The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other[Paper in the State. VOLUME VIII. The seven Masonic lodges in this city have been quietly working for some time with a view to erecting a temple for the accommodation of their craft. This organization has acquired the northeast corner at Fourteenth and Vine street, with a frontage of sixty feet and a depth of 150 feet, upon which preparations are now rapidly being made to build the coming spring. The proposed edifice will completely cover the lot, will be up-to-date in facilities and appointments, reaching at least three stories, with a foundation to sustain four or five, to which height it is the ultimate expectation to build. The plans so far are to make the first floor into apartments of four and six rooms each. The second floor will be converted into a large auditorium sufficient to accommodate any form of entertainment. This feature has been added because of the growing demand among the negroes of this city for suitable halls and the ever-increasing difficulty with which they are confronted in securing the same, and this feature alone ought to commend itself not only to the fraternity, but to every negro man, woman and child in Kansas City. The third story will consist of three lodge rooms, the largest of which will be for the blue lodge, one for the higher degrees and for rental purposes. Looking forward to the accomplishment of this end, a joint entertainment will be given by the lodges of this city at Convention Hall Tuesday evening, March 29, which will undoubtedly be the largest affair ever attempted among the colored people of this community. The program embraces an address of welcome by Grand Master A. K. Chinn, of Missouri; response by Grand Master S. J. Watkins, of Kansas; competitive drills for a cash prize of $75 in gold by the St. Louis, St. Joseph, Topeka, Leavensworth and Lawrence Commanderies, while the home commanderies will give exhibition drills. Afterwards Allah Temple No. 7, Mystic Shrine, will take charge of the social features, and the grand march, led by the two grand masters and staffs, will begin promptly at 10:30 o'clock. The admission price is $1; children under 12 years, 50 cents. A Missouri Love Letter. The "devil" of a Missouri paper received a love letter the other day and the foreman got hold of it and read it. This is what it said: "Dearest of All—At last I know you are thee onley person on earth for me. Darling, if you don't come to me soon I'll die. I adooor you. When you come out to nite bring that box of chocolates or I'll black bothe yure eyes. Now mind. Yure loveeling Lizzle." Origin of Clearinghouses. Not all bankers are aware of the manner in which the clearinghouse system originated. The messengers of the London banking houses used to meet at a certain alehouse, and there make exchanges of paper. Their employers observed this and held a meeting to discuss the matter. This meeting resulted in the founding of the London clearinghouse in 1775. Search for Starfish. Some great ships are to-day employed almost wholly in seeking for starfish specimens in deep seas, and there are hundreds of men who spend a portion of their time in collecting starfish in the interests of science. Many of the specimens collected by ships are taken from depths of one and even two miles. The pressure which these fish withstand at this depth is of course very great. NEW IDEAS IN TROUSEKS. Wideawake Manufacturers Constantly Devising Improvements. Probably in no garment of men's wear have fewer improvements in points of construction been introduced than in trousers. From time immemorial pantalouons have been made on identical lines. An enterprising manufacturer in the wholesale trade has patented and placed on the market a novel device for the waistband. On either side of the trousers are two ball and socket fasteners, and these may be adjusted so that a snug fit may be had. The contrivance does away with the conventional cloth snaps at the back of the garment. It has long been a source of anxiety on the part of underwear houses to supply a substitute for drawers tapes. The employment of safety pins annotated the advent of these tapes. A wideawake concern has devised a clasp for this purpose. When in position it is invisible, and it is said to withstand considerable pressure. REPAIRING UP TO DATE. Wornout Tools Now Replaced in a Scientific Manner. Every engineer is now familiar with the fact that in all modern works of any size the making and repairing of tools is managed by a special department of the works, says Cassier's Magazine. The "good old days" when a gang of men would stand in line waiting for their turn at the grindstone have gone by. In a modern shop, when a tool needs grinding, it is sent to the tool department, and another one, all ready for use, is obtained at once. It is easy to see how much more economical such a method is, for the preparation of tools is kept in the hands of people who are doing nothing else and who are necessarily much more expert than the general workman would be, while the latter does not waste time in waiting for a turn at the grindstone. Zola and Dreyfus. When Capt. Dreyfus published his book containing the story of his troubles the editor of a Paris paper, recalling what Zola had done for the unfortunate soldier, went to see the novelist to get him to review the volume. The visitor found him at the big table in his library doing his day's work. "Review Capt. Dreyfus' book!" he repeated when the proposition was made to him. He got up and ambled round the table—a short man, with a stomach and no presence—grunting at intervals. Finally he said: "Why should I review his book? He never even read mine." Law of Heredity. The great interest with which the Mendelian law is regarded by biologists is evidenced by the fact that in the current number of Blometrika no less than three articles are devoted to it. In accordance with this law, the characteristics of parents are distributed in hybrid offspring according to a numerical law, and the hybrids are not intermediate in their characteristics between their parents forms but have certain unchanged characteristics of one parent or the other. The law was originally worked out in regard to certain plants. Georgia's Marble Deposits. As a marble-producing State Georgia may rival Vermont. The marble belt is about sixty miles in length, extending from a southwesterly direction from the North Carolina line through Pickens county. The supply is practically inexhaustible, as the depth of the deposit in many places is over one hundred feet. Both white and colored varieties are found. The characteristics of the Georgia marble are purity of chemical composition, uniform texture and peculiar ir crystalin structure, rendering it remarkably durable because of its slow absorption of water. Some times a married man talks in his sleep and sometimes he can't sleep because his wife talks. HAIR FOR VIOLIN BOWS. It Comes From Tails of, German and Russian Horses. There is a vast amount of horse- hair annually used for making and repairing violin, violoncello and bass viol bows. All of the hair comes from Germany and Russia. The foreign hair is coarser in texture and tougher than that which grows on the British horse, and these qualities make the imported article more valuable than the domestic product is for the purpose. There are only two kinds of horse- hair suitable for making bows, and they are of white and black varieties. The former is used for violin bows, and the latter, which is heavier and stronger, is the best material for making bows for cellos and bass viol, because it bites the larger strings better. The imported hair is put up in hanks thirty inches long, which is five or six inches longer than the standard violin bow. A hank is sufficient for one violin bow, while two hanks are required to hair a cello or bass viol bow. There are about one and one-half ounces of hair in a hank, which is worth about 25 cents, according to the quality of the hair.—Stray Stories. HER LIFE FOR LOVE. Splendid Story of a Woman's Unhesiating Heroism. "V. C." tells an admirable story of beautifulous Kesa, who loved her husband, but who was herself sought by her wicked and powerful cousin, Molito. Knowing that Molito would take her husband's life unless circumvented by guille, she laid a terrible plot. Summoning Molito, she told him that on a certain night her husband would be sleeping in a certain room and that she intended to unloosen his hair so that under no circumstances could he be mistaken for another man. On the night in question Molito entered the room, severed the sleeper's head with his sword, holding it up to the moon by the hair—beheld the face of Kesa herself—London News. Discouraging the Danes In former times the Danes used to sail up the mouths of the English rivers to pillage the churches. When they were caught they were skinned and their skins nailed to the door of the church they attacked. In course of time all the exposed portion would peel off, but that covered by the nail would be protected and thus bear testimony to the cruelty of the ancient Englishmen. In the London College of Surgeons may be seen three specimens of human skin bearing labels such as this: "Portion of human skin, said to be that of a Dane, from the door of a church at Hadstock in Essex." A second specimen is in Copford, in Essex, and a third from the north door of Worcester cathedral. Such fragments of sacrilegious Danish hide have been found on doors in Westminster abbey. Test Your Eyesight There is a simple eye test with which everyone should be familiar. The eyes should stand reading or sewing for several hours without fatigue if they are in a normal condition. If, however, there is a sense of weariness or drowsiness after reading ordinary newspaper print for a short time, the indications are that the eyes need help. Try the eyes separately on some distant object by covering and uncovering one and then the other. Difference may thus be readily detected, and the question whether or not a visit to the optician is necessary can be quickly decided. Prompt attention is a matter of the utmost importance in many cases of eye strain. Potato Alcohol for Autos The London Engineer says that the production of potatoes in Germany will be even more important in the future on account of the increasing consumption of potato alcohol for automobile purposes. KANSAS CITY, KAS. The Rev. E. A. Neilson is expected home soon. Our old friend and brother, Dan Williams, died on the 21st instant. He was a member of the Masons, Sons of Protection and Metropolitan Baptist Church, and also a member of the city administration from 1876 to 1878. Mrs. B. F. Lillary, of 1002 Washington avenue, has been sick, but is up again. The Rev. A. M. Ward preached able sermons Sunday morning and night. The Rev. Scott preached for the Metropolitan people Sunday, as Brother Wilson was away. Everybody must take the Rising Son paper. Don't forget our old friend Lin Roberts when you want a shave or hair cut. The funeral of Dan Williams was preached by Rev. Overs, of Garnett, Kas. The Masonic fraternity had charge of the body. The Willing Workers met at Mrs. E. A. Wilson's Tuesday night. A great many were present. The club will meet next Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. G. H. Jones, 612 Jersey avenue. The Mission Club meets at Mrs Peebles Thursday evening. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 20, 1904. To the Matron of Old Folks' and Or phans' Home We, the waiters of the Baltimore Hotel Cafe, contribute the following amount: Wm. McKnight, H. W. $1.00 John Crawford, S. W. .25 C. A. Kennedy, Captain .15 C. H. Keys, Captain .50 J. W. Oden .25 Chas. H. Lewis .25 M. E. Oden .25 —— Green .20 W. Morrow .25 Robert R. Albritton .25 Claud Williams .15 H. Fisher .25 P. Buttler .25 A friend .10 Charley Washington .25 N. A. Rice .25 A. Nesbitt .25 E. A. Thompson .25 Walter Stepp .25 H. Norman .50 J. F. Marshall .25 Frank Mosee .25 G. Benjaman .25 Lesly Davis .20 Total.....$6.65 Respectfully yours, WM. McKNIGHT. Head Waiter. And Waiters of Baltimore Cafe. Women in Bosnia. After she is married, the Bosnian woman settles down to work. Sno expects nothing else. Her time of fun passed with her girlhood, and she would be shocked by a suggestion that a wife need not necessarily be a laborer. "Only the man who beats her sometimes loves his wife truly," is a Balkan proverb of much popularity. Japs Are Sturdy. Heart disease and nervous prostration are almost unknown among the Japanese. This immunity is attributed to the equanimity and cheerfulness of the Japanese. THE BLUE OF THE SKY. Simple Causes Which Produce the Beauty We Know. In what way colors are produced is a mystery still. The varied hues of the unrivalled American Beauty are formed from the black soil. Endless are the colors produced from coal tar, but how no scientist can say. Why it is that in the zenith we have, in fine weather, a deep, rich blue is perhaps not generally known. There is always above us a haze, however fine. This haze is the aggregate of the finest combinations of moisture on dust particles. And water is blue; even when distilled blue is its inherent color. Accordingly the deep blue color in the upper heavens is caused by the light through depths of fine haze. If there was no haze above us the sky would be black—that is, we would be looking into the blackness of limitless space.—Chicago Tribune. A BOSTON LOVE LETTER. Long Words Led to Breaking of the Engagement. A young man who lived in "the Hub," wrote the following letter to his lady-love in the West. She, poor thing, by the time she had borrowed a dictionary and deciphered it, was so out of patience that she broke the engagement. Can you read it, and do you wonder at her annoyance? "Dearest—I tell you without supervacaneous words, that nothing will render ignescible your precious self to me. I will not coacervate reproaches, I will oduce a veil over the atramental ingratitude, which has chamfered my indiscretible heart. I am silent on the Lovallation which my condjuvancy must have given when I became your fanor and adminicle. I will not speak of the lippitude the oblepy you have shown in exacerbating, one whose genius you should have approached with mental discalceation." The Stream of Life. The Stream of Life. O stream descending to the sea, Thy mossy banks between, The trees the earth grows, The leafy trees are green. In garden plots the children play, The fields the laborers till, And houses stand on either hand, And thou descendest still. O life descending into death, Our waking eyes behold; Parent and friend, thy lapse attend, Companions young and old. Strong purposes our minds possess, Our heart's affections fill; We toll and earn; we seek and learn, And thou descendest still. O end to which our currents tend, Thou writhe us flow, what do we know, What shall we guess of thee? A rour we hear upon thy shore, As we our course fulfills; Scarce we divine a sun will shine, And be above us still. —Arthur Hugh Clough Reached the Limit. When Herbert Spencer was in the habit of dining out with his scientific and literary friends, a lady of conspicuous mental ability and learning was generally one of the company and Spencer was invariably asked to take her down to dinner. His hosts thought they were paying him a compliment in giving him the most brilliant lady of the company, but he resented always being associated with the same lady. At last, when his host on one occasion said, "Mr. Spencer, will you take Miss — down to dinner?" the philosopher emphatically replied, "No, I will not," and another companion had to be found for him. An Ancient Hair Restorer A discovery in the land of the Pharaohs will interest those whose heads time has ravaged. A French Egyptologist has recently unearthed a papyrus giving a recipe for what must in those times have been a royal remedy against baldness, since it was concocted for no less a personage than King Chata, the second sovereign of the first dynasty, about 4,000 B. C. The remedy was employed by the king's mother. It consisted of a salve of dog's paws, dates and asses' hoofs, pounded up and then boiled in oil. With this salve the royal head was anointed. As to the result the papyrus is regrettably silent. NUMBER 47 LEXINGTON NEWS. Mr. Cliff Bradford is on the sick list. Mr. Jordan Hook was in Sedalia Sunday. Elder Snelson preached morning and evening. Mrs. Mary Ellen McDonald is on the sick list. Mr. John D. Honey, of Independence, was here Sunday. Miss Sarah Graham was in Kansas City Saturday. Mr. Henry Colley and wife left for Independence Monday evening. Mr. A. W. Walker, who has been down with la gripe for the last ten days, is some better. Quarterly meeting was held at the A. M. E. Church Sunday. Presiding Mr. Ellie Williams and wife are both sick; also, Mrs. Emma Smith is on the sick list. Messrs. Tolbert, Hook, Worcuff and Wilson entertained quite a number of young ladies of Independence Saturday night at the residence of Mr. Monero Worcuff. It was a swell afair. Mrs. Annie Murphy was killed Saturday morning near the depot at Myrick. Her funeral was preached Sunday by Rev. Hardin Smith. She had been a member of the Baptist Church for fifty years. She leaves three sisters, one brother and a dear husband and son to mourn their loss. She was a daughter of the Rev. Samuel Boyed, who preached here before the war. She lived a consistent Christian life. She was about 75 years old, one of our oldest citizens. Couldn't Find Them One night the curiosity on the provost sergeant of a well-known regiment was aroused by seeing a private soldier wandering aimlessly about the barrack square. He was carrying a lighted lantern and was evidently looking for something. Accounting him, the sergeant said: "What have you lost?" "Nothing, sergeant," replied the man; "I'm looking for the advantages of the army." "Spare Moments, Germany's Telephone Girls. The 4,000 telephone girls in Germany are government employees. Each must be of good character and live in a respectable family. The pay is $53\frac{1}{2}$ cents a day, with an advance of 6 cents in two years, and those four years in service secure 71 cents a day. Applicants for these positions usually wait two years for an opening. Art Lovers Oppose Improvement There is much opposition in Venice to the project of widening the railway bridge which connects that city with the mainland, so as to make it available for ordinary traffic. It is admitted that the alteration would reduce the overcrowding and be of commercial advantage, but the art lovers are eager to preserve the insular seclusion of this romantic city at all costs. Youthful Alderman. Mayor John E. Andrus, the recently elected chief magistrate of Yonkers, N. Y., will preside over the youngest body of aldermen in the country. The average is less than twenty-eight, the youngest being just twenty-one, and the oldest a trifle over forty. Says Uncle Eben. "I has seen some men," said Uncle Eben, "dat would lose any amount o' sleep serenadin' a gal an' den refuse to git up early enough to staht de fire aftuh dey's married." DOLLARS AND CENTS. It's dollars and cents that rule the world With greed as the nursing bed; But there's a banner that's still un- furred With hearts as the fountain head— The banner of love for a fellow man And hope for a zeal intense To keep humanity in the van And discount dollars and cents. For dollars and cents won't always win And wield such a potent sway. There's something else that is coming in And love will avail some day Old clubs are trumps at the present time In