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. THE PANTHEON. This subject was before the Forum on last Sunday at 4 p. m. It was discussed at length by Mr. Lewis Woods, the promoter of the enterprise; Prof. S. R. Bally, Prof. W. W. Yates and Dr. M. H. Hey, and others. Mr. Woods led off in the discussion by stating that we have a colored population of about 40,000 souls, that there are many secret organizations in this vast population of our people, and outside of their churches, that we have practically no where to assemble and consult for our business or racial interests. He contended that there were enough monied men of the colored race in Kansas City to organize a business enterprise, build a "Pantheon" which would be large enough to accommodate all the lodges of Kansas City, all of our professional men, and at the same time have a racial center. He contended that it would be a good paying investment and a beacon light on the shores of time to our boys and girls. Here we could have a bank run by colored men—a large wholesale and retail grocery house—where our boys and some of our girls could get employment and learn to do some thing in life. He contended that we could deposit funds for the present in one of our city banks—that with our 40,000 colored population, we are practically without business man or even a place to do business. That he was ready and willing to invest some money in an enterprise that had for its object the doing of something to elevate the Negro in the business world and had for its purpose, push, thrift and racial enterprise. Prof. Baily spoke at some length on the subject and thought the object was a good one—but that the shares of stock should be $10.00 instead of $1.00. He also advanced the thought that the colored people should learn the earning capacity of the dollar. Prof. Yates spoke, and made a humorous talk and advanced the idea that it was an unfortunate thing, but nevertheless a fact that in most colored enterprises the bottom in some way or other would get shaky and some times would drop out of itself and "then there we are." But it remained for Dr. Key to state that the reason the colored people would not support the building of a "Pantheon" in Kansas City was because the Eureka Drug Company and the Colored Grocery Company went under when they should have succeeded. It seems that the colored people are afraid of each other and that those who have some money are doubting the point whether the Negro can do anything within himself. It looks to the world as though the race cannot rise as a whole, as other races have done—but in the instance of the Negro, it is an individual effort. MONEY RAISED BY CAPTAINS IN EASTER RALLY. Total amount raised from all sources ..... $940.92 J. H. CREWS. Sec. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Last Sunday's meeting was a very helpful one. The concert given at the Second Baptist church was a success in every way, and netted the association sixty-one dollars and seventy cents. The association desires to hereby tender its hearty thanks to the committee in charge for their zealous and unselfish work. The following are the names of the committee: Mrs. Maria P. Williams, Miss Victoria E. Overall, and Mrs. C. E. Cummings. On the night of Thursday, May 7, Dr. T. C. Unthank will deliver a confidential medical talk to men only at the association rooms, 912 E. 121st street. This talk was to have been delivered some time ago, but was postponed on account of the inclement weather. We feel that no young man can afford to miss this talk. Try to be there by eight o'clock. G. W. M. L. C. PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Donated to Negro Education and Manual Training. Never in the history of the United State of America, since the days of Frederick Douglas, has a Negro been so prominently and so constantly, before the general public as a race leader, as our most estimable Prof, Booker T. Washington. For a whole century he has run the whole gamut of censure and praise. Throughout these years and under most trying circumstances he has invariably in his sphere and out of it been the man of the hour, who takes criticism meekly and urbanly and wears his honors modestly. Whether on the lecture platform or through the press enunciating sound and incisive policies for racial guidance; whether the honored guest of the nation's president, discussing deep policies of state in their multifaced aspects to the Negro race with the acumen of a Richelieu, or as the most successful financier of any university for the black race, always he is Booker T. Washington, a name synonymous with modesty, honesty and morality of the highest order. A man truly worthy of all honors that can be bestowed for his unfinching courage and manly devotion to duty. A man whom adversity has never conquered, florid flattery or discriminating and just praise has never spoiled or caused him to lower his dignity by braggadocia over success stupendous and fame of achievement which well might urn the head of most men. Inattentive to praise or blame, he has ever stood calm as fate in the nebulosity of his own intellectuality. Now the howling blasts of fierce criticism has changed to most gentle breezes and grateful puffs. From the humblest citizen of the republic to the most exalted in the person of President Roosevelt, all pay tribute to him, just tributes to the man and to the backing of his meritorious idea by his indomitable pluck. Thus a good cause, merit, executive capacity, and untiring energy brings its ultimate reward—success. From the humble washerwoman who gave her fifty cents in the support of the school and in recognition of the merits and honesty of its president, to the many who have given on upward to their thousands of dollars—all deserve and get favorable mention. But possibly none of the supporters of the school and generous philanthropists who have contributed to the maintenance of it since its in- cipiency, have attracted the wide attention that Honorable Andrew Carnegie has by his most recent donation, ever since giving twenty thousand to the institute's library. The multimillions that this collosus of finance has amassed is proof positive of the soundness of his judgment on all things financial, and when he set the seal of his approval on Washington's institution by giving six hundred thousand, it was a tribute to Prof. Washington's honesty and management and a safe investment for the betterment of Negro citizenship in the South. An effort to lift him above the realms of mendacity that he might give more of his personal time and care to the students under him. Whether it will accomplish the second of this two-fold object depends on the needs of the school and its reserve funds. The professor is too used to a strenuous life to cease traveling over the country and making personal appeals unless cash balance on the ledger will meet all future requirements. We, as a race of people, feel that we have a strong friend in Mr. Carnegie, who has proven himself such not by empty words, but in a most substantial manner. Long and ever may he be cherished in our hearts by the race who have ever been grateful for favors shown, and will best show appreciation for this most princely munificence of Mr. Carnegie by taking advantage of increased facilities for industrial and manual training—Dr W. C. Combs. The World's Population. During the last seven years the population of Europe has risen in round numbers from 216,000,000 to 400,000,000; that of Asia and Africa has probably increased a little more slowly; that of America has become more than three and a half times as great as it was in 1830. Altogether the world's population is now about 1,600,000,000, and was 847,000,000. Murderer's Heavy Sentence Murdeer's Heavy Sentence. One of the strangest sentences that has been pronounced in any court has just been passed on a man named Boutin, at the assizes of Stolpe, Prussio. in October last Boutin broke into a farmhouse in Russia and killed two women and three children, besides robbing the place. Boutin has now been condemned five times to death, plus five years' imprisonment. The best way to get along with your neighbors is not to know any of them The meetings of last week were well attended. The class meetings are being better attended than for quite a while. The Young People's Christian Endeavor Society spent a pleasant evening at the church last Wednesday in a social way. All present enjoyed themselves. Allen Chapel's choir was remembered by the trustees last Saturday evening. Plenty of ice cream and cake was served and a pleasant time had by those who were fortunate enough to be present. The choir has been doing excellent work and should be remembered offener. Many a sweet disposition has been spoiled by over work in Allen chapel. Services last Sunday were well attended and a splendid collection was given. There is no reason why this should not be the banner year for raising money and paying off our debts. Thus far we are doing excellent. We feel justly proud, for our first five hundred dollars on the principal debt is paid, the interest also and when the next one is due-five months from now—we expect to do the same thing without any trouble. The members and friends are doing their whole duty. Rev. Howard Harris preached to us for his last time for the present, as he leaves for his charge in Salina, Kansas, this week. No one has ever left Allen Chapel who was so generally liked by all as Mr. Harris. For years he has been super-independent of the Sunday School and was loved and respected by all. Through his efforts more young people have been brought into the church; he was possessed with an unusual amount of patience along that line. As a trustee he was ever faithful; as a class leader he was second to none; as his class looked upon him as a man true to his convictions. We hope for him a bright future and his place in Allen Chapel cannot be easily, if ever filled. He was given a collection of $16.75 to help him on his journey, as a token of love, from pastor, members and friends of Allen Chapel his congregation will not find a better man with whom to work in the Master's vineyard. The trustees' collection was very good and some of the captains are still reporting. Thus far they have raised $940.00. Mr. Teeters and Crens read their list of names last night. The other captains could not read theirs, as the people grew tired and left before their lists were finished. Several new members joined Sunday morning and evening. We are glad to see this. Our doors are always open. Come and welcome. The various clubs will meet as usual this week. They expect to do some good work in the next few months. INDEPENDENCE NEWS The recital given by Miss Haitie L. Brown at the A. M. E. church was a rare treat to the large and enthusiastic audience which packed the church on that occasion. Her renditions are perfect and every one present was highly entertained by the queen of elocutionists. The local talent supported her in an able manner. The grocery store under the management of Mr. J. E. Mason was opened Saturday week and from all reports is doing a splendid business. We hope every Negro who is interested in the progress of the race will patronize it, for when we trade there we are helping ourselves. Misses Roza and Emma Bush spent Sunday in Lexington visiting friends and relatives. The Deaconess Board and members of the A. M. E. church surprised Mr. Jordan Evans and wife with a beautiful supply of groceries on April 20th. We are glad to know that by some the aged are never forgotten. Mrs. Sarah Dixon, the Grand Matron of the Court of Heroines of Pericho, visited the courts of the city April 16. She gave the courts a very instructive and interesting lecture. Rev. H. H. Triplett, former pastor here, spent Sunday attending services at the A. M. E. church, and visiting friends. We were glad to see him. Come again. Miss Anna M. Jones, of Kansas City, attended the recital of Miss Hallie I. Brown. We are always glad to see her in our midst, as her presence gives us inspiration. Miss C. Yarnell and Mr. P. Pool were married in our city last week. We wish the young couple much joy and happiness. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, of Hot Springs, Ark., are here visiting their mother. Mrs. Turner. A baptismal service was held at the A. M. E. church last Sunday night at which time the pastor preached a special sermon on baptism. Ten were baptized. Rev. J. D. Barksdale, of Westport, passed through the city last week en route to Lexington. Mme. Lucas, the renowned prima donna, better known as the "Nightingale of the 20th Century," will give a concert at the A. M. E. church on May 7th. Come and hear her. There are a large number on the slick list, including Mr. I. Jones and wife, Bro. Jordan Evans, Miss Johnson, Mr. John Ross and Mrs. Fisher. We hope them a speedy recovery. If you want a good meal or a fine loaf of home-made bread, go to Mrs. Jackson's restaurant. We notice a few new faces in the choir of the A. M. E. church. We are pleased to see the interest being manifested by its members. The leader, Mr. Chas, Bryant, is an untiring worker. He is ably assisted by his most amiable wife. Mrs. N. B. Oxley, of the True Reformers, met the club here last Thursday night. It will meet again on May 6th. We hope every member will be present. THE TYPICAL SPRING Ob. Spring, the sweetest of all the year. With your beautiful flowers and birds and bees. And the lovely sunshine so bright and clear. Casting her radiant beauty o'er land and seas. All Nature bear witness of thee, gracious Spring. You replenish the earth as a mother her child. What joy and gladness and beauty you bring. How your melodious music our hearts do inspire! With your tender motherly and magical touch You opened the eyes of each sleeping bud. The trees in their verdure of green are flushed. And the dandelions have put on their golden heads. Oh, Spring, lovely Spring, thrice welcome art thou. Though beautiful was winter, with her mantle of snow. As it lay like a dead saint, embalmed in her shroud. All diamond bedecked by some artistic glow. Every tree top and twig were covered with care Like a beautiful bride on her wedding morn. Stood waiting so virtuous, so pure, and so fair. To be given away to the handsome Sun. As the grasses and buds that a few days before Seemed useless and good for naught but decay. Now as vigorous and lovely as ever before. Is not this a type of the Resurrection day? So the soul that is gone to God, who gave. And the body back to its Mother Earth. Shall rise in the Spring of God's great day. And be clothed in garments of immortal birth. The Irony of Fate For international irony it would be hard to beat the fact that, whereas in 1870 France produced 25,000 tons of mudder, the quantity gradually fell to a few hundred tons, till now the trousers of the French troops are dyed with an artificial red made in Germany. NUMBER 11. GLEANINGS FROM PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH. (Located in Rear of Independence and (Located in Rear of Independence and Tracy Avenue.) Sunday school opened at its usual hour, 9:30. Services opened by pastor, Rev. E. M. Wilson. Explanation from Cluster Leaf by pastor, which was most excellent, and had a tendency to render the lesson exceedingly interesting. Mrs. Lee, of the 2nd Baptist church was with us, and gave an explanation of an entertainment, "Oxford Affair," which is to be given by her at this church on May 22nd. Weather pleasant; crowd very good. The teachers are now putting forth many efforts to have the pupils be well prepared to stand examinations, which are given at the end of each quarter. Regular eleven o'clock services; singing, prayer by deacon, James Spaulding; congregation read 4th chapter of Revelations, led by pastor; singing; sermon by pastor, text: Rom. 13.11. "Knowing the time, now it is high time to wake up of sleep." His subject was "Validity of Time" Choir entered box, Context; Act 20: "The will of the Lord be done." He stated that the perfection of time was one of the greatest gifts of mazkind, and that without time there would be confusion. He added that God took time and from it he reckoned all things, and without it we could not receive a blessing. After his most eloquent and instructive sermon, congregation sang a hymn. Doors of the church were opened for the reception of members; choir sang, "How firm a foundation;" collection was taken; choir sang, "Peace on Earth." B. Y. P. U. opened at its usual hour, 6 o'clock, president F. L. Lewis presiding. Paper was read by Miss Lilie R. Taylor, and discussed by members. Secretary's report. Regular devotional exercises at 7:15 led by Bro. Milo Strong. Regular services at 7:20. Choir entered choir box, and at the command of the pastor, sang, "I love thy kingdom, Lord," prayer by Bro. Clark; congregation read 12th chapter of Revolutions; led by pastor; choir sang, "The Mercy Seat," sermon by pastor, text, Rev. 12-6. "And the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there." His subject was: "God's Care for His Church." He preached a grand sermon on the location of the devil. He said conclusively that the devil never was not never would be in heaven; he added that it was a place of purity, holiness, cleanness, and had never been corrupted. After the scholarly and technical discourse, while the choir sang "Open the door for the children," doors of church were opened for the reception of members. Collection, choir sang: "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me." Collection, $21.00. Recently a grand surprise was given to pastor Rev E. M. Wilson and a headsome suit was presented him. It was given by the secret club. All assembled on church meeting night, and to their