The Rising Son

RISING SUN It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. R. T. WASHINGTON Is making History for the Negro of this Country. VOLUME VIII. B. T. W Is making History for SHE KNEW THE TOSING. Little Girl Girl river token for c to ask for sary It was the house in "the regular weekly singing lesson. The teacher had just finished telling the children—they were all spending their first year in school—about the beauties of knowing how to sing. The teacher's talk had been beautiful and she was sure that it would bear fruit. "Now all of you who want to know how to sing will please raise your hands," said the teacher. There was a race to see whose hand should go up first. Then there was another race to see whose should be raised the highest. But the teacher saw two little girls sitting with their hands on their desks. "Why, I'm surprised, my little girl," said the teacher, as she pointed to one of them. "Why don't you want to learn to sing? "Cause I don't have to," answered the little girl. "I know how now." It was a bit too much for the teacher and all of the little girls wondered at the smile which crossed her face. THE CAFES OF HUNGARY. Writer Asserts They Are Different From Those of Paris. The trees and the cafes are Parisian; only there are more trees and more cafes, and in Pest the cafes do not have a crowded existence. There is never the impression of a few tables and a few chairs forced into a narrow space. It seems as if, when the city was laid out and when the buildings were erected, special provision had been made for tables and shrubbery in front of them, in the same way that space is calculated for gardens and fountains and lakes in laying out an exposition ground. If old Paris was all on a hill on one side of the Seine and new Paris had been built since '60, and the Parisian had the free life of the gypay in his heart, and the Russian's fondness for room whether outdoors or in, and art and architecture had flourished in Hungary for centuries, there might be some reason for that comparison which frequently occurs to the hurrying tourist.—Scribner's. Wood, Lighter Than Cork. In spite of the formidable rivalry of the feather, the cork has hitherto held the foremost place among the pseudonyms for lack of weight. This supremacy is now seriously imperiled by the discovery of marea wood, as reported to have been made by Capt. Truffert in the Bahr-el-Ghazel and the neighborhood of Lake Tchad. it belongs to the same species as the mimosa, and as observed-growing on the shores of Lake Tchad, reaches a height of from twelve to fifteen feet. It throws off shoots near to the ground, and its branches bear thorns and yellow flowers. The wood is lighter than cork. Wings of a Dove. At sunset, when the rosy day was dying, Far down the pathway of the West, I saw a lonely fly in silence flying To be at rest. Pilgrim of air, I cried, could I but borrow Twy wandering wings, thy freedom blest, I'd fly away from every careful sorrow And find my rest. But when the dusk a filmy veil was weaving. Back came the dove to seek her nest, Deep in the forest where her mate was grieving- There was true rest. Peace, heart of mine! no longer sigh to wander: Lose not thy life in fruitless quest. There are islands palms islands over yonder. Some happy ones. Come home and rest. Henry Wyke, in "The Builders, and Other Poems." Not an Appropriate Decoration Not an Appropriate Decoration. A caller at the boarding-house of Mrs. Irons was surprised to see a fine greyhound basking in the sun outside the kitchen door. "I didn't know you had a dog," she said. "He's a beautiful animal. How long have you had him?" "Two or three years." "How does it happen I have never seen him in passing along here?" "We don't allow him to leave the back yard," replied Mrs. Irons with emphasis. "What kind of an advertisement would it be for a boarding-house to have a creature as lean as that dog standing around in front of it?" Valuable Paper Process. The Oxford Press Syndicate values the formula for making the thin tough paper used in printing their Bibles at more than a million dollars, it having cost them over twenty-five years of hard work and $100,000 in cash to discover and perfect the process. Even more valuable, probably, is the secret of the manufacture of the paper upon which the notes of the Bank of England are printed, which belongs, as is pretty generally known to the Portals of Laverstoke, who have accumulated a fortune from it within two generations. Uniforms for Army Electricians The master electricians and the electrician sergeants of the newly created corps of the army will be designated by a symbol of white metal resembling forked lightning enclosed within a wreath of gilt metal. The uniform trousers of these officers will show a scarlet stripe. KANSAS CITY MO.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. 1904. Father of Lexicographer3. Dr. Johnson, even excepting his predecessor, Bailey, was not the father of lexicographers. In the latest volume issued by the Historical Manuscripts Commission on manuscripts in the Welsh language it is stated that the idea of illustrating the meaning and correct use of words by actual quotations from the literature of a living language seems to have been first put in practice by Griffith Hiraethog, the herald bard of Wales, who died in 1564. Export Wood to Germany Imports of wood into Germany from the United States have more than trebled since 1880, amounting in 1902 to more than $5,850,000. It consisted mostly of pitch pine. This wood is more resistant to the weather and costs much less than oak. It is used for making doors, windows, floors, etc., while oak is used in the manufacture of the finer grades of furniture. Japanese Hem2 Among the industries of Japan which are receiving especial attention is the manufacture of hemp. It is reported that orders have recently been executed for a supply of fishing nets for Alaska valued at $30,000, and that a commissioner has lately been sent to Canada to investigate and report on the prospect of extending the market for nets in that country. Cost of Gravitation In an address before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Mr. Charles Hawkin's remark that water obtained by gravitation is almost, if not quite, as expensive as water obtained by pumping, may be something of a surprise to a lawman, but is easily explained by the greater cost of gravitation works. A. Touching "Apples." The following notice is said to be posted over the almsbox of a certain cathedral door in Northern Italy: "Appele to charitables. The Brothers, so called, of Mercy, asks slender arms for the hospital. They harbor all kinds of diseases, and have no respect to religion."—Harper's Weekly. American Monte Carlo. The American Monte Carlo is in the principality of Flagler, at Palm Beach, Fla. The concessionaries, owning the Casino, are two brothers of the name of Thompson. They come from Texas and their little gaming establishment at Palm Beach is worth to them $200,000 a season. Radium Energy It has been calculated that the energy stored up in fifteen grains of radium is sufficient to raise 500 tons weight a mile high. An ounce would, therefore, suffice to drive a fifty-horse power motor car at the rate of thirty miles an hour around the world. Puns of Shakespeare. Searching Shakespeare for puns is a strange way of spending time. A contributor to "Notes and Queries" proclaims the discovery of thirty-nine and adds that "all readers of Shakespeare are aware that punning was with him a favorite form of fun." New Industrial Enterprises Bait farms and fish farms, ostrich farms and mushroom farms, ginseng farms and pigeon farms—these are some of the hundreds of unique industrial enterprises which this age of specialization has developed in the United States. Illiterate Children The number of illiterate children between ten and fourteen years of age is: In Alabama, 66,072; Georgia, 63,329; Louisiana, 55,091; South Carolina, 51,536; North Carolina, 51,190; Mississippi, 44,334; Tennessee, 36,276. Newfoundland Fisheries. Of the 100,000 men in Newfoundland more than half are fishermen, who catch 150,000,000 pounds of cod a year, consume one-fourth of it and sell the rest to Catholic countries for $4,450,000. Postal Rate on Human Ashes. The postoffice department has prepared a ruling to the effect that cremated bodies should be classed as merchandise, and should pay the regular rate of 1 cent for four ounces. As a result of this decision, four airlift in canisters, containing the cremated remains of a family, shipped from New York to San Francisco, were forwarded from the Washington postoffice, where had been held up pending a determination of the postage rates for the journey. Northern Lumber Cut The cut of lumber in the Sault Sts. Marie district for the season of 1902 was about 160,000,000 feet, and the cut for the season of 1903 is over 200,000,000 feet. At least 75 per cent of this is cut in mills owned and operated by Americans. Two large saw mills have been built during the year and a new veneering mill has been operating very profitably during the season. Woman and Little Things A man may look at life as through field glasses. He gives himself a wide horizon, and does not always heed the things which lie nearest him. A woman has more of the microscopic instinct. She sees the importance of little things, and that is how so many have genius enough to make $10, or even less, provide the necessities of a household. Diversity of Tongues The diversity of tongues to be found in one country is often a matter of surprise. Last year the Bible society's agents sold the scriptures in fifty-three languages in the Russian empire, in twenty-eight languages in Burmah, and in thirty in South Malaysia, and fifty-three in the Egyptian agency. Pay Much Money for Recipe. An English firm of pork packers paid no less than $50,000 for the Brandenburg method of curing hams; while a certain special chutney, or rather the method of mixing it, originally bought for a few rupees from a poor Hindu trader, changed hands a few months back for $37,000. College Education. Records prove that the college man at thirty is far in advance of the man of the same age who entered by the apprentice door. Even at thirty it is shown that four years spent at college were not wasted, and that he really acquired the ability to learn how to do things. Feminine Mind Superior Archeologists have come to the conclusion that the feminine mind is particularly quick at deciphering the ancient hieroglyphics and other inscriptions. A number of women, both in Europe and America, are therefore, being instructed in that art. Husband Gets Damages. The manager of a Paris restaurant has obtained $1,000 compensation from a chemist who constantly sold morphia to his wife. The morphia habit has gained such a hold in Paris that the authorities are adopting severe repressive measures. Millions in Pearls. Within the past three years more than $3,000,000 worth of pearls have been taken from the waters of the Mississippi valley. At least three-fourths of the pearls have come from the Black and White rivers of Arkansas. Russian Sugar. According to the official returns there were 275 sugar mills in operation in European Russia last year. The beet crop of the country amounted to nearly 9,000,000 tops, while the area under cultivation was 1,310,000 acres. Villages of Women. The villages near the north Italian lakes are in summer inhabited almost entirely by women, who till the fields, which do not yield much. The men go to Switzerland and bring back their earnings in winter. LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. Mrs. Gilbert went to Kansas City Sunday to see her brother-in-law, who is quite ill. Mr. Reid Wilson and his sister spent the Christmas in Independence and also Kansas City. Reported having a nice time. Miss Edith Alexander spent the Christmas in Independence. Mesdames Roy Warcuff, Robert Tolbert, Jesse Jones, and Jordan Hook spent the vacation in Independence. Mr. and Mrs. Florida Roberson went to Coffeyville, Kan., to visit his mother during the holidays. They report having a nice time. Misses Glover Howkins and Priscilla Hawkins spent the holiday in Independence. Misses Nellie and Nannie Richardson spent several days in Lexington while here several receptions were given in honor of them by Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Jackson. There was a reception given by Mrs. Mattie Jackson and Miss Nannie Hawkins in honor of the students of Lincoln Institute at Mrs. Nancy Booker's. Refreshments were served from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. The guests were Misses Ruth Johnson, Maggie Johnson, Carrie Carper, of Denver, and Mis Dollie Thompkins of Indian Territory. Miss Daisy Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Leslie Harris, Robert Johnson, Mrs. Lottie Carter of LINGAL 3 RIS SON... JAN 7... KGB coln, Neb., also Mr. A. W. Walker. The evenin gwas passed away nicely. There were several marriages during the holidays. Mr. Isaac Davis and Miss Maggle White; Mr. Henry Bowen and Mrs. Frances Crutchfield, also Mr. John Thirkles and Miss Minne Coleman. Miss Bettle Collins and a gentleman from Kansas City were united in matrimony. We were unable to learn his name. We wish them a long and prosperous life. Born, to the wife of Mr. Luther Burles, a girl, on the 26th of December. Mr. Leanor Ford, a farmer living ten miles from town died on the 31st of December and was buried on the 3rd of January. He was one of the members of the Old Men's Club. He was over 60 years old. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss. He was one of our oldest citizens, and at the place where he lived he was well loved by all who knew him. Mr. Elex Frazer died on the 28th of December and was buried on the 29th. He leaves a sister and other relatives to mourn his loss. He was one of our oldest citizens. The U. B. F. and S. M. T. entertainment on the 26th was a financial success; also the Deborah tabernacle on the 29th of December. Mr. George Hedgewood* of Liberty, Mo., spent several days in Lexington; also his sister of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Emma Crews and her two children. Mrs. Henrietta Richardson spent a few days here visiting friends. Mrs. George Smith of Kansas City spent Christmas with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Eunice Smith. The double-headed snake, hitherto supposed to be peculiar to Central America and the credulity of unscientific travelers, has turned up in California. One story says that it was headed for San Francisco, another toward Los Angeles. Was Decorated by Victoria Vice Admiral Barrera of the French navy, who has just died near Nice, was decorated by Queen Victoria for the services which he rendered on the occasion of the wreck of the Drummond Castle off the French coast in 1896. NUMBER 41 THE OXFORD. The president, A. L. Cox, and Sect, I. H. Triplett, and Lean H. Jordan, treasurer, deserve great credit for their management of the Oxford club at this time. The Oxford Club gave their ball on last Tuesday evening at Burns' Hall which was a grand success in every way. The members at this time spared no pains in entertaining their guestst of both in the city and out. The members of the club carried out their part of the program to the letter. They were all in Full Dress. The hall was beautifully decorated and the menu was indeed grand. The ladies that were in attendance were nicely dressed. In their costumes they represented most every color which was suitable to the occasion; they had flowers to match. Those present were the following: Prof. W. E. Griffith and wife; T. H. Clay and wife; Ed Clay and wife; John Hearned and wife; Frank Buffkin and wife; Dr. J. E. Berry and wife; Sandy Edwards and wife; Dr. F. C. Chattman and wife; J. E. Carpenter and wife; George Teeters and wife; Will Garritt and wife; Harry Rilly and wife; Mrs. John Lang, Mrs. Sallie Booker, Mrs. Jane Woodland, Mrs. Ada Jordan; Misses Jennie Clay, Edna Jorden, Annie Jones, Stella Cole, and Miss Ida Foster, Miss Nella Lore, Miss Ella Watkins, Miss Ida Godford, Miss May Barnes, Miss Minnie Hubbard, Miss Ella Sweatman, Miss Luhu Sweatman; Mr. C. A. Jackson, Mr. W. H. Watson, Mr. A. L. Cox, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. James Young, Mr. Kirk Wilson, Mr. J. T. Roberts, Mr. L. Montgomery, Mr. John Russell, Mr. Charles Washington, Mr. Will Griffin, Mr. Blake Brownn, Mr. L. H. Jorden, Mr. J. W. Moss, Mr. W. H. Page, Mr. Ed Louis. The out of town visitors to the Oxford ball on the 29th were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Bradley of Kansas City, Kan., and Miss Stafford. Charles Phelps and wife, of St. Joe. George Moore and wife, of St. Joe. Mr. Perry and wife, of St. Joe. Miss Minnie Page and Miss Cora Bennett of Topeka. Mrs. Helen Armstrong and Miss Jennie Moore of St. Louis. To the members of the Oxford we apologize for this part being left out, especially to the Sergeant at Arms Mr. L. Montgomery and to Mr. Watson, the floor manager. We are to feel congratulated of the Oxford cub at this time. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 7, 1904. To The Rising Son: Please allow me to say through your paper that little Helen Gould Floyd, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Floyd of 1311 Highland avenue, received the following presents: Mrs. Martha Henderson, a beautiful baby carriage; Miss Lucy Pratt, $1; Miss Leta Morton, crocheted sacque and bootees; Miss Tressa Clark, night caps; Mr. James R. Gordon, $1; Mr. Felix Wilson, gold ring; Miss Bendena West, crocheted bootees; Mrs. Sarah Jackson and Mrs. Ida Lawrence, twenty yards of birdseye cloth; Mr. W. O. Fisher, one dozen American Beauty roses; Mr. Harry G. Brown, gold ring; Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson, two flannel skirts, silk crocheted cap; Mrs. Lizzie Austlin, a gold necklace; H. F. Floyd, baby cloak; Mrs. Mamie West, baby rattler; Mr. Roy Cloak, a doll; Annie E. Floyd, a child's silver set; a purse containing $6, given by the following: Harry G. Brown, Mary Fisher, Malinda Webb, Sylvester Temple, Mary Harris, Minnie Bailey, Ella Jenkins, Ed Randolf, Elizabeth Richardson, H. F. Floyd, Lulu Cooper, Chester Clark and Mary Jenkins. If wishes were horses, beggars would want automobiles. THE MONKEY AND THE BUZZ SAW. TARIFF TINKER U.S.A. FREE TRADE WHY THEY FAVOR IT DEMOCRATIC FONDNESS FOR COMPETITIVE RECIPROCITY. It Is Regarded as an Important Step in the Direction of Free Trade. a Half Loaf That Is Much Better Than No Bread. Democratic leaders in Congress and elsewhere are sitting up of nights to advance the cause of something of their own devising which they are pleased to call "reciprocity." They say it is the reciprocity mentioned as an economic possibility by McKinley and Blaine. In the first place no republican of weight has ever suggested reciprocity in any form that could interfere, in the slightest degree, with the protection of American wages, which are much the highest in the world, or with fostering the wise development of industries on our own soil. No prominent republican has ever proposed reciprocity in any except non-competitive products, and not specifically in regard to those. None has ever touched on the subject save as a generalization worthy of thought, but secondary to republican protection, giving to that benefited policy the full party recognition it has always had, and always will have, unless the party moves off its old foundations. But what sort of reciprocity are democratic managers urging upon public attention, claiming to have borrowed it from eminent republicans? It is a slash at all protection, an entering wedge to rip up the Dingley tariff in competitive or any other products. It is simply a renewal of the fight, on shifted ground, for democratic free trade. Thus Democrats in Congress are declaring that the Cuban tariff concession "is unquestionably a breach in the wall of protection" and that democratic votes will go to the measure for that reason. Representative Wili THE MONKEY AND T U-S FREE liams, the Democratic leader in the house, insists that the Cuban bill is an example of reciprocity, and that reciprocity is a concession to the democratic demand for untrammeled trade relations." A democratic paper remarks that while reciprocity is a quibble and an anomaly, it should be welcomed by Democrats as a step toward a tariff for revenue only, and on the ground that half a loaf is better than none. President Roosevelt recommended the Cuban concession as a "unique" provision to assist a new nation which this country created and over which this country holds a peculiar restraint. Few republicans think that the United States is still under fiscal obligations to Cuba, or that any point of honor is involved in the action of Congress yet to come. As far as the democratic party is concerned, it is fighting protection, not trying to benefit Cuba. Thomas B. Reed's last magazine article, published after his death, which occurred less than a year ago, was a powerful argument against reciprocity as far as it had been defined within his experience. "If you will examine reciprocity in detail," he wrote, "you will find that, in nearly every case, the national revenue is sacrificed for the benefit of individuals." Probably the Cuban bill, if it goes through, will work that way, no matter what sentiment of supposed honor or generosity is felt by any of its advocates. Mr. Reed opposed the Cuban tariff reduction in these incisive words: "For the republicans to desert the beet sugar interest is to desert the farmer in the one conspicuous and clear case where his industry is fostered. Under the tariff as it now is all the sugar needed by this country can be made by the people of this country. That is in accord with our system. When we throw our markets open to the world in all things, then it will be time to do it for sugar." Mr. Reed was a statesman of long experience in Congress. Senator Allison, with similar training, said recently: "Reciprocity is a beautiful theory, but I am convinced that it cannot be put into practice." Reciprocity has grown a little more definite in one respect. It is democratic ammunition, and seized by them with eagerness as a national campaign draws near and finds them without an issue. Republicans de cline to hand them an issue on a rect procyc free trade platter.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. Bad for Cuba. As for the Cubans themselves, it would almost be a crime against cliv illization to tempt them to continue their ruinous one-crop policy by special inducements for the dumpage of their sugar. What Cuba needs is a diversification of products, whereby she may secure a variety of customers. It will be no advantage to Cuba to make the American Sugar trust the sole customer for her principal products. There is a deficiency in the world's cotton supply, and all contents are being ransacked for places where that staple can be profitably grown. There is evidence that there is no better place than Cuba. The mountainous districts of Cuba are most valuable grazing lands, whose owners are restocking them in the expectation of profit, properly assured to them by the Cuban protective tariff. The proposed treaty admits American cattle into Cuba at 40 per cent reduction from tariff rates. Do the Cuban stockmen wish to thus buy a market for the Cuban sugar growers? Let us stop our onslaught on Cuban and American industries for the benefit of the American Sugar trust and its friends who have bought sugar estates in Cuba.—San Francisco Chronicle. WHY FARMERS OBJECT. Sound Reasons for Their Opposition to Free Trade in Agricultural Products. It is easy to understand that Canada would be glad to enter into a reciprocy agreement with the United States that should include natural products only. Equally obvious is the reason why she should decline to swap trade privileges in manufactured products. Her natural products seek a nearby market, and it would be tremendously to her advantage if she could sell her surplus in the United States instead of shipping it to Europe. But in industrial production she is only a beginner. She is trying to develop her manufacturing industries. In the event of free trade in natural products Canada would do all the selling and THE BUZZ SAW. KARIFF INKER S.A. TRADE none of the buying, while free trade in manufacturers would swamp every one of her youthful industries. The American farmer objects to reciprocity restricted to natural products only. With good reason he objects to having all of Canada's surplus of grain dumped on the American market. He knows that to remove the protective tariff from Canadian cereals would not only be disadvantageous to his interests now but in the near future help to build up a competition overwhelming in its magnitude. Canada's grain-producing possibilities are practically unlimited. The total acreage of the lands in Manitoba and thence west to the Rockies, and running 600 or 700 miles north of the boundary line is 2,230,000,000 acres. Of this about 25,000,000 acres are being utilized or have been transferred by the crown to railways, for homesteads and other purposes of production. Of these 25,000,000 this year only 3,123,663 acres were under cultivation. The actual yield of grain of all kinds this year was 110,000,000 over last year. The wheat yield was 57,163,032 bushels, an increase of about 4,000,000. As rapidly as immigration can be induced and lands placed under cultivation these countless millions of acres are to be added to the wheat-producing area of North America. It is the dream of Canada to become the great wheat-producing country of the world. Reciprocity in natural products would greatly hasten the realization of this dream. Already large numbers of farmers from the United States are moving over to the Canadian Northwest and locating upon lands within reach of railroad transportation. There will be more railroads, more accessible lands, more farmers rushing over to take and till them. That is what Canada wants. It is not, however, what the American farmer wants. He prefers to retain as long as possible the advantages which the present tariff gives him in the matter of a profitable market for his food stuffs. Hence his opposition to reciprocity in natural products. Is it unreasonable or unnatural that another great body of American farmers should be unwilling to relinquish the advantages which the Dingley tariff gives them, and to surrender to foreign competitors the control of the immense market for their sugar cane, their sugar beets, their early fruits and vegetables, their oranges, lemons and pineapples, and their tobacco? Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested—Bacon. HUMOR OF THE DAY He Knew Her. "Behold," whispered the spiritualistic medium, "it is the spirit of your late wife." The man sat still and said nothing. "Don't you understand?" whispered the medium again. "It is your departed wife. Why don't you speak to her?" "Oh, she'll do the speaking if it's her." Wretch. "George, did you ever love any other woman as well as you love me?" "Oh, yes, my dear; several of them." "Indeed! Why didn't you marry one of them instead of me?" "Well. I suppose I'll be asking myself that question, too, some day." Reggie's Soon Ysobel—"Why did you break, with Reggle?" Ethyl—"He kissed me." Ysobel—"How shocking! What was it like?" Ethyl—"Perfectly awful; just like a canary bird!" No Cause for Alarm. "How is the police protection here?" asked the stranger within the gates, who was seeking a business location. "Oh, we have the police pretty well bluffed," replied the native. We don't need protection from them any more." Where She Got It. Mrs. Sharpe—What's the matter with you this morning, Bridget? Bridget—Oh, faith, ma'ma, 'tis the terrible carache Ol hov this mornin'. Mrs. Sharpe—You should be careful, Bridget. All the keyholes in this house are exceedingly draughty. One Man's Opinion Bullock—Oh, I'm merely trying to make an honest dollar. Lambert—Well, you ought to succeed. You won't have any competitors." Such a Sad Affair. "Ah, those good old days in the boarding house! How I miss them!" The star boarder who had married gazed soulfully into the misty past. "It is such a mental deprivation," he sighed, "not to hear anybody say 'Please pass the prunes!'" It Seems Strange. "It's a darned funny thing," commented the actor who had been harshly criticised, "that the dramatic critics never seem to think that possibly they are the ones who have no adequate conception of the part that a fellow plays." Fruitless Quest "Worry," said the author, "is the plague of genius, but it hasn't reached my brain yet." "Perhaps," suggested a listener, "it get tired looking for it." Disappointed. Old Rip—Confound a liar! I don't care anything for these clothes, but that gun was guaranteed to last fifty years—Pittsburgh Chronicle. Legal Booster. "That fellow Briefleigh," remarked the lawyer, "is one of the greatest benefactors my profession ever had." "What did he do? Endow a library?" "No, indeed. He compiled a book entitled 'Every Man His Own Lawyer.'" Ready Excuse. "What are you doing with your hand in my pockets?" demanded the man who had been gazing in the shop window. "Why, sir," whined the crook, "derzn't no pockets in dese trousers an' me hands are cold." Just the One. Ernie—Ida is actually going to marry that young man who gambles and drinks. Evt—Yes, I heard that she wanted a husband awfully bad. BIRTHPLACE OF POET COWPER. Quaint Old English Home of Much Interest Just New. The 172d anniversary of the birth of the poet Cowper was recently celebrated in England. I think the accompanying illustration of the house in which he was born will be of interest to many, says a writer. Those of us who have visited Berkhamptest know that there is practically nothing to remind one of Cowper in that pleasant town apart from his mother's grave in the church, the rectory being a comparatively new one. This, however, is an unpublished picture of the old rectory in which the poet was born on Nov. 15, 1731, O. S.; Nov. 26, N. S. DESCENDANT OF KING DAVID. Philadelphia Woman Who Traced Kinship to Jewish Family of Abarbanel. A lineal descendant of King David died in Philadelphia recently. Mrs. Gustav Lipschuetz was her name. She lived with her husband and five children at 1419 Diamond street, but death came in St. Luke's hospital, where she had undergone an operation. She was 53 years of age. Through the misty reacues of sacred history this woman could trace her kinship to the distinguished Jewish family Abarbanel, whose relationship to King David is undoubted and whose achievements throughout Europe are matters of history. Mrs. Lipschuetz, whose malden name was Bertha Neumann, sprang from that branch of the family of which Don Isaac Abarbanbale, prime minister of Spain in 1492, was the head. During that time, when persecution against the Jews began as a result of the change in the religious views of Ferdinand and Isabella, Don Isaac was obliged to flee with his less favored brethren. The family scattered, settling in various parts of Europe. Don Isaac afterward became prime minister in Italy. The grandfather of the dead woman was Rudolph Hirsch Abarbanbale, one of the foremost rabbis of Germany in the last century. The city Gretz, where he died, gave him a public funeral, and the government buildings were draped in mourning. Natural Ice Houses. The peasants of Pongibaud, in the mountains of Auvergne, are acquainted with a singular summer formation of ice, presumably due to evaporation of underground moisture and consequent fall in temperature. Of this phenomena they have for many years taken advantage to cool and harden their cheeses, which are deposited in certain caverns, where this ice is found to be present, and thus keep good during the hottest summer months. By means of the gramophone backward parrots are easily taught to pick up words and sentences, which are repeated over and over by the machine. Egyptian Shorthand. Shorthand writers should be interested in the recent discovery of a papyrus which throws some light on the state of stenography in Egypt in the third century. The document found is a contract between a shorthand school and a man who wished one of his slaves to acquire the art. The fee was 120 drachmae, 40 down, 40 at the end of a year and the balance on "graduation." How long the course lasted is not stated, but evidently the art of the stenographer was not an easy one, and it was practiced chiefly by slaves. Large Connecticut Deer. Many of the deer which have been seen in Connecticut recently are reported to be of large size, and some observers, who are familiar with deer in Maine and other sections to the northward, claim that the Connecticut animals are larger for their age and in better condition. A possible explanation is that in the milder climate of Connecticut the deer have abundant feed, excepting in the severest winter weather. "A Hare Dresser." Husband Needs to Be Wealthy. A New Jersey woman has become the mother of five children during the past year—twins and triplets. A. Definition. "Diplomacy, Lester," said the hosepecked man, replying to the inquiry of his small son, during, it may not be necessary to explain, the temporary absence of the majestic wife of the one and mother of the other, "diplomacy is what makes a man carve a turkey and unselfishly deal out to his family and the visitors their favorite helps, including the only portions which he himself really likes, and at the same time look like a putty saint. Fine Feathers Prohibited. A small hotel in the Juras has the following notice posted in each of the bedrooms: "Strange gentlemen will please not to dress for dinner, as this costume flutters the hearts of the maid folk and no work is accomplished." Why Some Young Men Shave. Harker—"Say, why don't you wear a mustache?" Barker—"Can't afford it, old man." Harker—"Does it cost any more?" Barker—"Yes; I couldn't smoke my cigarets so short."—Philadelphia Record. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has not yet discovered. Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for the medical uniqueness of catarrh, a constitution of the human body that is intolerable in international treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in its entirety from the surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient the freedom to live in nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer it to the patient in the case that it fails to cure. Seed for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Hall, 1200 W. 12th St. the best. English Statute Mile The English statute mile was first defined in the thirty-fifth year of Queen Elizabeth. Before that time it was put down at 5,000 feet. Trout Caught in the Ocean Trout are believed to be exclusively fresh-water fish, it happens, however, occasionally that some are caught with the herring in the German ocean. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Mommsen and His Students On his eighteenth birthday Theodore Mommsen, the historian, received a visit from a great delegation of students, who marched out to his home, but he could not be induced to leave his work to greet them. "They see me every day at the university," he said; "why do they want to disturb me now?" Gibraltar. What is commonly called the Island of Gibraltar is not an island at all, but a peninsula connected with the mainland of Spain by a flat, sandy isthmus. It is a solid rock of limestone, stretching north and south, three miles long, three-fourths of a mile wide at its widest part, and the highest point is 1,396 feet bove the sea. Disperses Ants. A plague of ants lately invaded an office at Everley, Eng. Paper soaked with oil of peppermint was spread about, when the ants disappeared in half an hour, and although the odor of peppermint quite evaporated in a few days, their memory was good and they never returned. Mental Power. One self-wrought problem will give more vigor than a thousand worked out for us. It is the constant stretching of the mind over large problems, ever large models—it is independent thought—that increases mental power.—Success. Long Day. Prof. Schuman of Cornell is reported to recommend eleven hours for study, two for meals, three for athletics, one for recreation and the remaining eight for sleep. The trouble about this program is that it calls for a twenty-five-hour day. KNOWS NOW Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case for a Time. It's easy to understand how ordinary people get fooled by coffee when doctors themselves sometimes forget the facts. A physician speaks of his own experience: "I had used coffee for years and really did not exactly believe it was injuring me although I had palpitation of the heart every day. "Finally one day a severe and almost fatal attack of heart trouble frightened me and I gave up both tea and coffee, using Postum instead, and since that time I have had absolutely no heart palpitation except on one or two occasions when I tried a small quantity of coffee which caused severe irritation and proved to me I must let it alone. "When we began using Postum it seemed weak—that was because we did not make it according to directions—but now we put a little bit of butter in the pot when boiling and allow the Postum to boll full 15 minutes which gives it the proper rich flavor and the deep brown color. "I have advised a great many of my friends and patients to leave off coffee and drink Postum; in fact, I daily give this advice." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many thousands of physicians use Postum in place of tea and coffee in their own homes and prescribe it to patients. "There's a reason." A remarkable little book "The Road to Wellville" can be found in each package. COMPLETELY RESTORED Mrs. P. Brunsel, wife of P. Brunsel, stock dealer, residence 5111 Grand ave., Everett, Wash., says: "For 25 teen years I suffered with terrible pain in my back. I did not know what it was to enjoy a night's rest, and arose in the morning feeling tired and unrefreshed. My suffering sometimes was simply indescribable. When I finished the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills I felt like a different woman. I teen years I suffered with terrible pain in my back. I did not know what it was to enjoy a night's rest, and arose in the morning feeling tired and unrefreshed. My suffering sometimes was simply indescribable. When I finished the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills I felt like a different woman. I continued until I had taken five boxes. Doan's Kidney Pills act very effectively, very promptly, relieve the aching pains and all other annoying difficulties." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 60 cents per box. Bird Sanitarium. Even birds have entered the business of being professionally ill, and have triumphantly scaled the heights of drugs, doctors, and sanitariums. The bird sanitarium is a fact. Canaries and parrots are its mainstays but besides them are many commoner invalids from wood and meadowland. There are between 500 and 700 patients, and, in the boarding house connected with the sanitarium about 4,000 guests. Virus Is Fatal to Rats. A new virus called "danysg" is made in France and is claimed to be harmless to domestic animals, but fatal to rats. Bread impregnated with it was scattered in docks, vessels, railway stations and schools, in Marseilles, and over a thousand rats were destroyed in a single night. The final results of the experiments will be eagerly awaited. French Monument for Waterloo. ▲ large bronze eagle with one wing broken and drooping is the main feature of the French national monument which is to be erected on the field of Waterloo. Good News From Minnesota. Lakefield, Minn., Jan. 4.—Mr. William E. Gentry of this place is one of the best-known and most highly respected men in Jackson County. For 45 years he has suffered with Kidney Trouble and now at 77 years of age he has found a complete cure and is well. His cure is remarkable because of the length of time he had been suffering. Cases of 40 years' standing might be considered incurable, but the remedy that cured Mr. Gentry seems to know no limit to its curative power. Mr. Gentry says: "I have suffered with misery in my back tor about 45 years and had all the troublesome symptoms of Kidney and Urinary disease. I tried various kinds of remedies, but all to no effect until I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Now I have no pain in my back, and feel quite well in every way. "I am 77 years of age and I feel better than I have for the last 40 years. I attribute it all to Dodd's Kidney Pills." ney Pills." _____ When the child hen, it is proper not a leg. When the child inner was a hen, it is proper a limb, and not a leg. RECORD RUN TO KANSAS CITY. Wabash Train Makes Trip in Five Hours and Fifty Minutes. Wabash train No. 9, fast mail between St. Louis and Kansas City, made a record-breaking run from St. Louis to Kansas City Sunday af- ternoon. The schedule time for starting is 2:20 p. m., and the regular time for the run is seven hours and ten min- utes. No. 9 started one hour late, lost twenty minutes on the way and pulled into Kansas City on time, making the run in five hours and fifty minutes, five minutes faster than any previous record. There was a full equipment of a mall car, combination car, chair car and diner. At many places along the route the train showed a speed of seventy miles an hour, and between Mexico and Montgomery City a mile a minute was reeled off. The distance is twenty-four miles, and it took just twenty-four minutes to make the trip. The train was in charge of Conductor J. S. Gould. The engineer was Charles Summerville.-St. Louis Republic. An eastern astronomer says that planet Jupiter has six floors and a basement. If his telescope possesses sufficient power, he might, by a closer inspection, discover over the main entrance a sign reading, "No children allowed."-Denver Post. Doubtful Maxim: Of course, where there is so much smoke there must be some fire, but when you compare the temperature of your house with the actions of your furnace you can't help sometimes doubting it very seriously.—Indianapolis News. Muzzle Velocity of Rifle The muzzle velocity a second of the riffles of the large countries is as follows: United States, Springfield, 2,300; French, Lebel, 2,073; English, Le Metford, 2,000; Spanish, Mauser, 2,888; Italian, Mannlicher Carcano, 2,100; German, Mauser, 2,043. Sights on these are now graduated thus: United States, 2,000; France, 2,187; England, 2,800; Spain, 2,187; Italy, 2,180; Germany, 2,187 yarda. HAY-SPRITES. The sun is hot on the hayfield, It pours on each new-cut heap, The little weary hair-sprites Have crept underneath to sleep. How they wrestled and leaped this morning, Whilst the haymakers tossed the hay! And now in their prickly caves They have hidden themselves away. But soon when the elm tree shadows Grow longer over the grass, And the trees wake up and rustle And the winds of the evening pass, Then the sprites creep out of the darkr.ess And blink in sleepy surprise, And stretch their little thin bodies And rub their little black eyes. They ride on the angry beetles, And chase the humble bee, Till the mists rise up in the valley And the moon comes over the trees. Folks say it's the wind that rustles And stirs the new-mown hay, But it's only the little hay-sprites Come out in the dusk to play. A PAPER HERO By WALTER G. PROCTOR. Copyrighted, 1903, by The Authors Publishing Company "Mornin', Mary; 'nother letter from Fred, I 'apose—t'as the South Africa stamp on't," said the postman, handing a letter to the rosy-cheeked maiden waiting for him at the gate in the break of the hedge. Blushing, Mary took it and hastened to the rosebower in the corner of the garden where she had spent the last blissful hour with Fred before his departure for the front. To her it seemed a fit place to read his letters. She read and re-read this particular letter. Then with bounding step and happy heart she ran into the cottage and threw it into her mother's lap. "Read it, mother," she exclaimed. "What do you think?" Fred's a hero." What do you think? Fred's a hero. While her mother was reading the letter, some of Mary's girl friends came in. "The postman says you've a letter from Fred," said one; "do tell us the news, Mary; there's a dear." Only too anxious, Mary took the letter from her mother. "I'm only going to read the news to you, girls," she said, excitedly; "but that's enough. Fred's a real hero. He's saved a whole battalion. Here's what he says: "I expect you have read about it in the papers by this time. But there, you don't know yet. Our battalion was ordered to take a strong position held by the Boers, from which they have been sneaking out and doing a lot of mischief lately, blowing up trains and cutting off transports. We started out bright and early without transportation, and with only three days' rations. We marched until noon, when we encamped and rested until sunset. Then we resumed our march, and marched all night, in order to surprise the enemy at dawn. "We had to cross a river to get to them. That river came near being the slaughter-house for the whole battalion—it was for quite a number. The road to the Ford ran through a deep gorge which opened into a narrow valley, walled in by steep hills, and through which flowed the river. We cleared the gorge and our vanguard was already half-way across the river, when the enemy opened fire on us from the hills on the opposite side. Somehow they had heard of our intended attack. We were completely surprised and at their mercy. We were in the open and unprotected, while not a head of the enemy could be seen. From every rock belched forth fire and bullets. In a moment all was confusion. Our colonel, a conspicuous mark for enemies' bullets, kept his wits, however, and ordered the battery to play on them. But it was no use. There was nothing to do now but to retreat, and our colonel reluctantly gave the order. "But no sooner had we right-about WALTER To her it seemed a fit place to read his letters. faced than we were met by a murderous fire from the hills we had just left. ""Volunteers to man the guns," our colonel yelled. "Pepper the hills and cover our retreat." "It was almost certain death to touch those guns, but I dashed for them and a dozen fellows followed me. Nearly all were shot down before we reached the guns, but I shouted for others to come on. "The bullets were striking all around me, several passed through my clothes, and one knocked off my hat, but we got the guns into action long enough to enable the battalion to re-enter the gorge, where we were protected by the rocks. How any of us escaped is a mystery. We were compelled to leave the guns in the valley, but once under cover of the rocks, we were able to prevent them falling into the hands of the Boers. "When night came on the colonel called for volunteers to save the guns. Again I led a few men to the guns and brought them in. A few doses of lyddite cleared the hills of the enemy and enabled our ambulance corps to attend to the wounded and bury the dead. The colonel com- Looked at the date of the paper. Looked at the date of the paper. plimented me and recommended me for promotion.' "There, what do you think of that, girls," cried the delighted Mary, as a vision of Fred, with her arm in his, walking along the street, floated before her eyes. "Oh, do send his letter to the paper," advised Sadie Hopkins. "Yes, Mary, do," entreated the others. "Do you think they would print it?" she asked. "Think? I know they would." replied Sadie. "Copy the part you read to us, Mary, and send it in; it will appear next Sunday." And so it came about that one of the foremost weekly papers of London published an account of the heroism of Fred Marlow. Col. St. Quentin sat in the corrugated iron shanty which served for his headquarters. He had just been receiving reports from the blockhouses scattered along the railway. He was wishing something would turn up to break the monotony of the situation and dispel the ennui that had crept upon him. Just then his orderly entered. "Hello, Pemberton," he exclaimed. "Any news? Confound it, there is not a Boer in the country, and I don't see the necessity for keeping us here in this blooming country now, alternately roasting and shivering. Kitchener has them about all corralled." "No news of Boers around here, colonel," replied the orderly, saluting, "but I have some news from the front by way of London." "Gaa! what is it?" asked the colonel. "Anything important? Not peace, eh?" "Oh, no. It's an account of some of our past exploits. Read that," and the orderly took from his pocket a copy of the Weekly News, indicating with his finger the part he desired the colonel to read. The latter read the article through, looked at the date of the paper, and then at his orderly. "That's rich, isn't it?" he remarked. "It's too good to keep to ourselves. Pass the order around, Pemberton, to have the men parade and formed into a square." "Good. Now for some fun," soliloquized the orderly, as he started to deliver his colonel's orders. When the men formed, the colonel, standing in the center of the square, read to them an account of the wonderful achievement of, one of their number. When he had finished reading, he addressed the battalion: "I feel that an apology is due from me to the brave fellow in our ranks whose gallant deed has so long been unrecognized. But the fact is, I had never heard of it until to-day, when I read the article in this paper. However, to make amends for our past neglect, I now call upon you to give the hero three hearty cheers." The battalion responded with three mighty cheers. Fred Marlow was wishing the ground would open and swallow him. THE TAMING OF A TIGER. How Clever Showman Got the Best of Ferocious Man-Eater. "The trainers of wild beasts," said John Lover of the Zoo, "sometimes show a good deal of originality in devising means to subdue intractable animals. For instance, there was a showman I used to know named Melchior. He once bought for a song a magnificent Bengal tiger, getting it so cheap because it had already killed two men. This tiger had a ferocious nature. Melchior at nirst would put his foot or his hand into the cage, but from the way it would leap at him he knew that to put himself entirely in its power would be suicide. Nothing he could do would establish a friendly relation between himself and the tiger. Some originality was needed, and Melchior showed it by taking some old clothes, stuffing them with rags and throwing them in the cage. The tiger in a jiffy tore the old clothes to pieces, thinking them a human being. Next day, and the next day, and the next, Melchior continued to throw in to the tiger stuffed figures, and the tiger continued to destroy them; only, as time passed, the animal ceased to put heat into its work, and in the end, to make a long story short, it gave up altogether these attacks on the scarecrows—it would just play with them or else not notice them at all. Now was Melchior's time. He opend the cage door one morning, walked in boldly and slapped the tiger familiar on the back. It gave him a friendly look and purred. It took him, you see, for another mannikin. It lived seven years with Melchior and finally died of heart trouble, and through all those seven years it was as gentle as a kitten. A child could have handled it."—Phila delphia Record. Was He Joking? Several Philadelphia men recently went on a gunning trip to Virginia. The first evening they elected to stop at a little, out of the way hotel. Along with the other guests they had repaired to the dining room for supper, and had been seated some little while when the proprietor appeared in the doorway and to their astonishment recited in stentorian tones the bill of fare. One of the party inquired later why this novel method prevailed in lieu of the usual printed cards. "It's a practice I began some years ago," replied the proprietor with a smile, "when I kept a hotel in another state. Most of my guests were members of the legislature, and they couldn't read." Dancing for Children. It is never a good idea to send a child to the dancing class so distractingly gowned that she cannot put her mind on the instructions of her teacher. A simple little frock, not any more "frilly" than any afternoon pique dress she might wear, is best. And for Reginald the same notion is the most satisfactory, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Do not insist on making him tog out as brother Will would when going to his first big dinner. It seems almost a shame to insist that children should wear high buttoned or laced boots for the dancing class, but it is by far the most sensible, for until the ankles are strong and not prone to any turning the high shoes, with, however, very low heels, are the best. Spirit Photography. An Irish woman went to a photographer's and, after stating that her husband was dead, requested a picture of him. On being asked for a likeness, she said: "Shure, if I had wan picture of him, wat wud I come here for?" The photographer, always ready for fun, replied: "If you give me $5 and a description o your husband, I think I can accommodate you." "Well," answered the woman, "he had red hair, gray eyes, was tall an' thin and rather narvus." On receiving the picture, and with tears streaming from her eyes, she said: "Oh, Dennis, how you have changed!" Turtle Off Britain. A huge turtle was found off the island of Lewis last week. The fishermen had never beheld such a "queer beast," and got it into their boat and brought it across to Malaga with their cargo of fish. They were considerably astonished when a gentleman staying at the hotel there informed them that the creature was worth more than the whole of the rest of the catch. They sent it off to the Birmingham market along with the other fish, and were delighted beyond words when they shared the resulting check. It is exceedingly rare to find turtles off the coast of Britain. A Good Fit. Senator Matthew Stanley Quay drifted into the lobby of the Arlington in Washington in a spick and span new suit of clothes and a Southern member of Congress congratulated him upon his appearance. "Good fit—eh?" said Quay, much pleased. "Fit! Sets better'n a hen, Senator!" was the reply.—New York Times. WHAT FASHION DECREES FOR WOMEN Newest in Jewel Bags. The underskirt jewel bag is an English idea, and constitutes a decided improvement over the smaller affair worn with a ribbon around the neck. Cleverly constructed, this new bag is worn underneath the dress. It is made of suede leather in some dark, useful color, and is lined with silk or leather. The large pocket, which seems to be placed on the outside in the center near the top, has a strong purse-clasp. Should it ever be possible that this could come unfastened, it cannot gape open at all when being worn, on account of the two side flaps that come over the back of the pocket and keep all taut, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Of the strongest webbing, long straps are securely fastened at the top edge of the bag, and at the other end they meet a waistband of webbing that buckles firmly around the waist. Another style for this traveling jewel and money bag is of similar materials, the large pocket having several compartments inside, and the top of the bag coming over like a flap to fasten with patent claps. Negligee With Stole Collar. Simple negligees are always attractive and fill so evident a need as to be counted among the necessities of the wardrobe. This one can be gathered or accordion plaited as preferred and includes the fashionable wide collar with stole ends. The model is made of pale pink crepe albatross with ```markdown ``` 4601 Negligee with Stole Collar, 32 to 40 bust. the collar of white, edged with a pretty fancy braid, but any soft and pliable fabric is appropriate and the collar can be of the material, of contrasting color, or of silk on wool as may be liked. The negligee consists of a shallow yoke to which the fronts and back are joined, the full sleeves and the wide collar. The sleeves are fuller below the elbows and snugger above and are gathered into straight cuffs. When accordion plaiting is preferred both the fronts and back are cut of sufficient width and are finely plaited before being joined to the yoke. The collar is arranged over the shoulders and seamed to the neck, its stole finishing the front. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 5% yards 21 inches wide, 5% yards 27 inches wide or 8% yards 44 inches wide, when negligee is gathered; 7% yard 21, 6% 27 or 3% yards 44 inches wide, when it is accordion plaited, with 4% yard of contrasting material for collar and 3 yards of fancy braid to trim as illustrated. The pattern 4601 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure. PRETTY THINGS TO Wear Flat neck effects prevail. Lace bands, in some modish instances, are inlaid. Some exquisite floral brooches are used for linings. Collars are so deep as to amount to full-fledged coats. Widely flowing sleeves seem to come first in favor. Round capes seem to be preferred to pointed hood effects. Some immense balloon-like sleeves are caught into ornate flaring cuffs. The hat that flares up at the left and away off the face is oftenest seen. Hand-embroidered robe gowns of velvetleen are among the beautiful novelties. Squirrel fur is not seen at all in Paris this winter and moleskin is promised as brief a reign. Beads, buckles, chains and straps—it's enough to make the fashionable woman feel as if she were in harness. We are still wearing cream and champagne colored cloth and etamine coats trimmed with silk incrusted lace of the same color. Changes in Fashion of Sleeves. Sleeves are certainly growing smaller and the puff at the elbow seems doomed to extinction. The ruffled sleeve reaching to the elbow with a tight-fitting undersleeve is at once becoming and satisfactory. A gray velvet is made with a sleeve of this description, the undersleeve being tucked gray mousselline soe sole. Another velvet gown, this in champagne color has even more adorable sleeves. They are mere shoulder caps cut in points and almost tight-fitting. The undersleeve is of the heaviest Russian lace piped except at the wrist, where they are slightly fulled. This gown is cut out at the throat to show a guump of lace. Bodice Girdles. The vogue of the deep belt, or girdle, appears to gain adherents week by week until no wardrobe is considered complete that does not include one or more. These varying styles suit the needs of varying figures and are some full, some plain. As illustrated Number One is made of black Liberty satin, Number Two of black and white taffeta, Number Three of peau de cynge and Number Four of crepe de Chine, but any of the materials used for bodices of the sort are appropriate and the color can be made to suit the demands of the special gown. The girdles consist of the foundation, which is shaped and fitted to the 4603 Bodice Girdles, 20, 24, 28 waist. figure and is used for all, and the full portion of each. Number one is shaped and shirred on indicated lines, then arranged over the foundation which is boned in order to retain its shape. Number two is cut in sections which are arranged over the foundation and held by lacings, the whole being boned at back sides and front. Number three consists of three portions, which are laid in folds, the center parts being arranged over the centre of the foundation at front and back and the outer portion shaped to give a pointed effect at the front where it terminates and one end is passed through an ornamental ring or buckle. Number four is similar to number one but is narrower and shows fewer shirrings, so being adapted to the waists of larger size. The quantity of material 21 inches wide required for the medium size is 1 yard for number one, $ \frac{3}{4} $ yards for number two, $ 1 \frac{1}{2} $ yards for number three and $ \frac{7}{8} $ yards for number four. The pattern 4603 is cut in three sizes, small or 20 inch waist measure, medium or 24 inch waist measure and large or 28 inch waist measure. Velvet in Great Variety. Velvet, which is being much used for visiting and reception gowns, is of a new and wonderful softness and comes in many varieties. Besides the many stamped and printed designs there are some inlain with satin spots and stripes and others of changeable colors, which shade from brown to deep orange or from petunia to pale hellotrope. The trimming of velvet gowns is, of necessity, simple, and lace—Irish or renaissance—is much used for this purpose. In normal talks The candles will burn slowly and steadily through the evening if they are kept on ice all day. For marks made on painted woodwork by matches, try rubbing first with a slice of lemon, then with whitling, and in a few moments wash with warm soapsuds. Pickle bottles and jars that smell of onions will be quite sweet and odorless after being left out of doors for three or four days filled with sand or garden mold. Coffee Grounds a Disinfectant—Coffee grounds are generally thrown away, although they make a capital disinfectant and deodorizer if they are burned on a hot fire shovel and borne through the apartment. Frequent washing with soap will dim the surface of a mirror. The occasional use of alcohol is recommended, but for frequent washing damp newspaper with a polishing with chamois skin will keep mirrors and table glassware in good condition. The cloths used in waxing floors or polishing furniture should be kept in a covered crock as long as clean, then, instead of letting them accumulate in closet or storeroom, burn them immediately, since vegetable oils are so liable to spontaneous combustion. To make your tumblers look bright, add a little ammonia to the water in which they are washed and rinse in clean, cold water. When Making Cakes—In greasing tins for cakes, instead of butter use lard, as the salt in the butter makes the cake stick to the tin. A Use for Stale Bread and Butter—Spread half the slice with jam, cover with the other half. Cut into neat squares, dip in batter and fry in boiling fat. If Your Feathers Get Uncurled—Through being out in damp weather, shake them for a few minutes over a fire on which you have thrown a handful of salt. To Prevent Doors Banging—A cork neatly covered with some dark material and nailed to the floor about three inches out from the wall will prevent the door banging back and spoiling the wall. Spot Embroidery. Many of the very best French models in gowns, separate waists and short coats are embroidered with wafer spots in silk or wool to match the fabric. The fashion is suggestive to the girl who has a plain gown she wants brightened up, for these wafer spots are easily embroidered, and worked upon bodice and skirt-wake of a cloth dress will make it an altogether new garment. Powdered Borax. Powdered borax is a harmless and exceedingly useful article to keep in the house. A tablespoonful added to hard water successfully softens it. It is an agreeable addition to the dishwater and helps to keep the hands soft instead of irritating them, as does goda. Shirred Waist and Three Piece Skirt. Shirred Waist and Three Piece Skirts Shirred gowns of soft materials continue to hold the fancy of womankind and are first favorites of the hour. This one is eminently graceful and shows the drooping shoulder line with shirrings below that give the desired breadth to the figure, and a graduated bounce finished with wide tucks. The model is made of almond green voile with unlined yoke of ```markdown ``` 4592 Shirred Waist, 32 to 40 bust. 4375 Three Piece Skirt, 22 to 30 waist dotted white net and trimming of cream Venetian lace, the effect of color being most satisfactory, but various combinations can be made. To make the gown will be required, for waist $4\frac{1}{2}$ yards 21, $3\frac{1}{2}$ yards 27 or $2\frac{1}{2}$ yards 44 inches wide, with $1\frac{1}{2}$ yards of all-over lace and $3\frac{1}{2}$ yard of net; for skirt 13 yards 21, $10\frac{1}{2}$ yards 27 or $6\frac{1}{2}$ yards 44 inches wide. A May Manton pattern of waist. No. 4592, sizes 32 to 40, or of skirt No. 4375, sizes 22 to 30, will be mailed to any address on receipt of ten cents for each. For Evening Wear. A pretty gown intended for evening or reception wear is made of white silicone, deeply hand tucked and effectively decorated with heavy gold cords. The corsage yoke is made of tucked and shirred malline with a bertha of chiffon, which is knotted at intervals. The entire upper portion of the skirt is tucked to below the knee and a shirred flounce is applied beneath the heavy cord. The sleeves are in cchow length and finished with a chiffon drapery, while the same gold cord does duty for a girdle. To Make a White Gown Smart. A white gown may be made very smart with a trimming of orchids, which is expensive to buy, but easy to make if one can embroider. These flowers and leaves are appliqued. They look especially beautiful on gold and silver cloth. --- Readers of this paper can secure any May Manton pattern illustrated above by filling out sail blanks in coupon, and mailing, with 10 cents, to E. E. Harrison & Co., 65 Plymouth Place, Chicago. Pattern will be mailed promptly. Name ... Town ... State ... Pattern No. ... Waist Measure (if for skirt) ... Bust Measure (if for waist) ... Age (if child's or miss'a pattern) .. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ..... 16.16 Six months ..... 17 Three months ..... 18 One month ..... 19 Surely paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for pubi lation should reach our office not la ter 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.....8.88 For one inch, each subsequent insertion.....30 For two inches, three month.....8.08 For two inches, six month.....8.00 For two inches, nine months.....10.00 For two inches twelve months.....18.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY. TWICE ALL THE REST. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circu- lation of all the other Kansas City, Golored weekly newspapers. Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1903. Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Rising Son, Kansas City, Mo. 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. George Shelly, the President of the Upper House would not be a bad nominee for the Democratic party, as he is one of the best types of manhood. The local campaign is at hand. What is the next thing for us to do? It is to choose men who will serve the people and the interests of the people. Great credit is due to President Roosevelt for the universal prosperity with which this country is being crowned. Business failures have been few and the commercial growth is steady. It is very grievous to us, after we have sent you our paper for one year and over, then have to lose your friendship and money, too. Now, all we ask of any colored person who takes this paper is, pay for what you get. Of all the agencies that lead to the downfall of a people there is none so sure and swift as the dives that are run under the name of social clubs or dance halls. It is a cursed business. It breaks up the home and tears down the church. No church that reaches out its hand for gamblers' money, and shuts its eyes and mouth to the enormity of the crime that wrings from women and children their bread and butter can prosper. Such money carries a curse with it. If our ministers believe the doctrine they preach, they will cry out against dives and dive keepers. They will warn mothers to look more closely after their daughters and fathers to set better examples to their sons. They will preach the truth and trust to God for protection and sustenance, believing that he will never forsake them. It is high time that we begin to see the pitfalls about us and steer clear of them. We have followed false leaders long enough. HON. GEORGE M. SNELLY, PREBI DENT BOARD PUBLIC WORKS. Mr. George M. Shelly, president of the Board of Public Works, is one of the best known business men in Kansas City and ranks among her prominent and most successful merchants. Heretofore he has filled several high public stations with honor, dignity and credit. He served as postmaster of Kansas City under ex-President Cleveland's first administration, and was in the early days mayor of Kansas City. When he was appointed President of the Board of Public Works, his attention was at first directed toward injecting business methods into the sundry departments of the city government that would give rise to accuracy and merit and while serving in this official capacity it will be his aim, if possible, to secure to all concerned that which is just and upright. His long years of business training gives him a peculiar fitness for the office which he is now filling to the satisfaction of the people of Kansas City. MOTHER'S ADVICE TO DAUGHTER "My dear," she said, "you cannot be too careful in your choice of companions of the opposite sex. Men are not always what they seem to be, and it is necessarw for your happiness that you should make a close sudy of any man who seeks your friendship and society. Of course, all men have their petty faults, which are not so very important. What you have to find out are their great fallings—the fallings which have so much influence upon the happiness and success of life. "Recognize no man to whom you have not been properly introduced by a mutual friend, who will give you some information about him. A casual acquaintance may prove a true gentleman, but the chances are that he will not. You know nothing about him, and consequently the risk is very great. Many a girl has had cause to rue the day that she encouraged the advances of a man she met by chance at the seaside, for instance, or at some place of amusement. "When you have become acquainted with a man in the proper manner—which, although orthodox, is the only safe way in which to form an acquaintance—then you can set to work to study the principles of his character and decide for yourself whether he is worthy of your friendship or not." What unhappiness would be saved if every girl received such excellent counsel, and endeavored to follow it out as far as she possibly could! Without doubt the chief failing with many girls of to-day is their lack of womanly dignity and self-respect, which enables them to be approached so easily by any member of the opposite sex. It is the man who endeavors to scrape an acquaintance without the usual introduction who should be carefully guarded against. "Men are respectable only when they respect, once wrote Emerson, and the man who speaks to a girl in a public place, with the evident desire of forcing his companionship upon her, is showing no respect for her, and consequently is not to be recommended for a place among her friends. The so-called "masher" should be treated with the contempt he deserves, although in justice to him it must be said that the blame does not always rest upon him alone. One often hears of girls complaining that men go so far as to speak to them in the streets, stare them out of countenance, etc. In the majority of cases if they themselves did not look at the men, they would not be troubled with objectionable glances and remarks. The girl who goes modestly about her own business will rarely be subjected to insults. Most men have a respect for the modest, dignified girl. If, on the contrary, a girl is inclined to be bold, they are more than ready to meet her half way. Men are keen judges of woman's nature, and even the vacuous "masher" knows where to place his inane attentions. As a rule, the well-behaved girl is free to come and go as she pleases, secure from obnoxious looks or remarks. But the gay lothario is quick to take advantage of the least encouragement, and hence it behooves a girl to stand upon her dignity, and thus prevent his approach. The man who tries to introduce himself by performing some unnecessary favor is also to be included in the class of dangerous men whom it is wel lto avoid, or at any rate, treat with caution. Do not allow yourself to be placed under any obligation to a stranger, for he may take some advantage of your indebtedness to him and force on you an undesirable acquaintanceship. Apart from casual acquaintance-ships, however, there are other types of men who are dangerous to the happiness of girls. First and foremost is the lover who desires a secret engagement or marriage. It is not too severe to say that the man who is afraid to acknowledge his love and intentions is not to be trusted. No honorable man who truly loved a woman would place her in the false position which a secret engagement, or marriage under similar circumstances, would bring about. A secret engagement and marriage allow a man every opportunity of deceiving a woman whom he professes to love. It is an easy matter for him to hide his true character and position from her when he keeps her unacquainted with any of his own friends and relations. It would be unjust, of course, to say that every man who asked a girl to become secretly engaged to him did so with the idea of deceiving her, or preventing her from finding out anything about himself. But, in any case, the girl who values her own happiness will be very careful about consenting to such a proposal. And if she thinks there is good reason for entering into a secret engagement, she should treat with great suspicion the man who suggests a secret marriage. No good can possibly come of such an arrangement, and a girl is only courting misery and unhappiness by listening to the man who proposes it. Kansas City Man Likely to Be on the Soldier's Home Board. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—(Special.) Representative Cowherd, of Kansas City, said to-day that the indications point to the selection of Major William Warner of Kansas City, as the successor of Colonel Cooke, as a member of the board of governors for the National Home for Disabled Soldiers, made vacant by Cook's appointment to be governor of the Leavenworth home. He says he has canvassed the situation with some care, and bases his belief upon what he heard from the lips of men who will have important influence in the selection. THE KINK THAT WON'T COME BACK. You can make your hair just as straight and smooth as you want to by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, and the kink that was there before will not come back. The Ozonized Ox Marrow will also keep hair from falling out, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow. It never falls. One bottle does it. Sold over forty years to ladies of refinement all over the country, giving perfect satisfaction. Send us fifty cents and we will ship you a bottle, express paid. Address Ozonized Ox Marraw Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. The collector of The Son will be around next week. Please be ready, to pay. He Knew Her. "Behold," whispered the spiritualistic medium, "it is the spirit of your late wife." The man sat still and said nothing. "Don't you understand?" whispered the medium again. "It is your departed wife. Why don't you speak to her?" "Oh, she'll do the speaking if it's her." Wretch. "George, did you ever love any other woman as well as you love me?" "Oh, yes, my dear; several of them." "Indeed! Why didn't you marry one of them instead of me?" "Well. I suppose I'll be asking myself that question, too, some day." A. Clever Plea. He had asked her to marry him, and she hesitated. "They say," she told him frankly, "that you are supremely selfish." "And if I am," he replied, "I can't see that you will have any occasion to worry about it if we are made one." Reggie's Doom. Ysobel—"Why did you break with Reggie?" Ethyl—"He kissed me." Ethyl—He kissed me. Ysobel—"How shocking! What was it like?" Ethyl—"Perfeetly awful; just like a canary bird!" Why They Refrain "Certainly, sir, the army of Colombia would fight your bristling hordes to the last ditch, sir—if it wasn't for one thing." "And what is that?" "Ours is a barefooted army, sir, and we labor under the painful impression that your hireling soldiers might step on our feet." Where She Got It. Mrs. Sharpe—What's the matter with you this morning, Bridget? Bridget—Oh, faith, ma'am, 'tis the terrible earache Ol hov this morlnr! Mrs. Sharpe You should be careful, Bridget. All the keyholes in this house are exceedingly draughty. No Gause for Alarm. "How is the police protection here?" asked the stranger within the gates, who was seeking a business location. "Oh, we have the police pretty well bluffed," replied the native. We don't need protection from them any more." Legal Booster. "That fellow Brieleigh," remarked the lawyer, "is one of the greatest benefactors my profession ever had." "What did he do? Endow a library?" "No, indeed. He compiled a book entitled 'Every Man His Own Lawyer.'" Summing them Up. Gatend—The teacher said I may some day be president of the United States. Pa—Well, what do you think the rest of the boys will be? Ostend—Oh. I gdess they'll be the cranks that annoy the president. A Severe Task. "You should strive to appeal to the imagination and the human interest of your pupils," said the principal. "I do," answered the teacher, "but it is very hard to convince the boys that Hector and Achilles were as great men as Corbett and Jeffries. Ready Excuse. "What are you doing with your hand in my pockets?" demanded the man who had been gazing in the shop window. "Why, sir," whined the crook, "der ain't no pockets in dese trousers an' me hands are cold." Where to Find Them. Potter—You have heard of Dlogenes going about with a lantern, searching for an honest man? Mrs. Potter—Bigger fool he! Honest men are not to be found in the streets at night; they are at home with their families. One Man's Opinion. Lambert—Hello, old man! What are you doing in Wall street? Bullock—Oh, I'm merely trying to make an honest dollar. Lambert—Well, you ought to succeed. You won't have any competitors." His Ignorance Her Bliss Aunt Julia—So that's the chap you are going to marry, eh? Well, he doesn't look like he knew very much." Clara—Oh, he doesn't have to. I know he's worth half a million, and that's sufficient knowledge to begin with." Fruitless Quest "Worry," said the author, "is the plague of genius, but it hasn't reached my brain yet." "Perhaps," suggested a listener, "it got tired looking for it." The True Life. It is a beautiful thing to see a life in which the faculties are well regulated and the soul is absolute master of the senses. It is only such a life that knows the meaning of freedom and of power, for there is no slavery so abject and enfeebling as subjection to one's own lower nature. The purest happiness and the most rational liberty, are his alone whose spirit is "captain of his flesh."—Exchange. Snake Poison. Snake poison would kill the strongest man if the smallest possible drop of it were injected into his veins or laid on a cut finger or chapped lip. But the smallest child might drink a teaspoonful—probably a glassful—without suffering the least injury. The same is true of most of the poisons savages inject into their arrows, and you can suck the dangerous wound with impunity. Facts About the Body. After many months' study a German specialist has discovered some curious facts about the human body. There are, he says, 7,00,000 pores in the skin of a grown-up man, and his blood vessels, if placed end to end, would extend for a distance of fifty-four kilometers. Moreover, he says that the hair on the head of the average woman of thirty years, if it were treated in the same manner as the blood vessels, would extend for a distance of 112 kilometers. The barroom philosopher remarks that it is possible for a man to retreat before he has even treated. If our readers could find as much time to pay for the Son as the Son more news and better encouragement. finds time to supply them with the news, it would be enabled to give lots more news and better encouragement. 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 631-29 MAINVY_ST.KANSAS CITY,MA Embroideries for 1904 A Magnificent Display of Some of the Most Handsome Patterns Ever Produced. Kansas City's shrewd shoppers will rave over these lovely Embroideries direct from some of the most clever needle women on the globe. You'll also find this the biggest money-saving sale of Embroideries ever offered by the Big Store. Take advantage of this sale; the goods are lower now than they will be as the season advances. Swiss and Nainsook Edgings and Insertions to Match. First time such a thing has happened in all our business experience. A big importer of fine Swiss and Nainsook Sets, in New York City, finding himself with quite a stock of Swiss and Nainsook sets on hand, made our buyers in New York a price on 13,856 yards of Swiss and Nainsook match sets at less than one-half of the regular prices. These go on sale at a price far less than small stores pay for such merchandise. Selection 1—At 13c yard—This selection consists of Swiss and Nainsook edge and Insertion; many to match; take your choice for yard......13c Selection 2—At 17c yard—This selection consists of some of the nearest, most beautiful fine edges and insertion in Nainsook and Swiss; exceptional values; your choice for, per yard......17c Insertion for 5c yard—One big assortment of Swiss Insertion; your choice for, per yard...... A special feature in our Embroidery stock is the new idea in a Circular flounce for skirts; 4½ yards to piece and 18 to 20 inches wide; exquisite patterns and most beautiful designs. Each 4½-yard length is priced at $3.50. $5.00. $7.50. $10.00 A very handsome garment may be made by sewing one of these pretty flouces to a plain skirt. Matched Sets Come in Cambric, Swiss and Nailsook pattern; selected with great care; the choice of the best factories in Switzerland. These matched sets consist of two to five widths of edges and one or two widths of insertion, ranging in price from 8 1-3c, 123c, 15c and up to, per yard. $4.50 All-Overs, 18 inches wide, to match these sets, from $1.98 to $18.00 a yard. Boys' Blouse Waists Boys' Blouse Waists Values for 48c A manufacturer found the year and closed out to us at fifty cent madras, in handsome dark, and light color etc. They are made shaped—collar and with as much care vorite style with the nomic buyers should purchasing these sizes, 5 to 16 years— When Your Water Pipes Freeze CALL OR TELEAHONE W. D. Foster Electrical and Steam Engineering also Sanitary Plumbing WORK GUARANTEED. PRICES REASONABLE 'TEL. 3315 PINK' Address 1215 PAGEO. J. L. WILK —GENE Blacksmithing, Horseshoe Shop. Good Mater Workmanship 707 Independence Ave. Only First Class Colo The Very Lo Residence 416 Laurel. Have Your Suit made for and Save time Perfect Fit---Price CALL AND INSPI THOS. FI CHAS. T. WATTS, TEACHER OF Violin and Piano. manufacturer found his stock too heavy at this season of wear and closed his surplus stock of boys' blouse waists us at fifty cents on the dollar. Waists of fine quality was, in handsome stripings and neat figures, medium, and light colors—blues, tans, steel grays, oxbloods. They are made with extra amount of fullness—well-collar and cuff attached—stitched and finished as much care as if made at home. Blouses are a fast-style with the boys from 5 to 16 years of age. Eco-buyers should take advantage of this opportunity by easing these summer garments during the sale—all 5 to 16 years—$1.00 values for 48c. Bird, Thayer vb. Res Freeze Oster Engineering umbing INCES REASONABLE PINK BASEO. RESTAURANT Old Style WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO OUR RESTAURANT AT 103 East 14th as it is the only one in this part of the city. ED LEWIS, Proprietor. WILLIAMS, GENERAL Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Food Material and First-Class kmanship guaranteed. Kansas City, Me. First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. It made to Order at 715 E. 18th St. and Save Time and Money, Price Sult $10, $15 up. ILL AND INSPECT OUR STOCK S. FLOOD CO. WATTS, RICHARD TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR A manufacturer found his stock too heavy at this season of the year and closed his surplus stock of boys' blouse waistls out to us at fifty cents on the dollar. Waists of fine quality madras, in handsome stripings and neat figures, medium, dark, and light colors—blues, tans, steel grays, oxbloods, etc. They are made with extra amount of fullness—well shaped—collar and cuff attached—stitched and finished with as much care as if made at home. Blouses are a favorite style with the boys from 5 to 16 years of age. Economic buyers should take advantage of this opportunity by purchasing these summer garments during the sale—all sizes, 5 to 16 years—$1.00 values for 48c. Emery Bird, Thayer 66. Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. Have Your Suit made to Order at 715 E. 18th St. and Save Time and Money, Instructor Imperial Band and Orchestra. Instructions based on Conservatory Methods WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. OPEN ALL NIGHT. 4642 Gray. 1534 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Me 1210 Highland Avenue. Telephone 4642 Gray. Circular Flounces. Matched Sets msot beautiful fine edges and insertion in Nainsook and Swiss; exceptional values; your choice for, per yard ..... 176 Insertion for 5c yard—One big assortment of Swiss Insertion; your choice for, per yard ..... 5c Baby Sets The daintest and most charming patterns we have ever imported for the little tots; Swiss and Nainsook vie with each other in the make-up of baby's wardrobe. Ribbon Beading Bands Nainsook Beadings, in exquisite designs; plain and fancy; all widths, to carry from 1 to 14-inch ribbon. Edge and Insertions Cambric edges, widths, 2 to 15 inches, at, per yard, 5c, 8 1-3c, up to 20c. Nainsook edges, widths, 2 to 7 inches, at, per yard, 5c, 8 1-3c, 10c, 12*c, 15c, 20c and up. Swiss edges, widths, 2 to 9 inches, at, per yard, 5c, 8 1-3c, 10c, 12*c, 15c, 20c and up. Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss insertions in open and blind embroidery patterns from 1 inch to 3 inches wide, prices, per yard .....5c Grand Avenue Floor. Tel. 2775 Walnut. Stone Mason's Headquarters SALOON, NEWS & GSSIP Remember please— 'ts the little bits we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." Little Sandy Spurrier, Jr., is quite ill at the hospital. Mrs. D. N. Crosthwaite has been quite ill but is convalescent. Mrs. Fannie Brinkly is again at her post of duty at Phillips school. A. J. Starnes spent a day in the city last week en route to St. Joe. Mrs. Wm. Rhodes, of Blue Springs, was in the city New Year's day. Miss Gertrude Myers spent a part of the holidays in Ottawa., Kan., The Lincoln Institute pupils all returned to Jefferson City Monday. Rev. and Mrs. S. M. Bacote spent a few days in Topeka this week. Mrs. Mary Blankenship will return to-day from a trip through the South. The Silver Leaf Club dance was largely attended New Year's night at the Vendome. Mr. Joseph Brice, who has been very ill, at this writing is reported a little better. Mamie Barker gave a dinner in honor of Miss Cyrene McDowell the afternoon of the 3rd. Miss Bessie Washington has returned to her school in the southern part of the state. Mrs. John Taylor gave an early breakfast to a number of friends on New Years morning. Mrs. W. Frederick Fairfax will return from Ft. Madison to-day. Her father is much improved in health. Mrs. Jones and her sister, Mrs. Williams of 1104 Charlotte street, will spend the winter at Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Mattie Teeters, who spent the holidays heer with relations has returned to Sedalia to resume her school work. The concert given at the St. John's Temple was a grand success. Rev. Vaughn is whooping up things in the bottoms. Mrs. Juda Meyers of Ottawa, Kan., spent a few days with her daughter, Miss Gertrude Meyers, during the holidays. Mrs. L. J. Holly, who has ben visiting her parents at Washington, D. C., will return home about the 26th of the month. Miss Cyrene McDowell, who spent the holidays with Miss Cora White, returned to her home, Hannibal, Mo., Sunday night. The St. Augustine Guild hall was open at 24th and Tracy Thursday evening with impressive ceremonies by Bishop Atwell and others. The Ladies Art Club had a grand display of their work Thursday evening of last week at the residence of Mrs. Charles Jackson, 1228 Vine St. Rev. A. G. Samuels of Shreveport, La., was in the city last week and was the guest of Mrs. Homes, 610 E. 12th street. We are told that Mrs. Lewella Williams' paper deserves special mention as having been one of the best that was read at the teachers' association at St. Joe last week. Mr. H. J. Spigener of the Vine St. Baptist church, visited the Old Folks' and Orphans' Home New Year's day and put in an electric door bell. The gift is very timely and is much appreciated. The sons of Allan had a very pleasant meeting at the residence of Mr. Fairfax Wednesday evening. The club was entertained by Mr. Hines, an elegant luncheon was served and all spent a pleasant time. --- Mrs. Ewing of Warrensburg, Mo., is visiting Mrs. James Woodland, 2828 E. Seventh street. Mrs. Mary E. Tipton, mother of Mrs. James Woodland, left for Ft. Assinaboine, Mont., Tuesday, to visit her son, S. J.Tipton, of the 24th infantry. John Turner Lodge 106 will meet at Odd Fellows Hall, second Tuesday, January 12. Please be present. Notify any brethren you meet. Miss Lizzie Dale of Neosho, Mo., stopped over in Kansas City, Mo., on her way to the teachers' association, which was held in St. Joseph, Mo., last week. Credit should have been given to the St. Paul Baptist church instead of to the Second Baptist church for the Thanksgiving donation of $3.12. The Second Baptist church gave $4.22 for the Christmas dinner. Have you been to see Johnson, the Cafe man at 910 East 12th? He has the best that money will buy. Good service and upto date. Everything to made one feel like more. Come once and you come again. The Dentist, Dr. Carrion of 910 East 12th street, we invite your attention to the fact that he is established her and is competent as a workman, he is one of our race and must be encouraged along the professional line. If you need anything in the teeth line stop in and see him. 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 Douglass Hospital, Philadelphia. She may be found at 1213 Bellefortaine avenue, where she will do office work for the present. Office hours, 10 to 12 a.m., 4 to 6 p.m. LIST OF SICK. Mr. J. Williams, 516 Gillis street. Mrs. Coleman, 17 Locust. Sallie Jordan, 1009 Dripp. Ada Lee, 1021 Pacific. Sarah Johnson, Sixtr and Holmes. Eva Birch, 1030 W. 11th street. Mrs. Adams, 1622 Cottage. Fannie Grant, 2525 Locust. Mrs. Mercer, 1115 Windel, Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Pea, 1109 Campbell. Mattie Waters, 15th and Lydia. Johanna Moor, 6th and Holmes. Mrs. Alexander, 1517 Vine. Bettie Turely, 575 Oak. Bettie Johnson, 2225 Brooklyn Mrs. Etes, 1909 Vine. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 22, 1903. To Whom It May Concern— This certifies that I removed from Mrs. Johnson's throat Monday morning about a l. m., Dec. 21st, a piece of glass about one inch in length and over one-sixteenth o fan inch in breadth. This she claims was swallowed while eating ice cream a while before midnight Sunday evening. This certificate is furnished Mrs. Johnson on his request. DR. J. E. PERY. We visited the Phillips schools last week and found Prof. W. W. Yates, the principal, hard at work trying to renew some needle and art work which had been done some years ago by his pupils. The Professor intends to make, through his pupils, several displays of Art Needle work and fancy stitches, and some drawings which he intends to prepare for the World's Fair exhibit. The Professor has a faculty for doing things well when he starts them. If you send in a subscription to the Son, please send in the amount of the paper. Thanking you in advance money for the time you desire to take for any favor you may extend to us. 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. 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. Advantages. Buildings, Healthy Moral Tone, A Faculty of Industrially Trained Teachers. 10 Per Month. School Open for Illustrated Catalogue Just Out Write T. VERNON, A. M., D. D., Prest., Qu AVIABLE DENTIST Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Exam Most reliable dentists in the city. We have the tie in the city. Our success is due to the unit by gentlemanly operators of middle age. See to Please. Our Reliability is Unpacked by a wealthy corporation, and is the reliable. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. School Opens Sept. 14th Catalogue Just Out Write to A. M., D. D., Prest., Quindaro, Ka E DENTISTRY Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free Artists in the city. We have the largest and Our success is due to the uniformly high only operators of middle ages; no youths Our Reliability is Unquestioned. Healthy corporation, and is therefore thor- k is guaranteed for 15 years. Good Buildingu, Healthy Moral Tone, A Faculty of Twelve College-bred and Industrially Trained Teachers. WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. D., Prest., Quindaro, Kas. RELIABLE DENTISTRY No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. 