The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME VIII. ALLEN CHAPEL. The Easter services were well attended all day. The congregation was a little later gathering than usual, but was a larger one than for a number of years. There were many visitors from St. Joe, and other cities, and everyone expressed their satisfaction with the day's services. The altar decoration was never more beautiful. The choir did its best, and the pastor has never preached a more beautiful sermon. Everything was in just the proper tune for an ideal Easter service. The congregation not only looked splendid, but seemed to feel the same. The captains dfd exceedingly well in gathering up their promises. All were able to make good reports. Those who turned over their money to the church treasury are as follows: James Crews, $82.15; Oscar J. W. Scott, $78.55; Samuel I. Lee, $59.85; Miles Dunn, $43.01; Howard Harris, $32.20; Geo. Shannon, $10.00. The penny collection for the day was $20.96. All of their cards are not yet in, so that their amounts may be larger by the next week. Thus far they have done well indeed. We hope the bazaar will be able to bring them up to the standard The exercises of the Sunday school were well attended and the small children did well, but the young ladies, a few of them at least, were more interested in their costumes than in making the programme a success. The appeal for the cause of missions was made by Prof. Vernon and a collection of $26.00 was raised for that cause. Rev. Ransom, of Topeka, was to have filled the pulpil in the evening, but the train being late, did not arrive in time; but all were pleased to see him anyway. A flash light picture of the altar, with the pastor and wife and his stewardess board, was taken Sunday night. The altar has never looked so pretty before. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE NOTES. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE NOTES. Among the visitors at the school this week were Dr. O. K. Pearsonis, the millionaire philanthropist of Chicago, and his wife; and Dr. F. G. Jordan, of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Dr. Jordan made quite an interesting talk to the students in the chapel. Bishop Geo. W. Clinton preached the Easter sermon at Tuskogee last Sunday. The school has just received $10,000, a legacy from the estate of the late Jas. H. Danforth, of Boston. R. K. W. Trees Without Leaves There are great forests of leafless trees in Australia. They are Acacias, or wattles, as some people call them, and their being leafless is simply an adaptation to the dry climate. They have leaves while growing, but when their growth is complete they shed the leaves and breathe through the little stem that remains, because moisture is too precious to them for the free evaporation that leaves always cause. Tortoise 400 Years Old. A tortoise, whose estimated age is 400 years and known weight is 600 pounds, making it the largest one ever reported, has crossed the United States on a limited train en route from the Galapagos islands to the private zoological garden of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, in London. In civilization cabbages are given him in lieu of the cacti of his native heath. Kissing Out of Fashion. The habit of kissing babies indiscriminately is now very generally condemned on sanitary grounds. But the decline of kissing seems to rest, in the main, upon the great principles of etiquette, which are superior, as everyone of intelligence must admit, to those of science. In other words, kissing has gone out of fashion.—Providence, R. I. Journal. Doctors Have to Work Hard Doctor Swansea, Eng., jas clubs the members of which pay $1.50 each per year for medical treatment, while their wives and children are attended free. To make a decent living from such club practice a doctor has to see about 100 patients a day. Doctors Have to Work Hard. Doctors Have to Work Hard. Swansea, Eng., has clubs the members of which pay $1.50 each per year for medical treatment, while their wives and children are attended free. To make a decent living from such club practice a doctor has to see about 100 patients a day. "Mr. Dooley's" Success Finley Peter Dunne, the celebrated "Mr. Dooley," is said to have been offered $40,000 a year to write exclusively for certain American publishers. Only a few years ago he worked on a Chicago newspaper for $12 a week. Spread of Mormonism. The Rev. John K. Nutting, head of the Utah Gospel mission, told the Presbyterian Ministers' Association in New York several days ago that Mormonism increased at the rate it has the last twelve years in another decade they will control the west of the United States from Canada to Mexico. Concert to Aid Murderers A benefit concert for two murderers, whose guilt was proved, but whose friends wanted funds for a last appeal, was recently given at Brisbane, Queensland. After the concert the father, brothers and sister of the murderers (who were brothers) appeared on the stage and were applauded. Dyspepsia in England According to Sir James Crichton-Browne, the modern Englishman is physically a degenerate, and chiefly because of dyspeptic troubles. The growing frequency of appendicitis is, he thinks, due to the weakened digestive apparatus and insufficient mastication of food. U. S. Cadets Take Notice. Up in Oregon the students have a new method of hazing. In Lane county they compelled the initiate to sit with feet and legs in ice cold water for an hour. Both legs had to be amputated.—Galveston News. Pay Large Sums for Wood France has an excess of firewood, which soils with difficulty, and an insufficiency of wood for manufacture. Her bill for imported wood amounts to $2,000,000 a year. England's is fifty times that sum. New Version. The father of twins in Chanute has arrived at the conclusion, a local paper says, that the reason a doctor is called a "stork" at certain times is on account of the size of his bill.—Kansas City Star. The Yankee Still Inventing. The report of the commissioner of patents for 1902 shows a total of 49., 490 applications for patents, including designs, and that 27,776 patents, including designs were issued. The Box Receipts "Money may be the root of all evil," said the dramatic author as he started another "problem" play, "but evil is the root of all money in this line of business." The Chief Virtue: Now somebody is asking, "Which makes the better husband, puritan or penitent?" Oh, any old thing, as long as it's got a bank account.—New York Telegram. Luck to Him. Admiral Kepel of the British fleet, aged ninety-three, is about to be married. No race suicide in Great Britain, you will perceive. Bare Example of Horesty: The other day a woman in Geneva lost a pocketbook containing $40,000. It was found and returned by a lamp lighter. Oranges to Be Plentiful Between 22,000 and 23,000 carloads of oranges will be shipped from Southern California this year. To Push Vegetarian Idea St. Louis vegetarians are planning to establish in that city a cooperative vegetarian restaurant. KANSAS CITY, MO., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1903. INDEPENDENCE NEWS. INDEPENDENCE NEWS. Special Easter services were observed in all the churches Sunday. The Baptist churches rendered their programs in the afternoon, while the M. E. and A. M. E. churches rendered theirs at night. The Sunday school of the A. M. E. church gave a unique entertainment Easter Monday night for the benefit of the rally and realized a nice sum. The church and Sunday school sent $25.00 to Dr. Parks as an Easter offering for foreign missions. Mr. Leslie Harris of Lexington spent Sunday in this city, the guest of his brother. Miss Myra Rountree, who has been teaching near Odessa, has returned home; Miss Johnson of Sedalia accompanying her. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, the renowned elocutionist and lecturer, will give a concert at the A. M. E. church Tuesday April 21st. Miss Brown has traveled extensively in this country, and in Europe reciting before the crowned heads of the old world and appearing before the most cultured and critical audiences of this country. She is an adept in her profession. Don't miss this rare treat. It is an opportunity of a life time. The brother of Miss Fannie Bartlett is now visiting her from Nachez, Miss. Mr. Isaac Jones is very sick, also Mrs Vina Christman's niece. Mr. Dixon, grand matron of the court, accompanied by Mrs. Kitty Silas of Kansas City, attended the services under the auspices of St. Venus court on Palm Sunday. She will make an official visit to the courts of this city next week. At the election of officers of St. Ann's court, Mrs. Fannie Brown was re-elected matron. Mrs. Mollie Jenkins is a zealous and untiring worker in the Sunday school. It was through her efforts that such an excellent program was rendered at St. Paul's church Easter Sunday night. Miss Minnie Tucker, who is teaching at Holden, spent Easter here with her father. She reports her school in an excellent condition. It will close May 12. Blanch A. Turner led all the children of the Sunday school in the amount of money brought in to the entertainment on Easter Monday night. He was closely followed by Maggie Bush. All the children must be commended for their faithfulness, not leaving out the "Farmer Boy." And Hoopskirts Everything old fashioned seems to come back in time, except keeping the Sabath holy and wearing cork-screw curls. - Atchison Globe. Will Carry Cotton Free. It is officially announced that through the influence of Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secretary of Great Britain, the West African railways would give free carriage to cotton for two years, and that the steamship companies were willing to carry the first 1,000 tons of cotton to Liverpool without charge for freight. Mechanical Milker Satisfactory. The Elgin dairy report says, in speaking of the Lawrence-Kennedy missing machine, a New Zealand invention: "So far as the experience of users has gone the results are of such a satisfactory nature as to justify the belief that at length the mechanical milker has arrived." Only Two Veterans Left August Emmett Maxwell is one of the only two surviving members of the Confederate Senate. The other is G. G. Vest of Missouri. Judge Maxwell, now about to retire, is a jurist of renown. He was born in September 83 years ago at Eiberton, Ga. His Awful Threat. Struggling Merchant—"If you don't attend to business better I'll reduce your income by one-half." Chief Clerk—"Eh? Only yesterday you said you thought of taking me into partnership." Struggling Merchant—"That's what I mean—Stray Stories. The Missouri legislator who referred to his opponent in debate as "a noise with hair on it" must take off his hat to Senator Kittinger of the Indiana Senate for his cloquent description of Senator Park as "a whining old whiskered sanctuary." Verily, it is only to the shorn lamb that the legislative wing is tempered. -Louisville Times. Law Better Than Medicine In Berlin the average income is higher in the legal than in the medical profession. Eight per cent of the barristers and 4.7 per cent of the medical men have incomes from 15,000 to 20,000 marks ($3,750 to $5,000), while 8 per cent of the barristers have incomes exceeding $5,000. And Naturally. A cynical philosopher once said that the average inhabitant of England—or any other country, for that matter—would feel the loss of his own little finger more acutely then he would the intelligence that the whole of China had been destroyed by some convulsion of nature. No Weights for Age. The crown price of Stam seems to be a philosophical chap. He says that all kings of religion will be welcome to his country because the fittest will survive. A fair field and no favors, and saw the best creed, who that seems to be about his program. Macy Persons of Advanced Age There are 33,762 persons in the United States who are over ninety years old. There are nine who are over 130 years old, and eighty-six who are over 120. All who are over 115 are negroes with the exception of one Indian, who is 130 years old. Quarrel Over Marconi. Marconi has lived to see two Italian cities quarreling about their claims to his fame. He was born in Bologna, but spent his schoolboy years in Florence, where he was a very indifferent and careless student. Cure for Drunkenness The French Gen. Passerion suggests that the soldiers who give way to drink should be treated as persons suffering from illness, and that they should be segregated and treated by the regimental doctors. Women Win Medical Honors The Medical institute for Women in St. Petersburg recently gave diplomas, after a five years' course, to 111 students, ninety-three of whom passed their examinations "with distinction." Island Makes a Voyage. An island off the Russian coast at Cape Ruszkij Saworot recently left its moorings and drifted northward. The government had to send a steamer to rescue the inhabitants. How About It? Will the social skies of America be bung with black because the engagements of two adventurous British lordlings have been derailed?—New York Mail and Express. New Study Recommended Dr. Whitman of the University of Chicago, one of the Carnegie Institution's advisers, recommends a biological farm for the study of heredity and evolution. First to Test Chloroform At Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, there has just died Dr. J. W. Watkins, aged 69, who was the first human being subjected to chloroform. Was a Soldier at Thirteen. William W. Kimball of Oshkosh, Wls., now fifty-two years old, entered the union army when thirteen years old. Predict Honor for Curzon There is talk of giving Lord Curzon an extension of his term of viceroy of India, an unprecedented honor. Size of British Colonies. British colonies are seventy times as large as the area of the United Kingdom. LEXINGTON NEWS. Quarterly meeting was held at M. E. church Sunday. Presiding Elder Smith prefigured an elegant sermon Sunday afternoon. Rev. Gilbert and his congregation attended in the afternoon. Mr. Wm. Streatery and Miss Emma Davis were united into matrimony Saturday eve. Rev. A. A. Gilbert officiated. We hope them a long and happy life. Miss Davis was reared here in Lexington, and Mr. Streater in Kansas. Miss Susie Delany on the 5th and was buried on the 10th. She was sick for nearly 9 months. She leaves a mother, sister and ten brothers to mourn her loss. She lived a consistent Christian and died the same. She was loved by all who knew her. Rev. H. C. Bruce. Presiding Elder of Cape Girardeau, was here on the 4th Mr. Brooks, of Waverly, was in the city Saturday, on business. Mr. Joe Bowler, of Kansas City, was here Sunday. Miss Carter, Mrs. Shelby and Miss F. Coats were in Higginsville Sunday. Mr. Wm. Worcoff got his leg hurt very bad. He is now getting better. He is getting about again. Mrs. Tildia Mathews was in Kansas City Sunday. Mr. Walter Bowens and Miss Tildia Parker went to Kansas City Saturday and returned Tuesday. The public school will close Saturday, 12am, in Downtown. They will have their closing exercises. Every one is invited to come down. Mr. Wm. Worcoff and Mr. J. Mathews bought out Mr. Joe Rucker's restaurant. They invite many friends to come round and see them. Mrs. Kirk Wilson paid her subscription up last week. Also Mr. E. Conway, one of our old subscribers, paid up his subscription. The vote for a third-class city was carried Tuesday by overwhelming majority. We hope it will be a blessing to our city. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Don't forget that our reading room is open every night. All are welcome. open every night. All are welcome. The following are some of the persons who will help make the program of the Sacred concret a great success; Miss Anna H. Jones, Mrs. S. W. Bacote, Mr. E. Garnes, Miss Lulu Jones, a quartette of Kansas City, Kas., young ladies under the direction of Miss Porter; the Gate City Mandolin club, direction of Miss Comie Cross; Allen Chapel Choir and Miss Frankie Kennedy. By special request Miss Victoria Overall, assisted by Miss R. Reed, will render "Nearer My God to Thee," in pantomime. All men are cordially invited to attend our Sunday meeting, 4:30 to 5:30. A grand Sacret concert will be given at the Second Baptist church, 10th and Charlotte streets, for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A., Thursday, April 23, at 8 p. m. Admission fifteen cents Come out and help us. Live Boiled Fish A Paris newspaper states that Mr. Marcellin Pellet, the French minister to Central America, has discovered close to the Lake of Amutitian, in Guatemala, a small fish which swims in the hot water of the springs close by. It is stated that in the Philippine Islands there is a singular fish, which, like many politicians, thrives best in boiling water. The Watering of Lawns. It is a familiar fact that a lawn which was once watered during a dry season will have to be frequently watered or the grass will suffer oftentimes more than if it had not been watered at all. The first watering induces a superficial root development which must be supplied frequently with water. Mexico's Big Millionaire Pedro Alvarado, the Mexican millionaire, who two years ago, was a penniless peon, is to-day the most famous man in our sister republic. He keeps $1,000,000 always on hand in his palace at Chihuahua and makes a practice of carrying the sum of $300,000 in his vest pocket every day. Even diamonds made of paste will cause a woman to be stuck up. NUMBER 9. GLEANINGS FROM PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH. Located in Rear of Independence and Tracy Avenues. Sunday school opened at its usual hour, 9:30. Superintendent being late, Rev. E. M. Wilson, pastor, opened services. We had a most excellent lesson, which was taught by the pastor. He instructed the entire congregation from the Quarterlies, and the Cluster Leaf concerning the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, which was both interesting and instructive and all seemed greatly benefitted. Easter eggs were distributed to the audience. Regular 11 o'clock service consisted of praises, this being the regular monthly meeting. Congregation sang a hymn. Choir entered box, and after the congregation read 24th chapter of Luke, 1:33, led by pastor, sang Blessed Jesus. Then praise services began and lasted one hour. Then collection was called and benediction was pronounced. Special services in the afternoon. The annual sermon of the Masonic lodge was preached at 3:30, by Dr. Ewing of the Vine Street Baptist church of Kansas City, Mo. Choir entered choir box and the organist, Mr. Walter Countee, played the march while Dr. Ewing and the Grand Master walked down the aisle and met the members of the lodge, who were then marching into the church by min sie from the Metropolitan band. A large number of people witnessed the scene, a number being unable to enter the church. While the Masons were going through their usual performances, choir peeled forth in melodious strains "Wake the oSig of Jubilee." A most profound sermon was then preached by Rev. Ewing, text 26th chapter of St. Matthew, 42nd verse. His discourse was excellent and delivered with great pathos. He remarks that of all the ways in the world there was one chief way and that was the best way and the right way. He described the conqueror in all forms of life, took up Christ when he conquered death. Spoke of him when he went into the garden of Gethsemane also spoke of the cup of death, and with words and signs applied such to those who belonged to the order, in such a way, that to you, who had never tasted of those sweet waters of Masonry it is beyond your comprehension. He added