The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for It Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. INDEPENDENCE NEWS. The chicken fry under the auspices of the Loyal League last Thursday night was a splendid success, both socially and financially. There will be a unique entertainment given at the A. M. E. church on the 24th of September by the men of the church, who will prepare all the delicacies and also serve. Go out and see how well the men can do. Admission 10 cents. The last Quarterly Meeting for tails Conference eYar will be heud at St. Paul's A. M. E. church the last Sunday in this month. It is hoped that every member and friend will be in attendance that day. The church has been very prosperous this year, spiritually as well as financially and it is the desire of the pastor that the Quarterly meeting will be a glorious winding up of a successful year's work. Visiting brethren are expected to be present all day and preach. The Noland public school opened under auspicious conditions last Monday. All the teachers were at their posts under the principalship of Professor Harrison. More than 100 scholars more than were carolled at the opening last year. We bespeak great things for the school this year under the efficient management of Professor Harrison and his splendid corps of teachers. Misses Pennick, Fisher and Mrs. Jenkins. Miss Nellie Libb departed this life last Saturday at 4 a. m., after a serious illness of six weeks. She was buried from the Macedonia Baptist church last Sunday at 11 a. m., Rev. Fitts officiating. The St. Ann's Court, of which she was a member, attended in a body. Mrs. J. C. Caldwell left last Saturday morning for a week's visit in Lexington, visiting old friends. Mr. Samuel Jackson fell off his wagon last week and was seriously hurt. Miss Mary Hoard has returned after being away for six weeks. Mrs. Fowler, of Lexington, accompanied her home and will stay in our city a few days. Miss Rosalle Bush is home again and feels much benefitted by her sojourn in California a few weeks. Miss Henrietta Hayden is visiting her mother and sisters in Dover and Lexington. Fali's Children's Day will be observed at the A. M. E. church next Sunday. A special program has been arranged for the evening service. One of the special features of the program will be an address by Prof. Harrison. Miss Eva Jackson reports having spent a very pleasant time during her stay in Mexico. Great Star Coming. According to astronomers, the Star of Bethlehem, which conducted the wise men to the birthplace of Jesus, will appear once more in 1910 or 1911. Josephus, the Hebrew historian, speaks of this star, which is now known as Halley's comet, and since his time it has appeared on twenty-three occasions. The Right to Dance. The Cheyenne Indians are disposed to insist that they are acting strictly within the limits of their constitutional rights in holding the sun dance. Perhaps they will have to go a little further and prove that sun dancing can be properly included among the other pursuits of happiness. Didn't Know She Was Home. "Can you speak English?" frantically asked an American woman, rushing up to the clerk of a New York postoffice. Having spent the last year traveling about Europe, this question had been the usual preliminary to all business transactions during that time, and from custom she repeated it here—New York Tribune. J. SILAS HARRIS INVOLVED. Said to Have Offered to Sell Lincoln Institute Position. President B. F. Allen, of Lincoln institute, of this city, and Professors J. H. Garnett and J. S. Moten, together with Roy McDonald, a negro student at the school, were called into the grand jury room to-day. It is said that the presence of the colored men has to do with a story affecting J. Silas Harris, of Kansas City. Harris is a member of the board of regents of Lincoln institute. Mr. J. H. Bredemann, of this city, who is a member of the present grand jury, was one of the white instructors at the institute, but lost his position when the white men were dropped last spring. The story is that Harris offered to have Bredemann reinstated for the sum of $350. It is said that Governor Dockery has requested the resignation of Harris from the state board, but that Harris has refused to resign. There is one thing that hurts us as a race. It seems that every other Negro that has the honor of being appointed to a high place in life, lets his foot slip and every slip means a step backward to us. English Slang in France. Never have the French made use of so many English words as during the past season. The world of "sport" began the practice some years ago, and it had this excuse, that it drew its horses, its "trainers" and its "jockeys" from the other side of the channel. But nowadays French society indulges in a positive debauch of exotic terms. One goes no longer "sur le champ des courses," but "on the turf." The horses go round the "ring." The "donneurs de Paris" are "bookmakers." The "gross pontes," "plungers." A "thoroughbred" (pur sang) is no longer "boiteux," but "broken down."—Paris letter. Some Useful Recipes Among members of the Greek church in Macedonia the following recipes are regarded as highly useful: To pacify one's enemies write the psalm "Known in Judea," dissolve it in water, and give your enemy to drink thereof, and he will be pacified. For a startled and frightened man take three dry chestnuts and sow-thistle and three glasses of old wine and let him drink thereof early and late; write also "In the beginning was the Word," and let him carry it. Postal Convenience One of the latest applications of the penny-in-the-slot principle is reported from Australia. In the postoffices of the commonwealth, if time or opportunity does not permit the prompt purchase of a stamp, the person in a hurry is able to drop his letter into one orifice of the machine and his penny into the other, and when this process is completed, "One penny paid." will be found impressed on the envelope as an equivalent to the orthodox stamp. The Mysterious Radium. The mysterious new substance, radium, is now said partially to restore vision to the blind. The Scientific American says: "One of our correspondents recently passed through a peculiar experience. He tasted of a small fraction of a grain of radium. It acted as a powerful stimulant, affecting both the heart and the kidneys. It was several hours before his pulse became normal. It affected the mind also, producing hallucinations." "Creations" Come High Wife (in her latest dress from Paris)—Harry, what's the difference between a "gown" and a "creation"? Harry—I can't give the exact figures, but it's a small fortune.—Punch. Radioactive Gas. It has been discovered that a radioactive gas, or emanation, can be obtained by drawing air ovr hot copper, or by bubbling it through hot or cold mercury. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1903. THE LITTLE ONE'S REASONING. Natural Deduction Made by Physician's Daughter. Dr. W. T. Bull tells this story about a country surgeon who once had three leg amputation cases in a week. The unusual number of serious and similar operations naturally caused talk in the surgeon's household and his little daughter was greatly interested. A few days after the last operation the surgeon's wife and daughter were rummaging in the attic. In a trunk was found a daguerreotype depicting a girl of about eight years of age. The portrait, through a peculiarity of pose, showed only one leg of the subject, the other being doubled up under her in a manner truly feminine. "Whose picture is that, mamma?" asked the surgeon's daughter. "Mine. It was taken when I was a child not much older than you are now." "Did you know papa then?" "No, dear. Why do you ask?" "I thought mayoe you did, 'cause you've only got one leg."—New York Times. THE WORD WAS FAMILIAR. Scholar Naturally Misled by Modern Slang Term. A West Philadelphia Sunday school teacher has a class of a dozen small boys, ranging in their ages from 6 to 8 years. Not long ago the lesson was from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis, upon the temptation of Abraham to offer Isaac for a sacrifice. The teacher told them in as simple language as possible the story of the going into the mountain and the preparation for the sacrifice, and when all was ready she explained that Abraham saw a kid caught in the bushes and took that and killed it. There was an awed silence for a moment when she had finished, and then one little lad gasped, with eyes wide with horror: "A 'kid!' What, a boy?" Woman's Remarkable Ead. Have you seen a woman on a street car or train take two white mice out of an air-filled reticule, caress them fondly and then kiss them? Her husband was with her the other day, but the wee small pets occupied all her attention. The reticule had little air openings in the sides, with a rubber tube attachment, thorough which occasionally fresh air was blown, for the day was suiry and wee mouse might suffocate. "Hubby" was utilized to blow in the air. He looked hepencked and thoroughly subdued. Occasionally the woman would open the reticule, when the little white mice would clamber out over the top. Is this to be a new fad?—New York Press. Sane Man. If—— A Chicago man wants to borrow a 13-inch cannon, set it upon the top of Pike's Peak and send a projectile into space to upset the Newtonian theory of gravitation and tap the reservoir of electricity, which he says exists above the earth's atmospheric envelope. He thinks the cannon ball, if a magnet, will not come back to earth, but will remain in the electric reservoir, and he expects to draw unlimited power down through a wire attached to the ball. If Newton was mistaken and modern men of science all wrong in their ideas of the construction of the universe and the movements of the planets, the Chicago man is not crazy. Future Sources of OIL The Roumanian petroleum field is almost exhausted and that of Galacia falling off. This leaves Germany open to American and Russian companies. It is stated to be in the interest of Germany to see that there is no coalition between these two, which can be prevented only by increasing the demand for the Russian product. The German buyer, however, is said to look upon the Russian oil with disfavor. Ear-Sighted Girl. A good story is told of a certain Catholic bishop in the Northwest, who while examining a class for confirmation, asked one of the little girls the question: "What is matrimony?" "That's where we go to suffer for our sins!" was the reply of the child. [Composed and dedicated to Mrs. Caroline Cowden, who departed tais life August 31st, 1903, by Lillie Smith.] A form that was so dear to us, That loved us 'ere we drew our breath. A voice that mingled with our own. Has left us and is hushed in death. Ah, often has those dear sweet eyes Smiled upon us with motherly care. And often have those cold lips spoke Words of comfort, words of cheer. Those lifeless hands that cease to move, Led us along life's rugged road. And when in error's path we roved, Has pointed us the way to God. Sleep on dear mother, angel fair, Rest from the weary cares of life Our heart's desire to meet thee there, Where all is joy, where all is bright. Witness of Moore Murder. The trial of James Gibbs, the negro lawyer, for the murder of Edward Moore was postponed in the criminal court yesterday until September 28 on account of the absence of Amos Hayes, known to the negroes as "Yellow Kid," the state's most important witness. It is alleged that the friends of Gibbs have been instrumental in keeping the witness out of reach of the court. Prosecutor Hughes said yesterday he had information to the effect that an ex-convict has interested himself in the case and has gotten hold of the "Yellow Kid" and either sent him away or is hiding him somewhere in the city. "Unless the witness is produced on September 28, the day set for Gibbs' trial," said Mr. Hughes, "I am going after some of those who have been tampering with the state's witnesses." Hayes was an eye witness of the shooting of Moore by Gibbs, which took place at the Douglass Club. He said he saw the two men quarreling and that Gibbs put his hand in his hip pocket. He said he then ran between the men and begged Gibbs not to draw his revolver. Moore, he said then started to run across the room and Gibbs followed, drew his weapon and shot Moore in the back. Great Luck A North Dakota farmer who went to Mirneapolis carried $100 under his hatband. In a restaurant another patron changed hats with him, but after two days the loser found the other man and swapped back and found his money undisturbed. WISDOM OF THE WEST. The coupon is worth nothing at the end of the show. It is better to be handsome in deed than in photographa. Men who stop to count the cost are slow to propose. Much optimistic talk is used as a cover for perplexity. It is better to get up with a baby than with a headache. Every man is an idiot who pursues his own way in spite of us. Many men who cannot afford to get married form a passion for poker. The advantage of the smile cultivated by women is that it does not interfere with digestion. Some men are so tempted to do something foolish that they yield now and then just to keep peace with themselves.—Sioux City Journal. FIGS AND THISTLES. Every cruel blow sears the striker's heart. What we gain in form we may lose in force. The indulgence of the flesh dwarfs the spirit. Naturalism is unnatural to the spiritual man. Misfortunes are God's call to new ministries. The true man sees in difficulty a call to endeavor. Stolen fruits are sweet only to a deranged appetite. It is easy to mistake high spirits for the Holy Spirit. To pander to the lowest faculties is to paralyze the higher. External forms of religion often mark its extinct fires. Some people are planning already to move for a change of administration when they get to heaven. Earth weeps when the plough cuts her bosm in the spring, but she smiles when the resultant harvest is gathered in—Ram's Horn. ALL SORTS When money talks even a woman will pause to listen. Divorce is an epitaph frequently carved on love's tombstone. Philosophy enables a man to bear the toothache of his neighbor without a whimper. Too many benders are apt to react and place a man in straightened circumstances. Fortune seems to delight in knocking at the average man's door when he is absent. A woman asks a man's advice so that later on she can tell how little he knew. Matrimony is defined by an old bachelor as a trust for protecting infant industries. Politics makes strange bestellows—which account for considerable political insomnia. A girl may consider Friday an unlucky day to be married on, and she may not. It depends on her age. MANY WOMEN- Find difficulty in defining the word happiness. Destroy a child's disposition by too much praise. Tell good stories only when among their own sex. Regard selfishness as a purely masculine attribute. When caught in a falsehood decline to own up to it. Go on the principle that self-helpfulness is an excellent quality Talk of what they intend doing as though possessed of millions. Fail to understand why men are forced to keep a fold front. Discuss a man's personal appearance as if they were legally constituted critics. Show a degree of assurance which would do credit to the most aggressive man.—Philadelphia Bulletin. NUMBER 26 Rev. Young will be able to have service in his church by the first Sabbath of next month. Rev. Mrs. Caldwell and Mrs. Jenkins of Independence, are now in the city visiting friends and acquaintances. Mr. Henry Waters, one of the oldest citizens, died on the 6th of September. He was born in Virginia in 1780, being 103 years old at the time of his death. He was one of the charter members of the Old Men's club. He leaves a wife and two daughters and one son. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Born—To the wife of Mr. Kirk Johnson, a girl. She is now quite sick. We hope she will recover soon. Mr. Wm. Hunter has bought out Mr. Wm. Booker's restaurant. When you are in town call on, him. He will furnish you your meals on short order. He has become a regular reader of the Rising Son. Mr. Hughes, who conducts a restaurant on Ninth street is also a subscriber for the Rising Sun. If you want profitable business you must read the Son. Mrs. A. B. Johnson paid her subscription for the Rising Son. While we were at the Grand Lodge and the S. M. T.'s the following gentlemen asked that a copy of the Rising Son be sent to them; Mr. Robert Jackson, of Rocheport, Boone county, Mo.; Mr. Nelson Afford of Frankfort, Mo.; Mr.ohn Swans, of Mexico, Mo.; Mr. Henry Porter, Brunswick, Mo.; Mr. G. W. Davis, Porvidence, Mo. The Grand Chapter of the State of Missouri and its jurisdiction met here August 27th and closed on the 29th. They elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Mr. William Rice, of St. Louis, R. G. P.; Mrs. Kittle Sylas, of Kansas City, R. G. M.; Mr. A. W. Walker, A. R. G., of Lexington, Mo.; Mrs. Parker, of Kansas City, A. R. G. M.; Mrs. Jane Porter, T. M. M., of Lexington, Mo.; Mrs. Ina F. Dickson, of St. Louis, R. S. G. M. It will meet in Kansas City in 1904. FORTUNE THE APOLOGIST. From the Chicago Conservator. Hon. Tom Fortune, replying to the Conservator's article on "Fortune's Weakness," says among other things: "The Chicago Conservator thinks in a column of space that Mr. Fortune has destroyed his prospects of leadership by sustaining Booker T. Washington as a leader. We do not look at the matter from that point of view. We do not expect the editor of the Chicago Conservator to understand the wise and politic and unselfish course we pursue." It is kind and exceedingly generous in our modest old friend Fortune to let the long suffering world know that he is "wise" and "unselfish" in his advanced age. But it should be stated to Mr. Fortune's credit that he has been a continuous, unbroken office seeker "ever since the war," with no success "until he swung on to Booker T. Washington's kite tail. In following his determination to get an office, this late apologist has in turn been in all the political parties of America, even the Prohibition party. But Washington landed him, and he would be an ingrate if he did not "agree with Mr. Washington" in all things. Composite Nation Ethnologists of the Smithsonian institution have investigated the Filipinos, with results that are of rare interest to science. They have called attention to the fact that in the veins of the tribes of the archipelago flows the blood of all the races and varieties of mankind.