor. Mr. Vanderbilt bought the immense tract of land he owns here in the open market. The average price for the whole was about $2.50 an acre. When the Negro farmer referred to was approached he asked advice of a white man, who told him not to sell, so Mr. Vanderbilt's agents paid no further attention to him. When preparations for building the chateau commenced a sidetrack four miles long was laid from the regular track of the Southern railroad for the transportation of material. It could have been shortened considerably if the Negro had permitted it to run through his land. He demanded an unreasonable compensation, which Mr. Vanderbilt declined to pay, and there have been no further negotiations. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS. The condition of the colored man in this country demands serious consideration from a business standpoint. Is the negro a business factor? That is the question. Can he become a business factor in his present condition? There is a great deal of sentiment in the Negro and not enough business qualities. He carries his sentiment in everything he undertakes. He lacks business principles and lacks the force that should go to make up a real man in the business world. He is deceptive with those of his own race and seeks to take advantage of the more unfortunate. In this city there is no end to the business advocates and those persons who pretend to be so much interested are the persons when they go to purchase goods seek the wholesale stores and other business places kept by those who are intimical to the Negro. If the Negro were a reading class by now there would be at least 50 to 100 first class daily papers printed in the United States. As it is we have hundreds of weekly papers in the United States edited by colored men and it is true, yet painful to state. that a majority of these papers, if not all of them, are supported by white people. The Negro fails to help himself. There is too much jealousy in the race. Until the Negro can be broad enough to help one another it will be years before he will be a factor in the business world.—The Washington Bee. NEGRO INVENTIONS The report of the United States Commissioner of Patents, submitted to Congress last week, showing information concerning Afro-American inventors: "To some 165 colored inventors about 400 patents have been issued. Twenty-eight patents have been issued to one, and to another twenty-two. So far as the records show, Henry Blair of Maryland was the first colored patentee. In 1834 he received a patent for a cornplanter, and in 1836 one for a cottonplanter. Employed in the field and in the house, improvements in agricultural implements and articles of domestic use predominate. The sphere of their inventive effort has widened with the added opportunities afforded them to engage in mechanical vocations. They have made contributions to the electric arts and steam engineering, and many, improvements in railway appliances, paper bag machines, etc. Before the civil war the master of a slave in Mississippi made application for a patent, but the Attorney General held in an opinion reported (Attorney General's opinions. Volume IX., page 171) that an invention of a slave, though it be new and useful, could not be patented—The Outlook. PROSPERITY ITEM No less than 140,000 homes are held free of debt by southern Negroes. These have been estimated at an aggregate value of $140,000,000. The holdings of personality by the race are probably worth more than the reality. Illiteracy has decreased among them nearly 50 per cent in twenty years. A. H. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. A. Y. M. G. A. ORGANIZED. Organized on Monday night at Guy Hall. During the past few weeks a strong effort has been made to perfect such an organization. For the past two weeks a bible class has been meeting every Monday night at 429 Kansas avenue. Last Monday night an organization was effected with the following officers: Prof. W. R. Carter president, Capt. W. M. Reynolds; vice-president; Gaitha Page, Secretary and Dr. W. E. Jackson, treas. BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB. Last Tuesday evening a number of the business men of the city met at the office of Mr. J. H Guy for the purpose of organizing a business men's association. Rev. G. W. Guy presided and Mr. Overton acted as secretary. Committees were appointed as follows: On constitution, Mr. Overton, H. C. Odel and J. M. Ferguson. On permanent officers, G. J. Coleman, J. S. King and W. E. Thompson. Decided to meet Tuesday evening April 9th to perfect the organization at which time all colored business men are requested to be present. The Dally Capital has passed into new hands. A new company headed by Mr. Arthur Capper who was at one time a Capital reporter. Mr. Capper has for a number of years very successfully published the Topeka Mail and Breeze. In the hands of a capable newspaper man like Mr. Capper, the Dally Capital will become the most influential daily in the state. It will be agreeable information to Miss Cora C. Cole many friends to know that she is located at Springfield Ohio. Miss Cole was in Topeka last year as contalto in the Fisk Jubilee singers, and made many friends. She has contributed the interesting series of articles entitled an Afo-American Girl in Europe. Miss Cole is now engaged in the Millinery business. Speaking of blind Justice here's a Kansas sample. A white fiend raped a little colord girl over in North Topeka. We understand that he got two years in the penitentary. A Negro was accused of raping a white woman in Leavenworth, and is burned at the stake. From this kind of justice, Good Lord, deliver us! Beware of the white fiends. They are abroad attempting to rape little girls. Negroes must raise up and protect the community. The Afro-American Girl in Europe will tell about Stockholm and the customs of the Scandinavians next week. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION FOR SOUTHERN WHITES. The truth of the Democratic principle that if you lift up the bottom of society you lift up the whole of society is illustrated by the success of the Southern Industrial College at Camp Hill, Ala. This college, which educates young white men from the surrounding territory, owes its start directly to an address given by Mr. Booker T. Washington in New York City several years ago. One of his hearers, the Rev. Lyman Ward, felt strongly that a work similar to Mr. Washington's should be done for the white people of the South, and, after urging it upon others, became concerned that it was his own duty to undertake it. When he first went South, he was of no uncertain as to how his proposal would be nevertheless, instead of going to the mountain whites, who had never looked down upon manual work as menial, he went into a district in Alabama where the whites before the war were supported by slave labor, and opened a school to teach white boys how to work intelligently as well as how to study. His appeal to the common community proved effective, and the scholars came. For financial support, also, he appealed to the outset exclusively to the South. Though the northern of Northern birth and Abolitionism, Mr. Ward decided that he would not work in the South unless the South came in slowly and in small sums, but the first building secured entirely paid for by Southern contributions. In managing the college Mr. Ward's principles, like Mr. Washington's, has been that the school must raise its own food, make its own furniture and apparatus, and put up its own buildings. The college now has a good attendance, and would have a larger one if there were room to accommodate it. In an address in this city last month, President Ward said that the people of the South now recognize that emancipation freed the white man as the Negro, but that the whole nation would believe that it has responsibilities to the emancipation as well as the emancipated blacks. The fact that the white people of the South welcome industrial education makes it, he believes, the duty of the North to help the industrial education of those who were not taught to work under slavery, and whose wealth was blotted out by the war.—The Outlook. J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville, IL DON'T BE DUPED There have been placed upon the market several cheap reprints of an obsolete edition of "Webster's dictionary." 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You never failed to straighten curly hair, will invigorate it, producing abundance of soft, shiny hair. You can prepaid on receipt of price. Agents wanted. CALL CHAIR OF BEAUTY 411 ABBEY ST. CHICAGO, IL 60611. Burton Alexandrio is suffering with the pleurisy. Rev. Green is suffering from an attack of the gripe. Miss Eliza Hamilton is sick at home on Lincoln street. Will Wilson is very ill at his home 502 Kansas Ayene. Mrs. E. Ratley left Sunday for Pueblo and Denver Colorado. Miss Amelia Richard was on the sick, list last week at 409 E. 1st st. N. J. Washington will leave Saturday for his home in Speed, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith are the proud parents of a son born Monday. Mrs. J. S- Thompson will leave Saturday for her home in Rock-Island, Ill. Wm. Hall spent last Sunday in Lawrence, the guess of Miss Nola Lacey. Miss Henrietta Jackson is employed as one of the clerks of the Plaindealer. Mrs. Chaney Barton of Kansas City is visiting her grand son Hayden Edmonds. Mrs. Chas. Williams and children of Sedalia, Mo., are visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. M. G. Holloway and two daughters of Horton are visiting her mother Mrs. R. Keith. Mrs. Rosa McCarroll left Monday for Memphis Tennessee to visit her father who is very ill. Henry Davis and Jas. Mooreman of Excelsior Springs, Mo., spent Sunday in Kansas, City. The Ladies Sewing Circle of St. John's A. M. E. church met Wednesday with Mrs. J. Bennett. The Ad Astra Mandolin club is making fine music these days. They have reached a point that they are invited to play at all free doings. Mrs. Caroline Helm died in Kansas City March 19th and was buried in this city Wednesday March 20th. She leaves four children to mourn her loss. Dr. O. A. Taylor has invested in a new rubber tire cart. The amiable doctor is not only a good judge of disease and their cure, but he has an eye for comfort and elegance. R. J. Rice returned home Tuesday of last week from K. C. where he has been during the past winter and expects to remain for the summer with his brother in the ice cream business. Mrs. W. B. Townsend of Leavenworth and Mrs. S. S. Dilbert of Kansas City, are in the city attending the meeting of the Executive committee of the Federation of Womens Clubs of Kansas. The funeral of Mrs. Austin E. Sharp was held from St John A. M. E. church at 1:30 p. m. last Sunday. Services were conducted by Bethany Chapter No. 8, O. F. S. The funeral was largely attended. Last Sunday at the Shiloh Baptist church a rally was held of which a neat sum was raised. Rev. Joseph Fulton formally of Topeka and graduated of Roger-William College, conducted morning and evening services. The executive committee of the Art Federation met at the Parlor's of Hotel Chiles, Wednesday afternoon and arranged the program for their annual meeting in June. Mrs. W. B. Townsend of Leavenworth, presiding. The Merrit Sisters Concert at 118 West 8th. st. on