that Free Masonry was based on God's eternal word, and that anything that was based thereon would stand. All enjoyed a rare treat. After the sermon the choir sang "All Ye Lands, How Lovely is Zion, Peace on Earth." Collection for this service was $17.35. B. Y. P. U. opened at its usual hour, 6 o'clock. President F. L. Lewis presiding. On account of an extra Easter program Mr. Walter Counteur served as organist for us. Audience sang "Joy to the World." After a special program was rendered the Union gave 50 cents for educational purposes. Program interesting, crowd large. Regular services at 7:30. On account of praise meeting Easter sermon was postponed until 8 o'clock. Congregation sang, "Come Ye that Love the Lord." Choir entered choir box and sang a hymn. Sermon by pastor. After a most wonderful sermon, and the explanation of birds, eggs, flowers and rabbits, the communion was administered by the pastor, assisted by Rev. Wilson of Macon City. After the breaking of bread we had prayer, and asked God to bless the wine. Services were unusually good. Collection for the whole day was $33.62. Music by choir. Dismission. Easter Monday at 8:30. a splendid program was rendered. A fine paper was read by Mrs. Stewart of the Pilgrim Baptist church. H. J. McDonald delivered an address which was timely and instructive. A most excellent solo was sang by Mr. Edward Hardy, Recitation by the Misses Ellen and Edith Watson, which was delivered with ability. The remainder of the program consisted of song services. We are looking forward to the time when we will have a splendid church erected, which will be an honor to the cause. We are putting forth our best and most strenuous efforts to do the same as soon as possible. G. W. M. BISHOP MONTGOMERY WILL NOT ACCEPT MANILA POST Right Rev. George Montgomery, coadjutor archbishop of San Francisco, who recently was appointed archbishop of Manila, has refused that post. He prefers to stay in San Fran- RIGHT DAVID MONTGOMERY cisco, where he expects to become archbishop. The refusal of Bishop Montgomery to accept the post of coadjutor bishop FEW COLORED JOCKEYS NOW. White Riders Are the Favorites of the Turf. Fifty years ago negroes had almost a monopoly of training and riding race horses. To-day they have all but disappeared from the turf, save as stablemen, rubbers, etc. In the antebellum days the big land owners of the south constituted the patrons of racing from the owners' standpoint. It was natural for them to look for their stable help of every degree from among their many slaves. With the establishment of racing at Saratoga soon after the close of the war, followed by the opening of Jerome Park shortly afterwards, the center of the racing endeavor gradually shifted from south of the Mason and Dixon line to the territory around the metropolis. The negro, however, had been freed before this and naturally stuck to the horses and followed them north. The negro jockey flourished for many years after racing was established in the north, but his sun seems to have set with the passing of Sims, Clayton and Perkins, the last of the negro riders to gain and hold the center of the stage for any length of time, and about the only real good negro "jocks" known to the present generation of racegoers. PREMIER A STRONG MAN. Dr. Abram Kuyper Wisely Guides the Destinies of Holland. Dr. Abram Kuyper, the premier of Holland, whose ministry, it is said, is imperiled by the passage of the anti-strike bill in the second chamber of the Dutch parliament, and who was the central figure in the vast strike in the Dutch cities, is unique among the prominent statesmen in Europe in that he is a minister of the Gospel as well as a politician. Dr. Kuyper is now in his 67th year. His father was a Calvinist preacher and brought up the future premier in the same calling. He was educated at the University of Leyden, and first entered political life J. in 1869, when he took his seat in parliament. He has been concerned especially with education and is rather liberal in his religious views. Noon-Mark of Olden Times One of the simplest devices by which the midday hour was made known to dwellers in rural homes a century ago was a noon-mark. The dweller in town or village had the noon bell from the church steeple, but on nearly every farm house was a noon-mark, usually by a frequented door or window, Says Mrs. Earle in a recent book: "I have seen them many a time on the threshold of a barn, at the kitchen doorstep or outside the pantry. Country folk grew very skillful in telling the relative time from a noon-mark. I knew one old woman who, by her kitchen noon-mark, could tell the hours from 10 to 4 without a variation of four minutes, which is in general all that would be expected from a watch—from a woman's watch." Value of Gulf of Mexico Senator Dillingham of Vermont is a close student of meteorology, finding much amusement in watching the changing temperature lines on the big weather map at the senate and of the capitol. "That pond fascinates me," said the senator, pointing to the Gulf of Mexico. "It gives up most of the water that is carried overland and foes as rain in the eastern and middle states. What should we do were it not for the Gulf of Mexico?" he asked with the enthusiasm of a teacher instructing a geography class. at Manila occasions little surprise among his friends and acquaintances at San Francisco. For many years, white head of the southern diocese of California, Bishop Montgomery looked forward to being again assigned to duty in San Francisco, where as a young priest he laid the foundation of his great work in the cause of the Catholic church. A few months ago he was appointed coadjutor to Archbishop Riordan and returned to that city. The new position carried with it the right of succession to the archbishopric. In addition there is something further that holds Bishop Montgomery in San Francisco. The organization of the Catholic church there is largely the result of his efforts. The League of the Cross Cadets, Instituted by him, was primarily organized among the young men for the furtherance of the principles of temperance. This body has welcomed with joy his return from Los Angeles, and is a strong factor in holding him so close to the church in San Francisco. "My work lies here," said Bishop Montgomery. "I have worked and grown with the church in California, and I do not care to abandon it now." CHOSEN FOR HIGH PLACE. Hugh H. Hanna a Member of the Gold Standard Commission. Hugh H. Hanna, who has been designated as the third member of the commission to work for an international system of gold standard exchange, is the widely known publicist of Indianapolis who organized the monetary commission which planned the currency reform, a part of which was included in the congressional legislation of 1900. In that very year Harvard gave him his honorary M. A. and he was elected an honorary mem H. H. HANNA ber of the New York chamber of commerce. Mr. Hanna was born fifty-five years ago at Lafayette, Ind. He was educated partly in America and partly in Germany and is a wealthy manufacturer of Indianapolis. New York Society Agitated. New York society is in a flutter over the announcement that the earl of Kintore, King Edward's equestry, will sail for this country May 5, to remain twenty days. His coming is regarded as an event of the utmost significance, because he is already interested in an important American racing stable and his visit is believed to have a distinct reference to the appearance of the king's horses at the Louisiana purchase exposition at St. Louis. The earl will be given a dinner at the Union League club during his stay that will be participated in by all the real pattons of the American turf. Never before has there been in this country a representative of the royal sport so close to the English throne. Great Artist Is Bitter After a visit to this country of about a year sir Philip Burne-Jones, the English artist, has sailed for home. Before going he severely condemned "the yellow art critic" who, he says, seems to be indigenous to this country. Sir Philip mentioned the case of a Philadelphia artist who was about to dispose of a picture for $600. The work was severely condemned in print by a "yellow" critic, who evidently knew little or nothing about the matter. As a result the intending purchaser decided not to buy. Sir Philip thinks that the establishment of an art gallery or salon in the United States would act as a great stimulus to artists here. Mrs. Flagler Max Recover It is reported that Mrs. Ida M. Flagler, divorced wife of Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil millionaire, is recovering her reason. Two years ago, through a law specially passed to cover his case, Mr. Flagler divorced his wife on the plea that she was "incarably insane," and then married Miss Mary Lilly Kenan of Wilmington, N. C. In the event of Mrs. Flagler's complete recovery the millionaire would find himself in a distressing predicament. The lady is constantly under the care of a physician who receives $1,000 a month for her treatment and maintenance. Cares Little for Wealth. Although Miss Navonice Cushman, a schoolteacher of New Rochelle, N. Y., is heiress to half the estate of her uncle, Joseph B. Cushman, who died in December last, leaving an estate valued at $1,000,000, yet she continues to teach and seems unconcerned about her newly found fortune. Mr. Cushman left his wealth by will to be divided between his niece and his nephew, Charles Cushman, a cousin of the schoolteacher, who lives at Vernon, near Utica. BEFORE THE PUBLIC EYE NEW POST FOR HEFFELFINGER Famous Yale Football Player to Be Civil Service Commissioner. It is expected that W. W. Heffelfinger, the famous Yale guard who is in business in Minneapolis, will accept the post of civil service commissioner which was tendered him by JOHN LEEFE CONNER President Roosevelt while the latter was in that city on his trip to the West. Mr. Heffeldinger is an enthusiastic advocate of the civil service system. MESSAGES IN STRANGE FORM. Remarkable Communication from Many Sources. Recently English newspapers published a story about a Liverpool man who found a message written upon an egg by the packer, a widow in Manitoba, whom he ultimately married. In 1899 a message was found in a barrel of apples that had been sent to England from New Zealand. In this message the packer of the fruit, a young woman, said that her ancestors, whose names were given, had emigrated from Kent, and she asked the finder to ascertain if any of her name and family still remained in that county. The finder was able to give her full particulars as to surviving relatives. Mr. Tew of Leeds, England, a member of a Yorkshire banking family, had at one time a collection of "messages in merchandise," some of them being very tragic reminders of the days when peaceful traders were caught by Algerian pirates and sold into slavery. One such message had been written in blood on a coarse canvas bag that had contained gum arabic; another appeared as a sort of tattooed stain on a large cork that had fastened a vessel containing attar of roses. SAYS SHE IS PERSECUTED. New York Woman Makes Complaint Against Vanderbilt Family. Mrs. Jacob H. Vanderbilt, who a few days age opened a "smoking parlor" for women on Fifth avenue in New York, has received so many protests from societies and individuals that she may have to close her shop. The protest which may be the last straw is a written one from the Y. M. C. A. She says the Vanderbilt family is behind it all, and that she is being persecuted. Mrs. Vanderbilt designed the shop as a place where society women might stop while out shopping and secure a cup of tea and a cigarette. It is luxuriously furnished, and since it opened has been crowded with women. Marvels of Bible Distribution Marvels of Bible Distribution. During the first year's work of the British and Foreign Bible society 100 years ago they spent £69, and thought they had done a big thing. So they had, but they were to do more. Last year they spent £241,143, and since the foundation of the society they have expended £13,000,000. Those are big figures, but when translated into numbers of books they are bigger still. The society last year issued over 5,000,000 copies of the Scriptures, and since its commencement a total of 180,000,000. Seven thousand volumes are sent out from London alone every day of the week through every week of the year. The output from all the society's depots, including London, averages 16,000 copies per day. A Preacher of Resources. Rev. J. W. Kimbrell of Madison, Mo. is a gentleman of resources. Bad roads prevented him a few Sundays ago from keeping his engagement at Porter's chapel, one of the churches on its itinerary. He bethought himself that a number of his parishioners had telephones, so he moved an organ to the Madison "central" office, got a choir and conducted a whole church service by telephone, excepting the taking up of the collection. Rev. Mr. Kimbrell is the clergyman who makes war on cigarettes by furnishings smokers with corncob pipes and good tobacco. Panama Canal Should Be Ready Within Ten Years CREW HOUSES GARDEN DOCK HILL DEL FIRELANDS BROWNHOUSE BROADWAYS AMERICAN LAND WATER HOUSE TWO BARDS LOCK-AT-FIRE FURO BROOKS PALMERIA AMERICAN DINERIA SUN FIELD MARK JAN GARREY CINEMA NATIONAL LOCK-AT-FIRE ORGAN LA CABANA BROOKS CINEMA LOCK-AT-FIRE CINEMA LOCK-AT-FIRE LOCK-AT-FIRE LOCK-AT-FIRE CINEMA LA CABANA LA CABANA PROFILE AN SHOWING LOCATION OF LOCRA RAM SHOWING ARK DONE AT SUMMIT PRESENT FRENCH PANY PORTION EXCAVATED AT PRESENT DIAGRAM SHOWING WORK DONE AT SUMMIT BY PRESENT FRENCH COMPANY PORTION EXCAVATED AT PRESENT ATLANTIC OCEAN COLON Getun Bahia Soldado Obispo Emperador Cule MAP SHOWING ROUTE --- "Climatewill be the most serious obstacle in the work of constructing the Panama canal," said Mr. Alfred Noble, a member of the Panama commission, to a reporter for the Herald. "The canal commission in its summary of the difficulties estimated the climate as carefully as it did the cost of construction. "Personally, I believe that the methods adopted at Santiago and Havana applied to Colon and Panama will transform these pest holes into comparatively healthy cities. "You know, the dean of the medical faculty at Panama divides the seasons into the wet period from April 15 to December 15, when persons die of yellow fever in from four to five days, and the dry season from December 15 to April 15, when people die of per- DIAGRAM S WORK DO BY PRESEN COMPANY nificent fever in from twenty-six to thirty-six hours. "The tropics and filth form a combination that only modern science and Anglo-Saxon energy can hope to conquer, and they will conquer. You must remember that the United States will have what the French never had, absolute police authority from ocean to ocean. The example of Santiago is before us." "Do you think any engineering difficulty can upset the present plans?" was asked. "No, the canal is perfectly feasible," answered the distinguished engineer. "It should be open to commerce in ten years with the aid of modern machinery and from 30,000 to 40,000 men." "Where are these men to come from?" was asked. "Principally from Jamaica. The unskilled laborers must necessarily be negroes, and the negroes of Jamaica and other British West Indian colonies are infinitely superior to those of the other islands. "The blacks of Santo Domingo, for instance, are practically worthless. Lonfing is a part of their religion. Jamaican negroes are almost immune from yellow fever, and engineers who built the Jamaica railway extension in 1896 tell me they are good workmen—that is, comparatively speaking, of course. "Yes, forty thousand men may be more than this labor market can furnish, but in any case I do not believe American negroes should be employed. The number of men needed will depend on the amount of machinery. Owing to the climate, I imagine machine will replace hand work wherever possible, even with the cheapest labor. I should say in any event thirty thousand would be the minimum." Mr. Noble thought the American staff in round numbers would comprise five hundred men. The machinery will undoubtedly be American. "In handling material," continued Mr. Noble, "I think Americans are first. The Chicago drainage canal is the most perfect example of canal engineering that has been done up to the present time. "The French have passed us all in tunnel work near the surface, as shown in the new Orleans terminal and Metropolitan underground railway in Paris. The English have developed to its highest point the art of tunneling under water." Mr. Noble credits the French Panama company, organized in 1894, to take over the De Lesseps wreck, and, if possible, to save something out of it, with good judgment and excellent work. "We only had twelve or thirteen millions capital, and instead of spending this in carrying on the De Lesseps' plan, dug a triangular strip of the proposed excavation straight through the summit at Culebra. Not only will the actual work done be used in the final construction, but the company thereby could give the most practical answer possible to Panama critics. "It had long been said, in fact engineers insisted upon it at the first De Lesseps congress, in 1879, that the cut through the mountain was an insurmountable obstacle. The ground was thought to be extremely hard to excavate in some place, in others of soft clay, sand and water that could not be held. ATLANTIC OCEAN COLON Rio Getuin Cañon del Rio Chagres Rio Gatun Bahía Soldado Montecristín Obispo Emperador Culebra Parisco Miraflorde La Boca PACIFIC OCEAN MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF PANAMA CANAL "The present company, however, cut a small strip directly through the high ridge, and, at intervals, sank shafts to the depth of the ultimate cut. They lowered us 120 feet down those shafts in a bucket, on a windlass. "It wasn't a pleasant experience, but it gave us an opportunity to report on the actual quality of soil to be taken out of this most difficult of cuts. This was of great value to us, and, had, indirectly, not a little influence upon the negotiations in Congress. "The other big engineering problem is the River Chagres, which rises to great heights during freshets, and discharges as much water sometimes as the whole Lake Superior basin. An artificial lake, some distance from the canal is to take the overflow." When asked whether the French company's machinery was still serviceable, Mr. Noble replied that excellent care had been taken of it; at least, he always found fresh paint on it. At best, however, it would be of little value. American machinery twenty years old is almost worthless to-day, so radical have been the improvements. "Does any one still cling to the idea of a canal without locks?" was asked. "There must be locks to provide for the twenty-foot range of tide at Panama," said the commissioner, "but it is possible to construct a canal without any other locks. Such a canal would unquestionably be a great benefit to shipping, but its cost would be enormous and it would take twice as long to build." Mr. Noble is a firm believer in the commercial future of canals. Referring to the report of the "Soo" canal for the year, which he had just received, he remarked that the United States is paid back every year in the increase of trade the amount originally invested in this canal. "I do not agree," he said, "with the Australian postmaster-general in say- ing that the Panama canal will reduce the Australian trade through the Suez. "Most of the Anglo-Australian shipping will continue by the old route, because there is little difference in the length, and there is always the short cut for passengers and mail via Brindisi. But this does not mean that the Panama canal will not have a great share of the world's shipping."