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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. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1904. NUMB Official Program 20TH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GRAND LODGE Knights of Pythias OF MISSOURI. July 19th, at 11:30 a. m., Calling the Assembly to order by Sir A. W. Lloyd, Grand Chancellor. PROGRAMME. Welcome to City by his honor, T. W. Cunningham, Mayor of Joplin. Response, Dr. S. P. Stafford, St Louis. Song, by Pythian Choir. Welcome on behalf of Orient Lodge No.11, by N. T. Greene, D. D. G. C. Response, Prof. W. A. Grunnell, G. K. of R. and S., of De Soto. Song, by Pythian Choir. Welcome on behalf of the citizens of Joplin, Rev. H. H. Curtis, D. D. G. C. Response, Lewis Woods, editor Rising Son, Kansas City. Welcome on behalf of Churches, Rev. S. S. Pitcher. Response, Rev. F. D. Avant, of Clarksville. Paper on Pythianism, Prof. B. F. Adams, G. M. at Arms, Springfield. Song, by Pythian Choir. Welcome on behalf of the Courts of Calanthe, Sister Dyssee Scales, P. W. C. Response by Sister Anna Durroh, of Kansas City, Mo. After the informal gathering the Grand Lodge will proceed to business in the following order: 1. Opening of the Grand Lodge in due form under the auspices of Orient Lodge No. 11. 2. Calling roll of Grand Lodge officers and representatives, reading proclamation and appointing committees on credentials. 3. Recess to await the report of credentials committee. 4. Calling Grand Lodge to Order, and reports of committee on credentials; conferring past chancellor's degree, and reports of grand lodge officers. 5. Presentation of resolutions, appeals and grievances. TUESDAY EVENING — Trolley Party to Lake Side Park—from 6 to 9 o'clock. WEDNESDAY—Routine Business. WEDNESDAY EVENING—Memorial service in A. M. E. church, and social in K. of P. hall. Entertainment. THURSDAY—Routine Business. THURSDAY EVENING—Banquet. Exhibition drill by Uniform Companies in Joplin. Also individual competitive drill in the sword manual open to any Sir Knight in attendance, for a handsome prize to be offered by the local lodge. W. A. GUNNELL, G. K. of R. & S. A. W. LLOYD, G. C. To Our Correspondents. Please send in your matter by Wednesday of each week. The woman may accomplish all this and still be woefully lacking in true womanhood. The one essential thing has been left out—the desire to make the best of herself and to shed as much sunshine as she can in a world where there are many dark corners and many faint hearts. Mrs. Elias has money, leisure and ease, but all of these will not bring a contented mind. TRAGEDY OF THE KLONDIKE. Terrible Cold Found Easy Victim In Careless Traveler. Klondike river is fed by numerous soda springs and even the winter's cold falls to close them entirely. Walking on the edge of the ice near the shore, a miner one day slipped into six inches of water. In a moment he was out and hating to the brush hard by to light a fire before his feet froze. Rapidly he cut a few fragments of wood with his heavy pocket knife. But the unlighted match dropped from his already chilled finifiers, for he had rashly removed his mittens in order to use the knife with more freedom. Then he lighted a second and a third and finally several at one time, but either his haste or perhaps a sigh of the air caused them to fall in the snow. All this time the frost was seizing his limbs, his body, his heart, his mind. He turned to the fatal mittens, which he never should have taken off, but his already frozen fingers could only lift them from the ice where they had fallen, and after a vain attempt he hurled them from him and strove once again to light a last match. But it was too late. CLAIM SATAN AS8 HELPER. Stage Magicians of To-day Differ from Ancient Brethren. When in the thirteenth century, at the University of Paris, Roger Bacon, by means of a prism, threw a rainbow of colors upon a screen, his audience ran away, and he was actually in danger of execution for witchcraft. How wonderfully different is the spirit of the present age, when stage magicians actually advertise their performances by flaring posters representing themselves in confabulation with the devil and assisted by his imps. They do this not only without fear of punishment by fire and torture (such as would have been their portion only a couple of centuries ago), but in the knowledge that even a partial belief by the people in their claims to influence in diabolical quarters will bring money to the box of fice, and that a reputed connection with Satan, for business purposes, is for them the best possible advertisement. Another Bismarck Story Another "true story" of the cause of Prince Bismarck's dismissal from the chancellorship of Germany is published in Berlin. It is said that in 1895 the Swiss federal council desired a workman's conference to be held at Bern, whereas Emperor William II convened a labor conference at Berlin, to which Prince Bismarck objected. The imperial chancellor thereupon privately visited Dr. Roth, Swiss minister to Berlin, and pressed him to insist on Bern as the seat of the conference. The emperor, hearing of Prince Bismarck's visit, himself went to Dr. Roth at dead of night and satisfied himself of the truth of the report. The following day the emperor dismissed Prince Bismarck and at the same time gave Dr. Roth a portrait of himself, bearing the autograph inscription, "In memory of March 19, 1890." The Court of War. Not all of evil is war, grim and stern; It is the swift, keen sword, which pierces through The hidden wrong—the ancient and the nature. And brings to judgment lands that will not learn. It is the mighty, unchained force that draws All secret tyranny to fullest light; The court of last appeal to God and the nature. Where each stakes life and freedom for his cause. And he who offers this, when duty calls, To save his country's honor, serve her need. Who meets death unafraid—what'er be- falls. Has he not reached the height of human deed? He has known all that life can hold to give. And he die has felt what 'tis to live. -Ninette M. Lowater in New York Herald Even-Handed Justice The admonition to do unto others as we would be done by should not be interpreted to apply to human beings. As the Vegetarian Magazine some time ago said: "Treat the animals as you would willingly be treated if you were an animal." Perhaps, if there is any truth in the doctrine of the trans- migration of souls, you may some day be an animal yourself. In that case, let us hope that the souls of some heartless men may be reincarnated in the bodies of overworked and ill-treated horses, such as they had abused so cruelly while they were alive. Be Sincer Associate reverently, and as much as you can with your best thoughts. Man's noblest gift to you is his curiosity, for it embraces us as great also. The finest use of things are the accidental. Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to. Be absolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to. Disappointment will make us conversant with the noblest part of our nature. We render men the best assistance by letting them see how rare a thing it is to need any assistance. London Answers. Women as Jewelers It is remarkable that more women do not take up the jewelry business when searching for a trade, says an exchange. A woman can cater to women's tastes, and with an apprenticeship under a good firm should be capable of starting in for herself. An Englishwoman has taken up the work and is successful in resetting stones and also has acquired the unusual art of painting precious stones. This is delightful work for a woman, though rather trying to the eyes. Don't ignore little chances for big opportunities. Don't be too smart—that would prove you foolish. Don't preach—outwitting the devil is more interesting. Don't be jealous—if she is not trustworthy, plenty are. Don't marry for a home—it may cost you double its price. Don't malign the absent, especially women—men hate it. Don't devilize yourself—you may be a demon; don't tell it. Don't nag—a nettle is thistle-down compared to a nagger. Don't smile too often at Bacchus—it cheapens any woman. Don't meet a lover half-wav—make him come three-quarters. Don't be on the lookout for evil, but when you see it cut it. Don't over-dress—an over-dressed woman both ages and vulgarizes herself thereby. Don't put a woman upon a pedestal—women would prefer you to support them for life. Don't be a prude—don't talk of spades if you can help it; when you do, call them so. Don't gush—for heaven's sake never gush over men!—any man would prefer a whipping—Minna Thomas Antrim in Chicago Record-Herald. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Those who don't pay their money often take their choice. The moth hasn't much use for a man who has but one suit of clothes. The average man seems to think it his duty to help the Lord punish sinners. Real estate dealers wax fat at the expense of people who want the earth. Occasionally men die of thirst, but more often they drink themselves to death. Time waits for no man, but men waste a lot of time waiting for women. --- WANT COLORED BILKS SPUN. Experimenters Try Their Hand at Breeding Variegated Caterpillars. Some audacious experimenters have been endeavoring to make the silkworm spin colored silks. Primarily they were endeavoring to ascertain if the green color of some natural silks is produced in any way by the leaves upon which the worms reed, but the work suggests the possibility of securing beautifully tinted raw silks. Several lots of caterpillars were fed from their birth upon leaves impregnated with a red dye. They ate their livid meals without any show of repugnance, and soon began to take on a reddish tint throughout the body. When allowed to spin on freshly collected natural branches these worms produced a red-tinted silk, the whole cocoon presenting a beautiful red coloration. Certain colors, notably blue, were not so apparent in their effects and the worms did not seem to relish the blue leaves, as well as the red ones. One of the questions that naturally presents itself to the inquiring mind is whether selective breeding of such artificially stained caterpillars would not result in a race in which the coloration became permanent. The fact is clearly established that the digestive tube has a marked influence on the silk. As a French writer declares, green silks it is the cholorophyl of the leaves that we observe, and in yellow silks the pigment comes directly from the mulberry leaves, with which it is identical. MEANT TO BE COMPLIMENTARY Young Japanese Naval Officer Astonished Dancing Partner. Some of the similes we use in English to express admiration seem doubtful to foreigners who have learned the language academically, as, for example, "A voice like a silver bell," or "A complexion like alabaster." But this sometimes works both ways. When foreigners translate colloquial expressions of their own languages into English too faithfully, the result is apt to be startling. A young Japanese naval officer attended a European ball in Nagasaki. He danced several times with the daughter of an American consul, expressed his admiration thus: "You dance sweetly, miss; just like a dog." Gladys In the Garden Now Gladys takes her flower seeds And puts them in the ground. Most lovingly she tucks them in And pats the earth around. She almost smells the fragrant bloom, And puts it in her mouth. For sun and rain to do their work And make them ger-min-nate. It doesn't matter in the least How lame it makes her back. Or, whether, when she straightens up, And keeps her knees jointed crack. For Gladys loves little things that grow, She loves the little seeds. And even has, I think, a shy Affection for the weeds. Now watch her shoo the neighbors' her Who come across to scratch! With her her dogs and cats With her her pet dog. Benold her try to educate Her own lvylacious pup And hear her joyous comments when The seeds at last come up! Well, here's success to Gladys, and May husks the flowers in bloom. May sunshine warm her plantlets, and May gentle rains descend To help them to perfection and To tie up the bloom. And may they fill her summer with A wealth of rich prefume! -Somerville (Mass.) Journal. Buttons on Women's Clothes Attention was drawn by Dr. James Shaw at the Ambidextral Culture Society to the singular fact that the buttons of feminine clothes are on the wrong side—or rather, since women may maintain that it is men's buttons which are wrong, that rien's buttons are on the right side of the wearer, and women's on the left. This peculiarity Dr. Shaw ascribed, not to feminine perversity, but to the fact that those who set women's fashions were supposed to have maids to dress them, for whom the position was more convenient—London Daily News. Helping the Cook Bishop David H. Greer of New York recently took the American girl to task for frivolity. A young woman demonstrated: "I. for instance, am not frivolous," she said. "Or the con- trary. I am very fond of cooking. I often go into the kitchen and help our cook." "But perhaps your help," said Bishop Greer, with a smile, "is like that of a young girl I used to know in Wheeling. She went into her mother's kitchen one day and told the cook she had come to help her. But the cook frowned. "No, no," she said. "I have too much to do to-day." Getting Your Money's Worth It is rumored in Vienna that at a