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9156 Rising Son VOLUME VII. "NGROES AND NIGGERS." One Who Thinks Higher Negro Society Should Be More Careful. CITY Should BE More Careful. To The Star: The Star is to be highly commended for its treatment of the subject, "Negroes and Niggers." No greater service can be done the Negro than to arouse him and make him reform. I have studied Negroes carefully and feel that The Star was eminently right. Mr. Bowser falls short of The Star's meaning. Few of what is called the better class Negroes concern themselves one way or the other about the welfare of their lower element. It is not these that they defend. They feel themselves to be too high above them. But it is the morally deficient in their own class that they shield and protect. One of the most glaring incongruities is the make-up of that higher class. Read the police records and then read an account in the Rising Son of one of the smart functions in Negrodom and see who it is that leads Negro society in this city. The Negro loafer may not be there, but the man who devotes all his talents to the making of Negro loafers is there with his wife robed in silks and be decked in diamonds, and few there be who are not proud to do them honor. These men have every encouragement to keep up their nefarious business. They make money, live well and rank with the High school teachers. Dress and show have nearly all to do with entrance to Negro society. Any one out of the frailest family of any quarter of this city may gain admission to the best that goes on if he be good looking and have the taste to dress well and the precaution to spend freely. Of course, no one will pretend to know the rest of the family, but this lucky scion will have the mantle of protection thrown around him and he will be safe, so long as he is discreet and society sees cause to erate him. Until Negro society is based upon something more lasting than mere fancy and outward appearance the Niggers will largely outnumbers the Negroes. Negroes should have more respect for truth and moral worth. They should hold up the truth in their churches and schools, and show by their honest dealings in the every day affairs of life that they are men. They should protect the virtue of their women and guard the honor of their children. They should reconstruct their "better class" and, having done so, make some attempt to lift up that class that so often falls into the clutches of the law. Get acquainted with them and help them and yourself, too.—A Looker On, Who is a Negro.—K. C. Star. In touching upon the above question, Mr. "Looker On" evidently surveyed the ground very thoroughly in order to give the situation as many persons see it. No one, except those whom the shoe fits, will scarcely take umbrage at what has been said and the unbiased will readily admit that there is much room for improvement in the Negro social set of Kansas City. This bit of agitation is very timely and it rests entirely with that class of Negroes who would constitute the good element of citizenship in this community as to whether the moral deficiency in Negro society which is claimed to exist by Mr. "Looker On." shall be wiped out of existence or allowed to continue to exist. It is a well established fact that the leaders of society should countenance every characteristic that goes to make true womanhood and true manhood in order that the mantle of protection be thrown around the coming Negro generation. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH The last meeting of the Vine Street B. Y. P. U. was a very interesting one. The C. C. C. Chap. 34, was very beautifully explained. The 23d chapter of Pro., 13th verse: Through what loophole did the rich Jew dodge the law. 3d. What does the word Beths sada mean? How many appeared at the transfiguration? What was the Ark of the covenant? What is the tabernacle of the congregation? ELI HARRIS. It takes some people a mighty long time to forget the things they shouldn't remember. SHE IDENTIFIED THE SOUND. And Also Gave the Teacher Some Ex- cellent. Advice. The morning had drifted along until the teacher found herself opposite that period of time on her program devoted to "phonics." She noted (with satisfaction) that she had progressed along the alphabetical way until she was in the immediate vicinity of "S." Now, one who knows will tell you that there is much satisfaction in resolving "S" into its elemental counds. With many other letters the reverse is true. Take "D" for instance. The impression conveyed to a sensitive car, whose owner is constrained to remain near a group of infants engaged in dissecting the letter "D" (according to approved paenonic formulae), is that the entire lot are meeting a horrible death by choking. Not so with "S." That delightful letter absolutely wags its tail at the chance it affords the childish mind to revel in pleasant fancy. "And what do you think the sound of 'S' is like Jacob?" asked the teacher, Jacob (the school was in a suburb) thought it was like the sound the old gander made. The teacher smiled brilliantly and assented. Jacob, she reflected, was a child "of parts." Otto jumped to his feet and announced that "if you are down by the station yet, when the train comes in and stops you can hear it make a lot of 'Ss.'" The teacher readily discerned the hissing rature of escaping steam and commended Otto. It remained, however, for Annie, skuln, and dreamy-eyed, to evolve the definition that lived. "I tell you, teacher," she piped, "when you put the hot poker in your beer it makes a noise like 'Ss.'" Then she sat down, only to rise again, and add: "But, teacher, never put the poker in your beer when it is summer, or it will make it go bad."—New York Times. Interposed John Kendrick Bangs John Kendrick Bangs, riding in a Broadway surface car the other day, overheard two kindergarten youngsters discussing the question that has been giving Mr. Kipling so much trouble, viz., whether bananas grow up or down. "Well, Miss Harrison says they grow down," said one tot, authoritatively. "And I've seen them growing up my ownself," said the other. It was a case of authority versus assurance, and the general humorist diplomatically interposed. "You see," said he, "the world is round. Bananas do grow down on one side the world, but on the other side they of course grow up. Don't you see?" Imagination and Illness An interesting experiment was recently made by a Dr. Durand, in reference to the relative power of imagination of the two sexes. He gave to one hundred of his hospital patients a dose of sweetened water, and shortly afterwards entered the room, apparently greatly agitated, saying he had, by mistake, administered a powerful emetic. In a few minutes four-fifths of the subjects were affected by the supposed emetic. These were mainly men, while all of those not affected were women. OBITUARY. Mrs. Christina Boulds departed this life January 12 at the late residence of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Beechamm, 662 Park avenue, at the age of 100 years. She leaves two children, two grandchildren and one great grandchild and a host of loving friends to mourn her loss. Sleep on, dear mother, sleep in peace; thy precious life from us has gone; around God's throne you shall rest in peace, until the resurrection morn. She will be buried Sunday afternoon from Pleasant Green Baptist church, at 1 o'clock. By the order of the Sons and aDaughters of Jerusalem. Funeral to be conducted by Revs. Wilson and McNeal The Speech of Monkeva. After fourteen years' study of the monkey race, Prof Garner has come to the conclusion that their vocabulary is not large enough to hurt. KANSAS CITY, MO., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1903. THE BROTHERS WILLIAMS & WALKER THE TWO REAL COONS." The ball and banquet tendered the celebrated stage artists, Williams and Walker, on Thursday night of last week, was one of the grandest social events of the season. The courtesy was extended under the courtesy of the McRay's Benevolent Association. Dr. T. C. Unthank introduced Nelson C. Crews, who acted as master of ceremonies. Mr. Harris, manager of the Williams and Walker company, in speaking of Negro theatricals, paid a glowing tribute to Williams and Walker. He spoke of the difficulties which he encountered in connection with securing theatres and other ac commodations and courtesies for Negro troops. His efforts in that particular have been persistent to the extent that at this time he can secure any opera house in the country. Mr. Lewis Woods of the Son, represented Mr. Judah, of the Grand. Among the members of the company presented THE REV. E. T. DEMBY GOES TO CAIRO. The Rev. E. T. Demby, who has been rector of St. Augustine Episcopal church, colored, has secured a new charge at Cairo, Ill., at a salary of $120 and parsonage. The church work of the Rev. Mr. Demby in this community was quite satisfactory. He was kindly remembered by a number of members of his church prior to his departure for his new field. The Star. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE NOTES The new year has started out very well in deed, with the school. During the week of prayer quite a number of students were converted. Dr. Frank H. Sanders, dean of the Yale Divinity school, Yale University, is spending a while with us. He is lecturing to the young men of the Phelps Hall Bible Training school in the morning, and to the student body at night in the chapel. It has become known that Mr. Andrew Carnegie is to visit the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute sometime during the later part of February or March, to inspect the new library building at the school, for which he gave the money sometime ago. Several photographs of this building have been sent Mr. Carnegie, and he has become very much interested in the building, especially in view of the fact that the plans were drawn by one of the instructors of the school, and was practically built by students of the school. were Bert Williams, George Walker, Fred Douglass and J. A. Schiff, Mr. Moon, the private manager of Williams and Walker represented the ladies of the company, among whom were Mrs. Green rapape and alrs. Jennie Davis. The banquet tables were decorated with flowers, George Harris, manager of the show, a "Kentucky gentleman," whose name also recalls "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; A. Judah, manager of the Grand theatre; Ben Rosenthal, advertising agent of the Grand, and others were present as guests. To Bert Williams and George Walker, the stars of the show, the occasion was very enjoyable, but particularly to Walker, who calls Kansas City his home. He was born in Lawrence, an, and as a little negro boy used to sell papers in Kansas City. "I used to sell the Star and the Times down on Fifth street," said Walker last night. "It was a good many years ago, at least it seems so." Now Walker and Williams are the leading Negroes on the stage. BISHOP HARTZELL ON AFRICA. BISHOP HARTZELL ON AFRICA Bishop J. C. Hartzell, D. D., L. D. D. will address a mass meeting of colored people on "Mrica," on next Tuesday evening at 7.30 at the Burns M. E. church, corner 11th and Highland. Bishop Hartzell is one of the strongest men of the M. E. church. He spent many years among the colored people of the South in the F. A. and So. E society. His work is now in Africa. Everyone should hear blim. Come. J. M. HARRIS Pastor Birds Find Refuge on a Lightship. Birds Find Refuge on a Lighthip. The captain in charge of a lighthip situated at the entrance to San Francisco harbor recently reported to the United States light house commissioner that a large number of land birds took refuge on board the vessel. A dense smoke from northern forest fires hung over the locality and completely obscured sea and land. Evidently the birds had lost their way, and, exhausted by their long flight, the wanderers lighted on the ship undeterred by the presence of the crew. At one time sixty of the feathered guests were counted on various parts of the ship. Owls, cranes, hummingbirds and other non-marine species were noticed during the time. Wood-Pigeon Hurts Crops. Wood pigeons do more harm to British crops than any other birds. A GREAT ENGLISH JOURNALIST. Characteristics of the Editor of the London Spectator. A conspicuous British invader at the moment is Mr. St. Leo Strachey editor of the famous Spectator. No one who studies his portrait will question the strength of the character back of the countenance, but, to our mind, Mr. Strachey's most pleasing characteristics are his incisiveness and breadth. It goes without saying that his early education was neglected because, forsooth, this is his first visit to America; nevertheless, he knows a deal more of our country than many of ourselves know, and, while viewing our idiosyncrasies with that amused tolerance which no true Britisher can hide and which, in turn, is amusing to us, he is the most conspicuous, consistent and stunch friend of the United States to be found in London. He is also, in our judgment, the ablest of English journalists. It is well that he should come here and acquaint himself with our people and it is fitting that we should ex press our pleasure of seeing him and our wish that he might remain longer —Harper's Weekly. SURELY WORTHY FIRST PLACE New York Tribune Man Discovers the Champion Grouch. Some men are affable and want to talk with every one they meet, while other men are not, and want to be left alone in their shells. Extremes, met on a Sixth avenue elevated train the other day—one on the dark, rainy days. A grim, grouchy individual sat in a corner sent reading a paper. At Forty-second street a trim little man got on and took the seat next to the sour one. After settling himself comfortably he remarked: "This is very nasty weather, isn't it?" The surly one looked up from his paper, glared at him a moment, and then replied, "Is that any of your darned business?" — New York Tribune. Pie Filled with Live Birds. The new governor of British Guiana, Sir James Swettenham, is a man of original ideas, says a Kingston correspondent in the Nashville Banner. He gave a ball the other day, and at supper an enormous pie was placed in front of him. When he cut the crust four and twenty little black hopped out and flew about the room. Their feathers had been painted in brilliant colors. At first it was thought that the idea was to illustrate a well-known nursery rhyme, but it appears that this sort of bird pie is a popular custom in the Malay states, where Sir James comes from. The birds are caught and passed around among the guests, fertility being supposed to snake upon all who handle them. TAKING DOLLS TO CHURCH Bold Innovation Proposed by an Eng lish Minister. Rey R. H. Armstrong, president of an English Unitarian association, at a recent conference said that he had adopted the plan of preaching a special sermon to children once in every five or six weeks, but that even this was not sufficient inducement to keep the little tots quiet in church. He was anxious to institute a reform by a novel appeal to the mothers. He requested each mother to bring her little girls to church with a doll, which should be the "church doll" and which the child should keep perfectly still during the whole service. It is rather discouraging to hear that not one English mother carried his good advice into effect, perhaps because none was strong minded enough to begin. But it certainly would have a quieting effect on a good many children one sees in church on a sunny Sunday morning, when the restless legs and busy brains want to go out and play very much more than they want to sit quietly by mother in church. Antler in Cottonwood Tree Out from Rock Springs, Wyo., a few miles on the road to Browns Park, a big cottonwood tree stood till a few weeks ago with an antler of an elk imbedded in the trunk. The wood had grown around the antlers and the tale of how the antler came there is lost. NUMBER 49 Clippings. The Springfield Republican suggests the sending of educated Negroes from the South to teach in the Philippines. The Negro race in the South has not yet reached the standard of education where it can furnish teachers to others. — Florida Times-Union. The "Times Union" has a bad case of colorphobia, that's all. We know Negroes by the hundreds who can teach the Solomon who wrote the above lies — Negroes in Florida, who from an educational standpoint, can make him look like Balam's ass. We would call attention to the fact that notwithstanding what the "Times- Union desires, education and culture are not in the color of the skin, but in the quality of the "gray matter" which one possesses, and we are inclined to the belief that the man is lacking in this important particular. To us nothing is so absolutely pitiable as a white tool—Ex. We thank God for a President who will stand up for right, and who will not stand by and see the dignity of this great government insulted, be lttled and set at naught, simply because that official happens to be a Negro woman, and that Negro woman a postmistress in Mississippi. We have not forgotten the murder of Postmaster Baker, the shooting of his family, the burning of the post office—by the South Carolina thugs. We thank God for a Rosecott! May God strengthen his hands, stiffen his backbone, enlarge his heart, increase his determination, fire his soul—ana swear him again at the altar of human rights. -Ex. The Atlanta Age gives this gentle warning to certain citizens of the Georgia City, who seem to be crowding the "Jim Crow" street cars: If the street car authorities, in having compartment cars operated, would force the rule for separation of aces, all will work well. A great many Negroes, it is true, will walk instead of ride, but those who do ride will, as a rule, be contented. Should whites crowd in the Negro part of the air some Saturday night you will have a tale to tell the captain. Negroes are growing mean just like white folks. The Savannah, Ga., Tribune thinks Dr. Crossland's foolish conduct in howing his handiness with a gun will, s some extent, discredit the whole are. The Tribune says. The actions of Minister Crosslands t the Monovian capital are not at complimentary to our people. Men high places should be over careful f their every action and words. Yes; it now seems that besides hooting Mr. Faulkner because Faulkner objected to Crossland alienating he affections of Faulkner's wife, the doctor killed a native with his trusty pistol. Such a man is dangerous in my country. 