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. LEXINGTON NOTES Thanksgiving dinner was served at all three of the churches and everything passed off quietly at the different churches. Mr. Harper gave a scenery of living pictures at the Zion A. M. E. Church. Mr. Caper Lewis was out of town Thursday. We understand that he got hurt while away, but such things will happen to young men. We have had quite a number of deaths in our town for the last few days. Miss Bessie Anderson, while standing on a porch her and another couple, the porch fell and she was injured so that it caused her death. She never spoke from the time of her fall until she died. Mr. Wallace Swaney, after a long illness of consumption died on the 26th and was taken to Waverly for burial on the 27th. Mrs. Louisa Parker who has been sick since June, died on the 30th. She was a faithful member of the Second Baptist church, where her funeral was preached by Rev. Howell and she was also a member of the S. M. T.'s and was treasurer at the time of her death and had been for more than four years. She was loved by all who knew her. She was buried by her order. The ceremony was conducted at the Second Baptist church by the Worthy Princess Mrs. Jane Bell, Mrs. Lizzie Bolton, Mrs. Mary Wright, and assisted by Past Master Wm. Hegwood. She leaves a husband, one daughter, five brothers, one sister and a host of other relatives to mourn her loss. She is an old subscriber for the Rising Son and one who loved her race and did what she could to uphold the race. Her daughter, Miss Daisy Goodwin, was one of the graduates of Macon City Baptist college last June. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Remember that at the Tenth street restaurant you can get meals at all hours for 15 and 25 cents. Also a fine line of cigars and tobacco. We invite you here and insure you kind treatment. Up-to-date restaurant, Mrs. Sarah Hunter, Propr. Mrs. Unit Smith went to Kansas City last week, probably to be gone several weeks. Mrs. John Thirkles and her mother were in Kansas City on Thanksgiving. Mr. Nathan Frazier, a young man, is quite ill with lung trouble. Mr. George Long was in Kansas City Thanksgiving day and returned Monday. Mr. George Porter, Mr. Conway, Mr. Hughes and Mrs. Booker paid up their subscriptions. We hope others will do likewise. Why is it that I have to ask you for the money for the Rising Son. You pay for the white papers 10c a week, and will not pay for a colored people which publish your good deeds and not your bad deeds when you steal something or sued or sent to the penitentiary, you will find such publish in white papers. If you respect your race you will patronize this paper and pay for it, and not having us to come around after the money and you refuse. When you leave town you expect to see your name in the paper and some won't subscribe and some that do subscribe won't pay for it. Yet you say you love your race if you do prove it. MANAGEMENT OR THE IMPERIAL BREWING CO., OFFERS INSULT TO NEGROES. The fact that the management of the Imperial Brewing company has offered insult after insult to the Negro race of this city should generally be known. As was stated in our issue of several weeks ago, the Imperial Brewing company had charge of Forest park and every Negro who dared to venture there was told to leave at once. It is stated also that the Imperial Brewing company has control of the Willis Wood theatre, where colored ladies are invited to either take the gallery where toughs sit, or leave the house. This instance of incivility has been particularly crushing to the feelings of our wives and daughters. This company conducts a brewery, the product of which it is expected shall be consumed by the general public. The Imperial company has made a strong bid for Negro patronage so far as the drinking of its beer is concerned and thousands of dollars have gone into its coffers as the result. But it is now time for the Negro to look up at the sign before he enters a saloon for a glass of beer and if he sees the word "Imperial," pass it by. There is plenty of other beer brewed by men who would not think of offering the manner of insult to the colored race which has been directed by the Imperial Brewing company, and it be hooves the Negroes to retaliate by rejecting the use of its beer. NOTICE. The Executive Committee of the Interstate Literary Association will hold its annual meeting soon to transact business relative to the session which is to be held at Fort Scott, Kansas, during the holidays. All literary societies will please select delegates, and send names of same to E. J. Hawkins, 12 Hendrick street, Fort Scott, Kansas, or E. G. Stafford, 505 Washington avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Enrollment fee for new societies, $1.50; for old ones, $1. Please attend to this at once, as al clubs who wish to be represented on the program must report on or before November 21, 1903. T. W. BELL, President. Thanksgiving offering for the Home from Lincoln School: Room 1 ... $3.80 Room 2 ... 1.50 Room 3 ... 3.50 Room 4 ... 1.11 Room 5 ... .95 Room 6 ... .78 Room 7 ... .89 Room 8 ... .67 Room 9 ... .70 Room 10 ... .10 $13.00 Provisions ... 1.00 Total ... $14.00 NEW THING IN DENTISTRY. Material for False Teeth Plates Close- ly. Resembles Natural Flesh People unfortunate enough to be compelled to use false teeth will welcome the news that a substance has been found for false teeth plates which so closely resembles the natural flesh that it cannot be distinguished. It is said that one of the greatest difficulties dentists have been compelled to overcome has been to find a material which would give this result. The new substance is called rose pearl. It was first used in Europe, and when the president of the New York Dental company, 1029 Main street, was in the old country this summer he bought the sole right to use it in America. The new material is so natural in its appearance that it will easily deceive an expert. The rose pearl has attracted much attention among both the layme nand students in the dental colleges who have seen the samples here. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1903. THANKSGIVING DAY AT THE OLD FOLKS' AND ORPHANS' HOME. This day is always looked forward to by the inmates with much pleasure, and rightly so. One of the little girls wrote in her composition last Monday as follows: "We had turkey and chicken and cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie and apple pie and candy and nuts." To Alderman W. H. Otto they were indebted for the turkey and cranberry sauce. For years he has not forgotten this institution at this time of year. Mrs. Mary Long, who was once matron, never fails to bring something when Thanksgiving comes. It was she who brought the chicken and the pies, Mr. and Mrs. Moore furnished the candy and nuts. A large donation of vegetables, jelly, rice, etc., was received from schools, churches and private individuals. St. Augustine's Mission sent money and provisions. So far cash donations have been received as follows: Attucks School ..... $ 5.09 Allen Chapel ..... 11.00 Gaarrison ..... 5.00 Lincoln ..... 13.98 Lincoln High ..... 7.00 Manual Training ..... 8.24 Phillips ..... 2.74 St. Augustine's Mission ..... 6.25 Mrs. Abbie Hamlin ..... 50 Dr. Theodore Smith ..... 1.00 Mrs. J. W. Briggs ..... 15.00 Sumner School ..... 3.16 The Home is rapidly reaching the dignity of an institution. Will the people support an institution? We think they will. The Home has been very fortunate in securing the services of Miss Shepherd of Leavenworth, Kas., as matron. She has had experience in the work and is in every way qualified to perform all the duties. Mrs. Joanna Moore and she are in charge. So with the hearty co-operation of the public there should soon be established an institution of which Kansas City will be justly proud. One of the teachers last year called upon her pupils to bring a coin earned by themselves. The scheme was a most excellent one, for it set the little people to thinking. They were of the first grade. One sold rags; another old bottles, another ran an errand for a neighbor, another blacked his father's boots; and another washed dishes—anything that was honorable to earn a penny or two. Only a very few came empty handed because of lack of thrift in finding something to do. This teacher helped the children more than she helped the Home, in that she laid the foundation for future self-helpfulness. In one of the homes of this city is a little child that is the pet and idol of the whole family. Presents come upon her in showers at Christmas time. Last year her father said he wished her to divide her presents with those less fortunate than herself, lest she become selfish and mean. She was told to select from among her belongings something for each child out at the Home. The little one, scarce more than a baby, was taken out there and given the pleasure of distributing her gifts. These instances are mentioned because of their far-reaching import. The way in which these little deeds of charity were done led to a double blessing—a blessing to him that gave as well as to him that received. A full report of the receipts and expe nditures during the last two years is due the public, but owing to the many extra demands by way of special taxes, etc., the managers have not been able to spare the money to publish these accounts. All who have given to the cause, or are interested in any way may look for this report soon. Rarely has the American stage had such a nemphatic and lasting dramatic success as "In Old Kentucky," which has now reached its eleventh season and bids fair to remain an established institution with playgoers for another decade. With a complete new $20,000 production prepared during the summer for the season of 1903-4, and a company of unusual excellence, it will again be presented in this city at the Grand commencing Sunday matinee, December 6. In this delightful romance of Southern life, the public has evidently found just what it wants. Its voice of approval sweeps all before it. Its overwhelming enthusiasm drown completely the voice of the captions critic. Action, incident, action is the rule of three by which "In Old Kentucky" was built. The plot is neither complex nor involved. But the incidents—how they multiply! The heroine swings across a chasm and rescues the hero from a dynamite bomb after he has fought a duel with the villian. There is music and dancing by an aggregation of real pickaninies, barn burning, horse racing, a lynching party and the culmination of a mountaineer's feud. There is excitement and heart interest, real pataos and splendid comedy. What more could be desired in a play for the masses? Writers of melodrama, those who are studying the public to learn how to catch them, might with profit study the successful career of that sterling American drama "In Old Kentucky," announced for presentation again in this city at the Grand. A A A PADOCK SCENE "IN OLD KENTUCKY." A ... LAWRENCE THE RACE SCENE "IN OLD KENTUCKY." CASH OR CREDIT AT FIRM OF DUFF AND REPP. The long series of their business standing in Kansas City in furniture business warrants us in saying their business methods are right. We invite your attention to the fact that they handle nothing but first- class goods, the best that money will --- A THE COLONEL AND NEB. "IN OLD KENTUCKY." C. H. H. buy Our sales throughout the community have been perfectly satisfactory to the buyers. We have spent numbers of years studying the wants of our customers, now comes the season of the year when every good man should take unto himself a wife, and to satisfy her we have prepared to assist you in doing so, NUMBER 37 ER. "IN OLD KENTUCKY" ```markdown ``` by asking you to visit our store before you go elsewhere. We would invite you to visit our store, examining our stock of goods and prices; in every department of our store you will find it well constructed. This firm awaits a Thanksgiving call from all their customers and friends. THE OLD CASTLE OF BRACCIANO (Special Correspondence.) When Sir Walter Scott came to Rome in the last year of his life, and had gone to St. Peter's that he might see the tomb of the last of the Stuarts, his greatest desire, it is said, was to visit the castle of Bracciano and illuminates it with the lurid light of their bloody contests. In order to save the family from destitution, Flavio, the last of the Orsini dukes of Bracciano, felt obliged to alienate the whole duchy. Much as Sir Walter Scott behold it seventy years ago did the castle of Bracciano appear to the members of the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome, who had gone to explore its courts and halls, and, if possible, to surprise its secrets. There is such a mystery and romance about these medieval castles that one approaches them with a certain timidity. The smell of blood seems to hover around, and the memory of crime to haunt them. The fortified stronghold looked, at first sight, half as large as the town around its base, which seemed to be overawed as well as protected by it. Its towers rise only slightly above its walls, but they are huge and massive, and suggest the strength of the place in early days. Built rather rudely, the prevailing color of the stone work is a dark blue, almost black, a fact accounted for by the use in the building of the outer walls of the dark blue lava blocks that the Romans used in paying the ancient Vin Cassia. The present castle of Braceciano, built upon the site of an older fortress, mentioned in a document of 1234, owes its construction to Napoleon Orgini, a fact attested by an inscription over the principal entrance. The name Napoleon, which many people believed came into use with the great emperor of the French, was a favorite name in Italy four or five centuries before he had made it renowned in the world. When, having passed the gate, the courtyard appeared before us, with its graceful porticoes of two floors, supported on arches borne by columns, well proportioned and harmonious, the beauty of fifteenth century architecture as applied to baronial uses was brought home to our minds. This courtyard constituted the scene upon which many a drama of ancient life, whether tragedy or comedy, according to occasion, was enacted. It was easy to picture this spacious stage, with the pretty and picturesque background filled with the actors who went to and fro over the pavements in the long gone time. One hears again the echo of the old songs: "Blow, warder, blow thy sounding horn, and thy banner wave on high," and "High deeds achieved of knightly fame," in contemplating such a courtyard and thinking of what may have happened here. At dawn, says an Italian, describing private life in the castles of the barons, the courtyard was filled with a varied crowd of servitors and valets. Some brought provisions to the kitchen, which in this castle of Bracciano is on the right of the entrance, and is now furnished with a modern range instead of the old "posti," or rude gratings that supported charcoal, of the older time, and common in Roman households to-day. The huge chimney, which was wide as a good sized room, is empty now, and visitors are taken into it to look up and see the blue sky at the top of it, ever so far away Other attendants in the olden time furnished up the arms and weapons of the warriors and the harness of the war horses, having much steel and brass in them. Here in the courtyard the major domo, or steward of the castle, stood under the portico measuring out and weighing and registering the distribution of supplies, after he had already purchased provisions from the peasants of the surrounding country, who flocked in here as soon as the gate was opened. Horses PALERMO neighed, smiths hammered, peasants chaffered, men-at-arms marched to and fro, and the busy and multiform occupations of the people were carried on with much noise and loud talk. In the halls or chambers of this castle the greatest severity of the period prevails; and this same spirit dominates in the portion of it inhabited by Prince Odescalchi, his family and his guests. The unlimited extravagance of the Orsini, and the huge expense required for the maintenance of the duchy of Braceclano, told upon the wealth of this historic family, whose name, with that of their dearest enemy, the Colonna, pervades the whole history of the middle ages Entrance to Castle. and illuminates it with the lurid light of their bloody contests. In order to save the family from destitution, Flavio, the last of the Orsini dukes of Bracciano, felt obliged to alienate the whole duchy. The Chigis in 1661 bought four of the towns in this duchy; the Odescalchis bought Bracciano for 386,300 seudl. During the French occupation Bracciano was taken without resistance. After a century's possession it was sold by the Odescalchis for 400,000 scudi to the Marquis Giovanni Torlonia in 1803, but with the right of redeeming it "jus redimendi." Torlonia felt secure, it seems, that the fortunes of the Odescalchis were at a low obb, and that there was little chance of their being able to redeem it within the specified time; and he spent money upon it decorating it and making a summer residence, and planking his coat-of-arms all over its walls and halls. When the new owner was quite secure the heir of the Odescalchis married the Polish heiress, Sofia Branchea, who brought a large dowry to the impoverished house of the Odescalchi. In December, 1848, the sum of 400,000 scudi was paid over to Tor COLLEGE DE LA SALUTA ionla, and the Odescalchi resumed the title of Duke of Bracciano, which the Torlonia here previously. For years past this great castle with the dark towers has been undergoing repairs and restorations. Imense balls