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Iron and steel were sold at high prices and the demand was so great that orders could not be filled within a reasonable time, and seaport cities made large purchases abroad because deliveries were so much delayed. The production of precious metals will probably turn out to be nearly 7 per cent greater than last year. The rice crop of Texas, a new industry practically, was remarkably large and sold for high figures. Tremendous discoveries of petroleum on the Pacific coast enabled that part of the country to substitute six million dollars' worth of oil for coal, which was previously imported either from Great Britain or Australia. The total destruction of the fruit crop in Great Britain and in southern Europe made an unexpected market for American green fruits. More than 70 per cent of all the fruits sold in the London markets to-day is American. The average increase in the cost of foodstuffs to the consumer in the United States was 15 per cent. In many cases the labor unions, by force of organization, though frequently not until a long and serious strike had been engaged in, were able to increase the pay of their members, thus greatly enhancing the purchasing power of the plain people, which is the basis of all prosperity in the United States. In nearly all of the large cities throughout the country the population has increased, and the price of real estate has done more than keep pace with the general march of prosperity. Under the circumstances, the country has every right to look forward to a continuance of prosperity. Our granaries are groaning with the products of an aound harvest. Our savings banks overflow with the reserves of the people. Our scale of expenditure is the highest the world has ever known. The stock market, that unfalling barometer of the feeling of the gambling element of the country, has recently taken a short, sharp rise. The area of land which will be plowed and seeded this winter and next spring will exceed the area tilled last year. It is inevitable that a prosperous harvest brings a greater seed sowing. The greatly increased demand for cattle and horses means more stock. Breeding pastures will be fuller next year than they were ever before. THE YEAR IN REVIEW. The all absorbing topic of January, 1903, was the Venezuelan invigroli. The active events of that affair belong, of course, to 1902, though as late as Jan. 22, the German ships bombed the fort of San Carlos, but on Jan. 8 President Castro rested Venezuela's side of the case entirely in the hands of Minister Bowen, who set sail for home Jan. 11. After that the whole matter was thrashed out in Washington, and the interest in the affair remained keen to the very close, because many thought they saw in the warlike action of the allies, especially Germany, a determination to attack no. Venezuela so much as Uncle Sam's famous Monroe doctrine. The attempt, if it were really so intended, completely failed, for, though pitted against some of the most astute diplomats of Europe, Minister Bowen persistently upheld the real rights of the weaker country and negotiated terms of settlement favorable to Venezuela without calling the time-honored doctrine into question or dispute. The Great Coal Strike. The anthracite coal strike belongs even more to the history of 1902 than does the Venezuelan affair and the deliberations of the arbitration commission attracted even less general interest than their importance justified. The commission entered into the matter most thoroughly and systematically. The last witness was not called until Feb. 5 and the arguments of the opposing counsel consumed the following week. President George F. Baer represented the operators and Clarence Darrow the miners. After a month's deliberations the commission reported. The miners won a portion of increase in wages and reduction of hours of work demanded before the strike, were granted a better system of measuring their work and a practical, if not a formal, recognition of their union. The decision was a victory for the miners especially as they would willingly have accepted the terms allowed before they began the strike had not the mine operators refused to concede, arbitrate or negotiate. In Congress. The second session of the Fifty-seventh congress may be briefly summarized: Provisions were made for an increase in the navy similar to that of former years, a uniform militia bill was passed, as was also a law creating a general staff in command of the army. Other important if not interesting legislation was effected, but the "omnibus" statehood bill was lost. Littlefield's bill to regulate corporations never got to a vote in the senate, no tariff concessions were granted to imports to the Philippines. An act that met with universal approval was the creation of a new department and the addition of a new member to the president's cabinet—the Department of Labor and Commerce. As soon as created, in February, the president's private secretary, George B. Cortelyon, was appointed its secretary. At the same time, and as a part of the new department, a bureau of corporation was established, and James R. Garfield, son of the late president, became its chief. When congress adjourned, or rather expired, March 3, two questions were unsettled—Cuban reciprocity and the Panama canal, but as the treaties concerning them required only the action of the senate, President Roosevelt summoned the new senate into existence immediately to consider the two measures. The reciprocity treaty was ratified, but the nature of its provisions required action by the house. JANUARY 1—First cablegram, U. S. to Hawaii. 2—Napier Lottban died, Boston. 3—Singasta died in Spain. 4—Moses Tenney died, Georgetown. 5—Fox Coat Hastings, Penn. died. 6—Duty taken off coal. 7—Tillman shot editor, S. Carolina. 8—Cardinal Parochi died, Rome. 9—Coal investigation, Mass. 10—M. de Blowitz died, Paris. 11—Abram S. Hewitt died, New York. 12—Marcomigan, Cape Cod to England. 13—Germany sent Sternberg to U. S. 14—Julian Ralph died, New York. 15—Germans shelled Venezuelan fort. 16—Canal treaty with Colombia. 17—Col. Lynch guilty, London. 18—Alaskan boundary treaty. 19—Col. Lynch's sentence commuted. 20—Patrick Dlyver died, New York. 21—Cyrus Cobb died, Allston. 22—John D. Long seriously ill. 23—Hobson resigned from navy. 24—Jusserand, new French ambassador. FEBRUARY 1—Elisha Morgan died, Springfield. 2—Daniel B. Lord died, Salem. 3—$150,000 fire, Middlebury, Vt. 4—Local option won, Vermont. 5—Henry L. Dawes died, Pittsfield. 6—End coal strike hearings, Penn. 7—Rear Admiral Wildes died at sea. 8—Str. Madiana wrecked, Bermuda. 9—Venezuela blockade raised. 10—Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce. 11—Rear Admiral Robinson, died, Phil. 12—Chas. Theo. Russell died, Camb. 13—Beef-trust injunction. 14—E. J. Flynn died, New York. 15—Pope Leo's 25th anniversary. 16—Cohan coal station agreement. 17—Dr. R. J. Gatling died, New York. 18—Burdick murdered in Buffalo. MARCH 1—Gen. W. F. Smith died, Phila. 1—Wm. Scotans died, Brighton. 2—Extra session, U. S. senate, called. 4—End of 57th congress. 5—U. S. senate in extra session. 10—Arthur Pennell killed, Buffalo. 10—Woman suffrage defeated, N. H. 13—Czar decreed religious freedom. 13—Maine stuck to prohibition. 17—Shamrock III launched, Scotland. 19—Canal treaty ratified by senate. 19—$300,000 fire at Pepperell. 19—Cuban reciprocity treaty ratified. 19—Senate adjourned sine die. 21—Coal commission report. 23—Very Rev. F. W. Farrar died, London. 26—Lieutenant General New Hampshire. 27—N. K. Fairbanks died, Chicago. 28—Lowell mills ordered closed. 29—G. F. Swift died, Chicago. so it remained inoperative until the extra session in November. The Panama Canal. The Panama canal was the burning question, and at the beginning, as at the close of this year, it seemed a certainty. For years the agitation in favor of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama had been agitated, and recently with increased interest. Thousands of dollars had been spent surveying the possible routes, and it at last seemed assured that the United States, in conjunction with Great Britain, would undertake the Nicaragua route. Since the collapse of the De Leseps's Panama scheme a new French company had possession of and had done some work on the Panama canal, but until it became evident that this country was in earnest about Nicaragua the French company refused to sell out at a reasonable price. Then, when competition seemed likely, they surprised American lawmakers by offering their holdings at less than half their former figures. They offered to sell their concessions and everything in sight for $40,000,000, giving until March 4 for acceptance. Congress hesitated, many favoring the Nicaragua route, and when the time was about to expire President Roosevelt took the responsibility of accepting the proposition, running the risk of defeat in the senate or in Colombia. In the meantime Secretary Hay and Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge d'affaires, signed a treaty by which the United States agreed to pay Colombia a bonus of $10,000,000 and an annual rental of $250,000 for such concessions as the --- French company had received. It was the ratification of this treaty that brought the question to the issue in the senate, and when congress adjourned without action an extra session was called. This session ratified the treaty March 17. Some Passing Sensations. Besides the affairs of general importance already noted, several events of opening months of the year should be mentioned. On Jan. 15 J. T. Tillman shot and killed Editor-N. G. Gonzalez. Gonzalez had attacked Tillman rabidly in his paper and had defeated his nomination for governor. The affair was widely and vehemently discussed, but in October Tillman was acquitted, partly because the fatal attack was not entirely unjustified, and partly because there was evidence to show that Tillman thought Gonzalez was armed and about to attack him. Disastrous Floods. Little can be said here of the disastrous floods of the year. In March the lower Mississippi rose higher than ever before, and on the 20th of that month passed all records. Cities along the river, especially Memphis, suffered heavily, levees gave way and miles of lowlands were inundated, causing untold damage and great suffering, es- APRIL 1-Reosevelt on western tour. 2-Elihu B. Hayes died, Lynn. 3-Rear Ad. Belknap died, Key West. 4-Northern Securities merger annulled. 5-Chap. W. H. Milburn died, California. 6-Reistance launched, Bristol. 7-Shamrock III dismasted abroad. 8-Kishineff massacre of Jews. 9-W. K. Vanderbilt married, London. 10-China refused Russian demands. 11-Iveng M. Scott died, Frisco. 12-King Edward visited the Pope. 13-Russia for open door in far east. 14-Stuart Rebson died, New York. 15-Paul du Chalieu died, Russia. MAY 1-King Edward welcomed in Paris. 2-Bishop Foster died, Newton. 3-Kaiser visited the Pope. 4-Bishop Hurst died, Washington. 5-Str. Saginaw sunk, 30 lost. 6-Russia recounted Niu Chwang. 7-Russia left Niu Chwang. 12-R. H. Stoddard died, New York. 13-Corruption inquiry, Beacon Hill. 14-Sybil Sanderson died, Paris. 15-"Max O'Rell" died, Paris. 16-Emerson's 100th birthday. 17-$500,000 fire in Laconia, N. H. 18-Machen arrested, Washington. 19-Shamrock III sailed for New York. JUNE 1-Lowell mills reopened. 1-Last play at Boston Museum. 2-Forest fires in New England. 3-Roosevelt's western trip ended. 7-Levice broke at East St. Louis. 8-Rain in N. E.; been dry 50 days. 10-King and queen killed, Servia. 12-Gen. Alex McCook died, Ohio. 14-Shamrock III at New York. 15-Karageorgevitch king of Servia. 17-Reliance lost topmast. 18-Geo. Wheaton died, Washington. 18-Africander won the Suburban. 16-Cardinal Vaughan died, London. 21-Maj. J. B. Pond died, New York. 23-U. S. squadron at Kiel. 25-Hooker statue unveiled, Boston. 25-Yale won boat races, New London. 26-Cornell won boat races, Hudson. JULY 6-Pope Leo seriously ill. 6-Teachers' convention, Boston. 7-Pope Leo operated on. 7-U. S. squadron, Portsmouth, Eng. pecially to the poor negroes of the South. The following month and in June the Missouri and its tributaries were flooded, and Topeka, Kansas City, St. Louis and East St. Louis suffered from the rush of waters. The cotton mills in the Carolinas and Georgia were also victims of the raging waters and many other cities, notably Paterson, N. J., were inburied. Heppner, Ore., was practically devastated by a cloudburst. Passing of Pope Leo. Late in June came the announcement of the serious illness of Pope Leo XIII. That aged pontiff was 93 years of age on March 2, and on March 3 celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his coronation as pope, thus putting an end to the long-honored tradition that no pontiff would "see the name of Peter"—25 years. Pope Leo's predecessor had reigned 32 years, the longest in history, and the old tradition cannot survive this second breaking of the record. On July 5 the pontiff was regarded as in a critical condition, and in a few days his life was despaired of, but though apparently frail in body, the long years of simple habits had given him a splendid power of resistance to disease, and for more than two weeks he battled with the ravages of pleural pneumonia. On July 20, however, he died, and on the following day the chair of Peter was declared vacant by Cardinal Camerlingo Oreglia. The conclave to choose his successor assembled on the last day of the month, and on Aug. 4, after several indecisive ballots, chose Cardinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, who was elected. He chose the title --- of Plus X. and was crowned Aug. 4. Eventful August. August was an eventful month. On the 8th Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, long the commanding general of the army, was retired from active service. For seven days Major General S. B. M. Young commanded in his stead, but Aug. 15 the army staff law went into effect and General Young became chief of staff. The event of Aug. 12 was more significant, for on that day misguided Colombians brewed trouble for themselves. On that day the Colombian senate rejected the Hay-Herran Panama canal treaty, and this unexpected action seemed for the time to put the canal farther away than ever. Even the chagrin that accompanied the turn of affairs gave place to expectancy when Sir Thomas Lipton arrived with his third challenger for America's gun—Shamrock III. The boat had been launched in March and even before the defender had taken definite shape news of its wonderful sailing capacity was flashed across the Atlantic. Not a few anticipated that upon this expedition the gallant Irishman would be successful in carrying back the trophy. He was, however, doomed to a crushing defeat. 10—Pope Leo's second operation. 11—American riflemen won, England. 12—Crimes act revoked, Ireland. 13—Nra J. G. Blaine died, Maine. 14—P. M. Arthur died, Winnipeg. 15—J. McN. Whistler died, London. 16—Pope Leo died, Rome. 17—Cassius M. Clay died, Kentucky. 18—Masses for Pope, Boston. 19—Reliance picked to defend cup. 20—Magazines exploded, Tewksbury. 21—Cardinals in conclave, Rome. AUGUST 4—Sarto elected Pope; Plus X. 5—Schwab, steel trust, resigned. 6—Stock market slump. 7—Lt. retired, dead. 8—Lt. Gen. Young head of army. 9—Britishers lifted tennis bowl. 10—Rear Admiral Melville retired. 11—Pope Plus X crowned. 12—Rear Admiral Remey retired. 13—Colombia rejected canal treaty. 14—Jeffries knocked out Corbett. 15—Irish land bill passed. 16—Trouble in Turkey. 17—Dan Patch, mile, 1:59. 18—Gen. Black head of G. A. R. 19—Sam Parks guilty, New York. 20—Humberta Mullery, Parks. 21—Reliance beat Shamrock, 7m. 3s. 22—Lord Salisbury died, London. 23—Lou Dillon, mile, 2m, flat. 24—Reliance beat Shamrock, 1m. 19s. 25—Reported assassination, Beirut. 26—U. S. ships ordered to Turkey. 27—Joseph Haworth died, Ohio. 28—Vice consul at Beirut alive. 29—Caleb Powers guilty, Kentucky. 30—Hamburg Belle won Futurity. SEPTEMBER 1-Revolution in Macedonia. 2-Relevance won 3d race; kept cup. 4-U. S. warships at Beirut. 7-Radium exhibited in United States. 7-Bishop Clark of Rhode Island died. 8-Turkish massacres, Macedonia. 11-Major Delmar, mile, 2.00%. 13-Eustis, Me., swept by fire. 13-J. S. Adams, Sr., died, Adams. 14-Rear Admiral Cook retired. 15-Sir Thomas Lipton ill, Chicago. 17-Chamberlain resigned, London. 23-Prince Alert, mile 1.57. 28-Henry D. Lloyd died, Illinois. 29-President refused to remove Miller. 30-Sir Michael Herbert died abroad. 30-Czar visited Vienna. OCTOBER 5-Balfour named new cabinet. 6-W. S. Bissell died, Buffalo. 7-Shipyard trust disclosures. 8-Russia stayed in Manchuria. 8-Chinese-American trade treaty. Even the first trial, which resulted in no race, so clearly demonstrated the superiority of the Reliance that interest began to wane at once. The Reliance won three straight races, but before the last race the public in general lost all interest in the contest. Sir Thomas, it is said, believes the effort to be hopeless for many years to come. On Nov. 3 elections were held in thirteen states, seven of which chose governors. The following governors were re-elected: A. B. B. Cummings (rep.) of Iowa; I. C. W. Beckham (dem.) of Kentucky; John L. Bates (rep.) of Massachusetts, and L. F. C. Garvin (dem.) of Rhode Island. Edwin Warfield (dem.) was chosen governor of Maryland; J. K. Vardman (rep.) of Mississippi and Myron T. Herrick (rep.) was elected governor of Ohio by a plurality of over 100,000 over Tom L. Johnson. The other elections of national interest resulted in the return of Tammany to power in Greater New York. George B. McClellan (dem.) received a plurality of 60,000 over former fusion Mayor Seth Low. The entire Tammany ticket was elected, and that organization also secures a majority of the board of aldermen. Republic of Panama. As in several other instances in 1903 momentous events conspired to occur on the same day, so on Nov. 3 the province of Panama declared her independence of Colombia. The following day a provisional government was established, and Colombian officials and troops were sent to Cartagena. On the 6th the United States recognized the new republic, and on the 10th France followed our example. M. Bunau-Varilla was hurried to Washington as the minister of the new country, empowered to negotiate a new Panama canal pact. Soon after General Reyes of Colombia entered an earnest protest against the course of the administration, insisting that Uncle Sam keep his hands off the isthmus. This, after the practical breach of faith and the vacillation of the Colombians in regard to the canal treaty, was too tardy, and Uncle Sam's navy is preparing to protect Panama from threatened invasion. Already an American fleet is upon the Panama coast, and Colombia has reached a point when she confesses a fear of taking any drastic action. A new canal treaty has been signed, and once again the canal seems assured. There may, however, be some blood shed on the isthmus before Colombia finally relinquishes her claim to Panama. Russia and Japan. For the last few months the everlasting refrain has been of "war clouds hovering over the far east." A dozen times it has been reported that Japan and Russia had reached a point where war was inevitable. The causes of the breach are vague and indefinite. Briefly, Russia is and always has been 10-Amherst beat Harvard, football. 