The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME IX. TO OUR SWEET GIRL GRADUATES. The remarks made by Miss Kate Field some years ago, are as true today as they were then: A graduation address by Miss Kate Field makes an appeal seldom heard in college commencement addresses: "Taking it for granted, therefore, that many of you graduates do not feel called upon to startle the world with the coruscations of genius, let me ask if you are good housekeepers. Can you cook? If not, in the name of common sense, of the man you propose to marry, of the friends who may visit you, of an innocent posterity, don't rest until you have learned the business of almost every woman's life, which is to keep house well and economically. The woman who can't turn her servants out of doors and do their work better than the best of them has no right to marry unless she has money enough in her own right to employ a skilled housekeeper to carry out her orders. "Dear graduates, cooking is the alphabet of your happiness. I do not hesitate to affirm that this republic, great as her necessities are in many directions, needs cooks more than all else. The salvation of the national stomach depends upon them. We are a nation of dyspeptics because they eat the wrong foods badly cooked, which they drown in ice water. They are dyspeptics because our women don't know the rudiments of their business, and resign their kitchens into the hands of incompetent servants, of whom they are afraid and whose impudence they frequently endure from sheer helplessness. Be cooks first and anything you please afterwards. On you prosperity waits." OLD TIME SPORT REVIVED. Falconry Practiced in Scotland Within Recent Years. Hunting with falcons was revived in Scotland some years ago by Sir Henry Bethune. A writer on field sports says: "The falconers had an old setter dog which hunted till he found a covey of partridges. The falconers then threw off a hawk, which rose in circles till very high, then hovered above the dog. The dog looked up to see if the hawk was ready, and then ran in and roused the birds. Swoop went the hawk. If he missed, the birds generally went into a hedge and the hawk soared again and hovered over the birds. The old dog then went off after them and got another point. If the hawk killed its bird the falconer went gently to it and picked it up. If not he had to fetch the bird with the lure, a dummy bird with a bit of pigeon on it. He called the hawk 'Killy, killy, Volyook,' a sort of view halloo, and hurled the lure in the air. The hawk stooped to it and began to eat the pigeon, and he then succeeded in picking it up." DIRE POVERTY IN RUSSIA. Economic Conditions Are Frightful in the Extreme. The bad economic conditions of the Russian peasantry may be shown by the statistics of farm animals. The Russian novelist, Uspenski, once wrote a story of peasant life, which he called "A Quarter of a Horse," and which was intended to set forth, in the guise of fiction, the social and economic status of an agricultural population that had only one horse to every four families. Statistics compiled by the zemstvos of the central provinces show that, even before the agricultural crisis became as acute as it is now 20 to 30 per cent of the peasant farmers in the formerly rich provinces of Chernigof, Voronezh, Poltava, Saratof, Kursk and Tambof did not have even a single horse, while nearly one-third of the entire population of Voronezh had neither horse nor cow. In the province of Riazon 32,000 peasant propleitors out of 80,000 had no horse and 21,000 had neither horse nor cow. If you're a gallant gentleman, a very gallant gentleman, you'll give the girl who has ceased to love you a good moral reason for her unfaithfulness by performing an ungallant act—the sort of act which will justify her saying "I told you so!" in her heart. TABLOID PHILOSOPHY. Divorced couples are seldom repaired. Even a bunch of roses may feel like 30 cents. It isn't always safe to trust a man who trusts to luck. The fast young man isn't always the one who gets there. Charity covers a multitude of sins; but so does dyspepsia. Heaven won't be nearly exclusive enough to suit some people. In these hustling days genius takes a back seat to the press agent. The chronic borower generally aims to keep in touch with his friends. The conductor doesn't allow Lent to make any difference in his fare. The man who feels that he is a law unto himself always respects the law. Will the inventor of the airship leave any footprints in the sands of time? The uncertainties of life shouldn't worry the man who always expects the worst. "An idealist," says the Manayunk Philosopher, "is an unmarried man who thinks all women are angels."—Philadelphia Record. FREE TRANSPORTATION AND ADV The Rising Son agrees to give a round-trip ticket to St. Louis and ten admission tickets to the fair grounds to any person bringing in the largest number of cash subscribers to The Son in the next sixty days. The number of cash subscribers must not fall below twenty, however, in order to be considered. If you want to visit the fair free of cost, take up this offer. LEWIS WOODS, Manager. 117 West Sixth. No man enjoys a surprise party after passing his twelfth birthday. --- KANSAS CITY MO.. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904. The Holy Savior's will must be done. All praise be given to Father and Son. We must not mourn that he is taken; In a better land he will awaken. In Union cemetery we laid him to rest With hands folded o'er his pulseless breast. And with bowed heads sadly turn away And left him to sleep till the judgment day. — Mother, Sisters and Brother. The Love of Love O. if there is one law above the rest Written in wisdom—if there is a word That I would trace as with a pen of fire open the unsullied temper of a child— If there is something that keeps the mind Open to angel and repels The ministry of ill—its God has made nothing worthy of contempt. The smallest pebble in the well of truth Has its earliest meanings and will stand When man's best monuments wear fast away. The law of Heaven is Love, and though we name Has been inscribed by passion, and profaned To its unholly uses through all time. Still the eternal principle is pure; And these deep affections that we feel Omnipotent within us we but see The lavish measures in which love is given And the yearning tenderness of a child For every bird that sings above its head. And every creature feeding on the hills. And every tree, and flower, and running brook. We see how everything was made to love; And how they err, who, in a world like this. Find anything to hate but human pride. —N. P. Willis. The Orange Tree. The orange tree is regarded as a prince among trees and the emblem of genius. A peculiarity of this tree is that it bears fruit and flower at the same time; its leaves are evergreen and as it grows older it grows in beauty and fruitfulness, its blossom filling the air with its fragrance. It is indeed a fit emblem of marriage promise and hopes. The orange tree is considered typical of love, because, though its fruit is golden and its flavor and scent delicious, its rind is bitter. And as every one knows who has experienced it Cupid's dart causes pain. The orange tree is emblematic of gratitude as well as of genius and love. --- STREET CAR MANNERS. A few days ago a young white woman, accompanied by a little girl, boarded a Vine street car. Just as the car started she discovered that her dress skirt had become unfastened and one side had slipped from under her belt. She clutched the garment and made for the only vacant seat, which happened to be at the very front end of the car. Eleven men sat in the immediate vicinity. The young woman dropped into the seat and began to repair damages. Directly opposite her sat a very genteel looking young colored man. No sooner did he discover the cause of her confusion than he turned slightly and became much absorbed in something directly ahead of the car. The ten white men did not see the woman who was grappling first with skirt and belt, and becoming all the while more and more excited. But three seats away sat two colored women, one on each side of the aisle. "Lord, a mercy!" cried one loud enough to be heard by half the people in the car, "look at that woman's dress! Look at her! Look at her!!" laughed she, "puttin' on her clo'es in a street car!" "What else can she do?" asked her companion. "Why, why, I wouldn't git on a car with my clothes off! Jest look at her! She's makein' it wuss an wuss!" Both laughed heartily. The other folks neither saw nor heard. Meanwhile the woman in distress tugged and pulled away. Her hair began to fall in strings about her face. "U-m-ph!" exclaimed the first speaker. "ain't she a sight? Jest look at that hair—a mess of strings." They laughed again and heartily. The object of their fun-making had paid no further attention to them than to cast a quick glance at them now and again; but the last laugh was too much for her. She paused long enough to dart one look that spoke volumes. "Look, look, now at her. She's mad at me," laughed her tormentor. But the young woman having given vent to her feelings, went on with her repairs and soon had everything in order. Then tae others turned their attention to the little girl, who was dressed in white. "Mighty pretty dress the little girl has on." "Didn't cost much, if 'tis—'bout $2. No, you could git it for a dollar an' fifty cents. My Katie's dress cost $3 an' is much prettier." They subsided and soon left the car, happy and seemingly well pleased with themselves and the world. The expression on the white woman's face was a study. Such occurrences as this make Jim Crow cars possible and very desirable for some persons. Bryan is much concerned because Parker will not talk. Talk is silver. Silence is golden. Bryan is for silver, you know. Parker is for gold. Mayor Neff is right, let the door be open. CALLING CARDS FREE To lady officers of clubs, churches, societies, etc. Call and order them Fridays, each week during month of June. Graham & Rhodes, 104 East Twelfth street. Hint to Housekeepers. An Atchison woman recently served seven mushrooms to a guest and her family of six, and had enough and to spare. How did she do it? She could not afford any more mushrooms, so she stewed sponges and put them on the steak. The guest was given the genuline and the family got the sponges and managed to avoid eating them without exciting the guest's suspicions. - Atchison Globe The District Conference and Sabbath School convention of the Kansas City Missouri District, Dr F. G. Snellson presiding elder in charge, will meet at Butler, Mo., July 19-22, 1904. Literary and Missionary congress, Bishop Grant presiding, will meet at Independence, Mo., July 12-14. Presiding Elder's council will meet at the same time. Graduates at Western University are: Messrs E. B. Rausome of Topeka, O. E. Wack of Troy, Martin Greenlee of Atchison, Misses Mary E. Reynolds of Topeka, Esther Moore, Quindaros, Lillian G. Barrett, Kansas City, Mo. In the contest Tuesday night, Miss Leona Troutman won the gold medal, Miss Mamie Wilson, second, Shakesspeare violin. Italy's Macaroni Industry. Italy has some 5,500 macaroni factories employing nearly 25,000. A number of these factories are large, using improved machinery and steam power. The total annual output of macaroni exceeds 215,000 tons. It is a growing industry. The local consumption, as well as the exports, increase steadily. The exports of macaroni in 1889 were 7,719 tons; in 1900, 8,898 tns; in 1901, 9,673 tons; in 1902, 11,322 tons; and in 1903 (eight months), 13,126 tons. Nearly 90 per cent of the above exports went to the United States. Alcohol in Ancient Times. Considering the possible influence of alcohol upon human evolution, Dr. Harry Campbell assumes that such civilizations as those of Babylon and Egypt may date back 30,000 years and that agriculture by migratory tribes may extend back 30,000 years more, but concludes that the use of alcohol as a beverage has not been known more than 10,000 years. He finds no reason to believe that, as was suggested some years ago, the discovery of fermented liquor gave the first civilizing quickening to the brain of the apeman. Sudden Awakening Harmful. To be suddenly awakened from sound sleep sends a great rush of blood to the heart, thus overtaxing and straining it. People whose business necessitates their being awakened early have long suspected the practice of being an evil one and have tried to rid themselves of it. But heretofore they have had no better reason for wishing to continue to lie in bed than that they sound it inconvenient or unpleasant to rise early. Evidently they have right on their side. It is bad for the heart. Development of the Plow. The great steam plow that tills with steel point ten acres of land in a day is the direct descendant of the savages' wooden plow which oxen pulled, or, before oxen were domesticated, a team of women hauled through the soil. The old wooden plow still survives in parts of Spain and Mexico. NUMBER 10. LEXINGTON NEWS. Mr. Al Williams and Mr. John Booker were at St. Louis attending the world's fair last week. The U. B. F.s had their election of officers for the ensuing year Friday, June 3. The officers are as follows: A. W. Walker, W. M.; Cliff Bradford, D. M.; Robert Smith, secretary; Wm. Strater, assistant secretary; Eugene Conway, treasurer; F. T. Bolton, chapplain; Irvin Hawkins and Finneas Thomas, supporters; James Thurman and E. Warren, sentinels; Wm. Shaffer, marshal; Myrian Lee, pilot; trustees, Mose Green, Leslie Harris and James Hawkins. The annual sermon will be at St. John's church Sunday. They will turn out in their full regalia at 2:30 p. m. and also the S. M. T.s. The sermon will be preached by Rev R. Young. Mrs. Bettie Madden, the daughter of Mrs. Emeline Davis and the sister of Mrs. Kirk Wilson, died several days ago and her funeral was preached by Rev. R. Young at the A. M. E. church. She was sick for a number of years. Her husband departed this life a few months ago. She leaves a mother and three sisters, two brothers and a host of other relatives to mourn her loss. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Born—To the wife of Mr. James Hawkins, a boy, May 28. Mrs. Sarah Hunter went to Kansas City Saturday to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law. The choir of the Second Baptist church left Tuesday morning to attend the convention held at Kansas City. Mr. B. B. Telley and wife were here last week. Why is it that we hate to do right as a race? There are some that pretend to be what they are not, and yet want to be leaders. i is time for you to check up. We cannot be a race to be respected until we respect ourselves. This is all for this time. Miss Jennie Paris is quite ill. Mr. Turner, her brother, is here with her. Mr. Israel Burles left Monday morning for Lincoln, Neb., to visit his daughter, Mrs. Carter. INDEPENDENCE ITEMS Mrs. C. R. McDowell, who has been visiting in our city, returned to her home in Hannibal, Mo. Misses Effie Fisher, Ida and Minnie Tucker attended the Quindaro exercises Friday. Prof. W. H. Harrison left for his home Saturday. Mrs. Yarnell left for St. Louis on Monday morning to visit her daughter, Mrs. Porter Pool. A. M. E. church raised $226 Sunday in the rally. Rev. Winrow of the Second Baptist church preached the 3 o'clock sermon. He and his members attended in a body and contributed largely. Other visiting ministers were Rev. Vaughn of Westport, Rev. Clark and Rev. Howard. Miss Mayne Rogers is dangerously ill. There will be an art exhibition given at the A. M. E. church Thursday night, June 9. Once in a while a man has so much money that he feels he can really af- ford to be honest. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR For the convenience of colored visitors an "Information Bureau" has been established. With it are assocated many of the best homes and hotels in St Louis. Have your room reserved. Stamp for reply. H. S. FERGUSON, Mgr. 1923 Market St. St. Louis, Mo. Opposite Union Station. QUIET HOUR A Praver. Purer yet, and purer I would be in mind, Dearer yet and dearer every duty find, Hoping still and trusting God without a Patriotly believing He will make all clear. Calmer yet and calmer in the hours of pain, Surer yet and surer peace at last to goin; Suffering still and doing, to His will resigned. And to God subduing heart, and will, and mind. Swiffer yet and swiffer ever onward run, Firmer yet and firmer step as I go on, Oft these earnest longings swell within my breast, more meaning near can be ex- Yet their inner meaning neer can be ex- pressed. Our Two Homes "An inheritance, reserved in heaven for you," I Pet. 4.4 If a man has a happy home his prayer will be one of gratitude and he will have very little to ask of God. Our homes are a mint and we are the precious metal which receives its stamp therein. Show me the home of a boy, and I will prophesy concerning his future without a tremor of uncertainty. Show me a man's home, and I can account for his peculiarities, his cheerfulness, or his despair. The purpose of marriage is the building of the home. If there is any other motive—wealth or social position—we perform an act of sacrilege, defy the laws of the universe, and reap a harvest of tears. True love never listens to the ring of gold, and if we check-book we simply invite the avalanche to crush us. There are broken lives that might have been beautiful, stormy lives that might have been filled with sunshine, desperate lives that might have been saintly, lives whose misery no plummet can sound. They are scattered everywhere, and they are the consequence of ambition and selfishness in making the solemn compact of marriage. If there is one relation on earth which should be kept free from mere worldliness, it is the relation between a man and a woman who are to walk in each other's company until death forces a separation. A merely ambitious thought is like a drop of poison in a tumbler of water, and he who drinks will never recover from its effects. There is something of God in a true home. With what beneficence He has made the arrangement, and what good things, like a stream of molten silver, flow from it! There are many such on the earth, and they are to the body politic what the heart is in the physical system. They constitute the element of progress and they contain the secret of the noblest manhood and the purest womanhood. Blot out our homes and we revert to barbarism. Man is a mere animal until he sits by his own hearthstone; he is the toy of circumstance, open to the temptations which sing like sirens and end in destruction. It is the sense of responsibility which makes us strong, and when that responsibility includes the welfare of wife and children, he must be a poor creature indeed who is not broadened and ennobled by it. What one would not do for himself he will bravely do for the protection of his household, and the man who would not otherwise think it worth while to struggle will, for the sake of his home, compel fate to give him what he demands. The consciousness of being loved makes us heroes, and the thought of our dear ones makes us willing to sacrifice even life in their behalf. But the home rests on an insecure foundation. We can protect it in some directions, but in others we are helpless. We may give comforts and luxuries, but we cannot give continued health. The circle may remain intact for a while, but there comes a time when it is invaded, and that invasion is irresistible. One never feels so powerless as when he faces a disease which has entered his house unbidden and will not retire when so ordered. The strongest man is only a child when he looks on the body which is the only thing that death has left. Death and the little one have gone away together. It is possible to make our lower home like unto that above—so like it that nothing will seem strange when we reach the farther shore. It is possible to enjoy the bliss of trustful love here to such extent that when we are in God's nearer presence we shall simply feel that we have entered a warmer zone. When religion has done its perfect work in us, it will be but one step from the home on earth to the home in heaven—George H. Hepworth. Burden Bearing When burdens are given us to bear it is well that we search diligently to find the best way of bearing them. A log of wood carried at arm's length will soon prove too much for us—we must sink under its weight; we cannot go on with it. But grasped firmly, and carried upon the shoulder, we walk easily, and may bear it a long way without even staggering. There are those who carry their burdens in such a way that all the harsh surfaces, rough edges, and sharp corners seem to protrude themselves quite beyond the province of the bearer, and to be always hurting his neighbors. Beware lest the burden which we might have kept to ourselves mar the happiness of another's life! Our neighbor has his own load—let us not add to it the weight of our own. Of hard things in this life there are many, and each one of us must have his share of them. We should walk under them bravely, manfully, but never alone. One arm, which we need not fear to weary is ever stretched to help; one ear is ever listening to hear our tale of woe. One blessed voice is ever saying to us, if we will but hear it, "Fear not, for I am with thee." Love is the only source of true obedience to the commands of God. A Novel Proposition. When the writer was a small boy he used to be attracted by a novel advertisement used again and again by a local business man. There was the picture of a globe, marked off with parallels of longitude, and stuck in this globe, with his head showing at the north pole, and his feet showing at the south pole, was the figure of a man. In curved lines and below the picture was the inscription, "Help Me Through the World." The plea of this man was entirely legitimate. It was the business of other people to help him through the world. That is what we are here for, to help each other through the world. But there is a far nobler plea that we can make; it is this: Let us help people into a better world. Not by helping them out of this, but by helping to make this a better one. It is our business to do this. All lesser matters in which we engage are simply done "to pay expenses." Now if that is what we are here to do, it should be done with promptness and energy. We can not acquit ourselves in any worthy way by being dilatory or careless. In this at least we must not "put off till to-morrow what we can do to-day."-Selected. Good Resolutions Shall we judge a quarry by its refuse stones? Or resolutions by the broken ones? Called the pavement of hell, good resolutions have as often been the scaffolding of Heaven. They have been the first rough frame, rising upon which the beautiful and permanent walls of character and conduct and spiritual life have been built. One might as well laugh at the skeleton which is built beneath some mighty arch as to sneer at a good resolution. Of course, it is not much in itself, but, resting on it, the first frame of what shall be both mighty and worthy may be formed. Never was there a good word spoken, or a brave sacrifice offered, but somewhere you will find a good resolution in it. Changing our figure, but keeping our thought, it is true that the little rill called "resolution" sometimes dries up and is lost; but sometimes, too, it widens into the stream of endeavor, and then it deepens into the mighty river called "accomplishment," upon whose waters the Spirit of God forever broodeth, bringing forth the new creations. A holy life is the best answer that can be made to unbelief. Genuine Christianity. There are men who cannot know of a need in all the world without its immediately taking the shape of an appeal to them. They must go and do this thing. There are such men who seem to have a sort of magnetic attraction for all wrongs and pains. All grievances and woes fly to them to be righted and consolued. They attract need. They cannot sleep at Troas, but the soul of Macedonia finds them out and comes across and begs them: "Come and help us." We must all be thankful to know that there are such men among us, however, little we may feel that we are such men ourselves; nay, however little we may want to be such men.—Bishop Brooks. This would be a much better world if more people would mind their own advice. Burdens as Opportunities Away, then, with all feeble complaints, all meagre and mean anxieties! Take your duty and be strong in it, as God will make you strong. The harder it is the stronger, in fact, you will be. understand, also, that the great question here is not what you will get, but what you will become. The greatest wealth you will ever get will be in yourself. Take your burdens and troubles and losses and wrongs, if come they must and will, as your opportunities, knowing that God has girded you for greater things than these.—Horace Bushnell. Some men ought to be thankful that the world does not understand them. An Inflexible Law. There is no sure road to invariable right opinions, acts and words, save the road of habit. No man can be sure of thinking, acting and speaking right at any one time who is not in the habit of doing it at all times, and the only way to attain the habit is not to err in the act. To acquire the habit of temperance, for example, the man must never in one act venture to excess. To acquire the habit of veracity, he must never in one word depart from the truth—Robert E. Speer. The busy tongue is nearly always responsible for idle words. PROTECTION POOR WAGES NO WAGES FREE TRADE HARD TIMES PARLIET TIMERING SOUP HOUSES AMERICA INDUSTRIES AS TO A PLATFORM REPUBLICANS SHOULD FACE THE ISSUES SQUARELY. They Will Be Compelled by Democratic Hostility to the Tariff to Maintain Uncompromising Adherence to the Principle and Policy of Protection. It being now on all sides conceded that the tariff is to be the one overshadowing issue in the presidential campaign of 1904, it is interesting to consider the form in which that issue is to be presented. Many persons seem to have formed the opinion that the contest is to be conducted on new lines; that on one side the attack on protection is not going to be so fierce and so uncompromising as in former years, while on the other side there will be shown a disposition to concede and conciliate. This opinion carries with it two implications that we believe will be found to be wholly erroneous. First, the assumption is that the Democrats are going to abate something of their traditional hatred of the protection principle, and, second, that the Republicans are disposed to relax something of the rigor of their devotion to that principle. It is on one hand assumed that this year the issue is not to be free trade vs. protection, because the Democrats, grown wiser from past defeats, will not repeat the error of standing openly for free trade or its twin brother, tariff for revenue only, but will content themselves with attacking what they term the abuses of protection and with a partial smashing of tariff protection by means of reciprocity concessions. "We go forth with tariff reduction and genuine reciprocity inscribed on our banners." This was the announcement made by Champ Clark of Missouri, second in command of the Democratic forces in congress. This undoubtedly reflects the Democratic position and purpose THE BRIDGE THAT HAS LOD VALLEY AND LAKE AMERICA INDUSTRY in the coming campaign. It is not free trade in express terms, for that would disturb and frighten the country, but it is none the less free trade by indirection. The object remains unaltered—to repeal the present tariff and take away its protective features on the ground that in this way only can trust extortion be checked, and to supplement this direct action by the roundabout method of lowering duties in spots through special reciprocity treaties. This is the Democratic program. Not free trade open and above board, but free trade by stealth. On the other hand, it is by some Republicans urged that the time has come for surrendering some part of the protectionist position, for relaxing and conceding away the principles of protection to the extent of agreeing to a revision of the Dingley duties immediately following the election of 1904, and in consenting to tariff changes through the medium of recolony in competitive products. This element would be glad to commit the Republican party to a declaration, in substance, that the charge of trust sheltering and trade restriction has been made good against protection, and the party stands ready to enter upon the work of tariff tinkering and trade dickering. We do not think that this element will dominate the national convention of 1904. On the contrary, we confidently expect to see the convention "stand pat" on protection. This view is supported by the decision reached at a recent conference of leaders in Washington to the effect that, inasmuch as the tariff is to be the main issue, the Republican party should meet the issue boldly and uncompromisingly, yielding nothing, conceding nothing, surrendering nothing of the principle and policy of protection to American labor and industry, and least of all convading at any masked assault upon that principle and policy under cover of reciprocity. Maintaining such a position as this, the Republican party will have all the advantage in the contest. It will force the Democrats out into the open and compel them to declare their hostility to protection. It will make the issue plain, clear and honest. For example, if the Chicago convention wishes to free the campaign of every element of uncertainty as to the principles involved it could not do better than to adopt as the tariff blanks of its platform the following admirable suggestion of the New York Press: "1. The American tariff system shall be maintained to keep American labor employed at fair wages and American capital engaged at reasonable profit. 2. Capital and labor both being --- preserved from attack from abroad. the American public shall be protected from aggression and oppression at home by combinations in restraint of trade." As to tariff and trusts nothing more than this is needed; it tells the whole story. As to reciprocity, let the convention readopt the declaration of 1900 restricting trade concessions to articles that do not in any manner compete with domestic production. This done, the people will know how to decide—whether to turn the country over to a party whose tariff making has invariably been destructive to business, or to keep the power of legislation in the hands of the party whose history is one unbroken record of devotion to the country's best and highest good.