1. McCorker's Black Patty, effort in The Freeman" last week, males us blink of Will Harris of the old "Times oscrever." Here's to von 1. McCorker. CAT LIVES IN ICE HOUSE And Seems to Enjoy Low Temperature of the Place. In one of Philadelphia's big cold storage warehouses, says the Record of that city, is a cat that lives constantly in a temperature of ten degrees above zero, winter and summer. Moreover she seems to like it, and on the rare occasions when she is removed to the outer air she mews and scratches at the door to get back again. Rats and mice also live and thrive in that temperature, which is the secret of the cat's presence there. "We put her in the compartment that registers 30 degrees originally," said the manager of the warehouse the other day. "We had been overrun with rodents, and we turned the cat loose as an experiment. She seemed to like it, and when we moved her to the colder temperature, it had no ill effect upon her. It would be interesting to know at just how low a temperature a cat could sustain life." Varying Purity of Air While over 80,000 bacteria per liter were found in the air of old houses in Paris only six were to be found in the same quantity of air of the mountain tops. DANGEROUS OCCUPATIONS: MEN WHO RISK THEIR LIVES DAILY IN PURSUING THEIR ORDINARY AVOCATIONS "All that a taan hoth," says inspired wisdom, "will be give for his life. Yet to one studying the risks taken every day in the ordinary course of business it must appear that human life is about the cheapest thing on the market. Not only is it dealt in on a whole scale by capitalists, who reckon on so many deaths for so many thousands of dollars spent in their undertakings, but it seems to be regarded as of no value by the man who take the risks. The workman asks no higher pay because he swings his pick in the constant companionship of death. He sells his labor at the market rate, and throws in a lottery ticket on his life for good measure. Novelists find romance in the life of the sea, but to sailors it is simply hard, grinding work for low pay. It is also full of danger, but the sailor does not worry about that. He is an irresponsible gambler, but the thing he grumbles about are poor food, poor quarters, "blood money," robbery by boarding house keepers, and kicks a cuffs from mates. When he gets the order to lay out on the royal ward, with the wind screaming through the rigging and the ship heeding until the racing waves that rise furiously to meet it, he does not complain because he is risking his life for twenty two dollars a month and a mess of molly hardack and condemned beef. If he slips and disaparces from human sight it is all in the day's work. He does feel, however, that he ought to have something like a fair chance, and if he comes to his death through a rotten toe rope his surviving comrades may resent it. He has also been known grumble on discovering that he has been sent to sea on a ship designed to sink for insurance. The "bronco-buster" is an admirable subject for the artist, but it is the spectator who gets all the picturesqueness of his occupation. The human organism is wonderfully held together or the first jolt of a bucking bronco would shake it to pieces. But even the raw hide physique of a western cowboy can not withstand flondish battering for an hour at a time without serious consequences. Sooner or later the bronco-buster's mallet treated or gans give way, and he takes a premature departure from a world in which he might easily have lived for forty years longer if he had adopted some less arduous trade. But he may not live to reach even such an end as that. One ```markdown ``` A Lineman at to reach even such an end as that. One slip and trampling hoops may snuff out his life in the course of his first day's work. The soldier in wartime takes a good many risks, but for the fireman it is always war. It is needless to recount the hazards of actual firefighting. These are generally appreciated—the hell of smoke and flame, the forlorn hopes among caving floors and falling walls, the rescue dashes through volcanic windows into craters of glowing coals, all strike the popular imagination like the soldier's battles. But the ```markdown ``` A Toiler of the Sea. fireman's dangers do not end with his battles. He is risking his life in less spectacular ways all the time. His mere exercises are hazardous. Sometimes he drops from a roof to test a safety-net. If he gets killed he has proved that the net is not satisfactory. Sometimes he has occasion to try a new extension ladder. If you have ever had to climb a ladder eighty or more feet high, resting against the side of a house, you know that the sensation is thrilling. But that is as commonplace as walking upstairs compared with the sensation of climbing a ladder that rests against nothing. The tremendous leverage puts a strain up on the lower end of the contrivance that will search out a flaw if there is any there, and a puff of wind may shift the center of gravity and capsize the whole apparatus. Some years ago a good deal of attention was attracted to the herosom of a fire engine driver who turned his galloping team against an elevated railway pillar to avoid running down some people in his way. His engine was wrecked, his horses were fatally injured, and he himself was killed. But exploits of that sort have ceased to be exceptional. It seems to be an understood thing that an engine-driver under such conditions shall save oth- A BREAKING A BUCKING BRONCO. ers by smashing his machine, not merely at the risk but at the almost certain sacrifice of his own life. The soldier fights with the encouragement and support of his comrades; the policeman oftenest fights alone, but it is not always in fighting that the bluecoat takes his life in his honds. He goes within the firelines and helps the fireman to rescue women and children from burning houses. Let a team of fearcrazed horses come careering down a park drive, scattering nurse maids and sending pedestrians scurrying for shelter, and a moment later a mounted policeman will be seen galloping in pursuit. He gains on the flying runaways, and as he creeps past them inch by inch he begins over, and reaches for a bit. Unless he is dragged out of the saddle and trampled under the boots of the frightened brutes his tally of lives saved receives some additions. Sometimes it is not a mounted po- liceman, but a "bike-cop" who per- forms this teat. As he reaches the head of the runaway he rises on his pedals, kicks his machine away from him, and hangs dragging on the bit. In that courage seems to have reached its high water mark. It is hard to ima- gine what could be beyond it. The steeple-jack leads a merry life, and sometimes a short one. He likes to play with death, and sometimes for the amusement of the spectators below he will stand on his head or extend himself by his arms at two hundred feet from the ground, but he is not quite as careless as he looks. He never moves a hand or a foot without knowing exactly where he is going to put it. Long habit has disciplined every muscle. An ordinary man is subject to involuntary movements—the unconscious reflections of external stimuli. When he hears a noise he starts; if anything drops on his fingers he jerks them away. That would be fatal in the business of steeple-climbing. If the steeple-jack should jump when he heard a noise, or snatch away the hand that supported him if a hammer fell on it, he would make his next trip in an ambulance. With him every movement is under control of his will. He knows the strength of every bolt and every rope to which he is to trust his weight, and still with all his precautions he is continually in the shadow of death. While some men hunt for danger on the heights others look for it in the depths. The naked native who dives for pearls in the Vermillion sea or on the banks of Ceylon is in peril from sharks, devil-fish and the revolt of outraged nature, that sends the blood gushing from ears to nose when the limit of endurance is crowded too far. But his risks are trivial compared with those taken by the civilized diver who penetrates the abysses of the sea for day-wages. His life is absolutely dependent upon uninterrupted communication with his helpers above. Not only the shark and the devil-fish, but the smallest creature that can cut his air-hose may sentence him to a death that no human power can avert. He winds through the tortuous recesses of sunken hulks, trailing his life line and air-hose behind him, and if one of them tangles itself about a splinter or a clump of clinging seaweed the diver may join the ghastly company of skeletons, grinning at him in the cabin of the wreck. There is no chance for him to save himself by swimming if anything goes wrong. Anchored down by his copper helmet and eighty pounds of lead in his shoes, he must wait for the last judgment where his broken air-pipe leaves him. Sinkiewiez found the climax of one of his greatest scenes in a wrestling-match, in Rome, between a man and a bull. There are athletes in America to-day who are willing to take the risks of such contests whenever called upon, and no feats of horsemanship in a Roman arena ever surpassed those that are performed by American cavalry troopers, both in the regulars and in the national guard. The dangers of railroad-workers have been diminished of late years through the general introduction of safety appliances, but they are still greater than those of a soldier in the field. In the year 1900 two thousand one hundred and fifty employees were killed on the railroads of the United States, and thirty-six thousand six hundred and forty three were wounded. On an average the American railway system demands the lives of eight of its workers, and malaims a hundred more every day in the year. That is exclusive, of course, of the smaller slaughter of 3 passengers, and takes no account of the substantial contribution made to the lists of dead and wounded by the trolley lines. In five years American railroads killed over ten thousand of their men, and wounded over one hundred and sixty thousand. Compared with that record the casualty lists of the Spanish, the Philippine and South African wars tade into insignificance. The roll of dangerous occupations is endless. And nowhere does a vacation seem any less popular because it involves the risk of death. Men may strike for higher wages, for comfort, for shorter hours, for points of punctilio, for any one of a thousand things, but nobody ever strikes for safety. Indeed the tendency is often precisely the other way. In England, a generation or so ago, some reformers learned with horror that the operatives in certain factories were working under conditions that destroyed their lungs and left them on an average only half a dozen years of life. In their effort to stop this sacrifice they found their most persistent opponents among the men they were trying to benefit. These men were willing to die, but they were not willing to invite competition by making their vocation attractive to 永 One of the Risks a Fireman Takes. the crowd. It is the philanthropists outside who try to mitigate the risks of the dangerous occupations—you never hear of such a movement on the part of those whose lives are risked in them. Cow Kisses Woman in Court As a sequel to disputed ownership of a Jersey cow claimed by Mrs. Emma Houghman of Omaha, Police Judge King of South Omaha has bound over Charles Epstein for trial in the district court on the charge of theft. Epstein had no proof of ownership other than his word. Mrs. Houghman asked that the cow be brought into court. The Court consented. As soon as the sleek looking Jersey appeared Mrs. Houghton called it by an endearing name and the cow walked up to her and kissed her. Three times the experiment was tried, and the cow each time rubbed her nose against Mrs. Houghton's face. Mrs. Houghman explained that she had taught the cow to do this. Justice of Peace P. C. Caldwell gave possession to Mrs. Houghman. --- MIGHT BE GOOD IDEA. Why Professor Advocated Changes In College Curriculum. "Gentlemen," said the college president to his conferreres at the annual meeting of the Amalgamated Association of Advanced Educators, "gentlemen, I have a novel idea to suggest to you." "Nothing Chicagooesque, I hope?" said the editor from the coast. "No," said the first speaker. "It is something decidedly practical." "I object," cried the chief subscription gatherer from the city on the lakes. "The objection is turned down," said the chairman. "Proceed, brother." "My scheme," said the first speaker, "is to add an extra course to the usual curriculum. I would call it the football course, and devote the first six weeks of the college year to it." "Good," said the president from New Jersey. "It would be an optional course," the first speaker continued, "and those who didn't take it up would have nothing to do save to look on while the others demonstrated their familiarity with the study. Then I would have the regular academic course begin on Dec. 1." "And why," inquired the advanced educator from the far south, "and why do you suggest this change?" "Because," replied the first speaker, "because there's nothing doing in the old school until the whistle blows on the last half of the last game of the season. That's why." Whereupon the educators adjourned to think it over. HIS PLEA A FAILURE. Senator's Efforts to Boom Western Town Net Successful. Senator Beveridge lived in Kansas for a while after he graduated from college. When the old-time land boomers get to spinning yarns, says the Washington Post, the young Hoosier has one or two himself. When he alighted from the train at Alva, Okla., during his late southwestern trip, he was grasped by the hand, and some one exclaimed: "Well, Senator, do you know where I saw you the last time?" In a settler's wagon over near Dighton, Kan., by golly! "I wrote the first boom circular for the country over there," said Mr. Beveridge. "Soil four feet deep, abundant rainfall, and all that sort of thing. There was a lively business in that vicinity for a time. The soil was really splendid for agricultural purposes. I was in partnership with a man named McChellan. Mac and I worked hard to develop that part of the state." "Flourishing community now?" asked those who had heard the senator's vivid western story. "No," he replied with a dejected air that would discourage a triple statehood boom. "Just ranch land." Not a Mere Chat. Secretary Root invited two men who know much about the Philippines to breakfast with him at the Arlington a day or two ago, so they might have a talk about the archipelago. The secretary was absent minded when he came down stairs and he went to the dining room and breakfasted alone. Then he came out into the lobby and found his two friends waiting. "Why, good morning," said the secretary. "Come right along to the office and we can talk matters over." The two men thought this meant that the secretary wanted to have a short talk with them before breakfast and they went along without protest. When they reached the office they sat down and talked until 2 o'clock. Then the secretary thanked them and bade them good by. Five minutes later two hungry men dashed madly into the nearest restaurant and ordered nearly everything in sight. Next day Secreter Root remembered and spent half the foremonn hunting up his friends and apologizing profusely. Paddy Found the Third. A London mechanic, with the intention of enjoying a practical joke, pasted the figures of two donkeyes on the dead wall opposite to his workshop. Under these figures he had written in large letters: "When shall we three meet again?" The idea of this, it need hardly be explained, was to presuppose that whoever should stand to read the inscription was the third donkey. He then retired to his shop, from which he could see how the bait would take. It was not long until a man coming by stopped and stood gazing in perplexity at the two donkeys and the inscription. The mechanic was elated at the manner in which his brilliant joke had worked. He burst into a fit of loud and hearty laughter, which soon, however, subsided when the man quietly turned round and scorfully exclaimed: "Bedad, I was all along wondhern" where the other one was." Answered the Description He was dining at a foreign hotel, when a detective approached and said: "Beg pardon, sir, I am in search of an escaped convict, and shall have to trouble you for your passport as a matter of form." "But do I look like a convict?" "Possibly not, sir. Still, I shall require to see the passport." The Englishman, in his annoyance, snatched up the bill of fare from the table, thrust it in the detective's hand, and exclaimed: "There it is, then!" "What is this? 