13-Boston, world baseball champion. 13-Archbishop Kane died. Baltimore. 14-Francis A. Hobert died. Braintree. 15-Tillman acquitted. S. Carolina. 15-Sherman舰 unvelled. Wash. 16-Dowle invaded New York. 17-Cresceus. mile. 1:59%. 18-Alaskan boundary fixed. 19-Congress called to meet Nov. 9. 20-Dan Patch. mile. 1:56%. 21-Durand. British ambassador to U. S. 22-Lou Dillon. mile. 1:58%. 23-Emma Booth-Tucker killed. Mo. NOVEMBER 1—Fire in Vatican, Rome. 2—Prof. Mormon man, Germany. 3—$1,500,000 fire, Coney Island. 4—Irish land act in operation. 5—Tammany won, New York city. 6—Panama proclaimed independent. 7—U. S. warships ordered to Panama. 8—U. S. recognized Panama government. 9—Wm. L. Elkins died, Philadelphia. 10—Kaiser underwent operation. 11—A. F. of L. convention, Boston. 12—Rioloing, capital of Colombia. 13—Congress in extra session. 14—President's message on Cuba. 15—May Goolet married. 16—Orrin Hickok died, Cleveland. 17—Street railway strike, Chicago. 18—A. H. Green murdered, New York. 19—Darmouth boat Harvard, football. 20—Princeton beat Vale, football. 21—Canal treaty with Panama. 22—A. F. of L. against socialism. 23—House passed Cuban bill. 24—Italian king in London. 25—Chicago street railway strike settled. 26—Fitzsimmons whipped Gardiner. 27—Boy bandits captured, Chicago. 28—Jules Levy died, Chicago. 29—Brooklyn Acad, of music burned. DECEMBER 1—Recovers for Zion City. 2—Fowne, B. U., heresy charges. 3—Panama ratified canal treaty. 4—Dr. Cyrus Edson died, New York. 5—W. M. Springer died, Washington. 6—Opening of 58th congress. 7—President's message on Panama. 8—Canal treaty sent to senate. 9—Herbert Spencer died, England. 10—London whipped Gans, Boston. 11—Langley's airship failed to fly. 12—Zion City receivers removed. 12—Rear Admiral Gherardi died, Conn. 12—J. R. Proctor died, Washington. 12—Walthour-Monroe won 6-day race. 12—Fleets in war paint, far east. 12—Dr. Hale, chaplain U. S. senate. 14—More marines landed, Panama. 16—Cuban reciprocity bill a law. 19—Pur recognized Panama. 20—Court of Appeals, N. Orleans. 20—John Kernell died, Detroit. 29—Attempted assassination Max Nordau 30—Iroquois theater, Chicago, burned, 586 dead. averse to relinquishing her hold on Manchuria. Instead she desires to extend it as far as the European allies will permit. Japan looks upon Korea in the same light and the interests of the two countries conflict. There is no doubt that a rupture between the two powers has been and is dangerously near, but it is also certain that overt hostilities, should they come, will belong to the history of 1904. It would be improper not to mention the gigantic postoffice frauds unearthed during the present year. It is not possible to so much as outline the many cases brought to light, and here the curious reader is referred to the complete report of Mr. Bristow, made public Nov. 30. Wireless Telegraphy. Late last year the sensation of the hour was the Marconi wireless message across the Atlantic. This year nothing so spectacular has been done, but the young inventor, as well as many other scientists, is quietly working upon the problems of wireless telegraphy, and it is certain some progress has been made. In the realm of scientific discoveries the mysterious metal—radium—afforded a mild sensation, similar to that which greeted the discovery of liquid air and the X-rays in former years. This mysterious substance, discovered by M. and Mme. Currie of Paris, emits rays of light that penetrate opaque substances, and heat that month after month shows no diminution. Only small quantities of the substance have been secured, too little for general experiment, but during the --- coming year some startling results may be shown. The Honored Dead. No review of 1903, even done in such sketchy outline as has been necessary, is complete without a mention of the famous men and women who have passed from the busy scenes of life. Space here allows for only a list of the most celebrated: Jan. 5—Sagasta, ex-premier of Spain. Jan. 15—Cardinal Prochroi. Jan. 18—Abram S. Hewitt, New York. Jan. 20—Julian Ralph, author. Feb. 26—R. J. Galling, inventor of the famous gun. May 10—Sibyl Sanderson, singer. May 24—Paul Blouet ("Maz O'Rell"), author. June 11—The Servian assassination. June 19—Cardinal Vaughn, the Roman Catholic primate of England. July 15—Mrs. J. G. Blaine. July 16—P. M. Arthur, labor leader. July 17—Jas. H. McN. Whistler, artist. July 20—Pope Leo XIII. July 22—General Cassius M. Clay. Aug. 22—Lord Salisbury, ox-premier of England. Sept. 30—Sir Michael Henry Herbert, British ambassador to the United States. Oct. 13—Archbishop J. J. Kain of St. Louis. Oct. 28—Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, Salvation Army, killed in railway wreck. Nov. 1—Theodor Mommsen, German historian. Nov. 7—Wm. L. Elkins, capitalist. Nov. 13—Andrew H. Green, "Father of Greater New York," killed by an insane negro. Dec. 8—Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and author. Of Course He Might. Collector—Sir, may I present you this little bill? Owen—May you—may you? Ah, my dear sir, never ask my permission again. It is entirely superfluous, I assure you. Why, my dear man, if you had ever seen any one else present a bill to me and seen how little it affected me, you would never have hesitated for a moment. See? I file it away with some of the most valuable papers I possess. And—would you please do me this slight favor—would you please tell your boss that I received you with the utmost courtesy and that I beg him to send one of these every month? And—stay a moment. Please tell him I said always to send you, and that no other collector will please me half so well. Your courtesy, my dear sir, has won my heart, and I assure you that of the nineteen collectors that have been to-day, you are the only one that has gone away in a good humor. Why, those fellows are so aggravating that if they don't quit acting so rudely I shall positively pay them to get rid of them. Good day—Baltimore American. Curse That Was Fulfilled. A famous Gaelle curse put upon the family of Dalrymple at the time of the massacre of Glencoe, in the 18th century, is recalled by the death of the Earl of Stair, head of the Dalrymple family. The first earl of the line took part in the massacre, and Jean MacDonald, the sole survivor of a large family that perished through the earl's cruelty, delivered a bitter curse upon him, wishing that no succeeding earl should have children. A startling comment on this malediction is that the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth earls of Stair all died without issue—a circumstance probably unique in the annals of the peerage. The family of the first earl became entirely extinct in 1840, and the succession passed to the descendants of his next brother, Sir James Dalrymple, from whom came the peer just deceased. Evidently the curse did not pass with the title, for the two earls of the present family had sons. Signalling Under Water There has recently been put in operation at Boston a system of signaling beneath the waves to vessels approaching dangerous shores during foggy weather. The apparatus consists of two receivers, located on either side of the ship below the water line, and connected by wires to the wheel house, where a telephone box is placed. The signals from shore are given by striking a submerged ball at regular intervals. When the observer wishes to ascertain his location he takes the ear piece, and by moving the switch either to the right or left, soon ascertains upon which side the sound is the loudest, and upon that side the bell will be found. The value of a system of this nature is at once apparent when it is borne in mind that fogs frequently obscure the most powerful lights, and that certain atmospheric conditions during stormy weather render fog horns almost, if not quite, valueless. M. Mrs. Fairbanks tells how neglect of warning symptoms will soon prostrate a woman. She thinks woman's safeguard is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:—Ignorance and neglect are the cause of untold female suffering, not only with the laws of health but with the chance of a cure. I did not heed the warnings of headaches, organic pains, and general weariness, until I was well nigh prostrated. I knew I had to do something. Happily I did the right thing. I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound faithfully, according to directions, and was rewarded in a few weeks to find that my aches and pains disappeared, and I again felt the glow of health through my body. Since I have been well I have been more careful, I have also advised a number of my sick friends to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and they have never had reason to be sorry. Yours very truly, Mrs. MAY FAIRBANKS, 216 South 7th St., Minneapolis, Minn." (Mrs. Fairbanks is one of the most successful and highest salaried travelling saleswomen in the West.) When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or fatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—For over two years I suffered more than tongue can express with kidney and bladder trouble. My physician pronounced my trouble catarrh of the bladder, caused by displacement of the womb. I had a frequent desire to urinate, and it was very painful, and lumps of blood would pass with the urine. 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This great offer is made in order to induce you to try their warranted seeds—for when you once plant them you will grow no others, and ALL FOR BUT 10c POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice. and if you will send them 20c in post- age you will add to the above a package of the famous Beriliner Cauliflower. (W. N. U.) A girl can generally tell when a feli- low is going to propose by the ring in his voice. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. The greedy turkey that stuffs him self now will be stuffed later on. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. Few men are too honest to steal a kiss. to the ground will spring right back to place when the weight is removed and not injured. A thousand men may climb a Page 58 in. Stock Fence and not injure it. 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The man who makes his will puts on heirs about it No muss or failures made with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. You can peal a banana, but you can't repeal it. When Your Grocer Say When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until he has the package. 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. Those who most appreciate the value of money are those who have none. RELIGIOUS COMMENT A Song of Hope. Robin! in the leafy wood Piping loud and oft, Ribbon to show brook, In the apple-croft Trilling low and soft; Tell us why such songs you sing- Are you calling back the Spring? Dairy Water show home When the birds are alphm and seem in a golden dream; Swallows flit from cottage caves, Sadly fall the dying leaves. Only you are gay and strong. They are beautiful. But in darker days. Lest of music there should lack. Robins never turn their back. Each puts on his scarlet vest. Caroling his best! "When the glistening snowflakes fall, When the flowers are dead. Ere the gallant Crocus dares Tale Nest." I shall come instead! Singing softly in your ear, Songs of precious things and dear- Father, but have peace. And fresh Springs of Hope!! —Christian Burke in The Leisure Hour. Quiet Hour After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray what a war was come he was there alone—Sir Matt. In every man there is lodged a threefold life—the physical, the spiritual, the mental—the life of the body, of the soul, of the mind. This law of activity and then repose applies equally in all three domains. A man may respect the law so far as it applies to his body alone. Then in his unfolding he is merely an animal. He is soulless and he is mindless. It is a vital part of our God given intelligence that we recognize this law on all three sides of our life; that we get hold of and keep the proportion of life; that we do not cultivate one side of life at the expense or to the neglect of another. The Master understood the law and he respected the same. For example, he ever preserved a sound body. It is nowhere recorded that he was ever sick. He must have been physically robust, or he could not have left behind him such a splendidly full life. Then, he was ever a deep student. From his youth he increased in wisdom. He was learned in the literature and law of his church and nation, and he was profoundly learned as a student of human nature. His teaching reflects his mind. Where is there another mind which could have given the world the Lord's Prayer and the Sermon on the Mount? There is not a student of the highest rank who does not bow before the mind of Jesus Christ. Of the spiritual side of his life who shall presume to speak and do it justice? He lived ever with God and in God. God was his life and light. His was a perfectly proportioned, well rounded life. It has become the universal pattern which finds its gratefulimitators in every age and every clime. But that life recognized and followed a great, a profound principle or law. The Master had just ended, finished an intensely interesting day. He had been surrounded by a great throng and he had healed their sick; then, lest the people should faint on their homeward way he first fed them—a company of about 5000 men, be sides women and children. It is easy to understand what the exhaustion of such a day must mean for any man, especially when it is known that he puts his whole heart and soul into his work. The Master has dismissed the multitude and taken leave of his disciples. He had gone, alone, into a mountain solitude, there to commune with God, to place his weared head on the bosom of God and to put his heart close by the heart of his Father. The evening had come and he was alone. Jesus Christ must have understood that his life and ministry were to last only a few years, and he did realize how much was to be crowded into that brief space of time. Yet he made and he took time to go apart, to be alone, to drink in the solitude of nature. In solitude, in mental repose, he found the restoration of all his powers. He understood and grasped the fact that unless a man lives in closest touch with God he is not, he cannot be a divine man, he cannot attain the purpose of his life. What a strange message to this our busy, bustling age! We are apt to think that our rank or place in life is settled by the intensity and ceaselessness of our activity. We sap the foundations of our physical life, we stunt our minds and our spiritual being lacks richness of blood. It is impossible for us to attain the full measure of the life for which we were intended, and we fail to grasp "the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Would you attain a well rounded, useful, happy life? Then note well the lesson of the Master. Dally send your multitudes away, if only for a few minutes, then go apart for silent communion with God. When even comes, before you sleep, let it always find you alone with God, your Father, who watches over you through the hours of the night.—Rev. Henry Mottet. Lesson for the Christian A Newfoundland dog was in the habit of fighting with a mastiff when- ever they met. One day, as they were having a fierce battle on the pier, both rolled over into the sea. The cold plunge cooled their fury, and each dog began to make for land as best he could. The Newfoundland, being a splendid swimmer, was soon safely ashore at a part of the pier approached by steps. Here he stood attentively watching his enemy, the mastiff, who, being no swimmer, was struggling in the water ready to sink. As soon as the Newfoundland undertood the danger, in he dashed, took the other gently by the collar and brought him safely to shore. After this they never fought again, but became fast friends. They were always together, and when the Newfoundland was accidentally killed on the railway the other dog mourned his loss, and for a long time refused to be comforted. Do not these noble dogs set us an example, and does not the story teach us a fine lesson? In our broth er's time of trouble we should forget everything but his suffering. In our enemy's distress we should remember nothing but his need. In this way we may change him into a friend. On Regretting Our Mistakes On Regretting Our Mistakes. Probably the one thing that does the most to make men and women grow old and to wear out the springs of energy, is the habit of turning over in mind what might have been. We brood over past mistakes and see how at some turning point we made a wrong choice, and then harass ourselves unceasingly by imagining what we would have gained if we had taken the other path. Somehow we cannot get the bright alternative out of mind, and its very brightness makes the conditions in which we live abnormally dark. Sometimes we doubt whether forebodings as to what may come, or regrets for what might have been, do the more to cloud and depress sensitive spirits. But this is a case in which philosophy and faith should be permitted to have their say. Suppose you had made a better choice at that crisis, there is no certainty that you would have continued to make wise choices to the end of the chapter and subsequent mistakes might have been as rulous as the one you now deplore. Furthermore, no amount of regret is going to bring back the lost opportunity. You have to take things as they are, and the very weakening of your powers through vain regrets will certainly prevent your making the best uses of your present opportunities. Above all, it is not in man that walketh to direct steps. If there is a God, we certainly are in his hands and the final issues of life are certainly with him. Very often, even in this life, we come to see that what we deemed to be errors were working out higher purposes of good. The faith that all things, even our blinders and mistakes, work together for good to those who love God, is not to be reserved for hours of devotion, but to be taken into the interpretation of daily life. The Offending Member A young man who lives on Chappline river, Kentucky, was out setting traps one evening for coons, when, by accident, he got his finger caught in the trap. It was an ingenious trap, made by a hole bored into a large log and nails driven in so that if the animal put his paw in for the bait, he would catch on them, and the more he tried to get away the worse he would be off. The boy caught his own finger, and found it impossible to get it out. He stayed all night on the log, and to his horror found the next morning that the water was rising in the river, and that he would soon be swept out on that log, and that would mean drowning sure, so he took his knife in the other hand and cut off his finger to save his life. This is a grim story, but no more deadly serious than those words of Jesus which tell us that it is better for a man to cut off his right hand, or pluck out his right eye, than to lose his soul. Better to give up any habit, however dear it may be, than to lose eternal life—Intelligencer. God's Guiding Providence. God's Guiding Providence. What the story of Joseph was in the Old Testament, that of Paul's experiences from his last visit to Jerusalem to the end of the Acts is in the New Testament—a striking illustration of God's guiding providence over His children, and of their faith and courage and true living amid great trials and temptations. It sometimes seems that we look upon life as one might look upon a chessboard in which the pieces played the games themselves. Now it is a knight, now it is a castle, now it is a king that moves; and why they move back and forth, and what the end of it all will be, we are puzzled to determine. But these great historians of the past saw God's hand on the chessmen, saw Him moving them, and knew that at the end white would checkmate black and sweep the black off from the conquered board. The Christian Calling. The true calling of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way. The most trivial tasks can be accomplished in a noble, gentle, regal spirit, which overrides and puts aside all petty, paltry feelings and which elevates all things.