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. GOD MARRIED HIS WIFE BOOKER WASHINGTON. BOOKER WASHINGTON. At the General Conference, Discourses on the Race Question and Exhorts the People to Do Something. Praises the Methodists. Booker T. Washington spoke to the General Conference the other afternoon a few minutes and said some good things. He was received gladly and greatly applauded during his speech. He said in part: "Your church represents the highest effort yet reached by our people in the direction of organized religious effort. It has been said that individually the Negro is strong, but organically, weak. You have proved that he is not only successful as an individual, but as an organization. We must demonstrate more and more to the world that we are not only successful in religious organizations, but have ability to succeed in business and commercial directions. We are going to be judged more and more in the future not so much by our ability to make abstract arguments, and to attract attention with our oratory, as by our efforts in constructive and progressive directions. In the growth of a race condemnations, demands and complaints have their elements of strength and helpfulness, but any race which depends entirely upon these will not succeed. The ability to project, to organize in affirmative, progressive directions, is worth a thousand fold more than the habit of dwelling on the negative, critical and complaining side of life. I do not mean that we should overlook wrongs and injustices, but that we may in a measure blot out wrongs and injustices by tangible, visible efforts in all fields of commerce, industry and education. The Negro race will never have again in this country such opportunities for securing land as it has at present. The price of land in every part of the country is increasing. If, in the Southern states especially, we do not become land owners in this generation, it will become more burdensome for the succeeding generation to do so. The time is not far off when the tide of foreign immigration will set rapidly into the South, and we shall be driven to the ragged edges, so far as ownership of land is concerned, if we do not profit by our present opportunities. In a large degree our race is in possession of the skilled trades and other industries in the South. These will also pass from us if we do not pay careful attention to the education of our children, and see to it that not a single industry slips from our hands. The opportunity once lost here will hardly be gained again. To a much larger degree we must seek to become a commercial and business people. We should organize and operate more banks, more stores, own more farms and construct more and better houses. A race is judged largely by the character of the houses it occupies. Negro men should not only wear shoes, but make and sell shoes. The Negro women should not only wear attractive hats, but make and sell hats. In every center of Negro population there should be a business league to encourage and lead our people in commercial directions. While the difficulties at the South are often discussed, it is true that the fields of commerce, business, industry, and labor, are open to us there as they are not perhaps in any other part of the country. In proportion as we lay the foundations in these necessary directions, we shall find that our moral and church life will be strengthened, and the opportunities and university training enhanced. Finally, the Negro minister has the responsibility of seeing to it that our people do not grow discouraged. All things considered, we are making progress. There has never been a time in the history of the race when we owned so many acres of land, so many houses, conducted so many banks and stores, or had so many children in industrial schools and colleges. At no previous time have we had so many church organizations and ministers. It is the duty of our Negro leaders to teach our people to have race pride and loyalty, and faith in our present and in our future. No race can succeed which is as ashamed of itself. No black man should be ashamed of being a member of the race. There was never a time when I felt prouder of being a black man KANSAS CITY MO.. FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1904. than I am to-day. I am proud of our past, proud of our present and have unbounded faith in our future. "WESTERN UNIVERSITY. Second Anniversary of the Chautauqua Meeting. To the Public: One year ago we issued a call for a meeting of those interested in any and all movements calculated to inure to the benefit of the race. This call met with such a generous response on the part of all Race lovers in the west and was productive of such good results that all felt usified in the Republican administration are indeed to be commended for the recog-effecting a permanent organization, which was done at the last meeting, one year ago. The purpose of the Chautauqua is as declared by its motto "The Unity and Uplift of the Race." To that end, the condition of the Race was discussed in all its phases, and plans formulated for a furtherance of the work. That all attempted might not be visionar yard impractical, but permanent in all its results, bureaus were appointed to inquire into the condition of the Negroes of the West, and through the direction of such report on the work, status and progress of the Race along the lines comprehended under these bureaus, respectively. At the next meeting to be held in June, members of these Bureaus with others interested will read papers and discuss questions arising from the same. Many of the leading Negroes of the country have signified their intention ti be present and participate. The following departments will be represented this year—Educational, Ministerial, Agricultural, Business Men's, Industrial, Legal, Medical Press, Woman's Club and Fine Arts. Systematic work is being done in these departments and reports will be made at the next meeting. The sessions this year will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th or June.) Larger and more varied programs will be had at this session. The public is requested to cooperate in this effort for the betterment of the Race. Other announcements will be made later. Yours for the advancement of the Negro. W. T. VERNON, President. J. N. GARRETT, Secretary. Discomfort of the submarine. An English sailor says that, while the motions of a submarine boat are not perceptible to those in it, the crew are apt to be terribly seasick because of the foul odors that soon develop. Friendly Island Natives. The natives of the Friendly Islands are noted for their good-humored faces and splendid physique. Their skin is a clear, light copper brown in color, while the hair is yellow and curly. Milking by Electricity. The Umschau claims for the process of milking cows by electricity (rubber caps being attached to the udders) the advantage of superior cleanliness, and adds that the cows more readily yield the milk than when the hands are used. Has No Established Church The constitution of Panama stops short of making the Roman church the established church, as it is in Colombia. NEGROES DRAW COLOR LINE. Boycott San Antonio Ice Cream Man Who Signed Jih Crow Petition. From the San Antonio Gazette. The color line has been drawn on all ice cream manufactured in San Antonio. Makers of frozen sweets must furnish negroes an affidavit that they have not signed any petition to the city counsel asking for the enactment of a separate compartment ordinance before they can get the colored trade. As ice cream negroes say Negroes are heavy consumers of their product the boycott on those who are under the ban is cutting down their revenues. The ice cream boycott was made public this morning, when the representative of an ice cream manufacturing concern called at the office of City Clerk Stuemke and asked permission to examine the petitions submitted to the council asking the enactment of the "Jim Crow" ordinance. "We have been notified," he said, "that our firm is being boycotted by the negroes because a member of the firm signed this petition. All members of the firm declare they did not sign it, and I want to see the petition so that we can furnish the Negroes with a certificate that our names do not appear on it. "The boycott is hurting us, as the Negroes are heavy consumers of ice cream and we can't afford to lose their trade." After examining the petition the man said the signature of no member of the firm appeared upon it, but that there was a name on it so like the name of one member of the firm that the Negroes had probably been misled. "We will see the leaders of the Negroes," he said, "and inform them that they have made a mistake and ask them to call off their boycott." The foregoing article speaks for itself. In union there is strength. When will the Negroes of this part of the country learn that they never will be able to make themselves felt until they are united? "Character is nobleness gained through conflict." MATTHAEIS BAKERY. For the past twenty years Mr. Matthaeis has been engaged in the bakery business in this city. He has long since proven to us that he is a master of his trade. He has been one of Kansas City's promoters in business enterprise. His study has been along his own line, how to please the stomach and to make man healthy. True that man can not live by bread alone. We will ask you to try some of his bread that we will mention, for instance his Salt Rising Bread and his First Quaker Made. Ask your grocer for them and satisfy yourself that you get your money's worth. Mr. Matthaeis is worthy of the colored patronage in this city. He is liberal and at all times is a pleasant man to meet. Do honor unto him to whom honor is due. Remember his brands, Salt Rising and Quaker Maid Bread. MATTHAEIS BAKERY 901-3-5-7-9-11-13 West 17th Street. Punching Bag Not New. An ancient vase in a Roman museum representing Homer's heroes of the Trojan war, shows one of the young fellows as busy with a "punching bag" hung at the limb of a tree. Dogs in Britain. The British board of agriculture estimates that there are 1,871,619 dogs in the country-one to every score of human beings. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. Lots of men get religion when they get sick. It is a wise hen that gets in the smart set. Any work is easy enough after you once get down to it. A man seldom lets himself loose until he gets tight. The spilled milk of human kindness is worth crying over. There is just as much worry over money as over the lack of it. It is sometimes better to stay where you are than to jump at conclusions. The consumption specialist fills his coffers at the expense of his coughers. The bunco man seldom attempts to tackle the farmer who takes in summer boarders.—Philadelphia Record. ON THINGS IN GENERAL. A similarity of tastes in jokes is a great assistant to marital felicity. It is a mighty fortunate love whose ebb tide reveals no mud flats. It isn't necessary to label a gentleman. The manners of some men are so bad that one wonders if they learned them by the correspondence plan—$2.69 for the course. No woman with a grain of sense ever lets a man gather from her remarks that his character offers any intricacies to her comprehension. Rugs piled upon carpets, three curtains to a window, and sixteen non-touchable pillows to a couch, are not among the sins of the bachelor girl. The unchattered house is hers.