Tuesday in the interest of St. John A. M. E. Church, was a musical success. The youg ladies were assisted by their brother William Merritt a tenor singer of ability. Concerts by the sisters are always pleasing and enjoyable. The most conspicious features of the concert was the manifest rudness of a part of the audience who persisted in talking during the rendition of the program. The eternal destiny of the children is placed, in a most important sense, in the hands of their parents. The parent is under obligation to instruct and cause his child to be instructed, in those religious sentiments which he believes to be according to the will of God. With his duty in this respect no one has a right to interfere. As soon as he becomes a parent, his decision on this subject involve the future happiness or misery, not only of his own soul, but also of that of another. It is the duty of the parent to teach his child its duties to God and to men, and produce in its mind a permanent conviction of its moral responsibility and especially should it be the constant effort of the parent to cultivate in his child a spirit of piety, or a right feeling towards God, the true source of every other virtue. It seems as though this neglect of installation of deep reference for diety, is one of the prevelent sins or infirmities of our heavy burdened race. Our mothers and fathers in many instances failed to do their duty toward their children. This failure appears strikingly in precept and practice. First in practice. The home life of many parents is one of retrogression instead of progression to their children. Parents who constantly use profane language in the presence of their children, are living monuments of profanity in the offsprings eye and having been born, with love for parents, and thinking or believing to the greatest degree that the parent is right in all things, easily and readily acquire the habit and unless some almost super-human agency is employed to devest them, become habitual blasphemers and regard not the blessed commandment, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." Some parents descend from the human to the brute level and fight like cats and dogs, disturb the peace of their neighbors and quiet of the community and the children fall into line, the son beats his wife when grown to manhood and the daughter either beats her husband or suiting her action to mama's action, submits while her loving and lordly husband applies the chastening red. The necessary moral tone is wanting in many of our homes. The mind of the child, like wax, easily receives and retains impressions. Many parents make it a practice of relating immoral jokes, fables, etc., in the presence of the children and tell them they will kill them if they ever relate what they hear mama and papa say at home; yet the parent seems to forget that each relation of impure matter leaves its sordid imprint on the mind of the child and sends it out in the world with a home accumulated stock of pithy learning and thus the iniquity of the father is visited into the children. In the dark and cruel days of slavery when our people reposed in God alone their trust, they were careful of the home training and thank God there are many mothers and fathers today who value the soul of their child or children so much, that at the dear expense of personal comfort they shield the childs mind. Our father's and mother's of the dark past were very careful of their conversation; when all the children were safely tucked away in their trundle beds and bright eyes were closed, mother and father would draw away to a silent corner of the room and in whispered tones convey to each other such things as was not suitable for childrens ears, but the modern plan is to announce everything before children and thus create a channel of perpetual gossip. Such things should not be. PRIDE OF TOPERATENT No 88, meets 1st and 4th Saturday afternoon of each month at No. 809 North Kansas avenue. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, Q. M. Miss Ana Reynold, C. R. MACDONIA TABBINAGLE No. 90, U. K. at Hall 909 N. Kansas Avenue. Meets 1st and 4th daysions of each month. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, C. P.; Miss Sarah Walker, C. R. MACDONIA LODGE NO. 90, GOOD SAMARITANS AND DA'LIGHTERS of SAMARIA, meets second and fourth Friday evenings of each month at 8 o'clock, at 113 East Street Seventh. Visiting Samaritans are always welcome. W. E. Jackson, Chief Allie Lawson, Record Securing Every action and word of the parent should be well weighed for on them our children hang with earnestness and persistency. Mothers and fathers, in order to raise children who will be a credit to the race and to humanity, must set a living example before them. The example by precept will appear in next issue. The Juvenile Choir organized by J.R. Martin, is an organization of which to be proud and before many months shall pass, it will be one of the leading choirs in the city. Everybody is invited to attend the installation of Rev. W. E. Helm at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. Let everybody attend and give the Reverend and his amible wife a royal reception such as Topeka only is capable of doing. Rev. W. E. Helm, pastor in charge, Shiloh Baptist church, Mrs. R. L. Helm and their two children, arrived in the city Monday morning over the C. R. I. rail road. Mrs. R. L. Helm will take charge of the musical department of the church and the members and friends of Shiloh may be assured of an advancement along the musical and literary lines. In the absence of Pastor Helm the members and friends of Shiloh church, stormed his residence and when the smoke of