within it are rooftops; on some of the walls strange old mythological paintings and subjects from the legends of the middle ages are painted in quaint manner. Away up in the top of the building you come upon lookouts, where in the days gone by a man at arms was constantly on the watch like Sister Anne in the old story: "Sister Anne, Sister Anne, do you see any one coming?" and frequently he saw as little as that vigilant lady. The lake, twenty miles round, has little towns on its shores. The air is chiller here than it is below in the little town and a feeling of dampness goes with it. Far down beneath this height the eye discerns the place of the moat, over which there is a stone bridge; and in the thickness of the gate the great slit shows where once the porticillus hung. The aim of Prince Odescalchi is to restore the whole castle to what it may have been at first. The rooms are chilly enough to produce fever, though there are great fireplaces heaped up with logs that are never kindled. The prince, however, kindly permits strangers to wander through his castle, even into the rooms inhabited by himself and his family. Social Life Is Changing The women of the east, taking their cue from their sisters of the west, are beginning to realize that there are careers other than those circumscribed by the art of the milliner and dressmaker and are turning their attention to matters of more serious import than the question of how they shall appear at the next function of their set. It is the age of fads and most of these notions take a practical and useful direction. Of the women of the smart set of New York Mrs. Mackay has written a book, and not at all the sort of book that would be expected to emanate from the pen of a fashionable woman. She is now hard at work on another and she never lets anything interfere with her daily work. Mrs. Payne Whitney is also literary and is also getting another volume ready for the press. Queer Trade Commodities Most people nowadays hear a lot about the conversation of waste, but looking through the catalogue of traders of various kinds it is astounding what a number of eccentric commodities are utilized for trade purposes. The skins of millions of eels are tanned and used as leather for bootlaces; frog skins has become one of the most beautiful and useful articles known to the binders of fancy books and the makers of fans; walrus whiskers profile the most elegant toothpicks known to the modern man of fashion; and beetles of a certain kind are exported by the hundred-weight for use on the theatrical dresses. Sir Richard Cartwright has given notice in the Canadian parliament of a resolution to make provision for a subsidy not exceeding $133.335 a year for a steamship service between Canada and France. Town and Castle. Steamship Subsidy. REFORM PILLS HELP WANTED SEGARS Nº1 RECIPROCITY Nº2 FREE TRADE Nº3 DR CLEVELANDS SOUP HOUSE TONIC. VINTAGE OF 1892 U.S. Doctor Reclprocity—"My dear Mr. Samuel, your blood is too rich, you are feeling too good, and I want you to take these medicines in order to reduce this high prosperity fever now raging in your system. So, take bottle No. 1, first, as a laxative, and then bottle No. 2, which will effect a radical cure. If you follow my directions faithfully, I am sure it will change your condition in a short time. After this course of treatment, you will be obliged to use Dr. Cleveland's Celebrated (1896) Soup House Tonic, for some time. Dr. Cleveland's Tonic is not a very nice medicine to take, but it is the only one we use in our practice to meet the conditions that confront us." THE FRUIT INDUSTRY FLORIDA GROWERS OPPOSE CUS CAN RECIPROCITY. They Protest That They Will Be Driven Out of Business if Preferential Tariff Rates Are Granted in Favor of their Cuban Competitors. The letters which appear below will serve to show the intensity of feeling which exists among Florida fruit growers regarding the favoritism which is contemplated toward their Cuban competitors. Finding it impossible to obtain from the Democrats who represent their state in Congress any measure of recognition of their claims to protection, these Florida agriculturists naturally turn to the Republican party for aid and comfort. The South is full of Democrats who believe in and want protection, and who would like to turn to the Republican party on that account. There was an excellent prospect that this tendency would become more and more general, and that ultimately protection would do in the South what it has so effectually done in the states of the Middle West, the Rocky Mountain States and the Far West. But this wretched blunder of promoting agricultural prosperity in Cuba at the expense of our own farmers seems likely to check the trend in the South toward Republicanism. It may do worse than that. It may prove costly to the Republican party in regions not long ago won from Bryanism and now counted as safely Republican. The case of the Florida fruit growers, like that of the cane growers of Louisiana and Texas, is one that ought to appeal to fair minded protectionists. These people have ingested all they possess in agricultural industries that are absolutely dependent upon protection against the cheaper lands and the cheaper labor of competing countries. They have relied upon the continuance of that protection. They cannot understand upon "THEY THAT ARE WHOLE NEED REFORM PILLS NO1 RECIPROCITY NO2 FREE TRADE NO3 DR. CLEVELAND'S SOUP HOUSE TONIC. VINTAGE OF 1892 Doctor Reciprocity—"My dear Mr. are feeling too good, and I want you reduce this high prosperity fever now tle No. 1, first, as a laxative, and the radical cure. If you follow my direct change your condition in a short time will be obliged to use Dr. Cleveland's for some time. Dr. Cleveland's Tonic but it is the only one we use in our confront us." what principle of justice or equity they are to be driven out of business for the benefit of alien competitors—for that is precisely what it amounts to in Florida and Louisiana in the event that the Cuban growers of cane sugar and fruits shall command the United States market with their lower priced products. Florida fruit growers put the case strongly in the following letters: "Ankona, Fla., Oct. 19, 1903.—The American Protective Tariff League, New York City.—Gentlemen: You will and inclosed a letter with a few signatures from the leading men of our community. A few years ago, owing to the good offices of Senator Quay, who is only interested in Florida as a winter tourist and resident, we were enabled to get a tariff of twenty-two and a half cents upon pineapples, oranges being already adequately protected through the efforts of our California contingent of growers, organized and powerful as they are. "Our representatives from Florida, at the time Senator Quay so kindly interested himself in o' behalf, would not work for the pineapple duty, but actually voted against it in both bodies of Congress. Such bulb-headed stick-to-it-iveness is only commendable when used with discretion, but it is odious when employed against right and justice. "You are at liberty to use both these letters should you see fit. Yours very truly, "Fletcher A. Russell." "Ankona, Fla., Oct. 17, 1903.—The American Protective Tariff League, New York City.—Gentlemen: We emphatically demand that the Congress of the United States be not radical in its desire to ratify the reciprocity treaty in favor of Cuba. Should this romantic desire be consummated it would be far better to live under the hot skies of Cuba than in this Land of Flowers.' "Cuba has long been known as the richest island in the world; its fertile soil making unnecessary the use of expensive commercial fertilizers; its orange trees and garden fruits and vegetables bloom and bear without the aid of the irrigation ditch. Already Cuba is not in need of aid from the United States; her vast resources are opening up under the impetus of fleeing American capital, deserting the mother country because the island already offers better inducements than the United States. "Shall we aid this capital at the ruin of our own interests? "There is now a tariff of twenty-two and a half cents upon a crate of pine-apples from Cuba. Add this amount to the rate of transportation from Havana to Chicago and we have a total of 74 1-10 cents, less than we pay in freight rates to the same destination, it costing the growers of Florida 89½ cents. In this a protection tariff that protects? "We feel that a reciprocity treaty with Cuba in her favor/in regard to those fruits which are commonly produced here and there would end is irreparable disaster to the interests of an infant industry in our state that has already reached to mammoth proportions. "The present tariff is actually inoperative and should be trebled in amount. Yours very truly, Fletcher A. Russell, A. B. Hamor, S. A. Brows, Mrs. D. N. Mott, Wm H. Tancre, R. V. Ankeny, A. E. Saeger, George A. Saeger, Fred G. Saeger, P. D. Aukeny, F. L. Hamor, Will LfI Frantz, Mary H. Gridley, Marlon A. Patrick, C. W. Kirk, H. G. Stouder, Ella S. Frantz, and John N. Waller." Farmers Are Interested. Under the present tariff law, American farmers need not fear the importation into this country of competitive farm products. But what interests our farmers most is an industrial condition which creates a home demand. Take work from the great army of NOT A PHYSICIAN. Mr. Samuel, your blood is too rich, you to take these medicines in order to w raging in your system. So, take bot- then bottle No. 2, which will effect a tions faithfully, I am sure it will die. After this course of treatment, you Celebrated (1896) Soup House Tonic, it is not a very nice medicine to take, practice to meet the conditions that wage earners in this country, and our farmers soon feel the effect. If agricultural countries elsewhere have abundant crops there is naturally no foreign demand, and with no local demand, because of the impoverished condition of the consumers our producers have little show to realize on their investments and their toll. The Republican cannot see why a single American farmer can consensuously be a free trader. From 1893 to 1897 the free trade policies of the Democratic party were tried, and agriculture suffered with other industries. It would be the same again were the Democrats to gain strength enough to enact a tariff law. As we have said, American farmers are vitally interested in a continuance of present conditions.—Davenport (la.) Republican. A Few Questions. Will it be possible for Mr. Cannon to hold Congress as completely in check as he hopes to do? Will it be possible to pass the Cuban reciprocity bill at the extra session? Will it be possible to prevent congressmen from injecting the tariff into the debate? Mr. Roosevelt would answer "yes" to all these questions; but the Republican politicians, who know a great deal more about politics and Congress than he does, are not at all sure on any of them; and for that reason they advised him against the extra session.—New Orleans Times-Democrat Memory of Dark Days. Senator Hanna says he thinks the voters of Ohio are not likely to favor a change this year. He knows what he is talking about. The memory of the dark days from 1893 to 1897 is too fresh to permit of the commission of any act of folly this year.—Cleveland Leader. Be still, be still, poor human heart, What fitful fever shakes thee now? That fitful fever only things depart- And What art thou? Thy spring than earth's doth sooner fade, Thy spring than poison fill. To sorrow blow, for suffering made, Poor heart! be still. Thou lookest to the Thou turnest to the The flower that decl sweet. Disc on its altar; And thou, more char More restless than Like that lone flower Poor heart! be st -Eleanor TURNER'S EN By C. AUGU Copyrighted, 1903, by The A ```markdown ``` While away, it is possible that Turner had not done as he should have done, or had done as he should not have done. In a measure a disturbing sense of this oppressed him. He endearved with the best possible grace to banish such thoughts. Unfortunately he discovered that success did not attend the mere effort. There was that thing, which has sometimes been misnamed conscience, and which allowed him but little peace of mind. He had been away from his home village long enough to forget the faith due Louise, the girl to whom he was engaged, and to become involved in a delightful and altogether satisfactory affair with that other girl. He saw distance and separation aiding his active imagination, that Louise was incomparably inferior to her rival. The fates so ruled it that Turner, whether willingly or otherwise, was much in the company of Eleanor, the brilliant girl whose star was now so phenomenally in the ascendant. Matters progressed with undue haste. Turner, if not a man of sudden fancies and dominating impulses, was nothing. Weeks that seemed to him as months, so filled were they with teeming incidents, were hardly necessary in the maturing of his affection. The admitting of this love to himself barely preceded the declaration he made to Eleanor. Perhaps he would have been more circumspect and less hasty had he not felt sure that he foresaw his answer. The sequel substantiated what, until then, could be no more than an opinion. Thus it chanced that Turner, without actively desiring to play the part of deceiver, was engaged to two girls at the same time. Originally Turner had been a man of honor. Even now he possessed a few stray sparks; his subsequent acts attested to the truth of this. He wrote a long letter to Louise, going to much trouble to treat the subject exhaustively. He told her just how it was, in conclusion assuring her that it was best for both of them, and contritely begging her to forgive him. He rewrote the letter, revising it carefully. When satisfied that he had done the best he could the letter was laid aside for a day ere being dispatched on its explanatory mission. By the next morning his good intention had escaped, and the letter was carefully consigned to the open grate. In a moment a small heap of ashes was all that remained. Now that he was home for a time, he determined to tell Louise. He was no coward, but he realized the amount of moral courage requisite. The aversion he felt for it, and the self-sacr A disturbing sense of this oppressed him. fice it would impose, he looked upon as the price of his peridy. When he called on Louise he took note of many things. She was resplendently beautiful in her simple gown, this he could not pass by. He saw, too, the look of love and trust in her eyes. For the first time, perhaps, a pang of real remorse shot through his heart. They talked long and earnestly; now of the present, the past, the possible future, and their love, planning with the enthusiasm of young lovers. As the time passed Turner saw it become more difficult to tell the trusting girl what he had to say. Once, indeed, he had approached the subject by asking her: "What would you think and say if I told you that I had been faithless to you?" "I would not believe you," she answered at once. Hastily Turner retreated from his --- clouds,--they fleet; waves,--they fatter; the shrine, though gelful than the cloud, the wandering rill, in silence bowed, ill. ra Louisa Hervey. ENGAGEMENTS NOT MITTELL Authors Publishing Company dangerous position, nor did he feel safe until they were comfortably discussing some subject foreign to the one of which they had just disposed. His stay in the village was for not more than a week. During this time he called on Louise with praiseworthy regularity. In each instance he endeavored to tell her of his love for Eleanor, but he could not come to it. He genuinely feared the effect it would have. Louise loved him so blindly, so devotedly, that she could not imagine him capable of such a defection; and to tell her—to disturb the beautiful serenity of her trust—that required moral courage far beyond Turner's. In the end he left, with Louise still in ignorance. At the last moment he consolved himself with the thought that he would write to her and fully explain. It would be so much more generous to leave Louise in possession of her happiness for a week or two A "I would not believe you," she answered. longer. In the meantime he would seek Eleanor and banish all care in the sweetness of her presence. When he came to her home she had gone out; at any rate, so the servant said. He insisted upon being admitted, but it was of no avail. Later, when he again called the same story greeted him. Having a vague, undefined fear that something was wrong, he wrote her a note, requesting permission to call, or at least an explanation. The reply was brief, but comprehensive: "No explanation is due you," were Eleanor's words. "And it is presumption in you to make such a request. To my notion, this affair between us has gone far enough. I must beg of you, therefore, to cease those attentions you have been paying me. Henceforth all intercourse between us is broken off." Turner was dazed as he read, but it was plain enough. The writing was unmistakably Eleanor's. No explanation was given him, nothing but the bald statement with which to console himself. That afternoon, as he stood in one of the stores on the main street of the town, he saw Eleanor go by. With her there was a young woman he knew well. It made him feel sick and faint as he recognized her; he knew he could not be mistaken, for that face, that figure, and that walk, could belong to but one woman in all the world. That evening a small package, and a smaller note, were handed him by a messenger. He opened the package sufficiently to assure himself of its contents. Then he read the note: "Cousin Eleanor and I have concluded that, since your presents to girls have a strange similarity, we will return the rings you were kind enough to let us wear. Doubtless you will find others whom it will be no more difficult to fool. Wishing you continued success in your 'plural' devotions, I am, yours truly. The Woman in Politics. Apropos of the utter hopelessness of the feminine mind in the matter of politics: District Attorney Jerome had finished explaining at some length, and a trifle painfully, the present political situation to a party of females visiting his family, and was resting awhile, when one of them, looking up, said frowningly: "Yes. I understand all that; but how about this Tammany? What is he, anyway? A man or a tiger?"