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. VOLUME VIII. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1903. NUMBER SAD PLIGHT OF MISSOURI DEM OCRACY—OVERRIDDEN BY MACHINE INFLUENCE. Just now the desperate light which Mayor Reed, of Kansas City, is making for the Democratic nomination for governor, seconded by the stragetic cunning of Harry Hawes, police commissioner of St. Louis, are the two thing giving prominence to the fact that a superhuman effort is being made to distract public attention from the odium which boodling investigation and grand jury indictments have thrown upon the dominant party in Missouri politics. It's a huge effort to hide the shells after the robbery of the nest has been discovered. So it is urged that Missouri has climbed from twentieth place to fifth. It might also be properly urged in rebuttal that in spite of its Democratic handicap, Missouri has advanced to its present rank. A party whose leaders in politics have reached the past master's art in extorting the sheckels by devising, inventing and introducing bills and laws hostile to corporations, by birthing imaginary health societies, and forming legislative combines, should not be allowed by the public to escape conviction by emphasizing the fact that a few Republicans have been found in the same category. It is just that very thing that the Democratic machine is trying to do. Both Reed and Hawes are essentially machine candidates, and are put forward on the basic principle that either way the machine wins. Their labors are thus divided. The spell-blinding mayor insists that boodling is not an issue, that the great state is slandered, that all Democrats are honest, and only the Republican minority are thieves. Then Hawes jumps into print and insists that the republicans are at the bottom of all this muss, stirring up strife and fomenting discord. He further insists that the minor party is trying to force upon the Democracy an undesirable candidate for governor. All of which is being done for the two-fold purpose, first, that the machine may organize the party so as to prevent the nomination of the St. Louis circuit attorney, J. W. Folk, and second, to lull the people into peaceful forgetfulness of the rottenness and corruptableness with which the state has been governed. Now, the Kansas City mayor is, strange to say, an Iowa carpet-bagger, though he affects the swagger of a Missouriian. While the St. Louis police commissioner is a rank youngster, still showing the freshness of the butter brand, and the only conceivable reason for allowing either of them even a shadowy pretense for the ardent ambition thus displayed lies in the circumstance that the "push" is hard pressed and its affairs bordering on a crisis. Judge Gantt, of the supreme court, an ex-confederate soldier and a Southerner to the manor born, a thorough gentleman who is in every way amply qualified to exercise the high function of chief executive, is in all probability to them a doubtful quantity. For, though conservative, it is extremely doubtful whether he would stan by the "Indians" and countenance the bold thievery, rascality and crookedness as the present incumbent has done. As for Folk, the very mention of the St. Louis attorney's name is sufficient to throw cold chills over the boldest, from Ed. Butler down. JAMES SANDS. After four months illness, he departed this life last Tuesday evening at 9:30, aged 33 ye ars. He leaves a wife, two sisters and a brother, and many friends, to mourn his last. Funeral services at the house Thursday evening. The body will be shipped to Columbia, Mo. SHIPPING RULE OF VALUE. Wise Regulation Enforced by the New Zealand Authorities. A new set of shipping regulations recently formulated in New Zealand gives proof of the maternal care with which the government looks after the welfare of the people. Every sea-going vessel that can be controlled by the local authority must for the future carry a boat or raft fully fitted up with provisions for use in case of accident. Provision is made for a supply of fresh water and of beef, biscuits, chocolate, tabloids and lime juice, and also of fishing lines and hooks and safety matches. So many desperate tragedies have occurred around the New Zealand coast from time to time after shipwrecks, through the difficulty of getting living necessaries into the boats in the rush and excitement of escaping, that the new regulation in this regard seems to be a wise precaution. It is noteworthy that neither rum nor tobacco is included in the items of this novel "manifest." A YOUNG ENGLISH PEER. Duke of Leinster, Premier of Ireland In 16 Years Old. The duke of Lelnster is one of the youngest peers in King Edward's realm. He is 16 years old and is the premier peer of the kingdom of Ireland and head of the great Irish house of Fitzgerald, which for hundreds of years has played so conspicuous a role in the history of the emerald isle. He is a great grandnephew of the patriot, Lord Edward, the hero and martyr of the '98 rebellion. During his school days the young peer was one of the leading boys at Eton in all sorts of athletics, but he developed signs of consumption, the malady that carried off both his father and mother, and left him the youngest duke in the English peerage when barely 6 years old, and now every precaution is being taken to preserve him for the great things that may be expected from one of his brilliant ancestry. Mountain of Alum. In China, about twelve miles from the village of Lion Chek, there is a mountain of alum, which, in addition to being a natural curiosity, is a source of wealth for the inhabitants of the country, who dig from it yearly tons of alum. The mountain is not less than ten miles in circumference at its base and has a height of nearly 2,000 feet. The alum is obtained by quarrying large blocks of stone, which are first heated in great furnaces and then in wattles filled with boiling water. The alum crystallizes and forms a layer about six inches in thickness. This layer is subsequently broken up into blocks weighing about ten pounds each. The Cause of Things. With a vast unrest in his heaviest breast And his knees uplifted high. He lies on his bed with a throbbing head And attributes his pain to pie. But the apple pie was less at fault Than the man's inordinate greed of mal At the lobster he ate last night. But an innocent lobster you need not fear If you don't combine champagne and beer. "Peaches and cream brought a dreadful dream." Said the man to his wife next day; "Call me a brute if I eat more fruit, I'm in really a dreadful way." "But don't you remember," the wife replied. "Those high balls and green chartreuse beside" Pie the Food for Warriors The Hartford Courant notes that the soldier boys in camp at Natican last week wanted pie. Pie isn't part of the bill of fare at camp, but the boys wanted it, and got it by sending outside for it. We are glad they wanted it. The man who doesn't love pie is not fit for a fighter or anything else. The hardy New England pioneers were pie eaters. The most intellectual men of our times are pie eaters. But there is pie and pie. The good kind is healthful and restful. The poor kind isn't fit to feed the maw of a stone crusher.—Ridgefield (N. J.) Press. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1903. SPLENDID CONCERT BY ALLEN CHAPEL CHOIR. On Wednesday night, Oct. 21, the choir of Allen Chapel rendered one of the most beautiful and successful concerts that has been heard in Kansas City for many a day. Promptly at 845 o'clock: P. M. the organist played a march while the members of the choir filed in and took their position on the platform and rendered the following program: Chorus—"Gloria in Excess"—by the Choir. Chorus—"Joy, Joy, Freedom Today"—by the Choir. Chorus—"March of the Nations"—by the Choir. Trio—"Past Twelve O'clock"—by Mr. Fix,Mrs. Burnett and Mr. Crump. Duet—"Hark to the Mandolin"—by the Misses Watts and Collins. Solos by the following—J. H. Crews, Mrs. Cordelia Hill, Miss Grace Bell, Mr. Hary Bean, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Morris. The rendition of the solo by Mr. Crews and the duett by the Misses Watts and Collins, also the triby by Mr. Fox, Mrs. Burnett and Mr. Crump, were heartily encored and each of them had to respond to the encore. Every number on the program was excellently rendered. There was an attendance of 480. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE COL ORED Y. M. C. A. AT ALLEN CHAPEL. On Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock the following exercises were carried out at Allen's Chapel: Anthem by Allen Chapel Choir. Anthem by Second Baptist Choir. Our Religious Work—J. H. Crews. Address—Rev. J. C. Reid, of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Paper—The Duty of the Public to the Y. M. C. A.—by Dr. Perry. Pledges for the year's work. Secretary's report—by Ed. Ross. There was a large attendance. The remarks of Rev. Reid were timely and to the point. He said, that the Y. M. C. A. stood for the development of the man physically as well as spiritually, and advised the parents and guardians to keep their children in school, and advised the men and women of our race to put a higher estimation on virtue and morality. The remarks of Dr. Perry were also quite interesting. Mr. Crews told of the religious work and how carved out. Long Island Cemeteries Men of farseeing minds are begin- ning to wonder what will become of the vast fields on Long Island which are reserved as the abode of the dead. There are now there thirteen cem- teries, and into these Greater New York and its vicinity yearly lay to their last rest tens of thousands. There must be to-day over 1,800,000 dead in these cemeteries. One of them, which was considered twenty five years ago "out in the country" is now almost entirely surrounded by the city of Brooklyn. Like His Father. Capt. William Clark, who is in charge of the Street Cleaning Department of Brooklyn, is very proud of the fact that he never drank a drop of liquor in his life. Discussing the matter with his son Robert, the other day, he said: "My son, I am and always have been a total abstainer." "Perhaps I will be myself one of these days," responded the young man thoughtfully.—New York Times. Tuberculosis Statistics. An analysis of the cases of consumption in Marburg, Germany, showed that four-fifths of those affected belong to the poorest fifth of the population. It was further found that 34 per cent of all of the cases occurred in 2.6 per cent of the entire 1,503 dwellings in the city while 59.2 per cent of all the cases among the poor occurred in 33.6 per cent of the houses occupied by them. 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." Wanta More Mirth. 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-s言ured race. People in the "smart set," says Dr. Sully, do not laugh as their forefathers did because they think that to do so would be quite vulgar. Astor Makes an Enemy Lady Henry Somerset is withdrawing gradually from her career as a reformer. She is very sensitive on the subject of her hobbies. Her pet aversion is William Waldorf Astor, who once sald of her: "She must be the sort of a woman who drives a man to distraction." The remark was repeated to her ladyship, who has never forgiven the self-expatriated American. Two Good Reasons. A good-looking young woman who was brought before the police judge of Omaha charged with holding her skirts too high on a rainy day showed the magistrate how high she had lifted them, and was discharged. "Evidently," says an Omaha paper, "there were two good reasons for her lifting her skirts, and the judge saw them."—Roller Monthly. Equine Dentistry. It is only within the last three years that the dentist has come to give the horse serious attention. And yet there are but one or two thoroughly qualified horse dentists in the country, and they are kept busy the year round. A. Sharp Observation "Tain' allus de useful people dat makes de moss' stir in de world," said Uncle Eben. "A man wif a razzer tracts me' tention dan de folks what give de party an' paid foh de 'freshments."—Washington Star. Studying Cancer. Two eminent physicians in the Royal College of Surgeons, under the cancer research fund, have been pursuing arduous investigations of that disease wholly undisturbed for six months. Pauper Leaves Over $30,000 Maria Olive Perraud, a Paris woman, who for years had been in receipt of outdoor relief, recently died. It now has been found that she left behind £6,500 in French consols. More Whiskera for the Hair- Little Johnny wanted more spinach but he was uncertain about the pronunciation, so he said: "Mamma, will you please give me more whiskers." Prize for Sculptors. The French Grand Prix in sculpture provides the successful artist with means of support for four years in Rome or Athens. Private Postal Cards. Private postcards are now estimated to be about 69 per cent of the whole number mailed in Great Britain. A. Good Resolution. Never make a threat and never break a promise. Wise Prescription: Mrs. Blank met her family physician on Broad street the other day, and, as her custom, began to pour out her woes. "Oh! doctor," she said, "Tm completely exhausted; can scarcely walk. What shall I take?" "Um!" said the doctor, meditatively, "you might take a car." Blind Fish Now See Blind Fish Now See. In a cave in Silesia a pool was filled with sightless fish. About a year ago the place was utilized as a store, when the electric light was installed. Since then many of the fish have actually developed normal-looking optics. Formerly when the cave was pitch dark the eyes of the creatures were covered with a thick film. America's Oldest Mines The oldest mines in America are located in Missouri. They are the lead and nickel mines in Madison county, which were worked by the Indians as early as 1726 and have been mined continuously almost ever since. The mines were acquired by a Frenchman named La Motte, who named them after himself. Finest of Throne Rooms It is claimed that the throne room in the royal palace in Amsterdam is the most magnificent hallroom in Europe. The throne room was most beautifully ornamented in the seventeenth century by Dutch sculptors and painters. It is 144 feet in length, 62 feet wide and 104 feet high. A Long Walk. The greatest distance ever walked without a stop in England was 120 miles 1,560 yards. The feat was performed by Peter Crossland at Manchester and so little have other pedestrians cared to "go for" his record that it has actually been standing since Sept. 11-12, 1876. Bound to Take a Chance "So Mistuh Erastus Pinkley is gwine to git married," said the coffee-colored youth with the large scarf-pin. "Yes," was the answer. "Somebody done tol him dat marriage was a lottery, an' he's sech a spoht dt he's boun' to take a chance." - Washington Star. Trade With Cuba. Our trade with Cuba has been dwindling rapidly. In 1899 $37,188.59 worth of American goods were imported into Cuba and in 1902 but $25.43,200. The United States now supplies little more than 40 per cent of Cuba's imports. Much-Traveled Baby The baby of Mr. Philippe de Vilmorin, though only a few weeks old, has already seen Japan, Russia, Germany and France. Having been born in Japan, he was sent with his nurse to Peking, from there overland by the Trans Siberian railway, stopping at St. Petersburg, and he recently arrived via Germany safely in Paris. Baved by a Cat. A cat saved two lives at Woklingham by waking a public housekeeper whose premises were on fire. On being awakened by pats from the cat's paw, the man found that the room was full of smoke. A few minutes after the man and his sister-in-law had made their escape the house was completely gutted. Pretty Fair Evidence Tom Delehay, who lives near Craig, saw a magician perform the other night and is convinced that he used duplicates in his sleight of hand work. The reason Delehay knows is because he gave the magician a lead dollar to palm and was given a good one in return.