'Sheep's head, neck of mullon, pig's feet.' The description tallies exactly; you must come along with me." A New Scissors Feat. Take a pair of scissors (not too large) and hang them on your little finger, as shown in Fig. 1. The trick is to throw them upward and toward you in such a manner that when you have brought the backs of your hands together the blades will be pointing upward, as in Fig. 3. This is another of those seemingly simple tricks, but a key is required to unlock it, as you will find by repeated experiments before it is given you. "trade" must go. "Q" is a difficult ter with which to start a word. "of course, must follow and then "a given for "Quaker." The next may say "c" for "quack," and there no getting out of it for the next one as nothing but "k" can be added. Supposing, though, that the four thinks of "quaker" and says "e," it is at once sent to the foot, as he completed the word "quake." When you have hung the scissors as explained above, simply throw them upward and toward you, with the hands held open and placed together in such a way that when the scissors reach them they (the scissors) will rest on the hands for an instant. In Here are a few pleasant and prentertainment: First—Make a words that are spelled different at, say, chirty m FRENCH STANDARD, CHARLES VI RUSSIA, MANOI WAR FRENCH STANDARD, CHARLES VI FRENCH TRICOLOR RUSSIA, MANOI WAR RUSSIA COMMERCIAL Above are two of the flags of France; the first, the standard of Charles the Sixth, being a very old flag, while the other is the modern French tricolor. The flag shown here is one which was in use in the 14th century. It is blue, with yellow fleur-de-lys. The well-known tricolor of France dates from the French revolution, and came into existence in 1789. It has, except for a short period, been the flag of France for ever a century although it underwent a few changes before it settled down to its present form. The stripe near the flagpole is blue, the center one white and the end red. Below we see two of the Russian this position only the first joints of the little fingers will be in the seissors, as you will observe in Fig. 2. Now 2 3 bring your hands still closer together and roll your knuckles outward, bringing your hands toward you till the backs meet, then downward, outward and upward, and the scissors, if you have mastered the trick, will turn blades upward as already explained in Fig. 3. In handling the scissors be careful treat no one gets hurt by carelessly tossing them toward their eyes or face, as some are apt to do unless warned. Faithful Dog's Reward. Prince, a collie dog or Brooklyn, recently ate a porterhouse steak, the reward for his sagacity in giving the alarm when fire started in his master's big stable. Fifty cows and ten horses were in the stable, and it has been Prince's duty to guard them. When he smelled smoke he ran to Levine's house, 330 feet away, and awakened him by barking. Levine turned in an alarm and rescued the horses and cows. The building was destroyed. Novel Spelling Match. Line up the players in a semicircle and let the person at the head give the first letter of a word say, "D," think of "dance," and the next one, probably thinking of "dunce," say "u." The third with "dull" or "dulce" in mind, says "l," and the fourth, not being so very quick, finishes the complete word with another "l." He is then sent down to the foot, to stay until the next one finishing a word comes below him. The object is to keep from adding the letter which finishes a word. It takes some ingenuity to do this. Suppose the word "France is thought of, and it is spelled to the "c," someone calls out "foot," and the speller of --- "trance" must go. "Q" is a difficult letter with which to start a word. "U," of course, must follow and then "a" is given for "quaker." The next one may say "e" for "quack," and there is no getting out of it for the next one, as nothing but "k" can be added. Supposing, though, that the fourth thinks of "Quaker" and says "e," and is at once sent to the foot, as he has completed the word "quake." Here are a few suggestions for a pleasant and profitable evening's entertainment: First—Make a list', from memory, of words that are pronounced alike, but spelled differently. Fix the time limit at, say, thirty minutes, when the lists FRENCH TRICOLOR RUSSIA COMMERCIAL flags, the first the sign of the Russian man-of-war. It bears upon a white field the cross of St. Andrew in blue, St. Andrew being the patron saint of Russia, as well as of Scotland. The Russians believe that it was he who brought the coerces of Christianity into their midst. The flag of the Russian merchant service is a tricolor, or three-colored flag, with the top stripe white, the middle one blue and the lower red. It dates from the time of Peter the Great, and was originally borrowed from the Dutch, although now the stripes are differently placed. Paint the pictures. are handed in and the boy or girl having the longest list wins a prize. Examples: Pale, bail; bate, bait; faint, feint; fane, fain, feign; vane, vein; wave, waive. Second—Make a list, from memory, of words that are accented on the first syllable as nouns, but on the second syllable as verbs. Same time limit, and the longest list wins the prize. Examples: Affix, compound, conflict, escort, export, insult, survey, transfer. Third—Make a list, from memory, of words that are spelled alike, but pronounced differently. Same time limit, and the prize awarded as before. Examples: Courtesy, does, gill, lead, learned, live, poll, read, slough, tear, wind, wound. Where the Wind Comes From. How many boys and girls know how to find the direction of the wind? Of course, if it were blowing a gale anyone could tell, but suppose only a gentle breeze were stirring—hardly enough to make the fickle weather-cock decide which way to point—then what would you do? In such a case a woodman or hunter will thrust one finger into his mouth, wetting it well, and then hold it up in the air. The side which feels coldest shows from which direction the wind comes. The reason of this is plain, the more rapid movement of the air from one direction causes the moisture on that side of the finger to dry more quickly, thus giving the sensation of coolness. Home-Made Snowshoes Each shoe consists of two barrel staves set far enough apart to allow the sole of an old shoe to rest between them. The slipper is screwed firmly to the second cross stick. The back part of the slipper is allowed to rest upon and is fastened to the network made of clothesline or any other kind of small rope. The rope is strung through holes made in the sides of the staves, which FIGI FIGII have been bored with a red-hot iron. These shoes can also be used in traveling over boggy ground in the summer. --- Word Pastimes Army's New Devi The y's New Devices. wees Many Changes Made in the Insignia Worn by the Various Corps—How Rank and Service Can Be Told at a Glance. wee HE abolition of the; an open wreath, within whic! regimental organiza: | trefoil or clover. Chaplains tion for the artillery of | cross as their device. the United States Army | These insignia are applied and the substitution | necessary to. the devices ind therefor of a corps com: | of the arms of the service, A posed of field and | termaster of the engineer ba coast artillery, followed | wears the regular castle wit by a very comprehen: Quartermaster's device above t aive order regarding | tral tower: @ cavalry Chanlain . ‘the uniforms of the military forces, have caused many changes in the in- fignia worn by officers and men. All officers wear the national coat ‘of arms on the front of their caps, and, according to present orders, on the collars of their blouses, where Mt takes the place of the time-honored “U. 3." Enlisted men of the line— of the engineer, cavalry, artillery and infantry organizations—wear the de- vices of their arm on the fronts of their caps. ‘These insignia are: A castle with three towers for the — engineers, ‘crossed sabres for the cavalry, crossed rifles for the infantry and crossed cannon for the artillery. There being only one regiment, oF rather three battalions, of engineers, only the company letter of an enlist ed man is shown, and that Is perched on the centre of the three towers, which is smaller than the others Enlisted men of the other arms show the mumbers of their regiment above the rifles or sabres, and the letters o1 their companies are below them; those of the artillery show the num ALT SEN (reread mo m4 ka SAT In &ON (i ceg jig ¢ 2 BS if if TORO Be Oa a Ses ders of their company or battery—the first in the coast, the latter in the fleld, artillery—below the crossing. Enlisted men of the Signal Corps wear the devicd of crossed flags and a torch on their caps, and a private of the Ordnance Corps shows a bursting Domb, Randsmen wear Iyres on the front of their caps, those of the en Kineors almost hidden by the castle, and those of the other arms, show. ing the number of the bands to which they belong. Field musicians wear trumpets on their caps; an artillery musician wears the number of his battery or company in the ring of the trumpet. while one of the engineers or of the cavalry and infantry shows the letta 2 PR S SH L); RS NEY KE oS Sie a 7 OE y of the company er troop on top of the ring. and the number of his resi. ment of the device of his corns Inside the loop. Non-commissioned — staff officers wear open wreaths on their caps, with the numbers of their regiment or the devices of their corps within: the col: or of the facings of the uniform, tf they are regimental noncoms, ind! cates the arm of the service to which they belong. Descending now from the caps to the collars, one has to do with officers oaly. Besides the coat of arms of the United States on each side of his col Jar, an officer wears also a device in. dicative of the arm, bureau or corps. The devices of the engineers, In fantry and cavalry have been de scribed, An artillery officer wears the crossed cannons, but tf he is of field artillery, he shows a wheel at SCRE od) (Ra ae Sel y lads nalts: SS the Intersection of the pieces; if of coast artillery a plague with a conleal projectile upon it The devices of the staf bureaus and the corps are as follows: The Ad futant-Generat’s department Pas an American shield; the InspectorGen eral’s, a closed wreath, with a sword and a Roman fasces crossed behind it; the Ordnance Department has a flaming bomb for its device; the Judge Advocate’s, an open wreath, with a sword and quill pen crossed upon ft, The Medical Department's device is a caduceus, the stam carrie! by Hermes or Mercury, a winged stat on which two serpents twine; — the Quartermaster's, a wheel surmounted ay an eagle, with a sword und key srossed upon it The device of the Subsistence De partment is the simplest in the sex tice, merely a crescent; that af the Pay Department is a lozenge or dia mond. Professors at West Point wear for heir device a shicld surmounted by he cag’ from the arms of the MI ary Academy; and the two officers of be Record and sension bureaus uso an open wreath, within which te @ trefoil or clover, Chaplains have a cross as their device, These insignia are applied where Necessary to the devices indicative of the arms of the service, A Quar- termaster of the engineer battalion wears the regular castle with the Quartermaster's device above the con: tral tower; a cavairy Chaplain shows the crossed sabres, wita his rest mental number above them and the cross below them; a commissary ol coast artillery has the crossed can non and the projectile, with the cres cont below; an adjutant of tnfantry shows the crossed rifles, with his regi ' Le ey J mental number above and the shielt of the Adjutant-General’s department under them The same insignia are used by the non-commissioned staff officers as eap devices, surrounded by open wreaths: the electrician sergeants, for example, showing lightning flashes in their wreaths, and hospital stewards the caduceus, The badges of rank in tne army have not been changed, ex: copt that the chevrons Lave — been made smatier, and are worn correct: ly, points upward. STORIES ABOUT LITTLE FOLK. Curious Ideas That Youngsters Get in Their Heads. Children get strange ideas some: Uimes—almest as strange as theit eld ers. There lives @ ttle boy on the south side who 1s fond of tho delicate floweremhroidered upholstery. of the parlor chairs. Not so very many days since a great f{Fosh Toll of yellow but tor came ftom the country and at tracted the baby's eyes. He ts just CA enough to toddte around atone and put his fingers in every pie. Ry some unaccountable means he got a hand! of butter, ard a few minutes later the mother was horrified to find each par lor chair nicely buttered, He had found both pretty and saw no reason why they shouldn't go toxethex He was not unlike the litte gir whose mother found her before the parlor lace curtains, seisvors in hand, Iusily cutting ont ail the roses of the pattern “tase dey"s <0 pitty.” These stories wore told in a gather ing of mothers the other day, and then the young mether of a three-yearold daughter chimed in: “Well, let_ me tell you what my Sat We did.” T heard a great crashing 4 “the dining room and went out to find owo broken pitchers at Sailie’s. fect and a third one In the air ready to be brought down, 1 grabbed her and cried ont “Why, Sallie, what are you do ing?" “Breaking up housekeepin’, she re plied, unconcernediy “Mer father thonght it was funny but fwell, TH bet shell not “brea up housekeeping” very soon again — Ghicake ‘Chronicle. Suggestion Not Well Receives. Champ Clark and a prohibitionia orator met ata farm house in Missouri last fall, both being ont vote-hunting at the time. The farmer's wite pre pared a beautiful dinner for the tray elers, Champ delighted her by eating Uke a hired man, but the prohibition: ist was a dyspeptic and merely sipped & cup of hot water, Tho host and host ess Urged him to try the chicken, a piece of ham, or maybe he wontd like & pork chop, but (he guest said, °No, thank you.” to all invitations, Finally the young son of the house leaned over to hts father and whispered hoarsely: "Maybe the geat wonld suck A ese, pap.” Champ exploded, the mother blushed, and the father looked an intimation of what was going. to take place in the woodshed by and by. Abe Bie Se lee “ckeeeas A movement is on foot to All the vacant niche alloted to Indiana. it statuary hail, Washington, with a sta tue of George Rogers Clark, A reso lution having this parpose iy view bas been prepared ard Senator Barcus 0 Terre Haute and Senator Gray o! Evansville will be asked to introduce it in the stato senate. Every state ts entitled to furnish two stazues and the custom is to commemorate one civilian and one soldier, although there Is no fixed rule, Oliver P. Mor ton’s stetve is the only one Indiana has in the hall, The movement for a statue to Clark will provoke antagon: ism, as many Indiana citizens beiteve the place belongs by right to Thomas A Hendricks Quasar tonne te Dente. The alleged bequest by Mes. Stanton of her brain to Cornell university for Aissection—which Prof, Wilder says was pever made—reminds an Enetish writer of the ease of Harriet Marti nean, Who consulted an English doctor for deatmess and in return for his po Noness—his treatment did litle good doctded to leave him her ears, Mise Martineau hanpered to mention her plans to her family physician, who said: “But, my dear madam, you can't do that; it will make your other lex: acy worthless.” And i appeared that se uad already in ner will bequeathed her head to the phrenological se) tety and ler ber doctor $50 for cutting It of! INTEREST EXQUISITE PETTICOAT OF TAFFETA, Pa PAPE = Z \, PX’) \)\) rsa Or (So. Vy f- i; Vy y j OPEN A {ty i IN : AN TAS AM IPRs | 4 AN Us \c he AW | ! ¢ i AN ify tence ; PSNI Wr ATA Peete eee Zibeline Remains a Fad. As if to emulate tne bizarre effects of the pottery art, zibeline, the sea son's favorite fabric is appearing with motailic luster. The long hairs of the material—they get longer and sitkier daily, by the way—cateh the yellow, red, green and stecl effects in An exquisite petticoat to wear with & black evening gown has a closely fitting skirt of black and white striped taffeta, with bunches of cherries be: tween the stripes. ‘There are three deop graduated ruMes of white accor: ee & wonderful manner and brighten up the dull ground of the stuf. Among bew mixed materials are many In ebine effects, such as dull purple, dull red, faint green and steel gray. A particularly charming kind is known as pistachio cloth, because its black ground is spotted with litle irregular patches of pistachio green, and the result’ resembles closely a cake in which the mnt is mixed. New arrivals of dress fabrics com prise all kinds of Scotch tweeds and plaids, the former in subdued color ings, Cloths like those used for men’s suits are also in high favor for street gowns, They are eminently practical since neither wind nor weather can penetrate their closely woven eur faces. Bracelets will be much worn this winter, say the prophets especially with evening gowns, nnd eldfasn. foned Jewel sorts that have lorg lain idle in the depths of jewel cases: may be resurrected. ‘The slender hangies and chain bracelets may now take their tum at solitude. Watcues are daintier than ever. | see eA Seats, Og Rabe aA ETN: ah Rye yreleiits: ty eS DRONES dite © Co Dee ME ed Ree RY pels Never plore ment white cooking Add a dash ot salt woen whipping Moist salt. or motet toa leaves sprinkled over the carpet betore sweeping will renew its brishtnes Alvase ueek ores cuentas tn fa saucer in case yom come aerRs a had one, in whieh case all the Tes Would be spodlt santcepans —Dlanche Gillette i An ean Queen If you cook moat a recond time, a very hot oven ts requtred You cannot cook anything nieety tn utensils which are noi scrpttously clean To prevent min curdiing when mixed with teiatocs, adda pinch of