—New York Times. "Louise." RELIGIOUS COMMENT Giving and Receiving. If deeds of love you would achieve, This one great truth, you must believe— By giving you can best receive. With prophet poor your crust divide; The little left is multiplied, And wait is kept far from thy side. Give water with a liberal hand; And, though a famine curse the land, You never once atthirth shall stand. Scatter the seed across the field Expect that when the scythe you wield Abundant increase it will yield. Give all you have in faith that more Will be supplied from God's own store; Blessing will fall beside thy door. The naked clothe, the hungry feed, What would supply a brother's need Lay not aside in selfish greed. God sees the gift before Him laid; The liberal soul shall fat be made, The deed of love full well repaid. QUIET HOUR Who or What Is Your Master? "No man can serve two masters."—St. Matti, vi. 24. It is always impressive and helpful to have a statement intended as a rule of life uttered with authority and in language so simple and direct that it cannot be misunderstood. Jesus Christ, whose words these are, was not only the "Lord of Life," but the Master of living. He spoke not only as one having authority, but out of an experience that had tested in his own life the rules he gave for the guidance of others. That he exemplified both in letter and spirit, the principle expressed in the text is so clearly a matter of history that even his most persistent critics have not been able to gainsay. Nor should any one fail to understand the force of the axiom—"No man can serve two masters." It is a universal negative and asserts an impossible condition of service. It does not destroy the free exercise of the human will, but it places a limitation upon the functions of that will. We are so constituted that though one may boast of his independence in thought and action, nevertheless there is a mastery to which every one is ever rendering an obedient service. We must serve some master, but "no man can serve two masters." Nevertheless we are confronted with the fact that the great majority of men are endeavoring to do the very thing which is here pronounced impossible and proved to be so by all experience. Alas! how many have fallen victims to this vain endeavor; how many are still engaged in the hopeless task of a dual service. The Great Teacher gives a concrete example: "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." God, as representing the very highest, because most perfect, mastery, and Mammon, as demanding the very lowest, because the most degrading, service—each is an imperious and exacting master, and no man can be loyal to both. Their wills are so different, their commands so opposite and their ends so antagonistic that the occasion must frequently arise when one or the other will have to be despised and disobeyed if the other be honored and served. Try as we may to elude the difficulty of the situation we are forced to enlist in the service of the one or the other. Beyond a doubt Mammon rule—Mammon worship—is one of the distinctive features of the day, and few realize how deep is the impress upon life and character. There is an expression about "every man" or "everything" having its price, and the fact that it calls forth a resentment that steadily grows less pronounced indicates how far we have gone in this direction. However, there is no necessary conflict between the acquisition of wealth and the highest duty of life, but there is a necessary conflict between the master-ship of wealth and the master-ship of God. When men are so dominated by the love of gain that it becomes an absorbing passion and the higher claims of duty are made secondary they should at least be honest with themselves and know in what service they are enlisted, and not be deluded by the thought that they can "hold to the one" and not "despise the other." Unworthy service assumes other forms. Society, fashion, pleasure may be substituted for "Mammon," and we have identically the same situation. It is not a question of inconsistency or incongruity. It is not "ye ought," but "ye cannot." If, therefore, every man must serve some master, and "no man can serve two masters," and every man really does serve one master, ought not each one to deal honestly and fairly with himself, and as an intelligent and responsible being demand an answer to this very pertinent question. "Who or what is my master?"—Hutchens C. Bishop. The Echoes of Life. Among the ancient quarries of Syracuse, known as Latomiae, there is one called the Ear of Dionysius, where, tradition says, Dionysius used to conceal himself in a chamber in the upper part of the rock and listen to the whispered conversations of his political prisoners. In this lofty cavern, the slightest whisper, the rustling of a piece of paper, the striking of a match produces an extraordinary K reverberating echo, many times louder than its cause. The world is a great whispering gallery, where the words and acts, the thoughts and desires repeat themselves in louder tones, echoing again and again until they reach the everlasting hills beyond the skyline and the clouds. The last has not been heard of the sinful desire which has found a place in your heart, the impure thought has wings which carries it to the judgment seat, the angry word may rankle in the soul of a woman, but it cries for vengeance as it passes on for judgment, and the deed leaves a deeper imprint than the eagle's claw found in the rock. What are the echoes of your life saying? Do they speak of noble deeds and gentle words born of love to Christ, or are they reflections of a worldly spirit that hovers in the darkness of sin? Speak the word of peace and the angels will stoop to listen. Live a life of faith in Christ and a halo of glory will encircle the sky. The world is listening to the message of your heart. Live for Christ and the echoes of your life will speak to men of peace through the blood of the Cross. The Companionship of Christ. The higher friendship brings a satisfaction of heart, and a joy commensurate to the love. Its reward is itself, the sweet, enthailing relationship, not any advantageous gain it promises, either in the present or for the future. Even if there were no physical or moral rewards and punishments in the world, we would still love and serve Christ for his own sake. The soul that is bound by this personal attachment to Jesus has a life in the eternal, which transfigures the life in time with a great joy. This friendship with the Lord knows no fear of loss; neither life, nor death, nor things present, nor things to come can separate us. It is joy and strength in the present, and it lights up the future with a great hope. We are not much concerned about speculations regarding the future, for we know that we are in the hands of our Lover. All that we care to assert of the future is that Christ will in an even fuller degree be the environment of all Christian souls; and the effect of that constant environment will fulfill the aspiration of the apostle, "We shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." Communion produces likeness. This even now is the test of our friendship with the Lord. A Clean Heart. Nature has her own wonderful methods of cleansing. She takes the foul drop from the street gutter and carries it up into the air, to fall on some mountain top, a pure, white snowflake. Or she makes the win she swift messengers, to bear the liegiving ozone from the waves of the ocean far inland where the air is laden with impurities. These natural processes are emblems of the work of divine grace in the human heart. Not once or twice, but in cases which no man can number, has the sinner been purified from his vileness. There is no stain of sin so dark and deep that it cannot be washed away in the iflume. warned away in the tombman opened . . . for uncleanness." No penitent ever uttered the cry of David, "Create me a clean heart, O God," whose prayer did not, like the touching of an electric button, awaken the response in heaven, "I will, be thou clean." But we may be very sure of this, that God alone can make the heart clean. Not more vainly did the leper appeal to human physicians for healing than do we seek purity in our own strength. Only he who created can cleanse. The Voice of God. Just as soon as the soul becomes freed from sin does it become conscious of the voice of God. God is speaking now to you, but the din of sin roars so loudly in your ears that you do not hear the voice of God. God speaks everywhere. Everything speaks to the sensitive soul; everything in nature is a tongue of God that is speaking of his love and his mercy. The atmosphere, which is kept in such perfect equilibrium as to sustain life, speaks of God. The coming spring—the flowers—the trees, the murmuring brooks, speak of God, as well as the thunder which is the voice of his power—all these speak of God. But God speaks to us most of all in the still, small voice within, and through the word of his grace. Listen to him! The Bonds of Habit. "The other day," says the Rev. F. B. Meyer, writing in the Sunday Magazine, "I had to address some 2,000 children, and fearing lest I might fall to secure their attention. I called a lad of twelve into my pulp, and proceeded to wind around him a long knotted entanglement, first cotton, then string, next twine, next small cord, afterward rope, ending with a chain and padoock. Of course, he could break the cotton, but this led swiftly to the string, and this to a stronger one, and so on, till at last the clasp of the padlock made him fast, my prisoner, 'bound by the cords of his habits.' And I think those boys and girls will never forget the lesson of the inevitable connection between thoughts, acts, habits, character, destiny." --- 1 HOME WAISTS SHOWING DECORATIVE COLLARS. A Handsome Coat. Long tucked coats are much worn both with skirts of the material and as general wraps. This one is essentially smart and suits both purposes equally well, but, as illustrated, is made of soft gray broadcloth with A trimming of the new Parisian lamb bread in gray and white, and makes part of a costume. The tucks give the long liner that mean slenderness and grace and the collarless neck is peculiarly well adapted to wear with a fur scarf or pelerine or with any similar addition to the outfit. The sleeves are both new and smart and can be worn over those of the waist without danger of rumpling. The quantity of material required is $3\frac{1}{2}$ yards 44 or $2\frac{1}{2}$ yards 52 inches wide.—May Manton in Chicago Record-Herd. Girl's One-Piece Apron. An exceedingly pretty apron is shown here in an original design. pretty apron is original design, made up in lawn and edged with embroidery. The apron is in one piece and slips on over the head. This means aaving in the labor of making, for there are no buttons and buttonholes and no back opening. A narrow belt is worn with the dress and if desired, pockets might be added. MAID Aside from the simplicity of the design and make any one can see at a glance how easily a garment of this kind could be laundered, the front and back being the same. It requires only a few minutes' time to make the garment and as little time to freshen it up by laundering. Lawn, dimity, cross-barred muslin, glugham and batiste are suitable materials. Pretty and Serviceable. The common custom of using rush mats under hot dishes as a protection to the polished wood does not appeal to a housewife as giving an air of daintiness to a prettily set dining ta- ble, and we suggest a pretty idea for table mats. Cut a round or oblong piece of linen the size desired and embroider with sprays of flowers or a conventional design, then cut two pieces half as large for the under side. Place the two straight edges together, which should be on the selvage at the middle across the center. When placed in this manner they are the size of the upper piece, and both should be basted together and a scallop worked around the edge through the top and under side. Now you have a mat with an opening in the center, into which you can slip a piece of asbestos cut the shape of the linen, only a trifle smaller. When the mat needs laudering, slip out the asbestos and lauder as doilies. Flaring Turbans Stylish: In turbans, the canotier, or boat shape, still holds first place, though some round and box shapes are seen. These hats are made in quilted silk, in chenille or braided felt, in beaver, in velvet, in fur. Little bouton roses will hold the popularity they have gained this summer and the most famous of the Parisian milliners show a liking for the mingling of these tiny roses in a very deep red and tea rose, or yellowish pink shade. One black velvet hat with high crown and broad brim has prim little roses in these two colors grouped around the crown like a high dog collar, with a cluster of the flowers at the side, from which starts one black plume curling over the brim and down over the shoulder. Fashions of the Hour. All reception frocks will be cut very full, lying on the ground all round and showing any amount of stitchery. The intricacies of dress-making are greater than ever and, despite the attempt at apparent simplicity, the enormous amount of detail in every frock worthy of note is such that only experts can undertake it with any hope of success. The woman who can afford two or three superior frocks has a good investment, because there is so much work in them and the materials are so suspicious that they really ought to last a longer time than usual. Fashions of the hour are costly, and it is useless to pretend they are not. Proper Dance Frocks. Very finely accordion-plaited frocks are de rigueur for dances; and the fichu and wide berthe of lace and indeed of ribbon, are both popular. A delightful vleux rose crystalline frock for a young girl had both bodice and skirt finely plaited. Round the hem were medallions of cream Brussels applique, outlined with black velvet leaves. The accordion-plaited bodice was inserted with straggling applique leaves on the lace and a deep berthe of the same fell over the shoulders. The arm was bare at the top, while the full sleeve was put on just above the elbow and held in place by black velvet leaves, which looked particularly well on the white arm. Fashionable Fabrics. Among the fashionable fabrics zibeline and the rough mixtures are the best materials for street suits. The variety shown in these materials is almost endless. Zibelines come in so many colors and combinations that they furnish material for severe tailor suits, for dressy wraps and for elaborate costumes. Then the novelty zibelines are seen in spotted and "nub" effects, stripes, irregular figures and pepper and salt patterns. Petticoats of Paris. The flannel petticoat is seen once more at the leading lingerie shops in Paris. It is beautifully shaped and trimmed with frills of silk, often inserted with medallions of coarse silk embroidery. In most cases these are lined with thin silk. As a matter of fact, flannel is a lovely fabric if it is only treated properly, and nowadays the manufacturers produce it in the most beautiful colorings. Such garments entirely upset all our old ideas WAISTS SHOWING DECORATIVE CO of the red flannel petticoats of our grandmothers! New Fancy in Gloves. Soft gauntlets that pull on and shape to the arm are the newest fancies in gloves. They fit snugly over the wrist in the back and the little fullness is gathered to the front with an inside elastic band. If they are of dark kid, they are lined with a delicate light gray or pink. An unusually striking pair was of black lined with soft yellow. Another pretty evening glove is shaded from very light gray in the hand up to quite dark in the gauntlet. Pretty Dressing Sack Attractiveness is as important a factor as comfort in the selection of a dressing sack, and both these details were considered in designing the one shown here, in figured material and having a prettily shaped collar and deep cuff in plain colored material. It takes no more time to make up a pretty dressing sack, and the material costs no more, than to make up a com- a dressing sack, and both these details were considered in designing the one shown here, in figured material and having a prettily shaped collar and deep cuff in plain colored material. It takes no more time to make up a pretty dressing sack, and the material costs no more, than to make up a common looking garment—and how much more satisfaction there is in feeling that you have a pretty, neat sack of the latest design. The design soows a tucked yoke in front, thus enabling one to make a dainty, pretty design without the large collar. The sack may be worn with or without the belt. For a neat little dressing sack that is nice enough for afternoon wear as well as for a morning sack this is a good model to follow. Made up in figured Japanese silk or challis, and using white or plain colored material for collar and cuffs, one fashions a most charming design. Cashmere, albatross, fleece-lined material and silk are suitable to the mode. Cape collar of cream crepe de chine bands, joined by fagoting