—New York Times. SOME JAPANESE MAXIMS. Some standard moral maxims of the Japanese, as translated by Prof. Basil Hall Chamberlin from early Buddhist writings, are as follows: To lose is to win. A cheap purchase is money lost. Among Japanese proverbs are the following. The drunkard belies not his true character. (In vino veritas.) Never trust a woman, even if she has borne you seven children. Human eyes look down from heaven; commit no wrong, however hidden. Human ears are listening at the wall; speak no calumny, even in secret. Cows herd with cows, horses with horses. (Birds of a feather flock to together.) The body with its passions is not pure; ye should swiftly seek after intelligence. Less than all things men must grudge money; it is by riches that wisdom is hindered. Thy father and thy mother are like heaven and earth; the teacher and thy lord are like the sun and moon. Though thou should heap up a thousand pieces of gold they would not be so precious as one day of study. From the evils sent by heaven there is deliverance; from the evils we bring upon ourselves there is no escape. A man's heart and an autumn sky (are alike fickle). The opposite of the French proverb: "Variable as a woman." NUMBER 7 LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. McLanster of Pleasant Hill preached at the A. M. E. church Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Harvey Parker has returned home. The rally at the St. John M. E. church succeeded in raising over $100. Rev. Young is the right man in the right place. The U. B. F.'s will decorate their deceased brothers and sisters graves on the 30th; also some of the citizens will join in and assist in cleaning the graves. Zion A. M. E. church ought to call a meeting and elect a trustee to fill Mr. Henry Hall's place, who was a trustee of the graveyard. Mr. Rubin Holmes has opened a blacksmith shop in Mr. Louis Smith's old stand. If you have any work in that line call on him and he will give you satisfaction. Don't forget the place. It is on the East of cross Main street. All colored people ought to patronize him. Mrs. W. Ford is quite ill. Also Mr. Louis Curtis' infant babe is quite ill. Mrs. Mamie Hawkins returned home from Kansas City Saturday evening. Mr. Lee of Kansas City spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. M. E. Gilbert. Mrs. George Hedgewood of Liberty was here Sunday, the guest of Mrs. Webb. Quite a number of ladies went to Richmond last Thursday. Among them were Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Hunter and a number of others. The Flint Club was entertained at Mrs. Pierce's last week. Mr. Penn Hawkins left Tuesday morning for Independence to work in the gas house. Mrs. Prof. Green was taken to Fulton last Wednesday on account of the weakness of her mind. Miss Tildia Parker's school closed with a concert and those who attended it were well pleased. The colored Republicans must begin to think and act for their best interests. You heard what the Democrat gentleman said in Higginsville the other day. It shows to us that they are not our political friends. This fail every colored man should vote the Republican ticket without one scratch on it. CHARACTER COUNTS. It is character that wins respect. People may cringe before riches, but down in their hearts they have no higher regard for a man because of his bank account. The world may flatter and smile upon those who furnish it with amusement, but unless there are truth and sincerity and goodness back of the entertaining qualities it enjoys, there is nothing deep and lasting in its regard. Those who surrender principle for the sake of popularity, lose both their self respect and the thing they have sacrificed to gain. Character counts. It makes friends, it gains esteem, it wins a place in the world. Make that your first aim and the rest will come of itself. But devote yourself to the lesser things and you lose all. Big Rise in Tide. Chemulpo, the port of Seoul, the capital of Korea, looks out over a vast shallow bay, where the tide rises thirty feet. Russia sells more eggs in a year than any country in the world, her output being 150,000,000 dozen. Theater for Rehearsals. London has a theater for rehearsals only. It is known as the Rehearsal Theater. Girl's Sailor Costume. No little girl's wardrobe is quite complete without a sailor costume. It is simple yet smart, fashionable and comfortable in one and to be commended from every point of view. This one allows a choice of a plain blouse or the applied yoke and is made without an opening in the blouse, simply drawn on over the head. As shown the material is blue serge with shield of white and banding of braid, but white serge and flannel are correct as well as blue and for the farm days linen and cotton fabrics will be worn. The sailor tie is both graceful and characteristic and is made of soft blue silk. The costume consists of the body The costume consists of the body living, faced to form the shield, skirt and blouse. The body lining is smoothly fitted and closes at the back with the full gathered skirt that is joined to its lower edge. The blouse is shaped by means of shoulder and under-arm seams and is faced to form the yoke while its neck is finished with the big collar, its lower edge with a hem in which elastic is inserted. The sleeves are the simplest full ones, gathered into straight cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size (10 years) is $6\frac{1}{4}$ yards 27 inches wide, $5\frac{1}{4}$ yards 32 inches wide or $3\frac{1}{4}$ yards 44 inches wide, with $8\frac{1}{4}$ yards of silk or tie and 15 yards of braid. The Summer Kitchen The kitchen woodwork should be as simply finished as possible. No molding to catch dust, no ornamentation of any kind. White and green are the coolest colors for the kitchen. Perhaps the best thing is to paint the walls so that they may be washed and kept clean from the greasy smoke of cooking. Carpets in the kitchen are most undesirable. The best covering, unless of course, a hardwood floor is possible, is a softly tinted linoleum. It wears well and can be washed easily. If the kitchen can be securely locked away from the remainder of the house, it can be kept much cooler during the summer by taking out the windows and nailing screens over the whole opening. Chicken and Nut Salad. Cut the white meat of a chicken into small pieces, and add to it a half cup of English walnut meat chopped rather coarsely, and a cup of finely cut celery or four or five lettuce leaves torn in shreds. If the latter sprinkle with celery salt, dust lightly with pepper, marinate with just a little vinegar or lemon juice, and add half a cupful of chicken stock or gravy and the same amount of mayonnaise. Toss lightly with a fork. Line a salad bowl—or the little individual paper cases—with the white leaves of lettuce, curling each one to form a cup or nest. Fill these with a salad mixture and crown each with a teaspoonful of mayonnaise. Pretty Cushion Cushion tops stamped with the fashionable cross-stitched designs are among the novelties for summer fancy work. American women will redom spare the time to make their own embroidery designs, and these quick pieces are extremely popular. Linen and canvas, in both close and coarse weaves, are stamped in this way. Cream, pale pink or blue and light green are among the preferred colors. Velveteen May Be Washed Not every owner of a velvetteen gown is aware that velvetteen stands washing. Yet this can be very successfully done. Have ready a warm, soapy lather, immerse the velvetteen garment in it, and gently rub until the dirt disappears. After rinsing, press as dry as possible, and iron damp on the wrong side with hot irons frequently changed. Then hang in front of the fire to finish, and the pile will come up like new. To be successful this treatment must be carried out with extreme care, otherwise it is far cheaper to send the costume to a cleaners. Nut Roast. Mix together 1 cup each of stewed peas reduced to a pulp, wax beans chopped and 2 cups chopped nut, 1/2 teaspoonful each on salt, sage, pinch of pepper and sugar; pour 1/4 cup cold water on slices of stale bread; let stand 15 minutes; then break up with a fork; add 1 teaspoonful each of grated onion and sage, pinch of salt, 1 cup of sweet sweet cream; oil a bake A Patterns and Descriptions of Garments Made "the Thing" by Dame Fashion—A Comfortable Summer Kitchen—Delicious Chicken and Nut Salad. ing pan and line with half of the nut mixture; put in the bread dressing, then the rest of the nut mixture; pour over this 1/2 cup of cream; bake 2 hours; slice and serve on hot platters; garnish with slices hard boiled eggs and an acid jelly. PRETTY THINGS TO WEAR Fancy effects in veiling are very prominent. Linen of all weights will be very much worn. The old-time leg-of-mutton sleeve, with new touches, has returned to favor. The directoire models are among the newest style ideas, even later than the 1830 designs. Flowered fabrics are unprecedentedly lovely and the single large design more effective than the smaller patterns. If you have an old-fashioned black lace scarf get it out, for they are to be in high vogue again when summer comes. Narrow cotton braids, introducing floral patterns in white, black or color, are trimmings used upon piques and ducks. Embroidered dress patterns are numerous, not only in wash goods but in the new volles, etamines and other light wools for spring. Delightful features of the coming summer are some pelerine scarfs in black and white chantilly which a few milliners are already showing. What Towels to Use. The woman who considers her complexion is using small towels not only for her guests, but for her hands and face. The birdseye linen is soft for the skin, which is often irritated by a heavier towel. Then she can use as many as she pleases without feeling that she is making a deadly enemy of the laundress. The woman who keeps her house dainty also makes use of small cakes of soap for guests. They are not more than half the size of the ordinary cakes, and cost a price small in proportion. By this means, she is able to give each guest a fresh cake of soap without undue extravagance. Try washing the hands with mustard water to remove strong odors. To save the knees of boys' ribbed stockings one mother re-enforces them by sewing a piece of strong black cloth behind them before they are worn at all. It is remarkable how A SMART Seeded vellings are both new and charming and make most satisfactory costumes for young girls. This one is old blue flecked with white and is trimmed with blue braid and combined with a big collar of tucked batiste edged with a frill of embroidery. The Eton is one of the newest much longer stockings wear whe treated in this way. To remove ink stains from the fingers dampen them slightly and rub the spots with the sulphur end of a match. A few drops of oil of lavender in a bowl half filled with very hot water will give a delightful sense of freshness to a room. To remove claret stains from table linen cover the spots as soon as possible with salt; let stand a few minutes, then rinse in cold water. Collarless Jacket: Collarless jackets make a conspicuous feature of the latest styles and bid fair to out-number every other sort. This one is made on simple tailor lines and is eminently smart as well as practical and serviceable. The model is made of tan colored cloth with bands of braid and includes plain ```markdown ``` sleeves, but those of mandolin shape can be substituted if preferred and all materials in vogue for coats are ap propriate while the trimming can be either braid or stitched bands. The coat is made with fronts, side fronts, backs, side-backs and under arm gores and is finished with seams stitched flat with corticellal silk. The right front laps slightly over the left and the closing can be made with buttons and loops or invisibly by means of a fly, and both side-front and side back seams are left open for a short distance above the lower edge to pro vide flare. The plain sleeves are cut in two pieces each in coat style, but the mandolin sleeves are made in one piece each and are shaped by means of an outer seam that extends for part of their length only. A plain brown or green wall paper makes an ideal background for pictures, and the absence of pattern or walls adds immensely to the apparent size of the room. T ETON SUIT. and includes novel wide sleeves in ac- dition to being plaited at back and front in narmony with the skirt. To make the costume for a girl of 12 years of age will be required 6 yards of material 27. 4 yards 44 or 3 yards 52 inches wide, with ½ yard of tuck- ing for collar. QUIET HOUR God's Heart. Come down with me to the moon-led sea, Where the long wave ebbes and fills— Are these the tides that follow As the lunar impulse wills? Nay, rather this is the heart of God, Naked under the sky, And we hear its pulse with wonder— The shore, and the clouds, and 11 Unearthly, awful, uncompelled, Eternity framed in clay, The urge of exhaustless passions, Rocking beneath the gray! Its life is the blood of the universe Through cosmic arteries hurled, With the throb of its giant pulses God feeds the veins of the world! And the lands are wrinkled and gray with time. -Frederic Lawrence Knowles, in New England Magazine. Virtue Is Contagious "Let him do likewise."