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THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. THE HOLY FAMILY COLLEGE! THE HOLY FAMILY COLLEGE! Black and White Catholics Are Dwelling in Peace at Langston, Okla. In our November 1904 issue of "The Living Age," we expressed our conclusion of twenty five years observation on Catholicism. This observation evoked considerable cement from the large newspapers. But in this article we de-ire to make a brief mention of one of the best schools in Oklahoma—The Holy Family College, Langston, Okla. This school was established in 1889 by Father De Grassea Abbott, a man of much learning and Christian piety. The first teachers were Miss McCarty and Miss Wolt, of Chandler. Miss Wolf has since become a sister under the name of Sister Gertrude. In 1895, Rt. Rev. Bishop Meercheurt, met at New Orleans at the table of Arch Bishop Jensens, our beloved Father Anciaux, who had just arrived in America from Belgium, where he was president of many societies and Catholic organizations. He came to America to devote his life to missionary work among protestants and infidels. At this meeting in New Orleans, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Meercheurt invited Father Anciaux to come to Langston, Okla., telling him that except a few Irish and Spaniards scattered in this country, he would find no Catholics outside of two Sisters engaged in teaching the school. At this time the prevailing sentiment was anti-Catholic, many being persuaded by false stories and prejudice. It seemed very difficult to induce the colored people to join the old Catholic church of Rome, but after the Priest and Sisters became more acquainted with the people, and they began to under stand more of the holy and noble mission, prejudice vanished and disappeared like smoke in the air. In January '96. through the noble work and zeal of our beloved Father Anciaux, twenty colored persons were baptised and united with the church. In a short while afterward, fourteen more asked admission to the church. And in the mean time the little school had increased over one hundred in attendance. Sisters Alphonsus and Rose were very devout Christian teachers, and did much toward advancing and uplifting the Negro race in and around Langston. This glorious Christian school work followed up by Sisters Benedict, Teresa and Amedies, has increased the number of scholars to 135. Small buildings were erected for boarding departments to the school. Many of the best informed and leading citizens of Langston, were students in the Holy Family College. Some of them are town officials and clerks in business houses. In the year of 1900 in consequence of the erection of the Agricultural and Normal University by the Territory, in the town of Langston, quite a few of those in the higher classes went over to the university. The same year Father Anciaux was called to Virginia to organize a new Catholic mission, and in his absence, though the same excellent teachers remained in charge of the school, another Father officiated and a new spirit seemed to prevail—the Southern evil spirit. The whites wanted to be separated from the colored, not only in the boarding department, but even in the class rooms. The whites claimed that Father Anclanx did not have the right American idea, and that the colored people should be kept more distinct in order to avoid TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1905. what they called social equality. The colored people of Langston resented such and in consequence, the school for a while was nearly deserted, the few fervent Catholics being alone to send their children as in the past. Happily in '02, a young and zealous priest, Father Charles Van Dreschie, of Belgium, came among us, visiting our people, taking care of the sick and calling the little ones back to school. He stayed just a few months among us as he became religious in order of Jesuit Fathers and was sent to Montreal, Canada. Then Fasher Anciaux not being well pleased in Virginia, came back among us, like in the song, give me my "Old Kentucky Home" and the children also were glad to see him; that was the best, to see the "Old Folks at Home," Father Anciaux at home among friends. At present the State University in this town with about 400 students, is backed by public money from the Territory, yet under the direction of Father Anciaux, the Holy Family Institute is marching to the front. The boarding dormitories are over crowded. The dining room, kitchen and parlor have all been converted into bed rooms in order to accommodate those in search of knowledge and truth. The white and colored children all attend together WITHOUT FRICTION. Special attention is given to industrial training and domestic economy. After school, the girls cook and sew for themselves and their brothers, and the boys cut the wood and bring the water just as in all well regulated families. The public is invited to visit this model school at any time. Come and see what is doing for all without regard to race, color or previous condition. In Christ all men are equal, is the doctrine of Catholicism. 777 Taborian Notes. 333. ATCHISON. Dtr. Mollie McClain, a faithful member of Crescent tabernacle, is numbered among the sick at the residence of her mother in St. Joseph. Eight different clubs have been organized among the members of R. H. Cain temple and Crescent tabernacle to assist in raising funds for the annual payment on their property. Dtrs. Turner, Montgomery, Edwards and Nelson are captains. Sirs Jackson, Brown, Barnes and Davis are leaders for the Knights. Golden Tent No. 11 at its last regular meeting elected the following adult officers for the ensuing year: Dtr. Mallie Spencer, Q. M.; Dtr. Effie Dysart, V. Q. M.; Sir John Burdette, F. J. Dtr. Effie Dysart, the retiring Q. M., was a faithful and efficient officer during her three years of service. Dr. G. G. Brown, examining physician for the K. and D. of Tabor, received the appointment of County Health officer at the last meeting of the county commissioners. Dr. Brown is a capable practitioner and the board should be complimented upon its wise selection. CHETOPA. KANS. Ulysses R. Smith left last week for Springfield. His wife will leave shortly. Mrs. Daisy Reed Culbertson will leave this month to join her husband in Denison, Texas. Miss Rosa May contemplates a visit to Parsons in the future. Arthur Bradley and wife left Sunday for Coffeyville. Miss Alta Williams of Kelso and Mrs. U. R. Smith of Chetopa returned from Pittsburg Sunday. Newton Edmonds and Ernest Porter left Tuesday for Weir City. James Davis of Vinita, I. T. came here Sunday to escort Miss Williams to Kelso. TRACING THE NATIONALITY OF THE LORD AND SAVIOUR! TRACING THE NATIONALITY OF THE LORD AND SAVIOUR! Abe Henderson Produces an Interesting Sketch to Prove That Christ Was a Negro-Here is a Chance for Some of Our Bibical Students to Show Their Ability! In these times when so much is being said and done against the Hamitic race by the learned and the unlearned, by teachers, professors and statesmen trying to impress upon the world the idea that the black man never was anybody and that there was never anything of note connected with his history, and going so far as to even deny the possibility of his ever being fit to associate with the rest of mankind, no matter what his education, religion or refinement might be, and speaking of him as though he had always been dishonored in the estimation of God and man, I thought it necessary to show that he has been honored by the greatest men of earth and by his God. The Lord God honored the black man by allowing him to help his Son Jesus Christ to bear the cross when white men were leading him away to crucify him. Not only so, but this black man was the first to represent the whole Christian church bearing the cross. But let us get back to our subject: Was Ham a black man, and was his blood in the veins of Jesus Christ? If so, how can we prove it? First, history, encyclopedia and Bible dictionary say that Ham was a son of Noah and that he was black. Then his sons also must have been black. Ham was the father of four sons, Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan, (1 Chronicles, 1) of whom the first three settled in different parts of Africa. Canaan settled in the southern part of Asia; they were the primitive settlers in said countries after the flood. Ham, then, was the ancestor of Canaanites in Southern Arabia, Ethiopia and Egypt. (Genesis 10:6-20) Canaan being a black man, and his tribe being the first to settle in the southern part of Asia, afterwards called the land of Canaan, therefore all of the peoples who inhabited old Canaan prior to the entering of the Israelites under Joshua were black people for there were no other peoples in old Canaan. Well, says one, what has this to do with Jesus Christ having Negro blood in his veins? Very well, let us see. Now, the scriptures teach us that Jesus Christ was to come and did come of the tribe of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, and his wife, Leah born in Mesopotamia, B. C. 1755. The scriptures plainly teach that Christ was of this tribe. Old Jacob himself, when he was blessing his sons just before his death, said: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor a Lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be." (Gen. 49: 10.) This Judah had two sons by a Canaanitish woman, whose name was Tamar. She was a descendant of Canaan, black man, and the names of their two sons were Phares and Zarah. (Matt. 1: 3.) These two sons were twins, (Gen. 38: 27.) and the first of the tribe of Judah to appear in the generation of Jesus Christ. So the reader can plainly see that Judah, of whom Christ was to come, starts off by presenting to the world two sons by a Negro or Canaanitish woman. Now the second Hamitic woman that married into this royal family of whom Christ was to come, was Rahab She married Salmon, a chief man of the tribe of Judah. They had a son named Boaz, who married Ruth. This Rahab was a Canaanite, who hid the spies that were sent into the land of Canaan by Joshua. Her life, with lives of her kindred, was saved when the city of Jericho was taken and destroyed. (Joshua 2:21) Rahab thus became the ancestress of David and of Christ. The third woman of the Hamitic race to become an ancestress of Christ was Bathsheba, whom David took from Uriah, the Hittite, a black soldier; she was a descendant of Cush. Solomon's lawful wife, a daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh was the fourth Hamitic woman who became one of Christ's ancestors. (1 Kings 3) Therefore in the generation of our Saviour we have the blood of four women of the Hamitic or Negro race, namely, Tamar, Rahab, wife of Uriah and Solomon's wife. Now, from the facts above stated we have clear proof that Jesus Christ came nearer being a black man or at least a very dark man, than a white man by reason of these Hamitic ancestors Not only is this true, but there was Hamitic blood in all the kings of Judah, and history says there was nineteen successive kings in the line of David. Now there were two black men who were teachers and preaohers with the apostles in the church at Antioch but their color is not mentioned, and yet it is known because of the country from which they came. They were Niger and Lucius of Cyrene. (Acts 13.) There is yet another black man mentioned: Simon, the Canaanite, whom Jesus sent out with the Twelve. (St. Matt. 10:4.) These men preached to white people and there was no tumult over it because in those days a man was regarded as a man and had his standing according to principle and character. They were sent to preach to but one race and that was the human race. It must be remembered that the first priest recorded on earth was a black man in the person of Melchizedec. Of course, no one knows when he was born nor when he died, because there was no record kept of him, but that he was a Canaanite is pretty certain. It is said that the name is a Canaanitish one, and that he lived in old Canaan. History gives no account of any white people living in that country at that time except Abraham and his family. Melchizedec was also a king of Salem and a priest of the most high God in which capacity he blessed Abraham. [Genesis 14: 17-20.] He was a royal priest by the appointment of God. Thus he was, a type of Christ, who is a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron. He was a friend of Abraham and of a rank elevated above him. Here Abraham was honored, not by man, but by his God. The Lord God has taught that the Hamitic race is fit for something higher than the drawing of water and the hewing of wood. I think there has been enough said to show that Jesus had plenty of Hamitic blood in his veins by reason of Judah's wife having been a Canaanitish woman, and four Hamitic women having married into the royal family through 42 generations of which Jesus Christ came to earth. I think Dr. W. L. Hunter, of Brooklyn, N. Y. will bear me out on this subject. Yours for the race, What do We Most Need? By Miss Erie O. Jackson, Student Lincoln Institute. What do we most need? This is the privotal question on which 图 the success of our race in this country depends. The question forces itself upon us as a problem difficult of solution because it is so often confounded with that more frequent question: "What do we want?" Our actual needs may be represented by small numbers of short columns, but our wants, who can number them? Need is the product of sensible requirements, while want is often the mere child of fancy and discontentment. Nevertheless, need will want and want will need, but the question is, "What do we most need?" The question applies to my people the Afro-Americans. We need better homes of our own—not to rent homes, but secure them by hard labor, and after we have bought improve them. Love your homes and try to make your family happy. The next item is, we need a higher standard of morality. The doctrine of system of moral duties is the duty of man in his social character. It is a great mistake for one to think that he can get education, riches and character and leave out good manners and behavior. We now need a more systematic industriol training. We must have the proper training of an educator now, in