surprise, flowers, palms, oranges, bananas, cake, cream, in the midst of a table that was set at the western side of the house, was prepared for the pastor and the remainder of the church that did not belong to the secret club. The pulpit was decorated with palms and carnations. Everything was done with order. After the feast, the following persons gave rich toasts: Mr H. J. McDonald, Miss Rachel Dagley and Mrs Gertrude W. McDonald. The handsome black suit which was given to the worthy pastor was highly appreciated. And his remarks for his appreciation were grand. The secret club, under the auspices of Mrs. Mollie Williams and Mrs. Mary Herriford spent no little time and money to make the affair a grand and successful one. Everything passed off harmoniously. Mr. Lewis L. Thompson and Mrs. Tillie Heresford will be married May 6th by Rev. Scott of A. M. E. church at Mrs. Heresford's place of Business at 138 West 6th street. They will move to their new home at 2319 Highland Ave. in the fall. Th man who puts his trust in riches should put his riches in Trusts. rr | ills srmsemccacaaasaasacmmmaacaacaaaaacaaaaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaccaaaaaaaaaacaaaaamaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiil 5 Seal eee S Bereaves. ree fet me come tn where you ait weeping Lot me, who have not any child to die, T have known nothing of ho little arms (hAt slowly, alowely tooseel Hremite round your necks tne, Mier'-tuch‘armicsuch hands 1 never Stay Phot weep with yout 3 g Yuin woult Tbe of serviee—say some Tetw “the tears, that would be com+ v7 Your so sadder th n yourselves am I, Vv tienes Whitesenb fiver, eh a NIP ‘ j Ft c& 5 “i o) ar 4 law oy és bd G) g Qe o ©. ~ . br BZ eo 8% Ou ; a is O One Man’s Honor ‘Are you quite sure that you are really happy, dear—very happy? And he leaned over the table deux and touched her fingers behind the friendly selter of the roses, Forget ful of the ubiquitous waiter, of every thing but the eartestfaced man be: fore her, the girl impulsively streteh. ed out both hands to him and said with shining eyes So happy, dear, happier than 1 ever hoped to be—and to think that at last the dream of my life is going to be realized —T shall go home, home to dear England again, 1 was very lit le when mamma and Grace and 1 Jeft the old home after papa’s death, Hut America has never seemed so beautiful to me as our dear home in Surrey.” A look of sadness crept into the glowing eyes and she did not notice that the man moved uneasily tn his chair and that a gloomy, wor ried expression overshadowed the bright hopefulness of a moment be fore “We shall ko back Just as soon as we are married, shall we tot, Dick? Dear old Dick, 1am so glad that you and not any one else are to give me my dearest wish, Aren't yon glad you don't look uproariously happy what is it, dear?” May, would you mind so awfully Mf we well, if we didn't go back to England, after alla” “Would Lomiad? Diek are you erazy? Oh, you know L have hoped and waited for that all my life. It used to seem as if It would never come tre till LP met yon and you told me you loved me, And since then T have thought of it, waited for It day and night” Dick looked at her questioningly for a moment and then said, a litte Mitterly: "Do you know, little girl, that at times E have been tempted to think that yon loved the thought of going back home better than you did me.” Her face erimsoned painfully, and his heart smote him “There, there, little one: that wasn't fair. Twas a beast to say tt fo you more ef a beast because you ure joing to be put to the test.” Why, Dick, what do you mean?" “Just this, Maysie, girlie: we ean not go back to England at least | cannot.” “You cannot ko back, Dick? Surely furely you have not committed some erime which prevents you from going back, It isn't that? Say it isn't!” “Well, Pm not exactly a eriminal Vette girlbut P might just_as well be.’ he said bitterly. 1 should be treated Uke one if T went back, and every fone believes me to be the most des pieable wretch on the face of the green earth.” A nameless fear grew In the girl's eves “For heaven's sake, Dick, tell me what yon mean” “Tmean just this: fT went bact fo England tomorrow my own reia Lives would in ail possibility cut me dead, ‘The fellows at the eubs-tr the park—on the street, would pas: me with a cold nod. if Poffered then my hand not a mothers son of then Dut wonld quietly and coldly ignor ft. My God, child, you don't. knov what it meant to me, 1 went throug! the al @ 8 BETES Sigh i Cog est Rey SEF ERT ag “4 Poel “ i SWS Fae Ban Sa) ~ pam a | ff A) hoe, “oe ra A) \ Mit Ht | YO iu : i} N 1 Hi “i \ - 1 > Lip) po Pane ’ “are you quite sure that you are really happy, dear—very happy {t once, but not even for you could 1 go through that hell a second time. But, why, Dick; tell me why wnat have you done?” ‘It's not good hearing for Innocent ears like yours, little sweetheart; but Mt Is your right to know. I have told you that when I came into my money at eighteen I kicked over all re straints and went the pace till—well {HNL earse the Worst Kind of @ crop per, You see, Margrave and twe or three others of the Oxford — set time, and, like a lot of hot-headed fools, we turned London upside down hunting for some new devilment in whieh to make ducks and drakes of it all. 1 was the hottest-headed fool of them all and soon found that 1 Tia hat OAL. GslAGh AABREAR CURED viable reputation. for wildness, — bu that T hed rin dangerously sear the end of my tether—things had arrived | ! ¢ «Ley GA 1 \ pie 2 oy ; <td : i { : VW NS { . ay ‘ 7 If MAY u (i oh eo “See here, old chap, I'm in a devil of a ‘nla at a stage where TL could no longer hold my own with the fellows—so f made up my mind to pull up stakes “and go to one of the colonies with the remainder.” He sat gloomily silent for a mo- ment. apparently lost in a retrospect anything but pleasant. An impatient “Oh, £0 on, Dick, please go on," from the irl brought him back to the pres ent again | “Just before 1 sailed for Australia ‘the day before, TF think it) was— Marzrave came to me and said: ‘See here, old chap, Um. in devil of a hole Tnewd two thousand pounds the Worst sort of a Way and not another son can raise on the estate, Eve kot to have it, or there'll be a seandal that will break the mater’s heart; help me ont, for God's sake. ’Margrave's mother had been aw: fully good to me when Twas a lonely little chap at Eton—used to have me down for the holidays, and_ all that vow know—xo the upshot of {tall was that [promised to let him have the two thon—and it was just halt o what Thad left—-and further, be go me to promise to take the check te the party he was rowing with. [tool it, got a receipt for it and sailed the newt day. “For eight years In Australia T got no word from the home. folks, bu thoneht that the letters had” gone astray, as Twas far up country, anc finally T went back to Eneland with a nice .ittle pile and a big longing fo the soctety of my own kind” again God, what a homecoming it was. No 4 welcome: black looks, velled Insin uations everywhere, One day 1 asked 4 chap who had refused my hand what it all meant, He told me, Mar srave's trouble had been the wors sort—lowdown, dishonorable treat ment of a woman We al kuew—conduct no gentleman couk ever forgive, 1 had paid th money with my own check—T ha eft the country the next day-—and he cad that he islet me bear th shame of it all—so L came ont to Nev York and met you, T love you, dae Ving. amd you shall judge. Shall w xo back to England and straighte things ont? Te-shall be as you say j little woman,” J But, Dick, think what it wou mean to that other woman and thos | ciate On. 1 cowdn’t, dear—an yet.when T think of how you have su | fered, L could do anything; dear, dea Dilek" She buried her face in her hand | for @ moment, and the man watehe | her eagerly, anxiously, | Dick, there is just one thing 4 | the world L have always wanted mor jeven than to go home; and that is t marry a hero, We'll stay here, dea || and you shall forget the pain and th hurt In my love.” Vivian Clare How jeer aay Mave =a lviag M. Nazon, who died recently, had been mayor of tue commune of May: mels since 1854, PANAMA CANAL WILL SAVE - 7,000 MILES OF TRAVEL fas 326 7 ie gan Qs IX Tx, Pe Ge fen ex! ye af oar UMITED STATES a Aten) j te 17 yhgten Pression a 88, * wo iC aren erre ard sy en ak Ne “4 pa. e\e we. 2). Myeda eens get yt ee Ngee ea aoe ee ey ‘ . Se %, ‘ | » é Me. ie a Now Saal Tae DS Ty \. fou \ => in cat oN ‘ oc #a\w SY 8 ty Mervh \ Serb, Trae . SOY ini Ne ; . cosensin 3, 3 \ Ron 4 p | + \ ert : 2 % nasi/ i 3 im tenes : Sf . Sas ae Son Baa \ grees) vee, PRAT > — | 2 (ate! : 7. », a ' y Hr’ South Gore Trodes a (peutvra® mr dieters 10) oN ' r no pe Rew ele ae se secee eegks \hecesb Seah Ses nt otis CeRAn Ole asec sere ts a 2 ee sourx a Ps S eas, TDA seewmte tourw racer rive A (arsanreie te] a ay . S ws . #0 oC kaw oh ge * . Ciera a : aC NOU { A id »” to. Maren = th 6 \ * i — — — — — —~ és FIRST STAMP IN AMERICA. io . OY ‘PAID CY Iiaxnind Totten Le, Lttos~ Now that the Panama canal is an Assured thing, a little study of the ae- companying map will show some of the advantages to be gained. The heavy line running south from New York is the steamship track to Colon, and the distance is 1981 miles, At an average speed of fourteen knots per hour, which is a moderate and economical pace for the modern steamship, the voyage could be made in an hour or two less than six days. From Panama to San Francisco the distance is 3277 miles, which, at the same average speed, would require nine days’ and eighteen hours’ steam- ing. Say sixteen days for the ocean voyage, and allow four days for pass- ‘ing through the canal, and the whole trip would be made In twenty days, ‘or inside of three weeks, At present a steamer must follow the soiid line running off to the south- cast to Cape St. Roque. Once around this cape the course follows the coast in a southwesterly direction to. the Straits of Magellan, thence out into the Pacific, where a straight course can be steered for the Farallone islands, just outside of San Francisco. [On this track the distance is 12.589 miles, which at the same averaze speed would require thirty-seven and a half days’ continuous steaming. Allowing for delays in the Straits of Magellan, and for coaling, and the voyage would take all of forty days, or just double the time of the Panann route, The sailing track as indicated by | the line of dashes is 15,660 miles, aud | while our best clipper ships have Collectors and philatelists become J enthusiastic when they speak of the ‘| famous Brattleboro, Vt., postage stamp, which is said to be the first J ever used in America | an. Frederick N, Palmer, who was | Battieboro's postmaster from July, || 1845, to November, 1848, was the in: iventor of the stamp which we re- '| produce. ‘The facsimile herewith pre- rented was prepared by the direction ot Major F. W. Childs, when he was Postmaster. This was at the request | of many collectors, ‘| pr. Frederick N. Palmer was born | tm Belfast, Me., tn 1815, and came to made the outward voyage in 100 to 110 days, many a good ship has taken a full four, five and even six months on the voyage Again turn to the chart and follow the zigeag line out around the “Horn.” This is the actual track of a sailing vessel, one of the last of the good old wooden square-rigged ships built in Bath, The dots represent the noon posi- tions from day to day, tue voyage commencing on June 17 from the Delaware capes, While the straight lines show the distance gained each ‘day they do not always represent the ‘actual path of the ship, as when the wind is ahead the ship may tack back and forth across the line a number of times in the twenty-four hours. ‘The track indicated is 16,226 miles long, but there is no doubt that the ship covered more than 17,000 miles on this voyage. This voyage of 117 days was the record run of that year, and was especially good becayse the Horn was rounded in midwinter, ‘Tho reader may wonder why the sailing track runs so far to the east. ward on leaving New York. The rea son Is that to take advantage of the northeast trade wind a ship must get well off the coast to make a fair wind of it, otherwise she would have ta beat her way along the coast of Brazil, and thus lose much time Again in the Pacific this same ‘trade’ carries the ship far to the westwarc of San Francisco, and not until she has reached the zone of prevailing westerly winds (above 30 deg. north) Brattleboro some time In 1836 as a music teacher, He became a student of the law and studied in the office of dudge Asa Keyes. In 1840 he mar- ried Miss Ellen, oldest daughter of Judge Keyes, and five years later he was appointed postmaster. (t was during his three years In. cumbency that he inaugurated a num- ber of improvements In the office, and in 1846 issued the little stamp. for which collectors are now willing — to pay fabulous prices, It is stated that one has been sold at the extraordl: nary price of $175. It is sald that | oniy two Boston collectss eap boast can she swing around and head ip for “Frisco.” Because of this same wind the sail- ing track from Panama to San Fran- cisco wouldbe an immense half-circle By the canal route another great saving can be made in going to Hono- lulu. For a steamship the distance would be 6,646 miles, or about 1,000 miles more than to San Francisco, but by way of the Magellan straits the ship would have to steam 13,200 miles, or twice as far. The sailing vessel could save very much, and after picking up the north- east trade on leaving Panama she would have a fair wind all the way to the islands, while a voyage around the Horn would be 14,970 miles long and necessitate a long battle with the heavy westerly gales in that far southern latitude, Nothing would suit the old Cape Horn “shell-back” better than to be able to “cut across lots” and thus es- cape the much dreaded “corner” which has sent so many of his mates to “Davy Jones’ locker.” One thing more might be mention: ed, and that is the voyage to the Phil ippines. While the distance (11,500 miles) is practically the same elther by Suez or Panama, in case of war between this country and a foreign power the latter route would be far better, for many reasons. a With this canal once open for bus ness there will be no further neces: sity of sending a big battleship on @ dangerous 15,000 mile “hurry up" voyage to reach a place but a little over 3,000 miles away. of owning a Palmer stamp. One was | boughe about fifty years ago for sev: enty-five cents. The other, bought in 1882, cost im the vicinity of $100, It Is said that a Mr. Collins of New York has the only uncancelled Rrat foboro stamp known to be in e-Ist ence. He has won the philatelic blue ribbon for securing the rarest stamy on the American catalogue, and that means the whole world. Great Britain adopted the use of pestage stamps in 1840, and Bra.ii i 1831. The United States did not com mence to use them until July 1847. The Road Wha Yesterdays gre L~Aratene 2 KZSOMR Mg denne ‘WS we ee wa road to yesterday— Wh. ‘A wondrous thoroughtare, ‘Where wanton breeses idly olay pf2 And blossoms scent the air, 255 “ It stretches loog and far and straght; 1k wanders up and down; Mt passes many an open gate any, tle tows, £m ak C ( vey 2, 3 yy . I , re is « road to yesterdays ‘The grasses grow beside, ‘And trees thet spread and swing and ewe ‘And shade the pathway wide. ty Néwers are « goodly sight, ‘And it goes on and on ‘And leads to many a starry night And many'a cloudless dawa. vy AES neg Sete aa mi i eee) ees SS fire too rosa oa Nake And we may trace its gleam’ VB Bila flecking shade or dancing ray Upon some little stream, Or we may see it, when, with eyes Hall-cloved, we hear a song , ‘That calls up many a glad suarse ‘And many,e,tyilight long. 1 many. 9 = (se Ae: SF = Pom items N a T fre 1s « road to yesterday, My JJAnd each one knows its stan— The portal to this wondrous way . Is held within the beart, From there the pleasant courses lead ‘As far as one can see— om Ii rests on many @ golden deed aimee And many @_memory. = — =—W. D. N. in Chicago Tribune. BOUND TO DISCOVER POLE. American Expedition Hopes to Plant Our Flag There. Another American expedition 9 about to start in search of the inac- sessible North Pole. Anthony Fala, @ young Brooklyn explorer, is in charge of the party, Capt. Edwin Cof- fin will go as skipper, while Ziegler 18 backing the attempt. The party will shortly sail from Norway on the good ship America. Every effort will be thade to plant the Stars and Stripes in the frozen North. ‘The discovery by Capt. Scott, the leader of the British Antarctic expe: dition, of mountain ranges with points rising to a height of from 12,- 000 to 15,000 feet above the sea level, farther south than ever before known Ky WY ed INS ‘ y Sr >, RAS oe Sar y We & “a B/ & i le ci Wa, af Wags 4 wie ¥ = € Mai | ache Lay Snes S together with the volcanoes, still fur- ther differentiates the typography of the known parts of the two Polar regions. In the Arctic regions there are no volcanoes, and the highest mountain possibly is Petermann Peak, on the east coast of Greenland, which, formerly supposed to be up- ward of 11,000 feet in height, is now known not to exceed 9,000 feet, and is probably not even that, In the moun- tain ranges bordering Victoria Land on the side of Ross’ Sea are many peaks between 12,000 and 15,000 high, including Mt. Victoria, Mt. Melbourne and Mt. Herschel, and Capt. Scott's discoveries show that these high mountain ranges extend several hun- dreds of miles still further south with mountainous peaks quite as high, It = Sonera ae Is a question whether Mt. Terror is a volcano, but Mt. Erebus was smoking in February, 1901, Both Capt. Scott's and Borchgre- vink's expeditions confirm Ross’ re port of open water during the sum- mer months in Ross Sea when once the ice on the parallel of Cape Adare is passed. ae ae oe a anges Prof. Dall Osso, inspector of tho Museum of Naples, has just published an article in which he affirms that re- searches and excavations prove that there existed @ Pompeil nine centuries before our era, Club Frowns on Marriage. In Berlin a club of the “disengaged” has been formed by yourg men who, having broken with their sweethearts, regard marriage as fated to be a fall. —_ CUPOLA SKETCHES By DYDON WILLIAMS An Iowa hen has just laid an egg as big as a hubbard squash. It was a double-header, an egg within an egg—two perfect yolks, two perfect whites, two perfect shells. When eggs are selling at ten cents, this old hen-fruit factory turns out a dozen with six lays. The hen recently sent to Australia to lay eggs in a contest are nine spots compared to this biddy. The unfortunate part of the whole matter is the owner of this hen doesn't know which of his flock threw that enormous breakfast delicacy. He has carefully questioned each hen in turn, but not one will admit the egg. The Hawkeyes are quite excited over the matter. They say that a hen of such caliber should have homage paid her and a bust of white china made to perpetuate her feat. Perhaps it is best as it is. Suppose the hen was discovered and encouraged in producing such colossal globules of albumen. Like other hens she would sooner or later steal away to the wildwood and hide her eggs in a bunch of tickle-grass. There they would remain undisturbed and fast approaching that strength of odor akin to a soap factory in the last stages of decay, until the Dowieites came to town, or until the White Caps needed them in their business. Think of throwing ancient twin eggs as big as a hubbard squash at a victim of incensed muscular development! But it was truly a wonderful egg, and really too bad the mother cannot be designated. If a man had laid an egg like that the papers would be full of his praises. The hen is altogether too modest. During the political campaign she deposits initial and photographic eggs all over the field of battle, prognosticing the election of good and true men. Then she goes away and leaves her handiwork to the rude discovery of the corn-fed hired man. Political managers who couldn't lay an egg to save their lives, let alone one with an initial on it, are quoted on the results of the pending election and swell around as true fore-runners of calamity or joy, as the case may be. But if you really want to know what is going to happen keep your eye on the hen that looks anxious. 