—Scientific American. "Anxious Heart" writes the Globe for rules to be observed when one goes visiting. We know but one: Don't go visiting. EVERY TOOTH A SOUND ONE. G.D.P. FARMERS AND TARIFF LANDS AND THEIR PRODUCTS ENHANCED IN VALUE. Higher Prices for What the Farmer Has to Sell Have Accompanied the Prosperity Brought About by the Restoration of the Protection Policy. --- It is some years now since the free trader has abandoned his wallings over the abandoned farms of New England and elsewhere. Under the most benefited influences of the Dingey law, farm lands all over the entire country have been increasing in value, and, according to inquiries recently made by the American Agriculturist, the prices of farms through out New England and the East have advanced from 15 to 20 per cent over the values of five years ago. In almost every state where investigations were made throughout New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, the reports show an upward average tendency of about 20 per cent, and in single instances far more. In no case were any decline in values found, and although in a few cases the reports showed no particular change in value, yet in most cases there were evidences of a gain in the price of good average farms of 5, 10, 15 and 20 per cent, and in a few instances running considerably higher. In Delaware the upward tendency has almost reached the nature of a boom. It has always been one of the principal tenets of the protectionist that the value of farm lands and farm products are enhanced according to their proximity to a manufacturing center. The closeness to a manufacturing town is, of course, of no value unless the inhabitants of that com- EVERY TOOTH A munity are earning good and continual wages. This has been the condition now for several years under our present protective tariff, and in consequence farmers have gotten better prices for their products, and their lands have enhanced in value proportionately. The Eastern farmer cannot, of course, compete with the Western agriculturist in the great crops, but when the factory hands of the New England and Middle States are fully employed there is always a demand for farm produce which comes under the head of "truck farming," fully equal to the productive ability of the entire farming community of these Eastern states. In fact, the only difficulty which the New England farmer has experienced during the past two or three years has been the same as that of the Western agriculturist—namely, inability to get sufficient help to enable him to produce and harvest his products. Says the American Agriculturist of July 25: "Slowly but surely the values of farm lands in the Eastern and New England states are improving. The evidences arrayed in the American Agriculturist's special investigation should make an impress for the betterment of the farmer's financial standing. Granted that the splendid agricultural lands of the West are most attractive propositions, yet there is no reason why the progressive farmer of the Middle and Eastern states should not be recorded due consideration from banks and business interests generally, when loans are sought for the further improvement of the farms. The testimony of our correspondents on the higher trend of values should inspire greater confidence than ever before in the merits of Eastern farming, where we have the best cash markets in the world at our doors. Land in some of our Eastern and New England states is now relatively among the best business propositions in the country." We fully agree with the above, that the Eastern farmer is entitled to every consideration at the hands of the banks. Twenty years ago he was lending his money to build up the agricultural lands of the West. A few years of protection has enabled the Western agriculturist to either pay off his mortgage entirely, or reduce it most materially, and now the farmers of the West have money to loan, and their banks are bulging not only with the necessary currency needed in the moving crops, but to loan on good security, to even the East if it should be wanted. But our New England banks, too, and those of the Middle States are bulging with the savings of --- the working classes, and there is plenty of money to loan at 5 per cent on satisfactory security. Thus it is that protection helps the financial situation, at the same time that it defends our industries and enables our great mass of citizens whether at work on the farm or in the factory, to become independent and well-to-do. It must ever be one of the greatest reasons given in favor of a continuation of our protective policy that the benefits it bestows are widespread and universal. There is not a building up in one state or one section of the country; there is no benefit to be bestowed upon any one branch of industry; all share and share alike, and each helps the other in one great interdependent endless chain of communication. So it is that when we have work for all, then the mouths are filled and the bodies are clothed, and the houses are built, and the luxuries are consumed, taxing every productive institution in the country; taxing our transportation facilities to their utmost, and keeping busy our avenues of distribution and calling into employment our great body of clerical laborers, all in turn, contributing by their consuming power and purchasing ability to the common weal of all. Surely such a policy, such a condition should be let alone as long as prosperity and employment continue to be at the highest level ever known, not only in this, but any other country. Labor's Prosperity. Statistics just published, which show the great increase in wages that has come during the year 1902 in the state of Massachusetts, are of general interest because there is no reason to regard the condition of wage earners in that State as exceptional. It is beyond doubt an example of a condition that prevails throughout the country. The wage earners of Massachusetts SOUND ONE. G.O.P. received in 1902 from their employers the sum of $193,552,175, which was nearly sixteen millions more than their 'ota' wages in the previous year. The average earnings of the individual workers in all industries was $459.98, which was $10.29 more than in the previous year. In six of the nine leading industries of the State more was done, either through the employment of more hands or through the putting in or more time, in 1902 and in 1901. The fertilizing manufacturing industry shows the largest per cent. increase in the total amount of wages paid out—$18.84. The shoe industry is next with an increase of 28-12 per cent. Employees of the malt distilleries command the highest wages, averaging $862 a year. Workers on models, lasts and patterns in the shoe industry are next with average yearly earnings of $740.42. Such figures as these prove that there is little justification for the cry that has been raised frequently by agitators, that the wage-earners were not getting their share of the general prosperity—Albany Evening Journal. The Reason for Tariff Wars. Protection is held responsible for tariff wars, but the action of France in imposing discriminating duties on American meats because the manufacturers of that country wish to force upon us wares which we do not want, shows where the responsibility lies. Tariff wars are entirely chargeable to the desire to push upon other people what can not be consumed at home. Protection only aims at self sufficiency. When that idea is strictly adhered to no one has a right to take offense. It is as illogical for a nation to find fault with another nation because it refuses to buy goods from it as it would be for a Kearny street shop keeper to call people who refused to buy from him hard names.—San Francisco Chronicle. Guilty! The Springfield Republican thinks the "high tariff is now on trial, as never before, as the great causative and saving factor in the business prosperity of the nation." The verdict will be "Gullity." The high tariff is, without question or extinguating circumstances, the causative and saving factor in the business prosperity or the nation." Weakest Point. Free trade's weakest point is that it would cheapen things for the rich at the expense of the wage earner.—Valley Mills (Tex.) Protectionist RELIGIOUS TOPICS Unanswered. 'Is that God's ribbon in the sky To to the worlds together?' A sweet child asked, On seeing Nature's rainbow belt Worn after rainy weather: 'Or is it some of heaven's light A-peeping through the floor Or at an open door? I wish I knew, Don't you? She paused a moment, Wondered, thought, Then, with a long-drawn sigh, Was heard the old, old cry, 'I wish God told us more Don't you? -Elizabeth Porter Gould. Quiet Hour The Value of Money. "For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense; but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom giveth life to them that have it." Rech, vll. 12. There is a word to be said to young men; not a harsh word, but a word of friendly and kindly counsel. If a young man is equipped with the right ideas, the chances are in favor of his being of some value to the world; but if when he stands on the threshold of life he has no controlling moral principle, he is like a chip on the surface of a freshet—that is, he may, if he has rare good fortune, reach the sea, or he may be thrown on the bank at any turn of the current. It is impossible, therefore, to exaggerate the necessity of a fine equipment, because the fate of the soul long after this life has ended, may depend on it. While it is possible for a boy with a mind full of mistaken ideas to throw them aside one after the other as he proceeds on his journey, it is also true that he runs great risks and will probably end his career with an armful of regrets and a handful of real happiness. Now there is no subject on which there are more false notions than on the subject of money. It is a good thing to have money and a good thing to work for it, but you must be careful not to pay too large a price for it. As the servant of a noble man money is exceedingly valuable for it furnishes opportunities to enlarge the scope of charity and benevolence. As the master of a niggardly man it develops the meaner qualities of human nature and makes its possessor a mere caricature. If truth be told, it is, after all, the men of character and not the men of money who have made the world what it is. The fact stands in the foreground of all thoughtful observation, like a towering monument against the sky. If we were compelled to do without the one or the other it would be sheer insanity to dispense with men of character and retain the men of money. Let us be clear on this point. People are apt to talk about "filthy lucre." But do not be led astray. Money is never filthy unless it makes the soul that seeks it filthy. It is your right to labor for it and your right to get it if you can. You are justified in laying plans for its acquisition, because there is a glorious satisfaction in the thought that you will want for nothing in your old age and your dear ones will be amply provided for. But have a care that you do not come to think that your happiness depends on it, because after all is said there are more happy poor men than happy rich men. For that matter, it is a grave error to suppose that money can itself make you happy without the possession of other qualities which will enable you to enjoy it and do good with it. The business of the world is closely related to the progress of the world. It is a noble calling, that of the business man, and one which God looks upon with tender regard. Money and philanthropy are twins, born of the same good mother, two children of beauty and grace. The merchant's work is just as providential as that of the clergyman, and his mission, if he rightly understands it, is just as important. If the consecrating hands of the Holy Spirit are laid on the head of the preacher, and he is thus devoted to a special task, so are the same hands laid on the head of a young man who starts on a business career, and he is laid under solemn obligations to be useful to his fellows. That is a truth which cannot be too keenly appreciated. We cannot get along without money-making, and the one thing we insult on, therefore, is that the money-makers shall be honest in their dealings and keep their conciences in good trim. This, then, is the advice we offer: let your ambition run high, and seek its realization by hard work, but remember that it is a man's soul and not his pocketbook which goes to seaven. You can get on without riches if need be, but you cannot get on without a clean conscience. Make money, but do not worship it. Pay a good price for it, but not more than it is worth. Honest dollars hurt no one, but dishonest gains are a consuming fire—Rev. George H. Hepworth. Sowing. One of the prettiest and most important teachings of the Holy Scripture is: To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. It does not say: If you will be good you will have a good time; but it prom- ises distinctly and specially that we shall reap exactly as we sow. If we sow good seed, we shall reap good things. We are sowing all the time. Courtesies or ill manners; kind words or rough ones; falsehoods or truths; idle words or wholesome ones; helps or hurts. All these are seeds that bring forth fruit after their kind, and make up our lives—bright and happy or miserable. The fields are the hearts of are friends, and all we meet in any way. The sowing of righteousness is a habitual, constant, continual, everyday thing. The responsibility with us is, not to aim at great achievements and to get the name of saint or philologist, but to keep innocency and to take heed to the thing that is right; that our hearts may be set on good, kind, honorable things, in the smallest incidents and occasions. All the world is receiving impressions and taking notes unawares. No one can say in advance what great consequences may come of an expression of countenance, a wave of the hand, a tone, a yes or no, an honorable thing, or a meanness. The motive and the flavor determine the results. And the grandest effort may result in nothing but the leaving of the impression of the selfishness and ambition of its author. So, on the other hand, great failure may be a grand triumph of amiability and self-sacrifice. Life's Little Days One secret of sweet and happy Christian life is in learning to live by the day. It is the long stretches that tire us. We think of life as a whole, running on for years, and it seems too great for us. We cannot carry this load until we are threescore and ten. We cannot fight this battle continually for half a century. But really there are no long stretches. Life does not come to us in lifetimes; it comes only a day at a time. Even to-morrow is never ours till it becomes to-day, and we have nothing whatever to do with it but to pass down to it a fair and good inheritance in to-day's work well done and to-day's life well lived. It is a blessed secret, this of living by the day. Any one can carry his burden, however heavy till nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Any one can live sweetly, quietly, patiently, lovingly and purely till the sun goes down. And this is all that life ever really means to us—just one little day. "Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's temptation, and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them." God gives us nights to shut down the curtain of darkness on our little days. We cannot see beyond, and we ought not to try to see beyond. Short horizons make life easier, and give us one of the blessed secrets of brave, l, holy living. Trials. No dark trials, no grievous judgment, can cross our sky without revealing some spot of heavenly blue in the midst of it; or, if concealed for a moment breaking forth again with greater brightness and beauty. No mysterious dispensation can ruffle the surface of our peace, and raise up agitating doubts and fears, without leaving behind a purer joy, a calmer and deeper satisfaction, the best and truest peace which is born of conflict and trouble. Behind every storm of trial and every cloud of sorrow is the heavenly blue of Christ's unchangeable love—a love stronger than death, a love that follows us amid all our wanderings and backslidings amid all our changes of heart and of circumstances, and remains steadfast and unwavering even when our love is suspicious and cold. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee;" and every mutation of earth passed away from before that love as the cloud from the sky and the wave from the ocean.—Hugh Mac millan, LL. D. Character-Building Character is the wool of nomor from which a coat of mail can be woven that the swiftest arrow of shame of the keenest knife of disrepute cannot pierce. Every thought that enters our mind, every act we do and every word we utter, adds a link to the golden chain of character. The strength of a steam engine can be estimated to within an ounce of its limit, but it is impossible to estimate the force of a noble character. The hardest hearts are softened and the most repulsive dispositions become fascinating. Our failures and our successes help to form a reputation that may be destroyed by an external force, but the destruction of a character can be effected only by some internal force. The Future Is God's It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow's burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember that it is your own doing, not God's. He heaps you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present—George MacDonald. CUPOLA SKETCHES By BYRON WILLIAMS "Of all arts, great music is the art To raise the soul above all earthy storms." With this pretty thought of Leland's in our mind, we went to the band con- cert—the "open air, free, band con- tert." It was "rendered" on a vacant lot, and there were nice, easy places to sit on the curbstones, where the mos- quitoes could explore your pedal ex- trremities in the gutter and find the holes in your stocking without exer- tling themselves. After a while, when the curbstone had become real soft from being sat on, "the silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide,'" and the "free, open-air, band concert" was begun. So had the boy who was selling lemon- ade, and all the boys of the imme- mediate neighborhood who were helping him. "Teet-a-teet, tweedle-tweedle, boomta-boom, bing, ta-dodio!" went the concert band! "Lemmo, lemmo, five a glass, five a glass! Comeupangityerold'coollemmo!" shrieked the boy! "Ja-ta, teedemu, teedemu, ripety, kippety, flood, flood, flood-a-diddle!" chorused the instruments. "Chug-chug-a-chug, rip-rip-rip-riprippety-jigerum!" growled a devil-wagon suddenly pounding into the midst of the vehicles. "Tee-dee, tee-dee——" "Git out o' there! Don't ye see—— (Whoa, Bill!) don't ye see yer scarin (Whoa! Whoa, Bill!) my hoss!" DUM-DE-DE-DUM-DUM! ON FUDGE! HOW CHAMLEY! AN THERE! LEMMO! HERE'S VER CARRIERMAIN SALTED PEANUTS POPCORN AND CANDY! AT THE FREE BAND CONCERT. screeched the owner of a plunging equine. "Lemmo!" "Tee-dee!" Whoa, Bill! "Chug-a-chug!" "Move on with yer ice-wagon!" from the crowd. Chorus—"Good bye, Willie, good bye!" "Chug, chug, chug, chug-chug-chug-a-chug!" and the odor of gasoline wafts to the curbstone. Meanwhile the band is toying with "Down Where the Wurzburger Flows!" and the drummist at the corner touches off a gob of red fire! "Oh! Ah!" gasps the crowd in admiration. "Tee-dee! Tee-dee! Down where the Wurzburger flows!" "Please drive ahead a little, mister so I can get through; you are blocking the street!" "Hurrah! Sic him, Tige! Sic him!" "Tee-dee-tee-daddyum!" Tige grabs Nero by the left hind leg, there are a series of howls and yells from dogs and people, intersticed with: "Boomp-a-te-boomp, a tee boomp tiddy-a-domp!" Then a boy falls off the end of a dray wagon, two carriages are backed into each other, a woman screams, an other devil wagon hikes into view—"Lemmo! Lemmo! Right heretergit yerlemmofiveaglass!" "Slap!" "I got him that time right on my wrist," giggles a young thing in a screen-door waist. "Buzzity, clickety, bingity, bingity bingity!" and a street car whizzes by—"but the band plays on." Yes, music is most inspiring, but open-air free band concerts are especially so. If you don't believe it try the curbstone yourself. --- The Stage. It is all the world. The mirror of life. The cynosure of bald-headed row. Every man is an actor, and, an usual, some are bad. At the end of the play of life, the curtain falls. Let us hope for ap proval, rather than cat-calls, at the finis. If one's part on the stage is but to sweep away the dancer's sand, 'twill be more credit to do it well. A vulgar play is an abomination