order to accomplish our future occupation. This world is getting wiser and wiser and all mankind are beginning to understand that education should not be forever divorced from industry, but the majority of those who are not leaders, are seeking for someone that is capable of leading them. These people who are leaders are found in Lincoln Institute, and by sending your children here, they will not only be led by the best teachers West of the Mississippi, but by some of the best teachers of the country. We need a higher intellectual development in letters, in the art and in the sciences, so in order that we as a race may accomplish this, help us to swell our number from four hundred and more to six hundred and more. At the Poor Farm. We spent a few hours at the poor farm Sunday, and were escorted about the place by the county farmer, Mr. Taylor, who has had charge of the institution several years. He is kind to the inmates, and looks after the welfare of the county and the farm. There is something over forty inmates, white and colored—mostly old men. We found two or three young men who were there on account of sickness, and who had no relatives or friends in this community to care for them. The farm is about one hundred acres, and they manage to grow enough garden stuffs to feed the inmates during the summer and a part of the winter. The inmates desire services on Sunday and it would be a good idea for some of our ministers to send a local preacher and two or three members and hold services with these people. If the several churches would take turn about, they could give them at least twenty or thirty sermons during the year. Herman DeFoy, a Topeka young man, who is unable to walk, desires to be remembered to his friends and would like to hear from them. Lewis Overton would like to hear from his children, some in Colorado and other parts of the country. James Toles, a chimney sweeper is doing well under the circumstances and wishes to be remembered to his friends. John Christian would like to see his friends. He is suffering with rheumatism, but is much improved. NUMBER 15. An Interesting Story of the Burying Ground at Lansing Penitentiary. To the most of us the word cemetery recalls a quiet place filled with trees and white stones, says the Leavenworth Times. Sometimes it is only a little country burying ground, but the place is beautiful to see with its thick green grass and old fashioned flowers. There is always a sense of rest and peace there which can be found nowhere else in the world. Some way we always associate trees and flowers with the resting place of the dead. And there are few cemeteries without them. On the state farm at Lansing there is a lonely little graveyard. It is situated on a small knoll, off in one corner of the pasture. A barb wire fence surrounds it and one end of the gate loops over a post. Inside there are rows of graves. These are level with the earth and marked with small blocks of stone on which there is a number. That is all; no name, no age, no information as to who is buried there. Such is the prison graveyard, the place where they bury the men and women whose time is finished by death. A record of deaths is kept in the prison and can be traced by the number on the stones. Of the 196 who have died in the prison, only five are women and only one of these was buried in the prison cemetery. There are 151 graves there. Forty-five of the prisoners who died were taken back to their homes. The others either had no one to care or their relatives were too poor to send for them. The first death occured in the prison in August, 1889. The last one, which occured in January, '05, was that of a man named Dohbs. He was serving a life sentence, and had made repeated efforts to get it commuted. At last he gave up hope and when he was taken ill with pneumonia, he made no effort to fight the disease and soon succumbed to it. He was a bachelor and was said to have had considerable means, but his body was not claimed by his relatives. So another grave was added to the little cemetery. There are no trees in the graveyard. The sun shines down hot in the summer and in winter the snow lies thick on the rough stones. All this makes no difference to the sleepers, many of whom were glad when the end came. It is only to the outsider that the little graveyard looks bare and lonely. The grass there grows rank and thick. On two of the graves there are rose bushes, planted by some one who still cares for the sleepers in the low graves. It is the same old story of mother love that has lived since the world began. The little graveyard on the hillside is not quite forgotten, for after every "pension day" an old colored woman can be seen making her way to the cemetery. When questioned as to why she did not take her son, who is buried there away, she said: "Well, yo' see it wuz liak dis. Bud didn't want me to go to no trouble 'bout him. He said that he guesed as he had to die in de prison it wa'n't goin' to worry him any to be buried there: Yo' know Bud wuz siok a long time and he knew his mammy didn't have much money. He was a good boy an' I hated to see him die here. He wa'n't altogether to blame. He married a gal that wa'n't satisfied to live liak her mother did an' so he went to stealin'. I knows it wuz wicked, but he wuz my boy an' I luv him jist as well. I go out there to his grave sometimes and I think that he knows I am there. I am so used to goin' that I can't stay away." And so the sun shines and the snow falls upon the convict's grave the same as on the ones under the tall white shafts in beautiful cemeteries. Many of the men in the prison graveyard were outcasts even before they committed the crimes for which they were being punished. Some of them were moral degenerates, others were those who were unable to fight the circumstances which surrounded them. But they are all equal now and each has claimed his "six feet of ground," the first, perhaps, that many of them have ever owned. HORTICULTURE Subsoil for Fruit Trees. On the subsoll depends a great deal. The tree that is planted over an impervious subsoll may do well if it is on a side-hill that will permit the water to run off through the soil that lies above the subsoll. But on other kinds of land the subsoll, if impervious, will cause the trees to grow slowly and bear fruit lightly. Bad drainage and impervious subsolls largely go together. We have seen land that was friable on top and down a little way was composed of a layer of stones and clay so closely intermixed that it almost seemed that a great fire had melted them and they had run together. If such subsoll cannot be improved it is better to put the fruit trees in some other place. The surest way to improve the subsoil is by drainage. That lowers the water table in the soil in winter and lets the frost in to pulverize the ground. Where the land is undrained the water table protects all the soil below it from the action of frost. We have known of clay soils through which the drains were dug to a depth of four feet. For a year or two it did not seem to make much difference with the general character of the soil, for the frost had not had time to work. But after the frost for two or three winters had got in to the soil the whole character of the ground seemed to be changed. For the growing of apple trees especially it is best to select land where the subsoll is already in right condition, so that the roots may go down several feet if necessary. This makes it easy for the tree to send its roots deeply and to get down into a moist layer of soil. Trees in such locations stand drouth well and show green leav when all things else seem to be being brown with drouth. Leaving the Tree to Nature. Every once in awhile we find a man that believes in leaving fruit trees alone, permitting nature to do as she wishes to with them. He generally says that the sprouts on trees, especially the water sprouts should not be cut off. We think that if this man had to raise grapes he would get very few of them. Nature does not have to be fed and clothed, and therefore is not concerned with increasing the fruitfulness of trees and plants beyond the point where they will propagate themselves. But man has greater needs and forces the tree and plants to stop producing in one direction and go to producing in another. The great fruitfulness of trees cared for by man is merely due to the diversion of growth forces from one direction to another. A tree that is planted and cared for by man does not take in more nourishment than does another tree that is left to the direction of nature. But the nourishment that is taken in is made to go into the formation of things man can eat rather than into the formation of wood and leaves, which he cannot eat. The Creator has placed in the hands of man the power of directing the processes of nature to a considerable extent. Man prunes a tree only to make it expend its energies in the fruit buds and so gives him more fruit. We should not leave things to nature, for in the main nature cares nothing for us. There is no moral reason why man should follow the leadings of nature. His own intelligence is not a thing to be lightly set aside. Garden Pointers In removing the tops before storing be careful not to cut too closely. Decay might result. Put the beets, parsnips, carrots, etc., in a cool cellar in boxes with sand and moist earth between them. The above way is especially suited for cabbage and turnips. Apples, too, can be kept well by the method. Celery in process of blanching is less likely to decay if the leaves are exposed to the air and sunlight in mild weather. Loss frequently occurs from too close covering. A mulch of manure on the raspberry patch is good for next season's crop, but it should not be so heavy near the plants as to furnish a harbor for field mice, beneath which they can dig down and eat the roots. This is a good time to sow some lettuce seed in the cold frame and start a few bunches of parsley in the frame or the kitchen window. It will not be much trouble to arrange for a good supply of fresh vegetables in the winter. Bees Useful to Farmers. The great value and usefulness of the common honey bee on the farm has been tersely put by Prof. W. P. Hedrick of the agricultural college of Michigan. He says: The fruit grower who complains of bees is an ungrateful wretch. At best fair exchange is no robbery, but the bees take nothing. A crop of honey removes no fertility from the soil, no substance nor flavor from the fruit, nor even the fragrance from the flower. Multitudes of bees may store their hives with "choiceely called sweets" from your orchard, and you may take it and feast yourself on the apple-blossom flavored honey, or you may sell it for dollars and cents, put neither your trees nor your farm is the loser by one penny's worth. If the bees take a little toll from the fruit, what of it? Should they not be repaid for officiating at the nuptials of your fruit blossoms. But do they take toll? FARM MISCELLANY A Remedy for Dodder. A Tribute for Dodder We have had a number of letters from farmers who have unfortunately sowed dodder with their clover or alfalfa seed, asking how it may be destroyed without at the same time destroying the crop. We have not been able to suggest any method. We notice, however, that M. Baillo has written an article as early as 1901 in the Horticultural Review of France in which he suggests that it may be absolutely destroyed by an application of powdered sulphate of iron to the soil. This destroys not only the dodder, but also the plant. The tap roots, however, maintain their vitality and throw up a new growth. Hoard's Dairyman suggests a cheaper and more effective substitute for the sulphate of iron in the refuse material used for purifying coal gas. This mixture is said to be composed of sixty-six pounds of sulphate of iron and one-third of a bushel of quick lime in half a bushel of sawdust. It would be worth while to try this. Unfortunately, we have no information as to how much of the sulphate of iron or the refuse mixture should be used per acre. As dodder is usually found only in patches and as there is no special hurry about making the application until the dodder commences seeding, one could spend some time in ascertaining by experiment the proper amount needed to do the business. Profits From Apple Growing. A New York state farmer says he gets more profit from his 20 acre orchard than from all his 145 acres besides. The average is about $1,000, or at the rate of $50 an acre, and the purchaser gathers and packs the fruit. His only expense is for fertilizing, spraying and pruning. Many sections in this state are as well adapted to orcharding as any in New York, and no good reason can be given why more of our farmers should not engage in the business, in a commercial way. An exchange gives an account of less than two acres that gave over $100 net profit the present year; although the cost of caring for the trees, gathering and marketing the fruit, rental value of land, etc., amount to $40 or more. The owner sprays thoroughly, and covers the ground with blue grass and clover, which he mows once or twice each season, and leaves on the ground as a mulch and fertilizer. What better use can the farmer put his rough ground to than an apple orchard treated in this way. After 10 or 12 years it will pay him better than a like space in any of the field crops, several times over. Washing Milk Utensils Milk utensils should be washed first in tepid water, and a good stiff brush should be kept handy for the purpose of scrubbing at this stage of the cleansing operations. Soda dissolved in warm water greatly helps matters at this time, especially if the milk utensils have stood dirty for some time. In bottling plants where the bottles come back with milk stuck to them that has been there for a day or so the bottles are soaked in water for several hours, soda having been first dissolved in the water. In the brightening of such vessels, salt is one of the best things to be used for scouring. In the cleansing of milk vessels, cloths should be avoided, and they should certainly never be used to wipe the vessels dry with. They are likely to contain too many germs to make their use safe. These germs will be for the most part of lactic acid ferments, those naturally found in milk and harmless, but they will start the new milk to souring, which of course is to be avoided in most cases. Healthy Hog. If the hog is in good, healthy growing condition his voidings are a sure index to that fact. When the droppings become hard and black it is a danger signal that trouble is at hand unless averted. Hogs need at all times plenty of range for exercise to strengthen the muscles and bones to develop growth. The more a hog will eat and properly digest the greater will be the gain. Only feed to them what they will eat up clean, as overfeeding is not only wasteful, but injurious. Observe strict cleanliness in the troughs, especially where slop is fed, or they will become sour and foul-smelling and offensive, creating disorders of the stomach and system. Overfeeding leads to indigestion, in which condition hogs eat without the food doing them any apparent food, neither growing or gaining.