333 The average man will be gratified to know that he can purchase a new stomach for $1,000,000. Mr. Rockefeller has aided humanity this much at least: He has had a price set on a new bread basket for man's interior. It is well! In this age of cafeterias, grab-and-run counters, eat-on-the-wing stands and health food cupboards in overcoat pockets, it is a comfort to know that some day we may be rich enough to get new leather upholstering in our vitals. It seems a sad commentary on American life that we have to hurry so hard to eat so little, but undoubtedly we should be thankful for life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the fond hope that some day we will be rich enough to buy a new stomach. Sometimes we balk in the harness at hurrying so fast and eating so much faster. We feel we would like to go slow awhile, lie on our back in the tall grass in the middle of a sweet-scented meadow, and wiggle our toes in want exuberance at the sun. About this time the landlord comes around with his bill. We awake with a start, grab a ham sandwich, cram it into our masticating orifice, and burry back to the mines! The next day we have dyspepsia and our wife tells us we need more physical exercise! But the worm will turn one of these days. ```markdown ``` The man whose coal supply has been visibly weak and given to dizzy spells all winter, is not apt to see the pathetic side of the coal ultimatum on the part of the arbitration board. To one who has been warmed all winter long by a steam-heat lease, taken in the warm and beautiful months of a glorious autumn, there cannot but come a feeling of compassion for Mr. Baer and others who are getting round-shouldered trying to be fair to a fickle public. For years these men of many cares and numerous coal mines, have been protecting the people by keeping the price of coal at such a stage that men could really mine it and live at the wages paid them. But the ungrateful public sided with the miners and now the mine owners are compelled to take the difference in wages out of the public instead. This is all well enough as long as it lasts, but the fickle miners are quite apt to become disgruntled and take the part of the public just as the public has taken the part of the miners. The result is worrying, but to date no one of the coal Poohbahs has suggested that profits be curtailed a little. They seem to have entirely overlooked themselves in this matter. Such broad forgetfulness of self is indeed worthy of commendation. Bless them, the great-hearted coal men. The bock-beer sign, that indispensable authority, admonishes us that spring is here. Synonymous with the picture of the goat rampant upon a pony-keg, the rural editor notes facetiously that "spring has sprung, gentle Annie!" Now that she has indeed sprung, let us consider her! First, let us beware! She is a fickle jade. To-day she may shed her effulgent balm upon us, regale us with her sunny showers, her odorous aroma—to-morrow, chill us where we wore our red flannels and perspired! Once upon a time Aristotle permitted his confidence to find lodgment in Spring's voluptuous bosom! One rosy morning when all nature was in tune and the earth seemed steeped in honesty of purpose, he saw a sparrow fly! High aloft in the ethereal azure his eye followed her flight—and the sun shone! Straightway Aristotle went to his wife and demanded his gauze underwear—"the ones with the ribs in 'em." After hunting through eleven bureau drawers, seven trunks and an acre of band-boxes, she found the anatomy covers in the escririto drawer in the guest's chamber. "Careless woman," cried Aristotle, "it is a wonder they were not stolen long ago!" Then he took them ungratefully and undressed, to find, upon trial, that the summer things needed the same sort of repairs so common to cane furniture. While he stood around on one leg grumbling, the good woman revamped them, as it were. Then Aristotle dressed and, throwing on some new spring "rags," went out on the parked boulevard, into the carolling world, as happy as a box-elder bug on a chintz curtain in the front parlor. But that night he came back as humped as a porcupine in action. His nose was red, sappy and pinched; there were goose-pimples on him as big as the proverbal hen's-egg hailstones. His voice sounded like a horse-fiddle at a charivari party and his teeth rattled like a pair of bones in negro minstrelsy. The women folks put him to bed and the next day he wrote: "One swallow does not make spring, nor yet one fine day!" To this day the above is quoted frequently. Thus we see the influence of gauze underwear on succeeding generations! --- Ever and anon some one exclaims, "See the young man! This is his day and age!" So were the day and age of yesterday his. He was full of ginger then as he is percolated with hop tonic now. Roosevelt is young, to be sure, but over a century ago Charles James Fox was still calling his progenitor "papa," when he became Lord of the English Admiralty. He was then but twenty years old. William Pitt was scarcely old enough to go out nights alone when he became Premier of England. Prince Edward was at the feminine sweet sixteen when he fought the battle of Crecy, and at twenty-four he led the English army to victory. This is the age to-day when a young man is leaving school to take a position as billing clerk in a large sixteen-story building. And Mozart—at the age of sixteen was director of the Archbishop of Salzburg's orchestra. Where is there a president to-day at eighteen? And yet, David, the shepherd boy, was a king at that adolescent period in his life. Raphael, Cortez, Patrick Henry, Napoleon, Alexander, Keats, Burns and Byron were mere beginners at manhood when they reached the pinnacles of their fame. The young man of to-day must not be allowed to think he is any smarter or brighter or better than the young man of yesterday. Self-assumption and self-esteem are often bad for him. It is well to call his attention to the truth now and then. It keeps his ego down. 333 When little Prince George of Wales was baptized recently, he scratched and howled like a sommambulistic Thomas cat in a midnight affray. This leads a paragrapher to remark that royalty, like whiskers, has to grow on some people. To our mind the whooping of little Georgia is not much of an augury. When at his age we were all more or less like the house feline—opposed to water. Even to this day some enjoy immersing in water about as much as others "enjoy poor health." Mercy! Don't think we deprecate bathing. Far from it. We take a bath ourselves occasionally, but we cannot say that we rip-roaring enjoy that plunge except during the heated weather. When we arise in the morning we are not titillated over the thoughts of our ablutions. We do not laugh, "Ha! Ha!" when we see the bath tub for the first time that morning, neither do we snicker, "Ho! Ho!" when the mad water begins to swish into the porcelain urn. We never knew why this was before, Alas! We are not of the royalty! We are just a plain, servile, lowly plug who don't use cologne in his "bawh" water or laugh loudly in enjoyment of a royal plunge. "Know thyself" is good advice. Day by day we are "finding ourselves out." We feel that it promises much for the future, as it is hard to live peaceably with one you do not fully understand. --- Authors who have been around the circle are wont to write of "Great Men I Have Known." Indeed the tendency has been to wear the great men fad threadbare. How would it do for some clever spinner to yarn about "cobblers I have known" or "blacksmiths of my youthful days?" This second suggestion does not refer to printorial blacksmiths, but the real sort as sung of in "The Village Blacksmith." There are some characters in these trades worthy of perpetuation." THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ```markdown ``` Theater Waist Blouse of coral pink mousseline desole, shirred and puffed at the top and trimmed with bands of black open-work insertion. Tabs of black gulpure form a shoulder collar around the full yoke, or gulpe, of cream fillet lace. The draped sleeves open on the outside over a large puff of the ma- ASG terial shirred and puffed at the top. The deep cuff is of the black guipure. -Neueste Blousen. Tiaras for Matrons To the matron belongs the right of wearing the tiara, and young girls rarely indulge in anything more ambitious than simple little floral and ribbon wreathes. The stately tiaras are more beautiful this year than ever. Some of them are shaped like little coronets and fasten from side to side of the head with a long slender brooch pin. Many of the simple tiaras are of coral, which mingles exquisitely with cut silver. Others are of topaz, tourmaline, sapphires and one beauty is of pearls and emeralds. Some very lovely and comparatively inexpensive ones are made of cut jet. Short Skirts. Short skirts are the mode of the future. The great dressmakers have sanctioned them, and that settles it. They are all very well for walking in town in the morning, but they are utterly unsuited to indoor wear. The worst part of the business is that if we declare anything to be the fashion we ride the mode to death, in season and out of season, more's the pity! HOUSEHOLD TALKS To make a dull fire burn up throw a little salt or a lump or two of sugar on it. This will quickly have the desired effect. When nailing into hardwood the nails often bend. This may be prevented by dipping them into lard, oil D The gown at the left is of green silk gauze made up over blue taffeta and beautifully embroidered with gold wheat heads. The low neck is trimmed with a drapery of gulpure and festoons of pearls attached to the bodice with emeralds. The drapery and pearls form the sleeves and shoulder straps. The girdle is of green panne. The next gown is of white silk gauze over rose taffeta. The skirt forms a plaited hip yoke or other grease before hammering them in. To make a good china cement mix plaster of paris into a thick mucilage and apply to the broken edges. Press firmly together and leave for a few days. This is a very strong cement. Dissolve half an ounce of borax in a pint of water, add one-half teapoonful tincture of myrrh, two spoonfuls of eau-de-cologne; put them into a bottle, and put a tablespoonful of this mixture into the water with which you clean your teeth daily. It will whiten the teeth and strengthen the gums. Quick Chocolate Pudding. Put a pint of milk on to scald. Wet a heaping tablespoon of flour, smooth, in a little milk, add a piece of butter, more or less as you like it, as to richness, and one egg, well beaten. Grate a square of chocolate and add to the mixture, stirring, to keep smooth and prevent burning. Boll, or cook, about five minutes, to cook the flour, then turn in a dish, that has been wet in cold water. Eat with milk or cream. Another quick dessert is made by soaking crackers in hot milk, till soft, then put in saucers, and cover with canned peaches and little sugar. Pour cream over the dessert, just before serving. Very nice and easy to prepare. White, Lace and Velvet. The large hat shown is made of white lace and the brim is bound with pale pink velvet. A trail of pink flowers starting from under the left A brim goes over the outside and across the crown. Pomander Again Fashionable. The pomander, which was so highly esteemed by our great-grandmothers, has again come into fashion. It consists of a ball of sweet-smelling herbs, well pounded, and inclosed in a perforated gold or silver case, and may be worn on one of the pretty jeweled chains which nowadays no self-respecting woman would be without, or depending from a chatelaine or bracelet. In the days of the plague pomanders were made of special BALL GOWNS FROM PARIS. ... and flounce between which it is trimmed with lace insertion in a Greek design. The decollette bodice is plaited and trimmed with rose and satin ribbons which form a wateau scarf in the back. The fichu and sleeves are of the plaited gauze, the former finished at the left with pink roses, at the right with cravat ends. The girdle is of the material. The third gown is of white tulle over rose silk. The skirt is composed herbs, which the doctors considered disinfectant, such as feverfew, mugwort and hayweed. These were steeped in stale ale. For typhus, cinnamon and oil of valerian were recommended to be worn against the skin. Attractive Street Gown. Attractive Street Gown. A tan etamine street gown, stitched in black and trimmed with black pass sementeric ornaments. The tan touque is trimmed with violets. Some Novelties Cashmeres under various names would seem to be coming into vogue, especially those that are printed in cashmerian patterns. Most of the gossamer fabrics for balls are spangled, but this does not seem to suffice, for they have over them appliques of floral leaves or symmetrical designs, as also silk embroideries in Persian and Oriental coloring. Floral trimmings for gowns have several novel points. Very small roses and very big ones are employed, and chiffon flowers and satin flowers are intermixed with the ordinary artificial kinds, and garlands of flowers for bodice and skirt trimmings are most frequently mingled with satin ribbon and drooping ends. Grapes are figuring as dress trimmings, and so are hop and vine leaves. Simple Rice Pudding. Wash well a scant cup of rice, place in pudding dish with pinch of salt and three tablespoons of sugar, cover with milk and stir until sugar is dissolved, then put in oven, which should be of moderate heat, and bake slowly for two hours. Do not stir mixture after putting in oven, as the milk aborbs, all more until a quart has been used. For a smaller pudding use half the quantity. ```markdown ``` of three deep, plaited, overlapping flouces trimmed with applique roset of painted gauze and with festooned bands of white guipure. The decollete blouse is also plaited and almost covered with a sort of box-plaited bolero trimmed to correspond with the skirt. The sleeve is shirred at the elbow forming a puff at the top, and is finished with two deep ruffles trimmed like the rest of the gown. The girdle is of rose panne—Hearst's Chicago American. HARD TO BEAR. 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One day I noticed in the newspapers the case of a man who was afflicted as I was and was cured by the use of Donn's Kidney Pills. His words of praise for this remedy were so sincere that on the strength of his statement I went to the Hugh Murray Drug Co.'s store and got a box. I found that the medicine was exactly as powerful a kidney remedy as represented. I experienced quick and lasting relief. Donn's Kidney Pills will prove a blessing to all sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them a fair trial." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. Walls 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't say of cattle that they be a sort of howling swell. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not stain the hands or spot the kettle, except green and purple. No man can keep a wife's love by preserving it in alcohol. Iowa Farms $4 Per Acre Cash, balance by crop paid. MUELLH, Shawna City, Ia. It time is money the poor as well as the rich should die young. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. Don't depend on luck to push you uphill. "The Klean, Kool, Kitchen Kind" is the trade mark on stoves which enable you to cook in comfort in a cool kitchen. The predictions of the weather man are often fair but false. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW? If so, use Red Cross Ball Bins. It will make then white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents. The pill of matrimony is easily swallowed when it is gilded. Stops the Cough and Works on the Cold Lexative Brewing Omnibus. Free. Frauds in "Old Masters." Disclosures in regard to bogus "old masters" in France led an English artist who celebrated pictures to declare that at a recent exhibition he recognized no less than seven of his own works posing as originals. The same artist has a curious tale to tell of a certain millionaire, one whose most valuable picture had somehow been damaged. The artist was sent for to restore it and found that he had to restore one of his own copies. Can Not Devise a Scheme Lord Strathcona writes to London that he would gladly welcome an arrangement by which money could be provided to assist suitable British families to emigrate to Canada, but no scheme seems to commend itself either to the government or to capitalists. To Show Arctic Flora Hothouse displays of tropical plants are common enough, but it is now proposed to construct in London an Arctic garden with the temperature lowered by refrigerating processes, where all sorts of Arctic flora would be exhibited. After Four Months in Bed Powersville, Ky., April 27th—Mess. J. J. Monson, who has been ill for over eight years, says: "Yes, it is truly wonderful. I am 36 years of age and for the last eight years I have suffered with acute Kidney trouble. "I tried all the doctors within reach and many other medicines, but got no relief till I used that new remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I was confined to my bed for four months this winter and had such a pain in my side I couldn't get a good breath. I had smothering spells, was light-headed and had given up all hope, for I didn't think I could live long. "After I had taken a few of Dodd's Kidney Pills I began to improve and I kept on till now, as you can see, I am well. "I have been up and doing my own work for sometime now and haven't felt pain or weakness since." "I praise the Lord for my wonderful restoration to health and will always recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills." You can't blame a man for not taking his own advice when no one else loosens. One Year. $1.50 Six months. .15 Three months. .40 One month. 18 Seriously paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for pub- lation should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. OFFICE: No. 117 West Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates. For one inch, one insertion. $50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion. 20 For two inches, three month. 5.00 For two inches, six month. 8.00 For two inches, nine month. 10.00 For two inches, twelve months. 15.00 OLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1903. Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Register Sun. In response to your inquiry, I beg to say your publication is duly entered as second class matter at this office and regularly mailed. Very respectfully, The Rising Son is the only paper published by Colored people in Kansas City, Mo., that is entered in the post office as second class mail. When will the law making power take a hand in lynching. It is a disgrace to the people of the United States. 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. 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, a 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. 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 PERSON. Or Chair, Executive Com J. N. GARRETT, Sec. Good Maxim for All. There are excellent commercial maxims that the late Gustavus F. Swift left behind him—even if they carry with them a somewhat selfish flavor. One of the lot, however, is quite good enough for general use. "The best a man ever did," he says, "shouldn't be his standard for the rest of his life." In other words, never have so much respect for your own record that you are afraid to break it. Woman Has Two Professions. 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. Man of Wide Experience. A London justice, who is a mere man, has stood up for his rights regarding dressmakers' disputes. He will not have dresses tried on in court, because he "had long since come to the conclusion that with ordinary dresses any lady could wear a dress to make it look as if it did not fit," and he was also perfectly satisfied that "any milliner or dressmaker could pull it about and make it fit; when it did not do so." SONG OF THANKFULNESS. Sing a song o' thankfulness— Joy enough to win! Alright it just the best world Ever you were in? Now a dream o' sorrow Solem, in the night; Then a sweet to-morrow, Singing in the light! And the last "Good-night" Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution That rug was a perfect stunner, all gorgeous rich blues and greens, with a background of a most beautiful terracottia crimson. It had been "made expressly for us," as Nita explained proudly to the greasy Oriental, who, however, did not seem a bit impressed with the information, but persisted in the extremely low price he had offered us at the beginning. An absurdly low price, yet one to which we finally had to agree, for both Nita and I were firmly resolved on one thing—we would go to Mrs. Stephenson's house party. It would probably be our last bit of fun with the old crowd. Henceforth we would have to forego society and earn our own livings. (How we hated the ideal?) For Mrs. Stephenson's house party one, of course, needed new gowns, etc., and in consequence, money. Now, since a most unkind guardian—cousin (not angel)—had invested our small fortune in such a way that it not only became smaller, but was finally lost to view entirely, we were penniless, and when we decided we must sell something at once, the discovery was made that no one thing in the house would bring more than the rug. I—having the better "business head" of us two—did the most of the bargaining. I argued, the Oriental stood firm. I argued again, and—sucumbed. Nita bore up bravely until the man began counting the money out to me, then, with one howl, she flew from the room, slamming the door after her. Well, we went to the house party, I would have had a good time if it had not been for Nita. She spoiled everything. Each evening while we dressed for dinner she would scold mightily. Each night she would sob herself to sleep, and me to wakefulness, and through all the scoldings and the tears swept the refrain: "Our rug, our dear, beautiful rug!" Then, one evening, some little time after the dressing bell had rung, Nita came in from—I don't know where, she had a tearful sunburn on, and was so mussy, and on my timidly suggesting her hurrying a bit (she was aimlessly gazing into the mirror), she turned to me with the sweetest, gentlest smile, and said "I know it, dear." I nearly fainted. Not being as well acquainted with Nita as I am, you may not appreciate this. I can only say it wasn't like her. Of course I was puzzled by the change, but thought she might have realized there wasn't time to soil them. That I would have double measure at the next opportunity I had no doubt; but no, bedtime came and no outburst, wrathy or tearful. Such a relief! Yet hours after Nita was asleep I lay awake thinking. What could it mean? Alas, no light dawned on me. The next morning (Nita being late) the rug was mentioned the first thing, but so differently. "Dear old rug," she said, gaspingly (she was being hooked into her gown), "perhaps it is just as well. Henrietta, that—that we didn't keep it." I started. "A house party is rather good fun, isn't it?" she continued. The next day we dined on board a THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS A perfect stunner. yacht, and I didn't see Nita alone until bedtime. "Oh, I'm having a bully time, Henrietta," she exclaimed. I felt hurt. "So would I have had—from the start, if——" "Yes, I know—you poor dear," she said. "If I hadn't been so very horrid about the rug. But now I'm not, am I? For I'm really awfully glad about it!" But the next day was the strangest of all. Nita didn't speak to me once while we were dressing. (I was rather glad, being late myself that day.) She didn't speak, but her face fairly beamed. At bed time she was still beaming and still silent. She may have said "good night," but I doubt it. I was awakened from such a nice dream by some vague thing that was. I fancy, similar to being murdered. I sat up in bed and yelled. "Oh, glory! Henrietta, keep quiet," said my sweet sister, trying to do the Othello act. "Nothing's the matter. I only wanted to talk to you." (She had waked me by pulling my hair out one hair at a time!) "Seems to me you might wait until morning," I said sleepily. "No, I can't." Nita was sulky. "Oh, Henrietta." She shook me this time. Really, Nita is very strong for a little thing. "Do be a dear, and wake up. I have something to tell you." She yelled this last in my ear, evidently forgetful of her warning to me a while before. I got cross. "Oh, Nita, what is the matter? I'm so sleepy." Nita wept. "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I have no one to tell but you, and you're so unsympathetic." "Tell me, dear," I said, sitting up. Alas! I must have shown too much alacrity and eagerness, for Nita's manner changed immediately. "I don't know why I should," said My Lady. "You don't want to know." "I know I don't, dear," said I, trying to sound relieved. "Good night," and in a few moments I snored—a thing I never do—really. Nita didn't suspect, though. A long pause. I had ceased my A woman in a long dress and a hat stands in a room with a mirror and a chair. "I know it, dear." snering, but sleep was really beginning to get the best of me, though I was pinching myself black and blue. Then—— "Are you awake, Henrietta?" came in a very subdued voice from the darkness. I almost said "no," so anxious was I about my diplomacy. "I-I would like to tell you, Henrietta—but—(my heart sank)—but I don't know how to begin." Here I heard something very like a giggle, smothered in a pillow. Now, even as a schoolgirl Nita had never been guilty of giggling! Horrors! "Is it anything about the rug, dear?" I suggested kindly. "Indeed, no!" came the indignant answer. Another silence, then—— "Perhaps it is—about the rug—after all, Henrietta—" "Yes!" (This very sleepily.) "He—I mean if we hadn't sold it, we couldn't have come, and if we hadn't come—why, then—O. Henrietta—he's awfully fond of me, and I guess I like him." (Yes, they were—giggles! I never would have believed it of her, never.) I was evidently supposed to be sympathetic, which under the circumstances was hard. I hadn't the least idea who he was! To tell the truth, I hadn't noticed Nita much at the house party, being—but never mind. "He's so nice and tall." (This was merely to say something—anything. All of the half-dozen men were tall—four of them unmarried and only one of them engaged, to my knowledge. He was one of the other three then, I tried in vain to remember the colors of their eyes.) "Isn't he?" acquiesced Nita, joyfully. "He has a lovely name," I ventured. "Such a lovely name" said Nita. And then I thought I knew, for one nad the first name of John, another the last name of Smith. Nita had always hated the first name of John, and the last name of Smith—I was quite sure of myself now. I grew very bold. "A stunning name—Reginald Haughten." "Henrietta, what are you talking about—you don't think—you can't think I'm engaged to that fool! How could you? Oh, but you poor dear, I mustn't blame you. How could you have eyes for—" (I mustn't tell what she said—such a foolish child!) "Well, I'll tell you—I'm engaged to Howland Smith, and I'm very glad. Goodnight." The next morning they went up to town to buy some cotillion favors. Nita told me they were also going to buy the rug back—"I've told him all about it, and he says we must have it for Our House." (It was spoken with a Capital air!) They came back on an afternoon train. I went across the lawn to meet them. "The rug was bought—by whom, do you think? That horrid Mrs. Ardsley. But I don't care," said Nita, smiling sweetly at us (one of us especially), as she turned toward the house. "She has the most beautiful disposition in the world," said the lucky man, looking after her fondly. --- To night, the last one of the house party. Nita told me, with glee, "I have made a discovery; his whole name is John Howland Smith, and, as I don't want to call him what every one else does, I'm going to call him John!" "Maud Virginia Thompson in Boston Herald. "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 1023 M WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MN $2.50 VALUES FOR $1.90. Women's Bright Dongola Shoes 3-4 Foxing, Patent leather tip, Military heel, Medium weight, Extension Edge, Elegant fitting, Every pair Guaranteed. Nebraska Clothing Co. 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The man who laughs last falls to see the joke first. The significance of B., K. & Co., has long since come to be recognized as meaning the Best Kind of Clothing. Haven't you found it so? J. L. WILLIAM GENERAL Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Shop. Good Material and Workmanship guarara 707 Independence Ave. Only First Class Colored Shop The Very Lowest Price Residence 416 Laurel. Tele WILLIAMS, MERAL— Shoeing and Wagon Repair Trial and First-Class Shop guaranteed. Kansas City, Mo. Owed Shop in the City. Lowest Prices. Telephone 1052 Red. THE SEASON IS HERE FOR 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. This Trade Mark Is The Guarantee of the Genuine Popular Brew. HEIM. Union National KANSAS CITY, I Statement as made to the Comptroller of close of business Feb. 6 RESOURCES. Loans and discounts..... $ 523.0 U. S. Bonds at par..... 327.4 Municipal Bonds at par..... 4,180.4 Cash and Sig at Exchange..... 4,180.4 Total...... LIABILITIES. Capital Stock..... Surplus Fund..... Undivided profits..... Unearned interest..... National Bank Notes Outstanding..... Deposits..... National Bank CITY, MO. Controller of the Currency at the Press Feb. 6, 1903. SOURCES. $5,981,798.36. $ 523,000.00 327,441.14 4,180,685.29 5,031,126.43 $11,012.9,4.79 SOLUTIONS. $ 600,000.00 300,000.00 78,771.60 94,958.00 423,000.00 9,516,170.17 $11,12,924.79 CTORS. Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency ai the close of business Feb. 6, 1903. Loans and discounts ..... $ 5,981,798.36. U. S. Bonds at par ..... $ 523,000.00 Municipal Bonds at par ..... 327,441.14 Cash and Sigat Exchange ..... 4,180,685.29 5,031,126.43 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock ..... $ 600,000.00 Surplus ..... 300,000.00 Undivided profits ..... 78,771.60 Unearned interest ..... 94,938.00 National Bank Notes Outstanding ..... 423,000.00 Deposits ..... 9,516,170.17 $11,42,924.79 DIRECTORS. J. H. W Ninth a I. White @ Co Ninth and Wyandotte. J.H. White Q Co Ninth and Wyandotte. Gent's Stylish Spring Suits... Fine Shirts, Collars, Ties, Iiats, etc. Waiters and Barbera Jackets. She "Churchill" J.H. White Q Co Ninth and Wyandotte. HENRY CASPER, Mgr. Heim's KANSAS CITY $11 FHB.CO. OLD LAGER SPECIAL BREWS: SCHARNAGEL SELECT KYFFHAUSER PERFECTION 1880 1890 1900 SALES: 12000 39946 150378 BBLS. BBLS. BBLS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. DAVID T. BEALS, President. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice-Prest. RESOURCES David T. Beals. Geo. R. Barse. Edward George. L. T James. A. J. Snider. C. W. Whitenhead. J. P. Merrill. H. J. Rosecrans. O. H. Dean. C. J. Schumelz r. 11th and Main Sts. BOCK BEER. THE MOST DELICIOUS OF ALL IS MADE BY W. H. SEIGER, 2nd Vice-Presst, CHAS. H. W. L LEWIS, Cashier Fer nando P. Nea W. E. Thorne Felix L. La Force G. W. Lovejoy. Geo. W. Jones. Geo. D. Ford. E. W. Zea. NEWS & GOSSIP Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here an there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Read the Rising Son. Ed. Everett is on the sick list. Mrs. Felix Shaffer is improving from her recent illness. Keep up to date by reading the Rising Son. Miss Mary Choic is still on the sick list at 703 Wyandotte. Mrs. J. F. Bradley has been quite ill but is able to be out again. How do you like the Rising Son? The Ladies' Art Club met with Mrs. John Wheeler Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wm. Fairfax will entertain the L. W. C. next Saturday afternoon. How about your subscription? Have you paid? Quite a number of Kansas City people went to St. Joe last Sunday. Rev. F. Jesse Peck writes us that Mrs. Peck is very much improved. The chronic borrower seldom pays a man back in his own coin. Mr. William Hubble is building an addition to his house on Flora avenue. Go to Langston's for baths and good barbers. Mrs. Will Rhodes, of Blue Springs, came up Saturday to attend the L. W. C. Little Edward and Dorothy Hill have been quite sick with the whooping cough. The Y. M. C. A. concert at the Second Baptist church last week was a real treat. Jas. Runnels will have a full supply of Ozona Toilet articles. See him for these valuable preparations. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carter are at home to friends at 10th and Michigan avenue. Mrs. Wm. Bansfield will be at home to the Ladies' Art Class next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. C. Cook and little son left this week for Washington, D. C., to spend the summer. Sunday, May 9th, the Odd Fellows lodges will have their annual sermon at the Second Baptist church. ROOMS TO RENT—One furnished and one unfurnished, 2118 Highland avenue. The Silver Leaf Club will have their monthly dance next Wednesday evening, May 6th, at the Vendome. Chester Harden and Miss Pearl Hamilton of Topeka, Kan., were married April 21 in Wyandotte, Kansas. Prof. and Mrs. A. J. Starnes and Mr. Charles Owens visited Quindaro College last Wednesday. Mr. Robert Anderson, of St. Paul, will locate in Kansas City. He will move his family here in June. Mr. Henry Buckner, of Chicago, Ill. spent Monday in the city, the guest of Miss Cora White. Mr. J. F. Cole, ex-deputy sheriff, has been confined to his home the past week on account of sickness. Mr. Charles Owens of Keokuk, Iowa, is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. J. Starnes, 1322 East 14th street. Rev. Toliver has opened a barber shop and a restaurant at 30th and S. W. Boulevard. Miss Eva Sweatman won the $25 diamond in the Y. M. C. A. contest last Thursday night. Miss Cora White got the second prize, a $5 bill. The Roosevelt club is an assured, fact. J. W. Baldwin, Pres.; Dr. T. C. Unthank, Sec.; Lewis Woods, Chairman Executive Committee. Bishop Atwell visited St. Augustine Church last Friday and addressed a large congregation and confirmed 11 persons. The Deestrict Skule, under the management of Mrs. Beatty at Burns chapel was largely attended and was a financial success. Prof. Dawley will soon move in his new home on Forest avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Riley will keep house for the Professor. Miss Bessie Smith will soon leave for Chicago, where she will enter the Providence hospital to complete the course of a trained nurse. The Delpia Art Club of Kansas City, Kan., met with Mrs. Ben McCormic last Monday evening and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. Our people are anxious for the Son. We hope to merit the confidence and consideration of the people because we expect them to pay for it. The Rising Son is $1.50 per year. Mr. and Mrs. James Hill lost their little daughter Thelma last Saturday. She was buried from the family home on Highland avenue Monday afternoon. The Son extends sympathy to family. A very pleasant informal dance was given at the Vendoms last evening under the management of Mrs. Sandy Edwards, Mrs. Henry Booker and Miss Maude Olden. Mr. and Mrs. Boatty entertained the ladies and gents that take a part in Deestract Skule, at their home on Kensington avenue last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Nero and Miss Victoria Overall are reheasing a large chorus daily for an 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. M. L. Saunder of Chillicothe, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. Daughty. Miss S. B. Calbert of St. Louis is also visiting Mrs. Daughty at 807 Holmes street. The big store of Emery, Bird, Thayer Drv Goods Co. is sometimes termed the Western Emporium of Merchandise. The management of the company is regarded as being the best obtainable. Arthur Pullman was called home from St. Louis, Mo., last week to pay his last respects to his grand father who departed this life last Friday night. Prof. Leon Rhodes, who was one of the industrial teachers at Macon City, will establish a school for printing in our city. For terms and particulars address Prof. Leon Rhodes at 9 West 9th street. Our readers would do well to make a careful study of our advertisers. They solicit your trade. Their goods are the best and prices the lowest, with the best service. They want the patronage of our many readers. 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. C. H. Ward and Susie Gilbert was married at the home of the bride, 410 E. 5th street last Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m. Many friends were present and many presents were received. We have an addition to our professional men in the person of Dr. McQueen Carrion. Dentist, who has located at 1312 East 18th street. The doctor comes well recommended to practice his chosen profession. We speak for him a cordial welcome and a good practice. Dr. McQueen Carrion, located on East 18th street, is a dentist who is making an impression in his chosen profession. His patrons and patients speak in the highest terms of the doctor and his method of treating the teeth and gums. He is a splendid addition to our coterie of professional men. W. E. 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 $5.00 per month. $1½ blocks from 15th street cable The L. W. C. was charmingly entertained by Mrs. Gordon and Miss Mauden Olden at Mrs. Gordon's residence, 2028 Hallock avenue, Kansas City, Kan. last Sunday afternoon. The game of whist was thoroughly enjoyed by a large number of ladies from the two cities, after which an elegant luncheon was served and the guests reluctantly bade the charming hostesses, Mrs. Gordon and Miss Olden good bye. Here is the biggest thing for farmers and people who live in small towns, that has been brought to public notice yet. This is American ginseng. Any one, woman 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 is 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 catalogue and full particulars. T. B. Carter now lives in the city again a 1104 Michigan. Miss Suttman in the contest for the diamond ring was easily the winner. Nick Childs, of Plaindealer of Topeka, was in the city on business this week. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Stewart, formerly of Kansas City, but now living in British Columbia, writes us that they are doing nicely and will not return to Kansas City to live for a couple of years yet. Since Mr. and Mrs. Stewart left Kansas City they have purchased a beautiful home in St. Paul, and a choice home on Park avenue in this city. Mrs. Stewart will be remembered as Miss Mamie Jones. Whereas, it has come to our knowledge that our superintendent, Brother Howard Harris, who has served us so faithfully for the past nine years as superintendent of Allen Chapel Sunday School, has now severed his relationship with us as superintendent, in order that he may enter into larger fields of usefulness in preaching the Word of God and in helping to uplift fallen humanity. Therefore, Be it resolved that the teachers and officers entertain the highest esteem for Brother Harris, who by his upright life and Godly conversation has proven to the Sunday school and the community that he was the right man in the right place; and while we regret that we are to lose him as our superintendent, we feel that Allen Chapel's loss is Salina, Kan., gain, in securing the services of such a worthy Christian gentleman. We feel that we voice the sentiment of the entire Sunday school when we say we are sorry to give Brother Harris up, but as he leaves us this week for his new field of labor, we pray God's blessings upon him and hope that success may crown his efforts abundantly, in bringing many souls to Christ. We commend him in the highest to the church and Sunday school of Salina, Kansas. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be published in the Rising Son and a copy be given to Brother Harris. JULIA PIERCE. D. A. DOYLE. R. L. BUCKLEY. J. H. CREWS. Committee. 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. LEXINGTON NEWS Elder Gilbert had his rally Sunday at the A. M. E. church. The amount raised was nearly $300 and this week is their gleaning week to close up next Sunday with $350. Also there was a rally at the Second Baptist church; the amount raised was nearly $65. Miss Emma Bush and Miss Rora Bush, Miss Maybel Jackson, of independence, Mo., spent Sunday here visiting their cousins. They return Tuesday evening. Messrs. Robert and Ernest Johnson were in Higginsville Sunday; also Mrs. Francis Washington. Mrs. Addie Ramsay, of Kansas City, was here Sunday to see her sick son, Mr. Henry Bolton. Miss Amelia, Johnson, of Kansai City, spent a few days with her mother returning back Monday morning. Mr. Aubrey Cloud and Mr. Albert Johnson, of Lawrence, Kansas, were the guests of Miss Rosa Carter Sunday. The three spent the afternoon with Miss Oleatha Saunders. Little Eva Hunter spent Sunday in Higginsville. Mr. Alonzo W. Brooks left Monday for Oscuslo, Iowa, for his home. Rev. Young is preparing to have a rally for the purpose of remodeling their church, which will come off in May. Mrs. Mollie Fowler who has been quite ill is now improving. Mrs. A. B. Johnson was very sick Sunday. Mrs. Rosa Lee subscribed for the Rising Son, also Mr. Jordan Hook, and paid for it. We hope other young men will do likewise. Electra Chapter No. 1 is expecting to give a grand reception soon. lowa to see her sick daughter. Mr. Mat Nolan departed this life on the 24th and was buried on the 25th. He was a Christian young man, a lover of the church. He leaves a father and mother and a number of sisters and brothers to mourn his loss. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Reverend Barshdale preached three intellectual sermons at A. M. E. church last Sunday, and on Monday night. He is without doubt one of the ablest preachers that we have among us. We think that a man of his ability ought to be sustained by us. We do need more such men as him to proclaim the gospel of Christ. Come again, Brother Barshdale. The colored people of this city are invited to set a day to make arrangements to fix up their graveyard which of late has been much neglected. I think it is our solemn duty to do so. We should show our respect for our dead. Horses and cattle are running over the graves and weeds are growing all over the cemetery. Some young men of this city are willing, not only to improve the cemetery but also spend some money for this grand cause. Malta Thickly Populated. Malta is the most thickly populated island in the world. It has 1,360 people to the square mile. Barbados has 1,054 people to the square mile. Will Accelerate FireFighting. A telescope ladder capable of being extended to a length of 85 feet and worked by means of compressed air was tested recently in Pittsburg. The ladder can be directed at a particular window in a burning building; a fireman lashed to the end of the ladder is shot up with it, and rescued persons need not clamber down, but the ladder can be quickly lowered with them on it. A Nugget of Philosophy It seems to be one of de easiest things on earth to mortgage a piece of land and spend de money in gwine to de circus an' eatin' fried chickens, an' I reckon dis world would come powerful near bein' heaven if de interest on dat mortgage didn't suddenly fall due an' bump a man all over to once an' make him realize dat dis am a vale of tears. A Mixed-Up Engineer: A Missouri Pacific engineer of Sedalia reports that the record of his birth is lost, and he is in doubt about his age. Then, too, he has "made up" so much time on his trips between St. Louis and Kansas City that he is probably a year or two ahead of Father Time anyway, and he's all mixed up about it.—Kansas City Star. Prelate's Witty Remark. Many anecdotes are going the rounds about the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Davidson. Once, as a party of clergy were streaming in to dinner one of the company plausely exclaimed, "Now, put a bridle upon our appetites." Dr. Davidson replied with swift retort, "Now, to put a bit between my teeth." Southerners Invite Roosevelt. Southerners invite roosevelt. President Roosevelt has been invited to attend the unveiling of the monument to be erected at Orchard Knob, on the Chickamauga battlefield, in commemoration of the services of Maryland's soldiers, union and confederate, in the civil war. The unveiling will take place on July 22. Plants Under the Ban. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has before it a bill providing that the war of extermination already waged against the Canada this shall be extended to include golden rod, ox-eyed daisies, milkweed, wild carrots and sorrel, all of which are considered pestiferous plants. Tin Soldiers and Others. Kruger's grandson screamed with rage and threw his box of ten soldiers into the street when he discovered that they were English, whereas his grandfather had a fit when he found out that the English soldiers were not tin—Toronto (Ontario) Mail and Empire. How to Kill Weeds. A number of tests made by the Vermont experiment station found that arsenite of soda and the arsenic-sal soda mixtures are very satisfactory for killing weeds along walks and drives. These can be kept perfectly free of weeds by the use of these mixtures. Public-Spirited Ohio Citizen. Benjamin Waddell, a wealthy and public-spirited farmer of Marion county, Ohio, who some time since gave a $50,000 home for children to the town of Marion, is about to expend at least $60,000 in building a home for old ladies in the same time. Marion Crawford Writes a Play F. Marion Crawford has turned aside from novel writing temporarily to write a play, which will be produced next season in London by the English actor, Martin Harvey. The subject of the play is modern. Helping Out Nature. A valuable owl in the Central Park memagierie, New York, has for some unknown reason lost all its feathers. It will be supplied with "trousers" and coverings for the claws to protect it from the cold. Quorum in House of Lords. Quorum in House of Lords. There can be no quorum of the House of Lords without the presence of an archbishop, two peers and a prelate being needed to constitute a House of Lords for the transaction of business. South Carolina's Tobacco Industry. The growth of the tobacco industry in South Carolina has been phenomenal. The Darlington market alone reports sales of more than 7,000,000 pounds of the 1902 crop. Encouraging Warders. To encourage warders in taking anthropometrical measurements of convicts the British home office authorities are now granting them an extra allowance. America's Venice. When the mud thins out a little Pittsburg's streets will be nearly as navigable as the recent rains have made her rivers.—Pittsburg Gazette. To Exhibit Work of Artists Emperor William has cordially invited American and French artists to contribute to the art exhibition to be held in Berlin in March. As to Shape Here is a woman solloquy: "There is a divinity that shapes our ends, but the corset lace shapes our middle." Floors of Rubber on Trial. Floors of rubber, claimed to be as durable as asphalt and cheaper, are being tried in Germany. MILLINERY HEADQUARTERS. While it is a recognized fact that we are headquarters for fine millinery--we also want you to know that we carry the largest and best assortment of popular priced millinery in the city at the lowest prices. Our stock of trimmed hats from $3.50 to $5.00 is very complete, trimmed in the latest styles and made of good quality materials--not the showy factory styles displayed elsewhere. Here you will find all kinds of untrimmed hats and flowers at the lowest prices and a very much larger assortment to select from. Children's flats are here from 10c up and our children's trimmed sailors for 50c cannot be equalled elsewhere. We wish you to visit this self that this is the only place the millinery in the city. We wish you to visit this department and convince yourself that this is the only place to secure popular priced, correct millinery in the city. THIRD FLOOR. Emery, Bird, WALNUT, 11TH S Do you want to own the prettiest shoe that ever Graced a Woman's foot WALNUT. IITH ST.. GRAND AVE. Then just say to the man at Oviatt's "a pair of those new John Kelley shoes please. "How much?" $3.00 and $3.50. THE UNION THE WOODMAN "ANEW STYLE Langston's Shaving Parlor D. W. LANGSTON Prototype N. R. Shaw and Rex McCormick Artists. BATHS 25c. FINE CIGARS. Porcelain Bath Tubs. Rooms Steam Heated. Agency for Steam Laundry. 718 E 8th St., Kansas City, Mo. Your Patronage Solicited. Meals For Laboring Men. Breakfast from 6:00 to 7:30; dinner 11:30 to 1:30; Supper 6:00 to 7:30. Meals 15 cents. BOARD $2.50 PER WEEK W. B. RAYMOND Licensed Funeral Furnisher and Embalmer. No Extra Charge For Work In Kansas City, Missouri. 431 MINNESOTA AVE. Tel. 32 West. Kansas City, Kansas When UNEEDA Shave or Hair Cut or Shampoo GOTO C. A. Evans' Barber Shop For first class work. 107 E. 14th St. Kansas City, Mo C. H. COUNTEE. Mgr. W. B. COUNTEE TEL. 780 GRAND. COUNTEE BROS. Carriages and flowers furnished for all occasions. J. B. LESTER. BARBER SHOP. 559 GRAND AVE. Hot and Cold Baths 25c Large, New Porcelain Tubs. Good barbers. Give us a Call. s department and convince your- to secure popular priced, correct O FLOOR. , Thayer & Co. ST., GRAND AVE. John K. W. Parnell The Woodnan shoes, All Styles $3.50. All Leathers The best ever sold at this popular price and to be fully appreciated must be worn and compared with the best shoes made. Style that satisfies, comfort always, and service unparalleled. OVIATT SHOE CO 1105 MAIN, BRANCH STORE, 520 Mint Ave. K. C. Kae BRANCH STORE, 520 Minn. Ave., K. C. Kas S. M. CHANDLER'S BARBER SHOP AND RESTAURANT. 112 & 114 East 61h,Street. Kansas City, Mo. First Class Tonsorial Artists in Barber Shop Popular Prices, Work Guaranteed to Please. We Serve the best 10c and 15c meals in the city. Try our cigars and tobacco. The ELITE J. W. Voorhees, Troop Meals at all hours 15 cents up ... in season ... Give me a call 852 STATE AVE. KANSAS CITY, KANS 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 money's 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, 1607 1-2 East 18th St. C. ELLIOTT & BRO., Staple & Fancy Groceries. Fresh and Cured Meats. 30th & S. W. B'Tv'd. Kansas City, Mo. 