to art. All men cannot be stars, but each may strive to be one. Make-up is all well enough on the stage, but in life naturalness is preses best. Make your hit while the iron is not. High kickers on the stage are apt to be high rollers off it. Curtain! HUMOR OF THE DAY Daring In the Extreme. "You spoke very admiringly of that aan's courage." "Yes." "But he never was a soldier or a fireman or a policeman." "No. But he eats mushrooms that he has gathered himself." Polk—She took part in your ama teur play, didn't she? Jolk—oh, yes, she took the part o a waitress. Polk—What sort of a costume did she wear? Jolk—A fetching one, of course. Lonely Individual—Ah, but I am lonely. I have lost forever my dear Angela. I would that some good fairy might send me a fair damsel to holl once more on my lap. "Ah, but this is too much." A solitary sportsman, his gun under his arm, was wandering down a country lane when he met a small boy making for school. "I say, my boy," he remarked, "is there anything to shoot down here?" The boy looked around for a moment, and then answered, with eagerness: "Yes, sir. There's the schoolmaster coming over the hill." Not to be Repeated. "Yes" the old Indian fighter was laying, "the whole secret of success again the red varmints wuz jest to profit by experience. The Sloux done somethin' to me once that they could never do again." "What was that?" inquired the interestel youth. "They scalped me." Home Violence Sam—Yeas, Ah was in de great valtahs' strike. Remus—Was dere eny violence? Sam—Ah shud say so. When Ah went home widout eny wages mah wife rapped me wid a broomstick en shet de doah. That Was Better The draper—Did you find out what that gentleman wanted? The assistant—No; but I found out what he didn't want. The draper—What? How dare you! The assistant—And I sold it to him—Stray Stories. And They Got Off at Jersey. M. Izaak Walton—Gosh, but I'll bet Noah was glad there was only two skeeters on the Ark! Facts Are Stubborn Things. Prohibitionist — What particular facts against water can you quote. Col. Kentuck—Guesa you haven't been reading what happened at Heppner, St. Louis and those places lately, have you? Had a Substitute. Dinglebatz—Is your friend Wiggle-north a deep thinker? Snicklefritz—No, indeed. He's married. AUSTRIA BUTTEREGRO SERVIA BULGARIA EAST OF RUMELIA PHILIPPOPOLIS ADRIATIC SEA GREECE OCEAN SEA The map shows the position of the Balkan states and the location of various points of interest, particularly Monastir, where the Russian consul was killed, and Krushevo, which was retaken from the insurgents with great slaughter. In the upper right hand corner of the map is Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, from which the revolutionary movement is directed. The following letter from a missionary in Turkey, contains the first authentic news of the atrocities committed by the Turkish soldiers at the sacking of Krushevo: Krushevo is situated on the summit of a hill eight hours' journey to the northwest of Monastir. It contains 2,000 houses and 10,000 inhabitants, mostly Wallachs calling themselves Greeks. There are only about 100 Bulgarian houses, and the owners of these are poor. The Wallachs are prosperous merchants who go abroad on business, leaving their families at Krushevo, and after making their fortunes by diligence and economy return to spend their wealth on fine houses, furniture, jewels and vicious indulgence. The bazaar and market are frequented by the inhabitants of the surrounding villages. Its Turkish neighbors have long looked askance at the prosperity of Krushevo. The Macedonian committee, on the other hand, had already concerted arrangements with the Bulgarians in Krushevo, with a view to bring about disturbances there. This became known in July last, when the Mudir of Krushevo observed a certain movement among the Bulgarians, and warned the Vall of Monastir, begging him to send to Krushevo sufficient reinforcements, as the garrison of thirty soldiers was inadequate. The Vall of Monastir, having received repeated warnings from the Mudir of Krushevo, the latter, at the end of July, went in person to Monastir to consult the Vall. Sunday, August 2, was the day fixed for the Bulgarian attack upon Kreshevo. On that day four marriages were celebrated in the Greek church there. After the last marriage a Komitaji, acting in concert with the band outside, remained hidden in the church. The sacristan locked the doors and departed at ten o'clock. In the course of the night the Komitaji who had hidden himself mounted the steepe, and began to sound an alarm, ringing the bell. Simultaneously a band at 300, commanded by Petroff, entered the town, firing their rifles. The terrified inhabitants, remained in their houses. The band proceeded to the house of Mudir, which they burned. The garrison of thirty soldiers surrendered and were massacred. The officials were also killed, but the Komitaji spared the Turkish harems. On Monday morning the Komitajis established a provisional government, consisting of a police and a municipality. They killed ten Christians who they considered had betrayed the plans of the committee. They also called upon the notables, a list of whom had already been prepared, and compelled them to contribute a sum of $10,000. The Turks hearing of the capture of A Bulgarian Outpost. Krushevo sent immediately from Perlepe three squadrons of cavalry. As these were marching along the highway they were attacked and compelled to retire, leaving 100 of their number Rilled. After this check the Turks began slowly to concentrate, and by Fine Family of Children. Forty-eight children and seventy-eight grandchildren is the proud record of a family of seven sturdy brothers who came from Germany in the years between 1855 and 1870 and held their second reunion on Aug. 22 in Milwaukee. They are Frederick, Charles John, Henry, William, Helmut and Ernest Eggebrecht, and their respective ages are 73, 71, 63, 58, 56 and 58 years. Thursday, the 13th, seven battallons, with one battery of artillery, had assembled at Krushevo under Bakhtiar Pasha, who proposed that the Komitajis should allow the women and children to leave the town, but this proposal was rejected. On Thursday morning the bombardment of the town began. When the third bomb was thrown the Komitajis abandoned the town, and, taking advantage of the cover afforded by traversing ravines, escaped into the neighboring forest, where pursuit was impossible. All resistance on the part of Krushevo then ceased, and the Turks entered the town. Meanwhile, however, the Turkish villagers in the neighborhood, all bad characters, assembled in the Turkish camp. These villagers, knowing all the houses of the families in Krushevo, guided the soldiers in their attack Typical Turkish Soldier. Typical Turkish Soldier. upon those of the Greek notables. Approaching the houses, they ordered the inmates to come out, searched them, stripped them naked, took from them the money and jewels which the victims were trying to save, then put the women and children aside, selecting whoever among the former appealed to their brutish appetites. Anyone who resisted was immediately killed. In this connection many terrible incidents occurred. A father, Nicholas Pouscas, was attempting to protect his daughter from violation, when he was killed by a blow from a hatchet. The earrings were forcibly torn out of the girl's ears, and her brind was chopped off to enable the assailants to obtain the bracelets she wore. All the houses were pillaged, and the Turkish peasants loaded their horses with whatever the soldiers could not carry away. The houses were then set on fire by means of petroleum. The sack of Krushevo lasted three days, during which the women and children remained without food, shelter, or mercy on the part of the soldiers and Basil-Bazouks. It was only on Saturday that the occupation of Krushevo was reported at Monastir, The Greek bishop of Krushevo, who was absent at Monastir, arrived at Krushevo on Saturday, and left again for Monastir on the Monday, having been unable to find any resting place. Over 100 Greeks were killed. The municipal doctor was murdered with a hatchet for protesting against the massacre. The Greek corpses have not yet been interred. Many of them have been gnawed by dogs and pigs, and the stench renders the district uninhabitable. The Turkish authorities, declaring an inquest to be necessary, refused permission to any of the survivors to leave the town. Three hundred and sixty houses and 215 shops including all the finest houses of the Greek notables, were pillaged and burned. Thousands of people are exposed to the inclementy of the weather and famine. They are left to contemplate with despair the smoking ruins of the beautiful town which was built by the fruits of their industry. Good Effect of Laughter. Dr. James Sully, the eminent Washington psychologist, claims to have proved by long observation and a series of mechanical experiments that society's ban against hearty laughter as "bad form" is producing a mirthless and sour-visaged race. People in the "smart set," says Dr. Sully, do not laugh as their forefathers did, because they think to do so would be quite vulgar. CHARMING SUMMER GOWNS FROM PARIS. Boys' Norfolk Suit. This nobly little suit is one of the new advance fall styles. The jacket is Norfolk style, with the addition of ```markdown ``` yokes on front and sleeve. The round collar gives a very youthful appearance to the suit. The trousers are the regulation style, being made with a facing or fly. The use of the yoke is optional, as the pattern gives the plaits running to shoulder, if one prefers that style. With such a pattern to follow, the mother will have no difficulty in making the young man a nice suit from some romant, or perhaps from an outgrown cheviot suit that belonged to an older member of the family. There are no intricacies in the pattern. It is as simple as can be made, and the directions for making are so explicit that no difficulty will be experienced in making a suit at a very small cost. Look to Your Sleeves The changes in the sleeves, like those of other parts of the dress, are gradual, but steady. The undersleeve effect is paving the way for the long, sloping shoulder that belonged to our grandmothers' gowns. To watch that, bodice trimmings will slip lower on the corsage and the peculiar falling off effect that we see in old dagueteotypes will before long be in vogue. This effect is already noticeable in some of the models intended for high-class trade—the trade that deals with the individual rather than with the class. The first token of this oncoming style is seen in the pushing up of the puff from the wrist toward the shoulder. Some French models sent over have, in fact, the well-defined shoulder puff that was worn forty years ago in the days of hoopskirts and berthas. With Walking Skirts. Very short wash petticoats or silk knitterbockers should be worn under the walking skirt. It is impossible to keep a petticoat of the usual length clean and trim for any length of time after going into rain and mud, and considerations of health as well as of daintiness demand a suitable CH The gown at the left is of white linen, trimmed with wide bands of flet guipure set into the material by means of bands of drawn work. Two of these bands start at the square voke, which is also of guipure, bordered with drawn work, extending over the front of the blouse and down over the skirt in long stole ends separating a little at the bottom. The rest of the trained skirt is encircled with three bands of the guipure, bordered with the drawn work, which also trims the sleeve length. The latter is all in one piece. undergarment for rainy weather wear. There is no way in which women may take cold more quickly than by having a mass of damp ruffles whisking around the ankles or shoe tops. GLEAN-INGS The drooping shoulder effect maintains popularity. Macrame stocks are among the desirable late offerings. Gathered stocks of chiffon or malline, with a large bow in the back, are new and effective. Fashion lays stress on the fuchsia colors, but the woman who lacks a faultless complexion will use them discreetly. Silk muslins with embroidered white floss silk spots make up pretty dresses, with gauged hip yoke and flounces. The Tuxedo still reigns supreme in face veils, while white chiffon, plain or dotted, holds a prominent place among the drapery styles. The bright, lustrous finish of the maline background of many of the new vellings adds not a little to the attractiveness of the veils. The indications are that the skirt cut walking length will be universal for street wear and that with it will go the three-quarter fitted coat. Misses' Tucked Suit. Tucked effects in both waist and skirt are among the most notable of the season's styles and are never more attractive than when combined with the yokes and sleeve caps, as illustrated. The suit combines these features in the entire suit, although if one prefers the yoke to waist and skirt may be omitted, allowing the tucks to extend to neck and to belt edge. The broad box plaited effect is very effective. ```markdown ``` The suit illustrated is made of linen, although the design is suitable for all the cotton and linen fabrics of the season, as well as the soft woolens and silks. Smart Summer Hat. Very smart among the late summer styles is a hat of thin white felt. The shape, which is very chic and jaunty, is covered with stripes of the felt. At one side is the big black feather pompon from which springs a stiff white aigrette. CHARMING SUMMER GOWNS FROM P cuff. The girdle is of blue wash silk, knotted in the back with long sash ends. The next gown is of coarse white linen, figured with large golden brown dots, bordered with festoons of white. The skirt is trimmed in an odd way with gallon, white, mauve and black. This also trims the short bolero, the yoke, which extends in epaulette fashion over the shoulders, and the deep cuffs. The blouse and sleeves are of flowered mousseline de soie, shirred and puffed. The bolero is ornamented in front with cherries, drawn in at the bottom to form a A Dressing for Fruit Salad. Beat the yolks of two eggs with one cup of sugar until creamy. Set the saucepan over another containing boiling water and whip steadily with an egg whisk while pouring in three tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Continue to beat until thick and foamy. Just before removing from the fire add the strained juice of a lemon or the juice and half the grated rind of an orange. Girls' Paiamas. The custom of girls wearing pajamas is not a new one, and those who have adopted that style night dress ```markdown ``` could not be persuaded to wear gowns again. Physicians, nurses and mothers all agree that the wearing of pajamas is far more sensible and much more comfortable than the night dress, which does not give proper protection against draughts and cold. Another advantage in favor of the pajamas is that it takes so little time to make them, and when made of chevlet, gingham or outing, they require little, if any, trimming. and wear so much longer than a gown. The coat is in two pieces, front and back, the fit being given by the underarm seam. The trousers portion is in one piece, as is the sleeve. Thus one can see how easily this garment of four pieces can be put together. Chevlot, sateen, gingham, madras or outing material is suited to the mode. The Sun as a Hair Tonic. The Greek maidens of old who sat on the walls of the city and combed their hair, owed the beauty of their tresses to the sun's rays. When the hair is washed, sit beside a lowered window, as the sun shines stronger through glass, and allow the hair to dry as it is being brushed. No bleach has been found so successful as the sun, which strengthens and beautifies generally. When the hair shows a tendency to fall out, the very best thing to stop its coming out and promote its growth is the abundant use of olive oil. Saturate the hair thoroughly and keep it saturated for a week, until the dry scalp has absorbed all it will, then wash with pure soap and water. If this operation is repeated every two or three months the effect is said to be marvelous. Blue Voile Skirt and White Waist. A pretty frock for a pretty little girl has a skirt of navy blue voile. It is laid in sunray plaits, which fall from a pointed yoke. With this is worn a shirt waist of fine white linen trimmed with Mexican drawn work. A flat Panama hat goes prettily with this simple little outfit. The plaited skirt is ideal for small girls, as it gives so much freedom from heavy, clinging materials. Such a skirt, when made of light serge or brilliant fine, will keep its shape for months. PARIS. The third gown is of white muslin, with large embroidered dots. The full skirt is encircled with two puffs of light blue ribbon. The blouse is plaited, and ornamented in front with large motifs of heavy ecru lace. It is almost covered with a fichu-like mantle of light blue taffeta, fastened at the waist with a motif of passementerie, then falling over the skirt in long ends, finished with fringe or pendants. The short sleeves are composed of little frills of plain muslin.—La Mode Artistique. Future Sources of OII. The Roumanian petroleum field is almost exhausted and that of Galaia falling off. This leaves Germany open to American and Russian companies. It is stated to be in the interest of Germany to see that there is no coalition between these two, which can be prevented only by increasing the demand for the Russian product. The German buyer, however, is said to look upon the Russian oil with disfavor. Too many Ministers There seems to be a surplus of Congressional ministers. The year book reports that 2,047 ministers are without pastoral charge. The denomination's gain in ministers during the last thirty years has exceeded the gain in churches by 250. Co-Operation in England. Cooperation. In England alone the volume of cooperative business has grown, in the last forty years, more than forty times as fast as England's international trade, one hundred times as fast as her manufactures and 130 times as fast as the population. Montana Wool. The twelve and a half million sheep in Montana yielded this year 37,500,000 pounds of wool, which, at 16 cents per pound, brought $6,000,000 cash. Baled, this wool would fill forty miles of freight cars, and the sheep if killed would produce $250,000,000 worth of mutton. Speed of Electricity. The speed of electricity unobstructed is that of light, on conductors it is comparatively slow. According to Tizeau's experiments, made in 1850, it is 111,600 miles a second in copper wire and falls to 62,000 in iron. In transoceanic cables it is much less. New Zealand sold abroad last year $11,500,000 worth of meats, of which $2,250,000 was in beef, $0,000,000 in button and $0,000,000 in frozen rabbits, Cotton Plant History The cotton plant first came to America from Asia; now the greater part of the Central Asian crop is grown from American cotton seed. Plates of Gold on Pagoda. The great pagoda "shwe Dagon" in Rangoon, Burma, has been recently regulated with heavy gold plates at a cost of over £200,000. Women in Colleges. Women constitute nearly 30 percent of all college students in the really important colleges of the country, and women graduates of these institutions in the United States, both co-educational and women's colleges, number about 20,000. ART OF REST. May Be Acquired and Used With Great Benefit. Complete and restful noise of the body and mind is an art not easily gained. Perhaps nothing brings one as much content, comfort, happiness and pleasure as those conditions of easy, restful, resourceful and well balanced mind and body, that make of work a pleasure and the daily life happy and peaceful. The nervous housewife busy with a hundred duties and harrassed by children; the business man, worried with the press of daily affairs, debts, etc. cannot enjoy the peace and restful repose and healthful nervous balance unless they know how. There is a way. First and foremost the stomach must be consulted. That means leaving off coffee absolutely, for the temporary stimulant and the resulting depression is a sure ruin to the nervous system, and the whole condition of health and happiness rests upon stomach, nerves and mind. Start with the stomach, that is the keystone to the whole arch. Stop using things that break down its power, upset its nervous energy and prevent the proper digestion of the food and the consequent manufacture of healthful blood and nerves, brain and tissues. When you quit coffee take on Postmum Food Coffee. That is like stopping the payment of interest and starting on a career where you are loading money and receiving interest. The good results are double. You stop poisoning the system with coffee and start building up the broken down nerve cells by powerful elements contained in Postmum. These are pure food elements ably selected by experts for the purpose of supplying just the thing required by Nature to perform this rebuilding. These are solid substantial facts and can be proven clearly to the satisfaction of anyone, by personal experience. Try the change yourself and note how the old condition of shattered nerves and worried mind changes to that feeling of restful poise of a well balanced nervous system. The managing physician of a hybric sanitarium in Indiana says that for five years in his practice he has always insisted upon the patients leaving off coffee and taking Postum Food Coffee with the most positive, well defined results and with satisfaction to the most confirmed coffee toper. The Doctor's name will be furnished by the Postum Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Welville." THE RISING SON. All news matter intended for publication 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 authenticity. OFFICE: No. 117 West Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates For one inch, one insertion . . . 