The Rising Son

Ring 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. THE OLD FOLKS' AND ORPHANS' HOME. Mrs. Martha Jones died at the home Sunday evening, March 8, at 8 o'clock. She was all alone in the world, but her amibabel disposition won true friends who stuck to her to the last. Her coming to the Home was a benefit to her and it was a decided benefit to the Home, for peace attended her every action. She was grateful for all that was done for her. She set a noble example to the other inmates, and she was kind and gentle, and patient with the children. Rev. W. H. Wheeler of the Asbury church, and first presiding elder, J. Will Jackson, administered the sacrament to her a few days ago. Rev. S. W. Bacote spoke in a very touching manner over the remains. There was none of kin to follow her body to the grave, but eight women of the Association attended the funeral and four of these went to Union cemetery, whee the body was interred. Mrs. Jones was 78 years old. MRS. LOSEE'S ENTERTAINMENT. Through the influence of Mrs. Gertrude eMyers, Mrs. H. M. Losee gave a vaudevile and stereopticon entertainment at Turner Hall, Feb. 24, 1903, for the Home. It would add greatly to the credit of our people, were it a fact that those of us who have talent, gladly came to the assistance of this charitable lady and made the program all that it promised to be. But truth compels us to say that all those asked to take a part were either too busy or too much indisposed to help those of another race assist the most helpless of our own. Miss eMyers was not to be daunted. She secured the services of a band of newsboys. The newsboys from the World sang several selections and did their best to please. They seemed satisfied with "thank you" for pay, but some day we hope to be able to return to the World newsboys a more substantial mark of appreciation. Songs and dances were given by two wee girls, friends of Mrs. Losse. Then followed scenes o the Hawaiian islands. The pictures shown were taken by Mrs. Losse herself while on a visit to these islands. She gave a brief explanation of each. This part of the program was particularly interesting. Plants peculiar to the country were shown, many of the most beautiful buildings, and the natives, were brought before us. The large expanse of water with its many vessels seemed within a few feet of us. Mrs. Lossse went to some expense to give us this treat. Her husband seemed to take as much interest in the whole affair as she did. Even some of their friends came out to help to make the affair a success. The people who should have been there were not present. It is just such treatment of those who put themselves to trouble to help us that makes larger day by day the ranks of those who see no good in us—who see nothing but selfishness, envy, and indifference when there should be unity and race pride. Miss Myers worked hard and deserved much better support. Mrs. Thompson, wife of Policeman Thompson, sold $12.50 worth of tickets. The proceeds were $21.00. GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH, Located in the Rear of Independence and Tracy Avenues. Sunday school opened at its usual hour, 9:30. Superintendent being absent, Rev. H. J. McDonald officiated. Lesson very interesting. Teachers and pupils manifested an unusual amount of interest. Explanation from Cluster Leaf by pastor. Regular service at 11 o'clock. Song by congregation. Prayer and singing. Congregation read 9th chapter of St. Mark, 1: 28 led by pastor. Sermon by Pastor. Text Acts 9: 29, "And the city was filled with confusion." His subject was as follows: "The Right Will Conquer the World." His discourse was acute and witty. In his profound oratorical and Biblical discourse, he described the destruction of Mt. Etna, took up the riot at Ephesus, and he added that as the people were called in question for that days' uproar; so will the world be called in question. In his most eloquent discourse he dwelt considerably on the path of righteousness. His eloquence was almost unexcelled. After sermon choir entered choir box, and sang, "Conquering Now, and Still to Conquer." Doors of church were opened for the reception of members. While collection was being called choir sang, "Lift up ye heads, oh ye gates." "Wake the song of Jubilee." Dismissal. At 2 o'clock deacon's union met and we had a most interesting session. At 3 o'clock Pastor E. M. Wilson, his choir and reporter visited Metropolitan Baptist church, Kansas City, Kansas. The Pleasant Green Baptist choir of Kansas City, is said to be unexcelled in the city. And when they peeled forth in sweet melodious strains, "Rock of Ages," and "Oh how lovely is Zion," the audience seemed to be charmed and requested that they hear more of it. Mr. Walter Countee, our most excellent organist, certainly lost no time in striving to make his music felt, and I assure you he failed to fail. After pastor had made a few rich remarks, choir sang, in voices that seemed like angel voices, the following anthems, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Wake the song of Jubilee," "Sweetly in Music Swelling." Dismissal B. Y. P. U. opened at its usual hour, President P. L. Lewis in the chair, Lesson, Matt. 6: 19-34, which was read and discussed by pastor. A most excellent paper on Appollis was read by our president, after which we had a few remarks by our pastor. We are to discuss Appollis next Sunday in the B. Y. P. U. Regular services at 7:30. Song by congregation, "There is a fountain filled with blood." After prayer by Rev. Brown, congregation read sixth chapter of Revelation, led by pastor. Choir entered choir box, sang "All Thy Works." Sermon by pastor, by request, Text, Rev. 6: 11. "And white robes were given to every one of them." Subject, "Reward for Faithfulness." His sermon was wonderful, and moved the audience to tears. A few words of persuasion was spoken to sinners, while congregation sang, "Amazing Grace." Doors of church were opened for the reception of members, and one Brother Simms came forward and joined by letter. Choir sang, "Mighty to Save." Collection, $15. We had present with us Rev. Brown, Rev. White, and Miss N. B. Oxley, who is state deputy of the Grand Fountain U. O. T. R., who gave us a most interesting talk just before dismissal, concerning her business. We received valuable information, and hope to have her again. Choir sang doxology. Dismission. G. W. M. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. One satisfactory feature of the Association work is the increased number of the younger men who are getting interested; this was especially noticeable in Sunday's meeting. The following are the names of the ladies who have charge of the annual entertainment: Mrs. Maria P. Williams, Miss Victoria E. Overall and Mrs. Cynthia Cummings. Dr. O. W. J. Scott presented the Association with a number of good books and here is on file a number of standard magazines. Don't forget the date of the practical talk to men only by Dr. Unthank. It will be Thursday evening, April 2. Come early and bring some one with you. If those members who are behind in their dues would pay up, it would help the Executive Committee greatly. Watch our Easter number. Read the Rising Son all the time. We desire to express our sincere thanks to the many friends who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our son and brother. Ernest MR. and MRS. I. N. LEE. ETTA SHAFFER. SAM I. LEE. President Pipe to Cigars. Senator "Joe" Blackburn of Kentucky smokes a big black pipe in preference to cigars. Last Sunday was quarterly meeting and a large crowd attended all three services. Over three hundred persons communed. Rev. Caldwell of Independence preached the sermon in the afternoon. Next Sunday will be baptizing. Rev. H. D. Harris will preach the evening sermon. Now for the Easter rally. We hope the steward's department will be able to settle up in full with the pastor so that we may put forth all our efforts for the trustees' rally. As usual the cantata of Ruth is having a hard struggle. There are always a few people willing to do all they can to make anything a success, and the others are always willing to break a thing up if they can't be the leaders. Those who have the entertainment in charge should not grow discouraged, for where ever there's a will there's a way. Never give up. The ladies who are working for the dishes are doing well. Help your friends when they come to you. All the church clubs are interested in the bazar and have been hard at work for the past month. We hope every friend and member will do their whole duty in this as they nearly always do. Those printed cards show the names and the amount each person gives to the rally. It is a good way to keep the record, but those cards do not add to the beauty of the church. Couldn't they be put some where else? We are not all so particular about seeing our names in print. If we would work for our church because it was our duty and not for the sake of showing ourselves off, we would be far more successful as Christians. The only reward we seem to work for is to be praised and talked of by man. A great many of our members are sick. Rev. Scott was on the sick list last week but managed to keep on duty. He never has time to get sick, and we are glad that we can keep him so busy. He believes in attending every service in his church. The class meetings are being attended much better, which speaks well for the leaders. The weather is growing pleasant and there will soon be no excuse for not attending church. The various church clubs will meet this week as usual. KANSAS CITY. KAN. LOCALS. Ed O'Rear of 839 Washington avenue, who has been very sick, is convalescent. The Y. M. C. A. had a pleasant meeting at 440 Minnesota avenue last Sunday. Meetings every Sunday at 2 c'clock. Dr. Swartz of Wamego spoke at the Metropolitan Baptist church last Monday night, fro mthe subject, "Door of Hope." T he lecture was encouraging and full of hope. The Democratic gerrymander of last Tuesday night is another evidence of the Democrats friendliness for the Negro. Prof. Vernon's University has been made to feel happy. Cause, an appropriation of $22,250. Tim Roberts, the tonsorial artist, is at his chair again after a sojourn at the state capitol for 70 days. E. Arlington Wilson of the Metropolitan Baptist church, rounded out five years of his pastorate last Sunday. Martin Tucker, who has been sick for the past week, is better. Presiding Elder J. C. C. Owens will hold quarterly meeting with Rev. N. C. Buren at St. John's church Sunday. 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. Steel Furniture for Warship. The new cruiser Baltimore will be the first warship to be fitted with steel furniture. Arable Land in Western Canada. In western Canada 260,000,000 acres of arable land to day await the plow. ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS Services began at 11 a. m. Pastor sang. A Charge to Keep I Have, Prayer by Brother C. Calway, after which lesson was read in concert by the pastor. Choir sang Lift up Your Head. Prayer by Deacon J. Slaughter. At 11:30 a. m. Brother A. Jones preached us an excellent sermon from Heb. 11; 10. Our Sunday school is doing nicely under our present superintendent, C. Calway. At 6:30 p. m. our B. Y. P. U. met with Emma Jones, president in the Chair. This young woman is apt in the work. Come and see her in this work at $15. The members of the choir went in the box and sang Peace Like a River. After Brother Calway preached for us. Receipts. $17.85. We will have a rally on Easter. We invite all the members will $5.00 each. Success to the Son. B. A. SAYINGS OF THE WISE. Politics is the science of exigencies. —Theodore Parker. All philosophy lies in two words, "gustain" and "abstain"—Enictetus. "sustain" and "abstain."—Epictetus. There is a German proverb which says that Take-It-Easy and Live-Long are brothers. Unhappy is the man for whom his mother has not made all mothers vengeile.—Pichter. I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself. I have plenty of my own.—Goethe. "Tis sad work to be at that pass that the best trial of truth must be the multitude of believers in a crowd where the number of fools so much exceeds that of the wise. As if anything were so common as ignorance.—Montaigne. One cannot bear to pay for articles he used to get for nothing. When Adam laid out his first penny upon nonpareils at some fruit-stall in Mesopotamia I think it went hard with him, reflecting upon his old goodly orchard where he had so many for nothing.—Lamb. PHILOSOPHIC MAUNDERINGS The man who is always taking life too seriously is often found slaking life to teariously. As a matter of original condition, there is no difference between men—men make the difference. It takes more than three score and ten to teach a man the wisdom of the bird that files high—H. E. Warner in Baltimore News. JOKER'S EPIGRAMS Nothing will make a man chuckle like "chink." One is in a tight place when he is cramped for money. The Bible does not say, "A politician shall not see corruption." A woman generally wrings her hands when tears are wrung from her eyes. When fear causes a creepy feeling, instead of crawling, one feels like sprinting. First thing you know some crank will insist on being called the "sales-gentleman." The up-to-date Yule log will cost something next Christmas if the coal strike continues. The court jester is a thing of the past, but it is no joke about there still being fools. "No man can serve both God and mammon," and most people do not try, being satisfied to serve the latter. Prove a man ignorant and you make him your enemy; flatter his intelligence and you make him your friend. Disappearing Mine in Arizona. A mine near Phoenix, Ariz., disappeared a week after the shaft had been sunk. Do not challenge Fate unless you have borrowed the Great Spirit's shield. If the rattlesnake did not stop to talk he would be ten times more dangerous. When I am taught that the paleface who does the worst he knows how is better than the Indian who does the best he can, shall I not tell the missionary to swallow his book? Charles Stow in New York Press. ALL SORTS. It is the worst cigar that is entitled to first rank. Big guns are the only things served on armor plates. A double-barreled shotgun is the worst type of the deadly parallel. As a physical exerciser the old fashioned woodpile never had an equal. When a man has a peck of trouble he is satisfied with short measure. Some men go to law, but the law finds it necessary to go after others. It seems queer that so many crooked people should find themselves in strait-ened circumstances. In accord with the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, the last woman on earth will be a dressmaker. A red nose may not be conclusive evidence of inebriety, but it imposes upon its possessor the burden of proof. The average man is unable to understand why he is not appreciated or why he is expected to appreciate other men. Patience formerly roosted on a monument, but at the present writing it is at the telephone waiting for the girl at the exchange to answer. Count Given Ancient Jewelry Three years ago, some gold rings, chains, and a crown decorated with jewels were found in the Dresden Kreuz Kirche in the grave of Duke Albrecht of Holstein, who died in 1619. They were claimed by Duke Ernst Gunther and the courts have now acknowledged his title to them. NUMBER 6. Rev. J. S. Clark of the M. E. church has been returned to this city for another year. His members and friends are glad to welcome him again. He is a man of strong Christian character and sterling worth. He has done excellent work for the church and will be able to do more this year than ever. Mrs. N. B. Oxley of the True Reformers, held a meeting at the A. M. E. church Tuesday night and organized a Fountain. The Trustees Helpers of the A. M. E. church gave an entertainment Thursday night for the benefit of the trustees. It was a success. Mrs. Emma Chambers, who has recently returned from Japan and the Philippines, brought home a trunk of curios and relics from the Orient, which she will exhibit shortly to the public. We are glad to note that the sick are all convalescing. We saw Miss Effie Fisher on the street, and she will soon be able to resume her position in the school. The Second Baptist church is contemplating remodeling the building, and a special rally will be held Sunday to rife the purpose of raising money for the same. All are invited to assist in this landable undertaking. The Macedonia Baptist church expects to worship in the new edifice the first Sunday in May. Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church Sunday, March 29. Rev. M. Collins of Kansas City will preach at 3 o'clock. All the members and friends are asked to be present all day and make this a glorious meeting. Miss Mary Heard, who has been in the far west the past two years, was called home suddenly on account of the serious illness of her mother, who is reported to be on the road to recovery. The Misses Sewall of Wellington, Mo., spent Sunday in town, the guest of their aunt, Miss Annie Sewall. Mrs. Elizabeth Rountree has been confined to her home quite a while on account of rheumatism. Her daughter is also suffering with an attack of the grip. LEXINGTON NEWS Rev. Smith, the pastor of the M. E. church was signed to Oscervusa, Iowa Rev. Young will take his place here He will preach his introductory sermon Supday. Rev. Stricken is here carrying on a revival, meeting at the Second Baptist church Mr. Howard Hegwood who died at St. Paul, Miln, was brought here March 14th. His funeral was preached by Rev. Gilbert at the A. M. E. church on Sunday, March 15th. He was a member of the K. P. of Minnesota. The lodge sent a member with his body here, Mr. Kripper. As there was no lodge o the order here, the friends of the family assisted. He left Lexington in 1880 and went to St. Louis, and tro inhure to St. Paul, where he joined the K. P.'s. He belonged to the Uniformed rank. Mr. Kripper says he was a dutiful member. He was loved by his bodge. He leaves a mother, two sisters and tour brothers and a host of other relatives to mourn his loss. This speak's for the K. P.'s. He was born in this city 50 years ago. We extend our heart felt sympathy to the family and also to the K. P.'s for the faithful performance of their duty. Mr. Kripper left Sunday night for his home by way of St. Louis. He is one of the oldest colored K. P.'s in this country. Mrs. Harrison Curry is quite ill and has been for several weeks. We hope she will soon be out, also Mrs. Emma Smith is quite ill. Mrs. Harriet Arnold is on the sick list. Mr. Griffin Graham is improving. Mr. Jordan Hook subscribed for the Rising Son, also Mr. McGill and Ray & Co. There are some young men in our city who are doing things injurious to our race, and if you don't quit I will publish your names. A hint to the wise ought to be sufficient. We ought to respect our race as well as we do other races. TOTS OF MIXED BLOOD Interesting Study Made in Kindergarten in the American Metropolis Where Little Chinese Children Are Taught—Their Obedience. - et ficial census the child bifeaNs| ts of New. York's KA Weichinatown number a BY about 100. This censur ESSARY ss taser fe stone, at a © schools and) with the help of the stray Chinese guides who are always ready to give Infor nation and lead strangers to the dif: ferent ¢ of interest in that pecus ron include not only t wived parertage—ttish and It teresting te race The A ts in nearly with t ot re of ‘ 2 the parebleeded American ch this as in many ther respe The saying "Early t @ and early to rise” ts without b € to them The Chinese work late and play ate. ta retiring Qefore 1 or 2 ‘ the morning and sleeping weil into the day. The children are rot excluded (rem the work er the play, and consequently one seeks In Vain fer then in the morning hours. They are stil tn the arms of the Chinese Morpheus, Vorhaps the best place of all to study them is in the schools, for they are elusive little creatures and one must ket them where there is Httle hope of escape. ‘There are two kin deigartens in Chinatown, One holds ts kesstons In the lute morning hours the other only in the after noon, At the first one yon are introduced te Wing Quong, Rossie Wing, Kay Guey Ka Son and the “also rans Wing Quong engages special Inter est. Wing is to be sont to China al the request of relatives to rematt until he ts 14. He ts now about 7 an looks serious enough at the prospect of the coming separation from his rel Btives and school chums ‘The fest question the Americas woman visitor Is sure to ask relater of course, to the Chinese feet, for it the feminine mind the honnd foot 4 as closely associated with Chines customs as the opium pipe ts In th masenline, She is assured that th eustom has gone out with the fash fons of yesterday. ‘The costumes of this school are m hybrid as the children, ‘The Americat dress prevails, ‘There ave funny littl trousers which have a home-made too} and awaken doubts tn the minds o the lookers.on ax to the direction th wearer will take, ‘The jackets are o any shape or style, dependent appar ently on charitable impulses rathe than set ideas Hut if one has a keen sense 0 humor, ay well ns of pathos, on should visit the afternoon sehool, Her the Chinese children come in costum ee 1 - / fe a Oh | fame Fo NM LF [i =s p 4 vf 4 , § eis ot Bl 4 Jee oS Ss i ee Half and Half, and there aie many jnieresting sights for the student of homan nature This schoolroom ix on the ground floor, It is decorated with garlands of evergreen and colored papers and is very bright and cheery. When the teacher is not there en time, a some: times happens, Anale makes a very good cicerone. Annie is the oldest pupil and ta fairly tall, pleasant-looking girl, She confides that her parentage is mixed and that her mother is Irish, Her Jast name {fs Lee in deference to ner father. The children of mixed par- entage have usually two names, the frst name given by the mother The afternoon session opens with prayer in Chinese and some hymne are sing, sometimes in Chinese, some- times in English, ‘The prayer and the occasional hymn are the only Chinese spoken in the school, It ts a source of great grlef to the Chinese inhabitants that there 1s no place where the children can be tawght their own language, but to such school ex ists in Chinatown, ‘The children have wonderful mem: ories, they are great imitators, Tell them a stor), sing them a song, and they Will repeat beth parrot like and Pry ‘ai “3; yy ec ' cea ne a Serah to an American child of the same ago and standing, Bot their reasoning and thinking faculties are not devel. oped. There the American child bas ‘The Chinese home consists usnally of nd the bedroom, The Chinese wom: ‘The children are so obedien? that | obedient child is unknown in China has brought about this result, who | can say? One Chinese child admitted bad, but the American teachers say ished, But whatever the method it 1s saeuiiiuy oath garnet oe and upbringing. —New York Sun. \ Disorders in Court. Some years ago there was @ very dignited old fellow elected Justice ot the Peace in one of the townships of Herks county, This elevation caused him to look for @ certain degree of deference on the part of all with whom he came in contact and at any shortcomings in this respect he would show maraed irritation, Once while walking along his dignity was rut fled by one of a group of boys ad dressing him rather familiarly. “Young man, 1 fine you $5 for con tempt of court,” said the provoked Justice. But, Judge, the court Is not in ses ston,” interposed the youta, “This court is always in session," sald the other emphatically, “and eon seqiently always an object of eon tempt.” a Moannts an eae. The following dog story ts vouched for by the Petit Parisien as true: A lady named Mmo, Amelie Hongre went out yesterday morning for a walk in the Avenue de Clichy, taking with her a toy terrier, which she beld by a string, While she was looking. into a shop window two mischevious hoys substituted a bone for the dog. A Great Dane then appeared on the scene, and, secing the bone, made a dash and swallowed it, string includ ed. The lady turned round, and, in despair, cried out that the Great Dane had eaten her pet, ‘The Jittle dog was found later on, much to the joy of his mistress, who carried him off in a eab, Point Overlooked. Superintendent Smith of the Man: jhattan elevated rond was showing a Western railroad man over the sys: | tom ie other day, When they came lio the junetion at Ninth avenue and | Fifty-Third street the Chicago man re } marked, with evident astonishment “TL don't see any derailing switches | to prevent collisions.” “Great Scott, man," exclaimed the Manhaitan man, “do you consider how far a derailed train would have to drop?” | ius he AMES: A singular strike of priests has taken place at a friary at Lisbon Three priests, members of a religions congregation, were suspended, where: upon others, in sympathy with them, declined to act Ui thelr colleagues were yardoned, Their superiors are much embarrassed and the di@eulty bas uot yet been solved, Are Too Wealthy To Hawve Children | | CENSUS OF FETY PINS MPS 5 cH | /\ CENSUS OF FORTY SEVEN PANIES IN POVERTYS FLAT SHOHS 135 CHILDREN m r Tit —it ee Efe - mai 0 > =—aene bara : art ti ATAPI | ee np Al | Fl er [EE a SO es ae Rag, Loin ise! = Leena) Res] Uber 6 og 8 Mig ee eet ee — | | ittrssesem i Jac oe oR URN 7 (GEA NUS Se NG > er ee: RO Ma MR. ee ae ea Oe ae ee oe wealth is the greatest, where mil- Vionaires are many and fashion relgns, the proportion of children is Jess than one to each family, In that section of the city where poverty rules and people are herded together like cattle the proportion of children is three to each family. In other words, the poor and Miter- ate multiply three times as rapidly as the rich and educated. Obviously there is a lesson here, Where luxury and ease abound the race—the Ameri- can race—scarcely reproduces itself cach generation, but in the humbtest tenement houses, most of them homes of the foreigner barely able to speak the English language and utterly indifferent. to all the great problems, exeept that greatest one of feeding hungry mouths, the little ones increase like the grains of corn in the full ear, The facts brousht out by a thor ough investization of conditions as they exist at both extremos of the social seale in this elty--frets that have a counterpart in all sections of this country--corroborate ina mark ed way the views: entertained — by President Roosevelt. In a letter to Mrs. John Van Vorst, coanthar of “The Woman Who Toils,” te Presi alent uttered a strong protest against the love of lixery and ease whieh is undermining the race supremacy of the American pation by — preventins marriages and the production of large families, Race suicide, whether com plete or partial, the President holds, is the greatest question before the country und amounts to a serious menace, His views of the situation are ex pressed in these words: “An easy, Kood-natured kindliness and a desire to be independent—that 4g, to live one's life purely according to one’s own dosires—are in no sens substitutes for the fundamental vir tues, for the practice of the strong racial qualities without which there can be no strong race—the qualities Jot courage and rewlution oth I [men and women, of seorn of what is mean, base and selfish, of cager d jsire or fight or suffer, as tae ease | may bo, provided the end to be gained [is great enongh, and the con |temptious putting aside of — mere jease, mere vapid pleasure, mer lavoidance of toil and worry “OL course no one quality make [will save a nation, But there arc certain great qualities for the Inck lof which no amount of intellectual | bellliancy, or of material prosperity or of easiness of life can atone, aud | cn ahawe dchlengei a; cee tion In the nation just as much as it they are produced by selfishness and coldness and easeloving — laziness among comparatively poor people—as ff they are produced by vicious or frivolous luxury fn the rich. “If the men of the nation are not anxious to work in many different ways, with all their might and strength, and ready and able to fight at need, and anxious to be fathom of families, and if the women do not recognize that the greatest thing for any woman is to be @ Rood wife and mother, why, that nation has cause to be alarmed about its future ‘There is no physical trouble among Americans, The trouble with the situation you set forth ts one of character, and therefore we can con- }quer it if we only will.” This in general terms is the arraignment, Some figures have been supplied by Dr, George F. Shrady, who has made au extended stidy of the subject. He found the average family of the better or more educated class consist of only one or two child ren, the middle-class family of from four to five, while the familles of the lower classes rin from five to nine This finding has been substantiated in the present inquiry in the case of the first and the last groups: No section of New York contains 5 f AG 0 Oe ee iW ae nf 1 ‘ AM y on R nf qe Wii OD CW pA aR ine WW cl i “DA pa ge | a qe iy Ne AL alleys heey Scr al Na: more homes of wealth and refinement than the section of Fifth avenue in the neighborhood of Central Park. ‘That stretch of the avenue extend- ing between Fifty-sixth and Seven: Uleth streets, comprising fourteen Mocks and about three-fourths of a mile long, has upward of 100 private honses, the largest and finest in the city. They present an Imposing ap- pearance; thelr doors are open only to the elite; within them are all the appointments of luxury and refine: ment that money can buy, and troops of servants to do the slightest bid: ding. But in not a few of them the music of children's voices and the patter of childish feet are sounds not heard. A census of. the specified district, made as accurately as the difficulties of the Inquiry permit, revealed the ct that fifty representative families have a showing of only forty-cight chiléren, or less than one to each honsehold. Within the district are several one of which was taken Into acconnt, In it are domiciled at least ten fami- lies, who have a total of thirty child. ren, an average of three to cach fam- ily, Of families living in their own homes twenty-one are said to have no children, three have four to each fam- fly, six have an average of two each and one family has five, In the blocks between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh streets, in which are the homes of Edwin Gould, Charies Morse, Mrs. Wilson, James W. Gerard, Mrs. Catherine Kingsland and C. A. Gould, four families were found who are childless, and the whole number of children probably does not exceed six, Between Six: tieth and Sixty-third streets, where live W. E. Roosevelt, James E. Mar- tin, Edson Bradley, Raward Rutter, Frederick Baker, George E. MeMur. tay and the Bostwicks, the Gerrys, the Careys and the Schmidts, a count of eleven children distributed among twelve families was made. Four of the families were without children, five had ono each, one had four, and one five, Further up the proportions of young children were found to be still less, In the block lying between Sixty-cighth and Sixty-ninth streets, where live Ogden Mills, Francis. Gor. don Harrison and Joseph ©. Stickney, it is said there Is not a single child. ‘The block immediately above, where the mansions of John D. Sloane and Heber R. Bishop are situated, there are no children, AS nearly as could be learned these are the figures, and they are not gainsald by the evidence of the eyes, for the.childzen are seer abou’ the streets in this quarter an¢ nothing speaks of thelr existence t the passerby. Down in the tenement district of the lower East Side the contrast is found. Here the streets are throng ed with children, whether — the weather be fair or foul. ‘Their homet ‘are poor, narrow, boxlike rooms ir the huge tenement buildings. One oI the largest of these stands on the cor ner of Orchard and Broome streets It 1s six stories high and has accom modations for forty-elght families, At present forty-seven are housed in {t and these families have among them € total of 135 children, Seven fami les, recegtly married, have no off spring. Tho showing of the others ts as follows: Nine families have one child cach, nine families have twe children each, ax families have three children ench, two families have four children each, seven families have five children each, three famtiles have six children each, three families have seven children each, and one family has eight children, ‘The figures tell their own story,but only in part, since the familles here represented who have fewest child ren are almost invariably young mar }ried couples, The tendency of the toward families of from four or five to nine children. To an investigator going directly from the fashionable Fifth avenue locality to the crowded regions where live the foreigners the contrast in this matter of child popu: lation is extremely striking and gives force to the suggestion the President makes in such striking language.— New York Press. Wasn't Acquainted. “Waiting in the bank directly in front of me was a charming woman of twenty or 60 who was having her first experience in banking,” sald the merchant as he lighted his cigar aft er luncheon, “She was asked tho qnestions usual for one who ts open ing an account; her name, address, whether married or single and her father's and mother’s name, She gc’ along all right until the clerk asked: “*Mother's maiden name, please.’ “‘T don't quite understand, I'm afraid, she said hesitatingly. “‘I mean your mother’s name when she was a girl,’ explained the clerk, “How should I know? I don't lke Impertinence, Sir! How should | know? I didn't know her when she was a girl. The idea! Are you trying to make fun of me, Sir?'"—New Yor! Times. ‘To Divert Tide of Emigration, ‘With the object of diverting the stream of emigrants that now travels to America via Germany, the Hum garian government proposes to estab- Hsh a line of steamers running be tween Flume and the United States, Americans in London, ‘Mrs, Hugh Reed Griffin has just been reelected president of the Soci- ety of American Women in London, The object of the society is to create & social center for Americans in Lon- don. Famous Pianists Estranged. Little love ts lost between Paderew- ski, the famous pianist, and Moritz Rosenthal, his professional rival, who continues to amaze German audiences by his wonderful command of the in- strument. Rosenthal is called “the demon pianist,” because of the as- tonishing speed with which he plays. The Latest Chemical Wonder. An American chemist has invented a tube for truth. “You speak into it; the chemical solution changes color according to the tensity of your emo- tion, and truth and mendacity are described as being quite distinct and vivid colors. ‘Seah Diknasd a Letten Oak: Duck dinners are the latest society fad in America, says a London paper. The ladies who attend are dressed to imitate ducks. Duck decorations ap- pear on the table, and the menu in- cludes ducks cooked in various styles. Even the {ces are made up in duck shapes. Postcards Popular in England. Posteards increased more rapidly in England during the past year than any other form of postal communica: tion, The number sent was nearly 445 miltion, which ts over 6 per cent increase on the year before. ita Gaba te New Berlin, Il, March 16th.—Mr, Frank Newton of’ this blace. speaks very earnestly and emphatically when asked by any of his many friends the reason for the very noticeable tm- provement in his health, For a long time-—over two years—he has been suffering a great deal with pains in his back and an oll-over feel- ing of illness and weakness, His ap- petite failed him and he grew gradu- ally weaker and weaker till he was very much run down, A friend recommended Dodd's Kid- ney Pills and Mr. Newton began to take two at a dose, three times a day, In a very short ume he noticed an tm- provement; the pains left his back and he could eat better. Ho kept on improving and now he says: “Yes, indeed! I am a different man and Dodd's Kidney Pilla dla it pu, 8 cannot tell you how mach bette! teal. Tam a new man and Dodd's Kidney Pills deserve ull the credit.” Thomas Carlyle’s Advice. It fs to you, ye workers, who do al- ready work, and aro as grown men, noble and honorable in a sort, that the whole world calls for now work and nobleness. Subdue mutiny, dis- cord, widespread despair by manful- ness, justice, mercy and wisdom.— Carlyle, ‘Silahice: bhicee bhianiana Gan Maekas Paris is about to add to its Iiterary Attractions by opening a Victor Hugo museum. It ts to be established in ‘one of the quaint Louis Treize houses still surviving on the Place des Vos- ges, which was inhabited by the poet when he was yet the young lon of “Hernanl.” Child Labor in New York. From facts gathered in the last six months the remarkable condition is revealed of the existence of more child labor in New York city than ip all the states of the south combined, Will Tell of Boundary Lines, ©. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics, is writing @ book on the development of the boundary lines of the states and territories, noting the changes since colonial days. Propounded to the Single. Do you try to keep a flatiron warm with your feet all night, or do you make the effort in the interest of @ water jug?—Atchison Globe, WAS REFUSED LIFE INSURANCE. Rejected on Account of “Coffee Heart.” Life insurance companies have fully established the fact that the use of coffee causes an organic derangement of the heart, shortening the long beat and imperiling life. For this reason habitual coffee drinkers are refused life insurance in many cases, A well- known merchant of White's Creek, Tenn., proprietor of a large store there, says: “Three years ago I was examined for life insurance and to my surprise was rejected because my heart action was at times out of place 15 beats in 60, “I consulted several good doctors and was invariably asked by them, ‘Do you drink ardent spirits? use tobacco? or drink coffee?’ To the first I an- swered ‘Very little,’ to the second ‘No,’ to the last ‘Yes,’ and they would all say ‘Quit coffee.” “I determined to do this. I had read about Postum Cereal Coffee and bought jand used it, and I liked it as well as the best of real coffee, and as a re sult of its use in place of coffee I find myself without a skip in my heart action and I can get insurance on my Ife cheaper by 25 per cent (notwith- standing the advance in age), than [ could when I first commenced using Postum.” Name furnished by Postum Co. Battle Creek = *b. CUPOLA SKETCHES By BYDON WILLIAMS The farmer on sandy soil is thinking some of the followed the bend-knee practice. Year after year less water falls to make it yield a harvest. The continued dry spell is making him plous. His lot is becoming so serious and his face so attenuated that even the lightning-rod man passes him by. Time was when he looked across at his neighbor's low, wet ground where the frogs were playing tag and straining their obligato affultus singing favorite sonatas, and thanked the Lord his ground was high and sandy. His crops flourished like a fair lobbyist in a senatorial ante-room while those of his neighbors were sickly and sunken in the swamp like the center of a new wife's sponge cake. He bought patient churns, windmills and separators and had a hired man to teach the calves how to drink milk out of a pail. The neighbor wore campaign patches on the concentric of his trousers and looked like Weary Waggles on his itinerary for work. Indeed, one was the representative of success, the other the agent of disappointment. The sand bank man had money in the town bank, the mud-bottom farmer didn't know a check from a sheepskin land patent. Lo! All is changed. The two men have changed places, the sand man is talking out of the other corner of his mouth while the low land fellow is feeling the pride the jingle of the guinea makes. The calf is bunting his hired man now and he is thinking of buying an automobile by which to market his $1.25 potatoes, his 33 cent oats, his 50 cent corn and his $88 vegetables. He no longer demands protection against calves and railroads; he is looking through a roseate eyeglass and effecting fashions heretofore foreign to his humble mode of living. His low, wet land has redeemed itself. True, most of his frogs are dead, but he can buy a piano instead and besides frog music is not au fait with him any more. His daughter has thrown over the neighbor's Silas and is talking of giving an ice cream function with lady fingers and dancing. The wife has several new gowns and the son gets his clothes tailor made. The scarcity of his neighbor's crops makes his all the more valuable and dollars have grown on his liquid-soaked soil as thick as sturgeon's eggs on a caviar sandwich. Truly, the low land farmer is king this fall. 333 As the time approaches for the anemone to blossom in the budding woodland, we grow less timorous of the coal man. The fact that our coal bins have become more or less has been, does not awaken in us that cold and apprehensive dread common to a man who is being ground under the heel of a ponderous monopoly! With the bursting of the buds our independence again mounts the pedestal and assumes to soar unfettered. It will continue to soar until the warm and languorous days of summer awaken us to the fact that the ice man is after what the coal man didn't get. We refer covertly to our bank stock! But between two evils it us prepare to celebrate the gladsome days of spring, when the scent of the May flowers is in our nostrils and the June roses are preparing to titillate our olfactory nerves, when there is little to pay the coal man and little to satisfy the ice man—not because we haven't it to liquidate, but because in the joyous springtime the bills are small. If we are diligent and careful we may save enough to buy a Panama hat against that day when the ice man gets busy. "Spring!" Spring! Beautiful Spring! "No wonder spring is beautiful, with coal, 1,300 pounds, selling at $12.00 a ton! This promises to be a great season for spring poets. 999 A school teacher aged thirty years boasted that he had never been kissed by a woman. Presumably he had never kissed a woman. Six of the romping belles of the place were miffed at the declaration of the hoily-toily school teacher, especially so because the taunt was thrown into their faces at an ice cream table. Accordingly they laid for the man of innocent lips and smacked him to a frazzle. Very mad, in fact as mad as a wet hen, he rushed to a justice's office and had the Indiana beauties arrested for assault and battery, and now all the young and sighing swims of Indiana are living in hopes of being assaulted and battered. The girls are wrong, however, and will have to pay for kissing this man who if he ever marries will have troubles of his own squaring himself. They should have laughed his hold def to derision and passed him by with a lofty scorn so well assumed by the Indiana young ladies. No man who has not kissed, hugged and proposed to a girl at this age, is unworthy of any suca combined attack as they made on his misguided fellow. He was not worthy of their "atel." A box-elder bug got flat on his back—by mistake. His feet waved frantically in the air and his legs were as useless as Curly Lock's old basque pattern. His acrobatic flounderings for a stable position made his organs of propulsion ache to the marrow. His back was chafed and shiny ransacking around the glary plane on which he struggled, for the terra-firma on which he lay was a polished oaken window-sill. The artisan and the finisher had done their work well; there was no crack or kopje in which he might catch his toes or wiggle up against and tip over to his natural poise. He was upside down to a frazzle. Ever and anon he would begin again, spasmodically, to save himself from rush of blood to the head. He would get propped up on one leg bent over backwards and then his foot would slip. Every time his foot slipped he bumped his anatomy until he saw stars. Once he almost stood on his head, intending to keel an end-for-end somersault, but just at the vital moment the fatal foot-slipp interfered and he came down like a hod of brisk from a seven-story Y. M. C. A. building. This made him dizzy and he remained prostrate in woe resting. Perhaps he was thinking of his wife's folks. When he got to his mother-in-law he tried again, but his strength was waning and his efforts were futile spasms of endeavor. Finally when the box-elder bug was almost gone, wavering between life and the huzing of the bug-angel, a friendly Fate softened the heart of an onlooker. At first the observer was merely observant of the topsy-turvy transgression from Nature's law as exemplified by the box-elder bug. Curiosity to see if the struggle could win against odds was the next motive that held his attention. Then pity, like a white dove, sailed into the situation, and was about to influence the power behind the throne to turn his bugship upright. "It's only a box-elder bug," said the devil, looking over his shoulder. "A box-elder bug is of no account. There are millions of box-elder bugs. It's none of your business; let him die." "I know there are myriads of the little pests here," answered the man. "One of them crawled into my ear this morning and spoiled my beauty sleep—but this bug is alive, it is one of God's creatures and it suffers." "Wait a minute," interjected the devil, "you are too kindhearted, much like a woman. This bug had just as good a pair of legs as the other bugs, his wings were as strong and his ballast as well arranged as those of his fellow bugs. It is his own fault that he blundered. He transgressed the law of self-preservation; he is an iniquitous sinner against the divine power that formed him a thing of beauty and put red on his wings. What he is, where he is, is his own fault; let him work out his own salvation. What manner of use is a box-elder bug?" "Give him a bit of a lift," suggested Fair Play, who arrived at this moment. "I'll do it," broke in the man, "for it may be the bug will profit by experience and after all, his father may have been a drunkard." So saying the observant man tossed a slip of paper beside the box-elder bug. Bugs think! Of course they do. That box-elder bug wriggled and twisted toward that paper, put his foot against it and with one superhuman effort threw his body from this brace to an upright position. For a moment he seemed dazed, then he began rubbing the benumbed feeling from his limbs and antennae. Plumming his wings he'dew away joyfully, once more upright before the world. Man is like this box-elder bug. Often he gets on his back by the transgression of the physical or moral law, fearcrucacy, oversight, over confidence, self assumption, desire for that which is not his, may throw him, like the box-elder bug, flat on his back. Unless he wins in the struggle to right himself he dies and men look upon his memory briefly in pity. Then he is forgotten. It is not necessary to compare the figure. Its suggestions are many. Man is as much Fate as Fate is abstract. Though low and repulsive every man in whom the heart beats is a living thing worth helping. To speak a word, to lend a hand, to smile instead of frown at the box-elder bug man is the true spirit of doing unto others as we would be done by. "All men are brothers." From Adam and Eve we sprang. They were our common parents and although they monkeyed with the apple, we should revere their name. "Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." "Rescue the perishing; care for the dying!" 3 3 3 While casually reviewing the life of Oom Paul Kruger, we note with gratification that Oom Paul was the father of eighteen children. This point of excellence in the old hero should not go unnoticed by the college professors who are awakening us to the duty of rearing a goodly progeny! In other words, while Oom Paul's oldest girl was laying plans to elope with a red hot love, the old women of the neighborhood were waiting on Mrs. Oom Paul and preparing to notify Paul "It is a boy and weighs eleven pounds," or "It is a girl, and her hair promises to be curly." Oom Paul had 'em at all stages. He could go home at night, deftly rock the cradle and steer the rubber nipple to the orifice for which it was intended, or, he could play old sledge with his oldest boy and inculcate in him the innate wisdom of when to open a jack pot and when to quit bucking a streak of hoodo! He could suit the age of the child to the tenor of his temperament and be happy, though married! M. H. WHITTAKER WRIGHT Whitaker Wright, promoter of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, limited, the failure of which two years ago, brought ruin to thousand of persons in Great Britain, who are believed to have lost at least $100,000,000 directly and indirectly in the crash of other companies which went down in the wreck, and who is wanted by the London police on a charge of having falsified the accounts of the company, was arrested at New York, March 15, upon the arrival of the French liner La Lorraine. He was first taken to the Tombs police court, and later placed in the custody of the federal authorities. After being arraigned before United States Commissioner Alexander he was committed to the Ludlow street jail without bail. Wright's Meteoric Career Whitaker Wright is accused of losing to British investors more than $100,000,000. He promoted forty-one companies, having a total capitalization of $111,755,000, and all have failed or gone into liquidation. For several years Whitaker Wright was the meteor of the financial world in London. When he began his career as a promoter in the British capital no one knew him. He was reputed to have made millions in the mines in West Australia. He began business in no small way. He astonished all England by inducing the late marquis of Dufferan to accept the presidency of one of the first companies he floated—the "London and Globe Finance corporation." The company was capitalized for $5,000,000 and offered its stock for sale. The investing public, bullied into security by the name of the Marquis of Dufferin, purchased the shares with avoidity. The London and Globe invested the money thus poured into its treasury in many enterprises. Worst of all, it paid $7,500,000 for the Baker Street and Waterloo Underground railway—and it failed. While the London and Globe company was at the fluae of its popularity with the investing public Wright organized the "Standard Exploration company." Both companies were capitalized for millions. Both paid one or two dividends on a magnificent scale, and the public simply threw its money Into Whitaker Wright's lap. Then one company after another was organized. The public bought stock eagerly. Money was paid into Wright's hands by millions. He was at the pinnacle of his success. He spent millions of dollars for his own personal gratification. He owned almost a palace in Park Lane next to the famous mansion of the marquis of Londonderry. He purchased a country home upon which he spent money like water. He filled it with rare works of art, paintings and statuary. He owned steam yachts and gave lavishly to charity. Then came the crash. The London and Globe company failed on Dec. 29, 1900, dragging down nearly a score of London firms with it. Then, one after another, the remaining forty companies organized by Whitaker Wright crumbled. Investors lost everything. Queer Method of Restriction The queercest contribution on record to the treasury department's conscience fund was received this week. It is an old-fashioned watch with a gold-filled case and Swim movement. With it was this note: "Such as I have I give unto you for the conscience fund. The money I gave for the watch is more than I consider I owe the government." The timepiece is worth only a few dollars. Secretary Shaw does not know what to do with the contribution. A watch cannot be turned into the general fund and Mr. Shaw does not know whether he has the authority to sell it and turn in the proceeds. That question is being looked up by the department's solicitor The shame and disgrace of the collapse of the London and Globe, which had invested more than $15,000,000 in various enterprises, killed Lord Dufferin. For two years Whitaker Wright held off prosecution, but the clamor of the public became so strong that two weeks ago parliament compelled the authorities to move. A warrant for Whitaker Wright's arrest was issued, and he fled. On March 6 he went to Havre, where on the following day he sailed for the United States, only to be arrested as the steamer touched the dock. The early life of Whitaker Wright is a sealed book. It is not known whether he is British or American born. It is reported that he is a naturalized American. It is known that he lived in the United States many years. KEENE KNOWN TO ROOSEVELT. Milwaukee Man Securing Consulship a Classmate of the President. Francis B. Keene of Milwaukee, who has been appointed consul to Florence, Italy, is a graduate of Harvard, and was a classmate of President Roosevelt. He was born in Milwaukee Dec. 11, 1856. After attending private school at Milwaukee he was for four years at Racine college and then entered Harvard, from which he was graduated in 1880. In recent years Mr. Keene has done considerable newspaper and other lit- A. erary work and has long been identified with the national work for improved municipal government. Hot Shot for Statesmen. When Chaplain Russell of the Missouri house prays he wants the members to give attention. His prayers being sent up especially for them, he thinks it unseemable for them not to listen. Having observed that the members did not attend to what he said, Rev. Mr. Russell wafted the following petition to the throne of grace a few mornings ago: "O Lord, I ask that those in this house who rise to their feet for prayer may not continue to read their papers while the chaplain prays. Grant that they may have some respect for God if they have not for the chaplain." The most wonderful farm in the world is situated in Canada. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that everything is worked by electricity. Two waterfalls within the bounds of the farm, some 60 feet and 180 feet high, furnish the motive power, a central power house being erected near, and the current is transmitted by wires to every available place on the farm. The churns and other necessary implements have electric motor attachments. A motor of ten horse power works the mewing machine and another works a log saw, while the house, barn and grounds of the farm are illuminated by electricity. The owner declares that he saws some $2,500 in labor annually. FRANCES B KENNET Porto Ricans Manage to Subsist Well When Others Would Stages The cost of living in Porto Rico is perhaps less, gauged from the natives' view of necessity, than in any other quarter of the globe where modern civilization has obtained a foothold. Dr. Ryder, secretary of the American Missionary association, who has recently returned from an inspection of the island, tells the following story to illustrate the scale of wages and living in the island. "I was riding through the interior on horseback, on my way to Ponce," he said, "when I saw ahead of me in the road a native carrying a log on his head. It was a log twelve feet long, and must have weighed 200 pounds. He seemed to trot along with it on his head without any trouble. I asked my companion to stop and ask him about it. He did sq. and the man said he had cut and 'ripped' the log, that is, got it ready to split into timber, although it was not loosened enough to fall apart, the day before; he had brought it fifteen miles on his head that morning, and had three miles further to carry it into Ponce. "And how much will you get for it?" asked my companion. "I hope to get 15 cents," replied the man, "but I may get only 12." "But that sum would buy as much as $1.50 would up here," continued the doctor, "so the man was really working for about 75 cents a day. It is estimated that a man can support a family by three days' work a month. Food is practically free. Fruit is to be had for the taking, and the poorer classes practically live upon fruit. And as for a house, c. convert borrowed a dollar from one of our missionaries to put up a house when he wanted to get married, and it was plenty." The strenuous life maintain; All honored victors thus have won, And thus you must attain, Gird up your loins, O man, For peril grave abide Lost foes within or foes without Turn careless feet aside. The fight is ever on, And evil is alert, By stealth or by defiant blows Its falsehoods to assert, Should care or fear oppress, And cease to dark, Look up and hail the coming dawn The rapture of the lark. A drone within the hive, Ignoble is the shirk, In garrisons up no precious store In beheaded work, The Master comes to serve; In fellowship divine You will augment your human strength, With borrowed lustre shine. Half-hearted do not wait The mandate of the king: In loyal and abounding love Unblind service being Your loins still girt about, Your burning lights afore. Rejoice to serve where need is found In Truth's victorious war. -Charles B. Botsford in Boston Transcript. Woman's Caprice. The telephone bell rang loudly, Frederick Billson was very busy with an important conversation. "Who is it?" he said to the office boy. "It's a lady." "Well—who is she?" "Says you'll find out when you come to the 'phone." "Tell her to wait. I can't be both arced." Billson resumed his important conversation. When he took up the receiver the connection had been broken. That night when Billson called upon the Only Girl he wondered why she greeted him so distantly. At length she told him. "I think you were just herald to speak to me that way over the 'phone to day." "But I never spoke to you at all." "That's just the point; you didn't speak to me at all. You see, you admit it yourself. Freder—Mr. Billson, I never could be happy with a brute—and—and—here's your ring—not another word——" And Billson found that he had made one more addition to his collection of data concerning the caprice of woman. Argument Did Not Apply. The argument often made against the views of President Eliot of Harvard and of President Roosevelt in favor of large families is that it costs too much to rear half a dozen children nowadays. In the Primrose minstrels they tell a story of a family named Little to whom this argument did not apply. "You say you are the father of nine children?" "Yes, sir." "And you support your entire family on $10 a week?" "Yes, sir." "How can you possibly do it?" "Well, every Little helps"—New York Mail and Express. Effective Sermon. Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Tomkins, at a preachers' meeting, told this story on himself: "I preached a sermon recently on swearing and the extent of the habit," said he. "A few days since a man wrote me under his own name and said that he agreed with my sermon, adding that, 'Now every time I want to swear I say Floyd Tomkins instead.'" Spread of Marconi's System The attorney of the Marconi company, in London, has stated that they expect shortly to encircle the earth with wireless messages, and hoped to apply his system to heating, to traction lines and to publishing daily newspapers. The weary, worn out, all tired feelings come to everybody who taxes the kidneys. When the kidneys are overworked they fail to perform the duties nature has provided for them to do. When the kidneys fail, dangerous disease quickly follows; urinary disorders, diabetes, dropsy, rheumatism, Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney and bladder fills. 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In discussing the matter he said: The Legislature has been very kind to us. Generally speaking, the anti-lynching bill is a good thing for the white men as well as the Negroes. But I, for one, do not want to feel that the Negroes of the state alone want such legislation. The better element in my race feel that when it is said that they alone champion the same that it may be misconstrued as an apology for crime. Not so. We, as a race, have no sympathy with criminality and want to be understood as a law and order people, who want only that our criminal class shall be treated as all others before the law. I believe that the tendency of to-day is to magnify the so-called race question. The same is harmful. There is no necessity for doing anything to widen the breech between the two races. The problem will take care of itself. The best white men of this country are willing to give a worthy Negro a chance in the race of life. Any other policy is against humanity's laws, and against the laws of God. The moral effect of the bill will be good for all classes. What is the interest of one is the interest of the other. We stand or fall togather. In proportion as the Negro is educated along the intellectual, moral and industrial line, does he become a benefit and protection to society. This we realize, and so does the white man. Men of great souls are not willing to close the door of hope in the face of 10,000,000 Negroes. They are anxious that their condition shall improve. They realize that all talk of deportation is folly, and that the only remedy is to be found in the racial evolution seen every day in individual cases where the Negroes have arisen from the depths of slavery and ignorance, to the heights of manhood and character. The Negro must learn that men have ceased to favor him because of his color, but he will demand of him that merit which always wins respect. His children must be placed in school and kept there. They must be taught to labor, and must learn that any honorable toll exalts the man who performs his task well. The tendency to loaf on the streets, to regard manual labor as dishonorable, is not conducive to our betterment. In keeping with this idea the Quindaro movement is beng fostered. The Legislature of Kansas, composed of friends of all men, regardless of race, has just made ample appropriation for this work. This amount includes $15,500 for maintenance, $1,500 for equipments, $2,500 for water plant, $2,000 for farming implements and barn, $500 for expenses of trustees and incidentals; or $22,250 in all. We will be able to take in the farmer boys as well as others who desire to learn scientific agriculture, and allow the indigent and worthy to work their way through school. We are already teaching carpentry, architecture, cabinet-making, printing, book-binding, dress-making, plain, sewing, business/course, cooking, and the care of stock, and a number of useful means of employment that will eventually do away with the congested conditions among our people who have flocked to the city in too great numbers. I am more than gratified because of the friendship of the best white people of the Mississippi valley and the North. I am sure that my people feel as I feel, that by our bravery in war, our industry in peace, we can make ourselves an element for progress and American glory and grandeur. The Republic will not be ungrateful to a race willing to do for it as we are. If the Negroes will cease to loaf, cease to squander their earnings as so many are doing, will cease to drag each other down, but will become an educated unit, as is the desire of their friends, and the design of God, this so-called race question will go glimmering into the past. In short, upon the rock education—intellectual, industrial and moral—he builds his church, the very gates of hell shall not prevail against him.—Kansas City Journal. We believe in a compact organization for the purpose of educating the average colored voter along higher ideals in politics for the purpose of eliminating thakir and mercenary Negro from party politics and keeping the boodler from mixing with the thoughtless Negro. It is our purpose to educate the Negro politically to believe that it is more to them to have proper and many legislation, than the mere idea of electing some man to office for the salary attached. To have the laws administered to all citizens alike, without regard to color or kind, to nominate and elect such men as are above boodling and peddling patronage, but who love their country and who hold the constitution as being sacred in every particular and will interpret the law according to fact, regarding every defender of the flag an American citizen, regardless of color. My Dear Sir, Your letter referring to the bill to provide pensions for ex-slaves has been received by Senator Hanna. He directs me to thank you for your favor, and to say that the bill was introduced by request, and he is advised that the Pensions Committee of the Senate is not favorable to its passage. Yours very truly. Where oh, where is the political prophet who was so positive as to deputies, clerkships and justice? Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1903. Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Rising Son. Kansas City, Mo. Sirs: 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. 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 free should and must take action. Let us have the convention by all means, but how about Cleveland or Indianapolis. Editor Rising Son: Please allow space in your journal for an explanation which we feel is due the public, relative to the John Lange Hospital. The history of the hospital is well known to the public. The trouble we have had in the war of litigation, in order to establish our right to run a hospital is well known to all who have kept up with the proceedings. After keeping open for a few months and being ably supported by a generous public, we were closed by the courts, which claimed we had violated one of the provisions of the city charter in opening without a license. The matter of getting a license had been looked in to, and reported that a license to run a free charitable hospital, such as we intended to run, was not necessary. After opening, and finding a license necessary to meet the requirements of the law, as we are law-abiding citizens, we applied to the proper authority for a license, but were refused. We had bought the property at 1227 Michigan avenue, at a cost of $4,000, on which we had made several payments. When we were forced to close, there was no way of meeting our notes, which fell due each month. The holder of the notes was about to close in on us. We tried for two months to get sale for the property, but without success. When we found there was no way to save it, and rather than have it fall into the hands of other parties, considered an offer from Dr. Unthank of $3,500, just what it cost. He also bought enough of the furniture at cost price to cover some outstanding debts. The rest of the furniture has been stored, ready for use when we find a suitable place. Yours. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. There is no reason why the Pilgrim Baptist church should not have a clean pulpit. The Roosevelt Club and the new line up among the boys is progressing nicely. If you are in a glass house be careful how you throw stones. A man may feel like a king, and his wife like a queen, but the baby is generally the ace. A DAY OF SUN. Rain—and rain—and rain, All through the nights and days, While beautiful autumn, bedrenched and cold. And all the rain's sadness, so strange and vague. Trembling within man's heart. Sun—on the fields and the sweet, wet woods; Light in the bustling street; Warm, cool lifffits of growing things Beaten to deep retreat; Joy, like the birth of a great, glad love Into a life of pain. Comes to the earth in a day of sun After the rain the rain! THE LITTLE FLORIST They were neighbors. He was a florist, and had hopes of making a good living. She was making a prosperous living by managing an inherited nursery. He was young. She was younger. There similarity ceased. He was rugged, uncultured, plain, rough, with a certain charm of virile, forceful homeless difficulty to analyze. She was pretty, college bred, aristocratic. He believed in brawn and brain. She believed in blood and breeding. They were not neighborly. She called herself a "horticutturist." He was merely a florist. Of course, Dick Russell was a bachelor, and in love. "Why don't you stick up a house on your grounds?" asked Uncle William one night as he and Dick sat smoking a good-night pipe in the porch. "Can't afford it," said Dick, curtly. "I'm putting every penny I can raise into that gas machine I'm building in the nursery." "Foolish, too! Who ever heard tell of raisin' flowers or fruit with gas? It's agin Nature." "You'll see," said Dick, with a fierce puff at his pipe and a far away look in his blue eyes. "It's perfectly scand'lous!" sniffed Aunt William one bitterly cold February evening as she sat by the kitchen fire mending a pair of Dick's socks. "Which?" asked William, looking up from his newspaper absent-mindedly. "Dick's goin's on." "Where's he goin' now?" he asked, his mind still on the paper. "Don't you know?" she demanded, looking at him severely, "that Dick is a suspending evry penny he's got in the world for a big black machine an' a lot o' rusty pipes?" Uncle William looked crushed. "Listen!" she said, suddenly, holding up one of Dick's socks warningly. Borne on the crisp night-air there came the distant ringing blow of hammer upon steel. Just then the telephone bell rang loudly. "Goodness me!" exclaimed William almost dropping the lamp. Stepping to the instrument he put the receiver to his ear. "Is Dick Russell there?" asked an unfamiliar voice. "No. He's away at work on his gas engine." "Will you take a message to him at once?" "Who're you?" "Never mind me. Here's the message—it's important. Tell Russell that the weather clerk wires, 'Severe frost to-night.' Good-bye." A trump of about two hundred yards through the snow brought Uncle William to the "gassy madhouse," as Dick's neighbors politely called the structure. "Who's that?" asked Dick's voice from within. "Me—Uncle Bill." "What's up?" "There's to be a severe frost tonight. Weather expert says so. An' I'm a freezing out here." Dick swung the door wide open. "So there's going to be a big frost J. M. H. "I'm Putting Every Penny into That Gas Machine." to night, eh? Did you notice what the thermometer said when you left home? "It said five b'low zero." Picking up the lantern, Dick hurried outside the door and consulted his own thermometer. "Six below now," said he, thoughtfully. Then, hastily giving some instructions to the workmen, he put on his coat and hat, took up the lantern again, and turned to Uncle William. "Uncle Bill," said he earnestly, "I've been working and waiting a long time for this night. Sit still and get warm till I come back." II. Dick went straight to Helen Rem Ington. He knocked on the door softly. His heart pounded fiercely. "Who is there?" asked a puzzled, half-frightened feminine voice through the door. "It's only Dick Russell," he said quietly. "There's an important matter I must see you about." Then she opened the door—haughtily, fearlessly. "Come into the sitting room, Mr. Russell," said the girl frigidly. "There's to be a big record frost tonight," said he, blushing like a girl, "and I come to warn you." "Have you warned the other neighbors?" she asked quietly. "No-o. That is, I—I——" "Why haven't you?" "Because I—well—bother it all!" he stammered, suddenly getting warm all over—"because I thought of you first. And I only got the news a few minutes ago. And I couldn't, if I wanted to, save all the orchards around here. But I can save yours—and my own—and Uncle Bill's." "How?" "With the gas plant I've been building. and—and—" He hesitated, stopped. "Never mind the details, Mr. Russell," she said hurriedly, as she arose to her feet; "it is late, and there is your own garden to think of. Mine must take its chances, as it always has done. I thank you——" "But," interrupted Dick, as he stood M. M. They Looked Into Each Other's Eyes —Hesitatingly, Incredulous, Mute. up and faced her—"but"—he began again—"I—I—" Then a sudden comprehension swept through him; he understood her strange expression. The words he would have said died upon his lips. He marched out. Miss Remington, left alone, took up a book and tried to read. But she could not. Looking out in the direction of Dick Russell's farm, she saw that his orchard was encompassed and crossed by systematic rows of yellow light jets, blazing and smoking uncannily in the still air. Then the truth came home to her. He was not insane. He was merely a genius. He was right; she was wrong. He had come to her in manly helpfulness, and she had— The tears came to her eyes. But not for long. Hurrying to the hall, she put on her heaviest boots and warm wraps, and stepped outside. But one thought possessed her—to find Mr. Russell and ask his forgiveness. The rest did not matter. She found him, as fate would have it—alone. Hearing footsteps, Dick raised his head. "Helen!" They looked into each other's eyes—heitating, incredulous, mute. Words came at last. "I misjudged you," she said simply, humbly. That was all. That night Dick "did things"—many things, rapid, clever things. He hurried Aunt William and the two men, Uncle William hurried two horses, and the two horses hurried load after load of spare iron pling to various places on Miss Remington's farm. But first, with great joy (and a file), Dick cut a wide opening in the fence. Under his vigorous strokes the wires parted with a vicious, reluctant snap, and the victorious besieger passed through into the promised land. Quickly and deftly the men began coupling the lengths of pipe together, while Dick, with one hand almost frozen, went back to find his lost mitten. Finding it, the pipe laying progressed with greater rapidity. Soon the Remington orchard was encompassed and crossed with lines of black tubing laid upon the snow crust, each pipe-length pierced in the center with a tiny drilled hole. Ten degrees below zero! Wearied and cold the men staggered to the gas house and sank exhausted on the floor. After a short rest Dick consulted the thermometer again. Five below! "I've done it!" he gasped triumphantly. As weeks and months went by, the wisdom of Dick's foolish idea" became more and more manifest; and, when crop time came, the only orchards which bore fruit crops in that village were the three farms at Prittwell. Dick's bank account grew prodigiously. The last remnant of Miss Remington's mortgage disappeared. The breach in fence barrier, once open, slowly widened; the sundered wires, once parted, refused to reunithe. The way into paradise remained open. One night he asked a question—that question which has re-echoed in the universe since time began—and Miss Remington, blushing, archly said: "Yes, Dick." OUR OWN PHILOSOPHER. Some love letters are too soft to file. A man usually blows in a lot of money on a blow-out. The better a man gets on in the world the better off he is. Stir up a man's wrath if you want his candid opinion of you. With the exception of ballet girls, chronic kickers are a nuisance. A red nose may be due to the rays of the sun or to the raise of the glass. In some business transactions the middleman soon becomes the headman. Many a woman bends a man's will during life and breaks it after his death. It is generally understood that a man dislikes a slippery pavement when he is down on it. Perhaps the worst thing about rheumatism is the apparent necessity of listening to everybody's cure for it. When two men get together each talks about himself; when two women meet they both talk about some other woman. When a man fails it is owing to circumstances past all human control, but when he succeeds it is due to his personal ability—so he says. BITS OF PHILOSOPHY. Great actions, like great men, appear only at intervals. Great actions, like great men, appear only at intervals. Justice between man and man is never a jug-handled affair. Justice between man and man is never a jug-handled affair. A man may lose his vanity without necessarily losing his ambition. A man may lose his vanity without necessarily losing his ambition. Absolutism and socialism are at the opposite ends of the human plane. Both may be wisely avoided. Absolutism and socialism are at the opposite ends of the human plane. Both may be wisely avoided. One trouble of life is that men seldom know they are on the wrong road until they reach the end of it. One trouble of life is that men seldom know they are on the wrong road until they reach the end of it. Every man has the undoubted right to enjoy himself, but not at the expense of the rights of his fellow-man. Every man has the undoubted right to enjoy himself, but not at the expense of the rights of his fellow-man. WIT AND HUMOR. Memory is the morgue of the Past. The world never forgives a failure. Opportunity never waits for people to put on dress suits. It will do no good to advertise and offer rewards for lost time. The mantle of charity is often tied with huge bunches of red tape. Silly people who are cheerful give zest to life. Wiseacres bore us. It is the wicked people of this life who keep our emotions lubricated. Some marry for love, some for money and God only knows what some marry for. Genteel beggary in the name of the Lord seems an infallible "get-rich-quick" scheme. The face of a wife is the faithful index of a husband's latest and most successful work. The end of matrimony is often a little flat.