The Rising Son

RISING SON It Pays to Advertise in]the]Rising Son for It Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME VIII. GLEANINGS FROM PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH. Located in the rear of Independence and Tracy avenues, Kansas City, Mo. Sunday school opened at its usual hour, 9:30. Superintendent not being present, Rev. E. M. Wilson, pastor, orped services. Secretary being absent, Miss Effie Taylor officiated. Lesson exceedingly interesting. Explanation from cluster leaf, by pastor, which was nicely explained, and with interest. Rev. H. C. Caldwell, who has been, and is assisting Rev. E. M. Wilson in his revival, made remarks to the Sunday school, which information was very valuable. The Sunday school was nicely attended. Regular 11 o'clock services. Congregation sang "Did Christ O'er Sinners Weap." Congregation read eleventh chapter of Luke 1:28, led by pastor. Choir entered choir box, sang "There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood." Pastor, who has been on sick list for a short time, preached a sermon, text I. Cor. 13:13. "And now abideth faith, hope, and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity." His subject was "The Ideal Christian," which was grandly discussed. This was his annual sermon, the time being two years since he first took charge of the church; his subject at that time was "My Sheep Hear My Voice, and They Follow Me." In this sermon, he said, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen, and discussed faith for fifteen minutes. And he gave the diffination for hope and charity, and discussed each fifteen minutes. Out of this text he gave us a golden chain of thought that would strengthen us in death, and live throughout eternity. Rev. Brown and Caldwell, was with us, and we had a glorious meeting. Doors of church were opened for the reception of members by pastor. Choir sang, "Blessed Jesus." Organist being absent, Mrs. Emma Hale officiated. At closing choir sang "Leaning on Jesus." Sermon at 3:30 p. m. by Rev. H. C. Caldwell which was very good. The services were well attended. On Sunday afternoon a number of the teachers, officers and pupils met with our pastor and read and discussed all the home readings, and the Sunday school lesson, and on Sunday afternoon our time was limited on account of revival services, but our discussion was warm indeed. B. Y. P. U. opened at its usual hour, President F. L. Lewis presiding. Members read the 5th chapter of Matthew, 1-12, led by the superintendent. Lesson discussed most excellent. Hon. F. A. Turner was with us and took part in the lesson, giving us some valuable information. He spoke of the Negro with reference to our government. The Spanish-American war, Cuban reciprocity and discussed the Negro question in general. He remarked that the white people have their papers and to cope with any people of this day and time, we certainly must have ours, and that they were putting forth their best and strenuous efforts to have a paper that will equal the white papers, so as to respond to some of the degrading and debased things, the white people are saying about the Negro. We should truly thank God that he has raised up such a man as Hon. J. S. Wise to speak in our defence in this our time of need. The white man intends to fight his battle with the sword, but the Negro will fight his with prayer. On account of the rich ideas, we should read, subscribe and pay for the Son. He made some other valuable remarks. After his remarks a paper by Miss Annie Taylor, subject, "Did Noah Have Faith in God?" Discussion, "Is Work Without Faith Dead." Paper next Sunday by Miss Rachel Dagley, subject, "Life of Appolos. also his ministry, and was he a convert when John baptized him unto repentence twenty-five years before he received the Holy Ghost. Paper by Gertrude W. McDonald, subject, "Was Paul at Ephesus the Same Time Appolos Was, and Did He See Him There on His First Visit to Ephesus?" Regular services at 7:30. Song by congregation "A Charge to Keep I Have." After prayer congregation read the 6th chapter of Romans, led by pastor. Choir enter choir box, sang "The Mercy Seat" in sweet strains. Sermon by Rev. H. C. Caldwell, the evangelist. Text, Romans 6: 23: The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. His subject was "The Salary of Sin," which was freely discussed. Doors of church were opened for the reception of members. Remarks by pastor, which had so much power that the audience was greatly stirred up. Collection was taken at this time. Choir sang "Wake Song of Jubilee." "How Lovely Is Zion." Pastor expounded the Negro cause just before dismission. Collection $10.37. Choir pealed forth the anthem. "How Lovely Is Zion." WITH THE SAGES. Liberality consists rather in giving seasonably than much.—Clicero. People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy after.—Goldsmith. Nobleness of character is nothing else but steady love of good and steady scorn of evil.—Epictetus. Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life.—Gelfille. He who will not give some portion of his case, his blood, his wealth, for others, good is a poor man churl.—Joanna Baillile. That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.—Coleridge. Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice.—De Tocqueville. No true man can live a half life when he has genuinely learned that it is only a half life. The other half—the higher half—must haunt him.—Pillips Brooks. Life is no idle dream, but a solemn reality, based on and encompassed by eternity. Find out your work, and stand to it; the night cometh when no man can work.—Carlyle. Thoughts of virtue lead to virtuous actions; acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.—Chalmers. Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of the individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal improvement. — Samuel Smiles. --- NEXT MORNING PHILOSOPHER. A good listener is never without friends. An incessant talker is seldom without enemies. There are times when the fool-killer needs an assistant. Often people who ask for public judgment want to take an appeal. When a man realizes his folly the chances are even that he will amend it. "Out of sight out of mind" does not apply to the detective or the tax inquisitor. When a man takes the public into his confidence he should be careful not to betray it. "Fine feathers make fine birds," but without the feathers no one would care to harbor them. The man who does not share his troubles with his neighbors is a stoic worthy of emulation. The romance of love is a flower that may produce either a crabapple or perchance a nectarine. It requires great caution to decide a dispute between two friends without losing one or both of them. Admittedly there is no standard of greatness, hence the difficulty of deciding who are the truly great. When a woman sues to recover for breach of promise and receives a verdict of six cents she realizes the worthlessness of love. Don't think a man can't keep a secret; just think of the bad things he knows about himself. KANSAS CITY, MO., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1903. KANSAS CITY, KAS., LOCALS AND NEWS. Prof. John R. Smith is very sick. The doctor gives no hope for his recovery. Miss Lizzie Porter, a teacher in the Linconl school is very sick. Miss Ethel Stafford is able to be out again. Rev. E. V. Plummer, Rev. D. B. Jackson, Prof. Woods and Prof. Bowman was in Topeka this week. Owen Nugent is as full of literature as an egg is of meat. James Gross is as energetic as of yore. He knows the political forecast now as he did when in Lawrence. Rev. Dr. W. H. Swartz, pastor of First Baptist church, Wamego, Kas. will lecture at the Metropolitan church Monday, March 16, at 8 p. m. Subject: "A Door of Hope for the American Negro." Mr. Swartz's able article in the Kansas City Journal, February 23, against the "Jim Crow" bill of Missouri, shows him to be a fearless champion of the Negro. The public should hear him. Doors are free. A well prepared program will be rendered. LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. Gilbert was called to Kansas City to preach the funeral of Mr. Peter Nunn, who was born in this city. His mother and father were old citizens, having lived here before the war. Rev. Gilbert returned Saturday. Mr. Eugene Conway and Nettle Colby were united in marriage on the 25th of February at the bride's home. They were both reared in this city. The bride attended Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City. Mr. Conway is a barber by trade; has a nice shop in town. Rev. A. A. Gilbert officiated. We hope them a long and prosperous life. Rev, J. C. C. Owens held his quarterly conference on Tuesday night, February 24. The financial report for the quarter, $477.99, was the largest amount ever raised in one quarter for a long time. The quarterly conference voted the presiding elder a vote of thanks for the excellent manner of conducting the business. Mr. A. B. Johnson, who has been sick for several weeks is able to be out again. Mrs. Lucinda Holmes, who has been sick, is able to be out again. Mrs. John Johnson is on the sick list; also Mrs. Amanda Hawkins. Mr. George Walker, president of the Old Men's Club, has been quite ill, but is now better. Mr. Peter Parker has moved from the country into the city to his new home. We welcome him in. He bought almost a half a block. Also Mr. Daniel Johnson has bought property and will move into the city soon. Mr. Charles Porter of Kansas City came down Sunday night to look after his father and mother. Mr. Porter is one of our best old citizens. Old age is getting the best of him. We are glad to see his son come and look after them. They own a nice home in this city and they are well loved by every one. Mr. Robert Hughes, Kansas City, and Miss Estell Warren of Lexington were united in matrimony on February 9. They both were reared in this city. Mr. Hughes has been living in Kansas City quite a while. Mrs. Hannah White paid her subscription for the Rising Son. Mr. Morroco Saunders and Mrs. Samuel Graham, Mrs. Emma Caves. Mrs. John Johnson subscribed for the Rising Son; also Mr. W. P. Gray. We hope all will pay up and others subscribe. It is the only paper that will publish the news of the Colored people of this city. We hope every family will take it. We are having an increase in our subscription list. Next Sunday night will be Elder Smith's last Sunday night for this conference year. Rev. Gilbert and his congregation will worship with him. The Mages and Pages entertainment on the 24th was a success. They cleared about $38.00. Their drill was just grand. Kiralfy Buys Crystal Palace The famed crystal palace of London has been purchased by Imre Kiralfy and will become the center of the class of amusements made popular by the Kiralfy brothers. Several others prominent in the theatrical world are associated with the purchaser. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS. The revival services at the Vine Street Baptist church are progressing nicely; six additions the first week, three of which are candidates for Baptism. Rev. Jones of Higgineville is conducting the meeting. Mr. Polk Jones, one of the most faithful church workers, who has been away from the city for several months with the Barber Asphalt Co. in Oklahoma, arrived in the city last a Saturday. He reports that the progress of Oklahoma is remarkable. He is so favorable impressed with the outlook there that he is going to make it his home. The B. Y. P. U. met at 6 o'clock. President G. W. Taylor in the chair. Singing, "Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross." Prayer by the President. Scripture reading by the Union, Lev. iticus, chap. 11. The program was then called for. The first question was "To who did the Bible liken the daughter of Zion?" Ans. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. Second question, "To what conclusion has the fool come." Ans. "That there is no God." Third. Scripture reading by Willie L. Michael. Fourth. Scripture reading by Carrie Long. Comment by H. J. Spigener. Fifth question. What is the shape of the earth, according to the Bible? Answered by Union. The president then asked the following persons questions to be answered: Mrs. Oliver, Mrs Bable. Mr. J. Bowman. Scripture reading Hazel McFadden. Collection 31c. The meeting adjourned to next Sunday at 6 p. m. Read and pay for the Rising Son. V. B. C. BARTLETT WARDER The beloved husband of Martha Warder, an old and esteemed citizen of Lexington, Mo., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Linnie Holloway, 509 McGee street, at 1:30 a. m. Tuesday, March 3, of acute kidney trouble. Interment will be in Lexington Sunday. Friends are invited. ETIQUETTE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. Never incur danger to yourself, but do not regard the safety of others in the least. When you run over little children pay for them, thus avoiding all unpleasantness. Don't on any account run down a policeman, as it awakens them and makes them cross. Avoid all billy goats. The fact is a gont smells nearly as bad as an auto, and can butt nearly as hard. Always blow your horn while passing a hospital as it rouses the inmates and keeps them from sleeping too much. Old people are harder to kill than young ones, as they are usually tougher, but their bones break easier, hence they make good sport. An auto fiend has the right of way on any road and any other human beings passing along do so at their own risk. Always bear that in mind. If a farmer stops you and wants to chew the rag, get his whiskers tangled in the gearing and start suddenly, and you'll have lots of fun. If you happen to start a runaway never stop to see the finish, although you can safely watch it for considerable time. To be caught when the remains are picked up is often embarrassing. The latest fashion is to give your machine a nice, neat name, thus doing away with suggestive appellations. An eastern man calls his auto "The Soul Holster." Another man, with euphony in his soul, calls his machine "The Heaven Filler." When you have killed a prominent citizen and feel that you wish to make some reparation send a wreath of roses with a motto reading, "He Stood in the Way of Progress."—Chicago Chronicle. It's Up to Husband A grateful Kansas wife has published a card in the local paper thanking "an unknown gentleman" who steered her husband home the other night when said husband's steering gear had become disarranged by alcoholic indulgence. The husband's card has not appeared. Minneapolis Times. BILLY'S BEEATTITOODS Blessid iz thee kat that iz nott black, for itt iz nott bad luck. Blessid iz thee wooman whohaz lost hur hed, for shee doze nott nead a hatt. Blessid iz thee blind man, for hee doze nott sea inn what aweful talist hiz frends dress. Blessid iz thee deef man, for he kan eskape raagthyme, klassikal konserts and streat peeanows. Blessid iz thee man who doze nott smok, for hee kan spend hiz monny onn sum other vice. Blessid iz thee man with a woulden leg, for low, hee haz onley half az manny places for kornz. Blessid iz thee man whoz iz married, for hee kan alwais find sumbody with whom hee kan kwarrel. Blessid iz thee man whok reed Frentch, for hee kan tell what heez eating when hee iz att a swell hotel. Blessid iz thee man with a short neck, for whenn he haz thee son throte thair iz nott sow mutch of itt. Blessid iz thee man with the toothake, for iff hee haz hat hee is abel to forget awl other panes and akes. Blessid iz thee man whoo iz inn luve, for awl other kalamities ar thenn forgottin and ar az nothing at awl. Blessid is thee man whoo cannot reed, for hee thuss eskapes thee usual historikal novel and alsow the problem novel. Blessid iz thee hungry man, for if hee kan get hungry it iz kwite likely hee haz a appetight, and iff hee haz a appetight hee iz lucky annyhow. Blessid iz the child whoo parants ar poor, for hee will not have anny will too braik after deth—Chicago Chronicle. SOME POSTSCRIPTS. Canada has 100,000 Indians, the United States 270,000. The puffin is the most punctual of birds in the matter of its annual migration. Thousands of caribou, or North American reindeer, are to be found in Newfoundland. Newfoundland caribou make two annual migrations—south in the fall and north in the spring. The most familiar examples of migrant birds are swallows, swifts, white-cars, plovers and curlews. The coast of Newfoundland is indented by deep and narrow bays, back of which rise steep and rugged hills. Some few birds, notably the blue throat, accomplish the whole of their migratory journey in one stupendous effort. Six million persons are expected by the Japanese to visit the exhibition to be opened at Osaka, Japan, next March. Warm feet have much to do with white hands. When feet are habitually cold the hands are always red or blue. Germany's latest addition to her navy is the Chinese torpedo boat Hilung, which was captured by the Germans at Taka. What is known as an angel shark, an ugly fish with an eight-inch mouth containing three rows of teeth, has been caught with a hand line at Felix stowe, England. More than seven times the distance round the earth has been walked by a Dover (England) postman, named Eden Harn, who has just retired after forty years' service. PHILOSOPHIC MAUNDERINGS. When quiet prevails it is a 10-to-1 shot that there's no baby in the house. Insincerity sings that it wants to be an angel and then sends for a doctor. The man who is always howling at fortune accomplishes quite as much as the bulldog baying at the barn. In the natural speeding of events a mother-in-law now and then shows herself to be a good fellow by lifting the mortgage. It's one thing to write a book and another to write a right book right.