all the different marts. But coming sure is the world a rhyme, And the trumps will all be hearts. For there's nothing else in life, my boy, That nature's art so deft. Can bring you sunshine, hope, and joy, Like the throb-best cow on left. It's all there is in the world of strife With trials and griefs immense— You can take some love at the close of life. But you can't take dollars and cents. Harry S. Chester, in Chicago Inter Ocean. THE STORY THAT TOLD AND SOLD By O. E. ULNESS Copyrighted, 1908, by The Authors Publishing Company Dear Miss Stanley- Inclose please find check for your story, "The Price of Fame." We will gladly consider anything else that you may care to submit. Yours truly. The Arcadian. The recipient of this letter could hardly believe her eyes. It was the first remuneration she had received for her work during long years of struggle. Her successful effort was the story of a woman who had sacrificed love to win fame in her chosen profession, in which she succeeded. She reaped wealth, fame and honor, but her heart was not satisfied. The man whom she had rejecte', but still loved, was now bound to another. She had paid "the price of tame." The same day on which Agatha Stanley received payment for her story, she read in the society column of a daily paper the following: "Mr. Reginald Lorimer, the newly appointed editor of the Arcadian, is said to be worshiping at the shrine of Miss Florence Lippincot, a prominent society belle of the city in which he lives." A mingled expression of surprise and pain came into Miss Stanley's eyes. "I never dreamed that he was the editor who accepted my story," she soliloquized. "Did it merit publication, or did he act from personal motives, I wonder? Could he read the author's heart between the lines? If so, how he must mock it. Am I to suffer a like fate with my heroine? It can only be in degree, however, not in kind; for, is not mine 'the price of fame?'" Reginald Lorimer and Agatha Stanley had been playmates, schoolmates and friends. As they grew to manhood and womanhood their friendship had developed into love. When Agatha was nineteen, her father died, leaving a large family in poor circumstances, and it fell to her to look to the welfare of the family. Some time after Mr. Stanley's death Lorimer declared his love and asked Agatha to become his wife. Feeling that her duty was at home, and although it nearly broke her heart, she rejected his offer. She gave nim no hope for the future, and so they parted. Time passed rapidly. Lorimer had gone to a distant city and entering the field of journalism had made rapid strides. Miss Stanley had taken up literature as her life work, but her journey was long and disheartening. At length, however, her persistence was rewarded. One manuscript placed seemed to clear the way and her subsequent offorts were accepted with requests for more. Still, with success standing brightly before her, there was an aching void in her heart. One beautiful morning in early June Agatha was sitting by an open window, writing. She seemed unable to A woman sitting at a table, writing in a notebook. By an open window. concentrate her thoughts; from her work to the grand scene outside, and then to the feelings of her own heart. As she sat dreaming of the old days, her attention was attracted to a man coming up the walk toward the house. He rang the bell, and as Agatha opened the door an exclamation of surprise escaped her lips; for there, before her, stood Reginald Lorimer. It was the first time they had met in three years. "Miss Stanley, allow me to congratulate you on your success. It is certainly merited." "Thanks; but, Mr. Lorimer, higher praise is due to you because of your rapid advancement. I sincerely wish you happiness." "I am truly grateful, bot; for your praise, which is flattering, and for your sentiments of friendship; but I would ask you, can success, alone, make us happy?" Miss Stanley colored slightly, and answered: "It depends on what one is successful in. Happiness, itself, is the greatest of achievements, but its acquisition is dependent upon success in various directions." Mr. Lorimer laughingly replied: "Possibly I have earned the good will of some budding genius by sending a welcome check. Rather a slim source M. SEN "I should think that a certain Miss Lippincot ought to have first place." of happiness, though, I'm afraid, unless—it should be you, Miss Stanley" "Why me, more than others you have helped, Mr. Lorimer? I should think that a certain Miss Lippincot ought to have first place." "Miss Lippincot! I do not know that I have done anything to merit her good graces." "Haven't you? This would seem to contradict you," she said, handing him the paper in which she had read the item concerning him. When he had read his mirth was uncontrollable. Finally regaining composure, he said: "Well, well! That is news to me. Whoever wrote that notice must have been under some strong mental hallucination. The idea of associating my name with that of Miss Lippincott, whom I have met but a few times. No frivolous creature like her for a stained chap like myself. A sensible women is what I want. Agatha—Miss Stanley, do you know why I have come here to day? Simply to tell you that I have waited patiently for a different answer to the question I once asked you. The outward obstacles then in the way are now removed. You are on the road to independence. Is there any other barrier? Have I waited in vain, and must I, too, pay the price of fame?" The story that sold has also told. A New Enemy of Whisky The Shawnee News gives a novel remedy for the "drink habit"—or, "sworn off" to remain "on the water cart." It consists of ice water drunk through a raw potato. Peel the potato and cut down one side of it until it can be easily inserted in the mouth; dip the potato in water and suck it every time a craving for strong drink comes on. It is claimed that this treatment will effect an absolute cure. The why and wherefore are not stated, but the process is such a simple one that there can be no harm in trying it if one is afflicted with a thirst which he really desires to lose.—Kansas City Journal. "Condensed Eggs." Condensed eggs are being largely exported to South Africa and are meeting with a ready sale. Fresh eggs are from 85 cents to $1.80 a dozen in Johannesburg, so that the substitute is welcomed. It is prepared by depriving the ordinary fresh egg of its superfluous water and by adding sugar. The mixture is then inclosed in tightly sealed canisters, fifteen eggs to the pound. When unsealed the compound with a little added water is whisked rapidly and, according to a British consular report, cannot be told from the fresh egg. RELIGIOUS COMMENT His Angels Have Charge. "He shall give his angels charge Over thee in all thy ways." Though the hunders roam at large. Their laughs and shriek me plays. Like a child I lay my head In sweet sleep upon my bed. Quiet Four Giving Thanks Unto God. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of God. A sense of personal obligation to God is not common, even among the best of men. They have to go so far afield to find it that their excursions are infrequent. The fact that our blessings are shared by so many weakens our sense of personal obligation. I recognize the benefits of sun and shower and changing seasons, but I reason that I might die to-morrow without affecting the beneficent program. I walk on pavements and cross bridges without a thought of gratitude to the municipality. Gratitude has an aversion to long journeys and commonly avails itself of the nearest stopping place. I am grateful to the teacher who taught me the truth, but I seldom see as far as the great scientist who realized that in his discoveries he was but thinking God's thoughts after Him. Few have the plety and patience to reflect that: Back of the loaf is the snowy flour. And back of the flour the mill; And back of the mill is the wheat and he shower. And back of the mill is the Father's will. The secret of everyday thanksgiving is to find God within before we seek Him without. "The heavens do declare the glory of God," and we ought to know this better than David did. But neither the heavens nor the earth have such a revelation of God as is to be discovered within ourselves. Through differences of personality each one has a relation to all these externalities which is unique. In individuality we find our personal link with God. The same sun shines upon the millions of earth, but no one among them all sees it just as you do. Truth belongs to the race, but the impression which it makes upon you is individual. It is the same sun and the same truth; the difference is in you. Paul gives the secret of daily thanksgiving when he says, "By the grace of God I am what I am." By a logical excursion through the jungle of prehistoric centuries I find a First Cause. Through Nature I may get to Nature's God. The study of history will reveal to me a Governor. But it is within myself I find my Father. The disappointments which strengthen our moral sinews, the baffling problems which challenge our initiative and develop our resourcefulness, the sorrows which bring the fellowship of suffering with the Man of Sorrows, all of these things may become the occasions for thanksgiving. It is the inventory of our souls which reveals that we were not made to live unto ourselves. We hear a voice saying, "As the Father send me into the world, so send I you." With this commission we return to the world thrilling with the ardor of the highest service. When we know that God works within, it is not difficult to believe that He works without. We cease to be mastered by externalities and become masters of the circumstances of life, making them tributary to development, usefulness and joy. Hear the proclamation which secures everyday thanksgiving: "Now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be."—Rev. Howard L. Jones, D. D. The fulness of heaven is Jesus him self. At the Setting Sun. At the close of each day we should go to Jesus and tell him of al that we have done or tried to do during the day. We must not forget to tell him about our day's failure. Did we lose our patience? Did we yield to temptation? Did we neglect to speak for our Master the word we ought to have spoken? Were we unkind to any one? At many a setting sun we came weary and sad, with empty hands. Sometimes we are tempted to stay away from the Master and make no report. Let us tell him all. That is the kind of an evening secret prayer that will bless us. It will make us very watchful all day if we remember that we report to Jesus all we say, or do, or fail to do; it will keep us in more intimate relations with him.—J. R. Miller, D. D. The light or heaven is the face of Jesus. Conquering the World Circumstances may be beyond our control, but it is always within our power to determine how we shall face them. Sudden adversity overcame one man. He fell into a heap, weeping, and has ever since been beech- ing other people to come to his help. A neighbor was at the same time visited by like misfortune. He smiled and said, "It is perhaps, the stirring of the eagle's nest," and went bravely forward to overcome his difficulties. Hardship after hardship visited him in pitiless succession; he never complained to his nearest neighbor, neither relaxed his smile nor abated his Christian activities. Only the look in his eyes deepened, and his tenderness towards men became more marked. Who shall say that that man is not a conqueror of the world, even as his neighbor is one who is being defeated by the world, though adversity is still equally the lot of them both. The duration of heaven is the eternity of Jesus. Warning Worth Heeding. What does science and experience teach concerning the use of alcohol? Experience, observation, "modern investigation have shown alcoholic drinks and other narcotics to be a chief cause of crime, power'y, misery, madness and the degeneracy that leads to anarchy.' Experiments by European and American scientists have established the following conclusions: That "alcohol, like other substances of a narcotic nature, has the power when taken frequently, even in small quantities, to create an appetite for more, which may become uncontrolled, and its gratification destructive." That it is deleterious and dangerous in small quantities. That alcohol is not a fuel like the other hydrocarbons, sugar, starch and fat. That it is not a food, notwithstanding its oxidation in the system. That it does not furnish energy to the system, but perverts it. That it does not increase, but weakens, muscular power. That it does not reinforce digestion, but impairs it. That it does not regulate the force of the system, but "weakens the regulating power of the nervous system over the various processes which it normally controls." To do good simply because it is good to do it, and not in the hope of reward, is the evidence of Christian purpose. The Garden of the Soul Each bud flowers but once, and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul each feeling has, as it were, its flowering instant, its one and only moment of expansive grace and radiant kinship. Each star passes but once in the night through the meridian over our heads and shines there but an instant; so, in the heavens of the mind each thought touches its zenith but once, and in that moment all its brilliancy and al its greatness culminate. Artist, poet or thinker—if you want to fix and immortalize your ideas or your feelings, seize them at this precise and fleeting moment, for it is their highest point. Before it you have but vague outlines or dim presentiments of them. After it you will have only weakened reminiscence or powerless regret; that moment is the moment of your ideal.—Amiel. No one can live without being a debtor. No one should live without being a creditor. The Best of What You Have. Your business in life is to make the most of what God has given you. Not every young man who goes into business has the native shrewdness of our foremost capitalists. Not every student has the intellect requisite to be a great scholar. Not every young man who enters the ministry has in him the making of a Beecher. But, on the other hand, no one knows what may develop from seemingly mediocre powers if they are developed to their utmost. Make the most of yourself and your talents. Use your time and strength to the best advantage, and you will have little reason to envy another's endowment. Your best is better than another's half-hearted effort, even though nature equipped him more generously than yourself. A man who is destitute knows how to pray. He needs not any instructor. The Sunshine of Praise. If you see anything that is worthy of praise, speak of it. Even if you cannot do a worthy deed yourself, commend one who does. Praise is a power for good; both God and man prize it. No prayer is complete without praise. The best worker for his fellows who falls to give praise falls of doing as well as he can. Mrs. Stowe states the truth effectively when she says: "Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary." Do we do our part in giving praise?—Sunday School Times. Love Is the Highest. Nothing is sweeter than love; nothing more courageous, nothing higher; nothing wider, nothing fuller or better in heaven and earth, because love is born of God and cannot rest but in God, above all created things.—A. Kempls. THE ODD CORNER Plaving to Get Even. She plays her game with a ready hand And a steady hand and true; She marked her man When the game began. And she knows him through and through. Nothing to win and nothing to lose, And nothing to choose or care! A skier for the skies. And if his heart breaks, She is only playing fair. A smile, a rose, and a maddened fool, A saddened fool—and wise! And the woman won! The game is done— Dear God! the look in her eyes! But, ah!! Time was ere the woman would, Ere the woman could, and now She owes her skill To the careless will Of the man who taught her how! —Smart Set Spirit Faces In Glass. Bowdoinham's mysterious picture mirror is exciting more wonder than at first, for new faces have appeared in it, and the house of Robert Warren, where the mirror hangs, is visited by hundreds of curious persons daily, says a dispatch from Bangor, Malne. A few weeks ago Mr. Warren's wife died, and since then faces have appeared in the mirror, generally at dusk and remained in full view for some hours. First came the face of an old man, then that of a young girl, followed by indistinct traceries, as of woodland scenes. None of these was recognized by Mr. Warren or by any of his neighbors. But now the face of the dead Mrs. Warren has come into the mirror, distinct and unmistakable, as has also that of Mrs. Warren's mother. At first the stories were not believed but responsible persons have visited Bowdoinham for the express purpose of viewing the phenomena, and they declare that the faces and figures do really appear in the mirror, being most distinct at night, after the lamps have been lighted, and that there has been no misstatement or exaggeration whatever in the matter. "It is the strangest thing I ever saw or heard of," says a Lewiston man who went to see the pictures. Many of the neighbors are afraid to go near the Warren house, declaring that it is haunted; but Mr. Warren, a quiet and plious old man, sits by the hour looking at the pictures in the old looking glass and is not at all disturbed over them. He believes that his dead wife is trying to convey a message to him, or that, perhaps, she has simply come back to keep him company. At Church in Shirt Sleeves. At a chapel in Birmingham, Eng., recently, the remarkable scene was witnessed of a large section of the congregation sitting throughout the service in their shirt sleeves. Over 500 of them had met at a certain spot before the service and marched to the chapel headed by a brass band; but on the way they were caught in a thunder storm and drenched to the skin. On their arrival at the chapel most of them had taken off their coats and hung them to dry over a rail at the end of the church. Reason for Headless Clams. Clam diggers in North river, Massachusetts, have for a long time wondered what has caused the growth of a bed full of headless clams there. When the sea broke through the Mumarock beach in the 1898 storm, it caused the subsequent development of an excellent clam flat a mile or so up the river. Several days ago a fisherman near Marshfield hills discovered that the headless clams are caused by numerous sculptins snapping off the clam heads as they appear outside the shells. Deer Saved by Its Beauty. Will Linnekin of Knox, Me, reports that he went gunning recently and had three separate chances at the same deer at short range, but was so impressed with the grace and beauty of the animal that he could not pull the trigger even when he had the gun sighted and the deer standing perfectly still. He finally gave up and walked away, while the deer walked off in another direction. Beaver Dam a Nuisance. A beaver colony has been busy on Mitchell brook, between Frye and Hale, near Rumford Falls, Me. There are thought to be four beavers in the colony, and they built a dam of alder boughs and brush, making it three rods long. It was torn out, and twice did the beavers rebuild, flooding the wood road. In some instances they have felled poplar trees six and eight inches through. Remarkably Successful Trapper: Jesse Bentley of Sunderland, Vt., captured four lynxes on Equinot mountain, two of the animals measuring five feet from tip to tip. Bentley has captured a large number of fur-bearing animals, among them being lynxes, bears and panthers, but these are the largest animals of the lynx family which he has yet killed. Bentley made his daily rounds of his traps on snow shoes, covering many miles in the journey. Youthful Sufferer. The case of Stephen Fredericks, who is a patient at St. Francis' hospital in Hartford, Conn., is most remarkable. He is only 11 years old, but he has survived eight operations for peritonitis within as many months and seems to be on the road to recovery. HALL OF CATARH CURSE. FRANK J. CHENY CURSE, who be is senior counsel business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforeseen, and that said firm will pay the sum of $10,000 to the case of CATARH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARH CURSE. FRANK J. CHENY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1888. A. W. GLEASON. REAL NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's CATARH Curse is taken formally and acts directly on the blood and takes surface of the system. Send for testimonials, free. HENYE & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Drugs, 757-81. Take Hall's Plant for Consultations. Antitoxin Savea Many Lives. The promotion of the antitoxin treatment of diphtheria has resulted in a reduction of the death rate of that scourge of the nursery from 35 per cent to less than 7 per cent in the thousands of cases treated by the medical inspectors of the health department of Chicago. Rain That Reaches the Sea Geologists speak of that fraction of the rainfall which reaches the sea through streams as the "run-off." The run-off in Connecticut is half the rainfall, while in the Mississippi basin it is but one-fourth. Steam Turbine Engines: An advantage of the steam turbine engine over the reciprocating type has developed after a year's test in Switzerland. The turbine ran 7,000 hours with only 5½ hours spent in repairs. Helpie sanesa of Sturgsona. Sturgeons are the weakest of all fish in proportion to their size. A sturgeon weighing over a ton is perfectly helpless if attacked by a small swordfish. It is a strange fact that the right hand, which is more sensitive to the touch than the left, is less sensitive than the latter to the effect of heat or cold. Got the Right Kind. Gainesville, Texas, Feb. 22nd.