—American Economist. More Democratic Blundering The Democrats of California and Wisconsin use almost the same language about the Panama canal. They are in favor of that great work—they would not dare to array themselves against it—but they denounce the administration for that policy which has secured the canal for the nation and the world. The Coliformia Democrats say they have always been for an interoceanic canal, but they condemn the methods of the administration in securing the Panama right of way "as destructive of the integrity of a confederated republic." The Wisconsin Democrats are for the canal, but they regret that that "great project is stained with evidence of dishonorable intrigue against the integrity of a friendly republic." The territorial integrity of Colombia seems to be of quail as much concern to these Democrats in search of issues as is the isthmian canal. The sympathy expressed for that so-called republic is insincere, and the censure of the administration is unjust. The documents submitted to congress showed that the policy of the United States had been straightforward and upright, while that of Colombia had been tortuous and dishonest. To say that that country was a "friendly re- CARRIED US SAFELY OVER. OTECTION POOR WAGES TARIFS TIMERING NO WAGES FREE TRADE WARD TIMES SOUP MOUSES public" is to do singular violence to the truth. Senator Gorman, who had once the reputation of being an extremely astute individual, tried to make party and personal capital out of the canal question, and failed gloriously. He erased his name from the list of possible presidential candidates of his party. It is odd that the Democratic platform writers of Wisconsin and California should think they could score a point where he failed so signally. If a Democratic administration had done what a republican one has done in the Panama matter the Democrats in their platforms would have "pointed with pride" to the commendable and successful policy they now condemn. Combination The Iowa Democratic state convention of May 4 instructed for W. R. Hearst, reaffirmed the Kansas City platform, with its free silver declaration, and adopted the following on the tariff question: "We denounce the vicious tariff system fostered and perpetuated by the Republican party, under which the trusts have been born, bred and fattened, and the species multiplied until they have every industrial and commercial interest by the throat, and we demand the repeal of every tariff which denies 'equal opportunity for all.'" Yellow Kid, Sixteen to One and Free Trade! There is a combination which illustrates the infinite possibilities of the Democratic party in the matter of assassinating prosperity. Truth Briefly Stated. A specimen of the solid truth as presented in the Illinois Republican platform: "The prospect of a general revision of the tariff by the Democratic party whose leaders in Congress are free traders, as their records show, would close the factories and workshops, throw labor out of employment, reduce the price of the products of the farm, bring on general distress and paralyze the industries of the nation." Experience has taught this lesson. Its repetition ought to be unnecessary. Why Change It? The policy that has made the country prosperous beyond the wildest dream of the most sanguine a score of years ago is that of the protective tariff. If that policy is right, why change it? If it is wrong, we all should shout for its abolition, but the conditions, the facts and figures are all in favor of it and against Mr. Lucking's free trade policy.—Saginaw Courier-Herald. HINTS The LATEST FASHION Hand Made Shirtwaits A very fashionable white crepe waist has its front, stock and cuffs embroidered with clusters of small, pink roses and forget-me-nots in ribbon embroidery. The bunches of flowers have their leaves and stems done in pale, dull shades of green and golden brown. The bunches of flowers are connected by and interspersed with littl bowlnots and loops and ends of ribbon. This ribbon effect is produced by outlining the supposed ribbon with a single gold thread and working small black dots in embroidery silk, about an eighth of an inch apart between the gold lines. The effect is that of a dainty and novel ribbon. It is no wider, and probably not as wide, as baby ribbon. Woman's Box Coat Loose box coats make exceedingly smart wraps that are eminently comfortable as well. This one is adapted to all the range of cloaking materials, but is shown in tan colored cloth with touches of darker velvet and is stitched with corticil silk. The special features of the model are the mandolin sleeves and the additional lapels which are exceedingly effective. When liked, however, plain sleeves can be substituted for the larger ones, as shown in the small sketch. celli silk. The special features of the model are the mandolin sleeves and the additional lapels which are exceedingly effective. When liked, however, plain sleeves can be substituted for the larger ones, as shown in the small sketch. The coat is made with fronts and backs and is shaped by means of shoulder, under arm and center back scams. A pocket is inserted in each front and the closing is made invisibly by means of a fly. The extra lapels are applied under the fronts sleeves are cut in one piece each and are finished with plain cuffs, but the plain sleeves are in regulation coat style with uppers and unders. The quantity of material required for the medium size is $4\frac{1}{2}$ yards 21 inches wide, $2\frac{1}{4}$ yards 44 inches wide, or $2\frac{1}{4}$ yards 52 inches wide, with $4\frac{1}{4}$ yard of velvet to trim as illustrated. Dainty Corsage Sachet. The heart-shaped corsage sachet of white satin is to wear around the neck beneath the lingerie. The ribbon edge and bow make a pretty finish, and it is suspended by a ribbon. Another corsage sachet on this order consists of two pads about two inches square, with a small bow in the center of each. They are fastened to the ends of a strip of baby ribbon. For the Japanese sachet, made of Japanese silk, a bag $2\frac{1}{2}$ by 3 inches, and in the top fasten a Japanese doll's head. Around its neck a ribbon is tied, stock fashion. The most popular sachet odors at present are sandal wood, orris and Japanese perfumes. About Sleeves The very wide sleeves that are being worn at present undoubtedly tend to take away from the apparent height of the figure, and if you are rather inclined to be short yourself you will do wisely to exercise a judicious supervision and to forbid your dressmaker to indulge in any vagaries either as regards the shape or trimming of your sleeves. You can still have something which is quite sufficiently fashionable without adding in an unbecoming way to the width of your figure. Misses' House Jacket Pretty, tasteful morning jackets are always in demand and make attractive garments for breakfast wear as well as for use during the hours spent in one's own apartments. This one is designed for young girls and is exceedingly youthful and graceful, its broad collar drooping well over the shoulders and the fitted back giving a trimness and neatness to the figure. As shown the material is designed for young girls and is exceedingly youthful and graceful, its broad collar drooping well over the shoulders and the fitted back giving a trimness and neatness to the figure. As shown the material is sprigged muslin trimmed with frills of embroidery, but there are countless others which are equally appropriate. The jacket is made with fronts and back, the back being laid in tucks to the waist line and the fronts being gathered at the upper edge and stayed by means of an underfacing. The cape collar is arranged over the whole and the neck is finished with a little frill. The sleeves can be in either flowing style and finished with frills or in bishop style with cuffs as may be preferred. The quantity of material required for the medium size is $3\frac{1}{2}$ yards 27 inches wide, $2\frac{1}{2}$ yards 36 inches wide or $2\frac{1}{2}$ yards 44 inches wide, with $7\frac{1}{2}$ yards of embroidery to trim as illustrated. Rhubarb Pudding. Wash and cut into inch pieces enough rhubarb to nearly fill a three- pint pudding dish. Mix half a nutmeg grated, three cups sugar. Butter the dish thick with cold butter. Put in a layer of soft bread crumbs, then a layer of rhubarb, then a thickness of sugar and a tablespoon of butter cut into little bits. Repeat the layers, having a thick layer of bread crumbs on top. Mix a little melted butter with the top crumbs. Bake about an hour, slowly at first, and serve hot or cold. Lunch for Children. Because things to eat do not always present an attractive appearance their nourishing quality is not properly appreciated. The value of dates for children's school luncheons is not fully appreciated. They are rather sticky, bothersome things, as they are originally purchased, and children rarely care for them. They should be separated and washed, the stone removed, and a peanut or almond, salted preferably, substituted. The date is then rolled in corn starch or powdered sugar, and straightway becomes one of the appetizing trifles dear to youth, and at the same time is healthful and nourishing. In the Kitchen Doughnuts or biscuits may be heated "amaist as good as new" by putting them in a whole paper bag, sprinkling in a few drops only of water, twisting the ends, putting in the oven, raised a little from the bottom on a grate. The oven must be very hot. New nutmegs may be distinguished from the last year's supply by scraping the surface with the finger. If new, the oil will moisten the spot at once. Mace, when new, is oily. It should always be purchased whole and ground as needed. A Dainty Work Bag. Such pretty little work bags can be made on a foundation of basket work with a piece of dainty silk. The little flat trays to be found in all sizes at Japanese shops are chosen, and the silk sewed on the inside rim. The basket is first lined and slightly padded with satchet if desired. The silk is gathered in bag fashion at the top making a pretty and substantial receptacle for sewing materials or embroidery. Corset Cover Shapely corset covers that fit nicely yet are not over snug are in constant demand and never can be too numerous. This one is peculiarly pretty and attractive, is eminently simple and can be made of any of the materials in vogue for underwear. The model, however, is of linen batiste with insertion and frills of embroidery and bands of beading. and attractive, is eminently simple and can be made of any of the materials in vogue for underwear. The model, however, is of linen batiste with insertion and frills of embroidery and bands of beading. The corset cover is cut with fronts and back which are laid in narrow tucks to the waist line, and is closed at the center with a box plait in shirt waist style. Over the upper edge and at the waist line are applied bands of beading that are threaded with ribbon by means of which the size is regulated. The quantity of material required for the medium size is $1\frac{1}{2}$ yards of insertion, three yards of edging and $1\frac{1}{2}$ yards of beading to trim as illustrated. Marie Antoinette Rodicez The tendency toward the Marle Antoinette bodice for evening wear is marked. This style is really fascinating, with its long, pointed waist line, and very full skirt shirred into the skirt band. In white or ivory silk, the mode is ideal, and by next autumn it will be firmly established. This would not appear to admit of any change in the present full skirts, but would rather tend to increase them if anything. The great dressesmakers, at least, seem determined to adhere to the full modes for some time to come. Save all old zinc and when chimneys are filled with soot put a quantity on the fire. It will carry all soot out of stoveplumes and clean the chimneys. It is unwise to sprinkle a light carpet with tea leaves when sweeping unless they have first been rinsed in water, for otherwise they are apt to stain. Rose petals make a delightful filling for soft pillows. Save them from withered bouquets or from fresh flowers and dry them. They may be treated as for potpourri or used with their own delicate perfume only. Never put a bed in an alcove; the air is apt to become stagnant there. Have it right in the room and do not push it too close to the wall, then the air that comes in from the window has a chance to circulate around the bed. ee emma aa aaa aaa aia easement alas alae, WITH THE WORLD'S | =~ BEST WRITERS At the bottom of all the too preva- tent corruption, commercial and politi- cal, is the prevailing idea that suc- cess consists in the gaining of money. Joseph R. Burton of Kansas, the first ‘United States senator to be convicted of crime white in office, testified that he used his official influence in con- alderation of @ salary of $500 a month from the Rialto Grain and Securitics companies of St Louis. because he needed the money. Those convicted of fraud in the postoffice department at Washington perpetrated the frauds in order to make money. Almost ev- ‘ery act of ‘corruption in office is done to get money; and the money that is paid to induce oMcial corruption is ald to obtain wrongful opportunities to make more money, All the dishon- est bargains between business men ‘and corporations are merely attempts to make money. People who have no need of more money keep on trying to make money, because that is thelr only ideal of success. Those who have more money than they can count or use in any way, try to add to it be- cause they are lured on by the idea which has been burned into their minds that making money is success and nothing else is success. Corrup- tion thrives on this false ideal, and ‘will coase only when this false idol is thrown down from the high pedestal on which it stands before the minds of the American people.—Boston Watch- man. EVIL TO HAZER AND HAZED. There {s a sincere belief in the minds of some very intelligent men that hazing has good effect and if not carried too far is “good for the cub” and there {s basis for this bellef. But ft is not easy to see how any good to the lads hazed can compensate for the evil almost inevitably done to hazers. Practically without exception the vic: tim of hazing is helpless in the pres: ence of superior numbers and strength. In other words, the action of the hazers is essentially cowardly. Their motives, if not so deliberately bad as sometimes represented, are in no sense good and to maltreat those who have nothing like a fair chance to resist and almost no chance to in: flict injury on their tormentors is not manly, not gentiemanly—is, in fact, cowardly and cruel—New York ‘Times. STATISTICS OF INSANITY. ‘A bureau at Washington has pre- pared some interesting statistics of the distribution of insanity through- ‘out the United States. In the whole country one person of every 528 is crazy. In New England, one in every 359; in New York and Pennsylvania, one in 424; in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Ken- tucky and Tennessee, one in 610; In the Middle West, one in 750; in the Southern states, one in 935; in the Rocky mountain states, one in 1,263; in the Pacific states, one in 387. It will be seen that madness is more prevalent in New England than any- where else, with the Pacific states a close second. The sanest part of the country {s in the mountain region of the west, and the south comes nest. In Kansas one person out of every 560 1s erazy, and Missouri has one for every 602 of population. Some writer, ™ commenting on these facts, says that if anyone can construct and de- fend a theory to account for the va- Fiation, he 1s welcome to the oppor- tunity. Still, the report gives some basis for speculation as to causes or reasons. For example, it {s shown that the proportion of insanity among foreigners is double that among na- tives, and that the negro {s only half as susceptible to madness as his white Drother. This will account for the Yow rato in the south and the high rate In localities largely peopled by foreigners, but how are we going to account for the big rate in New En- gland and on the Pacific coast?—Kan- gas City Journal. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN WAR. ‘The question of the value of wire- Jess telegraphy in war has already Deen considered. Now it is supple mented by that of Its legality. The Russian government has practically served notice that it regards it as {I- legal. At any rate, the use of such a device at the seat of war will be treated as a breach of neutrailty. Cor- respondents telegraphing without wires will be shot as sples, and ves- sels equipped with wireless _ tele- graphic apparatus venturing near the scene of war will, if caught, be con- Macated as contraband of war. So far as correspondents accompanying the Russian army are concerned, we may unhesitatingly concede the Russian right of censorship. That is a matter of course. A belligerent power has the undoubted right to decide whether {t will permit correspondents to ac: company its army at all, of course, prescribe what matter may be sent through the lines, and how. Similarly, ft may exercise a censorship over new vessels entering {ts territorial ‘waters, or the waters implicated in the sphere of *elligerent action. But @ general outiawing of wireless tele- graphy in that part of the world would be a much more extreme mat- ver—New York Tribune. PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE. ‘Thinking to make an impression on the boys of London, the Times recent: ly published a manifesto carrying an enormous show of great names, such as the duke of Fife, the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of London and eleven leading lords of the realm, se- verely enjoining all religious teachers to discourage cigarette smoking among the young, as it was rapidly sapping the vitality of the kingdom. It is to be feared that this method still lacks the power of example suf- ficiently, for the greatest men in Eng: land still smoke. The priests of In- dia and Japan all smoke and the champion smoker of the world {s prob- ably the king of Portugal, who smokes forty cigars a day. Dean Swift used to smoke throughout his whole ser. mon. What might not the boys quote as to great names?