—Baltimore News. NUMBER 4. INDEPENDENCE NEWS. Mrs. Emma Chambers, formerly of this city, has returned home from the Philippine Islands where she has been with her husband who is in the 25th Infantry. Mrs. N B. Oxley, state deputy of the Grand Fountain U. O. T. R., will deliver an address at the A. M. E. church Sunday night. Come and hear her. Rev. Howard's infant child is very sick. We hope for its recovery. The quarterly meeting at the M. E. church Sunday was well attended. Rev. Caldwell preached the communion sermon at 3 o'clock. Next Sunday is Rev. Clarke's last Sunday before the annual conference. He desires to see all his members and friends. Class No. 3. Brother A. S. Jones, leader, gave a unique entertainment last Thursday night at Mrs. Jackson's restaurant for the benefit of the A. M. E. church. The revival meeting at the Macedonia Baptist church continues with much success. The Independence wholesale and retail department house contemplates opening April 1. Rev. Rozelle and wife are on the sick list, also Mr. Richard Smith and wife. Miss Lutie Jackson's many friends tendered her a pleasant surprise last Thursday night. Miss Pennich was called to Kansas City last week on account of her father being sick. We are glad to see Miss Effie Fisher out again. She has been suffering with an attack of the grip. Mrs. Julia Chrisman is contemplating spending a few weeks in Texas. We wish her a pleasant trip. Secure the Rising Son L in Thomas Stanton, 5c per copy. The liveliest and newsiest paper published. We want every Negro in this city to read FIGS AND THISTLES. The genius of the church depends on its genesis. Heavenly manna is better than earthy mammon. Foes without are less to be feared than faults within. Watch out for the devil when he bids you "Good by." Old truths are too great a price to pay for new doubts. The temperature of the heart cannot be gaged by the head. Selfishness is the cause of sin and sacrificing service its cure. Men are valued by others in about the inverse ratio of their own valuation. The star of faith will shine long after the comet of fame has disappeared. To take the fuel of lust into the heart is to invite its fires to consume the life. The first thing some people do when troubles fly into their lives is to clip their wings. Happiness depends not on the things the heart has but on the heart that has the things. Almost every fool thinks that he is bright enough to throw dust in the eyes of the Divine. Talk about "looking for opportunities for doing good!" We may as well talk about looking for fire-wood in a forest or for water during a flood. The world is full of such opportunities. Some people make a great show of fleeing from the roaring lion that men may not see the secret serpents they carry in their pockets. -Ram's Horn The Best Disinfectants. A one tenth per cent solution of corrosive sublimate is the only disinfectant capable of killing all injurious microbes. A five per cent solution of carbolic acid kills all except anthrax. Formalin is very deadly to diphtheria bacilli and carbolic acid to tubercle. Fraight Sent from Pittsburg Pittsburgh is the great coal and steel center of the United States. On one day recently 927 trains moved out of the city on five different railways. There were 46,225 cars and their estimated tonnage was 1,756,550 tons. EVENING GOWNS FROM PARIS. THE FASHION OF THE EASTERN WORLD The Granny Muff. A great furrier having declared that this should be a season of large muffs, the granny muff immediately became the fashion. Some fortunate woman promptly visited their attics and unearthed the muffs carried by their grannies many years ago. Dame Fashion, who will always pause in her rapid flight long enough to pick up a forgotten style, saw that the granny muff was worth cultivating and the result is that every woman has one genuine or otherwise. Some of the handsomest muffs are of sable, 30 inches round and half a ward wide. Others EVENING GOWNS F The first gown is of bluish-gray mousseline de soie, or crepe de chine made up over silk of the same shade and trimmed with an applique embroidery of bunches of grapes and their green leaves. The grapes are of stuffed, or raised, embroidery in silk, the shade of delaware grapes. The skirt is finished at the bottom with two narrow ruffles. A similar ruffle borders the low neck and is headed by a festooned band of velvet matching the grapes which, falling over the ruffle, also border the low neck. The sleeve is finished at the elbow with a drill of the material headed by a band of the velvet knotted on the outside. The girdle is also of the velvet, prettily knotted in front. The other gown is of white chiffon or mousseline de soie, made up over white silk. The skirt has a little hip-voke of are melon-shaped and again another style is heart-shaped. There are some lovely combinations of velvet and for. Nothing is prettier than a muff of the same material as the gown worn, say a sapphire blue velvet is trimmed with sable and has the hat and muff to match. HOUSEHOLD ITEMS Before bread is cut for thin sandwiches it should be buttered. If the bread knife is heated new bread can be cut as easily as old, but the knife will eventually be ruined with the heating. All fatty tissues covering the shoulder or leg of mutton should be removed before roasting to prevent the strong odor and flavor. If the spurs of a fowl are more than a quarter of an inch long, or if they have been chopped off, it is more likely than not a sign that the bird is old. A fruit cake which has no fruit in the batter but instead has alternate layers of mixed raisins, currants, nuts and citron chopped fine and held together with a meringue of white of egg and powdered sugar, is a favorite in the South, and it is declared by all delicious. Cotton may be distinguished from linen when one is making purchases by moistening the tip of the finger and pressing it on the fabric. If it wets through at once it is linen, while if any cotton enters into its manufacture it will take several seconds to wet through the threads. In linen the threads are more uneven than in cotton. Finishing Touchea It is the little touches in waists and gowns that give them their distinguish tone after the fashionable lines have been cut by the modiste. A black latin bow tied at the back of the waist, with a cameo or a jeweled buckle; a dainty vest beneath a bolero of lace; a strap of black velvet over the shoul- IN WOMAN'S INTEREST BEAUTIFUL OPERA GOWN. BEAUTIFUL OPERA GOWN. der; a bow of black velvet ribbon at the top (on the right or left) of the decoletage; a bunch of violets at the belt, or a long ostrich plume nestling along one shoulder and falling down on the bust, or a wreath of morning glories running down one side of the corsage and ending in a spray on the skirt, gives an artistic effect that is as charming as it is picturesque. Buttons in Profusion. A form of trimming which will be used in profusion this season is fancy buttons. These are employed in all sizes, from an inch and a half in dia- FROM PARIS. white lace, or embroidery, incrusted with pink silk, or panne. Below the yoke the skirt is shirred and puffed for a short distance, then hangs free to the bottom, which is finished with ruffles of the material embroidered with knots of small pink flowers and thin green leaves and headed and bordered with ruches of pale green mousseline de sole. The blouse is almost covered with these embroidered ruche-edged ruffles, the upper one headed by a gartland of pink roses and green leaves, which also forms the border of the low neck. On the left side is a chou of the pale green mousseline de sole, from which escape long ends finished with pink roses. Two deep embroidered frills edged with the green ruffle form the sleeves. The girdle is of darker green panne.—Wiener Mode Album. BEAUTIFUL OPEN This opera gown is of silver gray chiffon spangled in steel, with a plastron of steel on the bodice. The "fly-away" sleeves are of gray tulle and meter to the tiny button of gold, silver, steel or jewel, which is no larger than a dot. Half a dozen large buttons may be placed on the front of a coat, and in dressy garments many other places are found for these beautiful articles, which nowadays are works of art. Large buttons in enamel designs, in openwork or in art nouveau effects, will be used on coats, while the vests will show rows or clusters of small buttons. Sleeves in general are tending to smaller proportions at the wrist and increase the size of the top. Turnover collarettes of pleated chiffon having long front pieces of fan shaped pleated chiffon are among the pretty novelties. Stylish dimity shirtwaists, fresh from the hands of the maker, designed for spring and summer wear, are to be had for prices ranging from $1 to $2. The popularity of the bright red dancing slipper as an appropriate footgear to wear with a white chiffon dress is more and more apparent among the debutantes of the season. The unique ribbon rose, made entirely of satin ribbon colled deftly to represent the flower, is being used in place of a buckle on many of the light suede shoes for evening wear. Champagne etamine is one of the delicate colors in a delicate fabric that promises to be very popular for tea and dinner gowns for the post-London season. Reseda green, generally popular for early spring gowns and hats, is as usual among the leading color tones for everything from a pair of gloves to a copious evening wrap. Metallic Calcium. Metallic calcium now costs about $2,000 a pound, but a new process of reducing it from chloride of lime has been discovered by a Belgian chemist which will bring the cost down to prehaps $1 a pound. As the metal is soft as butter and rapidly oxidizes into lime if left in the open air, it is of no use for construction purposes, but it is a valuable agent in certain chemical processes. Black Velvet-Tied Bouquets. The smart girl ties her bouquet with black ribbon velvet streamers. The black brings out the soft tints of the blossoms to perfection. A bunch of sweet peas and asparagus fern or a cluster of daisies and maidenhair would be especially lovely when tied in black. Cluny Lace. An expensive lace with which many of the new and stylish gowns are trimmed is a heavy Cluny, in old conventional wheel designs and wide insertions. Sometimes the material beneath is cut away, while many prefer it left uncut. OPERA GOWN. cluster of green velvet leaves top each shoulder. A filet of silver leaves is the single but effective ornament of the coiffure. THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. The old tower of Temple church, London, which, because of its increasing tendency to lean to one side, may have to be torn down, is one of the oldest landmarks in England. It was built 718 years ago, and it has not only survived the great fire which THE RESULT OF DIET. Effect of Brain Food on People of Massachusetts Village. Charles P. Thompson who for years represented the Gloucester, Mass. district in Congress and who once defeated "Ben" Butler for that position, had a party of fellow representatives at the old seacoast town. "What is the diet of these people?" asked a New Yorker. "Fish, mostly," responded the Massachusetts man. "Why," spoke up a Virginian, "I thought fish was brain food. These are really the most unintelligent looking persons I ever saw." "Well," said Thompson, "Just think what they would look like if they didn't eat fish." BOSTON MAN'S HIGH HONOR. Charles H. Taylor Again Head of Newspaper Publishers' Association. Charles H. Taylor, Jr., re-elected president of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, is business manager and treasurer of the Boston Globe. He is the son of the editor-in-chief and has had a thorough training in the newspaper business from his youth up. After graduating he studied newspaper methods in New York. He then began on the Globe as a reporter and worked his way up to CHARLES H. TAYLOR assistant managing editor. Subsequently, as business manager, he also proved an eminent success. Senators and Soldiers. Thirty-eight years after the civil war there are fourteen men in the United States senate who served in the Confederate army and thirteen who served in the federal army during that great struggle. While a number of men in the last list are well advanced in years, yet there is quite a number of comparatively young men who entered the army when boys of 15 to 18. In the case of Union officers who are now senators most of them were quite young when they entered the service. One senator, Pettus of Alabama, served in both the Mexican and civil wars. Short Roads to Wealth. There is no royal road to wealth, any more than to learning. However, the desire which burks in the average human breast to make a fortune will continue to induce foolish people to risk their money on schemes that promise to save them from the necessity of earning their daily bread, and such lessons as that of the St. Louis failure will only serve to act as a temporary brake on the train load of gamblers running down grade on the road to ruin. burned dangerous near to it, but thus far it has withstood the ravages of time. The Temple church was built by the Knights Templar on the model of the Holy Sepulcner at Jerusalem. It is one of the five remaining round churches of Europe. BLAME PLACED ON KINLOCH. British Army Scandal Centers in Grenadier Commander. Col. Kinloch is the central figure in the army scandal which has been agi- LEUT-COL. D.A. KINLOCH tatting England for several weeks. Although he declares he knew nothing of the "ragging" that prevailed in his regiment, the Grenadier guards, and which included the flogging of the sons and nephews of several dukes, Colin Klohock has been held responsible for the escapades of his subalterns and retired on half pay. Thinks Invention Valuable. Great expectations have been formed of a process for the electrolytic extraction of zinc from its ores which has been devised by M. De Laval, the so-called "Edison of Sweden." Zinc ore occurs in considerable quantities in Sweden and Norway and waterfalls are abundant, so that M. De Laval has every natural advantage for the successful application of his process. AMERICAN ENVOY IN ILL ODOR J. R. Crossland, Minister to Liberia, Shoots and Wounds a Man. J. R. Crossland, a Brooklyn negro who is United States minister to Liberia, is accused in a letter received at New York of shooting and wounding T. J. B. Faulkner. The trouble was started by Crossland, who was A. J. R. Crossland. unduly attentive to Mrs. Faulkner. Since the shooting it is said Crossland has avoided arrest by keeping inside the American legation. REMARKABLE POWER OF SER- GEANT SMITH PRENTISS. Mississippi's Most Famous Adopted Son swayed His Audiences at His Will—Was Great, Brilliant and Resourceful. S. 6. Prentiss was born in Portland, Me., Sept. 30, 1808. He was descended from an old and distinguished family, which came to America in 1640. One of his paternal aunts married Nathaniel Hancock and they were the great grandparents of John Hancock, the famous president of the Continental Congress. When the family left England the name was spelled Prentice, but was changed to "Prentiss" by an old minister, Joshua Prentice, and thereafter all the descendants of Henry of Cambridge adopted the change. (The great George D. Prentice of the old Louisville Courier was undoubtedly of the same blood.) Sergeant S. Prentiss was reared under the tutelage of the Rev. Edward Payson, a man of extensive learning and cultivation. Doubtless the subtle influences of that man gave tone and shape to the ambition which opened up the matchless mind of the boy. When a boy Mr. Prentiss was admired for his noble, beaming countenance fine eyes, frank expression and keen wit, and that intellectual fire which in subsequent years was wont to flash like sheets of lightning was predicted by the old and knowing folks of the vicinity. After Mr. Prentiss had finished school he studied law in the little town where his family resided, but the opportunities there were too small for a great mind like his, and he decided to go West. Arriving at Cincinnati in September, 1827, he made the acquaintance of several gentlemen, to whom he imparted his wish to obtain a position in some school and at the same time pursue his studies. Fortunately for him, doubtless, and certainly so for Mississippl, he met two gentlemen from Natzche, who persuaded him to go South. He soon found an ideal place, where he engaged to teach the children of Mrs. Shields, near Natzche. Judge Shields had died, leaving one of the finest law libraries in the state, which Mrs. Shields gave young Prentiss the entire use of. Joseph D. Shields, one of the children whom he taught during his work there, in writing about Mr. Prentiss said: "It is my opinion that he almost memorized the library. At any rate, he mastered the contents of every book in it." Along the scope of that great river the name of Prentiss became a household word from Louisville to New Orleans. No man ever possessed so completely the love and admiration of the people, and probably one can ever hope to do so. As an orator and debater he had no peer, as a patriot he never disappointed those whom he professed to love. Lovable and gentle as he was, no man could endure his sharp wit and keen sarcasm when he was aroused in debate. Few men ever possessed the perfect features of S. S. Prentiss, and it is doubtful if any man at any time possessed such a brain as his. After he entered politics he met in debate the ablest men of that day, and from his earliest contests was more than a match for any of them. The strength and purity of the man was fathomless. He was great and brilliant and resourceful, because he could not be otherwise. On one occasion he was employed to defend a case before the State Supreme Court at Jackson. Gen. Quitman was his associate in the suit. By an unavoidable circumstance he did not reach Jackson until late in the afternoon, while the attorney general was speaking, but he plunged into the subject and changed the whole aspect. Judge Gulon, in referring to his speech said: "To hear him was like standing on the prairie at night, listening to the wind making melody through the grasses." While he spoke, every man in the room arose to his feet, even the judges. His words, resonant with meaning, struck a new melody upon every ear, and he won. Mr. Prentiss never learned the mystery of his matchless oratory. His power was as unknown to himself as it was to his friends. He never forgot anything he read or heard, and there was no element of oratory that his genius did not supply. He died in this city in 1850, but his body reposes in the soil of Mississippi, near the majestic river and among the people he loved so well.—New Orleans Pleayune. Petit Larceny in Stamps. Pett Larceny in Stamps. “There is a fraud upon the public that we would like to root out,” said a postoffice inspector, “but it is almost impossible to reach the culprits, and to make out cases against them—difficult even to get evidence on which to base a stop order against their mail. This fraud is simply the larceny of two-cent stamps by means of 'fake' advertisements in the 'help wanted' columns of reputable newspapers which have no means of knowing the fraudulent nature of the advertisements. It costs only a trifle to advertise for some kind of help, and some of these advertisements will bring from 1,000 to 1,500 replies from people who are looking for work or seeking to better themselves. Four-fifths of these applicants for the bogus 'job' will inclose stamps for reply. You can figure it out. Eight hundred stamps are worth. $16. These stamps are taken out of the letters, done up in packages of twenty-five or fifty, and sold at a small discount.” THE ACQUITTAL OF JIM BURLEY In a little town situated in the heart of the Rock Mountains there dwelt a community of individuals who delved for gold and other valuables in the daytime, and at night sat around in the various places of resort, exchanging lies, or devising schemes to get rid of their hard-earned gold without receiving a quid pro quo. In plain language Kokomo was a mining town. A murder was committed one day, and the murderer was caught red-handed, or, rather, he caught himself, for he did not try to escape, actually sending a messenger for the sheriff, while he guarded the corpus delicti himself. It was well toward evening, and the thermometer had taken a sudden fancy to drop twenty degrees below zero. There was absolutely no way of escape for a criminal, and when the sheriff escorted his prisoner to the jail he did not worry about the insecurity of that structure. "Jim," quoth he to his prisoner, "I hain't got no key, an' can't lock you up, but it's my duty to put you in jail, for if I don't somebody will accuse me of bein' bribed, besides it's thunderin' cold, Jim. Tell you what you do, Jim, if you git too cold, come over to Sample', where I'll be, an' warm up." Saying which he shut the door on the prisoner, who did not appear to be much worried over the situation, but apparently he became cold—or lonely—for later on that evening he left the narrow precincts of his prison, quits unconcernedly, and started out to find his friend the sheriff and get warmed up. The sheriff at that particular time was enjoying a game of billiards at Sample's saloon, with the judge of the court, the clerk and about twenty prominent citizens, standing, or sitting around a red-hot, big-bellied stove, watching the game. The sheriff had massed the balls in a corner of the table, and was about to make a shot when he felt his arm touched. Turning instantly, he saw his prisoner with an anxious look on his face. "Well, Jim," said he, putting down his cue, "what is it?" "Nothing much," replied Jim, "thought I'd come over and warm up. But say, Bill, if you'd made that shot, you'd a missed. Give