Dlearbonnte of soda Never wash meat. Clean tt, {f nev esrary, by rubbing with a damp cloth or by seraping with a knife ee A beautiful carriage or reception Fown ts of thick write cloth, mate With three flat shoulder eapes caught down on either shoulder with wide mitred straps, adorned with narrow which depended coarse Knotted ca es white cord. The dytice wa cha eithie athe Gf RekcoaTt Ill ' © Vest, the yoke of which was ange velvet, which mate a lovely touch of color, and the skirt had a plain front panel with a deep. bow pleated Kilt at the bortont eradaating in a point behind. A good deal of double hemstitehing is also employed on te white gowns, the edge of the aren latter |bolera being constantly treated tn this fashion, white the skirt is often ‘finished by a double row of hem: | stitching. An Epicure's Opinion. Very few people really understand the art of making a good salad An dion plaited chiffon edged with narrow Diack Iace. Heading the upper ruitte is @ band of black lace insertion through which an inehwide cherry satin rib bon is run, ending ina bow and ends at the side. RAR epicure declares that oil should ther: oughly ceat salad before vinegar is used. Tf vinegar ts used first oil does not cling to Wet Vegetables ‘To dress a salad properly, rub every portion of the salad bowl with a etusted clove or garlic Then put in the vegetable, lettuce, eres or what ever It may be, and add the oil, whier bas been mingled with the salt and pepper. Toss the leaves about lightly pever crushing them, until every por tion is covered. Tien pour in Qe Vinegar and repeat the process ‘The result should be a light, crisp salad. “Haste makes waste” in nota ing more surely than salad making Worn on the Wrist. White satin fitted with stort alt ver trimmins and wrist chain, and embroidered in seed pearis, ina niall runring pattern rather — te embling trne lovers’ knots. is the hiidat combination that goes to make hy) one of the vest handsomest of the wrist bas” nove'ties Black moire. wih gold clasps and ball Hnk chain, ts used for @resay JUST A PETTICOAT OF WHITE SILK. GiSD CO Sn Say SS ae a SPAS ca GRY ex, 3G Tae i KES | nee eee we Tee A Ve d eh} Was f\ eh) e GAs) Ip Los N cy Be” eee: ‘ é an AY | &*, DI] | BS t e/ \ . Ge N. | Hee Ry SA ae . fon ar ROG pal |e Some ene: Reisen PRESET eine 12 BIS ES BY yet eo Se fee Just a at, but such a for s exaet counterpart. A jelosefitting white sik skirt strewn With moss rose buds, ruffle upon rut tle of white chiffon lace and pink rib mma afterrocn wear to hold carts and handkerehief, as Well as money. Other bass are of the flowered pom: padewr sila, witt background of white, pale blue, oh rose and Nile Eten, with rosetinis and violets Massed in bonquets of scattered over the surface, Tho shape tx still obtong, rather larger than the ones used tt eerly spring, although many square okes are shown eo | Use of Floral Designs. Some of the larsest and most stetk ing effects are in the carefully consid ered use of enormous floral designs either woven into the fabric of the sttk or appliqgned in lace or embroidery of Jeolor contrasting with that of the gown, While dealing with the subject of these elaborate costumes it may: be HWel! to mention the new yell hat which Is a Very effective attdition to Jsome toes It mmist be handled “With cate.” however, as it ts rather too | striking to ts recklessly wort, It com Usiate Cha large hat made in some Jeases of those wonderful swiris of Fehtffon, which only milliners know | how to prednce, and a very white gattey | vetl With an embeotdored edge draped jabout it to stay Ut is sewed on, in Lother words, amd falls dewn abont the | neck and souldors. Its deliewey ts in } Brocade Evening Glipners. pete amt toute ane made of ete Bn Stating nowea, White lk, ail gallh blnck lace ad seed pears, wad te the lovely aiika, Tnet with white tae or fleece, sad Waisted ‘ith « narrow hand of beaver tur The Latest Jdeas From Paris ‘The turry heads of cunning little an imals toy some of the newest hatpins Ore of the newest vetls is of open mesh with black stars tn each corner of the meaty To wear white effectively a woman must be either a gure tilonde or ade cided branette (OF colonial bine. glass ornamented with silver pretty: tittle lace and vel pins are formed A new shade in velvet is a claret, and is neither ted nor yet purple, but Hahts up wondertully well for evening wear ‘The most popular and most becom ing hats tor afternoon wear are of beaver or fur, and are much be plumes Trown is one of the favorite colors this season for day and formal even fhe Went, and in evening eownNE brown chiffon is lovely for young women ol the medium. type A rich Iooking collar of Mack velve is trimmed with rows of white baby ribbon briar stitehed in back. a tarn over of white satin with fons tabs @ tending down on the waist, trimmes with faney buttons, is the finishing tows AIL the colors of the rainbow and a fm. other kitts are in the new helt Buckles Some of these buckles are im Mack metal and set with many colored: stones—ted, teen, Intue, vel Jew and: different combinations t: give. an. otlontal cftect mes the oh rattle t wit arrow lace and n The HEALTH RESORTS OF THE SOUTHWEST. Where shail one go at this seagon, ‘of the year to avolt the disagreeable features of a Mustery Northern elt: mate or to gain relief from the vari: ous tls that flesh ts heir to? Thera fe only one answer to the question, Tamely, take one of the Missouri Pa cific’s palatial trains to the winter pleasure and health resorts of the Bouthwest particularly those tn Ark fnvas, Louisicna, Texas, Olt Mexico @ stop from the dreary rains, snows find Mizeards of the Bast, Nortuoast and Middle West to tne warm and Pleasant’ winter climates of the Southwest. Por the invalid and the Pleasure seeker there are many in viting prospects. For these the heaith-eiving and rejuvenating waters of the Orsark are bustling in the green-walled basin of Hot Springs Mountain, the most picturesque spot | to be found, It ts sate to say plat there ts no alltheyear round health And pleasure resort tn the country that can compare with Hot Springs Arkansas, It is the only National aanitarium in the United States own: ed and controlled hy the government At fs as a fashionable pleasure resort that Hot Springs has attracted the Ereates( Attention: darthk the: past decate. ‘The atea that tt is only the afticted who yo there has long sines boon proven crroseons. Ie is the re ognized sopilar winter resort of the deat Northern travelers amd the sum mer gathering pace of the social clans of the sunny South, The man of stall means ean supply his noods and the can ob wealth has opp Ny te procure Che Pivurtes he dusires For the tourist and health seeker, who. | prefers the salt air and sunny shores Jot the Gag many attiactions aro fferet at Now Orleans, Galveston touston and points alone the Texas east, all reached by the tron Moun ain Route, where tarpon fishing, tie seat royal of all sports for the: neler, fe At its very best during the inter season Queer and quaint old San Antonio Avother place that should be visit 4 It te the portal of the healta elt of Toxas, and is sitated at the ead of the valley of tie exesedinly } ame, at the very adee of the foot | Ms of ine Guadalupe mountains J tound about much diversity: of } omugoment is found, ant there are | any points and places of historicat terest to bo soon, hut it is in biearre fan Antonio fees tat the tont | ongemble of diversion ts most eharny paly rounded. It is a modern marvel | teities, preeminentty cosmopolitan ond thoroughly mnexpected, I chron. clea Ms Spanish birth as nnmistak- | amy as tts Texan erowth, From San Antonto the tayeler ean take tha train sonth to Laredo, the famous Hherder town, on the banks of the “Rio Grande River, and crossing the ostream, place foot in the land of tha Montecumas, the Feypt of the new F work, Mua time can be spent with | profit-and pleasure in this wuts typical climate amit scenes replete with his | torte interest. From Laredo, alsn, the Ttrtp tes actos New Mesion amt Ari gona, to Las Angeles, San Francisco and the famous resorts of the Pavitis F coast, All of these places are best { reached by the Missoutt Bacitle Rail Sway and tron Mountain Ronte with eonneeting lines that so te make at the great Gonld svsten of ratlroads Bushmen and Apes. The Bushmen or low gente Hottons tots on the plains ef South Atrica, Dave a langage which has boon ae Clared by Prof. Garner to be a close, approximation te Mar of the hieher Apes. It consists of Missing, elieking and grunting sone Oo YOUR CLOTS LOOK WELLOWT Tso tise Rest Cras Hall Riis Twili nike Ahem white ms ANEW Sor Packie SCout, A Costly Eanguet Furs valnet at S8c0n ware pee ented as some to Awehtption young men att women w ot with Jerome § aiter the anpial Horse show tn New 7 or took place at the Cate Martin atid cost & Vignanes of Austrian Lav Twonty three ven an ont Yai ne Buda 1 , Amoericn, where he arated a 1 fort 1 fee hath i wa a t Big Water Wheels Tho t water wheels in Beliatn freon the river Toth, siy mile * Burling The 1 sh: eotton: mite bave four whe b foot an diamere ‘The Isle of Man has Cu b whet fot all at the Laxey mine tis eZ fect 6 Inches in diameter Fete ET OTN Ae YOU SATISFIED? A Tens S68 iy ; LnGimbirghe Gib | THE RISING SON, LEWIS Woons, Business Manager. 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Gharact the est seenttiy: that GA RAW Ot time of need teacys. ‘These may be lost o ea tC sound character W Ivers American must neces : : President Roosevelt aurage m the char ‘ atest and must Vresident Roosevelt is defending Negro intelligence, character and in teetity. Iiideed, or gracions presi dont is a Trtrioss: champion of the Heht ated the Very soul of broadness He retuses to pide the yoke abant the feck of an untertunate people with the FQUNeTION quoted @ halt a vontury feo Upon the other hand ita Negro Woitld seek intelligence and character, Mr Roosevelt believes in extending te tum the hand of encouragement Col Crisp. the Missourt Tecistator does not seem to think that his pet moastre the dim Crow Street Car bill affords the Negro sufticient mortifos thon, he is alse going to introdner. a Measnre having ter its purpese, sep Anite reading rooms for Negroes in the public Ubaries af the state The old Col's prejudice towand the Negro race is that of atypical Southerner Le matters not how foolish or incon, sistent his apinion affecting the Neste. he is quite contented so tome as it is Uinced With that bitterness ot pre ce which knows. no conscience 1 know of the bravery and charac: ter of the Negro soldier He: saved my lite at Santlage, and 1 have had beoasion to say xo in many: articles and speertos The Rough Riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and ‘Tenth calvary came mshing up the MUL carrying everything before them The Negro solider has the faculty of comine to the tent when he is needed most. tn the Civil war he came 4,000 strong, and 1 believe Re saved the Union”— Prosiient Roosevelt The appointment of WOH. Lewis a Negro graduate of Harvard college as assistant district attorney at Rox fon by the administration, is a direct reputation to the charges made by the Southern press in commenting upon the appointment of Crum as collector at Charleston, The Negroes of this country are cratitied at the stand the Administration is taking concerning Negro appointments, The president fs CARFYiNE ont his polley in appoint ing Negroes from a stand point ot fitness and integrity, leaving the color question out entirely President: Roosevelt's Successor,” by Bo Mont Reilly, is a splendid ex position of the reasons why he should sneceed himself ons president. E Mont Reily asa Republican worker and organizer, has the happy faeulty of doing things timely, as private seeretary to the mayer, JM. Jones, and as assistant postmaster he has proven his executive ability, and his loyalty to bis triendy God and vight Will not suffer a hypoerite to lead any people tong The Interstate Literary Association moet iN annual session at Leavenworth Kansas, December 26th for the 12th time, After transacting its routine Dusiness and rendering a very credit able program it adjourned to meet at Fort Scott with Tarner W. Rell, Esa, of Leavenworth, as president, We hope to see a new interest revived and that the idea of its organization may yet be realized. Hon, R, C. Kerens received the Re: publican endorsement for United States senator, A well deserved com Pliment to an untiring party warker and @ good friend to the Negro, Promise will not pay our bills, We expect our delinguents to pay up at once, either to the collector When he calls of at this office, because after the Ist of the month we shall put alt outstanding bills tn the hands of a cok Wetton agency Why dont we hear the pantheon proposition discussed by our Moguls? In spite of all opposition and lethargy Our cooperation scheme shall succeed. First because it is an honest solution ef our problem in this com munity, Second because the promoter kuows no sueh thing as fail Third. the big Negroes are looking on and the earnest” Negro is at the helm Fourth, beeause iC has the endorse ment of the Negro who has the best interests of Bi face at heart. Fitth because «has the endorsement of sotte of the very best merchants and bankers of this city Now let us do our duty by The Son and we will Kive You a good, clean ROWSE papey Dont take the paper a whole year, and some two and some three and When the collector comes around get mad and bad all at the same time, but be men and women, Pay up and let the Kood Work go-an, You may: look for us at any time, Now, it takes money to rin this paper and L must Nave Your support in every way, My sueeess is your's and your's is mine. Let us get the one thing that means: snecess to Kansas City! White men in the North have so long enjoyed a monopoly ef political sott snaps. that when a Negro ts given one they are disposed to make all the tronble they ean for him--if he is foal enough to let them bluff him. Some of these same white stinker. call ing themselves Republicans owe their geod fortune in getting into office to the votes of the black men. ty thelr wards and districts these shrewd white politicians manipulate the Negro. vate and atter election: get the highest ofice they are able to fill generatly A MOsSenMErsbip, a Watehman's job op Some other position in which there is ho Work and no srear mental ability required to discharge its duties. ‘The Sealored boys” get the spittoon clean tue and laborers fobs and a white base. INDIANOLA, MISS., VS. THE PEO. PLE. Mrs Cox. the Colored postmistress ot Indianola. has been toreed to leave her home and friends by reason ot an unUhristain prefdies— cand we would Like to say an unAmoriean prejudice? The congressman who represents that district. in our judgment, is Tess than A statesman and gentleman, The resolution he proposes to intraduer refering to the postottiee situation, de erves the bitterest contempt of all Negroes inthis country. and if our ideas Were pnt in practice he would feel and see the withering contempt of the intelligence as well as. the Vintictiveness of a long-suffering and downtrodden people, before he leaves Washington for his haterul home HW the powertnl influences of the North dit not use themselves as in struments to defend and uphold the Southern people in their disregard ot aw and peaceful Mabits, the country wonld be more happy and more pros perous, Not anly the Northern press but largely the Northern pulpit eaters to and palliates, if it does got actiatty eheoutage the wrong doings of the Sonth in an effort to unite” the two sections The Christian ministry and the pub lie press are more largely. blamable tor the disorder ant bloodshed of the South than any other teatures of so ciety, Men and women are put to death on any sort of suspicton right in the hearing of revival mootings. CHASED DEER ON BICYCLE. Animal Seemingly Enjoyed His Race With the Machine. C.D. Storms of Honesdale, Pa., was making a bicyele trip on the towpath of the abandoned Delaware & Hudson canal the other day, When he was between Glen Eyre and Rowland, in Pike county, says the New York Sun, @ big buck sprang out of a thicket and into the canal just ahead of him, The deer paused a moment and took & wondering look at the man on the wheel, and then went bounding along the dry bet of the big ditch Storms put on all speed, but the buck led Him a chase of more than a mile, keep: ing well ahead of him. Coming toa lock in the canal the buck leaped ont of the canal at one bound, cleared the towpath at another, took to the Lackawayon river, crossed to the other side, bounded across the track of the Erie railroad’s Hones: dale branch, a few yards ahead of an eust-bonad coal train, aud disappeared into ihe words Sianificant Gourt BDeciaion. ‘The decision of the Kansas City court of appeats that the combination of brewers that exists (n that city is @ trust of the hind expressly forbid den by the statutes of Missourt, and that any person who is indebted to the brewers in the combination need not pay his Mh and the brewer cannot collect the debt even by going to the courts, is an indieatton of the trouble that is brewing everywhere for unlaw: ul combinaions, The Wiles of a Widow. Of course, it was my fault—proba: bly. 1 was young; we were both young: had we been older, or at least less ccllow, it would not have hap: Pened, Nut what's the use of talking about “ifs” and “bute ’? Tt was ae it ‘Was and there's no help for tt 1 might as well state plainly at this Juneture that Margery and 1 were in love, or at least we thought we were. We had been sweethearts ever since she was in pinafores and T in short pants. But at the time it happened 1 had blossomed into creased trousers