battle cleared away there was provisions of sll kinds, enough to last some time, left in the parsonage. Come again, dear friends, a faithful loving congregation make a strong aggressive, christian pastor. We extend our thanks to Messrs. Jordan, Patten, Guy Brothers, Rev. W. B. Brown and other firms whose names we did not receive, but who contributed libarally, we shall reciprocate. We received the sad news of the death of our old friend Mr. Willie Lowmax of Abbleville, S. C. He leaves a mother, sister, brother, and wife to mourn his loss. His father was senator for this county for several years during the reconstruction, and did much to advance the cause of his race, he was killed while on his way to Columbia the Capital by the giving away of a rail roal bridge. Willie was a big hearted young man; everybody who came in contact with him learned to love and respect him. The citizens of Abbleville both colored and white will miss him for along time to come. The family has our deepest sympathy. The Shiloh Baptist church will install their Pastor Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p. m. March 31 st. The public is invited to attend. The program for the ocbassion will be as follows: Opening chorus.....Choir Prayer.....A. B. Stoner. Paper the ideal Pastor.....G. A. Page Sermon.....Rev. W. L. Grant Song.....Choir Charge to the Pastor...... .....Rev. P. W. Crannell Charge to the church...... .....Rev. De. Cellard Song.....Choir Closing remarks...... .....Rev. W. E. Helm at 8:00 p. m. Rev. Helm will preach his introductory sermon. BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." 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 of R OZON). 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 thigh test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, 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 can e 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 initiate 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, causing the hair to fall on and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fat, and do the hair more harm than good. For these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring adverti-ements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $0.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $0.00 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 respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Icch, Eczema, Dandruff, and Seurf cannot 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 hair, and use them to drop out. Ozone straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing else can straighten 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 to us, 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 pliant, and cures 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. 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. KANSAS PACKING HOUSE MARKET, Wholesale and Retail. Fresh and sugar cured Meats. SCHMIDT BROS., SECOND ST. Stronger and closer spacing than any other make. Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. Your dealer should handle this line-if not, write us for prices. Catalogue free. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Traveling the States Colorado, Cansas, and the Five (5) Daily Passes in each direction, between The Famous Are reached ONLY N NIPPS, Agent, TOPEKA, KAS. KANSAS PACK be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Threat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chiblaina, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all snails and colors arising from the hum in body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. The a total value of this Grand Aggregation is $140, 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 it 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 to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have then and of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: Doctor Chemical Company: Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to in any new uppe that I have written (NO), and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been found so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. PATTERN AFTER AFTER 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. CARY SAFE COMPANY BUFFALO, N. Y., U. S. A. ...Manufacturers... Fire and Burglar Proof Safes VAULTS, LOCKS, ETC. Contracts to United States Government. SNe aS RE EE EEO e ‘From Our Correspondents § @& Weekly Paragraphs 3 R SASS aT Letters are being received yn the absolute necessity of secret race un- fons throughout the country. Read Senator Morgan's letter and admit we must be up and doing. ‘The Globe cannot disguise Its hatrod for the colored people. Every now and then a pretext is found. ‘The lat- ‘est was Inflaming white women agalnst colored women. Miss Mal Bowen will spend the Eas- ter at St. Joseph. ‘Miss Myrtle Porter is looking better since her recent illness than she looked before. ‘The musicale Thursday by Greenly, Johnson and Robers was quite credit- pale. - "Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Kerford of St Joseph, who suffered from a disastrous fire at their home tast week, have re- paired the damages and are at home again to the pleasure of their many friends in Atchison. ‘All the churehes and Sunday schools promise us a big Easter. ‘Mrs. Nation was here Saturday even- ing acting what would be called by the white peoplo “very silly,” had she been a colored woman. The Negroce have white Instructors for every ignor- ant and silly act, stil they blame a few for acting. ‘The colored voter is truer In his rote than any other set of voters, and no one need have the night-mare over