—Kansas City Star. Traveling Art Gallery A traveling art gallery is a new idea in Minnesota, where the traveling library has reached a high degree of development. A state art society will have charge of the work. It intends to arrange a series of exhibitions in art, no two occurring in the same city during the same year. The Editor's Full Hand. Now that the other world powers have united in demanding of China that her "reform editors" be not tortured to death, it may henceforth be possible for a Chinese writer to take his pen in hand without taking his life in his hand at the same time overty brings many strange land lords. NUMBER 32 LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. A. A. Gilbert preached his introductory sermon Sunday. His text was: "How Can Two Walk Together Unless Tehy Agree." Everybody was well pleased with the able sermon. The ladies' entertainment at St. John's church was a financial success. Mrs. Kate Jones was called to Fulton to see her husband, Mr. Albert Jones, and found him quite low. He has been there for a year. She returned home Tuesday. She don't think he will recover. Mr. H. M. Walker is not much better. Mrs. Louise Parker is quite ill, and also Boyd Unose and James Blackwell. Miss M. Y., who expected to change her home from Lexington to Odessa, has been disappointed, but she will take the Rising Sun, and we are sorry for her in her disappointment. Mrs. Matilda Mathews went to Kansas City Sunday and returned Sunday night. Miss Myrtle Washington, of Omaha, is here visiting her father and old friends. Mr. Pau. Withworth and Mr. Lee Jackson spent several days here last week on business. Mr. Charles White is having a hall built. He is expecting to run a restaurant. Mr. William Worcuff has made quite an improvement in his place. WEST INDIAN SUPERSTITIONS. If you kill a spider you will soon break a plate. If you carry a tree pepper in your pocket, you will become poor. If you give a thing away and take it back again you will have a sty. If you roll your eyes when the moon changes they will stay crooked. If a cock crows at the door, a gentleman is going to visit the house; if a hen crows, some member of the family will die. If a lizard jumps into a tub in which clothes are being washed the washer-woman must not touch them for four hours or they will tear in her hands. If a John Crow (turkey buzzer) files into the house some terrible misfortune will happen. When birds nest in your house a wedding may be expected. Whenever a negro hurts a black dog he always begs its pardon, because the spirits of black dogs are supposed to go into men's bodies after death and cause them to walk the earth in the shape of a black dog—New York Sun. CHINFAYNE What might have been is generally what you wish was. There is never any difficulty about finding fault if you look for it. The smoking of a cigarette is not a right, but a privilege extended with the hope that it will kill the recipient. Did you ever notice the indecision of a woman about choosing a seat in a street car with but few passengers? It is human nature to kick a goose for its innocent awkwardness, while allowing a dog with teeth to go its way unscatched—"Uncle Dick" in Milwaukee Sentiment. Odd Wager. A German innkeeper on the Swiss border has undertaken as a result of a wager to roll a barrel full of wine across Switzerland and Italy to Rome. NOLICE TO PUBLIC. I most emphatically object to my name being used either privately or publicly in any matter whatever, without my consent. Dr. J. N. BIRCH. Coats as They Are to Be. New shapes and new and delightful materials in the form of silk chinchilla of a light tender gray and silk beaver of a darker gray tone have been evolved for this season's wear. Anything softer or prettier it would be difficult to imagine. Three-quarter coats are lined with gray brocade, have wide hanging sleeves and are intended for motoring and for general wear. Other coats in serge double-breasted are very smart and trim. A Scotch cheviot reversible and semi-flying is made with a black strap and strapped seams. The Fife coat, as it is called, is one of the novelties of the year. Some of the coats are single-breasted, some double, and there are long waterproof coats semi-breasted which are simply delightful. They are introducing upon them the twentieth century buttons in hammered copper and unburnished silver and also $ \mathrm{k_{0}} $ the beautiful enamels which are so successfully reproduced by amalgams. Empire Coat. Empire coat-for smart waiting car. The short bodice is double A breasted, turned back with a double, slightly fluted collar. The shirt portion is cut to set perfectly on the bodice and hangs in graceful folds in the back. It is a pretty model for Liberty satin for theater wear. Chintz Draperies. Among the season's equipments for country homes the English chintz as a room upholstery is in more favor than ever. In popular patterns pink is the color most favored. The designs show carnations in bunches on a rich cream white background, roses with their long stems and green leaves, pretty bouquets of wild flowers dotted here and there in narrow and broad stripes and rich pink peonies of brilliant colorings, which form set figures for draperies and hangings. With the Housewife Rub out ink stain with milk. Iodine stains will disappear if dipped in liquid ammonia. Rinse the mouth with soda water to prevent decay between the teeth. To clean zinc wash thoroughly with hot soda water, and then rub it with a flannel, dipped in turpentine. If soot falls on the carpet cover it thickly with salt. It may then be brushed up without fear of doing damage. Don't be afraid to use hot suds for blueberry stains, they boil out. Pour clear boiling water on peach, cherry, tea and coffee stains. To rub off paint spots from window glass dip a penny or other coin in water and then, with its edge, scrape off the paint from the glass. It is easily done. THE WELL DRESSED WOMAN The blues and prune shades so well received this summer promise to keep their place in the autumn suitings. Ruchings are fairly ubiquitous on the sheer summer frocks, and by their aid one of the charming thin materials may be made up with practically no other trimming and at slight expense. Pinked ruches and pinked flouces are another step toward our grand-mothers' day. Pepper red is a new Paristan shade. While not generally becoming, it is effective and modish. Jet fringes, jet collars and jetted trimmings of all sorts have increasing prestige, but chiefly in connection with sheer fabrics. Bright red satin finish rain coats and waterproof red silk parasols with club handles are swell, and yet practical for coaching in dubious weather. The cambric or batiste collar, elaborately hand-embroidered, is newer and more modish than the collar of lace, and such a collar will give distinction to the simplest tub frock. The odor of onions may be removed from the hands by rubbing them with celery. Any green vegetable, like spinach, Brussels sprouts, cabbage or peas, retains its color much better if left uncovered during the cooking process. Never use soda for washing china that has any gilding on it, for the soda will in time surely remove it all. Instead of soda use a little soap; that has no bad effect. Brass pans should be cleaned before use. Rub them with salt and vinegar, then rinse thoroughly with water and dry, with a soft cloth. Thus you may be sure that the pans are free from verdigris, which is a strong poison. To make a dish of ham and eggs as good as possible, cut the ham nearly half an inch thick, boil it in plenty of water till barely cooked through, pour off the water and put the pan in a place just hot enough to brown the fat part of the ham slightly, but not hot enough to make smoke, or to brown the lean meat much. When this is finished, remove the frying pan from the fire, take up the ham, pour off the fat into a cup, and wipe the pan till it shines like a mirror, without a single speck to mar the polish. Then put in a spoonful of the clear part of the fat, break in the eggs and set the pan in a place scarcely hotter than boiling water; cover it, and let the eggs cook as slowly as possible for four or five minutes, taking them up as soon as they can be lifted out. Place them around the ham, and do not pour any of the fat on the dish. Eat with mashed potatoes. Tulle in Table Decoration. The women of Canada have a unique way of decorating their lunch and dinner tables. Around the centerpiece of flowers or ferns they fluff a lot of tuile. They use pink, green, yellow or white to match the flowers, but usually white for dinner or for a bridal feast. The tuile is pulled out AUTUMN GOWNS FROM PARIS. The gown at the left is of black cloth trimmed with blue velvet and black silk galloon. The skirt is made with a hip-yoke forming a sharp point in front extending almost to the bottom of the skirt, which is encircled with the trimming. To this yoke the skirt is plaited, the plaits opening out below the hips. The bolero, with lengthened shoulders, is elaborately trimmed with the o h t e r w t f y THE FASHION OF THE EASTERN WESTERN WESTERN velvet and galloon and opens over a blouse front of white silk. The sleeves are plaited at the top and finished in a triple effect at the bottom, the edges bordered with galloon or passmen- terie motifs. The outside of the sleeves is loose and the inside is drawn in to form a cuff finished with a turnover of the velvet and galloon. The girdle is of black satin or velvet. The other gown is of light brown Ham and Eggs. its full width, then crushed at intervals, upon which flowers are nestled. Sometimes a bit of soft-colored silk is laid underneath the tulle to intensify the color scheme. Upon one occasion American beauty roses formed the central decoration, while underneath pale pink tulle was scattered silk tissue roses and in the center of each rose was a tiny incandescent light. Lilies of the valley and green ferns formed the end pieces, as it was an oblong table, and roses and lilies of the valley were at each cover, the roses for the ladies and the lilies for boutonnieres. Novel Sofa Pillows There promises to be a revolution in sofa pillows, brought about by a new process in photography. There has been put upon the market a sensitized cloth upon which negatives may be printed in sepia so indelibly that soap and water and a hot iron will not injure them. Kodak, as well as larger prints, can be catched down on denim or coarse linen. The pictures are printed for detail rather than for depth. This will make them peculiarly appropriate for the souvenir pillows of summer girls. White Cloth With Chantilly Lace. A Gown of white cloth with Chantilly lace on sleeves and cravat. It has a wide girdle of black more with pearl buckle. For the Toilet. A simple method of softening hard water for the toilet is to throw orange peel into the bath or jug. Not only will the peel have a good influence on the skin, but it will perfume the water deliciously. cloth. The bolero, with lengthened shoulders, is trimmed with applications of the cloth embroidered with cord, forming a sort of network, and with little rings of passementerie. This trimming forms a sort of collar, and also motifs at the corners. The waistcoat is of white cloth or silk, and is turned back to form revers. The blouse is of white silk with collar of the embroidery, in which is run an THE LADY IN A WEDDING DRESS odd little cavat of black velvet. The full sleeves, plaited at the top, have little scalloped sleeve caps of the material, and are finished with cuffs trimmed with the cord embroidery. At the wrists are frills of lace. The skirt is gathered at the top and encircled below with scalloped bands of the cloth and applique motifs of the embroidered cloth. The girdle is of brown satin.—Chic Parisien For the Toilet. RELIGIOUS COMMENT What it is to Live. To grapple fate and fearlessly Liey its stubborn, stern decree, Until, disarmed, the terror lies Beneath our feet, recolls and dies. To look beyond, content to wait And dignify our low status By bending lower, eer to seek To help the fallen, lift the weak. To take no backward step, to-wit- Be sure that each ascends a bit. To love the best, the best to give. This is the meaning solved, to live. -Boston Transcript. Quiet Hour Why Are We Punished? "There is joy in the presence of the anger in the inner one sinner that repenteth."-Luke xxvii. What do we mean when we say that God punishes men? The word "punishment" is in some respects the most conspicuous in the theology of the past, and it occupies a very serious prominence in the theology of the present. If I understand the Master, He wished us to love God in much the way in which a child loves its mother, and to have the same confidence in Him that the child has in the protecting presence of its father. That is to say, the relation between us and Him is always paternal on His side and can never be otherwise, and should be filial on our side. No matter what your spiritual condition may be, whether you are given to works of charity or deeds of darkness, He is forever the same; for in the one case He rejoices with you in your goodness, and in the other He pities you in your badness. If, like the prodigal, living on husks which the swine do eat, you thoughtfully come to the conclusion that your life is a mistake, and conclude to face the stars and walk that way, you can be absolutely sure that God has been sorry for you during every hour of dissipation, and will take you into the warm embrace of His sympathy and love when you feel the need of holier living. Men may turn from you, but God never. And yet punishment is a frightful fact in every man's life. The world is almost sinking under its weight. Not a soul lives that does not bear some burden of that kind. There is more walling than laughter on the planet, and regrets sharp as the sting of a hornet abundantly prove that our way is not God's way and that God's sovereignty is asserting itself. There is no happiness except in obedience, not even a scintilla, and just so long as we are wilful and selfish, so long we must take the consequences. But what purpose does this punishment subserve? Take a familiar illustration and perhaps we shall find enlightenment. You are a parent, but your child has gone wrong. That child is bone of your bone, made in your image. You rocked its cradle and held it to your bosom. But the little one has developed evil tendencies. You cannot approve of them; on the other hand, you frown upon them. Your attitude toward the child and your attitude toward what he does are two very different things. You may punish, but not with wrath, for your eyes are filled with tears. What is your object in the punishment? Do you hate the child, and would you crush it because it has fallen into bad ways? Is it any pleasure to you to administer the physical rebuke? No; your heart is peculiarly tender toward that boy, and yet for his own sake you must teach him that certain things must not be done. You are severe, you are relentless; but there is no other way to save him. In a word, you punish in order to reform, and the punishment is solely for the child's sake. Is not this also true with regard to our heavenly Father? You do Him the most grievous wrong when you think of Him as a being who can under any circumstances hate you. If you are the worst sinner in the world; if justice chases you from one hiding-place to another because of your crimes; if your old friends all curse you; if your children turn their backs on you and shudder at the recollection of your infamous deeds; if there is no spot on the broad earth where you can find a resting place—still, as truly as the stars shine above you at night and the sun by day, and neither the one nor the other is paled by your guilt, so truly does God Almighty pity you with a pity that is fathomless and boundless, and so truly do the angels band together to draw you back into the paths of personal purity and rectitude. Doubt everything else, but never doubt that you are being punished as you know you deserve to be, and you must reap the consequences of your mlsdeeds as you know you ought to; but if you see you have blundered, and if your punishment leads to such serious thinking that you would make your future different from your past, you will find the everlasting arm of God underneath you, and you will hear the voices of angels singing a welcome back to your better self.—Rev. G. H. Hepworth. The Value of Sadness. Life, to be deep and strong, must be couched and tempered by sadness, as sunlight is sweetest when softened by shadows; as music, to be melodious. ```markdown ``` must have a minor chord in it. To make a feature of the face on the canvas more prominent, the artist just deepens the shadows about it. This is what Heine meant by saying, "The nightingale sings sweetest with its breast against a thorn"; what Seneca meant by saying, "The very gods look down and smile with approval upon a good man struggling with adversity"; what Paul means when he tells us, "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth"; what any man who will write a philosophy of history must mean as he points to Greece, Switzerland and Scotland, where men have wrested a scanty sustenance from a stubborn soil, as the homes of great, famous men and liberty. Every individual who has to wrestle in the dark with the angel of life, alone, for his blessing, is the gainer, though, as in the case of Jacob, there may be a wrench given to the very bones. It should never be lost sight of that the chief end of man here on this earth is not happiness, but character. Somehow, God seems to be more interested in what is right than in what is easy, or pleasant, even popular. Answering to God's Touch. Have you ever watched the exceedingly delicate and yet firm pressure of the hand of a skilful tuner? He will make the string produce a perfectly true note, vibrating in absolute accord with his own never changing tuning fork. The practiced hand is at one with the accurate ear, and the pressure is brought to bear with most delicate adjustment to the resistance; the tension is never exceeded, he never breaks a string, but he patiently strikes the note again and again, till the tone is true and the ear is satisfied, and then the muscles relax and the pressure ceases. The string may be a poor little one, yielding to a very small note, but that does not matter at all; it is wanted in its place just as much as a great bass one, that can yield a volume of deep sound. The tuner takes just the same pains with it, and is just as satisfied when it vibrates true to the pitch, retaining its own individual tone. That string could not tune itself, and no machine was ever invented to accomplish it; nothing but the firm and sensitive pressure of the tuner's own living hand can bring it into tune. Will you trust your Tuner and begin a note of praise even under this pressure?