—New York Herald. Reviving the Curfew. The people of Antrim have hailed with delight the decision of the town commissioners to revive the ancien custom of ringing the curfew nightly. At Antrim, as at a great many other towns in Ulster, the curfew was in former generations rung regularly, but the practice, like that associate with the maypole, has gradually die out until now the places where it stillings are few and far between. The action of the commissioners is based on purely sentimental grounds. They have simply revived an old custom because the people like to hear the bell and are willing to pay for the privilege, as is indicated by the fact that a sum of money to pay all expenses has been handed over to the vestry of the parish church. Thinks All Are Too Well Paid Think All Are Too Well Paid. Among officeholders in Washington Comptroller Tracewell of the treasury is regarded as a most extraordinary person. Mr. Tracewell's salary is $5,500, and he thinks he is overpaid. Worse than entertaining such a heterodox opinion, however, is the fact that he has not hesitated to give expression thereto. During the recent session of congress he was giving a subcommittee some information regarding his office. The chairman complimented him by saying: "You are the first man government officer who has appeared before us who did not ask for an increase of salary." Tracewell replied bluntly: "I'm getting a blank sight too much now." In private conversation later he said: "Considering the hours of their labor and their responsibilities, government employees are paid more than any other class of men in the world." All of which is regarded in bureaucratic circles as little short of revolutionary. She's Pretty, but He's Strong. Jenkins owns a house in a Brooklyn suburb. It is now for sale, and his tenant, or, rather, his tenant's pretty wife, has had a number of callers who wanted to look over the property, says the New York Press. The other day Jenkins received a letter of complaint from his tenant, of which this is a copy: "Dear Sir—I have a complaint to make about the man who come out here to look at your house. Most of them think it necessary to tell my wife how pretty she is while they are looking over the property. I want to warn you that some of these days I am going to take a day off from my work and then if any of those men want to tell my wife that she is pretty I will be around to show them her husband is pretty strong." Count Cassini Will Return As soon as it was announced that Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, intended to sail for Europe about the middle of May, a rumor became current that he would not return. This is now said to be without foundation. The count is conceded to be the cleverest diplomat in Washington and the star member of the Russian corps. SCALE OF MILES CANAL RAILROAD Galveston Chagres Rio achtn. Panama Minaflorde La Boca PACIFIC OCEAN OF PANAMA CANAL. As he is now dean of the diplomatic set in Washington—a position of much importance in European eyes—it is not regarded as likely that the shrewd Russians will care to relinquish the advantage which this gives them. Sentiment from Plato. Wisdom is the true and unalloyed coin, for which we ought to exchange all things; for this, and with this, everything is in reality bought and sold—fortitude, temperance and justice; and, in a word, true virtue subsists with wisdom.—Plato. HERG IN HARD LUCK FATX. DEALS UNKINDLY WITH WOULD-BE REFORMER. Youth Who Rebuked Fat Man for Promiscuous Expectoration Gets Into Serious Difficulty—Coarse Man Wipes Up Floor With Him. A fat man—fat and apparently coarse, and with a predilection for bullying over the common people—stirred up a big rumpus yesterday morning on the Staten Island ferry boat Robert Garrett, which left St. George at 7:10 o'clock. This person chewed tobacco with a noticeable heemience, and with consecutiveness and frequency he was obliged to dispose of the usual by-product. It was the fat man's method of disposing of his by-product that made the rumpus. Perhaps there were cuspidors, but the fat man didn't hunt for them. He picked out vacant spots on the floor instead. There were women passengers, and some of them became almost panicky. Then it was that a small, heroic man made his appearance. He was a young man with pale-blue eyes, a slim waist, and an unhalting expression around his chin. He had dodged the big man's hydraulic efforts once or twice, and felt called upon to do something. He might have chosen a more original remark, but under the stress of great mental excitement he resorted to the old saw. Catching the fat man's eyes he said, angrily: "Do you expect to rate yourself as a gentleman?" (Swish!) "Huh?" said the fat man. "Then don't expectorate on the floor," added the young hero. A lot of "serves-you-right-you-horrid-old-thing" looks from the women rewarded the young man, who thought he had done his whole duty. Perhaps he had, but—— The fat man relapsed from his contemplative mood into one of strenuous action. He reached forth his big, chubby hands, and hooked them fast to the clothes of the young hero with the pale blue eyes. Then he bore down on the little fellow and doubled him half up like a knife, and by sliding him backward and forward on the floor across the area of his temporary tobacco-chewing domain, he removed all traces of wet brown from the cabin floor. There was plenty of feeling over this incident. The young man didn't like it. He was in an uncomfortable position, as he afterward asserted with great positiveness. The aim sought for had been practically achieved, but the means—the means! There was the rub! He was incensed at the rub. Several coarse men gurgled with glee, others swore right out, and the women set up such a clatter that the attention of deckhands was attracted. One of these hands was chewing tobacco himself, but long years of introspection had enabled him to observe proper sanitary precautions. The decknands "went for" the fat man, but he wriggled between the horses and trucks and lost himself in the crowd at the opposite end of the boat. The young man with the discouraged-looking trousers and determined air was his foot all over the boat after the large person, but could not find him. With the deckhands he stationed himself at the gangway when the passengers left the boat at the Battery, confident of catching the large person, but he didn't. Somehow, it is not made clear just how, the 220-pound of fender wriggled past them and went on his way, while the young hero after watching until the last man had stepped ashore, went to his office chewing the bitter cud of reflection.—New York Tribune. Drifting Away. Drifting Away. I read in your bright eyes the dreams of life's day; But I'm drifting away from you—drifting away! I am drifting afar From life's storm and its star— And I would I could answer the prayer that you pray! But I'm drifting away, dear—I'm drifting away! I would strike from your life-road the thorns that would slay; But I'm drifting away from you—drifting away! The sorrow, the pain You may strive with in vain. I would bear; but I go; and I come not again—. I'm drifting away, dear—I'm drifting away! You must reap for yourself in life's winter and May; For I'm drifting away, dear—I'm drifting away! I have given you bread And a shelter overhead; And may God light the lonely, long way you must tread— For I'm drifting away, dear, I'm drifting away! —Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Why Willie Passed Up the Ham. Willie had been particularly impressed with that part of the catechism which recounted the things which his sponsors in baptism had "promised and vowed in his name." So when the grandmother said sweetly: "Willie, dear, won't you have some deviled ham?" he looked at her sternly and replied: "No, grandma. You know I have renounced the devil and all his works." A Work-weary Suicide. John McCartney, a 16-year-old, work-weary lad, employed by a dairyman, living in Baltimore, shot and killed himself in his employer's home Monday. This note was found on a bureau: "I am to die like a dog would, but I am better off dead. I so nothing but work." VANITY FAIR THE HAT. Striking Spring Hat. The spring hat shown is of satin finished red straw, and is trimmed with clusters of ripe strawberries A and foliage. Red velvet forms the scarf and ends at the back. New Use for Raffia Women who enjoy embroidering have found a new use for raffia. The baskets and hats are as popular as ever, but its possibilities as material for the needle of the artistic worker are just being discovered. It lends itself to a great variety of the coarser stitches and produces a sketchy effect very desirable on burlaps and coarse linens. An inviting pillow for the summer porch is shown of olive green and red burlap made square and boxed. On the green side a great bunch of wheat, tied with a red ribbon, is embroidered in raffia. Around the edge of the pillow is a braid plaited or raffia, in yellow, red and green tones. Simple Home Remedies. Sulphur is such an excellent thing to be used in sickness and disease that the wise wife and mother always keeps it in the house. Nothing is better in cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria and measles than sulphur, and it is one of the best blood purifiers known. As the spring approaches it is a splendid remedy if taken mixed with a cup of molasses. The right proportion is a teaspoonful to one cup of molasses. For fumigation it cannot be excelled, and should be frequently used when diseases are epidemic. Another easy home remedy is mustard. When pneumonia threatens, or the lungs are congested, or a touch of pleurisy is felt, it should immediately be applied. Hot water applications are most satisfactory for reducing inflammation, and any one may always resort to this cure. Onions should be extensively used as a matter of diet. They are excellent for nerves and are very useful when one is laid up with influenza or a cold. Fetching French Waists. White cloth gowns are very smart, and for the moment what is known as champagne-colored cloth, somewhat darker than ivory white, is the favorite color, trimmed with lace and embroidery of the same color or with a touch of pale blue to make it more becoming. There is also a return to the fad for black, and there are dozens of smart black gowns with a round or pointed lace yoke and high stock collar all in one, and with elbow sleeves of the black finished with big puffed undersleeves of lace. Quite apparent is the shirtwaist influence upon the waists, says Harper's Bazar. These, while quite too elaborate to be rightly called shirt waists, are like them in being made without lining or bones, and with a certain simplicity of pattern. A New York Confection The above dinner gown, seen at Delmonico's, was of black velvet combined with lace, and the white lace toque, with its white algrette, had a trail of white lace in the back THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY reaching below the waist line.—New York Times. Kimono and Its Innovations. The kimono is responsible for a number of innovations. The latest is a heavy but very fine and smooth fabric, a mixture of silk and wool, which PRETTY SPRING HATS. is known as kilmoon cloth and made expressly for its use. The cloth is fifty-six inches wide and costs $2.28 a yard. Evening Coat of Broadcloth. ```markdown ``` This smart evening coat is of white broadcloth, lined with chiffon, and is trimmed with black passamenterie Frocks for Debutantes. Frocks for young girls in their first season are of lace, chiffon, crepe de chine or of any thin fabric. They are made with a simple here at the bottom and the lining of soft taffeta or satin finished in the same way. Over the lining there must be an interlining. This is a necessity and some of the prettiest gowns have two. This interlining is either of chiffon or mousseline de soie. Very pretty color effects are produced in this way. Light green is often used over a pale blue lining, on a pale rose interlining goes between cream satin and a dove gray. Collared Head. "Collared Head" is the unusual name given to a preparation of meat. Equal parts of cold cooked ham and tongue are put through the meat chopper, and afterward pounded to a paste, a little dry mustard added, and the whole heated. When warm press down in a bowl, put on a weight, and let stand to get cold, and pack into form. Slice thin and serve at lunch eon or supper. * To Cure Stiff Joints. To keep the joints of the hands from getting stiff, after holding the hands in water as hot as can be borne massage them both the backs and palms, with sweet oil. This should be thoroughly rubbed in. Then dip the hands in hot water again using soap; rinse with clear water and rub on a lotion of glycerin and rose water. Do this at night and wear gloves. "GET OFF THE WAGON." Quick Wit of an Usher Averts Tragedy. The quick wit of one of the ushers at a recent wedding averted what might have been a tragedy following the joyous ceremony. He had been the life of the large house party attending the wedding. One of his stories particularly pleased the father of the bride. The catch line in it was, "Ikey, get off the wagon." After the bride and bridegroom had started on their honeymoon a number of the guests went to a theater, then to supper, and it was late when they drove to the home of their host. The house was dark, and though a ring of the bell would have brought one of the servants, it was decided for a lark to try to get in, undetected, through a window opening on the porch. Being in a happy mood, the party forgot that there had been some talk during the day of the possibilities of burglaries making a try for the valuable wedding presents. The window fastening was not very secure, and a little pressure released it. Then the usher got his head inside the window. He saw the glint of polished steel in the dim light at the end of the hall, and he realized his danger of being shot for a burglar. Quick as a flash he shouted, "Ikey, get off the wagon." When the bride's father opened the door and let them in he still had the revolver in his hand. He said, a lit the more soberly than he had before "My boy, that's a great story."—New York Sun. THE FAMOUS MARQUAND RUG Thirty-eight Thousand Dollars Paid for Remarkable Fabric. Thirty-eight thousand dollars was the price paid for a Persian rug at the auction sale in New York of the art collections of the late Henry G. Marquand. The rug was woven ha the fifteenth century as a gift from the Pasha of Persia to the Sultan of Turkey, for the record held by Mr. Marquand showed that it had been found among the effects of the Sultan Abdul Aziz after his death. Aside from the marvelous color and texture, which is over five hundred knots to the square inch, the feature of the rug is that the inscriptions throughout its border, as well as arabesques in the medallions of the design, are woven in silver thread. It is a companion piece for the famous carpet owned by the Prince Alexis Lobanow Rostowsky, which was shown in the Vienna Museum's exhibition in 1889. The Rostowsky rug was supposed to be without a parallel in the world, but this carpet, the most highly valued among the textile treasures of Mr. Marquand, contains positive internal evidence that it was made upon the same looms and in the same period, and doubtless for the same purpose as that of Prince Lobanow, which also passed into the possession of its present owner directly from the seraglio in Constantinople. So far as can be ascertained this carpet is the highest class oriental fabric now in existence in this country. The Conquerors We come, as divided by the seers, To rescue the world in its need, Our dauntless American breed, Elect of the infinite spheres. To Latin, to Teuton, to Hum, Our portals are wide-open thrown, The natives of every zone May share in the miracles done. The Christian, the Gentile, and Jew Shall here in fraternity dwell, The problems of heaven and hell Shall vex not a people who Do. We feel that the clashing of creeds, Brings purification of thought; Come, years with activity fraught, Come, conflict and Titanic deeds! Oh, architects, ponder and plan! Oh, builders, rear temples on high! What if in the toil you should dis? "Tis all for the glory of Man. If sometimes to falter we seem, Our faith then shall hibern grow; We laugh at all barriers, we know The triumphant fate of our dream. Our fleets shall churn every sea. Our banners, in regions remote Shall over revived peoples that, And give them a new liberty. March on! We are the world pioneers March on! E'en to morrow we may Reform the reforms of to-day! So be it, through measureless years, — Samuel A. Wood in New York Sun. Senatorial Story Tellers Go. Senatoral Story Teeters Go. With the passing of the fifty-seventh Congress two of the best story tellers in the Senate retired to private life. For twenty years the wit of George G. Vest of Missouri has enlivened the cloakrooms, 'and John P. Jones of Nevada also closed his public career. While Senator Vest was brilliant on the floor, he was wittiest in the smoking room. When surrounded by a group of appreciative listeners he would tell stories and make jests by the hour. Senator Jones also has not kept his fun under a bushel. He is extremely serious and profound in debate, but in a free and easy discussion in the cloakroom his quant humor is second to that of no member of the Senate. Both will be greatly missed by their old colleagues, who mourn because there are none in the present senate to take their places. Friendly Repartee. "Did you have any luck hunting yesterday, doctor?" asked the undertaker. "I certainly did," replied the M. D. "I brought down seventeen squirrels." "That's good," said the other. "It's simply impossible to dodge your prescriptions." French Have Good Market. The French sold in America in 1901 more than $800,000 of automobiles. From Old Boots. A new kind of imitation inrocess is obtained from old boots and shoes by a French firm. The discarded footwear is taken to pieces and the leather reduced to a pulp; it is then made into sheets and dried. Patterns can be impressed upon it, and the new leather, which is very strong, is used for the outer covering of trunks and other articles. Hones to Exterminate Malaria Hopes to Exterminate Malaria. Dr. Dempoiloff, the head of the German anti-malaria expedition to New Guinea, announces that he has discovered an aquatic insect which destroys the anopheles mosquito, and that he proposes to cultivate the creature artificially in the hope of exterminating the mosquito, thereby exterminating malaria. President Harper's Plans. The total assets of Chicago University are $15,128,375.95. President Harper wishes to increase the salaries as follows: Professors, from $3,000 to $4,000; associate professors from $2,500 to $3,000, and assistant professors from $2,000 to $2,500. A pension system is also being considered. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Some people find it easier to please others than to please themselves. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. It is said that many men who go west to settle down forget to settle up before leaving. DON'T SPOIL, YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross, Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, be a package. The barber's idea of a miser is a man who shaves himself. Laxative Brono Quinine Tablets. Price 29c. If a fool possesses fact and assurance he will distance the wise guy who possesses neither. Look for this Trade Mark: "The Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind." The stoves without smoke, ashes or heat. Make comfortable cooking. The umbrella is generally under a cloud. Important to breeders is the Lincoln importing Horse Company's ad in this paper. Some men never think of marriage until they begin to lose their hair. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely degrade the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such mercury is found in the tissues of animals from reputable physicians, as the damages they will do is tender to the good you can possibly leave from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure,矿泉水, contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the skin. In the医院, it is given to the patients. It has taken mercury, and made to Toleda Ohio, by E. J. Chien & Co. Texturations free Solid the Digestive, price 75¢ per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Naturally it makes a man hot to be frozen out of a good thing. The Value of Irrigation. Anyone who is incredulous as to the practicability of irrigation on a large scale or as to its value ought to see what has been accomplished by means of it in Salt Lake City and other places where it has been applied. He would then wonder and regret why Congress should have been so slow to act. Within a few years the habitable territory of the United States will have been enlarged by millions of acres. Women New Follow Trades. Women have invaded many lines of employment hitherto thought, exclusively masculine. There are shown in the last census report 126 women plumbers, 45 plasterers, 167 bricklayers and stonemasons, 241 paperhangers, 1759 painters, and 545 carpenters. Goat a Native of Asia. Originally the common or domestic goat was a native of the highlands of Asia. Naturalists generally regard it as having descended from an animal found in the Caucasus mountains and the hill country of Persia, called in the Persian language the pesang. A Veteran's Story. Bath, N. Y., April 13th.—The first consideration of the Commandant and Officers in the conduct of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home here is the health of the Veterans. Kidney Troubles are the most common cause of aliment, very few of the old men escaping these in some form or other. Of course the comrades do as much as possible for themselves, and one or the most popular and useful remedies employed is Dodd's Kidney Pills, which seem to be almost infallible in cases of Kidney derangements. Indeed there are among the veterans several who claim to owe their lives to Dodd's Kidney Pills. For instance, A. E. Ayers, who came to the home from Minneapolis, Mun., was given up by four doctors in that city. He had Bright's Disease, and never expected to live through it, but his life was saved and his health restored by Dodd's Kidney Pills. His experience has made the remedy very popular among the men, and no one who has used Dodd's Kidney Pills for any Kidney Trouble has been disappointed. Every man feels that he might be rich if it wasn't for some other man or woman. To the Public: After much consideration with the best thinkers and leaders of the West, and in accordance with their opinions and desires, we have decided to hold annually at Western University, & Chautauqua Assembly, to discuss problems affecting the welfare of the race. The purpose of the movement will be to assist in securing and promoting, "The unity and uplift of the race." The Chautauqua will comprehend the following departments: Educational, Professional, Woman's Clubs, Business, Industrial and Agricultural, Successful farmers, mechanics, business men, and women interested in club work, ministers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians and men of all professions, in short all who are striving to rise and assist their fellows, are invited to be present. LEWIS WOODS.....Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO The purpose be to assist in ing. The unity The Chaucer Individuals successful in any walk of life are requested to be present and to participate in the discussions of the session. A synopsis of the program will be published later.. The first annual session will be held on the University grounds, Commencement week. Mary 25. 26 and 27. 1903. It is desired that we may have the hearty co-operation and support of all people in this effort to secure the advancement of the cause of the Negro. For further information write W. T. VERNON. Or Chair. Executive Com. J. N. GARRETT, Sec. WATCHING THE BOARDS ACTION. THE NEGRO citizens are becoming alarmed at the silence on the part of the Board of Education with reference to the allowance which they have been promised out of the half million bonds voted last fall. The Negroes were promised a new high school and in addition thereto a new building was promised for the Attuck school, which is now being carried on in an old tumbling-down store room on 18th street. It will be an outrageous proposition for the school board to fail to carry out its promise to the colored people this time. A war has been declared upon these immoral beaches 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. WANTED—SEVERAL PERSONS of character an good reputation in each state (one in this county required) to represent and advertise an old established wealthy business house of solid financial standing. Salary $21,00 weekly and expenses additional, all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from head office. Horse and carriage furnished when necessary. References. Enclose self-addressed envelope. Colonial Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. "Americans who have married Englishmen," says Mrs. Coruwallis-West, formerly Lady Randolph Churchill, "are in no whit behind their English sisters in political work." Hawaii's population is one of the most mixed on earth. Of its 160,000 people, 60,000 are Japanese, 30,000 Chinese and another 15,000 foreigners from Europe and America. Mary Lowell, admitted to the bar in Boston recently, has the honor of being the only woman in the world who has the right to practice both law and medicine. The absinthe and other appetizers sold in Paristan cafes at four cents a glass are made of ingredients which are fit only for manufacturing purposes. It is reported from St. Petersburg that a perfect mint for the manufacture of counterfeit money has been unearthed in the deepest recesses of a forest belonging to the Countess Ataxina, quite near the Russian capital. While Pekin is not open to foreign commerce, there are in it two German concerns which do a retail trade, their principal lines being articles for daily use and provisions for the foreigners in that city. A movement is under way in the South for an organized campaign looking to the extermination of the boll weevil, an insect which is extremely destructive to cotton plants. Texas estimating her loss for the past season at $20,000,000 due to the ravages of the weevil. Immediately following the notice that three red hairs found by a Jacksonville (Texas) wife on the coat of her husband was cause for divorce, a great boom took place in whisk brooms and brushes. Jacksonville husbands are more cautious—that's all. The French expedition in 1802 to Haiti lost 22,000 out of 25,000 men from yellow fever in one season. The estimated loss to the Mississippi valley through yellow fever quarantine during the last great epidemic of 1878 was $100,000,000. --- HARRY R. GRAHAM, Editor. FRED A. TURNER, Associate Editor. 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Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Rising Son, In response to your inquiry, I beg to say your publication is duly entered as second class matter at this office and regularly mailed. 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. "One of my reasons for liking the Filipino as a soldier is the same that gives me a preference for the negro in the same capacity—in a fight I am not worried about his safety, as it doesn't make any difference whether he gets killed or not. There is nothing more to it. If a person owned a thoroughbred or fall-blooded dog and also a cur, is it not natural that he would prefer to have the cur killed before the other?" This statement is charged to General F. D. Baldwin, Commander of the Department of Colorado. We wonder if there can be a man in the U. S. A. rated as a gentleman and an officer, who can be so brutal in his instincts. If so, HELL itself cannot be too hot 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. It has been told that one or two of our teachers have been quietly married. If this is so, we advise them to quietly resign. Deception or secrecy in matters of this kind is in violation of the Board of Education, and an imposition that the patrons of the school will not stand. President Roosevelt's trip is a grand success in every particular. Immense crowds greet him everywhere, and he is most royally entertained and enthusiastically received wherever he finds time to stop. The President's speeches are full of fine sentiment and practical logic. The President is a practical man, and he don't believe much in theorizing. He is the kind of a man the American people like and admire, and even those opposed to him politically admire him for his excellent traits. A NOTED BUSINESS MAN The material growth of Kansas City which has been so noticeable in the last decade or two, has not alone come through the natural resources offered. Men of energy and great business capacity are known to have contributed largely to the wonderful growth of this metropolis. For instance, Mr. Bernard Corrigan, who heads the management of the great Metropolitan street railway system. Mr. Corrigan is regarded as one of the most foremost and successful business men in the West. He has been identified with measures which have proved to be of great value to the upbuilding of Kansas City. The Metropolitan system which is being judiciously steered by its president, is fast meeting the demand of the public and it is a pleasure to note the increase of comfort and facility which it is giving the people of Kansas City. 1 Active in Political Work. Hawaii's Mixed Population. Woman Has Two Professions Poison Sold to Drinkers Counterfeiters of Russia German Firms in Pekin. Ravages of the Roll Weevil: Husbands More Cautious. Yellow Fever Is Costly. Physiology of Fishes. The fact that fishes, after the loss of the ears, lose their equilibrium, but still respond to sounds, led to the belief that the car in fishes was for equilibration, and that fish hear through the contact of sound waves with their skin. Now Parker of the United States fish commission has demonstrated that the fundulous heteroclitus hears after the nervous connector between the skin and brain is severed. Golfers with Arab Caddies. Golf has spread to the land of the Pharaohs and some excellent, links are to be found at Helouan, twenty miles south of Calro. The links are, of course, sand, but as the sand is firm the going is excellent as a rule. There is no better proof of the spread of civilization in Africa than the fact that golfers can be seen doing a round on the desert attended by Arab caddies. Quick Trip Around World. The development of the modern railroad and steamship makes possible a trip around the world in twenty-seven days, as follows: From New York to Hamburg, 4,800 miles, 7$^{3/4}$ days; Hamburg to Vladivostock, 7,500 miles, 6$^{4/4}$ days; Vladivostock to Seattle, 7,000 miles, 10$^{4/4}$ days; Seattle to New York, 3,300 miles, 2$^{3/4}$ days; total, 22,600 miles in 27 days. Possibility of Human Diversity. According to permutation, the forty-two individual or genetic instincts of which the human mind is composed may combine in 2,810,012,225,505,759,797,086,285,212,489,021,129,540,768,000,000 different ways, which will account for all the diversity of the human family in the past at present, and for millions of years in the future. Of Value to Seamen. An interesting feature of the application of electricity on shipboard is the so-called Schotten telegraph, or bulkhead telegraphy. In the moment of danger caused by a collision this telegraph enables the captain on the bridge to see whether all the water-tight doors are closed or not. Will Take Brooklyn Church The Rev. Dr. Henry Sylvester Nash, who has filled the chair of New Testament interpretation in the Episcopal Theological seminary at Cambridge, Mass., has been called to the rectorship of Holy Trinity church, Brooklyn, as successor to the Rev. Dr. S. D. McConnell. Neither Wagon Nor Beast. The English courts have gravely decided that a bicycle is neither "a carriage hung on springs" nor "a beast of draught," and therefore only pedestrian tolls may be charged for it. The decision is just, though the method of arriving at it is peculiarly English. Chamberlain the Coming Man. Joseph Chamberlain is still the man of the hour in England. The Colonial Secretary is now sixty-seven years old, and he has been thirty years in politics. His wife is an American, the daughter of W. C. Endicott of Massachusetts. East Travel in Automobile A new speed record of 27 seconds for the kilometer was made by the Hon. C. S. Rolls in Nootinghamshire, England. A 72-horsepower Mors racer was used and the rate at which it traveled was equal to 83 miles an hour. Lived Under Many Presidents Henry P. Adams, who died recently In Miami county, Kas., was a farmer, and was six years of age when John Quincy Adams was elected President of the United States. He was a near relative of that president. Spain's Educational Districts. Spain is divided for educational purposes into ten districts, each with a university, viz., Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Granada, Valadolid, Santiago, Saragossa, Salamanca and Oviedo. Knows How He Stands Chauneyc M. Depew's bad is clippings. Several bureaus furnish him with all that the newspapers say about him, and he always knows exactly how he appears in the public eye. Jubilee of Free Libraries. Manchester is about to celebrate the jubilee of its free libraries. It is calculated that during the fifty years 52,000,900 reference books have been read or consulted. Cure for Bilicusness. There is no better cure for billiousness than boneset tea, or that made from German chamomile. Drink freely of it for several mornings.—Chicago News. Valuable Dog Curiosity A Japanese dog weighing only a trifle over four pounds was exhibited in New York recently. The owner paid nearly $2,000 for the animal. Raised Forty-Pound Turkey. An Indiana poultry-raiser recently gent to Indianapolis a turkey which weighed forty pounds. He got $6 for the bird. India's Coming Cotton Crop India's cotton crop for 1902:3 will, it is estimated, amount to about 3, 500,000 bales of 400 pounds each. Look for Large Hop Crop. The hop growers of the Pacific coast predict that next year's crop will be the largest on record. Quick and Pleasant FRISCO SYSTEM Excellent Service to points in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida And the Southeast, and to Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas And the Southwest. Detailed information as to excursion dates, rates, train service, etc., furnished upon application to James Donohue, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. "Everything Pertaining to Music." Our Method of Selling Pianos One price to everybody, and that the lowest consistent with the best qualities. We carry the foremost makes of the world, including the famous Chichering, Emerson, Sterling, Huntington and Gramer. arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY 1922-M WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MN New trimmed hats and new store. You cannot get better goods at the price we make elsewhere. We hope to merit your confidence by giving you your moneys worth. We have in connection with millinery a dress making department. Cutting and fitting. Everything guaranteed. Give us a call. The best known preparation for the hair and skin at the ELITE MILLINERY, :1807 1-2 East 19th St. Pricea for Wild Beast Prices for Wild Beasts Hamburg has a sort of animal university at which beasts from all parts of the world are trained and acclimated for the zoological gardens of Europe. The most expensive animal is the hippopotamus, a good specimen of which costs $4,500. The price of a rhinoceros is $2,500, and a trained elephant from India costs about the same. Lions are $1,500 a pair, Bengal tigers $1,000 apiece. A giraffe costs $1,200, a camel $150. Pope's Faith in Professor Leo XIII, has great faith in Prof. Mazzoni, who has in his home a portrait of the pope, with this inscription: "Praeclaaro viro, Gaetano Mazzoni, Medicio, Chirurgo, arte eximia, manu strenua, praeclaire de Nobis merito. Leo XIII." The professor, it wil be remembered, declared not long ago that the pope would easily reach his 100th year and more. Dyspepsia in England. According to Sir James Crichton-Browne, the modern Englishman is physically a degenerate, and chiefly because of dyspeptic troubles. The growing frequency of appendicitis is, he thinks, due to the weakened digestive apparatus and insufficient mastication of food. Automobiles Are Popular A recent count in Switzerland showed that there are now in use in that country 387 automobiles and 126 motorcycles. Foment Trouble in Manchuria. Russian journals declare that Japan has sent spies and agitators in great numbers to Manchuria. The First Union Flag. The first Union flag was unfurled on January 1, 1776, over the camp at Cambridge. J.H. White & Co Ninth and Wyandotte. J. L. WILLIAMS. Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed. 707 Independence Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. Statement as made to the Comptrollar of the Currency ai the close of business Feb. 6. 