and bor- A dered with silk fringe. The neck is finished by an application of ceru lace. Belt buckle of silver with colored stones. Fashion Tips Silky broadcloth is used for separate waistls. Wood fiber lace in two tones trims the rough fabrics. Soft shades of gray and white have won my lady's favor. The plainest serge gown is wonderfully touched up by collars and cuffs of oriental embroidery. LLARS. Fashion never presented so many contradictions. Have a waist of Louisine or chiffon exactly matching your coat suit. A new modliness is to cut the cloth gown out into a design showing lace beneath. For the little maid a frock of plaid material is always fashionable. One of the picture hats has a realistc spiderweb embroidered on the broad, upturned brim. J. G. Gallemore, proprietor of the Saisbury Press-Spectator for eighteen years, has sold his paper to J. Ritzenthaler of Huntsville. The price is said to have been $6,000. Jewell Mayes, editor of the Richmond Missourian, is now known as President Mayes. He was elected chief executive officer of the Northwest Missouri Press association in St. Joseph a few days ago. The editor of the Filmore Lever is pleased over a trale he made recently. "We swapped a brass horn for a good sized hog the other day," he says. "Music may have charms to soothe the savage beast, but it doesn't have a filling effect on the empty stomach." A Chicago man who wrote a Henry county farmer wanting to sell him a sulky plow, was surprised to receive the following reply: "Deer Sur: I kain't use no sulky plow. I have enough troubel gittin the old kind to run without tryin none that is liable to balk on me." A Cameron paper printed a paragraph to the effect that a man in Cameron, who has been married thirty years, still kisses his wife when he leaves home, which led the Osborne Enterprise to say: "Swartartsville has a man, married thirty-five years, who kisses his neighbor's wife every time his neighbor leaves home and Osborne has a man married forty years, who not only kisses his wife when he leaves home, but kisses the hired girl when his wife leaves home." Justice Michelson, giving police judge of St. Joseph, has this to say of those who carry concealed weapons: "The man who carries concealed weapons, a revolver, a knife, knuckles or a billy, is a coward. He is not only a coward, but he is a disgrace to mankind. He should be deprived of his freedom and put in a place where he will not do injury to his fenowmen. If it were not for him there would not be nearly so many murderers in our prisons. Many otherwise bright and honorable young men unwittingly follow his example and before they know it they are arrested to answer to the charge of taking human life. As long as I sit on this bench this class of law breakers will get the limit, full time in the city workhouse and the biggest cash fine I can impose." A Brookfield man turned the hands of the clock of time back thirty years last week long enough to sell a wagon load of "long green" tobacco by the handful on the streets. A young man named Wrightrott applied to a Kirksville editor for a job last week. The editor was going to employ him, but changed his mind when he heard the applicant's name. The first cob pipes made in Missouri were whitttled out by a German cabinet maker at Warrensburg named Frans Tibbs, in the early 70s. He afterwards moved to Washington, Franklin county, and became wealthy, manufacturing the famous Missouri meerschaum. It is well hard impossible to leave the kingdom of Callaway after once settling there. James Howard decided a few months ago that some other part of the country would suit him better and he sold his Callaway county farm and lett. Last week he bought it back and has declared that the kingdom of Callaway is good enough for him. The negro Knight of Pythias are preparing to build a $75,000 temple in St. Louis. The St. Joseph News and Press has discovered that it pays to burn the midnight oil—that is, it pays Rockefeller. The ugliness of the alligator has its use, it seems. A Joplin negro who saw an alligator in a window there the other day was so frightened he went and signed the pledge right away. The Platte County Argus found it necessary to have two supplements last week. The Kansas City young man who bought an interest in the paper recently seems to have taken some of the "Kansas City Spirit" to Platte City with him. The Braymen Comet ran a column Thursday of contributions in prose and verse from different people telling what they were thankful for. The following is a sample of them: "Tun thankful for all the blessings—blessings from north and south. But I'm glad I came in the dark moon, and didn't all run to mouth"—Ben J. Kite. Captain W. G. Watkins, of Clinton, has in his possession his own death warrant, issued and signed by the United States officers during the Civil war, Captain Watkins was sentenced to be shot for recruiting Confederate soldiers inside the Union lines. He escaped from Gratet prison in St. Louis, where he was confined awaiting the death penalty, and was never recaptured. Recently Captain Watkins secured the warrant for his own death. He prizes the war relic highly. Mayor Ong of Laclede is another man who should drop over to Moberly and meet Mayor Ab Dingle. The Buckner Tribune issued its annual trade edition Saturday. The edition is one Buckner should be proud of. Four Sarcoxile druggists have been arrested for selling liquor, or as the Rich Hill Review would say, "for selling unseoulled." The editor of the Brookfield Argus headed his column of Linn county news last week, "Linn-o-Types," and, while one or two smoke of it, nobody stopped the paper." LEWIS WOODS..... Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ..... 81.64 Six months ..... 75 Three months ..... 65 One month ..... 12 Satisfy paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for pub lication should reach our office not less than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. OFFICE: No. 117 West Sixth St., Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates For one inch, one insertion . . . $ 5.0 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . $ 2.0 For two inches, three months . . . $ 5.0 For two inches, nine months . . . $ 10.0 For two inches, twelve months . . . $ 15.0 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1903. Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Rising Son. In response to your inquiry, I beg to say your publication is duly entered as second class matter at this office and regularly mailed. Very respectfully, J. H. HARRIS, Postmaster. From every quarter the Negro is being cried down and denounced a failure. At times it seems that there is good reason for it. If the present generation is a failure it is time that something was being done for the rising generation. Why do not the negro preachers and teachers get together and work on the homes. When the homes are right, the rest will take care of itself. The black man has yet to learn that he should make a law for his own household and that he is responsible for not carrying it out. The Negro may rail all he has a mind to and talk about prejudice driving him to the wall. He will be driven just so long as he does not turn to his God and live right. What are the churches doing for the people and what are the schools turning out? The Republicans are beginning to make a survey of the field for mayoralty timber for next spring. Some advance the idea of selecting a reputable business man to head the ticket, providing that one can be secured. It is understood that much pressure will be brought to bear to induce Mr. Walter S. Dickey to run. Should the Republicans be successful in their effort to bring Mr. Dickey out, there will be a contest between the two political parties worthy of note. Mr. Dickey is onoe of the best known business men in the state of Missouri. He stands high in the councils of the party and is admired by the leading citizens of Kansas City. THIS SERMON WAS DELIVERED BY REV. A. R. BOND. He said it has been quite a while since I have had the pleasure of speaking to you in Allen Chapel. I am pleased to have the pleasure of looking in your faces this morning. My text will be the word of God, 23d chapter part of 11th verse of Isaiah. Watchman, what of the night? We regard this occasion as Thanksgiving as thanksgiving day; we must be little liberal; we keep this day. United States President Roosevelt set aside this day; speaks of it. We simply ourselves are to protect and supply our wants. We want to look upwards. We want to be intellectual as well as physical. We should be more apprehensive. I look through this great land of commerce. Look R. R. how many own shares in them? How many own shares in Pecks' Jones' Emery, Bird, Thayers, other business firms do we own. If we did we could have more to say about the establishment. Watchmen, what of the night? This a time of great apprehension. The man who hangs his harp on the willow himself is no man to make success in this country. The man or woman who is right, God will protect them. I don't believe you are as God fearing as you use to be. Young people respect their parent's religion --- as they use to while back. If we practice what we preach God will help us. Let us attend church more, dancing clubs less. Trust God more. Let one business Negro should associate with another business Negro. Don't associate with low class people. Since I have been in this town I meet a few Negroes who are transacting business with the bank. Some few have bank accounts. That's what more of the mneed. Some of the Negroes have done remarkably well since the war. They could of done better. What we must do is to push this enterprise as much as possible. We want to fix a place of employment for our boys and girls when they come out of these colleges. We must save the dollars. Money takes all the color out of a man's skin and the kink out of his hair; makes rich and curly. To do this it requires moral training. What we want to do is to begin at the foot of the ladder and climb up; not stand at the top and fall down. What we want is Artellectual seeking of life, business sagacity. His closing words were: "God moves in mysterious ways wonders to perform. Mrs. L. Ashton Woods, graduate of Freedmen's Hospital and Training School for Nurses at Washington, D.C. Superintendent of Moses Provident Hospital at Baltimore, Md., and late Superintendent of Douglass Hospital and Training School at Kansas City, Kas. Mrs. Woods is well informed along the line of the care, management and appreciation of a hospital by her people. The training of our young colored women in the profession of nursing and sending them out to care for the poor sick in their homes and work hand in hand with the physician, will eventually break down the prejudice that now exists among the colored people to a hospital. Mrs. Woods has formed and incorporated her association under the state laws of Kansas with headquarters at 347 Washington Avenue, Kansas City, Kas. The officers names are as follows: Mrs. Laura B. Smith, President. Miss Frances Gamer, Vice President. Mrs. Ella E. Braxton, Rec. Sec'y. Miss Emma T. Brown, Cor. Sec'y. Mrs. Armilda C. Scott, (Bonded) Treasurer. Mrs. L. Ashton Woods, General Superintendent and Manager. The association has fitted up a branch office at 1227!2 Highland 'avenue. Kansas City, Mo., where nurses can be had at any time. Secret orders can have their sick cared for at reasonable rates. Churches can have their poor sick cared for by calling up a nurse. The association has made arrangements with the editor of the Rising Son to open and run a subscription list for the contributors. The list was kindly headed by Rev. S. W. Bacote, with a large base burner, hard coal stove. Commencing November 1st, through daily sleeping car service, Kansas City to Jacksonville, Florida, via Memphis, Pirmingham and Atlanta, will be inaugurated by the Frisco System and will be continued throughout the winter months. The Southeastern Limited train leaves Kansas Cit yat 6:30 p. m. daily, making the run to Jacksonville in 38 hours. In addition to through sleeper to Jacksonville this train carries elegant chair cars and Observation Cafe car, operated by Fred Harvey. No other line offers such superb service. For further information write or address J. C. Lovrien, Ass't Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Kansas City, Mo. The sad intelligence has just been received of the death of Mrs. Walter Smith, of Minneapolis, Mrs. Smith was well known here. Her maiden name was Mamie Thomkins, sister of Mrs. Fannie Brinkley. She married Walter Smith in this city about 16 years ago and they lived here until 6 years ago, when they moved their family to Minneapolis and purchased a beautiful home on Chicago avenue, where they have since lived. Mrs. Smith left a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Mrs. Smith was an active member of St. Augustine church while she was here and was an earnest worker and organist in the church at Minneapolis. She was a fine musician and had often appeared before the Kansas City public. Kansas City friends extend their deepest, heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. This Beats Solomcn's Widows. They say there is nothing new. How is this: A man from the country approached a Globe reporter to-day, and said: "I wish you would say a woman in our neighborhood is griving so much over her husband, who died last April, that the neighbors are tired of it."—Atchison Globe. 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Boys', Girls', Misses' and Ladies—cloth, jersey, velvet, corduroy, leasher, etc., for children 3 to 8 years. 75c, 98c, $1.25, $1.75, and $2.50 Misses' and Ladies' black all wool Jersey 98c to $1.25 Emery, B Successors to BULLENE, N 554 GRAND. TOM NORWOOD. Have Your Suit made to Order at 715 and Save time and Money, Perfect Fit---Price Suit $10, $ CALL AND INSPECT OUR STOCK THOS. FLOOD C Have Your Suit made to Order at 715 E. 18th St. and Save time and Money. Money, it $10, $15 up. OUR STOCK OD CO. e e and more, hip or hop Shop. I cure your around the The DRUGGIST. charge if you will call Phone 1211 Grand. BOHM, R.. 17 West 9th St. Saves You Y If ills galore affect you sore And palns beset you more and more, Then do not stop; run, skip or hop To SMITH'S Apothocary Shop. With drops and pills he'll cure your ills And "PIGE" will bring around the bills. Be Sure to Patronize SMITH The D He will deliver your goods free of charge if you 908 E. 12th St. Phone J. SEGELBO ..TAILOR.. H The DRUG of charge if you will call Phone 1211 C LBOH OR.. 17 West 9 It Saves Y EY He will deliver your goods free of charge if you will call 908 E. 12th St. Phone 1211 Grand. The Store That Save MONEY IN We invite you to come and inspect our good before buying elsewhere. May, Stern & Southwest corner 11th and Main Sts., Kansas pect our goods and elsewhere. m & Co min Sts., Kansas City, M at our goods and prices where. & Co., Sts., Kansas City, Mo. We invite you to come and inspect our goods and prices before buying elsewhere. IF YOU HAVE NEGLECTED Attending our great closing out sale of Sheet Music and Musical Instruments, you have done yourself an injustice. Think what we're doing! We are offering BELOW COST one of the largest Music stocks in the West. If you, personally, care anything for music, or if you have a friend who would appreciate it, buy it now. You will have no such opportunity to get Music of this kind at such remarkably low prices again in a long time to come. Much of it is going at a clear loss. arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY 423-30 WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO M. Brancato & Bro., Fresh and Salt Fancy and Staple ...Meats... Groceries. Oysters, Fish and Game in season. Fruits and Vegetables. Canned Goods of all kinds. Tel 2412 Black. 211 W. 61th St. and have a good social game of pool at..... I have a nice line of clears and tobacco....Sam Jones to shine your shoes and S. L. Clemens, the barber. GRAND. TOM NORWOOD. Opposite New York Life Bldg. Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, Stoves and Everything that goes to make Home Beautiful. sizes 5 to 16 $3.75 A beautiful holiday c four-in-ha 5.00. Boys' Fash 75c and $1.00 $1.00 St Boys' Fash 7 to 16 year the men's $1.25, Boys' Co Trousers on sleeve y, Bird, Th BULLENE, MOORE, EMERY DAVID T. BEALS, President. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice-Prest. Union No. KANSA Statement as made to the C. close of bus. Loans and discounts..... U. S. Bonds, at par..... Municipal Bonds at par..... Cash and Sigat Exchange Total..... LI Capital Stock..... Surplus Fund..... Undivided profits..... Unearned interest..... National Bank Notes Outs. Deposits..... D I R Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency al the close of business Feb. 6, 1903. David T. Beals. L. T. James. A. J. Geo. R. Barse. C. W. Whitehead. J. P. Edword George. H. J. Roseerans. O. E. C. J. Schmelzer. "BE A DRINK "BE A SPORT." DRINK... Quaker Maid Rye. ...A Swell Drink for Swell People... For Sale Everywhere. S. HIRSCH & CO., KANSAS CITY, MO 59c, 75c, 98c and $1.25 Boys' Neckwear A beautiful selection of holiday choosing. Strsn four-in-hands, etc.. A beautiful selection of fine Silk Ties for holiday choosing. Strsngs, bows, windsors, four-in-hands, etc. 250 and 500 Boys' Housecoats 7 to 16 years. A very priate present. $3.99 Boys' Fancy Shirts 75c and $1.00 Shirts $1.00 Star Waist Boys' Fancy Vests 7 to 16 years. A neat so the men's styles. $1.25, $1.50, $1.90 Boys' Cowboy or I Trousers and shirt of t on sleeves and pant leg L, Thayer E. EMERY & CO. Boys' Fancy Shirts and Shirtwaists 75c and $1.00 Shirts $1.00 Star Waists . . . 