—Mrs. L. E. Burton of 507 Glad street, this city, writes the following letter: "I have been awfully troubled with my Kidneys; I was in a bad fix and had been doctoring with the Doctors, but was getting no better. I tried a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills and I found they did me lots or good. I had a slight return of my trouble and I went to the Drug Store and called for Dodd's Kidney Pills. They said there was no such pills. I told them there was. They said they had the best pills that were made and persuaded me to try a box of another kind, not Dodd's. As I needed some medicine, I bought a box, but they did me no good so I went elsewhere and got the real Dodd's Kidney Pills and very soon was completely cured. I took a box up to the Drug Store and showed them that there was such pills and asked them to order some, but as I haven't needed any more I haven't called to see whether or not they got them." Foolish English Custom. In certain back-country districts of England, on Jan. 1, which is called Childermas, every child is soundly spanked before breakfast. The date is supposed to be the anniversary of the actual day upon which Herod slew the innocents. Therefore, to keep the memory of the slaughter fresh in the minds of the rising generation, subscribers to the ancient customs are bidden to whip their children before they rise on the morning of that day. An English View of the Jews. It cannot be denied that the Jews, as a general rule, make excellent citizens. Lord Beaconsfield (a somewhat partial witness, perhaps.) said that they were "a living and the most striking evidence of the falsity of that pernicious doctrine of modern times, the natural equality of man;" that all their tendencies were conservative, and lay in the direction of religion, property and natural aristocracy.—Macmillan's Magazine. Lightning Favora Poplare. A careful examination of trees that are struck by lightning shows that over half of them are poplars. From this fact scientists conclude that the poplar has some value as a conductor of lightning. Therefore, agriculturists are advised to plant these trees in the vicinity of their farm buildings. TIMELY CALLING. How the Pastor Saved a Life. A man near Fort Gay, W. Va., made an entire failure in getting strength from the kind of food he ate and not knowing that the trouble was with the food kept on losing health until the doctors gave him up to die. It was supposed to be consumption because he was wasting away steadily and slowly dying. His minister called from time to time and one day brought along a package of Grape Nuts, thinking from what he knew of the famous food that perhaps it might help him. The sick man took to it at once and from that day began to get well. In writing he says: "I walked to town to-day 3 miles. Have gained over 40 pounds in about 2 months and my neighbors don't know what to say. I frequently am told it was as if I am raised from the dead. Everybody here knows of my case, you can tell people to write to the Postmaster or Rev. L. D. Bryan. I will make a sworn statement that Grape-Nuts saved my life." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek Mich. This is another illustration that where all other food fails one can be brought back to health and strength on Grape-Nuts. "There's a reason." Look in each pkg. for the famous little book. "The Road to Wellyville." EUROPE IS JEALOUS. STIRRED UP BY "AMERICAN COM PETITION." Talk of Commercial Unions Against the United States is Almost Universal—President McKinley's Words of Advice Recalled. The government report of the commerce of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, plainly indicated that the calendar year 1903 would be a record-breaker with respect to exports and imports. The total for the year is $2,479,000,000. The export figures are $1,484,668,127; imports, $995,473,101; excess of exports over imports, $480,095,000. In thirty years, from 1873 to 1903, exports increased 167 per cent, while imports increased 67 per cent. The figures tell their own story, fully justify the foreign tributes to our commercial progress, and explain the movements on foot in Europe to organize trade alliances to meet "American competition." A Middle European Commercial Alliance, particularly directed against the United States, has been a pet project with Count Goluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs. That somewhat irascible official proclaimed six years ago that Europe should counteract American commercial energy. European nations, he urged, must stand together against "transoceanic" countries. An Italian admiral and former foreign minister took up the refrain, and even the sedate London Spectator observed that America was cherishing "illusions" as to its security from huge coalitions of this kind. The London journal said that Europe had become restive for the reason that we are beyond foreign commercial competition, are disposed to monopolize trade, take "swift reprisals" when European countries fortify their industries with tariffs, are a rock in Europe's way in China, while holding fast to the Philippines. Fear hatred and dread were rapidly becoming, according to the Spectator, the dominant continental emotions toward America. The difficulties confronting this economic alliance have been insuperable hitherto, but a step has now been taken in that direction by the organization of the Middle European Economic Society. One of its founders says that the greatest task before the organization will be the creation of Count Goluchowski's commercial union. It is hoped to bring the Triple Alliance, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia within the operations of the society. The French Customs Commission has recently reported that it is necessary to obtain a reduction of the American tariff by a reciprocity convention in the interest of French industries, and it is probable that other European countries will endeavor to secure similar treaties with the United States—all of which gives emphasis to President McKinley's declaration: "Commercial wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times; measures of retaliation are not." Neither Patriotic Nor Political By still "holding up" the Panama treaty, Senator Gorman and his associates may be embarrassing the administration, but they certainly are injuring their own party. Incident to the presidential election in Colombia popular feeling in the little republic is excited. Reports from Bogota are that a large force of troops is to be sent to the isthmus. If this be done the United States will be at war with Colombia. Responsibility will be charged upon the Democratic senators who, refusing to recognize an accomplished fact and in order to "put the administration in a hole," delay the treaty and encourage the Colombians in their misconception of this country's attitude. Secretary Hay's note of Nov. 11 distinctly stated that under this government's interpretation of its obligations no hostile troops would be permitted to land in any part of Panama. Since that time the new republic has been recognized by all the great European powers and the United States has negotiated with it a treaty guaranteeing the integrity of its territory—the treaty now before the senate. Thus, as Mr. Hay asserts, Panama has acquired "an inchoate right" to our protection, and invasion by Colombia would be forcibly repelled by the United States. In view of the strong popular desire for the canal, of the demands expressed by southern legislatures and of the demonstration in caucuses that Democratic senators cannot be mustered to defeat the treaty, Mr. Gorman and his associates are neither patriotic nor politic in protracting their vain and factious "hold up." A Felicitous Phrase. When Secretary Hay was asked for a statement in regard to the rumored settlement of the war crisis in the east, he made an answer which contained this felicitous phrase: "The state department never plays politics, but in the foreign relations of the government aims to represent the whole people.' This is as it should be. It is a pity that the same cannot be said of the United States senate, which has so much to do with the foreign relations of the country by virtue of its participation in the treaty making power. There are some senators who, in theory and practice, differ radically from the secretary of state. They seem to think that the relations of the whole country to foreign nations are an appropriate field in which to develop personal and political rancor, and seek for partisan advantage at the expense of the whole country. If they cannot find at home political issues on which their party may ride into power they, in search of such issues, play politics with the foreign relations of the government, careless of the injury they may inflict upon the credit and prosperity of their country. It is unfortunate that senators who have been trying to make political capital out of an important treaty now before the senate have not that high sense of patriotic duty and of regard for the welfare of the whole country which Secretary Hay put in one pregnant sentence. They should go to school to him until they have learned the difference between the foreign and domestic affairs of a nation. Every man in public life should know and respect it, but there are senators who do not. They have made themselves so conspicuous that it is not necessary to name them. Time to Stop It. Last Monday the insurgents about the city of Santo Domingo fired upon the launch of the United States cruiser Yankee, killing Engineer J. C. Johnston and openly attacking the American flag. In itself the incident is not of great international importance. But it is symptomatic of a condition that has prevailed for a century in Santo Domingo and its neighbor, Hayti, and whose further endurance by the United States is a public scandal. The people of these two so-called republics have proved, through three generations of experiment and experience, absolutely incapable of orderly government. Their history is but a chronicle of factional brawls and their rulers but a succession of military adventurers. Aside from the destruction of the Maine there was nothing in the condition of Cuba more warranting American intervention than there is and long has been in the condition of Santo Domingo and Hayti. People so barbarous as to murder Engineer Johnston would not hesitate to blow up an American national vessel with all her crew. It is time to drop the sentimental nonsense which has governed our treatment of this American island and to stop this public anarchy. Since these people cannot and will not keep peace and order for themselves it is time for the United States to keep peace and order for them.—Chicago Inter Ocean. German Out of the Brace The election ct Isidor Rayner to the United States senate from Maryland probably will put an immediate end to the talk of the nomination of Senator Gorman for the presidency. Mr. Rayner is a strong anti-machine man and won his fight against the determined opposition of the political organization of which Senator Gorman is the head. At Senator Gorman's request, former Governor Smith called an extraordinary session of the legislature two years ago for the enactment of a negro disfranchisement law. It was understood at the time that, in return for this action, Governor Smith was to be sent to the senate. When the time for the balloting came, however, Senator Gorman disregarded his alleged promise and threw his strength to Bernard Carter, the leading railroad corporation lawyer of Maryland. Some of the former governor's friends stood by him, but neither Mr. Smith nor Mr. Carter could muster at any stage of the proceedings as many votes as Mr. Rayner, the out-and-out independent, who will be Senator Gorman's colleague. The long and bitter fight and his final defeat have greatly weakened Mr. Gorman's influence in his own state, and the number of Democratic presidential possibilities is reduced by one. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Bryan, as becomes a blossoming plutocrat, begins to emulate Mr. Carnegie. He is to erect and give to Salem, ill., the city of his birth, a library building, to cost $25,000. Then he is to provide and install a library at a cost of $15,000. It may be doubted if that is not too much money to spend upon the books in a $25,000 building. Whether the sum be disproportionate or not, it testifies to the donor's breadth of view and enlightened generosity. The race between Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Bryan will be watched with terrilling excitement by all the admirers of philanthropy. Mr. Carnegie may have more money, but Mr. Bryan has more youth, a profitable pen and voice and great testamentary expectations. Mr. Carnegie is trying to give away his money while he is living. Mr. Bryan collects the money from the dead to give away. The conditions are less unequal than they seem.—New York Sun. No Law a Panacea. The whole discussion of remedies for trusts is apt to create the unfounded belief that for all industrialills there is an absolute cure. It conceals the fact that great financial success, even by a trust, can be won not only by hidden and abhorent means, but by transcendent ability and unfagging industry. It is apt, moreover, to engender the delusion that law can "transmute leaden instincts into golden conduct," and that eventually society will evolve a way by which the individual may avoid pocketing unavoidable losses, and will devise a substitute for the old-fashioned virtue of looking out for number one.—New York Post. TOP HOSMANS EYE How few women realize that it is in the putting on and off of a glove that it is pulled out of shape if one is careless in this operation. Watch an experienced saleswoman sometime, and you will see she puts the glove on the four fingers before she does on the thumb. In taking it off begin at the wrist and turn back as far as the second joint of the fingers. It will then come off easily with a gentle pull at the finger tips. Don't roll your gloves up in a little ball as if they were stockings, but stretch them out and lay them away as flat as possible, with the thumb folded inside the palm. If this care is taken your gloves will last twice as long and look well every time you wear them. One of the New Foulards. Shirt waist dresses increase in number and variety with each incoming season and are peculiarly well adapted to the needs of young girls. This one is made of one of the pretty new foulards which is pastel blue dotted with black and white and shows the wide tucks that make such a feature of the season. The waist is simply full, laid in tiny tucks at the neck, and gathered at the waist line, and includes sleeves that are wide above the narrow cuffs. The skirt is circular with a circular flounce which is cut in two portions, all the joinings being concealed by the tucks. To make the frock for a girl of 13 years of age will be required, for waist $3\%$ wards of material 21 or 27, or $1\%$ yards 44 inches wide, with $1\frac{1}{4}$ yards of all-over lace; for skirt $7\frac{1}{4}$ yards 21, 3 yards 27 or $3\frac{1}{2}$ yards 44 inches wide. A May Manton pattern of the waist, A 4488 Misses' Tucked Blouse, 12 to 16 years. 