him, ‘Miss Penelope Rucker went to Kan- ‘sas City last week. ‘The voters will elect W. T. F. Donald mayor next Tuesday and all the rest of the ticket. ‘Miss Beatrice Esters will leave next week for an extensive visit to Cali- fornia. Mrs, Rachel Givens returned home Saturday from a week's visit vith friends in Kansas City. Mrs. Lulu Jackson, of Shelbyville, Ky,, is spending a pleasant visit In this clty. She bas many friends here to welcome her. Dr. Brown has entered on his duties as high school trustee. LEAVENWORTH NEWS. ‘Miss Coran entertained for her frlend Mrs, B. F, Sharpe. last Friday, who has left for a visit at her home in Springfield, Mo. Miss Coran is very tall and graceful. She is one of the modles of young women and has a host of friends. The invited were: Mr. and ‘Mrs. Harding, Messrs. and Mesdames Nichols, Webo, Russel, Groves, Moates, Gilimore and ‘Fields; Misses Young, Chesian, Kate Sharpe, Wake, Ander- son, Taylor, Gilliam, Jones and Sharpe. Seventeen were present. Neat to the excitement caused by the coming of Mrs. Nation is the com- ing of city election. The white people seem to be all worked up to a frenzy about who shall be mayor of Leaven- worth, that Is the only question, for after the personel of tne ticket’ has deen looked into you wil find but lit- tle difference in the make-up of the several tickets. Democrats seem to have been selected to fill out the Re- publican ticket. No colored men were given a place on the ticket and none heed not appiy, for that matter, be- cause the Republican party In Leaven- worth is Ike it is fast becoming throughout the state, a white Re- publican party and Negroes need not apply. All they are wanted for Is to ‘ote and whoop ‘em up. A great many of the colored women and men have not registered and many of those who have registered will not vote for any candidate but for city attorney and for the bonds to build new schools. Judge Harkness who is on the ticket for city attorney is a good lawyer, and isa friend to the colored people. When he was Juage of the city court colored people were treated falrly and when Juries were called In bis court colored men were selected in common with white men, so when the colored people vote, if they vote at all, they should see to it that they vote for Judge Hark- ness for city attorney and for the school bonds. The remainder of the ticket had just as well be left unvoted for, Now. on Tuesday, when they send their carriage to haul you to the polls to vote for one white man against an- other I ask you voters of Leavenworth to consider that this fs entirely a white man's fight and the result of which will not benefit the colored people in any particular. Consider the wrongs that have Leen heaped upon the race fotbe last few months and only one white man in Leavenworth was their friend enough to say it was wrong to Yurn a human being. ‘They wilt tell you to vote and “clean out the ring.” What assurance have any of you that if the so-called Re- publican ticket is clected that the polite who took a part in the burning of Alesanier will ho told to go? Sec- ond-and political promises before elec- tion are worth nothing after election, Tam informed that there is a young long-legged boy who is a candidate for judge of the police court running this time on the so-called Republican ticket. Last year he ran on the Demo- cratic ticket. It 1s sald of him that be takes delight fn abusing our peuple when they come before him, that he imposes the greatest fines upon our people, and often goes out of his way to give them severe tongue-lashings, calls them liars and often tells them they are “sassy” to white folk. If he 4s that sort of a man It would be better to talk back at him now by not voting for him and allowing his opponent to de_elected. During the strike down {n the coal amine at the penitentiary when 300 con- victs threatened to Kus fifteen officers and blow up the mines, a convict col- cored boy who was at work In the mines climbed 720 feet to the top of the shat and informed the warden of the emin- ent danger of the guards being killed by the revolting prisoners. The warden called for volunteers from among the guards who would go down to the res- cue of the imprisoned guards. Nine men came forth and told the warden they were willing to bid good-bye to their families and risk their lives to try and save the helpless guards, four ‘of those were colored men, the pris- oner who crawled to the top and three others, Dave Welch, Tipton and Bow- era. These men went down and fought with the convicts and captured them and saved the lives of the imprisoned guards. All credit Is due to the bravery ‘and loyalty of those guards and they should not only be kept fn the employ of the state as long as they desire, but should be recognized in a fitting man- bee iy Silt oe signee ete LEAVENWORTH ITEMS. Rey, W. H. Brown, of Oskaloosa, vis- ited friends In the clty last week. Rev. King, of Kansas City, Kans, has been called to pastor the First Baptist church in this city. Mr. Geo. McAlister was the guest of Mt 2 El aa Cae a Ral aN sat Wea Nae oa ATCHISON. Miss Minnie Davis last Sunday. ‘The Jolly Ones club entertained at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Toll- ver's March 22, for the benefit of the Benevolent abli. ° ‘The Ladies’ Guild, of St. Phillips Mission met with Mrs. Thomas Gish, Wednesday afternoon. The ladies are busy for preparing to give an enter- tanment as soon as possible after Lent. All members are requested to meet the Guild at the residence of Bfrs. Wm. Williams, April 3d. Light refresh- ments will be served. ‘The Ladies of the Independent Bap- tist chureh are working up an enter- tainment to be given in