me the cue and I'll run the string out." The others consenting, Jim took the cue and not only run the game ```markdown ``` A man in a cowboy hat points a gun at another man who is falling through a gap in the wall. "So I stooped down without thinking." out, but made a string of about a hundred over. Everybody at that quit the game and gathered about the hot stove to discuss the man who had handled a cue in that fashion, all agreeing that he ought to possess some redeeming trait, although he had just killed Bill Jackson. The judge, after ordering hot whiskies for the crowd, set the pace for Jim to tell about it. could have been drawn stooping to pick up ground. That it was tell whether Bill Jack by the rock thrown or whether he had while lying unconscious Further, that, in his a special dispensator that Bill Jackson was Jim Burley and that "Thar ain't much to tell, judge," said Mr. "but I don't allow it war my fault! Will Jackson has allus had it in fur me. I allus seemed to be gittin' in his way, an' the more I tried to keep away from him, the more I ran agin him. I never seemed to git along now, I was allus the under dog. Bill declared I was his hoodoo. He said I was a nightmare, an' it made him shiver only to see me around. He swore he would kill me if I didn't keep out of his way, an' every time he come across me on the "Well, this evenin', along late in the afternoon, he run into me as I was turnin' a corner, an' he swore I did it a-purpose, but how could I? Then Bill says: 'Damn you, I've got you now where thar ain't nobody looking an' I'll just kill you an' feel easier'. With that he draws his gun and says: 'Say your prayers, if you've got any, afore you git sent over the range whar you'll never come back to bother me.' I didn't keer much about whether I was dead or alive, but just at that moment I felt as if I wanted to live, so I stooped down without thinkin' an' picked up a rock that happened to be layin' thar, an' dashed it at him. I didn't have no gun nor anything else about me, an' I had no thought to kill Bill. I just threw the rock for luck, an' it happened to slam him in the face. That's all thar is to it, judge." "Jim, was Bill dead when you left him?" asked the judge. "I don't know, judge," answered Jim. "He fell down when the rock struck him; that's all I know about it. I ain't no doctor, but I opine he was unconscious or he'd a shot." "I suggest that we visit the res gestae," said the clerk of the court. "Second the motion," said a town councilman. "Let's take suthin' hot first; it's on me. What you goin' to have, Jim?" In a few minutes the party returned to their former position around the hot stove, and after quiet was restored, the judge spoke: "Mr. Sheriff, open court." This having been done in the usual fashion, with the preliminary command, "Hats off, gentlemen; court's is session," the clerk called the case of "the people gainst James Burley, charged with the murder of William Jackson." A jury of twelve was then impaneled and the defendant interposing no objection the prosecuting attorney examined witnesses, who testified to the finding of the corpus delicti and the defendant's admissions. Jim repeated his story, and volunteers on his behalf testified that a careful examination of the res gestae disclosed the fact that a big rock lay beside the dead man, and that in his hand was a gun, on the trigger of which was still pressed a frozen finger, one cartridge of said gun being empty—that is to say, the one upon which the hammer had fallen when the trigger was pulled. Joe Bowers, a policeman and a former cow puncher from Arizona, after qualifying as an expert, testified that Bill Jackson must have been ready with his gun before the rock was thrown, for the reason that the gun A man is falling from a high building. He is wearing a hat and a coat. There are two rocks falling towards him. could have been drawn quicker than stooping to pick up a rock from the ground. That it was impossible to tell whether Bill Jackson was killed by the rock thrown by the prisoner or whether he had frozen to death while lying unconscious after he fell. Further, that, in his opinion, it was a special dispensation of Providence that Bill Jackson was to die before Jim Burley, and that it was a mere accident, if not a clear case of self-defense. The testimony having all been adduced, the judge charged the jury, who returned a verdict of "not guilty" without leaving their scats. After shaking hands with the prisoner and congratulating him upon his acquittal, arrangements were made to bury Bill Jackson, and the judge and sherif resumed their interrupted game of billiards, with Jim Burley as referee.—Dupont Vicars in Chicago Record-Herald. --- A PARADISE ON EARTH (Special Correspondence.) HE Riviera is in full swing. Nice, Monte Carlo, and Mentone are crowded with guests. But most people will find that beautiful, subtle, sinister place called Monte Carlo the most attractive spot in the whole little paradise of towns that stretch along the Mediterranean in these regions. The love of gambling remains one of the primordial instincts of mankind, and also one of the strongest. Lately a distinguished man of science has been investigating Monte The MUSEO DE ARTE CIVIL Carlo from the scientific point of view. This remarkable man, Sir Hiram Maxim, discusses all subjects in the cold light of reason. He has made a vast fortune by a death-dealing machine which has sent more men to dust than possibly any plague of modern times. You may talk of great statesmen, of wonderful generals, of magnificent tactics, but in the last resort it was Sir Hiram Maxim that decided the battles and the fates of nations. Behold Sir Maxim, then, at the tables of Monte Carlo, and indifferent, like nature, to the poor human passions of hope and despair surging round him, examining the whole thing as he might a new shell. Out of a very long article, I choose this passage as summing up in very clear terms, his judgment of the chances for and against the player when he fights against M. Blance with the tables as the battle ground. He describes how a little guide book to Monte Carlo laid down that the chances between the player and the bank were as 60 to 61 and that the winnings of the bank were $5,000,000 a year. He says: "This appeared to indicate to me that the players of Europe and America took $305,000,000 to Monte Carlo ever year, staked it, won back $300,000,000, and left $5,000,000 with the bank. The magnitude of these figures staggered me. I could not understand it. Surely it could not be true. Still THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF CHINA Entrance te Gambling Room. If the bank actually won $5,000,000 a year, and its chances were only 1 in 60 better than the players, it was quite evident that $305,000,000 must have been staked. However, upon visiting Monte Carlo and carefully studying the play, I found that, instead of the players taking $305,000,000 to Monte Carlo, and losing $5,000,000 of 倦 He says: it, the total amount probably did not exceed $5,000,000, of which the bank, instead of winning, as shown in the guide book, about $1½ per cent, actually won rather more than 90 per cent; therefore, the advantages in favor of the bank, instead of being 61 to 60, were approximately 10 to 1." Before I give a delightful and characteristic little picture of Monte Carlo life from Sir Hiram Maxim's pen, I ought to premise to those who don't understand the laws of the tables that there are thirty-six numbers and zero on the roulette table. When zero turns up the punter gets nothing; the bank takes half his stake, and this is supposed to represent the advantage Casiro. the bank has over the player. Now bearing this in mind, read the following little episode of Monte Carlo life; it will show the absolute and incurable fatuity with which so many people play there: "While at Monte Carlo I became acquainted with a married couple who went there every day to the bank, drew out £40, divided equally between them, and then went to the Casino, and played until they had lost their money. They generally commenced by staking a 20 franc piece at a time. If they won, they added a 20 franc piece to their little pile on the table. If they lost, they replenished their pile with another 20 franc piece from their pocket. On one occasion, I noticed that the wife was patiently backing red, while the husband quite as patiently backed black. "When one lost, the other won, and at each put down 20 francs at each coup, they kept even so long as zero did not come up, but when zero did come up they lost half their stake—that is, the bank took from the two players 20 francs, and as about one coup was played in a minute, it followed that the zero came up on an average once in every thirty-seven minutes. Their average losses would therefore, be 20 francs every thirty-seven minutes, and this sum when only 20 francs was staked; but at the play dragged on they usually staked three or four times that amount, their money lasting them from about 1 CITY COURT o'clock in the afternoon until 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening." And so, of course, at the end of a certain number of days or weeks, this excellent couple had lost all the money with which they had come. This may appear an exceptional case; from what I have heard, it is very typical of Monte Carlo life. The Casiro. HAPPY AND HEALTHY. MISS FLORENCE KENAH MISS FLORENCE KENAIL Miss Florence E. Kenah, 434 Maria st "A few months ago I caught a lungs and remained there so persi took medicine without benefit, upset, and my head and back begs. "I was advised to try Peruna felt so sick that I was ready to try relief at once, and I felt that I had three weeks I was completely r health since. "I now have the greatest faith Miss Florence E. Kenah, 434 Maria street, Ottawa, Ont., writes: "A few months ago I caught a severe cold, which settled on my lungs and remained there so persistently that I became alarmed. I took medicine without benefit, until my digestive organs became upset, and my head and back began to ache severely and frequently. "I was advised to try Peruna, and although I had little faith I felt so sick that I was ready to try anything. It brought me blessed relief at once, and I felt that I had the right medicine at last. Within three weeks I was completely restored and have enjoyed perfect health since. "I now have the greatest faith in Peruna." F. E. KENAH. WOMEN should beware of contracting catarrh. The cold wind and rain, slush and mud of winter are especially conducive to catarrh derangements. Few women escape. Upon the first symptoms of catching cold, Peruna should be taken. It fortifies the system against colds and catarrh. The following letter gives one young woman's experience with Peruna: "You have a firm friend in me, and I not only advise its use to my friends, but have purchased several bottles to give to those without the means to buy, and have noticed without exception that it has brought about a speedy cure wherever it Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society woman of Crown Point, Ind., and she writes the following: "Recently I took a long drive in the country, and being too thinly clad I caught a bad cold which settled on my lungs, and which I could not seem to shake off. I had heard a great deal of Peruna for colds and Proving Truth of Old Adage Secretary Shaw was noticed to join heartily in singing the hymns while at church on a recent Sunday. A friend whom he met outside commented on the fact and Mr. Shaw said in his slow drawing way: "Well, they say money talks. If that's true the secretary of the treasury ought to sing." Gen. Sausaler Resigns Post. Gen. Saussler, ex-military governor of Paris, has resigned his position as a member of the higher council of war on account of ill health. The General is in his seventy-fifth year. He took part in twenty-four campaigns and has the grand cross of the Legion of Honor. The Gambler and His Victims The New York gambler who left the shortest will on record was just so much better off than those who went up against his game. Most of them could leave a last testament like this: "Please bury me in the clothes I had on when I cashed in. Uncle George will pay the funeral expenses." The Cost of Monarchy. It is roughly estimated that since the accession of King Edward no less than £60,000 has been spent by the office of works in the renovation of royal residences. Of these Buckingham Palace and Marlborough House have required by far the greatest attention. A. Tama Sea Gulf. An entertaining incident occurred on the roof of a London coach one morning recently. As the vehicle was proceeding over Blackfriars bridge a sea gull took his stand on the roof and took little or no notice of his fellow passengers. He rode several blocks and a young working girl opened a parcel containing her day's food and gave the gull some bread, which he ate with avidity. Cautioned Bret Harte. Ex-Minister Straus tells a new one on Bret Harte. He says that when Harte was sent to Glasgow as United States consul he asked the secretary of state for instructions. The secretary told him that he was going abroad with laurels on his brow, and that he should be careful not to browse on his laurels. Uncle Reuben Says: "I'm realizin' dat I hasn't created no pickler communism in dis world, but as an offset I am consolin' myself wid de reflection dat de world has bin none de worse for my living' in it. If I haven't helped, I haven't hurt."—Detroit Free Press. Queen Name for Street A remarkable specimen of street naming in Toledo, the ancient capital of Spain, is cited by a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. It is "Calla Del Diablo Pertence al Ayuntamiento," or, in English, "The Devil Belongs-to-the-Municipal Council Street." Crops of Manitoba. The Manitoba potato crop amounted to 4,459,325 bushels and the root crop to 3,230,995 bushels. There are 1,824 thrashing outfits in the province. Crops of Manitoba seet, Ottawa, Ont., writes: I severe cold, which settled on my instently that I became alarmed. I until my digestive organs became an to ache severely and frequently, and although I had little faith I anything. It brought me blessed the right medicine at last. Within restored and have enjoyed perfect in Peruna." F. E. KENAH. catarrh and I bought a bottle to try. I am pleased that I did, for it brought speedy relief. It only took about two bottles, and I considered this money well spent. "You have a firm friend in me, and I not only advise its use to my friends, but have purchased several bottles to give to those without the means to buy, and have noticed without exception that it has brought about a speedy care wherever it has been used."—Miss Rose Gerbing. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to assist you in addressing creases. Address Dr. Hartman, President, The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio Has Led Adventurous Life Dr. Arthur Evans, who lectured recently at the Royal Institution, London, upon the most remarkable archaeological discovery of modern times, has been a traveler and digger of the soil all his days, and has, on at least one occasion, spent a term in an Austrian prison for supposed complicity in an insurrection. The presiding judge at the Seine (France) Assizes the other day performed the somewhat remarkable feats of inflicting 160 years' penal servitude and 70 years' imprisonment in just five minutes by the clock. The sentences passed were on defaulters, of whom there were fourteen, with the average of fifteen years a minute. Protect home Industry There is very little doubt now that a bill will shortly be introduced to prevent the influx of undesirable natens into England. Such a measure has become absolutely necessary, as it is declared that our own criminal classes are now finding it difficult to earn a living—London Punch. Sons and Fathers. Prof. Sparks complains that boys to-day meet their fathers as equals instead of looking up to them as they did in the days of John Quincy Adams. If the professor will just go around a little more he will discover that the father is lucky whose boys do not look down on him. Woman Sanitary Inspector Woman Sanitary Inspector Miss Genevieve Wilson has been appointed sanitary inspector at Orange, N. J. Miss Wilson is the niece of Bishop Abiel Leonard, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Utah and Nevada, who has been a leader in the philanthropic and reform movements not only in Salt Lake City, but throughout the West. She is a trained nurse and is expected to make a record. Spanish Blood in America Of the 12,000,000 inhabitants of Mexico 10,000,000 are of pure Indian type. In the Spanish American republic, in the southern Pacific, the soldiers of Pizzaro made a much deeper radical impression, the majority of persons in all the cities being half breeds—cholas, as they are called. Where Hats Are Unknown. Although hats were first manufactured in England by Spaniards as far back as 1510, there are parts of Spain where the hat is unknown, except in pictures. The men, when they need a covering, the up their heads, and the women use flowers. The North Dakota legislature has just passed suitable resolutions on the death of Capt. Alexander Griggs, the pioneer steamboat captain of the Red River, who founded the town of Grand Forks. A. Perfume Spring. What is stated to be a spring giving forth a liquid resembling essence of violet both in perfume and chemical composition, has been discovered in a valley near Millau, Aveyron, France. Justice in France. Sons and Fathers HARRY R. GRAHAM, Editor. FRED A. TURNER, Associate Eidor. LEWIS WOODS.....Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ..... 81.50 Six months ..... 75 Three months ..... 70 One month ..... 15 Strictly paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. 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Well, this is simply in keeping with inevitable conditions, the more the Negro gives up and unresisting retires, the more he will be compelled to give up. Retreating has never won a battle, climbed a mountain nor overcome an obstacle.—St. Luke Herald. The Rising Son is devoted to the best interests of our rase, a fearless advocate of right and fair play. There are those in high places who read and receive this paper and its benefits who think that printers' ink and labor are produced by wind and talk. Now, to all such we ask you again to pay us what you owe. Some of you have gained your notoriety through this paper. Come and see us with the money. The man who has learned to do something better than any one else, who has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse surroundings can take from him. It is better to show a man how to make a place for himself than to put him in one that some one else has made for him. THIS TRUE AS GOSPEL We advise some of our white friends to be a Negro for an hour or two, and then honestly say what you would do, if you had to remain a Negro. Strange as it may seem, a Negro is a human being, made of flesh, blood and bone, and can feel pain, hate, contempt and outrage, just exactly like other people. This is really true!