-Frances Ridley Havergal. Character. There is more cause for joy than for complaint in the hard and disagreeable circumstances of life. Browning said, "I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on." Spell the word "discipline" with a final "g"—"discipling." We are here to learn Time's lesson for Eternity's business. What does it signify if the circumstances about us are not of our choice, if by them we can be trained learning the lessons of patience, fortitude, perseverance, self-denying service, acquiescence with God's will and the hearty doing of it? Circumstances do not make character. The noblest character can emerge from the worst surroundings, and moral failures come out of the best. Just where you are, take the things of life as tools, and use them for God's glory; so you will help the kingdom come, and the Master will use the things of life in cutting and polishing you so that there shall some day be seen in you a soul conformed to his likeness—Maltible D. Babcock, D. D. Our Part Essential. God has a place for each of us, and a work for each one of us. He does not expect us to fill more than our own place, or to do more than our own work; but each one of us is important in his or her own sphere. All the offerings of the wealthy in the courts of the temple in Jerusalem were well in their time and amount. But the poor widow, who had only her two mites, should not have felt that her gift was unimportant. It seemed as if Jesus sat watching and waiting for that little offering, and the story of her doing her part has been told the world over in the centuries since then, as a lesson and as an inspiration. Even though our part is but a little one, God, as it were, watches and waits for that. Shall it be lacking; A Bad Habit. "The fault-finder is always a failure," said an old seaman. "The reason so many sailors are always finding fault is because they're failures themselves. When you find one who's always in a grumble about the officers, the ship and the voyage generally, you may set him down as no first-class sailor." The rule holds good on land as well as at sea; the chronic fault-finder is always more or less of a failure. The student who is always complaining of the teachers, the rules, the length of lessons, and the course of study, is never a student who ranks high. The teacher who is an inveterate fault-finder wins no love and awakens no enthusiasm. He cannot, in the nature of things, be a successful teacher. The Christian who is always discovering faults in the church, failings in his fellow-members, and shortcomings in his pastor, is never a very useful or valuable member of the body to which he belongs. The censorous habit is like a noxious weed—it chokes all better grow Deafness Cannot be Cured. Sold by Druggists, 78c. Mail's Family Pills are the best. * Honestly now, taking every phase of life into consideration, aren't you lucky? Why It Is the Best is because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. When a man is about to get married, in spite of his best efforts to get away, he is particularly mean about it. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 on. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 on. Every cloud has a silver lining—and that is where clouds have the bulge on trouser pockets. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. Ethics is something you must not violate if you are going to be caught at it. Uses of Roasted Coffee Crane and Friedlander, who have experimented on its bactericidal properties, find that roasted coffee is a decidedly active agent in the destruction of germs, including some of the more serious and important ones. Wages In Colombia. In Colombia railroad section men get 50 cents a day, common laborers 30 cents, street car men 60 cents and dairy hands 40 cents. The highest wage is $1 a day paid steamer engineers. Women Cultivate Beets. During the summer large numbers of women come from Poland, Silesia and Galacia to central Germany to work in the sugar beet fields. They go in gangs, in charge of a male overseer, and receive 35 cents a day and board. Automobile Factories So far as can be ascertained there are 135 automobile factories in the United States, ten of which make electric machines, 100 make gasoline machines and twenty-five make steam power machines. Bone Adopts White Dove. Pope Plus X. has adopted a white dove, which was one of the pets of his predecessor. The McBride Case Again. St. John, Kans., Oct. 26—Mr. and Mrs. William McBride and Jesse L. Limes, M. D., have gone before Mr. George E. Moore, Notary Public, and have sworn and subscribed to written statements confirming the story of the awful illness and subsequent cure of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. McBride. Dr. Limes is particularly emphatic in his statement, and there does not now seem to be any room for doubt as to the fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills, and nothing else, saved the little boy. He was so bad that he had Epileptic spells which seized him with increasing frequency. He was semi-paralyzed in the right side, and his mind was badly affected. In their sworn statement, Mr. and Mrs. McBride say: "The very day we began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills our boy had twenty-seven of these Epileptic spells or fits. In less than a week he ceased having them entirely." The case has caused a great sensation in the neighborhood. The sworn statements have confirmed the whole story. In a game of poker you rather enjoy having the other people out when you call. They equal those that have been coating you from $4.00 to $5.00. The immense sale of W. L. Douglas shoes prove their superiority over all other makes. PETER H. BURTON Sold by retail shoe dealers everywhere. Look for name and price on bottom. That Dongla uses Cor- valve in Dongla shoes. Corona is the kikesthe Fast Color Kickers use. Our $4 Gift Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. Shops by mail, 25 cents extra. Illustrated Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. THE BEST POMMEL SLICKER IN THE WORLD TOWER'S FISH BRAND Like all our waterproof cooks, suits and hats for all kinds of wet work, is often mitigated but pewter is better. Made in black or yellow and fully guaranteed by FOR SALE BY ALL RELIABLE PEERS STICK TO THE SIGN OF THE FISH. OLDEST MAINE TOWN Honor Awarded to Kittery (SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE) Kittery, in Maine, is one of the oldest old towns in New England, and its history is seeming with the struggles of the early settlers, the Indian wars and the romances which have been woven about the fair women of the early days. It certainly has one distinction, that of being the only one of its name in this country. Another old house which was built in the early part of the eighteenth century was that of Robert Cutts, which is now occupied by Harrison Philbrick. The settlement of the towns seemed to have been from Kittery Point up the river or to Kittery Foreside. The first settlement in the Foreside, now the town proper, was in 1691 by John Kittery was a part of the tract of land granted in 1620 by King James to the Plymouth council, who afterward gave it to Sir Ferdinando Gorges—that is, he took the tract between the Piscataqua and the Kennebec rivers. There seems to be no record of any earlier settlement in Kittery than 1631, except, perhaps, William Hilton, who erected the manor house at Little Harbor, on the other side of the river, may have planted corn in Ellot, as it was said that he went up the river for that purpose. At this time Kittery—which, by the way, was supposed to have been named after Kittery Point at Kingswear at Dartmouth, Eng.—the home of the early settlers, included the towns of Ellot and Berwick. The first real settlement was made at what was THE JOHN BRAY HOUSE - OLDEST HOUSE IN KOTTERY then called Quawmppegau Falls, and Newichamananock, now Berwick. This was a plantation under the direction of Ambrose Gibbons. July 8, 1634, the schooner Pied Cow arrived, bringing in her cargo the parts of a mill which was soon after erected—the first mill erected in New England that was run by water. This schooner also brought over a number of women, who, after a very brief courtship, became the wives of the early settlers. The next place which seemed to have been settled was at Braveboat Harbor, which was included in the grant of land called Champernowne island, granted in 1645 by King George to Arthur Champernowne, and called by him Dartington. This is now known as Cutts island, and the site of the first Champernowne house is now occupied by a house belonging to John Thaxter, a son of the late Cilia Thaxter, the Isles of Shoals poet. In 1705 a part of this grant was sold to Timothy Gerrish, and it is now known as Gerrish island. A part of the land which is now known as Kittery Point was given to John Pearce, who died rather young, leaving his property to Margaret Bray, who in time married Col. William Pepperrell, and was the mother of Sir William Pepperrell, the hero of Louisburg. Another place settled early was at Spruce Creek, where Alexander Shapleigh settled and built the first house in that section in 1635. This house is now standing. At one time there was quite a little settlement at this point, including a tavern, the old Parker house, a mill, a church and several houses. Here was the stopping place of all stages from Boston to Portland, and here the horses were changed. But a few of the houses remain to-day, fire having destroyed all but one or two. Coming back to Kittery Point, the chief interest centers about the Peperrells, and the old mansion which stands to-day is the objective point of all visitors. This old house was part of the land given to William Peperrell by his father-in-law, John Bray, who presented him the land running from the road to the water. In 1682 he erected his house, which, after he died, his son, Sir William Peperrell enlarged to some extent, but the house to-day stands about the same as when left by the Peperrells. It was while living here that Will OLD PARKDILL Mansion lam was chosen to lead the expedition to Louisburg, which resulted in the capture of the strong fortifications and the subsequent raising of William to the rank of Sir William. He afterward erected what is now known as the Lady Pepperrell mansion, now occupied by Chester Cutts. Old Sparhawkhe Hall was the residence of the second Sir William Pepperrell, who dropped the Sparhawkhe and was known as Sir William Pepperrell. Another old house which was built in the early part of the eighteenth century was that of Robert Cutta, which is now occupied by Harrison Philbrick. The settlement of the towns seemed to have been from Kittery Point up the river or to Kittery Foreside. The first settlement in the Foreside, now the town proper, was in 1691 by John Diamond, who at one time owned the entire stretch of land, and it was he who probably erected the old Tralpe house on the point, somewhere about 1691. West of him the land was originally owned by Alexander James and then by John Diamond, who at one time ran a ferry between Kittery and Strawberry Bank. This old section of the town has outgrown its old rival, the Point, and especially since the navy yard was started, and it is now a thriving little village with water system and electric cars. Along this section of Kittery there was always a large amount of ship-building going on, especially at Witers island, now known as Badgers, and at one time, Langton island. Here the first ship in the colonial navy was built, the old Raleigh, which was built by command of the king. On this spot the first ship in the American navy, the Ranger, was built for Capt. Paul Jones. At the time the navy yard was established in 1800, this was the chief shipyard for government work, but the yard soon caused this place to be abandoned. The old piles for the ways and wharves can now be seen from the ferryboat as it lands within a few feet of the old ways. Kittery had its early fights with the Indians, and many stories are told of the conflicts and the killing and kidnapping of the women of the town. It was particularly stirring times at Elliot, where the battle at Ambush Rock took place when Maj. Charles Frost was killed. At Kittery Point is old Fort McClary, known back as far as 1660 as Fort William. It was originally nothing more than a blockhouse, and in after years the government began the erection of a modern fort, but it was abandoned, and to-day huge piles of cut granite are scattered about the old fort. An imitation of the old blockhouse is still standing. Over on Gerrish island are the main cottagers, and these include many well-known people, while at the hotels one often finds those famous in every walk of life. There has been, on the whole, very little change in the appearance of the town from the early OLD TIME CENTER PRESS ON THE TRADE ESTATE days with the exception of the electric road, and this follows the crooks and turms of the roads and streets until Mr. Howells was led to say that it was the quaintest old road in the country WOMAN SOLD AT AUCTION. Glding Was Started as a Joke, but it Proved a Veritable Transaction. Many a remark spoken in jest is taken in earnest, but it is doubtful if a joke was ever carried further than one recorded in a Swedish paper. While some furniture was being sold recently at auction at Orkellyunga a young girl pushed her way through the crowd until she was quite close to the auctioneer—so close, indeed, that she somewhat impeded him when he desired to make effective gestures. Being a man of humor, he resolved to get rid of her in a novel manner, and, therefore, taking her by the arm, he shouted: "Here, now, is an excellent bargain! A young girl, age 19, very pretty and well educated! What am I offered? Come, we'll start it at 3,000 crowns." At once there was brisk bidding, which continued until an elderly bachelor farmer, offered 10,000 crowns. The auctioneer tried to get a higher bidder than this, but failed, and so he declared the farmer to be the purchaser of the girl. All those present thought that it was a good joke, but it was more than that, for a few days later the farmer and the girl were married in the presence of the mayor, and before the ceremony the farmer presented the young woman, who is an orphan, with 10,000 crowns, the exact amount which he was willing to pay for her at auction How She Did It. "Yes," he said, "I got to get some slippers. Maria wore out the other pair." "Surely you don't mean to say that she wears your slippers." The old man looked puzzled for a minute, and then he laughed. "I reckon you don't jest get the idea," he said. "She wore 'em out all right, but she wore 'em on that boy of ours." EASILY CROSSED THE CHANNEL Balloonist's Successful Trip From France to England. Though Count De la Vaux's balloon trip from Paris to Hull was the first made from the French capital to interior England it was the seventh successful attempt to cross the English Channel from the Continent to England, though Col. Fred Burnaby is the only person who has crossed by balloon from England to France. De la Vaux's test was specially A daring, as it was made during the night, and as he explains himself, was merely an afterthought, as he had no idea of crossing when he left Paris. RAISED A JIMSON WEED. Mean Practical Joke Played on Lover of Flowers. Practical joking flourishes to such an extent in the vicinity of Pooleville, Montgomery county, Md., that residents of that section of the country on constantly on the lookout for some joke to be played on them. It happened some time ago that a number of the residents of Pooleville became interested in what was said to be the seed of a new kind of plant. Among those who received samples of the seed was a woman who was unsuccessful in its propagation. Despite all her care, the seed failed to come up. She was telling of her bad luck to a mixed company, when one of the jokers said he had met with success in growing the seed and would be pleased to give the lady one of the plants he had raised. The lady was delighted at the offer, and expressed her thanks accordingly. In due time she received a small plant, supposed to have sprouted from the seed which she had tried in vain to propagate. The plant was handled by her very carefully, placed under glass and treated as a pet. It grew and flourished beyond her fondest expectations, and when it had reached its maturity she found she had nurtured a specimen of the Jamestown, or jimson, weed, which the joker had palmed off on her.