—Kate Thyson Marr, in Milwaukee Sentinel. SENTIMENTS OF AUTHORS. Doubt is brother evil to despair.—O'Reilly. Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.—Euripides. Dishonesty is a forsaking of perma-ent for temporary advantages.—Bovee. Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.—Cole-ridge. No man was ever discontented with the world if he did his duty in it.—Southey. Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.—Goldsmith. True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.—Humboldt. The brave man wants no charms 'o encourage him to duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that woes deter him from doing it.—Bulwer. --- Our Name from the very beginning our business career has been indisolubly connected with the very best type of Ready-to-Wear Clothing, only such fabrics as, after the strictest test we know will give satisfaction to the wearer, enter into the makeup of our clothing. This Spring's Styles Better Than Ever. Nebraska Clothing Co. KANSAS CITY, MO. The man who thinks twice before he speaks often keeps his mouth shut. 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. 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. A war has been declared upon these immoral leeches who are in the pulpit. Where there is a faint suspicion of immorality or vice emanating from men in high places it would be well to investigate and lay the blame where it properly belongs for the good of the whole. IN UNION. Now comes the Teamsters' Union with colored and white men as members, of course the next thing is a strike and the excuse is that to recognize the union would be to concede equality of the Negro. One man says he would not starve the colored man. Yet he would not let him work. This is consistent, a poor white man would not starve a man, yet he would bar him from the chance of making an honest living. Unions are all right—but? GO TO COLORADO! Burlington Route $15.00 Round Trip to 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. FRISCO SYSTEM Superior Service, Wide Vestibuled, 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 RISING SON. ——S D Ofie> D> fe, — Sn NY Jas hae] Ne | ie a ii 7i— = HI | say AC } j p 1) Ga to i f m Hl ' —_—_—__— ‘Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. Remember please— t's thelittle bite we collect here an thice ‘That enables us to run from year to year.” How do you like the Rising Son? Mrs, Bertie Rodgers has been quite sick, Mrs, H. C. Guinn of 607 BE, 10th street is sick, Mrs, Mary #, Dunn is visiting rela- tives at Liberty. Mo. Miss Alice Powell, 1017% Charlotte stret, is very fll, Go to Langston’s for baths and good barbers. See the Jackson Boys for extra coples of the Son, Hand your locals to Wm. Fairfax, our society reporter. Watch the Son closely, you may miss something. Felix Shaffer will remain in Kansas City for an indefinite time. Wade B. Smith has been very sick this week. Cole and Johnson made a decided hit at the Orpheum this week. Secure a package of erivelopes and try for the waist, The U. B. F's will give a grand en- tertainment in the near future. Mr. 8, M. Simms has returned from Eureka Springs. Mr. Napoleon Shaw, of 718 Bast 8th street, is on the sick list. Mrs, Annie West is suffering with La Grippe. Prof, W. W. Yates, as genial as ever, was a caller this week. Prof; 8. R. Bailey made a flying trip to St. Joe this week. Dr. Coombs has acquired office rooms at 1121 Independence avenue. Lewis Woods, our manager, was con- fined to his room for a few days. Prof. T. W. H. Williams of the Bruce school was in to see us encour: agingly. Furnished front room with bath and gas, to rent to a gentleman. Apply 1411 Brooklyn avenue. Mr. James Hill of St. Joe, Mo., is in the city and has accepted a place at the Midland hotel. Mrs, Nannie Field, who has been sick for the past month, ts. slowly im: proving, Mrs, J. Silas Harris entertained the Ladies’ Artt class Wednesday after. noon, Mrs, B, McCormack, of 43. Walker avenue, Kansas City, Kan., Is recover: ing from an attack of La Gripe. Call on Smith for pure drugs and toilet articles, Ice cream soda and sofa, all flavors, Miss Allle Lewis, who was shot some time ago, is under the care of Dr. Dibble. He reports her dolig nicely, The Ladies’ Art class will meet witt Mrs, Richard Allen next Wednesda) afternoon on Highland avenue. Mr. Payne o fthe Mason & Downs Concert Company spent the past week in our city. Mrs, 8. R. Baily will soon visit her daughter, Miss Alberta, at Oberlin col- lege. Father Harper has been il! but is bet- ter and expects to conduct services at St, Augustine mission to-morrow, Mrs, Adora Young Smith of Chicago, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, is the proud mother of @ bouncing boy. Miss Nellie Banks {s again at home with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willy on East 12th stret. Mr, and Mrs, Clarence Stevens, who have been visiting Miss Julia Johnson, left for Chicago this wek, their future home. Mrs, Annie Saunders of Colorado Springs is visiting Miss Emma Booker at 736 Charlotte, P. 8, Brown, Jr., a member of the upper house, has been very sick. Dr. Ralph, his brother, says he is improv- ing. Go to T. Lee Adams for flower and grass seeds, lawn mowers and garden tools. 417 Watnut. Jas, Runnels will have @ full supply of Ozona Tollet articles. See him for these valuable preparations, \'Why so much caucussing among some of our church leaders, are the preachers right. Boys, count the places you can point to with pride held by our people in the City Hall or County, etther. _ Mr, Henry Wilnon and Mrs, Francis Geary were quietly married last week, They are both prominent tn our city. ‘We wish them a happy life—A Sub- scriber. Mrs, Lucinda Crowley, mother og T. H. Whibbey, the-well known furni- tuire mover, is seriously ill at her home on Lombard street, Kansas City, Kan. James Woods is at the Convention Hall buffet. He is thinking of visit Ing New Orleans and other southern points In the near future, Mr. J, 8, Nichols of Parkville, Mo., Pullman porter, running to Seattle. ‘Wash,, was injured on returning, He is abel to be out. Mr, J, E. Hardiman of Topeka, Kan., spent Saturday and Sunday with his friends, 8, B. and H. C, Douglas of Kansas City, Mo, Miss Fannie Akers and Mrs. Edward Hayden of Lexington, Mo., spent Sun- day with their cousin, Miss Fannte Wilson, The Pligrim Baptist church and its pastor {s In trouble, Investigation Is in order, The people want a clean pulpit. Col. Robt, Simpson, the caterer and tonsorial artist, says his telephone number is 3042 Cherry. Mrs. C. W. Archer and daughter, our little agent, Katherine Scott, left for Oklahoma last Monday to engage in business. One of the May attractions will be “The National Flower,” an operetta in three acts, to be given under the aus- pices of St, Pancreas Guild, in the month of May. Smith, the druggist, is very busy yet, He would like to see you at his drug store. He keeps a fine line of toilet articles and the choicest brands of ‘tate. 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. 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 av- enue, 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 Ris- ing Son {s $1.50 per year. A rooming house, consisting of 14 rooms completely furnished, with bath and gas, for sale. Inquire at hotise, 560 Oak street. John Tolbert was buried from Vine Street Baptist church last Sunday by the K, P. and Knights of Tabor. He was for a long time a member of the Henry Highland Garnet Temple. * The Rev. P, Hurst of the Pilgrim Baptist church has some serious charges to face. We hope that he can Prove an alibi. Imorality in high places must be stamped out. Let no man be a coward. Let not the guilty ‘eacape, Mrs, F. Jessie Peck is very low at Denver, Her sister, Mrs. Allen, of St. Joe, will bring her to St, Joe as soon as she is able to travel, hoping that the change of climate may be bene- fictal to her health, ‘The initiations of all candidates to the 8. and D. of J. will be conducted by Son Frank Williams, 8. G. L., as ‘sisted by Col. T. B. J. Bobinson, 8. G. M., and Daughter Georgia Woods, 8. G. R., the fourth Saturday of this month. Mrs. T. H. Whibly and daughter, Mrs, Nora B. Williams, entertained the Misses Beatrice Williams and Nellie Huffinton and Mrs, Lutie Rhea last ‘Friday, all of whom were up from Lees’ Summit, Mo. The club known as the Month- ly club is not the club that was organ- ized by William Fairfax. It is a new club. The club that was organized by William Fairfax is known as the Silver Leaf Club. The beautiful linen shirt waist hand embroidered, offered by the Guild of St. Augustine church will be on dis- play at Smith's drug store, 914 Kast Twelfth street. Mr. Theodore Clay had a terrible scuffle and fired several shots at a Supposed burgler Monday night, which fortunately turned out to be the tres: passing of his pet dog Teddy. Prof. and Mrs. J. Silas Harris will give a concert at Westport next Tues- day night. The proceeds will go to the Penn school for a plano. An excel- lent program and music. All are in- vited. Misa Gertie Craig of Boon, lawo, Is visiting Mrs, 8, I, Lee, at 910 Garfeld. The impression that Dr. J. E. Dibble was responsible for the article appear- ing In the Journal fs incorrect. The writer of the article was Dr. Lee Roy Dibble, a white man, with offices In the New Ridge Building. The big store of Emery, Bird, Thay- er Dry Goods Co, is sometimes termed the Western Emporium of Merchan- dise, The management of the com- pany Is regarded as being the best ob- tainable, The motto of the Geo. B. Peck Dry Goods Co. is “Satisfaction.” This of itself {¢ an inspiration toa buyer. Mr. Peck has demonstrated: his great busl- ness worth to the people of Kansas City, and his ability to conduct a huge business, Mrs, Rebecca White was taken sick March 3, 1903, and died on March 6. 1903, She was ill with complicated sickness, She was a member of St. Halyard tabernacle, She will be buried at Union cemetery. Her fun: eral will be preached from Asbury ichapel. She lived at 626 Cottage Lane. The big building accupied by the Jones Dry Goods Co, is always crowd: ed with anxious buyers. The manage- ment spares neither expense nor pains in its effort to render comfort to the buying public. ‘The Ladies of St, Pancreas Guild are offering as a prize a handsome hand embroidered white linen shirt waist pattern to any lady who saves the largest amount of her spending money by Easter. So get a waist by saving the waste, If you want to know how this Is done, ask Smith, the drug. gist. These savings will be for the benefit of St. Augustine church, ‘The Oviatt Shoe Company is one of the best and most reliable firms of its Kind in the West. The treatment ac: corded its patrons is such that it Is a pleasure always to return, The store carries thd best and leading grades and makes of shoes. The Fifth Sunday, March 29th, will be rally day for the Second Baptist Sunday school. All are cordially invit- ed to attend each service, especially at 3p. m, At 9:30 a.m, Sunday school; 11 a, m., special sermon to Sunday school by Rev, 8. W. Bacote. At 3p. m. a special program will be rendered by the different Sunday schools of the city, No collection at this hour, At 7:30 p, m., serviese, Col- lection, The Nebraska Clothing Co. of this city. under its present management, fs 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 treat- ed with great courtesy and their wants receive the strictest attention, PENN SCHOOL SEWING CLASS. ‘it may not be generally known that at the school located in the southern part of the city there 1s a large sew: ing class, composed of all the pupils of the school and conducted by a num: ber of wealthy white ladies living in that section of the city, The object of this class 1s to better fit our young people for some of the duties that fall upon them by and by, Girls at: tending the high school are admitted and instructed along with pupils of the grades. Much interest is manifested in the work by both pupils and teach: ers, Principal Harris is hopeful that this may be the means of enrolling so large a number of puplis that the Board of Education will build a new schoo! in- stead of the old shack now in use. IN MEMORY OF OUR DEPARTED _ BROTHER, ERNEST E. LEE. He Departed This Life Monday, Gash. = “A man can die but once—we owe God a death.” While we bow our head in sorrow, and mourn the death of our departed friend and brother, we also bow to the decree of Him who holds the des tinies of all nations, races and men, and say, “Thy will be done.” Brother Lee was cut off in the morn: ing of his life, when his usefulness to those who were close to him were Just beginning to be felt. In his pri- vate life he was just, temper\e and faithful to his obiigations, in his do- mestic relations with mother, father, sister and brother, he was what makes home a heaven, to the circle of young men in which he moved and to society, he was a model. Whereas, It has pleased the Ruler of the Universe to remove from ts our beloved friend and brother, Er nest E. Lee, and Whereas, His taking off in his prime has robed mother and father of a dutiful son, society of a beautiful character, and the young men of Kansas City a noble example of man: hood, there fore, be It Resolved, That John Turner Lodge heard with profound sorrow the death of our dear brother and feel that his example as a man and a mason is worthy of emultaion, Resolved, That a copy o fthese reso. lutions be sent to the family and a copy to the Rising Son, His work is done, he now fully realizes, “After the burden, the blissful mead; After the flight the downy pest; After the furrow, the waking seed; After the shadowy river, rest.” J. R. RHODES, Chairman, RICHARD FULLBRIGHT, R, T. COLES, Secy, Committee. . PASSING GLIMPSES, Benor Sagasta has resigned again. Spain must look upon him as a human cycle, He recurs at irregular inter- vals. Torpedo boats are carrying the mai! between Marseilles and vatious ports on the southern coast of France. Whon @ package that service could leave at @ man's door! An exchange remarks: “There ts fo case on record of a man having committed @ crime with @ pipe or a cigar in his mouth.” What about the man who smokes bad cigars? ‘The last act of a condemned Can- adian was to play a game of ping- pong. A few minutes later he went bouncing out of this world Just as if he had already arranged for another game in the next. The queen of England owns a col- lection of three hundred clocks, and spends much of her time watching them, Wise queen! Although her fad will not lengthen her regal life, it will make it seem longer Wouldn't it be terrible ff, after yielding up this nolsy life, the whole pack of political orators should find themselves translated into giraffes, armadilloes and porcupines? ‘These animals, it should be remembered, are voiceless, A Missourl judge who left the word obey out of the marriage ceremony took the trouble to call the attention of the couple to the omission, What's the use? Ten chances to one the sweet young bride would not have noticed the word even if he had ruth Jessly put on the emphasis, A FEW ATHLETIC DON'TS. Don't exercise for an hour, at least, after meals, Don't exercise an instant after you feel exhausted. Don't forget to inhale slowly when performing any exercises, Here are a few “don'ts” to bear in mind when performing any athletics: Don't forget that every woman Is as young as she looks; but she can not look young with a broken figure. Don't use too much force; if exer. cise Is too vigorous, you will be ex. hausted before you can complete it. Don't exercise one part of the body too much and another part not at all; let the development be symmetrical Don't stand with the back bent over, the snoulders thrown forward the head dropped, and the chest sunk io Don't exercise beyond the ability of the heart to keep pace with you, Pal pitation is a certain indication of eacess. Don't protrude the hips and abdo ‘Men or rest the weight unevenly upor the feet. No exercise is of any bene fit whatever unless correct standing ‘position is taken every time. PERSONAL, Dr. Steiner of Springfield, O., a Tol- stolan disciple, is to write Tolstol's biography. Premier Balfour is a many sided man. Among his accomplishments ts that of plano playing, Mrs. Leland Stanford will erect a costly Mbrary building at the Leland Stanford Jr, university. Booker T. Washington has added a number of Angora goats to his breed: Ing farm at the Tuskegee institute, ‘The earl of Crawford Is making a trip around the world on bis own yacht, Valhalla, in the interest of natural history. It ts said that Adiay Dean, etghty: five years of age, woo died lately in Boone county, Ky., was the last sur: viving veteran of the Mexican war, ‘The oldest armorer in the United Btates, still in the employ of he gov- ernment, {8 Benjamin Hobbs of ‘Springfeld, Mass, He has been working there for more than fifty years, RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. The foundation of civilization and the cement of moral society is the family idea crystallized in the home. Rev. G. B. Starr, Baptist, Brooklyn, N.Y. It is @ good thing to be good, it Is a better thing to be Kood for something. To be reckoned In the world’s account as a cypher is a deplorable thought.