8.50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 2.50 For two inches, three month . . . 8.00 Fort two inches, six month . . . 8.00 Fort two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 Fort two inches, twelve months . . . 15.00 OLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY. 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, Rising 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, J. H. HARRIS, Postmaster. The Rising Son is the only paper published by Colored people in Kansas City, Mo., that is entered at the post office as second class mail. I see in Monday's issue of the Journal of the 14th, that R. C. Wasson as to answer the edition of the 7th of this minifh if the editor has not told the truth why don't he deny and make me out as a falsehood. Not once does he say that we have not told the truth when we say that high education is a detriment to the negro youth. No one ever dreamed that we were against education, because we know education is what makes good citizens and equips boys and girls for usefulness, but we cannot see any use for giving a two cent boy or girl a two thousand dollar education. Why not book the conditions square in the fave and take the words from the article that appears in the Journal on the 7th, and say the editor was right. What we need is educated farmers, carpenters, shoemakers, housekeepers, cooks and all kinds of labor which we could mention, and we do not need to waste any time in learning Greek and Latin to fill such positions. A man does not need to study Greek and Latin to fill a clerical position. Does it not seem more reasonable to you and all other thinking men that it would be better for the negro to spend some of his time in getting into business. What are we going to do with all of this education? We neither have offices, railroads or any kind of business in which you employ him or her after they have what they call a sheepskin. So long as the negro is a consumer and not a producer he will not amount to a thing in the commercial world. But the day he can turn out something that is useful and in demand and the whole people will purchase it he will then begin to shape up his creed and destiny. We hardly endorse the sentiments of Booker T. Washington, the Negro must learn to work, he must learn to go into the factory and the machine shop and compete with the other fellow. The Anglo-Saxon race is not building monuments for the Negro boys and girls, but for their own past tense which is to come, and the Negro must do likewise. R. C. Wasson says that we speak clear of the minister and the lawyer. The ministry is all right in its place, but the Negro race is suffering terribly on account of the deficiency of the Negro minister throughout the whole country. Why do I say this? We claim to have sixty million dollars worth of church property throughout the United States, but doesn't Col. Washington know that we are paying interest on thirty million dollars of that money? Is this good logic, or to begin with, a good business proposition. Now he speaks of the editor of the Rising Son as not competing with T. Thomas Fortune of the New York Age and Editor Mitchell of Virginia. It is a question that is very easily answered. Now, Brother Wasson, if you will tell us why you do not compete with McGee of Indianapolis and Ed Morrison cf Chicago, then we will tell you why the Sun is not edited better than all the rest. We would like for the Colonel to explain to us what he means when he says that when a man is being tried for his life it makes no difference whether he is black or white. Anytime that you touch a man's pocketbook you touch his life. We feel that the colonel is weak when he speaks of criminal offenses and leaves out the civil law, as it is the only law of the land, is civil rights. It was not our intention to enter into a newspaper controversy when the article was written, but the editor feels that he has traveled enough and just far enough South to glean that it did not take much of it to do him, and if the opportunity was so great and inviting, why didn't Brother Washington stay there and continue to practice law? "What a pity it is that Ben Tillman's tongue cannot be lynched."—Memphis Commercial-Apeal. No, this would not do. We wouldn't have even such a vile thing as Tillman's tongue lynched; we are willing to wait until he shall have reached that place where the pitchfork is the sceptre and from which lifting up his eyes and seeing across the gulf he will plead that some Negro be sent with water to cool his tongue. We hope the job may be ours. The Enterprise. L. W. Carter, President; W. W. Yates, 1st Vive President; W. W. Waters, 2nd Vice President; Dr. T. C. Unthanks, Secretary; Theo. H. Clay, Treasurer; F. L. Lewis, Corresponding Secretary; Frank Wilson, Sergeant-at-arm. President Dlzz Outside of Mexico there is a general impression that because President Elaziz is now seventy-three years old he must be failing and that at best he can last but a little time longer. "On the contrary," says a man who has just returned from a business trip to the sister republic, "half a minute's talk with the general will dispel any such motion. He is of Oaxaca Indian blood, a tribe noted for longevity and physical prowess." Saved by a Quick Mail People generally do not appreciate the advantage of prompt mail delivery. In New York the other day a man wrote a letter to his brother saying, "When you get, this I will be dead." The brother got the letter in time to reach the home of the intended suicide before the gas which he had turned on had time to do its deadly work. The letter carriers may save more lives than the doctors. A Real "Empire Builder." The story that a Rochester father of three children has eloped with the wife of a neighbor who has seventeen children, taking the whole twenty with them, seems incredible. Some people have thought that there is a relation between the growing frequency of divorce and the prevalence of "race suicide." But this report does not tend to support the theory. Makes Amends to the Reporters. King Edward has thanked the reporters who traveled with his party on the recent visit to Ireland. He probably appreciates that a reporter couldn't get a much more stupid assignment than an order to accompany a king on his journeys and is doing what he can to reward the men who went with him. City Employes Get Half Holiday City Employees Get Hair Holiday. Official, New York has fallen hopelessly into the "week's-end" habit. A bureau chief who can be found in the city of a Saturday afternoon is a curiosity. This applies to all the city departments. Public business in New York during the summer is practically suspended.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Montana Wool The twelve and a half million sheep in Montana yielded this year 37,500,000 pounds of wool, which, at 16 cents per pound, brought $6,000,000 cash. Baled this wool would fill forty miles of freight cars, and the sheep if killed would produce $250,000,000 worth of mutton. Speed of Electricity The speed of electricity unobstructed is that of light, on conductors it is comparatively slow. According to Tizeau's experiments, made in 1850, it is 111,600 miles a second in copper wire and falls to 62,000 in iron. In transoceanic cables it is much less. Storage Batteries Lack Power The use of storage batteries to furnish the entire motive power for an electric road has not been successful. On Thirty fourth street in New York the conducting wire or bar, with trolley or sliding contact, is taking their place. A Misquided Thunderbolt A Billville exchange says: "Lightning struck a Georgia mule in this neighborhood last year. The mule survived the shock, but we haven't seen any lightning around here since."—Atlanta Constitution. Growth of English. At the beginning of the nineteenth century English was the native speech of perhaps 20,000,000 of men and women, and at the close of the century it was spoken by 130,000,000. Love Triumphant. *Helen's lites are drifting dust;* *Jilion is consumed with rust;* *All the gallows of Greece* *Drink the ocean's dreamless peace;* *Lost was Solomon's purple show* *Restless centuriae ago;* *Enemies died and left no strain—* *Babylon, Babylon and Spain;* *Only one thing underfaced,* *Losts, though all the worlds lie waste,* *And the heavens are overturned,* *Dear, how long ago we learned!* There is a sight that blinds the sun, Sound that lives when sounds are done, Music that rebuke the birds Language that harms the earth, Hue and scent that shame the rose, Vine on earthy vineyard knows, Ocean rupee divinely free Than Facile's drainless sea, Silence stiller than the shore Swept by Charon's stealthy oar— Ye who live have learn'd it true, Dear how long ago we knew! *Free book Lawrence Knowles in Harper's Magazine.* AND HIS EYES WERE OPENED When Natalie Hall married Clarke Dexter the people who prophesied that she would not be happy were so very much, in the minority that no one paid heed to them. "Dexter's opinion of himself will have to be whittled down several inches before he'll make any woman's life what it ought to be," one man had said. But every one knew that the speaker would gladly have stood in Dexter's shoes, so he did not count. Nevertheless, not many months had passed before a vague uncertainty began to grow in the heart of Natalie Dexter, which, had the minority known it, would have caused them to exclaim complacently, "I told you so!" As to Dexter, while still very much in love with his wife, he frankly admitted to himself that a woman of more penetration, in other words, one more keenly alive to the rare intellectual qualities of Clarke Dexter, attorney at law, might have proved a more congenial companion. It was a warm day in early summer. After a hard five hours in court Dexter ascended the steps of the pretty suburban villa which he called home somewhat before his usual time. With the jangle of the day still on his nerves he dropped into a low chair on the piazza. Presently his own name reached him as through a haze. Dexter opened his eyes lazily, realizing that for a moment he had been blessedly unconscious. "But surely, dear, you and Clarke are very happy?" The repeated question, coming through an open window where the air softly stirred some light draperies, pricked him into complete wakefulness. An aunt of his wife, who had been to her as a mother, was visiting them. Dexter recognized her voice. He found himself listening intently for the reply. It came gradually. "If you mean do we get on, Aunt Grace, I suppose we do, as well as nine-tenths of the people we know, perhaps." "But, my dear, that is different from the married life I had hoped for you." "It is different from the married life I had hoped for myself." Dexter sat up, too annoyed to realize that he was listening to a conversation not meant for his ears. "The fact is—" Natalie Dexter paused. "What, dear?" "It seems abominable to say, but you are the only mother I have ever known. There would be a greater chance of happiness for Clarke and me if—if something occurred to disillusionize him a little with his own attainments." Had Clarke Dexter walked against a stone wall on a clear day he would not have so surprised as he was by these words in his wife's voice. "But, my dear, Clarke has surely some right to feel complacent with his [Illustration of a man sitting in a chair, looking out a window.] Found himself listening intensely for the reply, attainments. Not yet 30, and fast climbing to the top of the tree in his profession." Dexter blessed Miss Hall in his heart. "Don't I know that, Auntie? In the hours that I have sat and thought it all out I have come to this opinion—that all his life long everything, even his wife has come to Clarke too easily. It must have been so at school and college. His grasp of a thing is so immediate and absolute that it makes him intolerant with what he considers the stupidity of others, especially with mine." "Yours?" Miss Hall's voice brittled with indignation. "Yes, mine. The one fact which Clarke does not seem to have mastered is that a woman's mind may be as keen as a man's and yet remain feminine. "Yesterday," she went on, "he stood and watched me when I took up this embroidery. It puzzled and almost irritated him that I could be interested in what was to him so trivial. When he turned away the very angle of his shoulders said as plainly as words that the mind which could find absorption in a bundle of colored silks and a piece of fine linen must be a small affair." A slow red mounted painfully to the clean-shaven face of the man on the plazza. "Do you know what it brought to my mind, Aunt Grace?" "No, dear." Miss Hall's voice was dull with distress. "One of your days 'at home' in Washington. When most of the people had gone Judge Doane dropped in for his usual cup of tea. I was finishing a tea-cloth for your birthday and he came and stood beside me. Presently he said 'I wonder if a woman's hands ever look so charming as when they are occupied with needlework.' And when you told him that I had arranged the orchids on a table and coiled them A David T. Beals. Geo. R. Barse. Edward George. "The improvement," he said slowly, "is the result of an unprofessional opinion." with my needle he exclaimed, 'Why, child, you are an artist! That is literal needle painting.'" Clarke Dexter's eyes, which a few hours before had scintillated with the joy of laying skilfully concealed traps for the feet of an unwary witness, stared before him in blank amazement. Judge Doane! Only that morning he had held in reserve a decision of the great justice and played it as his trump card. And this man had found time to admire his wife's hands and be interested in her dainty work. When she spoke again her tone was so hurt that Dexter felt something clutch at his heart. "I don't think Clarke would believe that I could originate anything—even a design for fancy work—and the worst of it is that I am fast descending to the level of his opinion." The unhappiness in her voice had been like a stream restrained at first, but gaining such force from the tributaries of thought that the weak barriers of caution were swept away. Her next words revealed its true depth and current appallingly to the man who had taken her young life into his keeping. He could have knelt in contrition and kissed the hem of her pretty gown. "I shall not offer this cloth to the church after all," she said firmly. "I have stitched so many bitter disillusions with life into it, that it would be sacrilege. There are places I cannot bear to look at, for every thread was a protest against God." "What was that?" Miss Hall looked up at a sound on the plaza. Natalie Dexter went to the window and drew aside the curtain. Someone was disappearing around the corner of the house, but her vision was too blurred to distinguish who it was. It was almost a year later. Winter seemed to have stepped back and taken the reluctant earth in a last ebrace. Before a blazing log fire in the library Dexter and his wife sat, indulging in one of their many witty discussions, which were as the striking of flint and steel. More than once he had risen and paced the floor, with hands thrust deep into his pockets, when his wife's keen wit and woman's instinct met and baffled him. "Come," he said, holding out one hand to her, "I don't admit that I'm beaten by any means, but I know one thing—I'm ravenous. Let's go and see if we can't find something cold in the larder." Natalie Dexter rose and laid her hands on her husband's shoulders. The eyes which looked into his were so caressing the he went toward her, but she held him back. "Clarke," she said slowly, "there's something I want to ask you . . . You have grown so immensely in the past year, there is not a trace of the—the you will forgive me. dear!—little touch of intolerance—of egotism—which—" Dexter took the glowing face between his hands and paused to kiss the halting lips. "The improvement," he said slowly, "is the result of an unprofessional opinion."—M. Louise Cummins, in Boston Globe. Another American Victory. An American gasoline motor bus is in operation in London's streets. we have recently added to our already complete line of LADIES CHILDREN'S & BOY'S SHOE STOCK. Will be glad to receive a call from all his patrons and show them the most Up-to-Date Goods at Reasonable Price. DAVID T. BEALS, President, FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice-Prest. DAVID T. BEALS, President. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice-Prest. W. H. SEIGER, 2nd Vice-Prest. CHAS. H. V. LEWIS, Cashier Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business Feb. 6, 1903. RESOURCES. 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 5,081,126.48 Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business Feb. 6, 1903. RESOURCES 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 5,081,126.48 Total ..... $11,012.9 4.79 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock ..... $ 600,000.60 Surplus Fund ..... 800,000.00 Undivided profits ..... 78,771.60 Unearned interest ..... 94.9 8.00 National Bank Notes Outstanding ..... 428,000.00 Deposits ..... 9,516,170.17 $11,12,924.79 DIRECTORS. LIABILITIES Capital Stock ..... $ 600,000.00 Surplus Fund ..... 800,000.00 Undivided profits ..... 78,771.60 Unearned interest ..... 