-Luke ill., 11. Some one has said that if he were able to create a world he would make virtue contagious instead of vice. A small degree of observation will show that his efforts in this direction would not be necessary for the Lord has already done so. I insist that there is just as much contagion in a good deed as in a bad one—that the holiness of one life conveys itself into another life and produces the same results there. In physical experiences the agent of communication is a germ or a microbe; in spiritual experiences it is an idea. I have heard physicians say that the contagiousness of a disease depends largely on circumstances. If you are in a thoroughly healthy condition your system closes every door and the germ cannot enter; you enjoy absolute immunity from danger. If, on the contrary, you are susceptible or predisposed to the malady, then the germ takes root and you become ill. Whether or not you catch the disease is determined by the weakness or strength of your own body. Nurses may watch over the dying and never feel the effects of the alliment which saps the life of the sufferer. It is the same in the moral world, Contagion there depends on yourself also, and to a far greater extent. If you lack spiritual strength and ambition if your sense of honor is only slightly developed, if your self-respect is at a low ebb, then the example of the man who wins a fortune by nefarious means—like the microbe of typhoid—finds a lodgment in your soul, is cherished and multiplied by its environment, until at last immortality has the resistless sweep of a blizzard and tears up by the roots every heavenly and manly aspiration. If you had impregnable uprightness of character, if nefarious methods were abhorrent to you, there would be no attractiveness in vicious deeds, and they would have no more alluring power than the fire has, which may coax you to thrust your hand into it, but which coaxes in vain. There is contagion in goodness, provided you are in a condition to receive it. A grand and glorious life louses you to imitation. The reputation achieved by honest methods so affects us that we build a monument to the man who possesses it and tell our boys to go and do likewise. I do not believe that the influence of a pure life can be reckoned, so farreaching so inspiring, is it. When Father Damien died among the lepers of the Sandwich islands, his heroism and self-sacrifice were so contagious that scores of applicants prayed for the privilege of continuing his work, with the certainty of death as the result. Such was the influence of his lonely, saintly and godlike mission that it was considered a boon to be immured within those lepros walls and to fill at last a leper's grave. It is a mistake to talk of the contagiousness of vice and to ignore that of virtue. This would be a queer world if one could catch the impulse to evil, but not the impulse to good. It may serve the purpose of the orator who seeks a telling period to tell us this, if he is willing to sacrifice truth to rhetoric, but the tern and glorious facts give an emphatic denial to the statement. Mankind are nobler and truer and more moral than ever before. Public opinion is more generous and more just. We have a larger faith than our fathers, and more true religion than has heretofore been found on the planet. Why is this? Simply and only because truth and honesty and purity and all the nobler qualities of character are contagious, and because the contagion of vice is growing less dangerous year by year. It is safe to conclude that, after all, this is God's world. For that reason the tide of righteousness should be on the flood, while the tide of vice should be on the ebb, and a little observation will show that this is true.—Rev. George H. Hepworth. Pleasant Thoughts. How careful we should be to guard our thoughts. If they are pleasant, we will have pleasant faces and kind ways. We will gain treasures for days of adversity, upon which we can draw when other sources of enjoyment fail. Old age will be happy through them, for they will be used as material from which to build homes of refuge wherein we find comfort and delight when the windows are darkened, and we are forced to keep company most of our time with what is within us. When stormed at by the outward things of this life, or when weakness forbids the use of what made up the happiness of active life, we can retrain to the soul, and finding it full of pleas. ant thoughts of God, and immortality therein, be safe and happy. By the will which God has given you, and which he stands pledged to strengthen if you will use its power from day to day, you can have divine help in the control of your thoughts, as in everything else which relates to being and doing. Let God dwell in your thoughts, and be at home in them, and then they must be pleasant. If God is only of use to you in what you are pleased to call your troubles, and your only acquaintance with him is when you are brought to the end of your ability to manage for yourself, then you will know very little of him, and is it any wonder you are misunderstanding his nature and purpose?—Presbyterian Journal. "Be Still and Know." How can God give us visions when life is hurrying at a precipitate rate? I have stood in the national gallery and seen people gallop round the chamber and glance at twelve of Turner's pictures in the space of five minutes. Surely we might say to such trippers. "Be still and know Turner!" Gaze quietly at one little bit of cloud or at one branch or at one wave of the sea or at one ray of the drifting moon. "Be still, and know Turner." But God has difficulty in getting us still. That is perhaps why he has sometimes employed the ministry of dreams. Men have had "visions in the night." In the daytime I have a divine visitor in the shape of some worthy thought or noble impulse or hallowed suggestion, but I am in such feverish haste that I do not heed it and pass along. I do not "turn aside to see this great thing," and so I lose the heavenly vision. If I would know more of God, I must relax the strain and moderate the pace. I must "be still."—J. H. Jowett. Strength of Will. How is the will strengthened? How is it empowered? How is it perfected? I reply, unbesitatingly, by obedience. There are many who suppose that real strength of the will is secured by giving it free play. Not a bit of it. You weaken it in that way. Obedience to a legitimate law is a source of moral strength and power. What is obedience? Is it submission to a power superior to your own? No. Is it weakness bowing to strength? No. Obedience is submission to an authority whose claims are admitted. If man is royal when he rules over Nature, and yet more royal when he rules his brother man, he is most royal, most imperial, when he rules himself—when he has the courage, the power, the kingly courage and power, to crush himself in the presence of an authority which he has ascertained has a right to his obedience.—Canon Liddon. A Habit of Kindness. Take life all through, its adversity as well as its prosperity, its slickness as well as its health, its loss of its rights as well as its enjoyment of them, and we shall find that no natural sweetness of temper, much less any acquired philosophical equanimity, is equal to the support of a habit of kindness. Nevertheless, with the help of grace, the habit of saying kind words is very quickly formed, and when once formed is not speedily lost. Sharpness, bitterness, sarcasm, acute observation, divination of motives—all these things disappear when a man is earnestly conforming himself to the image of Christ Jesus. The very attempt to be like our dearest Lord is already a well-spring of sweetness within us, flowing with an easy grace over all within our reach. Two Worlds. There are two worlds about us always. One is the world of sense, made up of the things we can see, feel, taste and smell. This world ministers only to our physical needs. The other world is made up of things we cannot see, nor touch, nor taste, nor buy and sell. We all know the first of the two worlds for we all have physical needs. But a good many people do not know God, and therefore never trust Him. When the world they can see falls them, they are in despair, for they have nothing left. But the Christian who knows God as his Father is not troubled when the things he can see fall, for he has God and all God's promises—His love, His goodness. His power, His grace. "My God shall supply all your needs." Every Spirit Has Wings. If we had to wade through all the mud and marshes of this world, and stumble ahead over stony paths, where the sharp, flinty fragments cut the feet, life would be hard, indeed. But God has given the spirit wings with which to rise above these things. There is many a hard path where the bravest would falter if faith did not help them to rise above these obstacles. No spirit is forced to plod ahead wearily, trudging up the steep heights, stumbling along rough paths, faltering at yawning chasms in the way. Every soul has wings. Are you using yours? Serve Anywhere. Let us be content to do little, if God sets us at little tasks. It is but pride and self-will which says: "Give me something huge to fight, and I should enjoy treat; but why make me sweep the dust?" _____ Re courageous and noble-minded; our own heart, and not other men's opinion of us, forms our true honor. PLEASE TELL YOUR READERS Our Big 50-Cent Catalogue Is Now Free. For years the price of our big General Merchandise Catalogue has been 50 cents, but we have reduced our selling prices on all kinds of goods so far below all other houses as to insure almost every catalogue bringing orders and making new customers, and by the introduction of new paper-making machinery, new automatic rotary printing, folding, binding and covering machinery we have so reduced the cost of making this big book that we will now send it by mail, post paid, free to any address on application. The big book, which, heretofere was sold at 50 cents each, and which is now free for the asking, is 8½x11½ inches in size, contains thousands of illustrations, descriptions and prices, is thoroughly complete in nearly every kind of merchandise, including dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, furnishing goods, notions, millinery, carpets, upholstering, hardware, tools, electrical goods, guns, sporting goods, sewing machines, musical instruments, organs, planes, furniture, baby carriages, crockery, cutlery, stoves, drugs, photographic goods, optical goods, talking machines, moving picture apparatus, buggies, harness, saddles, saddlery, watches, jewelry, silverware, clocks, safes, refrigerators, tinware, everything used in the home, in the shop, in the factory and on the farm, and all priced at prices much lower than were ever offered by any other house. If you have one of our big catalogues or have ever seen one you know what it is, the most complete, most up to date and lowest-priced catalogue ever published. If you haven't our big catalogue don't fail to send for one at once. If you have the big book please tell your friends and neighbors that the book is now free and they can get one for the asking. Simply on a postal card or in a letter say, "Send me your Big Catalogue," and the big new book, our regular 50-cent catalogue, will go to you by return mail, postpaid, free with our compliments. Please don't forget to tell your neighbor who hasn't the big book that the big 50-cent book is now free to anyone for the asking. Address SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago. There is something else to do, girls, than walking through the meadows with an armful of flowers. 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? Say what you please, it is the snug fitting shoe that causes you trouble. Wear 'em loose. Monarch's Patience Gave Out. Frederick the Great employed architects to build him a library, but they fought with true professional etiquette over their designs. The monarch who had braved the might of Europe in arms was not to be defeated by a parcel of nagging professional men. "Confound you," said the king, "don't waste any more time; this cupboard opposite me is of a very good design; copy that." They did as they were ordered. Didn't Think Time Had Come. Remember the old saying about creaky doors and long hinges. I had an aunt who was over seventy, and because she had some liver trouble she was continually praying out loud that she might never live long enough to be a nuisance to anybody. But I noticed one day when she got a sudden ache she upset her prayer stool in a rush to the medicine closet. "Joshua Larrabee in Baby Herald. Fish Put to Many Uses. In Gloucester, the "king town" of fish, the humble cod has been utilized with success for making leather for shoes and gloves. In Egypt men walk on sandals made from the skins of Red Sea fish. In Russia certain peasant costumes are beautifully trimmed with the skins of a fine food fish, the turbot. Bookbinders in Europe are binding books with eelskin. BAD DREAM8. Indicate Improper Diet, Usually Due to Coffee. One of the common symptoms of coffee poisoning is the bad dreams that spoil what should be restful sleep. A man who found the reason says: "Formerly I was a slave to coffee. I was like a morphine fiend, could not sleep at night, would roll and toss in my bed and when I did get to sleep was disturbed by dreams and hobgobblins, would wake up with headaches and feel bad all day, so nervous I could not attend to business. My writing looked like bird tracks, I had sour belchings from the stomach, indigestion, heartburn and palpitation of the heart, constipation, irregularity of the kidneys, etc. "Indeed, I began to feel I had all the troubles that human flesh could suffer but when a friend advised me to leave off coffee I felt as if he had insulted me. I could not bear the idea, it had such a hold on me and I refused to believe it the cause. "But it turned out that no advice was ever given at a more needed time for I finally consented to try Postum, and with the going of coffee and the coming of Postum all my troubles have gone and health has returned. I eat and sleep well now, nerves steadied down and I write a fair hand (as you can see), can attend to business again and rejoice that I am free from the monster Coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ten days' trial of Postum in place of coffee will bring sound, restful, refreshing sleep. There's a reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellyville." SUBSCRIPTION RATES Advertising Rates. For one inch, each insertion . . . 8.50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 2.00 For two inches, three month . . . 5.00 For two inches, nine month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nineteen months . . . 10.00 For two inches, twelve months . . . 