recent banquet in the courthouse one of the guests, an alderman, managed to smuggle three unopened bottles of champagne from the dining room to his home. It is suggested that he may have been reading about the Japanese, among whom it is good form to take home what you cannot consume at a banquet. In German cafes three lumps of sugar are served with a cup of coffee. Those who use only one or two almost invariably put the rest in their pocket. When Success Is Easy The principles that win success are very simple and few in number. They are easily remembered. Here they are: First, industry, but not overwork; second, willingness to profit by the experience of others; third, ability coupled with modesty; fourth, simple and correct habits; fifth, honesty, politeness and fairness. Any one of ordinary ability who practices these rules cannot avoid success. Success is easier than failure—London Tit-Bits. Never tell a girl you love the ground she walks on unless she owns the real estate. Usually after marrying an earthly angel a man kicks himself because he didn't marry a cook. A young man has too much confidence in the girl he loves to believe her when she says "No." Any man who can hold a baby for an hour without saying naughty words is in the same class with Job.—Chicago News. SUNELOWER PHILOSOPHY Is there such a thing as a she bull snake? It's a mean man who will ride a free horse too hard. Those who don't have to take care of a baby should be awfully good to those who do. Some men; are just naturally good husbands; they can't help it. They would if they could. Don't get tired of life and try to kill yourself; there's strawberries and moonlight nights coming, to live for. It is every man's experience that when he has a rainy day fund, he and his wife can't agree on what constitutes a shower. Up to a certain period men complain because they have to work; after that period they pray that they may always be able to. When you shake hands with some people it is about like putting your hand down into the grass, expecting to find a flower, and encountering a snake. - Atchison (Kan.) Globe. FOLLICULES. The smile of happiness on a child's face is as good as a day in the sunshine. When a doubt lingers in the house of your heart it understands that it will soon be invited to remain indefinitely. A man's good fortune usually comes to him by means of a slow-sailing ship—but trouble takes an ocean grey-hound. You've seen a Chinese woman waddle along painfully on crippled feet haven't you? Just so does the egotist proceed on the way to heaven. --- NUMBER 14. LEXINGTON NEWS. Mr. Conway spent the Fourth in Kansas City; also Mr. Cliff Bradford and wife. Mrs. Lucendia Akers departed this life June 29, 1904. She was about 93 years old. She was the mother of 16 children. She leaves six girls to mourn her loss and 30 grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was loved by every one who knew her and died in the full triumph of faith. She was a member of the M. E. church from its organization, where her funeral was held. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Mr. Frazer died Wednesday and was carried to Higginsville for burial. He was about 16 years old and died happy. Mr. Horssie Hall died June 29th, sitting up in a chair and was buried on the 30th. Mrs. F. E. Hayden and Mrs. Israel Burles spent Sunday in Wellington. The Republican convention met on the 5th and elected delegates to the state convention and judicial convention, adjourned to meet in Higginsville on the 15th to nominate a county ticket. Mr. Forsha is a candidate for sheriff on the Republican ticket. He is a farmer and thinks that he can be elected if nominated. Misses E. Raglan, L. St. Clair, L. Jackson and A. Johnson of Independence are in the city visiting. $ ^{2} $ The Grand Master S. T. Pettigrew will visit the U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s on July 19th, 1904. Please take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Mr. Wm. Thirkles and Mr. Met. Bouldridge went to St. Joseph to attend the Grand Lodge of the K. P.s, which were held this week. Miss Sarah Graham left for Bounston to attend the Grand Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Frederick Douglass. We thank the colored gentlemen who turned out last Saturday and elected me as their representative on the county committee. I'll try not to betray the confidence they have imposed in me. I will do everything that I can to advance the Republican party as I have in the past. The six years that I served you I tried to do my duty and your action showed that you were pleased with what I did. I shall do all that I can to elect President Roosevelt. I think he is one of the greatest men in the nation for he has proved to be a friend to the negro and every negro ought to support him. A. W. WALKER. Mr. Forsha subscribed for the Rising Son, also Mrs. James Lawson and Mrs. Ella Carter. We want more subscribers for the Rising Son. We have more readers for the Son than we have papers and if you don't pay up we will give your paper to somebody that will pay. We have carried for over a year, now we will have to let you down. A lawn social will be given in Mrs. A. W. Walker's yard for the benefit of Electra Chapter No. 1. Everybody is invited to come out. Admission 5c. It will begin at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There will be good music furnished for the occasion. The Old Men's Club are asked to meet on the 16th at 3 o'clock at the Second Baptist church. Every old man in Lexington is invited to be present. By order of the President, Mr. G. N. Walker. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR For the convenience of colored visitors "Information Bureau" has been established. With it are associated 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 Faith in God. When dangers come, we fear the worst, And yet, God rules and reigns above; He has a purpose from the first. He rules and reigns in love. We know not why, we see not how; And yet, God's plans for us are best. Whatever comes, to Him we'll bow, We'll trust—and in Him rest. Whatever befalls, the time will come. When darkness fades before the light; When we with joy shall reach our home, A home forever bright. This faith in God shall be our stay, Our anchors when wild billows roll. The earth shall pass away. There safety for the soul. -J. M. Morse, in New York Observer. Christian Character and Graces. It is generally believed that the principal theme of Canticles, or the Song of Solomon, is the church. The text speaks of the church as a garden, a spice garden rather than a flower garden. God means that, like a garden, the church should be a place of beauty, security and fruitfulness. When