94.9-8.00 National Bank Notes Outstanding ..... 423,000.00 Deposits ..... 9,516,170.17 $11,12,924.79 DIRECTORS. L. T James. A. J. Snider. C. W. Whitehead. J. P. Merrill. H. J. Rosecans. O. H. Dean. C. J. Schmelzr. G. W. Lovejoy, Geo. W. Jones, Geo. D. Ford, E. W. Zea. Fernando P. Nee W. E. Thorne Feelix L. La Force 100 Sictures Enlarged and View Work a Specialty THE GREAT SOUHERN HAIR POMADE. How much do you know about the qualities of a Piano or other Musical Instrument? THE GREAT HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER Nine out of ten people can be, and therefore trust to the honesty of the dealer. Fill out this blank and send it with $1.00 and you will receive by express $2.00 worth of the Pomade and terms to agents. Enclosure pleased P. O Money Order for $1.00, for which send me as per your offer, $2.00 worth of the Great Southern Hair Pomade and terms to agents. for $1.00, for which send me as per your offer, $2.00 worth of the Great Southern Hair Pomade and terms to agents. Name...... Street...... Town or City...... County...... State...... Express Office...... Date of this order...... SEND ALL ORDERS TO F. J. NOTT, Box 81, Paris, Mo. arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY 1923-1944 WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. Telephone 2101. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Quick and Pleasant FRISCO SYSTEM Excellent Service to points in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida And the Southeast, and to Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas And the Southwest. Detailed information as to excursion dates, rates, train service, etc., furnished upon appli- cation to James Denohue, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. AFTER TRANSITION Detailed information as to excursion dates, rates, train service, etc., furnished upon application to James Donohue, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. L. W. SUMPTER & SON, UNDERTAKERS, EMBALMERS Tel. 261 Main. 609 Main St. NEWS&GSSIP Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo Remember please— the little bits we collect here an that enables us to run from year to year. Mrs. K. Jordon Bufkins has returned to Excelsior Springs. Miss Alberta Bailey will leave for Oberlin to-day. Mrs. Wade B. Smith was in the city a few days this week. Mrs. Leon Raodes will attend the Western University this term. Miss Edmonia Hubble returned to Fisk this week. Mrs. Amanda Wheeler will teach the Round Top school this year. Prof. Lee and family leave to-day to make Chicago their home. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Craig are building a home in Washington, D. C. Miss Annie Crosssthwait has returned home from a visit to Blue Springs. Kansas City schools all opened Monday morning with a full attendance. Dr. Shannon has purchased a beautiful home on East Seventeenth street. Blind Boone was at Allen Chapel last Sunday. All were glad to see him. Mr. and Mrs. John Rone are spending a couple of weeks at Rhode's farm. Mrs. C. Granger Harris will leave for her home in Galveston, Tex., today. Mr. and Mrs. John Herndon will move to her home on Vine street next month. Mrs. Wesley, mother of Mrs. John Day, is very ill at her home, Twenty-fourth and Grove. Mrs. John Rone gave a seven o'clock dinner party Saturday evening for Mrs. C. Graiger Harris of Galveston. Mrs. Lulu Williams who has been visiting Mrs. W. Frederick Fairfax, left for Chicago this week. Miss Lizzie Matthews of Lexington is making her home with L. Holloway, at 817 Independence avenue. Mrs. Samuel Jordon will soon move to Twelfth and Vine, where she has purchased a home. Mr. and Mrs. Bazzle Francis have remodeled their home on Vine street and have a very pretty 10-room house. Mr. and Mrs. John Davis are at home after a six weeks' visit to relatives at Hannibal, Mo. Prof. and Mrs. Bass entertained Mrs. C. Granger Harris and a few friends at a dinner party Sunday. Mrs. Cora Nero Mooten, accompanied by Miss Josie Foster, left for Jefferson City Monday. Mrs. Willie Bell will take a special course in music and bookkeeping at the Western University this term. Rev. S. Bacote and wife and several others left Monday for Philadelphia to attend the Baptist association. Mrs. Louise Rhodes, who has been out of the city during past six weeks, returned the latter part of last week to prepare for the opening of Quindaro University. Miss Annie Warner left last Tuesday to visit her parents in Alton, Ill., before returning to Fisk University to resume her musical course. Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Peters left for their home in Topeka, Kas., last Saturday, after a week's stay in this city with Miss Nannie McCeave. Thomas McCamel, Jr., will open up a drug store in the neighborhood of Twenty-second and Vine. Success to this energetic young man. The Vendome Dancing Academy, 1734 Grand avenue, Kansas City, Mo. The only first class dancing academy in the city. Equipped with electric fans and soda fountain. Ice cream soda and all soft drinks are served. John D. West's orchestra furnishes music. Dancing every Monday and Thursday evenings. Admission 15c. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. Lawyer Crittendon Clark and wife, of St. Louis, were guests of Mr. Bousfield and wife while in the city Monday on their return from a trip of several months to the coast. Lawyer Clark will be remembered as the lawyer that defended some of the strongest cases in the criminal court in St. Louis, Mo. WANTED—SEVERAL PERSONS of character and good reputation in each state (one in this county required) to represent and advertise old established wealthy business house of solid financial standing. Salary 21.00 weekly with expenses additional, all payable in cash direct each Wednesday from head office. Horse and carriage furnished when necessary. References. Enclose selfdressed envelope. Colonial, 332 Dearborn St., Chicago. Mrs. Joseph Bruce, Mrs. Edward Henderson, Mrs. James Woodland, and Mrs. Dan Willis will entertain the Silver Leaf Club and friends on Thursday, September 24th, from 2 to 11 p.m., at the residence of Mrs. Joseph Bruce, 412 East Eleventh street. Dr. J. E. Perry, who has practiced in Columbia, Mo., for eight years with a flattering success, has recently located in Kansas City. The doctor has purchased a house at 1214 Vine street. This he expects to occupy in a very few days. His office is located at 704 East 12th street. Office phone 1211 Grand. Residence phone 69 East. Mrs. D. Queenan left Monday eve for Philadelphia and other Eastern cities. While away Mrs. Queenan will visit Canada. The St. John church of the West Bottoms will hold its fourth and last quarterly meeting for this year, on next Sunday. Rev. J. P. Howard of Texas, will preach the sacramental sermon at 3 o'clock p. m. on Sunday. Mr. Francis Jackson is visiting in St. Louis. HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY. When a wife reigns she, sometimes storms. An ounce of happiness is worth a ton of misery. A woman always does as she pleases, and it is up to a man to please her. An ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is worth a pound of try-to-square-yourself. A diplomat is a man who tells his wife everything that happens not to happen. The bent of a man's mind doesn't necessarily prove that he is intellectually crooked. When a man sits down suddenly and unexpectedly he realizes what a hard world this is. The world is charitable enough to forgive the man who writes poetry because he needs the money. According to a fashion journal, seal-skin sacques are now made so that they cannot be distinguished from real plush. There's no objection to a man taking up his residence almost anywhere, but when it comes to shop-lifting—well, that's different. Men of strong character make many enemies, but that doesn't necessarily imply that men who have many elemets possess strong characters. I HAVE NOTICED THAT— A dollar bill in the hand frequently is worth two in a debtor's pocket. The woman with the prettiest hose is most likely to meet with the deplorable misfortune of holding her skirts a trifle too high. Fine feathers ne'er can make fine birds, but the market price of a Japanese pheasant still is considerably in advance of that of a crow. Sympathy for others finds its birth in sympathy for ourselves. The man who never had a boil might as well skip the Book of Job; he can not appreciate the fact that Job was really tempted. True hearts are more than coronets, but the daughters of our wealthy men take less trips to Europe in order to secure them; possibly, however, this is because they know where there is the larger stock of the goods they want to obtain. In Adam's fall we sinned all. But we should not blame the old gentleman too much on that account; it must be evident to anybody who is acquainted with us that we would have found some other way of sinning if that had not been a success. The difference between Sunday clothing and Sunday piety consists in the fact that after a while the former is relegated to everyday use. Alfred J. Waterhouse in New York Times. False Hair. The manufacture of false hair in France is daily on the increase, and within a few years the value of the hair exported has risen to $440,000. MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY. September 8, 1903, was the twelfth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Bradley's marriage, and they celebrated in a style befitting their prosperity. There were many who took advantage of the opportunity to attest their high appreciation of this couple and emphasise the estimation placed upon the judge and his accomplished wife by this and surrounding cities. There was a constant stream of callers from 3 p. m. to 10 p. m. Kansas City has never seen so many handsomely gowned and winsome ladies of color assembled under canopy in its social history. It is safe to say that the celebrants of no other anniversary among us ever received more handsome and valuable presents. The bride was beautiful in her brocade white satin and feather ornaments. The house was lavishly decorated with potted plants, ferns and palms. The reception committee was as follows: Mrs. D. W. Crosthwait, Mrs. S. A. Edwards, Mrs. Fairfax, Mrs. John Hill. Mrs. Ike Oliver, Mrs. J. J. Bass, Mrs. W. Gorden, Mrs. S. H. Thompson, Mrs. O. B. Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Branche, Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins, Mrs. F. C. Trent, Mrs. S. Gross, Miss Alberta Bailey, Miss Edna Jordan. Miss Ethel Stafford. Miss Clara Porter. Miss Sara Porter. Miss Mamie Ashton. Miss Geneva Wiley. Miss Anna Stafford. Little punch girls: Anna Crostwhale. Gloria Mey Branche, Ruth Bradley. Edna Rhose. 7 dozen large napkins, several very elegant table cloths. ½ dozen lunch cloths, ranging in price from $16 down. ½ dozen fine handkerchiefs. 3 pairs hand embroidered pillow cases. 14 pairs handsome towels. A wa.i pocket. Box of linen paper and one dollar in money. Two deeply fringed satin damask portieres. Persian silk piano cover and some Battenburg squares. REFLECTIONS. A man's bull-headedness is his worst enemy. Anybody can see though a glass eye—except the wearer. The command "Swear net at all" doesn't apply to swearing on. Many a man who forged his way to the front landed in the penitentiary. When a man frequently contradicts himself he may be right occasionally. Some marriages are failures because the brides failed to marry the best man. Men living within themselves haven't much to boast of in the way of earthly habitations. A woman never loses her temper. If she has one to begin with it lasts as long as she does. It sometimes happens that when people make up their minds a good deal of important matter is left out. A woman's tongue is her weapon, yet few women are arrested or carrying concealed weapons. The reason is obvious. A newly married couple may be able to live on love in a cottage until the dry goods emporiums begin to advertise bargains. Then the troop begins. We bought from Germany in the last fiscal year $119,700,000 worth of merchandise, an increase of $18,000,000 over the previous year. Packing House Products. American. packing house products aggregate $144,000,000 worth a year, 54 per cent of which goes to the United Kingdom. American Street Railways. The street railway companies of the United States, 987 in number, make returns showing an investment of $2, 308,000,000. British Spinners In England and Wales from 16 to 17 per cent of the women do not marry. In London the percentage is 20. Chinese in Greater New York. There are over ten thousand Chinese in New York city and Brooklyn. SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Slates Sold at Cut Prices A Pencil and Sponge Free with each Slate. 18th & Lydia Avenue. Resembled Papa's Greeting. A couple of Wellington, Kas., young people were seated together on the settee under the maple. They were too absorbed to notice the gathering clouds. Suddenly a bolt struck the tree and flung the young people apart with a jar such as they are not likely to forget soon again. The girl was the first to recover. "Run, George, run," she cried. "Oh, I knew you would stay till papa caught you." Siberian Tribes. Mr. Jochelson, chief of the Jessup north Pacific exploring expedition, states that the tribes which he studied in Siberia possessed characteristics in common with the Indians of North America. A father of five marriageable daughters wants suggestions as to what kind of premiums would make them move faster. USED IN 1858. Way back in the year 1858 the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow was used by colored people in the Nortn and is now used all over the country from Maine to Texas and Oregon to Florida. The continued use or the preparation for such a long period of time is a positive proof that it gives perfect satisfaction to all. It makes kinky or curly hair straight, soft and beautiful. Stops falling hair, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow. Never fails. Warranted harmless. Only 50 cents a bottle. Get it from your dealer or send you 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash ave., Chicago, Ill. Shave or Hair Cut or Shampoo GO TO C. A. Evans' Barber Shop For first class work. 107 E. 14th St. Kansas City, Mo. London Cleaners and Dyers 714 E. 12TH ST. SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED $100 Coats, 50c Vests, 25c Pants 25 Overcoats $1.00 Suits Dyed $2.00 Ladies Garments Cleaned, Dyed & Pressed Repairing and Alterations Repairing and Alterations Goods called for and / Satisfaction Guaranteed deliveries, same day. Your parapage solicited Tel. 2643 Walnut. Kansas City, Mo CREWS @ CAMPBELL 806 and 808 East 12th St. Barber Shop and Pool Hall. Hot and Cold Baths. All the choice brands of cigars and tobaccos. Robert Simpson, H. M. Kennedy, Allan Bates, Barbers. Just Keep Coming! All this week we are offering a line of Men's Pat. Colt Shoes that bring $4.00 that bring $4.00 all over Kansas City are here for $2.90. Nebraska Clothing Co. SURFACES DRUG STORE STOVE REPAIRS Phone 1214 Main. S. A. METZNER 304 West Sixth Street. KANSAS CITY, MO. If ills galore affect you sore And pains beset you more and more, Then do not stop; run, skip or hop To SMITH'S Apothocary Shop. With drops and pills he'll cure your ills And "PIGE" will bring around the bills. He Sure to Patronize SMITH He will deliver your goods from 908 E. 12th St. The above cut represents Excelsior Springs, Mo. It is the springs and its management. It is the place to go. Advertise in The Rise THE WOODMAN STYLISH size SMITH The U deliver your goods free of charge if you St. Phone love cut represents the Wilson prings, Mo. It is located within and its management gives good the place to go when you visit in The Rising Son... THE ODMANS' S STYLISH AS EVEN Be Sure to Patronize SMITH The DRUGGIST. The WILSON HOUSE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MO The above cut represents the Wilson House at Excelsior Springs, Mo. It is located within access to all the springs and its management gives good accommodations. It is the place to go when you visit the Springs. Advertise in The Rising Son----It Will Pay OVIATT S IATT SHOE C AVE... 110 OVIATT SHOE CO.. 520 MINN. AVE.. K. C. Kas. Fancy & Staple Groceries Table Luxuries Vegetables in Season. Fresh & Salt Meats. Teas & Coffees. G. JONES, E 17th St., Kansas City, Mo W. B. RAYMOND Licensed Funeral Punisher and Embalmer. No Extra Charge For Work In Kansas City, Missouri. 431 MINNESOTA AVE. Tel. 82 West. Kansas City, Kansas --- TH The DRUGGIST. e of charge if you will call Phone 121 Grand. The WILSON HOUSE atts the Wilson House at is located within access to all client gives good accommod- when you visit the Springs. sing Son---It Will Pay HE NS' SHOE AS EVER THE FALL STYLES the greatest yet, and have made a pronounced hit with the best dressers in town. Every leather in use, with wear-proof linings and full leather lined to give all the protection and service possible. All Styles $3.50 All Leathers SHOE CO., STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS .....18 THE... MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. Z. T. JORDAN, Manager MRS. BETTIE JORDEN can be found her old address Dressmaking and Plain Sewing. Old clothes made over. THE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MO ```markdown ``` 11O5 MAIN. ST. LOULS, MQ 1505 E. 17th St., HER DRESS. Take up the picture: gaze On what she used to wear In foolish, olden days— See how she fixed her hair. The things she wears to-day Long honee may make men smile A year from now we may Laugh at this summer's style. Take up the picture—soe! And yet your father swore A fond felicity In spite of what she wore. Ah, lovely ones, I guess. Twigs God that made you fair And not the foolish dress. The world has made you wear. —New York Herald. THE STUDENT'S STORY. BY WM. W. REEVES. Copyrighted, 1803 by The Authors Publishing Company "It makes me nervous to think of it," said the old druggist, as we gathered around the cheerful fire one winter evening. "Yes, it was a close call. I was ambitious those days, and I determined before leaving the university to make a mark for myself in the field of chemistry, and you may be sure I was working hard. "In those early days, liquified carbonic acid agas was merely a laboratory experiment, and high explosives, outside of gun cotton, were comparatively unknown. "It was in this field that I was working, and it was due to the premature explosion of a mixture akin to nitroglycerine that I think I owe my life. "Attending the university at the time was a student by the name of Agathos, a Greek he certainly was, and his stupendous intellect made him always a welcome companion, in fact, he and I were quite chummy, and when I was not busy with chemistry, we were solving knotty problems concerning the construction of the universe. "On the night that my hair turned gray," continued the doctor—glancing at the still raven locks of his wife who sat opposite, "I had kept the nature of my secret well, and not even my student friends knew the dangerous composition in the huge beakers which I was manipulating. "I think the hour was 11 p. m., or thereabouts, and I was alone in the recesses of the main laboratory, busy with combination of nitrates and carbon, when hearing a step, I turned and saw the face of my friend Agathos. "For some moments he watched me as I observed the thermometer in the nitric bath, and then we engaged in conversation. "drown," he murmured, "I have today separated a new alkaloid, from the plant, coca-erythroxylon, and its effects on the human system are truly