May. As Is all of thelrentertalnments, this will be up-to-date. |The Blossom Art club met with Aftss Espanola Hill the 20th inst. The next meeting will be with Miss Mary O'Dan- fon next Wednesday. Mrs, M. Wooton who has been con- fined to hier bed for two weeks is con- salescing. Mrs. J. G. Gillum 1s able to be out again, also Mrs. H. M. Willams. Rev. W. H. Speese. formerly of this city passed through last Thursday ac- companied by his wife, euroute, to Broken Bow. ‘Mrs, Julius Miller is improving from her serious spell of illness. The Douglas debating club save a very enjoyable round table social at the Ix. P, hail Wednesday. Mrs, J, W. Cooley, after a very pleas- ‘ant visit of three months among rela- tives and friends a. Topeha, Des Moines and Omaha, returned "home last week very much recuperated. Mrs, Lizzie Palmer returned from Abilene, Kan., Thursday. ‘A grand Silver Dollar rally will take ‘place at the Mt Zion Baptist church ‘Taster Sunday. The chotr will furnish a’ special musical program. The following officers were elected for the next quarter of the B. Y. P. U. of the Mt Zion church. Miss Luetta Garner. president; Miss Mary Haw- Kins, vice: Miss Helen Blair, secre- tary! Miss Belle Wiggins, treasurer. ‘A special Easter program will be rendered by the Sunday school of the A.M. E. church on Easter Sunday tc which a large attendance is desired. Rey. E, P. Gulger and wife left last Monday to attend conference at Fort Scot, Kans. The best wishes of the community go with him, that he may be returned to this charge agaln, as he proved himself an energetic pastor. ‘Miss Nellie Evans and Mr. Peter Duncan are on the sick list this week. Mr, Isaac Barr accompanied Mr. Frank Childs to his tome in Newton where they are visiting relatives and friends this week. Mrs, Willlam Saunders of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city visiting rela- tives and friends. Miss Nellle Tipton spent a few days at her home near Plymouth ‘ast week. ‘Mr, Harl Irving and Miss Nora Clay, of Americus. were Tmarried at the Sec- ond Christian church last week, and are now at home to their many friends about seven miles northwest of the city. ‘Mr. 8. P. Johnson, one of Emporia’s most intelligent and loyanl citizens, will leave for Californta next Tuesday afternoon, which place he anticipates making bus future home. Mr. Johnson has proven himself a perfect gentle- man from hls youth on up until the Present, and his gentlemen and busi- necs like manners together with his pleasant wajs has made for him, not only In the city of Emporia, but all over the state many friends who will regret hearing of his sudden and far away departure. Besides being the true Christian that he is Mr. Johnson was also a faithful worker in the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, where just before his recent resigna- tion, he held the honorable positicn of District Grand Secretary to which vacaney Mr. P. F. Lewis of Emporia was appointed by the executive board to fill. Mr. Jobnson's many friends as well as his co-workers of the G. U. 0. of. F. and H. H. of R. wish him suc- cess in his future and grand undertak- ing. ‘Nr. John Hudson and family have moved into their new residence on South Cottonwood street. ‘Mr, Bert Rich is home hand-shaking with his many friends again. WESTERN UNIVERSITY NOTES. Our president, Prof. W. T. Vernon, left Sunday morning for Topeka, He spent three or four days on business Prof. Bowman, teacher in architecture and mechanical drawing, is the acting principal. ‘Mr. Sylvester Banks. one of our last year's graduates, and his cousin, Mis: Shelton, were welcome visitors at the school ast week. They were shown through the various departments and expressed a hearty approval of the work. Prof. Jno. C. Woods, the teacher in printing and instructor of our culture, called the school together Friday even- Ing at 4 o'clock for a rehearsal of com: ™mencemenc music. They will meet again Friday. ‘Mr. John Scales, of Kansas City, Mo. president of the James A. Handy Liter ary society, has announced that the election of officers will occur Friday night, on which occasion no program will be rendered. On last Friday eve the J. A. H. Liter. ary society was graced with the pres- ence of three distinguished gentle men, Professors Milton Collins, Thom: as Collins and Buffkin. Each made interesting remarks to the society which were very encouraging. Miss Amanda F. Moon, superviso1 of the Christian Endeavor, has an- nounced the election of officers for said body to take place some time this weeh and not Sunday night as this would interfere somewhat with the regula routine of work. The past officer: were ever present at their post o! duty and we can only hope the futur: ones Will be as as faithful "Mrs, Morris, matron of the college spent Sunday in Leavenworth, arriv- ing home Monday morning fn tim for class work. Mr. Samuel Calvin, of Los Angeles eo left for his home Tuesday morn: ing. ‘Mr. Joseph Brooke is on the sick lst Mrs. Brooks, wife of Rev. W. B Brooks, and daughter, Miss Sadie, were visitors Friday night. ‘The series of articles on education by Prof. W. E. Gray will Se resumed in this paper next week. The next subject treated will be the “Teeory and tendency of modern education” LINCOLA. EMPORIA. NORTH TOPEKA. Rey. H. W. White took charge of B Street Baptist church ast Sunday and preached two excellent sermons, Rev. Whito is a minister of great tal- ent and will do the church great good. He is the man in the right place, ‘The Sunday School will bave an Easter egg hunting the Saturday atter- noon, April 6th. ‘The hunt will begin at 4p. m. The children will meet at B Street Baptist church and at 4 p. m. they will form