75c Boys' Fancy Vests 7 to 16 years. A neat selection, copied after the men's styles. $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50 Boys' Cowboy or Indian Suits Trousers and shirt of tan cloth with fringe on sleeves and pant legs; sizes 4 to 11 years. $74 cents National KANSAS CITY, Ade to the Comptroller close of business Feb. 6 Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. discounts..... $ 523.0 is at par..... 327.4 Bonds at par..... 4,180 Sigat Exchange..... 4,180 al..... Loans and discounts.....$5,981,798.36. U. S. Bonds, at par.....$ 523,000.00 Municipal Bonds at par.....327,441.14 Cash and Satar Exchange.....4,180,685.29 5,031,126.48 Stock ..... Fund ..... Profits ..... Interest ..... Bank Notes Outstanding ..... Capital Stock ..... $ 600,000.00 Surplus Fund ..... 800,000.00 Undivided profits ..... 78,771.60 Unearned interest ..... 94,93.00 National Bank Notes Outstanding ..... 423,000.00 Deposits ..... 9,516,170.17 $11,012,924.79 James. A. J. Snider. G. Whitehead. J. P. Merrill. Ge Rosecrans. O. H. Dean. Ge Schmelzer. E. E A SPO RESOURCES LIABILITIES DIRECTORS. 48 cents ts . . . 75c ts t selection, copied after $1.75, $2.00, $2.50 Indian Suits of tan cloth with fringe legs; sizes 4 to 11 years. $74 cents W. H. SEIGER, 2nd Vice-President CHAS. H. L. V LEWIS, Cashier National Bank M, MO. of the Currency at the 6, 1903. $5,981,798.36. 123,000.00 27,441.14 180,685.29 5,031,126.48 $11,012,924.79 $ 600,000.00 800,000.00 78,771.60 94,983.00 423,000.00 9,516,170.17 $11,012,924.79 Fernando P. Nea W. E. Thorne Feix L. La Force. G. W. Lovejoy. Fernando P. Nea Geo. W. Jones. W. E. Thorne Geo. D. Ford. Felix L. La Force. E. W. Zea. NEWS & GASSIP Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here an chase That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Read the Son. Wedding bells will ring during the holidays. Mrs. John Day, who has been quite ill, is convalescent. See Rhodes for your Christmas printing. Phone 1308 Main. Mrs. Leon Jordon has gone to Topeka to spend a couple of months. Several swell parties are talked of for the holidays. The Second Baptist church has a rally Sunday. Read the Son and keep up with the times. For concert and entertainment programs, tickets, etc., call on Rhodes, 11 West Ninth street. Samples of fine wedding stationery—the latest, at Rhodes, No. 11 West Ninth street. The Silver Leaf Club gave its regular monthl ydance last night at the Vendome. The Ladies Art Club met with Mrs. Jones, 2418 Montgall avenue, Wednesday afternoon. The Ladies Whist Club will be entertained Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Sandy Edwards, 2000 Olive. The aristocracy of Harrison street is making grand prepaarations for a wedding Christmas week. Five hundred and twenty dollars was realized at the Thanksgiving rally at Allen Chapel. Mrs. Dominicent Queenan gave a dinner party to several of her friends Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Robert Simpson gave a dinner party to a number of her friends Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Rhodes, of Blue Springs was up to the Fortnightly Dancing Club Friday night. Miss Geneva Willey, who has been sick for some time is able to be at school again. The intentions of the Rising Son are to treat the colored patrons right and just, but you must make up your mind to pay for same. When you send in your notices to be published, you must find time to send in your change, or else they will be set aside. Mrs. Crump has been ill and confined to her room for the past three weeks, but is a little better at this writing. All parties that went to Topeka on Thanksgiving day report a fine time. The Kansas City boys won the prize in the drill contest. For Christmas and New Year Cards see Rhodes. Knights Templar Cards. Knights Pythias Cards. Masonic Cards. Odd Fellow Cards. In raised gold $1.25 per 100. Madame writes us that her and her son Lucius arrived in Washington, D. C., safe and sound in time to eat Thanksgiving dinner with her parents. The great department store of Emery, Bird & Thayer is worthy and deserving of the patronage of our people, the managers of that corporation are men of broad end expansive minds. They are liberal and believe in aiding in the uplifting of humanity. Next year being Leap Year, we suppose that a goodly number of the gentlemen will keep open house New Year's Day and the ladies will have the pleasure of going fro mhouse to house and wishing them a happy New Year. PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL Miss F. F. Jones, recently of Philadelphia, Pa., has reopened her private day and boarding school for girls in this city at 1213 Bellefontaine avenue. Primary, academic, and college preparatory. Private lessons also given to persons preparing for civil service or other examinations. For terms address Miss F. F. Jones, 1213 Bellefontaine avenue. Miss Jones is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has taught in Wilberforce University, Paul Quinn College, Texas, and the State Normal College of Florida. Dr. Sophia B. Jones, a graduate of the medical department of the University of Michigan, is enrolled among Kansas City's physicians. Dr. Jones has had much experience, having been resident physician in Spellman Seminary. Atlanta, where she established the first Nurse's Training School in the South, and also in Wilberforce University. She was until her removal to Kansas City, on the staff of Douglas Hospital, Philadelphia. She may be found at 1213 Bellefontaine avenue, where she will do office work for the present. Office hours, 10 to 12 a. m., 4 to 6 p.m. 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. The little folks are having their Bazar this afternoon and evening (December 5) at the residence of Mrs. D. N. Crosthwaite, 1320 East Fourteenth street, for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans Home. All are earnestly requested to call and help a worthy cause. The aged mother of Mr. Ell Harris died at his residence, 2435 Flora avenue, Wednesday morning at 4 o'clock. Remarkable was the devotion bestowed upon this kond old lady by Mr. Harris and his wife. Nothing was too good for "mother." For years Mr. Harris has been a worker in the Home. He is a quiet worker but one ever to be depended upon when hard lines are reacquired. He has the sympathy of all the members of the Home. PULLMAN PORTERS AGITATING A MOVE TO SECURE LIVING WAGES—DECLINE OF THE TIP For several years past the wages of the Pullman car porter has been declining. In other words, the tips which he has been accustomed to receive has become minimized and the resulto is that the wages which are allowed him is about all that he gets. The present wages received by a Pullman porter does not secure him a living, especially if he has a family to provide for. The scale of wages was originally fixed by the company on a basis assuming that the porter secured a smuch more from the passenger in tips. Many years ago the Pullman car passengers tipped the porter's quite liberally, thus bringing the porter's wages up to a decent sum and enabled him to support his family. But the term "liberally" in this connection has been changed to "meagerly" and the porter is now inclined to look to the company for such increase of wages as will secure him a living. The Pullman car porter is put to an expense at both ends of the line. This fact, coupled with the withdrawal of tips leaves him in a very embarrassed condition. The question has been taken up by the Pullman Porter's Brotherhood and the matter intelligently discussed. In the discussion an idea was reached that a meeting of the porters of the several districts be held in Chicago at which a petition shall be prepared to be sent to the Pullman Palace Car Co., requesting an increase of wages. Another thing which hampers not only the Pullman porters, but all others employed in similar work is that of the marked increase in the cost of living. It is known that every line of provisions has been steadily soaring skyward until now the cost of living has reached an increase of twenty-five per cent and of this fact the Pullman company and all other companies are fully aware. The petition which the Pullman boys are preparing to send to the company will be fittingly prepared and intelligently presented. The Pullman company has in its employ some of the most intelligent Negroes of the race, men of character and integrity who will use every honorable and just-means to secure from the Pullman company a concession which will enable them to support their families and keep themselves in a presentable shape while in the discharge of their duties. 112 and 114 East Sixth street. Sam Chandler. Hotel, restaurant, barber shop. pool room and all the leading brands of cigars. Stop and check up. NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is unlike any of the other Hair preparations on the chemicals, and is therefore able to handle dangerous and roots of the Hair, removes dandruff and other diseases of the scalp and skin, nourishing and stimulating the roots of the Hair, thereby causing it to grow rich, long and luxurious, and the same time stopping it from splitting, breaking off or breaking off the hair soft and pliable, making it easy to do up in any style. Delightfully perfumed. NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is sold by druggists and agents everywhere. PRICE: 25 CENTS A CAN. If you cannot get it from your druggist or one of our agents, SEND US 30 CENTS, in stamps, silver or Money Order, and we will send you one large can of FREE BRUSH OFFER. Address: J. P. Williams, H. T. Sommerville. Artistic tailors. Suits made to order. Ladies' tailoring neatly done. Altering, repairing and cleaning. All work guaranteed. $ 615 \frac{1}{2} $ East Twelfth St. Kansas City, Mo. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IS THE... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services atlotly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. Z. T. JORDAN, Manager Quick and Pleasant FRISCO SYSTEM Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida And the Southeast, and to Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas And the Southwest. Detailed information as to excursion dates, rates, train service, etc., furnished upon application to James Donohue, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair look better. It shines the scalp, prevents the hair from fallning and makes the hair grow long and silky. Solder over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted for straightening hair. Beware of sold for straightening hair. Beware of it that healthy, life-like appearance is much desired. A toilet necessity for ladies. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every step. Use with dealers and retailers for one boththe express charges. Send postal or express money order. Please mention name of this product. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabush Ave., Chicago, Illinois. NELSON'S St NELSON'S STRONGHITTLE BEST FOR THE HAIR It is THE NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is unlike any other market. It is chemicals, and is therefore absolutely BARRIER and roots of the Hair, removes dandruff and nourishing and stimulating the roots of the long and luxurious, at the same time stops falling out. STRAIGHTINE keeps the Hair soft in any style. Delightfully perfumed. NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is sold by draggers CENTS A GAN. If you cannot get it from your US 30 CENTS, in stamps, silver or Money Order (one month's treatment) by mail, securely FREE BRUSH OFFER. Address: AGENTS WANTED Write for Terms and Particulars NELSON of your fur money saved if you come here for them. Watch for our Big Fur Sale SATURDAY. Nebraska Clothing Co. THE GREAT SOUHERN HAIR POMADE. 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 iterms to agents. F. J. NOTT, PARIS, MO. 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. THE OLD HOME CHILI RESTAURANT, L. L. Thompson. Proprietor. MEALS 15 CENTS. Every Meal Worth the Money ..... Porter house steak from 35 cents up ..... 327 W. 6th St., Kansas City, Mo. Shaving and Haircutting next door. There you will find a Pool Hall in good order. All at S. M. Chamler's, U.S. E. 6th. TEST HAIR DRESSING Straightine Makes Kinky, Curly Hair Straight It is not only the BEST DRESSING made for the Hair, but THE MOST WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER like any of the other Hair preparations on the market. It contains no powerful or dangerous only MARMLESS. It works directly upon the scalp druggist and other diseases of the scalp and skin, of the Hair, thereby causing it to grow rich, time stopping it from splitting, breaking off or Hair soft and pliable, making it easy to do up ed. dy druggists and agents everywhere. PRICE. 25 from your druggist or one of our agents, SEND money order, and we will send you one large can securely wrapped, together with our great NELSON M'F'G CO., Richmond, Va. ```markdown ``` Browning, King @ Co. RESIRE TO ANNNOUNCE to my friends that still wait for you at Browning, Cing & Co., the best most reliable clothing house in Kansas city. I state that we are fully prepared to meet the of men, boys and children, in the neatest and most of winter clothing. Our stock embraces every men clothing needed by men, boys and children. Shirt waists, sweaters, knee pants, two and three caps, hats and overcoats for boys and children. clothing for men in suits, overcoats, ulcers and furps, cravenetts and mackintosh rain coats. We full lines of men's hate in soft and stiff styles of best shapes and excellent qualities at low prices. Name ef Browning, King & Co. is a guarantee to add all of our patrons. Call, ask for me; I will be able to serve you in any way I can. I DESIRE TO ANNIE I still wait for you at best and most reliable cloth further state that we are wants of men, boys and o warmest of winter clothing thing in clothing needed Shirts, shirt waists, sweat suits, caps, hats and overe Everything for men in su nishings, cravenetts and t have full lines of men's h the latest shapes and exce The name of Browning, one and all of our patron pleased to serve you in an DESIRE TO ANNNOUNCE to my friends that I still wait for you at Browning, Cing & Co., the best and most reliable clothing house in Kansas city. I further state that we are fully prepared to meet the wants of men, boys and children, in the neatest and warmest of winter clothing. Our stock embraces everything in clothing needed by men, boys and children. Shirts, shirt waists, sweaters, knee pants, two and three suits, caps, hats and overcoats for boys and children. Everything for men in suits, overcoats, ulsters and furnishings, cravenetts and mackintosh rain coats. We have full lines of men's hate in soft and stiff styles of the latest shapes and excellent qualities at low prices. The name of Browning, King & Co. is a guarantee to one and all of our patrons. Call, ask for me; I will be pleased to serve you in any way I can. --- Strong & Garfields Top-Notch Shoes. In our search for the best this line satisfies for years of experience demonstrates its superiority over all others. The Non-Auqua sole is found in no other line and affords the wearea DRY WARM FOOT. Lady Mills Marmaduke Ovlatt Shoe Co., 520 Minn. Ave., 1105 Main, K. C. Kas. K. C. Mo. e the Discount debate of 10c per Thousand on all November bills paid on or before Dec. 10th. Kansas City Mo. Gas Co. Save the Rebate of 10c all Novemb or before Kansas City Rebate of 10c per Thousand on all November bills paid on or before Dec. 10th. At this season of the year when doors and usually kept closed, consumers of gas in instanta eaters, in bath room or in Round Water Heat Circulating Tank in kitchen can be saved the unpleasant odors arising from imperfect connecting all such appliances to a chimney flue. season of the year when doors and windows are closed, consumers of gas in instantaneous Water bath room or in Round Water Heaters attach ing Tank in kitchen can be saved the annoyant odors arising from imperfect combustion will such appliances to a chimney flue. At this season of the year when doors and windows are usually kept closed, consumers of gas in instantaneous Water Heaters, in bath room or in Round Water Heaters attached to Circulating Tank in kitchen can be saved the annoyance of unpleasant odors arising from imperfect combustion by connecting all such appliances to a chimney flue. OFFICE HOURS. First half of month. Last half of month. The Magic Hair THE necessity of a practical tions or to curly hair has and women, endowed by me of hair, have found ordinary con- tractively an easy matter to possibility to straighten early quickly, effectively and satisfac- uncontrolable head of hair or be- lowing instructions, will straight will not. It will save the loss of It is positively the only device tha- use of the Stra ghtener after the better than the many methods of cidedly the risk of catching cold, bar with a handle of comfortab- nary heat by means of gas, lamp tached parallel to it, by an ingen- for use. The teeth of the com- ments of the user. The full length ens' use and straightens a heavy teeth shortened is preferable for an indispensable article of toilet personal appearance. It has the en MAGIC HAIR STRA 407 C magic Hair Straightener and Shampoo Drier... essibility of a practical contrivance for straightening refracter too early hair has long been apparent. The many menomen endowed by nature with unruly and rebellious heads found ordinary combing unproductive of results. It is an easy matter to curl straight hair but almost an immo straighten early hair. The Magic Hair Straightener actively and satisfactorily brings under subjection the most head of hair or beard. It's use a few minutes