the Christian, in the church, produces in his life spiritual fruit, God is well pleased. God guards the church with a vigilance surpassing that of an Oriental vineyard owner. As the mountains encircle Jerusalem, so God surrounds His people. Night and day, in storm, in calm, in sunshine and in shadow, God's eye is on His holy church. "I the Lord do keep it; I will watch it every moment, lest any hurt it. I will keep it night and day." The north wind of the text is a symbol of that which hurts the church. In the Scriptures the north wind signifies adversity. In our climate it means cold, cheerless, unpleasant weather. When the ice blast from the north falls upon us we are pierced by its sharpness and protect ourselves with coats of wool and fur. It is the north wind that brings ice and snow, closes navigation, lays a deathlike silence upon nature and often causes suffering to families and death to birds and beasts. No garden can flourish under the blast of a north wind. All this means that often the Christian church must suffer adversity and pass through persecution. It may be the north wind of poverty or worldliness or unholy living, but whatever it is, the church is injured and does not prosper. It is a cause for joy that at such a time God watches over and protects His church. The south wind is a symbol of blessing and prosperity. When it blows softly the snowbanks and the ice in lakes and rivers melt, the touch of winter disappears from the air, the earth revives, gardens and fieldsook green, bloom and blossoms cover the trees of orchards and forests, flowers spring up everywhere and the air is filled with sweet perfume and the songs of birds. We have here the believer praying that God would bless the church with all gracious influences, that the south wind may blow upon God's garden. The church to-day needs the gracious influences of the south wind of God's favor. The result of God's blessing upon the church is seen. It is fruit. When the south wind blows, the spices of the garden flow out. God expects the church to be fruitful, to produce saints, a noble manhood and womanhood, fine types of Christian character. They that are planted in the house of the Lord ought to flourish. What are some of the sweet and rich spices which should flow from the Church—the garden of God? The answer is, Christian character and the Christian graces. We mention the sweet spice of devout affection. Heavenly mindedness, true devotion to God and to man is one of the spices of the garden. Followers of Jesus should set their affections on things above. Gentleness and humility should flow from Christian lives. These are heavenly graces that ought to adorn every Christian. God loves the gentle and humble soul. Jesus Christ sets us a noble example which we should follow. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Brotherly love is a spice of God's garden, a fruit of God's spirit, heaven's supreme test of true discipleship. If we love the brethren we know that we have passed from death to life; if we hate our brother, we abide in death. Devotion to Christ and a deep love for His kingdom are other fruits of God's garden when the south wind of divine favor blows. When Christians are truly devoted to all that is good, pure, noble and holy it is a fine evidence that the south wind is blowing. Likeness to Christ is another rich spice of the garden, the church. It should be the high aim of all to learn of Christ, walk in His footsteps and grow into His image. Here is a cluster of priceless jewels, richly set, which should adorn every Christian life!—Rev. David G. Wylie, Ph.D., D.D. Sacredness of Family Life. Let us recognize that the making of a perfect home is a work of art and not the result of luck or happy circumstances. There is indeed a genius for poetry, a genius for science and a genius for music; but how slow we are to recognize that the perfect home is built by brains! For the outside of our home we choose, if we can afford it, an architect who has studied all styles and who knows every detail necessary to a perfect structure. We rejoice to see the material expression of his thought stand ing before us, with its many features running together into unobtrusive but attractive unity. How seldom it occurs to us that the invisible interior, the spiritual and intellectual home, the library of luminous thought, the rooms of love and sweet courtesy and gracious interchange of feelings and ideas, are more difficult to plan and far more difficult to execute than all this work in stone and wood! When the vision of the sculptor has taken shape of beauty to our delighted eyes, we are not silly enough to glory in the mallet and the chisel. We praise the artist's mind. Yet if the rough-hewn block should never yield its finest torture, its veins are not of blood, nor running into nerves that suffer torture, and the sculptor's blunder sends no suffering through the marble fiber. But when we mar with thoughtless words and cutting speech the souls intrusted to our love, this hurts and keeps on hurting. Our blunder is a cruelty, our carelessness a crime.—Charles J. Little How to Sweeten Life. Open all the doors to the religion of Christ. It will make this world a paradise. It will sweeten the everyday trials of life, the little perplexities and annoyances, little sorrows and trials, little disappointments and mistakes. Nature ever helps the tiny objects. A small flower blossoms at my feet. The clouds gather swiftly in the sky to water it; infinite chemistry works at its roots to nourish it; the mighty power of gravitation and other equally unconquerable forces hold it and guard it; the sun rises and shines to paint beauty upon its check; the winds are marshaled to fan it; everything is made to contribute to the comfort of this tiny flower. The religion of Christ is suited to tired men and women and children. It is suited to the office, the cradle, the sewing machine, the headache, the heartache, the nursery, the school room, the lonely attic, the evening ramble. It should sweeten all the moments, thoughts and feelings, the voice, the conversation, the toils and afflictions of life, the temper and the heart; and all may have and enjoy it. The road to Heaven is never blocked, because it needs no repairing. The Upward Look. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills." The vision of God unseals the lips of man. Herein lies strength for conflict with the common enemy of the praying world known as wandering thoughts. If the eye is fixed on God, thought may roam where it will without irreverence, for every thought is then converted into a prayer. Some have found it a useful thing, when their minds have wandered off from devotion and been snared by some good but irrelevant consideration, not to cast away the offending thought as the eyes are again lifted to the Divine Face, but to take it captive, carry it into the presence of God and weave it into a prayer before putting it aside and resuming the original tople. This is to lead captivity captive.