— Rey, Dr, Bisbee, Universalist, Boston, Mass. ‘The law of Christian economics ts that every man should seek the wel: fare of his brother, the law of pagan economics ts every man for himself, —Rey. Dr. Bradford, Congregational, Montclair, N. J. Religion means more than a hobby. It in not @ social reform alone, and yet it includes all reforms, Nelther & prohibitionist nor a preacher comes up to the great broad freedom of the wide truth the master announces, — Rev. C. W. Bird, Methodist, Atlanta, da. The JOHN KELLEY SHOE AT OVIATT’S. 5 | The many friends of ‘ | this deservedly famous A? Shoe will bedelighted with \: _ the Spring styles and nov- i | elties made by this popu- aes \ | lar factory. This week Ka | brings to hand the entire d | EASTER ASSORT- | . YR | MENT of desirable foot- | yy | Wear. Pk | | oat tt OVIATT SHOE Co., 1105 MAIN. ‘MILLET AND CANE T. 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Family bottle trade promptly attended to. Fancy & Staple Groceries . +++ AND... Table Luxuries Vegetables in Season, Fresh & Salt Meats. Teas & Coffees. eo. JONES, € i7thst, Kansas City, Me, “pverything Pertaining to Musie y Points Of excellence recom- mend The Emerson Piano to music lovers, but one of its strongest features is its great durability. The Em- erson is built to last. We guarantee it. A reasonable price and easy terms, buys it. For sale by leat mu! ™, ae SMT sr wanees Clothing Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired in Good Order PRICES REASONABLE, AARON TOLBERT, 112 E. 6th Street. ey ELITE RESTAVRANT J. W. Voorhees, Prop. Meals at ull hours Tee cream and teat Tocents ip tw season Give me a call S82 STATE AVE, KANSAS CITY, HANS) ```markdown ``` I made a little money In cotton and in corn. And spent it on a journey From the state where I was born. But Georgia, oh, my Georgia! Beneath this starry dome No place can hold a candle To the cotton-fields of home The palace Along F The castle Are very But fairest All white When snoo In the c I ate from silver dishes, But smelt the pleasant steam Of johnny-cakes and spare-ribs In every homeick dream; So I didn't wait for packing, But took a brush and comb And started back one morning For the cotton-fields of home. I hear the banjo strumming Beneath the climbing rose; The mocking-bird is singing Fetwelf to daylight's rose. The purple dusk is fragrant With whiffs of dewy loam, Around my easy cabil In the cotton-fields of home. The molon patch before it, The peaches on the wall, The row of sweet potatoes— These are my little all, If it all of you travel; No more I want to roam, I'll live and die in Georgia And the cotton-fields of home. - Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly. A few afternoons ago a tall, sinewy, fine looking man of 35 or so stepped with his wife, a singularly handsome woman, into a blue and red automobile in front of a great city hotel. The man had an air of distinction. A wealthy Michigan lumberman, buried deep in a leather chair at one of the hotel windows, nodded smilingly in the direction of the nine looking man, who had just stepped into the auto alongside his lovely wife. "Nifty looking boy to've been a cook in a lumber camp, eh?" said the lumberman. "Which, of course, he never was," said the Michigander's companion. "Don't you believe that he wasn't," said the lumberman. "I come pretty near knowing, for I was the foreman of his outfit, and we had a great talk and laugh over the whole business at dinner in this hotel yesterday. I'm rather proud of the boy, and I feel a sort of proprietary interest in him yet. "But I didn't know anything about him, much less who he was, when he braced me for a cook's job in Alpena. Mich., twelve years ago last fall. I was a foreman then, and engaged in hiring a gang to take into the Michigan woods for the winter's work. I pretty well filled the crew up, but was still shy a cook for the outfit—lumber camp cooks are hard to get. It was pretty near time to take the gang into the camp, and I was becoming worried about my inability to snag a cook, when one day a young fellow with a dissipated look about him steered in my direction and tackled me for the cook's billet. He was somewhat roughly dressed, but for all that he didn't strike me as being anything like a lumber camp cook. He had a pretty good edge on when he applied for the job, but that didn't bother me any—lumbermen generally keep their jags a going pretty comfortably until they make camp for the season's work, and once in camp there is, of course, no liquor for any of them. I asked this young lilfer if he had ever cooked in a lumber camp before, and he said no. Then I inquired what made him think he could dish up the grub for a wood gathering outfit, and he told me that he had picked up the knack of cooking in the course of a number of big game hunting trips in the Far West. I wasn't, however, taking his plain word for it that he'd suit as a cook, and so I led him to the boarding house where I had my gans sheltered and put him in the kitchen to try him out. Despite the palpable burn that he had on—which he kept polished up by means of frequent draughts from a big flask that he had along with him—he made good. could see at once from the way he A A young fellow with a dissipated look tackled me for a cock's billet. rasslied the pots and skillets and tackled the job of getting that boarding house dinner that he was onto the curves of the cook's billet, so I took him on at $55 a month. "Two days later we struck for the camp, away up near Lake Superior, it The palaces are splendid Along Fifth avenue; The castles up the Hudson Are very fine to view; But fairet are the acres, All white as ocean foam, When snowy boils are bursting In the cotton-fields at home. took us four days to make the big bunk house headquarters, and during that time my cook had a pretty tough fight with the katzenjammer. He looked as if he had been on a long spree, and as all booze was forbidden from the beginning of the run to camp, and his supply had run out, with no way of replenishing it, there was no A man in a suit and hat holding a suitcase. He looked like the real merchandise, other plan for him but to sober up. It was plain that the job wasn't any easy one for him, either, but he was game, not putting up any groan or grumble, but just taking his medicine like a man. I never saw a man pick up so fast as that young fellow did during the first month of his employment as a bumber camp cook. His skin cleared up, his eye brightened, and he took on flesh. "He turned out to be the best all-around cook that I ever saw in a lumber camp, and I had been going into the woods then for a dozen years. After about a month or so he began to mingle up with the indoor sports of the men after supper, and he won the bunch completely by the fine ability he displayed as a boxer and wrestler—and when I get him he looked so run down that I doubted if he could stand the gaff. There was a fiddle in the camp that had been left there from the previous winter, and the things that cook could do to the instrument were sure a heap. The cook nursed the victims of the inevitable accidents of lumber camps, and he showed a surprising amount of surgical and medical skill. I had my eye on that young fellow, and I didn't want him to get away from me. So, when April came around and the drive was over, and we broke camp, I herded him up in a corner all by himself and says I to him: "Jack, you're in too fine trim right now, after the long let-up from the red eye, to take and stuff your hide with it again, now that you're loose. Ali of the boys'll get billing, of course, as soon as we hit the first rum shack, and I may go up against a few balls myself, but we're all tough birds, and we know how to handle it and get away with it. You'd better pass it up yourself or it'll land you. Take your dough and go on home to your people and have a decent, civilized visit with 'em. And I want you to turn up in Alpena again next fall and I'll take you into camp at $70 a month. How about it?" "The cook smiled and said he'd see about it. As the trip to the boat that was to carry us down to Detroit progressed I was glad to see that my words of advice had apparently stuck with the cook. Hè didn't take a drink, although all the rest of the boys were, of course, snifficated and rioting during the whole trip. "I was puzzled, as the vessel drew nigh to Detroit, to see the captain of the boat hand my cook a fine-looking and bulgy grip. But I was not asking any questions. Half an hour after getting the grip the cook emerged from the captain's room wearing about as swagger an outfit of togs as ever you'll see off of a fashion plate. He looked like the real merchandise, but the thing was still a-plenty mysterious to me. "The boat tied up at her pier in Detroit, and then my employer, one of the richest lumbermen in Michigan, rushed up the gangway, and the first thing I knew he had my cook in his arms and was patting him on his shoulders for all he was worth. "By the Lord, son, now you look like the man you ought to be!' the old man was saying to my cook, and then the cat was out of the bag. My cook was my employer's scapegrace son, of whom I had often heard. The boy had been in hot water, owing to his addiction to the old stuff, ever since his early youth. He had been banished from Heidelberg, where he was getting his education, for alcoholic pranks, and upon his return to Michigan he had embarked on a series of colossal toots that had almost driven his family to distraction. He had been offered the alternative of going into the woods for a winter of sobering up and hard work or of being cast off altogether by his dad, and he had the good sense of taking the sobering up end of it. The ecamp was just the thing he needed to thoroughly work the liquor out of his system and build him up, and he has never taken a drink from the time I saw him go through his fight with that 'after feeling' on our way to the camp. His dad was so grateful for what he foolishly imagined I had done for the boy that he made me general superintendent of all his lumber interests. The young man you saw entering the automobile a few moments ago with as pretty a wife as Michigan has produced took charge of the great business when his father died a few years ago. All of which is why I am of the opinion that six months in a northern lumber camp is better for inebriates than all of the 'jag cures' that were ever invented."—Washington Star. TROWELS OF THE BRICKLAYER. Modern Changes in Them—Different Styles Used. "The bricklayer's trowel," said a dealer in such things, "might have seemed long ago to have reached its final perfected shape, never to change again; but, as a matter of fact, it has been in the past dozen years altered considerably in its proportions, the better to adapt it to modern conditions. "The old style trowel was used for laying bricks with mortar, but now bricks are laid more commonly with cement, which is used in a far more nearly fluid state than was mortar, and the old style trowel wouldn't take up enough of it. So masons were continually calling for a wider trowel, and in answer to this demand the trowel has gradually been widened until now it is an inch or more wider than it formerly was. It is also made nowadays a little shorter than formerly. "And of trowels in general there are now more styles than there formerly were, due to the greater complication of modern construction, and the greater need of trowels for special uses. "While the bricklayer's trowel, shorter and wider, as I have described it to you, is now the standard hereabouts, bricklayers throughout the country do not everywhere use the same kind. Thus, while we use here a trowel of a certain form and dimensions, they use in California a trowel with a bigger and thinner blade than that of ours; there they don't cut and trim bricks with the edge of the trowel, but use a chisel that is made for the purpose. But, then, men in different parts of the country have different methods in bricklaying practice, as well as different tools. "A Western mason, for instance, will spread his mortar or cement along and lay three or four bricks at once, while a Boston mason lays bricks singly. I don't know that one method is any faster than the other." Wonderful Hospital Work. Wonderful Hospital Work. Some remarkable figures have just been given out by the secretary of the London hospital to convey an idea of the immense work done by that institution. It is stated that last year 2,500,000 pills were taken by people who came to the hospital for treatment, and that over three tons of cough lozenges were used by them. In dressing injuries, ninety-two miles of lint, 476 miles of bandages, six tons of cotton wool and nine miles of plaster were used. Every day half a ton of ice and 400 syphons of soda water were made way with. The eggs consumed, if placed end to end, would form a chain six and one-half miles long. The year's milk bill was over $15,000, and the meat bill over $25,000. The hospital goes so far as to estimate that if last year's patients could be stood side by side they would make a line sixty-six and a half miles long. Animals and Poisons Certain substances which are deadly in their effects upon men can be taken by the brute creation with impunity. Horses can take large doses of antimony, dogs of mercury, goats of tobacco, mice of hemlock and rabbits of belladonna, without injury. On the other hand, dogs and cats are much more susceptible to the influence of chloroform than man, and are much sooner killed by it. If this invaluable anaesthetic had been first tried upon animals we should probably have never enjoyed its blessings, as it would have been found to be so fatal that its discoverers would have been afraid to test its effects upon human beings. It is evident, then that an experiment upon an animal can never be the means of any certain deductions so far as man is concerned—Family Doctor. Weak, Nervous, Dyspeptic, Catarrh Wrecks. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MEXICO GULF OF MEXICO From N. Y. Journal. "During the recent Grip epidemic, claiming a million victims or more, the efficiency of Peruna in quickly relieving this malady and its after effects has been the talk of the continent." "For Grip and the after effects like debility, nervousness, dyspepsia and other catarrhal conditions resulting from the Grip, in the entire Materia Medica I have found no remedy that equals Peruna for prompt action."—Dr. S. B. Hartman, President The Hartman Sanitarium LIKE A DEMON grip has crossed our country, leaving behind scores of physical wrecks. Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrh of the throat, catarrh of the lungs, catarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the kidneys, catarrh of the pelvic organs, are to be counted by hundreds of thousands. Grip is epidemic catarrh, and sows the seed of chronic catarrh within the system. This is so true that few grip sufferers are able to make a complete recovery until they have used Peruna. Never in the history of medicine has a remedy received such unqualified and universal eulogies as Peruna. A New York Alderman's Experience Hon. Joseph A. Flinn, alderman Fifth District, writes from 104 Christopher street, New York City, as follows: "When a pestilence overtakes our people we take precaution as a nation to preserve the citizens against the dread disease. "La gripe has entered thousands of our homes this fall, and I noticed that the people who used Peruna were quickly restored, while those who depended on doctor's prescriptions, spent weeks in recovering, leaving them weak and emaciated. "I had a slight attack of la gripe and at once took Peruna, which drove the disease. A fashionable woman may not reflect much herself, but she keeps her mirror busy. CHEAP EXCURSIONS EAST. During the coming summer months many conventions and meetings will be held in the Eastern territory, for which very low rates of fare will be made, with long limit of tickets, affording the general public an opportunity to visit Eastern cities and pleasure resorts. Among the most prominent meetings are: German Baptists, Bellefontaine, Ohio, in May. Ancient Nobles, Mystic Shrine, Saratoga, N. Y., in June. Woodmen of America, Indianapolis, Ind., in June. National Educational Association, Boston, Mass., in July. Epworth League, Detroit, Mich., in July. B. P. O. E., Baltimore, in August. Fraternal Order of Eagles, New York City, in September. The Wabash Line, with its own rails from Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago to Buffalo, via Detroit and Niagara Falls, offers unequaled facilities. Write for rates to L. S. McClellan, W. P. A., 903 Main street, Kansas City, Mo. The people who cast reflections are not always brilliant. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast to light and washing. A man can't marry every woman he falls in love with. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. Would you sleep in a haunted house one night for $500? ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. the bride failed to marry the best man. Some marriages are failures because Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gum, reduces inflammation, always pain, curbs wind soles. Be a bottle. The unpardonable sin, in the eyes of a woman, is not to admire her. 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 Territory, Western Arkansas, Eastern 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. V. A., K. C. S. Ry, Kansas City, Mo. Lots of excuses are not worth the trouble it takes to make them. WITV Permanently Cured, two or more exposures after first day's use of Dr. Kline's first Nerve Keston, Bench for the Kline Keston, Bench for Dr. Kline, Leki, 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. The more plaus a man is the more trouble he usually has in his church. 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Wallace, a charter member of the International Barber's Union, writes from 15 Western avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.: "Following a severe attack of the lappie I seemed to be affected badly all over. I suffered with a severe backache, indigestion and numerous ills, so I could neither eat nor sleep, and I thought I would give up my work, which I could not afford to do. "One of my customers who was greatly helped by Peruna advised me to try it, and I procured a bottle the same day. I used it faithfully and felt a marked improvement. During the next two months I took five bottles, and then felt splendid. Now my head is clear, my nerves steady, I enjoy food, and rest well. Peruna has been worth a dollar a dose to me."