1903. A. WEBER, MERCHANT TAILOR, If you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay cheap rent, Come and see us. NEW YORK WINE CLOTHING CHICAGO CITY OF CITY, N.Y. Apparel & Co. Chicago The "Churchill" J. L. WIL —GENE Blacksmithing, Horseshoe Shop. Good Material Workmanship 707 Independence Ave. Only First Class Color The Very Low Residence 416 Laurel. Heim's KANSAS CITY $11 F.M.B. CO. OLD LAGER SPECIAL BREWS: SCHARNAGEL SELECT KYFFHAUSER PERFECTION 1880 1890 1900 SALES: 12000 39946 130578 BBLS. BBLS. BBLS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. DAVID T. BEALS. President. FERNANDO P. NEAL. Vice-Prest. Union Nat'l KANSAS C Statement as made to the Com- close of business RESOUR Loans and discounts..... U. S. Bonds, at par..... Municipal Bonds at par..... Cash and Sigat Exchange..... Total..... LIABIL Capital Stock..... Surplus Fund..... Undivided profits..... Unearned interest..... National Bank Notes Outstanding..... Deposits..... DIREC David T. Beals. L. T. James. A. J. Snid. Geo. R. Barse. C. W. Whitehead. J. P. Merr. Edword George. H. J. Rosecrans. O. H. Dean. C. J. Schmelzer. A. WEBER, M If you want a suit to or go and save money. W cheap rent. Style Fit and F 2852 S. W. Blvd. 1. Gent's Stylish Spring Suits... Fine Shirts, Collars, Ties, Hats, etc. Waiters and Barbers Jackets. H. White & Co. Ninth and Wyandotte. WILLIAMS, GENERAL— Shoeing and Wagon Repair Material and First-Class ship guaranteed. Kansas City, Mo. Colored Shop in the City. Lowest Prices. Telephone 1052 Red. THE SEASON IS HERE FOR BOCK BEER. This Trade Mark Is The Guarantee of the Genuine Popular Brew. THE MOST DELICIOUS OF ALL IS MADE BY HEIM. W. H. SEIGER, 2nd Vice-Prest. CHAS. H. V. LEWIS, Cashier. National Bank S CITY, MO. Comptroller of the Currency ai the business Feb. 6, 1903. o i me i 5 Va gh Md Ly , A De MAS NA (iime—| ia i + 7 i) St H7 as l i ( LD OA er) \E-=s \ Aisa Ne Abe Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo Remember please— Us tne little bits we collect here an th see ‘That enables us to run from year to yenr.” How do you like the Rising Son? Jessie Little is in the city again. Miss Bessie Hayes will make Chi- cago, Ill, her future home. Easter services at the churches were well attended. Go to Langston’s for baths and good barbers. Geo. Kerchival died last Sunday from typhoid fever. Rey, Caldwell, in charge of the Pil- grim Baptist church, is doing nicely. How about your subscription? Have you paid? Mr, and Mrs, Turk ts feeling proud of their 7-pound baby girl, born to them March 17. Lee Jackson, formerly of Lexington, a brick and mortar contractor, is very busy with contracts. Solomon Miller was in Marshall, Mo., last week to visit his brothér, who is sick, Call on Smith for pure drugs and toilet articles. Ice cream soda and soda, alj flavors. Miss Fannie Nelson of 558 Oak St. entertained a few friends at cards last Tuesday, Oscar Choteau spent Sunday in St. Joe with his sick father, Freddie Jackson has been out of schoo! a few days on account of sick- ness, Hon, Corvine Patterson has been ap- pointed a member of the Board of Re- gents of the Western University. Jas, Runnels will have a full supply of Ozona Toilet articles, See him for these valuable preparations, Mrs. Fannie Lee, after a visit in Tip- ton, Mo., will proceed to St. Louis to accept a position in an art studio, Mrs. Bettie Basket of Mexico, Mo., was the guest of Mrs. Hattie Clay Bar- nett, 1616 Norton avenue, Palm Sun- day. Preacher (2) Hurst's church was burned to the ground last Sunday morning. Toots Woodson can be found at his old stand, an authority on base- ball and other sports. Prof. Miles of Lexington Junction was in town last Sunday visiting his aunt, Mrs, Mollie Jackson, of 1117 Independence avenue. Bert Hill and family are at home to their many friends in their late purchase, 1921 Euclid avenue, Rey, Toliver has opened a barber shop and a restaurant at 30th and 8. W. Boulevard. The Roosevelt club is an‘ assured. fact. J. W. Baldwin, Pres.; Dr. T. C. Un- thank, Sec.; Lewis Woods, Chairman Executive Committee. Mr. Charles Carter and Miss Woods were married at the Second Baptist church last Tuesday night, Dr. Bacote officiating. c Prof. Vernon of the Western Unt- versity was a caller at our sanctum, also Prof. R. T. Coles, of the Garrison school. be had at the following places every Saturday and Sunday: The Vine street Baptist church, Pleasant Green Bap- tist church, Henry Patton's barber shop, 926 Wyandotte street, and Smith's drug store. . The Shiloh Baptist District Associa- tion was in session last week at High- land Avenue Baptist. church. ‘The work and needs of our Western college at Macon, Mo,, was.atty explained by Rev. Bacote, McNeal and others. Prospective furniture buyers can find Captain I. H. Jorden with the Star Furniture company, 612 East 12th Street. Houses furnished complete. ‘Terms easy, Ask, for Captain Jorden, Telephone 3042 Walnut, » We have an addition to our profes: sional men in the person of Dr. Me: Queen Carrion, Dentist, who has lo- cated >t 1312 East 18th street. ‘The doctor comes well recommended to practich his chosen profession. We speak for him a cordial welcome and @ good practice. James Runnels celebrated his 32nd and ts the central school of the con- East Sth’street, jast Monday evening, He and his friends had a good time. Music and refreshments were served. 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 is $1.59 per year. ‘The Knight Templars made a splen- did appearance. Pleasant Green Bap- ust church was packed to the doors and the sermon of Dr, Ewing was eloquent and logical. The collection was divided with the church and the Old Folks’ Home, Mrs, Lee, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., but who has heen living in St. Louis for the past year has returned to make our city her home again, She is @ crayon artist of no mean ability. W. EF. Garrett, 107 Keith and Perry building, has a special bargain for any one wanting to buy ground near the Bruce school on easy payments of ee per month, 1% blocks from 15th street cable Miss Arlic Powell, of 1017 Char- lotte, after 3 months illness, departed this life April 7. She leaves a mother, sister, four brothers and a host of friends to mourn her loss, She was taken to hersbirth place in Kansas for burial. ROOMS TO RENT—One furnished and one unfurnished, 2118 Highland avenue. Dr. Wm. H. Sims, of Muskogee, I. T., isthe guest of Dr. T. C, Unthank. ‘The doctor is here for a month to take spe- cit! instructions under Dr, Flavel B. Tiffany. He also has a patient with him for consultation with Dr, Unthank, ‘The doctor is engaged in church work, Peleg an theuentis! member of the aptist church. Mrs, R. M, Frazier, 2026 Summit street, gave a dinner party Wednesday April 1, to a number of friends, The hostess was assisted by Mesdames A. F, Johnson, Robert Berry and EB. M. Craig, After luncheon Miss Azalia B, “Martin, one whom we all should: be proud of, entertained the guests by reading two original poems, For Vir tne’s Sake, Phantoms, and When all Is Done. Each was well received. The Pilgrim Baptist church met in a called meeting with the Rev, Calhoun as moderator on the 14th, and extended a tnanimous call to the Rev. C. H. Caldwell. The Rev, Caldwell is a Southern gentleman and @ Christian, and is competent to pastor any people that are fortunate in getting him, May God bless him and help us care for him, The Juvenile Fancy Drill and Music. al entertainment at Allen Chapel last Monday was a treat. The numbers were well rendered and the drill by the 40 children was almost perfect. The time and precision was appreciat. ed by all who were there, Miss Cora Yancy, one of our best teachers, who instructed these boys and girls, deserves much credit for her patience and ability as a teacher: When Miss Yancy and Prof. Bailey gave this drill in the High Schoo auditorium, before probably 600 teach. ers, it was the concensus of opinion of those present that it was the best that they had ever seen, Bishop Isaac Lane, L, 1. D., of Jack- son, Tenn., the presiding elder over the Third Episcopal district of the Colored Methodist church in America, was in our city Jast Wednesday, and preached at Berry Chapel C. M. E. Church, 2030 Summit street, Wednesday evening. Several ministers assembled at the home of Rev. J. W. Jacobs, the pastor of the C. M. E, church in this city, to meet and to dine with the Bishop. Among those present were: Rev. 0. J. ‘W. Scott, Rev. S. W. Bacote, Rev. J. M, Rivers, Rev. Barksdale, Rev. Meaders, Rev. Napier, Rev. Jolly and Rev, Me- Clain, The Bishop preached a good ser. mon Wednesday and demonstrated that he was the saome deep, practical theologian. He ise 69 years old, and one among the oldest bishops in ser vice in the United States. He is the founder of Lane College, which is located at Jackson, Tenn. and is the central school of the con. nection, He prehched at St. Peters Chapel C. M. E. chureh in Kansas City Kan., Thursday night and left for Topeka, Kan., Friday morning. Doctor William Clifford Combs, a Kentuckian by birth, but one of our boys by residence, and one of the Lin- coln High School graduates, is just now being given an unusual degree of prominence and a just appreciation of his genius and executive ability as a manufacturing chemist by the mdnied men of our city, Dr, Combs is the discoverer of several new compounds beneficial to suffering humanity, The handling of these new discoveries. is done by a company incorporated by the last state legislature, at a capitali- zation of a hali-million dollars. The doctor not only was given large blocks of shares in exchange for his knowl- edge which made the company possi- ble. but is now considering an offer from the directors of a position 4 chemist on a larger salary than we have ever known a colored man to re- ceive for drug work. The Holly Home has been newly Papered #nd painted inside and out The excellent taste which Dr. and Mrs, Holly used in so doing, make it a very beautiful home. Have you seen Dr, Unthank and his new buggy? After a Tong, serious sickness, Mrs. Etta Shaffer is improving slowly. Mr, Robt. Anderson of St. Paul is spending a couple of weeks with Wm. Fairfax, 1322 East 1th street, Mr, and Mrs. Wade B. Smith enter- tained Mr. Robt. Anderson, of St. Paul, at their country home a few days last week. The Silver Club will have their reg- ular club dance the first Wednesday eve in May, ‘ Mrs, Reynold Gordon and Mrs. John Hill, of Kansas City, Kans., spent the day with Mrs, Wm, Fairfax Friday. ‘Mrs. Nero and Miss Victoria Overall are teheasing a large chorus’ daily for a operetta to be given in May. Look out for the date. It promises to be the grandest of the season. Benefit for St. Augustine Mission. , Mrs, Linnie Holloway, who is serv- ing meals in the car at Independence | and Oak, will be at 558 Oak street after next week, where she will serve meals all at hours. The best service guar- anteed, Here {s the biggest thing for farm- ers and people who live in small towns, that has been brought to public notice yet. This is American ginseng. Any one, wontan or man, can grow it,in their back yards with great profit. A rod square of good ground will bring you an Income of $600 a year after it ig started, If you are not interested you had better get interested and send a one cent stamp to H. E. Roush, 1425 Spruce Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., for zatalogue and full particulars. ‘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. Helic of Roman Period. A stone coffin, containing the re mains of a man and woman, was dis- covered while plowing a field at Tem: plethorpe Farm, Temple Newsami, near Leeds, England, recently. The re- mains, which are in a wonderful state ‘of preservation, are thought to date from the Roman period. Near the spot where the coffin was found the foundations of a building, said to he that of @ temple, were brought to light. iMakean Albian. Some of these papers that run every Sunday articles headed “What to Eat" would make a greater hit with @ whole lot of us if they would run a series of articles headed “How to Get It." Lord heavens! we all know what to eat, as most of us usually eat what. ever we can get, but the question of how to get it fs the burning theme of the hour.—Canton Saturday Roller. Real Vindication. The American ‘dentist expelled from Saxony cannot ‘vant for a com: pensating joy when he considers the certificate of character publicly given by his wife, “My husband is a per- fect man; he has absolutely — no vices.” Many men believe them. selves deserving of such a testimon: ial, but how few, alas! have got thelr deserts, Prices for Wild Beasts. Hamburg has a sort of animal unt versity at which beasts from all parts of the world are trained and acclimat. ed for the zcclezical gardens of Bu- rope. ‘The most expensivo animal {s the hippopotamus, a good specimen of which costs $4,500, Tha prieo of a rhinoceros 1s $2,500, and a trained ele- phant from India costs about tho same. Lions are $1,500 a pair, Bengal tigers $1,000 apiece. A giraffe costs $1,200, a camel $150. Missouri's Greatest Pride. It is believed that the largest mule in the world {s owned In “allaway county, Missourl, The animal ts tho property of “Mike” Murray of Heres: ford, and it stands eighteen hands high and weighs 1,841 pounds. The mule fs barely three years of age, and {ts owner expects to have the phe nomenon welgh upward of 2,000 pounds by the end of the year. Characteristic Enterprise. With the usual speed of their old town, sundry Philadelphians who were swindled by Whittaker Wright a gen: eration ago when he was running a get-rich-quick establishment in that city have begun an action against him now that he has been nabbed in New York for extradition to Great Britain, where he operates his scheme on & Digger acale. And Hoopakirts, Rverything old-fashioned seems to come back in time, except keeping the Sabbath holy and wearing cork serew curls.— Atchison Globe. Automobiles Are Popular. A recent count. in Switverland showed that there are now in use in that country 8¥7 autowobiles and 126 motoreycies. Foment Trouble in Manchuria Russian journals declare that Japan has sent spies and agitators in creat umbers to Manchuria. The First Union Flag. Tho first Union flag was unfurled on Janaary 1, 1776, over the camp at Cambriaxe, ‘Surprise for the Parson. A clergyman having occasion to go to London before Christmas, his wife asked him to buy a text for the gallery of the chureh for the Christmas decor. ations, according to “The King.” He was very busy and forgot all about it till just before leaving, so wired for instructions to his wife as to words and dimensions. She wired back the following message: “Unto us a son Is born, nine fect long by three feet high. Pope's Faith in Professor. Leo XII. has great faith in Prof. Mavvoni, who has in his home a por. trait of the pope, with this inserip- ton: “Praeciaro viro, Gaetano Maz: wui, Medico, Chirurgo, arte eximia, man) strenta, praeclare de Nobis merito, Leo XHL" The professor, it wil be remembered, declared not long ago that the pope would easily reach Mis ivoth year and more, Vatuable tnaact Callaation, A coliection of 60,000 insects has Just been purchased by the depart: ment of zoology of the University of Chicago. The collection ts from all parts of the world, and was made by the late John Akhurst. The collection {s unusually valuable on account of its completeness, and represents a large Amount of careful work, extending over many years, The Growth of America. In the ‘7s England produced three times as much iron and steel as the United States. Later on Germany con- tesiod British supremacy and passed her record of production, In 1902 the United States produced more tron than England and Germany combined, with enough left over to equal about the product of France. Made Maize Popular. Mrs. Charles J. Murphy, who died fn Brussels, Belzinm, a few days ago, was long identified with the movement to popularize the use of American maize in Europe. ler maiden name was Catherine ‘Tone and she was a lineal descendant of Theobald Wolfe Tone, the Irish patriot Chatesé) Cal's Gallo Thauekt. “Wrenevah ye" sees er man dodgin’ swiicepans an’ er weman runnin’ {'m er brick,” said Charcoal Eph, passing bis plate for another piece of ham, “yor kin mo? gin'ally conclude dat dey am. soni incompatibility eb tempah in de fanbly, Mistah Jackson.”—Baltimore News. Industry for the Blind. In the sehool for the blind at Lisbon there has been established a new kind of industry which will prove most re: munerative to the inmates. It con. sists in wnraveling, or “picking,” vexetable fibers used as stuffing ma- terial for furniture, beds, ete. Fad of Santos Dumont. Santos Dumont, the — acronaut, seems determined to be “up in the air” at all times. ‘The furniture In his house is built’ to exaggerated heights, and when he sits in his: fav- orite chair he is elevated about tert feet from the floor, Tremont Temple Wants Pastor. The Tremont Temple chureh, Bos- ton, recently extended a call to the Rey. Clarence A. Barbour, D. D., of Rochester, N. ¥., to its vacant pas- torate. It was so nearly unanimous ‘as to be practically so. ‘Sn dahitivate Anildabenee, Pe ALO Ys NEC ae ODEN one American missionary to St. Andrew's island, off tho coast of Nicaragua, has arrived in this country to. observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of his or- dination as a priest Remedy for Seasickness. The latest remedy for seasickness 18 chloretone, a product of chloroform and acetone, Fivegrain doses at four-hour intervals are said to control the worst cases in very rough weather. Chimpanzee Almost Human. s“Consul,” a trained chimpanzee in London, is attired Nike a man, eats with knife and fork, smokes clgars, plays football, rides a trieyele and likes to sit for his photograph, French Author's Ghastly Relic. The French astronomer, Camille Flammarion, is credited with possess: ing a book bound in the skin of @ woman who was one of his most de voted disciples. Irrigating Ditches and Canals, The number of irrigating ditches and canals In operation in the United States exceeds 20,000, and thelr com- bined length ts not less than 50,000 miles. This Ought to Fetch Them. ‘The editor of a weekly newspaper in Australia offers himself as a prize to the woman who writes the best essay ov the duties of a wife, Spanish Olive Oil Product. Febriary is the month for press ing olives in Spain, The ofl product of 102 is estimated ot about 12,759, 000 gallons Another Polar Expedition, Dr Charcot, the weitknown French scientist, 1s bullling a 400-ton eevoon: er for a polar expedition, Tire of Life Early, Two hove, axed 14 and 15, recently commities suicide In Berlin with the gamo revolver xO JOHN KELLY, SHOES e IN SPRING \ STYLES... When you start looking for Spring i Shoes why don’t you start at os i ‘ OVIATT’S? > Gace you see the famous John: Kelly pe Shoes for women you won't budge i a ill your fitted. KD till your fitte y ; OVIATT SHOE CO. : 1105 MAIN STREET. | GENTLEMEN a oa Do not*fail to” see the on C4 | =" automatic demonstra- > a” @iroi | ie i of ir ‘ ss wis we | RESILIA SHOE. a aay | us THE SHOE THAT BREATHES, a ie OVIATT SHOE CO ee | 1105 Main. e Coal Used by the World. It fs calculated by an engineer that 630,000,000 tons of coal are used at nually throughout the world. Of this amount 148,000,000 are burned In the United States. Great Britain comes in second with an annual consumption of 140,000,000. ~_ Ages of Paris Grides. Of 121,525 Parisian brides of the last decade, 27,891 were under 20 years old; 61,870 were between 20 and 30; Q2S8L between 20 and 40; 7,816 between 40 and 50; 2,280 between 60 And 60, while 578 were over 60, Journalism in italy. In 1899 (the last year for which fig ures are available) 318 new journals were founded in Italy, of which 162 had ceased to exist before the end of the year, while 250 older journals also collapsed in that year, Has Had Long Reign. Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, has reigned loneer than any other Euros pean royalty except the Emperor of Austria, He beeame regent as Tong. ago as 1852, and Grand Duke four years later, Maas Genes tn Mortum: A Lisbon physician has created ao sensation by his assertion that there ‘are at least 2,000 lepers in Portugal, and that, as hegars, they convey the infection from place to place, President's Private Secretary. William Loeb Jr, private secretary to President Roosevelt, is thirty-six. years old. He draws a salary of $5,000 a year, and is the busiest man in America, Guard Health of Children, Strassburg has appointed three school physiefans. Bach one tas to guard tho health of 2.000. children, and his salary therefor is $250 @. year. Timber From One Tree. |The record of limber produced from mne tree was 80,000 fect trom a. rede wood thirty feet in diameter, cut last year in California Olive Oil. The hest of “olive” oil is now being made from Virginiy and North Caro- lina peanuts. —Ricknond (Va) ‘Rimes: Dison b. Crowded English City. Over 8,000 persons in Carlisle, or fully one-sixth of the population, ive in ove and tworoomed tenements, Insects Cause Heavy Loss. ‘The annual loss of fruit by insects te put by the United States entomologist at $30,000,000, Mrs. Bettie Jorden Can be found at her old stand at 419 Cherry St...... Dressmaking and Plain Sew- Ing.......0ld Clothes Made Over. Clothing Cleaned," Pressed and Repaired in Good Order PRICES REASONABLE, AARON TOLBERT, 112 E. 6th Street. ea | MRS. M. J. TOLLIVER, i 1125 CHERRY $T. ie ‘Meals For Laboring Men.’ Break- fast from 6:00 to 7:30; dinner 11 30 to 4:30; Supper 6:00 to 7:30. Meals 15 cents, BOARD $2.50 PER WEEK. 1 1 4 102 ) You pay us from F 4-4 to 1-2 OS ree. what you'"pay the tailor,” and, the tailor doesn’t give you _any' better clothes than we do. x rash et i g W. F. Rates, JW. Piensa Manager. Secretary. THE TWO WALTERS é Oriel Club, 917 Baltimore Ave, Kansas Oty, Afo. WARN Walters and Porters’ Headquarters And Information Bureau. BEN McRAY, Prea't and Treas, STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS CEXTURY Dining Room 4923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO, MEALS AT ALL HOURS, Oysters in any Style. Services stetetly Brat-class. Ladies and Gents dine up ataire, ZT. JOWVAN, Manager S. M. CHANDLER’S BARBER SHOP AND RESTAURANT. 12 & 114 East Gth Street. Kansas Ctiy, Mo. First Class Tonsorial Artists in Barber Shop Poplar Prices. Work Guaranteed to Please. We Serve the best $0c and 15¢ meals in the city, Try our cigars and tobacco, When UNEEDA Shave or Hair Cut or Shampoo Go To C. A. Evans'{Barber Shop For first class work. 107 E. 14th St. Kansas City, Mo. oe ELITE RESTAVRANT J. W. Voorhees, Prop. Meats at uit hours ie erontn and fru ites i Gaon $92 STATE AVE. KANSAS CITY, ANS! The Dearest Gift When all the dancing feet are still, The rose's bloom is ened and sped, When she has waitzed her happy fill With Will and Jack and Ted and Fred, Tired of the wilt and jollity, Her lovely eyes weighed down with sleep. Then at the last, she comes to me, And she is all my own—to keep! I find her gloves and tie her wrap We say good rights to left and right; Now I'm the to-be-envied chap! Ah, now indeed, it is good night! Or howard for pet wonders praise What could a man ask more in life, Then this best, dearest gift of fate— To have a sweetheart for a wife? —Madeline Bridges in Smart Set. An Amateur Detective No one who had happened to observe the figure of Mr. Bromley Brown wandering about his garden on a certain mild April morning would have imagined him to be suffering from an acute sense of regret for his wasted opportunities. A girl's figure leaned out and a young voice called to him. "Why do you look so solemn, papa, dear? What a perfect day it is! Warm and sunny enough for June." "I was thinking," he said, impressively, "of how very little material comfort signifies, and how few of us are satisfied!" I know I may not look it, but since my earliest days I have often told you, I have had a curious, wild craving for adventure, for some excitement outside the deadly routine of a business life. It is hard that of a business life." Valentine laughed and leaned still further out of the window. She, for her part, was absolutely satisfied with the fair face worn by the world around her. Her father took off his gold-rimmed glasses and laid down his newspaper. "Hat! This is most curious!" said he. "What a splendid chance if one could only light upon him—the plausible soundrel! The shrewd young villain!" Valentine turned her gray eyes on his shining crimson face. "Listen to me—Val!" he cried; "you remember the general told us last week that the Mumbys and the Jellicoes had both had their pantry windows forced open?" "Did he? I don't think I was listening." Mr. Bromley Brown here proceeded to read about an extract from the newspaper. "The architect-burglar, for by this cohribuet this accomplished criminal is now known, has been seen, it is believed, not long ago in this neighborhood, although probably he is now many miles away from the scene of his late exploits. He is described as a young man of gentlemanlike and military appearance, with fair hair and mustache, and wearing clothes of fashionable peake." Mr Bromley Brown was soon absorbed in meditation. He pictured himself, resolute, terrible, cunning, bounding down this distinguished criminal, bringing him to justice. He fell asleep to the accompaniment of the lark's song and dreamed that he was the chief of police in Russia. Waking up with a start he heard the clock strike 12. A few yards away in the road he saw the figure of a young man, tall, fair, yes, and of unmistakably soldierly appearance' And he was sketching. A thrill ran down Mr. Brown's spine. He might not be the chief of the Russian police, but was not on the eve of a discovery, an adventure, the possible player in a great and dramatic case? In one moment his mind had been made up. He would invite this young man, obviously no other than the architect burglar, with friendly greeting, into his house. A hurried word to the coachman would send him, on A man in a suit stands in front of a tree, holding a bag. swift feet, for two or three of the local police. Another messenger would hasten to Gen. Compton, the sternest of the county magistrates, and he would arrive in time to be a witness of the discomfiture of a no-noble criminal and of the ingenuity and promptitude of his old friend Known. Meanwhile the young man had looked up smilingly. In answer to the remarks of the old gentleman by the hedge, he said that he had come a considerable distance—that—and this with a very pleasant laugh—well, yes he was thirsty and that there would be plenty of time to finish his sketch after luncheon, and that he thought it a most kind suggestion of his questioner to invite him to have some. For one instant Mr. Brown glanced nervously at a silver box and candle-sticks on Valentine's writing table. Then, murmuring an excuse, he ran panting to the stables; in a choking voice dispatched the astonished coachman for the police, and a helper, with an impressive message scribbed on a card, to Gen. Compton. On his return he found the architect-burglar laughing over a favorite 4 "And these are lovely spoons." observed the architect burglar, with appalling coolness. book of Valentine's, the "Diary of a Nobody"—and they two talked, Mr. Brown for his part with a curious absent-mindedness of books and different forms of humor. The parlor maid interrupted them to say that some cold meat was ready, and the two men adjourned to the dining room. The guest seemed truly grateful for a whisky and soda. "That's a beautiful old cup," he remarked, pointing to a piece of silver of Queen Anne date in the middle of the table. Mr. Bromley Brown's expression of mingled triumph and sarcasm passed unnoticed by the cheerful young visitor. The clock struck one—and he rose quickly to his feet. "Thank you a thousand times for your hospitality," he said, pleasantly. "I am afraid I must be off. You see, I am sketching for duty, not pleasure." There was a sound of steps at the door, and a voice outside, which sounded like a word of command, said: "Where is the man?" The door was flung open, and a tall, soldierly figure stepped quickly into the dining room. "Well, Brown, what's all this about?" Gen. Compton, young and alert for his years, stared at his friend with a pair of very keen eyes under white eyebrows. "You told me it was some very urgent business," continued the general. Then his eyes fell on the young man by the further window. "Bless my soul, Estecourt, I didn't see it was you in the corner." see it was you in the corner. "Yes, and how are you, general?" said the young man, advancing with a cordial smile. Mr. Bromley Brown felt a sudden cold perspiration on his forehead. He was entirely unable to utter a word. "Mr—Mr?" said the young man, "was so kind as to ask me to have a whisky and soda." "Ah, then you don't know each other?" said the general. "Brown, this is Lord Estcourt, son of my old friend whom I have often talked about, you know. He is working like a nigger at the college," and the speaker pointed toward a distant view of a large white building miles away beyond the grove of pines. "Estcourt, this is Mr. Bromley Brown, one of my best neighbors." Mr. Brown felt as if some one had struck him a violent blow on the head. "Papa! papa!" A fresh young voice came echoing from the garden, and in another moment a young girl ran into the room. "Papa, there are two policemen here! They say they have come for some one—what does it mean?" "Oh! only about the chickens that were stolen, my dear," said her father miserably. "But taure are no chickens! You know you wouldn't have any, because you said they spoil the garden." "Did I say chickens?" Mr. Bromley Brown's dreary expression was that of a victim being led to execution. "Of course, I mean the forced strawberries. Valentine, my dear—" The young man was still gazing at the lovely, puzzled face of his host's daughter. "Your father has been so kind to me, Miss Brown," said he. "I am struggling over military drawing, and in daily terror of being plowed." "Oh! You are studying at the college!" "Yes—I wonder—would you and your father care to come over and see it some day?" "Oh, that would be delightful, papa, dear, wouldn't it?" "Yes, indeed, indeed it would." Mr. Brown was still feeling half paralyzed. "Good-by, Estcourt, my boy," said Gen. Compton. "I have got to have a word now with Brown on some most important business about which I came down." Lord Estcourt drew a little nearer to Valentine. "You will drive over very soon, then, Miss Brown?" "Thank you—I am sure we shall enjoy it ever so much!" "Then we won't say good-bye, I think," said he, as he took her hand. —The King. Hope. When all our dreams and aims have come to maught And darkning clouds of fear and doubt assail When all in vain some comfort we have sought And all our friends and corpulations fail; When sad-eped, heavy-hidded sorrow waits Upon our souls, by polignant grief oppressed. Deeming ourselves accursed of the Fates, Who grant us neither happiness nor rest. Thou comest, heaven-sent, with beaming eye. To raise us from the depths of our despair; Thou blest us lift our glances to the sky, When darkening gloom straightway becometh fair; The morbid mists which wrapped our souls around. Are quickly by thy influence dispelled; Antichated pleasures then abound Anticipated pleasures then abound And all our fears and doubts are haply quelled; The low'ring clouds their silver linings show, The weary road that once appeared so long Each moment shorter to us seems to grow. Whilst all our sighs are turned into song. Victims of Too Much Sympathy Victims of Too Much Sympathy. The Rev. Dr. Lorimer, the minister at the Madison Avenue Baptist church, is responsible for this story, though he does not vouch for the truth of it, useful as it may be to point a moral: "A nestful of young linens were in the corner of a field in India. Having lost their mother, they were cold and hungry. They flapped their little featherless wings, thereby attracting the attention of a huge elephant which stood near by. "'Ah,' said the elephant, 'you poor little things. You have lost your mother, and have nobody to nestle you. I am a mother, and have a mother's heart. I will nestle you and keep you warm!' And thereupon the elephant sat upon the nest containing the poor little linens."—New York Times. "Hurry Up" Lacking. Almost the first words which Italians learn in coming to this country are "Hurry up!" and this also expresses the first idea which they glean from their new environment. A young Italian who has been in this country just six months found, when he welcomed a younger brother at the end of that time, that there was already a slight difference in their point of view. In deprecating his brother's shortcomings to a friend he remarked: "I see my brother eess too much Italian; I see he eess not 'nuff hurry up.'" How the Dahlia Was Named. A strange spindly plant with nodding little flowers was sent from the city of Mexico to the Madrid botanical garden, in 1784, and, being new to the botanists, was named Dahlia, after Dahl, a Swedish botanist. Florists soon noticed the great possibility of variation in the flower in color and size, but it was rare in Europe until Humboldt brought from Mexico a quantity of the seed. Urges Change in College Methods. Prof. Dewey of the Boston Institute of Technology, in speaking before the convention of educators and business men at Ann Arbor, Mich., deplored the lack of fitness shown by college graduates for the hard realities of life. Prof. Ripley of Harvard university, urged the enforcement of business methods of exacting attention to study all through a university student's course. Room Needed. Cadleigh—"I heard you would probably have to make an assignment." Merchant (coldly)—"You have been misinformed." Cadleigh—"Doin' well, eh? Oh, well, I suppose everybody's business is big these days." Merchant—"Of course; otherwise you wouldn't be able to get your nose into it." Those smart Alecks who are telling it around that we staggered into a barbed-wire tence while returning from Squire Lipscomb's dinner are basely slandering us. We indulged in no rustic exercises or fete champetre on the way home, but slept soundly in the bottom of the squire's wagon. The reason our face is scarred is because we have been trying to shave ourselves with our new "safety" razor.—Hardeman (Tenn.) Free Press. Harvest Begins in May in Texas. Take advantage of the low rate excursions on the first and third Tuesday of each month and see the wonderful resources, the crops and conditions in the Lone Star State. "Texas"-a 144-page book, filled with facts and figures, brimful with information--will be sent free by addressing: "KATY," 402 Wainwright, St. Louis. Increase in Flour Exports. Since Sept. 1 Tacoma has sent 227, 329 barrels of flour to Asia, against 134,078 for the corresponding period last year. It Ought to Be To be able to pronounce "hereditability" is a sure sign of soberness, says a Cardiff (Wales) doctor. From Havre a French lady has sent out to the Cape a number of sheep as a present to the Boers. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago. - Mrs Thos. Robins, Maple Street, Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1900. The milkman knows the full significance of a white lie. JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. Some people are too busy giving advice to attend to their own business. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS Can Manufacture Saltnetre. Prof. Muthman, a German chemist, has a plan of saving his country the $15,000,000 a year it spends on imported saltpetre. He declared in a recent lecture in Munich that saltpetre can be manufactured from ordinary air with the aid of a cheap electrical current, for about one-fifth of what it now costs. Afghans Have Hard Task: The young amateur of Afghanistan, reformed, has decreed that hereafter his subjects shall have but four wives, and that all who have an excess of this number must divorce them. All good Afghanistanders are now busy picking out the best four and declare that being judge at a baby snow is as nothing to it. Salaries of German Professors German professors are not likely to grow rich. Seven years ago 191 drew salaries at $250 or less, 87 went as high as $400, 74 up to $1,000, 59 to $1,500 and 27 to $2,000. There are fourteen that obtained between that sum and $3,000, 15 as high as $4,000, 7 up to $5,000 and 4 above $5,000. Smoke Wood Shavings. Wood shavings saturated with a strong solution of pepper are used as a substitute for tobacco by Indiana along the Alaskan Coast. Their mouths are often made raw by the practice, and the eyesight of many is affected by the strong fumes. QUIT AND EAT. Some Coffee Tales. Show a woman an easy, comfortable and healthful way to improve her complexion and she is naturally interested. Coffee is the one greatest enemy of fair women, for in the most of cases it directly affects the stomach producing slight, and sometimes great congestion of the liver and therefore causing the bile to be absorbed into the system instead of going its natural way. The result is a sallow, muddy skin and a train of diseases of the different organs of the body which, in all too many cases, develop into chronic diseases. A lady speaking of how coffee affected her says: "I was very fond of coffee but while drinking it was under the care of the doctor most of the time for liver trouble, and was compelled to take blue mass a great deal of the time. My complexion was bad and I had a pain in my side steadily, probably in the liver. "When I concluded to quit coffee and take Postum Food Coffee I had it made carefully and from the very first cup we liked the taste of it better than any of the old coffee. "In a short time the pain left my side and my friends began to comment on the change in my complexion and general looks. I have never seen anything equal to the good I got from making this change. "A young lawyer in Philadelphia named ——, whose life was almost a burden from indigestion and its train of evils, quit coffee some months ago and began on Postum Food Coffee. He quickly recovered and is now well, strong and cheerful and naturally loud in his praises of Postum. "Another friend, 'an old gentleman of seventy, named —', who for years suffered all one could suffer and live, from dyspepsia, and who sometimes for weeks could eat no bread or solid food, only a little weak gruel or milk, quit coffee upon my recommendation and took up Postum. He b-gan to get better at once. Now he can eat rich pastry or whatever he likes and is perfectly well." Names given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. SECURE A FREE HOME SECURE A FREE HOME In the Fertile Wheat Fields of Western Canada. To the Editor: The emigration of well-to-do farmers from the United States to the Canadian Northwest has assumed such proportions that organized efforts are now being made by interested persons and corporations to stem the tide. The efforts are being initiated chiefly by railway and real estate interests in the states from which the bulk of the emigration takes place. The movement of population has taken from numerous states thousands of persons whose presence along railways in these states made business for the transportation companies. The movement has also become so widely known that it has prevented the settlement of vacant lands along these lines, parties who might have located there being attracted to the free and more fertile lands of Canada. The result of the movement has been that the railway companies not only see the vacant lands along their lines remain vacant, but they also see hundreds of substantial farmers who have helped provide business for these railways move away and so cease their contributions. The farmers have moved to Canada because they were convinced that it would be to their financial interest to do so. In moving they have been inconsiderate enough to place their own financial interests before those of the financial interests of the railway corporations. In addition to the railway corporations, real estate dealers are working to stem the flow of emigrants. Of course every emigrant who goes to Canada means the loss of commissions on land deals by real estate dealers. Now a person has but to know what the interests are that are trying to stop the flow to know what motive is influencing their course. The emigration means financial loss to railway corporations and to real estate men. These interests therefore are not directing their opposition efforts out of any love for the departing emigrants or out of any high patriotic motives either. They are doing so purely from selfish interests. It is a matter of dollars and cents with them. They are so patriotic, they are so consumed by love for their fellow-citizens, that they want to prevent these fellow-citizens going to Canada and getting free farms of the best wheat land in the world, and instead they want to make them stay on high-priced farms in the United States, where they will continue to pour money into the pockets of these railways and real estate men. One of the methods employed by