—Charles H. Brent. Religion makes good armor, but it is of no use as a cloak. All Things Are Yours. All things are the Christian's—this marvelous life, so full of meaning, so pregnant with infinite opportunities. Still more, death, which seems to come like a tyrant—death is his in Christ, his minister to lead him to higher life. Paul is his, to teach him freedom. Apollo is his, to animate him with his eloquence. Cephas his, to fire him with his courage. Every author his, to impart to him his treasures. But all things are ours on this condition—that we are Christ's. When the law of the cross is the law of our being, when we have learned to surrender ourselves, then, and then only, they are ours—not we theirs. The Christian is "creation's heir." He may say triumphantly, "The world, the world is mine." A grain of faith is worth more than a mountain of pure gold. Life's Highest Honor. Each one of us is more or less responsible for some one else's sunshine. Others look to us for help and encouragement. To shake off the hands that cling to us, in order that we may get ahead faster, is selfishness inexcusable. Such independence is ignoble. The chance to be a support and comfort, to make others happier by our bare presence, to lend our strength to those who are weaker, to bring the sunshine through the clouds by our smile, to pass on to another something of the blessedness God has given us—is the supreme honor of life. Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history. Doing Our Best. It is not by regretting what is irreparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of what we are. It is not by complaining that we have not the right tools, but by using well the tools we have. What we are, and where we are, is God's providential arrangement—God's doing, though it may be man's misdoing; and the manly and wise way is to look your failures in the face and see what can be made out of them. Blouse Waist With Bolero. Boleros are among the few accessories of dress that are almost universally becoming and are among the most fashionable of all garments at the present time. This very attractive waist includes one that shows plains over the shoulders, which give the broad line, and wide sleeves of elbow length that are most effective over the full puffed ones of the waist. As illustrated the bolero and belt are made of antique green taffeta, trimmed with ceru lace and ball fringe, while the waist is of white mull and matches 1 the skirt; but bolero and skirt offer are made of the same material, with the waist of some thinner fabric. Silk, wool, linen and cotton are all so used and all can be rendered charming, but nothing is lovelier than the linen and mercerized materials, which are very nearly legion. The waist consists of a fitted lining, which can be used or omitted as preferred, front and back of blouse, with the full sleeves, and the bolero, which is quite separate and is made with fronts, back and bell sleeves. The waist is full and blouses over the draped belt, the closing being made invisibly at the center, and is finished with a regulation stock. The bolero is exceedingly simple and is laid in outward-turning plaits that fall over the arms-eye seams. The quantity of material required for the medium size is; For blouse, 4¾ yards 21 inches wide, 4 yards 27 inches wide or 2¾ yards 44 inches wide, with one-half yard of all-over lace and one-half yard of silk for belt; for bolero, 2¾ yards 21 inches wide, 2 yard 27 inches wide or 1¾ yards 44 inches wide, with 5 yards of banding and 3½ yards of fringe, to make as illustrated. The pattern 4753 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inch bust measure. Raisins for fruit cake are much improved by cooking. Let them soak slowly and then simmer until the skin is tender. If silver is washed every week in warm suds containing a tablespoonful of ammonia the polish can be preserved for a long time. If unable to secure the indented and perforated round enameled ware to fit in the bottom of saucepans to prevent food sticking to the pans or burning, keep a wire discloth to set in the bottom of the kettle. For washing tan, brown or linen color hay water is good. You make it by pouring boiling water over hay. When bread is baked the loaves should never be set flat on the table or shelf, but should be set on end, one loaf against another, and wrapped closely round with a clean cloth. This makes the crusts tender by keeping in the steam. Lace on Hats Point desprit and the old-fashioned blonde lace is fashioned into Marie Antoinette hats, a fall of lace coming well over the edge of the brim and a garland of small flowers encircling the crown, with a deep fall of lace in the back. A dainty hat of fine white chip has a brim of tucked lawn and a frill of fine embroidery hanging down from the brim in the back, and it has two pink satin ribbons running in and out of the embroidery and forming rosettes. Old Fashioned Pot Pourri. A genuine old-fashioned pot pourri is made as follows: Pack half a peck of fragrant rose leaves in a bowl in layers with salt, using a small handful of fine salt to three of rose leaves. Let them stand in this way for five days, turning them twice daily. This should be done thoroughly. At the end of this time add three ounces of powdered allspice and one ounce of stick simmamon. Let them rest again for about a week longer, stirring as before once each day. Now put them into the permanent pot pourri jar, mixing them first with half a pound of dried THE DRESS OF THE WOMAN The Latest Styles in Costumes—How to Make an Old-Fashioned Pot Pourri—Suggestions of Value to Housewife. lavender blossoms, one ounce of bruised cloves, one more ounce of stick cinnamon, another of allspice, one nutmeg, coarsely grated, a cupful of ginger root thinly sliced, half an ounce of anise seed, ten grains of Canton musk (finest quality) and finally two ounces of orris root. Mix them well together and place the jar in any suitable corner of the parlor or living room. A few drops of attar of rose or any desired extract of flowers can be added at any time. The New Handkerchief Klimonae Kimonas made from large, square handkerchiefs have taken a new twist this season. Instead of brilliant bandanas and the old-fashioned combinations of dark blue and white, or vivid red and white, the most delicate colorings are seen. The center of the handkerchief shows delicate