—American Swineherd. Hens and Pullets. Hens often have diarrhoea from being fed too fattening a diet. This may occur when they are fed with the pullets; pullets do well and lay well on a diet which would take an old hen off her feed. This is because the pullet has to grow bone, meat, feathers, and eggs, and can use a large quantity of food. The droppings should be watched. Where there is a watery discharge streaked with more or less blood the ailing bird should be separated from the balance of the stock and given range. Put tincture of iron or a handful of old nails in the drinking water and feed dry grain, mostly wheat. Hens that are known to be laying should be fed apart from the older birds that are kept over the breeders. They will lay on fat with the surplus food which their sisters are turning into eggs. TONGANNXIE, KANS. Mesdames Cora James and A. Ewing went to Neely Thursday and were guests of Mrs. Butler. Peter Clark and wife returned to Kansas City Sunday. Mrs. Clark has been attending her sick mother, who is now much better. Mrs. Susan Grant is able to be up again. Mrs. Wright of Lawrence was the guest of Mrs. J. C. Caldwell Saturday and Sunday. She returned home Monday evening, accompanied by Mrs. J. A. Goree and son, who have been guests of Mrs. Lankford. Mls. Ollie Jones returned home Saturday from Leavenworth, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. C. Woods, also Mrs. M. January and two child dren were the guests of Rev. R. January and wife. Mesdames Cora James and A. Ewing went to Keno Friday to visit the former's mother, Mrs. H. Hicks. A social was given R. James' Saturday evening for the benefit of the church. It was well attend, $5.65 being raised. Rev. January baptized ten persons Sunday. Rev. Haley of Oskaloosa, who was present with his congregation, preached at 11 a.m. The First Baptist church will have a rally the fourth Sunday. NICODEMUS. KANS. The public school closed last Friday after a very successful year. The school was conducted by W. E. Ross, a graduate of Western University, and a young man with an earnest desire to assist his race. Mrs. Lulu Craig, a lady who has resided in Graham county for many years, and who has taught school for twenty years, was the second primary teacher. The primary and kindergarten department was in charge of Miss Effie S. Green, also a graduate of Western University. The program rendered the evening of the close of school was the best ever held in Nicodemus. The exercises were held in the Second Baptist church, which was prettily decorated. Rev. S. M. Lee gave a good address. WANTED! A partner in the Hog and Poultry raising business. 80 acre farm, team, farming utensils, brood sows, chickens and feed furnished. One-third of increase to partner. Address LILLARD SAUNDERS, Dodge City, Kans NOTICE OF SUMMONS. Christopher Otten will take notice that he has been sued in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, by Clara M. Otten, and that unless he answers the petition on or before the 19th day of May, 1905, the same will be taken as true, and a decree rendered divorcing plaintiff from defendant. I. T. WARD. Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Plaintiff (Attest:) I. S. CURTIS, Clerk of District Court. By ANNA M. TILLSON, Dep'ty Clerk In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. J. T. Ewing, Plaintiff, vs C. H. Nagle, Defendant. By virtue of an execution issued to me, out of said District Court, in the above-entitled action, I will, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of May. A. D. 1905, at 10 o'clock A. M., of said day, at the east front door of the Court Houee in the City of Topeka, in the County of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, all the following-described real estate, to-wit: Lots 339 to 351 inclusive on Michigan Avenue, in Jenkin W. Morris' Addition to the City of Topeka, lying and situate in the County of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas. The above-described real estate is taken as the property of said defendant, and is directed by said execution to be sold, and will be sold without appraisement, to satisfy said execution. A. T. Lucas, Sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. By J. A. Ostrand, Deputy. W. S. McClintock, Attorney. if they do not wish to continue it, otherwise the publisher is authorized to send it, the subscriber will be responsible until an express notice with payment of arrearage is sent to the publisher. 7. The latest postal laws are such that newspaper publishers can arrest anysne for fraud who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it. Under this law the man who allows his subscription to run along for sometime unpaid, and then orders the postmaster to mark it "refused" and has a card sent notifying the publishers, lays himself liable to arrest and fine, the same as for theft, etc. We go by the law. MEET ME IN GALVESTON And hear what Texas has to offer. If you are not satisfied with your present location and want to better your condition, you should attend the Convention Northern Settlers At Galveston, Texas, April 21-23. Every Northern man looking for a home is invited to come—hear what is offered, and choose for himself. The First and Last Opportunity of the Kind. On April 18th, round trip tickets will be sold via the M. K. & T. K'y at less than one fare for the round trip. Ask the agent or write George Morton, G. P. & T. A., Box 911. St. Louis, Mo. Fred M. Stonestreet. G. W. Stonestreet & Hamie Successors to J. M. Knight. Undertakers and Embal Monestreet. G. W. Hamilton. questreet & Hamilton, Successors to J. M. Knight. ertakers and Embalmers. We carry one of the finest lines of Undertak Topeka. Corner 7th and Quincy Sts. Tope In the Pay Envel That is where our education affect It is a vital spot, too. envelope education affects you. not, too. nation: out any given line of work the your work the more your services are in demand the better salary g education y of the 1 ence Schools Of Scranton, Pa. o. spare time moments and without daily work. payments, if necessary, are easy. any combination of conditions or is not designed to fully meet. We carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking goods in Topeka. In the Pay Envelope That is where our education affects you. 1. The more you know about any given line better you can do that work. 2. The better you can do your work the more will be in demand. 3. The more your services are in demand the or wages you can command. And you can obtain this Salary earning educa Through the instrumentality of the International Correspondence S Of Scranton, Pa 1. The more you know about any given line of work the better you can do that work. 2. 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It is worth anyone's time to familiarize themselves with the latest postal laws pertaining to newspapers, says Judge Perkins in his Oklahoma Guide; NEWSPAPER LAW. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary are considered as wishing to continue subscriptions. 2. If subscribers order their periodicals discontinued, the publisher may continue to send them until 11 arrears are paid 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the postoffice to which they are directed, they are responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If the subscriber moves to another place without informing the publisher, and the prpers are sent to the former directions, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that the refusing to take periodicals from the postoffice and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia evidence of intentional fraud. 6. If subscribers pay in advance they are bound to give notice to the publishers, at the end of their time Here is the logic of the situation: The conditions are easy, too. And right at this time also we are offering Do yourself the justice of at least knowing what we are doing for others and what we can do for you if you care to have us Send for Further Particulars Note the inquiry blank in the lower left-hand corner of this announcement. Place an X opposite the position you desire to qualify for. Sign your name and address, then cut out the phone and mail it to the address given on the bottom of this advertisement. You will at once receive full and complete information. Address all communications to: ROY D. MARSH, Rep. 110 W. 6th Street, Topeka, Kansas Bell Phones 3011 Red. AGRICULTURE Things That Help the Soil. A ton of butter is worth about $500 at average prices and it reduces the value of farm land by less than $1, says the Drovers' Journal. A ton of corn takes from the soil thirty-six pounds of nitrogen, eight pounds of potash and sixteen pounds of phosphoric acid. If it is sold these absolutely necessary elements of fertility are lost to the farm and must sooner or later be replaced, and at present prices at a cost of about $6. A ton of wheat takes from the soil forty-seven pounds of nitrogen, eleven pounds of potash and six-tenths of a pound of phosphoric acid, worth about $7.50. A ton of apples takes from the soil one and two-tenths pounds of potash and six-tenths of a pound of phosphoric acid. The total value of these amount to less than 30 cents and this represents absolutely all the loss to the soil of the farm. About three and a half pounds of every ton of apples sold off the farm come from the soil. The remainder is sunshine and water. Corn may be fed on the farm and turned into pork, beef or mutton, and about 85 per cent of the fertilizing elements turned back to the soil. Wheat is usually sold and it is an exhaustive crop on a farm, as the wormout wheat sections of the country show. The Potato of the Future. A new potato is being grown in Uruguay in the valley of the Mercedes river. It is purplish-green in color and is said to be so far superior to the common "Irish" tuber in flavor and in yield that it is destined to drive all other varieties from the market—eventually. Horticulturists say that the tuber is probably the result of a horticultural accident. Claim is made that it is immune to the diseases which ordinarily afflict potatoes, but whether or not it can resist the operations of the primary potato bug is not stated. There is no vegetable to the improvement of which more attention has been devoted than has been bestowed upon the potato. It has been mainly, however, for increasing the size of the tuber and to augment the yield. Flavor has been almost wholly ignored, and, as a consequence, the potatoes of to-day have less flavor than those which our grand-fathers ate fifty years ago. Furthermore, all of the market varieties taste pretty much alike, whereas formerly there were recognizable differences—Farm Magazine. Leaves of Cow Pea It has been found that the leaves of cow peas are twice as rich in protein as are the fine stems of the plants, and very much more so than are the coarse stems of the plants. It therefore follows that the plant that will produce the most leaves is the plant that is of most value to the grower. The leaves, too, are more digestible than are the stems, and this is another factor in favor of the leaves. There are numerous varieties of cow peas and these differ immensely as to their habits of growth. The variety that will furnish the largest number of leaves is the best one, provided the man that grows the cow peas is careful enough in the caring to keep the leaves on the stems so they will not be lost. This is a good subject to be considered at farmers' institutes this winter. Drain Your Field Some low places in our fields are frequently not well drained. By the thawing of snow and the usual fall of cold rains in the early spring, these places become flooded, when the more elevated portions of the fields remain dry and are ready for early seedling. A sheet of standing water in these low places does not permit the sun's rays to penetrate it and the soil below it. Consequently the frost remains longer in such soil than it would if the water were drained off in time. The result is that the soil remains cold and seeding of grain is considerably retarded. Likewise the chances for good crops the following year are not as good as if the grain had been seeded earlier in the spring. By all means make provision for properly draining the low places in your soil before the ground freezes. Potato Scab The potato tubers are often made rough and scabby by the growth of the disease on their surfaces. These injuries vary from a rough or russeted appearance to deep scabs or ulcers that greatly injure the appearance of the potato. Singularly enough, scab is more common in the best potato soil than it is in localities where the crop is precarious. Sandy or gravelly soils, when first brought under cultivation, often give a large per cent of scabby potatoes, but after one or more crops of alfalfa have been plowed under, this tendency is partially corrected. Michigan Farmer. Nitrogen Costly. Nitrogen is the most costly element in feeds for animals on the farm. The nitrogenous or protein foods make bone, muscle, hair, wool, eggs, milk, etc., and it is this class of foods that is most lacking on most farms. Good dairymen and breeders make up this deficiency by supplying nitrogen and have practically solved the question of profitable agriculture which all the scientists in the country have thus far failed to do through the department of agriculture.