these interests to stem the tide is the distribution of matter to newspapers, painting Canada in the darkest colors. These articles emanate chiefly from a bureau in St. Louis. They are sent out at frequent intervals for simultaneous publication. A writer is employed at a high salary to prepare the matter. Moreover, statements absolutely at variance with the truth have lately been published broadcast. These appear chiefly in what purport to be letters from persons who are alleged to have gone to Canada and become disgusted with it. Only a few of such have been published, and they contain statements that are absurd in their falsity. Whether the parties whose names appear in connection with those letters have ever been in Canada, and, if so, their history while there, is to be thoroughly looked into. The discovery of their motive, like the discovery of the motive of the interests who are engineering the opposition, may prove illumining. In the meantime, however, it may be pointed out that only a few of such letters have appeared, but since 1897 over 87,000 American settlers have gone to the Canadian West. Can any reasonable person suppose for a moment that if Canada was one-quarter as bad as represented in these letters the 87,000 Americans now there would remain in the country; or, if the Canadian West had not proved the truth of all that was claimed for it, the papers of every state in the American Northwest would not be filled with letters saying so? Imagine $7,000 aggressive Americans deceived and not making short shift of their deceivers. The fact is the $7,000 are well satisfied and are encouraging their friends to follow them. Anyone who sees any of these disparaging letters should remember that it is railway and real estate interests who have from purely selfish reasons organized a campaign to stem the flow to Canada. If Canada were half as bad as represented there would be no need of such an organization. The fact that such exists is of itself a magnificent tribute to Canada. Finally it should not be forgotten that the letters published are brimful of falsehoods, and that 87,000 satisfied Americans in the Canadian West constitute a living proof that such is the case. The Canadian Government agent whose name appears in advertisement elsewhere in this paper is authorized to give all information as to rates and available lands in Western Canada. Cures Drunkenness. A traveler has made the observation that coffee-drinking people are very seldom given to drunkenness. In Brazil, for instance, where coffee is grown extensively, and all the inhabitants drink it many times a day, intoxication is rarely seen. The foreigner who settles there, though possessed of ever such a passion for strong drink, gradually loses his liking for alcohol as he acquires the coffee-drinking habit of the Brazilian. Women the Worse Drinkers The first "blacklist of habitual drunkards" published in London under the new licensing act shows three times as many women as men. Knives Must Be Blunt Knives used at restaurants in Austria-Hungary must be blunt according to a very inconvenient regulation that has been enforced. All knives in use at public restaurants are to be kept thus so as to be con comparatively harmless in unruly, violent hands, and in case of quarrel and consequent brawling, there should be less risk of actual bloodshed. THE K. C. S. ALMANAC FOR 1963. 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 Western Missouri, the Cherokee and Cherokee Nebraska, the 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. Alm P. A., K. C. S. RY, Kansas City, Mo. Author and Explorer. Jack London, the well-known author, has earned fame in other ways than by his writing. He was one of the few who went over the Chilkoot pass in 1897, and one of his experiences in Alaska consisted in floating nineteen days in an open boat down to the Behring sea. ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS TRAIN SERVICE. Passengers destined to St. Louis and points east should go via the Kansas City gateway, thereby securing the advantage of the Chicago & Alton's fast night train, leaving Kansas City at 9 p.m., arriving in St. Louis at 7:08 a.m. Chair cars free of extra charge. Compartment sleeping cars. The Alton keeps their light a shining just ahead of the rest. Write to L. D. Cooper, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago & Alton Railway, Kansas City, Mo., for lowest rates. Animal Exports Fall Off. The total value of the exports of animal products in 1902 was about $3,000,000 greater than the like exports of the previous year, but there was a decrease of nearly $3,000,000 in the value of cattle exported. This was due to the sharp demand for beef cattle in this country.. Notable Lack of Male Heirs. The lack of male heirs among leading English military men is remarkable. Lord Roberts' only son was killed in battle, Lord Kitchener is a bachelor, and Sir Redvers Baller's only child is a daughter. Few Inhabitants of Sardinia Sardinia has only 750,000 inhabitants, although it could easily support 3,000,000. A German tourist writes that he has traveled on that island by rail two hours without seeing a single house. Project for East Travel An electrical railway is projected between Paris and Brussels, upon which cars are to cover the distance—191 miles—in two hours. LIGHTNING RODS REDEEMED Made of pure, soft copper, 43 insurance companies, 100 craftsmen them. The best on earth. Honest business for a nanny on earth. Farmers. write for free book on Lightline and how to Buddle St. Stephens BROOKLYN THEATRE BUT THE PRINT Dodd & Struthers, 720 118 Ave., Des Moines, Iowa. Colonist Rates to California. Tickets to Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and numerous other points in California will be on sale daily to and including June 15, 1903, by the Santa Fe at rate of $25 from Kansas City. These tickets will be good for stopovers at various points in California en route, and will be honored on fast trains carrying Free Chair Cars and Pullman Tour Sleepers. The best line to California is the Santa Fe, a road under one management, and operating trains over its own rails. Literature describing the route, equipment and the state free by appying to the undersigned. Santa Fe. GEO. W. HAGENBUCH, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept., A. T. & S. F. Ry. Kansas City, Mo W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's Goodyear Well (Hand-Sewed Processa) shoes than any other man-made product world. $25,000 REWARD will be paid to a person who can disprove this statement. Because W. L. Douglas is the largest manufacturer he can buy cheaper and produce his shoes at a lower cost than other concerns, which enables him to sell shoes for $3.50 and $3.00 equal in every way to those sold elsewhere for $4.00 and $5.00. The Daughters $25,000 REWARD will be paid to anyone who can disprove this statement. Because W. L. Douglas lthelargest manufacturer produce his shoes at a lower cost than other concerns, which enables him to sell shoes for $3.50 and $3.00 equal in every way to those sold elsewhere for $4 and $5.00. cases of tanning the bottom sales produces absolutely pure leather; more flexible and will wear well. The sales have more than doubled the past four years, which proves its superiority. Why not notice Increase from Sales: $9,298,821,821 In Business: 1022 Sales: $5,595,844,840 A gain of $2,838,454.79 in Four Years. W. L. DOUGLAS 5-14 GILT EDGE LINE, W. L. DOUGLAS 5-14 GILT EDGE LINE, The best Imported and American leather, Hegel's Patent Catell, Emmel, Box Catell, Calf, Vid, Caro, Calf, Vid. The genuine have W. L. DOUGLAS Caution: name and price stamped on bottom. Shoes by mail, extra. Illus. Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, BRECKTON, MASS. A Backache is a forerunner and one of the most common symptoms of kidney trouble and womb displacement. READ MISS BOLLMAN'S EXPERIENCE. "Some time ago I was in a very weak condition, my work made me nervous and my back ached frightfully all the time, and I had terrible headaches. "My mother got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for me, and it seemed to strengthen my back and help me at once, and I did not get so tired as before. I continued to take it, and it brought 'health and strength to me, and I want to thank you for the good it has done me.'—MISS KATE BOLLMAN, 142nd St. & Wales Ave., New York City. — $5000 forfit (original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures because it is the greatest known remedy for kidney and womb troubles. Every woman who is puzzled about her condition should write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all. DID YOU GET IT? Your wife told you to bring home a dollar bottle of Dr.Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin If you forgot it, you would better tie a string on your finger to-morrow morning and every time you look at it you will think of the medi- If you forget it, you would better tie a string on your finger to-morrow morning and every time you look at it you will think of the medicine that cures Constipation, Sick Headache, Indigestion, and every form of Stomach Trouble. H. T. Hull, of Noblesville, Ind., writes, "I feel it my duty to give you a voluntary testimonial for Syrup Pepins. My wife has been troubled all the time, and I will tell you the stage. We have tried all remedies we could hear of, together with prescriptions from local physicians, and until we finally got hold of your remedy and relief, I felt like taking your remedy for a few days only, we have results that are simply marvelous. I send you this entirely unsought, and will surely speak a good word for your remedy wherever and whenever I can." Your druggist has it or will get it for you. $50c and $1.00 sizes. HAD ANSWERS FOR ALL Paris Restaurant Ingenious in De force of India institution A restaurant in Paris celebrated for its high prices was also celebrated for the ingenious defense of them made by Bignon, the proprietor. "M. Bignon, a red herring at two and a half francs! It seems to me that is excessive." "But these prices are marked in your interest," rejoined the restaurateur. "It is the barrier I have established between my clients and the vulgar. Why do you come here? To be among yourselves, to avoid embarrassing or compromising surroundings. If I changed my prices the house would be invaded and you would all leave." Another patron who complained of a sauce was asked: "Did you dine here last evening?" "No," he replied. "That is the trouble, then; you spoiled your taste in the other restaurant." Still another guest objected to the charges on his bill, comparing it with an identical breakfast of a few days previous, which amounted to eighteen and a half francs, whereas the breakfast in question was charged twenty-one francs eighty centimes. "I will investigate the mistake," said Bignon, who, with the two bills, proceeded to his desk, returning shortly afterward. "It is very true, monsieur, that a mistake was made in your favor last Monday; but I make no claim for restitution." NOT LIKELY TO BE POPU' \R. Scriptural Method of Carving Fowls Has Disadvantages. A scriptural method of carving fowls when in secular company was claimed by a witty monk who, having been asked to carve one day, sald: "Inasmuch as you demand it, I will carve the fowl according to biblical principles." "Yes," exclaimed the hostess, "act according to the scriptures." The theologian therefore began the carving. The baron was tendered the head of the fowl, the baroness the neck, the two daughters a wing apiece, and the two sons a first joint, the monk retaining the remainder. "According to what interpretation do you make such a division?" inquired the host of his confessor, as he regarded the monk's heaping plate, and the scant portions doled out to the family. "From an interpretation of my own," replied the monk. "As the master of your house the head belongs to you by right; the baroness, being most near to you, should receive the neck which is nearest the head; in the wings the young girls will recognize a symbol of their mobile thoughts, that fly from one desire to another; as to the young barons, the drum stricks they have received will remind them that they are responsible for supporting your house, as the legs of the capon support the bird itself." Origin of a Word. "How do you pronounce vau-d-e-l-be?" asked the prefect of the purist. "Vowdville," was the instant reply, followed by the question, "How do you?" "Vawdeville," frankly confessed the prefect. "But I suspected I was wrong. That is the reason I asked you. I take it the word is French?" "Yes, and it comes from the name vau-de-vue—a river in Normandy. In that town during the fifteenth century lived Oliver Basselin, a French poet, who wrote a variety of matter in prose and verse. And now, after 600 years, every variety performer calls his act a vaudeville turn. The study of the origin of words is interesting," concluded the purist. Proud of His Norwegian Birth Proud of His Norwegian Birth. Edward Grieg, the Norwegian composer, dislikes the use of the word "Scandinavian" as applied to him. Recently, there appeared in an English monthly magazine an article entitled "Grieg, the Scandinavian Composer." Grieg, when he saw it, sent a telegram to a friend in London requesting him to see the editor and explain that he was not a Scandinavian but a Norwegian. It is an interesting circumstance that but for the Jacobite troubles he might have been a Scotsman, His ancestors, the Greigs, emigrated from Scotland after the affair of 1745 and settled in Norway. Age of Cats. Herr Pohl, president of the German Society for the Protection of Cats, has just published the results of his investigation in regard to the age, which it is possible for these animals to attain, Cats, he says, are like human beings in one respect. The more peaceful and better regulated their life is, the longer they are likely to live. As a proof, he points out that a favorite cat in the Royal Castle of Nymphenburg has lived to be forty-two years old, and consequently may fairly claim to be considered the dean of cats in Germany. Quite a Casualty List. The following epitaph is from a monument in a cemetery in Newark, N. J.; And broke his neck and died. Also three infant children. —New York Tribune. Quite Appropriate. Young Wife—I hardly know what to get George for a birthday present. Do you think he would appreciate a solitaire diamond? Her Brother (who knows him)—He undoubtedly would—if he happened to hold the other three aces. A There are two serious signals of Kidney ilis. The first signal comes from the back with numerous aches and pains. The second signal comes in the Kidney secretions. The urine is thin and pale, or too highly colored, and showing a "brick-dust like" deposit. Urination is infrequent, too frequent or excessive. You should heed these danger signals before chronic complications set in—Diabetes, Dropsy, Bright's Disease. Take Doan's Kidney Pills in time and the cure is simple. J. F. Wainwright, of the firm of Bones & Wainwright, painters and contractors, Pulaski, Va., says: "Four or five times a year for the past few years I have suffered with severe attacks of pain in my back, caused from kidney trouble. During these spells I was in such misery from the constant pain and aching that it was almost impossible for me to stoop or straighten and it really seemed as if the whole small of my back had given away. At times I also had difficulty with the kidney secretions which were discolored, irregular and scalding, and I was also greatly distressed with headaches and dizziness. I used a number of recommended remedies but I never found anything so successful as Doan's Kidney Pills. When I heard of them I had an attack and procured a box of them. In a few days the pain and lameness disappeared, the trouble with the kidney secretions was corrected and my system was improved generally. I have every confidence in Doan's Kidney Pills." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. Wainwright will be mailed to any part of the United States on application. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. You can always tell a man of loud taste by his manner of eating a plate of soup. FITS Permanently Cured, works of your senses after first day's use of a drug. King's great Nerve Restorer, need for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatment. Dr. R. H. Kins, Ltd., 43rd Aven. St., Philadelphia, Pa. Many a spinster is sorry she learned to say "no." Pride goes before a fall—and it goes much quicker after one. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Trials of the Great. Dislike of titles is ingrowing here. Man who loudly announced in Seventh avenue that he was "private secretary to Police Commissioner Greene" emerged from the crowd that had flocked to view him with his left eye discolored, his nose rapidly assuming shanty-like proportions, and his lips, ears and other appurtenances much the worse for wear.—New York Telegram. Old Clock Was Valuable. A man in Vienna possessed as an heirloom an old clock made early in the sixteenth century. He thought it was worth about $10. One day a stranger came and offered him $400 for it. The owner suspected that if it was worth that it might be worth more, so he investigated the matter. He soon received an offer of $4,000 for it and finally sold it to the Kensington Museum, London, for $20,000. Good Samaritan Medal. A medal has been struck by the German Samaritan union in honor of Prof. von Eismarch's eightieth birthday. This medal will be awarded to those who have distinguished themselves in the service of the sick. For Experimentation. Two tables for experimentation have been taken by the Carnegie Institute in the celebrated laboratory of Dr. Dohrn't at Naples, and one in a station which is to be esculished in the Bermudas. COOKING CONTEST. The ladies have a champion interested in the betterment of family cooks. $7,500.00 in cash has been donated by C. W. Post, Chairman of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., to be distributed between now and July next in 735 cash prizes to stimulate family cooks to better service. Less burned and greasy meat, and potatoes; less soggy biscuits, cake, etc., and better coffee, Postum and tea is the motto. The girls are to compete in the preparation of good, everyday dishes and in general cookery. Probably Grape Nuts and Postum Coffee will come in for some attention incidentally, but the tests will be conducted under the daily direction of the housewife and 735 cooks will win varying cash prizes from $200.00 down to $5.00, no one is required to pay anything whatever to enter this contest and each winner will receive a large certificate or diploma with the big Postum seal in gift, a badge of distinction much to be sought after. Particulars can be had by addressing Cookery Dept. No. 349 of Postum Cereal Co. Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Merely an Eye to Business. The manager of a tobacco factory is hailed as a philanthropist because he has installed pianos in his workrooms and has them played constantly for the enjoyment of his operatives. The fact that fingers and arms will move perceptibly faster, under the stimulus of swift musical rhythm, increasing the output of each worker from 10 to 30 per cent, was perhaps not overlooked by the employer when he made this investment. The First Wireless Message. What loops we have been. This not George, gazing ardently but silently into the eyes of Mabel, been a transmitter pure and simple? And as the silent message, circling, expanding, swept into space, what was it, all these years, but the psychologic coherer in Mabel's car that caught and recorded the message that contains but three words, Sent wireless by George and received wireless by Mabel? Has it taken Marconi to tell us this? A. Peculiar Accident Six Italian workmen had their legs broken at the same time in Amityville, L. L. recently. They had been relaying the tracks of the Long Island Railroad and had a rail ready to lower when a drill engine backed against the car in which they were, knocking the rail from their grasp. It fell, and in doing so caught several of them on the legs, with the result above stated. When They Were Gabes An amusing party was one at which each man was given a photograph of one of the young women present, taken when she was a baby or a very small girl, with instructions to find her for his partner at the card table. The majority of the girls were not hard to find, as women change much less than men as the years go by. Tesla Makes Large Promises. Locomotives propelled by electricity drawn from the air without cost, and ocean liners racing over the sea by the agency of the electric current drawn inexpensively from the same source, are promised for the near future by Tesla. It is to be done on the principle of wireless telegraphy. Swallows Have Great Speed It has often been stated that sixty miles an hour was the utmost rate at which a swallow could fly. Recent experiments upon Compagnie and Antwerp proved that a swallow in a hurry can cover 12815 miles in an hour. THE MEN AND WOMEN Who Enjoy the Choicest Products of the World's Commerce. Knowledge of What Is Best More Important Than Wealth Without It. It must be apparent to every one that qualities of the highest order are necessary to enable the best of the products of modern commerce to attain permanently to universal acceptance. However loudly heralded, they may not hope for world-wide preeminence unless they meet with the general approval, not of individuals only, but of the many who have the happy faculty of selecting, enjoying and learning the real worth of the choicest products. Their commendation, consequently, becomes important to others, since to meet the requirements of the well informed of all countries the method of selecting, enjoying and learning the real worth of the choicest order and the combination the most excellent of its kind. The above is true not of food products only, but is especially applicable to medicinal agents and after nearly a quarter of a century of growth and general use the excellent remedy, Syrup of Figs, is everywhere accepted, throughout the world, as the best of family laxatives. Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination principles of plants known to act most beneficially on the system and presented in the form of a pleasant and refreshing liquid, but also to the method of manufacture of the California Fig Syrup. It is also useful in the purity and purity essential in a remedy intended for family use. Ask any physician who is well informed and he will answer at once that it is an excellent laxative. If at all eminent in his profession and has made a special study of laxatives and their effects upon the system he will tell you that it is the best of family laxatives, because it is simple and wholesome and cleanses and sweetens the system effectually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after-effects. Every well-informed druggist of reputable standing knows that Syrup of Figs is an excellent laxative and is glad to sell it, at present. It is also useful in the purity and purity because it gives general satisfaction, but one should remember that in order to get the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs it is necessary to buy the genuine, which is sold in original packages only; the name of the remedy—Syrup of Figs and also the full name of the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.-printed on the front of every package. OKLAHOMA excels in bringing to you THE WESTERN INVESTMENT C Even the smallest shoe is a foot long. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. Speculators love dogs—at least they are fond of good pointers. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. It takes money to voice the opinion of a lawyer. CONVEXSMAN D.F. WILBER. FROM NEW YORK. Congressman D. F. Wilber, of Oneonta, N. Y., writes: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen—"Persuaded by a friend I have tried your remedy and I have almost fully recovered after the use of a few bottles. I am fully convinced that Peruna is all you claim for it, and cheerfully recommend your medicine to all who are afflicted with catarrhal trouble."—David F. Wilber. Universally Accepted as The Best Family Laxative SYRUP OF FIGS is Recommended by Many Millions of The Well-Informed Throughout the World— Manufactured by CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. Peru-nana Preventive and Cure for Colds. Mr. C. F. Given, Sussex, N. B., Vice President of "The Pastime Boating Club," writes: "Whenever the cold weather sets in I have for years past been very sure to catch a severe cold which was hard to throw off, and which would leave after-effects on my constitution the most of the winter. "Last winter I was advised to try Peru-nana, and within five days the cold was broken up, and in five days more I was a well man. I recommended it to several of my friends and all speak the highest praise for it. There is nothing like Peru-nana for cataratal afflictions, it is well nigh infiltrable as a cure, and I gladly endorse it." - C. F. Given. A Prominent Singer, Boved from Loss of a Father. Mr. Julian Weisshult, 115 Seneca street, Buffalo, N. Y. is corresponding secretary of The Sanger must, of New York, is the leaing second bass of the Sanger must, the largest German singing society of New York and also the oldest. Universally Accepted as The Best Family Laxat SYRUP OF FU is Recommended by Many Mill of The Well-Info Throughout the Manufactured by CALIFORNIA San Francisco Louisville, Ky. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGIST excells in Corn, Cotton and Wheat. Ideal place to live. 200 FARMS FOR SAVE. Bargains in city property, bringing large linen and or money leased at 6¢ on gil- cled office, real estate. No Safety threat. NEND FOR CATALOGUE. ENT CO., EL RENO, OKLAHOMA TER. THE BEST POMMEL SLICKER IN THE WORLD TOWER'S FISH BRAND Like all our waterproof coats, suits and hats it is often imitated but never equaled. Made in black or yellow and fully guaranteed by AJ TOWER CO. TOWER CANADIA CO. BOTTOM MOSCOW, CANADA. --- In 1899 The Sangeriuset celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with a large celebration in New York City. The following is his testimony: "About two years ago I caught a severe cold while traveling and which settled into catarrh of the bronchial tubes, and so affected my voice that I was obliged to cancel my engagements. In distress I was advised to try Peruma, and although I had never used a patent medicine before, I sent for a bottle. "Words but tily describe my surprise to find that within a few days I was greatly relieved, and within three weeks I was entirely recovered. I am never without it now, and take an occasional dose when I feel run down." -Julian Weisslitz If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruma 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 O ive IGS llions ormed e World— FIGSYRUP Co. sco, Cal. New York, N. Y. PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE. THE LINCOLN IMPORTING HORSE COMPANY LINCOLN, NEBRAKA Llack Bercherons, Shires, and German Coaches 20 Per Cent Off for the Next Thirty Days A saving of $200 to $300 on horse Stallion. These are cood-blooded facts. We pay buyer a railroad fare to Lincoln and return. Come and see us at once and get a winner. Barns and Office, 33d and Holdrege Streets. Long Dis Tel. 575 A. J. SULLIVAN, Mgr. W. N. U.. KANSAS CITY, No. 16, 1903 Venue Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. PISO'S CURE FOR THE SEAT'S ALL HORSE Best Cough Breatht. Tastes good. Use in time. Bod by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- OZONO AND Cedroline combined tr for the Hair The most on earth. with only $1.50, an will send to you a two extra large box $10; also two large Hair Grower, worth $2.0 covery. POWDERED EGG our celebrated and renowned hair care brand. The most generous offer ever made by any firm on earth. Cut out this advertisement, and send to us with congratulations. We will send to you a full and complete treatment, consisting of two extra large boxes of OZONO, king of all Hair Tones, worth $300; also two large bottles of CEDROLINE, the lightning Hair Tone, powdered EGG SHAMPOO, worth $50; also one bar of our celebrated and renowned PURITYSCALP SOAP, worth $2c. and one 1-pint package of our most prestigious conditioner, worth $10. This generous offer will be in all specialty of the day, worri- $5.00, will be sent on receipt of $1.50 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 at BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 Mention th Is This Re Yes! Some of the prettiest designs in are in the show w Kansas City's Pion J. A. W. 816 W. 9th St., Mr. Wilson in soliciting t and the public either in bui ing of watches and jew assures nothing less th Bargains in diamond rings, e baby rings, ladies' gold guard sociality of the day, worth 25c. This grand collection, worth in all at receipt of $1.50 and your name and address, with full, plain, precedents, together with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly adored of the day. All who have ever bought OZ0N0 we will send this great bargain 1.00. Your word will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where This liberal offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, coin money selling our preparations. No matter where you live, we is safe to you. Do not delay; order to-day. Address EMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. $1.50, will be sent on receipt of $1.50 and your name and address, with full plain, and complete directions, together with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly called the educator of the day. NOTE—To all who have ever bought OZONO we will send this great bargain offer for only $1.00. Your word will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where you bought it. This liberal offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, who can simply coin money selling our preparations. No matter where you live, we can get our goods safely to you. Do not delay; order to day. Address BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va Mention this paper when you write. this Really True? ! Some of the choicest qualities and tiniest designs in Watches and Jewelry in the show window of : : : : City's Pioneer Negro Jeweler, J. A. WILSON, 9th St., KANSAS CITY, MO. 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, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Is This Really True? Yes! Some of the choicest qualities and prettiest designs in Watches and Jewelry are in the show window of : : : : Kansas City's Pioneer Negro Jeweler, J. A. WILSON. 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. A LETTER FROM MISS SUSIE BOGGS. American Mutual Aid Association, S. Gentlemen:—I want to thank you of the claim that was due me for this also want to thank your agent, Mr. C me, and your doctor for his visiting was a great saving for me since it. We don't go around boasting all others to do this. Those persons who feel that the and sickness, we courteously invite this nature, and if you find any of privileges, and benefits that we do, company; but if not, then we throw. Whether you would be insured or not to post you on the laws of fraternal 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 thank your agent, Mr. G. A. Clay, for his regular attention to actor for his visiting me every day while I was sick, which caring for me since it cost me nothing. Gentlemen: I want to thank you for the promptness in the payment of the claim that was due me for the time that I was seriously ill, and I also want to thank your agent, Mr. G. A. Clay, for his regular attention to me, and your doctor for his visiting me every day while I was slick, 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. 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TIN WORK a Specialty. T. LEE ADAMS 412 Walnut Street, KANSAS CITY, MO. Gardon Tools, Poultry Supplies. NURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND SECRET LODGES. Cosmo 411 Dan Lodge No. 263. G.U.O.of O.F. meets at 1413 E. 18th st. 2nd and 3rd Wednes- day classes. W. R. Rutter, J. H. Heltz, N. G. W. R. Rutter, P. S. St. Mary's Tabernacle, No. 2, meets first and third Fridays in each month at 1734 Grand avenue. Daughter Luci Beasley H. P. Daughter Mary Finley, Southeen. St. Halaryd Tarnacble No. 7 meets first and St. Louis Ave. Rev. N. C. Bruns up avenue. Daughter Martha Johnson H. S. Slaughter Abbie L. Pyles, Southam. Gate City Lodge, No. 469, G U. of O. P meets at 1413 E. 1st Street, every first and third Fridays, of each Market. E. S. LEWIS, P. S. St. John's Chapel, on Belf. St. Between 9a and St. Louis ave. Irev. N. C. Buren pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. Sunday school at 3:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening and Teachers meeting Thursday evening. Vine Street Baptist church, T. H. Ewing, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 2:30 Praver meeting Friday evening. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, cor. 2d and Holmes. Rev. A. A. Gilbert, pastor. Sunday services, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 3:30 p. m. Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A. F. and A. M., meets second and fourth Monday evenings in the month. J. W. Crowe, W. M. H. J. Spigener, Sec'y. Allen Chapel, south-eastcorner 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 reh, corner Tenth and Charlotte. S. W. Bacote, 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 Ayene Baptist church Sunday services, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Preaching, Wednesday evening, 8 p.m. Praise meetings Monday evening B. Y. P. U. Sunday school 2 p.m. G. W. Boyd, Pastor. MRS. A. B. CUMMINGS, Clerk. Pleasant Valley Baptist church, Rosedale, Kansas, Sunday services, Preaching 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; B. Y. P. U., 7 p.m. W. H. F. and M. Society, Thursday evening praise meeting. Rev. H. E. STRUCKLAND, Pastor TUCKER, Clerk. Pleasant Green Baptist church, Independence and Tracy ave. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Preaching, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p.m. Weekly services—Prayer meetings and missionary, Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock p. m. Young People's Literary and Progressive Club, Thursday evenings. Church meeting, Friday before the second Sunday in each month. E. M. WILSON, Pastor. Residence 1603 East 13th st. Burns Chapel, M. E. Church. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Preaching, 11:00 a.m. Cass Meeting, 2:30 p.m. Epworth League, 7:00 p.m. Preaching, 7:45 p.m. Literary Tuesdays 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. Class Meeting, Thursdays 8:00 p.m. Corner 11th and Highland, J. M. Ham's Pastor. Sunday Services—Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Preaching 11 a.m.; Class Meeting p. m.; Epworth League Bible Reading 2:30 p.m.; Epworth League Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m.; Preaching 8 p.m.; Weekly Services Prayer Meeting 8:30 p.m.; Epworth League Bible Reading Friday 8 p.m.; bi-monthly; Choir Rehearsals Monday, Asbury M. E. Church, 19th and Peter, Kansas City, Mo., Wm. J. Poetery Pastor, residence 181. East Twenty-fifth street. 1784 ..... Telephone ..... 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. ...AND... Table Luxuries Vegetables in Season, Fresh & Salt Meats, Teas & Coffees. G. JONES, E 17th St., Kansas City, Mo. IT AND MOST RAPID ER IN EXISTENCE. rapidity. No waiting for results. 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"And so they have begun running excursions to my old familiar haunts at last."—Judge. Fair Warning. The voice at the telephone was a roar. "Hello, central!" "Hello!" replied the soft voice. "Give me Main 99,999. And, say, central, he's the agent of this flat I'm living in. I'm going to ask him what's the reason we don't get any steam heat. Please take your ear away from the 'phone while I am talking to him." Present Company Always Excepted. "What do you consider the greatest object of interest in England?" asked the interviewer. "Well," answered the great lecturer from abroad. "I arrived here yesterday, and—" "Of course," exclaimed the interviewer, apologetically, "I meant the greatest object of interest next to yourself!"—Stray Stories. The Innocent Girl. "What nonsense all this is about men getting on their knees when they propose!" said Mrs. Parslow to her dear friend. "My husband didn't do any such absurd thing when he asked me to marry him." "He did when he proposed to me," said the dear friend, without thinking. Explained. "But there's one good point about those flats. I understand they do not object to children there. They lay special stress on that in their advertisement." "No wonder. They realize that any couple with a child would have to move out and find more room." Spoiled, but Not by Her. He (chuckling over a job of teakettle mending)—Maria, I believe there was a good mechanic spoiled when I went into the shipping business. His wife—I don't know about that, but you spoiled a good bachelor when you got married.—Stray Stories. Testimonial Writers. "Do you subscribe to the theory that people's characters are made by what they eat?" "No," answered the scientist; "but judging from the advertisements I should say that in many cases their reputations are made by the medicines they take." He Knew Her Mrs. Powers—Thomas, if you were to live your life all over again, and if it came to the matter of choosing a wife, do you think you would choose me?" Mr. Powers (submissively)—There's no doubt about it, Maria, provided you wanted me. He "Drew" Well. "How does your son draw in his political campaign?" asked the stranger. "Purty heavy," replied the old man. "He drawn on me yesterday for $100, and I'm expecting another draw by next mail." Positive Proof. C. Emma—Do you know how old Hilda is? Ella—No; but I do know that she orders her photographs from an old proof. Hyphena Paid Better. "I understand young Briefless is about to marry the daughter of old Bonds, the millionaire." "Yes, so I am told." "Will he give up the law business?" "Yes; he will give up the law business and go into the son-in-law business." PURITY DAIRY CO., Manufacturers of Ice Cream & Ices. We are fitting our plant up to be the best in the City. 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Langston's Shaving Parlor. LANGSTON'S Shaving Parlor D. W. LANGSTON. Proprietor. N. R. Shaw and'Ben McCormick Artists. BATHS 25c. FINE CIGARS. Poreclain Bath Tubs. Rooms Steam Heated. Agency for Steam Laundry. 718 E 8th St., Kansas City, Mo. Your Patronage Sollicited. The CURVE SALOON M. COHN, Proprietor. Importer of and Dealer in Pennsylvania Ryes and Kentucky Bourbon, Fine Wines, Gins, Cordials & Cigars. 543 Grand Avenue. N. E. Cor. Independence and Grand. Family bottle trade promptly attended to. H. PATTON, Prop R. HERNDON. T. J. PATTON. BARBERS Laundry Agency and Cigars. Ladles' and Gents' Shoes Polished. 926 Wyandotte St. KANSAS CITY MO. Prof. L. L. Thompson C. S. P. The celebrated Mind Reader and Divine Healer' Advices Given in all business matters. Hours:—6:30 p. m. to 11 p. m. 716 Broadway