pink, blue, green, yellow or lavender, with a dainty border in pale Persian colors or Dresden effects, with the color of the center predominating in the conventional or floral design. Another difference in the style lies in the fact that the points of the handkerchiefs are brought to the neck line and then turned over to form a small, shawl-shaped collar. Shawls a Fad of Fashion. Shawls are Seen in rather unusual numbers. There are enough of them to suggest a revival of the 1830 and 1850 fashion. The silk shawls are specially attractive, embroidered in self or a contrasting color. Pale salmon pink is embroidered in white; dull rich magenta has a pattern worked in red of a deeper tone. Of course all the usual pinks, pale blues and creams are also strongly in evidence. Pongee color, with stitchery in white or yellow, is pretty and more unusual. Told in Her Boudoir Ashes of rose, butter color and paleest blues and pinks are seen in profusion. Big green gooseberries and little white roses combine on some modish millinery. A silver cross succeeds the jeweled heart so long worn at the end of a frail chain. Petticoats of wash mohair in pongee color are attractive and serviceable novelties. Those small brocaded eighteenth century "mules" are attractive footwear for around the house. All discord in dress is to be avoided. PONGEE Coats of pongee with collars and trimming of lace are eminently smart for young girls and are both charming and serviceable, inasmuch as they provide just the warmth needed on a summer day. This one is exceedingly simple but includes an inverted plait at the back which gives addi- and a costume all in one shade gains immeasurably in style. Ecu lawns and India linens are substitutes for natural linen bastiste and grass cloth, and mercerized champagne are substitutes for Shantung pongees and the other natural-colored silks now so much in vogue. Parla Mualin and Lace. Every woman of taste likes to be the possessor of dainty underwear, well made and carefully fitted. This very simple little corset cover is shaped on admirable lines and combines perfect smoothness at the back Design by May Manton. with becoming fullness over the bust and can be made so readily and easily as to commend it to every seeker after desirable garments. As shown the material is Paris muslin with trimming of lace, but any of the materials in use for underwear can be substituted and trimming can be either lace or embroidery. To make the corset cover for a woman of medium size will be required $1 \frac{1}{4}$ yards of material 36 inches wide. To Wash an Eiderdown Quilt. Preface the washing by mending any little holes in the sateen. Then prepare a suds with warm water and boiled soap, and in this plunge the quilt. Squeeze with the hands till the water becomes dirty, then place in fresh suds and repeat the process till clean. Rinse out the soap in as many changes of water as necessary; squeeze out the water, shake the quilt, and hang out to dry. When dry, shake it till it is quite soft and full. On no account use a mangle or the quilt will be utterly flat looking. GEE AND LACE. and smart miming pro on a didling- erted addi- tional fulness and provides becoming folds. The sleeves are full and ample and the coat can be worn open or closed, made with or without the collar. The quantity of material required for the medium size (10 years) is 5 1/4 yards 21. 2 1/2 yards 44 or 2 1/4 yards 52 inches wide. THOUGHT TASK EASY ATTEMPT OF CITY MAN TO MILK A COW. Inexperienced Individual Quit the Job After Furnishing Amusement for the Farm People—Job Is One That Requires Skill. "Most city persons," said a millionaire amateur farmer, "labor under the impression that to milk a cow is easy. There could be no greater mistake. Milking requires a peculiar movement of the wrist, which, if not learned in one's youth, seldom is learned afterward. Some cows are more easily milked than others, but even in the case of the easy ones it has to be done in a certain way or not at all. I have known some inexperienced persons to acquire the movement after a few trials, but they found it imposed such an unnatural strain on the muscles of the wrist that they seldom essayed a second attempt. "I had a young fellow from the city out at my place one summer who had the idea that it was as easy to get milk as it was to drink it. As a usual thing we don't let an inexperienced person try to milk a cow, for there is nothing that will dry her up quicker than to be made the subject of experiments; but this young fellow was so dead certain that he knew all about it that I took him out to the shed one evening after the cows had been stanchioned and were placidly munching their grain, and told him to go ahead and see what he could do. "When he looked at the long line of animals, and saw them switching their tails and now and then kicking at a fly, his heart seemed to fail him. "I can't sit down in here at the beginning, he protested; 'can't we take one of them outside?' In order to humor him I chased an easy milker out into the yard, and then handed him a stool and a pail. He stood gazing at the cow thoughtfully. "‘Well?’ I finally asked. "‘Well?’ said he. "He looked very unhappy. 'To tell you the truth,' he at last blurted out, I am—er—a person of some—er—that is—delicacy, and on such short acquaintance, you know, I—I don't like to take—" He came to a dead stop. "Bah!" I sald. "That apparently stung him into action, for he sat down on the stool like a man who seats himself in an electric chair. Then he closed his eyes and started in. A few seconds later he opened his eyes, and you never saw a man so bewildered. There was nothing doing. He looked up at me in piteous appeal. "She—she—er—doesn't seem to have any," he said. "At that I laughed outright, and he got up as mad as a wet hen. "Now, don't get excited," I said, soothingly. "Let me show you how to do it." "Well, after I illustrated to him how easy it was, he tried it again. He tolled valiantly for ten minutes without result, and then, chancing to look up, he saw he was providing entertainment for practically the entire population of the farm. At that he arose, kicked the pail against the fence and hurried into the house to bathe his wrists with witch hazel." Vita Nuova. Long hath she slept, forgetful of delight; At last, at last, the enchanted princess, Earth. Claimed with a kiss by Spring, the ad- venturer. In slumber knows the destined lips, and thrilled Through all the ceeps of her unaging With passionate necessity of joy. Wakens, and yields her loveliness to love. O ancient streams, O far-descended woods Full of the futtering of melodious souls; O hills and valleys that adorn your- in solemn jubilation; winds and clouds. Ocean and