—St. Luke Herald. Of course, you would fight. WARNING. There are so many false leaders and hypocrites in our churches that it has become our duty to investigate and from now on the Rising Son shall expose a few of these impostors. To the good man you need not fear, do your duty; to the renegade and immoral one we ask you to move and get right. Look for the Son. "THE AFRICAN LEAGUE." The monovia business men's edition came to our office this wek. It is a splendid paper, ably edited, with cuts of the leading men of the Liberian Republic and a host of business and professional advertisements. From the appearance of the paper it appears that Ethiopia is about to stretch forth her hands. Success to the "African League." THE SUFFRAGE CONVENTION A national convention of Negroes as advocated by the "Negro Advocate" of Virginia meets our approval. We are for a united effort on the part of Negroes for an even brake as positive American citizens. He who would be tree should and must take action. Let us have the convention by all means, but how about Cleveland or Indianapolis. WANTED—SEVERAL PERSONS of character an good reputation in each state (one in this county required) to represent and advertise an old established wealthy business house of solid financial standing. Salary $21.00 weekly and expenses additional, all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from head office. Horse and carriage furnished when necessary. References. Enclose self-addressed envelope. Colonial Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. --- We have often been told that a Colored professional man could not succeed in Kansas City, Mo. We have lived to see the contrary established to the full satisfaction of all who have held the contrary opinion. Col. Geo. G. Wassom came to Kansas City in October, 1801, a stranger, but well indorsed by men of reputation, who stood at the head of the legal profession, where he had lived for years. For six months after he and family landed here—but little was known or seen of him, until he had gone before the examining board of the Jackson County Bar, where he was admitted to the practice of his profession. Since which time he has been employed in quite a number of leading cases and acquitted himself with great credit—and is an honor to the bar of our cosmopolitan city. It is a fact that he to-day does more business than all the other Colored lawyers combined in our city—and does it in an honorable professional way. He is a moral man, with a refined and educated family; his wife is a graduate of Oberlin, O. His daughter is a graduate of the Austin High School, Shaw University, and Leonard Medical College; also of Bellview Hospital of New York City. The Colonel is a graduate of Maryville College, and bears a personal letter of endorsement from the old president, who has known him for nearly forty years. He is a member of our city board of associated charities; also a director of the Colored Children's Orphanage of this city. We need more men who have a fixed purpose in life, and is willing to extend a helping hand to a weak race. He is honorable, polite and the white members of the bar treat him with all respect that any good and respectable citizen could, or should demand. He is a good lawyer, a Republican in politics, a gentleman by nature and we wish him many years of usefulness among our people. HE IS HOPEFUL Archbishop Ireland Writes Encouragingly to Prof. J. Silas Harris. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 20, 1903. Prof. J. Silos Harris, Kansas City, Mo. My Dear Sir: I thank you for your kind letter conveying to me your approval of the words spoken by me in Chicago. I am not discouraged over the prospects booming up before the Negro race. There is an eddy in the current which seems at times to flow backwards, but this only to flow forward again with greater strength. Sincerely, JOHN IRELAND. It is reported that Prof. Harris has been offered the principalship of one of the St. Louis schools. Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1903. Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Rising Son. In response to your inquiry, I beg to say your publication is duly entered as second class matter at this office and regularly mailed. Very respectfully, J. H. HARRIS, Postmaster. The Rising Son is the only paper published by Colored people in Kansas City, Mo., that is entered at the post office as second class mail. FOR THE OLD COLORED PEOPLE'S HOME Friends of the Old Colored People's home, an institution for the support of aged Negro men and women and for orphans, situated between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets on Michigan avenue, will give an entertainment for the benefit of the home Tuesday evening, February 24, at Turner hall. Vaudeville work will be put on by the Hailey children, stereopticon views will be shown by Mrs. M. Losee. It is said that the home is in especial need of funds just now and this entertainment s given with a view to relieving the situation as much as possible. The Old People's Home is a worthy cause and should be patronized. Mrs. Losee is one of the charitably inclined ladies of the city. She has given this entertainment before for charity. The effort should be appreciated. ALL SORTS. Lying may be wicked, but it is still fashionable. The faster a man is the slower he is about paying his debts. Luck is a mighty uncertain thing to sit around and wait for. Girls who would buy titled husbands must have legal-tender hearts. A piece of a woman's mind is not good for her husband's peace of mind. Every cloud may have a silver lining, but only an optimist can believe it. A man is not in a calm condition when he finds it impossible to raise the wind. It is difficult for some men to keep their mouths shut when they have nothing to say. There are more ways than one to skin a cat, also a Rube. Subscribe for your local paper and keep posted. Enough whiskey is made in Kentucky every day to float a steamship—but, of course, it never gets a chance to do it. Other Way Round. People in New York have been arrested for smuggling cigars in hay. Some of the manufacturers should get their bumps for smuggling hay into cigars. NEGRO SUFFRAGE. A Letter from Hon. John B. Wise Replying to a Virginia Judge. An Indictment Against Virginia— Methods and Unlawful Acts. New York, December 22, 1902. My Dear Judge: Thank you once again for that sweet kind letter so grateful at this particular time when so many folks are saying mean things about me. They do not disturb me, because I know I am right and that they are wrong. When a man knows he is right he is serene and abuse does not ruffle him. The knowledge that they are violating plighted faith, and the doirg mean, disreputable and dishonest things, makes them irritable and abusive. In a sense their wrath amuses me. In another sense I am moved by pity for their narrow-mindedness and vindictiveness. They cannot turn back the hands of time or obliterate history. I agree most heartily with all you say about the importance of denying suffrage to ignorance, and limiting it to intelligence. Any fair limitation of the right to those sufficiently educated to possess understanding as well as character must be approved by every right-thinking man; but when the limitations are not imposed in good faith; when they are applied with the confessed purpose of race discrimination; and when they are enacted by fraudulent abandonment of pledge and in defiance of all authority; the questions resulting are broader than any question of party or color and recur to the proposition whether, in defiance of law and precedent, a fractional oligarchy, in perpetuity, can establish itself, by over-throwing all Democratic-Republican government in any state of the Union. That is the question presented by the Virginia situation. We are just at the threshold of the inquiry. You are much mistaken if you consider my cause is lost. I went to the courts simply to have a judicial determination whether the courts have power to redress this character of wrong. If the Supreme Court sustains the views of the court below, Congress will confront this issue with no pretense for saying the sufferers have redress in the courts. It must meet the responsibility, and cannot shut its eyes to the fact that every promise of the nation to the Negro race stands broken, in defiance of the pledges which the states gave the nation thirty years ago; and that if they are to remain broken, the nation stands guilty of a wrong and a crime to these people. No people can exist in a free community without the power of self-protection. The ideas of freedom and political serfdom are inconsistent. The men who freed the slaves saw this so clearly that they bestowed suffrage upon the Negroes, as a means of political self-protection, pre-maturely. NEGRO SUFFRAGE A CRIME. Negro suffrage, as and when it was conferred, was both a crime and a blunder. It never ought to have been conferred at the time it was. It ought to have been made gradual. But it was conferred, wisely or unwise. And the Southern States solemnly coveted to accept it. At the present time it is nothing like as dangerous or as monstrous a proposition as it was then. There are thousands and hundreds of thousands of Negros fully qualified for the exercise of suffrage. The element of unlifted ignorance might easily be reached by equitable laws if they were fairly administered; and the evil might thus be practically eliminated. But a foul device, thinly disguised, but universally admitted, whereby it is sought to remit every Negro possible to political slavery, without touching the lowest or most ignorant white, is repugnant to every sense of manhood, of far-sightedness, or good faith. The Negro is not what he was thirty years ago. We, as much as anybody else, have encouraged in him the aspiration for liberty and the sense of manhood. With those feelings stimulated and those rights acknowledged by us, we have seen him rear children, pay his taxes, accumulate property, vote, serve the state as her soldier and grow up not only with the pride of citizenship, but bearing its burdens along with his white fellow-citizens. Is it manly, is it just, is it honest, to seek now to filch him out of his rights, to trample out his ambitions, to remit him to a servile position? Would any white race stand it? Can we expect him to remain with us, so degraded? Can we afford to lose him? With his place vacant where would we be? Do we not boast that he is the best of servants? Are we not spared the tyranny of more exciting laboring classes? Would not our condition be plitable if by a course of mean tyranny and the denial to him of rights which we are pledged by every consideration of honor and of interest to respect, if we drove him from our midst? No, sir, we could not afford it. 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PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER W HEN YOU WRITE. and led away from political and economic suicide by the stronger and broader and truer humanity which controls the nation. Our people cannot ignore the existence of the nation. By bitter and bloody experience we learned we could not dissolve the Union. Against our will and in spite of us, these black people were made freemen. SOUTHERN PEOPLE NARROW And, once more, if the Southern people are so narrow and behind the advancement of the age, as to seek to violate their plighted faith, and to remand this race to slavery, they may bring down upon themselves the heavy hand which has never smitten them without carrying its point. We hear a great deal of fine talk about the sovereignty of these communities nowadays, and about their right to regulate their own social and political problems. But Virginia's son, John Marshall warned them nearly a century ago, that the sovereignty was subordinate to federal authority, in matters which federal laws reach, and the federal laws is supreme on questions of citizenship. They have paid bitterly in the past for ignoring these warnings. We heard much also of the duty to maintain white supremacy. This talk springs from no honest fear that white supremacy is imperilled. It is intended to enlist race sympathy from those who will not take the trouble to inform themselves upon the problem. But I say God help a white supremacy attained by breach of plighted faith to the nation; by cruel and unjust race discrimination against the blacks; by laws ordained without any legal sanction; lacking in any broad apprehension of the true relations between the races; dictated by vicious and half civilized race prejudice, and committed, for their administration, to willing tools, whose only idea of civic duty or loyalty is to work to perpetuate the rule of the faction which installed them. Do not tell me that government under any such auspices will be better. No government so conceived or so executed, will be better than the bad men who sieze it, or the worst men who administer it. It is not democratic or republican government. It is the domination of a faction which neither respects the principles of government it pretends to administer, the rights of the governmed, nor its own pledges. "Doing evil that good may come of it" has been the pretense of usurpers and tyrants from the time that government began, with the invariable result that the evil has been done and the promised god did not come of it. I feel a contempt for the expression so often heard that even if the method resorted to, to eliminate the Negro vote, was bad and vicious, the results will emancipate thought in Virginia and build up what the parties using this argument of con enience are pleased to predict, will be two respectable parties there. In a word, that with the Negro vote removed as a fusing influence upon the whites, the whites will divide upon public issues, as they have not done before. Those who talk this way are of two classes—they are either Democrats, who do not believe what they say, and say it as a consoling balm to their own consciences, or in order to reconcile credulous opponents; or they are people who hope always for better things and do not know the men who devised and are executing the scheme, Verily, the man is gullible who with knowledge of the career of the people, who have been piloting the politics of Virginia for the past thirty years, thinks that they have done anything or planned anything which will permit the power which they have selzed, and in which they have intrenched themselves with such care and cunning, and toil, to slip from their grasp now or hereafter. Have not forty-seven of these men ordained a constitution which they were solemnly pledged to submit to the people for ratification or rejection? Have they not, while refusing to take any oaths themselves, in direct defiance of the law under which they were assembled, exacted oaths of fealty to their work, from every officeholder, great and small, in the commonwealth, under threat of vacating his office unless he acknowledges their supremacy within thirty days from the time they asserted it? Have they not deliberately, by ordinance, provided for the amendment of all existing registration laws and the disfranchisement of at least two-fifths of the electorate which chose them, without consulting that electroate, as they promised to do? Did they not so jealously regard this new enrollment of voters that they consulted their partisans in every part Actual Results from Baldness After Only 4 Weeks' Use of ZOMODONE. of the state and named personally every member of every registration board in every magisterial district and in every ward of the state. Who ever saw such an act or ordinance as this before? Were these men chosen to carry out the plans of these conspirators, or for a fair and exalted purpose? LET VIRGINIANS ANSWER. Let every citizen of Virginia, affected by the work of these tools of this conspiracy, answer this last query in the light of his knowledge of the character and attainments of the individuals chosen at his home to do this deed of political murder. And finally, has not every appointee, beneficiary and recipient of preferment, since this alleged new constitution has been put into operation, been one of those who planned it, and for whose benefit is was devised? Read the list and answer me. Do not tell me they intend to lose their grip. The statement is a reflection upon your intelligence or upon mine. I tell you they gained this power, corruptly, to enjoy it themselves; and will retain it as unscrupulously as they gained it. Under the plea of fettering the Negro they have fettered all the whites also. There is no more hope of white men successfully overcoming their factional domination than there was that black men, or black and white men, would do so. The poor deluded people of the state have, under the false fears excited by appeals to their race prejudices, allowed the coterie of Bourbon politicians, typified by the leaders in this convention, to fix upon them a thraldom, the end of which no man living can foresee, unless it is broken by the power of the law; and judicially declared to be, as it is, an outrage upon the rights of the people. It is worse than any monarchy, for it has no single head to chop off. It is as specious in its pretences of benefits, and will be, if it is permitted to stand, as tyrannical and corrupt as the Venitian Seignory of Forty. In spite of all these people say to the contrary, I love Old Virginia better than any spot on earth, and her old glory is as dear to me as to any of her sons. I am heartily ashamed of what has been done there. I will break it up root and branch if I can, as a duty which I owe, not only to my clients, but to my native state. If I cannot, that is all; but I am neither afraid nor ashamed to try, even if I be the only white son of Virginia who feels as I do. Is it or not natural that the Negroes, who are wronged by this thing, should seek in every way in their power, to obtain redress? Are they so beneath the notice of the law that they are not entitled to seek its protection? Are their claims so preposterous and outrageous that a reputable lawyer cannot present and urge them without aspersion upon his character and ability? These questions bring their own answers. A negative answer must come from every honest man, lawyer or layman, for it is the boast of our profession that no man is so humble, or even so base, that he is not entitled to have the best aspect of his case presented to a court for judgment; and that no human being is so low in the scale of human rights or political consideration, that the highest court in the land should turn a deaf ear to his prayer for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I took their case, knowing full well the unreasoning and brutal prejudice my actions would excite. How could I doubt this would be so, when I recalled that my father's life-long service to the state did not protect his gray hairs from villainous aspersions when he defended Calhoun in the mayoralty contest in Virginia in the seventies. If ills galore affect you sore And pains beset you more and more, Then do not stop; run, skip or hop To SMITH'S Apothocary Shop. 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At the end we shall know who is right and who is wrong; and, whatever that end may be, I know I am on the side of the weak against the strong; of humanity against bigotry and prejudice; of advancement and progress against obstruction and negation; of good faith against broken pledges of honor; of popular rights against unscrupulous usurpation; of experience and enlightened civilization against the besoted prejudices of the ex-slave-owner and the provincial jealousy of a lower type; upon the side of God against man's injustice and the heartless, selfish trickery of small politicians. In all my life I never had a cause in the justice of which I felt more confidence, or advocated a measure which I felt was more surely for the benefit of all the people concerned. Thus feeling, I am unaffected by adverse criticism and more and more resolved to go on with the good work. And the time will come when everybody—friend and opponent—will see, that I was right—right as God's precept—"Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you." Let this be my answer to all that has been said. I trust to time for my vindication, and in the meantime am just as well, just as prosperous, and as happy as if the heathen did not rage furiously against me. No man is absolutely truthful when it comes to repeating the bright things that his children sayp. Clothing Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired in Good Order PRICES REASONABLE, AARON TOLBERT, 123 E. 6th Street. via the Burlington Route Cheap Rates All Summer. Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. on certain dates. Two Fast Trains Leave Daily at 10:40 a. m., and 9:35 p. m. Ticket Office, 823 Main St. & Union Depot. JOHN S. WISE. T. LEE ADAMS 412 Walnut Street, KANSAS CITY, MO. Garden Tools, Poultry Supplies. THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo Remember please— it's the little bits we collect here an share That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Dr. Coombs was a caller this week. Prof. S. R. Bailey was a caller this week. Mrs. John Rone spent a few days in Independence last week. Mr. James Allen is ill at his home on the Paseo. Bernard Nesbitt has been on the sick list this week. Mrs. Wade B. Smith has been very ill at her home, White Church, Kas. Mrs. Holly has been suffering with lagrippe. You should have your friends and neighbors read the Rising Son. Pete Klele, Kansas City's old reliable jollier, is still alive. Mrs. Wm. Gordon is visiting friends at Belton, Mo. Mr. Wm. Spalding of Chicago is visiting friends in our city. Mrs. Mattie Casway is on the mend after a week's illness. Hattie New—Robert Ross is a jolly fellow. Watch the Son closely, you may miss something. Frank Neal can tell more stories than any of the boys. Walter Fisher is as good in his position as Tim Gross. J. F. Cole of the postoffice department, has been alling for a few days. Mrs. Oxley, state deputy of the G. F. of T. R., is an earnest worker. See T. Lee Adams for all garden seeds and tools. Mr. John Marshall is all smiles these days. John Hill leads them all. W. F. Adams is home from Alliance to visit his sick mother. Miss Allie Lewis, who was shot last week, is not improving very fast. Hon. I. B. Blackburn of Kansas City Kas., paid our office a visit. G. M. Edwards of the Baltimore, who has been sick, is convalescent. Hand your locals to Wm. Fairfax, our society reporter. The Walters' club has a telephone. Call up 3302 Black, 2 rings. Albert Fleming, after a week's visit to his mother, has returned much improved in health. Jas. Runnels will have a full supply of Ozona Toilet articles. See him for these valuable preparations. The K. C. Juvenille Band gave a supper at 593 Troost avenue. These boys should be encouraged. They want to raise money to get uniforms. Miss Lulu Rogers, who has been sick quite awhile, is able to be out again. Call on Smith for pure drugs and toilet articles. Ice cream soda and soda, all flavors. James Runnels is prepared to accept a captaincy when the worst comes to be bad. D. W. Langston is able to be out again. He will be glad to meet his friends at his old stand, 718 E. 8th. Prof. J. E. Hereford of Chillicothe, paid our office a pleasant call while in town. Mr. Diggs, the junk man, is pegging away solving the problem by doing business. Dr. T. C. Unthank is now located at 1223 Michigan avenue. Mrs. Unthank thinks moving is an awful job. Mr. and Mrs. Garnes have went to the Unthank house on Michigan avenue. Prof. H. R. Graham has sold his printing outfit and it will be moved across he Kaw. Mr. R. H. Anderson of St. Paul, Minn., will visit Wm. Fairfax about the 10th of this month. --- Mrs. Railey, 812 Charlotte street, has been confined to her home for the past six weeks with a paralytic stroke. The Silver Leaf club will not have any more club dances until after lenon season. Mr. Jesse Lytle of Topeka is in town visiting his old friend, James Runnels. John A. Coombs of 1751 W. Prospect, who has been confined to his home with the rheumatism, is able to be out. Cassius Ripley was buried from Asbury chapel last Sunday by the Masons. The Pilgrim Baptist church and its pastor is in trouble. Investigation is in order. The people want a clean pulpit. Mrs. Mary Arnold's, 706 Locust street, is a popular resort for meals and to meet a jolly lot of hotel boys. F. L. Lewis is the right man in the right place. Rev. E. M. Wilson knows his worth. W. H. Williams was in to see us. He is enthusiastic for Senator Hanna, and ex-slave pension bill. The initiation of fifteen S. and D. of Jerusalem last Thursday was very interesting. Miss Bertie Brown, who has been ill for the last week, was able to attend school this week. The reception and ball given by some of the members of the Silver Leaf club was a social success. Dr. and Mrs. Buch are thinking of moving into their new home on Garf field avenue. Every one should read Dr. Coffin's reply to Dr. Leroy Dibble in last Sunday's Star. Furnished front room with bath and gas, for rent to a gentleman. Apply 1411 Brooklyn avenue. Father Harper will have quite a large confirmation class to present to the Rev. Bishop Atwell at Easter time. S. G. K. J. R. Gordon has summoned all members of the Grand Palace to meet him next Saturday night March 14th. Mrs. Alice Craig of Slater, Mo., and Mrs. Maggie Franklin of Ft. Scott, Kas., prominent members of the S. and D. of J., is visiting the members. FOR RENT.—A nice 6 room house at 834 Freeman avenue, good well water; the house is in good repair. See I. B. Blackburn, 825 Walker avenue, Kansas City, Kas. Our people are anxious for the Son. We hope to merit the confidence and consideration of the people because we expect them to pay for it. The Rising Son is $1.50 per year. Willis Jackson has returned from Leavenworth where he went to attend the funeral of his father who was 89 years old. Mr. James Runnels has been engaged as reporter and solicitor. Any favors shown him will be appreciated by the Rising Son. The Ladies' Art class met with Mrs. I. F. Bradley, Kansas City, Kan., Wednesday afternoon. It will meet with Mrs. John Lang, 912 Park avenue. The motto of the Geo. B. Peck Dry Goods Co. is "Satisfaction." This of itself is an inspiration to a buyer. Mr. Peck has demonstrated his great business worth to the people of Kansas City, and his ability to conduct a huge business. Mrs. Bessie Evans is quite sick and her sister, Mrs. F. Jessie Peck is dangerously ill at her home in Denver. Their sister, Mrs. Allen, of St. Joseph, has been called to the bedside of Mrs. Peck. The big building occupied by the Jones Dry Goods Co. is always crowded with anxious buyers. The management spares neither expense nor pains in its effort to render comfort to the buying public. The chorus rehearsing for the cantata Ruth, under the management of Miss Carnie Cross and Mrs. Jos. Brice is progressing nicely and promises to give the public a rare treat in the near future. The Oviatt Shoe Company is one of the best and most reliable firms of its kind in the West. The treatment accorded its patrons is such that it is a pleasure always to return. The store carries the best and leading grades and makes of shoes. Mr. and Mrs. Peery have moved to Trenton, Mo., where they will engage in farming with Mrs. Peery's father, who owns a farm of six hundred acres. Mr. and Mrs. Peery were members of the Silver Leaf Club and the Ladies' Whist Club, who wishes them much success in their new undertaking. Dr. O. W. J. Scott, Editor Lewis Woods and Prof. J. Silas will be sent to Washington to urge congress to make provisions for a Negro exhibit at St. Louis during the World's Fair. --- WEDDING BELLS. There was a nice quiet wedding at the desidence of Rev. J. E. Roberts at 1022 Michigan avenue Sunday March 1 at 5 p. m. The contracting parties being Mr. Geprge W. Greecee and Miss Stella Duncan, both of Kansas City, Mo. A delicious repast was served to a few very warm friends who after the usual congratulatory method, went to their several homes feeling the better because society is increasing and better conditions prevailing. The happy couple left for their home in Osawatomie, Kas. Rev. Roberts officiated. The Nebraska Clothing Co. of this city, under its present management, is realizing a rapid and steady growth in trade. Its method of business has always been a source of pleasure to its many patrons, all of whom are treated with great courtesy and their wants receive the strictest attention. Y. M. C. A. NOTES In last Sunday's meeting the topic "Sowing Seed" was discussed in an interesting and profitable manner. There are still some vacant chairs in the Sunday afternoon meeting. Don't be afraid to fill them. PENN SCHOOL SEWING CLASS. PENN SCHOOL SEWING CLASS. It may not be generally known that at the school located in the southern part of the city there is a large sewing class, composed of all the pupils of the school and conducted by a number of wealthy white ladies living in that section of the city. The object of this class is to better fit our young people for some of the duties that fall upon them by and by. Girls attending the high school are admitted and instructed along with pupils of the grades. Much interest is manifested in the work by both pupils and teachers. Principal Harris is hopeful that this may be the means of enrolling so large a number of pupils that the Board of Education will build a new school instead of the old shack now in use. Little Joyce Dorsey entertained a large number of her friends Monday afternoon February 23rd, at her home 1227 Highland avenue. A number of handsome presents were received. Games of different kinds were indulged in, after which light refreshments were served. The following is the list of those present, with their gifts: Lewis Benford, 3 handkerchiefs; Marion Harris, 2 handkerchiefs; Masters Ralph and Spencer Seals, 2 handkerchiefs; Carrie Wright, 2 handkerchiefs; Dorothy Hill, turquoise beads; Edward Hill, hair bow; Lucion Carter pocket book and money; Vernon Page after dinner coffee cup and saucer; W. D. Seals, chocolate cup and saucer; Vere Honholland, cup, saucer and plate; Berenice Hollingsworth, individual creamer and sugar; Edna Herndon, powder box; M. Deza Birch, oat meal bowl; Beatrice and Clarence Lee, cup saucer and plate; Cleopatra Barlow, oat meal bowl; Eloise Coles, toy dog; Marie Moore, Bowl and pitcher; Jess Coles, patton iron; Clara Holland, cup and saucer; Master Nix and Elsie Nix, after dinner dress; Ruby and Claud Conway, after dinner cups and saucers; Gerone Reed, after dinner cup and saucer; Willie Lauwrence, bell; Wilbern Johnson, ice cream plate; Huston Jackman, cup and saucer; Mr. and Mrs. McColly of Grand Junction, Colo. white silk dress; Mrs. Johnson and Mayme Barker, cup, saucer and plate; Mrs. D. W. Willis, white apron; Miss Amy Jackson, after dinner chocolate cup; Miss Valille Bowman, hair ribbon; Ophelia Watts, 2 handkerchiefs; H. W. Warfield, money; Mrs James Johnson, flowers. The big store of Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Co. is sometimes termed the Western Emporium of Merchandise. The management of the company is regarded as being the best obtainable. C. W. Archer was in to see us. PASSING GLIMPSES. The Colombian truce has been extended. Are they counting the votes, or filling the cartridges? To-day the prophet wags his head and people heed him; to-morrow, ah, to-morrow, "None so poor to do him reverence." More than Christmas, or New Year's, or a man's birthday, election day is the day for turning over a new leaf; also of making good. Americans are going to put up seven thousand miles of barbed wire fence. No, it will not be around the Philippines; it will inclose one little cattle ranch. An assaulted critic has sued a theater for damages. Egad! The time may come when the assaulted actor will sue the grocer and the tomato dealer. With the disappearance of his airship a French aeronaut is said to have gone on a mysterious voyage. It may be that mysterious voyage from which no one ever returns. Care of Bunker Hill Monument A proposition to turn over the custody of Bunker Hill monument from the Monument association to the state of Massachusetts has been lately considered by the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives of that state, but it found few advocates in its favor. The care of the monument is now largely provided for by fees, which could not be charged if it should be state property. Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.—E. P. Whipple. Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.—William Hazlitt. The shortest life is long enough if it lead to a better, and the longest life is short if it do not.—Colton. Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good actions; try to use ordinary situations.—Richter. Justice is the insurance we have on our lives and property, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.—Penn. The slightest sorrow for sin is sufficient if it produce amendment, and the greatest insufficient if it do not.—Colton. We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it.—Phillips Brooks. This is the law of benefits between men: the one ought to forget at once what he has given, and the other never to forget what he has received. —Seneca. There is no action of man in this life which is not the beginning of so long a chain of consequences, as that no human providence can tell what the end will be. —Thomas of Malmesbury. The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity. —Richter. Let us be thankful that our sorrow lives in us as an indestructible force, only changing its form and passing from pain into sympathy—the one word which includes all our best insight and our best love. —George Eliot There cannot be a more glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he may render himself most acceptable to the Creator by doing good to His creatures.—Fielding. Never did any soul do good, but it came readier to do the same again, with more enjoyment. Never was love, or gratitude, or bounty practiced but with increasing joy, which made the practicer still more in love with the fair act.—Shaftesbury. We often magnify troubles and difficulties and look at them till they seem much greater than they really are. Some of our troubles, no doubt, are real enough, but yet are not evils. Foresight is very wise, but forsorow is very foolish; and castles are at any rate better than dungeons, in the air.—Lord Averybury. BITS OF PHILOSOPHY. The valnest hopes are generally the most roseate. Incongruous theories are often mistaken for great principles. The has beens are bad enough. The might have beens are worse. It is not always so much what a man has, as how it pleases him. Charity never excuses a wrong; at most it only seeks to palliate it. For every rose there is a thorn, unless you know how to avoid it. The worst form of selfishness is to destroy the enjoyment of others. Few people, indeed, ever come to believe that they have a sufficiency. Love, we are told, finds out everything. And at that it is often disappointed. It is well enough to be hopeful, but hope, like faith, must be backed up with works. Men who pursue impossibilities enjoy the activities of life and none of its rewards. In a majority of cases people who rise from penury to opulence forget all the journey except the last stages. CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT. After praying for goodness, some people forget to be good. Sometimes men blow out the gas after blowing in all their money. It is reported that a St. Louis boy ate so much honey he was attacked by hives. Every man has his particular bent — especially after he gets in the rheumatic class. When a man begins to go down hill he meets a lot of people with their noses turned up. When a woman wants to say anything mean pertaining to men in general she says they are all alike. Fame is a glorious thing, but a small regular income is much more satisfactory to the average man. Don't tell your troubles. It doesn't do any good, and besides it takes up the other fellow's time who wants to tell you his. WHAT ONE WOMAN OBSERVES When fidelity becomes obligatory, life holds but few pleasures. How easy it is to blame people for not being patient under affliction. Nothing reaches a woman's heart so quickly as a man's desire to confide in her. We may all prate of moral strength, but when temptation comes along one is apt to fall down flat. While her whole nature may revolt at a union, woman's tender heart oftimes prevents a rupture. We cannot bid love stay or depart. The little god is totally oblivious to hospitality or the lack of it. Love, like the rose, is so sweet that one always tries to pluck it despite the thorns, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. A visitor in Washington heard Senator Depew deliver a speech the other day. The New York statesman made a joke about pressing the hand of a fair Mormon widow, the widow numbering seventeen. The remark provoked a good deal of laughter, but it sounded familiar to the man in the gallery. Later he found that Mr. Depew had borrowed the joke from a skit written by Artemus Ward some forty or fifty years ago. Mrs. Jane Boyes, M. D., a graduate of the Edinburgh University, has been appointed government physician of the island of Coll, Argyllshire. This is said to be the first instance of a woman doctor receiving a government appointment in Scotland. The CURVE SALOON M. 