remarkable—here, try a dose; tasteless as water, I assure me, and, fool that I was, I took the proffered glass of water, into which he dissolved a fine white powder, and I have always regretted that I did so. "The subtle drug paralyzed every muscle of my body and lament me of the power of speech: I was like one in a trance; my intellect, however, was unpaired—nay, even stimulated, and my eyesight was good, for all I could not turn my eyes in their sockets. "It was at this juncture I learned that I was alone with a madman!" "Definitely he removed the paraphernalia from an operating table, and lifting me bodily, I was soon lying on the marble slab, as if a subject for the clinic. "Now, I could hear him mutter, I shall soon test the material qualities of the human soul—but I must have those dissecting instruments,' and while he was gone I was engaged in the most agonizing reflections. "I remembered that in all our previous discourse on life and immortality he had argued that the human soul, if there was one, was as materi- Ward "Here, try a dose; tasteless as water, I assure you." al as the heart or lungs, or other organs of the body, and, being a close student of vivisection, he maintained the soul could, under proper conditions, be isolated and observed previous to its flight, at the exact instant of dissolution. It was clear, then that I was the subject chosen for this terrible experiment! "Vainly I tried to cry aloud, but my jaws were as firmly locked as if rigormortis had actually set in. I tried to move, but I experienced only the horrible emotions of one about to be buried alive! "It was clear enough to me that he had obtained this fiendish idea from an old Ionian manuscript, written in the fifth century before the advent of Christ, clearly the work of a monk, by name Koryphanos, for I had read the theorem time and again, and was surprised at its absurdity. "Thus it was that I was somewhat prepared for the terrible operation to follow, which consisted of removing the epidermis from the entire viscera, or in other words, in stripping THE WINE MAN A blinding flash, a jar that must have shaken the building to its foundation. the entire chest of everything but the interviewing thin membrane, so the action of the various organs could be observed while the patient was yet alive. It was thus that Agathos expected to pry into the secrets of the almighty and observe the transit of the human soul. It was clear the Greek was crazy, and it is a fact that insane persons always select their dearest friends for victims. "At last I heard his footfalls swiftly coming along the empty aisles danked on either hand with racks of phials, retorts and glassware of all kinds, and I could well see my finish. "I could discern the subtle odor of ether, and as he stooped over me, his eyes burned almost with the fury of a lion." "His next act was to deftly remove all covering from my chest and for an instant he listened attentively to the beating of my heart. Next he began to sharpen those murderous looking surgical knives, of which he had a goodly supply, and having completed this task to his satisfaction, he uncoiled a large bottle of ether, the only known anesthetic of that time, and began saturating a sponge with it, when a strange sputtering sound from the direction of the rack where I had been conducting my experiment caused him to desist. "Already I saw salvation in sight, for, as the student of even elementary chemistry knows concentrated acids heat violently when they combine with other substances, even with water, and I knew the mixture of nitrocarbon (I was using the light hydrocarbon, turpentine, instead of glycerine) with powerful nitric acid, had gone too long without attention. Ap explosion was likely to occur at any moment. "Anyhow, I reflected, I had much rather be blown to atoms than to be cut up piece-meal while yet alive. While the sputtering continued Agathos regarded it with an air of uncertainty, as if undecided what to do with the mess. "The insidious drug with which I was charged—it must have been cocaine—was beginning to leave me, so that I was able to partly turn, and I am since thankful I turned my back in the right direction, else I would have been blinded. "Agathos was bending over my apparatus, which contained a full quart of sulfonate more powerful and even more unstable than nitro glycerine, when, the cooling bath not being renewed, it exploded by reason of the excess of heat. "There was a blinding flash, a jar that must have shaken the building to its foundations, and amd the sound of crushing glass I lost consciousness. "Weeks and weeks, I am told, hovered at death's door with brail fever, from which I finally emerge alive, due to the skill of my nurse the lady you see sitting across the table there—my wife. "There was scarcely a bottle or pane of glass in the laboratory that was no broken to fragments, and thousand of dollars' worth of fine instrument were rendered useless. "Agathos was blown completely to atoms, and I am told it was with difficulty that enough of his remains could be found to give decent burial. "When I recovered completely I was placed in the sweat box by the faculty to ascertain the cause of the explosion; but as you may surmise, the never learned the exact formula o that dangerous composition. "My once black hair turned to snowy white, and for a long time afterward I would wake with a sort of nightmare to experience the sensation of cold steel penetrating my vitals. "The immortality of the soul, or its very existence may remain in doubt but I still have the fifth century parchment that came near sacrificing me to the cause of science, and I never regard its uncial text without a shudder." HOW THE / READ THE PAPER. Varying Departments Which Interes Different People. "Very old persons," said an observer, "nearly always, on unfolding their newspapers, turn to the personal columns. This is because, in the first place, they are more likely to find news of their friends there than in the news columns or in any other part of the paper; and, because, in the second place, they are interested in personal matters—they have the subject so much in their minds. "Young girls turn first to the society news and weddings, and after that to the fashions. Young men of the healthy, open-air sort, turn first to the sporting news; while boys univer sally turn to this page, too. The actor of course, reads the dramatic col umns, and the writer the book re views; but neither of these depart ments, I fancy, does any part of the disinterested public consult first oul. "The elderly gentleman of pompous appearance reads the 'leaders' first while his corpulent, cheerful wife reads the recipes on the 'household page. Some clergymen read the wills of the dead, to see what charities have been remembered with bequests. There are many people who read the crimes, the scandals and the shocking accidents first. Poets, as a rule, will not read the newspapers at all. WHY SHE LIKED VENUS. Housemaid's Preference Had Very Practical Basis. "A practical point of view will influence even an artistic judgment," said the lady with the Burne-Jones chignon, "as I discovered the other day when my new servant seemed to take such interest in the objects of art in my parlor as no maid of the many who have preceded her in the house ever showed. Pleaseed with her really intelligent interest in my pictures and brice-a-brac, I took pains to show her the best points of each object, and really I found the task a pleasant and unique experience. But I wish now that I had not asked her, as I did at the end of the impromptu exhibition, which of the objects she liked best. "This is the one I like best ma'am," said Mary, pointing with her feather duster to the armless Venus of Mito. "Well,' thought I. 'this is getting more and more interesting. Here is Mary showing high artistic judgment.' 'And why do you like the Venus best, Mary?' I asked, anxious to hear her estimate of the famous statue. 'Why, sure, ma'am, it's the easiest to doost!' replied Mary, and I hastily closed the private view." The Knell of the Irish Joke The language that Shakespeare spoke. The chumbers of progress echo The knell of the Irish joke. Wherever the sun is vying With the warmth of the Celtic soul, From the belfries of truth, the dirges For scorn and for falschool roll. In a land that is strange in its humor, Ever comic itself in its mirth. The jibe at the conquered and friendless And the rough burlesque had their birth. Like the plague that journeys in vessels This tasteless derision spread. And the scorn of a realm then building Was heaped on the builders' head. In the regions whose name should be "Future." The dawn of a new day broke, As a mist from our race it is rolling The curse of the Irish joke, -Thomas J. Regan in The Pilot. Women Brokers. Two young women in New York have lately made a hit as stock brokers. One of them was a school teacher. Many women would rather deal with a woman broker when possible; and the men in the same line like her because she carries on her afairs in a businesslike way. The other woman broker, who has an up town office, is just as discreet and systematic. They are both making money. The Latest Girl Ead. The latest is a polished floor walk Girls are so clever that even those who have rag carpets on every floor at home walk on the streets as if they had to mince around on highly polished hardwood when at home.-Atchison Globe. GEN. POBERT S. OLIVER General Robert Shaw Oliver, who suceeds Colonel William Carey Sanger as assistant secretary of war, is a resident of Albany who has a good war record and who for many years has been intimately and prominently identified with the National Guard of New York. He served in the civil war Hero of Pekin Siege Commits Suicide at Chicago. After distinguishing himself in two wars by acts of bravery, George King, 33 years old, took his life by cutting his throat with a razor in a Chicago saloon. He is said to have become a wreck from drink. King did gallant service as an American soldier in the Spanish war, and under the walls of Pekin in the Boxer uprising. He is said to have been a member of the first company to scale the wall after Pekin had been cannonaded by the allied forces. There he received injuries that made the amputation of one of his legs necessary. After being discharged from the service King began drinking, and his health was soon impaired and money lost. His clothing was tattered and soiled when he shambled across the salt-covered floor in the saloon where his companions were seated at tables drinking. Without noticing the loungers in the place he walked to the bar. "No, thanks, no more drinks for he," he said. "I have drank my last drop." Then suddenly he drew a razor. Several of the men started toward him, but before they could interfere the former soldier had drawn the blade of the weapon across his throat. Instantly there was a panic in the big room. Chairs and tables were overturned in the excitement. The bartender summoned a policeman, who arrived to find King breathing his last. New Spanish Premier Don Raimundo Villavarde, the new Spanish premier, was born o. modest country parents, who were able to give their son good education. He started his manhood as a village lawyer and soon had a fine practice. Then he was elected to parliament, where his energy and eloquence gained him steady prominence. His marriage to the rich and handsome merchioness of Pozo. Kubio gave him assured social status and he was shortly called to the cabinet. He was finance minister during the Spanish war with this country. Perform Great Swimming Feat. Two Coney Island life guards, Edward Fuller and Philip Fay, last week swam the distance between the battery seawall and the beach front at Coney Island, a feat which has not been attempted in more than ten years. The men finished close, Fuller winning by six yards, after smimming with the tide five hours and fifty minutes. It was the first completed race over the course since Johnson, the famous English swimmer and wrestler, made the distance in six hours and five minutes. Noted Priest Comea West Rev. Patrick J. Murphy of New York has resigned from the Paulist order. Having been released from the obligations of the New York archdiocese, by permission of Father Deshon, superior of the Paulist order, and Archbishop Farley, Father Murphy has affiliated with the Davenport, Ia., diocese, and Bishop Cosgrove of that see has appointed him professor of history in his diocesan theological seminary. as a volunteer and was subsequently an officer in the regualr army in the cavalry and also in the infantry branch. Gen. Oliver is a wealthy iron merchant of Albany and has several other important business connections. He is a personal friend of the President. Described Himself to Englishman Who Knew Him Well. Chauncey Depew is not above telling a story at his own expense. His latest of that kind is of traveling on an English railroad during his recent trip abroad with Mrs. Depew. In the same little compartment with them was a dull looking Britsher to whom Chaucey told a story, saying as he finished it: "That is the way that American fellow Depew tells it." The Englishman asked: "What does this Depew look like? " "My dear," said the senator, turning to his wife, "what does Depew look like?" "Very much such a looking man as you are, I imagine." "Surely, madam," remarked the Englishman, with a gesture of sad exposition, "you don't do your husband justice." Later the senator discovered that the Englishman knew him all the time. COLORED POPULAR PREACHER. Negro Conducting Evangelistic Work in England. the pastor of the Amyand Baptist chapel at Twickenham, England, Rev. Henry Smith, is a negro, born in the Southern states, but educated in Europe, and well educated, speaking French fluently, and an accomplished singer—a fact of great value to him in the evangelistic work he has carried on in England and the Channel Islands. He is a man of fine personal appearance, but shows his race. When he took charge of the church a few months ago a reception was given him at which not only the Baptists, but Anglicans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Methodists were present. Will Stay in Germany. Prof. Edward W. Scripture, director of the psychological laboratory at Yale, will not return there with the new year, but will remain in Germany, where he is pursuing special researches in several branches of language study, especially phonetics, following lines he had begun in his student years at Leipside and Zurich and in his experimental work at Clark university of Worcester. Charles Hubbard Judd, for several years assistant in experimental psychology at Yale, is mentioned as his probable successor. Earl Dudlev Attends to Business. Earl Dudley Attends to Business. The Earl of Dudley has been viceroy of Ireland just a year. During that time, save for a brief official visit to London, he has spent his whole time in Ireland and a good part of it in traveling through the country. Few in any of the Irish viceroys—not even excepting the late Duke of Abercorn and Lord Londonderry, Irishmen both—have seen so much of Ireland while in office as Lord Dudley has seen in a year. Gen. Clay's Many Wills. Five documents purporting to be the last will and testament of Gen. Cassius M. Clay were presented for probate in the Madison county, Kentucky, court. All of these have been, at different times, revoked by Gen. Clay, save the last, in which he makes Dora Brock and the United States of America his heirs. This will, it is thought, will prove good legally. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contains Mercury. Grave Opened by Tree In the Gartenkrehhof, Hanover, is a grave covered by a mighty stone, on which an inscription appears to the effect that the grave should never be opened by human hands. The seed of a birch fell through a crack in the stone, and, developing to a large tree, opened the grave in its upward growth. The tree has now withered and decayed. When it is removed the grave will again be closed. Didn't Know She Was Named DIDN'T Know She Was Home. "Can you speak English?" frantically asked an American woman, rushing up to the clerk of a New York postoffice. Having spent the last year traveling about Europe, this question had been the usual preliminary to all business transactions during that time, and from custom she repeated it here.—New York Tribune. AMERICAN BANKERS' Jan Francisco, October 20-23, 1903. The Santa Fe offers for the above named occasion rates so low as to make the trip possible for everybody. Ticket limits are ample, and full provision has been made for inexpensive side rides. The rates are open to all, whether delegates or not. For full particulars address Geo. T. Nicholson, P. T. M., Santa Fe Ry., Chicago. The opinion a man has of himself isn't always of value to the rest of the world. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW? If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make them white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents. Kleptomania is merely a lucrative form of insanity. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. Composite Nation. Ethnologists of the Smithsonian institution have investigated the Filipinos, with results that are of rare interest to science. They have called attention to the fact that in the veins of the tribes of the archipelago flows the blood of all the races and varieties of mankind.—Scientific American. City Employees Get Half Holiday. Official New York has fallen hopelessly into the "week's-end" habit. A bureau chief who can be found in the city of a Saturday afternoon is a curiosity. This applies to all the city departments. Public business in New York during the summer is practically suspended.