—Dean Stanley. GOVERNOR OF OREGON Uses Pe-ru-na in His Family For Colds and Grip. Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904. Peruna is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratulation and commendation testifying to the merits of Peruna as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in the Union. Dr. Hartman is receiving hundreds of such letters lately. All classes write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor artisan, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, the preacher—all agree that Peruna is the catarrh remedy of the age. The stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their greatest enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise and testimony. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well nigh universal; almost omnipresent. Peruna is the only absolute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Peruna not only cures catarrh, but prevents it. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Perona. He keeps it continue Montana's Petrified Forest. Nearly every one has heard of the petrified forests of Arizona, but that of Montana, which Dr. Merrill, curator of geology of the National Museum at Washington, has been exploring is hardly hard, though it is believed to be at least equal in extent. The northern forests have, curiously enough, turned to opal instead of agate by the action of the elements. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. A woman's long suit is a dress en train. Millions in Oats. Salzer's New National Oats yielded in 1903 in Mich., 240 bu. in Mo., 255 bu. in N. D., 310 bu., and in 30 other states from 150 to 390 bu. per acre. Now this Oat if generally grown in 1907, will add millions of bushels to the yield, and millions of dollars to the farmer's purse. Try it for 1904. Largest Good Seed and Alfalfa Clover growers in America. Salzer's Spelt, Beardless Barley, Home Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat, Pen Gat, Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Canes are money makers for you, Mr. Farmer. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10e in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples. (W. N. U.) The scandal monger is always sure of an audience. FITS permanently no. Fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorers. DR. R. B. KANE, LSU. DR. R. B. KANE, LSU. DR. R. B. KANE, LSU. The coal dealer seldom makes any warm friends. 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In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, he says: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.2 Dear Sirs—I have had occasion to use your Peruna medicine in my family for colds, and it prove it to be an excellent remedy. I have not had occasion to use it for other aliments. Yours very tuly, W. M. Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Peruna for other aliments. The reason for this is, most other aliments begin with a cold. Using Peruna to prompt cure colds, he protects his family against other aliments. This is exactly what every other family in the United States should do. Keep Peruna in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, la gripe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other aliments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus Ohio. Put your finger on our trade mark. 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The Magic Hair THE necessity of a practical contraintious or too curly hair has long and women, endowed by nature of hair, have found ordinary combing comparatively an easy matter to curl possibility to straighten curly hair. Quickly, effectively and satisfactorily uncontrollable head of hair or beard, allowing instructions, will straighten the will not. It will save the loss of hair. It is positively the only device that will use of the Straightener after the shampeter than the many methods ordained cidedly the risk of catching cold. The bar with a handle of comfortable grip nary heat by means of gas, lamp or contained parallel to it, by an ingenious or use. The teeth of the comb can be elements of the user. The full length of en's use and straightens a heavy head teeth shortened is preferable for men' an indispensable article of toilet by a personal appearance. It has the endorses ADDRESS MAGIC HAIR STRAIGHT 407 Centres Hair Straight optical contrivance for st air has long been apparent by nature with unruly a dy combing unproductive letter to curl straight hair curly hair. The Magic disfactorily brings under or beard. It's use a few straighten the hair where loss of hair that excessive price that will accomplish or the shampoo, will dry foods ordinarily employed cold. The Straightener ortable grip. The bar is lamp or common stove; the ingenious arrangement, comb can be regulated length of the teeth is be heavy head of hair as fast for men's hair and best toilet by all who take pre the endorsements of phys ADDRESS STRAIGHTENER --- The Magic Hair Straightener and Shampoo Drier..... THE necessity of a practical contrivance for straightening refractions or too curly 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 curly 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 less very decidedly the risk of catching cold. The Straightener consists of a steel bar with a handle of comfortable grip. The bar is heated to an ordinary heat by means of gas, lamp or common stove; the comb then attached 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 women's use and straightens a heavy head of hair as fast as combed. The teeth shortened is preferable for men's 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 $1.25 407 Century Building MI PAINT CO Paint, Varnish ES 946, 944 GRAND DIAMOND PAIR DEVOE Paint, PHONES 946, AGENTS WANTED. BEFORE. AFTER. Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are frauds, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. B. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO, it was not offered for sale or success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time and met with marked honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, who imitate a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. To these let us advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Heal. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit it. You have a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $1000 if you are dissatisfied with our service and not true to our we all claim for them. We have advertised for several years under this guarantee and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 100,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono to wear of Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kushy, Kushy, Kushy and straight. It will cure your head of all itching. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. Dandruff and Scurf cannot live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and straight. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten the hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons, they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop. They will not about any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight and the drop use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the drop use. The price of Ozone is $50, a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which goes at any time. Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the white of One Ozone, to you four large boxes of Ozone and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiller, which plants, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's moist, moss wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look you want. We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever be used on the scalp. And, lastly, our regularity, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Moisture Chilblains, Sore and Frozen Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising from the hair. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00 simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our products, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other having granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington. This coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon, and as to your responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Board of Trade. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, you can use it to secure a glossy, long growth. Send us $10 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. I enclose you $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozone, worth $2.00, 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Redner, worth 50c, 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c, 1 Package (1 pint) Anti- Odor, worth $5c, 1 Package Scalable Soap, worth $5c, Total, $4.00, ```markdown ``` TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. writing the fact that there are areas on the market, and knowing, we wish to make a strain in great paper. In the year circumstance, acquired the two apartments until just after a thorough test by the excellent remedy, true to all the evidence of every member of the two lowest and richest, soft and a genuine article, appear upstate and make capital out of success, numerous firms have access, numerous of which are worth the hard and real, and the filled with animal fats, and the warning—be careful what your guests and big words. Buy the FORE. AFTER. fact that there are many 80-CALLED hair-growers and hair market, and knowingly to a certain that many of these are to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the paper. In the year 1814 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered to them, when it was put upon the market and met rough test by the colored people, whom it numb, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every member of the colored race, because they found it tough, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning, and the colored people, whom it numb, make capital out of the merits of other people's good firms have entered the market, offering hair-grow of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and death, and the colored people, buying these spurious animals, and doing the more than good. They careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. DIO E. BROAD ST., RICHMOND, VA. : close you $1.00, for which please Boxes of Ozone, worth $2.00, 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Foilder, worth $0.00; 1 Package Screwdriver, worth $0.00. want 4 lots like above, send write her name on a piece of paper. straightener and Shampoo Drier..... for straightening refractent. The many men only and rebellious heads active of results. It is hair but almost an imagic Hair Straightener and subjection the most few minutes daily, follore hours of combing passive combing producs. dish such results. The dryer the hair quicker and yed, and lessen very demer consists of a steel or heated to an ordiere; the comb then attere, and is then ready to suit the require's best adapted for wom-fast as combed. The beard. It will be found the pride in their physicians. price $1.25 ER MFG. CO., ing, 4.00, for which please send at once the following goods: Ozono, worth $2.00, 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, wom- the Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c., 1 Package (1 pint) An- d 50c., 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. House No. City State like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has n- come on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send y MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. COMPANY fish, Brushes. AND. 1214 GRAND AVE. GRAND RVL AFTER. By 80-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straight- core that many of these are frauds pure forward, that many of them are pronounced an ass claimed for it, and worthy in every respect raced race, because they found it to cause the and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, and as beautiful as an April morning, a number of people merits of other peoples products. Getting our and the market, offering hair-growers and hair- causing the hair to fall out and doing great people are buying these spurious compounds, hair more than it is good. To these let us on your hair. Do not be deceived by daring ing of all Hair Tonics. and at once the following goods: Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth worth $0c., 1 Package (1 pint) Anti- oap, worth $0c. Total, $4.00. House No. City State If you have a friend who has no coupon, and pin to coupon when you send your order. BREVITY IN BUSINESS LETTERS. Formal Style of the Past Now Generally Discarded. "The stiff, formal style of business letter is passing," said the up-to-date business man. "We are beginning to discard all stereotyped forms. We no longer say, 'I beg leave to advise you,' or 'We would say in reply,' but we write the letter in the simplest, briefest manner possible. We instruct our clerks to write as naturally as they would talk, and to state their business without any unnecessary words. Instead of 'I beg leave to advise' that certain goods 'have been sent,' they start without any furbebows to write, 'The goods have been sent to you as ordered.' It stands to reason that if a man is answering a letter, he is replying to a previous one. The older clerks do not like this innovation. They have become rather attached to the grandiose style, but 'the young clerks heartily approve of less formality.' DIED, BUT HE WAS CURED. How Physician Explained Demise of His Patient. Carroll D. Wright, an authority upon questions of labor, passed a good part of his boyhood in the New Hampshire town of Dunbarton. There used to live near Dunbarton a physician remarkable for his pigheaded stupidity. Mr. Wright said of him recently: "A good story about this physician used to circulate in our town. According to it, an old woman stopped his gig one day, and pointed toward a house with crape on the door. "So, doctor,' she said, maliciously, 'Mr. Brown is dead, for all you promised to cure him, eh'" "The doctor looked at her in his pompous, stupid way. "You're mistaken,' he said. 'You didn't follow the progress of the case. It's true Mr. Brown is dead, but he died cured.'" Many a man willing to work, is kept from it by idle men who bother him. --- BEFORE EVER Miss Annie A. Wise, Ossancock, Va., writes: I and my sister have both used Ozono and we recommend it to everyone. It is the finest hair grower and straightener on earth. Mr. W. C. Diggs, Swarthmore, Pa. says: I have used your preparations. They have done more than you claimed for them. I heartily recommend them. Miss Clara M. Bentley, Topeka, Kan., says: My hair was short and knotty and kinky. Now it is long and fine. Ozono did it. Mr. Mark Taylor, Haverhill, Mass., says: Your discovery is little short of a miracle and surpasses the ingenuity of man. Miss Louisa Logan, New Orleans, La. says: I send you my photograph, so that you can see what your Ozono has done for me. Advance of "Wireless." Consul General Richard Guenther reports from Frankfort, April 25, 1903: The Berlin Tageblatt publishes a message sent by its correspondent from a moving railroad train between Rangsdorf and Zoszen, stating that on that day experiments in this line were made by the Association for Wireless Telegraphy, Braun-Siemens system. During the journey a lively communication was held between the moving train and the stations of Marlenfelde and Rangsdorf. The absolute reliability of the messages transmitted was proven. Huge Scheme. A scheme of unparalleled magnitude is about to be undertaken in California, involving the construction of two reservoirs, one of 8,000 acres area and the other, at a level of 250 feet lower, of 2,000 acres area. A canal about ten miles in length will connect the reservoirs. Provision is to be made for a vertical fall of 1,600 feet, and this, it is calculated, will develop energy equal to 270,000 horse power, which will be applied in the generation of electric current for long-distance transmission. The Habits of Files. The commonest house fly, musca domestica, breeds in manure and dooryard flith, and is found in nearly all parts of the world. On account of the conformation of its mouth parts, the house fly can not bite, yet no impression is stronger in the minds of most people than this insect does not occasionally bite. This impression is due to the frequent occurrences in houses of another fly (atomoxys calcitrans), which may be called the stable fly, and which, while closely resembling the house fly, differs from it in the important particular that its mouth parts are formed for piercing the skin. This species takes refuge in houses when it rains and gives rise to the saying that flies bite only when it rain*