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Iman Shoe All Leathers .50. You will be pleased with your first investment in this grand line for the value will be a revelation to you to see what persistent work has done for this popular price. Style like cut a new favorite and will make friends at a glance. SHOE CO., Main. for the First Time Many Points ```markdown ``` The Anarchist's Failure The long, narrow room, the only entrance to which was by a tortuous passage behind old Lecop's tobacco shop, was but dimly lighted by the flaring blaze of the filthy candles set into a three-pronged candlestick in the middle of the table. But although the light only vaguely outlined the figures of fourteen men about the board, it shone full upon our faces, and showed each his neighbor's countenance in the palid yellow glow. At the head of the table sat Pulsaski, his burly form making the rickety chair in which he sat creak and groan. His stature seemed almost gantic beside that of the others, for we were all of sunny France but he. And now the fatal hour had come. We had chosen our sacrifice. He was hated of the people and must die. He had done much against the cause of liberty, and we all echoed Pulaski's force declaration that he must suffer for his crimes. "We are all here," said Pulaski, raising his massive head, and his deep voice filling the room. "He must die. Are we all agreed?" A hoarse "Aye!" rose from the group about the table. From the drawer at his end of the table he produced a handful of small, white beans, thirteen of which he counted out upon the table in our sight. Then from another compartment in the same drawer he brought forth one black one, and placed it with the white. "There are fourteen," he said again. A hat served in want of a better receptacle, and into it the fourteen beans were dripped. Pulaski shook them together, and passed the hat to the man at his right hand. It was too dark in the room to see the color of the beans in the hat, had one wished; but the first man looked straight ahead as he plunged his hand within and brought it slowly forth again, closed tightly over the bean he had selected. His hand remained closed as he passed the hat to his neighbor, and thus it went down the table. Then the hat was passed to me. Before my fingers clutched the little bean I had been terrified by a certain knowledge that I should draw the fatal lot. When it was firmly in my clasp, however, and I had passed the hat along the board, that feeling left me. I felt relieved—almost happy; the terrible odeal was over, and I was impressed now so strangely by a feeling of exultant relief—so great a reaction from my previous morbid fear—that I was willing to swear that I had been lucky, and that the fatal lot had fallen, or would fall, to some other. I should not have to die! Ah, I was young and life was sweet to me then. Then the hat came back to Pulaski, and almost feverishly he seized it and clutched the remaining bean, turning the hat upside down upon the table. A Then I Opened My Hand. and rapping it smartly to show that it was empty. Then Pulaski opened his palm outward that we might see, and displayed a white bean. Suddenly, with the amazement that a peal of thunder from a clear sky might cause one, I saw that the eyes of them all were bent on me! I glanced swiftly about the table; each hand lay open, and in the palms thus displayed were the thirteen white beans! It took a minute, perhaps, for the full significance of this fact to dawn upon me. Then I opened my own hand. "The lot has been drawn." Pulaski's deep voice reached my car faintly, as though from a great distance. I still sat at the dirty table; the pale, set faces of my com- rades were all about me. But I had lived over my whole life again, and its end was now at hand. "According to our agreement," our A "One Barrel for Him!" I Shouted, "This for You!" leader said, more distinctly than before, "the messenger of death is to take this weapon"—he drew a pistol from the table drawer and laid it before him—and with it do his work. It is loaded with two bullets; one is for his heart, the other for the messenger himself. It is understood? I bowed mechanically and received the pistol. "One barrel for him, the other for you!" repeated Pulsak. "for it is agreed that he shall die." Then, one by one my friends came and embraced me and went out; but Pulsak passed me without a word. Only his fierce glance seemed to burn into my very soul. "One barrel for him, one barrel for me!" I muttered. Staggering to my feet, I hid the pistol in my bosom and walked through the passage into the tobaccoist's shop. It was dark when I made my way into the garden. It was a beautiful garden, but gardens are only for the rich. A great wall was built all about it, that the poor might not even see its beauty. All things are denied the poor but labor; that they have in plenty. He was in the habit of walking in his garden early in the morning. We all knew what; everybody knew it, in fact, so I concealed myself beside the path and waited. The pistol was in my bosom—my hand was upon it. I could not fail to hit the mark, for he would pass within a yard of me. "One barrel for him, the other for me!" I kept repeating, and thus the night wore away and the gray dawn broke at last. At last I saw him come from the hall and pass down the marble steps into the garden. He was a handsome, imposing old man, and hearty looking, as though he had yet many years of life before him. I alone knew that he had but a few moments. I would let him enjoy the sweet morning air for a little while, and then—— "One barrel for him, the other for you!" Suddenly there was an eager, childish shout from the villa, and a little figure dashed out over the portal and down the path with a cry of "Grand'pere!" Such a lovely, fairy-like creature as she was! She was like my little sister, and he swung her up into his arms and kissed her just as I had often kissed Joan ere she died. And while she prattled on, and he listened, and I watched the two, a sudden tumult arose outside the garden. There were hoarse cries, and the tramping of many feet, and into the garden (the gate of which the porter had left open) all covered with foam and dust, and with the froth driveling from his savage jaws, dashed a huge, shaggy brute, and rushed up the path toward those two on the seat. "Mon Dieul!" he cried, and put her quickly behind him, facing the maddened beast empty handed as he was. "For her sake!" I muttered, and rising from the covert I fired the first barrel of the pistol. The brute sprang high into the air, and then fell back to the dust, dead. While the people crowded in, I escaped. There was still a little money in my purse, and I left Paris and hastened to Havre, there to take passage for America. I crept about the dark streets at night until I could find an opportunity to embark from my native land, and there Pulaski found me. I knew he would come. I had seen it in his cruel eyes when he left me that day in the room behind the tobaccoon's. I had not been a traitor, but the child had sheltered him with her innocence. Pulaski sprang upon me in a lonely place—perhaps he had been dogging me for days; I know not. "I have found you," he said, in his deep rumbling voice. "Traitor! You were the chosen messenger of death; you drew the lot; why did you not keep your oath?" I could say naught. "Self accused, you die by my hand!" he hissed, and I saw the flash of the steel above my head; but I had the pistol still. "One barrel for him," I shouted, "this for you!" I fired, and as I ran from the spot I looked back and saw his huge body sway forward, and fall, a dead thing, upon the pavement. Then I came to America. I am an old man now, but can I ever forget? —Boston Journal. HIS CHARACTERS FROM LIFE. Where Charles Lever Got His Rollleek Irish Stories. Whence did Charles Lever get his rolleicing Irishman? Prof. Oman in his preface to the reissue of William Grattan's "Adventures With the Connaught Rangers" discloses the secret. It was clearly, he avows, from the domestic annals of the old Eighty-eighth Foot in Peninsular days that Lever drew the greater part of the good stories which made the fortunes of "Charles O'Malley." Many of the characters in that romance appear in the flesh in Grattan's reminiscences. Notably: "The eccentric surgeon, Maurice Quill, whose fame was so great throughout the British army that the novelist did not even take the trouble to change his name. His colleague, Dr. O'Relly, was almost as great an original. Many of the humors of "Micky Free seem to be drawn from the doings of Grattan's servant, Dan Carsons." "Comparing the 'real thing,'" Mr. Oman goes on, "with the work of fiction, one is driven to conclude that much of what was regarded as rollicking invention on Lever's part was only a photographic reproduction of anecdotes that he had heard from old soldiers of the Connaught Rangers." "Just as It Used to Be." I wish I were a boy again. That are were but a dream. That things would change from what they are To what they used to seem; That I were but a little boy, And from my mother's knee Could find that dear old fairyland, Just as it used to be. If wishes only were a horse, How fast away I'd ride Across the plains of yesterday, Bold comrades by my side; Once more I'd rescue captive maids; Ah! doughty deeds you'd see, If I were but a hero bold, Just as I used to be. With bean-stalk Jack I'd sally forth To giants kill galore; In savage league boote I'd stride away To that enchanted shore Where ogres dwell, in castles huge, And mermaids swarm the sea; Oh how I'd love to find them all Just as they used to be. My little boy says I'm all wrong— That nothing's changed at all. That he can show me ogres fierce, And giants more than tall; Then clasping his dear hand in mine, He leaves me to see— Years drop as leaves; I'm young again, Just as I used to be. -Frederick Mitchell Munroe in Town and Country. Child Study of the Bible The sting of our loss, writes Rolle Ogden in his study of "The Literary Loss of the Bible," in the February Century, lies in the perishing of the young associations which used to be entwined about the felicities and majesty of biblical phraseology. The mature and preoccupied mind will in vain seek deliberately to assimilate the purely literary charm and power of the Bible. Later and colder studies cannot give what must be drawn in almost with mother's milk. The accumulated impressions of childhood, the familiarity with sounding phrases before they are understood, the play of young imagination, of awe, and even superstition, about the sacred page, together with the daily repetition and use of the rich English of the King James version, seem necessary to the surest and most enduring grasp on the Bible merely as a great writing. There is a certain disillusionment in studying the Bible in too cold and dry a light of reason, and though it may be a critical gain it is a literary loss. Such Is Life. Farmer Hayrix (looking over paper) —"Skitrem, the druggist, is closing out his entire stock uv patent medicines at half-price." Mrs. Hayrix—"That's jist our peskq luck! They hain't a thing the matter with any uv the hull fambly." Old Story of President Jackson. Dr. Edward Everett Hale denies the story that Mrs. Jackson, wife of "Old Hickory," explaining the origin of her Just illness, said: "The general kicked this kiverlet off and I kotched cold." It seems to be true, however, that at a dinner party in the white house, when the lights were dim, President Jackson remarked: "The chanticleer does not burn well." A Mixed-Up Engineer A Missouri Pacific engineer of Sedalia reports that the record of his birth is lost, and he is in doubt about his age. Then, too, he has "made up" so much time on his trips between St. Louis and Kansas City that he is probably a r or two ahead of Father Time anyway, and he's all mixed up about it.—Kansas City Star. BUSINESS QUANTITY The M. K. & T. Ry. has a well-established Industrial Department, aiding in the selection of sites and locations for industries of all kinds along its lines. Write if you are interested. We will send book, "Business Chances," and any other information wanted. Address James Barker, Gen'l Pass Agent, M. K. & T. Ry., 204 Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. Plants Under the Ban The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has before it a bill providing that the war of extermination already waged against the Canada thistle shall be extended to include golden rod, ox-eyed daisies, milkweed, wild carrots and sorrel, all of which are considered pestiferous plants. Southerners Invite Roosevelt. President Roosevelt has been invited to attend the unveiling of the monument to be erected at Orchard Knob, on the Chickamauga battlefield, in commemoration of the services of Maryland's soldiers, union and confederate, in the civil war. The unveiling will take place on July 22. Tin Soldiers and Others Kruger's grandson screamed with rage and threw his box of tin soldiers into the street when he discovered that they were English, whereas his grandfather had a fit when he found out that the English soldiers were not tin.—Toronto (Ontario) Mall and Empire. Quorum in House of Lords. There can be no quorum of the House of Lords without the presence of an archbishop, two peers and a prelate being needed to constitute a House of Lords for the transaction of business. South Carolina's Tobacco Industry. The growth of the tobacco industry in South Carolina has been phenomenal. The Darlington market alone reports sales of more than 7,000,000 pounds of the 1902 crop. To Force Flowering Plants: Flowering plants may be forced to blossom at any time by exposing them to ether fumes for two days twice, with an interval of two days between, and then placing for two weeks in a hot house. Venezuela's Chief Product. Coffee has been cultivated in Venezuela only since 1879, and yet it is now the much-talked-of country's chief commercial product. British Trade Slightly Increased. British trade returns for 1802, show an increase in exports of £3,517,600 and in imports of £,870,086. Expensive Oranges Oranges were sold at one shilling a pound in one of the London street markets the other day. Locomotive to Burn Peat. The managers of the Swedish state railway have ordered a locomotive built especially for burning peat in the generation of steam. Johannesburg Filling Up Johannesburg's present population is estimated at 109,452, including 44,122 natives and 3,550 Asiatics. Large Savings Bank Deposits. The savings bank deposits of the United States equal the national debt multiplied by three. A LAYMAN Gave Doctor a Hint About Coffee. Speaking of coffee a doctor of Decaturville, Ohio, says: "We used to analyze coffee at the medical college and in spite of our laboratory tests which showed it to contain caffeine, an active poison, I continued to use the drink, and later on found myself affected with serious stomach trouble, indigestion, headaches, etc. The headaches came on so regularly and oppressed me so that I found it difficult to attend to my regular duties. One day last November I met a friend whom I had known to be similarly afflicted. His marked improvement in appearance caused me to inquire what he had been doing. He announced that he had, some time ago, quit coffee and was using Postum Food Coffee. To this change he attributed the change in his health. I took the hint, even from a layman, and made the same change myself. The first week I noticed a little difference, but not much. The third week the change was almost magical. I have continue 1 with the Postum and now my digestion is perfect, the nervous headaches have entirely disappeared, and I am well. My own analysis of the Postum Food Coffee shows it to be a pure food drink of strong character, which is a marked contrast to the old-fashioned coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Unfortunate Turkish Official. M. Zinovieff, the Russian minister, recently procured the dismissal of the captain of a Turkish guardship for omitting to fire the customary salute on the "name day" of the czar of Russia. The unfortunate captain gave as his excuse the fact that his powder was wet. The sultan sent his foreign minister to apologize and the salute was fired in due form next day. WILL Accelerate Fire-Fighting A telescope ladder capable of being extended to a length of 85 feet and worked by means of compressed air was tested recently in Pittsburg. The ladder can be directed at a particular window in a burning building; a fireman lashed to the end of the ladder is shot up with it, and rescued persons need not clamber down, but the ladder can be quickly lowered with them on it. Must Be Pet of Providence It is told as a true story that John Chapman of Galena, Kan., fell down a twenty-foot tramway at the Blind Tiger mine and dislocated his shoulder. He went home and stumbled down the cellar steps and in falling his shoulder was thrown back into place. He took a drink and returned to work. Influenza Among Diplomatists Influenza, now epidemic in Paris, claims M. Delcasse, the minister of foreign affairs; Prince Von Radolin, the German ambassador; the Marquis Del Muni, the Spanish ambassador, and Count Von Wolkenstein-Trotzburg of the German embassy. It has been humorously suggested that Mr. Delcasse inoculated the entire diplomatic corps. Through and Through New Bedford, Mass., March 2d—At 655 First street, this city, lives a very happy man. His name is Ulric Levasseur and he certainly has good reason to feel glad and proud. Mr. Levasseur has been sick for a long time with general weakness and a sore pain in his back. At the last he got so very bad that he could not walk without great misery. Now he is well, and in speaking of this wonderful change in him he says: "I believe it to be my duty to tell everybody how I was cured. I was so weak that I could not stoop. In fact, I was unable to walk without great pain. I began taking Dodd's Kidney Pills and after a two months' treatment I am well and sound again. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are a God-sent remedy. I will always praise them for their wonderful cure of my case. They cured me through and through. I am as strong and able a man now as I ever was." Some people regard a clear conscience more as a luxury than a necessity. A woman may be fair as to complexion and unfair in other ways. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Nothing so forcibly reminds a man of life's brevity as a thirty day note. To the house-wife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 czs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. it is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Sufficient unto the day is the evil of yesterday. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. The sculptor does his best to bust his patrons. Prelate's Witty Remark Many anecdotes are going the rounds about the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Davidson. Once, as a party of clergy were streaming in to dinner one of the company plously exclaimed, "Now, put a bridle upon our appetites." Dr. Davidson replied with swift retort, "Now, to put a bit between my teeth." Theodore Gier of Oakland, Cal., has received from the German emperor word of his election as a member of the Order of the Crown. The decoration is in recognition of Gler's services to the officers of German warships in San Francisco bay at the time of the "boxer" troubles in China. Public:Spirited Ohio Citizen. Benjamin Waddell, a wealthy and public-spirited farmer of Marlon county, Ohio, who some time since gave a $50,000 home for children to the town of Marlon, is about to expend at least $60,000 in building a home for ol ladies in the same time. A tract of 20,000 acres in western Kansas has been bought by Indiana and Ohio capitalists for raising Polled Angus cattle. Profit in Municipal Ownership. Liverpool expects a profit of $350,000 on last year's working of its municipal tramway system. One Cause of Pneumonia. "Street car colds" are principally responsible for the increased mortality from pneumonia. STRIKES YOU ANY TIME Never know when or where backache pains will strike you. THE LADY The kidneys will go wrong, and when they do the first warning is generally through the back. 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There is no time like the present for doing things we don't have to. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FOR WESTERN CANADA "There will be thousands of Americans coming up here in the spring," was the remark made by a farmer from the vicinity of Langdon, North Dakota, when he arrived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the capital of Western Canada, a few days since. He was the advance guard of a large body who are following him, and he has already invested in several farming sections for himself and others and purposes to take up his permanent abode in this country. He went on to say: "Hundreds are coming from my district alone. I know this to be a fact for many of them are neighbors of mine. The chief topic of conversation with the farmers is the coming immigration in the spring. "The impression general in the part of Dakota where I live that farmers can get from 10 to 15 cents more a bushel for wheat on the American side of the line than on the Canadian has not prevented people from turning their eyes to Canada as a place to live in. They know they can get land in this country which is every bit as fertile as that in Dakota at about one-quarter the price. It is safe to say that the exodus from Dakota into Canada this year will exceed the expectations of all Canadians." The government has established agencies at St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Millwaukee, Wis.; Wausau, Wis.; Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie, and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo, Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand Forks, N. 