daily. Followings, will straighten the hair where hours of combing will save the loss of hair that excessive combing produces, only the only device that will accomplish such results. The straightener after the shampoo, will dry the hair quicker and the many methods ordinarily employed, and lessen very deisk of catching cold. The Straightener consists of a steel handle of comfortable grip. The bar is heated to an ordinance of gas, lamp or common stove, the comb then at tel to it, by an ingenious arrangement, and is then ready the teeth of the comb can be regulated to suit the require-user. The full length of the teeth is best adapted for womestraightens a heavy head of hair as fast as combed. The need is preferable for men's hair and beard. It will be foundable article of toilet by all who take pride in their appearance. It has the endorsements of physicians price. $1.25 ADDRESS HAIR STRAIGHTENER MFG. CO., First half of month, 8:30 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. Last half of month, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. THE necessity of a practical contravariance for straightening refractions or too early hair has long been apparent. The many men and women, endowed by nature with unruly and rebellious heads of hair, have found ordinary combing unproductive of results. It is comparatively an easy matter to curl straight hair but almost an impossibility to straighten early hair. The Magic Hair Straightener quickly, effectively and satisfactorily brings under subjection the most uncontrollable head of hair or beard. It's use a few minutes daily, following instructions, will straighten the hair where hours of combing will not. It will save the loss of hair that excessive combing produces. It is positively the only device that will accomplish such results. The use of the Straightener after the shampoo, will dry the hair quicker and better than the many methods ordinarily employed, and lessen very decidedly the risk of catching cold. The Straightener consists of a steel bar with a handle of comfortably-grip. The bar is heated to an ordinary heat by means of gas, lamp or common stove; the comb then at tached parallel to it, by an ingenious arrangement; and is then ready for use. The teeth of the comb can be regulated to suit the requirements of the user. The full length of the teeth is best adapted for womens' use and straightens a heavy head of hair as fast as combed. The teeth shortened is preferable for mens' hair and beard. It will be found an indispensable article of toilet by all who take pride in their personal appearance. It has the endorsements of physicians, price $1.25 --- --- B & K MADE IN MILAN 1101 MAIN ST. AGENTS WANTED. Yours very truly. W. W. WATERS STRONG AND GARFIELD CO'S "WALL STREET" The John Kelly Shoe You who have worn them know they are good and give the best satisfaction in style, comfort and service. Our mid-season styles are correct and give you the latest ideas of FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR. 1105 Main, K. C. Mo 520 Minn. Ave., K. C. Kas. 407 Century Building MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The following lines may be read either up or down without altering the sense: The stars were all alight, The overcast fair was clouded; I named her queen of night, And she my four stops led. So wondrous fair was she, I be mother, As she glanced up at me I thrilled with love divine. Beside the meadow bars, As she stood lingering there, Her eyes were like the stars, I radiance wondrous fair, "You're all the world me!" She murmured sweet and shy A thrill of ecstasy I felt at her reply. Love led us all the way, As we turned home again; On our way we saw the world was blissful then. Though shadows cross the sky, No gloom our hearts could know; True bliss is ever night. When hearts are beended so —Denver Times. ```markdown ``` The ambulance dashed up to the door of St. Michael's, and Dr. Feyton sprang out. Hurriedly he summoned the driver and porter to help him carry a stretcher up the broad, stone steps into the corridor. "Call Dr. Johns and Jessop and hurry—or this boy will die before we got him on the table," said the surgeon. There was hurrying hither and thither—then the stretcher was borne to the elevator and up to the third floor into the operating room, while the child shrieked aloud in his agony of pain. The door closed. The little form was laid upon the table. Anaesthetics were given until the agonized little body lay white and still, then the merciful knife was applied to the crushed and shapeless limbs of the child. Swiftly and skillfully the surgeons worked, aided by the deft hands of the trained nurses. When it was all over the unconscious boy was laid upon a white bed in a pretty room with dainty curtains at the window, and beautiful pictures on the walls. Hours passed before the heavy eyelids of the child were raised. A pair of wondering blue eyes looked up at the white-capped nurse. Steadily they regarded her and then in an awe-struck whisper he said, "Is you an angel? Is this heaven? Where's God and mother?" Nurse Jennings stroked the little white face as she answered tenderly, "No, dear! You are not in heaven, you are in St. Michael's hospital. You were hurt by the cars and they brought you here to make you well. Our kind Dr. Peyton saw you when the car struck you. Just he still and do as we tell you, and you will soon be well." "Where's Jinny?" whispered the child. "Did she come, too?" "Who's Jinny?" smilingly asked the nurse. "Jinny's my sister—she's nine and I'm ten and the baby's three. I take care of them," said the child with a faint touch of pride in his voice. "We live under the Larimer street viaduct. Mother's dead and father's in jail for bein' drunk. Poor father—he felt so bad when mother died he ain't been home much since, so I sell papers and Jinny takes care of the baby and Mis' Marini's twins, next door, while Mis' Marini washes. We have lots to eat 'cause Mis' Marini gives us all the vegetables we want—what's stale, you know, when Mr. Marini gets three' drivin' his vegetable wagon. Oh, I must get well soon. Please let Jinny know where I am, 'cause she'll worry and the baby's cry for me." There was an exultant thrill in his weak young voice as he said, "She calls me her 'Daddy Dimmie.'" The nurse saw a sudden pallor overspread the young face and she said hastily, "I will send word to Jinny, but you must not talk any more. Go to sleep now." The child looked up trustingly into the sweet face of the nurse and obediently closed his eyes, while Nurse Jennings wont soft "Is this heaven?" ly out of the room and telephoned to a charitable friend to go and bring Jimny and the baby to see the child who lay fighting for his life on the little cot in room thirteen. It was late in the afternoon when there was a knock at the door of "number thirteen" Nurse Jennings softly opened it to admit the kind friend who had undertaken to find Jimny and the baby. They stood in the doorway. Jimny's pinched face was pals with fright. She had never been in a hospital before and the vastness and imposing aspect of the place, with glimpses of the white beds occupied by sick people, while white-capped nurses hurried hither and thither, made her little heart quiver with a nameless horror. The baby, with round wondering eyes stared about her until she caught sight of Jimmie's white face upon the pillow. She gave a frightened cry of entreaty, "I want to go to 'Daddy Dimmie.'" A wan smile lit up the bdy's face and he feebly tried to stretch out a welcoming hand to her, but it fell weakly at his side. "Come, baby," he whispered, "come and kiss Daddy Dimmie. Oh, what will they do while I sick? Mother gone and father can't come home? There's nobody but me to take care of them," he moaned. "Never mind, Jimmie," said Nurse Jennings, as the tears rose to her eyes, "here's a kind friend who is going to look after Jinny and the baby until you get well—don't fret, that's a good boy, but just be quiet, and get well as fast as you can." Jinny's A woman in a long dress and hat stands in front of two children, one of whom is holding a baby. Nurse Jennings softly opened it. face became pale as marble as she gazed at Jimmie and she suddenly darted forward to the bedside and dropping upon her knees buried her face in the snowy coverid. "Oh, Jimmie," she wailed, "is you again" to leave me and the baby and go to find mother? Don't go, Jimmie! Stay with me and breeze! Oh, don't go, Jimmie! don't go!" Strong but tender hands lifted the child to her feet and hurried her sobbing from the room—for the excitement might be fatal to the little sufferer who lay on his bed not knowing why it was that he could not "feel his feet," as he said, in his ignorance that both limbs had been amputated below the knees. "Please can I say good-bye to Jenny before she goes," he whispered. The brave, little lad looked up at his sobbing sister with such a wealth of love in his blue eyes as he said feebly, "Don't cry, Jenny. They're awful good to me here! I 'most thought I was in heaven at first. You tell Mis' Marini I be well soon and come home all right—and Jenny"—he whispered in a scarcely audible voice—"don't tell father 'bout me, he might worry. Kiss me, baby—kiss Dimmel," and as the children were led from the room the wan face was turned to the wall with a sigh of content. The afternoon waned and night came. A slight flush crept into the pale face and the hot blood surged through his veins. Now he was warm and happy as stood on the streets in the clear bright sunshine calling "News" and "Publican." Then he heard the rumble of the cruel car that had almost crushed out his young life as he fell. Again he was in the little room at home eating the simple food that Jinny was able to prepare. Then he floated away on the air—now rising and falling, while beautiful scenes passed rapidly before his astonished eyes. Then all was dark and he was plunged into abyssmal depths. As in a far away dream he heard voices and felt his head raised while something cool was put to his parched lips; and so the new day wore on and tender-hearted Nurse Jennings, who watched over the little child in "number thirteen" told the other nurses. "He has one chance in ten to live." Again came Jinny and the baby to see "Daddy Dimmie," but he only opened his eyes and looked at them a moment, then the white lids fluttered over the Blue eyes as he slipped off into that floating land of partial unconsciousness. "Me wants Daddy Dimmie to come home," said baby in agonized entreaty while poor Jinny could only look at Jimmie with that awful dread in her young face that had gone into it when she first saw him laying white and still on his little bed. "Come and kiss your little brother good-bye," said the nurse as she softly led them to the bedside. Out from the hospital went Jinny with her young heart so bruised and sore, and her young eyes so dim with tears that she could scarce see her way as she walked homeward leading the baby. Night and its solemn quiet brooded over the great hospital. Dr. Peyton and Nurse Jennings sat by the little bed in "number thirteen." Suddenly the eyes of the child opened and from their questioning depths he gazed up into the faces of the doctor and nurse. "Where's Jinny and the baby? I got a quarter hid away in my shoe to buy the baby some new red shoes for Sunday—did you put it away?" he said appealingly. The nurse's eyes were moist but she said soothingly—"Yes, Jimmie, your money is all safe. I'll take care of it." A smile of content curved the child's lips and he closed his eyes—dozing fitfully as the night wore on. At midnight the change came. The child babbled of "mother" and "heaven" and "Jinny and the baby." "Jinny," he called softly, "where is you? I can't see you! Mother's here, and she's calling us to go to her. There's music like they have at church, and tall lilies like we saw at Easter. I can 'most smell the lilies. Ain't the music just grand, Jinny? Oh, where's the baby, Jinny? Have you got her red shoes? I 'most forgot them. Nuthin' hurt you, baby—I'm here. Don't you love Dimmel, baby? Hark! the music playing—oh, there's some children singing wry up ther in the sky—look, Jinny, they're comin' to go to church and hear the music—and smell the lilies. How close they are, Jinny! Where are you? Baby take hold of Daddy Dimmel's hand. They can't hurt you, baby—lean up 'gainst me. Come, Jinny—where—are—you? The door's open—let's go in. There's mother! Oh, mother, I'm comin'! Jinny! Baby! Come with Daddy Dimmel! I'm goin'—, Good-bye—." And "Daddy Dimmel" had gone in at the open door. A STUDY OF SHE. Philosopher's Moralizing on the "Eternal Feminine." The more we study She the more we don't understand how it is that She is able to twist us around her little finger whenever She feels like it. But She is. For whom is it that in childhood's happy days we fight with a boy three sizes larger than ourselves, and get so severely punished that we can't sit up for a week? Why, for She—and She only laughs at us for our pains. Who is it that devours all our spare change in the shape of candies and flowers, and calls for more and gets them, too? She. For whom do we linger at stage-doors with bequets, to purchase which we have to endure a fortnight's martyrdom in lieu of lunch? She. Who is it that at the railway restaurant deals out the soul-destroying sandwich and the death-dealing bun? "Tis She every time. If it were He we would slap him on the spot and glory in the deed. Who accepts our hard-earned gold on the pretense of being a first-class cook, and then broils our steak in a frying-pan and boils our coffee an hour? She. Who is it that accepts our theater tickets, our suppers, our boquets, and our devotion, and then goes off and marries another fellow? She—and for this we ought to forgive her a good deal. Who, we ask, is it that when we employ her as typist spells summer with one "m" and February with only one "r," and yet escapes without censure? It is She. Ah, yes! It is She. Mistake of French Diplomats Mistake of French Diplomats. It is the custom in Abyssinia for all foreign missions to bring presents to King Menelik. The French some years ago brought a lot of Parisian mechanical toys—sheep that squeaked, pigs that ran about on their hind legs and dolls that talked. They thought such things would be certain to tickle the fancy of a dusky king. Menelik looked at them for a moment with disgust and rage, then he thrust them aside. "Do you think," he asked, "that I am a child or a savage, that I should delight in toys?" The Russian and English emissaries showed a truer insight into his character. They brought him Mauser pistols, revolvers and the latest and riffles they could buy. He was delighted: "These are gifts worthy to be received by a warrior and a king," he declared. The influence of the Russians and English over Menelik dates from that lucky incident. Monument to Whist. The citizens of Altenburg, Germany, have erected a monument in honor of "skat," which is a German variation of whist. The monument consists of a column painted with diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs, and on the top are two pigs—symbols of luck—and a fountain throwing up a jet of water. Faithful Dog. A beggar who recently died in a Paris hospital possessed a dog which was greatly attached to him. During the man's stay in the hospital the animal never moved away from the door. When the beggar died the dog followed his body to the cemetery, where it remained lying on the grave for several days. HUMOR OF THE DAY Broken Parts Supplied. "My brother bought an automobile here last week," said an angry man to the salesman who stepped forward to greet him, "and he says if anything broke you would supply a new part." "Certainly," replied the clerk "What does he want?" "He wants two deltold muscles, a couple of knee pans, one elbow and about half a yard of cuticle," said the man, "and he wants 'em right away."-Youths' Companion. Jones—There's one debt Slowpay won't be able to stave off. Brown—No, but I'll bet he has something lingering. Hia Experience. "It's funny what mistakes dese newspapers make," said Meandering Mike. "What's de matter?" asked Plodding Pete. "Here's one dat keeps talkin' 'bout de prisoner at de bar. My observation is that you don't have to keep a man prisoner at no bar. Mos' likely de only way to git him lose is to tell 'im it's 12 o'clock an' put out de lights."