—Barum's Milk Farm. --- Negroes Act at Bonner Springs. BONNER SPRINGS, Kansas, April 6th, 1905. We, the Afro-American citizens of Bonner Springs and tax-payers of this city and District No. 27, county of Wyandotte, state of Kansas, unanimously passed the following: We the parents and guardians of 135 school children, have been kept out of our lawful rights in this school district by the school board. They have refused to allow our children admittance to the several rooms and grades in violation of the laws governing cities of the third class. We appealed to them not to separate the schools, and not to override the law and the attorney general, who told them it could not be maintained. We asked them to let the good friendship and neighborly spirit continue, but they said: "Law or no law, we shall have to separate the schools here." They began by threatening us, but we went on in our usual way, and according to law. On the 12th day of last September we had 110 of our children ready and sent them with their books to school. The principal and teachers refused to admit them to the rooms and grades in the usual manner. They told the children that they could go to a separate school, where ONE teacher awaited them. But the children returned to their homes and reported to us the actions of the principal and teachers. A goodly number of the parents took their children back to school with their grade cards and books and demanded admittance for their children to their proper rooms and to their proper grades. This was refused us by Professor Morrison, who stated that the school board had ordered him to separate the Negro children from the whites and he had to obey; and further, that if left to him he would admit them. We, the parents, went direct to each of the members of the school board and asked if a separation of the schools had been ordered, and if so, why. Each one replied that is was a fact and further stated that we could do nothing about it unless we went to law. At 2:30 o'clock that afternoon we assembled in mass meeting and calmly discussed the situation, and selected the Rev. Geo. F. Brown to lead the way and put the money in his hands to take action at once and to file mandamus proceedings in some court. This he did and we await Judge Moore's decision. In the meantime we were careful to do no violence to any one. We were threatened by some of our good Christian ladies that unless we accepted this southern idea "Jim Crow" school we should not have their washings and to show us, they did turn some of our poor women off and published that more would follow. Our lives were threatened and we were told that we should be boycotted; but we arranged to feed ourselves and we are not in the least hungry. Now, since with great patience we have waited in silence until the term is nearly out, we feel it is our duty to speak to the public; and since after the state legislature refused to enact any laws empowering school boards in cities of the third class to separate the schools, and since the district judges at Emporia, Leavenworth and Chanute have declared against such acts, we feel that our court for some cause has been very slack, knowing, too, that we were anxious to have this matter settled at once. The wide-awade PLAINDEALER, with a goodly number of the State League, worked for our caase, and therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the Afro-American citizens of Bonner Springs, highly appreciate the good work done and efforts made by them in behalf of equal rights to all and special privileges to none; and be it further RESOLVED, That we are with law and good government and especially grateful to THE PLAINDEALER for its manly and honorable stand for the Negro children and the race. Mrs. Emma Ford Mrs. Lizzie Stewart J. C. Frost Everett Stewart Arthur R. Stanford Committee MANHATTAN, KANB. Mrs. Jane Collins, wife of Joseph Collins, died last Wednesday of asthma and heart trouble, aged 56. Mrs. Dennis Forman of Des Moines, Ja., a niece of Mrs. Addie Williams of this city, stopped over here a few hours last Friday. Mrs. Charles Carter entertained friends Friday evening in honor of the fourteenth birthday of her son, Allie. Rev. Durden of Denver visited in the city last week. Miss Minnie Howell of the Topeka Industrial Institute was in the city last week. WANTED-Five quarryman at once Permanent work at one dollar and twenty-five ($125) per coord Apply at Industrial Institute east of the city LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. Dr. Allen's address before the teachers' institute in Kansas City was received with rousing applause, and was marked as one of unusually high merit. Dr. Greenwood, superintendent of Kansas City schools, and his associates, Messrs. Longan and Thorpe and many others especially congratulated the speaker. While in Kansas City Dr. Allen was the guest of Prof. W. W. Yates, and a fine banquet was tendered him by the Attucks Literary club, the oldest of that nature in the city, and Lincoln Institute alumni association. That the graduates of Lincoln Institute are succeeding so well professionally and from a financial standpoint is an excellent tribute to the worth of the training received in the instituteton. (First published' in the Topeka Plaindealer March 24, 1905. REP()KT OF THE CONDITION —of the— FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Topeka, in the state of Kansas, at the close of business March 14, 1995. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts... $1,041,452.30 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... 3,087.06 U. S. bonds to secure circulation... 300,000.00 Premiums on U.S. bonds 14,000.00 Bonds, securities, etc. 80,000.00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures... 91,250.00 Other real estate owned 2,741.83 Due from national banks, (not reserve agents) $138,711.64 Due from state banks and bankers... 1,602.80 Due from approved reserve agents 299,861.20 Internal revenue Stamps... 53.35 Exchange for clearing house... 100,552.81 Notes of other national banks... 89,527.00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents... 421.25 Lawful money reserve in bank, viz.: Specie... 58,502.65 Legal tender notes 30,000.00 $ 719,232.70 Redemption fund with U. S. treas'r (5 per cent of circulation) ... 15,000.00 Total ... $2,266,763.89 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in... $ 300,000.00 Surplus fund... 92,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid... 7,764.76 National bank notes outstanding... 300,000.00 Due to other national banks $ 4,016.01 Due to state banks and bankers... 50,711.21 Due to trust compa nies and savings banks... 6,783.74 Dividend unpaid 25.00 Individual deposits subject to check...1,181,946.47 Demand certificates of dep. 322,371.90 Certified checks 1,135.00 Cashier's checks outstanding... 9.80—1,566,999 13 Total ... $2,266,763.89 State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, 86.: I, C. E. Hawley, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. E. Hawley, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of March, 1905. SAMUEL G. ZIMMERMAN, (Seal) Notary Public. (Commission expires January 7, 1906.) Correct—Attest: Wm. SIMS, CHAS. J. DEVLIN, W. H. ROSSINGTON. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS. No 23184. Maude Roberson will take notice that she has been sued in the district court of Shawnee County, Kansas, by Arthur B. Roberson and that unless she answers the petition of Plaintiff on or before the 5th day of May, 1905, the same will be taken as true and a decree rendered divorcing plaintiff from defendant. J. T. WARD. Atttest: Atty for Plaintiff. Clerk Dist. Court. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. F. H. Martin, Plaintiff VS Mrs. T. Kimball, Defendant. By virtue of an execution issued to me, out of said District Court, in the above-entitled action, I will, on Wednesday, the 5th day of April, A. D. 1905, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, at the east front door of the Court House in the City of Topeka, in the County of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, all the following-described real estate, to wit: Lot No. 685 on Lincoln street in Martin and Dennis' addition to the City of Topeka lying and situate in the County of Shawnee in the State of Kansas. The above-described real estate is taken as the property of said defendant, and is directed by said execution to be sold without appraisement, to satisfy said execution. A. T. Lucas, Sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. By J. A. OSTRAND, Deputy. W. S. McClintock, Attorney. POUTTRY Stuffing Fowls for Weight. It is not the man who keeps feed before his fowls all the time who has heavy birds, as birds, like people, do not want to see what they are obliged to eat all the time. And, again, they soon tire of anything they are constantly nibbling all the time, says the Farmers' Advocate. Have stated times to feed and let the fowls get hungry; then, by feeding the right kind of feed in the right way, you can have your birds up to weight, and are liable to carry away the blue. Many a would-be winner loses the prize on account of its weight in the showroom. Place not more than five birds in a coop 4x5 feet, with floor covered six inches with straw, and change this straw three times a week. This will enable the birds to clean themselves nicely in this coop. Have a box of good grit, a watering dish, and keep these two dishes well filled all the time. Now for the feed. Take equal parts of corn, wheat, oats and barley. Have them ground together. Mix with water or milk, and give the birds all they will eat up. In fifteen minutes take the dish away so they do not even see it. Then at noon give them another feed, and after fifteen minutes take the dish away. Follow this for ten days, giving them meat three times a week, if their combs are small. If too large, do not feed meat or bone, as it will make their combs grow too large. This manner of feeding can be continued two weeks, if necessary, but not longer. If a bird gets off his feed, the "jig" is up with him, and it will be better to take him out of the pen. Green Food in Winter. The aim in feeding poultry in the winter is to give variety and come as near to meeting summer conditions as possible. Therefore, the providing of green food of some sort for winter feed should not be overlooked. Right now is a good time to look after this matter. Roots, such as turnips, mangolds and sugar beets, can be fed to advantage in the winter provided that the poultry quarters are not too cold. Cut the roots into halves and place them on splkes or nails driven into the walls so as to be in easy reach of the fowls. The poultry will pick out the meat of the beets with a relish. Another source of green food is cabbage. They should, however, be fed sparingly, because of the danger of diarrhoea. Cabbage intended for feed may be stored in root cellars or, where the winters are not severe, in trenches out of doors, and covered with dirt and leaves. Vegetables, such as potatoes, can be cooked and fed to advantage. On many farms there are often quantities of small potatoes that are wasted every year that might as well have been fed to the poultry during the winter months. Bright clover and alfalfa hay chopped up and placed in the scratching penn are great helps in winter feeding. Rape and kale sown in the early fall can be used as a food in the early winter. The neglect to give a proper amount of green food or substitutes to poultry in confinement causes much stiffness in the early spring. Value of Bran. Bran is rich in mineral matter, and contains a fair proportion of the phosphates, for which reason it may be used with the ration in order to render it more complete. Some do not approve of feeding it in a soft condition if it can be used by sprinkling it on cut clover that has been scalded, though a mess of scalded bran and ground oats early in the morning of a cold winter day is very invigorating and nourishing. Even when the food is not varied some advantage may be derived, by way of compensation for the omission of certain foods, by the use of bran and linseed-meal. Two pounds of bran mixed with one pound of linseed-meal and one pound of ground meat, fed to the hens once a day, allowing half a pint of the mixture to ten hens, will greatly add to the egg producing materials. As a food for chickens, bran should always be scalded and allowed to stand an hour or two in order to soften. As a material on the floor of brooders to absorb the moisture it is excellent, and for packing eggs it serves well as a protection against breakage.—Farm and Flieside. To Cure Broodiness. An effective way to overcome broodiness in hens is to place the ambitions sitters in a swinging coop. The illustration shows the construction. The coop is simply a wooden frame two feet square and two feet high, covered on the top, bottom and four sides with laths two inches apart. Four strings from the upper corners of the coop are tied to a central cord fastened to a nail in the roof of the poultry house. The coop should be raised eighteen inches from the ground. The excitement of the outside chickens and the swinging of the coop quickly dispels the hatching idea from the hens. The sitters should be fed and watered at the same time as the laying hens, but a liberal vegetable and meat diet will induce early laying.