And a downy mustache and carried @ cane—had become, in short, quite a young man of fashion and wholly dis inclined to be treated as a kid. Now, Margery was a most aggravating miss and mischievous, and she declined Wholly to accept me in the role of a young gentleman of fashion, prefer. {ng to maintain the old relationship as boy and girl, This was, as yoo can Teadlily conceive, a constant source of annoyance and humiliation to me, and 1 was in no playful mood when Mar kery’s cousin, big and bronzed and 30, and the possessor of a long and flow: ing black mustache, came out to visit Margery’s family. ‘Then came a se ries of odious comparisons—done al ways in Margery’s laughing way and Probatly not intended to hurt. But they did hurt and mortally. What Young cut of 20 with the first growth fof down on his upper Hp can seo the humor in comparisons with the Row: ing mustache of a full grown mang. And when on top of this the sweet: heart of your fondest dreams deliber: ately refuses to accept your invitations And appears places with a big, band: some cousin with a piratical mustache, & man certainly ts justified in taking radical measures It was just when 1 was feeling my worst that T met the widow, It was at a party, to which, by the way, Margery had refused to xccompany me, prefer: ink to see the look of tmpotent rage which atorned my face As 1 stood biting my natis and wishing most heartily that Twas somewhere else, when glancing across the room [was dareled by a Visto of lovliness whieh fairly drove the Blood tack upon my heart. It seemed that 1 had never seen eyes So black and santey, a com: “plexton so richly, olive, lips so red and full and inviting: a chin so dainty and & form so altogether alluring, Well, 1 was formally intooduced and most gra ctousiy received With the art of a clever Woman-and a widow-—she made moe feel that [was a most important personage inher eyes and that she Niked me suppose that evening was the happiest Lever knew —unless | ex: cept the evenings following. Her flat: tery Was Incense to my spirit, wound: ed as it was by Margery’s conduct Inimestiately [became the devoted slave of the widow. She was a few years older than I, buC the manner in Which she looked up to me and de ferred to my opinions convinced me that 1 was really her elder in know! edge of the world and that she was Dut a clinging vine wholly dependent upon my strength and wisdom, Within a week [Twas wholly en slaved. L could think of nothing, talk of nothing but the witew Ry: that time 1 was calling her Nellie at her own suggestion delicately conveyed, 1 Was rhinonsly extravagant in flowers and theatres: and matters were pro kressing rapidly. My affair with Mar Rery was forgotten, or, if remembered ft Seemed wholly ehildish beside the fiery passion of my new lovemaking And the lovemaking was all so easy ‘There was none of the embarrassment so constantly arising in my relations with Margery. The widow's plump little hand seemed so invitingly near to mine at moments when it was pro pitious to give ita warm squeeze, anc there Were always So many perfect op portunities for quite teteatetes And those tetewtetes—there never were stich delightful ones since the begin hing of time. ‘The modest blushes and sighs of the widow nearly drove me | / | i ; I} | distracted with delight. IT have sus: pected since that the widow was not so modest and ingenuous as she seemed an yet it seems sacrilege even to sug gest it L remember the first time T kissed her. It was several weeks after T met her She had been particularly invit ing and gracious and 1 had caught glimpses af the daintiest of ankles peeping from the daintiost of lingerie, which I confess set me afire, She was attired that night, too, in a gown that suggested every line of her fauitiess figure and kept my mind flied with Visions of gathering her in my arms. As | arose to go I came pretty near CRUTCHER @ WELSH, 716 DELEWARE STREET. Tf von want to buy a House, If you want to rent a House. If you want to sell a House, Hf vou want to borrow Money, If you want to Insure your House or Furniture SEE CRVUTCHER_ (Q WELSH. 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In myarms—and wher whe was securely there {t ail seemed 80 natural that I squeered her tight and planted an ardent kiss full on her ripe lps Her cheeks were aflame and she drew several sharp breaths as she shrank from me, saying: “Oh, don't. Fred, you mustn't. 1 really am afraid of you when you look ke that” But I only held her the tighter and rained kisses upon her. ‘Then she sent me from her, telling me that she dared not trust herself with me longer. And 1 went home intoxicated with her beauty and charms, Ah me, that was before Uncle Tom died, and instead of leaving his mil Hons to me as everybody expected and had been ted to expect, endowed a col lege with them. And [ went to work fn an insurance office, and somehow circumstances seemed to make it hard: er to see the widow, especially alone, and we gradually drifted apart—and watt t's a A Ae | S| Vi). 4 es (F aif i 7// NA YE | id ‘The Wiliams and Walker company At the Grand this week played to a crowded house each evening. They are both very clever artists, in fact, the whole company is all right. It is the best on the road and much praise is extended it by the white and black Manager Judah of the Grand gave the colored citizens good accommoda: tions at the Williams and Walker show this week, IMMENSE TREES IN FLORIDA. Monarchs of the Forest That Have Stood for Centuries. It is difficult even to guess at the Age of the ancient live oaks, but some of them must number centuries and the oldest and greatest of them all is a monarch of the forest, with iis outer branches sweeping the ground fo a cirele 120 feet across, with limbs AS great as ondinary trunks of trees and bearing & garden of acrial ferns And airplants upon their bark, This Venerable tree is supposed to be the largest live cak in Florida, Enormous grapevine trunks rise sinuonsly from the ground and tose themsetves amid the quarteracre of foliage that crowns this tree; the saplings that once gave them support have disap: peared lope years ago, their only record being the angles and curves of Erapevine stem to which they lent their transient ait in climbing — sky ward.—Country Life in America. Investment of French (apital. A few months ago tae minister of foreign affairs of France sent a letter to French consuls in the different quartersof the worldinstructing them te report on the amount of money tn- Vestal by Frenchmen in their various consular districts, France has always had the reputation of being an invest: ing country, a dividend-receiving coun- try, a nation of almost inexhaustible Tesources. The result of the consu- ler investigations fully sustains this reputation, showing that the foreign investments of France aggregate in found numbers nearly $6,000,000,000, Rival Speakers. While Mr. Webster was once ad: dressing the Senate on the subject of internal improvements, and every Senator was listening with close at: tention, the Senate clock commenced striking, but instead of striking twice and indicating the hour, it continued to strike withont cessation more than forty times. All eyes turned to the clock, and Mr. Webster remained st- lent until the clock struck about twenty, when he thus appealed to the chair: “Mr. President, the clock {s out of order. I have the floor.” CARD OF THANKS. Rev. and Mrs, Bacote extend thanks to all sympathizing with them in the Jeath of their infant son, Samuel, The Czar's Bodyguard. The Crar's bodyguard consists of fifteen Circassians noted for thelr keenness and courage Taney ac: company the Emperor every: where, sometimes in disguise, some. times in uniform, an‘! on occasions as Private Rentlemen of the court. ‘Taey Keep a special watch en the kitchen, and examine everything that is cooked before itis placed on the imperial table. The wine is tasted several times a day by three persons, for fear that it should be drugged. X Sof ? ue A aoa £ hs i = ‘ LQ ak : = eS — * Se ‘The virtue and frailties of human na- ture are depicted in a forceful and graphic manner in “Not Guilty,” the melodrama that Will be introduced at the Gilliss theatre, commencing next Sunday matinee. Goodness is triumph- ant at the end, as it should be, and thus a wholesome lesson is impressed upon evil doers. In this play George Dalton is the principal representative of the forces of evil. He is in the employ of James Sheldon as private seeretary, Sheldon having given him the position out of friendship for Dal: ton's father, whose schoolmate and friend he Was, Sheldon has a charm ing daughter, and believing Dalton to be worthy of her hand, he plans for their marriage. Four Thousand Gcdfathers. Princess Irene of Prussia is better provided tor in the matter of godfath- ers than any other woman in the world. She can boast of no fewer than 4,000 godfathers, and how she came to obtate so many ie a pretty story. Whemishe was beri:the war of 1866 ‘was drawing to an end, and peace be- ing concluded just at the time of her christening, her father, Prince Henry of Hess, requested all the officers and men of the regiment under his com- tmand to stand godfathers to his little daughter, whom he named — Irene (Peace) in commemoration of the end of the war, Scylla on Charybdis. Cheerful English writer informs us that vegetable food makes the loud Vessels hard and stony, deposits tartar ‘on the teeth and make them fall out, increases the fat of the body and tends to cause fatty degeneration of the heart, liver and brain, while meat gives gout, rheumatism, trichinosis, tapeworm, erysipeias, consumption and cancer. Cheerful English writer ‘will please further inform us what par- ticular brand ef embalmed breakfast food he is booming—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Decorated Americans Have Company. Seems to be no end ef the list of titles In Germany. Grand Duke of Hess has just conferred the heredi- tary title of court marhleist on the mason who reconstructed the ducal bathroom, while the Prince Regent of Bavaria has a royal sewer-maker and a court motorist. The imperial white wingist and the grand ducal boozolo- gist are probably on the way. These things greatly enharce the value of Col. Pa.tridge’s — decoration.—New York Telegram. Certainly a Sound Sleeper. Paul Kruger in his memoirs tells the story of a secretary whom he pun- ished for being drunk by tying him to a wagon wheel. During the night 3. 000 Kaffirs and about 4.000 Zulus at- tacked the Boer camp and were not driven off til daybreak. The secre: tary slept so soundly that he noriced nothing of the figat, and the next day, when he at last awoke, he losked around in astonishment and asked: “Have you people beet fighting during the night?” Prize for Life-Savina Device. The Johannesburg Chamber of Mines offers prizes for practical ang- kestions and means for obviating min- er’s consumption, watch is thought te result from the fine dust made by the drilling machires. ‘The following awards are offered for the three bost Practical suggestions and devices on the subject: First prize, $2,500 and & gold medal: second price, $i,250; third prize, $500 That Bubonic Plague. Some Mississippi negrows were dis- cussing yellow fever days in Havana. Unele Marcus, who was one of the group, rose to his feet, and with many. gesticulations thus harangued — the crowd: “Yo kin talk about de fever, ole Yellow Jack, When dat gits a holt on yowall it's mighty rough; but yo" kin most allers ginerally git eured, An’ de smallpox am bad; it sho" gives yo" de misery in ebery par: ticular ob yo" frame; but yo" kin git ober dat, ‘cept its track, But dis yere new misery ketehes yo! ebery time. Dere ain’t no hope fo" ye, chillum, wen ye’ git took by de bonny blue flag!” GO 10 COLORADO! vie the SCT cn (Cheap Rates All Summer, $15.00 Round Trip to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. ‘on certain dates. Final Return Limit October Sist. Two Fast Trains Leave Daily at 16:40 9. m, and 9:35 p.m Ticket Office, 823 Maia St. & Union Depot. ST SE a Si SN NGI. NGI NSD NG NG NGA NGA NGI. NGI. NGU NSU NGI NG NSU. NBD NG NG NLA ND NU NGI NGY. NOD NG NG NGL NGD Sa NENG NG NOD NBD Ng Ne NG BY NED NBD AN IMMENSE CONSIGN"ENT OF GUARANTEED ~ ALL IMPORTED WOOLENS! A Rare Chance to Get an Imported Woolen Suit or Overcoat | Tailored to Order, at About Half Price. - The U.S. TAILORING CO. has captured a $40,000 from New York City of the highest , grade of the finest Imported Woolens. Such qualities were never seen in Kansas City before. These goods are made up in regular $50, $60 and $75 Suits and Overcoats and $15 to $20 Trousers This firm retired from business early in | December and disposed of its valuable Stock to us, and now we will make you: | $60.00 Suits $50.00 Suits $40.00 Suits $15.00 Trousers $12.00 Trousers $10.00 Trousers ! and Overcoats for and Overcoats for and Overcoats for for for for | $35 |) $301) $25 |) $9 1) $7 1 | $6 This unheard of sale gives the Kansas City business men the opportunity to dress well, to buy Suit. Overcoat or Trousers at about one-half the price these same woolens are made up in New York City and London by such well known tailors as Poole of London, Rock & Bell of New York City and Mathews & Ely of Chicago. We simply ask you to come in and examine this stock whether you desire to purchase or not. The quality speaks for itself. Ghe V. S. TAILORING COMPANY, 800 Main St. J. FLOHR, Proprietor. 800 Main St. A Ben 024 Ro ey relict \ oss Nd aia) NS ae ~—_—_ (i ii | ’ H | fr} rf +) Ce 9 ee) | (iat ay = (t \y Remember please— 2's the litte bits we collect here an there That enables us to run from year to year.” Rev. McNeal is full of push and a race man for true Jas. R. Gorden, 8. G. K. of the 8. & D. of J., is much better, Mr. W. W. Waters is pending the week in Wichita, Kansas. Eli Harris made a flying trip to St. Louis in interest of the Odd Fellows, Allen Chape! is carrying on a re vival. It is hoped that lots of good will follow Mrs, Emma Clay of Hannibal, Mo., is spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs, John Davis of 1609 Lydia avenue, Dr. T. C, Unthank has been con: fined to his home with a case of ton: silitis. The Misses Ida and Daisy Foster and Frof. J. S. Harris were among those who attended the Negro State Teach- ers’ Association at St. Louis, Mrs. Bettie J. Jorden of 419 Cherry, after a three weeks’ stay at Cleveland, Miss., has returned, She reports a nice time, We expect our local subscribers to Pay up at once. Please meet the col- lector pleasantly and pay him Father Harper of England, has ac- cepted the charge of St. Augustine Mission, He is a practicle scholarly gentleman Who is able to infuse new life in the work. The Rev. Father and Mrs, E. T. Demby left Monday night for Cairo, Ul. The best wishes of a host of friends regardless of denominations, go with them in their new fleld of labor, In addition to the names of the ladies who assisted Mrs. D. A. Willis at her reception published in the Son of last Week, are; Mrs. Amos Barnett, Mrs. Wm. Gaines, Mrs, Geo. Bryant, Mrs, E. Gorsey, Mrs. Herndon, Miss B. Perry, Miss Leona Doughtry and Miss Bell, Miss Josie Ray and Miss Flora Ray of Mayview, Mo. Dr. Birch was called to Joplin. to visit a white lady who was afflicted with a tumor. He brought her to Kan- sas City and performed a very suc- cessful operation. She has returned to her home restored to health, This Foes to show that fitness, ability and determination will win and a black skin is not always a barrier, Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions, It is an estate in the general good will and respect of men; they Who invest in it, though they may ‘not become rich in this world’s goods, will find their reward in esteem and reputation fairly and honorably won, And it is right that in life good qualities should tell, that industry virtue and goodness, should rank the highest, and that the really best men should be foremost. | Mr. Wm. Thompkins, after spending the holidays with friends in the city, left for Boulder, Colo,, Saturday even- = where he is studying medicine, Mr. J. A. Wilson, the jeweler, is the ‘happy father of a ten pound boy, born ‘Monday morning, the Sth. Mother and ‘son are doing Well _ Prof, Hawkins of Ft. Scott and Prof. Collins of Kansas City, Kas, was much in evidence on this side of the Kaw during the holidays, The Rising Son will have its collect- ors out from now on and it is hoped that all subscribers will pay their bills promptly on our presentation of the same. PLEASE PAY UP, Our collector will be around. Please be prepared to meet him with the money. All delinquents are expected to settle by February Ist, after which all outstanding bills will be placed in charge of a collection agency for im- ‘mediate settlement, eae ‘ieee eee: thie, “T can't say,” observed Uncle Allea Sparks, “that I approve entirely of the tobacco habit, but did you ever think what a difference it might have made in the history of the world tf Adam had had a chew of tobacco tn his mouth when Eve tempted him with the forbidden trait?” ALLEN CHAPEL NOTES. The revival, on account of the severe weather is not so well attended. There has been nine persons added to the church already and we hope for great results from this meeting. Let all Who are really Interested in the salva tion of souls not neglect to attend these meetings as often as possible Prayer meeting each afternoon. Every: body is welcome. The Sons of Allen gave its mem bers an elegant luncheon at the resi dence of Mr. D. A. Doyle, in honor of Mr. L. D. Hines, one of its members Who leaves next week for Florida to spend the winter. The gentlemen had a splendid time all to themselves which will long be remembered. Those present were: Messrs. Burton Hill Wm. Crump, Harry Bean, Wm. Baker Arthur Rosemond, Edwin Watts, Chas Frazier, Turner Sexton, James Crews Samuel Lee, Oscar J. W. Scott, L. D. Hines and D. A. Dosle, The Sunday school reelected thelt officers, No changes were made, We hope something will be done to put more life into the Sunday schoo}, The Sunday school needs some one to teach the children to sing, There should be more singing in order to interest the children, They grow restless during the closing lesson re. view. A few changes would improve the school, ‘The Loyal Legion had a very pleas: ant meeting at the residence of Mrs Laura Collins last week, The annual report was read and was a splendid report of their year's work. The club had given to the trustees from their treasury during the year in cash, $96.50, ‘besides taking care of their especial work of supplying needed ar: ticles for the parsonage. They hold the election of officers Wednesday, Jan. 14, ‘The Stewardess board meets each Wednesday afternoon. They are doing & good work for charity The True Eleven meets each Fri day afternoon, ‘They are assisting the teeatese. LEXINGTON NEWS. Quarterly meeting was held at St John's M. BE. church Sunday. Presi: dent Elder Davis preached morning and evening. Quarterly conference Was held Monday and he left Tuesday morning. Revival meeting has begun at the A.M. E. church, Rey. Gilbert was in Kansas City several days last week, Rev. Mrs, Howard was here Tues day night on her way to Richmond to hold a series of meetings, She was out to the meeting Tuesday night and the people were glad to see her Mr, Shell Olden was badly injured by the falling of coal on his foot, Sat urday | Mr. James Bush was in the city Sat urday jew. Anthy is quite ill, also Mr. Wm Shater, Mr. Chas, Lewis js on the sick list Mrs. Emma Smith and Mr. Eugene Conway paid up for their subscription, We hope others will do likewise. Mr. Lewis Porter got his finger nearly cut off, CELEBRATE THEIR TWELFTH AN. NIVERSARY. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Willis celebrated their twelfth marriage anniversary last Wednesday afternoon at their beauti- ful home, 2488 Waldron avenue. The cozy home was fittingly decorated for the occasion. The following ladies as- sisted the hostess in receiving: Mrs. Wm. Garrett, Mrs, Johnson, Mrs. Dean, ‘Mrs, Ed Clay, Mrs. J. Brice, Mrs. Bert Hill, Mrs. Herndon, Miss Parker and Miss White. Refreshments consisting of punch, chicken salad, salted al- monds, candies, ice cream and cake and coffee were served in abundance. The hostess received many valuable Presents suited to the occasion. THEY ARE THE ONES. Tt ts the working class of our peo- ple who toil hard for a living, that can always be depended upon for the stic cess of Negro enterprises, while only A few of our professional men will pat ronize or give support to such enter: prises, A man is respected these days for what he is really doing —Detroft Reformer, Our collector cannot feel in good humor when he is requested to call five or six times to collect a small sut- scription Dill, Please treat him as you would that he treat you, Canada Growing More Apples. Canada’s shipments of apples this year are over three times what they were last year and about double what they were in 1900 Proof Needed. If it can be proved that the kaiser’s yacht was christened wih) French wine, France can afford to bury the hatebet and forget all about Alsace. Lorraine. Caught in Subterfuge. Teeauge she kissed cer thamb in steal of the Testament when being sworn at Sundariand, England, police court, @ proseeutrix has been severely admonished. Naturally He Was Interested. Hamley—You seem interested in (he horse show, Have you any en- tries there, Phamley—-Well—er— yes. Hamley—Prive winners?) Pham: ley Lhope so, ‘They're my three eld: est daughters, and all marriageable.— Philadelphia Press KANSAS CITY. KANSAS. NOTES. ak @kitaee Sonten gee vou acre at Topeka looking alter the loaves and fishes Hon. B.S. Smith {js smiling, he has his forces well in hand Martin Tucker is looking well these days. He has some well defined ideas along race lines. | Judge 1. F Bradley, one of the most Aggressive Negroes at the mouth of the Kaw, has a splendid law practice At her beautiful home on Haskell avenue, Mrs, LF. Rradley recetved her friends trom 2 to 6 last Priday aiternoon, in honor of her former fschootmate, Geo. W. Walker, of Wil liams & Walker theatrical troupe. The house was darkened and illuminated ttn gas and candelabra. The table was a poem of green and white, Long white satin streamers from ceiling to table, banked with smilax and ferns with all refreshments carrying out the same color scheme reminded one of dreamland. ‘The ladies Were handsomely gowned, and amid such attractive setting formed a picture of lovliness, It was an imprompted affair, but was alto gether as pleasurable as though weeks had been given for its preparation Those who assisted the hostess were: Mrs. 8. H. Thompson, Mrs. 8 S. Smith, Mrs. J.C. Branche, Mrs. 0 BR. Johnson, Mrs. S.A, Edwards, Mrs DN. Crossthwaite, Mrs Wm, Pair fay, Mrs. FLL, Trent, Mrs. 1. 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At Qninson, in Franes, a father has just had to pay 9s Gd death duttes on his daughter's estate, which amounted te ds Inscription Over Heroes, “Caister men never tien back" ts to be Inseribed on the monument over the grave of the wine Caister (ang) liteboatmen, whe were drowned on Dow HM, tat | + ~ PRICES Are lowest here we buy in immense lots for spot cash, taking ad- vantage of every dis- count, we sellon aclose margin — many stores. pay for their pianos the prices we sell for our selection is superb in- eluding the CieKker Ing, Emerson, STER- LING and dozen other grand makes. — > os arf Hoffman) as oe oe meee Sonor Gr wansas © TEL. 780 GRAND. COUNTEE BROS., Undertakers. Licensed Embalmers. 914 E. 9th St, Kansas City, Mo. Louis Rosenberg, G. M. Patton, eprint: Bueienese Fine Wines, Liquors And Cigars, 7 Poe . Louie’s Place Union Bar. Pade EL TSth St, Kansas city, Moy TWO SINGERS AND A SONG. By ESTELLINE BENNETT. (Copyright 1928 by Daily Story Pub. Co.) The last notes of the voluntary died away in a whisper. For a moment the restless congregation was hushed. Only the muffled roar of the stamp mills on the opposite side of the gulch broke the silence with its monotonous reminder of something dearer than a day of rest. Through the open windows of the church came the odor of pines and the damp sweet freshness of spring. A small boy looked wisely out and thought of the croses blooming under the rocks on the hillside. A young girl, with her eyes on her prayer book, let her fancy stray to a winding mountain road, and a young mining expert driving alone. Into the waiting, stillness of the church floated the first taint, sweet strains of the processional, but above them clear and sarril rang the notes of a popular tune a man was whistling in the street. Following the glittering cross down the mosaic came the vested choir, led by the thin, shrill treble of the little children. In the tear walked the soloists, marking the words of the lyrain with dumb moving lips to save their voices. One of those was a stranger; the other, in spite of dark rumors concerning his fitness to wear a surplice, was the favorite at St John's. He could sing like an angel. If he didn't live like one. His handsome, dissipated face, brought out in sharp contrast the pure, almost spiritual beauty of the new tenor. As the singers folded into their places and the belated worshipers who had been detailed in the vestibule hurried to their pews, a striking looking woman followed the usher down the aisle to a seat. The people in the pew crowded closer together to make room for her, and some one handed her a prayer book. No one noticed her again until her voice rang out on the chant. Then the people turned to look at her. None of the women knew her; most of the men did. "The psalter for the third day of the month morning prayer," read the rector in his deep, melodious voice, and then he waited while the prayer book leaves flattered and rustled and the singers laid their hymnals face downward to keep the place for the gloria. "Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle, or who shall rest upon thy holy hill!" He read in slow, impressive tones, and with a rush of many hurried voices came the response, "Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart." For the first time in years the words caught the attention of De Vere, and with an unconscious association of ideas he looked up at the new tenor. He knew that the white surpice emphasized the spiritual quality in any face. He himself could look almost a saint in his vestments and the subdued light of the church. But in this boy's delicate, clearent face there was purity and strength, something De Vere had believed in years ago and bad lost. And Errol, the new tenor, seemed to look at him across the chancel with the reproving eyes of his own lost youth. On the teu dem he could hear the tenor with its peculiar thrill and from the congregation came the mellow contralto notes of the woman, who was a stranger there. With a quick sense of mockery De Vere closed his lips and with a movement of his hand to his throat shook his head at the choir leader. He sang his solo just before the sermon, in a voice a trifle husky and strange, using all his art to conceive a back he had never realized before. He didn't know what the sermon was about. He hardly knew whether there was one. He was waiting for the solo that was to follow. A face might deceive him, but never a voice. The sermon was ended, the offeror tailed, and the ushers standing expectantly in the rear of the church when the organ rolled out the familiar prelude. “There is a green hill far away,” sang Erroll, and everybody listened. The voice was a rich, sweet tenor robusto, showing immaturity, some claring faults of to brute and a lack of that smoothness, and tits that PRIEST The Voice Was a Rich, Sweet Tenor Robusto. was the beauty of the Vero's. But these are the things that come with years and study; the appealing charm of the voice was something that neither masters nor hard work, nor knowledge of life, nor even heart- break can ever teach. It seemed in its very tones and cadences to preach the gospel of love and right living. It opened up the gates of heaven and made honesty and purity and even renunciation worth while. "He died to make us good," and the listeners wondered that their hearts had ever grown hard and their lives gone wrong. There was a hush over the church when the singer finished, broken only by the stifled sob of a woman. Men who spent six days of the week in a rush of business which knew neither music nor religion furtively wiped their eyes; a soprano in the choir bowed her head on the back of the seat in front of her, and cried softly A "Then We'll Go Up to the Rectory and Be Married." without an effort at restraint; and a pale, tired woman in a front pew looked up with a new light in her thin pinched face as though she had found something in life that made it worth the struggle. De Vere sat apparently unmoved, but his face was pale and his lips were set in a thin straight line. In the crowded vestibule at the close of the service he met the woman with the voice and joined her. She looked startled, but the hard, dark face softened a little and De Vere showed no trace of embarrassment, nor concern as he walked beside her down the steps and out into the bright sunlight with the church people he knew so well crowding him on all sides. "I'll never sing in church again," he said as they turned down the steps leading to Main street. "I have always known that some time long before I lost my voice I have to give up this sort of singing. You know what I mean, we've talked it over often enough. It's my better self that sings to church on Sunday mornings. It's the man I might have been. When I sing sacred music I always imagine I'm that other fellow I might have been and I've known that the time would come when I would be too far away from him to do it any longer." "Yes," the woman said softly, "but I don't understand why it has come to you so suddenly. What's the matter to-day? Is it this new singer, this boy? He doesn't sing as well as you do, you know he doesn't. Yet he's thrown some kind of a spell over you. I saw that in church and I don't understand." "Don't you?" Do Vere said quietly. "Don't you know that he holds people and always will, because back of his beautiful voice and musical temperament is a pure, good life and a character that's worth something?" Don't you know that his personal beauty has little or nothing to do with it? He not only feels what he sings but he lives it seven days in the week." They had passed the dead line and were in the bad lands, the district of dance balls and saloons. In the brief silence that had fallen between them the woman was waiting breathlessly for what was to come. She had never before walked down Main street with the Vere in the bread glare of noon. Something unusual was bound to happen. "We'll get dinner now!" he said in his cool, practical fashion of arranging commonplace details, "and then we'll go up to the rectory and be married. We'll leave town on the night traina and begin all over again. It may be too late to do us any good in this world, but perhaps it will give us a sort of a start in the next." A few Sundays ago, at the Southwestern Reformed Church, the master was telling the children of the Sunday school about the Scriptures and closed his remarks by relating to them the life of St. John, says the Philadelphia Ledger. When he had finished he wanted to see if the children had been paying attention to his sermon and asked if any of them could tell him about the life of St. John. After a few minutes a little girl in the end of the Sunday school raised her hand and said: "Yes, sir; I am tell you about him." "Oh," said the minister, "I am so glad some one has been paying attention to my remarks. Now let us hear about St. John." The little girl began: "John, John, the piner's son, Stove a pig and away he run." "There are good trusts and bad trusts," said the hopeful man. "Yes," answered the cheerless citizen; "but the bad ones are accumulating so much profit and power that I'm afraid it won't be long before the good trusts are led into temptation." Another John. An Apprehension. Storp Lombolc Palla Svansten Portmuiri Storpneti Jockmack Hielanemmi Storpcola Storbacken Karl Gustaf Eriangi Torren Eldefors Ned Torren Hemil Simar Mireplung Raneth Ned Torren Hemil Simar Ned Lulea Hemil Many carloads of food for man and least have been sent up to the famine sufferers in the northern part of Sweden with the money appropriated or the purpose by the Swedish parliament and that raised by popular subscription in Sweden and the United States. The committee formed in Chicago cabled $2,000 to the central committee at Stockholm. It is hoped to collect $250,000 in the United States. Reports as to actual conditions conflict, but it is believed the famine affects several hundred thousand men, women and children in Sweden and Finland. A cable from Former Premier Sagasta Passes Away at the Age of 75. Senor Praxedes Matteo Sagasta, former premier of Saina, died at Madrid, Jan. 6, aged 75 years. Praxedes Matteo Sagasta was born at Torrecilla de Cameros, in the province of Logroño, on July 24, 1827. He began life as a civil engineer, but at the age of 27 drifted into politics. Spain's history during the last half century has been a stormy one, with brief intervals of sunshine, and Senor Sagasta had a hand in most of the exciting events that occurred. He took a prominent part in the insurrection of 1856, and when that affair miscarried he had to fly the country. He took refuge in France, but when a general annesty was announced he returned to his native country and threw himself into journalism. He became editor of La Bria, the principal organ of the progressist party, and soon began to exercise considerable power. Constitutional methods of reform, however, are terribly slow in Spain, and Senior Sagasta began to weary of them. Thus he eagerly took part in the insurrection of June, 1866. It was a dismal failure, however, and the future prime minister was again compelled to fly to France. He did not return to Spain until after the fall of Queen Isabella II. In the republican regime of 1874 he was in office as foreign and home secretary and as premier. The "coup" which restored the Bourbons to the throne sent Sagasta into a brief retirement. Upon the death of the king in 1885 and the retirement of the entire conservative government, Sagasta found himself at the head of affairs, and successfully combated the clamors of the republicans, who shrieked for universal suffrage, till the birth of the little king, when Sagasta, confident in the strength of the liberals, dissolved the cortes and won by a small majority. It was in this period that he invested his party with that democratic character which is now more marked than ever. In 1891 Sagasta was asked to form a party, but was obliged to resign within a month or so. The assassination of Senor Canovas compelled the queen regent to appeal to him as the only available statesman. In spite of his age he came to the rescue, formed a government, and exercised considerable wisdom in dealing with the many difficult problems which confronted Spain at that time, chief of which was the insurrection in Cuba, where Weyler was butchering the natives and otherwise creating the troubles which eventually caused the Spanish-American war. Sasata had always favored home rule for A. Praekules Mateo Sagasta. Cuba, and although a law was passed, it was never enforced, owing