4380 Misses' Circular Tucked Skirt, 12 to 16 years. No. 4466, sizes 12 to 16 years, or of the skirt. No. 4380, sizes 12 to 16 years, will be mailed to any address on receipt of ten cents. A Kiro. A comforting and useful contrivance is the little Japanese hand-warmer of "kiro," as it is called. It is really a portable stove, and can be tucked away in the pocket when not needed. This little stove will be found a great protection when driving, and can be fastened to the knees to keep the legs from getting cold. You can buy these little comforts at almost any store where Japanese goods are sold. Fuel enough to last two months can be purchased for fifteen cents. It is a curious preparation of charcoal and gives off little or no smoke or gas. People who have used this stove in the sick room find it much superior to the hot water bags—it is so light and the temperature so even. One piece of fuel will last two hours. Velvet Bracelets Nearly every woman is prepared to accord a very warm welcome to the velvet bracelet or wristlet, which is being revived with enthusiasm after a lapse of about a quarter of a century. Provided one is blessed with a pretty arm, there is nothing more effective to show it off, and the quaint clasps in pearl or enamel, or in jet inlal with gold, are a delight and a revelation. Most of us have some such relic of the youth of our mothers stowed away in our jewel cases, and now is the time, above others, to bring it to light and wear it for all it is worth. Separate Silk Ruffles. The ruffled silk underskirt that is supposed to be worn to match the color of each separate gown is a somewhat costly accessory. A clever young woman, who aspires to the fashionable flare and rustle, has reached a happy solution of the problem by contriving adjustable silk ruffle sets of different colors, which she fastens with tiny buttons to a general skirt of gray poplin. This same young woman has the silk undergowns of her transparent evening frocks so constructed that, by the addition of suitable trimming they can be transformed into charming gowns. Modish Sweaters. Dame Fashion's latest caprice in the sweater line will please the smart woman who has not fancied the knitted golf vests and long-sleeved sweaters. The new ones are modish little affairs made of quilted china silk, padded and lined with lamb's wool. The white ones, lined with white satin, are dainty enough to wear under an evening wrap to protect bare arms and shoulders, if desired. Black ones, lined with lavender satin, are desirable for everyday wear. The sleeves are made bell shape, and rather full. Frogs are used to close the fronts. Shirtwaist Boxes. The shirtwaist boxes in cretonne, which come fitted snugly away, like bureau drawers into a case covered with the same material, are now imitated in miniature affairs some four or five inches in height. These are designed for a baby's boudou use. One drawer contains safety pins, another sleeve or bib holders and other silver trinkets, a third the wee socks, et cetera. The imitations, to, are covered with cretonne. Each small ornament is topped off with a bow of satin ribbon. New Bridal Vells Every bride likes to have something new and original in her costume for that occasion of occasions. Here is a pretty idea that will be something new and yet true to the old custom of the veil. You can have any material you choose that is soft and filmy. Then have wreaths or garlands painted in the most delicate shades and flowers. The conventional orange blossoms are of course the most appropriate, but the pale tinted wreaths are charming and relieve the all-white of the regulation bride attire. Chocolate Soft Custard The many desserts served with soft custard like floating island, cream cake pie, etc., can be varied for the eye and the palate by adding to the yellow custard enough melted chocolate to give a new color and flavor. When a yellow custard is wanted a double portion can be made, and the chocolate added to half, which can be kept in the refrigerator until the next day, and then used in different combination, cream cake pie following floating island, for instance. Corn Crisp Bars. Save all the partly popped kernels from the other preparations, grind fine through the coffee mill and pour over it a syrup made of one cupful of molasses, one half a cupful of white sugar, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar boiled together until quite stiff. If some of the taffy is left over heat slightly, favor with a few drops of essence of peppermint, pull until very light, cut in tiny cubes and wrap in paraffin paper. Jewelled and embroidered cuffs now adorn many coats and wraps. The embroidery and jeweling are in rich but subdued tones of color. Women who embroider should take the hint, and enrich the appearance of their coats and bodices. Care of Copper. Copper cooking utensils require constant attention and perfect cleanliness, otherwise they corrode and produce verdigris, and food cooked in them would be poisonous. If the top lining becomes worn it should at once be renewed. An Evening Petticoat Old evening dresses and tea gowns can be turned into really elaborate petticoats for evening wear. If your dress was brocade by putting one or more fluffy frills around the bottom you will have a very handsome underskirt. Readers of this paper can secure any May Manton pattern illustrated above by filling out all blanks in coupon, and mailing, with to 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's pattern) ... Write plainly. Fill out all blanks. Enclose 10c. Mail to E. E. Harrison & Co., & Plymouth Place. Chicago Beecher and Emerson. One day Mr. Beecher was dining beside Emerson, and said: "Mr. Emerson, when you are eating this fine beef, can you tell by the flavor what kind of grass the ox ate?" "Why, no, of course not." "I am right glad to hear it," replied Beecher, "for I have been feeding my congregation on Emerson for many a year, and I have been afraid they would find it out."—Boston Christian Register. Soft Drinks Too Unmindful of the chilling wind the romantic couple stood in the vestibule. "Darling," he whispered, "each kiss from your lips is a drink that intoxicates me." Just then the Boston bull appeared. "And I am the chaser!" said the canine. Possible Explanation: Miles—What do you suppose prompted Easyun to desert his wife? Giles—Oh, to gratify her longing to see her picture in the papers, I suppose. Full Value. Amy—My brother, the explorer, was telling me that in some parts of Africa you can buy a wife for a few old sardine cans and beads. Mr. Crustymugg—Well, a good wife's worth that. A Schemer "You don't like the Babbletons?" "Not much," answered Bliggins. "My wife likes them, however." "But you persuaded your wife to join their progressive euchre club." "Yes. It's highly probable that after a few games the families won't be on speaking terms." Unnecessary Emphasis. "Why are you smiling so broadly, Henry?" "I was just thinking of the good times I had." "When Henry, dear?" "Before we were married, of course." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Very Like His Dad. M. Crapaud—Ah! So zis ces your leetle son? He look to be simiale to you. Popley—Yes, he's very much like M. Crapaud—Ah! How do you call eet? "A cheep of ze old blockhead," ces eet not? Food for the Hungry. Mr. Ruther (sourcilly) — Miss Fleder— Mabel—can you not see the hunger in my eyes. Can you not— Miss Fleder (self-reproachfully) — Oh to be sure. How thoughtless of me. Just wait and I'll get you a nice dish of pig's feet. He Got Wise. C Mrs. Hayrick—Reuba. I wish you' gib baby a rubber ring to cut his teeth on. Mr. Hayrick—Give him the gold brick on the parlor mantel. I set my teethe on it, al right. Miss Kulcher—Of course, Mr. Freschmann, you are quite familiar with Greek. Mr. Freschmann—Oh, yes, indeed, I know Greek the minute I see it, the letters are so funny looking, you know. Couldn't Be Both "He's an egotist of the worst kind," said the first actor, speaking of another, "he's determined to be different from every one else in his profession." "Considering that determination," remarked Snappy, "how can he be an egotist?" Juvenile Theory. "Can any one tell me," queries the teacher of the primary class, "what causes the saltiness of the ocean?" "I 'spose it's 'cause it's full of cod 8sh," answered the boy at the foot of the class. American Railway Equipment American railway equipment American railway locomotives to the number of eighty-seven were purchased by the New Zealand government two years ago, and are now in operation throughout the colony, and are giving general satisfaction. American passenger coaches are also pretty generally used, while freight vans, road wagons, etc., of American manufacture are also in use. Whale-Headed Storks. Cant. Stanley Flower writes from the Zoological gardens at Gizl, Egypt, that the three specimens of the curlour "snee-bill" or whale-headed stork received from the White Nile in 1902 are still in good health and condition in the Gizl gardens. No living example of this rare bird has reached England since the arrival of Mr. Petherlek's original specimens in 1860. Proud of His Lineage. Representative Wiley of New Jersey, said to the only civil engineer in congress, is proud of a lineage extending back to the first postmaster general of the United States—Samuel Osgood, who was a citizen of Massachusetts. Taking Precautions A farmer wrote to his lawyer as follows: "Will you please tell me where you learned to write? I have a boy I wish to send to school, and I am afraid I may hit upon the same school that you went to." Fear the "Death Wind." Most fishermen on the French coast avoid going to sea on the first two days of November, owing to a superstitious fear of the "death wind" and the belief that drowned fisherman at that time rise and capsize boats. Up-to-Date Farmers. Modern agricultural implements are used throughout New Zealand, especially in the South island, in preparing the soil, planting and sowing seed, cultivating during growth and harvesting and gathering crops. New Use for Cement. Cement is being used instead of wood for piles. They are made in triangular shape and are driven in the same manner as those of wood. Tibetan Greeting. A sign of politeness in Tibet on meeting a person is to hold up the clasped hand and tick out the tongue. Elephants' Long Life. The longest span of life is that of the elephant, which will survive two centuries. 19,000 Plants for 150 This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow. 1.000 fine, solid Cabbages. 2.000 double Cucumbers. 2.000 blanching, nutty Celery. 2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce. 1.000 splendid Onions. 1.000 rare, luxurious Radishes. 1.000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. 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 18c POSTAGS, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c in postage, they will add to the a包 package of the famous Berliner Cauliflower. (W. N. U.) It is proper to speak of a "field of labor" in referring to preachers; but not to farmers. Cheap Excursions to the South. Cheap Excursions to the South. On February 16, March 1 and 15, the Kansas City Southern railway will offer to the public the extremely low rate of $10.00 for the round trip to all points on the Port Arthur Route, including Beamont, Port Arthur, Lake Charles, Shreveport, Texarkana, Fort Smith, Mena, De Queen and all intermediate points. The return limit on these tickets will be twenty-one days from date of sale, with stopover privileges at all points south of Kansas City on the going trip. Any information desired by the public relative to these cheap excursions will be cheerfully furnished upon application to S. G. Warner, G. P. and T. A., Kansas City, Mo. A woman would have more respect for a man's cigar if she could heat her crimping iron with it. 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 afternoon. The schedule time for starting is 2:20 p. m., and the regular time for the run is seven hours and ten minutes. 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. It isn't the reckless sea captain who avoids wrecks. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Specially paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for pub- lation should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. OFFICE-No. 117 West Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates. ADVERTISING RULES. For one inch, one insertion . . . 8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 3.00 For two inches, three month . . . 8.00 For two inches, six month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches twelve months . . . 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1903. Office of the Postmaster, Publishers, Rising Son, Kansas City, Mo. Sirs: 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 DECLARATIONS OF THE THIR TEENTH ANNUAL TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE, HELD AT TUSKEGEE ALARAMA 1. In this, the thirteenth annual session of the Tuskegee Negro Conference, composed of representatives of the masses of our people in nearly all walks of life from practically all the Southern States, we would again declare our faith in the wisdom of unceasing efforts to secure homes and land, the exercise of thrift, keeping out of debt, getting rid of the one-room cabin, the building of good school houses and better churches, the extension of the school term, the building of good public roads, the prompt and regular payment of all taxes, especially the poll tax; and, because 85 percent of the people live by agriculture, we urge that everything be done to make agricultural life attractive. 2. In connection with thorough education of all the people, we urge a high standard of morality, Christian character, and a strict line between the good and bad, and that our teachers and ministers be required to maintain at all times the highest standard of life. 3. A careful observation of the condition of the race in our local communities convinces us that there is abundant evidence that the moral condition of our people improves as education increases, and there is no evidence that education increases crime. 4. Since the two races are to reside in the South, we urge that everything be done on both sides to promote harmony and mutual confidence, and we urge our white fellow-citizens to do everything in their power to place a premium upon right conduct and high character among our people, and to the end that peace and prosperity may abide, we urge that our people be careful to refrain from the committing of crime; and, further, when crime is committed, or charged, every individual shall be given a legal trial to the end that the curse of lynch law, which lowers and blunts the moral sense and disturbs the material prosperity of both races, may forever cease to be practiced anywhere in our land. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE NEGRO. Hercetofore the intelligent and industrious negroes of this city and State have allied themselves with the Republicans, but of late years this alliance has not been so noticeable. It is claimed by many of the negroes that the Republicans of Missouri are more indifferent toward the negroes with reference to the political affiliation of the two. For instance, not long since a committee of leading negroes waited upon the postmaster of Kansas City on a matter of business, but the postmaster refused the committee an audience. It is just such little incidents of indifference and discourtesies by the Missouri Republicans toward the negro that tend to drive them from the party. "Now the wise policy seems obvious. We should agree that the keeping down of millions of people, even if successful, would be destructive to civilized society and a menace to the State. To treat them as if they had already risen would be equally so; therefore, an educational test for the suffrage should be adopted and strictly applied, applicable to whites and blacks alike, for ignorance in the whites is deplorable. There is only one way to make satisfactory members of society, whether white or black, and that is through education in the widest sense."—Mr. Andrew Carnegie, addressing the meeting in the interest of Hampton Institute, held in the Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, February 13th, 1904. The Bee, of Washington, seems to lose sight of what Booker T. Washington is doing and now makes a holler about the long green. Why don't the Bee man get some and let Washington go on. He is going anyhow. It looks like a foolish man who would fight success. Let's have one leader out of 10,000,000. Go on, Booker. They can't hurt you; the people that God loves is with you. Party politics are not as active at this time as they usually are. There is much evidence of lukewarmness on the part of both the great political parties. The Democrats know too well how securely they have fixed their machine and are not worrying, while the Republicans are somewhat at sea as to the best methods to pursue to insure success at the polls next spring. THE NEGRO'S RIGHT TO SIT ON GRAND JURIES VINDICATED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 19.—The Associated Press dispatches to day brought to the colored people of Montgomery and Alabama word as to the successful fruition of one of the cases carried to the United States Supreme Court by Hon. Wilford H. Smith, 159 Nassau Street, New York City, the colored attorney who has been prosecuting in the State courts an attack upon the validity of the Alabama Constitution which has fraudently disfranchised so many fo our best citizens. One of these cases was submitted to the Supreme Court, January 3rd without argument, and two others were argued by Mr. Smith on the following day, January 4th. The case submitted January 3rd, is the one in which a decision has now been handed down. It is a case carried to the Supreme Court to establish the right of Negroes to sit on Grand Juries in every Southern state, or wherever the Negro is brought before state courts on whatever charges. The following is the report sent out by the Associated Press, and establishes this right most clearly: Washington, Jan. 18th. The United States Supreme Court today reaffirmed the ruling made some time ago in the case of Carter vs. the State of Texas, to the effect that the exclusion of Negroes from grand charges in cases involving criminal charges against members of their race is in violation of the Constitution, and therefore, not permissable. The decision was delivered by Gal Rising Sun Feb 19 INGMAN. Justice Holmes, in the case of a resident of Alabama, named Dan Rogers, who was indicted for murder by a jury composed entirely of white men, and from which, it is charged, all Negroes were excluded because of their color. The Supreme Court of the state upheld the regularity of the action, but Rogers brought it to the Federal Court on a writ of error, with the result that the decision of the state court was reversed, and the case remanded to the state court for further proceedings not inconsistent with today's opinion. "The decision was based on the Carter case, in which it was held that exclusion of all persons of the African race from a grand jury which finds indictment against a negro in a state court, when they are excluded entirely because of race and color, denied him equal protection of the laws, in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, whether such exclusion is through action of the legislature, or through the executive or administrative officers of the state." Now it is up to the Negro people themselves to contend for their rights in this matter. The highest judicial tribunal in the land has indicated the right of the Negroes to representation on grand juries, and our race throughout the Union owes Mr. Smith a debt of gratitude which it will hardly be able to pay. Snakes' Eyes Ever Open. One of the most curious facts in regard to snakes is that their eyes are never closed. Sleeping or waking, alive or dead, they are always wide open. This is because they have no eyelids. The eye is protected only by a strong scale, which is cast off every time the reptile changes its skin. OUR MANNERS. It is a fact that good manners will take one where money cannot pave the way for him. If there ever was a people who should pay attention to manners and the right way of doing everything, it is the colored people. The preachers and the teachers must turn their attention to some more o f the things that we need, other than getting ready to die and learning by heart a fe wrules from a book. We need more culture, that springs from a desire to do right. At last the ministers are crying out against the disorderly mobs that come out from our halls of learning twice a day for five days of the week. Of what use is grammar and rhetoric to our girls, if when they are still within sight of the school house, they greet each other with the vilest language? The girl who is ever on the look-out for insults, who slams down her books, pulls off her cap and jacket, flings them to the grould and equares herself for a fight, will make what sort of woman? Whose home will she be fit to govern? As a church member, she will be a serious problem for any minister. The governor of Mississippi has said some strong things, but, sorry to say, not too strong for the case. The teachers must get down to real things and learn the difference between cause and effect, the shadow and the substance. All teaching that is not founded upon religious principles is in vain, a hollow mockery that produces false notions, bad manners and rude conduct. Book learning alone can do but little for any body. Let the preachers cry out against this false system. Let them talk about manners in jubile places, until there will be less objection to us in street cars, theatres and places of business. To the Subscribers of the Son after One year has rebfts our collector will come around in the of the Mr. Dayton Please pay him yo mo yo ow so pay*up and give us a chance Please don't say yo ar coming down as never come. I have got time look yo up so pay to the one that bring yo the Bill WOODS, Mgr. Loving Words. Loving words will cost but little. Journeying up the hill of life; Stronger, braver for the strife; Stronger, braver for the strife; Do you count them only trifles? What to earth are sun and rain? What to earth are sand and mud; Never one was said in vain. So, as up life's hill we journey. Let us scatter all the way. Let us walk the sunshine In the dark and cloudy day. Grudge no loving word or action There are weary ones around you-- If you love them, tell them so. Clayton The Color of Trees. Bright colors assumed by maples, sumacs and ampelopsis during the autumn months are the result of the oxidizing of the color compounds, or color generators, of the leaf cells. Long protracted cool weather of autumn tints and slight frosts that are not severe enough to kill the cells hasten the display of beauty by producing an enzyme that brings forth the bright purples, oranges and reds. Leaves containing much tannic acid never give bright autumn tints, while those containing sugar give the very prettiest. 