land in stormy nuptials clasped And abhorrent creatures that acclaim The Earth's divine renewal; lo. I too With yours would mingle somewhat of glad song, I too have come through wintry terrors— yet Through tempest and through cataclysm of soul Have some and am delivered. Me this Sponging. Me also, with new life hath touched. And with regenerate hope, the salt or light. And I would dedicate these thankful tears. To witness power beneficent. Velled through his countenance, undi- vulged his thought. Hath led me from the haunted darkness Into the gracious air and vernal morn. And suffers me to know my spirit a note Of this great chorus, one with bird and and voleful mountain—nay, a string, how jarred And all but broken of that lyre of life Whereon himself, the master harp play- Resolving all its mortal dissonance To one immortal and most perfect strain, Harpes without pause, building with song the world. —William Watson. Yes. He Had a Nose. A friend of Senator Patrick M. McCarren of Brooklyn told the following story about him at the Hoffman house a few days ago: Senator McCarren went into a restaurant near the capitol in Albany a few weeks ago and ordered some fish. When it was placed before him he sat back in his chair and looked insignant. "What do you mean by bringing such fish to a gentleman?" he asked of the colored waiter. "Bes' fish in Albany, Sah," he replied. "Have you such a thing as a nose?" inquired the senator angrily. "Deed I has, Sah," said the waiter. "Well, can't you smell the fish, then?" "Smell de fish, Sah?" repeated the waiter. "I'te been smellin' de fish for a week."—New York Times. She Read My Palm She Read My Palm She read my palm, and, from her eyes, I would have sworn that she was wise. "Fear not," said she, "though long you drop. Some day you'll shine 'way at the top." For weary years I toiled away: I worked by night, I strove by day. Yet fame and wealth seemed just as far Ahead of me as any star. All else I bore, nor thought to grieve, Until my hair began to leave. Oh! then I wept and cursed the day That palmist maid had crossed my way. When at the glass I chanced to stop— Behold! I shone upon the top. —Lippincott's Magazine. I was in love with Gloriana; that is, I was as much in love with her as I would let myself be; for, unfortunately, Gloriana was another man's wife. This was not only unfortunate for me, but unfortunate for Gloriana as well—not necessarily because she could not have me, but because she had him. ana if I gradually drifted out of her life. So I did not write to her when the company went on the road again. In stead, I subscribed for the Dramatist Reflection and read the reports of the out-of-town correspondents as she journeyed from place to place. An He was a terror. He was as bad as they make them. Doubtless you wonder how so sweet and lovely a girl as Gloriana could have married such a fiend. That is because you have never seen him. Or if you have seen him, you never imagined he was married to Gloriana. He never behaved as if he were married to anybody. Perhaps it would be more strictly accurate to say that he always acted as if he was married to everybody. But I never heard of his marrying anybody but Gloriana. Perhaps it wasn't necessary for him to marry the others, for he was the handsomest man I ever saw. And Gloriana was only seventeen years old when the wedding took place. Now, I am not handsome, but I am good. At least, I am pretty good. At any rate, I am so good that I tried not to fall in love with Gloriana while she was another man's wife. In fact, I loved her so well that I did not want to love her better than I ought. In consequence there were often long periods when I did not see Gloriana. "Oout of sight, out of mind," I philosophized proverbially; only to discover the same proverbial philosophy that "absence makes the heart grow fonder." The carrying out of my resolutions in this regard was made easier for me by the fact that Gloriana was much of the time on the road. For Gloriana was an actress. He was on the stage, too. There was some compensation in this; because, as they never by any chance played in the same company, I knew he saw less of her than I did. As a matter of fact, Gloriana had left him in the middle of what is properly styled the honeymoon, though I never heard Gloriana so term it, and she had never gone back on him. Somehow or other she was always able to arrange her engagements so that it was not convenient—and thus avoided anything like a scandal. Never was there an actress who had a lower opinion of the advertising value of scandal than Gloriana. "I am working for fame, not posing for notoriety," she declared; "and I cannot afford to let the public's mind become confused on this point. If I have committed an act of folly in my youth"—Gloriana at this time was nearly twenty-one—"I fail to see that T I Was in Love with Gloriana. it would be the part of wisdom to commit another act of folly now." "Oh, I don't know," I urged; "two negatives make an affirmative." "Not always," replied Gloriana; "and two affirmatives never make a negative; so that for you and your proverbs, Mr. Prosy Tupper!" with a gesture of contempt, but with a damp little tear in the corner of her eye that made me forgive her Little things like this—the tear, not the gesture of contempt—at last forced me to the conclusion that it would be better for me and for Glori ana if I gradually drifted out of her life. So I did not write to her when the company went on the road again. Instead, I subscribed for the Dramatic Reflection and read the reports of the out-of-town correspondents as she journeyed from place to place. And when I read that the company was coming back to the city for a week's engagement before disbanding for the season, I found that the Chicago branch of my business required my immediate personal attention. I had been in Chicago about a month and the Reflectors, forwarded Miguel Gloriana Was Free! from home, had been accumulating unopened on my desk, when in an idle half-hour I thought I would see what was going on in the theatrical world. I glanced through the reports of the out-of-town correspondents in the latest number and found them pretty dull reading. I was about to throw the paper down in disguise when a familiar name in the personal column caught my eye. I read the paragraph. So Gloriana was to have the leading role in Henry Arthur Clyd's new drama, "A Dead Man's Shoes," and in meanwhile was resting near Buffalo, N. Y.