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL . . . IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Capt, Chas. Young of the 9th Cavalry, U. S. A., who was recently appointed by President Roosevelt as military attache to San Domingo, passed through Kansas City on the 17th, accompanied by his wife. He remained a few hours and was entertained by Dr. Chapman at the Palace Restaurant, 924 Wyandotte street, where an elaborate luncheon was served to the following parties, who were former students of his at Wilberforce University: Capt, Chas. Young and wife, Prof. Starr, Rev. J. S. Johnson, Quindaro; Prof. Garrett, Abner Jones, Mr. Arthur Brown and wife, Kansas City, Kan., Dr. P. B. McCray, Dr. G. E. Horsey, Dr. T. C. Chapman. Captain Chas. Young, U. S. A. wished to be remembered to all his friends and acquaintances. Parents should pay more attention to their children. They should visit the schools oftener and become better acquainted with those who instruct their children. They should know more about what is expected of their children. A few visits to the schools will open their eyes as to some of the hardships the teachers have to endure and give them an insight into the shortcomings of their own children. So few persons visit the colored schools of this city that when one does drop in the children are frightened out of their wits and sit speechless. Education should give a person self- possession and the power to express himself clearly. One who all but faints at the sound of his own voice is to be pitied. Yes, parents, look after your children more. BY THE WOMAN HATED. The corned-beef husband usually acquires the bric-a-brac wife. Men are more susceptible to flattery than women. The proof is that some women marry them. I attended a pink tea once—just once. I wondered where all the harmonious complexions came from. Our landlady delivers regularly a heart-to-heart talk to all delinquent boarders. I enjoy them immensely. The lady who rooms above me boasts that she wears a No. 1½ shoe. 'Pon honor, it doesn't sound that size! Last time I looked in at the bank there were ten men depositors and twenty women were on the paying teller's line. I had a foolish comrade once who married, and when I asked him why, later on, he confessed and said he thought it was because he couldn't thread a needle. The most pathetic sight I ever saw was that of a tear trembling on the eyelash of a 240-pound female. The difference in perspective aroused my innermost sympathies. I spoiled a tete-a-tete the other evening, but I had an object in doing so. The young man in the case had been borrowing money from me, and now he's so mad that he's stopped.—New York Telegraph. German Snail Gardene. Snail gardens are getting to be almost as common in Germany as in France. The snails are gathered in July, and fed till autumn, when they get their shells. The dealers pay for them at the rate of 20 to 25 cents per hundred, and a hundred make a meal. A'n't It a Shame? "According to this paper," said the philosopher, "a first-class giraffe can't be purchased for less than $25,000. No wonder money is scarce. Now, if a capitalist was to invest in a few giraffes, it would put thousands of dollars in circulation; but, you see, few men care to pay that price, consequently their money lies idle. What this country needs at the present stage of the game is cheaper giraffes." Faithful to Her Trust Mrs. Newed—Norah, my husband and I have both noticed that all the neighbors stare at us very hard. I hope you haven't been telling anybody that we are newly married? Nora (a local simple)—Me tell 'em, mum? Agin express orders? Why, whinever anybody tried to pump me, mum. I told 'em you wasn't married at all.—Scraps. The Reception He'd Get: "He's coming to ask for my hand, papa," said the beautiful girl. "May I hide behind the portiers and hear how he does it?" "I think you'd better not," replied the father considerately. "I would prefer that you shouldn't hear me use violent language." Keep It Up. A man in a top hat and suit walking on a rocky surface under a moonlit sky. "By Jovel! Thish ish my birthday. I never thought of it—(hic)—I've a jolly mindish to go and get drunkish!" Disappearing. "Never mind," said her dearest friend, "there are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught out of it." "I know it," said the girl that had set her cap for the foreign count and failed to get him, "but statistics show that the lobster catch is getting smaller every year." Usefulness Not Impaired. Husband (of popular author)—Do you mean to tell me, doctor, that my wife is insane? "No, not so bad as that, but she is hopelessly foolish." "Well, that's a relief. I was afraid her usefulness as a writer was impaired."—Life. Meet Them Daily. "There's an old man at our house who can remember when hogs ran loose in the streets of Chicago," said the star boarder. "So can 1." replied the woman who had been fostered by a man, running for a car, "and they do yet."—Chicago News. Willing to Assist. Conductor—All aboard! Please get aboard quickly, miss; the train is about to start. Young Lady—But I wish to kiss my sister good by. Conductor—Get aboard; get aboard. I'll attend to that for you!—Yale Record. Mutual. Puffkins—My wife is an unusually smart woman. Duffey—She is, eh? Puffkins—She considers me a wonderfully smart man and, of course, she must be a very smart woman in order to realize how smart I am. His Record. "Dis paper," said Fuzzy Fred, "tells ov er course dinner wot lasted fer five hours." "Dat ain't sich er much," rejoined Meandering Mike; "I wunst had er dinner wot run fer five days 'tween de soup an' de pie." Unnecessary. Kind Lady—But if I give you this dime I'm afraid I will be encouraging you to take a drink. Thirsty Tim—Don't youse be erlarmed on dat score. lady. When it comes terink' er drink I don't need no encouragement. Geographical Changes "I don't see any use in having wars in this advanced age," remarked Mrs. Suburba, turning up the lamp. "If you were a mapmaker," replied Mr. Suburba, glancing up from the new atlas on his knees, "you probably would." It All Depends. "Do you believe in second marriages, Mr. Slimpurse?" asked the fair divorcee. "Well—er—that depends," replied the cautious Mr. S. "How much—er—alimony did you get out of your first?" A Sure Sign. "Well. I guess old Slyman is beginning to make his pile." "Why do you think so?" "He's going around blowing about how much happier a man is when he's poor." Discontinued Carpet Patterns The selling of discontinued or drop Carpet Patterns is sure to meet with ready buying on the part of home furnishers; in the second place, because of the low prices of Carpets of such selling worth. Fourth floor. Our Rug Selling Quick response has met our announcements this spring. No wonder when the values a tional--values that point the way to tr r announcements of rug sales when the values are so except the way to true economy. stance: Quick response has met our announcements of rug sales this spring. No wonder when the values are so exceptional--values that point the way to true economy. John Bromley & Sons' well known Ruggs- large patterns of pattern to select from Size 16x34 inches.....78c Size 21x48 inches.....$1.38 Size 26x54 inches.....$1.88 Size 30x60 inches.....$2.28 Size 30x72 inches.....$3.28 Size 4x7 feet.....$8.28 Size 6x9 feet.....$12.00 Size 9x12 feet.....$22.60 Art Squares page of handsome designs and colorings. ½ yards 2x3 yards 3x4½ yards 3x5 yards $3.50 $4.00 $4.60 $8.00 Maryna Rugs Maryna Rugs at less than manufacturers' cost— $6.60-value $22.50, now..... $13.48 And Children's Underwear In this semi-annual sale—the bargains can no who is economically inclined—a gathering of Las City is here for your choosing. Deep rich pile—large range of patterns in Persian. Me million and floral effects. 9x12 feet. $28.50 value. now... $26.50 8x3x10.6 feet. $23.50 value. now... $21.75 Agate Art Squares Brussels weave—fast dye—full range of handsome designs and 2x3 yards 2x3 yards 1x3 yards 3x3½ yards 2x3 yards 3x4 yards $2.00 = $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 Wool Smyrna Rugs A splendid lot of best quality wool Smyrna Rugs at less than manual choice patterns—one size only. 7x6x10-6 value $22.50, now... Women's and Childs Muslin Underwear We have prepared for unusual selling in this semi-annual sale—the help but prove attractive to every woman who is economically inclined. Muslin Underclothes unrequaled in all Kansas City is here for your choice. Women's and Children's Muslin Underwear We have prepared for unusual selling in this semi-annual sale—the bargains can no help but prove attractive to every woman who is economically inclined—a gathering of Muslim Underclothes unequated in all Kansas City is here for your choosing. No. 5121—Dainty Corset Cover of lawn, tucked back, extra full front trimmed with rows of dainty Swiss embroidery and Valenciennes lace insertion; neck trimmed with insertion, lace, bending and ribbon. No. 5122—Naininsok Corset Cover, extra value; full front, trimmed with 12 rows full lace insertion; the neck and arms trimmed with lace, beading and ribbon, with embroidery and ribbon. 1222—Fancy Corset Cover, made with narrow strips of lawn and dainty lace insertion; front and back allie; trimmed with lace, beading and ribbon, with embroidery and ribbon, with Emery, Bird Thay Successors to BULLENE, MOORE, EMERY & CO. STRONG AND GARFIELD CO'S BOSTON SHO Usage the Best Te Thayer Co. RE, EMERY & CO. THE BOSTONIAN'S SHOE Usage the Best Test of Fitness. Emery Bird Thayer Co. Successors to BULLENE, MOORE, EMERY & CO. Bostonian Shoes are the "wear-easy" kind. They are shoes made to walk in to wear—not to just look pretty in the windows—not to it flats, but to lift feet. They are shapely, too. They give the feet that trip, tidy, well shod appearance that bespeaks the gentleman. Every Bostonian Shoe is a perfect shoe from heel to toe, made in all the good leather's use. "WALL STREET" Price $3.50 and $4.00. FASHIONABLE SHOES A WOMAN'S DELIGHT. The John Kelly Summer Shoe affords full measure of delight to the wearer. You need not hide your shoe under your skirt, as it is a silent witness to your good taste. We have never shown so extended a line of beauti- 1105 MAIN STREET 1784 Telephone 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. GO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HAIR CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo Wireless on the lsthmus. Wireless telegraphy is in successful use between Port Limon, Costa Rico and Bocas del Toro, Panama. A station will now be established at Colon. --- Body Brussels Rugs Axminster Rugs $2.00 to $3.50. 520 Minn. Ave., K.C. Kas. Uncle Sam's Shrewd Bargain. Since the purchase of Alaska has yielded $150,000,000 worth of gold, furs and fish, and the territory has purchased from the United States in the meantime merchandise valued at $100,000,000. The value of the Alaskan fish sold in the single year 1903 purchase money paid for the country, was $8,000,000, or more than the purchase money paid for the country. In that year we received from Alaska $10,228,964 in merchandise and $4,719, 579 in gold. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. Have your room reserved. Stamp for reply. H. S. FLYNN, Mgr. 1923 Market St. St. Louis, Mo. Opposite Union Station. Cost of Sugar in Russia. The Russian consumer pays for sugar three or four times the export price. 鱼 Smyrna Rugs 1222—Fancy Corset Cover, made with narrow strips of lawn and daunty lace insertion; front and back allie; trimmed with lace, beading and ribbon, with embroidery beading at belt. $1 59 John Kell Kensington 1890 Western Fine Art Studio Studio, 912 E. Twelfth St., Kansas City, Mo. We take this method to notify the public that we have opened A FIRST-CLASS ART STUDIO In this city, where we enlarge and paint all kinds of pictures. Our Prices are in the reach of everyone, and we must make patronage of our people who want to see us succeed. Our Work is strictly first-class in every way. We employ nothing but Negro artists and we will give you good work. To introduce our work to the public we have decided, for the next 30 days, to make fine LIFE SIZE PASTEL PICTURES FOR 50 CENTS. We will simply make you a fine life size Pastel Picture for 50 cents, worth $5 00. Remember, this offer will only last for the month of May. Come to the Studio and see our work. ART SCHOOL. We also give lessons in the art of Painting and drawing for $6.00, in three weeks. We guarantee satisfaction. Drawing. Crayon and Pastel Painting-Oil and Vibra SHORTHAND AND MUSIC. Payments weekly, in advance. HOUSES ON P We have some good Houses Can sell on easy terms. 5-room House and Barn on High 4-room House on E. Seventeen 5-room House on Vine St..... 4-room House on Lydia Ave..... Good Lots in different parts of CRUTCHER & Of Painting and drawing for We guarantee satisfaction of Painting-Oil and Water ments weekly, in advance. ON PAW Good Houses and easy terms. Am and Barn on Highland in E. Seventeenth St in Vine St..... in Lydia Ave..... different parts of the HER & 1006-1008 We also give lessons in the art of Painting and drawing from 12 to 6 p.m. A full course for $6.00, in three weeks. We guarantee satisfaction or no pay. We teach Free-hand Drawing. Crayon and Pastel Painting-Oil and Water Colors and India Ink. Also SHORTHAND AND MUSIC. Payments weekly, in advance. Call and see us. Respectfully, W. C. O. JACQUES, Artst. HOUSES ON PAYMENTS. 