—D. L. Wallace. Mr. O. H. Perry, Atchison, Kansas, writes: "Again, after repeated trials of your medicines, Peruna and Manalin, I give this as my expression of the wonderful results of your very valuable medicine in its effects in my case after repeated trials. 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I had tried numerous remedies with him, and was in poor health. A friend recommended Caldwell's Syrup Pepins. I procured a 500 bottle at the drug store and gave the contents to him. There was a decided improvement in his condition. Have been giving him Syrup Pepins for about a year, and the stomach and bowels being in good health and condition and his former weight regained." Your Money Back If It Don't Benefit You PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, Ill. "First, it cured me of chronic bronchitis of fifteen years' standing, by using two bottles of Peruna in January, 1894, and no return of it. "After I was cured of bronchitis I had la gripe every winter for several winters. But, through the use of Peruna, it got gradually weaker in its severity, until it dwindled down to a mere stupor for two or three days. Now the stupor does not trouble me any more."—O. H. Perry. Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen—"I am more than satisfied with Peruna, and find it to be an excellent remedy for the grip and cattarh. I have used it in my family and they all join me in recommending it as an excellent remedy." Very respectfully. George H. White. If you do not receive 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 give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. WINCHESTER HOLDED SHOTGUN SHELLS "Leader" "Repeater" k ing for reliable shotgun am- kind that shoots where you gun, buy Winchester Factory shells: "New Rival," loaded with leader" and "Repeater," loaded consist upon having Winchester shells, and accept no others. LERS KEEP THEM excels in Corn, Cotton and Wheat. Ideal place to liv 200 FARMS FOR SALE. Bargains in city property bringing large rent. Your money loaned at $0 on gill edge; real estate. 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Douglas is the largest manufacturer he can buy cheaper and produce his shoes at a lower cost than other con- sults, which enables him to sell shoes for $3.00 and $3.00 equal in every way to those sold elsewhere for $4 and $5.00. The Douglas secret pro- $2,000 Reward you can disprove this statement. Because W. L. Douglas is the largest manufacturer he can buy cheaper and more expensive shoes a lower cost than other con- cerns, which enables him to sell shoes for $3.50 and $3.00 equal in every way to those sold also without the cost of shipping. The Douglas secret pro- cess of tanning the bottom shoes produces abso- bundantly more than any tannage in the world. The sales have more than doubled the last four years, and the sales have grown wider than any other tannage in the world. Give W. L. Douglas shoes a trial and save money. New York: 1800 Sales $2,000. New York: 1800 Sales $2,000. A gain of 10,800, 490, 455.70 In Four Years. W. L. DOUGLAS 40.40 CILT EDGE LINE, The best embroidery and American jeans, Hide's Patent Calf, Enamel, Box Calf, Calf, Vicki, Corona Celt, and National Kangaroo, Fast Color Eyellets. Caution: price and name printed on bottom Caution: name and price stamped on bottom. Shoes by mail, Rec. astra. Illus. Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. FOR YOUNG READERS The Renewed Dolly. My Billy had the brownest eyes that ever have been seen— He used to have a baby face, and now it looks quite old. His legs were dimpled, chubby things, and now they're stiff and squeak. Like forty-leven buzzing saws, though they've been on a week! He used to have such cunning feet, with really baby toes, And now his feet have pointed shoes he wears where'er he goes. And don't you think perhaps you'd shed some bitter tears. If they should hurt your precious child you'd loved for many years? My Billy's dead; I'll never love another doll again. His arms and body now are all of Billy that remain. And while I'll always love each scrap belonging to my boy. belonging to my boy My Brianna and all that's left is just a. jointed toy. The Magic Pill Box. Take a small, round pill box and a coin that exactly fits into it. Cover one side of the coin with paper of exactly the color of the inside of the box. Now show the coin to the audience, being careful to show them only the face that is not covered. Now drop it into the box with the covered face up. Put the cover on the box and show the audience that the coin has disappeared. Put the lid on the box and talk mysteriously; then open the box and show the audience that the coin has disappeared. Put the lid on the box again, make a few passes, open the box and let the coin fall out into your hand, with its uncovered face up. When you show it to the audience they will be mystified. The String Trick: Here is a really good string puzzle. Have some boy remove his coat. When this is done take a long string tied into a loop. Place it over his arm and then insert his hand in his vest pocket as shown in Fig. 1. The trick is to take the string off the arm without removing the hand from the pocket. Many may try to solve this puzzle, but very few will succeed. Fig. 2, with a brief explanation, will show you how it can be done. Take the bottom of the loop and 1 2 raise it up to the shoulders, being careful that you do not cross or twist it in any way. Insert this loop in the armhole of the vest, pass it over the head, under the vest again, through the other armhole, down over the hand, and then reach up under the vest and pull it down. The string will come down all the way under the vest. When clear from the vest it will drop to the floor and he may step out of it, his hand still in his vest pocket and the string free from him. The Magic Penknife. Take any good-sized dark bottle, like a champagne bottle, and an ordinary penknife. You should, before-hand, prepare a length of fine, strong black thread. Wax one end of it for two or three inches and roll this end up into a wad, which you should slip in where it will be caught between the butt of the blade and the knife handle when you open the knife. Before you do this, and while you are allowing your audience to inspect the knife, have the waxed end of the thread stuck to a button or some other hard object on your clothes where it will not be noticed and will be handy when you want it. Having gotten the waxed end fastened to the knife as described, drop the knife down into the bottle, sit down before the bottle, and while you are talking quietly pin the other end of the thread to your dress or trousers so that by a mere motion of your leg you can cause the knife in the bottle to move up and down. Now inform your audience that the AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY SAYING PUZZLE. What famous saying at a great man does this picture represent? penknife is a spiritualist and will rap answers to questions. One rap will mean "yes," two raps "no" and three raps "can't tell you." Your leg will easily cause the knife to make the correct number of rappings and your audience will be mystified. Tireless Dancers. Five pieces of cork are fastened together with needles or wires as shown in the diagram, and to the right side of each of the outer corks a small piece of gum camphor is fastened by means of sealing wax. If the corks are now placed on the surface of water they will turn in the direction of the arrow for several days. The experiment may be made morp amusing by attaching two little figures, representing a waltzing couple to the central cork. The smallest trace of grease will prevent the motion. The hands should be washed carefully before making the apparatus, and if it still refuses to work it should be held with pincers and dipped in weak ammonia to remove any particle of oil. A Toy Electroscope. Some very pretty experiments may be made with the simple apparatus herein described. An ingenious boy can make all the necessary preparations and without expense. Get a piece of wire about six inches in length and bend two inches of it down at right angles. Then bend the other end, also at right angles, but in a direction opposite to the first. Place the upper horizontal branch of the wire on the rim of an ordinary glass tumbler, and let it hang there so that the vertical part of the wire shall not touch the inside of the glass. Over the lower branch of the wire hand a piece of tin foil, and then place on top of the glass an ordinary tin plate. Now what you have to do is to electrify the tin foil, and this you can do by rubbing a glass rod, or a stick of sealing wax, with a woolen cloth and holding it close to the tin plate, when the two ends of the tin foil will fly apart suddenly. This shows that you have electrified the foil by means of the electricity awakened in the glass rod or sealing wax by rubbing it. The Prompt Boy. "How I do appreciate a boy who is always prompt—always on time," said John Wanamaker, the great dry goods merchant. "One soon learns to depend upon the boy who is never late in taking his place—who is never late in delivering a letter or a package—never late in going to meet a railroad train—never late in keeping an engagement of any kind. Such a boy will soon be trusted in weightier matters, be promoted at an early date to higher positions, and honored by the shrewd men of finances who will desire to be associated with him in important business transactions. Promptness is better than a big capital for a business man or woman, and is one of the most important elements of success in life. Haw the Bear Got His Short Tail How the Bear Got His Short Tail. A Norwegian dog satisfactorily accounts for the short tail of the bear. The bear, it seems, was once met by the fox, who carried a load of fishes, and who in answer to the question how he had obtained them, replied that he had obtained them by fishing. The bear expressed a desire to know an art so useful, when the fox informed him that he had only to make a hole in the ice, and insert his tail. "You must stop long enough, and not mind if it hurts you a little," said the friendly adviser, "for a feeling of pain is a sure sign that you have a bite. The longer the time the more fish. Nevertheless when you have good strong bite, be sure that you pull out." The silly bear followed the instructions and kept his tail in the hole till it was frozen fast. When he pulled the end of the tail came off, and hence the shortness of the appendage at the present day. Language of Flowers. Perhaps some of our readers would like the language of some of the flowers. It is quite interesting. Here are the meanings of some of them: Alyssum—Worth beyond beauty. Apple blossom—Preference. Azalea—Romance. Bachelor button—Hope in love. Bell flower—Gratitude. Buttercup—Rlches. Carnation, yellow—Disdain. China aster—I'll think of it. Chrysanthemum—Truth. Crocus—Cheerfulness. Dahlia—Forever thine. Daisy—Innocence. Dandelion—Coquetry. Forget-Me-Not—Truest love. Geranium—I prefer you. Goldenrod—Encouragement. Helliotrope—Devotion, or I love you. Magnanimous Boys. Horace Mann says: "You are made to be kind, boys; generous, magnanimous. If there is a boy in school who has a clubfoot, don't let him know you ever saw it. If there is a boy with ragged clothes, don't talk about rags within his hearing. If there is a hungry one, give him part of your dinner. If there is a dull one, help him to get his lessons. If there is a bright one be not envious of him; for if one boy is proud of his talents, and another boy is envious of them, there are two great wrongs, and no more talent than before. If a larger or stronger boy has injured you and is sorry for it, for give him." Trick With Matches Five matches are lying on the table Try to lift them in such a way that 5 4 3 2 1 you pick up No. 1 with your thumbs No. 2 with both index fingers, No. 3 with the third fingers, No. 4 with the ring fingers and No. 5 with the little fingers, as shown in the illustration. After succeeding with this, try to lift two or three in the same way. Trip Around the World. An interesting game to play at a party is "A trip around the world." Give each guest a small blankbook with pencil attached. The numbers of the blanks in the book correspond with those on various articles scattered about the room, intended to suggest places to visit. A tiny jar of salve means Greece, a small pot of baked beans stand for Boston; a bottle of perfume, Cologne; a cigar, Havana, and so on, according to one's ingenuity. The contest, or course, is to decipher as many of the places as possible. The prizes are germane to the travel plan, a book of travels, a silver traveling cup, etc. Afterward the company is marshaled to supper by the duplicate illustrated postcards. A girl having a view of Niagara Falls on her card is claimed by tae boy having the dupli cate, and so on until all are coupled TORY SAYING PUZZLE. Happy Homes One of the essentials of the happy homes of to-day is a fund of information as to right living and the best methods of promoting health and happiness. With proper knowledge, each hour of recreation, of enjoyment and of effort may be made to contribute to that end and are of not less value than the using of the most wholesome foods and the selecting of the best medicinal agents when needed. With the well-informed, medicinal agents are used only when nature needs assistance and while the importance of cleansing the system effectually, when bilious or constipated, has long been known, yet until within recent years it was necessary to resort to oils, salts, extracts of roots, barks and other cathartics which were found to be objectionable and to call for constantly increased quantities. Then physicians having learned that the most excellent laxative and carminative principles were to be found in certain plants, principally in the leaves, the California Fig Syrup Co. discovered a method of obtaining such principles in their purest condition and of presenting them with pleasant and refreshing liquids in the form most acceptable to the system and the remedy became known as—Syrup of Figs—as figs were used, with the plants, in making it, because of their agreeable taste. This excellent remedy is now rapidly coming into universal use as the best of family laxatives, because it is simple and wholesome and cleanses and sweetens the system effectually without disturbing the natural functions and without unpleasant after effects and its use may be discontinued when it is no longer required. All who would enjoy good health and its blessings should remember that it is the one remedy which physicians and parents well-informed approve and recommend and use and which they and their little ones alike enjoy, because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all reliable druggists, at the regular price of fifty cents per bottle, in original packages only, having the name of the remedy—Syrup of Figs—and the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. CALFORNIA FIG SYRVP CO. Louisville, Ky. San Francisco, Cal. New York, N. Y. Still Harping on the Bean Pot. Boston's coal club, formed to buy coal straight from the mines and ruin the retail dealers who have grown too hoggish for endurance, occasions the rumor that a bean club is to follow. The abolition of the middleman proceeds apace, and the trust problem deepens. How will government deal with an organization of 800,000 people determined on reducing the cost of beans?—Brooklyn Eagle. Training of Naval Cadets Naval cadets for the construction corps were, until it was closed to them recently, trained in the school at Greenwich, England. They are now, on graduating from Annapolis, sent to the Boston Institute of Technology for three years. New York's Municipal Employees. The number of employees in the New York municipal service has reached 45,299, of whom 12,000 are teachers and 10,000 members of the police and fire departments. INSIST ON GETTING IT Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 15 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. One of the prettiest girls in town is so dull in her talk that people scream and run from her. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Many a man who forged his way to the front landed in the penitentiary. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1909. When a man frequently contradicts himself he may be right occasionally. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK FELLOW? Then use Defiance Starch. It will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Some mothers spare the rod and spoil the slipper. MORE FLEXIBLE AND LASTING, won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance starch, better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. The finger of scorn is often a part of the hand of fate. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c. Lots of men expect their wives to do all the economizing. TRY ONE PACKAGE If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return to your dealer. If it does, you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction and will not stick to the iron. The command "Swear not at all," doesn't apply to swearing off. California, the Beautiful. Daily until June 15, 1903, the M. K. & T. Ry. will sell second-class tickets to California at low rates—St Louis, $30.00; Kansas City, $25.00. Tourist car through to San Francisco without change, St Louis on "The Katy Flyer" at 8:33 p. m. tuesdays. Ask for particulars. Address "KATY." 303 Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Nervous Prostration The Ills of Women Act upon the Nerves like a Firebrand. The relation of women's nerves and generative organs is very close; consequently nine tenths of the nervous prostration, nervous despondency, "the blues," sleeplessness, and nervous irritability of women arise from some derangement of the organism which makes her a woman. Herein we prove conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will quickly relieve all this trouble. Details of a Severe Case Cured in Eau Claire, Wis. "DEAR MUS. PINKHAM: I have been ailing from female trouble for the past five years. About a month ago I was taken with nervous prostration, accompanied at certain times before menstruation with fearful headaches. I read one of your books, and finding many testimonials of the beneficial effects of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, experienced by lady sufferers, I commended its use and am happy to state that after using a few bottles I feel like a new woman, achs and pains all gone. "I am recommending your medicine to many of my friends, and I assure you that you have my hearty thanks for your valuable preparation which has done so much good. I trust all suffering women will use your Vegetable Compound."