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 Winter Nests. Over the low fire in the middle of the waste place that had been a banqueting hall crouched Hugh O'Rourke. He was wet and chilled to the bone with a long ride through mountain mists in the heart of winter. There was winter in his heart, too, for his step was a broken one, and his name proscribed, and where his father might have held together the breaking fortunes of name and clan by the sheer power of voice and face. Hugh the younger had been borne by his mother in a time of tempest and terror, and his face was wan and uncomely and his eyes wild and sad. "My father did not well to take a woman by force" he said aloud to the sinking fire that was all his company, "Black eyes and yellow hair pleased him well, belike, but he pleased not my mother and she revered her upon me who was innocent and unborn, giving me an April mind and a craving heart for her gifts on the day that she conceived me. Who enters there, in the name of God?" He sprang up, sword in hand, and then laughed at his outey, for it was a girl child who stood in the doorway, a little maid of eleven years, fair to see, white as a snowdrop, with pale yellow hair streaming from under her put back hood. "Little maid, you come to an empty house," Hugh O'Rourke said, "but you are welcome. You do not come alone?" "I come alone, Aodh," she said, answering his English with the Irish tongue. "I shall not fill your house" Hugh stood still beside the fire, while she came slowly down the room toward him, shaking the raindrops from her flowing hair as she came. A little way from the fire she stood, looking at him with large eyes. "Why do you meet me with bare steel?" she said. "I looked for other greeting from your father's son, Hugh O'Rourke." Hugh cast down his sword upon the bench he had risen from and took a step forward to meet her. Then he stopped, amazed for it was not a child she was, but a grown woman it was that cast off hood and cloak and came to him with eager face and eager hands. "Hugh O'Rourke," she said again in the kindly Irish tongue, "have you for gotten me so soon?" "Have I ever seen you before, O fair one?" Hugh said. Then, because her fingers were warm in his and her eyes dwelt on his, he ceased questioning and had no more wonder or fear at the fairy change than had passed upon her in a moment, making a woman out of a child. "I am she you have desired so long," she said, with tears and laughter in her voice. "I am she whose eyes you have seen in many faces that looked not kind on you, whose breast you have desired to lie on so many times, whose soul your soul has sought and never found." And she laid her mouth to his month, and the boating heart of her fluttered like a bird against his breast, and the fairy eyes of her darkened and laughed and lightened into his and set all his blood on fire. A little while they clung together so; then he put her from him and hold her at arms' length, looking at her with eyes that were unhungered. "If I dared only think of it, be J. M. Over the low fire crouched Hugh O'Rourke. loved," Hugh said. "Yet you have mortal beauty upon your face and body." "What do you know of mortality, Hugh O'Rourke? And beauty is that core of our little life that cannot pass away, though the fruit that covers it turn rotten after growing ripe. Kliss me, nay, but only with your eyes, be loved—and tell me how mortal I am." loved—and tell me how mortal I am." He kneeded down beside her now and cast his arms about her fair body as she sat in his seat, looking up at her with eyes that changed slowly their wonder for worship. Then he loosed a hand and drew down a thick curl of yellow hair to his lips, and presently blindfolded his eyes with its softness. "I am answered," the woman said at last. "That which is not mortal in you has spoken to me immortal, and we know one another. So"—she drew A "Barren years have I abided in mine anger, but now I lift my curse." the bandage of hair from his eyes and smiled down into them—"you love me, Hugh?" "If I know what love is, beloved." She uncovered his eyes and looked deep into them, laughing. "I am beauty and I am love, and I have chosen to lie on the bosom of a man whom the tongue of the world knows not—a dreamer who has achieved none of his dreams, a soldier whose sword has won him nothing—and there is beauty and success and strength in the world outside. How is it you can keep me here, Hugh?" "Sweet, I shalt never know." "Hush, unbehever! Let us be man and woman together for a little. My feet are cold, and I have hunger and thirst upon me, Hugh. Bring me food and drink, and let be the fire. You shall warm my hands in your hands, Hugh, when we have eaten together." "Dear, what will you eat? There is only coarse bread here, but I have red wine in my butt, and there is honey in the comb, I think, and store of apples in the loot—Winter Queenings, and the like." "Bring me here the bread and wine and honey, beloved, and we will make a wedding feast of these. And bring me a Winter Queenening that we may play ball with it when we have eaten." He went out, and came back soon with the bread and wine in a basket on his arm, the apple in his hand, and a silk coverlet over his shoulder. He laid the quilt down at her feet. "This for your carpet, beloved. Now will you eat?" She drank half the cup of wine that he poured out, and Hugh drank after her; then broke bread and ate the honeycomb together. "Tell me my name, Hugh?" "Grania, maybe, because you shine so bright, beloved." "No." "Escca, then, because your face is as pale as the moon when she is young." "Not Escca. Have you heard ever of a woman that was bitterly wronged of an O'Rourke long ago, and died cursing him, and has come back and back to cry for the passing of every O'Rourke since then?" "I have heard of her, beloved?" "I am she, the banshee of your house, Hugh O'Rourke; but for you I shall not cry. Warren years have I abided in mine anger, but now I lift my curse, for my love is put upon a man of the house that wronged me. Do you take me for your wife, O'Rourke, knowing this?" "I take you for my wife, Banshee, in the face of the sun and moon, and I plight troth to you past death, whether it come to night or in fifty years." "I take thee to my husband, Hugh O'Rourke, and I lift off my curse from thy house, thus and thus." "The woman drooped to his feet, shoI in worn brogues as they were, and kissed them; rose to her knees and kissed his hands and the hilt of his sword; rose to her feet and kissed his mouth." Then they went, handfast, into the shadowy upper end of the room, where the climbing firelight could no longer find them. And when the morning came, rosy and wind-tossed, Hugh O'Rourke came out to his serving-men with life and the joy of life in his eyes, and he and the fair woman clinging to his arm gave them good-morrow and went forth, laughing. But, an hour later, these found the body of Hugh O'Rourke lying on his bed with shut eyes and folded hands, long cold. So the serving men knew that they had seen and bidden farewell to the soul of Hugh O'Rourke and that all was well with him at last.—The Sketch. OATH-TAKING IN MANY LANDS Well Enough if All of Them Could Induce Veracity. Chinese witnesses must be sworn in several ways if they are to be bound to tell the truth. In some cases the witness breaks a plate and assents to the imprecation that his soul may be shattered in the same way if he strays from the paths of veracity. With a large section of the Chinese the formula is for the person administering the oath to light a match or candle, and, blowing it out, tell the witness that thus will his soul be extinguished if he does not speak the truth, to which he assents by giving a short nod. Some tribes living on the Thibetan tableland can only be sworn in courts by cutting off the head of a live game cock. The Hindu law says: "Let a judge swear a Brahmin by his veracity, a soldier by his horses, his elephants or his arms; an agriculturist by his cows, his grain, or his money and a souder by all his crimes." A Galla of Abyssinia sits down over a pit covered with a hide, imprecating that he may fall into a pit if he breaks his word. A Brazilian savage, to confirm his statement, raises his hand over his head and thrusts it into his hair or touches the point of his weapons. Among the Aracans, an Asiatic tribe, the witness swearing to speak the truth takes in his hand a musket, a sword, a spear, a tiger's tusk, a crocodile's tooth, or a stone celt. The hill tribes of India swear by a tiger's skin, and the Ostraks by a bear's head. The sacred oath in Persia is "by the holy grave," that is, the tomb of Shah Besa 'de, who is buried in Cashmere. Jews are sworn on on the Pentateuch with their hats on; Mohammedans by placing the right hand flat on the Koran and the left on the forehead, and then bringing down the forehead to the book, and finally gazing a while at the book. The highest oath of the man who dwells by the Ganges in India is taken on the water of that river. Why Many Young Men Fail Why Many Young Men Fall. It is the fault and the cause of the failure of so many bright, capable young men that, being put into a certain workday rut, they make no effort to climb or even crawl out of it; they do not seek the work that is not routine, and go beyond the terms of the bond in search of additional labor in order to attract the approving notice of their employers. They do not go to their posts before nor remain at them after the fixed hour. They are content to do enough, and no more than enough, to earn their hire. The life of the average clerk is generally genteel, easy, cleanly; he need not soil his hands, nor his clothes, and his ambition is satisfied with these pleasant conditions. — Philadelphia Ledger. Too Radical a Reformer Count Batthyany, a young man of twenty-six, and an enthusiastic Tolstoian, has been confined in an asylum in Austria for the insane at the instigation of his relations. His friends say that he is perfectly rational, and are agitating for his release. The Count has an immense estate, and set about to inculcate his doctrines among his tenants. These serf-like peasants he treated as brothers, preached anarchy, and read to them Tolstoia works, which he translated into the Magyar tongue On account of these doings, his retatives, to whom such innovations were abhorrent had him placed in the asylum. As Others See Us. "I wonder if my face will change, too, when I am your age?" asked the sweet girl graduate, in a tone redolent with insinuation." "Undoubtedly, dear," replied the elderly female, "and you ought to be thankful for the loss of a generous portion of your cheek." A. Wise M. D. "Doctor," said the village gossip "I'm troubled with that tired feeling What would you advise me to do?" "You might try five drops of chloro form on your tongue every half hour," replied the local pillmaker, as he winked his other eye. Bacilli Make Fields Fertile. The bacilli which grow on the roots of clover plants and have the power of abstracting nitrogen from the ah account for the increased fertility of fields after a crop of clover has beer grown on them. One of Many. Bess—Young Calloboy is an excep- tionally good talker, isn't he? Nell—Yes, he's a good talker al- right enough, but he has an impedi- ment in his thoughts. One Man's Wisdom. Kerwin—I keep my mouth shut OUR YOUNG FOLKS The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small. Are close-knit strands of an unbroken bread. Where's love ennobles all. The world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells; The Book of Life the shining record tells. Thy love shall chant its own beatitudes After its own life working. A child's kiss Set on thy singing lips shall make thee glad: A poor man served by the shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest. Tricks With Cards. Let three, five or seven young women stand in a circle and draw a card out of a box, she who gets the highest card will be married first of the company, whether she be at the present time maid, wife or widow; and she who has the lowestest time to stay are the sun shines on her wedding day; she who gets the ace of spades will never bear the name of wife and she who has the nine of hearts will have one lover too many to her sorrow. Hymen's letter—Put a pack of cards well shuffled into a box. Let the party stand in a circle and each draw three cards. Pairs of any kind are favorable owners of some good fortune. The king of hearts is the god of love and gives a beautiful swain to the one who draws him. Fives and nines are crosses and misfortunes; three nines at one draw shows the lady will be an old maid. The Dancing Coin. To do this trick you need a long, fine black silk thread with a very small piece of beeswax on the end of it. After you pass the coin around among the audience you press the end of the silk thread that carries the beeswax against the coin so hard that it will stick. Then throw the coin into a glass and step away, and at your command it will dance about and up an down as you please. The thread passes over the edge of the glass and through a number of very small eyelet holes sewed fast to the black table cloth, and elsewhere, ```markdown ``` which guide it to a place where you or a confederate may make it dance by giving little jerks to the thread. Meaning of Flowers. Hyacinth—Jealousy. Ivy—Friendship. Laurel—Glory. Lilac—First love. Lily—Purity. Magnolia—Proud. Mistletoe—I conquer. Morning glory—Coquery. Nasturtium—Patriotism. Pansy—Think of me. Passion flower—Piety. Peony—Anger. Petunia—I am not proud. Pink—Pure love. Rose—Beauty. Rose—wild—Simplicity. Rosebud—Young girl. Sunflower—Pride. Tuberose—Dangerous pleasu., Violet, blue—Love. Violet, white—Modesty. Conundrums. What tree is most suggestive of kissing? Yew. What is even better than presence of mind in a railway accident? Absence of body. What is that which will give a cold, cure a cold and pay the doctor's bill? A draught (draft). What is that which is neither flesh nor bone, and yet has four fingers? A glove. Why has man more hair than woman? Because he's naturally her suitor (hirsuter). What sweetens the cup of life, yet, divested of its end, embitters the most grateful draught? Hope—hop. A. Morster of the Deep. Captain Stavely of the Clumberhall, of the Furness Steamship line, has recently been a visitor in the vicinity of Great Barrington, and has told sa exciting story of a sea monster which he encountered on his re- --- A GONGEALED NAME PUZZLE PICTURE You Can Easily tell the Names of These young Ladies by looking carefully at the picture. What are they? cent voyage. On a voyage from San Francisco to London the captain's attention was called to a large sea monster, heading four points on the port bow of the ship. The monster's color was of large blotches of black and a sort of sand and gray in between. The monster was of whaleback shape, and fully 200 feet long, the highest part of its back extending nearly twenty feet above the sea surface. After approaching the steamer the animal remained on the surface for a few minutes and then hurried away. Capt. Stavely did not see the two extremes of the monster's body. After arriving in London Capt. Stavely learned that the sea monster had been previously reported by a steamer that had passed it on a moonlight night. During his visit in Berkshire the captain took the second slighride of his life.