—Washington Star. Not On the Man. "What state is Effy in, mamma?" queried small Floramay. "Effy!" exclaimed her mother, "Why, I don't believe I ever heard of such a town." "Well," explained Floramay, "the paper tells about a man who was hanged in effy, and I can't find it in my geography." Literally Thrust Upon Him. "You needn't tell me that fame isn't largely a matter of luck." "Oh, I don't know. There's got to be something more than that about it." "Not at all. Look at Bailey over there, for instance. How could his parents have known what was going to happen when they called him Will-am?" Worse Than She Thought. "Yes," sobbed the widow, "poor T-Tom met with a t-terrible death. He f-fell from the fifth-story window and was instantly k-killed." "Dear, dear!" exclaimed the sympathetic friend, "I had no idea it was as bad as that; I was told that he only fell from the fourth-story window." Usually the Case: "Ever notice it?" queried the absent-minded student of human nature. "Did I ever notice what?" asked the party at whom the query had been aimed. "That whenever a man happens to make a good guess he begins to talk about his good judgment" continued the party of the prelude. Um—Yeal Wife—Before we left home I had to give the maid quite a dressing down. She was most insolent. Hubby—Pity you didn't give yourself a dressing up, love, at the same time. Ally Sloper. A Diplomat. Willie—Say, ma, let's compromise this thing. Mamma-What? Willie-Call it quits and I'll use my influence with pa to get you that bon- set you want. An Insulation. Jack-"I had a row with my rich uncle one day lant week." Edyth-"What was the trouble? Did you lose the ticket for your watch? With a 13-inch parabolic reflector of only 20 inches focus Professor Schaeberle has obtained with less than five minutes' exposure images of stars which are apparently too faint to be seen in the great 36-inch telescope of the Lick Observatory. The little instrument also reveals, with a similarly short exposure, all the stars that the large Crossley reflector of three feet diameter is able to picture with an exposure of two hours. Miss Rose Peterson Serve Miss Rose Peterson, Secretary Parkdale Tennis Club, Chicago, from experience advises all young girls who have pains and sickness peculiar to their sex, to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. How many beautiful young girls develop into worn, listless and hopeless women, simply because sufficient attention has not been paid to their physical development. No woman is exempt from physical weakness and periodic pain, and young girls just budding into womanhood should be carefully guided physically as well as morally. Another woman, Miss Hannah E. Mershon, Collingswood, N.J., says: "I thought I would write and tell you that, by following your kind advice, I feel like a new person. I was always thin and delicate, and so weak that I could hardly do anything. Menstruation was irregular. "I tried a bottle of your Vegetable Compound and began to feel better right away. I continued its use, and am now well and strong, and men-strate regularly. I cannot say enough for what your medicine did for me." The original of above letter proving gentleness cannot be ignored. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will cure any woman in the land who suffers from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, and kidney troubles. U.M.C. SHOT GUN SHELLS are found on every American farm where there is a live boy. New Club loaded with black powder. Nitro Club and Arrow loaded with any smokeless powder. They are "Duck Killers." Catalogue free. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York. Mothers, you may rely upon Dr. Caldwell's (LAXATIVE) Syrup Pepsin It keeps the baby's little bowels cool and regular, curse Wind Colic, and helps them to grow strong and hearty. Special directions for the babies on each bottle label. 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"I regard my hands, not my face," said one, and it is reported in Warsaw that the Vienna shoe dealers keep a separate case of shoes for the delicate feet of their Polish customers. Change In Army Uniform The most marked change in the uniform of the army, under the general order just issued, is that the stripe on the infantry trousers, which was changed a year or so ago from white to blue, will again be white. The same change will be made in the chevrons, and the box spur and black leather trousers strap will be abandoned. Socialism in New Zealand. New Zealand has gone farther than any other nation in realizing the ideal state of the Socialist, where the government owns all the land, manages all the industries, and is the only capitalist in the community. About one man in every six throughout the islands is in some form of government employ, or is in receipt of a pension from the government. Hook Noses. The nose with a hook was found in only 6 per cent of 3,000 Hebrews observed by Dr. Fishberg, medical examiner for the United Hebrew Societies. Straight noses constituted 68 per cent, broad noses 12 per cent and retrouse noses 14 per cent. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25a. No woman ever attributed the loss of her husband's appetite to her cooking. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 20 cigar Made by hand of ripe, thoroughly cured tobacco, which insures a rich, satisfying smoke. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Lambs rush into Wall street where the old sheep fear to tread. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more goods, brighter colors, with less work than others. Reclaima Nile Lakes. Some of the old Niile lakes, which were formerly dry salt plains in summer and covered with a few inches of alkali water in the wet season, have been reclaimed by the British government and are now worth from $200 to $300 an acre. They produce magnificent crops. New York's Water Supply. The present plan for increase of the metropolitan water supply provides for an expenditure of about $50,000,000 for bringing to New York 200,000,000 gallons daily from the Wappers creek and Esopus regions. Man's Life Growing Longer Under modern conditions, man's life is growing steadily longer, despite the increased strain of competition, social, political and commercial. Thought Beards Effeminate The ancient Romans considered it effeminate to wear beards. All their busts representing the famous men of olden times are without beards. Reada Like a Miracle. Friarspoint, Miss., Nov. 30.—The Butler case still continues to be the talk of the town. Mr. G. L. 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Miss Muriel Armitage, 36 Greenwood Ave., Detroit, Mich., District Organizer of the Royal Templars of Temperance, in a recent letter, says: "I think that a woman naturally shrinks from making her troubles public, but restored health has meant so much to me that I feel for the sake of other suffering women it is my duty to tell what Peruna has done for me. "I suffered for five years with uterine irregularities, which brought on hysteria and made me a physical wreck. I tried doctors from the different schools of medicine, but without any perceptible change in my condition. In my despair I called on an old nurse, who advised me to try Peruna, and promised good results if I would persist and take it regularly. I thought this was the least I could do and procured a bottle. I knew as soon as I began taking it that it was affecting me differently from anything I had used before, and so I kept on taking it. I kept this up for six months, and steadily gained strength and health, and when I had used fifteen bottles I considered myself entirely cured. I am a grateful, happy woman to-day."—Miss Muriel Armitage. Peruna cures catarrh of the pelvic organs with the same surety as it cures catarrh of the head. Peruna has become renowned as a positive cure for female ailments simply because the ailments are mostly due to catarrh. Catarrh is the cause of the trouble Peruna cures the catarrh. The symptoms disappear. greatest exhaustion. This is a very common sight and is almost always due to pelvic catarrh. It is worse than foolish for so many women to suffer year after year with a disease that can be permanently cured. Peruna cures catarrh permanently. It cures old chronic cases as well as a slight attack, the only difference being in the length of time that it should be taken to effect a cure. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Always an Eve to Business. A merry-go-round man at La Crosses, Kan., got his leg caught in the cable of his machine. The crowd could hear the leg crack, as it was broken in several places. The machine was clogged and stopped. Women fainted and men paled. The unfortunate man smiled wearily, wiggled around and unstrapped a wooden leg, and then announced cheerfully: "Get your tickets for the next ride." Soon an Enemy to Doctors. A doctor once, when visiting a patient who was suffering from the effects of too much beer within and too little soap and water without, said to the invalid's wife: "If there was less beer drunk and more soap and water used there would not be half so much sickness in the world." To which the woman promptly returned: "Then half of you doctors would be out of work." Bacteria Are Hardy. Prof. Dewar has recently submitted living bacteria to the temperature of liquid hydrogen, about 250 degrees Centigrade, and about as near absolute zero as we can get, and after an immersion for ten hours there was no appreciable effect on the vitality of the organism. Landlord's Share. The Turkish bey landlord in Macedonia gets half the farmer's produce. Every village supports a number of Turkish policemen, who are really parasites, the average household paying them $6.25 out of an income of $50—not for protection, but for a precarious immunity from outrages. Drawing An artist draws a picture, an equine draws a dray; the man who marries draws a blank sometimes, we've heard them say; a thirsty man draws water; a blossom draws the bee. If I can only draw my pay that's good enough for me—Chicago News. A Valuable Food. Superior to any other vegetable food — even the cereals—as sources of protein are dried beans and peas. They rank among the most economical of all foods and compare favorably with most meats in point of nutrition. Some People Are Lucky. Some people make an intelligent study of food and get on the right track (pure food) others are lucky enough to stumble upon the right way out of the difficulty just as a Phila. young woman did. She says: "I had suffered terribly from nervous indigestion, everything seemed to disagree with me and I was on the point of starvation when one day, I happened to run across a demonstration of Postum Food Coffee at one of the big stores here. "I took a sample home and a sample of Grape-Nuts as well and there tried them again and found they agreed with me perfectly. For months I made them my main diet and as the result I am restored to my former perfect health and can eat everything I want to. "When I spoke to my physician about Grape-Nuts he said 'it is a most excellent food.'" Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville," in every package of both Postum and Grape Nuts. EASY TO KEEP HOUSE. No Problem at All in the Jungles of the West Indies. The negro housewife in the West Indian jungle finds housekeeping very easy. Fruit and vegetables grow wild all about the hut, and the river abounds with fish. On-wash day all she has to do is to pick a few of the berries of the soapberry tree, take her clothes to the river, and use berries as she would use ordinary soap. Even her cooking pots grow on the trees, the calabash cut in halves being used for this purpose. Calabashes are used also for bowls, basins and jugs for carrying water from the river, while the small ones make excellent cups. In the afternoon, when she is ready for her cup of tea, the negress picks half a dozen leaves from the lime bush growing at her door, bolls them, squeezes the juice from a sugarcane for sweetening, and the coconut supplies the milk. Thus she has a delicious cup of tea without depending on the grocer for it. She makes the mats for her floor out of the dried leaves of the banana, plaited and sewn together, as the old country people in this country make their rag mats. LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. Recent Benedict's Declaration as to Hia. Infant Son. A man—we'll call him Brown—was last year receiving congratulations because of the fact that he had at last succeeded in finding a member of the opposite sex who was willing to cook and make his bed for him for the consideration of a wifely title. Brown was last week being congratulated because of the arrival of a son and heir. Now, Brown, by the way, was thirty-nine years of age when he married, and consequently was well qualified to give his opinions as to the state of matrimonial affiliation. "When do you think is the proper time for a man to marry?" he was asked one day this week. Brown looked wise. "Twenty-one," he replied. "Look at all the years of happiness I've missed. Great Scott! if that son of mine does not get married when he is twenty-one I'll horse-whip him." In such channels run the thoughts of newly made parents! How to Do Without Servants It behooves all house mothers to meet the question of how to do without servants. And in order to keep up the standard of mental, spiritual and physical excellence in women, they must be willing to consider that it would be better to live on plainer food, to have fewer ornaments to dust in their homes, to wear less elaborate gowns, and to have more time to read with their children, to walk out under the beneficent skies of this fair land and to reflect on those things that are so abundantly set before the citizens of the twentieth century; that will make for an elevation of class, an entire leveling of conditions that depend on the grade of mind that meets them.-Florence Jackson Stoddard, in Sunset Magazine. Brown Knew. Senator Bacon of Georgia has for his hobby the natural sciences, in which he is unusually well versed: He was talking one day about the effect of heat and cold, explaining with great thoroughness the rule that "heat expands and cold contracts." Suddenly he smiled. "I am reminded of a story," he said. "There was a boys' class in physics before which this rule came. The rule was discussed in its various aspect and bearing; and finally the teacher said: "Brown, suppose you give me a good example of the rule. Can you do it? " "Yes, sir," said Brown. "In the summer, when it's hot, the days are longer; and in winter, when it's cold, the days are short." On Our Knees. Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will avail to make! What burdens lighten! what temptations shake What burdens grounds refreshed, as with a shower! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower; We kneel and all the distant and the near Stand forth in sunny outline, brave and clear; We stand forth how weak!-we rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong; Or that we are not always strong? That we are ever overborne with care! That we should ever weak or heartless be; Aluxious or troubled, when with us is prayer, And joy, and strength, and courage are with Thee. Fair Play in Business. It is of vast importance to the future manhood of this country that scorn of unfairness should be universal. Above all, let it be applied strenuously to unfairness in business. We are a commercial people. Our boys must go into commerce. Our professions are so mingled with commerce that it is often hard to distinguish if they be professions. If we are to wink at unscrupulousness in commerce then we are doomed to become a race of tricksters and manhood is dead within us.—McClure's Magazine. Mercantile Fleets. Compared with the year 1901, the Jerman, English, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Austro-Hunga-land and Greek flags show an increase, especially the two latter; the Norwegian, Russian and Spanish flags show decrease. Non-European flags are seldom seen at Hamburg. In 1902 only one American ship, of 2,147 tons; one Brazilian ship, of 121 tons, and one Argentine ship, of 1,068 tons, entered the harbor. DOANS KIDNEY PILLS Doans's Kidney Pills. WM. II NEIGHBOURS, the well-known jeweler of West Main Street, Wytheville, Va., says: "Some four years ago my attack of grip settled in my back, and I have suffered off and on ever since with a dull, heavy aching across the small of my back, always more severe in the morning. It was difficult for me to stoop or straighten, and if I sat down for any length of time it was hard for me to arise. I took two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, and the dull, disagreeable aching left me." DOAN'S KIDNEY WINCH RIFLE @ PIST "It's the shots that Rifle and Pistol Cart they shoot accurately frating blow. This is the if you insist on having ALL DEALERS SELL WINCH DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they throw cannot be sold to a customer who owns it or sells it as pkg. Defiance starch for same money. The silent watches of the night must be those we forget to wind up. Secret of Pope Leo 93 years, his power and capacity, is diet. He then to stop. He ate little, but he ate enough peeling, had been inclined to sickness all his The Secret of Pope Leo's Long Life The great secret of his 93 years, his power and capacity, is diet. He ate for the good of his body. He let his mind tell him when to stop. He ate little, but he ate enough and it was of the best quality. He was born a physical weakling, had been inclined to sickness all his life and yet he toiled more hours, weighted with greater responsibilities, than any other living man. His diet consisted largely of vegetables, fruits and cereals. Follow this splendid example of rational self-control. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is health-promoting, rife-sustaining. Served hot or cold. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat My signature on every package. Dr. V.C. Price For sale by all grocers. Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Making Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. A cook book containing 76 excellent receipts for using the Food mailed free to any address. Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., 34 Cass Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. WHAT SICK KIDNEYS CAUSE KIDNEY COMPLAINTS — Diabetes, Bright's Disease, Inflammation of the Kidneys, Dropsy (swelling of the limbs or body), Incessant pains in the back or lolls. BLADDER TROUBLES — Inflammation of the bladder, infiltrated passages, pain in passing urine, incontinence of urine, too much or too little urine. URTIC ACID TROUBLES — Rheumatism, Gravel, Gout, Gall Stones, Lumbago. NERVE TROUBLES — Neuralgia, Sciatica, Nervous Collapse, Sleeplessness, Melancholia. Many other disorders are caused directly or indirectly by faulty kidney action, and can be reached and cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy has cured every complaint recorded above, and over 60,000 testimonials prove its surprising merit. 