—Boston Globe. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT SEA. Marconi seems to be “doing things” which are of value in the commercial development of wireless telegraphy. He kept the Campania in communica- tion with Poldhu for a distance of 1,700 miles, which was somewhat more than half way across. On the return voyage he will try the same experiment with the Cape Cod Station and if, when that {s lost, he can pick up Poldhu the ship will never be out of communication a day on its voyage across. This {s practical. During its voyage the Campania was in more or less frequent communication with the Etruria, Lucania, Minnetonka, Vader- land, and Deutschland. Thus the sol- {tude of the ocean is invaded and the rest of a voyage is broken by enough news to make one want more. This, however, is what the average man wants. The fact that he will be “a long time dead” seems to have dawn: ed upon him and incited him to an intensity of living while he lives which makes rest irksome and Isola- tion impossible. Even when he thinks he wants a rest he is mistaken. Hence the popularity of the Marconi equipment on ships ‘crossing the ocean.—New York Times. GOOD DONE BY THE KICKER. ‘The established order {s slways and everywhere impatient with the man who challenges it. In sneers and an- ger and sharp rebuke it tries to sup- press him, He is a nuisance and a mischief-maker, as devoid of sense as he 1s of perspective, and so on. The kicker who will continue to kick un. der such conditions has bis high value. Society needs him, and s0 does every legislative body. Me may ve wrong at times, his views may em- brace and consider only part of a sub- Ject, but if he be honest and persist- ent he awakens discussion, he draws out facts, end so in the long run Il- luminates public problems in a way that 1s helpful.—Springfleld (Mass) Republican. THE AGE OF ALUMINUM. Ever since the separation of the metal aluminum from Sts ores—and every claybank is an aluminum mine inventors have dreamed of an “alu- minum age,” whose mechanical mar- vels should leave as far behind the present “age of steel” as we surpass the “age of stone” of the primitive man, Here was a beautiful metal that was only a third as heavy as iron; and what limit could there be to the won- ders its use would make possible. The long-awaited airship was to become a reality and a revolution was to come at once in shipbuilding, railroading and automobiling. But little can be done with a metal so soft that to secure the same strength as much aluminum in weight as of iron must be used. If only some way of tempering it could be found! Now the announcement comes from Germany that this problem has been solved. “Meteorit” is a simple alloy of aluminum and phosphorus, and for it is claimed that it is six times as strong as aluminum Itself, is noncor- rosive, highly polishable, and may be soldered and galvanized with nickel or copper. If all that {1s claimed for it {s true, then the “age of aluminum” may not be far distant.—Boston Globe, BRAVE MEN ON BOTH SIDES. ‘The fact {s frequently and pleasant ly observed that the soldiers on both sides in the Asian war are displaying valor. The Russians find in that some consolation for the grievous losses they have suffered, Their seamen at Chemulpo and their soldiers at the Yalu were beaten and perished, but at least they fought bravely and fell like heroes, The Japanese find in the same circumstance an added cause for exultation over their victories. Their seamen eagerly enlisting for a death errand at Port Arthur and their sol- diers storming intrenchments with the bayonet at the Yai. have added new lustre to the fame of Samurai hero- ism, Nor js that all, Each side has learned to recognize the valor of the other and to pay it the tributes which are {ts due. Whatever may have been their opinions of each other before the war, these last three months have tn- spired them both with the respect which brace men feel for each other the world around.—New York Trib une. SAW REAL SEA SERPENT. French Sallors Declare They Met Genuine Ocean Monster. ‘The commander of the French gun- boat Decidee reports to his admiral in the far east that he and his officers and crew have seen a genuine sea serpent in the Bay of Along, near Haiphong, !n Tonkin. About 300 yards beyond the vessel, and on the port side, a large, round, black mass was suddenly observed, and those on board the gunboat took {t for a rock. Later on the supposed rock moved, and was taken to be a colossal turtle, Then the mass stretched out in vertical un- dulations, and what appeared to be a flattened serpent thirty meters, or ninety-eight feet, long, was plainly visible. The serpent dived twice before the eyes of all on board. Once it went right under the gunboat, and came up 80 near that the doctor, the boatswain, and several others, were able, by bending over the gunwale, to get © good view of the monster. 1 was seen that the head and neck were turtle-like and That the skin was dark brown, with rings or patches of yel- low. It emitted jets of vapory water and afterward disappeared in the dis- tance. Case Puzzies Suraeons. A curious discovery was made by Dr. Couzens of West Ham (Eng.) hos: pital, in a post-mortem examination of a borer and ex-soldier, named Ed- win Quince, of Manor park. Quince broke his leg for the fourth time a few months ago, and after ten weeks in bospital he had an attack of pleurisy, and died from lockjaw. While remov- ing the organs of the neck after death, Dr. Couzens was surprised to fined a plece of metal, about a quarter of an inch in diameter and 1% inches long. It was neither corroded nor oxidized, and there was nothing to show how the metal got into the neck. The metal had nothing to do with the cause of death, neither had the broken leg. Quince died from lockjaw, but there was nothing to indicate Sts origin. Life Size Rickshaw. CaP &S NAY Pen | eR, Fe CPA GIES AWG eee £12 (So)= WN arse i \ AS me RNS , Saab g B re CISA Us Among the 450 pleces of Japanese miniature art comprising a memorial gift to Princeton was a carving in ivory this exact size, Y. M.C. A. in Jail. | Treadwell Island, Alaska, Young Men's Christian Association lost its building by fire a few weeks ago, but is now occupying the jail for tem- porary quarters. Since the association was organized a year or more ago and every one of the miners in the pay roll of the company (some 200) be- came members, the saloons and gambling houses have lost their bust: ness, and the jail has had but one or two occupants. During the conflagration, in which several bulldings were burned and the destruction of the entire town was threatened, there was a scarcity of “water, but the bucket brigade used the beer to stay the flames in one of the big saloons on the edge of the town. Syrian Patriarch. On Christmas Day a large congrega tion assembles in Bethlehem to wor ship on the spot, or what is supposed ry ae. ae a re are et Vi % Wt a Leones. | save VON uA Be AS a Be BP Ge] ede ol Reais, to be the spot, where Christ was born. The place is now marked by a temple, while the exact spot where the man- ger once stood is marked by an altar. One of the features of the ceremony which is elaborate, is the benediction which is pronounced by a venerable Syrian patriarch. The blessing has been uttered in exactly the same way and from the same position for many centuries. —New York Herald, Old Apple Tree Still Vicorous. The oddest apple tree in the state of Pennsylvania {s owned by Henry J. Miller of Hokendauqua. it ts a paradise dwarf, 2% feet high, with 72 blossoms, and it bore two appies last year, FLOWER 18 A MYSTERY. Remarkable Bulbous Fiant That Comes From Central Asia, Central Asia now puts in a claim for the most remarkable of all the bulb- ous plants. It bears the {mperial title of “Monarch of the East.” In color and appearance the bulb resembles @ large potato, and its extraordinary property is that it flowers without the | 3 aid of earth, sand, stones, water, of anything else. The discoverer of this Ja phenomenon says: ea! “The flower sheath 4 Ci sometimes reaches mas a length of nearly if two feet, is of a red-brown color, AN tipped with red and + A yellow, while the Sy inner parts of the \ flower are equally \ brilliant.” He also \ adds that the bulb iN > of this extraordin- ary plant needs < only to be placed a y in a saucer, with Ew ont water, in a i \ warm room, when, withoat showlon ‘ either leaves or roots, the flower makes its appearance, usually early in the year, thriving entirely upon the nourishment contained within the bulb. As soon as the flower has faded away, and a growth appears to be com: ing from the bulb, it should be potted up in good soll and freely watered Later on an umbrella-shaped leaf {s formed on a stout stalk resembling brown granite in color, and sometimes reaching a height of three feet. In autumn this leaf fades, and as soon as it has died off, the bulb is lifted out of the soil, cleaned up, and placed in a dry condition in a warm room, when the previous year's display will be re- ‘peated. | Gandia: danmenn:. Recent discussions on the laws of heredity in scientific journals refer to the “Oregon wonder horses,” an equine family which was famous not many years ago, the last representative of which Is said to have been exported to Europe a few months ago. One of these horses, known as Linus 1., had, at 14 years of age, a mane 18 feet long and a tail of 21 feet. A son of this horse, Linus IL, which was owned at Waddington, N. Y., in 1899, had at about five years of age a double mane trailing two feet on the ground on each side. His tail trailed six or elght feet on the ground. The mother and the paternal grandmother of Linus IL were also remarkable for the length and abundance of their hair. One of them was known as the “Oregon Beauty.” ‘These horses are sald to have belonged to the Morgan breed. Nerve Cells. . & y | a ° Under the microscope the nerver ot the human body look like the tiny roots of onions. ‘ae will Gunnd ‘ee. Vecment Maa, W. A. Averill of Warren, Vt., has an old $6 bill which he found among some old papers. ‘The bill is a Ifttle over four Inches long and about — three Inches wide. On one side ts a picture the details of which cannot be dis tinguished, Under this pleture is writ ten the names of the printers, “Hall and Seller, 1777, Philadelphia,” in large script. On the back is written “Con. tinental Currency,” on each side and in the middle at one side, another pte: ture over which Is the word “persey: crando.” At the other side is the fol lowing: “This bil entitles the bearer to receive six Spanish milled dollars of the value thereof in gold or silver according to a resolution of congress passed in Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1775." Uroccupied Land in Burma. tt fs estimated that there are 116, 900,000 acres of tillable land in Bur ma, of which 8,500,000 acres are under cultivation, ‘The remainder could sup port @ population of 80,000,000 of the miserable ryots or peasants who are struggling for existence upon the over crowded farms of India. Here is @ strange phenomenon, One province of the same empire erying for settlers, while the other provinces are s0 over crowded that the soil can scarcely support the population, Lovely Woman. ; a ne ace Late rae y cae WA aranies Coe St live 4 aa ST eae) AY That one of the fairest out for a stroll should appear thus seems odd until you consider it is a bird'r-eye view. TOYS OF CHILD MCNARCH, Amusement of Louis XIV. Ag extraordinary piece of mechan- ism was constructed for the amuse ment of Louis XIV when a child. It consisted of a small coach drawn by two horses, in which was the figure of @ lady, with a footman and page be hind. According to the account given by M. Camus, the constructor, this coach being placed at the extremity of a table of a determinate size, the coachman smacked his whip, and the horses immediately set out, moving their legs in a natural manner. When the carriage reached the edge of the table {t turned on a right angle, and proceeded along that edge till it ar rived opposite to the place where the King was seated. It then stopped, and the page, getting down, opened. the door, upon which the lady alighted, having In her hand a petition, which she presented with a curtsey. After waiting some time she again curtsied, and re-entered the carriage; the page ‘then resumed his place, the coach- “man whipped up his horses, which be: gan to move, and the footman, running after the carriage, jumped up behind it. Louls XIV had an automaton opera in five acts, with fresh scenes for each. It measured 16% inches in breadth, 13 inches 4 lines in heigth and 1 Inch 3 lines in thickness for the working of the machinery, Design for City Bathhouse. One of the best designs for a bath- house yet approved by the art com- mission fs that of Stoughton & Stough- tp > (si ee Be a ee ed oad = iret Len at | 5p SER yp [ee ca at fl i rere bea | iS I TF wil aL eee ea bese Se a ton for a free public bath at John Jay Park at East Seventy-sixth street, the work on which is tow advancing at @ rate to indicate that it will be com- pleted next autumn, saya the New York Sun. This building will cover a plot measuring 50x10? fect. The struc ture will be two stories high above the basement, and will be built of red brick, with trimmings of Indiana lime- stone and white marble, Costly Lace. ‘There fs a legend that the first lace was made by a girl who preserved a beautiful ML of seaweed by catching all the dainty parts of leaves and stems to a plece of linen with fine thread, The most expensive lace man- ufactured to-day 1s valued at $5,000 a yard. Such lace is made, however, In very small quantities, It ix In imita- on of “old point,” and the thread used is the finest filigree silver, the pattern being thickly incrused with diamonds. The price of this trimming Is about $140 an inch. The high prices which the fine laces command are, of course, occasioned by the care: ful workmanship that t# required in their manufacture. Besides, the thread is very expensive, an ounce of Flanders thread having frequently been sold at $20 a pound. But this quantitly can be turned into lace worth $200, Ata sale of lace which was held recently in Brussels a point dap: plique lace flounce brought more than $1,000, while some old Venetian point was sold for $10 an Inch, Korean Guide Post. This Is the sort of thing the traveler in Korea constantly runs aeross in his travels on the public highway. In. Foun) = cial 1 f ee NN ee a », a BAZG ee Pp re ae _— ed vm w e IED cldentally only is It a gulde post Its principal use is to frighten away evil spirits. with which the country 1s believed to swarm kad: Cis inda Gh Siinek: Cc. R. P. Smith of Machias, Me., has a pair of twin lambs, six weeks old, whieh have two distinct kinds of wool, That which covers the forward halt of the body of each is short and curly, while the remainder of the body is covered with a coarse wool, which is fully one and one-half inches longer Ponies of Small Size. ‘The two smallest ponies tn the world were recently exhibited in Ham: burg. They are so small a man can carry both of them at once. Butterfly's Light Diet. A butterfly which a Chicago woman kept all winter and has recently died ate one drop of honey in every three days. British Automebites, ‘There are no all-Hritish made autos “Mobiles, ‘The machines contain parte from the United States or France, the Andustry tn Eagland has been hamper+ ed by adverse legislation so that tho ‘Amport business in such vehicles is much larger than the export. Alcohol Vs. Oil Lamp. An alcohol lamp gives off but half the heat and vitiates the atmosphere but half as much as a kerosene lamp of the same tiluminating power. | nes Wedding Anniversaries, Put this liet aside for future refer ence: First wedding anniversary {s the cotton; second, paper; third, Teather; fifth, wooden; seventh, wool | en; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk and linen; fifteenth, chystal; twentieth, china; twenty-fifth, sliver; thirtieth, pearl; fortieth, ruby; fiftieth, golden, and seventy-ftth, diamond, Sand for Cut Glass. ‘The sand used in making glass for | eut glass articles is quarried rock that “has been crushed. The cutting opera- tion consists of three stages, The article ia first roughed with sand, and a steel grinding wheel. It ts then smoothed by a atone cutting wheel, | and is laatly finished by a wooden pok | ishing wheel, & Wonderful Record. A. 1. W. Bowers died the other day at New Philadelphia, O., at the age of 80. It was his proud boast that through bis tong life he had never tested intoxicants, chewed or smoked tobaceo, or sworn an oath, It would be Interesting to know who put up his Stoveplpes and put down his carpets. < Kkecaints Since. Coelledo, Mo., June 6.