—Springfield Republican. Trick Donkeys. Here are two apparently dead donkeys. To bring them to life it is only necessary to fill in the dotted lines and then turn the page half way round. Do It Yourself. Why do you ask the teacher or some classmate to solve that hard problem? Do it yourself. You might as well let some one else eat your dinner as to "do your sums" for you, says the Northwestern Christian Advocate. Do not ask the teacher to parse all the difficult words or to assist you in the performance of any of your duties. Do it yourself. Do not ask for even a hint from anybody. Try again. Every trial increases your ability, and you will finally succeed by dint of the very wisdom and strength gained in this effort, even if at first the problem is far beyond your skill. It is the study, not the answer, that really rewards your pains. Stonea Are Alive. The most curious specimens of vegetable or plant life in existence are the so-called "living stones" of the Falkland Islands. Those islands are among the most cheerless spots in the world, being constantly subjected to a strong polar wind. In such a climate it is impossible for trees to grow erect, as they do in other countries, but nature has made amends by furnishing a supply of wood in the most curious shape imaginable. The visitor to the Falklands sees scattered here and there singular shaped blocks of what appear to be weather beaten and moss covered bowlers, in various sizes. Attempt to turn one of these "bowlders" over and you will meet with a surprise, because the stone is actually anchored by roots of great strength; in fact, you will find that you are fooling with one of the native trees. No other country in the world has such a peculiar "forest" growth, and it is said to be next to impossible to work the odd-shaped blocks into fuel, because the wood is perfectly devoid of "grain," and appears to be a twisted mass of woody fibres. Original Sketching. For this every one must be supplied with paper and pencil. On the paper a sketch representing some very well known incident, either in history or a novel, must be drawn no matter how badly. As soon as the sketches are completed, each player passes his to his left hand neighbor, who examines it and writes his comments on the sketch, and also the scene he thinks it represents on another piece of paper. Then he turns down the paper to cover his comments, and passes both papers to his left hand neighbor, and so on round the whole circle. When all have been round, the comments are opened and read aloud. The player who guesses the greatest number correctly is sometimes given a prize. Affection of Seals. Natural affection of seals (in their wild state) is well shown in the following anecdote: A gentleman living in Oregon, on the ocean shore, one day caught in a very simple manner a young seal. It had been stranded on the plank wharf by a receding tide, and left high and uncomfortably dry as well. It had not strength to waddle into the water, and no one to teach it the tricks of its tribe. The gentleman kept the little glossy creature for several days, and then in pity turned it into its native element. It came to the wharf every night and whispered so that he was obliged to take it out again and keep it in a small tank, the seal giving every demonstration of affection, after the manner of a young dog. Needles, Pins and Buttons Have you ever met a girl who pinned on her shoe buttons? I remember one that I used to know at school, and we girls pitied her with all our hearts. We happened to have an old-fashioned teacher in the school who told us that it was a sin to use a pin where a button should be, and that a pinned undergarment was a deception. So the poor, careless girl with pinned shoe buttons was a criminal in our eyes. This teacher who taught literature had a sewing basket on her desk and loaned needles with thread to anyone who had a button off or a glove to mend. Such a Long Hill. Bobby Bruin—Funny thing! I've been climbing two hours at least, and I don't seem to get any nearer. It's a much longer hill that I thought it was. Answers to Hidden Rivers. The names of the fourteen hidden rivers given in last week's article are as follows: Lena, Nile, Orange, Indus, Don, Congo, Ganges, Niger, Obl, Madeira, Rhone, Danube, Arkansas, Amor. Hard Rule to Follow. Here is a characteristic expression of view from Prof. Huxley, the eminent English scientist: "It is an excellent rule always to erase anything that strikes one as particularly smart when writing." HomeDuties The real heroines of every day are in our homes. Frequently, however, it is a mistaken and useless heroism. Women seem to listen to every call of duty except the supreme one that tells them to guard their health. How much harder the daily tasks become when some derangement of the female organs makes every movement painful and keeps the nervous system unstrung? Irritability takes the place of happiness and amiability; and weakness and suffering takes the place of health and strength. As long as they can drag themselves around, women continue to work and perform their household duties. They have been led to believe that suffering is necessary because they are women. What a mistake! The use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will banish pain and restore happiness. Don't resort to strong stimulants or narcotics when this great strengthening, healing remedy for women is always within reach. FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMEN. 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My husband spent hundreds of dollars to get me well, and all the medicine that the doctors prescribed failed to do me any good; I resorted to an operation which the physician said was necessary to restore me to health, but I suffered more after it than I did before; I had hemorrhages of the womb that nothing could seem to stop. "I noticed one of your advertisements and wrote you for advice. I received your reply and carefully followed all instructions. I immediately began to get stronger, and in two weeks was about the house. I took eight bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and continued following your advice, and to-day I am a well woman. Your remedies and help are a Godsend to suffering women, and I cannot find words to thank you for what you have done for me."—MRS. LOTTIE V. NAYLOR, 1328 N. J. Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. "DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:—I write to tell you what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. 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Thanks to your Vegetable Compound I am certainly grateful for the relief it gave me. It is the mother's great friend. I would not be without it in my house, for when I feel tired or out of sorts I take a few doses and feel all right. I would recommend your medicine to all tired mothers, and especially to those suffering as I was." —MRS. R. F. CHAMBERS, Bennet, Neb. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Colonist Rates to California. 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 Tourist 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 applying to the undersigned. GEO. W. HAGENBUCH, Genl. Agt. Pass. Dept., A. T. & S. F. Ry. Kansas City, Mo. DON'T GET WET! TOWER'S FISH BRAND ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THE SLICKER MADE FAMOUS BY A REPUTATION EXTENDING OVER MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. TOWER'S garments and hats are made of the best materials in black or yellow for all kinds of wet work. SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED IF YOU STICK TO THE SIGN OF THE FISH. A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS. A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. LINES, TORONTO, CAN. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ARE LOSS FAILURE. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION $3.00 W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's Goodyear Welt (Hand- Sewed Procesa) shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. O tha it as er and a on in d $25,000 REWARD will be paid to anyone who can disprove this statement. Because W. L. Douglas in the town 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 $3.90 equal in every town where he works, we for $4 and $5.00. The Douglas secret process of tanning the bottom soles produces abso- bute coloration that will last longer than any other tanning in the world. a gain of B.O. 890, 456.79 in Four Years. W. L. DOUGLAS B. 401L GILT EDGE LINE, Worth $6.00 Compared with Other Makes. The best imported and American leatherts, Hegl's Pont Court Box Craft Box Cuff, Wilt Cuff, Coff, and National Kangaroo, Fast Color Eyellets. Caution: The genuine have W. L. DOUGLAS Shoe by mail, 25c. extra, Illus. Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. The hungry man doesn't mind it if his goose is cooked. The Golden Square. Have you heard of the wonderful gas and oil fields of Kansas? Of the coal fields of the Indian Territory? Of load and zine in Missouri? No! Then let us send you our book, "The Golden Square." It will open your eyes to possibilities which are daily being turned into dollars. Address "KATY," 404 Wainwright, St. Louis. Even the thermometer has been known to take a drop too much. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs, while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. THE DEFEAT AT ADOWA. King Menelik's Victory Over the Ital- ian Army Complete. A recent book on King Menelik of Abyssinia gives a detailed account of his great victory over the Italian army of 18,000 men at Adowa in March, 1896: "One hundred and twenty thousand men thrown up from the unexplored depths of Africa were preparing to rush against the Europeans. Thousands of lean, fierce-looking Ethiopians in the cloak of brilliant colors that they wear on the day of battle; riflemen, spearmen from the hills, swordsmen buckling the curved blade on their right side to give free play to the shield-arm; wild riders from the plains; priests giving absolution; women and children even; and here and there some great feudal chief with black-leopard or lion skin on his horse, with gold embossed shield, silver bracelets and all the magnificence of barbarian war." The wild host advancing in the light of the rising sun found that an Italian bridege, through a blunder in the orders, had moved forward too far. The European army thus was destroyed piecemeal and the survivors only shook off pursuit amid the gathering darkness of evening and under the deluge-like rain of a tropical thunderstorm. The Italians had over 6,000 killed—one man in three. The victors lost nearly 20,000, the result of rushing in close order three positions held by artillery and repeating rifles. Some hundreds of prisoners were taken, and Menelik dimmed the glory of his victory by cruel mutilation of the native allies of the Italians. It was as complete a victory as any recorded in history. WHERE PULQUE IS DRUNK. Mexican Towns Bristle With Resorts Dedicated to Its Use. "The pulqueries of the City of Mexico are a unique feature of the life of that country that never fail to catch the eye of the tourist and attract the attention of visitors," said A. S. Chewning of El Paso, Tex., to a Star man at the Arlington this morning. "There are nearly a thousand such places and they dispense many carloads of pulque every day. These pulque shops are open every day in the year and surely present a picturesque appearance. The walls are decorated with the most extraordinary pictures, representing bull fights and prize fights. "The extraction of the pulque from the stems of cacti is done by hollowing out a sort of a cup in one end and letting the sap flow into it, which it does very quickly. Then it is emptied into a gourd, which is carried to the pulque dealer. A plant will yield from three to ten gallons. Every pulque shop in the City of Mexico has a name peculiarly its own, such as 'Delights of Life,' 'The Smile,' 'The Charmer,' 'The Hope,' 'The Rainbow,' 'The Image of Jesus,' 'The Inspiration' and a lot of others of a similar nature. Pulque when taken in large quantities is intoxicating. It forms the principal drink of the Mexicans and is a thin, whitish fluid, with the odor of sour milk."—Washington Star. His Upturned Face. The youthful orator came down from the platform at the close of his address, and many people pressed forward to shake him by the hand. He accepted their congratulations with a smiling face, but his eyes were on a certain auditor who lingered in his seat. The young lecturer pressed through the throng about him and extended his hand to the waiting man. "I want to thank you," he said, "for the close attention you gave my remarks. Your upturned face was in spiration to me. I am sure you never changed your earnest attitude during my lecture." "No," said the man, "I have a stiff neck." The Same Old Stories. When Adam courted Eve, they say With certain jests they whiled the hours Of blissful indolence away And Noah would those stories tell Unto his sons when it grew dark. The gloomy tedium to dispel Which sometimes settled o'er the ark. And 'round full many a campfire bright Those yarns have sent a merry thrill; They were recited with delight from the ark. At Troy and likewise Bunker Hill. And now the Congressman comes out And cons them over with guileless glee And scatters them about about And all is blithe as blithe can be. All of the Same Religion. When the late Charles Godfrey Leland was editing in New York The Knickerbocker Magazine, he gave a weekly reception that was popular among literary people. There arose at one of these receptions a noisy argument about religion. To quiet them Mr. Leland cried out in a voice loud enough to be hear' above all: "Intelligent persons are all of the same religion." A full ensued. Some one said: "What religion is that?" "That, answered Mr. Leland, 'is what intelligent persons never tell.'" Wanted Their Money's Worth: Ruth McEnery Stuart, the Southern authoress, was taken suddenly ill the other evening, when giving a reading in a church in New Haven, Conn., and was obliged to stop and return to her home in New York. The church refused to pay her. World's Finest Dry Dock. The San Francisco Dry Dock company has just completed at Hunters Point one of the finest dry docks in the world. It is large enough for two battleships at one time and can be bumped out in two hours. PROMINENT PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE PE-RU-NA. Dr. M. C. Gee, o "Pe-ru-na is fit t ROBERT R. Robert R. Roberts, M. D., Washington, D. C., writes: "Through my own experience as well as that of many of my friends and acquaintances who have been cured or relieved of catarrh by the use of Hartman's Peruna, I can confidently recommend it to those suffering from such disorders, and have no hesitation in prescribing it to my patients."—Robert R. Roberts. CONSTANTLY increasing number of physicians prescribe Peruna in their regular practice. It has proven its merits so thoroughly that even the doctors have overcome their prejudice against so-called patent medicines and recommend it to their patients. Peruna occupies a unique position in medical science. It is the only internal systemic catarrh remedy known to the medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as every one will admit, is the cause of one-half the diseases which afflict mankind. Catarrh and catarral diseases affect one-half of the people of the United States. F. H. Brand, M. D., of Mokena, Ill., uses Peruna in his practice. The following case is an example of the success he has through the use of Peruna for catarrh. Dr. Brand says: "Mrs. C., age 28, had been a sufferer from catarrh for the past seven years; could not hear plain and had watery eyes. She came to me almost a physical wreck. She had tried the Copper-lung cures and various other so-called specialists, and had derived no benefit When a man has proposed to a girl and been rejected she is the one that acts most disappointed. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. The small boy with toothache may should be seen and not herd. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications as they cannot reach the dissection portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional deafness. We can also use the documentation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely normal, the tube is not infamed. Information can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by cataract, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the eye. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by cataract) that cannot be cured by Hall's Cataract Cure. Send for circulation to Hall's LINKS & CO., Toledo, OR. Sold by Drugs Inc. Hall's Family Fills are the best. There is more fun in the world than most of us have any idea of. FITT Permanent Cure, mildly noninvasive after first day a use of by Kline's great nerve healer, food for FREE $2,000 trial bottle and treatment. Dr. R. H. Klink, Ltd., 914 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. In a designers' competition the result is always a draw. Piao's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all infections of the throat and lungs. W. O. EMBELLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. When a man is going to the dogs he usually meets the dogs about half way. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. The lazy man flatters himself that he is economizing his energies. THE K. C. S. ALMANAC FOR 1903. The Kansas City Southern Railway's Almanac for 1903 is now ready for distribution. Farmers, stock-raisers, fruit-growers, truck gardeners, manufacturers, merchants and others seeking a new field of action or a new home at the very lowest prices, can obtain reliable information concerning Southwestern Missouri, the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations in the Indian Territory, Western Arkansas, Eastern Texas, Northwestern Louisiana and the Coast country, and of the business opportunities offered therein. Write for a copy of the K. C. S. Almanac and address, S. G. Warner, G. P. A., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. A woman's no is often contradicted by her eye. Dr. M. C. Gee, of San Francisco, Says: "Pe-ru-na is of Especial Benefit to Women." THERE'S NO USE ARGUING Defiance Starch is the very best Starch made. It's a fact. Hundreds will testify to it. Try it once yourself. We guarantee satisfaction or money back. You can't lose. Defiance Starch is absolutely free from chemicals. It makes the clothes look beautiful and will not rot them. Get it of your grocer. 16 ounces for 10 cents—one-third more than you get of any other brand. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMANA, NEB. from them. She told me she did not want to spend any more money on medicines unless I could assure her relief. "I put her on Peruana and told her to come back in two weeks. The effects were wonderful. The cast-down look she had when I first saw her had left her and a smile adorned her face. She told me she felt a different woman, her hearing was better, her eyes did not turn ble her any more. I put her on Peruna and told her to come back in two weeks. The effects were wond- erful. The cast- down look she had when I first saw her had left her and a smile adorn- ed her face. She told me she felt a different woman, her hearing was improved and her eyes did not trou- ble her any more. "This is only one case of the many I have treated with your valuable medicine." —F. H. Brand, M. D. Catarth may invade any organ of the body; may destroy any function of the body. It most commonly attacks the head. OKLAHOMA THERES NO USE ARGU Defiance Starch is the very best Starch made. It's a fact. Hundreds will testify to it. Try it once yourself. We guarantee satisfaction or money back. You can't lose. Defiance Starch is absolutely free from cheat. It makes the clothes look beautiful and will not re- Get it of your grocer. 16 ounces for 10 cents—one-third more than you get of any other brand. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO. OMANA, NLB. Robins are here drink Hires Rootbeer The greatest spring tonic. A package makes five gallons. Each per瓶ate. or by mail for 23 cents. CHARLES E. HIRES CO. Balters, Pa. nose and throat, but thousands upon thousands of cases of catarrh of the lungs, stomach, kidneys, bladder and other pelvic organs have been cured by Peruna. Peruna is able to cure catarrh wherever it may be located by its direct action upon the mucous membranes. Catarrh means inflamed mucous membranes. Peruna acts at once to cleanse and invigorate the catarrh condition of the mucous membrane no matter where it may occur in the body. Its action is the same on the mucous lining of the nose as on the mucous lining of the bowels. It cures the catarrh inflammation wherever it may occur. Dr. R. Robbins, Muskogee, I. T., writes: "Peruna is the best medicine I know of for a cough and to strengthen a weak stomach and to give appetite. Beside prescribing it for catarrh, I have ordered it for weak and debilitated people, and have not had a patient but said it helped him. It is an excellent medicine and it fits so many cases. "I have a large practice, and have a chance to prescribe your Peruna. I hope you may live long to do good to the sick and suffering." Wesay Peruna cures catarrh. The people say Peruna cures catarrh. Prominent men and women all over the United States from Maine to California do not hesitate to come out in public print to say that Peruna is what it is recommended to be, an internal, systemic catarrh remedy that cures catarrh wherever it may be located. Dr. M. C. Gee's Experience. Dr. M. C. Gee is one of the physicians who endorse Peruna. In a letter written from 513 Jones street, San Francisco, Cal., he says: "There is a general objection on the part of the practicing physician to advocate patent medicines. But when any one medicine cures hundreds of people, it demonstrates its own value and does not need the endorsement of the profession. "Peruna has performed so many wonderful cures in San Francisco that I am convinced that it is a valuable remedy. I have frequently advised its use for women, as I find it insures regular and painless menstruation, cures leucorrhoea and ovarian troubles, and builds up the entire system. I also consider it one of the finest catarrh remedies I know of. I heartily endorse your medicine."—M. C. Gee, M. D. Women are especially liable to pelvic catarrh, female weakness as it is commonly called. Especially in the first few weeks of warm weather do the disagreeable symptoms of female weakness make themselves apparent. In crisp, cold weather chronic sufferers with pelvic catarrh do not feel so persistently the debilitating effects of the drain upon the system, but at the approach of summer with its latitude and tired feelings, the sufferer with pelvic catarrh feels the need of a strengthening tonic. Peruana is not only the best spring tonic for such cases but if persisted in will effect a complete cure. Write for a copy of "Health and Beauty," written especially for women by Dr. Hartman. If you wag to read of some cures also, write for a copy of "Facts and Faces." That will surely convince you that our claims are valid. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruana, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. excels in Corn, Cotton and Wheat. Ideal place to live, bringing large rents. A very large property, bringing real estate. No Safer Place to Invest. RENT CO., EL RENO, OKLANOMA TER. SEEDS OZONO AND Gedrotine combined tr for the Hair The mo on earth, C with only $1.50, and will send to you a two extra large box $2.00; also two lars Hair of course, with covery, POWDERED EGG our celebrated and renown one 1-pint package of A combined treatment is now the most wonderful remedy The most generous offer ever made by any firm most gift cards on earth. Get out this advertisement, and send to us, with only $1.50, and immediately upon receipt of same, we will send to you a full and complete treatment, consisting of extra large bottles of CEDROLINE, the lighthearted Hair Grower, worth $2.00; also large package of our latest discovery, POWDERED EGG SHAMPOO, worth $5c; also one bar of one 1-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, the most wonderful toilet specialty of the day, worth $2c. This grand collection, worth in all $0.00, will be sent on receipt of $1.00 and complete directions, together with called the toilet educator of the day. NOTE. To all who have ever bought offer for only $1.00. Your word will be you bought it. This liberal offer is more who can simply coin money selling our can get our goods safely to you. Do not BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 Is This Re Yes! Some of the prettiest designs in are in the show Kansas City's Pior in receipt of $1.50 and your name and address, with full, plain, rections, with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly educator of the day. who have ever bought OZONO we will send this great bargain $00. Your word will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where this liberal offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, and informing our customers. No matter how you live, we safely to you. Do not delay; order to day. Address EMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. $5.50, will be sent on receipt of $1.50 and your name and address, with full plain, with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly the toilet 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. 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, Is This Really True? Yes! Some of the choicest qualities and prettiest designs in Watches and Jewelry are in the show window of : : : : J. A. WILSON, Mr. Wilson in soliciting and the public either in buying of watches and jewels assures nothing less than Bargains in diamond rings, or baby rings, ladies' gold guards. A LETTER FROM American Mutual Aid Association, S.C. Gentlemen: I want to thank you of the claim that was due me for 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 privileges, and benefits that we do, company, but if not, then we throw Whether you would be insured or to post you on the laws of fraternity G. ACLA W. C. CC The Stoeltzing Stover on soliciting the patronage of his friends public either in buying his goods or in repair- catches and jewelry (which is a specialty) nothing less than complete satisfaction. diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, dies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. A LETTER FROM MISS SUSIE BOGGS. No. 730 Charlotte, St. Kansas City, Mo., Aug., 1902. I want to thank you for the promptness in the payment it 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 tor for his visiting me every day while I was sick, which ing for me since it cost me nothing. Mr. Wilson in soliciting the patronage of his friends and the public either in buying his goods or in repairing of watches and jewelry (which is a specialty) assures nothing less than complete satisfaction. Bargains in diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Gentlemen; I want to thank you for the promptness in the payment of the claim that was due me for the time that I was seriously ill, and I also want to thank your agent, Mr. G. A. Clay, for his regular attention to me, and your doctor for his visiting me every day while I was sick, which was a great saving for me since it cost me nothing. Yours for success. SUSIE BOGGS. We don't go around boasting about what we have done; we allow others to do this. Those persons who feel that they should be insured against accidents and sickness, we countously 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 skidness, we courteously invite you to investigate all companies of this nature, and if you find any one among them that will afford you the privileges, and benefits that we do, then we appeal to you to go in to such company, but if not, then we throw open our books for your enrollment. Whether you would be insured or not, call to see us; we would be pleased to post you on the laws of fraternal insurance. G. A CLAY, Organizer, 1106 Charlotte St. W. C. COMBS, Examiner, 1104 Charlotte, St. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. --- ```markdown ``` Wholesale and Retail Agents for... Peninsular Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the.. Peninsular Stove Co. ZOMODO MODONE, THE NEWEST HAIR GROW Makes the Hair grow with lightning-like ZOMODONE prevents Falling Hair, Grey Hair, and Scurf. Cures Dandruff, Itch, Tetter, Eczema Heads, Scanty Partings, Splitting Ends, and Bald T luxuriant, soft, fine, silky Hair. Makes the Hair line in most every instance in which it is used. and softens and lengthens the Hair, so that it c Not a fraud or a fake, to get your money, but ZOMODONE acts quickly; results are seen at on waist, send in your order right now—do not delay ple is not sufficient to do good. Price, 50c. for $3.00, or will send four complete treatments. AGENTS WANTED. Everything is ZOMODONE, THE NEWEST AND MOST RAPID HAIR GROWER IN EXISTENCE. Makes the Hair grow with lightning-like rapidity. No waiting for results. ZOMODONE prevents Falling Hair, Grey Hair, Brittle Hair, Curly Hair, Harsh Hair, and Seurf. Cures Dandruff, Itch, Tetter, Eczema, and Ring-Worm. No more Bald Heads, Scanty Partings, Splitting Ends, and Bald Temples. ZOMODONE grows long, luxuriant, soft, fine, silky Hair. Makes the Hair grow down to and below the waist line in most every instance in which it is used. ZOMODONE is a direct Hair food, and softens and lengthens the Hair, so that it can be arranged in any style desired. Not a fraud or a fake, to get your money, but an honest remedy, tried and true. ZOMODONE acts quickly; results are seen at once. If you want Hair down to your waist, send in your order right now—do not delay. No free samples sent; a sample is not sufficient to do good. Price, 50c., or 3 bottles (a complete treatment) for $1.00, or will send four complete treatments for $3.00. AGENTS WANTED. Everything is in favor of the Agent. LIBERAL CREDIT EXTENDED. This is an unprecedented chance to make money. Write quick for territory and particulars. Address THE HELEN MARTIN TOILET CO., 910 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN YOU WRITE. MILLET AND CANE BLUE GRASS LANDRETH'S Garden CLOVER, TIMOTHY Actual Results from Baldness After Only 4 Weeks' Use of ZOMODONE. T. LEE ADAMS 412 Walnut Street, KANSAS CITY, MO. Garden Tools, Poultry Supplies. Yours for success. Best Stores Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. German Heater, Soft Coat Baseheater, Cole's Ho Boat, Air Tight for Coat and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces TIN WORK a Specialty. ....A new line of.... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. MURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND SECRET LODGES. Costco 11th Lodge, No. 235, G U. O. of O.F. meets at 143 E. 18th St. 2nd and 18th Wednesday o'clock in each month, at 9:00 p. clock. J. L. Horton, N. G. H. Horton, N. G. St. Mary's Tabernacle, No. 2, meets first and third Fridays in each month at 134 Grand avenue. Daughter Luthie Beasley H. P. D. Daughter Mary Finley, Southhaven. St. Haily 13th Tabernacle No. 7 meets first and 10th St. Louis Ave. Key, N. C. Bruns up avenue. Daughter Martha Johnson H. P. Slaughter Abbie L. Pyles, Southhaven. Gate City Lodge, No. 469, G U. O. of O.F. meets at 143 E. 18th Street, every first and third Fridays, of each month. St. John's Chapel, on Bell St.. Between 8:10 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. St. Louis ave, Rev. N. C. Buren, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. during Thursday 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. Elemezer A. M. E. Church, cor. 20 and Holmes. Rev. A. G. Gilbert, pastor. Sunday services, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 3:30 p. m. Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A. F. and A. M., meets second and fourth Monday evenings in the month. J. W. Crowe, W. M. H. Spligenner, Secy. Allen Chapel, south-east corner 10th and Charlotte streets. Rev. O. J. W. Scott, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School, 2:30 p. m. Class Meeting Tuesday, 8 p. m. Praye, Wednesday, 8 p. m. Choir practice Monday evening. Second Baptist church, corner Tentu and Charlotte. S. W. Bacone, D. D. pastor. Sunday services; Preaching, 11 a. m. and 7:15 p. m.; Sunday school, 2 p. m. Weekly meetings, Monday B. Y. P. U. meeting, 8 p. m. Wednesday night, prayer meeting. Highland Avenue Baptist church Sunday services, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Preaching, Wednesday evening, 8 p. m. Praise meetings Monday evening B. Y P. U. Sunday school 2 p. m. G. W. Boyd, Pastor. MRS. A. B. CUMMINGS, Clerk. Pleasant Valley Baptist church, Rosedale, Kansas, Sunday services; Prescribing 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. Harris, 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 Meet- tion 7:30 p. m.; Preaching 8 p. m. Weekly Services—Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8 p. m.; Epworth League Bible Reading Friday 8 p. m. bi-monthly; Choir Re- sidence 8 p. m. Asbury M. E. Church 19th and Cherry, Kaimun City, Mo. Wm. H. Wheeler, Pastor, residence 1812 East Twenty-fifth street. 1784 ..... Telephone ..... 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Fancy & Staple Groceries ... AND ... Table Luxuries Vegetables in Season, Fresh & Salt Meats, Teas & Coffees. G. JONES, E 17th St, Kansas City, Mo. IT AND MOST RAPID VER IN EXISTENCE. rapidity. No waiting for results. Brittle Hair, Curly Hair, Harsh Hair, ana, and Ring-Worm. No more Bald Temples. ZOMODONE grows long, or grow down to and below the waist ZOMODONE is a direct Hair food, can be arranged in any style desired. it an honest remedy, tried and true. ence. If you want Hair down to your v. No free samples sent; a sam- or 3 bottles (a complete treatment) for $3.00. in favor of the Agent. LIBERAL DR. L. J. HOLLY, MISSOURI'S FORE-MOST PHYSICIAN. A Graduate of Three Universities, Bennett, Lincoln, Howard. Bernett, Lincoln, Howard. Dr. L. J. Holly was born in Chowan county, N. C., years ago. He was sent at the early age of seven to the public schools of his native city, through which he rapidly passed, entering the high school at thirteen and graduating therefrom at seventeen, a record indicative of the future success while he has attained. Not being content with a high school education, we find young Holly a freshman at Bennett college shortly after leaving the high school. Graduating from this institution of learning, he went north and entered Lincoln university, Chester county, Pa., taking his Bachelor's degree from this school in '86. We must find him at Howard University, pursuing a medical course, finishing the some with high honors. He began the practice of his profession in the city of Washington, D. C., meeting with success from the start. Like most young men of ambition, Dr. Holly believed that the west offered more inducements for young men of brains and push, he made up his mind to locate in Kansas City. Before leaving Washington Dr. Holly was married to Miss Sadie Gaskin, the only daughter of Hon. J. T. Gaskin, a wealthy and well known resident of Washington, who has for more than thirty years held a responsible position in the senate of the United States, Mrs. Holly is a graduate of Howard University and a musician of rare ability. Mrs. Holly is also an artist, her paintings being the best on exhibition at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha. Dr. Holly has an elegant home 1117 Campbell street and enjoys large practice. 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. HOUSTON COULD ACT FRENCH. How Famous Governor of Texas Received French Minister. Representative Dudley Wooten was telling Gen. Sam Houston stories recently, says the Washington Post. He pointed out that France was the first nation to recognize the Texan republic. A Minister was sent to the capital, which was then Houston. The minister knew no English and President Houston could speak nothing but Cherokee and English. An interpreter was sent for. When he arrived the minister had his first audience with President Houston. The minister come in, bowing low and sweeping the floor with his chapeau. He made a dozen of these flourishes. President Houston watched him closely, and when it was time for him to respond he made ten or twelve of the most profound bows, each time sweeping the floor with his cocked hat. Then turning to the interpreter Houston said: "Tell the Frenchman that if I can't speak French I can act French." ALMOST KNOCKED OUT TILLMAN. South Carolina Senator Badly Staggered for a Moment. Senator Tillman was once sent by the Democratic Congressional Committee out to Kentucky to orate for the ticket. The first speech he made there up to a certain point was a great success. He spoke of the necessity of electing incorruptible men to Congress, "such as the Democracy of this district has chosen to represent the people at Washington." Just at this moment some one in the crowd interrupted with: "Would Dr. Claherty sell out?" "What's that?" asked Tillman, somewhat riled at this break in his train of thoughts. "Would Dr. Claherty sell out?" repeated the questioner. "And who the blazes is Dr. Claherty?" asked Tillman. "He's the man you're asking us to vote for," came the prompt response. The Senator was stunned, and could only blurt out: "I never heard of him before." Monument for Jules Simon. Jules Simon, one of the greatest figures during the second empire in France, is to be honored by a monument. St. Petersburg Bi-Centenary. The bi-centenary of the tounding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great in 1703 will be celebrated this year. Big Anthracite Vein Discovered. Anthracite coal underlying 10,000 acres has been discovered in Vancouver Island, B. C. 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