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Woman Is Oil Magnate One of the most prominent oil magnates in Los Angeles is a woman, who is said to control about half of the whole product. Egyptian Railroads. Egyptian state railroads bought last year $3.757.239 of material, of which England furnished $2,565,000. Boy's v.icto. v. Crossroads, Tenn., Sept. 14th. Orbra Young, the ten-year-old son of Lester Young of this place, is a bright boy, and one who is very well liked by all who know him. For some years Orbra has suffered a great deal with a form of Kidney Trouble which was very annoying, and which made him miserable all the time. He had to get up three or four times every night, almost all his life. His father heard of a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and bought some for the little fellow with the result that he is now completely cured of the old trouble. He says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills soon gave me great relief, and now I can sleep all night without having to get up. We will always praise Dodd's Kidney Pills." There are many children suffering from Kidney and Urinary troubles. These disorders should oe promptly corrected. Dodd's Kidney Pills is a safe and sure remedy for all such derangements. Master Orbra Young conquered his troubles and made a well boy of himself by using Dodd's Kidney Pills, and any one may do the same by the same means. Parents should see to it that their children are given a fair chance in life, and there is nothing that can undermine the health of a growing child as much as Kidney and Urinary derangements. It takes a widow to act as if she were puzzled to death over what being married is like. SMOKERS FIND LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER 5¢ Cigar better Quality than most 10¢ Cigars Your Jobber or direct from Factory, Peoria, IL Brown's Business College 18 TH STREET - KANSAS CITY, NO. W. N U, No. 38, KANSAS CITY, 1903. PISO'S CURE FOR CUPES WHERE ALL ELSE FAIR. Best Cough syrup. Satisfies Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION TEMPERANCE The Bible Mother Used to Read. Among the books I prize and own Is one that I hold doubly dear, Nor can I e'er be quite alone So long as that one book is near. For, when so e'er to it I turn, If stars shine forth or lights burn low Somehow to me there doth return The one who read it long ago. A light divine shines 'round the place, That casts its beams to every nook, And I behold again the face Of her who loved to read that book. And if the night outside be drear And beats the storm against the pane, I listen—and I seem to hear The music of her voice again. The years have left on it their stains, The corners are defaced and old, And yet that little book retains For me a value more than gold. So, whate'er changes time may bring, As on toward her I daily speed, J to that book will ever cling— The Bible mother used to read. Consumption and Alcohol. description and the The Quarterly Journal of Inebriety, which is published under the auspices of the American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriates, Hart ford, Conn., recently had an important editorial comment upon "Alcohol as a Cause of Tuberculosis." It says: In the recent discussions of the causes of tuberculosis alcohol has not been considered as either an active or predisposing cause requiring special mention. An exception to this was noted in the London Congress for the Study of Tuberculosis, in which one of the papers read emphasized the importance of alcohol as a cause. In other similar gatherings little or no preference was made to alcohol as an etiologic factor of this disease. Recently Dr. Larsen of Copenhagen has published a pamphlet in which he describes alcohol as one of the most prominent and active causes of tuberculosis. He shows from results of modern research that alcohol is one of the most dangerous poisons in common use, not only by impairing oxidation of the blood, but favoring and encouraging fibroid, solerotic and fatty changes of cell and tissue. Also, it diminishes force, nerve energy and is a special protoplasmic poison. He asserts that its narcotic and anaesthetic action diminishes metabolism and lowers vitality. In this way it favors the growth of the bacillus of consumption. He also proves that all persons who use alcohol have feeble powers of resistance with increased susceptibility to the formation of toxic states and the encouragement of bacterial growths. Dr. Little of Paris, in a paper read at a medical congress in Vienna, declared that the use of alcohol was very intimately associated with, and very frequently preceded tuberculosis. He declared an axiom that all chest diseases were curable when they occurred in total abstainers, but in alcoholics and moderate drinkers they were practically fatal. He asserted that nearly all Parisian workmen were alcoholics before they became tuberculous, and that alcohol always prepares the way and makes the soil more fertile for the growth of tuberculosis. In a recent examination of the histories of one hundred fatal cases of tuberculosis, the following significant facts appear: Forty four of the one hundred have been moderate or excessive users of alcohol before tuberculosis appeared; thirty-nine of the one hundred were descendants of inebriate ancestors hence had inherited a strong predis position to exhaustion with low resist ant power; ten of the one hundred had received alcoholic treatment at the onset of the disease, which had increased its activity rather than diminished it. A Few Words of Truth: Wine and beer are not food: neither are spirituous liquors, misnamed stimulants. A very profound man, after wide observation and doubtless some personal experience, affirms that "Whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Inferentially, he is quite otherwise. Alcohol is a lash to the leader and a spur to the saddle horse. It furnishes no material to sustain the output of energy exacted, the maximum of which does not equal a steady gait. One may become as dependent upon it as upon an alarm clock, and eventually as indifferent to its whir. Its physiological effect is anesthetic, following a very brief period of excitement. Its users are fooled into imagining themselves strong, when they are benumbed only. Its pronounced result is properly designated intoxication or poisoning, but the slightest effect is in its measure likewise so. No true food requires increase to maintain satisfaction. No true food distorts the countenance, depresses the morals, diminishes ability to work, or reduces resistance to disease. But unquestionably alcohol does all of these, and so shortens life. Life insurance companies take strict cognizance of this truth, discriminating against the factors, venders and self-indulgent users of this poison in its various forms, while some of them make especial rate concessions to non-users.—From "The Secrets of Hapiness and Longevity," by Rev. Alfred Arndt. Professor's Words III-Chosen. The great temperance discussion of the past week brought out, besides the many excellent and helpful things, some that were very ill-advised and injurious, says a writer in the New York Sun. Among the latter may be classed the concluding remarks of the address by Prof. Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago, who said: "Stimulants have done much for the lower populations of the world. The best work of many of these races has been done only under the influence of something which excites their nerves and sharpens their intellect. * * * Many of the intellectual and literary masterpieces of the world have been produced under the influence of stimulants. Poor Edgar Allan Poe never would have been able to give us the splendid writings which he did had it not been for his being addicted to stimulants. It may be a great price to pay for a masterpiece, but the facts remain. The same thing is true of many others of our masterpieces of literature and art; they are the effects of drunkenness." The converse side of these statements is so obvious as not to need presenting. Even if they were true, which may be seriously questioned, no good purpose could be served by making them before an audience which contained hundreds of youthful listeners, some of them college boys and girls, others not yet grown, and all at an impressionable age. A Pleasant Picture. That is a pleasant picture which Lady Henry Somerset draws in The North American Review of her inebriate homes at Duxhurst, among the Surrey hills in England. "The homes take the form of a quadrangle of small thatched cottages. Against the white walls the white roses are climbing with a profusion of sunny blossom; dainty white curtains wave in the summer breeze as the windows stand ajar, and under the porches beneath the clematis and creepers groups of women are sitting, some knitting, some talking, while others are leaning against the white gate, and the sound of children's voices is heard over the distant fields. Across the road there stands the little church and more cottages surround it; and again beyond, another group nestling on the border of the wood." No woman visitor to London is likely to forget the other side to this picture—the corner "publics" at the East End; the women at the bar drinking gin, with their babies in their arms; the low seat occupied by sodden creatures, their cheap hats over one ear, their tawdry finery soiled and tumbled; and the army of girls and boys, disheveled and dirty, who carry away the drink in pitchers and cans to their wretched homes. Temperance in Prussia. Prussia's immoderate consumption of alcohol has moved Dr. Studt, minister of education; Gen. von Podbielski, minister of agriculture; Herr Moller, minister of commerce, and Count Post adowsky-Wehner, minister of the interior, to join in issuing a general ordinance directing all public officials to co-operate with the temperance societies in combating the evil of drunkness. Special instructions have been issued for the starting of workmen's clubs where good food and wholesome popular literature may be obtained, but where alcohol is barred. The erection of numerous drinking fountains has been ordered. The general sale of fresh fruits and non-alcoholic drinks in railway stations and on the public highways will be encouraged. Systematic exposition of the evils of alcohol will be provided in the schools. These are the most advanced measures yet adopted by any German state for dealing with drunkenness. They are welcomed by temperance workers as promising great improvement. Beward for Temperance. The working men in Sweden are forming unions for the purpose of abstaining from the use of liquor for a year and are to contribute 15 cents a month to a fund, to be divided equally at the end of the year among those who have kept the pledge. Though it is true that the Swedish working men are doing this in retaliation for the imposition by the riksdaq of what they consider an excessive and unjust tax on such spirits, as they claim are usually consumed by their class, yet it would seem that the idea of self-remuneration, as it were, for total abstinence for a year is a good idea. Some Good Work Done. Here are some of the results achieved in the fight against alcohol: A State saloon dispensary movement in Florida defeated by vigorous tagonism of leading newspapers. Prohibition put in force in island of Tutuilla by national government. Catholic Total Abstinence Society of America reports great progress at Dubuque convention. Success of prohibition in Kansas shown in T. E. Stephen's new book covering the subject. A. J. Wheeler debates for thirty nights in Iowa with prominent license advocate. Scores of prohibition converts the result. The Epworth Herald makes impressive demand of the daily press for fair play for the prohibitionists. Nebraska's Federal Circuit court affirms legality of important civil damage act against the saloon. The death of Prohibitionist Shezif Pearson of Portland, Me., called forth from the daily and weekly press unexpected and general appreciation of what prohibition amounts to with a prohibition official to back it up. Mothers,do you know MOTHER AND BABY Rice is a native of southern Asia. It was cultivated first by the Chinese, and until within the last decade, little effort has been made outside the Orient to make a serious business of its production elsewhere. There are 1,500 varieties of the rice grain known, of which fifty or more are cultivated. THE K. C. S. ALMANAC FOR 1903 The Kansas City Southern Railway's Almanac for 2003 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 Territory, eastern Louisiana, Eastern North Carolina, 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. P. Kansas City, Mo. New York Milk Regulations. In order to secure certification of his milk by the milk commission of New York city, the dairyman must have a clean cement floor stable, with whitewashe 1 walls and abundant windows. Cows must be sponged and their tails scrubbed before each milking. White suits must be worn by attendants, bottles and utensils scaled and filled bottles kept on ice and shipped only in refrigerator cars. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. Chicago Boomers. Don't tell a Chicago man that his city has less than three million population unless you are prepared to fight. Boomers of the Lake City have reorganized their Two Million Club, rechristened it the Three Million Club, dunned their aggressive club buttons and promised allegiance to the club constitution, which provides that each member must claim at all times that Chicago has at least three million people. A Real "Empire Builder." The story that a Rochester father of three children has eloped with the wife of a neighbor who has seventeen children, taking the whole twenty with them, seems incredible. Some people have thought that there is a relation between the growing frequency of divorce and the prevalence of "race suicide." But this report does not tend to support the theory. Saved by a Quick Mail People generally do not appreciate the advantage of prompt mail delivery. In New York the other day a man wrote a letter to his brother saying, "When you get this I will be dead." The brother got the letter in time to reach the home of the intended suicide before the gas which he had turned on had time to do its deadly work. The letter carriers may save more lives than the doctors. Russian Forests European Russia has a less percent age of forest than the United States ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS TRAIN SERVICE. Passengers destined to St. Louis and points east should go via the Kansas City gateway, thereby securing the advantage of the Chicago & Alton's fast night train, leaving Kansas City at 9 p.m., arriving in St. Louis at 7:08 a.m. Chair cars free of extra charge. Compartment sleeping cars. The Alton keeps then light a shining just ahead of the rest. Write 'o' L. D. Cooper. Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago & Alton Railway, Kansas City, Mo., for lowest rates. It's generally the lazy man whose liver won't work that a perfectly healthy baby never cries. When the little one does cry there's something wrong, and generally it's the stomach. Paregoric, Soothing Syrups, Cordials, Teething Syrups and Pain Killers contain opium and morphine. Don't use them. They are harmful—costly too. Such drugs constipate and derange the digestive organs. Dr. Calawell's Syrup Pepsin is pleasant to take, augments and supplies the natural digestive ferment, acts as a gentle laxative, makes and keeps babies in health and good humor. A trial will convince you. Your druggist sells it. If not send us his name and we will send sample bottle FREE. 50 cent and $1 bottles. It is economy to buy the $1 size. PEPSIN SYRUP CO.. Monticello. Ills.. U. S. A. Radioactive Gas. It has been discovered that a radioactive gas, or emanation, can be obtained by drawing air over hot copper, or by bubbling it through hot or cool mercury. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Lazative Bromo Quimine Tablets. Price 25c. Many a woman with a poor complexion is rich enough to afford a better one. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more goods, per package, than others. It would be a terrible temptation to take out insurance on one's mother in law. Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, curse the gums, reduces in demination, always pain, curse wind soils. Ecw bottle. Indian summer is the season when the summer girl returns to the parental wigwam with a choice collection of scalps. Plae's Cure is the best medicine we ever use for all afections of the throat and lungs — W. O. Wrenbury, Vanburen, Ind. Feb. 10, 1920. Sometimes it's the sun that makes a man's nose red instead of what you think it is. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. The average man loves work so much that it makes him weary to see men idle. FITS Permanently Cured. No glitter on your nuzzles after day, night. Please great nerve restorer. For FREE $2.00 914 814 bottle and treat. R. K. Kaiser, Ltd. 914 Arch. 814, Philadelphia, Pa. There are three scruples in a dram yet there are some men who take a dram without any scruples. A. New Oklahoma Line. On Sept. 2, M. K. & T. Ry will begin the operation of its new line from Oklahoma City, to Agra, Okla., a distance of 55 miles, through the towns of Witcher, Arcadia, Luther, Fallis, Carney and Trovon. The line opens up a magnificent agricultural country of surprising possibilities—a country bound to be the homeseekers' Mecca for several years. By October 1st the line will be completed through to Bartlesville, Indian Territory, giving the M. K. & T. Ry a direct line between Oklahoma City and Kansas City, St. Louis and all important points north and east. You can't always tell by how ripe a woman's lips are how much a man would like to see if any of it will come off. 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 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Married people should take some consolation from the fact that they might have done worse. $1.00 BIG 500-POUND STOCK RANGE OFFER. If you can use the best big 1000 pound steel range made in the world, and are willing to have it placed in your own home on three months free of charge, you can buy it from ROBERT K. Co. Chicago, and you will receive free by return mail a big picture of the steel range and many other cooking and heating supplies. You can also buy a full $100 steel range offer, an offer that places the best steel range or heating stove in the kitchen of any family which an their children may be, or how small their income need be without the best cooking or heating stove made. "It's the little things that worry a man," remarked the tired husband as he wrote out a check for his wife's new $100 bathing suit Sand-blinded sufferers who have not heard of the efficacy of MITCHELL'S EYE SALVE should know that this reliable Salve is in constant demand wherever the complaint is prevalent. SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER For 62 years the Dentifrice of Quality. Absolutely Non-Acid No Waste. No Grit New Patent Top Can 25c CHAMPION TRUSS FITTED WITH EASE GET YOUR Physician's Advice. BOOKLET FREE. Philadelphia Truss Co., 610 Locust St., Phila. Pa. President Di:z Outside of Mexico there is a general impression that because President Diaz is now seventy-three years old he must be failing and at best he can last but a little time longer. "On the contrary," says a man who has just returned from a business trip to the sister republic, "half a minute's talk with the general will dispel any such motion. He is of Oaxaca Indian blood, a tribe noted for longevity and physical prowess." Strenuous Times in Prospect Otto Failmetzger, a schoolmaster of Schwerin, Germany, was run down the other day by a motor car. He was badly bruised, but was well enough to beat the driver into insensibility. Next he seized an axe and smashed the car. The driver is now suing for damages for assault, the owner of the motor car is suing him for damages and the schoolmaster counterclaims for the loss of a suit of clothes. About Telegraph Poles If the trees to replace the telegraph and telephone poles now in use were growing and forty could be obtained from each acre, it would require 370,000 acres to supply the poles for one renewal. Where the seed only just sown and started into growth, it would be A D 2050 before the trees would be of sufficient size to use for first-class telegraph poles. Tax Extraordinary A tax on marriage is still imposed by the proprietor of a leading Bombay hotel. In a revised tariff of prices the daily charge for a single lady or gentleman is set down as five rupees, but if the lady or gentleman be married the charge will be seven rupees ench. No explanation of this singular regulation is given. Steam Rooms at Seashore. Seashore bathing establishments that have added steam rooms to their equipment have found that the outlay has been more than repaid by the increased patronage. In the places that have installed steam rooms all the comforts of a Turkish bath are added to the surf bathing. To Confederate Dead A memorial to the confederate dead is to be erected at Little Rock, Ark. The monument will be thirty feet high and will stand on a base of Arkansas granite eleven feet deep and eight feet six inches wide. It will have a pedestal of French stone modelled after the Rochambeau monument in Washington. 