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 under ground 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. Great Flour Center Harblin, with a population of 60,000 Russians and 40,000 Chinese, is the present center of the flouring mill industry of Manchuria, and is destined to become one of the great flour producing centers of the world. The millers paid forty-two cents a bushgl for wheat during last year. Crookedest Railway The crookedest railway in the world is one from Boswell to Friedens, Pa., the airline distance being five miles. The road doubles itself four times, and at one point, after making a loop of about five miles, the road comes back to within 300 feet of itself on a grade fifty feet lower. American Stationery in Favor. American stationery is being more and more appreciated in Europe. Austria exports a large quantity of paper, but really good letter paper is exceedingly scarce there. Pens, pencils and erasers of Austria manufacture are likewise inferior. Trains Dogs to Steal. When caught "red-handed," a Paris shoemaker confessed that he had trained several dogs to steal food for him. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Rev. S. W. Bacote, Second Baptist, Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. F. J. Peck, Allen Chapel, Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. E. R. Vaughn, St. John's Chapel, Ninth and Bell. Rev. W. M. Hawkins, Ebenezer church, Second and Holmes. Rev. J. M. Harris, Burnes Church, Eleventh and Highland. Rev. S. W. Scott, Christian Church, 21st and Summit. Rev. R. P. Christain, A. M. E. Zion, Fifth and Belmont. Rev. J. T. Smith, A. M. E., Westport, 43rd and Prospect. Rev. J. W. Jacobs, Berry Chapel, 20th and Summit. Rev. W. S. Wheeler, Asbury A. M. E., 19th and Cherry. Rev. James H. Allen, A. M. E., Independence. Rev. J. J. Clark, M. E., Independence. Rev. T. H. Ewing, Vince Street Church, Vine street. Rev. F. G. Snelson, Presiding Elder, A. M. E. church, 401 Cleveland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Hay as a Valuable Crop. Ordinary persons who undertake to name in order the four most valuable crops raised in this country during the past year will probably, if turning to the statistics for verification, lose confidence in the sufficiency of their information. Everybody, of course, would include cotton, and probably a majority would put corn first. But few would include hay, and fewer still would place it above wheat. This, however, is the order—corn, cotton, hay and wheat. The "Good Old Days." Suppose we could not telegraph, and had to depend on the slow communication of the post; suppose great cities were deprived of the arc and incandescent light, and were thrust back on the dim, insufficient gas illumination for their streets; suppose that, instead of the silent, swift-moving electric, we still suffered the dirty steam tram—do you think that this or any other country would be one-half as well worth living in as it is to-day? Science in Agriculture No more striking example of the value of science to agriculture can be found than the two discoveries that cream could be separated from milk by mechanical means, and that the fat-contents of milk could be determined by a simple operation, part mechanical and part chemical. The country-made butter is a thing of the past, and the old-fashioned churn and springhouse have given place to the modern creamery, with skimming stations. The Jolly Modern Wedding. Weddings are much jollier things than they used to be. No tears! They are considered quite dowdy. All is fun and light heartedness. How different from the old style of things! The change is typified by that which exists between the heavy, old-fashioned wedding breakfast and the light—very light sometimes—refreshments of today.—London Truth. There Must Have Been A writer says that the ancient Romans had no word for "yes." But when Claudius somebody asked Apulum somebody else if he would like to meander down the Appian Way to a certain establishment for the sale of liquid comforts, there probably was some available expression in the language equivalent to "Don't care if I do." Triplets. "Triplets," said wee Willie Winkletop with a very krowing air. "always come to poor families. It's when God sends them a whole line of samples to pick from and they hasn't enough money to pay the expressman to take two of 'e'1 back."—Lippincott's. British Control Trade The South African cycle trade is almost entirely in the hands of the British. American bicycles are im- terted in but small quantities. IF YOU HAVE NEGLECTED 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 10 WALNUT, ST. KANSAS CITY, MO Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City Free of Charge. Bell 'Phone 159 East. Home 'Phone 2396 Main J. L. WILLIAMS, Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Repair Shop. Good Material and First-Class Workmanship guaranteed. 707 Independence Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Only First Class Colored Shop in the City. The Very Lowest Prices. Residence 416 Laurel. Telephone 1052 Red. Wine Museum. The wine merchants of Zurich have decided to form a museum and library in which every phase of wine culture will be represented. One special feature will be books and prints, and another will consist of the utensils, ancient and modern, used in the manufacture of wine. The museum is to be historical, artistic and scientific. French Women and English. The French nction has undoubtedly put women on a higher scale than has the British. Wife-beating is unknown among our Gallic friends, excitable though they are; and, as every one knows at home, that pastime is commonly indulged in by our lower classes at the expense of a 2s. 6d. fine.—National Review. It May Come to This "Yes," said the duke to the millionaire, "I seem to have made a very excellent impression upon your daughter, and if you will loan me enough to enable me to press my case properly I have no doubt that I can win my way into your family." Pleison in Candy. Out of the ninety-two candy samples examined by the Massachusetts Board of Health, eighteen were colored with deadly lead chromate. CHAS. T. WATTS TEACHER OF Violin and Piano. Instructor Imperial Band and Orchestra. Instructions based on Conservatory Methods WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. 1210 Highland Avenue. Telephone 4642 Gray. When Your Water Pipes Freeze CALL OR TELEAHONE W. D. Foster Electrical and Steam Engineering also Sanitary Plumbing WORK GUARANTEED. PRICES REASONABLE 'TEL. 2315 PINK Address 1215 PAGEO. DANCING AT THE Vendome Academy 1734 Grand. EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. John S. West's Orchestra FURNISHES MUSIC. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. PETER H. HARRIS D. W. LANGSTON, PROPRIETOR. FINE CIGARS. G. H. COUNTEE. Countee Brother 914 East 12th St, iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Why Not Have Your Prescription McGampell's 2304 Viv Where You Are Sure to Get Remains of Ancient Peoples. In the course of some digging operations in a garden at Haslemere, England, a gardener unearthed a number of ancient vessels of peculiar shape, together with a quantity of calcined human bones, at a depth of about two feet below the surface. The British museum authorities, who have examined the discovery, pronounce the vessels to belong to the late Celtic age, about B. C. 150. Only three or four vessels were found in a perfect condition. We computed that twenty-two urns and pots were originally interred at the spot. The inevitable. How strange it is that, dying day by day, Death seems no nearer; We pass the many mile-stones on our way yet see no clearer. We feel the light, and, tho' it may seem as far as ever; A friend receives his call-for us we deem it may come never. So Death's dark sea upon the shore of And we are heedless of the warning roar of its approaches. God marks our earthly time from our first breath, not our selections; And he hands us the power of life and death and resurrection. The Lord our light, no soul has need to fear the new condition. But calmly, whether it be far or near, new life befallen. -George Birdseye, in Boston Transcript. Can You Conjugate the Verb Kiss. Richard Grant White, the eminent philosopher, was asked once upon a time to conjugate the verb "kiss." He believed and maintained that English is a grammarless tongue, hence he felt no compunction when he gave this: "Buss, to kiss; re-bus, to kiss again; pluribus, to kiss without regard to number; sillybus, to kiss the hand instead of the lips; blunderbuss, to kiss the wrong person; omnibus, to kiss everyone in the room; erebus, to kiss in the dark." Do Work at Home There is perhaps no country in the world which has more extended house industries than Italy. The silk industry, the manufacture of hemp and tow, the twisting of baskets and braiding of straw hats, for example, furnish employment to many thousands of people in their own homes. RESTAURANT Old Style WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO OUR RESTAURANT AT 105 East 14th as it is the only one in this part of the city.. ED LEWIS, Proprietor. GO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HAIR CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo LANGSTON'S Shaving Parlors.. 717 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo. J. PITMAN AND BEN MCCORMICK. ARTISTS. Agency for Steam Laundry. Porcelain Bath Tubs. Rooms Steam Heated. 6 Baths for $1.00. Your Patronage Solicited. W. B. COUNTEE. rs, UNDERTAKERS AND ..Licensed Embalmers... Purchased for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO Options Filled at s Pharmacy ne Street THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. it's the little bwe we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Mrs. New is quite ill. Mrs. John Rone is convalescent. Read the Son and keep up with the times. Captain Gilbs remains very poor in health. John Day is critically ill at this writing. Editor Wood has been ill for the past week. Miss Geneva Willey is able to be in school again. There will be baptising at Allen Chapel Sunday. Rev. Belote baptised several converts Sunday morning. Mrs. Edmund Henderson has been quite ill for several weeks. Miss Nellie Love has been quite ill, but is better at this writing. Don't forget the Silver Leaf Club dance Friday night, March the 4th. Ernest and Mrs. Hogan were very good in their sketch at the Orpheum last week. Miss Phyllis Tucker has returned to Kansas City, her old home, for an indefinite visit. The Son is proud of the appointment of Mrs. Sallie Rogers and wishes her much success. Mrs. Dan Pinkett, of 1417 Lydia avenue, has been quite ill for several days, but is now on the mend. Mrs. Johnson, of Highland avenue, was at home to the Ladies' Art Club last Wednesday afternoon. Miss Effie Fisher and Mrs. Jennie Pennick were up from Independence Saturday afternoon to the L. W. C. Mrs. Eliza Thompkins Dishman, of Denver, is in the city visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thompkins. The Silver Leaf Club will have their regular monthly club dance next Friday night, March 4th, at the Vendome. The Lincoln High School gave an excellent program Washington's Birthday evening at the Lincoln High School. Mrs. Eliza Thomkins Dishman sang "Beyond the Gates of Paradise" with pleasing effect at Allen Chapel Sunday night. We are now coming up to a city election let us put our best foot ford if we are to gather maby we can win but not a part. Mrs. L. J. Holly, Mrs. J. Silas Harris and Mrs. Wm. Hubble entertained their friends at Whist Saturday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Watts has returned from Chicago, where she went to visit her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Montgomery, who was quite ill. Rev. Chas. Williams, one of Kansas City's boys and a Lincoln High School graduate, who has a charge in Southern Kansas, is in the city visiting relatives and friends. There will be several informal dinners and parties given for Mrs. Dishman during the three weeks she will remain in the city. To the Negro that teach Negro school shod teach the to patronize negro enterprises and all so negro doctors and lawyers and every thing that we produce. When the collector come around don't forget to tell him your troubles He don't have many but some men do, but we have to pay or quit and you must pay that all. Mr. Henry Compton, of 1104 Charlotte street, has enlarged his dining room and made several fitting improvements. He is now in a better position to cater to the needs of the public. To the many subscribers out of the city that we can't see and don't no in Plattsburg, Mo., and many other place why dont you pay up we have tried to please you send to the office at once please. Mr. Lewis Bolden shot himself last Wednesday morning at his farm near Burlingane, Kas. Mr. Bolen was formerly of Kansas City and lived for several years on Troost avenue near Eleventh street. He was an active worker in Allen Chapel and a member of Rones Lodge. Mr. Bernard Nesbitt was called home Monday by the death of his brother, which occurred at the family home at Montgomery, Ala., the 21st. The young man had been attending school at New York until about two months ago, when his health failed him and he had to return home, where he grew worse until death. Dr. F. G. Snelson, Presiding Elder of Kansas City, Mo., District of the A. M. E. Church, returned home Wednesday, after having made his first round to all the missions, circuits and stations of his district. He reports the pastors and people in splendid condition. Many churches have experienced great revivals during the quarter, and there have been 280 accession to the various churches of his district. The financial condition is highly satisfactory and the quarterly meetings have been the occasions of great outpouring of the people spiritually and financially. The pastors have received Dr. Snelson, their new Presiding Elder, most cordially. The following resolution, unanimously passed by Zion A. M. E. Church, Lexington, Mo., is only one of many such throughout the district which was introduced by the Rev. A. A. Gilbert: Resolver, That the Quarterly Conference of the Zion A. M. E. Church extend our sincerest thanks to Rev. Dr. F. G. Snelson, our new Presiding Elder, for the manly and impartial manner in which he has conducted the duties of our Quarterly Conference and for the able and inspiring sermons delivered on the Sabbath. Dr. Snelson's appointments for the next few weeks are as follows: West Port, February 28, 1904; Allen Chapel, March 6, 1904; Ebenezer, March 13, 1904; St. John, March 20, 1904; Independence, March 27, 1904. Arsenic Eaters. The practice of eating arsenic is very prevalent among the peasantry of the mountainous districts of Austria, Hungary and France. They declare that this poison enables them to ascend with ease heights which they could only otherwise climb with great distress to the chest. Curious English Sign. c curious shop in Falmouth, England, displays the following sign: "Ellen Jongs sells here Lemonade and Ginger Beer, Cowheels and tripe every friday, Sekondhand cloes to make ee tidy, Crox and kettles, pans, and all, And godly bokes to save your sole, Man-traps, gins, and pattens likewise, And on Saturday nights hot mutton pies." 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 stop in and see him. Miss Mattie Shepherd, matron of the Old Folks and Orphans' home will call upon the citizens for subscriptions towards paying off the debt on the Home. Miss Shepherd is well qualified for the position she occupies, and is most desirous of having things as they should be. She is most anxious for a separate ward for the children, in which there will be a dining room, play room, a bath room and a study. But we cannot dream of these things so lon gas theer is a debt upon the property. We hope the public will give Miss Shepherd their hearty support. Great efforts are being made by the schools in making preparations for the World's Fair exhibit. Mrs. William Hubble, Mrs. L. J. Holly, and Mrs. J. Silas Harris will entertain the Ladies Whist Club and their beaux and husbands at the residence of Mrs. Hubble this Saterday afternoon and evening this no doubt will be a pleasant affair as these three social leaders always do. Honor to themselves and their guests. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stevenson of St. Louis announce to their Kansas City friends the birth of a daughter whom they have named Mary Grace. Mrs. Stevenson was formerly Ida Abbot who taught Lincoln School kindergarten for several years. Dr. William Hall, reporting on the physical condition of 6,000 children in the public and Jewish board schools of Leeds between the ages of five and thirteen, finds that the Jewish children are superior in height and weight, have better teeth and are "much less rickety." Of the 7,217 persons (including 1,489 women) who in 1902 committed suicide in Prussia, 4,052 hanged themselves. Drowning, with 1,236 cases, came next in the order of preference, followed by shooting (1,135), poisoning (322), jumping from a high place (135), being run over by a train (133), cutting the throat (94), opening the veins (40), etc. Every morning we wake up with a new chance of life. Be careful that with the passing hours of the new day you do not neglect, slight or despise some opportunity. If at the close of the day you can say you have been strong, kind, merciful, helpful and considerate of others, you may rest content.—M. Stowe. RELIABLE DEN No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Te We are the most reliable dentists in the city. oldest practice in the city. Our success is due grade work done by gentlemanly operators of We Guarantee to Please. Our Reiab This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, oughly responsible. All work is guaranteed fo E DENTISTRY Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free tists in the city. 