—Baltimore Sun. Australian Dog. There can be no doubt that the dingo's bite is worse than his bark. He hasn't any oark. That's the kind of a dog he is. No chance for an injunction here. Bird's Wonderful Flight. The most wonderful bird flight noted is the migratory achievement of the Virginia plover, which leaves its northern haunts in North America and taking a course down the Atlantic usually from 400 to 500 miles east of the Bermudas, reaches the coast of Brazil in one unbroken flight of fifteen hours, covering a distance of 3,200 miles at the rate of four miles a minute. The Unkind Searchlight An amusing incident happened recently one night while a battleship was trying her electric searchlight in a Maine harbor. A citizen was about going to bed when the searchlight chanced to be thrown upon his window just as he, in his nightrobe, was taking his nightcap from a long-necked vial. Large Yield From One Seed The harvest from one single quash seed which William J. Bodwell of Augusta, Me., planted last spring aggregated 97 pounds' weight. There were seven in number, ranging in weight from eight to seventeen pounds. Traffic on Electric Roads. The electric roads of the United States carried last year, three times the population of the earth. They also maintained 353 rural parks, nearly one for ever day in the year. Pope's Autograph. This is the authentic signature of the recently chosen head of the Roman Catholic church. queer Form of Potato. H. E. Faneuf of White River Junction, Vt., recently exhibited a potato which resembled a human hand with a thumb and three fingers, the latter being closed. REVIVAL OF OLD CEREMONY. Ancient Custom of "Beating Bounds" Lately Practiced. This ancient ceremony is supposed to have originated with the Romans, and is a survival of the time when such things as maps and charts were unknown and the landmarks were trees, rocks and posts. "Beating the bounds" has recently been revived at Great Berkhamsted, after being in abeyance for over fifty years. The parish officers and rural district councilors, accompanied by a number of townsmen and twenty of the Bourne school boys, all armed with willow wands, perambulated the boundaries, touching each hedge, stone, post or building, with the wands; and on arriving at any open space where the boundary was undefined the processionists formed two lines, and, if any stranger was viewed, he or she was promptly brought up and compelled to run the line, being tapped smartly with the wands as they passed. This was one of the sporting events of the day, for, on seeing the preparations for their "entertainment," many of the victims bolted and were promptly chased over hedge and ditch. At other points individuals were "bumped," either on a tree-stump or on the ground; walls were scaled, water forded, hedges forced, and, in some cases, houses passed through, notably at Ashridge, where the line cut through the mansion of Lord Brownlow. At Haresfoot park, the home of Mrs. Smith-Dorrien (mother of the famous general), the pleasure grounds were thus divided, and the venerable chatelaine obligingly came out and walked the line. The parish clerk was also compelled to run the gantlet, also the parson and the squire, who were bumped six times each, to the great delight of the onlookers. The distance covered was about twenty-two miles.—Sketch. Jumping Dog. This is a view of a dog which jumped to the eaves of a building to recover a stick thrown for him. The dog is owned by Mrs. A. V. Pineo of Kentville, N. S. Rope's Odd Timeline. An ancient clock in the form of a planisphere, dating from 1725, is one of the most interesting gifts of the late pope's vast collection. It was presented to the wife of Philip II of Spain by the mathematician Bardazdo Facini, who constructed it. The planisphere gives the hours and the minutes according to the Spanish and Italian style, the length of days and nights according to the seasons, the daily position of the sun according to the signs of the Zodiac, the solar and lunar eclipses, the real seasons and the seasons according to astronomy. Notwithstanding the enormous advance in mechanics since its construction, the movement of the wheels is entirely unknown. When once it broke down no one was found able to repair it.—New York Herald. Chamois. American women are much mistaken who think this is the animal which furnishes the chamois skin with which they wipe the shine off their faces. They are using sheepskin—and paying for it, too, which after all is some little satisfaction. The Spread of a Fad. Last week one of Mr. Frohman's stage managers came to him and said: "Mr. X., in our 'Three Little Maids' company, has left his wife and gone off with a girl who does a song and dance turn in a variety show." "Another case of abandoning legitimate for vaudeville," wearily said Mr. Frohman.—New York Times. Sardine Catch Fails. Lovers of the sardine will regret to learn that the harvest of the sea has failed entirely of late so far as that fish is concerned. One firm in London is accustomed to receive consignments of the value of several thousand pounds, week by week, from one house alone, but lately not a single tin has arrived, for the simple reason that the catches have been nil. Swiss Chocolate Swiss chocolate is exported to almost every country in the world, in spite of the fact that all the raw materials, including sugar, are being imported Reminds its Master, When Whistles Blow, It's Time to Eat Dinner. Hard by where some men were at work digging a cellar in a city street there was a dog, a bull terrier, lying comfortably, half asleep, in the shade under a tree. The dog belonged to one of the men employed on the job, and it was taking life easy while its master worked. But when the whistles blew for 12 o'clock that bull terrier jumped to its feet, and made its way promptly straight to its master and halted before him and looked up at him with an expression and manner that said as plainly as it could have been expressed in spoken words: "Don't you hear the whistle? It's time to eat dinner." The dog knows the significance of the whistles perfectly, and it does this every noon. Maybe the bull terrier is thinking in this twice for itself to once for its master, but it's a bright dog all the same. Cup From Coal. In the anthracite coal regions drinking cups carved from blocks of coal are sold as souvenirs. RELICS FOUND IN PARIS. Excavating for Underground Road Under earths Fossil Remains. Geologists,naturalists and paleontologists have been supplied with new documents by the excavations and subterranean galleries made during the construction of the Paris Metropolitan underground railroad, which is rapidly converting the subsol of the capital into a sort of gigantic rabbit warren. The underground operations of the Metropolitan system are as yet not half completed, but already seven or eight hundred interesting objects have been unearthed, and scientists are employed by the city to collect and classify them. Teeth of a squall have been dug up beneath the Place de l'Opera, and in a stratum of the chalk hights of Montmarte a gang of workmen found the skeleton and trunk of a mammoth. At Grenelle a couple of laborers discovered the skeleton of a mammoth mixed up with those of a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus and an antediluvian bull. Shark's teeth are found in profusion. At Moulineaux the bones of a huge tapir and fragments that seem to have formed part of the skeleton of a gigantic bird have been brought to light. Beneath the Place de la Bastile layers of barnacles and mussels have been discovered imbedded in silex. Vest deposits of gypsum have also been discovered and the geological conformation of the beds is such as to lead scientists to the conclusion that Paris was once perforated with thermal springs like the geysers of lecland. No vestiges of antediluvian man have yet been discovered, such as were found some years ago in the caves near Mentone, but the French geologists are keenly alive to the opportunities afforded by the excavations, and hope to find human remains of the tertiary period. Special instructions have been given to the workmen to look out not only for bones and relics, but also for traces or imprints on rocks of any animals, for M. Berthelot, the eminent chemist, who eagerly follows the progress of the excavations from a scientific standpoint, declares that it would by no means be improbable to discover in the subterranean strata of Paris images on antediluvian life traced upon walls of rock.—New York Tribune. Worked With Broken Collar Bone. For a week a sixteen-year-old lad named Baker, employed at a dry goods store in New London, Conn., has been working with a broken collar bone and didn't know what was the matter with him. He complained of having a pain around his neck. Honey Stored in Chimney At Assonet, Mass., last week, Mrs. Peabody hired David Hoxie to fix up an old chimney. David found that bees had been hiving in the chimney. It yielded twenty-five pounds of honey. Evolution of the Horse. Evolution of the Horse Population in Western United States and Distribution Type of Horse Bred Generation age of the Horse Tertiary age of Horse Age of Equine Race Prey Phasianus Mammal Hippopotamus Bison Continental Javanese Tiger Population in Western United States and Distribution Type of Horse Bred Generation age of the Horse Tertiary age of Horse Age of Equine Race Prey Phasianus Mammal Hippopotamus Bison Continental Javanese Tiger Valuable "Cottage" to Be Sold. An Islesboro (Me.) "cottage" is offered for sale at $60,000 And a clergyman owns it! MOHAMMEDANISM A GREAT AND GROWING PERIL. Recent Events in the Turkish Empire Have a Dire Significance for the Student—Alim is the Conquest of Chrismity. There is, however, one quarter of the world, one nation, one people, where and among whom war has been an everpresent possibility for many years, and is apparently now actually beginning. We refer to Turkey, to the Turkish people, and the followers of Mohammed, wherever they may be. The hideous outrages and massacres which have filled Macedonia and other provinces of European Turkey with misery and woe and terror for months past are only symptomatic of the condition prevailing in every country where the rule of the unspeakable Turk extends or the tenets of Mohammedanism are held by any considerable number of people. The deepest, most menacing and formidable shadow that lies across the pathway of the world's peace to-day is that of Mohammedanism, says Leslie's Weekly. These things being true, such uprisings as that in Morocco, the formidable outbreak in Macedonia, the growing disaffection in Asia Minor, the operations of the Mad Mullah in Somaliland, the rise of the fanatical Senussi in the Soudan, all take upon themselves an ominous significance. The recent predictions of numerous writers in English and French reviews that we are on the eve of a terrible outburst of Moslemite fanaticism may not be fulfilled, but they can hardly be ragarded as a purely alarmist cry. It is also to be borne in mind that the Sultan of Turkey, the chief representative of the Moslem faith, has a standing army of over 250,000 men, and a reserve force for war purposes of over 900,000 more, all equipped with the best modern arms and disciplined by the best and most experienced military instructors that Europe afords. Fear of death is unknown to them, for they are quite convinced that their bravery and devotion will be rewarded in paradise. At Omdurman 45,000 dervishes charged down from the western slopes of Kerreri with glint of sword and spearheads to face the Maxim guns of the most powerful army Great Britain had put into the field in forty years. Another element in the situation, more significant of coming peril than any yet mentioned, lies in the fact that Mohammedanism is increasing faster relatively, than any other form of faith. It now has a nominal member ship throughout the world of 176,834,372, of which, it is claimed, ten million have been added in the last decade. Mr. Bourne has also described the rapid rise and growth of the Semussia fierce and warlike league of Moslems, founded some forty years ago but who have recently established colonies in Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria and the oases of the Sabara, and are joining to their standard thousands of wild and hawless people wherever they apear. Their aim, in common with all Moslems, is nothing more nor less than the conquest of the Christian world and the conversion of its people by the sword or otherwise to the Moslem faith. HIS LAPSE OF MEMORY. Queen Victoria's Experiences With Refudled Legislator An antecedent which has lately been going the rounds in British official circles concerns the memorable experience of a certain member of Parliament during the last year of Queen Victoria's reign. The statesman's question is not one of those who are most firmly convinced of the benefits of total abstinence, and the evening of a certain public function at which royalty was to be present, found him in a condition which would not have been软ifying to the supporters of that movement. The late queen was resolving the guests of honor, and it was necessary that the convivial M. P. should be presented with the rest. As he approached his sovereign Victoria extended her hand for him to kiss. But he did not kiss it; instead he grasped and shook it with vigorous enthusiasm, while he scrutinized her face with grave perplexity. "Your face, madam," he observed is perfectly familiar to me, but I'm bowed if I can remember your name?"—Harper's Weekly. Fruit That Eve Bit. A fruit supposed to bear the mark of Eve's teeth is one of the many botanical curiosities of Ceylon. The tree on which it grows is known by the significant name of "the forbid den fruit," or "Eve's apple tree." The blossom has a very pleasant scent, but the really remarkable feature of the tree, the one to which it owes its name, is the fruit. It is beautiful and hangs from the tree in a peculiar manner. Oranges on the outside and deep crimson within each fruit has the appearance of having had a piece bitten out of it. This fact, together with its poisonous quality, led the Mahomans to represent it as the forbid den fruit of the garden of Eden and to warn men against its noxious properties. A Complaint Verified. 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Office of the Postmaster, Publishers District. 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. MEAGER ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NEGRO THEATRE GOERS. The accommodations which the managers of the Kansas City theatres extend their colored patrons is much worse this year than usual. While the treatment accorded their colored patrons has never been very considerate, it is less so now. Heretofore a section was set aside for negroes where they were all bunched together, but now they are invited to the gallery, where the toughest characters are wont to sit. The negroes of this city should force an intelligent resentment of this treatment by remaining away from the theatres for a season or so and use the money thus saved for some good purpose. Otherwise the gallery will become their regular section in the theatres. NO NEGROES AT FOREST PARK. The arrival of the cool autumn days effected the close of the season at Forest Park. The park is practically controlled by the Imperial Brewing Co., and we are told that during the entire summer a negro was not allowed to be seen in the park, not even to investigate or look around. If tais is true, the negroes should show resentment by refusing to drink Imperial beer. If this is done, next year they may at least be allowed to enter the park and gaze upon the beautiful plants and flowers if nothing more. President Roosevelt believes in merit, denounces lynch law in the most emphatic terms, defends equality among government employees and politely intimates to the labor unions that he is president of all the people of the United States. The president's policy, when carefully weighed, is found to be very just and his administration has been conducted in a manner wherein mistakes have not been allowed to creep in. In handling great and important matters affecting the nation, much care and forethought have been exercised and the result is that he is admired and esteemed by the American people regardless of political faith. It is said that Mayor Reed has permitted the splendid accumulating of holes in the asphalt streets to continue uninterruptedly in order to demonstrate to the rock-ribbed brethren from the rock-ribbed counties who may chance to attend Carnival how little his honor's rusticity has been affected by having twice been elected mayor of this growing metropolis. A good name, a disposition and will to work and to save, plenty of good common sense, added to what learning in books one is able to acquire, will discount a thousand theories on "How to Solve the Negro Problem." In view of the above facts, the homely injunction, "Lay dead and saw wood," could never be more advantageously employed. There seems ta be a prevailing disposition on the part of the business interests regardless of politics to think that placing bonds in the hands of the present Democratic City Administration would be much the same as pouring water into the proverbial rat hole. It will be interesting to know just what argument our colored brethren who have heretofore supported the Democratic party in general and Mayor Reed in particular will use to show why the latter should be elected governor. If a corresponding amount of money, science and careful attention were given to the development of the human race as has been devoted to the development of the fast horse, evidently there would be a proportionate increase of two-minute men and women. What with the trusts' investigations, boodle investigations and investigations of mobbings and lynchings, evil doers of high and low degree will alike be compelled to recognize the fact that laws are made to be respected and not broken. A race that has at all times been patriotic and loyal to their country, that has never been accused of treason and has always obeyed the call to arms can't be wholly bad. We protest that all the vices are not centered in the Negro race and deny most emphatically that all the virtues are the divine heritage of the white race. Many a man who poses as the architect of his fortune would be in hard luck if the building inspector were on to his job. The Negro must understand that along with education, endurial or otherwise, he must get money. A SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRO HAS SAVED $100,000 WITH WHICH TO COMMENCE Richmond, Va., Sept. 9.