1013 W. Macon Street, Decatur, Ill. FREE TO WOMEN FREE PAXTINE TOICE T ANTISSEPTIC clearing power of Patting Toilet Antiseptice we will mail a large trial package with book of instructions absolutely free. This is the package, enough to package, enough to convince anyone of its value. Women all over the country are praising Patting for what it means to men of female ills, caring all inflammation and discharges, wonderful as a cleansing vaginal douche, for sore throat, maschat catarrh, as a mouth wash and to remove tartar and writen the teeth. Send today, a postal card will 10. Sold by druggists or sent postpaid by no. 50 cents, large box. Satisfaction guaranteed. THE R. H. HOSTON, Boston, Mass. 214 Columbia Ave. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3 SHOES UNION MADE You can save from $3 to $5 yearly by wearing W. L. Douglas $3.50 or $3 shoes. They equal those that have been costing you from $4.00 to $5.00 the time. Of W. L. Douglas shoes proves their superbity over all other makes. PETER B. Sold by retail shop dealers everywhere. Look for name and price on bottom. That Douglass corona tilt proves there is value in Douglass shoes. Corona is the highest grade Fat Leather made. Price $300.00 per line cannot be enclosed at any price. Shoes by mail, 25 cents extra. Illustrated Catalog free, W. E. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Lesson number one. Staroh is an extraction of wheat used to stifen clothes when laundered. Most starches in time will rot the goods they are used to stifen. They contain chemicals. Defiance Starch is absolutely pure. It gives new life to linen. It gives satisfaction or money back. It sells 16 ounces for 10 cents at all grocers. It is the very best. MANUFACTURED BY THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO. OMAHA . . . NEB. NORTH-SOUTH-EAST-WEST YOU WILL FIND TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING EVERYWHERE. The best materials skilled workmen and scientists use in the construction of TOWER'S Slimmer Costs and Plates fors the world over. They are made in block or yellow for all kinds of wet work and every garment bearing the SIGN OF THE FISH in good feed to give sat inflection. All reliable centers sell them. A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. TOWER CAMPAIGN CO. LIVERPOOL, TORONTO CAN No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths We Guarantee to Please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned. This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. NEW YO EST. J. L. W Blacksmithing, He Shop. Goods Workm 707 Independence Ave. Only First C The Residence 416 L WABASH Kansas C Unsurpassed service trains on the Wabash Fair grounds, St. I cent buildings—the Wabash Leaving Kansas C and Buffalo next eve second morning, sa vice. Wabash is the Western Passenger A. WEBER If you want a go and save m no rent. J. L. WILLIAMS, Hining, Horseshoeing and Wag- tle. Good Material and First-G Workmanship guaranteed. Since Ave. Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. 416 Laurel. Telephone FOLLOW THE F Daily Tra as City to St. L. used service, smooth track, fast t the Wabash run directly through the lands, St. Louis, in full view of all the ings—the Wabash is the only line th Wabash Train No. Kansas City 6:15 p. m., arrives Ni do next evening, aud New York a warning, saving a day's travel. Th bash is the only line that does it. L. S. McCLELLA Passenger Agent. Kansas EBER, MERCHANT You want a suit to order here is the pla and save money. Why? Because w ent. Come and se 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. "FOLLOW THE FLAG." Daily Trains Kansas City to St. Louis. Unsurpassed service, smooth track, fast time. All trains on the Wabash run directly through the World's Fair grounds, St. Louis, in full view of all the magnificent buildings—the Wabash is the only line that does it. Wabash Train No 8. Leaving Kansas City 6:15 p. m., arrives Niagra Falls and Buffalo next evening, aud New York and Boston second morning, saving a day's travel. Through service, Wabash is the only line that does it. A. WEBER. MERCHANT TAILOR If you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay no rent. Come and see us. Style. Fit and Finish Up-to-Date. S. W. Blvd. Kansas City 2825 S. W. Blvd. NEGRO ENTERPRISE Smoke & Paul Laurel This cigar is made e ler Tobacco, with a Su bought, even at a cost COLORED- Main office Chicago, air is made exclusively of high grade imported with a Sumatra wrapper, and a better cigar at a cost of twenty-five cents each. LORED-AMERICAN CIGAR Chicago, Ill. Anthony Overton, Manager W Station "A" Kansas This cigar is made exclusively of high grade imported Havana Filler Tobacco, with a Sumatra wrapper, and a better cigar cannot be bought, even at a cost of twenty-five cents each. SAMUEL DIGGS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in JUNK. CASH PAID FOR Scrap Iron, Rags, Bottles and Metals. Our business transaction will convince you of our honest weights and fair dealings. PHONE 126 HICKORY. IRON YARD...Cor. 8th @ Hickery Sts. OFFICE & WAREHOUSE 1315 W. 9th. Kansas City, Mo. M. A. B. 1029 Main St. THE TRUTH WITHOUT PLATE We do as we advertise We are here to stay. METAL CO ERS. ence on Main Street only til 9. Sunday 10 to 4 AMS, and Wagon Repair First-Class unteed. Kansas City, Mo. in the City. es. phone 1052 Red. Y THE FLAG." Trains 5 St. Louis. t, fast time. All through the World's v of all the magnifi- ly line that does it. No 8. drives Niagra Falls York and Boston eel. Through ser- loes it. LELLAN. Kansas City, Mo. ANT TAILOR, is the place to Because we pay me and see us. Bar Cigar. rs, made imported Havana Fil- ber better cigar cannot be ach. CIGAR CO., on Manager Western Division, "A" Kansas City, Mo. GENERAL PRICE & CENTS. Kansas City, Mo WESTERN UNIVERSITY QU NDARO KANSAS. For the Moral, Intellectual and Departure Theological, Classical, Normal, Course Theological, Classical, Normal, Normal, teature, Printing and Book-making, Tailoring, Business Course and Sten- and Truck Gardening, Cooking and Advance Good Buildings, Healthy Moral lege-bred and Industrially Trained Terms $7.50 Per Month. For the Moral, Intellectual and Industrial Training of our Youth. Departments. Theological, Classical, Normal, Preparatory, State Industrial. Theological, Classical, Normal, Prepacatory, Carpentry and Architecture, Printing and Book-making, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Tailoring, Business Course and Stenography, Farming, Stock raising and Truck Gardening, Cooking and Laundering. Advantages. Good Buildings, Healthy Moral Tone, A Faculty of Twelve College-bred and Industrially Trained Teachers. Terms $7.50 Per Month. School Opens Sept. 14th. For Illustrated Catalogue Just Out Write to WILEIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. D., Prest., Quindaro, Kas. 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, WILEIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. D., Prest., Quindaro, Kas. 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, 1616 W. 9th St., KANSAS C Mr. Wilson in soliciting the patronage of H and the public either in buying his goods or ing of watches and jewelry (which is a assures nothing less than complete sa Bargains in diamond rings, engagement and w baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always 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. Wyndham and Duval. During a recent debate in the house of commons on the Irish land bill an opponent of that measure referred to Mr. Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, who is very handsome, as a charming highwayman who was robbing the British taxpayer. His critic applied to the chief secretary the epitaph on Claude Duval in Covent Garden church: "Here duval Duval. Reader, if male thou art, book to thy purse; if female, to thy heart." Strenuous Times in Prospect. Otto Failmetzger, a schoolmaster of Schwerin, Germany, was run down the other day by a motor car. He was badly bruised, but was well enough to beat the driver into insensibility. Next he seized an axe and smashed the car. The driver is now suing for damages for assault, the owner of the motor car is suing him for damages and the schoolmaster counterclaims for the loss of a suit of clothes. Polish Nationalists Active Polish nationalists held a great meeting in Lemberg recently for the purpose of keeping alive the Polish national sentiment. The gathering expressed sympathy with Polish resistance to German and Russian oppression. It also urged the direction of Polish effort in Austria, Russia and Germany toward the common aim of rational independence. Diverting the Niagara The power plants now in operation at the falls divert one-seventeenth of the volume of Niagara river, and when the flumes now building are completed one-eighth less water will go over the falls, this aside from the water diverted by the Welland canal and the great volume of the Chicago drainage canal. "Autos" Must Heed the Rules Motor cars we are assured have come to stay; they have created a new industry and a new source of pleasure; but they have also created a new abuse, and the condition on which they will continue to be tolerated is that they conform to the rules of roads made for others and not for them. Time Will Tell About Chamberlain. It has been reported that the leading statesman of England will never accept a peerage, as he wishes to die plain "Mr. Chamberlain." Time will tell. The views of an Englishman on the subject of titles are somewhat like those of an American politician on the presidency.—Collier's Weekly. "Next of Kin." The relatives of a lady who had died, leaving a legacy to a favorite donkey in order to secure its comfort, recently came into court and asked for a decision as to who was to enjoy the legacy after the donkey's decease. "The next of kin," was the Judge's verdict.—Punch. We often hear of love at first sight, but after that love is just as blind as ever. Industrial Training of our Youth. ments. Preparatory, State Industrial. uses. Preparatory, Carpentry and Archi- Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Biography, Farming, Stock raising Laundering. ges. Tone, A Faculty of Twelve Col- Teachers. School Opens Sept. 14th. D. D., Prest., Quindaro, Kas. ally True? hoicest qualities and Watches and Jewelry window of : : : : eer Negro Jeweler, KANSAS CITY, MO. the patronage of his friends giving his goods or in repair- arly (which is a specialty) in complete satisfaction. engagement and wedding rings, etc., can always be obtained. Vatican Park. The Vatican, in which two popes have been technical prisoners, is the largest palace in the world and within its enclosure is a park ct thirteen acres. Demand for Farming Machinery. According to the St. Petersburg Times, the demand for agricultural machines in the Siberian country beyond Lake Baikal is to be very large. Big Steamship Companies The Hamburg-American steamship line owns 119 vessels, valued at $434,153,000; the North German Lloyd, 107 vessels, valued at $33,748,000. Wrecks in the Baltic There are more wrecks in the Baltic sea than in any other place in the world. The average is one wreck a day throughout the year. American sewing machines find large sale in British India, all other parts of Asia and in the islands of the Pacific. A Man's Opinion. Of course every man has a right to his own opinion, but he needn't be so enthusiastic in telling it to us. Baby's Weight. The baby should weigh twenty and one-half pounds on his first birthday. Bars Royalty From Engineer. Locomotive rides by royal personages have been officially forbidden on German railways, because of the danger of distracting the engineer's attention. New Zealand sold abroad last year $11,500,000 worth of meats, of which $2,250,000 was in beef, $9,000,000 in nutmut and $500,000 in frozen rabbits. Cotton Plant History The cotton plant first came to America from Asia; now the greater part of the Central Asian crop is grown from American cotton seed. Plates of Gold on Pagoda. The great pagoda "shwe Dagon" in Rangoon, Burma, has been recently re-gilded with heavy gold plates at a cost of over £200,000. One of the most prominent oil magnates in Los Angeles is a woman, who is said to control about half of the whole product. Egyptian Railroads. Egyptian state railroads bought last year $3,757,229 of material, of which England furnished $2,565,000. Russian Forests. European Russia has a less percentage of forest than the United States. When a man is under a cloud you can't always convince him that it has a silver lining. --- Courses. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. 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, can we get our goods safely to you. Do not delay; order to day. Address BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY PUSH IT ALONG The Train Service of the Missouri Pacific. The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for St. Louis and all points East—note the leaving time: 9:50 a. m., 1:10 p. m., 9:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. No other line from Kansas City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louis. Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p. m. arives in St. Louis at 10 p. m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and South-eastern trains. The only 1. leaving Kansas City after the Operas, leaving meetings and Sunday night Churus service, at 10:45 p. m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a. m., in for all Eastern connections. 9:55 p. m.—10:50 a. m. Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleepers & Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars, (all seats free). For all information and tickets call at Union Depot and 901 Main St., Olytio. E. S JEWETT, Pass. & Ticket Agent. 1784 ..... Telephone ..... 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery 708 E, 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Heim's KANSAS CITY S11 E.N.D. CO. OLD LAGER SPECIAL BREWS SCHARNAGEL SELECT KYLFHAUSER PERFECTION 1880 1890 1900 SALES: 12000 39946 130578 BBLs. BBLs. BBLs. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. ```markdown ``` OZONO AND Cedrotine combined to for the Hair $2.00 on earth with only $1.50, as will send to; or a two extra large box $2.00; also two large Hair Grower, worth $2.00 counts, payable within 60 our celebrated and renown one 1-pint package of 4 MURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND SECRET LODGES. Cosmo 411an Lodge No. 383, G.U.O.of O.F. meets at 1613 E. 18th st. 2nd and 4th Wednes- dayevenings in each month, at 8 o'clock. J. H.Hefts, N. 1 W. R. Potterson, P. 8. 2nd TABERNET, No. 2, meets first and third Fridays in each month at 734 Grand avenue. Daughter Lulu Beasley H. P. Daughter Mary Finley, Seacothea. St Hallyard Tabernacle No. 7 meet first and avenue. Daughter Martha Johnson H. z. Slaughter Abbie L. Pies, Scoothena. Gate City Lodge No. 4679, G. U. of O. P meets at 1413 E. 18th Street, every first and third Fridays, of each month. E. N. LEWIS, P. S. St. John's Chapel, on Baptist S. B. between 9th and St. Louis ave, Ive. N. C. Buren, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. prayer meeting Wednesday evening and Teachers meeting Thursday evening. Vine Street Baptist church, T. H. Ewing, pastor. Sunday services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 2:30 Prayer meeting Friday evening. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, cur. 2d and Holmes. Rev. A. A. Gilbert, pastor. Sunday services, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 3:30 p. m. Pritchard Lock No. 42. A. F. and A. M., meets second and fourth Monday day evenings in the month. J. W. Crowe, W. M. H. J. Sligener, Secy. Allen Chapel, south-east corner 10th and Charlotte streets Rev. O. J. W. Scott, pastor. Sunday services 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school, 2:30 p.m. Class Meeting Tuesday, 8 p.m. Prayer Wednesday, 8 p.m. Choir practice Monday evening Second Baptist church, corner Tenth and Charlotte. S. W. Bacoe, D. D., pastor. Sunday services: Preaching, 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.; Sunday school, 2 p.m. Weekly meetings, Monday B. Y. P. U. meeting, 8 p.m. Wednesday night, prayer meeting. Highland Avenue Baptist church Sunday services, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Preaching, Wednesday evening, 8 p.m. Praise meetings Monday evening B. Y P. U. School 2 p.m. G. W. Bovd, Pastor. Mrs. A. B. CUMMINGS, Clerk. Pleasant Valley Baptist church, Rosedale, Kansas, Sunday services; Preaching 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; B. Y. P. U., 7 p.m.; W. H. F. and M. Society, Thursday evening praise meeting. Rev. H. E. STRUCKLAND, Pastor TUCKER, Clerk. Pleasant Green Baptist church, Independence and Tracy ave. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Preaching, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p.m. Weekly services—Prayer meetings and missionary, Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock p. m. Young People's Literary and Progressive Club, Thursday evenings. Church meeting, Friday before the second Sunday in each month. E. M. WILSON, Pastor. Residence 1603 East 13th st. Burns Chapel, M. E. Church. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Preaching, 11:00 a. m. Cass Meeting, 2:30 p. m. Epworth League, 7:00 p. m. Preaching, 7:45 p. m. Literary Tuesdays 8:00 p. m. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. Class Meeting, Thursdays 8:00 p. m. Corner 11th and Highland, J. M. Harris, Pastor. Sove and Hardware Co. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, achill Steel Ranges and Furnaces. TIN WORK a Specialty. 1329 Grand Ave. THE new, non-failing and infallible combined new treatment for the human Hair, the most successful and jointly, cannot fail to lend to the Hair length, lustre, life, and beauty $1 One year ago the directors of the BOSTON CHEMICAL Company produced an absolutely perfect and reliable treatment for the Hair, appropriated the sum of $6,000 for this purpose and the world's most noted chemists were credited, who, after twelve months of investigation and costly experiments, had successfully formulated a treatment for hair and prevented harm and innocence, that its immediate effects upon the Hair border upon the Hair, and most certainly caused in all faith and condemnation it is caused to produce results most gratifying, causing the Hair to grow long and luxurant, light, and a most delicate and pliable texture. The Hair is drawn into the Hair to draw up, contract, curl, and tangle, thus making it easy to dress the Hair in any style desired. It causes the Hair to fall, balloon, hold, thin places, and bark temples. It is sure to prevent the Hair from falling, breaking on, and splitting at the ends. This great benefit is the result. the most generous offer ever made by any firm. Cut out this advertisement, and send to us, 50c. and, immediately upon receipt of same, you a full and complete treatment, consisting of boxes of OZONO, king of all Hair Tonics, worth large bottles of OZONO EDM, the latest listing $5.00; also one large collection of our latest dis- EGG SHAMPOO, worth $5c.; also one bar of nowned PURITY SCALP SAOP, worth $5c., and nowned PURITY JOLES, worth $5c. This grand collection, worth in all $50 and your name and address, with full, plain, with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly bought OZONO we will send this great bargain will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where we made with the object of securing good Agents, our preparations. No matter where you live, we not delay; order to-day. Address 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va.