a Ine and will bo led by the pastor, Rev. White, and look for the Easter egg. Children from 3 to 6 years will pay 6 cents and children from 7 to 12 years will pay 10 ceats to look for eggs and all they find they can have. Ever child tn the city is in- vited to come and take part. Mrs. M. D. Jones 1s preparing to give a draina of Queen Esther banquet at Lukin’s opera house some time in May. ‘The Progressive club, of which Miss S. A. Barker {8 president, has been started and promises to do great work for the church, ‘The Santa Fe club, of which Ars Amanda Alexander Is president, gives @ 10-cent lunch at her home on Taylor street Friday afternoon, March 29th. Miss Ethel Haley celebrated her sith birthday at her home, 509 Para. more street, last Saturday. A large number of children were present and sh received a good many nice presents Tce cream and ambrosher was served. Everybody 1s invited to attend the literary at B street Baptist church ev: ery Thursday evening. INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE NOTES. Have you seen a copy of the Western Correlator? It is printed by the stu- dents. Be sure to subscribe for it. ‘All of the departments are running in “full blast” now. Our pupils take readily to the work that is assigned them. ‘The Mother's League will meet Mon- day afternoon. It is earnestly hoped that every member will be present. Visitors are always welcome. Principal Carter is attending the M. E. conference that is in session at Fort Scott this week. Prof. Carter tries to keep in touch with the brethren. ‘There will be a consecralon service held at the Institute Sunday afternoon. Misses Mary Jamison and Kate Harris ‘Will conduct the service. These met- ings are always interesting and help- ful. Try to attend Sunday and bring your friends. ‘We know that our many friends will be pleased to learn that there will be a musical and literary concert given at the Institute next Tuesday night, April 5th. A choice program will be Tendered, Refreshments in abundance, Admission ten cents. Do you subscribe for the Plaindealer? It not, why not? It is the greatest and ‘best Negro paper published. The Silver Dollar Club gave a very enjoyable concert at the Shiloh Bap: tist church on Thorsday night. The piano playing of Mrs. Helm and the orchestral work of the Ad Astra Mandalin Club were the special fea- tures of the evening. The concert was 2 financial success. Mrs: M. E. Langston is quite tl at her home 1315 Vanburon st. Mrs.Robert J. Buckner is supply- ing at Loman Hill School. George Washington Mason on East twelveth street is very ill. YALE NOTES. ‘The birthday party given by Mrs. Fanny Henderson in honor of her husband's birthday was a_ brilliant suceess. He received several nice presents, including handkerchiefs and ties. Miss Sadie Martin, of Coffeyville, and Misses Maria Pickens and Gre nada Turner, of Pittsburg, spent one day and evening in Yale, and were royally entertained at the residence of Derats Hudsun by Dr. J.T. Whita- ker, Mesdames Walker and Williams. ‘Mrs. J. P. Pentleton is on the sick list. A revival under the direction of Rev. J. D. Morrow is in progres at the Baptist church. There has been one convert. The public installation of Calan. theans at the hall on Mouday night was a success. School is progressing as usual. Mrs. A. J. Rogers spent Friday it Pittsburg, ‘The pastor of the A, M. E. church, Rev. J. C. Gratton, has began prac- ticing the children for Easter. Siduey Johnson is improving. ‘Mrs. Mattie Williams spent a par of Thureday in Pittsburg, on busi- ness. 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 wagesare increasing and peace, happiness, and prosperity is with us, and money is going to be plentifulandabundant—North, South. Eastand 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 of them mak- ing as high as $80.00 weekly. Our laboratory is running today to fill orders. Our goods are giving such decided satisfaction, every one is pleased. My friend, don’tzaste 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. Ouragentsare all pros- pering and risingin the world. Write for full particulars to— Boston Chemical Co., 310 E. Broad St, Richmond, Va. NORTH TOPEKA. St. Luke Temple No. 5 had a grand success with the entertain- ment at the U. K. T. Hall Sat- urday night cleared $10.20. Mrs. Ida Jordan committee. Mrs. Wooten of Lincoln Neb. a mem- ber of Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93. is very sick There will be a grandentertain- ment at the U. K. T. Hall 609 North Kans. Ave. Saturday Mar. 30th. by Maceondia Tabernacle No. 93. Mrs. Ellen High Cook pianoist, A good time for the young and old. Committee Mrs. Ida Jordan. St. Luke Temple No. 5 is getting along nicely. Pride of Topeka No.36 1 getting along nicely. Miss Bettie Carnell has returned from Holton. Miss Carnell is able to be out again. APRIL SERVICES. Shiloh Maptiat Churcts, Corner Twelfth eek Mechania berceins SUNDAY—ith. tam — Preaching, Subject, “The Church” Hg" Admnistrauon “Ordinance of the Land's ‘Supper. rz 307. Sundayschool, MT Monroe, Gjoprins BY. P. U, Conductor, Mee By McK neght. 7 sperm Chnstiaa Calture Cour ire W.A. Jordan, S200 p. m. Preaching."*The Triumph of Chasiianuy.” | Prayer Sernce ‘Tuesday night the and—Rev. W iepai alin’ rie asin Cooserecration aed Prane Service, Ren foil Rel rasa Sunday Sclwol, HT Monroe. opm BY. U Conductor Mas As Upshaw, ps Bm Coninaa Chere our Al. fran, co p.m, Preachins. Sujet, "1 he Throne of Chi the: Spirtuat Magnet of the Universe” PrayerSernices Tuesday sight theath—Rer.N. Boyd. SUNDAY 21a. re am. _ reaching, Subject, “The Church " 1315." Sunday School. Hf. Monroe: oyo'pe m. Vs BU y Conductor Siu Eva Over, 7 5 pe me CC. Course Mrs. We A. fordan: Bob pr in Feeaching, Saljecn, “Diflerent Famies but of "ane Blood” Prayer Serices Tuesday might the s6th-—Rev. Ey Me nese awe SUNDAY 26th. aay azn. Preaghiog, Subject, “The Church.” 