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WESTERN CANADA GRAIN GROWING. MIXED FARMING. FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE The Reason Why more wheat is grown in Western Canada is short months than elsewhere, it because vegetation grows in proportion to the sunlight. The more wheat will come to perfection, the better it is. Therefore 62 lb. per bushel is as fair a standard as Western Canada. Acreage, Yield, 1902, 117, 989, 749 Bus. HOMELEAD LANDS OF 160 ACRES FREE, the only charge for which is $40 for making entry. Abundance of water and fuel, building material, cheap, good, durable and fine fertile soil, and reliable rainfall, all contribute giving you adequate season of growth. Superintendent of Immigration, Tampa, to J. K. Crawford, W. Walnut St. Kansas City, Mo. the authorized Canadian Government Agent. OKLAHOMA THE WESTERN INVESTMENT CO., EL RENO, OKLAHOMA TERM DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY: gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAYS treatment FREE. R.H. H. GREEN'S WORDS. Box E. Atlanta, Ga. W. N. U. KANSAS CITY, NO. 16, 1903 PISO'S CURE FOR THE FINE BODY. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION The Genuine TOWER'S POMMEL SLICKER HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AND SOLD FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LIKE ALL TOWER'S TECH BRAND WATERPROOF CLOTHING. It is made of the best materials, in black or yellow, fully quilted, and sold by reliable dealers anywhere. SICK TO THE SIGN OF THE FISH. TOWER CANADIAN CO. Lunatic, J. A. JUSTON MALLA. YOU CAN DO IT TOO Over 2,000,000 people are now buying goods from us at wholesale prices—saving 15 to 40 percent on everything they use. You can do it too. Why not ask us to send you our 1,000 page catalogue—it tells the story. Send 15 cents for it today. Montgomery Word Co. CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. POTATOES $2.50 Bbl. Largest grower of fresh Potatoes in America. Wisconsin yield a 14.2 lb. per acre. Price: district chickens. Mammals book and example of T. Giant Cream. Inc. receipt of 160 pounds. JOHN A. SALLEE SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis. Whoever stands still loses ground. A. B. Many women and doctors do not recognize the real symptoms of derangement of the female organs until too late. "I had terrible pains along my spinal cord for two years and suffered dreadfully. I was given different medicines, wore plasters; none of these things helped me. Reading of the cures that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has brought about, I somehow felt that it was what I needed and bought a bottle to take. How glad I am that I did so; two bottles brought me immense relief, and after using these bottles more I felt new life and blood surging through my veins. It seemed as though there had been a regular house cleaning through my system, that all the sickness and poison had been taken out and new life given me instead. I have advised dozens of my friends to use Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Good health is indispensable to complete happiness, and Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has secured to me." —MRS. LAURA L. BREMER, Crown Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief Corps. —$5000 forfeit if original of above letter growing genniness cannot be produced. Every sick woman who does not understand her ailment should write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and always helpful. LOOK in YOUR MIRROR ```markdown ``` Whatwould you give to be rid of those pimples and blackheads, that sallow complexion, those lustreless eyes? No doubt you would give 50 cents to be cured of constipation, liver troubles, indigestion and dyspepsial Get rid of these troubles and your complexion will clear up like an April day after a shower. Take Dr.Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Mrs. Mary O. Hahn. No. 3033 Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL; writes: "For two years I have been troubled with billionness caused by inactivity of the liver. I had dizzy spells at times, pains across my back and a tired, heavy feeling, with loss of appetite and nervousness. Our family physician prescribed some liver tablets which certainly did not help me in the least. I took Apollinaris and other mineral waters, but my complexion became more yellow and my general health worse. Reading one of your little booklets, I decided to give Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepin a trial and am so glad I did. One bottle did more for methanotendolins' worth of other remedies. I knew at once I had the right remedy. I kept taking it for several weeks, when I considered myself completely cured. My skin is white and smooth as a baby's and I feel in excellent health and spirits, thanks to your remedy." Your Money Back If It Don't Benefit You America's Venice. When the mud thins out a little Pittsburgh's streets will be nearly as navigable as the recent rains have made her rivers—Pittsburg Gazette. I do not believe Pito's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOTTEN, Training Springs, Ind., Feb. 18, 1900. The family horse is beginning to "shed," a sure sign of spring. THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 13 oz. An old bachelor says that marriage is a heroic cure for love. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue, Large 9 oz. package only 5 cents. His satanic majesty expects to pave several miles of new streets this year, # 9175 Permanently Cured. two oils or nervous areas first day after Wine's first nerve Restore, Wine's FREE $200 bottle and Treatment. Bn. R. H. Kluxz, Ltd., 931 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa. Actors may be prompt at rehersals, but there is always oneprompler. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children iceeling, softens the gums, reduces dammalism, allays pain, cures windotic. Use a bottle. Look yourself over; is your safety valve in good working order? Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. Half the marriages are failures and half are not successes. The church idea of sport is when a member rides to service in a carriage. Economy is the road to wealth. PUTNAM FADELEESS DYE is the road to economy. Where Morgan Recuperates. J. Pierpont Morgan has one of his country homes situated in wilds so remote that deer from the adjoining forest nibble the honeysuckle decorating its veranda. 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 p. 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. The fellows who shave themselves are not the only ones who get in scraps. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constipation. In the inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infused you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, and one is an inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot cure Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for愈救 free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. There is no such thing as an idle rumor. It is always industrious. INSIST ON GETTING IT Some grocers say they don't keep De- fiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Lots of fellows wear themselves out in an effort to have a good time. The Genuine TOWER'S POMMEL SLICKER HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AND SOLD FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LIKE ALL TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF CLOTHING. It is made of the best materials, in black or yellow. THE MEN AND WOMEN Who Enjoy the Choicest Products of the World's Commerce. Knowledge of What Is Best More Important Than Wealth With- It must be apparent to every one that qualities of the highest order are necessary to enable the best of the products of modern commerce to attain permanently to universal acceptance. However loudly heralded, they may not hope for world-wide preeminence unless they meet with the general approval, not of individuals only, but of the many who have the happy faculty of selecting, enjoying and learning the real worth of the choicest products. Their commendation, consequently, becomes important to others, since to meet the requirements of the well informed countries the method of manufacture must be of the perfect order and the combination the most excellent of its kind. The above is true not of food products only, but is especially applicable to medicinal agents and after nearly a quarter of a century of growth and general use the excellent remedy, Syrup of Figs, is everywhere accepted, throughout the world, as the best of family laxatives. Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of plants known to act most beneficially on the system and presented in the form of a pleasant and refreshing liquid, but also to the method of combining the combination of Figs Syrup Co, which ensures that uniformity and purity in the system is intended for family use. Ask any physician who is well informed and he will answer at once that it is an excellent laxative. If at all eminent in his profession and has made a special study of laxatives and their effects upon the system he will tell you that it is the best of family laxatives, because it is simple and wholesome and cleanses and sweetens the system effectually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after-effects. Every well-informed druggist of reputable standing knows that Syrup of Figs is an excellent laxative and is glad to sell it, at the reasonable price of fifty cents per bottle, because it gives a real sanction function, but one should remember that order to get the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs it is necessary to buy the genuine, which is sold in original packages only; the name of the remedy - Syrup of Figs and also the full name of the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.-printed on the front of every package. OLIV 4 FEEDS COST 1 CENT. A DIGESTIVE FOOD MAKES YOUR STOCK DO WELL. LOOK WELL. SELL WELL. The opportunity you have been twentieth century, and the old style of way to the more modern plan of being. Did you ever stop to think what explain. Agents selling stock foods to 50 per cent on all sales, and in ad managers, and the cost of large lighthouse the food which the farmer is expected old methods. When an agent tries to interest Why is not the word of a responsible traveling agent. By dealing directly chased through canvassers. By cutt superior to the ordinary run of stock price we are now offering it to you for OLIVE-FOOD is superior and from Antimony, Nux-Vomica, Salpeter. WE WILL GIVE $1,000 That Olive-Food is superior to all other direct from the manufacturer. In feeding Olive-Food we give Olive-Food is a fresh producer and so in a much more prime condition without in healthy growth. As to our responsibility we refer you Now here is where we are going to sa lithographs. For all orders received by man (Money saved by buying from the manufacturer). 50 Pound Drums, 10 Per Pound. 100 " " 05c " " 500 " " 05c " " 1000 " " 05c " " 2000 " " 50 " " And if your order is accompanied with an above prices, on 60 days time without interruption. In neighbourhoods where three or then divide it among the parties that have a guarantee on our printed folder and we believe better than a guarantee given you by traveler. THE OLIVE --- HUMOR OF THE DAY "Pa," said Johnny, who is a persistent knowledge seeker, "what is a lawgiver?" "There isn't any such thing, Jimmy," replied the old gentleman, who had been involved in considerable litigation in his time. "But this book says that somebody was a great lawgiver," persisted the youngster. "Then it's a mistake," rejoined his father. "Law is never given. It's retained in very small quantities at very high figures."—Stray Stories. The Brute Carries His Point "Madame," he said, during a lull in their quarrel, "I propose to know, once and for all, if you are going to mind me—" "Mind you, indeed!" cried his wife. *You are beneath my notice.* "Thanks. I was going to ask if you'd mind me smoking in the parlor, but since you won't mind, here goes." The Villain! Mrs. Snitcher—Oh, you scoundrel! Wasn't it bad enough that my poor dear mother should be adjudged insane without your testifying that in your opinion she was just as sane as she ever was! Fiendish Revenge. The burglar softly opened the door of the suburbanite's sleeping apartment, slipped inside and searched the room thoroughly, but found nothing worth stealing. "Darn him!" he solloquized. "I'll get some satisfaction out of him, anyway!" Thereupon he set the alarm clock on the bureau for the hour of 3 and softly departed. Knew Hls Nephew. Old Peterby is rich and stingy. In the event of his death his nephew is to inherit his property. A friend of the family said to the old gentleman: "I will," said Mr. Peterby. "I'll pre- tend that I am dangerously ill." Noble Effort Toward Atonement. Jinks—Why do you suppose men like so terribly in devising the epitaphs of their friends? Winks—Don't know, I'm sure; but there's this to be said in extenuation of their conduct; they invariably de their utmost to set the matter straight by their conversation afterwards.—Town and Country. As It Sometimes Happens. Tom (who has been away)—Did you and that girl you were engaged to last summer get married? Jack—Yes; but we are not living together. Tom—Why? What's the trouble? Jack—Oh, no trouble at all. She married another man and I married another girl. Last Link "How is this?" exclaimed the con- victed murderer. "I thought you promised to get me scot free!" "I did," replied his attorney, as he looked over the last evidence of the state; "but circumstances, my dear sir, halter cases." THE WOMAN WITH THE CUP The Thing to Be Found. Mistress—"Julia, where's my diamond comb? I left it in my hair." Julia—"Yes, ma'am; but I don't know where your hair is." Not Always Practical. Knickor—Lord Charles Beresford says battleships are cheaper than war. Henpekt—I know, but how is a man to afford a battleship? OLIVE-FOOD 4 FEEDS COST 1 CENT. "THE FOOD THAT TELLS." 4 FEEDS COST 1 CENT. The opportunity you have been waiting for has arrived. Progress and improvement are the watchwords of the twentieth century, and the old style of selling stock foods through traveling agents at an enormous expense, should give way to the more modern plan of being sold by the mail order method at a less expense. Did you ever stop to think what makes the ordinary stock foods cost what they do to you? If not, we will try to explain. Agents selling stock foods to the farmers direct, through the country with a team, receive a commission of 33 to 50 per cent on all sales, and in addition to this there are other expenses, such as salary to block salesmen, state managers, and the cost of large lithographs, issued by some stock food people. All this expense is added to the cost of the food which the farmer is expected to pay. It causes an expense of $75.00 to $80.00 per ton to sell stock food by the old methods. When an agent tries to interest you in stock foods you have to take his word in regard to the merits of the food. Why is not the word of a responsible firm, in writing, much better than the verbal contract generally made with a traveling agent. By dealing direct with us you will save this expense that is added to the cost of the food that is purchased through canvassers. By cutting down this expense we are able to give you a food the quality of which is much superior to the ordinary run of stock foods which, if sold under the old methods, could not be sold at anywhere near the price we are now offering it to you for mail orders. OLIVE-FOOD is superior and entirely different to the ordinary run of stock foods, and is guaranteed to be free from Antimony, Nux-Momica, Saltpeter, Copperas and all other injurious ingredients that are so often used. WE WILL GIVE $1,000.00 IN GOLD to any chemist in the United States who can find any trace of the above articles in Olive-Food. Write for circulars. That Olive-Food is superior to all other foods now on the market our testimonials will show. Write for folders, testimonials, etc., etc. (Buy direct from the manufacturer.) In feeding Olive-Food to hogs we guarantee to remove worms, thus preventing three-fourths of the diseases of swine. Olive-Food is a fish producer and stock conditioner, and by its use 10 to 20 cent more flesh will be put on the animal, putting him in a more prime condition without increasing the amount of corn and other feed you are now using and at the same time promote a healthy growth. As to our responsibility we refer you to any bank in the United States, to Braadstreet or Dunn agencies. Now here is where we are going to save you the expense of the traveling agent, the block salesman, the state manager and the cost of lithographies. For all orders received by my bank will deliver Olive-Food, prepaid to your nearest railroad station, at the following prices. (MongoDB buy direct from the manufacturer.) And if your order is accompanied with an acceptable bank reference as to your financial standing, we will ship you any amount of food, at the rate of $10 per person, for the price of the food. We will also provide prices in neighborhoods where three or four parties are feeding stock. It would pay some one to get on a club and order in ten lots and then divide it among the parties that have clubbed together. In this way you will be having food at the lowest possible price. Ask for our guarantee on our printed folder and we believe you will be convinced that you not only risk in buying the food by mail. Our guarantee is 100% guaranteed. THE WORLD'S GREATEST FLESH AND MILK PRODUCER. The Triangular Non-Dilution CREAM SEPARATOR produces 29.2% more cream than diluted. No ice, chemicals, cracks, pana, or ice. Works with operation strain, aerators and ventilators. Makes money on each case. Simple. Most of the bichir prized separators and many original features. Wide range of agents and farmers. Territory free. Dent K. ANTILLE City. Mo. The Triangular Non-Dilution CREAM SEPARATOR produces 20% more cream than old creams. We provide complicated machinery or power. One operation strains, acrates and ventulates skin. Make money on your Simple Impexential, indistinctive. Has every feature and many original features. Works for descriptive creators and special offers to customers. MERCANTILE SYNDICATE. Dept. F. Kansas City, Mo. You seldom find a dentist on his uppers, although he frequently operates on other people's. THE K. C. S. ALMANAC FOR 1903. The Kansas City Southern Railway's Almanac for 1903 is now ready for distribution. Farmers, stock-raisers, fruit-growers, truck gardeners, manufacturers, merchants and others seeking a new field of action or a new home at the very lowest prices, can obtain reliable information concerning Southwestern Missouri, the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations in the Indian and Cherokee Territories, Texas, Northwestern Louisiana and the Coast country, and of the business opportunities offered therein. Write for a copy of the K. C. S. Almanac and address, S. G. Warner, G. P. A., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. Universally Accepted as The Best Family Laxative SYRUP OF FIGS is Recommended by Many Millions of The Well-Informed Throughout the World— Manufactured by CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. San Francisco, Cal. 20 Feeds Makes one Pound. waiting for has arrived. Progress and imple- suring stock foods through traveling agents sold by the mail order method at a less expen- sive makes the ordinary stock foods cost what the the farmers direct, through the country wi- dition to this there are other expenses, sus- graphs, issued by some stock food people. A to pay. It causes an expense of $75.00 to $1 you in stock foods you have to take his work firm, in writing, much better than the vee- with us you will save this expense that is ad- dowing down this expense we are able to give foods which, if sold under the old methods, o mail orders. entirely different to the ordinary run of sto- ter, Copperas and all other injurious ingredi- ce 00.00 IN GOLD to any chemist in the of the above articles foods now on the market our testimonials will sho- guarantee to