—I. J. Miller, a Negro of Columbia, S. C., said to have saved $100,000 will open an ex- clusively Negro department store on Broad street, of this city. Negroes will conduct it in all the departments and the innovation will be watched with interest. He has rented No. 528 E. Broad street, an dgoods are arriving.—The Star. FOURTEEN MISTAKES An English paper gives a list of what it terms "the fourteen mistakes of life." While there are undoubtedly other mistakes than those mentioned, the list is a fairly comprehensive one. Not to yield all immaterial matters. To look for perfection in our own actions. To endeavor to mold all dispositions alike. To look for judgment and experience in youth. To expect uniformity of opinion in this world. To measure the enjoyment of others by our own. To expect to be able to understand everything. To believe only what our finite minds can grasp. Not to make allowances for the infirmities of others. To consider everything impossible that we cannot perform. To worry ourselves and others with what cannot be remedied. Not to alleviate all that needs alleviation as far as lies in our power. It is a great mistake to set up our own standard of right and wrong and judge people accordingly. And the last and greatest mistake of all is to live for time alone, when any moment may launch us into eternity. Need Air and Light Mrs. Anne Thackeray Ritchie writes to the Pilot that millionaires are giving libraries and institutions to the toilers in the cities, but no one has as yet thought to give them air and light in the shape of more open spaces. Victim of Superstition In accordance with superstitious custom a Hungarian girl was entering a chapel in Stara vaves to toll the belt drusing a thunderstorm to ward off lightning when the chapel was struck and the girl killed. New Mode of Exit Apropos of the recent blow, architect tells us that if a skyscraper were to fail in a storm it would not be by vibration, but by "buckling" at some point near the base, owing to continuous, steady pressure too great for its strength. Thanks should be returned for giving us the choice of being either vibrated or buckled out of existence.—New York Telegram. The Composite House. When Mr. Subbus built a nest in which to house his bride. He borrowed from his friends the best Ideas they had tried. He borrowed here, he borrowed there— Smith's frieze and Green's veneer; He borrowed Johnson's porch—cochere And Cooper's chandelier. He borrowed Wilson's water tank, Park's pantry. Grady's grill; And then he borrowed from the bank The cash to pay the bill. -Lippincott's. "JOHN" By S. H. McCaustland. Copyrighted. 1903, by The Authors Pub. On. "Need some help?" Job Allison straightened himself from his stooped position, leaned upon his scythe and looked critically at his interrogator. "What kin ye do?" The young man placed his hand upon the top rail of the fence and sprang lightly over, saying carelessly: "Oh, almost anything." Again the farmer scrutinized him from head to foot. His lip gave a slightly disdainful curl as he said, sarcastically: "You'll find a scythe hangin' in the tree yander; git it an' see ef ye kin keep outen my way." The young man soon returned, and taking the proffered scythe-stone from Job's hand, drew it along the edge of the blade with a regularity, rapidity, and recklessness that made Job's eyes open. Then, swinging into position, he asked: "Ready?" Farmer Allison nodded, rolled his sleeves a bit higher, spat upon his hands, and ordered: "Lead out." The stranger "led out" with a pace Job Allison had not tackled in twenty years. For a dozen rods their scythes swung with perfect rhythm. Then the young man's athletic training came into play and in a few moments Allison's pantings sounded in his ears like the puffs of a receding locomotive and, finally ceased. As he threw his scythe out, at the end, Allison turned and looked at the swath, straight as a line; the path smooth, clean and regular, then again critically eyed the stranger. "What mout yer name be?" Job had always prided himself on not being "one of them fellers whose tongues wag twice to their brains once." He was not quite satisfied with the answer, yet there was that mysterious something about this man that checked further inquiry. "Well, John, ye kln stay." Three years later he had learned these facts about that hired man: He was an indefatigable worker, an expert farmer, honest, reliable, and his name was "John." Up to ten years before the coming of John, Job had been a prosperous farmer. A few bad moves on the market chess-board, a few scourgings in Solomon's school, learning that "He that is a surety for a stranger shall smart for it," and his fine three-hundred acre farm had dwindled to sixty. "I tell you, Marler, I'm agin it—everlastingly and eternally agin' it. For why? Because I'm getting old and can't work the farm many years longer, and I'm opposed to Marthy marryin' any pig-headed, higherlutin', patent farmer as don't know the difference atween a post-hole and a pig-track. And him a-settin' up on a high stool, with four walls around him, and a little winder on top, a-writin' things tellin' us fellers how to farm. Why, Marler, she's that ashamed of him she won't even tell his name." Mrs. Allison seldom argued with Job on knotty points. It didn't pay. Besides, she knew that Martha usually had her way. "They hain't no use talkin'," he continued. "I've worked nigh on to fifty year a-gittin' this farm, an' I purpose ter leave it to Martha ef—understan, Marler—I say ef—" "If what, papa?" Martha's gray eyes, brimming over with laughter, completely upset her A farmer and a man talking. Scrutinized him from head to foot. father's equilibrium as she scaled herself at the breakfast table. "Why, I was jest a-tellin' yer ma—that is, I was jest a-sayin'—or, reether, I was jest a-goin' to say, ef you warnn't too dead sot about the feller, as how, mebby, it 'ud be better fer you to wait a little while afore you git married. Of course, I want to see you do well. If you would wait, say a couple of years, mebby—Hugh Daniely 'ud—" "I'll never marry Hugh Daniely." "By jeemingy, you shall." "I will not." Their eyes met; his determined, hers defiant. He laid his knife and fork beside his plate, wiped his mouth upon the corner of the tablecloth, and shaking his finger at her threateningly, said: "Martha, I don't allow no child of mine to disobey me. If you don't want to mind, you kin go. You understand?" She did understand; there was no mistaking his meaning now; he was desperately in earnest. She arose from her seat, pale and trembling. It was the last day of her annual six weeks' vacation. For five years she had held a position in the Pension department at Washington, and during this period her father, through mercenary motives, had persistently used his influence to bring about a union between his daughter and Hugh Danely, a wealthy, but profligate young man, who held a lien upon his remaining property. To Danely's woolings and her father's importunities she had turned a deaf ear, pleading time in which to decide this momentous question. M. Strode up and down in a torrent of passion. An hour later, as she stood waiting for a conveyance to take her to the station, her father said: "Marthy, I'd like to know what you've done with all yer wages in these five years. I reckon ye ain't got no objections to tellin'?" "Oh! certainly not," she replied; "I have loaned the money to that 'pig-headed farmer,' who is spending it on his education." "The devil you did! Then it's my opinion—" The slam of the carriage door and the rattle of wheels, caused that valuable opinion to "lose its sweetness on the desert air." Fifteen years before, he had stood on those steps watching the receding form of a young boy, an adopted child, until it was lost in the gloom of gathering darkness. For some trivial offense he had driven this youth from him to battle alone with the world. A few minutes later a little girl hurried down the road, and throwing her arms around the boy's neck, begged him to return. But no, John Allen Wilberton would make his own way through life, and some day—ah, how young and old delight to feast upon those delicious, though deceptive, promises of "some day." "Going! Going! Going!" Job Allison realized that the little home, for which he had given the best years of his life, was surely slipping from him. He had written Martha, asking her pardon for his hasty words, and begging her to reconsider her decision, and, by marrying Hugh Daneley, save her aged parents from the humiliation of the "poor farm." With his ear open to every sound of the auctioneer's voice, he paused nervously up and down the room. Would his letter reach her in time? And would she answer favorably? For the hundredth time he stopped and looked anxiously down the road. "Gone!" Job's head sank upon his breast as he exclaimed, in the bitterness of depair, "I will laugh at your calamity." He felt that this was a just retribution for his heartless cruelty toward little "Al" and Martha. Great was his surprise to learn that, through a purchasing agency, the property had fallen to John, who had left his service a few days previous. Sitting on his front porch, with head bowed in abject, hopeless despondency, Martha's belated reply was handed him. With reviving hope and trembling fingers, he tore it open. Its first sentence caused his heart to sink. It read: "Dear Papa—I freely forgive you, but cannot accommodate you by marry Hugh." He threw the inoffensive bit of paper down and set his foot upon it as if to crush it out of existence. He strode up and down in a torrent of passion, muttering vengeance on the whole human race. As his anger subsided his mood changed. His mind went back to the time when there was no happier home than that of Job Allison's. His mind wandered to the village churchyard, where lay four of his loved ones. Martha was the only child left to him, and he had tried to bartter away her honor and her happiness. A choking sensation came into his throat and the hot tears coursed down his aged cheeks as he remembered that he had no longer a home to which he could ever again welcome her. His eyes rested upon the unfinished letter; he picked it up and read: "Will be home to-morrow, to stay. Have just married the 'pig-headed farmer,' the boy whom you drove from home fifteen years ago. He calls himself 'John.'" Our Chestarfeld Clothes For Men Represent the highest attainments of expert designers. Every garment is just as perfectly tailored as any custom merchant ever turned out at double our price. It will be worth your while to examine our new fall showing of Chestarfeld Suits at $20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $27.50, $30 and up Chestarfeld Overcoats at $22.50, $25.00, $30.00, $35 and up We are always pleased to show you whether you buy or not. Ten different fancy woolen mixtures and plain $12.00 black; sizes for all builds of men; regular $'5 values for... Unsurpassed Young Men's Suits. 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D., was in the city last Wednesday, the guest of Mrs. Bettle Jaridon, 1505 East 17th, leaving last Thursday for Omaha, Neb. 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 aditional, 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. Imitation Mummies The recent discovery by the French police of a mummy factory at Montoise, near Paris, has caused no little consternation among owners of these somewhat grewsome curiosities. It is said to be well-nigh impossible to distinguish the products of the factory from the genuine article, and hundreds of public institutions and thousands of private collectors and dealers are believed to have been victimized. LESSONS IN ART NEEDLE WORK. The ladies of St. Pancreas Guild are giving every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 615 East Sixth street. These lessons in needle work are given at a very small price. Gotham Theaters and Hotels. The building of palatial hotels in New York keeps pace with that of theaters. The fall, which will bring curtain ristage at half a dozen new playhouses, will see the doors of as many new hostelries opened, not soon to close again, night or day. Foul Tip Kills Doctor. A successful physician, who was an amateur base ball player, in the city of Providence, and was extremely fond of the recreation, was killed by a "foul tip" from his own bat, the ball striking him in the temple. 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 soua and all soft drinks are served. John D. Westa' orchestra furnishes music. Dancing every Monday and Thursday evenings. Admission 15c. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. When at leisure call at the New Century Pool Hall and Boot Black parlor. I also carry the leading brand of cigars and tobaccos. Furnished rooms upstairs. Tom Newrod, Prop. 554 Grand. Educational Changes A proof of the change of educational ideas at Oxford and Cambridge is the growing popularity of the natural sciences. These is at the same time a decadence of the mathematical tripos at Cambridge. It has always stood first until this year, when at a jump, it has gone to fourth place. NOTICE. Please don't use my name in connection with public entertainments or parties or programs without my consent. Engagement Bracelet. Designers have been busy with love affairs and their symbols, says the Evening Star. The engagement ring will probably never lose its favor, but there are now several novelties in the way of engagement gifts that vie with the ring for popularity. A pretty idea is the curb bracelet with the heart clasp in which reposes the portrait of the giver. FOR SALE—A nice, neat 3-room cottage, newly built, 1001 Jackson ave. Price $1,100. R. E. Shryock Real Estate and Loan Company, 705-706 Postal Building. FOR MERRY MOMENTS HUMOROUS STORIES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. Asylum Attendant's Guess at Cause of Patient's Insanity—The Prizes of the Marriage Lottery—Neighborliness of Mrs. Gotrox. Voice Culture. "I like the looks of this bird. What is it worth?" "Only $5, ma'am, and it's cheap for that parrot. He learned to talk by the new method." "What's that?" "By making him listen to a phonograph." "Does he talk like a phonograph?" "Exactly, ma'am." "I am glad you told me. Show me some other bird." His Specialty "Are you having much practice?" asked the old doctor. "Yes; quite a good deal, thank you," replied the young M. D. "I'm glad to hear that," rejoined the old man. "Are you making a specialty of any particular thing?" "That's what I am," answered the youngster. "About nine-tenths of my time is given over to the practice of economy." Logically. "The dressmakers say the high-heeled shoe must go. That's all right. But they say the peekabo waist has got to go, too. Why is that?" "Well, the peekabo waist and the high-heeled shoe generally go together, as things go, don't they? And if they go together, together they ought to go, oughtn't they?" "Y—yes, I suppose so; but that makes my head ache." Good Soul. "There's a mosquito on the back of your hand." "I know it." "Why don't you crush it?" "I will, presently. I am waiting till it gets its stinger all the way in." "What's that for?" "I want the poor thing to die happy." Five Dollars. Please. Inquirer—But how can the issuing of an injunction against a barking dog stop his barking? Legal Luminary—In this way: The dog, presumably, will disregard the injunction. This makes the animal guilty of contempt of court, and you can shoot a dog for contempt of court. Neighborly. Gotrox—I noticed in the society news that De Gulde and his family have returned from the mountains. 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Ernle—They say that athletic young girl married a struggling young man. Ida—Yes, he was struggling out in the breakers when she rescued him. A Hopeless Case. L. W. S. Visitor to Asylum—That's rather a bad case, isn't it? What brought him here? Attendant—Well, they say his wife once made him go shopping with her, sir. His Day Off. "Misery likes company, doesn't he?" "Yes; but w'en I sees him comin' I never is at home!" Good Clothing You'll find Nebraska Clothing to be good Clothing properly prepared, properly constructed and properly priced and your money back if you're not satisfied. Nebraska Clothing Co. THE GREAT SOUHERN HAIR POMADE THE GREAT HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER GOOD AGENTS WANTED. 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. Enclosed please (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. Name..... Street..... Town or City..... County..... State..... Express Office..... Date of this order..... SEND ALL ORDERS TO F. J. NOTT, Box 81, Paris, Mo. Everything Pertaining to Music. PIANO KNOWLEDGE. How much do you know about the qualities of a Piano or other Musical Instrument? Couldn't you be deceived easily in that matter? Nine out of ten people can be, and therefore trusti to the honesty of the dealer. This is the oldest and largest music house in the West. arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY 403-79 MALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. Telephone 2101. If lills galore affect you sore And palms beset you more and more, Then do not stop; run, skip or hop To SMITH'S Apothecary Shop. With drops and pills he'll cure your ills And "PIGE" will bring around the bills. TH The DRUGGIST tree of charge if you will call Phone 1211 Grand REPAIRS STOVE REPAIRS For Stoves Ranges and Furnaces. Main. S. A. METZNER, 304 West Sixth Street KANSAS CITY, MO. Phone 1214 Main. S. A. METZNER. 