to the insurrection in the island. Apart from his political life Sagasta was a gentle, kind-hearted man, of even temper, sunny disposition, and with all a Spaniard's love of power. A Staircase That Has Advantages A Staircase That Has Advantages. A staircase that can be folded up is the general title of a novelty for carriages and steamboats. It is composed of folding steps with handrails, if any desired length, which make ascent and descent easy. The device can be easily arranged to serve as a bank to walk from one place to another on the same elevation. It is the kind of thing that would be of great use in the event of fire, and it as the advantage of folding into a small compass. St. Petersburg a few days ago said 100,000 Finland peasants were either starving or threatened with starvation. The killing of everything by a combination of unseasonable rains and frosts deprived cattle as well as men of their food, rendering it necessary to ship enormous quantities of hay to save the peasants' live stock. The people not yet reached by the relief depots are reported to be making bread of the bark of trees. The map shows the district in Sweden north of the Baltic in which the famine is most severe and the need of help most urgent. Bishop of Winchester Likely to Be Head of English Church. Right Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, who is mentioned as the most probable candidate for the archbishop of all England, is at present bishop of Winchester, a post he has occupied since 1855. He was born in Edinburgh in 1848 and was curate of Dartford in 1874. In 1881 he was made honorary chapleman to Queen Victoria and in 1891 bishop of Rochster, Dr SUPER OF BENZENATER Davidson's wife is the second daughter of the late Archbishop Tait of Canterbury. A GREAT ARMY BALLOONIST. English Aeronaut Has Frightful Experience at Dizzy Height. experience at Dizzy Height. Col. Templer, who has done such excellent work with the army balloons in South Africa, was the subject many years ago of perhaps the most remarkable escape ever recorded in the annuals of ballooning. He is probably the only man who has been carried senseless to a height of more than 20,000 feet. To this day he bears on his face the mark of a marvelous experience he can never forget. A suddenust of wind had blown his companion from the car, sent up the balloon with the colonel alone and dashed the car against the cranimental ironwork at the top of a gasometer. The collision had a disastrous and tragic effect. The ropes were cut in two, causing the balloon to hang on its side, and the whole of the unsecured instruments to drop out. A piece of ironwork cut deep into the colonel's face, tearing his cheek. The balloon, revolving rapidly in midair, rose to a great height, the severed ropes twined round the colonel, suspending him in the most frightful position the mind can conceive. Then the acolunt fainted, and when he came to his senses the earth was 20,000 feet below him. He was a prisoner in an uncontrolled balloon, with the car dangling beneath him, and he was, to add to the horror of the position, suffering intense pain and bespattered with blood. 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Yenkerman & Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., who have a wonderful remedy for this dread disease. This is kissing season, and the plucky mistletoe the scratch. STATE OF OHIO CITY OF KALamazoo STATE OF OIHOR CITY OF TOLEDO. 1858. Frank J. Cheney makes catech with that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State of Ohio. His firm will provide one ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh CURE. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1858. [SEAL] A. W. GLEASON. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Drugstores, Inc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A man seldom has any trouble in trouble. Bottler report a corking good holiday business. No, Maude, dear, a mortgage on a house won't keep it warm. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure 23c. Loving a woman never satisfies her; you've got to make love to her. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Bail Blue, Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for same money. It's the girl who can't sing that seems anxious that every one should know it. Many School Children Are Sickly, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up Colds in 24 hours, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms Atall druggists, 25c Sample mailed free. Address Mona S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. If time is money lots of people spend one in saving the other. Don't you know that Defiance Starch, besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Mulhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, has a Socialist town council, which has decided to pay two shillings a day to all the unemployed workmen in the town. --- Socialism in Europe Proud of Her Ancestry. Proud of New Ancestry. Miss Mary Danbridge Spiers, now living in Washington, is a celebrated beauty and connected by ties of kindred and descent with the Washington, Danbridge, Pendleton, Taliafero, Buckner and other noted families of the colonial gentry of Virginia. Miss Spiers has literary aspirations and is now engaged in writing a book. She is a perfect blonde and a great favorite in society. Duties of Congressmen. "It makes me tired," said Representative Swanson of Virginia, "to hear these Congressmen talking about the hardships of a campaign. Now, campaigning simply means blowing about yourself, and that is the easiest thing on earth for the ordinary man to do. I have been in Congress for several years and I have not noticed that the members differ much from ordinary men." Eccentricity. Cable dispatches designate the crown princess of Saxony as "quite eccentric" because she left her husband when that gentleman set up a second domestic establishment with an actress. In this country her royal highness will be considered indeed eccentric, not because she left her husband, but because she didn't wear out a rolling pin on his royal head. The Bridal Bouquet The bride's bonnet at a recent wedding was in seven sections, and was thrown, as she left, to the six bridesmaids and the maid of honor. Three of the sections held typical gifts—a gold dollar, a gold ring and a gold thimble—prophysing respectively wealth, matrimony and spinsterhood to the recipient. Thousands Daily tell how the Free trial of relief to Invalid-Drifting People. Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and droopy signs vanish. They correct urine with brick dust sediment, high coloured pain in passing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness, headache, nervousness, dizziness. FREE: ASK AND YOU WILL FIND Doan's Kidney Pills. A SPECIAL TON Please send me by mail without charge, trial box Doan's Kidney Pills. Name..... Post office..... State (Out of correct address line and mail to Poster Sabarn Co., Sudals, N.Y.) Justin McCarthy Still Busy Justin McCarthy has just passed his seventy-second birthday. He has apparently abandoned novel writing and is devoting himself exclusively to history. THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting it free for same money—no cocking required. Moral in Temperance Lecture: The latest temperance lecture is involved in the story of the aged man at Sodus Point, N. Y., who, wishing a little stimulant, went out into the woodshed where the hard elder barrel was kept, and mistaking a cup of lye for cider, drank nearly all of it before he discovered his error. Some people, however, may think that the moral is to sip and enjoy the taste. A Deadly Arsenic Spring. There is a deadly spring in the desert in south Nevada. A prospecting party found the skeletons of several men about the spring, but drank of the water notwithstanding. They were seized with violent cramps and suffered intensely. Some of the water was brought away and analyzed. It was found to contain a large percentage of arsenic. Danger in Tricks A trick is like a cheap firecracker—when it seems to have done its work and lost its vitality it is apt to explode and hurt the man who set it off—Saturday Evening Post. The March of Science Oolittie, Ind., January 12th.—That Oolittie is right abreast of the times in the use of the most recent discoveries in Medical Science is shown by recent cases in which those dreaded Kidney Complaints that cause so many deaths have been completely cured by the new Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills. Many people in this neighborhood tell of aches relieved and pains departed because of the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. One of these is W. A. Terry, the well known Grocer. Here is his story: "I suffered for four montas with Kidney and Bladder Trouble and was so bad that I was almost confined to my bed. I could get no relief until I commenced using Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I could notice an improvement the second day I took the pills. I would recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all sufferers from Kidney Complaints." The average woman believes that a tip on the bonnet is worth two to the waiter. HUMOR OF THE DAY Tricks of the Trade. "The goods we are putting on the market now," said the manager, "are not as pure as those we have been selling." "They are not!" exclaimed the manufacturer. "No. Competition has been so fierce that we have to cut the price, and we can't afford to put out the pure articles at the present quotations." For a moment the manufacturer was thoughtful. "Well," he said at last, "have 'Be ware of Imitations' printed on the labels in larger type than ever before." Taking No Chances. "Now, Freddie, go and kiss your little sweetheart and make it up," said Freddie's mother. "No, I won't." "Go and tell her how much you love her and how sorry you are." "No, I won't. Pa says he got into a breach of promise case by telling a girl that and had to marry the old thing. I won't run any risks. I won't." A man in a coat stands in front of an elderly man seated in a chair, with a small dog lying on the floor. Father—So you want to marry my daughter? Can you support her, young man? Algy—Why er-cawnt you? "What lovely lace curtains you had week ago, Mrs. Binks." "Weren't they beauties?" "But you haven't them now." "No." "Didn't they please you?" "They did. I bought them on approval, you know. And now that the cold has frosted the windows it makes little difference whether we have curtains on or not, so I've sent them back." An Unfortunate Experiment "Heard the latest on Charlie Wimble?" "No; what?" "Somebody told him it was the latest fad to have your brains photographed by means of the X-rays, and he promised his photograph to half a dozen girls, and when he had it done the plate didn't show a thing." Provided She Gets the Chance. "Which would you rather be if you were 27 and could have your choice, a widow or just a girl?" "O, a widow, by all means. A widow always has a big advantage. She can try an entirely different kind the next time." The History of His Case "And what brought you to this?" asked the good man who was passing through the police station. "De hurry-up wagon," replied the tough boy behind the bars; "did yer tink I come in a talybho wit somebody on top toot'n a horn?" Got Off Easy. Second Burglar—Can't kick. I broke into a lawyer's house last night. First Burglar—How much did you get? Second Burglar—Not a cent; but then I didn't lose anything. To Be Sure. Reggie—My girl has such lovely red lips. Algy—Oh! pshaw! I'll put mine up against hers any day. Seized the Show "They can never stop anyone from going to Paradise," said the missionary. "I don't know about that," drawled Amber Pete. "Our sheriff stopped little Eva from going to Paradise when he attached the show." HEALTHY WOMEN Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure for Colds and a Preventive of Catarrh. MISS ELIZABETH UBER MISS SYBYL A HADLEY A. MRS. M.J. BRINK FIRST STAGE OF CATARRH. A Serious Mistake Which Thousands Are Making. A Serious Mistake Which Thousands Are Making. The first stage of catarach is what is commonly known as "catching cold." It may be in the head, nose, throat or lungs. Its beginning is sometimes so severe as to cause a chill and considerable fever, or it may be so slight as to not hinder a person from his usual business. In perhaps a majority of cases little or no attention is paid to the first stage of catarach, and hence it is that nearly one half of the people have chronic catarach in some form. To neglect a cold is to invite chronic warth. As soon as any one discovers After a man has had his leg pulled he ought to put his best foot forward. Plaza Cares is the best medicine we ever used all directions of the thru and thru. We can help you with any of your needs. "Conversation is a dead art." says a philosopher. Talked to death, perhaps. Old Sofas, Backs of Chairs, etc., can be dyeed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS TRAIN SERVICE. Passengers destined to St. Louis and points east should go via the Kansas City gateway, thereby securing the advantage of the Chicago & Alton's fast night train, leaving Kansas City at 9 d. m., arriving in St. Louis at 7 08 a. m. Chair cars free of extra charge, Compartment sleeping cars. The Alton keeps their light a shining just ahead of the rest. Write to L. D. Cooper, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago & Alton Railway, Kansas City, Mo., for lowest rates. It is easier to acquire success than to keep it. IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco. The biggest purchase of eight grade to bacco ever made in the West by a cigar manufacturer was made last Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Poorin, Ill., for his celebrated Single Binder cigar. A written guarantee was given that the entire amount was to be fanny selected tobacco. This no doubt, makes the Lewis factory the largest holder in the United States of tobacco to high a grading. o prtume smiles on some men, but to others she gives the laugh. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Awkwardly Expressed. In a West End church on a recent Sunday the junior curate was preaching on reasons for coming to church, says the British Weekly. Some people he remarked come to church for no better reason than to show off their best clothes. Then he glanced thoughtfully over his audience. "I am thankful to see, dear friends" he added, "that none of you have come here for that reason." Veteran Law Clerk Officer B. F. Zimmerman of Baltimore, now in his 84th year, is the oldest living Past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows throughout the world, having been identified with the organization for sixty years. Eggs of the Lobster The eggs of the lobster are attached to he by minute appendages called swimmerets, and are carried by hat from the fall of the year until the following summer, when they are hatched out. NO MONEY TILL CURED, 25 YEARS ISLANDISH, WESTERN, FREE and postpaid a 200 page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Diseases of the Rectum, also 100 page treaties on Diseases of Women. All the thousands cured by this book are available on OKS, INHORTON & MINOR, in Oakland, CA. (For week ending January 17, 1903.) the first symptoms of catching cold he should at once begin the use of Peruna according to directions on the bottle, and the cold is sure to pass away without leaving any bad effects. Unless this is done the cold is almost sure to end in the second stage of catarrh, which is making many lives miserable. It Peruna was taken every time one has a cold or cough, chrome catarrh would be practically an unknown disease. Miss Eltrabeth Uber, No. 57 Bassett street, Albany, N. Y. writes: "I have always dreaded unsettled weather because of my extreme liability to catch cold, when a catarrh trouble would arise, I would take weeks to drive away. I am thankful to say that since I have taken PERUNA I do not have any reason to dread and more I hate it cold weather. I take a dose or two of PERUNA and it throws out any hint of sickness from my system. - Miss Eltrabeth Uber. Miss M. L. Drink, No. 58 Michigan avenue, St Louis, N. Y. writes: "This past winter during the wet and cold weather I caught a cold and severe cold, which developed a cataract condition through my entire system, and so affected my retinal health that I was completely broken down, and became nervous and hostile and unfit to supervise my home. My physician prescribed for me but somehow I was not able to comply. I decided to try it. After I had taken but three bottles I found myself in the health." Miss M. Brink. Sibal A. Halley 20 Main Street, Huntington, Ind., writes: "Last winter after getting my feet wet I began to cough, which gradually grew worse until my throat was so swollen that I could not speak and my cough remedies met me. Reading an advertisement of what FERUNA could do I decided to try a bottle, and you can imagine PILES NO MONEY We need FREE and postal Rectum; also 100 page thus by mail. You can send your DRS. THORNT When a married man wants anything for his own use he never tells his wife his can't afford it. In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease A powder. Your foot feel uncomfortable, nervous and often cold and damp. If you have sweating, sore feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot Ease. Sold by all drugstores and shoe stores. 