—Canadian Bulletin. Poultry raisers differ in their opinion on account of the great differences in the experiences. No one person's knowledge covers the whole range of experience. GET THE BEST! USE ONLY Taylor's Perfection Flour AND Taylor's Pure Buckwheat Flour Insist upon being furnished the above popular bronds of flour, and you will certainly get the best in the market. LEAVENWORTH, KANS. The Daughters of Bethel elected the following officers Thursday evening: Mrs. Hattie Hazelridge, president; Miss M. Glass, vice president. Mrs. John Taylor spent Thursday of last week in Kansas City, visiting friends. Worthy Grand Master, S. G. Watkins, was in the city Friday transacting lodge business. Prof. A. M. Wilson attended the "stag" given at Kansas City Saturday in honor of President Allen of Lincoln Institute. Miss Bertha Garrett was in Kansas City shopping Tuesday. Mrs. Lucy Venery, an old and well known citizen, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. Frazier, on Pottawatomie, last Friday morning. The well-known evangelist, J. P. Howard, is here warning the sinners to "flee the wrath to come." Mrs. A. M. Wilson, who has been on the sick list for some time, is reported as convalescent. Mrs. William Wooten returned from Ottawa last week, after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends. The North Side Ladies' Aid had a "Food Sale" at S. T. Jones' feed store last Saturday. Dennis Jones, Sam Lowery and George Craig were appointed police officers under the new city administration. These men have been on the "force" before, and made good officers. "Parents' Day" was observed in the primary grades of our city schools last Friday. Quite a number of parents were present, and expressed themselves as well pleased with the good work they saw. The "fellows" who has been seeking and longing for the other "fellow's" star got it Monday night after the caucus of the new administration, and the predecessors will have to "hike" back to the tall timbers for another two years. Mr. M. L. Walker, agent for THE PLAINDEALER at Muskogee, Indian Territory, can always be found at the general merchandise establishment of J. W Adams, 22 W. Okmulgee. ADDITIONALEMPORIA NEWS: Mrs. Granderson Taylor returned to her home in Colorado Springs Saturday. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs Johnson. The Married People's Social club received about thirty of their friends Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Giles Elliott in honor of Mrs. Granderson Taylor. Mrs. Harrison Campbell, who has been quite sick, is improving. Mrs. Bob Carter, who died Friday morning, was buried Sunday afternoon. Services were held from the Christian church, Rev. P. E. Moss officiating. Sunday was Quarterly at the A. M. E. church. Rev. Griffith, the presiding elder, was present. The Reason Why You should read THE PLAIN- DEALER is you learn of the good things done by the race. NOTICE. To the stockholders of the Indian Territory Land Coal and Development company: We have the best coal in the country with a 31 foul vein We met J. H. Hoard, the superintendent, who resides near the mine at Henrietta, and who is now controller of a section of land, and is waiting to continue the development of the mines. Remember we have over $1000 invested in these mines. Those who hold out will have plenty of ready cash if we invest it. No one need expect to get rich on a four or five dollar investment. Since we leased, another railroad is building across our lease. We are negotiating to complete our lease, which we were wrongfully kept out of all these months. Good things come to those who never give up but work to succeed. If we could only interest a few Negroes who can raise from $50 to $200 each, we could soon accomplish this great undertaking, but it seems that the Negro who has a dollar in cash would rather give it to some prejudiced white man who cares nothing for him or his children than to invest it where he might give employment to his own race. There are millions in the Indian Territory for the progressive Negro, and not a penny for the bigoted fool and idle loafer. The farmer is conceived over what little he has, and is afraid he might lose a dollar or benefit some one else of the race by investing in race enterprises. We have found few Negroes who have money who will assist in paving the way to make places for their own children. Those who want a sure thing and mean business should write us concerning this great enterprise. We do not want skeptics or doubting Thomases. N. CHILLS, Pres. J. Hume Childers, Sec.y. Topeka Plaindealer. Published at Topeka, Shawnee county, Kaz. very Friday morning by THE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. 112 EAST SEVENTH STREET. KICK CHILES, - - BUSINESS MANAGER J. H. CHILDERS, - - EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year by mail.....$1.50 Six months by mail.....$1.00 three months by mail.....50c Entered at the postoffice at Topeka as second class mail matter. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1905. NO NEGRO IN IT. The new mayor and other city officials have taken hold of the reigns of government in Topeka, and many changes have been made. But out of all, the Negro has only been "mentioned" but has not been given a single appointment. It is true, the black boys stuck by the ticket and placed the present crowd in control, and, as a reward, are getting nothing. Dr. O. A. Taylor should have been appointed city physician by all means, but as usual, the wishes of the Negro voters were ignored. The following is the list of apposntments and not a single Negro appears on it. Fire Marshal—George O. Wilmarth Chief of Police—A. G. Goodwin. First Sergarnt—Tim Donovan. Second Sergeant—John Gardliner. Police Matron—Mrs. L. E. Thorpe. City Engineer—James F. McCabe. Weighmaster = O. A. Peck. City Physician—H. B. Hogeboom. Deputy City Clerk—Miss Grace E. Miller. Assistant City Clerk—Mrs. Anna M. Engle. Assistant City Attorney and Stenog grapher—W. C. Ralston. Board of Health-Dr. R. S. Plummer Dr. C. B. Van Horn, F. E. Nipps, J. C. Shimer. Thene seems to be an unusual number of wrecks on the railroads. We would advise the officials to employ competent colored men as brakemen and we guarantee that there will be no rear-end collisions. There seems to be too much discrimination on account of color. There are plenty of educated colored men in the employ of the railroad companies that would use all precaution to prevent accidents. All they want is a chance. SPRINGFIELD, MO. A distinguished guest this week is Artist Brooks of Kansas City, who is doing a splendid business here. It is said that his portrait work is hard to excel. Rev. J. S. Dorsey returned Friday from a visit to Henderson, Ky. His aged father has improved considerably, but is still feeble. On Tuesday, April 4, Dr. Snelson officiated at the marriage of Miss Alma Brown and Richard B. Freeman in North Springfield. The bride's parents presented the happy couple a neat house and lot. Prof. H. V. Wallace, of the Douglass school, was the "best man." The parents of both parents united in the festivities. District Steward W. H. Tolbert conducted a quarterly meeting concert Thursday night. Presiding Elder Collins will be with us Sunday, April 16. Dr. Snelson will conduct a baptizing of several candidates next Sabbath. The funeral of Nelson Brown, who died in a St. Louis hospital, was conducted by Dr. Snelson in Paxon undertaking parlors last Friday. He left a good insurance for his widowed mother and two younger brothers. Rev. M. Hooks, formerly of Mt. Olive church, Topeka, but now of Mt. Vernon, Mo., conducted meetings last week at the M. E. church. Granville Abernathy, who was ill last week, is out again. Dr. R. A. Henderson will soon enlarge his offices; and invites his patrcns to "call him up" at any time. Miss Mary Tillman left for a brief visit with relatives in Willard and Pearl, Mo. She expects to return about Easter. Geo. Webb, Jr. rejoices over the happy advent of a sweet baby girl at his home. The madam and baby are both doing well. Among the sixty odd applicants who took the government examination recently were Harry Roland and Geo. Webb, Jr. Mrs. Victoria Herndon of Kansas City will conduct a millinery class here; she probably will have a good number to begin with. Marsailles Bledseaux, of Sardou, England, the dramatic baritone and composer, who is on his first tour of America, will give a grand recital at the A. M. E. church during Eastertide. TAKE NOTICE! To those who are indebted to THE PLAINDEALER and also those who are subscribers: We have devoted most of our time this winter in trying to prevent the passage of obnoxious laws in the legislature of Kansas. We are now in need of money and must have some. We are devoting all our time for the interest and benefit of those frowned upon by the more prosperous race around us on account of our condition. Through the efforts of this paper and several friends we have had stricken from the calendar the bill empowering cities of the third class to separate white and colored children in the high schools, also a bill empowering school boards in all cities to separate them and also a bill to prohibit inter-marriage of races. We did all we could to prevent the passage and signing of the obnoxious Kansas City high school bill and the reduction of six janitors out of eighteen which will take effect June 30th, 1905. It seems to us that this legislature, consisting of reformers, has made a special effort to thwart the will and impede the progress of the colored people. There never was a legislature in Kansas that ever attempted to enact such infamous black laws in all of her history as a state, notwithstanding committees appointed by the various colored organizations in the state called upon the governor and Speaker Stubbs, chairman of the state central committee and asked them to do what was in their power to prevent such legislation. They went so far as to promise this during the campaign. How well they have kept their promise we can see by the Kansas City bill. With the assistance of B. P. Waggener, Cy Leland, W. S. Bird, Mr. Ohlhausen, Senator Porter of Crawford, Young of Wilson, Adams and Husey of Sedgwick, Senator Chapman, Miller of Osage, Porter of Montgomery, Stilling of Leavenworth Dumont Smith, Representative Trigg and a few other friends of the colored people, we have labored for our people. Now my dear readers you are indebted to this paper and you will confer a favor upon us if you will remit at once. Give us your liberal support and we can do much to carry on the good work. 504 KANSAS AVE, OLD PHONE 357. KANSAS. Miss Estelle Shackleford, Letters, addresses, legal documents and all kinds of manuscripts accurately and neatly copied. Prices reasonable. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. ADDRESS: THE PLAINDEALER. We have a PLAN which has been demonstrated entirely practical, for persons who have the ability to Organize Singing Classes, to conduct a line of business that will produce eminently successful results, financially and otherwise. It is not necessarily require expert Musical knowledge. This PLAN will be submitted FREE CHARGE to any one who may be interested in this direction and are in a position to prosecute business energetically. We have a PLAN which has been demonstrated as entirely practical, for persons who have the ability to Organize Singing Classes, to conduct that line of business that will produce eminently successful results, financially and otherwise. It does not necessarily require expert Musical knowledge. This PLAN will be submitted FREE of CHARGE to any one who may be interested in this direction and are in a position to prosecute the business energetically. Edward W. Miller Co., ORIGINAL CHARACTER (ESTA 814 Walnut Street A NEW FAST TRAIN Leaves Kansas City at principal Oklahoma, In the same day. ORIGINAL CHARACTER-NOTE MUSIC HOUSE. (ESTABLISHED IN 1835.) Walnut Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA. NEW FAST TRAIN, The Katy Flyer Kansas City at 2:20 A. M. daily, arriving at all al Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas points one day. ORIGINAL CHARACTER-NOTE MUSIC HOUSE. (ESTABLISHED IN 1835.) 814 Walnut Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA. --- Leaves Kansas City at 2:20 A. M. daily, arriving at all principal Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas points the same day. 3 Daily Trains from Kansas City Southwest. 9:00 P. M. Agent or Write "KATY" Saint Louis. It on the Southwest Limited You cannot drop your napkin and pick it up in the wing car of The Southwest Limited. A waiter will there with a clean one. A porter was recently disciplined for brushing a hat with a whisk broom stead of a brush. These are little things, but they show how excellence of service is maintained on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. This Company owns and operates the sleeping, thing, library and all other cars on its lines, and therefore offers its patrons an excellence in equip- ment and service not obtainable elsewhere. The Southwest Limited leaves Kansas City, Union Station, 5.55 p. m.; Grand Avenue, 6.07 p. m. Drives Union Station, Chicago, 8.55 a. m. Ask the Agent or Write East on the Southwest You cannot drop in dining car of The St. be there with a clea disciplined for brush instead of a brush. show how excellenc Chicago, St. Pa This Company o dining, library and therefore offers its ment and service no The Southwest Lin Station, 5:55 p. m Arrives Union Sta L. COBB, 907 Main Street, WESTERN East on the Southwest.Limited You cannot drop your napkin and pick it up in the dining car of The Southwest Limited. A waiter will be there with a clean one. A porter was recently disciplined for brushing a hat with a whisk broom instead of a brush. These are little things, but they show how excellence of service is maintained on the This Company owns and operates the sleeping, dining, library and all other cars on its lines, and therefore offers its patrons an excellence in equipment and service not obtainable elsewhere. The Southwest Limited leaves Kansas City, Union Station, 5.55 p. m.; Grand Avenue, 6.07 p. m. Arrives Union Station, Chicago, 8.55 a. m. STERN UNIVERSITY, WESTERN UNIVERSITY. WESTERN UNIVERSITY. The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West. ..... DEPARTMENTS: Theology State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, Comal, Musical (Instru organ and harmony, Carpentry, Printing Stenography and Ty Plain Sewing, Cooki ADVANTAGES: Splendid fluences and Thorou INFORMATION: For term write to William T. W QUINDARO. MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and ate Industrial. RES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Nor- al, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, enography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and gain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. TAGES: Splendid Location, Heathful Climate, Good In- ences and Thorough Teachers. MATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered, site to William T. Vernon, A. M., D.D., PRESIDENT, DARO. KANSAS. DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Heathful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to Phones {Office—Bell—"White"4302 Residence—Bell—"West"15. --- MKT PROFITABLE BUSINESS. 