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All trains on the Wabash run directly through the World's Fair grounds, St. Louis, in full view of all the magnificent buildings—the Wabash is the only line that does it. Wabash Train No 8. Leaving Kansas City 6:15 p. m., arrives Niagra Falls and Buffalo next evening, aud New York and Boston second morning, saving a day's travel. Through service, Wabash is the only line that does it. --- Carry Their Own Fires In the north of China, whether they are indoors or out, the natives always have a stove with them. Instead of the fire being placed in the house it is carried about the person, beneath thickly padded cotton garments or in the hand; at times it is placed beneath the chair on which the Celestial is seated. Napoleon's Death Room. The room in which Napoleon died, says the St. Helena Guardian, is now used as a Roman Catholic chapel for soldiers, and the vestments worn by the priests in the celebration of Mass, as well as the altar plate, were the gift of Napoleon III. The principal thoroughfare of Jameston, the capital of St. Helena, has long borne the name of Napoleon street. Delighted in Spiders Spinoza delighted to set spiders fighting and would laugh immoderately at beholding their insect warfare; and Anthony Magliabecchi, the famous librarian to the Duke of Tuscany, took a great interest in the spiders which thronged his apartments, and while sitting among his mountains of books would caution visitors "not to hurt my spiders." A. M. B. 1029 Main St. AGENTS WANTED Write for Terms and Particulars Western Passenger Agent. Health of Jewish Children. Suicides in Prussia. Twilight Reflections. TOOTH WITHOUTPLAST Makes Kinky, Curly Hair Straight J. P. WILLIAMS. H. T. SOMMERVILLE. Artistic Tailors Artistic Tailors Suits Made to Order. Lastly Done. Altering, Repair ALL WORK GUAR de to Order. Ladies' Tailoring e. Altering, Repairing and Clea ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 12th Street, KANSAS Suits Made to Order. Ladies' Tailoring Neatly Done. Altering, Repairing and Cleaning. There is n For being There is no reason For being without A good piano nowadays---Our easy payment plan makes it possible for you to own Don't forget to mention my name w. S. Baker, Salesman. A Kimba without sacrificing any of the pleasures possessed by a Kimball makes it an orn tones makes it a source of endless enjoy W. W. Kimball C W. S. BANK any of the pleasures you now enjoy...The kimball makes it an ornament to any home source of endless enjoymenh. Kimball Co. W. B. Rob Est. 1857. A Kimball Piano without sacrificing any of the pleasures you now enjoy...The style and finish possessed by a Kimball makes it an ornament to any home, and its sweet tones makes it a source of endless enjoymenh. W. W. Kimball Co. W. B. Roberts, Manager Est.1857.920 Walnut WHEN WE MENTION the growth of Kansas City we must not overlook Matthaeis, the Baker, one who has built a large business and interested himself in the welfare of common people He has one of the largest bakeries in the city He has meriied the confidence of the people One of the things that made him famous is Jersey Cream and Quaker Mothers Salt Rising Bread Bread that makes the little folks happy Ask your grocer for it MATTHAEIS BAKERY, MATTHAEIS BAKERY, 901-3-5-7-9-11-13 West 17th Street --- M. B. B. A. WEBER, ME If you want a suit to or go and save money. W no rent. EBER, MERCHANT want a suit to order here is the p save money. Why? Because w it. Come and A. WEBER, MERCHANT TAILOR. If you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay no rent. Come and see us. Style, Fit and Finish Up-to-Date. S. W. Blvd. Kansas Ci 2825 S. W. Blvd. Henry Thomas Buckle once remarked: "Men and women range themselves into three classes, or orders, of intelligence. You can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; and the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." --- The Abstract. adies' Tailoring Neat- airing and Cleaning. ARANTEED. KANSAS CITY. MO. oreason without W. S. BAKER, Salesman II Piano you now enjoy...The style and finish ament to any home, and its sweet zymenh. CO. W. B. Roberts, Manager Est. 1857. 920 Walnut The Old Home RESTAURANT Prof. L. L. Thompson, Mgr. Meals 15 Cents. Porterhouse Steak 15c up. 327 West 6th St., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. ERCHANT TAILOR, der here is the place to Why? Because we pay Come and see us. Cocaine Trade. The United States is buying 20,000 ounces of cocaine a year, at about $3 an ounce. Of this only a very small proportion is used legitimately. Some states have forbidden its promiscuous sale, but the laws have not been enforced. It robs its victim of his mental faculties and destroys his moral responsibility in briefer time and in greater degree than any other drug. Kansas City, Mo ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION WILL BE GREATEST EVER HELD ON EARTH Estimated Cost, Exclusive of the Value of the Exhibits, Is from Forty to Fifty Million Dollars-Miles of Wonderful Displays in More Than Twenty Buildings. THE BEST OF THE WORLD View looking east from the Plaza St. Anthony. Palace of Varied Industries on the left. Palace of Electricity on the right. Palace of Manufactures in the distance. View looking east from the Plaza St. Anthony. Palace of Varied Industries on the left. Palace of Electricity on the right. Palace of Manufactures in the distance. It is now a little more than two months before the gates will open upon the World's Fair at St. Louis and the public will be invited to see the greatest exposition that has ever been created. The vast exhibit palaces are complete and many of them have been finished for several months. Within the next two months all of them are to be brightened with new coats of paint so that, on the opening day, the magnificent array of palaces will appear as fresh as a newly blossomed rose. No one, no matter how vivid his imagination, can picture to himself the scene that will be presented when the Exposition is complete. The more one sees this great collection of exhibit palaces and countless other buildings, the more deeply impressed he becomes with the grandeur of the undertaking. As the days grow longer and the air becomes balmy with the breezes of spring, the Exposition will take on far greater activity than it has seen during the boisterous days of winter. In spite of the severe weather, work has not ceased upon the construction of the World's Fair for more than a day or two at a time and there is every expectation and promise that it will be complete on the opening day. The buildings and grounds, magnif- View looking east from the Plaza St. cent though they be, are but the setting for a far more interesting display. In all the buildings the best products that the world can offer will be arranged in the most attractive order and will convey to the mind a better idea of what the wide world is doing than would years of study and inquiry. Fifty-one nations of the world and all of the states of the American Union will be represented in this extensive portraital of the world's present-day effort. Those who are familiar with the Columbian Exposition at Chicago have often asked if the Louisiana Purchase Exposition would equal in extent or grandeur the celebrated Exposition of 1893. When told that it would be twice as large in extent of grounds and 50 per cent larger in exhibit space in buildings, they have MARKETING FOR THE SEA COW. It Is Necessary Now to Cut Through Ice to Get at the Fel Grass. The man who does the marketing for the Aquarium's sea cow has had to do some life-hustling this winter to keep that big animal supplied with food. The sea cow is eight foot long, weighs 800 pounds, and has a healthy appetite. In the first eighteen weeks after its arrival here from Florida, on Sept. 3 last, it ate ninety bushels of eel grass, six bushels of fennel-leafed pond weed and two bushels of ulva, or sea lettuce, making ninety-eight bushels of aquatic plants in all in eighteen weeks, or an average of about five and one-half bushels a week, which is about its present rate of consumption. The eel grass and other things for the sea cows' table are gathered in Gravesend Bay or the waters therewith connected. Baymen say that the present has been the hardest winter hereabouts on the water in twenty-five years. On many days it has been necessary to cut through the ice to get Swiss Industrial Schools. There are industrial schools for clock and watch making in Geneva, Locle, Chaux-de-Fonds, etc.; there are art and industrial working schools in Zurich and other cities for women, and there are industrial schools for the hand trades in most of the cities and towns of the country. The subjects taught in these schools are drawing, arithmetic, geography, bookkeeping, German, French and practical instruction in the trade chosen by the pupil. been loth to believe such a statement. But such is the tact. The exhibit palaces of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition average much larger than those of Chicago and are greater in number. About 130 acres of floor space are provided in the various palaces of the present World's Fair and more than twenty buildings will be used for exhibit purposes. The largest of these is the Palace of Agriculture, which covers twenty acres. The next in size is the Palace of Transportation, covering fifteen acres and containing four miles of railway tracks for the exhibit of locomotives and cars. At the Chicago Exposition there were practically no outdoor exhibits. At this World's Fair about 100 acres are given up to outdoor displays, supplementing in a most pleasing manner the hundreds of thousands of indoor exhibits. At the Chicago Exposition one building was used for no less than three important departments. At the World's Fair in St. Louis four buildings, covering forty-five acres, are given up to the same four departments. The total cost of the World's Fair is estimated at from forty to fifty million dollars, exclusive of the value of the exhibits. The Palace of Machinery alone will contain exhibits to the value of eight million dollars. AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS. Anthony. Palace of Varied Industries on the right. Palace of Manufactures in the o To mention the big things of the World's Fair of 1904 would be to give a catalogue of the greatest achievements of man in many lines of endeavor. For example: We shall see the largest locomotive ever built, weighing ninety-five tons and having twelve driving wheels. We shall hear the largest organ in the world in the most beautiful festival hall ever built. We shall see some of the greatest seacoast defense guns manufactured for the United States government. In the Government Building, which is the largest exhibit building ever erected by federal authority at an Exposition, there will be a model of a half of a battleship for the Navy display. The United States Government has also erected a bird cage so large that tall trees grow within the inclosure, in which will be held captive during the at the eel grass required for the sea cow's food, sometimes through ice ten inches in thickness and often through ice of five or six inches. Sometimes when the ice had moved out with a shift of the wind, leaving open spaces, access to the eel grass would be easy, but frequently the ice would have closed in, and then it would be necessary to cut holes in it to get at the eel grass below. So the work of supplying the sea cow's table has been so far this winter attended by more or less difficulty, but there has never been a day on which the sea cow has had to go hungry—New York Sun. Brain Growth. Brain development is found by Prof. Seggel of Munich to have two periods of acceleration—from 10 to 11 and from 17 to 18 in girls, and from 12 to 13 and 19 to 20 in boys. At the period of most rapid increase in height—from 12 to 14 years—the growth of the brain is less than one-hundredth that of the body, but at 17 to 19 it grows one-thirtieth as fast, and at 20 reaches one-seventh of the body growth. Wholesale Marriage. No fewer than forty-two couples were married simultaneously at Plougastel (Lower Brittany) one morning recently. Work in the village and in all the surrounding hamlet was entirely suspended for the day, for the excellent reason that there was scarcely a living soul in the neighborhood not related to one or other of the brides or bridegrooms, for the good people of Plougastel never marry outside their own commune.—London Mail. Expedition season, thousands of birds representing many species and climates The largest hotel ever built, containing 2,300 rooms, is within the World's Fair grounds. The largest statue ever cast will stand in the Palace of Minus and Metallurgy as the exhibit of the Iron Industries of Birmingham, Ala. Twelve acres are devoted to a mining gulch containing all manner of mining machinery and exhibits. A floral clock, 112 feet in diameter, the hands of which weigh more than a ton each, will tell the time of day upon the slope north of the Palace of Agriculture. A map of the United States, six acres in extent, planted with cereals and other plants common to the various states, is an interesting display by the United States Bureau of Plant Industry. Forty acres are devoted to the Philippine exhibit and thirty acres are devoted to the Indian display. Six acres are devoted to the garden of roses. Twenty acres are set apart for the accommodation of airships, which will participate in the contests for prizes amounting to $200,000. The Quadrennial Olympic games will be held during the World's Fair upon the athletic field of the Exposition Grounds. An intra-mural railway, having fourteen miles of track will convey the visitors to any part of the Exposition. Some forty restaurants will feed the multi- on the left. Palace of Electricity on distance. tude, and an amusement street a mile long, containing the most novel and wonderful entertainments, will furnish diversion to the guests of the Exposition. All St. Louis is preparing for the World's Fair, which will open on April 30 next and continue for seven months. Hundreds of buildings have been remodeled into hotels, and thousands of homes have been listed, upon invitation of the World's Fair management, to help care for the visitors. Every preparation has been made for a period of unusual festivity, and St. Louis expects to give her visitors a delightful season of sight-seeing and entertainment. Thirty-five miles of roadway have been constructed within the World's Fair grounds. HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND. Amusing Error of Frenchman That Cost Him $5. A French visitor to New York, an enthusiastic automobilist, has learned a lesson as to how things are done in America. On several occasions when speeding a machine through Central park he has seen policemen hold up a hand. The result was an increase of speed and a wave of the hand in return. The police have been in the hopes of catching him, and finally one of them did so by placing his horse in the auto's track, compelling it to come to a standstill. In court the Frenchman was amazed at the cause of his arrest. He took the signals of the officers as commendations and congratulations and turned on more power to show them what he could do. The lesson cost him $5. French Taxes Increase. Returns of the revenue from indirect taxes in France in 1903 show that receipts amounted to $568,380,380, an increase of $26,557,580 over the estimates, and $30,175,860 over 1902. How the Starfish Feeds. A starfish can neither see nor hear. Neither has it the sense of smell. In spite of those seeming impediments, nevertheless, it seeks and devours its prey as neatly as an ordinary fish. The starfish lies upon its prey and folds its "arms" or rays completely about it. Then it pushes its stomach out through its mouth and will wrap even a large oyster and shell within the folds of the stomach. The mouth of the starfish is in the center of its rays. IN A PRAIRIE LAND. Moose Jaw, Assiniboia. Farmers' Review. Chicago, July 22, 1903. Most of the prairies in the United States have ceased to exist. Man has broken them up with orchards, forests and farm buildings. But in Western Canada the prairies still stretch grandly from horizon to horizon as yet unmarried by the hand of man, save where the iron road has been laid. To a city man there is something deliciously restful about the vast grassy solitudes. Numerous clumps of trees mark the course of the Assiniboine river, which keeps in sight of the railroad for some distance. "Grass is one of the notable things about all the landscape of Western Canada. It is a remarkable fact that the entire length of the Canadian Pacific railway from its eastern terminus to the Rocky Mountains is over plains where grass grows. The sage brush appears at some points, but never to the exclusion of grass. There is thus not a mile of this country that cannot be used for some agricultural purpose—either for tilling or ranching. "Moose Jaw is a town of over 2,000 inhabitants, and one of the most important places in Assiniboia, being the center of a very good farming country and a great grain and stock shipping point. "Near Moose Jaw agriculture and ranching go hand in hand; for near the town was seen a herd of beef cattle several hundred in number. On another side was seen a good sized herd of dairy cows, the property of the citizens in the town. "In riding over the prairies we saw many good fields of alfalfa. The great need of the country is timber, which grows readily where planted, as was demonstrated by the shelter belts on some of the farms, and the trees on the residence lots in the town. "Stories were told the writer of men who last year cleared from their wheat crop more than the land on which it was grown originally cost them. This is easy to believe, in view of the large crop and high price for wheat last year."—Henry F. Thurston. By sending your address to any agent of the Canadian Government you will have mailed to you a copy of an atlas, railway rates, etc., giving fullest information regarding Western Canada. Bridge Over the Zambeal. It is reported from Rhodesia that work on the bridge which is to span the Zambesi river near the famous Victoria falls, will be begun soon. The bridge will be of one span, 600 feet in length, and will cross the Zambesi some 400 feet above the water over a narrow gorge through which the river flows at that point. Alfalfa Clover. For years the editor has been urging farmers to sow Alfalfa Clover, and glad he is that thousands of wideawake farmers scattered all over America, are doing this now, to their great benefit. A Walford, Westlore Farms, Pa., writes: "I have 60 acres in Salzer's Alfalfa Clover. It is immense. I cut three crops this season and have lots of pasture besides." Hon. H. F. Hunter, S. D., says, "Salzer's Northern Growth Alfalfa clover cannance. It has, however, saved the question of stock raising here. Salzer's Alfalfa is good for 3 rousing crops of hay, Salzer's Spelt for 60 bu. of grain and 3 tons of hay, Salzer's Macaroni Wheat for 65 bu. best hog fattening wheat, and Salzer's Hanna Barley, for 3 tons of hay. Salzer's acre. These are all great hog, sheep and cattle fatteners, and last but not least, Salzer's Victoria Rape for sheep, and Salzer's Teosinte, good for 80 tons of green food for cattle, and Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass Bromus Inermis wheat. These are all good hay. These stock make it possible for me to grow live stock by the thousands. Have you heard of Earlest cane? Gives six mowings a year, and Teosinte, the 80 ton per acre fodder wonder? JUST BEND THIS NOTICE AND 10C IN STAMPS to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Cross, Wix, and receive their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples free. (W. N. U.) Keep right on performing kind acts regardless of the ingratitude with which they may be received. Many School Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up Colds in 24 hours, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists', 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Good stomachs run in families, the same as curly hair. Kelater's Ladies' Tailoring College. The old st and largest school of its kind in the West. Dressmaking and Tailoring thoroughly taught by Giannas of this college always in demand. Positions furnish 6. Write for informtion. Mrs. S. Y. SMITH, 1214 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. Before doing anything very wrong, be sure your exits are wide enough. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. A nickel in the hand is worth two in the slot. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Nervous dyspepsia is one of the symptoms of pluctocracy. Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other bluing. If your grecer does not keep it send it for sample to The Laundry Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. A man in reduced circumstances isn't a woman's idea of a bargain. Pecullar Highland Remedise. A popular Highland remedy for both consumption and general debility was what is known as sudh nan cabar ("the juice of deer's horns"). These were gathered in the hills when the animals cast them in the springtime. They were boiled for some hours and the juice thus obtained bottled, after being strained. Candy sugar and whisky are usually added to it nowadays. Crabs' shells pulverized, and eaten on bread and butter, were used for consumption, asthma and whooping cough in the Hebrides. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS Use the best. That's why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers, 5 cents. Mark Pictures With Thumba In order to protect themselves from forgeries of their pictures, some British painters have taken a leaf from the scientists, and in addition to their signatures impress the mark of their thumbs on the wet oils or water colors in one corner of the picture. The idea of identifying people by the impressions of their finger tips was introduced by Sir Francis Galton and has been practiced of late for the detection of criminals. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces fumination, allays pain, cures wind colds. Sooth bottle. Error of Telegrapher. A recent cable from London to Montreal, reporting the speech of an English visitor to the latter city, considerably hurt the feelings of Canadians by stating that Montreal was "the most depraved" city. A later telegram, however, soothed the ruffled citizens by informing them that the words quoted should have read "the worst paved city." JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. A man never knows the value of a wife until he has to get up his own laundry. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 5c cigar. Made of ripe, mellow tobacco, so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked fc cigars now smoke Lewis' "Single Binder." Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Dishonesty is no offense with a politician, if he can thing of a scheme that will work. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. Sleep knits up the raveled sleeve of care, but it doesn't sew on buttons. Don't you know that Defiance Starch, besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in packages and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? A man naturally believes in the survival of the fittest as long as he lives. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. No oculist can remedy the short-sightedness of a selfish person. I am sure Pisso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago—Mrs. Tros. Robins. Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Silence may possibly be golden because it can be bought. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA Millions of acres of manicured Grain and Grazing lands to be had as a free gift, or by purchase from Railway Companies. Land Corporations, etc. THE GREAT ATTRACTIONS Good Crops, delightful climate, splendid school system, perfect social conditions, exceptional railway advantages, and wealth and affluence acquired easily. The population of Western Canada increased 128,000 by immigration during the past year, over 50,000 being Americans. Write to nearest authorized Canadian Government Agent for Canadian Atlas and other information (or address Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. CLOVERS MILLET MITCHELHILL & CO. ST. JOBEPH, MO. BUYERS AND SELLERS OF FIELD SEEDS GRASSES CANE FREE! "Semi-Tropical Northwest." It tells you of mild climates, rich land, low prices, great market, wonderful opportunities. Write for it—it's free. Chas. Somers & Co. Seattle, Washington. Hipans Tabula are the best dyepeptide modiime of them. A hundred millions of them have been sold in the United States in thirty years. 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I know of a number of others who have been cured of different kinds of female trouble, and am satisfied that your Compound is the best medicine for sick women." — Mrs. EIZABEZH H. Toura, Ph.D., Lillydale, N.Y. — $8000 forfeit if criminal or letter proving gininess cannot be produced. POISONED The human body is constantly producing poisons, which are carried off through the kidneys and bowels. When these organs become clogged, then look out. Conatipation, Sick Headache, Stomach Trouble, Fevere and Billoueness result. Dr. Caldwell's (LAXATIVE) Syrup Pepsin acts gently on the liver, kidneys and bowels. Cures Indigestion and Conatipation permanently. PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, IL SAN ANTONIO The climate's the thing at San Antonio. A rare June day is not finner than the average day in the climate, scenery and the good hotels make it a great place. The cosmopolitan population, the crumbling walls, ruins and the historic places near San Antonio are especially interesting. The city's high Pullman sleepers from St. Louis, Kansas and Shreveport make the trip comfortable. "The Story of San Antonio," a beautifully illustrated booklet about the city, its history and its varied attractions, will be sent anywhere on receipt of 40 in stamps. See Katy's Agent, or write GEORGE MORTON, Gen. Pass. Agt. ST. LOUIS, MO. FARMERS and STOCKMEN We can save you middlesman's profit by having our own warehouses and feeding yards, and securing highest breeding prices for your grain and stock. Send for our FREE "Hooklet." Farmers' Grain and Live Stock Commission Co. Old Colony Building. Chicago, IL. SALZER'S FARM SEED NOVELTIES Salzer's National Oats. Most prolific Oats on earth. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, says. "Salzer's Oats are the best out of over four hundred sorts and yielded in Wisconsin 138 of our 167 bus. Michigan 221 bus. Missouri 235 bus. and North Dakota 310 bus. per acre, and will positively do well by you. Try it, sir, and be convinced. A Few Sworn to Yields. Salzer's Boarder Barley, 212 bu. per. A. Salzer's Housebound Corn, 306 bu. per. A. Salzer's Big Fear Oats, 250 bu. per. A. Salzer's Poleatoes, 308 bu. per. A. Salzer's Oatlets, 1,600 bu. per. A. Salzer's Spells (Emmer). Greatest corn nor wheat, nor rye, nor barley, nor corn or golden combination of them all, yielding 100 lb. straw hay per acre. Greatest stock food on earth. Do well everywhere. Salzer's Million Dollar Grass. Most talked of grass on earth. Editors and most talked of grass on earth. It praises it without stint, yields 14 tons of rush hay and lots of pasture beside, per acre. Salzer's Teocine. Salzer's teocine. 115 lb. jelly, fuchsia sweet, leafy stocks from one acre, fresh high in 50 days yielding 50 lb. well everywhere, East, West, South or North. Grasses and Clovers. Our growers of grasses and clovers Operate over 8,000 acres. Our growers of grasses and clovers a great specialty of Grasses and Fodder Plants. Corn, Petroleum, Fodder Plants. Corn, petroleum, all sorts of Vegetable Seeds. For 10c in Stamps and the name of this paper, we will send you a lot of farm seed samples, including some of above, together with our mammoth 30 page films trusted catalogs, for but 100 in postage stamps. Send for same to-day. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. LA CROSSE, WIS. SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH RELY ON PE-RU-NA TO FIGHT CATARRH, COUGHS. COLDS; GRIP epee Ayna me, £ in am ([ Ue Vas Fee Tk a iSZl | ey = o> |Zis, ao) NY § (ee ere | IE I SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH SF AE Fj Use Pe-ru-na for La Grippe = eee | i and Winter Catarrh. Se ; oe orn country of, the « Ce lll cet fe lll the spiritual aod Intellectual, needs of —— medicines, and ft Bit, they also minster to thelr body = Bday pens ‘0 oxiienever conghs, or colds, la erippe Be ee Wes kave oned Sindng the chitdren these ister are not ~ Aa. WG force “orth, catareh Stleetoappiys Loo” STMSUY the rem ——— ee eee hie ale ‘With so many children to take care of =Z eS Piet spring Lwent to Colo. east her pclae whee ites ZY ee hee pales found Peruna # never-failing safeguard, San a ” - by @ change of climate And ie x Sisters of St. Joseph, of the Deat Mute Institute, 180 Cass Ave., St. Louis, 0., writes “We appreciate Peruna very much. It certainly does good work with catarrh and also With colds and'la gripe. We have faith in Peruna aad have inspired many others with the same. We do not like to be without It. Ht has cortalaly kept ws from Belng very sick. It did a world of good last wlater for our litle ones, Tasatlog you for "your kladness to ws and our licted ones, we remala, yours gratotu ‘SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH," Is truly an expression of wisdom, for without the former the latter is an impossibility. Would not many of our multi-millionaires give all their wealth for perfect health? If you wish to enjoy the blessings of health, live a regular life, get plenty of sunshine, outdoor air, healthy diet, vigorous exercise and avoid depression, ill nature and excitement—keep the bowels regular. Many of the advertised breakfast foods have a tendency to constipation, fe a natural laxative because it is made from the whole grain of the wheat, Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat recssenae Q, Y B. vaerie ~F.O.Srcces De. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO. . . ° - - CHICA@O. Dr. Hartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over the United Btates. A recommend recently received Se ® Catholic institution in Detroit, jich., reads as follows: Dr S. B, Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Oe ee ga eee tae the Peruna was suffering from laryngi- Us, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory. She found great rellef, and atter farther use Of the medicine we hope to be able to aay she la entirely cured.""—Slaters of Charity. This young Atel ‘was under the care of the Sisters of arity and used Peruna for eae fee one i good results as above letter tentiiles, From a Catholic institution In Cen- tral Ohio comes the following recom- mend from the Sister Superior: “Some years ago a friend of our inati- tution recommended to us Dr. Hartman’s fate as an excellent remedy for the influenza of which we then had several oases which threatened to be of a serious “We pease, to use it and experienced uch wonderful results that pi then Dy Ae wv GaN TS : ———= fF aS CG) es af ord wusreree er aasretee fate Hite given way to tlie breecs loader. ia made in the largem an Rares ae te ace ‘This accounts for the uniformity of {ts producta, TET pte Guys" whee Catalog free, : ‘The Unien Metallio Cartrigge Co. BRIDGEFORT, CONN. Agency, 313 Broadway, * Now Xork City, Ne Yo | Peruna has become our favorite medicine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bronchitis.” ‘Another recommend from a Catholic Institution of one of the Central States written by the Sister Superior readsas follows: “A number of Be": ‘go onr attention was called to Dr. Hartman's Peruna, and since then wo have used it with wonderful results for grip, coughs, colds and catarrhal diseases of the head and wiroe grip end winter catarrh espe- 0 clally it hae been of great service to the ‘amates of this institution.” SISTERS OF CHARITY All Over the United States Use Pe-ru-na for Catarrh, recommend recently recelved from catate Tnstivution in the Southwest reads as follows: A Prominent Mother Superior Says: “T can teatity from experience to the efficiency of Peruna as oneof the very best MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Sprains and Strains. (gor UP an cottarstat TURE, Aobatifute forand superior to mustard oF Siher prasters and. will ‘not blister. the most delicate shin: The palmalleying and curative acalities of this article are wonderful. It wil Stopithe toothache at once, and rellewa baad iivand eclatica, We recotnmend itas the best Shdaafest external counteriritant known, alse Ss‘an external remedy for pains in the chest Shdatouach and sit theumeti neuraleic aod fou complaints, A tis will prove what we Sint for it and it will be found to be inyalur abloin the household. Many people say “itis. the best of all your preparations.” Price 18 Cente at all dracuists oF other dealers, ar by Sending chs ansount fous in posiagestainps We swilfeond yous tube by mail No erticle should Tovaccepted by the, pubis leas the same Carties ourlabel, avotherwise tis not genuine, CHESEBROUGH MFG. Co., Tf State Street, New Yor Cry, PER, WEEK made by AGENTS satin SSO crear eerie hr esau TEELLEDS COURRI CO. Budalo, NY , stat itamicted with! Thompson's Eye Water ie to Sy, Erne: hee ene ee bottles I’found myself very much im- prpred, ‘The remains of my old disease “a now 80 slight, I consider myself cured, yet for » while I intend to con- ‘tinue’ the use of Peruns. I am sow treating another patient with your medi cine. She has sick with malaria and troubled with leuchorrhea. I have ho doubt that @ cure witl be speedily effected.”” These are samples of letters received by Dr. Hartman from the various orders of Catholic Sisters throughout the United States. ‘The names and addresses to these lete ters have been withheld from a to a eer but will be furnished on ert. One balt ‘ot the diseases which afflict mankind aro due to some catarrhal de- Fangement of the mucous membrane lin Some organ oF passage of the body. MA “remedy thnt would-act. immediately ‘upon the congested mucous membrane restoring it to ite normal state, would consequently cure all these diseases. Catarrh is. catarrh wherever located, whether it be in the head, throat, lungs, Momach, kidners or pelvic organs. A Temedy that will cure 4t in one location will cure it in all locations. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, Prite ‘at once to Dr. Hartman. giving & full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice in. ‘Address Dr. Hartman, Prosident of ‘The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, The idler is the only man who has no business in the world, In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder. Your feet feel uncomforte thle, nervous and often cold and damp. If you have sweating, sore feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 25 cente, Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olm- sted, Le Roy, N. ¥. A good many political platforms seem to have exits as well as issues FOR RENT OR BALE om a sree et a MULNATE oes ote tees A saline solution of griddle cakes doesn’t constitute a salt and battery. To Cure « Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al) druggists refund mouey fit fallstocure. 2c. Nothing hurts a smail man so much as to have people ignore his threats DOWT SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES, Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers. 6c. a package. Trying ‘to keep up appearances | pulls a man down, PLAN OF IDEAL KITCHEN, Laid Out with View to Saving Time and Labor. ‘The first point for consideration In Planning @ kitchen is its size. In America the kitchens are uniformly too large. A kitchen should be only so large as to enable those who work therein to move about with ease. Ev: ery inch added to this amount is that much useless space which must be kept clean and in order; but more sert- fous than this, every added inch makes necessary in a year countless steps which might be saved. Our plan shows the relation of the Kitchen to the dining-room, pantry and china closet, back porch and in stair. ways to the basement. It ts impos: sible to consider a kitchen by itself. A kitchen {s only convenient in its relation to other parts of the house as well as in the detail of its arrange- ment, and cannot be considered alone. The communication from the kiteh- en to the diningroom is by double- swing doors, which always stand closed when not in use. One does not take hold of a knob to open or close Boo ey in ron Ji i ce A srenes HH) fe} PEP come, soo aires H eevee ath at Be | IS i} them, but can push through when car- tying a large tray of dishes, After a meal the soiled dishes can be placed on the table nearest the range, They are then washed in the sink, which may be either solid porcelain or proce- lain-lined iron. After the dishes are washed they drain from the drain- board into the sink. From there they are wiped to a tray at the left. Thus the washing of the dishes is progres- sive, and all the time they are mov- ing back to where they belong in the pantry and china closet. Growing Poplars. A. M. K.