50 cents per box, of all deal- ers, or mailed on receipt of price, by addressing Foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Latest Explosive. The latest in explosives, according to Metal Industry, is powdered aluminum mixed with nitrate of ammonia and put upon the market under the name of "ammonal." This explosive is said to be one of the surest and safest known, as it can not be exploded by friction or blow, while otherwise containing all requisites of an explosive. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF LOUKEDO, FRANK J. CHENRY makes out that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENRY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State foreseen, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE DOLLAR for the DOLLARS for each and every HALL of CATARH that may be cured by the use of HALLS CATARH CURE. FRANK J. CHENYEN Sworn to before me and submitted in my presence, his sixth day of December, A. D. 1856. A. W. GLEASON, Natary Publie, Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for it to the University. F. J. CHENYEN & CO., Toledo, O. Bold by all Dr. Duggs. On behalf of the boat. Deadly Serpents. Recent statistics show that serpents kill more persons in India than in any other country. During 1901 the number of victims was 22,810, and it estimated that almost, if not quite, as many were killed in 1902. Piso's Curse cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien, 382 Third Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1904. No man is free who hasn't got him self well in hand. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. A man seldom sees a perfect man without the aid of the mirror. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Beaching Wounds, and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonial. At all Drugstores. 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. Many poor actors are well posted—thanks to the bill stickers. Insist on Getting It FIRST KIDNEY PILL MADE. THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY. THE ONLY GENUINE. H. B. McCARVER of 201 Cherry Street, Portland, Oregon, inspector of freight cars for the Transcontinental Company, says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and other symptoms of kidney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think a cold was responsible for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it out. It is several months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble." KIDNEY WINCHER FLE @ PISTOL It's the shots that hit the tale and Pistol Cartridges as they shoot accurately and str ing blow. This is the kind you insist on having the time DEALERS SELL WINCHES NO MONEY TILL We sen: FREE and postpaid a 200 page Rectum; also 100 page illas. treatise on by our mild method, note paid a cent tilt DRS. THORNTON & M "It's the shots that hit that count." Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, penetrating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, if you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. Wigg—"I had a queer dream last night. I dreamed I traded an automobile for a horse." Wagg—"A nightmare, eh?" Why It Is the Best because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. Sillicus—"Why are women so fond of champagne?" Cynicus—"Oh, simply because it costs more than anything else." RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Some men seem to be too busy to make friends. Mrs. Winston's boiling Syrup: For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, always pain, curses wind solic. Eat a bottle. It's an ill wind that blows an umbrella inside out. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until you get it. 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. You can't cultivate your voice and cultivate friends, too. 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. The milkman generally makes us take water. of Pope Leo's his power and capacity, is diet. He ate for p. He ate little, but he ate enough and it adhoc inclined to sickness all its life an RIF "It Rifle they trait if you ALL PILES KEY PILLS. MESTER TOL CARTRIDGES. hit that count." Winchester ridges in all calibers hit, that is, and strike a good, hard, pene- kind of cartridges you will get, the time-tried Winchester make. MESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. a 200 page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Diseases of the treasure on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cared and a cent fillured, we furnish their names on application. MON & MINOR, 1010 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. The FREE Homestead LANDS OF 150 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Western Canada Are the STAR ATTRACTIONS for 1904. Millions of acres of magnificent Grain and Grazing lands to be had as a free gift or by purchase from Railway Companies, Land Corporations, etc. THE GREAT ATTRACTIONS GOOD Crops, delightful climate, splendid school system, perfect social conditions, exceptional railway advantages, and wealth and affluence acquired easily. The population of Western Canada increased 128,000 by immigration during the past year, over 50,000 by American. Write to nearest authorized Canadian Government Agent for Canadian Atlas and other information—to address Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa—J. W. Wood, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Tampa City, Mo. FREE TO WOMEN! PAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC To prove the healing and comfort of your toilet. Antiseptic we will mail a large trial package with book of instructions absolutely free. This is not a gift, a book of instructions package, enough to convince anyone of its value. Women all over the country will be able to use it for it has done in local treatment of female ill. caring all inflammation and discharges, wonderful as a cleaning agent, cataract, as a mouth wash and to remove tartar and whiten the teeth. Sent today, a postcard we will send by dragglers or postpaid by no. 50 cents, large box, satisfaction guaranteed. THE R. FANTON CO., Boston, Mzr. 214 Columbia Ave. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 49. 1903 's Long Life ate for the good of his body. He and it was of the best quality. He life and yet he toiled more hours. His diet consisted largely of vege- Mrs. GEORGE WALLACE, JR., of Elmira, N. Y., wife of George Wallace, broker, of West Water Street, and living at 667 Baldwin Street, says: "In March, 1897, I was cured of kidney and bladder trouble by Donan's Kidney Pills. My physician said at that time that my life could be saved only by an operation. Night after night I had been kept awake for hours at a time with terrible pain in my back, and the secretions from the kidneys were in as bad a state as possible. I suffered with hemorrhages frequently and was in a weak state. Four boxes of Donan's Kidney Pills cured me, and I now gladly reenforce the remedy, because during the time which has since clapped, nearly seven years, I have never had the slightest sign of a return of the trouble." THE GREAT ATTRACTIONS cleansing power of Paxting Toilet Antipteutie we will mail a large trial package with book of instructions absolutely free. This is not a package, enough to evi- cence anyone of its Value. Women all over the country are praising Paxting for what it has done in local treat- ments. THAN THEY'LL BE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME! If you haven't been to the Schull & Jelley Bankrupt Sale, it's a Money-Saving move to COME TODAY 20c handkerchiefs for ..... 9c $2 Suits Underwear for a garment 48c $3.00 Umbrellas for ..... $1.39 $15 Suits and Top Coats . . $9.89 $25 Suits and Top Coats for $14.98 50-cent Neckwear 25c 35c and 50c Sox for 17c 50c Suspenders for 27c The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co Even the poor in the United States and England eat white wheat bread. In most of the continental countries of Europe rye bread is the staple The Russians use buckwheat. The Laplanders have a bread made of eaten meal mixed with pine bark, and the Icelanders make their flour from lichens. Banana flour is used in the South Sea Islands. FAST MAIL SERVICE A GOOD THING BANQUE DE FRANCE The Train Service of the Missouri Pacific. The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for St. Louis and all points East—note the leaving time: 9:50 a.m., 1:10 p.m., 9:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. No other line from Kansas City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louis. Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p.m. arrives in St. Louis at 10 p.m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and South-eastern trains. The only k. leaving Kansas City after the Operas.odge meetings and Sunday night Churuservice, at 10:45 p.m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a.m., in for all Eastern connections. 9:55 p. m.—10:50 a. m.: Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleepers and Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars; (all seats free). For all information and tickets call at Union Depot and 901 Main St., City Office E. S. JEWETT, Pass. & Ticket Agent 1784 ..... Telephone ..... 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co.. First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. John P. Tillhoff. Establish TILLHOFF & e al Estate, ent TELEPH 203-204 Hall Bldg., Corner 9th St. Walnu The Stoeltzing Stov MASSELL --- elli r gout the Schull and Jelley Stock at Heim's KANSAS CITY S11 F.H.B. CO. OLD LAGER SPECIAL BREWS SCHARNAGEL SELECT KYFFHAUSER PERFECTION 1880 1890 1900 SALES: 12000 59946 150378 BBLS. BBLS. BBLS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to do what we say and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACHLY COMPLEXION obtained if used as directed. Will make your person four or five shades lighter, and a matte person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours shade or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin beautifully, but white, the skin remains beautiful. It will make your skin remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Small pox pits, tan, liver spots or red spots will help. You can get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Hairly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy to comb. Many of our customers say one of our dollar boxes is better than the dollar box a. The NO-SMELL thrown in a letter. Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Office money code, express money order or mail order, sends it through the mail or postage税, or if you send C. O. D. it will come by express. $2c. etc. In any case where it fits to do what we want, the money or send a box free of charge. Packed with no one will know contents except receiver. CRANE AND CO. 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. Published 1889. Wm. J. Campbell & CAMPBELL, rentals and Insurance. PHONE 1469. Minut Sts. Kansas City, Mo Stove and Hardware Co. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Wholesale and Retail Agents for... Peninsular Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces TIN WORK a Speolalty. ...A new line of.... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. GET ONE AT M. D. Stevenson & Co., 1003 Walnut St. WESTERN UNIVERSITY For the Moral, Intellectual and Industrial Training of our Youth. Theological, Classical, Normal, Preparatory, State Industrial. Theological, Classical, Normal, Preparatory, Carpentry and Architecture, Printing and Book-making, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Tailoring, Business Course and Stenography, Farming, Stock raising and Truck Gardening, Cooking and Laundering. Good Buildings, Healthy Moral Tone, A Faculty of Twelve College-bred and Industrially Trained Teachers. Terms $7.50 Per Month. School Opens Sept. 14th. For Illustrated Catalogue Just Out Write to WILEIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. D., Prest., Quindaro, Kas. Is This Really True? Yes! Some of the choicest qualities and prettiest designs in Watches and Jewelry are in the show window of : : : : Kansas City's Pioneer Negro Jeweler, J. A. WILSON, 616 W. 9th St., KANSAS CITY, MO. Mr. Wilson in soliciting the patronage of his friends and the public either in buying his goods or in repairing of watches and jewelry (which is a specialty) assures nothing less than complete satisfaction. Bargains in diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Rothschild&Sens Bargains in diamond rings, engagement and wedding rings, baby rings, ladies' gold guards, etc., can always be obtained. Suits and Overcoats Fit. 1002-1014 Main St We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. NEW YORK DENTAL CO ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. 1029 Main St. Second Floor Entrance on Main Street only. Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundays 10 to 4 NEW YO ESTA 1029 Main St. J. L. WILLIAMS. Blacksmithing, Hot Shop. Good Workman 707 Independence Ave. Only First C The Residence 416 La WABASH GENERAL Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed. 07 Independence Ave. Kansas City, M Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Re WABASH "FOLLOW THE FLAG." 5 Daily Trains 5 Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed. 707 Independence Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. "FOLLOW THE FLAG." 5 Daily Trains 5 Kansas City to St. Louis. Unsurpassed service, smooth track, fast time. All trains on the Wabash run directly through the World's Fair grounds, St. Louis, in full view of all the magnificent buildings—the Wabash is the only line that does it. Wabash Train No 8. Leaving Kansas City 6:15 p. m., arrives Niagra Falls and Buffalo next evening, aud New York and Boston second morning, saving a day's travel. Through service. Wabash is the only line that does it. Western Passenger A. WEBÉI L. S. McCLELLAN. Western Passenger Agent. Kansas City, Mo. A. WEBER, MERCHANT TAILOR, If you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay no rent. Come and see us. Style, Fit and Finish Up-to-Date. 2825 S. W. Blvd. Kansas City, You've tried the rest, Now get the best AT .McCampbell's Pharmacy AT McCampbell's Pharmacy A full line of Stationery, Toilet Articles, Candies Perfumes, Cigars and Tobacco. Prescriptions a Specialty. THE new, non-failing and infallible com- bined treatment for the human Hair OZONO and CEDROHIL, must cop- jointly, cannot fail to lend to the Hair length, lustre, life, and beauty. One year ago the directors of the BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., with its since purpose and intent, produce an absolutely perfect and reliable treatment for the Hair, appropriate the sum of $0.00 for this purpose concerns. The services of three of the world's most noted chemists were so cured, who, after twelve months of investigation and costly experiments have so successfully and powerfully mented so potent and powerful, yet a OZON THE new, non-falling and infallible combined treatment for the human Hair, OZONO with CEDROLINE, used for jointly, cannot fail to lend to the hair length, hairst, life, and beauty. One year ago the directors of the BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., who were the inventors of the production an absolutely perfect and reliable treatment for the Hair, appropriated the sum of $6,000 for this purpose altogether. One of the world's most noted chemists were cured, who, after twelve months of investigation and costly experiments, have succeeded in making the most delicate and textured. It prevents the tendency of the Hair to draw up, contract, curl, and tangle, thus making it easy to dress the Hair in an easy desired. It can be grown out on all bald spots, scant partings, thin places, and bare temples. It is sure to prevent the Hair from falling, breaking off, and matting. It is also two large bottles of CEDROLINE, the lightning Hair Grower, worth $2.00; also one large package of our latest discovery, POWDERED EGG SHAMPOO, worth 60c; also one bar of our cream, straight, long, and tight. One 1-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, the most wonderful toilet specialty of the day, worth 25c. This grand collection, worth in all and complete, delivers with our beautiful Souvenir Catalogue, justly called the toilet educator of the day. NOTE.—To all who have ever bought OZONO we will send this great bargain offer for only $1.00. Your word will be sufficient. Simply tell us when and where you bought it. This liberal offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, who can simply own money easily our purpose. You will live, we can get our goods safely to you. Do not delay; order to-day. Address BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. ```markdown ``` 2304 Vine. TEETH INNOVATION PLACE We do as we advertise— We are here to stay. DENTAL CO ERS. ance on Main Street only. till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. and Wagon Repair First-Class unteed. Kansas City, Mo. in the City. es. phone 1052 Red. THE FLAG." Trains 5 LELLAN. Kansas City, Mo. ANT TAILOR, Kansas City, Mo Pharmacy. Tol. 159 East. non-flammable and infallible compartment for the human Hair, and CEDROLINE, used con- stitute for the Hair, in life, and beauty. One year of the BOSTON CHEMICAL sole purpose and intention to appropriate for the Hair, appropriated am of $6,000 for this purpose. The services of three of the chemo-chemists so who, after twelve months of observation and costly experiments, successfully formulated a treat- potent and powerful, yet so appropriate that it immediate at the Hair border upon the This treatment can be used