--Mr. Adolph Gerhardt, chemist and drugglst of this place, was so ill with his back and Kidneys that he couldn't work. He was very bad and didn't seem to get any Detter till he began to use Dodd's Kid- ney Pills, He was so delighted with the results he got from this remedy that he wrote: “Dodd's Kidney Pills are a God- fend to suffering humanity. I was down on my back from kidney trouble so bad that I was unable to work. I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and Defore 1 had Anished one box, I was able to go to work again. I have not had any kidney trouble since, 1 will always recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills.” Many such cases are boing report- 4 from all over the state and Dodd's Kidney Pills, solely on their merits and by the wonderful and perfect cures they work are established as the standard remedy for backacho and all Kidney complaints, The man who makes hay while the gun shines doesn't let the grass grow under his feot Free to twenty-five Ladies. The Defiance Starch Co, will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the Bt. Louis Exposition, to five ladies im each of the following states: Ill nols, lowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who will send in the largest umber of trade marks cut from a ten cent, 16ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from eur own home, any where in the above named states. ‘These trade marks must be mailed te and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nobr., before september Ast, 1964. October and November will be the best months to visit the Bx- position. Remember that Defiance is the eply starch put up 16 os, (a fall pound) to the package. You get one third more starch for the same meney than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition vill be sent by regte- tered mail September 6th, Starch for gale by all dealers. Bome men are freethinkers and oth ere are married. Insist on Getting It. Bome grocers say they dont keep De flange etrok bavaite they have a ste in 1d of 12 ce brands, which they know eannot be sold to's eustomer who bas once ‘eet the 10 oz pkg, Dellance Starch for same money. Wo never yet knew an old mald whe owned a diamond or pear) sunburst. Why It le the Best fa decaune made by au entirely different Process, Dellauce Htarch fs uulke any Dther, better and oue third more for 10 ooute Some men can't air thelr views without a lot of blow and bluster, More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow outs by ustog Treflance Starch von obtain better rewulte than, posible with auy other brand end ene third wore for same money. Floating capital is a good thing when attached to a solid anchor, DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHE, Tse Howl Cross Ball Blue and keep there white avsnow. All grocers, bo. a package: ‘The door of wdversity is always sup plied with a knocker, Tam nure Pine’ Cure for Cousumption saved my lite three years ugo—Mrs, ‘Tos, Kona, Maple Street, Norwich, N. V., Feb, 17,10 Bome women sweeten thelr tea with gonsip Instead of sugar. Yor enirsren terting, enttens tte wittscrekacee tr The guiltier a man ts, the bigger the : lawyer he bires, FITS rrasestncert totes ecrrareemanae Baa rn geod il os eae Lots of people get beyond thels depths in the sea of matrimony, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year. 82.50 Three months. 15 One month. 15 Surely paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of authenticity. OFFICE-No. 117 West Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion .8.00 For two inches, one request insertion .9.00 For two inches, six months .8.00 For two inches, six months .9.00 For two inches, nine months .10.00 For two inches, twelve months .15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY, The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Chairman Walter S. Dickey has become a candidate for national committeeman from this state. Mr. Dickey has long since demonstrated to his political opponents that he is the Mark Hanna of Missouri. Mr. Dickey was county chairman and in 1901 he led the county ticket to victory. In 1904 he appeared as chairman of the city central committee and again demonstrated his ability as a political leader. It will mean a great deal to the people of Miscouri to have such a man succeed Colonel R. C. Kerens, who for years has given his time and money to carry on the Republican organization in this state. We would like for some of our good ministers to tell us what discipline in a church means, and if it means anything at all, why not enforce it to some extent. Do you not know you are destroying the influence of the church and ruining the chances of the Negro race by this luke-warm, go-ahead, unconcerned, no-way of doing business? Members are left to do as they please. Too many people join the church now for a cloak. Preachers say, "You must not say anything about that, for she is Miss or Mrs. So-and-so." The world do move. And now our good white friends would not discriminate against American citizens by establishing in this city a hospital for cooled people. They would not carry race hatred so far as to set aside the old city hospital for the exclusive use of negroes. Next! Education without a good foundation means but little. We claim we are progressing. Progress implies a knowledge of the production of and trade in those commodities that men need. If we know nothing about these things and cannot produce commodities that other men must have, what are we going to amount to? In the editorial last week on the African Methodist Episcopal church, the typesetter made us say: It is time that this church has some brainy men in its ranks." We wrote: "It is true that this church has some brainy men in its ranks." This is a day for doing things and we ought to get down to business. We older people who stand around corners or going about from house to house telling what ought to be done, and criticising somebody for not doing something, ought to be things of the past. We are indeed proud of the material the Lincoln High school turned out as graduates, but that benign the case, what have we done by way of securing them a position since we have fitted them for the battles of life? Nick Chiles, editor of the Plain-dealer, wrote to the Pope at Rome; he had better applied to the pope at home. We believe it would have been more effective. Discipline is good for the human heart, even if some people do have to die two or three deaths before they become men. Any time you want to hear the Negro holler, simply tell the truth on him. 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 Gentes dine up stain. Z. T. JOBDAN, Manager HOMO TE. 8225 MAIN. LADY ATTENDANT. A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS. COURTEOUS TREATMENT Parlors 1820 E. 18th 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. Comparison. Is the handmaid of intelligent judgment. Never mind where the store stands or what the salesman promises Let the Clothing do the speech-making through the test of comparison—we are not afraid of the verdict you give in the judgmen to our Men's $9 Suits. Nebraska Clothing Co. KANSAS CITY, MO 1113-1116 Main St. Heim's KANSAS CITY $11 E.M.B. CO. OLD LAGER SPECIAL BREWS SCHARNAGEL SELECT KYFHIAUSER PERFECTION 1880 1890 1900 SALES: 12000 59946 150578 BBLS. BBLS. BBLS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. The "St. Louis Line" is Open and a mighty good line it is; the very best NEW railroad ever built in the West; rails weigh eighty pounds to the yard; ties are oak; bridges are steel and the track is splendidly ballasted. There are few curves, and the grades lighter than on any other line between Kansas City and St. Louis. Service is as follows: Leave Kansas City.....7:50 P. M. Ar. World's Fair Station 7.30 A. M. Ar. St. Louis Union Station 7:50 A. M. Through car service: standard and tourist sleeping and reclining chair cars Kansas City to St. Louis, the train passing the entire length of the Fair Grounds before stopping at main entrance. June 13th, 20th and 27th. Tickets, sleeping car berths reaching any point in the East Rock Island System J. A. STEWART, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Save the D Rebate of 10 cents per th all May bills paid on e THE EXPENSE OF Is confined to the moments the cooking is done the e turn out the flame. If you Range that's extrovagant. Kansas City, Miss Tenth and Walm THE Bostonian Shoe A SWELL SUMMER SHOE. Tickets, sleeping car berths and information as thing any point in the East will be furnished on m J. A. STEWART, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. City Pass. KANSAS CITY. Save the Discount of 10 cents per thousand cubic bills paid on or before June THE EXPENSE OF A GAS RAN led to the moments of actual use, thing is done the expense ceases the flame. If you don't—it isn't what's extrovagant. Kansas City, Missouri, Gas Tenth and Walnut Streets. car berths and information as to the cost of in the East will be furnished on request. STEWART, J. W. JONES, Agt. Pass. Dept. City Pass. Agt., 900 Main Street. KANSAS CITY. e Discount! as per thousand cubic feet on d on or before June 10th. USE OF A GAS RANGE moments of actual use. When the expense ceases, if you If you don't—it isn't the Gas vagant. y, Missouri, Gas Co. and Walnut Streets. Tickets, sleeping car berths and information as to the cost of reaching any point in the East will be furnished on request. Save the Discount! Save the Discount! Rebate of 10 cents per thousand cubic feet on all May bills paid on or before June 10th. THE EXPENSE OF A GAS RANGE Is confined to the moments of actual use. When the cooking is done the expense ceases, if you turn out the flame. If you don't—it isn't the Gas Range that's extrovagant. Kansas City, Missouri, Gas Co. Tenth and Walnut Streets. Style is full appreciated at this season of the year and is one reason why this line made such an instantaneous "hit," for the real "beauty mark" is on every pair. Patent Colt, Button ..... $3.50 Vici Kid, Button ..... $3.50 Patent Colt, new freak last ..... $3.50 Allover Patent Colt ..... $4.00 deal Patent Leather ..... $4.00 John Kerry Rockefeller It has been through the graduation period many seasons and always wins distinction Dressy Effects Known Value Comfort Sured PRICE $2.50 TO $3.50. Oviatt Shoe Co. 620 Minn. Ave., K. C. K. 1105 Main Route" to New York through Trains of the Four Route" Central Station of the New York Central Judson River Railroad. The "All-Rail Route All Through Tr "Big Four Use the New Grand Central Station & Hudson River All-Rail Route" to New All Through Trains of the "Big Four Route" New Grand Central Station of the New Yor & Hudson River Railroad. The "All-Rail Route" to New York Use the New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Forty-second Street and Fourth Avenue, New York. Center of the Hotel, Residence, Club and Theatre District Think of it! The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri- can continent. Only one railroad station in New York City and only one railroad from the Southwest running theough cars into it? Surely this is an advantage which no trav- erer can afford to overlook. All through cars of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Central Station in New York City, landing passers right in the heart of the city, and only a few minutes walk or drive to the principal hotels. Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On through tickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding ten days will be allowed at Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the tick- et agent at Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. C. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city. Only one railroad station in New York City and only one running th.ough cars into it! Supply this an advantage over book. All th.ough cars of the Big Four Route enter New York City, landing passers right in the heart of the walk or drive to the principal hotels. Over at Niagara Falls without Extra Ch nickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route. Lake Sh and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding to Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of tick Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 TO THE E. Z. Over Shop 1784 ..... Telephone WALL Laundry and station in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri- tation in New York City and only one railroad from into it. Supply this train advantage, which no train rough course of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Cen- tring passers right in the heart of the city, and only principal hotels. Tara Fails without Extra Charge. in the East, via Big Four Route. Lake Shore and Michi- lial Railways, stopover not exceeding ten days will be to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the tick- mediately on arrival. N, T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. 1784 Telephone 1778 WALL'S Laundry Co., Think of it! The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri- can continent. Only one railroad station in New York City and only one railroad from the Southwest running theough cars into it! Surely this is an advantage which no traveler can afford to overlook. All through cars of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Central Station in New York City, landing passergers right in the heart of the city, and only a few minutes walk or drive to the principal hotels. Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On through tickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding ten days will be allowed at Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the ticket agent at Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. C. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. --- --- BOSTONIAN Aret-Class Work & Prompt Delivery 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. 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 ask the patronage of our people who want to purchase a success. Our Work is strictly first-class in every way. We employ nothing but Nero artists and we will give you good work. To introduce our work to the public we have decided, for the aext 80 days, to make fine LIFE SIZE PASTEL PICTURES FOR 50 CENTS. We will simply make you a fine life size Pasteline Picture for 50 cents, worth $0.00. 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 from 12 to 6 p.m. A full course for $6.00, for 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, Artist. HOUSES ON PAYMENTS. We have some good Houses and Building Lots Can sell on easy terms. Among them are: 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 Lydla Ave.....1,700 Good Lots in different parts of the city. See us. Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City Free of Charge. Bell 'Phone 159 East. Home 'Phone 2396 Main WOODEN & GARNER DEALERS IN THOMAS AND HOLMES, Artistic Tailors Suits made to order. Aftering, 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'S BEST HIGH PATENT Why Not Have Your Prescriptions McGampell's L 2304 Vine St Where You Are Sure to Get What A full line of DRUGS, STATIONE CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGA PRESCRIPTIONS A SP Medicines Delivered to All Parts of t 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 Tel. Home 2745 Main. M. D. W. LANGSTON, PROPRIETOR. FINE CIGARS. TEL. THOMAS AND Artistic T Suits made to order. Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Pharmacy On Street What the Doctor Prescribed? ONERY, TOILET ARTICLES TIGARS and TOBACCO. A SPECIALTY. Of the City Free of Charge. Home 'Phone 2396 Main GARNER RS IN FRESH and SALT MEATS.... have the same goods and same and see us. We treat you right 1339 East 18th Street. The managers of the Old Folks and Orphans' home earnestly request every housekeeper to remember the old people and children when she is putting up fruit for the winter, and be kind enough to set aside one jar of fruit or one glass of jelly for those who cannot do for themselves. Send a card to Miss Sheppard at 2446 Michigan avenue. She will see that your donation is secured. If it depended upon certain of our men of means for the success of race enterprises, we would have none to our credit. These men are big talkers but little doers. 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. Napoleon's visiting card was two and a third inches long and half as broad. The ex-printer to the Tulleries still has a sample, which he intends presenting to the National Museum. The fact of its retaining, up to the present day, its white and glossy coat is due to the reckless use of tincture of arsenic, which is thought to have caused much of the sickness of that period. Good Service. Up-to-date The New Palace Restuarant. Robt. Sneed, Prop. 924 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo. DANCING AT THE Vendome Academy 1734 Grand. EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA FRISCO SYSTEM WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair. It also prevents the hair from failing out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair shiny and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. It was the first preparation ever sold for straight hair. Get the Original Ounised Ox Marwax as the genuine never falls to the knees that harden it. It is the healthy, life-like appearance so much desired. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and legends. Perfumes are the superior and most elegant it is the best and most economical. It is not possible to wear it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists to or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. --- --- NEWS & GASSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. t's the little bits we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Miss M. E. Bradbury is in St. Louis. It is said that Mr. John Hill is still improving. Lee Shaw was proven to be insane and sent to the asylum this week. A number of Kansas Cityans will attend commencement at Lincoln institute next week. Rev. Hancock was called to Hannibal, Mo., this week to preach the funeral of Miss Bessie Smith. Miss Mabel Lucas was at home to the Choral society of Lincoln High school Friday afternoon. Miss Anna H. Jones entertained the Lincoln High school graduates at her home last Friday evening. Young women from the north, south, east and west have flocked hither to take the teachers' examination. St. Pancreas' guild will entertain the public at their guild hall, 2424 Tracy avenue, next Thursday evening, June 16. Admission free. 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. Bishop Grant will be at Allen chapel next Sunday. The faithful expected him to be present at class Tuesday night, but were disappointed. For fine wedding invitations, calling cards, etc., call on The Graham-Rhodes Printing Co., now located at 704 East 12th St., up stairs. "Printers of Everything." Watch these columns next week. We will write up the marriages and other things of interest that have been so sudden as to take away our breath. 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. The Second Baptist church took up a collection last Sunday morning for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans' home. It amounted to nearly $14. Mr. William Thompkins, who will finish his course in medicine at Howard University, Washington, D. C., next year, is in the city. The Little Women's auxiliary visited the Old Folks and Orphans' home last week and took some fruit to the sick little girl who is gradually losing her hold on life. Last Sunday was a rainy day, so everybody is expected to attend church to-morrow and hear the report our good pastor, Rev. Jesse F. Peck, brings from conference. Joseph Brice of 412 East Eleventh street left this week to spend several weeks in Texas. The church people who worship at the corner of Eleventh and Locust will defray his expenses. 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. The death of James Woodson of 1020 Troost avenue was quite a shock to his many friends. After one hour's illness he quietly passed away. He was a good citizen and leaves a wife and baby to mourn his loss. He leaves his family a good home at the above mentioned number. 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. Napoleon's Visiting Cards. Up-to-date REGULAR ;MEALS 166 D. A. WILLIS, Manager. 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, Round Trip Homesekers' Tickets at rate of ONE FARE plus $2, on sale first and third Tuesday of each month. For descriptive literature and detailed information as to rates, train service, etc., address J. G. LOVRIEN, ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSEMBLER AGENT, KANSAS CITY, MG. TAKEN FROM LIFE: 1427-1433-1435 East Eighteenth Street. The Big Sale Now Begins The Big Sale Now Begins C. COLLINS' BIG DEPARTMENT STORE AT E. 18TH AND FLORA AVE. The Paseo is coming through and part of our store must be torn down. This forces us to have a large Clearing Sale within the next 30 days. Our stock must go at a very low price. You will not only save car fare, but will save time and money by paying us an early visit—the earlier the better. We carry a full and complete stock of Merchandise. Inspect our millinery department. It is easy to fit out your children here. A complete stock of STRAW HATS, LADIES' and GENTS' SHOES Tnere is a large assortment of Ladies' Underwear, from which to select. Our stock of Ladies' Suits is now on display and you can save 25 per cent on purchases made here. A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Made. C. COLLINS 18th and Flora. Countee Brothers, UNDERTAKERS AND ..Licensed Embalmers.. 4 East 12th St, iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO A. WEBER, MERCHANT TAILOR, If you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay no rent Come and see us. Style, Fit and Finish Guaranteed. 2825 S.W. Blvd. Kansas City, Mo. Here is a good tailor to your order, who can, perhaps, help you to a good figure. You will find our Spring Suits roomy and of full length, with broad shoulder effect and forward swing that made to measure garments have heretofore monopolized. We are trying to improve the ready-made standard. Wabash Train TO COMMENCING JUNE 5, 1904. Leave KANSAS CITY, 11:30 p. m. Daily Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION, 7:00 a. m. " Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station), 7:15 a. m. " EQUIPMENT—Pullman Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Cars and Coaches. Sleepers and Coaches open at 10:00 p. m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. Return Train leaves St. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. M. C. SHIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET, 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 P 2825 S. W. Blvd. ```markdown ``` Here is a good tailor perhaps, help you to a You will find our Spril length, with broad show swing that made to heretofore monopolized We are trying to impr dard. $12 t BROWNING, @ CO., Henry Caspar, Mgr. A Wabas W. B. Countee. S, UNDERTAKERS AND ..Licensed Embalmers... Unpublished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO. MERCHANT TAILOR, Here here is the place to Why? Because we pay Come and see us. Finish Guaranteed. Kansas City, Mo. TWIXT A Good Figure and A Good Tailor I Would Choose the Latter. ---Beau Brummell to his valet. your order, who can, good figure. Suits roomy and of full order effect and forward measure garments have the ready-made stan- $30. B.K. MADE MINE 11th and Main St. There is no reason For being without ```markdown ``` W. S. BAK A Kimball Pia without sacrificing any of the pleasures you now enjoy...The possessed by a Kimball makes it an ornament to any home, stones makes it a source of endless enjoymenh. W. W. Kimball Co. W. B. Robert Est. 1857. RELIABLE DENTIST No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Exam We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the unimproved grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle age. We Guarantee to Please. Our Reliability is Un This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is the oughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. W. S. BAKER, Salesman Measures you now enjoy...The style and finish at an ornament to any home, and its sweet ness enjoymenh. Ball Co. W. B. Roberts, Manager Est. 1857. 920 Walnut E DENTISTRY Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free Artists in the city. We have the largest and Our success is due to the uniformly high only operators of middle ages; no youths Our Re'iability is Unquestioned. Healthy corporation, and is therefore thor- k is guaranteed for 15 years. A Kimball Piano without sacrificing any of the pleasures you now enjoy...The style and finish possessed by a Kimball makes it an ornament to any home, and its sweet tones makes it a source of endless enjoymenh. W. W. Kimball Co. W. B. Roberts, Manager Est. 1857. 920 Walnut RELIABLE DENTISTRY No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformy high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth.....$2.65 Platinum fillings.....500 Cleaning.....500 We do as we advertise— Teeth extracted without pain FREE. We are here to stay. NEW YORK DENTAL CO ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. RK DENTAL CO PUBLISHED 20 YEARS. 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ADCOCK BY·A·Sr JOHN·ADCOCK Lavender row was accustomed to sensations, and would not have been happy without them. But never had the row been so stirred to its grim depths, so blown with notoriously and unholy excitement, as it was on the occasion of Alf Jarvis' sudden departure from it. One night in autumn, a night of ghostly mists and no moon, Alf failed to come home. As he was not a man of regular habits, this was nothing unusual. But in the morning his body was found lying out on the mangy green stretch of the London Fields—dead, with a savage gash in the throat that could not have been self-inflicted. While he lived, nobody had been especially fond of Alf except his parents, and they were half afraid of him. A loafing, ill-conditioned ruffian, he had suffered imprisonment for one brutal outrage, and was strongly suspected of others that could not be brought home to him. Nevertheless, his death was generally accepted in Lavender row as a calamity; he was discussed as exhaustively as if he had been a real loss to the community, and men and women reaped glory in a small way by retailing his sayings and doings and posing as his personal friends. The police could find no clew to the murderer, and, throughout this thrilling period, of all who rose to local eminence by reason of their acquaintance with Alf, none rose higher than Jonny Cripps, nor took a subtler pride in the elevation, nor appealed the ennce more prevailingly to public sentiment. Jenny lived with her mother in the house opposite to that in which All had lodged. She earned a livelihood by work in a chocolate factory, and was a good-looking, vivacious girl, who, for all her native coquetry and love of dress and amusement, had a robust imagination and a ballast of common sense that stood her in good stead in a narrow, perilous world. She had owned no preference for anybody until she began to walk out with Ben Gillett, and Ben's triumph was not lasting. She quarreled with him frequently, and at length, offended by some fancied slight, sent him away in a moment of plque and apparently transferred her affections. But Ben was not readily daunted. He was a dogged, steady-going fellow, a capable artisan, dwelling at a distance from the row, and had come to know Jenny through meeting her at intervals as she walked to and from the chocolate factory. He went away when she sent him; but he returned and returned again with a tireless persistence that was presently rewarded; she found she could not care for his supplanter as she had cared for him, so he was forgiven and they were reconciled. Then, after an interval, she broke with him capriciously for a second time, and he departed into the wilderness of her displeasure, smarting un- A der the knowledge that he had a new rival who was far more dangerous than the old. This new rival was none other than the redoubtable Alf Jarvis. Before his solitary conviction had rendered the undue prominence too risky, Alf had been the leader of a gang of Hooligans who were the terror of the neighborhood; and since his release from durance he had been no less daringly lawless, but carried out his exploits with a baffling cunning and secrecy that left the police no chance of entrapting him. Jennie. It was no wonder, then, if Jenny was dazzled by the homage of so masterful a man. The wonder was that his dashing airs, the glamor of his crude greatness, the open hatred of one he had filted and several he ignored for the sake of her, turned her head so little as it did. Suddenly, at this critical juncture, before she could be sure of her own heart, or Alf could overpersuade her, some unknown hand had abruptly torn him out of her life forever. His tragic end filled her with horror and affected her with an emotional belief that she had really loved him. The tears she shed were tears of genuine sorrow. This development of the situation seeming to make it imperative, she trimmed her hat with crape and bought herself a cheap black dress, and in these habilliments was treated with distinguished consideration at F. "Give me up, an' I'll swing for it" the inquest, where she sat on a front bench between Alf's father and mother. Later she was the most attractive figure and a principal mourner at the funeral. Altogetner it was a strange and grievous experience, not unmingled with a certain pleasant self-compliance of which Jenny was dimly ashamed even while she indulged it. No arrests were ever made. Alf had wronged many people and made numerous enemies; moreover, his companions were as brutal and as lawless as himself. He might have been murdered out of revenge, or in the heat of some drunken fight—and by degrees the search began to be abandoned. Meanwhile, though Ben Gillett had made no attempt to intrude upon Jenny's misery, he had not lost sight of her. But, strong in the importance attaching to her almost widowed state, and too proud to own it in a hurry even if she suspected she had been any way duping herself, she steeled her heart against him and discouraged such hesitant attempts as he made to renew acquaintance with her. When he could endure this no longer, crushed andreckless with despair, he forced her to make up her mind about him, once for all by calling to see her in her own home. The front door of the house stood always open, for the convenience of the various lodgers, so he entered at will and, before she was aware of his presence, was in the room where she sat at the table sewing, alone. "You needn't be afraid, Jenny," he said, quietly, closing the door and standing with his back to it. "I must speak to you . . . . You're breaking my heart. I saw your mother go out, an' came in hoping to find you by yourself. I want you to tell me the plain truth—an' have done with it. I want to know, Jenny—was it only a sort of fancy—are you only sorry for him—or did you really love him?" "I shouldn't wear black if I didn't should I?" she cried, resentfully. "But—once you loved me, Jenny—" "No, I never did then!" "I've been mistaken, then?" "Reckon you have." She tossed her head scornfully. "You're quite—quite certain?" he urged, anxiously. "Don't fool me any more, Jenny." "Who's foolin' you? You've no right to come here bullying me, Ben Gillett, an' the sooner you take yourself off the better." "I'll tell you, Jenny." His grim calmness seemed to increase with her "Now you know. It was me. An' if it's him you love—an' not me—I don't care to hide it—any longer. I never meant to tell you—but now. That settles it! You can give me up, Jenny. That's why I'm telling you. Give me up, an' I'll swing for it! Go on. . . . Here! There it is." With a hasty movement, he flung a long-bladed knife down on the table before her. He ceased, and stood, duly resolved, his breast heaving convulsively. There was a moment of awful silence. Then the slow tread of Mrs. Crapps returning sounded in the passage. Instantly Jenny started to her feet. "Bent!" she cried, in an agony, under her breath. "Oh. . . . It was my fault! . . . It was never him, really! . . . I never cared—I thought I did—but"— She broke off with a warning gesture as the door opened, and, snatching the knife from the table, thrust it into her pocket.