1345 Sunday School, Hl 1. Monroe bbe m0). P. U., Conductor, Ns Ellen Paze. 75m Gurtian Gute Core As: We A 8 00 p. m Preachmz, Subject, “The Wheel an the Middle ota Wheel.” PrayerSenice Tueulay night the ayrd-M.S. Jackson HW SCHUTE,, Hh WILLtasis.s 5'W. PASKER, i. woxRora RMIGHTOWER, CT HRADSHAW, 1. WEDDINGFON, PUELICATION NOTICE. In the Distrut Court of Shawnee County, Kansas Joba. Feneh plat (Me soe) To Ibe te Freneh-—Vou te hereby noted tha Yousure ben ted inthe above ented este the above named court by John 1), French your hus- Dood, ‘Thatnd pallet pen th the clei ofthe Duet Court of Shaunee Covet, Kan ftson thet day of Febuary, gp 20d ha une you ater the same ono ble the zh dy o Aye osthe algae therein sll be Taken 3 Ute snd jeggnentsendeedoriot Yor dmung cd pai fom pon aed pasting uth abe Tent aa th out may deen rope. ee ORD. PRESCH, Peon pracy 2ten, RACAURART oe, PROCLAMATION OF REWARD. State of Kansas, Executive Department I, W. E. Stanley, Governor of the State of Kansas, do hereby offer a Re- ward*ot FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension and arrest within ninety days from this date, and final conviction, of the unknown party or parties composing the mob, who, on about the 15th day of January, 1901, in Leavenworth County, Kansas, forcibly seized one George Alexander from the the officers of said County and burned him at the stake, sald reward to be paid upon such final conviction. In testimony whereof: I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Kansas. Done at the City of To- peka this 28th day of February, A. D. 1901. W. E. STANLEY, Governor. (Seal.) 7 Attest Geo, A. Clark Secretary of State. ee : It Beats The G nation” § { | How Beauchamp’s Sarsaparilla | | and Celery purifies the | | blood andtonesup | the system in | ) these ———<——___ & “HATCHET” a | | | Times. All Druggist Gl “CARRIE” £3, . it im stock. Price, $1.00 per Bottle. | sa Yourstoney back if tt dosen'tdo ‘al we claim for It. FWY TAT ? A. HM. THOMAS, Arrorver-at-Law, Phone, 299. . ’ 413 Kansas Avenue, Rooms 4and4. Topeka, Kan. The... Club Woman i OF INTEREST TO WOMEN | OF GUR RACE IN KANSAS. “The modest virgin, the prudent wife, or the careful matron, are much more serviceable In life than the petti- coated pallosopaer, vlustering heroines or virago queens. She who makes her husband and children, who reclaims one from vice and trains the other to virtue {sa much greater character than ladies described In romance whose whole occupation Is to murder man- ‘kind with shafts from the quiver of their eyes."—Gordsmith. * A charming hostess on an Buren street served cocoanut pudding as a desert to her guest the other day. Here {is the way It is made: Two cupfuls of grated cocoanut soake. in two cupfuls of milk, the the milk being used from aquart. ‘Lake the remaining milk and stir In four tablespoonsful of sugar, one teaspoonful of vanila and five eggs which have been whipped a Httle; add one-quarter teaspoonful of salt, then the cocoanut and milk in which it has been soaked. Pour Into a baking dist and set dish In a pan of kot water in the oven and bake until a knife blade will not be coated with the custard. ‘Try it and you'll find it delictous, A prominent member of the smart set in Boston has set an example wor- thy of emulation by our Kansas ladies. It has been a custom down east since the landing of our Pilgrim Fathers at Jamestown to serve four or five courses at the club meetings on Satur- day afternoons. This member of the S. S. grew tired of thusly disposing of a week's earnings and surprised the smart set at the last meeting by serv- ing clder and doughnuts. We recom- mend this to the Kansas ladies, substt- tuting tea and erackers. Topeka has a large Humber of clubs and it is a pity that a local federation was not elfected some Ume ago. If the clubs are to carry out the motto, “up- ward, lifting as we go,’ ‘it will be nec- essary to begin with those within our reach. Let us hear from the ladies along this line. ‘Mrs. B. K. Bruce's recent very Inter- esting article on “The Kansas Club Women” was reproduced in full In the Detroit (Bich.) Advocate. This fs highly complimentary to our Kansas ladies, Mrs. Bruce is vice president of the Kansas Federatlon, The atmosphere which parents cre- ate in the home by example becomes the rule for children, and to be con- tent with anything lower in atitude than paradise Is to live below one's privitege. Much activity is now manifest among the several art clubs prepara- tory for the coming meeting at Leay- enworth. Teachers are being employ ed and some very fine work may be ex- pected. ‘The infprnal hablt so many of our people have of gossiping, and circu- lating -damaging stories concerning each other, and especiclly carrying them to white people, should be dicon- tinued. All pubti¢ exhibitions of affection between husband and wife is in bad taste and {s always regarded with sus- picion.—The Ladies Home Journal. The Imperial Art club met with Miss Guy. The Shamrock Club meets at the residence of Mrs. Rev. J. M. Brown Tuesday April 2. Friday April 5th 1901. The Club will convenc at “Mrs. Matheny’s on Monroe st. The Oak Leaf lub was entertained Wednesday by Mrs. F. Wareat her home on Lans st. Subscribe for the Plaindealer. | McIVOR_esumt. The Hambletonian Stallion, Time 2.24. | Will make the season at the Fair Grounds. Meclvor is the handsomest troting stallion in the West. Call at the barn and see him. 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