304 West Sixth Street. KANASAS CITY. MO. WISE AND OTHERWISE. Fasting forty days cured a Connecticut man of dyspepsia. He's dead. A husband or wife develops either the best or the worst qualities in the other. You might as well try to remove mountains with a toothpick as to try to remove some women's prejudices. The girl who thinks she has brains is seldom a favorite with men. It is just as hard for her to please as to be pleased. If you are telling your best story and the other fellow yawns, be sure to finish; it may put him to sleep and out of his misery. When a man ceases to love the woman who persists in loving him he feels as if he were the star of a continuous hanging performance. A woman does not object to gray hair as long as her face remains youthful. It is when wrinkles keep pace with the gray hair that it all hurts. When an old man falls in love a morgue is a cheerful farce comedy compared with the exhibition he makes of himself. When an old woman falls in love—but let us weep, the spectacle is too harrowing. Some men put their shoulders to the wheel, some keep their noses at the grailand-stone, while others let a woman have the steady contract of supporting them.—Kate Thyson Marr. Curious Superstitions A correspondent of the Field mentions a curious superstition respecting bees dying on the death of their owner. "I have been," he writes, "to the sale of the effects of a gentleman who died about a fortnight since. In the catalogue three stocks of bees were entered for sale, but when the man went to move them out they were all dead. This is the third time I have personally known such an occurrence." The Frisco System again announces that it will sell tickets from St. Louis and Kansas City to points in Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Kansas and Texas, at the very low round-trip rate of $15.00. Opportunities for homes in the Southwest are still plentiful, and the best lands are by no means all taken up. Excursion tickets sold at this extremely low rate will be good on any of the Frisco regular trains leaving St. Louis at 2:30 p. m., 8:35 p. m., and 10:00 p. m., October 20, and leaving Kansas City 7:15 p. m., and 11:30 p. m., on the same date. If you are looking to the Southwest for a future home, this excursion of October 20th is an excellent opportunity to investigate the country. Your own home ticket agent will be able to give you full information as to rates and limits of tickets. Write for our interesting booklet entitled, "New Lands Along the Frisco System," by Bryan Snyder, and for detailed information to R. S. Lemon, Secretary Frisco Immigration Bureau, St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gentle dine up stairs. Z. T. JOBDAN, Manager Ladies' & Gents' Sheets Polished Phone 2013 Red. 926 Wyandotte St., K. C. Mo. A new Black Velvet Hat Sold at other stores $5.00 SATURDAY Hiawatha Street Hat all colors, other Veils 1 1/2 yd long black colors, fancy y We are Headquarters for Fur Boas cent. Boa Furs from...... The PARI Five Dozen C. F. American Beauty Co Given Away Absolutely Free WE HAVE JUST COEPLETED AR ments with the Kalamazoo Corset makers of the celebrated F. C. and can Beauty Corsets, to give away the abo ber of corsets free of charge. Our unus which is very easy to understand and just for you to accomplish is a follows: To evi who will bring to our Corset Department chaser for one F. C. or American Beauty the regular retail price of $1.00, we will the same make in any style or color, a DAY SPECIAL colors, other styles... s, fancy border... Fur Boas We can PARIS, C. F. and My Corsets Free STITED ARRANGE- mo Corset Co., the F. C. and Ame- ly the above num- Our unusual offer and just as easy aws: To every la- partment a pur- ment Beauty Corset at we will a corset of color, absolutely DAY SPECIAL. fors, other styles..... 75c fors, fancy border..... 48c Tur Boas We can save you 50 per ..... 75c to $10.00 RIS, 1117 Main St. SATURDAY SPECIAL. Hiawatha Street Hat all colors, other styles..... 75c Veils 1 1/4 yd long black colors, fancy border..... 48c We are Headquarters for Fur Boas We can save you 50 per cent. Boa Furs from..... 75c to $10.00 Five Dozen C. F. and American Beauty Corsets Given Away Absolutely Free WE HAVE JUST COOPLETED ARRANGEMENTS with the Kalamazoo Corset Co., the makers of the celebrated F. C. and American Beauty Corsets, to give away the above number of corsets free of charge. Our unusual offer which is very easy to understand and just as easy for you to accomplish is a follows: To every lady who will bring to our Corset Department a purchaser for one F. C. or American Beauty Corset at the regular retail price of $1.00, we will a corset of the same make in any style or color, absolutely free of charge. The corset given you free is the re- ward for your services in helping us to introduce these corsets to the lady whom you bring with you, for we know that she will come back for ano pair has worn out made to introduce tively not be repe and the offer will be withdrawn NOV 1, providing the quantity named has not been given away before that date. We will be glad to have you call at our corset department and learn more about our proposition whether you desire to take advantage of same or not. C. COLLINS, Dry Goods @ Millinery. C. COLLINS, Dry Goods @ Millinery, 1429 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. THE John Kelly Shoes IN PROPER FALL STYLES All late mid-season styles are now in and will delight any woman who appreciates FINE FOOTWEAR. Popular prices $2.50 to $3.50 RONG AND REIELD Strong & Garfield's Top Notchers STRONG AND GARFIELD CO'S "WALL STREET" Oviatt Shoe Co., 522 Minn Ave K. C. Kas. 1105 Main K. C. Mo. Winter Merchandise 'S' DRY GOODS' STORE. All Eighty yards of best prints for.....25 pair.....25 LL sheeting for.....47 Big Sale of Winter AT J. P. LOUIS' DRY Saturday Oct. 24 we will sell Eighty- Ladies Elegant corset per pair.... Monday Oct. 26. Ten yards of LL shee- Men's Stiff bosom shirts worth 76c REMEMBER J. P. LOUIS Winter M S' DRY GOOD All Eighty yards of pair...... LL sheeting for worth 70c and $1.00 ER THE VIS, 14 Saturday Oct. 24 we will sell Eighty yards of best prints for.....25c Ladies Elegant corset per pair.....25c Monday Oct. 26. Ten yards of LL sheeting for.....47c Men's Stiff bosom shirts worth 70c and $1.00 for this day each.....25c J. P. LOUIS. 1413-15 E. 18th St ```markdown ``` CORSET AMERICAN BEAUTY STYLE 369 Kalamazoo Corset Co. Sole Makers A Swell Tailor made Skirt worth $7.50 Alteration Free SALE WILL LAST John Kelley Made in England. Our season's best styles are now shown in our windows and should be seen by all the best dressers in town. CORSET AMERICAN BEAUTY Style 320 kalmakaram Corset Co., Sole Makers her corset when the first This is a bona fide offer these goods and will posited. Judge not; the workings of his brain And of his heart thou canst not see; What looks to thy dim eyes a stain, In God's pure light may only be A scar, brought from some well-won field. Where thou wouldst only faint and yield. The look, the air, that frets thy sight, May be a token, that below The soul has closed in deadly fight With some infernal flery foe. Whose glance would scorch thy smiling grace. And cas, the shuddering on thy face! The fall thou darest to despair— May be the angel's shackened hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth learn to use his wings. And judge none lost; but wait and see With hopeful pity, not disdain; The depth of the abyss may be The measure of the height of pain And love and glory that may raise This soul to God in after days! ONE MAN'S WAY BY INA WRIGHT HANSON Copyrighted, 1903, by The Authors Publishing Company "Then you won't marry me, Frances?" "No, Kenneth." The breakers pounded upon the beach; Frances shivered, looked apprehensively at the gray sky, pulled her collar a little closer around her ears, and stole a glance at her companion. He was not paler than was his wont, nor was he knowing his mustache. True, he was scowling, but he looked more like one who was trying to recall something than like a man who had been hard hit by a girl's refusal. "Deuced if I remember," he said at last. "Remember what, Kenneth?" "How the men in your novels act in like circumstances. I know one fellow stabbed himself, but I don't want to die just now; besides, I haven't any dagger." Frances looked hurt. "You don't act as if you cared much." "Because you won't marry me? I know that it is far better that you don't. It was wrong of me to ask you." His voice suggested any number of dreadful things. "Why?" she asked, curiously; but Kenneth remained silent. "You see" she continued, finally, "we have organized a club. We know that we need mental training, and as Santa Cruz is dul in the winter, this is the time to get it. This is a Browning club, and I am president." "Well, I can study Browning, if that's all I lack. "No, but this is a lady's club; and if you are married, or even engaged, you can't belong to it. We made the rules ourselves," she added, proudly. "Oh, I see. Let's go home; it's going to rain." They were walking up Pacific avenue, when Frances said, hesitatingly: "I think a great deal of you, Kenneth, and I hope you won't think you have to stop coming to our house, and walking with me—and—" "And theaters, and candy, and flowers," he put in, a trifle rudely. "Oh, no. Only, I am going to Arizona. The fact is, I am not well. It may be the desert will make me stronger." He succeeded in evoking quite a respectable cough. Frances looked frightened. "Oh, Kenneth! I hope you will be better soon. Arizona is so far away, and there are—I've heard there are hydrophobic skunks there, Kenneth!" "Not in the winter time, dear child. Arizona is probably the only place to cure me. I will write when I get there, if I am able. Good-bye. Frances. I hope your club will prosper." She walked slowly up the steps of her home. Miserable, gloomy day! She turned as she reached the porch. Kenneth didn't look very ill, but one can never tell. Consumption! Oh, dear! She ran down the steps. "Kenneth!" she called. He came back one hand upon his chest, coughing painfully. "You wouldn't go away and not say M. W. "And the theaters, and candy and flow ers," he put in rudely. "Oh, no." good-bye, would you?" she questioned, pathetically. "Oh, didn't I say good-bye? Well, good-bye, Frances. Take care of yourself." Then her hand was laid pleadingly upon his arm. "Kenneth, you—I—won't you visit our club to-morrow afterpoon? I am president, you know." "But you said no men—" "If I tell the girls you are going away, and that you are ill"—here her voice trembled—"the girls won't care for once Kenneth a business meeting, and I don't feel quite sure about motions, votes and things. If you—" "All right. Frances: I'll come." The members were all in their places when Kenneth appeared. He bowed gravely to the club in general, and tried to suppress a cough as his eyes met those of the president. The members looked at one another sympathetically. After the preliminaries the subject of buying pictures for the club room came up. "Miss President, I move that we spend what money we have in the H "You haven't told me anything about your club." treasury for pictures." There was no second and every body began talking at once. "There must be a second before you discuss the question," whispered Kenneth. "You second it, Annie," said the president. "But I don't want it all taken out. I think—" After much persuasion, however, Annie was induced to give a feeble second, and Frances inquired how much was in the treasury. "Four dollars," answered the treasurer. "Then I move as an amendment that we take three dollars to buy pictures." and Amy Griffith sat down amid admiring looks from her sisters. The amendment was quickly seconded. The president looked a little bewiltered, but she started out: "All in favor of the amendment, say T.' Contrary, same sign. It is carried; so ordered. Now we take up the next business of the club," she began, when Kenneth whispered: "You haven't disposed of the original motion." "Must we vote on that, too?" "Certainly." "All in favor of taking all the money from the treasury to buy pictures, say L.' The girls looked bewildered, but thinking that something was expected of them, voted 'T' in unison. Kenneth grinned. "You voted to take three dollars, and now you've voted to take four. That makes seven, doesn't it?" "I don't know what to put down," quavered the secretary. Then Frances rose to the occasion, grandly. With one sweep of her pretty hand, she brushed back into oblivion all the anoyances of the question. "Just write what you know we meant," she said The next day, after a secret interview with the brother of Frances, by which that small boy was a dollar richer, Kenneth left for Arizona. He found matters at the Bonibel mine, of which he owned half interest, in so flourishing a state that life seemed to him quite worth living. At intervals of two weeks, he wrote to Frances letters which scintillated, as it were, with his coming extinction. Her answers were intended to be cheering, and were strangely silent concerning the Browning club. He had been there three months when a missive addressed in a wavering hand, but containing no uncertain message, reached him. "Browning club Busted don't Ferget the other Dollar you owe me. Yours truly WILLIAM P. FENTON" When Kennth arrived at home, Santa Cruz was regal indeed. The winter rains were over, and she sat enthroned upon emerald hills, with little waves continually running up to kiss her dainty feet. He and Frances talked for an hour of things in the earth, and the waters under the earth; then he observed: "You haven't told me anything about your club." "The secretary is engaged, and the treasurer thinks she's going to be, and two of the girls said 'twas a silly old club, anyway. That leaves only the Griffith girls and me. They're going to Honolulu next week, and I'm lonelyone!" It was such a pathetic little voice which quavered out this last admission. There was no one to watch his arm slide along the back of the bench, and no one to count how many times his lips, with love's insistence, took what had been withheld from him so long. They were walking up Pacific avenue when Frances asked: "Do you think you will have to go back to Arizona?" "No." he answered, cheerfully; "my cough has greatly improved." "I am so glad!" murmured Frances with a fervor which should have made him ashamed, but it didn't. REVIVAL OF THE BAGPIPES Two Young Women Are Looking for Engagements. London society is threatened with an outbreak of that eccentric instrument, the baspipe. Several novelty seeking society girls have learned how to play, and are on the lookout for evening engagements. Rumor has it that petitions will be circulated to stop them, says the Minneapolis Journal. There is no discounting the wave of terror which the announcement has sent billowing over London. Everybody realizes that if the baspipe were once let loose in a private drawing room the future of English homelife would be seriously imperiled The two girls leading off in this latest accomplishment are the daughter of Lord Archibald Campbell and the daughter of the late William Black, novelist and newspaper editor. Both young ladies were instructed in the noisy art by the best known bagster, if one may invent the term, in England or Scotland. His name is Fraser, and he is the man whom King Edward recently attempted to lure away from the Scottish regiment, with which he has so long been connected, to be private bagman to the king. But the loyal Fraser decided not to break associations of long standing. BEARS THAT ARE GRATEFUL. Russian Animals Help Their Comrades in Misfortune. A gentleman was once making inquiries in Russia about the methods of catching bears in that country. He was told that to entrap them a pit was dug several feet deep, and after covering it over with turf, leaves, etc., some food was placed on top. The bear, if tempted by the bait, easily fell into the snare. "But," he added, if four or five happen to get in there 'How is that?' asked the gentleman. "They form a sort of ladder by stepping on each other's shoulders, and so make their escape." "But how does the bottom one get out?" "Ah, those bears, though not possessed with a mind and soul, such as God has given us, yet can feel gratitude, and they won't forget one who has been the chief means of procuring their liberty. Scampering off they fetch the branch of a tree, which they let down to their poor brother, enabling him speedily to join them in the freedom which they enjoy." Sensible bears, we should say, are a great deal better than some people that we hear about, who never helped anybody but themselves.