5-room House and Barn on Highland Ave.....$1,600 4-room House on E. Seventeenth St.....1,000 5-room House on Vine St.....900 4-room House on Lydia Ave.....1,700 Good Lots in different parts of the city. See us. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Why Not Have Your Prescriptions McGampell's 2304 Vine St Where You Are Sure to Get What A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARET PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIAL Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the Bell 'Phone 159 East. WOODEN & C DEALERS FANCY and STAPLE GROCERIES These are men of your race. We have prices. We invite you to come in and s Tel. Home 2745 Main. Prescriptions Fill Bell's Pl 04 Vine Street to Get What the S, STATIONERY, UMES, CIGARS DESCRIPTIONS A SPECIAL led to All Parts of the Citi EN & G DEALERS IN APPLE FRES ...M ES ...M our race. We have the sa you to come in and see us. Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at McGampell's Pharmacy 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 These are men of your race. We have the same goods and same prices We invite you to come in and see us. We treat you right Tel. Home 2745 Main. 1339 East 18th Street. P. H. D. W. LANGSTON, PROPRIETOR. FINE CIGARS. TEL. THOMAS AND Artistic T Suits made to order. Altering, Repairing and Cleaning. 615 X F. 12th St. Kana B AND H Artistic Tailor er. Ladies cleaning. THOMAS AND HOLMES, Artistic Tailors Suits made to order. Altering, Repairing and Cleaning. Ladies Tailoring neatly done. All work guaranteed. 615 1/2 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Tel. 1305 Main, both lines. Kelley Milling Co. ions Filled at Pharmacy to Street What the Doctor Prescribed? TONERY, TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. A SPECIALTY. of the City Free of Charge. Home 'Phone 2396 Mall GARNER ERS IN FRESH and SALT ....MEATS..... have the same goods and same and see us. We treat you right 1339 East 18th Street. LANGSTON'S Shaving Parlors.. 718 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo. TOM BOLES AND BEN MCCORMICK, ARTISTS. Agency for Steam Laundry. Porcelain Bath Tubs. Rooms Steam Heated. 6 Baths for $1.00. Your Patronage Solicited. TEL. 4392 MAIN. Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. K. C., U. S. A. NEWS & GOSSIP Wm. Fairfax, Society Reporetr. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. the little bats we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." Mrs. Av Miner is still ill. We regret to state that Mrs. J. Silas Harris is still quite ill. Miss Pearl Harton, 1824 Madison avenue, is quite indisposed. And soon the "sweet girl graduate" will be abroad in the land! Try an Ice Cream Cocktail, or a Lemon Glace at McCampbell's 20th Century Drug Store. The Blind Boone concert at the Second Baptist church last Friday evening was well attended. For fine wedding invitations, calling cards, etc., call on The Gramam-Rhodes Printing Co., now located at 704 East 12th St., up stairs. "Printers of Everything." George Moore, 1708 Michigan Ave., died last Wednesday morning of the dropsy, after three weeks' illness. Every one should read the Rising Son. A thorough canvas for new subscribers will soon be made. Let no one refuse to take this paper. Any one paying cash can get the Son for $1.00 a year. To see fine Negra pictures, you go to the Western Fine Art Studio, 912 East 12th street. All the artists are Negroes. The McKinley Lodge No. 2, K. of P., will hold its election the second Tuesday in June, and it is hoped that all the members will attend. Mrs. Alice Williams of Raleigh, N. C., and her two little daughters, will spend the summer here as the guests of Mrs. Williams's brother, Dr. T. C. Unthank. J. T. McCampbell, our enterprising young druggist has installed a fine new soda fountain of the very latest make in his already thoroughly modern drug store, at 2304 Vine street. "Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." Those desiring to avail themselves of the local columns of the Son will send in their items before Wednesday of each week. The local columns of the Son is open to every body alike. If you have a short local item, send it in, as above advised. Prof. and Mrs. Joseph E. Herriford, of Chillicothe, Mo., were in the city last week and paid the office of the Son a visit. 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. The Y. M. C. A. desires through your paper to thank the Second Baptist church for the amount of $5.10 contribution to our work. EDWARD ROSS, President. THOMAS WARD, Secretary. The Y. M. C. A. has organized a young men's literary society to meet Thursday of each week at their rooms, 912 East 12th street. All young men are cordially invited to attend. On Thursday, May 26, 1904, the Y. M. C. A. will serve luncheon to their friends, ladies and gentleman. A neatfisu?reNbao i ( r o t s t. -bb. A neat program will be rendered by the young men. Hon. N. C. Crews, clerk of the police court, returned from Chicago Saturday after a few days attendance at the Quard-Annual Conference of the A. M. E. church. Mr. Crews was a lay-delegate representing Allen chapel of this city. Mrs. Chapman is spending a month in Chicago, visiting relatives and friends. Much as we like music we don't care much for the circus callope. FEMININE PHILOSOPHY. Since other people's attractions are partly (a big partly or a little partly) responsible for the rise or fall of the mercury of our happiness, it is lucky that these attractions abound. Not only the appalling indulgences of our ever seraphic and ever lenient and compassionate mammas who always rub the ruffed feathers to velvet, thus inspiring the hearts beneath the feathers with a peace that passeth understanding. Not only the caresses of worshipful little sisters and magnificent big brothers, who think we are always right and the world always wrong. Not only the incense and rosewater of sweethearts who are over-devout and under-skeptical. Not only the cooling and compliments of flattering friends. Nor the liquid notes and soothing sayings of the people of diplomacy, who always gild the pill, lay the flattering unction to one's soul and things pleasantly pleasant. Nor the enchanting deference of the modest folk who always yield us the right of way in the matter of opinions. Nor the surpassing taste of the people who admire us. Nor the adorable discernment of those who understand us. Nor the judgment of those who think us clever, charming, handsome, or what not else. Nor the ore thousand one hundred and one other admirable qualities reflected in the welcome folks who pet, cajole, soothe, extol, honor, revere, cozen, magnify and fondle us and our whims and whimsicalities. Nay, these not only, but also the admirable qualities of the other people—who have qualities the precise opposite of these. In the characters of each and all of these people are charms to delight our souls and to transport us to ely-sium. The only trick is in seeing the charms.—Chicago Tribune. STRAWS IN THE STREAM. Make love, but do not manufacture it. A spent dime looks like half a dollar. The heart's holidays occur when it is most busy. A sweetheart with a sweet heart—that's the kind to have. Fortune may know favorites, but they have usually had to show cause. Old age prefers the sunlight—but youth chooses a pretty woman's smile. That ancient feud between sense and sentiment will never be decided. Lots of people would rather brag about the weeds in their front yard than remove them. A man should be loaded with opinions as a sixshooter with bullets. Yet neither should be discharged without good and sufficient reason. Frogs, brought into the open air after an hundred years' confinement in a cell of rock, will die immediately. Likewise, there are frogmen who can not bear the air of freedom.—Chicago American. BRIEF TRAILERS Women can invent excuses with a pretty candor. How many things one could do if conditions were different! WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By 100 This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or only hair stains less showy than it imitates the scalp, prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off curly, sandy, and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted for straightening kinky hair. Sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Dr. Margo as the ground-up formula keeps the hair straight, soft and beautiful, giving much desired. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed, it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparatory hair pomade, only 50 cents. Sold by druggist's store or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send post or express paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OXONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. 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. From the way a woman gets on a street car you can't tell whether she imagines she is climbing a step ladder or trying to peep up to the top snell of a closet. Drink Quaker Maid Rye! Age, Purity, Quality and Boquet. S. Hirsch & Co., For Sale at First class Bars and Clubs. A CHILD'S FOOT Should receive more attention from the salesman than the foot of father or mother--a misfit while the foot is growing will cause the beginning of corns and buns that will prove painful and annoying in after years---the salesman in our children's department are not only the best, but the shoes are the best we could buy for the money. Ask for our Boys Guaranteed Shoes Nebraska Clothing Co. 1113 AND 1115 MAIN STREET. (Where there's always some thing being 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. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IS THE.... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, 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 Good Service. Up-to-date Good Service, The New Palace Restuarant. Robt. Sneed, Prop. REGULAR :MEALS 15c 924 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo. C. H. Countee. Countee Brothe 4 East 12th St. iPhone 780 Grand. Carriage A. WEBER, M If you want a suit to o go and save money. no rent Style, Fit and F Heim's KANSAS CITY S11 EMB.CO. OLD LAGER SPECIAL BREWS SCHARNAGEL. SELECT KYTHIAUSER PERFECTION 1880 1890 1900 SALES: 12000 59946 150378 BBLS. BBLS. BBLS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Home Tel. 5225 Main. Lady Attendant. A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS. COURTEOUS TREATMENT Parlors 1820 E. 18fh St., Kansas City. THE TRAIN SERVICE OF THE MIS SOURI PACIFIC. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for St. Louis and all points East—note the leaving time: 10:10 a. m., 1:10 p. m., 9:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. No other line from Kansas City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louis. Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p. m. arrives in St. Louis at 10 p. m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and Southeastern trains. The only line leaving Kansas City after the Operas, Lodge meetings and Sunday night Church service, at 10:45 p. m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a. m., in time for all Eastern connections. 10:20 p. m.—10:50 a. m.; Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleeper sand Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars, (all seats free). For all information and tickets call at Union Depot and 901 Main St., City Office. E. S. JEWETT, Pass. & Ticket Agent UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA FRISCO SYSTEM TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTHWEST. The Famous Health and Pleasure Resorts, EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route. 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Porterhouse Steak 35c up. KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it. The Rellable Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. The Teller of Tales. His friends' true hearts beat low, and their strong limbs were a-weary. Their hands grew chill in his, on their kind eyes death lail yeils. The train from the city, due at 5:33, was more than half an hour late when it finally drew up at Wayside Junction. As it jerked to a standstill an extremely pretty girl descended from the chair car, and, after dropping a heavy suit case upon the platform, walked rapidly toward the waiting-room. stuff had burst upon his vision as he lifted the lid. Two high-heeled shoes elbowed one another saucily, and a pair of elaborately wrought silk stockings were close neighbors. Below them lay a froth of dainty lingerie into whose mysteries Hoyt did no penetrate. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed. Among the other passengers who alighted was a young man, who, following immediately behind the girl, deposited his suit case likewise, and then disappeared in the direction of the news-stand. The two suit cases were left standing side by side within a yard of each other. Both were almost new; both were constructed of a superior grade of leather, and both bore on one end, in neat, black lettering, "M. H." A strident whistle signaled the approach of the way train for Compton Park. Miss Marion Holland emerged from the waiting room, picked up a suit case and stood ready to enter the car as the train pulled in. The young man was evidently fastidious in his choice of cigars, for he had barely time to appropriate the other suit case and scramble up the steps of the smoker. Miss Holland was soon comfortably established with her suit case safely stowed away beside her. She was to attend the wedding of her dearest chum that evening, and incidentally to countenance the occasion by appearing in the role of maid of honor, and the dainty raiment upon which she had expended much time and thought in choosing was far too precious to be intrusted to the baggage car. The journey from the Junction was not a long one, and on her arrival at Compton Park a carriage whirled her rapidly away to the Kneelands' country house, some distance out. The young man also left the train at Compton Park. He was met by a fellow of his own age, and together the two tramped along the village street toward the hotel. The suit case with its label of "M. H." followed in their wake in the grasp of a porter. "That was a stunning girl who came down in the train with me," observed the new arrival. "I noticed her before we left the city. Shouldn't wonder if she had some part to play to-night. Rather late for a woman to be arriving, though. She'll have to hustle to get dressed." "Very likely it was Miss Holland," replied his companion. "She's Molly's most intimate friend, and is to be maid of honor. The others are all here. I believe, but she couldn't get through any earlier. Too bad you could not meet her before the show. W. H. But it is Molly's scheme that we see each other first at the church. You and the ushers are to have supper here with me, and there will be just about time to get into our togs afterward." After a very lively meal, which was shared with the other masculine and therefore wholly unimportant—members of the prospective wedding party, the best man, Maurice Hoyt, sought his room at the hotel and unlocked the leather suit case marked "M. H." His first careless glance within its depths gave way to an expression of the most intense surprise. A cloud of gleaming, rose-colored ```markdown ``` "Great Scott!" this for their tears," teller of tales. and faded, and his voy with weeping; shamed brow of the man who falls; and toll while the y sleeping; this for their laugh- pitiful teller of tales. weary, and ran purple sorrow that the sunset pales;ipped its scarlet, and brimming over- this for their jovance." teller of tales. how he stripped their pleasure; him their gold and and the loving that taste of a hope ful- joy no niggard may this, too, for their did the pitiful teller King in Detroit Free BY LUCY MAYO WARNER stuff had burst upon his vision as he lifted the lid. Two high-heeled shoes elbowed one another saucily, and a pair of elaborately wrought silk stockings were close neighbors. Below them lay a froth of dainty lingerie, into whose mysteries Hoyt did not penetrate. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed again. On her arrival at the Kneelands', Miss Holland was rapturiously greeted by the bride-elect, and then hurried into the dining room to snatch a very hasty lunch. The bridesmails were already dressing, and the maid of honor glanced anxiously at the clock as she, in her turn, unlocked a suit case marked "M. H." Wood "It's no use! I can't go!" A moment later Molly Kneeland was dragged from the hands of her maid and forced along the corridor to the maid of honor's room. "Look at that!" exclaimed that lady, tragically. "That" was a precisely-folded dress coat, which, in company with all the other paraphernalia of a severely correct masculine evening garb, reposed contentedly in the interior of the suit case marked "M. H." "Whatever shall I do?" moaned Miss Holland. "This is my case, I know, but how in the name of miracles did these things get inside? And it's after 7 o'clock, and I've nothing to put on! My walking suit is out of the question, and I certainly can't wear these!" She laughed hysterically. "It's no use! I can't go. You'll have to be married without me!" "The question is, What became of your things?" said the bride, practically. "One might think it was a joke, but who would play it? But you must get a dress somehow. I should not feel properly married unless you saw me through. I'll go and see——" A light knock interrupted her. Her maid was standing in the hall outside. "I beg pardon, Miss Molly," she said, deferentially, "but Mr. Tom has sent a man from the hotel with this. He says they got mixed coming up on the train somehow, and Mr. Tom thought it might belong to some of the ladies here. If there's one to go back, the man will take it." Here she lifted into the room a suit case marked "M. H." At precisely 8:20 the chorus from "Lohengrin" pealed forth and the bridal procession swept up the church aisle. The ushers were a set of fine young fellows, and the six bridesmales as pretty girls as one could wish to see. But none of all the party, not even excepting the shimmering white-robed bride, attracted more admiring attention than did the maid of honor, who was a radiant vision in rose-colored crepe. Maurice Hoyt's eyes expressed the utmost admiration as he handed her into the carriage that was to take them back from the church. He lifted cautiously a fold of the rosy cloud that swept against his knee. "One can form very little idea of the effect of these creations until one sees them worn," he mused, as if to himself. "Really, I should never have guessed that this was half so lovely," he added, smiling shyly. Several months later an immacu- . lately attired young couple went scurrying down the walk which stretched in front of a handsome house in a Baltimore street. As they sprang into the carriage that awaited them a negro porter swung jauntily down the walk. He was grinning from ear to ear, and in each hand he bore a heavy leather suit case. Both were marked "M. H." in neat black letters and both were lavishly adorned with knots and festoons of white ribbon—Lucy Mayo, in Boston Globe. BALD SPOT CAUSED SUFFERING. Girl Suffered Because Her Ideal Was So Disfigured. "What I would like to do," she said, folding her hands above her head, "is to succor bald headed men! You never hear anything about a man's hair being his crowning glory, but it's a sad, sad thing to see it falling like leaves in November and not be able to lift a hand. "Now, at our boarding house there is a man—rather a handsome man—who sits at a table in front of me. At the back of his god-like head is a place as large as a butter plate that I watch, day by day, with fascinated eyes, as the thatch becomes thinner and thinner. "I wouldn't allow a work of art to be defaced if I could help it," she went on, warmly; "and I consider a human being, especially a good-looking male one, far more beautiful than any picture or statue. So, imagine my feelings as I see him supinely allowing himself to be defaced by time, or a derby hat, or whatever it is that does it! "The worst of it is," she continued, hurried, as one of her companions made as if to speak, "that I know a remedy. What what can I do? I can't go up to a strange man and say: 'Mr. So and So, for the love of beauty, apply warm castor oil to your scalp vigorously each night, and be saved!' So there I sit, meal after meal, and suffer vicariously! It's harrowing!" "Why don't you write an anonymous letter to him?" inquired one of her listeners. "I never thought of that," replied the girl. "That's a good idea." BELIEVE MANY STRANGE THINGS Innumerable Superstitions Prevalent Among the Sicilians. People of Sicily are vastly superstitious. The Sicilian believes—to give a few examples—in the existence of a double-tailed lizard which condescends to take in its mouth the winning numbers of the lottery. He believes it is unlucky to marry or begin a journey on a Tuesday or a Friday. He believes in the power of maledictions and of the evil eye and attempts to defend himself against them by wearing amulets—such as the corno, a coral imitation of the horn of the goat—by spitting three times on the ground while pronouncing a magic formula, or (in certain districts) by invoking the name of Virgil, who somehow acquired, during the middle ages, a bizarre reputation as a magician. He believes in sorcerers, of whom a goodly number practice professionally on his island, selling to him, among other wonder-working charms, grotesque colored images of St. Paul to be attached to barren fruit trees and barrels in which wine has soured. He believes that a person born on a Friday is able to predict the future, and that a person born on June 29 (the fete of St. Paul, who was unharmed by the viper which encircled his hand) is able to do both these things and to charm serpents besides. Senator Lunches on Pie Senator Platt of Connecticut comes honestly by his devotion to pie. He was born in a section where pie is a favorite and has lived there most of his long life. When his lunch hour arrives he enters into no detailed explanations. The Connecticut senator calls his colored messenger. "James," he says, "bring my lunch." A visitor happened in the room of the committee on Cuba when this daily message was delivered to James. In a few minutes the messenger returned from the restaurant, bearing two choice cuts of custard pie. "Perhaps you think two pieces of pie are a big lunch for a man of almost four score years," said Mr. Platt in light conversation. The visitor protested, but Mr. Platt added with calm philosophy: "Well, I have eaten as many as three pieces." Case of Tempting Fate. Superstititions of actor folk generally have evidently no place in the mind of Julia Marlowe. Some one asked her recently if she believes in ill omens. "That question reminds me," said the actress, "of an incident that occurred during rehearsals of 'When Knighthood Was in Flower.' One of the actors opened his umbrella on the stage. "Oh, you mustn't do that!" said my stage manager. "I'd like to know why?" was the response. "Simply because it's bad luck. The owner might see it and take it away from you!" After which no further exposition from Miss Marlowe seemed necessary.—New York Times. A Type. As Nature's perfect day is blessed, Start thou life's way in eager quest of what within yourself is best. And as thy morn to eve is brought, Witty is sweet grace as thou hast hast The fabric of thy soul is wrought; Thy feet are sure; no conflict mars, No cloud obscures, no lightning bars The way is misty. -Miciam Ordonea, smallwood STATE OF OHO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 18, 18 FRANK J. CHENY makes cathay that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENY & Co., doing a business in the overseas, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every HALL'S GATARAH CURSE. FRANK J. CHENY FRANK J. CHENYE Swn to before me and I am in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1988. A. W. GLEASON, NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts to bruise and bruise surfaces of the system. Send for testimonial, free. F. J. CHENYE & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Drugstores. Take Hall's Family Plus for constipation. Many a young man going the pace finds himself on the other side of the bars. Wiggle Stitch Laundry Wiggly-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 grocery does not keep it send 10 for sample to The Laundry Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. If a love letter has a grain of sense in it, then it is a failures as a love letter. 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 person is pretty smart not to think he is smarter than he is. The World's Fair. In making your arrangements for the World's Fair at St. Louis this summer, if you consider convenience and saving of time, you will take the Wabash Railroad as it runs by and stops at its Station at the entrance of the Fair Grounds; thus saving several miles run and return, and the inevitable jam at the big Union Station. By all means consider the advantages of the Wabash. Now the iceman is figuring out excuses for boosting prices next summer. K. C. S. Almanac for 1904. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company's Annual Almanac is now ready for distribution. It contains the usual monthly calendars, many useful household hints and information concerning the country in Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, Texas and Louisiana. Write for a copy to S. G. Warner, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. Government Pays Low Wages The British government continues to be denounced by the workers' union for the low wages paid at government work shops, shipyards, arsenals and gun factories, but all denunciations and resolutions seem to have no effect. Swiss Law Little Observed The killing of birds is forbidden in the Swiss Canton of Tessin, and last year the rural police confiscated over 20,000 traps and nets. Nevertheless, the birds are offered for sale in the markets with impunity. Korean Houses. The average Korean lives in a thatched cottage having three rooms in a row. The kitchen fire is at one end and its chimney at the other, the flue passing under the rooms warms them. American Rice Consumption. The per capita consumption of rice in the United States was three pounds in 1900, is five pounds now, and the Agricultural Department says that it will go to forty. West Virginia Aroused. Roberts, W. Va. May 16.