12:35 P.M. 9:00 P.M. Saint Louis. Southwestern Passenger Agent Kansas City, Mo. KANSAS. Talk is cheap and actions speak louder than words. In order to prove to the public that Glossine is the greatest and most meritorious of all hair tonics we will give free to every reader of this paper (not a sample) but a full size box. If Glossine was not the best hair tonic in all the whole wide world this offer would bankrupt us. Glossine (Queen of all hair tomes) is the most wonderful remedy for the human hair ever discovered and has astounded the whole world by its miraculous and mysterious power intengthening, straightening and beautifying the human hair. It is the result of long years of careful study and the earnest researches of Miss Helen Martin, a beautiful and attractive woman who is acknowledged the most skillful and famous beauty doctor of the day. She is a wonderful and most magnificent specimen of womanly grace and beauty, and although now 58 years of age she scarcely looks to be 30. When asked by what mediums she had been able to so successfully preserve the attractiveness and beauty of youth, Miss Martin said, "why it is very simple to me and every woman be she white or colored, young or old, or as ugly as sin itself, can become pretty, shapely and graceful if she will only do as I advise. As a child I was never considered pretty, in fact I was not even thought to be good looking and for this very reason ever since I was a girl of 16 I have made a study of such agencies and materials which tend to beautify and adorn the human person. In the glorious vegetable world which nature has so bountifully bestowed upon us there are hundreds of innocent mediums which after my long life of study and investigation I have been able to successfully blend and formulate into various preparations which enhance and preserve the life and beauty of the hair and skin. I owe my own good looks and youthful appearance to these preparations which are the result of my life long work. As to Glossine I have never known it to fail to cause the hair to grow long, straight, soft and luxurious. It matters not how harsh and kinky it may be and I care not if it be short, broken, splitting at the ends or falling out, Glossine will positively make it long, soft, straight and pliant. It will give to the hair luster, length, life and beauty and no head of hair can be so harsh and refractory but that Glossine will make it so pliant and wavy that it can be dressed with case in any prevailing style desired. It will restore gray hair to its former color, make the hair grow out on all bald spots and on the temples where the hair is usually thin and unsightly." Glossine is highly, sweetly and most delicately perfumed, and its color and subsistence is very attractive to all. Seeing our great success and with the desire to trade upon our reputation gained by long years of honest dealing, numerous unscrupulous firms are trying to fool the people into buying spurious and harmful compounds for the hair and skin. That causes the hair to fall, thus causing baldness and ruin, mar and deface the delicate texture of the human skin. In their wicked desire to gain money these people do not hesitate to sell the people many preparations which are dangerous to life itself. In order to discountenance and condemn such dishonest methods. Miss Martin has decided to give a full size package of Glossine to any reader of the paper, male or female, who will send their name and address. Do not delay. Write today. A postal card will do. We will also send our catalog which describes in detail our hair tonics, face bleaches and other toilet requisites. Address MISS HELEN MARTIN. MISS HELEN MARTIN, Continental Chemical Co. No. 9 Governor St., Richmond, Va. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Amende C. Sheard. Plaintiff Amanda C. Shepard, Plaintiff vs Ira D. Shepard, defendant. Ira D. Shepard, the defendant above named, will take notice that he has been sued by the plaintiff, Amanda C. Shepard, and that the said Ira Shepard must on or before April 22d, 1905, answer the petition filed by the plaintiff in the above entitled action in said court, or the matters and things set forth in the said petition will be taken as true, and judgment divorcing the plaintiff from the defendant and for the custody of their minor children. AMANDA C. SHEPVED, By J. R. McNABY, Her Attorney TAKEN FROM LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. FORD'S ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted) This wonderful hair pomade is the only male preparation in the world that makes him very curly hair straight as shown above. It noises the scalp, prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair more soak. The long hair of the person 5 years, and used by thousands Warraced harmless. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Remember that Ford "originally 1970s" is the first one for the first time. In fifty cent size, made only to Chicago and by U.S. See that "Ozonized Or Marrew Co., Chicago, U.S.A." is printed on the package. Do not be misled by substitutes that claim to be so good but always insist upon getting the case to be. But the case is the case for the hair straight, soft and beautiful, giving it that healthy, life-like appearance so much desired. A sollet netessify for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly pouring to the upper end of the quality is it is the best and most successful. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal so it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 80 cents. Sold by draggiets and the other to the same price. Postpaid, or $1.40 for three bottles expressed paid. We pay all postage and express charges. Send postal or express money order. Please mention name of this paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO, Charles Ford Past 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. 10 When You Travel select a railway as you do your clothes KATY SERVICE (MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY) Suggests Comfortable and Convenient Trains, The "KATY FLYER" and KATY DINING STATIONS THE MK&T MUSIC MUSIC TRAINING I can suggest any number of pleasant trips and send you something new in printed matter about them. Write to me. "KATY," St. Louis UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA FRISCO SYSTEM TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTHWEST. The Famous Health and Pleasure Resorts, EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route. Round Trip Homesekers' Tickets at rate of ONE FARE plus $2.00 on sale first and third Tuesday of each month. For descriptive literature and detailed information as to rates, train service, etc., address J. C. LOVRIEN, ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, KANSAS CITY, MO. When in Salina, call on the MAN FROM IOWA at the Salina Club Room LUNCH AND GROCERIES THOS. SMITH, 501 N. Third St W. S. HARRIS, Pres. and Mgr. P. L. PRATT, Sec. and Treas. W. S. HARRIS @ CO., REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE BELL PHONE 1091 MAIN OFFICE HOURS 7 to 10 A. M. 12 M. to 4 P.M. Ind. Phone 959. 7 to 10 P. M. J. M. JAMISON, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Examining Physician of the Knights and Ladies Protection. Special Attention to diseases of women and private diseases. Office and Residence, 327 MADISON STREET. O. A. TAYLOR, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 826 Kansas Ave. Ind. Phone 774. Office Hours $ \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} 7 \mathrm {t o} 9 \mathrm {a . m .} \\ 2 \mathrm {t o} 4 \mathrm {a n d} 6 \mathrm {t o} 8 \mathrm {p . m .} \end{array} \right. $ F.Wims, and Lunch Room, Confectionery 523 N. KANSAS AVE. As you pass by stop in Ice Cream Soda and be and get a 5 or 10 cent VINITING AND BUSINESS CARD CO. Call or Phone us your order. Fine work. Prompt Service. All work guaranteed. Bell Phone 2102 Red. NORTH TOPEKA. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Mrs. Elsia Brown is steadily improving. J. M. Montgomery left Tuesday for a trip to Denver. George Brantford, who has been ill for several weeks is able to be out. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gaines have returned home after a week's visit in Chicao Ulysses Drew, formerly of Lawrence, has accepted a position at the Throop Hotel. Rev.Lacey who was here attending the funeral of his father, left Thursday for his home in New York. The A. M. E. Christian Endeavor gave a tacky party Thursday evening at the home of Miss Lula Odell. The executive board of the city Federation will meet Saturday, April 15 at 4:00 p.m. at 631 Western Ave. "Rebecca's Triumph" will be given Wednesday evening, April 19, at the Second Christian Church, corner 12. Mrs. Mary Jamison and her daughter, Mrs. Martha Scales, are both ill at their home on East First Street. Little Lillian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Patton, is sick with typhoid fever at their home on East First Street. The executive board of the State Federation will meet Saturday, Apr. 22, 1905, in Topeka at the residence of Mrs. Emma Gaines, 1170 Fillmore Street. Mr. J. T. Johnson and wife left Tuesday for Chicago, where Mr. Johnson will play base-ball this season, with the Chicago Union base ball team. Wm. Brooks was painfully injured last Tuesday afternoon while driving a spirited team of Jonathan Thomas. He was taken to Stormont Hospital where he is doing nicely. The topic for the Christian Endeavor meeting, Sunday, April 16 is "Glorifying God in our recreation" 1 Cor. 10: 31: and Ps. 16: 5-11. The Epworth League and B. Y. P. U. have the same subject. Miss Georgia Nance INSTRUCTOR IN MILLINERY, Is organizing classes for a Thorough and Complete course in this work. TERMS REASONABLE..... Call at 512 Western Ave., TOPEKA, KANSAS. Mr. Moss of 15 and Washington St., is still quite ill. Miss Willa Smith, our circulation manager is in Emporia this week. Will Graham of Kansas City was in Topeka last Sunday, visiting relatives. Wait for the great Sells and Downs' United Shows. Topeka, April 29. Mrs. Mary Willis was here last week visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry Adams. Mrs. Ed Greer left Sunday for Kansas City to visit her sister, Mrs. M. Robinson. Miss Jessie Oden, one of the coming singers of the west, whe is under the tutorship of the Misses Wyatt, will sing at all the hospitals. Easter Sunday. Dr. Bowen of Atlanta, Ga., will lecture in Topeka, May 12, in the interest of Asbury Chapel. Bishop Hamilton Sewing Circle of Asbury M. E. Church will be entertained this afternoon by the pastor, Rev. D. Smith. With the Sells and Downs circus everything is new, and it is considered to be one of the biggest and best attractions on the road. The Golden Rod Club will meet with Miss Eva Phillips, this afternoon. All members are requested to be present, important business. Ado Smith died Saturday at his home in North Topeka. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the B Street Baptist church and was conducted by Rev. G. W. Harts. Mrs. J. Jennings entertained the East Hill Willing Workers Club, Friday evening, April 7. The next meeting will be held this evening with James Martin, east of cemetery. Phillip Pinkston left last Sunday for Chicago, where he will spend the summer. He was accompanied by Dr. Robert D. Smith who will finish a course in dentistry. We wish them success. Rev. H. South will hold his first quarterly meeting of this conference year in Asbury M. E. Church, at 3:00 p. m. Sunday April 16. All the ministers and their congregations are cordially invited. Rev. Frank Durden, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, Denver, Colo., was in the city Sunday and Monday enroute to his home at Oswego, Kans, on a visit to his family. While in the city, he was the guest of Rev. G. W. Harts. The marriage of Miss Alberta Bradshaw of Topeka and Mr. Will F. Morris of Fort Riley which took place at Fort Riley Tuesday evening at 8:45 p.m. at the home of Capt. and Mrs. Sharks, was officiated by Chaplain Preulieu. Only a few of their immediate friends were present who wish them a happy and successful life. Mr. and Mrs. Morris will make Fort Riley their home. William F. Childs, a Chicago colored policeman has been appointed as desk sergeant by Chief O'Neil. This is the first such promotion of a colored policeman in the history of Chicago, and is possibly the only one in the history of the country, for as far as the police annuals or the large cities show there is no colored man a commanding officer in any city.—Kansas City Journal. The recital given last week by J. Mord Allen at St. Joseph, was a succes in every particular. He was assisted by Mrs. J. M. Wright, the sweet voiced mezzo-soprano and Miss Georgia Watkins, accompanist. Everybody was at their best and every number on the program was enthusiastically received by the St. Josephites. Gaitha Page who was manager of the affir, says it was the best literaay entertainment he ever witnessed. J. ORLANDO MITCHELL, Pres't & Mgr. MILTON C. SIMMONS, Secretary and Treasurer. JOHN DREW, Vice President. Freedmen's Land & Trust Co., INCORPORATED.—AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $25,000. PAID UP $18,000. SHARES $25. INVEST your savings with us in stock and receive tenfold. It is a Gilt-Edged Investment. The management is sound and conservative. The company is making money. Get in on the Ground Floor. Invest your capital with us in Farms or City Property. We have improved and unimproved farms in any size tracts. PRAIRIE AND BOTTOM LANDS. Write for circulars and information. When in Muskogee come to see us. Mrs. Alexander of Ottumwa, Iowa the sister of Mrs. G. W. Guy, has been quite sick, but is better. Mrs. Mayme Freeman Johns left Wednesday for Omaha, Neb..where she will make her future home. The A. M. E. Sewing Circle met last Wednesday with Mrs. Fred Roundtree, corner of 14th and Van Buren Street. Miss Nora Williams entertained a number of friends last Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Cortna Hancock of Chicago. J. R. McNary, the present assistant county attorney will be candidate for county attorney to succeed Otis Hungate. Miss Pearl Hightower entertained a few friends last Wednesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones, on Fillmore Street. Mrs. Maud Burnette, of Kansas City, Kans., is visiting Mrs. Henry Edmonds. She will afterward visit her husband's relatives at Wichita. When you are on the North side and are hungry or thirsty, stop at Wim's restaurant where you will find Iec Cream, cake and other good things to eat. Miss Mary Gilmore, one of the best trained nurses in this country, has had the proper training in the best hospitals and any one desiring her services can secure them by writing or calling at corner 5 and Michigan., Miss Mary E. Gilmore. Ed Wilson, a white farmer at Willard, Kans., having a wife and three children, was arrested for a statutory offense committed upon Alice Stice, a fourteen year old colored girl who was in his services and who is now in the poor house. The case has been set for Friday; in the meantime, he has given $1000 bond and has been released. We do not know what the result will be but will write more fully upon the matter later on and will make Rome howl as it never has done before. TWO FOR ONE! A Very Rare Chance! Rooms 5, 6 and 7, Churchill Building, at 116 N. 8th street, who keeps a first-class ROOMING HOUSE and RESTAURANT. Give him a call. Everything first-class and up-to-date. I can sell YOUR REAL ESTATE OR BUSINESS. ```markdown ``` HOTEL WILLARD, 1009 St. Louis Avenue, North of Viaduct and Union St. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. W. M. AILSTOCK, Prop. Rates: $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per Day. NICE ROOMS. Ice Cream and Soda Water. TWO The T Kan Kan One Y Florida Sleeper VIA! FRISCO SYSTEM On November 15th, and daily thereafter, until the summer season of 1905, the Frisco System, in connection with the Southern Railway, will operate through Pullman Sleepers between Kansas City, Mo. and Jacksonville, Fla. These sleeping cars will be placed in service as part of the equipment of the Popular Southeastern to leave Kansas City 6:30 P.M. A modernly equipped train, electric lighted cafe observation car, etc—the route of which carries the traveler through the populous cities of the southeast. Berth reservations may be made through representatives of Frisco System or connecting lines. PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, SAINT LOUIS TCHELL, Pres't & Mgr. JOHN DREW, MRS. HATTIE E. VAN VLECK Hair Dresser and Manufacturer..... HAIR TO MATCH ALL COMPLEXIONS. Doll Wigs—New Pompadours, Pompadour Combs, and other Toilet Combs, Switches and—Hair Jewelry.... 220 E. 5th St.; TOPEKA, KANS When in ATCHISON don't forget Dt. ROBINSON'S RESTAURANT 623 Main Street, Just three blocks from Union Depot. Meals 20c. Mrs. Mary Robinson, - - Propr. TOPEKA Plaindeen AND THE WEEKLY Kansas City Star OR THE WEEKLY Kansas City Journal Year - $1. BOLEY The Colored Town Home of One Year Old and 6 8000 Acres of Land Surrounding Leased and Bought by Negroes. Land in the Creek Nation Surrou and Bought by Negroes. COMPLEXIONS. impadours, and other taches and EKA, KANS The Only Place You Can —First-Class in Every J. E. LEWIS. Pr 339 N. Main St. When in Kansas City stop Hotel New R ONE! Plaindealer WEEKLY City Star WEEKLY Journal — $1.50. e Chance! LEY, I Colored Town and Home of the Negro Old and 600 Inhale Of Land Surrounding Boley has Already Sought by Negroes. 20,000 Acres of the Creek Nation Surrounding Boley to be Negroes. The Colored Town and Home of the Negro. One Year Old and 600 Inhabitants! 8000 Acres of Land Surrounding Boley has Already been Leased and Bought by Negroes. 20,000 Acres of the Best Land in the Creek Nation Surrounding Boley to be Leased and Bought by Negroes. T. M. HAYNES, Local Townsite Mgr., BOLEY, I. T. DAY MIXER, JIM NICKOLS. "THE ONLY SALOON" FURNISHED H Open Day and Night. 1215-1217 East 18th St., Home Phone 2544. MILTON C. SIMMONS, Secretary, Vice President. THE and & Trust $25.000. PAID UP $18,000. SHAR , Churchill Building, THE ONLY WAY" and POWERFURNISHED ROOMS. St. Fine Wines, Liquor 1217 East 18th St., KANSAS CITY, MO. Lige Hendri MMONS, Secretary and Treasurer Trust Co., P $18,000. SHARES $25. Building, IND. TER. reive tenfold. It is a Gilt-Edged the company is making money. al with us in Farms or City Property, RAIRIE AND BOTTOM LANDS. When in Muskogee come to see us. nd & Trust Con a Gilt-Edged Investment. ing money. or City Property. We have im- LANDS. see come to see us. ust Company. THE ARCADE BARBERSHOP AND BATH ROOMS. The Only Place You Can Get a Bath. —First-Class in Every Respect.— J. E. LEWIS. PROP. 339 N. Main St. WICHITA. When in Kansas City stop at Hotel Newport 1807 Tracy Avenue. MRS. V. L. NORTH, Proprietress. Furnished Rooms. Hot and Cold Water Baths. Gas and Furnace Heat. Home Phone 5327 Main. ONE! dealer car al $1.50. nance! EY, I.T., Town and of the Negro. d 600 Inhabitants! Bounding Boley has Already been groes. 20,000 Acres of the Best Surrounding Boley to be Leased. NIGHT MIXER. HORACE BURKE. NLY WAY" HED ROOMS. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. St., KANSAS CITY, MO. Lige Hendricks, Prop. cretary and Treasurer. st Co., SHARES $25. edged Investment. ity. property. We have im- see us. Company. BOLEY, I. T. POOL HALL. --- --- Comfort in the Sick Room. Depends on many little things. Trained nurses know what is wanted—an atomizer, with a mild disinfectant, to spray the room and make the air clean and refreshing; a thermometer, fresh absorbent cotton, a hot water bottle—a dozen little things that help the patient. The doctors and nurses know that we have all these things and others, in the most dependable qualities. We take this means of letting you know it. KOHL'S PHARMACY. Prescriptions a Specialty. Ind. Phone 743. } Bell Phone 561. } 732 Kan 732 Kansas Ave. Are You INSURED? Knights and Ladies Ind. Phone 743. 732 Kansas Ave. Bell Phone 561. Incorporated Under the Laws of Kansas s for $350, $500 and $1000. Issues policies for $38 We issue policis for $100, $150 and $20 This is the only Colored Company in the Every intelligent Negro should good, live, hustling agents in every Liberal terms to the right persons. The Knights and Lads Col. James Beck, Nat'l Pres. James M. Mason, Nat'l Vice Pres. J. H. CHI Headquarters: 413 Kausas Avenue We issue policie for $100, $150 and $200 for children aged from 6 to 20. This is the only Colored Fraternal Insurance 50 and $200 for children aged from 6 to 20. Colored Fraternal Insurance in the United States. You should carry some Insurance. We want in every town. Write at once for terms. Persons. and Ladies of Protection. P. C. Thomas, Nat'l Supt. Pres. J. G. Groves, Nat'l Treas. H. CHILDERS, Nat'l Sec., Avenue, Topcka, Kansas. Every intelligent Negro should carry some Insurance. We want good, live, hustling agents in every town. Write at once for terms. Liberal terms to the right persons. The Knights and Ladies of Protection. Col. James Beck, Nat'l Pres. P. C. Thomas, Nat'l Supt. James M. Mason, Nat'l Vice Pres. J. G. Groves, Nat'l Treas. J. H. CHILDERS, Nat'l Sec. Headquarters: 413 Kausas Avenue, Topcka, Kansas. We teach you Shorthand and Typewriting at your home. Typewriting machines furnished: no tuition until we have secured you a position. Write Lee and Edwards' Shorthand School, 600 W. 47th St. Dep't B, Chicago, Ill. Local and Personal. Eggs for setting at Bigbee's. Black-eyed peas at Bigbee's. First class meats at Big "B's" WANTED—Work on farm by Mr. Allie Pennell and wife. Bigbee has both 'phones—Independent, 1193, Bell. 3241 Red. You miss a treat if you don't go to Bigbee's for ham and eggs. John Rhodes will leave next week for Denver where he will spend a week, visiting. The Willing Workers met with Mrs. Elias Jackson last Thursday evening, and a good time was reported by all. Miss Lenora Bradshaw, who has been visiting friends and relations in Topeka and Fort Riley, left for her hom in Riverside, Ill. today. The Ne Plus Ultra Art Club met with Mrs. J. Smith last Friday. A dainty lunch wasserved and the club adjourned to meet with Jessie Jones, 1169 N. Jefferson St., April 14. Mrs. M. J. Cox, Vice President of the Woman's National Baptist Convention for Kansas, and State Missionary, is able to enter upon her work again, after three months' illness. Mr. Vermont C. Landers, formerly of Topeka, and Miss Dara A. Palmer of Cheyenne, Wyoming, were quietly married Tuesday evening, April 11, at the home of the bride's aunt, 2332 Arapahoe St., Denver, Colo. The Plaindealer wishes them a long and happy life. Here is a rare opportunity for some lady who wishes to have in charge a restaurant and eating house at Yale, Kans. This must be a lady of some business qualification and probably it would be an advantage to accept this position as the future may be bright for her. --- WAGDUMEN HALO PROTECTION Fat nens a Bigbee's. of Protection A NATIONAL FRATERNAL INSURANCE SOCIETY April 11, 1904—G. A. Bigbee. 1300 Quincy street, groceries and meats.—April 11, 1905. Mansfield Moss, aged 59 years, died Wednesday morning at his home, at 1404 Quincy street. The funeral was held from the Primitive Baptist church Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment in Ritchie's cemetery. He was an old citizen of Topeka. Miss Georgia Nance, of Indianapolis, Ind., is in the city for the pnpose of giving instruction in millinery work. Miss Nance is well recommended as a thorough and proficient instructor in her line of work. She is staying at the home of Rev. and Mrs. G.W. Guy, 512 Western Ave. The Atheneum Art Club met with Mrs. Thomas Cook, 900 N. Western Ave.. Tuesday afternoon, April 4. Quite a bit of new business was brought before the club. A half hour was devoted to needlework, after which a neat two course luncheon was served. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Frank Ford, 620 N. Jackson, Tuesday, April 18. Robert Burton, whose home is in New Franklin, Mo., died at the County Poor Farm Thursday with consumption. He had been in Topeka for a me time and had worked as porter at the Orient Hotel until ill health compelled him to stop work. Having no relatives here, he was taken to the poor farm. He seemed to realize that the end was near and wrote to his parents informeng them of his condition but up to this time no word has been recieved from them. His remains will be interred in the poor farm cemetery. We are in receipt of the Sunday School Criterion, publisoed in Kansas City, Kans., by Mrs. W. L. Grant and Mrs. E. A. Wilson in the interest of the Baptist Sunday Schools of this state. It is a neat little paper and deserves strong support among the Sunday Schools, being well edited and containing information that is much sought after. The editors and chiefs are Mrs. W. L. Grant and Mrs. E. A. Wilson. H.I. Monroe, of Topeka, is business manager which insures its longevity and proper deliverance It has four pages and is issued quarterly. It contains the programs of the state board meetings of the various associations in the state. --- The Negro of America. Two score years have passed away Since our forefathers fought To free us from a life of shame From bondage down in wroth. Look back, ye rebels, forty years, From whence the black man came, Turned out with only heart and hands To buy and build with fame. They say he is unworthy To go with them to school; They say he was a trodden slave, To use as if a farmer's tool. Who stole him from his native home? Say, rebel, do you know? He was an Anglo-Saxon bold With blood that's quite as low. We help them in their time of peace To fight, to clear and defend; In time of war we help them fight The rebel to his den. Then they turn the sword upon us, Tread us down beneath their feet. Can it be that hearts are turning Unto stone in human flesh? Bigbee does not seil below cost, ut sells at a fair profit and guarantees every article he sells. If, after buying of Bigbee, things are not as represented, return and exchange or get your money back. You are invited to visit Big "B's" chicken coop [but be sure you come in the day time] and see those fine hens. Robert Gant, better known as "Alto Bob," arrived here Wednesday from Cincinnati O., to join the Sells and Downs' circus to play alto and violin. When tired, go home. When you want consolation, go home. When you want fun, go home. When you want to show others you have reformed, go home and let your family get acquainted with the fact. When you want to show yourself at the very best, go home and do the act there. When you feel like being extra liberal, go home and practice on your wife and children first. When you want to shine with more brilliancy than usual, go home and light the whole household. Home is the best place of all, if we would but make it so. CARD OF THANKS I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to numbers 2,5 and 18, A. F. & A M., and also the friends who so kindly assisted me during the illness and death of my dear father. Last but by no means the least, I want to thank Prof. Jackson and the members of his band from the bottom of my heart. They with the rest my friends will never be forgotten. MAYME FREEMAN JOHNS. Joe Brown has returned from Chicago. Little Ivy Atkinson died Thursday at the home of her parents on West St. Mrs. M. Dyer and sister, Mrs. L. Russell will spend Sunday in Kansas City visiting their sister, Mrs. Inez Thomas. Messrs. Robert and Edward Perkins entertained quite a number of their friends Thursday evening at their home on State St. The Aeta Epsilon Delta club met Friday evening Apr. 7 at the home of Miss Arnicholas Chiles, 717 Topeka Ave. A very enjoyable time was bad by those present. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Susie Eagleson, 1516 Quincy St. A mass meeting of the colored men under the auspices of the Y.M. C. A. Address by Mr. J. E. Moreland of Washington, D. C., Travelling Secretary of the International Committee of the Y.M.C. A. Messrs. F.G. Mitchell and B. R. Evans of the city Y. M. C.A. and other speakers will be present. All men are earnestly requested to be present promptly at 3 p.m., Sunday, Apr. 16 at 413 Kansas Ave. Special music. Pythian Notes. Lawrence, Kas., March 28, 1905. As a member of the noble order of Knights of Pythias I desire to drop a few lines to the columns of your paper, stating why I love Pythianism: I love the order of the Knights of Pythias because it breathes the spirit of progress and embraces the whole world in its field of labor and holds all humanity as its subjects, and for the systematic efforts to better the condition of mankind. I love it because the great and lowly, the rich and poor, all meet together in its halls on terms of fraternity and equality. I love it because it is earnestly striving to redeem man from the thraldom of ignorance and prejudice, and to teach him to recognize the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. I love it because it teaches us to lift up the fallen, to strengthen the weak, to visit the sick, to relieve the distressed, to bury the dead and to educate the orphans. I love Pythianism because when we cross the threshold of our lodge room we shut out the world, its cares and its dissensions, and mingle together in friendly communion, ever mindful of the duty we owe to God and the love we should bear to all mankind. I love it because it makes men better citizens and truer Christians, and tunes their hearts in unison with the works of charity and benevolence. The associations and teachings in our lodge rooms are such as are calculated to elevate and purify the thought, to extend the better feeling and arouse and strengthen the nobler part of man's nature. I love it because it is the religion of humanity brought in practical appreciation in every day life and because the true Pythian is in the broadest and grandest sense of the word a true gentleman. I love Pythianism because its members are obligated to exercise toward each other such mutual friendship and brotherly love as that which characterized the lives of Damon and Pythias and exemplifies of Pythian Knighthood. I love Pythianism because it is essentially an American institution teaching the grandest lessons and making good citizens and true Americans. Col. Doc McWilliams, 1306 N. J. St., Lawrence, Ks. Lawrence, Kas., Apr. 5, 1905. NOTICE is hereby given that the Hercules Division No. 2, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, headquarters Lawrence, Kansas, will publicly install their officers in the hall of the Western Star Lodge No. 1. The officers will be installed at 9 o'clock p. m. April 20. Col. Doc McWilliams will officiate in the installation. The public is invited to be present and witness the first public installation of the K. P. Uniform Rank ever held in Kansas by our people. By order of the Hercules Division No. 2. Jesse Lowery, Captain. Wm. A. Harvey, Recorder. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. TABERNACLES. Number 1 Mrs. Lula Buford, 2509 North 6th Kansas City, Kans. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 South Chestnut St., Iola, Kansas. 3 Mrs. Flora Thompson, 36 North Main Council Bluffs, Iowa. 5 Mrs. Mollie Spencer, 502 V. St., Atchison, Kans. 6 Mrs. Fronia McCloud, 118 S. Mulberry St., Ottawa, Kans. 7 Mrs. N. E. Wigely, 506 N. 5th St., Salina Kans. 8 Mrs. Anna Fallings, Cherryvale, Kansas. 10 Mrs. Maggie Fishback, 1795 Mass, Lawrence, Kans. 11 Mrs. Jennie Flod, 406 Oakland, Kansas City, Kans. 12 Miss Cora Sango, 2058 North Front St., Kansas City, Kans. 13 Mrs. Nannie Dunlap, Junction City, Kans. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 315, Wier City, Kans. 16 Mrs. Nancy Preston, 1507 Clark St., Parsons, Kans. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft. Scott, Kans. 20 Mrs. Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom, Ft. Scott, Kans. 28 Mrs. Susie Willis, 21 St., T. Granda, Parsons, Kans. 29 Mrs. Alberta Chivers, 210 N. 9th., Leavenworth, Kans. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Ohio, Leavenworth, Kans. 32 Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 1036 Iowa Ave., Butte, Mont. 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 West 15th., Wichita, Kans. 35 Mrs. Fannie Washington, 627 N. 27, S. Omaha, Neb. 37 Mrs. Mary Roberson, 1011 Maple St., Atchison, Kans. 38 Mrs. Patsy B. Gooding, Box 338, Wier City, Kans. 52 Miss Jennie Alexander, 948 Penn., Lawrence, Kans. 63 Mrs. Lizzie Thomas, 1112 Oakland, Kansas City, Kans. 77 Mrs. A. Pickens, 250 E. 15th., Topeka, Kans. 85 Mrs. Ella Cornish, N. Topeka, Kans. 89 Mrs. Maggie Brown, 1204 Dodge, Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 310 N. 12, Omaha, Neb. 92 Mrs. Mary L. Williams, 717 C. St., Lincoln, Neb. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., N. Topeka, Kans. 559 Mrs. Christena Bell, 294 N. William St., Deadwood, S. Dakota. 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 11 St., Coffeyville, Kans. Number. 1 William M. 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SEVENTH ST. PHONE 341. CUTS Engraving Dept. of the Mail and Breeze (Engraving) makes our CUTS. --- The State of Kansas to H. O. Johnson, Greeting: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff has filed the above suit in the above court against you, asking for judgment upon an account for $14.00 and therein a garnishment has been issued to The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co., and said Railroad Co. have answered that they are indebted to you in the sum of $14.00 and that unless you answer herein, on or before the 27th day of February, 1905, the bill of particulars filed will be taken as true and judgment rendered accordingly and an order issued to said garnishee, directing them to pay said sum into court to be applied upon the plaintiff's claim. Whercof: You will take due notice. M. F. LAYCOCK, Lancaster Bros., The Turf Wholesale Agents ust and Milwaukee Beer. Junction City, Kas. WAITERS AND PORTERS' Headquarters WAITERS AND PORTERS' Headquarters! CHAS. 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To the person sending in the largest number of paid-up subscriptions to THE PLAINDEALER by July 1, 1905, we will give absolutely free our grand prize of a $35 Victor Graphophone, the only condition is that the minimum number of subscriptions shall be fifty. This contest is open to all comers. Send in your subscriptions. P.O. State, 1905. Find enclosed $ for subscriptions to THE PLAINDEALER, for which count votes for in the Grand Prize Graphophone Contest. Signed: Clip out, fill out and send in this Coupon 9th Cavalry Coupon. Gents' Size, Fine Gold Watch, $50.00. The Plaindealer PRIZE GOLD WATCH as the most popular non-commissioned officer of the Ninth U. S. Cavalry. pleasantly spent with amusements, after which an elaborate three course luncheon was served. The guests were Mrs. Taylor, Misses Lela Moore, Lottie Washington, Bertha Tipton, Cynthia Johnson, Julia Phelps, Percie Stafford, Nellie Ellis and Jennie Stafford; Messrs. George Rogers, Jesse Bryant and Walter Phenix. Miss Bertha Tipton left Thursday for Kansas City, where she will visit friends a few days. Much anxiety is felt over the illness of little Daisy Rogers, who was taken suddenly ill today. The social given Thursday night by the ladies of the Household of Ruth proved a success. ATCHISON. The colored people rejoice that they have avenged the insult given them by the Democrat, Dr. Allaman, while acting Representative at the last legislature when he called the colored people "niggers" in his fear that some colored person might take a notion to marry some white person. Allaman returned home here, and still seeking office, ran for councilman. Under the leadership of the club which has been organized to strike at the polls the mean man, be he Republican or Democrat, old women and sick women made it to the polls and the count shows he was snowed under, where he will sleep to be tormented by the pain he gloated at inflicting on an inoffensive race. H. Ernst, the man we selected as councilmen, is one of those white men whose sense of honor is such that he does not have to take a hand in oppressing or persecuting any race just be called a great man in his own race. C. D. Walker, the republican candidate for mayor, was beaten by James Orr, the present incumbent here Tuesday. A staunch white republican was heard to say: "It was a mistake to have colored men as workers to go around abusing other colored men. It made us no votes. Every colored man has his friends, whose votes we needed." Yes, send out men who will reason and leave their bullying and untruthful tactics behind them. No, it makes no votes. They say John Monday has some money laid aside for a rainy day. Shiloh Baptist church began its revival last Sunday, and the pastor, Rev. Matt. S. Jones, invites the active co-operation of all the ministers and christians of the city. Miss Mary McDaniel of this city and William Finley of St. Joseph were married Sunday of last week at the home of the bride's mother. They left immediately for their future home, St. Joseph. Aaron Majors and wife are the proud parents of a son. Battalion No. 8 of the A. M. E. church rally army gave a mock trial Monday evening; it was very interesting. One of the best musical concerts ever given in Atchison was rendered Tuesday evening to a large audience at True Eleven hall, by Misses Ethel Penn and Flossie Denning. These young ladies are very proficient in mu- Lawrence, Kan. Last Sunday's Forum was attended by a large and appreciative audience, and all enjoyed the interesting program given by the ministers. Mrs. Huddleson of Topeka sang an excellent solo. Herbert Gleed attended grand opera in Kansas City last Thursday night. Mrs. Harvey has returned from Blue Mound, after spending three weeks with her mother-in-law, who has been quite ill. Those who attended the dancing academy last Friday evening had a very pleasant time. The famous Strode's orchestra furnished music, and the morning hours had made their appearance before the dancers departed. The Lyceum club was entertained by Miss Myrtle Slaughter last Monday evening. A most enjoyable time was had. The S L. D. T. club met at the residence of Mrs. B. Hawkins last Tuesday afternoon. An interesting feature was a debate on "The Ballot or the Bullet; which is most Beneficial to the Negro?" The lady whose death was mentioned in last issue was Mrs. Mattie Woodruff Bryant, and not Mrs. Mattie Bryant of 1042 New York street. Mrs. Belle Jeans returned last week from Denver, where she attended her sick daughter, Mrs. Mattie Neil, who is much better. OLATHE, KANS. A. J. Williams, who spent the winter in Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, Cal., arrived home Saturday. Walter Rollins and wife spent Monday in Kansas City. Rev. Holmes is conducting a series of meetings at the A. M. E. church. Mrs. M. E. Ross, who has been confined to her home for the past three months, is able to be out again. Mrs. N. Botts, who has been sick for the past three weeks, is reported better. L. E. Williams spent Tuesday in Kansas City. Special services will be rendered at both churches Easter. WINFIELD, KAN Rev. W. H. Garnett was the guest of his parents in Salina last week. He also stopped off in Newton a few days to shake hands with old friends. Rev. J. R. Richardson of Kansas City will be with us the second Sunday in May. The A. M. E. church gave a dinner Tuesday which was a grand success. The Fred. D. literary met last Friday night. Grandma McNeal is again at home able to go around. G. W. Amble is preparing to go to the territory. Mesdames Dent. and Lambort of Wiohita stopped off here one day last week, en route to Chanute, Kans. Mrs. Thomas went to Arkansas City to visit her mother. Mrs. J. Brown is on the sick list this week. Guess who said that if he could ST. JOSEPH, MO. It is reported that Miss Anna Wynne and Wade Peyton, a youthful couple of St. Joseph, were married at Savannah, Mo. last week. Mrs. Joseph Fisher of Atchison was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Julius Robinson last week. Miss Pansy Stanton has taken a position in the rest room at the Leader Dry Goods store. The class in millinery under Mrs. James Crews numbers nearly twenty. They are all deeply in earnest, and are working very hard to get their display ready for next Monday night, after which they will fill orders for Easter. The Study club met with Mrs. J. N. Oliver Saturday. The funeral of Mrs. Kate Harris, wife of William Harris, who died Sunday at Excelsior Springs, was held at Francis street church Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Cohren officiating. It was one of the saddest funerals ever held in St. Joseph. Mrs. Harris was an old and highly respected citizen, having lived here nearly 40 years. She had been a teacher in the Francis St. Sunday school 30 years, and had greatly endeared herself to all its members. She was indeed a woman of noble qualities, foremost of which was charity. She was ever ready to succor the needy or friendless ones with whom she came in contact. The pastor recited many of her deeds of love and kindness. She gave freely of her means and her labors to less fortunate ones, and always gave words of cheer, comfort and christian advice. The community has suffered a great loss by the death of this good woman, and her place can never be filled in the hearts of the people. Resolutions of respect from the church and Sabbath school were read. The casket was almost hidden by the floral offerings sent by loving friends. She leaves a husband, a sister and a foster daughter to mourn her loss. WICHITA. WICHITA. The friends of Dr. E. Harrison, the prominent physician, were surprised last Thursday when it was announced that he had been married the previous evening to Miss Goldie Williams. We wish for the doctor and his bride a happy and prosperous journey through life. Miss Carrie Phenix of Emporia is in the city for a few days. The T. O. S. C. girls, after a long vacation. will meet Thursday evening with Miss Sallie Rawles. Mrs. H. W. Harding is slowly improving. The B. T. W. club was entertained last week by Mrs. Bowers. Miss Winnie Pay is on the sick list. G. H. Young has returned to the city, after a pleasant stay in Chicago. Mrs. Young will return about Juue 1. Mrs. A. Bradford is ill at her home on North Water street. Miss Lulu Bradford, who has been attending school in Kansas City, has returned home to spend her summer vacation. Twenty-four boys and girls enjoyed a pleasant party at the home of Miss Pansy Cox Wednesday evening. Mrs. Etta Boston arrived here Sunday, and will remain. Miss Marie A. 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