—Sketch. CASE OF PROFIT OR LOSS. Inebriated Individual Had Hard Matter to Decide. A minister of the Methodist Protestant church, now stationed on the eastern shore of Maryland, is convinced that the life of a clergyman is not always strewn with roses. His views on certain current questions had been repeatedly misstated by others, and, considering their action nefariously unjust, he took occasion to refer to it 1. one of his Sunday morning sermons. He said that he had been consolled by calling to mind the story of an Irishman, who is reported to have lived somewhere in lower Delaware. Although a frugal and hard working man, this son of Erin occasionally visited the town tavern on Saturday afternoons, and sometimes returned home in a state of intoxication. On one occasion, having imbibed so freely that he was totally unable to steer himself homeward, a kindly disposed individual who happened along placed him in his cart and started the mule in the right direction. Unfortunately, some mischievous boys met the cart, and deciding to play a joke on the old man, unhitched the mule, and leading him a short distance into the woods, sat down to await results. In a short time the Irishman awoke from his stupor, rubbed his eyes, and, looking about, exclaimed: "Begorra, is this me, or is it not me, Falth, I cannot tell. If this is me, I have lost a mule, but if this is not me I have found a cart!"—Baltimore Herald. Studying Chinese Character In a report on the German estimates for this year a secretary to the British embassy in Berlin states that in the new estimates a sum of $40,000 is inserted under the head of "furtherance of scientific, especially ethnological studies in China." In explanation, it is mentioned that, as the opening of China advances, a more exact study of the individuality of East Asiatic nations is becoming a necessity. It is, therefore, advisable to station permanently in China a German scholar well acquainted with ethnology and the Chinese language, whose object is to develop intellectual relations with a little known form of civilization. Blaming It on the Judge An English judge, Lord Hannen, was celebrated for his kindness and courtesy to the younger members of the bar. Once he made a little speech to some of them that was full of hope and encouragement and ended with advice as to what to do with the first brief. "Read it," he said; "read it carefully. Then forget oil about it as quickly as you can, for it's sure to be all wrong. Tell the court a plain and straightforward story, and when you've lost your case go back to your client and tell him it was all the fault of that old fool of a judge." Beyond Knowledge of Science Little Boy—I wish I was a great philosopher like you. Great Scientist—And why, my son? "Cause you know everything, and there's some things I can't understand, but if I was like you I could." "Tell me one of them." "Well, for one thing, I'd like to know why photographers can take pictures of comets an' meteors, an' flying cannon balls, an' lightning flashes, and yet they can't photograph a boy without squashing his head in a pair of plicers."—Stray Stories. Invocation. invocation. Blowmist mist of rosy masses Into my singing drift; Kindle its cloven masses With lights that sway and shift; Breathe in the warmness Your fairy torches lift. Brown rill through rushes wending. Where red-wings flash and dip. Lend me the rhythm bending Each dark heed's yellowing tip- The careless slide and slip. Softly you speak as a harebell, red Lips to the breeze o'er its virgin bed. "Yes," is your answer? Ah! fairy bliss Waveth its wand in command at this! Come to me, dear! Let me read your eyes! Closer, my own! Is this Paradise? Clasp those white arms—"Tis a woman's part— Now pay Love'd toll! What? You stole my heart! Love is divine! There is naught amiss! Yield, to me, dear one, your first love=kiss! Ah! This is Heaven enough for me— Youth and the firelight, your lips—and Thee! Byron Williams The Last of Gretna Green. A Scene That Was Common Enough a Century Age. When Zeloping Couples Sought the Aid of the Gretna Green Blacksmith in Joining Them in Maritime. With Mrs. Margaret Parker of Clifton Hall, Westmoreland, who died a few weeks ago at the age of 88, the last of all the hundreds of brides who were wooed and carried away across the border to Gretna Green disappeared, and one of the most romantic chapters in Cupid's history was finally closed. It is just sixty-one years ago since Mrs. Parker was carried borderwards swift as an impatient lover and horses' feet could take her, and for more than forty years she led an ideally happy life with her romantic husband. Mr. Parker, it is interesting to note, was no novice at runaway weddings, for he had made one previous trip to Gretna Green with the daughter of Col. Youngson of Bowscar, who was just on the eve of being sent to India to be married to a young army officer. On this first adventure the irate father, in true fiction style, gave hot chase and arrived at the scene of the bridal a few minutes too late to disappoint his son-in-law. Another interesting survival of the romantic days of elopements was Caroline Margaret, dowager marchoness of Queensberry, who died quite recently at the age of 83. The marchoness was the youngest and prettiest daughter of Gen. Sir William Clayton, bart., who objected strongly to Lord Drumlanrig's ardent wooing of his 19-year-old child. What could the young lovers do in face of such implacable opposition but hurry away across the border, where obdurate parents could safely be defied? So one night in early June, 1840, Miss Caroline and her lordly wooer mounted their horses and never rested until the obliging blacksmith at Gretna Green had made them one. The marchioness always retained her romantic notions. Years after her own runaway match her maid ran off with the coachman, also on a matrimonial errand. The coachman borrowed the marquis' favorite hunter for the journey and unfortunately lamed him, with the result that Lord Queensberry in his wrath dismissed them both. Whereupon the marchioness interceded—and successfully—on behalf of the young couple, reminding her lord that "you would not have minded how many horses you lamed when you eloped with me." At Gretna Green every facility was offered for the invading lovers. Impromptu parsons were plentiful; and if the blacksmith was by chance engaged, the ferryman, the tollkeeper and landlord of the village hostelry were all ready and eager to assume the priestly role and pocket a welcome fee. Indeed, the tollkeeper—the first "priest" an eloping couple would be likely to encounter—did the best business of them all, writing, so it is said, as many as 200 couples in a single year, a record which made the blacksmith, who has had too much of the credit, green with envy. It is said that half the British peerage derives its origin from one or other of these border unions; and, although this is doubtless an exaggeration, there are scores of aristocrats today who would have been nonexistent but for the temptation Gretna Green offered to their headstrong ancestors. Many an embryo peer of the realm has stood before the improvised altar in the blacksmith's shop or tollhouse and left in a happy man. The houses of Villiers, Coventry, Paget, Fane, Beauclerk and many another noble and historic name have had their destinies shaped in the Dumfriesshire village. One of the most historic and romantic of all elopements was that of John Fane, tenth earl of Westmoreland, with pretty Sarah Child, the only daughter and heiress of "Old Child," the wealthy banker of Osterley Park. It was the daughter of this union, Lady Sarah Fane, who brought the Child money bags to the noble house of Jersey, and in many another case has Gretna Green introduced new blood and wealth into England's great families. To Stop Irish Emigration. Calculating the cost of raising a person in Ireland at $200—and this is one-fifth of the supposed cost in the United States—emigration has cost Ireland since 1851, when the statistics were first kept, about $800,000,000. An anti-emigration society has been started in Dublin and is doing what it can to stem the tide of emigration. Its plan of campaign is to show that while some of the emigrants do better their condition, many of them do not, and that these latter almost invariably reach a lower state of misery than is possible in Ireland, where the worst they have to face is poverty, but poverty without the moral degradation common in large cities. This society has arranged to hold an anti-emigration conference at the St. Louis exposition in 1904 in the hope that it may do something among Irish people in the United States to prevent them in any way assisting emigration from Ireland. Know Little of the World: Some of the Albanians whose insurrectionary operations have been an occasion for concern both to Turkey and to the powers which are trying to compel reforms in that region are curiously ignorant as to the conditions in the outer world. A writer who visited an Albanian monastery says: "The fact that I write impressed these worthy friars greatly, and Padre Gloacchino, politician as are all Albanians, made a wonderful suggestion. 'Write a long article, my son,' he exclaimed enthusiastically. 'Thou knowest us and the bravery of my nation. Suggest an alliance against Europe that will assuredly destroy the balance of the powers.' The alliance which the padre expected to overturn the balance of power was to consist of England, Italy—and Albania." JEET AND JELLY The improvidents. "The grocer sent his bill to-day, and what do you think he charged us for butter?" "How much?" "Twenty-eight cents a pound." "Good land! It's downright robbery. No wonder we're always poor. By the way, dear, I found a parrot to-day that talks in three languages. The man wants only $10 for it." "What a bargain! We must have the bird, by all means." No Reflected Glory for Him. "After all, what's the use marrying a woman who has the ability to make herself famous?" "Well, a wife of that kind, you know, may make herself known to posterity." "Nothing of the kind. Consider the case of Mme. Du Barry's husband. I'll bet $40 that nine out of every ten people honestly believe there never was a Mr. Du Barry." Good Reason. Grace—He says Friday is his un- lucky day. Marie—Why, do you suppose? Grace—Oh, I guess he was born on that day.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Worse Than Green Goods. Uncle Wayback—I jus' tell you, th'city is an awful place. Skin yeh alive there. Farmer Meadow (gloomily)—That's so. Uncle Wayback—Eh? Did yeh meet some green goods men while you was in th'city? Farmer Meadow—No-o, but my wife met some dry goods men.—New York Weekly. Peace to His Ashes. Mrs. DeSwell—"You seem to be a great lover of the weed, Mr. Puffington. Does your father smoke as much as you do?" Puffington—"Well, I should hope not." Mrs. DeSwell—"What do you mean?" Puffington—"He has been dead ten years." It Worried Him: "That land," said the city nephew, "is valued at $800 a front foot." "Thunderation!" exclaimed the old farmer, hastily moving back onto the sidewalk. "An' I stood on it most five minutes! Do you reckon they'll charge me rent?" F. F. She—What is nobler than a man you can trust? He—One who will trust you. Then They Wouldn't Have Met. "Is it becoming to me?" asked she, as she paraded, in the costume of 100 years ago, before the man who is not her lord and master, but is her husband. "Yes, my dear," said he, meekly. "Don't you wish I could dress this way all the time?" she asked. "No, my dear," he replied; "but I wish you had lived when that was the style." Just a Scheme. Mrs. Gaussip—I think you ought to know this, Mrs. Subbubs. Your husband kisses your cook. Mrs. Subbubs—Yes, I told him to do it. You see the cook thinks she is getting ahead of me in that way and so she never thinks of leaving. Destructive Styles in the Kitchen. Lady of the House—Lorena, you break more china and glass than any cook we ever had. Lorena—I can't help it, ma'am; it's these big sleeves drags 'em off the tables. [Illustration of a woman with a headband and a dress]. To be a successful wife, to retain the love and admiration of her husband should be a woman's constant study. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Potts tell their stories for the benefit of all wives and mothers. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will make every mother well, strong, healthy and happy. I dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and weariness. I then noticed a statement of a woman troubled as I was, and the wonderful results she had had from your Vegetable Compound, and decided to try what it would do for me, and used it for three months. At the end of that time I was a different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and my husband fell in love with me all over again. It seemed like a new existence. 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"Within a year after I became the mother of a strong healthy child, the joy of our home. You certainly have a splendid remedy, and I wish every mother knew of it.—Sincerely yours, Mrs. Anna Potts, 510 Park Ave., Hot Springs, Ark." If you feel that there is anything at all unusual or puzzling about your case, or if you wish confidential advice of the most experienced write to Mrs Pink TICKLE GRASS BY BYRON WILLIAMS Uncle Josh, completely transfixed, speechless, points down street! "Look! Look-a-thar! One o' them gol darned drays that's run by its own innards!" I follow his gaze. Down State street an automobile truck is proceeding joltingly along the rough thoroughfare. "Well, I swan to goodness! Look at it! Look out there, mister! You'll run inter that thar omnibus an'-Well, by thunder, he's stopped 'er dead still! Now she's goin' again! "Wait a minute," springing into th' street, while in his wake I hear, 'I'n goin' out thar an' ask that feller a few pinters about th' critter!" I follow sadly. Uncle Josh is no joke to me! There is a demonstration, of course. Then a blockade, and symptoms of a panic. When I break through the crowd a policeman has Uncle by the collar! He postulates wildly. "You jes' let me go if you know what's good for ye! I ain't done noth'in only ask that feller to stop his derned old choo-choo wagin t' show me where the steam engine is! Ye better—" "Let him go, officer," I suggest quietly, "I'll look after him!" "Take th' jay out t' th' rhubarbs an set a fire under him," comments the protector of our civic peace, as I trundle Uncle Josh into the maelstrom again. "Nevvy," from Uncle, with chagrin in his voice, "I reckon I better be gittin' on home to-morrer. Th' city don't seem t' be no place fer a feller to ask questions!" PUT A COB IN, ORDER! NOT'S DIST. "A GLUE FACTORY NOT LOCLE! PUT A MITTEN ON DAY BREATH, CULLY!" ADV-YOUNG ONIONS & C A BUNCH. Overworked. "Lady," said a man hired to assist a Grand Rapids woman in house-cleaning, "I'd clean these here picter frames better if I had a pint of strong whisky." "I'll let you have a bottle I have upstairs," she said. That afternoon she found the picture frames beautifully polished. Erratic remarks by the man, however, betrayed where he had applied the whisky. "Yesh," he said, "thatch whisky did business ari." "I'm so glad," said she. "I came near throwing it away after I used it to wash my feet in last time."