—MUS. MINNIE TIETZ, 620 First Ave., Eau Claire, Wis. (May 28, 1901). Nothing will relieve this distressing condition so surely Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; it soothes, strengthens, heals and tones up the delicate female organism. It is a positive cure for all kinds of female complaints; that bearing down feeling, backache, displacement of the womb, inflammation of the ovaries, and is invaluable during the change of life, all of which may help to cause nervous prostration. Read what Mrs. Day says: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: — I will write you a few lines to let you know of the benefit I have received from taking your remedies. I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, backache, sick headache, painful menstruation, pain in the stomach after eating, and constipation. I often thought I would lose my mind. I began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and was soon feeling like a new woman. I cannot praise it too high. I have been suffering from it for years. I hope that every one who suffers as I did will give Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies a trial." — Mrs. MARIE DAY, Eleanor, Pa. (March 25, 1901.) Free Medical Advice to Women. Mrs. Pinkham invites all women to write to her for advice. You need not be afraid to tell her the things you could not explain to the doctor—your letter will be seen only by women and is absolutely confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with such troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for you, and she will charge you nothing for her advice. Another Case of Nervous Prostration Cured. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: — Allow me to express to you the benefit I have derived from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Before I started to take it I was on the verge of nervous prostration. Could not sleep nights, and I suffered dreadfully from indigestion and headache. I heard of Lydia E. Pinkham's wonderful medicine, and began its use, which immediately restored my health. "I can heartily recommend it to all suffering women." — Mrs. BERTHA E. DERKINS, 25% Lapidge St., San Francisco, Cal. (May 21, 1901.) $5000 FORSEEIf we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. 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 men tion which they can get in no other v more useful citizens. and protect each other in health as well as in sickness and distress. Bank. is department our young men are receiving a military educa- they can get in no other way, thus making them better and citizens. Court. is the wives, mothers, widows, daughters and sisters of we united for the common purposes of life. It. is department we are paying out thousands of dollars annually bows and heirs of deceased Knights. THERE 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. and service, smooth track, fast time. All the Wabash run directly through the World's Is, 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 next evening, aud New York and Boston tining, 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. Uniform Rank. In this department our young men are receiving a military education which they can get in no other way, thus making them better and more useful citizens. In this the wives, mothers, widows, daughters and sirters 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 T WABASH 5 Days Kansas City to Unsurpassed service, smooth the trains on the Wabash run directi Fair grounds, St. Louis, in full cent buildings—the Wabash is the Wabash Trai Leaving Kansas City 6:15 p. m., and Buffalo next evening, and N second morning, saving a day's vice. Wabash is the only line th L. S. M Western Passenger Agent. The Stoeltzing Stove a In this department we are paying out thousands of dollars annually to the widows and heirs of deceased Knights. IF THERE IS NO LODGE IN YOUR LOCALITY, CONFER WITH THE DEPUTY CHANCELLOR OF YOUR DISTRICT, OR WRITE A. W. LLOYD, GRAND CHANCELLOR, 2629 LUCAS AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO., FOR TERMS UPON WHICH TO ORGANIZE A LODGE. "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. VOL. I. NO. XIV. Wholesale and Retail Agents for... Peninsular Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the.. Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Light for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces. TIN WORK a Specialty. ...A new line of... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1209 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, Is This Real Yes! Some of the choice prettiest designs in Watc are in the show window Kansas City's Pioneer Is This Really True? Yes! Some of the choicest qualities and prettiest designs in Watches and Jewelry are in the show window of : : : : J. A. WILSON. Mr. Wilson in soliciting the pay and the public either in buying of watches and jewelry or assures nothing less than cash. Bargains in diamond rings, engage baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc. A LETTER FROM MISS S. American Mutual Aid Association, St. Louis. Gentlemen;—I want to thank you for 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 Yourself. 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 company; but if not, then we throw open Whether you would be insured or not, can to post you on the laws of fraternal insurance. on in soliciting the patronage of his friends public either in buying his goods or in repair- catches 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. A LETTER FROM MISS SUSIE BOOGS. No. 730 Charlotte, St. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 1902. Al 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 think your agent, Mr. G. A. Clay, for his regular attention to actor for his visiting me every day while I was sick, which ing for me since it cost me nothing. Mr. Wilson in soliciting the patronage of his friends and the public either in buying his goods or in repairing of watches and jewelry (which is a specialty) assures nothing less than complete satisfaction. Bargains in diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Kansas City, Mo., Aug., 1902. American Mutual Aid Association, St. Louis, Mo. 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. 2629 Lucas Avenue. Best Stores Made. Largest Stock in City Prices the Lowest. Yours for success. J. L. WILLIAMS. J. L. WILLIAMS. Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. Union Natl KANSAS Statement as made to the Comptroller November RESO Loans and Discounts..... U. S. Bonds, at par..... Municipal Bonds, at par..... Cash and Sight Exchange. Total..... LIABI 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. Comptroller 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. Hard George, H. J. Rosencrans, O. H. Dean, Geo. D. 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 combined treat for the Hair The most on earth. C with only $1.50, and will send to you a two extra large boxe $2.00; also two large Hair Grower, worth $5.00; covery POWDERED MODE our celebrated and renowne one 1-pint package of A combined treatment is now the most wonderful remedy for the most serious cases of asthma. The most generous offer ever made by any firm The most generous offer ever made by any firm is to sell your entire entitlement, and send us with only $1.50, and, immediately after that, will send to you a full and complete treatment, consisting of two extra large boxes of OZONO, king of all Hair TONICS, worth $100.00, and two large boxes of LIGHTNING Hair Grower, worth $20.00; also one large package of our latest covery, POWDERED EGG SHAMPOO, worth $50.00; also one bar of our celebrated and renowned PURITY SCALP SOAP, worth $25.00, and our most wonderful toilet speciality of the day, worth $25.00. This grand on earth. Cut out this advertisement, and send to us. Buy 61 lbs. of yarn and upon receipt of same, we will to you a full and complete treatment, consisting of large boxes of OZONO, king of all Hair Tones, worth two large bottles of CEDROLINE, the lightning rod for your hair, large boxes of DERED EGG SHAMPOO, worth 50c.; also one bar of and renowned PURITY SCALF SOAP, worth 25c. and package of ANTIOXIDOR, the most wonderful toilet bowl cleaner. We also offer you $1.50 and your name and address, with full, plain, together with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly the day. We bought OZONO we will send this great bargain word will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, selling our preparations. No matter where you live, we do. Do not delay; order to-day. Address CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. Inention this paper when you write. specialty of the day, worthy $5.00, will be sent our receipt of $15.00 and complete directions, together with called the toilet educator of the day. NOTE.—To all who have ever 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 pr can get our goods safely to you. Do not do BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 This grand collection, worth in all $5.00, will be sent on receipt of $1.50 and your name. Full price and complete directions, together with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly called the Toilet educator of the day. NOTE: To all who have ever bought OZONO we will send this bargain bargain note. This will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where you bought it. This liberal offer is to you 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. The dam in the Nile at Assouan will throw back water 140 miles. The number of schools in Cuba is 3,474, with an attendance of 163,348. The subjugation of the Indian has cost $845,000,000 and his education $240,000,000. A traveler finds the cost of going from London to Shanghai via Siberia to be $185.40. It is said that South Africa is par excellence the country of rings, combines and monopolies, and to do business there you must be in with the powers that be. It is announced that plans have been submitted to the French minister of the interior for the construction of an electric railway to the summit of Mount Blanc on the Savoy side of the mountain. Miss Annie Jackson is able to be out again. Corn on Toe Causes Death. A corn on the toe of a Philadelphia man caused his death. DONE, THE NEWEST HAIR GROWTH Makes the Hair grow with lightning-like n ZOMODONE prevents Falling Hair, Grey Hair, and Scurf. Cures Dandruff, Itch, Tettur, Eczema Heads, Scanty Partings, Splitting Ends, and Bald Touxurian, soft, fine, silky Hair. Makes the Hair fine in most every instance in which it is used. It and softens and lengthens the Hair, so that it can Not a fraud or a fake, to get your money, but ZOMODONE acts quickly; results are seen at one waist, send in your order right now—do not delay.ole is not sufficient to do good. Price. 50c. ZOMODONE, THE NEWEST AND MOST RAPID HAIR GROWER IN EXISTENCE. Makes the Hair grow with lightning-like rapidity. No waiting for results. ZOMODONE prevents Falling Hair, Grey Hair, Brittle Hair, Curly Hair, Harsh Hair, and Sourf. Cures Dandruff, Itch, Tettor, Eczema, and Ring-Worm. No more Bald Heads, Scanty Partings, Splitting Ends, and Bald Temples. ZOMODONE grows long, luxuriant, soft, fine, silky Hair. Makes the Hair grow down to and below the waist line in most every instance in which it is used. ZOMODONE is a direct Hair food, and softens and lengthens the Hair, so that it can be arranged in any style desired. Not a fraud or a fake, to get your money, but an honest remedy, tried and true. ZOMODONE acts quickly; results are seen at once. If you want Hair down to your waist, send in your order right now—do not delay. No free samples sent; a sample is not sufficient to do good. Price. 50c., or 8 bottles (a complete treatment) for $1.00, or will send four complete treatments for $3.00. AGENTS WANTED. Everything is in favor of the Agent. LIBERAL CREDIT EXTENDED. This is an unprecedented chance to make money. Write quick for territory and particulars. Address Actual Results from Bald- ness After Only 4 Weeks' Use of ZOMODONE. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER W HEN YOU WRITE. David T. Beals, President. Fernando P. Neal, vice-President. AROUND THE WORLD. ```markdown ``` W. H. Seeger, 2nd vice-Prest, Chas. H. V. Lewis, Cashier. THE new, non-failing and infallible combined treatment for the human Hair, Jointly, cannot fall to lend to the Hair length, lustre, life, and beauty. One year ago the directors of the BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. produced an absolutely perfect and reliable treatment for the Hair, appropriated the sum of $0.000 for this purpose alone, and the world's most noted chemists were secured, who, after twelve months of investigation and costly experiments, had developed a treatment so potent and powerful, yet so harmless and innocent, that its immediate effects upon the Hair border upon the human Hair to grow long and luxuriant, in all faith and confidence, as it is certain to produce results most gratifying, causing the Hair to grow long and luxuriant, in all faith and confidence, as it is certain to produce results most gratifying, causing the Hair to grow long and luxuriant, in all faith and confidence, as it is certain to produce results most gratifying, causing the Hair to draw up, contract, curl, and tangle, thus making it easy, to dress the Hair in an all-fashionable, grow out on all bald spots, parting places, and bare temples. It is sure to prevent the Hair from falling, breaking, and staining, and is the treatment is now the most wonderful remedy. MERE OPINION. It always makes an old lady angry when the papers publish another woman's portrait taken from a photograph made twenty years before. It doesn't take long to spoil a boy by giving him everything he wants. This may explain why men are as little children, in the sight of God. People who are gifted with imagination have an immense advantage in being able to dream of the happiness that might be theirs if things were not as they are. The people who made the English language builted wiser than they knew. Think of the poetry that would be written if there were more than three or four words to rhyme with love. Hanna's Secretary Kept Busy. Senator Hanna's secretary, Elmer Dover, believes that he gets more "pedestrian exercise" right along than either the President or Gen. Wood. He gets it in going from department to department on the Senator's errands. "I'll bet I walk twenty miles a day," he says. He has just invested in a pedometer. MURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND SECRET LODGES. Cosmo j tan Lodge, No. 2935. G.U.O.of O.F. meets at 1413 E. 18th st. 2nd and 3rd Wednes- dayy morning at 10 o'clock. J. H. Heltz, N. G. W. R. Patterson, P. S. St. Mary's Tabernacle, No. 2, meets first and third Fridays in each mouth at 1734 Grand avenue. Daughter Lulu Beasley H. P. Daughter Mary Finley, Scotchens. St. Halyard Tabernacle No. 7 meet first and st. Louis Ave. Kev, N. C. Bruns up avenue. Daughter Martha Johnson H. J. Slaughter Abbie L. Pies, Seothena. Gate City Lodge, No. 4879, G U. o. of O. F. Slaughter Abbie L. Pies, Seothena. First and third Fridays, of each Month. E. S. LEWIS, P. S. Rone Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A. M., meet on the 2nd and 3rd Monday nights in each month the latter Mosque in good standing are cor- dially duly decorated. W. M. 2418 Flora. T. A. Mosse, Secy. Mount Olive Lodge No. 52, A. F. & A. M., meet the 2nd and 4th Friday in each month, at 6th and Charlotte sts. All visiting members are invited. M. W. Worthington, J. H. Har- Secretary, 110 East 18th street. St John's Chapel, on Bell street, between st. 8th 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. 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. Ebenze尔 A. M. E. Church, cor. 24 and Holmes. Rev. A. V. A. Gilbert, pastor. Sunday services, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school, 3:00 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, Secy. 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. Royd, Pastor. MRS. A. B. CUMMINGS, Clerk. Pleasant Valley Baptist church, Rosedale, Kansas, Sunday services Preaching 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; B. Y. P. U., 7 p. m. ; W. H. F. and M. Society, Thursday evening praise meeting. Rev. H. E. 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—Prayer meetings and missionary, Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock p.m. Young People's Literary and Progressive Club, Thursday evenings. Church meeting, Friday before the second Sunday in each month. E. M. WILSON, Pastor. Residence 1603 East 13th st. Burns Chapel, M. E. Church. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Preaching, 11:00 a.m. Cass Meeting, 2:30 p.m. Epworth League, 7:00 p.m. Preaching, 7:45 p.m. Literary Tuesdays 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. Class Meeting, Thursdays 8:00 p.m. Corner 11th and Highland, J. M. Ham's Pastor. Sunday Services—Sunday School 9:30 a.m. m.; Preaching 11 a.m.; Class Meeting p.; Epworth League Bible Reading 2:30 p.; Epworth League Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.; Preaching 8 p.; Weekly Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8 p.; Epworth League Bible Reading Friday 8 p.; bi-monthly; Choir Rehearsals Monday. Asbury M. E. Church, 18th and Cherokee Kansas City, Mo. Wm. H. Wheeler, Pastor, residence 1812 East Twenty-fifth street. H. 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Tel 261 Main. 609 Main St. Mrs. Bottle Jorden 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, Trape, 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, Mo- Brayer whiskeys, Guinea XX stout and all the best brands of imported gand dessert liquors. Free but much at hours 552 Grand Ave. Kansas City, Mo. The WEST SIDE HOUSE. FURNISHED Rooms From 25 cm. Up. Or Rates by the Week. At 1118 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kan. U.S.A. TEL. 780 GRAND. COUNTEE BROS.. Carriages and flowers furnished for all occasions 914 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful gift is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or early hair straight as shown above. It nourishes hair and falls out or breaks off, eases dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over the holidays or on request. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for kinky hair. Get the Original Unsigned Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep hair healthy for the entire life. It is necessary for ladies, gentlemen and children. Biologically perfumed. The great advantage of OX Marrow is that it can strengthen your own hair at home. Owing to its best and most economical, it is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to OX Marrow. It can be bought in cents. Sold by bottle or dealers or send us 80 cents for one bottle or $1.49 for three cents. Mail or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Webash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.