—New Orleans Times-Democrat. As a Little Child Oft through the dark my little one Comes stealing softly to my bed, To walk down the down And on my bosom lay his head. I hear him whisper coaxingly: "Please let me sleep with you to-night:" And as he nestles close to me His childish fears are put to flight. Ah, if he knew how weak, how frail Am I in whom he puts his trust, He will be in whom he how off I fail, How oft my face in the clouds He would not rush to me when fear Comes with her sable wings outspread; The faith he has when I am near Would cease to bring him to my bed. Some day perchance they'll bring him where I am weave slept, from visions free; And, sleeping, they may bring him there To lie serenely close to me. Oh, may I hear him, trusting, say, As he is reaching upward then: "Please, father. I have come to lay My head upon your body." — S. B. Kissel. The Prussian war department finds that in every 1,000 young men arriving at the age of military duty, seventeen are suffering from heart disease. Stricaler, who has been studying the subject, declares that the cause of the great prevalence is the increasing degeneracy and nervousness of the youth of the land. Cost of Producing Corn Just previous to the civil war a bushel of corn represented more than tour and one-half hours of human labor, at a cost of 35% cents, while to-day forty-one minutes of labor produce the same amount for 10% cents. Reluvenating Galveston: The export trade in Galveston for the fiscal year showed an increase of $3,000,000. Public and private improvements recently completed and under way will aggregate in cost $5,158,000. Germany's Universities. The German state gives to one university more than the British government allows to all the universities and university colleges in England Ireland and Scotland together. OUGHT HE TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? LIVES SACRIFICED CUBA WIN UNSUPPORTED RECIPROCITORY AMERICAN FARMERS TO BE SACRIFICED CUBA PARTY OBLIGATIONS TO WHAT EXTENT ARE POLITICAL PLATFORMS BINDING? If They Are Mere Platitudes They May Be Easily Repudiated, but if They Are Pledges Ought They Not to Be Faithfully Carried Out? Why do we frame and adopt party platforms? Are they platitudes, or are they pledges? And if the latter, are they to be broken or kept? These questions would seem to be superfluous, and yet we appear to be on the eve of breaking a distinct Republican promise, for as such a plank in a political platform is understood. The Republican party in its half century of existence has made few promises that it has not kept or attempted to keep. No matter how often Democratic pledges have been broken, the Republican legislators and executives have tried to keep faith with the majority which elected them. Going back to 1860, the Republican platform declared that "sound policy requires such an adjustment of imports as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country." Time and time again Republican platforms have declared for protection to labor and industries, sometimes in general terms, sometimes more specifically. And the president elected on those platforms was expected to carry out or preserve their provisions so far as lay in his power. The same was expected of congress, and never have the legislative and executive power broken the platform pledges. For the first time in the history of the Republican party it is proposed to break faith with the people. In the platform adopted in 1896 the only industry singled out for specific pledge OUGHT HE TO TURN CUBA was the sugar industry, and this was the declaration: "The Republican party favors such protection as will lead to the production on American soil of all the sugar which the American people use, and for which they pay other countries more than $100,000,000 annually." Immediately upon the election of McKinley and Hobart and a Republican congress, capitalists, having faith in a Republican promise, invested their money, and farmers, having the some faith, began the cultivation of beets. The beet sugar industry year after year grew amazingly, first because the industry could be established with adequate protection, and second, because protection had been promised and it was believed it would be cortinued so long as the Republican party remained in power. Again, in 1900, the party declared unequivocally for protection, and again monled men and farmers of the country, having fainted in that pledge, renewed their energies in the development of a domestic sugar industry. From an output of 20,000 tons a few years ago, an output of more than ten times that amount has been reached, and even though this is less than one-tenth of our consumptive capacity, it is believed that in a few years more, with the knowledge and experience gained and the impetus already given, our output would reach the full amount of what we use. And yet the president and senate have taken the first steps toward nullifying the protection given to our sugar industry in accordance with promises of 1896, as embodied in the Dingley law and reasserted in the platform of 1900. It remains now for the house of representatives to complete the breaking of the pledge, or, by refusing to confirm the action of the president and senate to enable us to keep our pledge to our sugar industry, and our honor as a party. Overdoing Things. It is at least a curious coincidence that Michigan, the home of the sugar beet, should be selected as a field for exploiting the fascinations and allurements of Cuba as an agricultural paradise. A company has been organized in Detroit to boom things. Its prospectus and printed matter give out a high temperature. Reading the "hot stuff" about the phenomenal fertility and productiveness of Cuban soil and the blissful sweetness of the Cuban climate, one is forced to conclude that it were better to own and cultivate a single acre of land in Cuba than to drag out a weary and profitless existence on a hundred acres in Michigan. If the half is true of what is so flamingly set forth as to the vast sums of money to be made out of agriculture in Cuba, that island has no need of special reciprocity privileges in the American market. It not only does not need them, but, from the standpoint of the American farmer, it ought not to have them. What Senator Hear Bald "Senator Hoar has now said right out in meeting that the Dingley schedules ought to be revised after presidential election. Will the American Economist be able to believe its expansive ears?"—Hartford Courant. Senator Hoar has said nothing of the sort. What he said, in substance, was that the tariff should not be revised at all until the people have by their votes directed congress to undertake revision. A very different thing, is it not? Perhaps, if the Courant will read what Senator Hoar really said, it may be able to believe its strabismic eyes.—American Economist. Let Congress Bear In Mind. The Cuban agrarians have transmitted to President Roosevelt their thanks for his efforts in behalf of Cuban reciprocity. Well they may, for if Congress ratifies the pending treaty it will add several dollars to the Cuban planter's profits on every ton of sugar he sells. As that sugar all comes to the United States market, this extra bonus will come out of the domestic consumer. Two years ago we were told that the Cubans would starve if Congress did not grant a heavy reduction in duties within thirty days, but the fact is Cuba has been almost entirely regenerated industrial- IN THE OTHER CHEEK? LIVER SACRIFED CUBAN AND INNITISED RECIPROCITY AMERKAN FARMERS TO BE SACRIFED ly, and her sugar crop this year bids fair to be one of the largest in her history. Let Congress bear in mind the interests of domestic producers of sugar, tobacco, cigars, early fruits, vegetables, etc., in considering the pending treaty.—American Agriculturist. The Farmer Is Satisfied The slight falling off in exports seems to be giving considerable comfort to the free traders, as they welcome anything that will serve as an argument against the Dingley law. They do not note that the falling off is in agricultural products, while our exports of manufactures are increasing. High prices naturally have the tendency to check exports and increase imports, and exports of agricultural products will always fluctuate. But it is no argument against protection, when our farmers can market at home more nearly all they produce and at profitable prices. The table of the prosperous American is loaded three times a day, and full stomachs, full dinner pails and full lunch baskets are full testimony to the efficacy of protection. When to Revise the Tariff The fact is that the tariff will be revised when the people at the polls demand it, and not before.—New York Times. Right, for once. That is precisely when, and only when, the tariff will be or should be revised. When the people, being tired of prosperity, or for any other reason satisfactory to themselves, want the tariff revised, reduced or removed, they will say so, and it will be done. But until that time comes, until the people have said so, the proper thing to do is to let the tariff alone. Helpless Without a Tariff Here is a little lecture on protective tariffs, from the Birmingham (Eng.) Pont: "America attracts our skilled workmen by the larger wages that are possible under protection and gets, year by year, a larger helping of the limited supply of potter's clay; and so once prosperous industry is approaching starvation point. Having no tailiff, we are helpless to check these proceedings." Higher wages and the development of home industries cause no complaint in the United States.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat HUMOR OF THE DAY "Avaint and quit me sight!" says our heroine. "I point the finger of fate at you!" Our Hero, Patrick O'Tunder—for it is indeed that worthy man—smiles his best smile and replies with much animation: "The finger av fate? Shure, if yure fate has fingers yez ought to draw enough waages in a dime-muse-um to s'upport the unfarch'hit mon that gifts ye for a husband." And having thus retorted, he speeclly "avauts."—Judge Daring Man. "I'm anxious to get the names of all present," said the reporter. "Will you oblige me——" "Oh!" said the meek little man, "you may put down 'Mrs. Henry Peck and husband.'" "You mean 'Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peck,' don't you?" "I would prefer that," he replied, with a furtive glance over his shoulder, "but for goodness' sake don't say that I gave it to you that way." "D'ye know, Holligan, you look like the divil wld a mustache." "Yis; I'm goin' to shave it off." "Lave it on; yez'll look worse without it."—Life. An Ancient Jeat. Hippocrates drew his lancet to perform his first operation of bleeding the patient. "Behold, brother," he said, "I know naught of metallurgy, nor am I one to waste time delving in earth for precious metals, but I have been prospecting around here long enough to be reasonably sure that I am about to open up a rich vein." Whereupon the patient groaned and kicked the bucket to save time. Misunderstanding. "This is the chicken salad," said the caterer's boy, as he delivered the package. "I guess it was your husband that ordered it sent, ma'am." "Yes," said Mrs. Nuwed. "Here's the money. Now, how do you make it?" "Well, I don't know, ma'am." "You don't. Oh, but my husband told me if I paid you you'd give me the receipt." That's Enough. Munny—I don't see why I should in vest any money in pushing your invention. Maydit—Why not? The thing's on the market now. Munny—But it doesn't work as you say it does. Maydit—It works the public. What more do you want? Waiting for the Proper Age. Proud Mamma—You haven't kissed the baby. Bachelor Uncle—Um—er—I'll try to remember next time. I'll kiss her when I—er—come back from China. "When will that be?" "Let—me—see. In about sixteen years." Plain Reasons Harry—Blanche says she has in superable reasons for remaining single. Horace—Yes, I know what they are. Harry—Then she has told you? Horace—No, but I have seen her.—Boston Transcript Just Practicing. "Oh. Tommy. Is he 'trowin' a fit?" "Naw. He's just takin' his prelim inary football trainin'." Real Knowledge. "Of course," said the amateur basso w/th a self-camplacent air, "it's a good thing to know that you can sing so that—" "Huh!" interrupted one of his disgusted auditors, "it's still better to know that you can't."—Philadelphia Ledger. Delicate Thrust Miss Olde—Harry said he'd like us to be married in a balloon. He's fond of freak marriages. Miss Rose—But why go to the tree ble of going up in a balloon? A Bad Fix When one wakes up aching from head to foot, and with the flesh tender to the touch, when Soreness and Stiffness makes every motion of the body painful, the surest and quickest way out of the trouble is to use St. Jacobs Oil promptly. It warms, relaxes, cures. Price, 25c. and 50c. HARD TO BEAR. J. W. 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SOZODONT Tooth Powder "Good for Bad Teeth Not Bad for Good Teeth" Gives the Teeth a Pearly Lustre BIG BOX NEW TOP 25¢ FREE TO WOMEN! To prove the healing and cleansing power of Paxtine Toilet Antiseptive we will mail a large trial package with book of instructions absolutely free. This is not a tray sample, but a large package, enough to convince anyone of its value. Women all over the country are praising Paxtine for what it has done in local treat- all inflammation and discharges, wonderful as a cleansing vaginal douche, for sore throat nasal catarrh, as a mouth wash and to remove narturial teeth from the teeth. Send today; a postcard will do. Sold by druggists or sent postpaid by us, 50 Cents, large box. Satisfaction guaranteed THE R. PAXTON CO., Boston, Mass. 814 Columbus Ave. The Opportunity Extended. M. Labori has scored a great success. In his speech in defense of the Humbers he said: "They have amassed nothing, but devoted their lives to toil and pressing anxiety. I am sure Mme. Humbert has never had so much repose as she has had in prison." The tender-hearted jury, many of whom had mothers of their own, decided to extend this rare opportunity for rest to a period of five years—London Punch. Obeya Instructions Stranger—Are the waiters here attentive to you? Pretty Cashier—Sir-r-r! Stranger—Oh, no offense, I assure you. I was only carrying out the instructions as printed on the bill of fare which says: "Please report any inattention of waiters to cashler." And I thought if they were attentive to you I would report them—that's all. Baltimore American. Anthony Didn't Know Howe. A man calling himself Anthony Howe has been arrested in Carada on a charge of embezzlement in England. It is understood that he was acting only as the tool of some other male factors and they are now trying to catch the man who showed Anthony how. Saves Money for Farmers. It has been estimated by an expert in the employment of the government that agricultural machinery reduces the number of men employed to do a given amount to one-third, while manufacturing machinery reduces the number to one-fifth. Bad Fix from head to foot, and with hush, when And Stiffness the body painful, the surest the trouble is to use Jobs Oil res. Price, 25c. and 50c. It's the wise policeman who can point out the next corner on 'change. More Flexible and Lasting won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. Equality is an idle dream. Fig-leaf costumes have had their day. Suggestion to Drinkers Now, see here, Joe; be reasonable before you condemn all the postmasters in the country because your letters do not reach their destination. Listen to a scientific fact. It is this: Experiments have proved that alcohol destroys the adhesive properties of the mucilage used on stamps. Get your wife to lick the stamps and you will have no further trouble about your letters being held for postage.—Aragao Bee. Johnnie's Idea. In a class in civics in a Western city blessed (?) with a woman school commissioner who bad turned things upside down. Johnnie was asked, "What are the three branches of the government?" He hesitated, but finally said, "Legislative, Executive and the woman School Commissioner." Turn About. A good healthy stalk of corn will drink thirty pounds of water during the season, but a good healthy Georgian is plenty able to drink twice thirty pounds of "corn" in the same time. Heartless Police. At Cologne recently a thief chased by the police took refuge in a church, and, kneeling before the altar, claimed sanctuary after the medieval fashion. The police arrested him all the same. Growth of Finger Nails. The growth of the nails is more rapid in children than in adults, and slowest in the aged. It goes on more rapidly in summer than in winter. BUSY DOCTOR Sometimes Overlooks a Point. The physician is such a busy mas that he sometimes overlooks a valuable point to which his attention may be called by an intelligent patient who is a thinker. "About a year ago my attention was called to Grape-Nuts by one of my patients," says a physician of Cincinnati. "At the time my own health was bad and I was pretty well rundown but I saw in a miracle that the theories behind Grape-Nuts were perfect and if the food was all that was calmed for it it was a perfect food so I commenced to use Grape-Nuts with warm milk twice a day and in a short time began to improve in every way, and now I am much stronger, feel 50% better and weigh more than I ever did in my life. "I know that all of this good is due to Grape-Nuts and I am firmly convinced that the claims made for the food are true. I have recommended and still recommend the food to a great many of my patients with splen did results, and in some cases the improvement of patients on this $ne food has been wonderful. "As a brain and nerve food, in fact as a general food, Grape-Nuts stands alone." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." VITAL POINT NOT THERE. Much Information. But Not Just What He Wanted. Now's the time the Bookstore Windows snow a most engaging lot Of the "How To" books and essays How to Pick Out Proper Patterns for a Woodland Walking Skirt; How to Feed the Shining Gold Fish; How to Know the Cuckoo's Call; How to Deal With Mr. Burglar When You Meet Him in the Hall; How to Make Her Think She's Got to Leave Her Happy Home for You— Though I've searched the bookshop windows high and low, from morn till night, I have never yet discovered: How to Sell the Stuff I Write. MANY USES FOR COAL. Fuel Not the Only Purpose for Which It Is Employed. The jet which jewelers use is nothing but coal of a very compact nature. In a Welsh country town there may be seen a foot-bridge made of coal, originally intended to be only a temporary structure, but found of sufficient strength and firmness to warrant its being used as a permanent footway. At Barcelona, Spain, there was constructed in 1888 a lighthouse of compressed coal blocks. On a portion of the southern English coast, at a small point called Klimeridge, circular shale disks with a square hole (very much like Chinese "cash") have been turned up by the plow. Curious geologists who heard of the disks found that they were nothing but coal money, for it seems that in ancient England, in pre-Roman days, coins or tokens of coal shale were quite common and were perforated in order to be strung together (like Chinese "cash") that they might be more conveniently carried. Not the least curious of the many applications of coal is coal porcelain. Coal flower vases, milk mugs, plates and saucers, book covers, clock frames, wash basins, inkstands, spools for lace work, candlesticks and scores of other articles are made out of coal at factories in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. Knew His Time Had Come The East Side teacher was talking glowingly of her work. "Yes, they're rather tough little customers, these schoolboys of mine," she said, "but they're made of the right stuff. I had one boy who was the torment of my life. There was not any mischief under heaven that he did not think of until I told him finally he would be expelled if he misbehaved again. It was not long before he was up to more mischief, and I sternly summoned him to my desk, resolved to rid the school of him. But he pleaded so hard that I let him stay. Again and again that sort of ting happened, and I yielded to his plea for 'annuder chance.' "I went to Charley's house last Thursday to remind him that school was to open soon, and I hoped to see him back. I found the little fellow dangerously ill. In fact, there was no hope for his recovery. Nevertheless his mother let me see him and she whispered to me that Charley knew he was going to die. I talked with him a little while, trying to cheer him up by saying that I expected he would be back in school in a couple of weeks. He smiled at me bravely and said: "No, teacher, I 'spect I don't get annuder chance dis time." "And he didn't. The little fellow died the next day."—New York Press The World's Way He wrote His soul Into A book: The world Refused To turn And look. He made His faith Into A rhyme, And still The world Could spare No time. But on The day When dumb And dazed, Despair- Condemned, And blind And crazed By means Most weird His life He took, Behold The world Bought out His book -New Orleans Times-Democrat Dust on Electric Wires. It has been noticed that dust has a tendency to collect on electric light fittings and wires, and on walls and cellings near them. The cause is believed to be two-fold—partly the influence of air-currents induced by local heating, and partly the electrification of the dust particles, which when floating in a room, are attracted to the electric conductors on the non-earthied side of an earthied system. A PROMINENT CHURCH WORKER SAYS SHE OWES HER LIFE TO PE-RU-NA. Mrs. Hattie LaFountale DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS FAILED TO RELIEVE Mrs. Hattie La Fountain, Treas. Protected Home Circle and Catholic Ladies of Ohio, writes from Galion, O., as follows: "After my first child was born I suffered for several months with bearing down pains accompanied by dreadful headaches. I was afraid my health was ruined for life, and felt very downcast about it. One day when a friend was visiting me she told me of Peruna and what it had done for her when she suffered with irregular menstruation. My husband procured a bottle the same evening and I began to take it daily according to directions. Before the first bottle was used I was entirely well, and you certainly have one grateful woman's blessing. I have also advised my friends to use it." VOLUME 77. NO. 61 DECEMBER 17, 1908. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION BETWEEN A YEAR New Subscription Offer. The New Subscriber who cuts out and sends this slip or the name of this Paper at once with $1.75 will receive: FREE All the issues of The Companion for the remaining weeks of 1903. The Double Numbers for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. The Youth's Companion "Springtime" Calendar for 1904, lithographed in twelve colors and gold. Then the fifty-two issues of The Companion for 1904—a library of the best reading for every member of the family. Illustrated Announcement and Sample Copies of the Paper Free. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, BOSTON, MASS. Secretary Woman's State Federation Says; "Pe-ru-na Does More Than is Claimed for it." Mrs. Julia M. Brown, Secretary of the Woman's State Federation of California, writes from $131\frac{1}{2}$ Fifth St., Los Angeles, Cal., as follows: "I have never known of any patent medicine which did what it professed to do except Peruna. This remedy does much more than it claims, and while I have never advocated any medicine, I feel that it is but The man who points out your faults may be a true friend, but you feel like kicking him just the same. FITS Permanently used, woots or nounsiness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, food for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treaties. Dr. L. H. Kline, L31 Arnold St. Philadelphia, Pa. If men were compelled to eat their words there would be an epidemic of indigestion in this country. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES cost but 10 cents per package. You may break, you may shatter the dude as you will, but that cigarette odor will cling to him still. Fisso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.-J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave. M., Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. A man never appreciates his insignificance until he attends his own wedding. he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. A woman can worry even about what clothes she ought to wear at her own funeral. Mrs. Winslow's Soo-ning Syrup, for children nothing, softens the gums, reduces in dammation, always pain, curses what salic, so be a bottle. A man thinks there is only one man in the world whose whistling is not auisance. MRS. HATTIE LA FOUNTAIN. justice to speak a good word for it because I have found it to be such a rare exception. "I have known several women who were little better than physical wrecks, mothers who dragged out a miserable, painful existence, but were made well and strong through the use of Peruna. I have known of cases of chronic catarrh which were cured in a short time, when a dozen different remedies had been experimented with and without good results. I use it myself when I feel nervous and worn out, and I have always found that the results were most satisfactory." JULIA M. BROWN. TH'S COMPANY Subscription Of who cuts out and sends this slip or the name of this book with $1.75 will receive: All the issues of The Companion for the remaining w The Double Numbers for Thanksgiving, Christmas and The Youth's Companion "Springtime" Calendar for 1904 in twelve colors and gold. Issues of The Companion for 1904—a library of the best every member of the family. announcement and Sample Copies of the Paper YOUTH'S COMPANION, BOSTON, MA When a man celebrates his 25th wedding anniversary he must be in favor of free silver. RED CROSS BALL BLUE RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 3 oz. package only 5 cents. It doesn't do any good to break a record if you are going to use it in a phonograph. THE K. C. S. ALMANAC FOR 1903 The Kansas City Southern Railway's Almanac for 1903 is now ready for distribution. Farmers, stock-raters, fruit-growers, truck gardeners, manu- facturers, merchants and others seek- ing new home at the very lowest prices, can obtain reliable information concerning Southwestern Missouri, the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations in the Indian Territory, Western Arkansas, Eastern Texas, Northwestern Louisiana and the Coast country, and of the business op- portunity. Write for a copy of the K. C. S. Almanac and address, S. G. Warner, G. P. A. K. C. S. Kansas City, Mo. It is the man who lets his wife have her own way that comes the nearest to having his. Insist on Getting It Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. A man seldom marries a girl on account of her family, but he sometimes remains a bachelor on account thereof. A Woman Saved From Life-Long Misery and Made Happy and Useful. A woman confined to the house for several years with a chronic female derangement had finally given up hope of being cured. She had tried physician after physician, and remedy after remedy, without any permanent improvement. Her treatment had cost her husband, who was a poor man, hundreds of dollars. They had been obliged to deny themselves many comforts of life in order to get money enough to pay the physicians. The woman had become weak, nervous and wretched, and scarcely able to keep out of her bed. Her children were growing taller, and ragged because of the wart of a mother's care. Her husband was becoming discouraged and broken down with overwork. Picking up the paper one day she happened to read an item which contained the news that Dr. Hartman would treat such cases free of charge by letter. She immediately wrote the doctor describing her case, and giving him all her symptoms. She soon received a letter telling her exactly what to do, and what medicines and appliances to get. She began the treatment (the principle remedy being Peruna) at once, and in a few weeks she was well and strong again, able to do her own work. This offer of free home treatment to women is still open to all who may need the services of this eminent physician. All letters applying for treatment will be promptly answered, and be held strictly confidential. Miss Annie Hoban, Post Cocontastas of Yemassee Council of Red Men (Women's Branch), writes from 872 Eighty Ace, New York: "Three months ago I was troubled with backache and a troublesome heaviness about the stomach. Sleep brought me no rest for it was a restless sleep. The doctor said my nervous system was out of order but his prescriptions didn't seem to relieve me. I was told that Peruna was good for building up the nervous system. After using it for two months I know now that it is. I want to say that it made a new woman of me. The tormenting symptoms have all disappeared and I feel myself again. Peruna did me more good than all the other medicines I have taken." Miss Mamie Powell, Lake Charles, Louisiana, writes: "I sincerely believe that Peruna is woman's best friend, for it has certainly been that to me. I had bad headaches, backaches and other aches every month for a long time, but shortly after I began taking Peruna this was a thing of the past, and I have good reason to be grateful. I take a bottle every spring and fall now, and that keeps my health perfect, and I certainly am more robust now than I have been before and am weighing more. I do not think anyone will be disappointed in the results obtained from the use of Peruna." MISS MAMIE POWELL. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Don't disgust your friends any longer. Your foul breath either comes from undigested and fermenting food in the stomach, or from a feverish condition, the result of Constipation. Dr. Caldwell's (LAXATIVE) Syrup Pepsin sweetens sour stomachs, cures Indigestion and Constipation. PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, III. LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER THE BEST QUALITY STRANGH 5 CIGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE Your jobber or direct from Factory, Pooria, Ill. W. N. U. KANSAS CITY, No. 44, 1903. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best to cough Syring, Water Gems. Use In time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Gents’ Furnishings Cheaper Now THAN THEY’LL BE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME! If you havn’t been to the Schull & Jelley Bankrupt Sale, it’s a Money-Saving move to COME TODAY SS ae OC | fee” A8c | em” $159 | zz" 50 mite 449%) ee 25C| 27 (7c | Se" 27e a" "1 Ofe J. H. White Co. seen cus for [3¢ | Selling cur re Scrat nat DIZ Main Street. “Bread. OD ‘ST i OLD > Lao, Even the poor in the United States and England eat white wheat bread. In most of the continental countries ot Europe rye bread is the staple The Russians use buckwheat. The Laplanders have a bread made of oaten meal mixed witn pine bark, and the Icelanders make their flour from lichens. Banana flour is used in the South Sea Islands. A GOOD THING _ pia VCE a owes a (ae PUSH IT ALONG ~ ‘The Train Service of the Missouri Pacific, ‘The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for, St. Louts and all points East—note the leaving time: 9:50 a.m, 1:10 p. m., 9:15 D. Mm and 10:45 p.m. No other line from Kanses City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louls, Note the new departure of the fast mai! at 1:10 p. m, arives in St. Louis at 10 p. m.; close coanections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Exstern and — South-eastern trains, The only 1) leaving Kansas City after the Operas, . ~4ge meetings and Sunday night Chure, ~ervice, at 10:45 p. m. and arriving in at. Louis ut 7:20 a. m., in gape for all Eastern connections, 9:55 p. m.—10:50 a, m.: Omaha & St. Peul Express. ‘Blegant equipment, Pullman Sleep- ers and Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars, (all seats free), For all daformation and tickets call at ‘Union Depot and 901 Mala St., City OMo. E. 8S. JEWETT, Pass. & Ticket Agent, an Zan Hy, stusrenn Parent Ornce us aps BEFORE “AFTER = | A Wonderful Face Bleach. AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER, both in a box for, or three boxes for $2 Guaran- word’? Que box is al thea i eneurad tf ased directea, On? POH 7 ‘4 WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Wilt tura ihe alin Of black oF beowa person four or ve shades lighter, and mulatto erson perfectly white. Iatofty-eight hoursaahede Of two will be Hotlcesble. It Goes not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white, the skin te remove’ finule, tcekion: access ieyples ot Srrinkles, frecklen, bumps of lacie heads, making tne kc rereon moved without harm toikeskie”” Witarbo gst m0 : the color rou wish, stop using the preparsiion® THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER. that fi dolar Binks nuyone’sitit grow long aed firlght ad Kcops {fom falling out, fay portasied of ou customers sy-ous of Guar asiiny bots worth fen oilers etme sell it fw one dolar box. THE NO-SHELL thrown in free. Pow bBice money onder supicriegtay otro Tegtstered. ote re wilfseud Ye throogh aba mal Preaee, prepaid; or if you, want it sent. 0. 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Kansas City, Mo Ghe Stoeltzing Stowe and Hardware Co. = “ee CCT Sees tea 7 Best Stoves Made. a Largest stock In City. poottrever—eliormehy Prices the Lowest. | aie ten? Whelssele and Real Peninsular HAS eee Ga Stee! Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Bur (eas. hd PRC | ners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Hraea eh isd 1 Peninsular Stove Co. = Jorman Heater, 8 heater, Cole's Ho! SSS OIE NTE Tr Sette oes torment arene eee Gnk Stoves, Schill Steet Ranges and Furnaces fae Fos [lll TIN WORK e@ Specialty. Peet ICAENS | |. PattA nen lieegitiee H Sem §— Window and Door Soreens and Refrigerators VT prey ec LAS i (le? ey ee perl Phone 1451, PC evade seni 1329 Grand Ave. ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN CLUB. Headquarters 117 W. éth St., Kansas City Mo. | APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP | fo the Roosevelt Republican Club at Kansas City, Mo. . _ Lhereby make application for membership in the above-named club and pledge myself to do all in my power to secure the nomination and election of Theodore Roosevelt for President in 1904. AGAreSS .....serscecccccecesescseecesersceccersceeeee AGO. csesese.ee OnCtIpAtiots.+...00iccsesecscseseeseosee Meeting night the second and fourth Thursday'in each month, Let every Roosevelt-loving Negro join, No dues required in this club. OFFICERS. L. W. Carter, President; W. W. Yates, Ist Vice-President; W. W Waters, und Vice-President; Dr. T, C, Unthanke, Secretary; Theo. H. Clay Treasurer: F. L. Lewis Corresponding Secretary; Frank Willams, Sergeante atarm, QUINDARO KANSAS. For the Moral, Intellectual and Industrial Training of our Youth. Departments. Theological, Classical, Normal, Preparatory, State Industrial. 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