—Daily paper. There is always a pleasure in meeting an old friend. We vividly recall our introduction to this story which had its inception on the ark. Noah's stateroom needed papering and Jonah, who was a paper-hanger, asked for the whisky to mix into the paste to make it stick. A few days prior one of the ark monkeys had been afflicted with fleas and Noah had washed the monkey in the whisky. When Jonah learned the truth he went out to feed the fishes and got caught by a whale! These are the real facts in the case, but the story has been sadly misused since Noah's death, one Ananias having washed a baby in the whisky. Another had poured it from the preserved body of a pet pug dog, and still another had used it for pickling his spring poetry—yet all agree on the main points of the story, which is here told by an eye witness for the first time! "WHY SMITH LEFT HOME." The following matter-of-fact advertisement recently appeared in an English publication: "Wanted—A really plain but experienced and efficient governess for three girls, eldest sixteen. Music, French and German required; brilliancy of conversation, fascination of manners and symmetry of form objected to, as the father is much at home and there are grown-up sons. Address Mater." etc. His Graduation Exercises. Asked the other day, as to the absence of a youthful member of his flock, Brother Williams replied that he was "in his graduation exercises—in prison. You see," he explained, "hit was disayow. He started numble—in de chain gang; but, by perseverance en strict attention ter business he finally graduated ter de Fedrul prison of de United States!"—Atlanta Constitution. Dynamite for Sharks. In the British navy the engineers have a curious way of killing sharks. They seal up a dynamite cartridge in an empty can, and put the can inside a lump of pork. The pork is thrown over on a wire which has been connected with an electric battery. When the shark takes the bait the engineer presses a button which explodes the cartridge and kills the fish. Cedara of Lebanon. The cedars of Lebanon are not yet entirely exterminated, but for many years most European lead pencils were made of cedar imported from America. The largest German manufacturer now has a cedar forest of his own at home. In the United States alone about 125,000 cedars are annually converted into pencils. Must Know Four Languages. 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MY ESTIMATE IS --- The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Company will set aside an appropriation of $50,000, which will be presented, in its entirety, to the per-tenant beneficiary. The EXACT number of paid admissions to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which opened at St. Louis, April 30th and closes December 1st, 1994. Should no one succeed in obtaining the necessary money, will be presented to the one who sees us the nearest correct estimate. This good opportunity to secure a magnificent Fortune costs NOTHING. Our object in making this opportunity is to promote the sale of our Souvenir Coin Admission to the World's Falt. These SQUINTA COIN OF ADMISSION 1883 1963 SAINT LOUIS GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1903-1904 K. of P. OF MISSOURI. G. C., Aaron W. Lloyd, 2029 Lucas ave., St. Louis. G. V. C., Jas. A. Demay, Huntsville, Mo. P. G. C., W. H. Goff, 2337 Wash st. St. Louis. G. P., Rev. F. D. Avant, Clarksville Mo. G. K. of R. & S., W. A. Gunnell, De Soto, Mo. G. M. of E., E. B. Burris, Macon, Mo. G. L., J. W. Ware, Commerce, Mo. G. M. R., Dr. J. W. McDowell, 2300 Market st. St. Louis. G. M at A., B. F. Adams, 615 East 10th st., Kansas City. G. I G., Geo. A. Donaldson, Paris, Mo. G. O. G., Geo. M. West, 101 E. Buck- hardt st., Moberly. Secretary and Treasurer, Benefici- ary Board, Dr. W. P. Curtis, 1409 Market st., St. Louis. Members of Board—D E. Gordon, 3212 Members of Board—W E. W. Trice, 3212 North Leawood Supreme Representative, Chas. H. Brown, St. Louis. B. J. Carruthers, St. Louis. R. C. Carter, St. Louis. BRIDE OF THE WEST LODGE NO. 4, K. OF. meets 2d and 4th Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis. WM. W. HUCKNER, C. C. Wm. Goff, K. of R. and E. W. T. MUMFORD LODGE NO. 2. K. OF. meets 1st and 3d Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis. DANIEL BOSTICK, C. C. B. Bland, K. of R. and S. EXCELSIOR LODGE NO. 3. K. OF. meets 2d and 4th Thursday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis. R. ROMEO STEEL, C. C. Sol Lindsay, K. of R. & S. MOUND CITY LODGE NO. 4, K. OF. meets 1st and 3d Monday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis. DE SOTO LODGE NO. 5, K. OF p. of De Soto, Mo., meets 21 Monday evening in each month, at 5:30 p.m. Mamie hall, South Main and St. Louis streets. H. L. LONG, C. C. John W. Johnson, K. of R. and S. DAMON LODGE NO. 6, K. OF p. of P., meets 4th Wednesday ave. in each month, at 10 a.m. ferson hull, 76 North Jefferson ave. WM. H. BUTLER, C. C. Wesley Hudson, K. of R. and S. FIDELITY LODGE NO. 7, K. OF p., of Springfield R. FREEMAN, C. C. G. H. Webb, K. of R. and S. LILEY LODGE NO. 5, K. OF p., of Kansas City. E. H. TAYLOR, C. C. James A. Dozley, K. of R. and S. NORTH STAR LODGE NO. 1, K. OF p., of Hannibal, meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month. MILLVINE BARNES, C. C. J. J. Foggite, K. of R. and S. LONE STAR LODGE NO. 10, K. OF p., of Macon, meets 2d and 4th Monday evening in each month. W. A. WALLACE, C. C J. O. McNutt, K. of R. and I ORIENT LODGE NO. 11, K. of P., of Joplin, K. of T. GREEN, C. C. H. Curtis, K. of R. and S. HARRISON LODGE NO. 12, K. of P., of Huntsville, meets 2d and 4th Thursday evening in each month, 117 N. Main street. JAMES A. DENY, C. C. W. T. Wainwright, S. S. ST. PETHIAS LODGE NO. 13, K. of P., meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. W. B. WILLIAMS, C. C. P. E. Anderson, K. of R. and S. CRYSTAL LODGE NO. 14, K. of P., of Feastus, JOHNSON SOLOMON, C. C. B. B. Banlinger, K. of R. and S. FLORAL LODGE NO. 15, K. of P., of Poplans, HARRY CAUN, C. C. S. E. Townsend, K. of R. and S. EUREKA LODGE NO. 16, K. of P., meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson ave., C. C. Johnson, K. of R. and S. T. W. STRINGER LODGE NO. 17, K. OF. F., meets lt and 3d Thursday evening in each month, eighth Jefferson, Jefferson halh, north Jefferson avenue. Souvenir Colns of Admission are of artistic and appropriate design, are invaluable as memorials of this greatest of all Expositions and are similar to the Columbian Half Dolls and are similar to the American fine value, we will accept them in exchange for tickets of admission to the World's Fair, and for this purpose will maintain a ticket once at the main entrance to the Fair Ground, open every day during the World's Fair, want one of these Souvenirs, but only a limited number will be offered for sale. Price 50 cents. With every Souvenir Coln estimate to be made and paid, we will estimate of paid admissions to the Fair. No more. WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS, MO. Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. COMMERCE LODGE. NO. 19, K. of P. of Commerce, meets 1st and 2nd Tuesday evening in each month. GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. Elbert Burns, K. of R. and S. RICHMOND LODGE NO. 20, K. of P. of Richmond, meets 1st and 2nd Thursday evening in each month. HORACE RANDLE, C. C. Lewis Reed, K. of R. and S. Paul Randle, K. of R. and S. MKINLEY LODGE NO. 21, K. of P. of Kane, K. of R. Russell, C. C. Peter J. Sloes, K. of R. and S. EAGLE LODGE NO. 22, K. of P. of Neesleyville N. E. BRUNSON, C. C. Samuel Haynes, K. of R. and S. CARRUTHERNVILLE LODGE NO. 2, K of P., of Carruthersville. G. W. HARRIS, C. C. Bert W. Heldker, K of R and S. MOBERLY LODGE NO. 24, K of P. of Columbia. Sergt W. H. TURNER, C. J. C. Burton K of R and S. MOBERLY LODGE NO. 25, K of P. Mobersville st. and 3rd Tuesday evening in each month at $ 6'clock R. L. SCOTT, C. C. M. West, K. of R. and S. RISING SUN LODGE, K. of P. of Keota. Meets 1st and 3d Thursday day evenings in each month, at 8 o'clock. A L. SPENCER, C. C. T. W. White, K. of R. and S. GOLDEN STAP LODGE NO. 27 K. of P. of Ardmore. J. W. Bonds, K. of R. and S. STAP LODGE NO. 27. Ardmore. WOODSON, C. C. s. K. of R. C. s. K. of R. and S. M. L. ROLEN. M. PRIED. J. L. COOMBS. J. D. ROBINSON. A. M. WILLIANS. TOUSAINT LODGE NO. 29. K. OF P., meets 1st and 3d Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Kicker's Hall, Newstate ave. and North Market. PRED LINDSBY, C. C. John B. Palmer, K. of R. and S. 231 Marcus Avenue. BURLEIGH LODGE NO. 29. K. of P., of Farmington CHAS BAKER, C. C. Lewis L. Hill, K. of R. and S. PYTHAGORALS NO. 30. K. of P., of Ironton. F. FLETCHER, C. C. H. F. Boyd, K. of R. and S. ANCHOR LODGE NO. 31. K. OF P., of Cape Girarraue, Mo., meets 1st and 3d Thursday evenings of each month at Castle hall. W. C. Mrs. D. Crews, R. of D. SPRIG OF MYRTLE COURT NO. 13 meets 4th Friday in each month, at 1:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. SHEP LODGE NO. 32 FOTEL THUR CAYCE, C. C. CON, K. of R. and S. THIAN LODGE NO. 33 Paris. ROBINSON, C. C. CHURK, K. of R. and S. WIDELIS LODGE NO. 4 meets 2d and 4th in each month, at 8 Jefferson hall, 706 North O. J. BIGGS, C. C. of R. Albert M. Oliver, K. of R. and S. CHRISTOPHER LODGE NO 22 ALBERT M. OLIVER K. of P. ARTHUR CAYCE, C. C. Isoh曼 K. of R. and S. PHILOSOPHIAN LODGE NO. 33 K. of P. I. W. ROBINSON, C. W. E. ROBINSON, C. Eugene L. Chirk, K. of R. and S. SEMPER FIDELIS LODGE NO. 34, K. of R. meets 2d and 4th k. of R. in meets a month at 4 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 76 North Jefferson avenue. O. J. BIGGS, C. C. M. H. Cabell, K. of R. and S. FAYETTE LODGE NO. 35, K. of P. of Fayette Meets first and third Wednesday nights of each month at Masonic hall. B. F. ISAAC, JR., C. C. John H. McAllister, R. of, B. and S. F. ISAAC, JR., C. C. K. of R. and S. LODGE NO. 36, K. of orthage, meets every evening in each week. L. LEONARD, C. C. R. and S. GOOD LODGE NO. 37 Cottonwood Point, 4th Tuesday, N ANDERSON, C. C. R. and S. TE LODGE NO. 38 Kirksville, meets 24 days. EUREKA COURT NO. 89, meets 1st Thursday in each month, at 3:30 p.m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. RS. MISSOURI WILLIAMS, W. C. MRS. MATTIE GU. OLYMPIA LODGE NO. 36, K. of P. of Carthage, meets every Wednesday evening in each week. J. JOE H. HILTON LODGE, C. C. U. B. Cole, K. of R. and S. COTTONWOOD LODGE NO. 37, K. of P. of Cottonwood Point meets 2d and 4th tuesdays, JORDAN ANDERSON, C. C. Simon LEO, K. of R. and S. WEST GATE LODGE NO. 38, K. of P. of Klraskville, meets 2d and 4th Mondays. C. G. BROWN, C. C. E. H. Johannes, K. of R. ROCK SPRING LODGE NO. 39, K. of P. meets 2d Tuesday 4th Thursday evenings at Jefferson Hall, 355 N. Jefferson av. St. Louis. J. J. MCKINNEY, C. C. J. D. WHALLE, K. of R. & S. NEW AREA NO. 40, K. of P. of Kansas City WALTER PRICHARD, C. C. ST. LOUIS LODGE NO. 41, K. OF P. meets 1st and 3d Tuesday evening in each month, at Eleventh and Franklin ave. CHARLES S. WHITE, C. C. Jefferson C. Covington, K. of R. and S. CARHOLLTON LODGE NO. 42 K. of R. and S. meets 1st Monday and 24 Tuesday L. L. LANE, C. C. Clyde L. Allen, K. of R. and S. PROGRESS LODGE NO. 43 K. of R. and S. of Kansas City, meets 2nd and 3rd HARRY R. GRAHAM, C. C. D. W. Herring, K. of R. and S. MISSOURI LODGE NO. 44, K. of P., of Louisiana. DR. G. B. GOINS, C. C. Chas. Covington, K. of R. and S. NEW MADRID LODGE NO. 6 K. of P. Ross R. Chow K. of R. 6 Prof. R. D. Cherry, K. of R. and S WARRENSBURG LODGE NO 46. K. of P. of warrenburg LEVI SIMS, C. C. J. W. Cooper, K. of R. and S. ST. JOSEPH LODGE NO. 47 K. of P., of St. Joseph. PHILIP HAYNES, C. C. MIAMI LODGE NO. 48, K. of P., of Miami. Samil B. Moore, K. of R. and S. CLARK P. BEASON, C. C. Never put off till to-morrow the friend who is willing to lend you money to-day. PRIDE OF THE WEST COURT NO. 123 meets 2d Wednesday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 196 North Jefferson avenue. MRS. ANNIE PHIL- LIPS, W. C. FANNIE B. NEW. COMB. W. R. D. GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. 爱 Cut out this address and paste on the envelope you send us. has any advantage in this contest. YOU are just as likely to get the $50,000 in Gold as any one. It is all pure luck. Should there be more than one correct estimate, the $50,000 will be divided equally between the persons making the exact or nearest correct estimates. There may be no ties or dividing of this money; the en- gagement will be made by one person. WHY NOT YOU? The Lucky Winner will be颁发的 the instatet the official announcement of the total number of paid admissions is made by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company. St Louis also will deliver the $50,000 IN ONE ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. GRAND COURT OFFICERS I. O. O. C. G. W. C.—Eliza M. Curtis, Joplin, Mo. G. W. I.—Bertha Burles, St. Louis. G. W. I.—Mary L. Rolen, St. Louis. G. W. S. D.—Annie Kemp, Fredericktown. G. W. J. D.—Mattle Yarborough, St. Louis. G. W. R. of D.—Marletta Poulson, St. Louis. G. W. Rec. of Dep.—Julia Hyde, St. Louis. G. W. Orator—Fannie Baker, Farmington. G. W. W. Escort—Lavinia Taylor, Paris. G. Con.—Rebecca Chenault, Fayette. G. Ass't. Con.—Minnie Mansfield, Huntsville. G. W. Herald—Rosa Lynch, Neeleysville. 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. J. D. ROBINSON. A. M. WILLIANS. INDEPENDENT COURTS OF CALANTHE. Hand holding a branch of leaves Aria Court No.1. Meets 3d Thursday in each month at 2:30 p.m. at Jefferson Hall, 705 N. Jefferson Ave. Madame Jekliving Hand holding a branch of a tree. SPRIG OF MYTLE COURT NO. 13 meets 4th Friday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. A. W. LLOYD, W. C. MRS. KATIE ROSS, R. of D. M EUREKA COURT NO. 89, meets last thursday in each month, at 3:36 p. m. at Jefferson hall, 708 North Jefferson avenue MISSOURI WILLIAMS, W. C. MRS. MATTIE GIL- REE. R. of D. m S Y R A C U S E COURT NO. 112 meets lst Friday in each month, at 8:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jeff erson avenue. MISS LOTTIE MOM MAN, W. C. MRS MAMIE ED- WARDS, R. of D. Hand holding a bouquet of flowers. FIDELITY COURT NO. 191 meets 8d Wednesday in each month. at 3:30 p. m. at Jefferson hall, North Jefferson avenue. HATTIE BRIGHT, W. C. ARSANIA M. WILLIAMS, R. of D. Hand holding a plant PRIDE OF THE WEST COURT NO. 123 meets 2d Wednesday in each month, at 3:30 p., m., at Jefferson hall, 766 North Jefferson avenue. MRS. ANNIE PHIL. LIPS, W. C. FANNIE B. NEW. COMB. R. W. D. GREAT BAG OF GOLD as soon as you reach this city. The total paid admissions to Chicago World's Fair were • 21,480,147; Paris, France, Exposition, • 18,380,187; Pan-American Exposition, • 5,380,889. DON'T DELAY! Write immediately and remember that all you have to do to entitle you to participate in this intellectual and creative event is to spend 50 cents for a beautiful, rare and artistic GENERAL POPULAR COUVINIE DU N° 2272 SUR LE MONDE M QUEEN ESTHER NO. 12 meets 2d Friday in each month at :3:30 p. m. at Kickers' hall, Newstead avenue and North Market street. MRS. MAMIE. NICKENS, W. C. MRS. MAMIE PIER SON, R. of D. FLOWER FAIR CALANTHE COURT NO. 124. Meets second Tuesday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MRS MATTIE YARBROUGH W. C. MRS. MARY L. ROLEN, R. of D. FAIR HERIMONE COURT NO. 136. Meets fourth Thursday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MISS MINNIE ROSS, W. C. MISS WILETTA HYDE, R. of D. Hand holding a bouquet of flowers. UNIFORM RANKS K. of P. M PYTHIAN COMPANY NO. 1, K F. M, meets first Wetland in in each month o'clock, at hall, Cor. Jefferson and Morgan. R. H. BARTON, Gail. B. F. JOHNSTON, Rec. 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