remove worms, thus preventing three stock conditioner, and by its use 10 to 20 per cent more increasing the corn and food you eat on any bank in the United States, to Bradstreet or Do- we you the expense of the traveling agent, the block we will deliver Olive-Food, prepaid to your nea- cret.) Delivered at your railway station in the following states: Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. WE PAY THE FREIGHT AND QUARANTINE OLIVE-FOOD. acceptable bank reference as to your financial standing. When cash accompanies the order a discount coupon is being issued to you. In the way you will be having you will be convinced that you run no risk in buying agents. Ours is in writing while there is more CATTLE, HORSES, HOCS AND SHEEP. A GROWING FOOD A FLESH PRODUCER A STOCK CONDITIONE movement are the watchwords of the rat an enormous expense, should give use. they do to you? If not, we will try to a team, receive a commission of 33 which as salary to block salesmen, state this expense is added to the cost of $0.00 per ton to sell stock food by the in regard to the merits of the food, final contract generally made with a led to the cost of the food that is pur- a food the quality of which is much could not be sold at anywhere near the back foods, and is guaranteed to be free nts that are so often used. United States who can find any trace in Olive-Food, Write for circulars. v. Write for folders, testimonials, etc., etc. Fourths of the diseases of swine flesh will be put on the animal, putting him now using and at the same time promote a an agencies, salesman, the state manager and the cost of east railroad station, at the following prices. THE BEST STOCK FOOD MADE IN THE WORLD AND AT THE LOWEST PRICE, ORDER TO-DAY, 3 PER CENT OFF FOR CASH, we will ship you an amount of food, at the of 3 per cent will be allowed off the above we get to up a club and order in tom lots and datte the best possible price. Ask for our direct mail mail. Our guarantee is a conversation Are You a K. of P. If Not, Why Not? Do you 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 protect each other in health Uniform Rank. In this department our young me tion which they can get in no other w more useful citizens. In this the members are united to care for and protect each other in health as well as in sickness and distress Uniform Rank. and protect each other in health as well as in sickness and distress. Bank. as department our young men are receiving a military educa- they can get in no other way, thus making them better and cult citizens. Court. as the wives, mothers, widows, daughters and sisters of we united for the common purposes of life. It. as department we are paying out thousands of dollars annually bows and heirs of deceased Knights. HERE IS NO LODGE IN YOUR LOCALITY, CONFER WITH DUTY CHANCELLOR OF YOUR DISTRICT, OR WRITE A. D. GRAND CHANCELLOR, 2629 LUCAS AVE., ST. LOUIS, TERMS UPON WHICH TO ORGANIZE A LODGE. "FOLLOW THE FLAG." 5 Daily Trains 5 Kansas City to St. Louis. ed service, smooth track, fast time. All the Wabash run directly through the World's lands, St. Louis, in full view of all the magnifi- ings—the Wabash is the only line that does it. Wabash Train No 8. Kansas City 6:15 p. m., arrives Niagra Falls to next evening, aud New York and Boston mining, saving a day's travel. Through ser- ash is the only line that does it. L. S. McCLELLAN, passenger Agent. Kansas City, Mo. Utzing Stove and Hardware Co. 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 we are paying to the widows and heirs of deceased IF THERE IS NO LODGE IN YOU THE DEPUTY CHANCELLOR OF Y W. LLOYD, GRAND CHANCELLOR, MO., FOR TERMS UPON WHICH TO WABASH 5 Dail Kansas City to Unsurpassed service, smooth train trains on the Wabash run directly Fair grounds, St. Louis, in full v cent buildings—the Wabash is the Wabash Train Leaving Kansas City 6:15 p. m., and Buffalo next evening, aud N second morning, saving a day's t vice. Wabash is the only line tha L. S. M Western Passenger Agent. The Stoeltzing Stove and 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. "FOLLOW THE FLAG." Daily Trains 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. Wabash Train No 8. Leaving Kansas City 6:15 p. m., arrives Niagra Falls and Buffalo next evening, aud New York and Boston second morning, saving a day's travel. Through service. Wabash is the only line that does it. Western Passenger Agent. Kansas City, Mo. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. COOKING OVEN Wholesale and Retail Peninsular Agents For... 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 Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Cliermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces TIN WORK a Specialty. ...A new line of... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1809 GRAND AVENUE. 913-915 E. 19th STREET. This Really True? ! Some of the choicest qualities and tiniest designs in Watches and Jewelry in the show window of : : : : City's Pioneer Negro Jeweler, J. A. WILSON, 90th St., KANSAS CITY, MO. On 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, dies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Is This Real Yes! Some of the choice prettiest designs in Watch 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 buy- ing of watches and jewelry assures nothing less than c Bargains in diamond rings, engage baby rings, Indies' gold guards, etc 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, Indies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. 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. C. me, and your doctor for his visiting me even was a great saving for me since it cost me Yours. We don't go around boasting about w others to do this. Those persons who feel that they she 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, can to post you on the laws of fraternal insur No. 730 Charlotte, St. Kansas City, Mo., Aug., 1902. Real Aid Association, St. Louis, Mo. 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 actor for his visiting me every day while I was slick, which being for me since it cost me nothing. 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, Mr. 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. 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, 1106 Charlotte St. W. C. COMBS, Examiner, 1104 Charlotte, St. --- Ladies' Court. Endowment. A. W. LLOYD. Grand Chancellor of Missouri, 2029 Lucas Avenue. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Yours for success. 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. Union Nation KANSAS Statement as made to the Comptroller of November RESOUR Loans and Discounts..... U. S. Bonds, at par..... Municipal Bonds, at par..... Cash and Sight Exchange. Total..... LIABIL Capital Stock..... Surplus Fund..... Undivided Profits..... Unearned Interest..... National Bank Notes Outstanding..... Deposits. Total. DIRECTORS:—David T. Beals, L. Ferdnando P. Neal, Geo. R. Barse, C. Jones, W. E. Thorne, Edward George, Ford, Felix L. La Force, C. J. Schmelze National Bank, KANSAS CITY, MO. Controller of the Currency at the close of business November 25, 1902. RESOURCES. $5,796,696.26 $ 523,000.00 366,161.54 3,424,797.24 4,313,958.78 $10,110,655.04 LIABILITIES. $ 600,000.00 275,000.00 63,033.42 106,983.00 423,000.00 8,642,638.62 $10,110,655.04 T. Beals, L. T. James, A. J. Snider, G. W. Lovejoy, R. Barse, C. W. Whitehead, J. P. Merrill, Geo. W. Eward George, H. J. Rosencrans, O. H. Dean, Geo. D. C. J. Schmelzer, E. W. Zea. 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 Total. $10,110,655.04 DIRECTORS:—David T. Beals, L. T. James, A. J. Snider, G. W. Lovejoy, Ferdnando P. Neal, Geo. R. Barse, C. W. Whitehead, J. P. Merrill, Geo. W. Jones, W. E. Thorne, Edward George, H. J. Rosencrans, O. H. Dean, Geo. D. Ford, Felix L. La Force, C. J. Schmelzer, E. W. Zea. OZONO AND Cedroline BEFINE HOUND REGAL J. WHEELS 3 POMPEDAL PUS combined product for the Hair The most on earth. C with only 8.5% oil will send to you a f two extra large boxes £2.00; also two large Hair Grower with good covery, POWDERED EGG our celebrated and renown combined treatment is now the most wonderful remedy for the Hair in the whole wide world. The most generous offer ever made by any firm on our website is arthritis and ankle pain. We use with only $1.50, and, immediately after payment, will send to you a full and complete treatment, consisting of two extra large boxes of OZONO, king of all Hair Towers, worth $45.00; two large bottles of CEDROLINA, the lightning Hair Grower, worth $15.00; covery, POWDERED EGG SHAMPOO, worth $50; also one bar of our celebrated and renowned PURITY SCALP SOAP, worth $25.00, and one i-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, the most wonderful toilet on earth. Cut out this advertisement, and send to us. Only $1.50, and immediately upon receipt of same, we offer two large boxes of OZONO, king of all hair Touches, worth also two large bottles of CEDROLINE, the lightning and large bottles of our latest discontinued EGG SHAMPOO, a large package of our latest discontinued and renowned PURITY SCALP SOAP, worth $25.00, and package of ANTI-ODOR, the most wonderful toilet product. We offer $1.50 and your name and address, with full, plain, together with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly of the day. We even bought OZONO we will send this great bargain our word will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where our offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, by selling our preparations. No matter where you live, we you. Do not delay; order to-day. Address L. CO., 310 F. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. # I-10T package of ANCHOR All students who pay $5.00, will be sent on receipt of $1.50 and and complete directions, together with a called to toilet educator of the day. - To all who have bought offer for only $1.00. Your word will be you bought it. This liberal offer is made who can simply coin money selling our can get our goods safely to you. Do not be BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 $5.00, will be sent on receipt of $1.50. This grand collection, worth in all and complete directions, together with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly called the toilet educator of the day. NOTES—that you have ever bought OZONO we will send this great bargain offer for only $1.00. Your word will be sufficient. Where you bought it. This liberal offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, who can simply coin money selling our preparations. No matter where you live, we can get our goods safely to you. Do not delay; order to day. Address BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. Mention this paper when you write. Bad luck gets the blame for a lot of poor judgment. Every man would like to be a genius, but few can afford it. Nearly every man can hypnotize his conscience without taking lessons. Life might be one continuous round on pleasure if it were not for the day after. The spirit of rivalry has given the world about everything it has any right to feel proud of. Clothes may not make the man, but the boy who puts on his first top hat thinks they help a lot. Pity the man whose wife goes around telling about the habits she has made him give up. A little nonsense row and then is relished by the wisest men if they know the preacher isn't listening. It is not at all surprising that the girl who gets vaccinated on her leg is foolish enough to call it "limb." Country relations would be more warmly welcomed if they didn't always carry such horrible satchels. Even the crustiest old bachelor wants to know whether it's a girl or a boy the minute he sees the baby. A level surface is naturally flat, but there is a vast difference between a level-headed man and a flat-headed one. Good fortune never gets to walking right in without knocking until a man can have "private" printed on his office door. It isn't what a man earns but what his wife doesn't spend that finally enables him to arouse the envy of the neighbors. People who are good simply to keep from disgracing their children should put in extra time praying to be led not into temptation. Men who by referring to Lincoln as a rail-splitter attempt to make the lowly laborer satisfied with his lot forget to mention that Lincoln gave up rail-splitting as soon as possible. The man who is known as "a prince of good fellows" is likely to be referred to as "a lobster" when his money is gone.—Chicago Record-Herold. --- --- David T. Beals, President. Fernando P. Neal, vice-President. MERE OPINION. Jockeys should wear fast colors. W. H. Seeger, 2nd vice-Prest Chas. H. V. Lewis, Cashier. THE new, non-failing and infallible combined treatment for the human Hair, E, used conjointly, cannot fall to lend length, lustre, life, and beauty. One year ago the directors of the BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., with the sole purpose and intention to produce treatment for the Hair, appropriated the sum of $0.00 for this purpose alone. The services of three of the world's most noted chemists were secretrated, investigated and costly experiments, have successfully formulated a treat- ment so potent and powerful, yet so hard to achieve, and effects upon the Hair border upon the miraculous. This treatment can be used to fail, and confidence, as it is certain to provide the best possible treatment for the Hair to grow long and luxuriant, straight, and of a most delicate and pliable texture. It can be used for the Hair to draw up, contract, curl, and tangle, thus making it easy to dress the Hair in any style desired. It causes the Hair to fall, and the Hair to thin places, and bare temples. It is sure to prevent the Hair from falling, breaking, and fraying. It is great treatment in now the most wonderful. PHIL OSOPHY'S CHATTER. If you can't advertise something new, advertise the old in a new way. Worry is not to be encouraged, but the man who never worried never accomplished very much. Some men expend enough money in telling you what they used to be to enable them to really be something at present. Of what use is your ability unless people know you have it? Of what use is anything unless it be known? You cannot be known unless you advertise in one way or another. The man who loses heart because there are so many others in the field forgets that he, too, can be in "the other fellow's" way and can stay in the field, by judicious advertising. Many a man can talk psychology, cosmology, ontology and several other "ologies," who lacks plain every day common sense. A high sounding vocabulary is no indication of real ability.—Jewelers' Circular. BRIEF TRAILERS Vanity is an unblushing bribe taker. Even repartee wins popularity with age. Sarcasm has many admirers, but no friends. A bracing atmosphere produces a jaunty air. Thought is only free when it finds expression. The gift of silence has saved many a reputation. The hard-headed man is sometimes an easy mark. Knowledge is ability to read between the lines. No wish is to be ignored when it is backed by endeavor. Happiness and success are synonyms, but success and happiness are not. Life would hardly be worth living if one could not forget with some discrimination. It is a poor joke that won't stand repetition; it is a good joke that won't suffer by it. Say what you will, the bulk of the populace prefers an entertaining lie to a commonplace truth. NURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND SECRET LODGES. Cosmo 41 tan Lodge No. 2935. G.U.O.of O.F. meets at 1413 E. 18th st. 2nd and 4th Wednes- day evening in each month, at 8 o'clock. J. Hertz G. W. Patterson in P. K. St. Mary's Tabernacle, P. P. P. P. first and third Fridays in each month at 1784 Grand avenue. Daughter Lulu Beasley H. P. Daughter Mary Finley, Secothea. H. Stalley Tabernacle No. 7. meetstand and St. Louis Ave. Kev. N. C. Bruns up' avenue. Daughter Martha Johnson H. Shaughter Abbie L. Pyles, Soothaena. Gate City Lodge, No. 4679, G U. of O. P. meets at 1413 E. 18th Street, every first and third Fridays, of each Month. E. S. LEWIS, P. 8. Rone Lodge, No. 28, A. F. & A. M., meets the 1st and 2nd Fridays in good standing are cordially invited. T. G. Mct. ambell, W. M., 2419 Flora. T. A. Mozze, Secy'. Mount Olive Lodge No. 28, A. F. & A. M., meets the 2d and 4th Friday in each month, at 6th and Charlotte sts. W. M. visiting members are invited. W. M. Wooden, J. H. Harris, Secrecyr. 710 East 12th street. St John's Chapel, on Bell street, between 5t and St. Louis ave. Rev. N. C. Buren, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening and Teachers' meeting Thursday evening. Vine Street Baptist church, T. H. Ewing, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 2:30 Prayer meeting Friday evening. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, cor. 2d and Holmes. Rev. A. G. Gilbert, pastor. Sunday services, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 3:30 p. m. 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, Secly. 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. Prayer, Wednesday, 8 p.m. Choir practice Monday evening. Second Baptist church, corner Tenth and Charlotte. S. W. Bacote, 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. Boyd. Pastor. MRS. A. B. CUMMINGS, Clerk. Pleasant Valley Baptist church, Rosedale, Knoxas, Surray 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. STRICKLAND, 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—Prayermeetings 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 2:30 p. m.; Epworth League Prayer Meeting 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, Birmingham City, Kansas City, Mo., Wm. H. Wheeler, Pastor, residence 1812 East Twenty-fifth street. H. PATTON, Prop R. HERNDON. T. J. PATTON. BARBERS Laundry Agency and Cigars. Ladies' and Gents' Shoes Polished. 926 Wyandotte St. KANSAS CITY MO. Prof. L. L. Thompson C. S. P. 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. THE TWO WALTERS WITH THE Oriel Club, 917 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Waiters and Porters' Headquarters And Information Bureau. BEN McRAY, Pres't and Treas. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS 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 Tubs. Good barbers. Give us a Call. Undertakers & Embalmers. Tel 261 Main. 609 Main St. Mrs. Bottle Jordan Can be found at her old stand at 419 Cherry St..... Dressmaking and Plain Sew- ing....Old Clothes Made Over. Broughams, Landaus, Tallahos, Wagon- ettes, Buggles, Runabouts, Traps, Express, Pneumatic Tires. Quimby Livery & Carriage Co. George M. Quimby, Mgr. Telephone 448 Grand. 909-11-13 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. ARMSTRONG & NUGENT Heim's celebrated Scharnagel beer. McBraver whiskeys, Guiness XX stout and all the best brands of imported and domestic liquors. Free hot lunch at all hours 552 Grand Ava. Kansas City, Mo. The WEST SIDE HOUSE, FURNISHED Rooms From 25 cts Up. Or Rates by the Week. At 1118 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kan. BELL LLP TEL. 780 GRAND. COUNTEE BROS., Undertakers. Licensed Embalmers. Carrilages and flowers furnished for all occasions. 914 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By ```markdown ``` OZN/NEZEX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and added thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials for request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never falls to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for the old and unhelpful children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for any person to produce preparation to be in full. Full directions with every bottle. Only ☐ cents. Sold by drugglats and dealers or send us 50 cents for one bottle or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.