25 cents. Sample cost free. Address Alien S. Olmsted Le Roy, N. Y. Some men never realize the true value of money until they try to make a touch. The Golden Square Something of interest about the wealth in oil gas and mineral lands in Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Indian Territory, traversed by the M K & T Ry, free on quest. Address James Barker, Gent's Pass, Avent, M K & T Ry, 101 Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. Some people are unable to raise their hopes, while the hopes of others run to seed. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children training with the syrup, training in Lamination, alpine pain, warm wind rolls, or a soothing. When a bachelor thinks he under stands women the married men smile mysteriously. DEFIANCE STARCH should be in every household, none so good besides 1 oz more for lec cents than any other brand of cold water starch. The man who said, "Talk is cheap" evidently never had to buy phono graphic records. ST. JACOBS OIL POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia Backache Headache Fectache All Bodily Aches AND CONQUERS PAIN. MISS SARA McGAHAN how glad I felt when it been to relieve me in a very short time. In less than two weeks I was completely cured." Sibella Hadico. Miss Sarah McGahan, No. 197 Third street, Albany, N.Y., writes: "A few months ago I suffered with a severe attack of ulceration, which nothough seemed to be mild, it irritated and fouled. Nothing right and nothing late treated good. I took FERI NA and within two weeks I was perfectly well. Sarah McGahan. If you do not device prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Perima, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be glad to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O." TILL CURED, 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED, a 200 page treatise on Files, Forms and Diseases of the treatise on diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured and a cent treated, we furnish their names on application. TON & MINOR, 10 10 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. Gained 35 Pounds GENTLEMENT. After sun strong days, take all kinds of multivitamins and mineral water, sprinkling it at our leaking Wellmer treatment. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Depsin and mustache oil are great blessing. I ever found restoring my weight last dinner. I weighed last dinner at 100 pounds taking 100 pounds. I watch the weight and feel as if I were in a room of it all. I have room to rest, eat anything I want. I have room to rest, eat anything I want. I have room to rest, eat anything I want. I have room to rest, eat anything I want. Dr. Caldwell's (ILKANAVIR) Syrup Depsin If you have constipation indigestion, dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble, I recommend it. It will cure your We guarantee it. Ask Your Druggist If you don't sample you write in and send to the author of a druggist who will PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, III. FARMS WESTERN CANADA I pawns of 100 000 American wheat in the Worcester during the winter months. CONTENTED HAUTY, AND PROFESSIONAL, and they still will for MILLIONS. Wonderful yields of wheat and other grains. The domestic market is well and truly sage, and conservant how a scientist can facilitate the only chance for which it is for entry. Send to the fun- felling for an A. Illus. and other literature, as well as for satisfaction, your own fellowship at the ortod. S. trawford, 2 West N. St. Kansas city, Mo., the authorized Canadian government Agent. YOUNG MEN Leon Telegraph and R. R. diss. Written D. BROWN, Mgr. Sedalia, Mo. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY: gives quite worth of work worth 10 DAYS FREE. Dr. H. GREEN S BONS Box R. Atkins, Mo. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE AILS. Breathe deeply. Breathe for a few in time. Sold by strangers. CONSUMPTION Reliable Dentistry SOMETHING NEW: We keep your teeth in first class condition for 50c per month for one year. No cheap materials and you get the benefit of our modern system of dentistry. Why take chances in others. We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle age; no youths. We guarantee to please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned. is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is responsible. All work is guar unneed for 10 year Full Set of Teeth $2.00 Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns, 22k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth.....$2.65 Platinum Fillings.....50c Cleaning.....50c Teeth extracted without pain FREE We do as we We are her This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 10 years. 1029 Main Street. Are you If Not Do you not know that the progressive order o The four department you a K. of If Not, Why Not? not know that the Knights of Pythias is the strong gressive order of the age the four departments of the Order are as follows: Are you a K. of P. If Not, Why Not? Do you not know that the Knights of Pythias is the strongest and most progressive order of the age The four departments of the Order are as follows: Subordinate Lodge. In this the members are united to care for and pro in health as well as in sickness and distress. Uniforms Rank In this the members are united to care for and protect each other in health as well as in sickness and distress. Uniform Rank. In this department our young men are receiving a military education which they can get in no other way, thus making them better and more useful citizens. In this department our young men are receiving a military education which they can get in no other way, thus making them better and more useful citizens. In this the wives, mothers, widows, daughters and sisters of Knights are united for the common purposes of life. In this department w to the widows and heirs IF THERE IS NO L THE DEPUTY CHANC W. LLOYD, GRAND CH MO., FOR TERMS UPO WABASH Kansas City Unsurpassed service, trains on the Wabash Fair grounds, St. Louis cent buildings—the W Wabash Leaving Kansas City and Buffalo next event second morning, saving vice. Wabash is the o Western Passenger A In this department we are paying out thousands of dollars annually to the widows and heirs of deceased Knights. IF THERE IS NO LODGE IN YOUR LOCALITY, CONFER WITH THE DEPUTY CHANCELLOR OF YOUR DISTRICT, OR WRITE A. W. LLOYD, GRAND CHANCELLOR, 2629 LUCAS AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO., FOR TERMS UPON WHICH TO ORGANIZE A LODGE. Kansas City to St. Louis. Unsurpassed service, smooth track, fast time. All trains on the Wabash run directly through the World's Fair grounds, St. Louis, in full view of all the magnificent buildings—the Wabash is the only line that does it. David T. Beals, President. Fernando P. Neal, vice-President. Onion N KA Statement as made to the Comp No Loans and Discounts..... U. S. Bonds, at par..... Municipal Bonds, at par..... Cash and Sight Exchange.... Union National Bank, Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business November 25, 1902. Loans and Discounts..... $5,796,696.26 U. S. Bonds, at par..... $ 523,000.00 Municipal Bonds, at par..... 366,161.54 Cash and Sight Exchange..... 3,424,797.24 4,313,958.78 Capital Stock..... $ 600,000.00 Surplus Fund..... 275,000.00 Undivided Profits..... 63,033.42 Unearned Interest..... 106,983.00 National Bank Notes Outstanding..... 423,000.00 Deposits..... 8,642,638.62 DIRECTORS: David T. Beals, L. T. James, A. J. Snider, G. W. Lovejoy, Ferduando P. Neal, Geo. R. Barse, C. W. Whithead, J. P. Merrill, Geo. W. Jones, W. E. Thorne, Edward George, H. J. Rosencrans, O. H. Dern, Geo. D. Ford, Feinx L. La Force, C. J. Schneizer, E. W. Zea. STOVE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FURNACE REPAIRS S. A. METZNER REPAIRS 304 W. 6th St., Kansas City Mo. Telephone No. 1214 Main. A. M. B. Ladies' Court. Endowment. Teeth $2.00 e Teeth . $4.00 2 k. $2.65 per tooth . $2.65 ads . $50c without pain FREE. We do as we advertise We are here to stay. k Dental Co.. Second Floor, Entrance on Main Street Only, Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. CHEF'S OVEN Wholesale and Retail Agents For... Peninsular Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the.. Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Ho Boast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Germany Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces A LETTER FROM MISS SUSIE BOGGS American Mutual Aid Association, St. Louis Gentlemen:—I want to thank you for of the claim that was due me for the time also want to thank your agent, Mr. G. A. G. one, and your doctor for his visiting me even was a great saving for me since it cost me Yourn We don't go around boasting about w others to do this. Those persons who feel that they sha and sickness, we courteously invite you to this nature, and if you find any one am privileges, and benefits that we do, then a company; but if not, then we throw open Whether you would be insured or not, call to post you on the laws of fraternal insura No. 730 Charlotte, St. Kansas City, Mo., Aug., 1902. Virtual Aid Association, St. Louis, Mo. on; I want to thank you for the promptness in the payment that was due me for the time that I was seriously ill, and I thank your agent, Mr. G. A. Clay, for his regular attention to doctor for his visiting me every day while I was sick, which saving for me since it cost me nothing. Yours for success. SUSIE BOGGS. go around boasting about what we have done; we allow this. persons who feel that they should be insured against accidents we courteously invite you to investigate all companies of and if you find any one among them that will afford you the d benefits that we do, then we appeal to you to go in to such it if not, then we throw open our books for your enrollment. would be insured or not, call to see us; we would be pleased in the laws of fraternal insurance. Gentlemen:—I want to thank you for the promptness in the payment of the claim that was due me for the time that I was seriously ill, and I also want to thank your agent, G. G. A. Clay, for his regular attention to me, and your doctor for his visiting me every day while I was sick, which was a great saving for me since it cost me nothing. Yours for success. SUSIE BOGGS. We don't go around boasting about what we have done; we allow others to do this. Those persons who feel that they should be insured against accidents and sickness, we courteously invite you to investigate all companies of this nature, and if you find any one among them that will afford you the privileges, and benefits that we do, then we appeal to you to go in to such company; but if not, then we throw open our books for your enrollment. Whether you would be insured or not, call to see us; we would be pleased to post you on the laws of fraternal insurance. G. A.CLAY, Organizer, 1166 Charlotte St. W. C. COMBS, Examiner, 1104 Charlotte St. Is This Real? Yes! Some of the choice prettiest designs in Watc are in the show window Kansas City's Pioneer J. A. WIL 1616 W. 9th St., KA Mr. Wilson in soliciting the pa and the public either in buyi ing of watches and jewelry assures nothing less than c Bargains in diamond rings, engage baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc This Really True? mes! Some of the choicest qualities and tettiest designs in Watches and Jewelry are in the show window of : : : : City's Pioneer Negro Jeweler, J. A. WILSON, 9th St., KANSAS CITY, MO. lson in soliciting the patronage of his friends public either in buying his goods or in repair- watches and jewelry (which is a specialty) nothing less than complete satisfaction. diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Is This Really True? Yes! Some of the choicest qualities and prettiest designs in Watches and Jewelry are in the show window of : : : : Mr. Wilson in soliciting the patronage of his friends and the public either in buying his goods or in repairing of watches and jewelry (which is a specialty) assures nothing less than complete satisfaction. Bargains in diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT SAMUEL Wholesale and Retail DEALER i Our business transaction wi our honest weights and Cash Paid f Scrap Iron, Rags, Bottl AMUEL DIGGS, Wholesale and Retail DEALER in JUNK business transaction will convince you of our honest weights and fair dealings. Cash Paid for Iron, Rags, Bottles and Mentals. SAMUEL DIGGS, Wholesale and Retail DEALER in JUNK Our business transaction will convince you of our honest weights and fair dealings. Cash Paid for Scrap Iron, Rags, Bottles and Mentals. IRON YARD—Cor. 8th and Hickory Sts. OFFICE and WAREHOUSE—811 Hickory, TELFPHONE 126 Hickory. Kansas City, J. L. WILLIAMS GENERAL Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wag Shop. Good Material and First-CL Workmanship guaranteed. 707 Independence Ave. Ka Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. NE 126 Hickory. Kansas City, Mo. L. WILLIAMS, GENERAL Fthing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair p. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed. Nance Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. TTLEPHONE 126 Hickory. Kansas City, Mo. J. L. WILLIAMS, Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed. 707 Independence Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. Best Stores Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. 1809 GRAND AVENUE. 913 915 E. 19th STREET Yours for success. SUSIE BOGGS. KANSAS CITY, U. S. A. NURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND SECRET LODGES. Costume of tan Lodge. No. 235. G.U.O.of O.F. meets at 1413 E. 18th st. 2nd and 4th Wednes- daynings each month at 8 o'clock. J. H.Heltz, N. G. W. R. utter. O.F. St. Mary's Tabernacle, on move first and third Fridays in each month at 1734 Grand avenue. Daughter Lulu Beasley H. P. Daughter Mary Finley, Scotchena. Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A. F. and A. M., meets second and fourth Monday evenings in the month. J. W. Crowe, W. M., H. J. Spigener, Sec'y. Allen Chapel, south-east corner 10th and Charlotte streets. Rev. O. J. W. Scott, pastor. Sunday services 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday School, 2:30 p.m. Class Meeting Tuesday, 8 p.m. Praye. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Choir practice Monday evening. Second Baptist Church, corner Tenth and Charlotte. S. W. Bacoe, D. D., pastor. Sunday services: Preaching, 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.; Sunday school, 2 p.m. Weekly meetings, Monday B. Y. P. U. meeting, 8 p.m. Wednesday night, prayer meeting. Highland Avenue Baptist church Sunday services, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Preaching, Wednesday evening, 8 p.m. Praise meetings Monday evening B. Y. P. U. Sunday school 2 p.m. G. W. Royd, Pastor. MRS. B. CUMMINGS, Clerk. Pleasant Valley Baptist church, Rosedale, Kansas, Sunday services, Preaching 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; B. Y. P. U., 7 p.m.; W. H. F. and M. Society, Thursday evening praise meeting. Rev. H. E. STRUCKLAND, Pastor TUCKER, Clerk. Pleasant Green Baptist church, Independence and Tracy ave. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Preaching, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p.m. Weekly services—Prayer meetings and missionary, Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock p. m. Young People's Literary and Progressive Club, Thursday evenings. Church meeting, Friday before the second Sunday in each month. E. M. WILSON, Pastor. Residence 1603 East 13th st. Burns Chapel, M. E. Church. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Preaching, 11:00 a. m. Cass Meeting, 2:30 p. m. Epworth League, 7:00 p. m. Preaching, 7:45 p. m. Literary Tuesdays 8:00 p. m. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. Class Meeting, Thursdays 8:00 p. m. Corner 11th and Highland, J. M. Ham's Pastor. Sunday Services—Sunday School 9:30 a. m.; Preaching 11 a. m.; Class Meeting p. m.; Epworth League Bible Reading 2:30 p. m.; Epworth League Prayer Meeting 7:30 p. m.; Preaching 8 p. m. Weekly Services—Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8 p. m.; Epworth League Bible Reading Friday 8 p. m. bi-monthly; Choir Rehearsals Monday, Asbury M. E. Church, 19th and Cherry, Kansas City, Mo., Mm. H. Wheeler, Pastor, residence 182 East Twenty-fifth street. H. PATTON, Prop R. HERNDON. T. J. PATTON. BARBERS Laundry Agency and Cigars. Ladies' and Gents' Shoes Polished. Prof. L. L. Thompson C. S. P. The celebrated Mind Reader and Divine Healer' Advices Given in all business matters. Hours:—6:30 p. m. to 11 p. m. 716 Broadway FRISCO SYSTEM Superior Service, Wide Vestibule, Electric Lighted Trains between Kansas City, and Oklahoma City, Denison, Sherman, Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas, and all points in the South-East and South-West. Junction Ticket Office. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IS THE.... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up staira. Z. T. JORDAN, Manager 1784 ... Telephone ... 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. J. B. LESTER, BARBER SHOP. 559 GRAND AVE. Hot and Cold Baths, 15c. Large, New Porcelain Tube. Good barbers. Give us a Call. A. WEBB. . . Fresh stock of GROCERIES on hand. CONNECTIONARIES, CIGARS and TORACOOS. ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM SODA. Telephone 2772 Cherry OUR SPECIAL Richmond Club Rye and Old Elk Rye. Joe Alpert, SAMPLE ROOM, ED BRADFORD, Bartender. 727 Independence Ave. K. C. Mo. MILLINERY, HAIR GOODS, NOTIONS, DRESSMAKING, TIPS CLEANED DYED AND CURLED. MAIN STREET FAIR, D. PECK, Prop. Dolls, Doll Wigs, Doll Arms and Every- thing Pertaining to Dolls. 553 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. Fancy & Staple Groceries AND Table Luxuries Vegetables in Season, Fresh & Salt Meats. Teas & Coffees. G. JONES, 6 17th St., Kansas City, Mo. 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