—Please let me know how to grow the different kinds of pop lare. Poplars may be grown very readily from cuttings taken in the spring or fall. A piece of wood 10 to 12 inches in length of the previous season's growth will make a good cutting. Cut- tings should be planted in rows about three feet apart and about one foot apart in the rows. Plant the cutting deep enough so that only one bud will be above ground. Be sure and get the cutting right end up. By autumn the cuttings will be well rooted, and con- siderable growth made. They may be planted out the following spring. As poplars grow very easily from cuttings it Is not necessary to plant them in nursery rows first, as they will root almost anywhere, but better trees will be obtained by adopting the former method. Not more than one bud, or, at the most, two, should be left above ground when planting, as if much of the cutting is exposed it may dry out before rooting. Hens Have Cold. Sub—Two hens make a wheealng noise and occasionally sneese or cough, especially at night when on the roost. Is this more than an ordinary cold? They have had a clean, dry, comfortable building, free from draughts. ‘The symptoms deseribed indicate a cold or the early stages of roup, The latter disease is recognized by the presence of an offensive odor from the breath of an affected bird. The treatment s0 often recommended. in these columns for roup may be tried or the following, which is said to be good: Give the bird a pill of assa fetida as largo as a bean twice a day, and Inject at the same time two drops (using @ sewing machine oil can) of the following mixture in each nostril and four drops down the throat: Cam phorated ofl, one drachm; water, one drachm; carbolic acid, ten drops. Keep the bird in a dry, warm place.” Roof for a Shed, A. A. Po-What is the cheapest and best roofing for a shed 24 by 80 feet, and what is the best pitch to give it? If there can be enough pitch to your roof, say at least one-third, 1 would advise putting on a shingled roof, If the root is less than one-third piteh A metal one is better. But if the shed roof is very flat a tar and gravel roof answers well. 1 helped to. construct tar and gravel roofs on over twenty five years ago, and they are in good repair yet, It depends a good deal on what the building is used for and where it is situated; if for a barn shed 1 would use shingles, making the roof not less than one-third piteh, Storing Potatoes. J. H. A—How may I preserve po tatoes stored in a warm cellar in or der to keep them from sprouting and in a firm condition until new potatoes arrive? Potatoes cannot be kept firm and free from sprouting in a warm cellar The temperature of a potato storage shonld he not higher than 40 degrees Fahr.. and as much lower as possibte until the freezing point is reached. It is also well to keep tho storage as dark as possible. ‘The tubers should be kept dry and in not foo great bulk. Some potato growers prefer to keep their potatoes in barrels, THOUSANDS AVE KIDNEY TROUBLE AND DONT KNOW fT a ev | Py Sas illit hs ! TUNA URS fale Arete liga d s] PAM (ee dA Shr oa eae lin. “VC al par te WN en a ey 7 ~y a te ——— Fa ay it hi Se = wi Ly ———" 1h) Fi | aa a reo ar iad Ea, i - a Fa il cr a il Dn le ae Sh Ngan aS Ly a deli cre i Ce To Prove what Swarip-Root, the Great Kidney Remedy, Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of this paper May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail. ‘Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more Hickness and suffering than any other disease, therefore, when through neglect or other causes, kiducy trouble is permitted to continue, fatal results aro sure to follow. Your other organs may need attention—but your kidneys most, because they do most and need attention first, If you aro sick or “feel badly,” begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Koot, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because 8 soon as your kidneys begin to get better they will help all the other organs to health. 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Of the Movsands cored By our mild methods noe paid a cent tilcured we furnish thelr names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR, ini) Osu Sto kanees City Mo: ‘The mild and immediate effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp- Root will set your whole system right, and the best proof of this is a trial. 14 East 120th Sr., New Yous City, Dean Sin: cr. 15th, 1903, “L had been suffering severely from kidney trouble.” Ailaymptona were’ on tapd: my former Mrength and ‘power had Toft me. t could hardly Grae taysell along. Even my mental capacity was Pines th fen Twi to tie. ih ean he ‘aw an advertisement of yours in a New York Page tu old no have pe any mtetien ti TC not promised w sworn guarantee with every Bottle of your medicine b-sevtitie that your Sweaty Root is parely Seecuibie, and does not contain anv Barmfot drugs. f nm seventy years und four months ‘eld. and with a good consciener i cun feeuamnend Swamp Root to'ull sufferers froin kidney troubles Four embers of! my tay have een "using ‘With the sarae wood tenults. i, ‘With many thanks (9 you. T remain, ‘Very truly yours, ROBERT BERNER, You may have a samplo bottle of this famous kidney remedy, Swamp-Root, font free by mail, postpaid, by which you may test its virtues for such disorders as ‘kidney, bladder and uric acid diseases, poor digestion, being obliged to pass KDITORIAL NOTE.—So succeas- fal is Swamp: Koot in promptly curing even the most distressing cases of kidney, liver ‘or bladder troubles, that to prove its won: derful merits, you may have a sample bottle fand a book of valuable Information, ith tent absolutely free by mail. ‘The book con: tains many of the thousands upea thou sands of testimonial letters received {rom menand women cured. ‘The value and suc cess of Swamp-Root ia so well known that our readers are advised to send for asample bottle. In sending your address to Dr. Kil: ‘each Ga. Binchamion, N.Y, be sure toaay eve ere wees eae eoeeeegoot & THE LINCOLN IMPORTING HORSE CO 8 Lincoln, Nebraska ‘ 8 Germen Coach, < 3 ~ Percherons, ¢ 8 Inglish Shire < 8 Me French Dralt ¢ 8 nl end Belgians, < 8 The LARGEST tmporters of FIRST. © S clade tational any concern in anh 8 Gen ovis ARAb TO ski he | 8 FROM.” On errving i Lincoln take the © Bee aca a ereetaniie 2 TL reteset Salle, res § Ore nee ee ee BEGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colas. your water frequently night and Imarting or iritation ia Peselag, brick dust or sediment in the urine, headache, backache, lame back, dizziness, sleepless: hess, nervousness, heart disturbance due to bad kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloating, irritability, wornout feeling, lack of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow com plexion, or Bright's disease, If your water, when allowed to remaia undisturbed in’ a glass “oF bottle fr twenty-four hours, forms a sediment ot settling or has a cloudy appearance, it it evidence that your kidneys and bladder need immediate attention, ‘Swamp-Root is the great discovery of Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and blade der stecialst.” Mospitals use it with wom derful success in both slight and severe cases. Doctors recommend it to thelt paticnts and use it in their own familieg cause they recognize in Swamp-Rook the greatest and most successful. remedy. ‘Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and te for sale at drug stores the world over ia bottles of two sizes and two pricos—Aifty cents and one dollar, Remember the name, Swamp Koot, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address, Bi Wanlads Ne Vicon eapetie you read tis g onerous offer in this paper, CouPON. Pease writa or fll in this coupon with yooe namersniwditrecs atid Dr hiltaee & co. will ond sina tree Sample Hottie of Swamp-Kout the Great Kidney Remedy. Name a ma vee St.and No. eee eager Clty or Town : Pete rien vis State fs shsecceenssesaee Wesson tis bases: $216. 0. Deas Bvety tsk won Feat iste , sue \\h fe) y y Ero esta ot F7.00, Send tor nur frve catalogue of enddlen Oe Ihe J, FeWare Soerta-v 8 Warreee9., Kanaae fy, Mes W. N. U, KANSAS CITY, NO, 9, 1904 LOL Ta 1s ire Pee incline. Boi uy druggiota-*” a CONSUMPTION 4 ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. Z. T. JORDAN, Manager THE GREAT SOUHERN HAIR POMADE. THE GREAT HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER. PRICE 25c. GOOD AGENTS WANTED. Fill out this blank and send it with $1.00 and you will receive by express $8.00 worth of the Pomade and iterms to agents. Enclosed please JP, O. Money Order for $1.00, for which send me as per your offer, $2.00 worth of the Great Southern Hair Pomade and terms to agents. Name...... Street...... Town or City...... County...... State...... Express Office...... Date of this order..... F. J. NOTT, Box 81, Paris, Mo. FAST MAIL SERVICE A GOOD THING MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY PUSH IT ALONG The Train Service of the Missouri Pacific. The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for St. Louis and all points East—note the leaving time: 9:50 a.m. 1:10 p.m. 9:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. No other line from Kansas City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louis. Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p.m. arives in St. Louis at 10 p.m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and South-eastern trains. The only I. leaving Kansas City after the Operas, bridge meetings and Sunday night Churus service, at 10:45 p.m. m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a.m. in for all Eastern connections. 9:55 p.m. -10:50 a.m.: Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleepers and Compartment cars; Recelling Chair cars, (all secs free). For all information and tickets call at Union Depot and 901 Main St., City Offo. E.S. JEWETT, Pass. & Ticket Agent 1784 ..... 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Sold by drugstores and dealers or send us 50 cents for one bottle. Express charges. Send post or express money order. Please mention name of this address plainly to OZONIZED OX. Write your name and address plainly to 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Quick and Pleasant FRISCO SYSTEM Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida And the Southeast, and to Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas And the Southwest. Detailed information as to excursion dates, rates, train service, etc. furnished upon application to James Donohue, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2 Guarantee what we say and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BEACH. A PEACHER-Like complexion is used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a multitone person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours a shade or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin of a multitone person maintaining beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, plumps or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Small pox pits, tan, liver spots or bruises can be removed. The color on wrist will stop using the generator. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and makes them from falling out. High perfumed and made from fragrant oil, our customers say one of our dollar boxes is worth ten dollars, yet we sell it for one dollar a box. They have it shown in free in. Any person sending us a letter or Post Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. D., it will come back to us. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. CRANE AND CO, 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. & CAMPBELL, rentals and Insurance. PHONE 1469. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Wholesale and Retail Peninsular Agents for... Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces. TIN WORK a Speoalalty. 1329 Grand Ave. Wm. J. Campbell Kansas City, Mo BE NOT DECEIVED To the COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS, "OZONO." BEFORE. AFTER. Mr. Henry Stewart of Boonoke, Va., writes. Before using Cuno my head was perfectly tolled. Now a nice growth has occurred. Cuno is perfectly grown. BEFORE AFTER. Mr. Stant Holman, of Valley Mills Texas, writes: Ozono is the only hair tonic that has ever done my hair any good. It has caused my hair to grow long and straight. Mr. George Branch, Mahon, Texas, writes: Ozono has done me a world of good. Everyone that uses it will use no other hair tonic. BEFORE AFTER Miss Maggie B. Proctor, Fairfield, Texas, writes: I have used Ozone, and give it my hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often it does me good to recommend honest goods. BEFORE AFTER Henry Bell, Creeds, Va., writes: I cannot say too much in favor of your goods. This is the universal opinion in my county. The Magic Hair THE necessity of a practical contraction 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. flowing instructions, will straighten the will not. It will save the loss of hair. It is positively the only device that we use of the Straightener after the shampoo better than the many methods ordained cidely the risk of catching cold. The bar with a handle of comfortable grip nary heat by means of gas, lamp or coated parallel to it, by an ingenious for use. The teeth of the comb can be moments 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 Centre Hair Straight etical contrivance for st har has long been apparent by nature with unruly a very combing unproductive letter to curl straight hair easily hair. The Magic isifactorily brings under or beard. It's use a few loss of hair that excessive vice that will accomplish the shampoo, will dry mods ordinarily employed, gold. The Straightener ortable grip. The bar is lamp or common stove; the ingenious arrangement, comb can be regulated to length of the teeth is be heavy head of hair as fast able for men's hair and bea toilet by all who take pri 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 is 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, MIN. PAINT CO Paint, Varnish ES 946, 944 GRANDE 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 pure enough, we must make a straight forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper, and to the public, for a unite circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchased to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an artist, and the colored race for it, and every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, was found to harbor a growing and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people marked success, a capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous of the 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, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us advertise and big words, by Buy the King Hair. Do not be deceived by faring advertisements and big words. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $1,00, 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 goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our TradeMark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U.S. Government owns this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington, so if the coupon makes no mistake, use it on the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. 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 growth. Send us $1 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive you. enclose you $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozone, worth $2.00, 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth 50c., 1 Bottle Electrical Food, worth 50c., 1 Package (1 pint) Anti- Odor worth $5c., 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth $50c. Total, $1.00. ```markdown ``` TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. fizing the fact that there are no on the market, and knowing we, we wish to make a strong great paper. In the year circumstance, acquired the paper after a thorough test by the estimate remedy, true to all the evidence of every member of the body, tough, soft, and genuine artiste a paper up to and make capital out of excess, numerous irises have many, of which are worth being and seen and written with animal fats, and darring—be careful what you enpts and big words. Buy the MORE. AFTER face that there are many SO-CALLED hair growers, and hairstyling to accompany them, is to make a straight forward, honest statement paper. In the year 1811 our late secretary, Mr. Moore, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was a truth, when a was put upon a rough test by the colored people of that time, true to all that was claimed for it, and every member of the colored race, because they straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an artifice appears upon the market, there are huge capital out of the merits of other people, crowd firms have entered the market, of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall in a muddy heap, and making the animal fats, and do the hair more harm than careful what you use on your hair. Do not bag words. Buy the King of all Hair Tones, OZONO. BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. COMPANY Fish, Brushes. AND. 1214 GRAND AV AFTER. SO CALLED hair-growers and hair-straightener, honest statement to the colored race our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through pt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or possession of market and met with marked and people of that time it was produced as claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of race, because they found it to cause the and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, market there are, a few the number of people of other people's goods. Seeing our for the market, offering hair-growers and hair-causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair more harm than good. To these let us in your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring g of all hair Tonies. A young sinner is bad enough, but a gray-headed sinner beats de devil himself. We is commanded ter make de gospel fly, but most er us is in de habit er flyin' oursef' we'en we se de gospel comin'. Lay it ter yo' heart dat Satan ain't no wolf in sheep's clothin'. W'enever he gits holt er a sheep he swallows him—cloze en all! W'en de po' man cry en he don't git no answer up yander, he orter remember he been hollerin' so long en loud, he done deafenall de angels. Ef preachin' didn't do nuthin' but put folks ter sleep, it would still be a great benefactor, kaze de only time some folks is out or mischief is wen dey done close dey eyes ter de worl'. -Atlanta Constitution. UP-TO-DATE PROVERBS. Modesty is not so easily shocked as prudence. A woman's train of thought is often on her dress. The more knowing a man is, the less he knows. Sometimes a comedian's divorce is his first serious part. Marriage is seldom a failure when Cupid furnishes the capital. Files Dialike Clover. A simple and effective preventive for files in a room is the presence of sweet clover. Flies have an especial objection to the plant and quickly make their escape from any place in which it is kept. To Brighten a Mirror To brighten a mirror, rub with a clean cloth dipped in a cream made of whiting and cold water, to which a few drops of ammonia are added. Polish well with old newspaper. ```markdown ``` BEFORE AFTER. Miss Anne A. Wise, Onanceck, Va., writes: I and my sister have both used Ozono and we recommend it to every- one. 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. BEFORE. AFTER. Miss Clara M. Bentley, Topeka, Kan., says: My hair was short and knotty and kinky. Now it is long and fine, Ozono didit. BEFORE AFTER 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. Temperature for Cold Bath. Letting the water stand in the tub all night secures for the body about the right temperature for a cold bath; and the falling snow and the driving rain furnish moisture for the hardening of the skin. To Cure Sneezing. A medical paper says a sneeze is instantaneously dispelled by pressing the finger upward against the division of the nose at the point where the upper lip inside joins the gum. Another plan is to exhale all the air possible from the lungs the moment you perceive indications of a sneeze. Waste of Millions. Dalny harbor, near Port Arthur, built by Russia for an ice-free terminal port for the Siberian railway at a cost of 17,000,000 rubles, is a disappointment, for since the breakwater has been built it freezes over as did Vladivostok. The nearest possible ice-free bay is in Korean territory. Addressing Letters for Italy. A correspondent in Italy advises those who send letters to friends in that country to write only the initials of the first name, because it is quite customary in Italy to place the surname first, which leads to many mistakes when letters are asked for by foreigners. Water's Part in Universe. Water plays an indispensable part in both the environments and the internal chemistry of life. It forms more than half the weight of most living things, and all the active parts of animals and plants consist of water holding the other ingredients in solution or suspension. Decline of a Great University The University of Valladolid, Spain, was once famous and was founded by Ferdinand the Saint in the 12th century. It attained its greatest importance in the 16th century, when there were 6,000 to 7,000 students upon its rolls. Nowadays they number about 1,000.