—Many interesting discoveries are being made and many wonderful cures reported recently, but nothing has been seen or heard of in this state to equal the wonderful work of a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills. The people are very enthusiastic about it for it seems that there is no case that this wonderful medicine cannot cure. Among many cases reported that of Mr. John J. Ash of this place is conspicuous for its completeness. Mr. Ash was a great sufferer with Kidney trouble. He was gradually growing worse till at the last he was forced to get up three or four times every night. He had tried many medicines without any good result, but at last he found the right one in Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says: "The very first box of Dodd's Kidney Pills did me more good than anything I took in my life." Now Mr. Ash is well and can sleep all night as comfortably as he ever could. Jews in the World. Prof. Haman on Basel has recently taken a rough census of the Jews of the world, and comes to the conclusion that they now number nearly 11,000,000. Of these a good two-thirds are found in Europe. Russia comes first with 5,500,000 (40,000 in Asiatic Russia), then Austria-Hungary with 1,860,000, Germany with 568,000, Roumania with 800,000, Great Britain 80,000, Turkey 120,000, Holland 97,000, France 77,000, Italy 50,000. Never Argue. People waste a tremendous amount of time and energy in trying to agree with one another. They waste a good deal more in trying to make other people agree with them. But to learn how to disagree gracefully does not seem often thought of. Truly a matter of regret, because if we all learnt this lesson the world would be a much pleasanter place to live. Leading Producers of Iron Ore. Leading Producers of Iron Ore. The leading iron ore states are Minnesota, with an output of 15,000,000 tons; Michigan, with 11,000,000, and Alabama, with 5,000,000 tons. Easter Lillea. The rise of the Easter lily is one of the most sensational features of greenhouse floriculture in America during the last quarter of a century. American florists raise about 5,000,000 Easter lilies a year. Assuming that only half of these plants are sold; that each bears only two flowers (a good plant should have six to eight) and that the public pays 50 cents a bud, it would seem that the American people spend at least $2,500,000 for Easter lilies every year. Contraints In Size Lord Kelvin calculated that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth its constituent atoms would be somewhere between the size of a small shot and base balls. Investments by Jesuits. It is estimated that the investments of the Jesuits in Europe amount to four billions of dollars. Much of the money is invested in German government bonds. The largest order of merit in the world is the French Legion of Honor, which has a trifle over half a million members. Egypt's Ruler. The Khedive of Egypt neither smokes nor drinks, is an early riser and speaks six languages. Telegraph Wire in America. There are in use in the United States 1,400,000 miles of telegraph wire. Paper Furniture. The Chinese and Japanese make many articles of furniture out of paper. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs. - Wm. Q. ENDELLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1903. Lighting by Alcohol: Lighting by alcohol has two great advantages over other kinds; it develops less heat and does not poison the air so quickly as it gives out less carbonic acid. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 50 cigar. The highest price 50 cigar to the dealer and the highest quality for the smoker. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. It is easier to make a new quarrel than to patch up an old one. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. A woman may look her age, but she seldom looks the age she says she is. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in- fammation, always pain, curts wind colloid. Soa bottle. The grocer who gives short weight deserves a long wait for his money. Free to Twenty-five Ladies. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, anywhere in the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before September 1st, 1904. October and November will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up 16 oz. (a full pound) to the package. You get one third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. The man with a hole in his shoe always puts his best foot forward. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A.S.Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. A man can be all run down without getting in the way of an automobile. 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. A man whose wife calls him dear in public usually looks cheap. 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The formula of a noted Boston physician, and used with great success as a Vaginal Wash, for Leucorrhea, Pelvic Catarch, Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and all soreness of mucus membrane. In local treatment of female ills Paxtime is invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash we challenge the world to produce its equal for thoroughness. It is a revelation in cleansing and healing power, which cause inflammation and discharges. All leading druglists keep Paxline; price. 500, a box; if you does not, send to us for it. Don't take a substitute — there is nothing like Paxline. Write for the Free Box of Paxline to-day. R. PAXTON 00., 5 Pope Ridge., Boston, Mana. CAPITAL IRON WORKS TOPEKA, KANSAS Engine, Repair, Castings, Grate Bara, Builders' Iron Work and Steel Beams. MOREFT ATTENTION GIVEN MAIL ORDERS. FARMERS Many high salaried formerly farmers. I want a representative in every company I work in. You can make money from the start. J. K. Barber. 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NEW YORK. | rear ari 3) Dosis 35CrNts Fei ead ataltes 1) Puce] EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER, _ Promoted by Za fZ= GE MER @) 3 Ne > (CNY) \W Re V/ S \ Shampoos of And light dressings of CUTICURA, the great Skin Cure and sweetest ofemollients. This treatment at once stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales, and dandruff, destroys hair parasites, soothes irritated, itching sur- faces, stimulates the hair fol- licles, loosens the scalp skin, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment and makes the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp, when all else fails, NN. B. Complete External and Internal ‘Treatment for every Humor from Pimples to Smetana atans sow be haf al Bag Ome Do ald throughout the word. Cateurs ep, Me Otte Fee ealea ie eee W. N. U. KANSAS CITY, NO. 21, 1904 ea eaten i >t Pi tr rt, ie Rear tee cae | ‘roe 2 CONSUMPTION CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ; Signature of ci if In , Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA The golf girl goes a'golfing In the giddiest of gowns. The sun shines sultry on her In the surliest of frowns, O’er the green she chases gayly’ In a fierce perspiring march, But her clothes don’t show a wrinkle "Cause she used Defiance Starch, AT ALL GROCERS 16 OUNCES FOR 10 CENTS, Manufactured by The Defiance Starch (0,, OMAHA, NEB. fr CS) (ie A iy LO ALY NGA | GARD WEY, Ta nA ae HR Sie Sus carne es roa i Pease risk Q iregremayl)d ecb SEIS SC AS Dy ds $21 6. 0. D. suxarese ay aris Frese caer Reishi sae preceklags bre et Bec eele cistern: ee ‘Tee J. 7. Ward Saddiory & KarnsesCe.. Kansas City, Me. tulot seccaneatace Fectiene PAYNE & LEEK, Lincoln, Nebraska BEGGS’ BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach, bEAUTY BENEATH THE WAVES. iMver Tells of Remarkable Coral @armation. bo fib shies thal “You may talk about the beauties ot the Yosemite, Niagara Falls, the Alps, or any place on the top of the earth,” said a well-known gunner in the United States navy, "but they are not to be compared with the beauties of old ocean, particularly such as can be seen from a diver's helmet.” “You're right there,” said another gunner. “The Iubbers do not know what they have missed. 1 remember once when I was a gunner's mate sit- ting for more than an hour on the fluke of an anchor T had been sent down to recover and gazing with awe on a beautiful coral bank. It was really the most beautiful thing I ever saw. Every color of the rainbow was there and aside from that there wae enough variety in the strangeness of the formation in the coral to keep one busy several hours, cogitating on the wonderful things nature had seen | fit to hide beneath the waves, I would probably have remained for several ‘hours, gazing with rapture on the bank, and was really thinking that down there in the depths, away from the nolse and strife of mother earth: would suit me for the rest of my days when a ‘soup-and-bully’ tin thrown over the side of the ship dropped be tween me and the coral bank. M) dream was over. It was a case o! quick transition from the sublime tc the ridiculous and I immediately gave ane alenal to be hauled up.” WISDOM IN HIS FOLLY. Saloon-Keeper Politician Knew His Business. Several Democratic politicians were discussing old times the other day and a good story was told about “Jim” O'Brien. Ex-Supervisor Barry, who was one of the “Solid Nine,” was anxious to run again for office, but as he did not get the Democratic nomination he decided to run as an Independent candidate. Every one that entered his saloon, which he was then conducting on Market street, was asked to sign the necessary peti: tion. One night O'Brien, accompanied by “Blinker” Murphy and two ofhers, called at Barry's saloon, and Barry promptly asked O'Brien to sign the petition. He complied and ordered drinks for the crowd. Then he or. dered another round of drinks and poured hot air all the time at Rarry, When they left the saloon O'Brien said, “What a blamed fool Barry is to think for a minute that he could be elected again. He hasn't the ghost of @ chance.” “Oh, I don't know,” retorted “Blink: er.” “It seems to me he's not the only fool around, He got you to sign his petition and spend 50 cents for drinks.” O'Brien did not pursue the subject further—San Francisco Call inks: kha ‘Ble Manned: Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell of Chat- tanooga, Tenn, who presided at the New England Methodist Episcopal conference, in Springfeld, Mass., was talking of the small salaries which ministers received and how often they were financially embarrassed. “I re: member when I was a very small boy that my father moved to Norwalk, Conn., and I first began to enjoy the pleasures of life in the country. 1 secured the job from a neighboring farmer of driving the cows home from pasture every night, and at the end of the week I received a quarter for this service. And, do you know, 1 never have felt since such a sense of financial independence as 1 did when I used to receive that weekly quar: ser” Pace tut Honest: “Sir, Tam an honest man,” said the bank clerk. “I am poor, I know, Lut T have a good name, and that alone :s an inheritance of which my children may well be proad, Iam not an old man, I know, but Tam too old to live down any reflections upon my good name.” “But.” said the president of the benk, “there is money in it for you Think of that.” “L have thought of that,” replied the clerk, “But what is a little money compared to a good name?” “But yon know it is——" “No more,” interrupted the clerk. “Once and for all let me tell you that | will not accept the position of cashier of your bank.” Bantiia: What seest thou on yonder desert plain, Tiree, vague and. void? T see a’ city full of Mickoring streets: T hear the hum of myriad engine-beats, What ‘seest thon? T teen desert plain, Taree, vague and Void What seest thon tn yonder human face, Pate, frail and small? Tsee a soul by tragedy worn thin T Read’ a page of poetry and of sin, What “scost thou? Leena human face Pate, frail and small What seest tow at yonder dim cross: Fonds Rosides that, shuttered inn? Untraveled. Possiiility The inn of splendid Mystery, What! seest! thou” Tsee the dim. crost-ronda Beste shuttered inn “Piorence Wiikinson in MeClure's, Her Goog Luck. “Do you think there is any luck In a fourleaf clover?” asked the young woman. “Well,” replied Mr. Wise, thought fully, "I can’t trace the connection be tween superstition and actual oceur rences, but I knew a girl who was very lucky soon after she found a fourleat @over.” , “Do tell me about it.” “There {sn't_much to tell. While she was hunting the fourleat clover she got her feet wet and caught cold and everybody sald she was lucky that she didn't die.’ Food Is the Only Natural Medici Half the unhappiness of mankind arises from little stoppages, from aduct checked up, from indigestible food pressing in the wrong place. For the prevention of this throw physic to the dogs —eat foods, tha only natural medicines, that will regulate the Lowels—keep the outlets open, will, If eaten daily, eliminate from the system the unsound elements introduced by a haphazard dict. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat noanences Q), Y, Bp. °F.O.SreCces Dr. Price, the creator of Dr, Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts, Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO, Investigate Pneumonia. An investigation of the cause of pneumonia by the bacteriological de- partment of ‘the Board of Health of New York shows that contagion is of comparatively little importance in the spread of the disease. The board is inclined, therefore, to attribute the excessive death rate from pneumonia to the cold of the last winter. Formation of Gums. In order to study the formation of gums, Dr. Greig Smith of Sydney, Aus- tralia, has isolated some in his labora tory. Dr. Smith believes that some of them are due to bacteria forma tions. He suggests that by judicious selection of susceptible trees the world’s present supply of gum could ‘be greatly increased. Mastery of the Appetite. The late Collis P. Huntington prided himselt on his perfect mastery of his appetite. When he invited a friend to luncheon with him he gave him one of his apples and a slice of @ld fashioned bread and butter. | hey ee ehemiann Ginee Slower: In the famous Bohemian glass fac tory region glass blowers receive $5 to $8 a week, working by the piece; eullers get $3 to $3.60 a week, engrav- ers, $4 to $6, skilled painters and gilé ere $6 to $8. France Would Buy Trusts. French economists are asserting that when a monopoly becomes in- furious it should be bought by the state and managed in the interest of the public. This question has gone so far beyond the theory that the minister of finance has seriously thought of taking in hand the refine ing of oil. Korean Houses Screened. Every Korean hides his house from the public gaze by a number of screens. The poor man emmloys hedges and fences; the rich man has many high walls. Between the walls are grown gorgeous flowers; lotus ponds are also to be found there, Manganese Mining. The mining of manganese ts be coming an {mportant industry, $64,- 600,000 worth having been produced during 1903. Kin te Manu, Consul, the chimpanzee—stuffed, tn evening dress, with a gardenia in his buttonhole and a single eyegiass—ts on view in Paris, Could You Use Any Kind of a Sewing Machine at Any Price? If there is any price so low, any offer so liberal that you would think of accepting on trial a new high-grade, drop cabinet or upright Minnesota, Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Standard, White or New Home Sewing Machine, cut out and return this notice, and you will receive by return mail, post Paid, free of cost, the handsomest sew. ing machine catalogue ever published It will name you prices on the Minne- rota, Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, Standard and New Home sew: ing machines that will surprise you; we will make you a new and attract: ive proposition, a sewing machine of- fer that will astonish you, If you can make any use of any sewing machine at any price, if any Kind of an offer would Interest you, don’t fall to write ue at once (be sure to cut out and return this special no- tice) and get our latest book, our latest offers, our new and most aur- prising proposition. Address SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago, Women go out and pay money to hear lectures but men get theirs at home for nothing. Ask Your Dealer For Aliet's Foot-Fase, A powder. It rests the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching Sweating Feet ani Ingrowing Nails, Allen's Boot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25cents, Ac- Cept no substitute. Sample mailed Faex, Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. The ordinary man will give up more money for fish than he will for salva tion, “| Have Every Reason to Praise Pe-ru-na,” WRITES MRS. KANE, OF CHICAGO. ee “4h Eset ok * oe re 2. Pe ge ee Ve ¥ Ae oo WR } ¥ Se Rs Oe Ak. Became b i ‘ ait i. i: I! th) HY oR a = | al ek: ae wes if Jaa AN ae | a (72 Sebor St Carcago, bun f/ (©OSSS0S6-6666666666666660046 | | |i Nie fe) Re ge | CS mr. lf fe “SS Paw i. Sage Mire. ae. it. se. ee ei 4 Sa , Pa \ iis Rs we ta UUme Wei, Pe. ay : ne Sener ee MNS 3 Mrs. K. Kane, 172 Sebor Street. { Schicago, I0., writes: ; $_ “Peruna has been used so long in} Sour family that 1 do not kaow how $f could get along without it. Thaves Sgiven it to all of my children at} different times when they suttered< with croup, colds and che many all-. {ments that children are subject to, $ Sand am pleased to aay that It has} kept them in splendid health. 1+ {have also used it for a catarrhal} fattricatty of long standing and tt feured me ina short time, 20 1 haves Severy reason 10 praise Peruna,"'--} Mrs. K. Kane. locccsesesecesccseescssee Pe-rusna Protects the Entire House- hold Against Catarrhal Diseases, One of the greatest foes with which every frmiily has to contend ts our changeable climate, To protect the family from colds and conghs is always Aserions problem, and often impossible, Sooner or later it is the inevitable fate of every one to eateh cold. Care in avoiding exposure and the use of propar clothing will protect: from the fre- quency and perhaps theseverity of colds, Dut with the greatest of precautions they will come. This is a settled fact of human experience. Everybody must expect to be caught somewhere or somehow. Perhaps it will be wet feet, or a draught, or damp clothes, or it may be one of a thousand other little mishaps, Dut no one is shrewd enough to always avoid the inevitable eatching cold. There is no fact of medical science Detter known than that Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Thousands of families in all parts of the United States are protected from colds and eatarrh by Peruna, Once in the family Peruna slways stays. No home can The FREE Homestead LANDS OF | ra | Pipers) Western ban Ale C dl | Woalaaa Canada Are the STAR ATTRACTIONS for 1904, ) ine lendato is had aufies tic Gy'parchace THE GREAT ATTRACTIONS — Good Crops, delightful climate, splendid school, cyticmss perfect social conaitlons| exceptional rainy sivantagess ood wealth thd aM@luence acquired easily. | Takeol Gy lemtartion uring cua'naea toarteves Us Garon’ S0 1 Ninn ect Ratan ie Wherrett’s CHIGGER Cure For CHIGGER, SPIDER, MOSQUITO and other INSECT BITES. PIMEES ASTIMICHLY MEAT, Pusox Ng ECEEMA. ent ut Enervivt skin Dist Aene nied The Ge. Wharrsti Ge, Alchior, Rene: PENSIONS foiiecr en Nsiiterccrnice tweet Satin ee tekathiel acute, Neva Toa Wind's ae Wasttayton D.C: Bac ne Mo More Blind Horses Sifts Mieceltitner bore o7ee, Baty Ge, oa Cit inc bones bare cue, TRUSSES Fire's Sisrninen, Ec, Chale biiee Flavell, yaantie ge arises from little stoppages, from ad For the prevention of this throw es, that will regulate the bowels —ke eS eee Mrs. A, Hobson, 225 Washington St., Lansing, Mich, writes: ‘-Peruna bas been such a blessing} } fo my only cisild, as well as myself, , {that 1 feel induced to give my testl-) {monial. He has always suffered $ from catarrh of the head and throat, fand Thad to use extra precaytions {so as not to have him exposed to’ damp or cold weather. Last year, She was taken with Ia grippe, and ass fit was @ severe case, caused met much anxiety. No medicine helped, $him til he took Peruna. I noticed: fan improvement at once and int $ihree weeks he was a different fehild; the grippe had been com- {pletely cured and I noticed that the: jeatarch was made better. He kept} btaking it two weeks longer, whens fhe was entirely well. I now use Itt off and on for colds, cramps, Indi-¢ {gestion or general Indisposition, and $find it superior to any doctors ort medicine lever tried. It keeps me, fas well as my child, In pertect fhealth, and I gladly recommend it $to mothers."'---Mrs. A. Hobson. spare Peruna after the first trial of it We have on file many thousand testi- monials like the ones given above, We can only give our readers a slight glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited endorsements we are receiving every month, No other physieuan inthe world hus received such a volume of enthiisi- astic and grateful letters of thanks as Dr. Hartman for Peruna. en ee - IN “Foltow the ries" ST. LOUIS “WORLD'S FAIR ROUTE” FAIR MAIN ENTRANCE. Five Daily Trains from Kansas City. Shortest Line. WABASH HC BMLFLDS, trae Pass Agent, | a Ripane Tabutes are the best dye. penn ne eter mnie 7k ¢ UetareaMGaitins Cate then’ have ameyF ie oie aatcte ite bad ees LAS PeCaU LeU ULE SRL Meaatone” “ANiAcuevistecent theme ee En Mure Gea'uet Thompson's Eye Water | Mi di i uct checked up, from indigestible shysic to the dogs —eat foods, tha ep the outlets open, Wiz a —____SS ss IN GOLD / A W A Y¥ pThe Muar Direcors of the Loulsiana | Sousenit Coins of Admisston are of artistic | has any advantage in this contest. YOU | GREAT BAG OF GOLD as soon aa you ano Ka x Stioho” whic | meaner tne ea Are HURIURDLe, ws | are Just likely 0 ket ‘the $59,000 tn | reach thiscity. The total pald admissions to * fn egos fame tee Hons and are tua tthe Coun ait | Goldae anyone, Te ote ere tatimate, | Chloage World's Falr wore - B1480,4%; scihichate ERyc sition wh Ci admcatn So tne sive Raat tween. the persons. making the exact or | PBF, Pranee, Exposition, - 10,300,167; ‘ SUN MS aa Goes calor ttivtrjoct'wil iaigtnln a teket nearest cortectextimates. “There may be | Pam-Amerlean Exposition, - - 6,980,868, Julelekact sumoor tee wengd | OMe ak the main entrance to the Fair no ties or dividing of thia money: the. ea : win sean | Gea the Wort Pa gomeg Banat | aemeea sums RL RRO Sere Ry | ae See anions Mantsone of these Sonventes, but only. ® | Winner will be notified the tnetaat the are ~ . ted Fo WOl be offered for sale. | official announcement of the total number | DON'T DELAY! 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Cherry, K, of R. and 8 “@ _WARKENSEURG Lopun No 4 OE DS or tearrenabure, LIVESTATE, o., FS 5. cooper tie tot Nand & 3. JosHPH Lopan Nor a ee re a, Hoe Pritt avis, c. c. = MIAMI LODGE NO. 4s, KD or P of Mum Sum! hh Moore, 1, of Th and g CLARK REASON G"G, Never put off till tomorrow the friend who is willing to lend you LO 0. G. W. C.—Eliza M. Curtis, Joplin Mo. G. W. I—Bertha Burles, St. Louts, G. W. L—Mary L, Rolen, St. Louis. G. W. 8. D.—Annie Kemp, Freder. icktown, G. W. J. D.—Mattie Yarborough, 8t Louis. G. W. R. of D.—Marietta Poulson, St Louis, G. W. Ree. of Dep.—Julia Hyde, St Louis. G. W. Orator—Fannie Baker, Farm- Ington _G. W. W. Escort—Lavinia Taylor Paris. G. Con.—Rebecca Chenault, Fayette G. Ass’t. Con.—Minnie Mansfield, Huntsville G, W. Herald—Rosa Lynch, Neeleys- ville. G. W. Protector—Rosa Blake, De Soto. Jesse D. Robinson, Secretary and Treasurer Endowment Bureau. Supreme Representatives, M.L ROLEN. M. PRIED. J. L, COOMBS. i J.D. ROBINSON, A. M. WILLIANS. INDEPENDENT COURTS OF CALANTHE. Meets 3d Thursday in cach month at 2:30 p. m. at Jefferson Hall, 705 N. Jetierson Ave. Madame Jennie Irving, Ww. ¢ Mrs. D. Crews, R. of D. SPRIG OF MYR- TLE COURT No. 13 meets 4th Friday tn each month, at 9:20 D. m., at Jefferson hatl, 76 North Jefe ferson avenue, A. W. LLOYD, W. c MES. KATIE Ross, R of D, Att EUREKA COURT SO i NO. #9, meets ist “f Thursday in each aK ee month, at 3:30 p,m, ben, t Jeftorson atl, 108 CTOSESRS North Jemterson ave- "RS. MISSOURE Q\ Witte we od MRS. MATTIE GIL- REE, R. of D. SYRACUSE COURT NO. 113 meets Ist Friday in each month, at 9:90 p.m, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jet- ferson avenue, MISS LOTTIE MO. | MAN, W. c, MES" MAMTi_ ED. WARDS, R, of D, | —$$_—_______ FIDELITY COURT NO. 101 meets a4 Wednesday in each month, at 2:90 p.m. at Jefferson hai, 708 North Jefferson ave- nue. HATTIF. BRIGHT, Ww. ARSANIA Mt WILLIAMS, R. of D. PRIDE OF THE WEST COURT NO. 123 meets 24 Wednes- day in each menth, At 3:90 p, m., at Jet- ferson "hall, 10 North Jefferson ave. nue. MRS. ANNIE PHIL: Lips, W. FANNIE B. NEW. COMB. W. B. 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MRS, MAMIE NICKENS, W. C. MRS. MAMIE PIER- BON, R. of D, aoa ee FAIR CALANTHR COURT No. 1m. Meets second Tues- iS 4ay in each month, At 2:90 p.m, at Jefe ferson hall, 706 North Jeferson avenue. MPRRUNOUGH W.C. RY . MERA OUY Be RO TF Fain HeRoNs COURT NO. 1%. Meets fourth Thurs- day In each month, at 3:90 p, m,, at Jef- fereon hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. Miss MINNIE Ross, W. C. Miss WILETTA HYDE, R. of D. BEAUTIFUL EASE LOSES ITS BEAUTY WHEN UNADORNED WITH A HAND- SOMB MEAD HAR. GEL-O@@IN® isa true hair food, and conse- quently @ true bair tonic, which feeds, invigorates, vitalizes, ‘permeates, fertilizes, resuscitates, enlivens, and stimulaves the ‘pula, glands, off sadn follicles, adjuncts, aud roots of the human hair. When the plant is withered, slekiy, droop” ing, and dying, we give it water ere ) a a 8 ies, dunt ag csiould we apply Sf A? GLOSSINE to, the harsh. 5 5 Pe | Sse ping. dying hair. for (ai Ws |B ee ee ras orm ) Ce df | by one of America’s most noted phar- fi D Tiacista—not from lead, mercury, Dis- = muth, and otfier mineral poisoris, but F From” vegetable and” botanical pro- : Gucts only, which ean work no Infury vr BM. tothe human hair. “Cupldity and the . 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