-at her cousins', of course. My business in Chicago was practically accomplished, and I would see no reasons for delaying the return beyond the end of the week. If I left Chicago Friday afternoon, I should be passing through Buffalo Saturday morning, due to arrive in New York late that afternoon and forty hours before the office opened up Monday morning. Why not spend those forty hours in Buffalo? It is a beautiful city and I had not been there for a long while. Then, I might run out and make a little call on Gloriana. Really, I had not treated her with ordinary politeness of late. I went to bed early that evening, but spent a rather restless night. I awoke at early dawn, hours before rising time. As I lay there thinking, it occurred to me that it would be foolish to stop off at Buffalo unless I was sure of seeing Gloriana. So I decided to send her a few lines telling her I was coming and asking if she would be at home. To pass the time away, I composed the note I should write when I got up. It was quite a little masterpiece in its way, bright and friendly, not too apologetic, a woof of sentiment woven through a warp of playfulness, that seemed to make the closing sentence at once truthful, appropriate and non-commitital—"I have not seen you for many moons, but I love you just the same." Whereupon I promptly fell asleep again. Immediately I dreamed that I was in court and on the witness stand. He had sued me for countless millions for alienating the affections of his wife! I was conscious that a letter had been produced from somewhere and marked for identification. Out of the corner of my eye I could see it lying on the clerk's desk. No allusion had been made to the nature of its contents, but there was something hauntingly familiar in its appearance. "Do you love this man's wife?" It was like the counsel for the plaintiff who asked the question. Like a flash the whole hideous plot was revealed to me. If I said "Yes," I stood convicted out of my own mouth; I lost the case. I could see it in the triumphant look on the face of my interrogator. I could see it in the anxious expression of my own counsel, in the judge's sober mien, in the eager expectant attitude of the jury. If I said "No," there was that fatal letter!! I recognized it now. I could read that incriminating sentence right through the envelope from where I stood, as if it were written in letters of fire—"I love you just the same!" The mental shock was so severe that I woke up. Now, I am not a superstitious man, nor am I a believer in dreams and portents; but on thinking the matter over, it struck me with considerable force that to write a letter as I had composed to Gloriana would not be the best way to drift gradually out of her life; and if my love for her was to be of the truly self-sacrificing variety, I had better pass through Buffalo without stopping. It was with this pious resolve that I went to the office and took up the morning's mail. There, right on the top of the pile of letters was an envelope addressed in her dear, scratchy, little fist! It had been sent to me in New York, and forwarded. I opened it hurriedly and a single newspaper clipping, its only contents, fluttered out. I picked it up and read: "Obituary. "Popular Young Actor Passes Away." Gloriana was free! "Where are you rushing to?" inquired our Chicago representative, as I threw my papers together and announced my determination to announce by the "Limited" that afternoon. "To take the leading part in 'A Dead Man's Shoes'!" I shouted. PUT THE JUDGE "NEXT." Young Lawyer Furnished the Court Valuable Information. Judge Alfred Conkling Coxe of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals was telling the Cornell Law School students the other day of an up-State judge who came to sit in New York. He reached the courtroom at 8:30. No one was there, and he sat down to walt. At 9:30 in came a young man. He began talking to the judge, not knowing who he was, and told of a case of his that was on for that morning. "I don't know the first thing about the case," confided the young man, "but there's an old duffer from Podunk coming to hold court, and I'll tell him my partner is sick or that there's a witness from Jersey we can't get here, or something of that sort. It'll be easy enough." Some time later, much to the young man's astonishment, the 'old duffer" ascended the bench. Several cases were called and several lawyers gave the same excuses for not being ready that he had said he might give. His own case was called. "Ready," said the opposing attorney. He looked up at the judge, and the judge spoke. "Young man," he said, "whatever we do with these other cases, we'll grant you an adjournment if you want it. The court learned a whole lot from you early this morning." New York Times. Cupid's Hunt. Hunt, Dan Cupid, spy around! Search the woods from bound to bound, Seek my love, ere, straying far, She is snatched to make a star, She is caught in a tree, Send the butterflies a-winging; Leave your torch; the darkest places She'll illumine with her graces, Where the hawthorns foam to whiteness, She has passed and scattered brightness. How to know her when you meet her? Philomel has voice no sweeter: You will know her by her smiling, By your eyes, By the speech with which she melts you, By the qips with which she pelts you, By the breath more sweet than posy, By the twin lips soft and rosy, By the teeth, By the waist and ankles slender; And to name no other feature, By the best in every creature. If you find her, swift arrang her, In the name of Love detain her; Stay not! or she'll take your arrows, Mount your car and drive your sparrows, Her sugar worded wounds, boy Cupid, with all her link link; Bring her, then, with all her blisses, To the prison of my kisses. We Now Have Radiumitis Not since the early eighties, when the word "electric" leaped into fame with the arc light, the telephone and the trolley car, has a newly discovered term been so popular as radium and its derivatives. Already we have radio cigars, radite soap, radiumite tooth paste, and so on, just as there used to be electric soap, electric polish, electric tooth powder, electric cleaning material and even electric silk. The properties of the mysterious radium, of course, no more enter into the articles which bear that name, or names allied to it, than soap or silk, polish or powder was electrified. Yet the new term, applied even to old and well-known articles, appeals to many people who don't bother to think what it may or may not mean. Took Squire's Advice A squire in a certain town had just finished marrying a young couple, and proceeded in a paternal way to give them good, solid advice. Turning to the bridegroom, he said: "Never spend your money extravagantly, and be saving in every way possible." The bridegroom listened respectfully and then remarked: "Well, Judge, we might as well begin on you." and he proceeded to give the squire 50 cents for tying the knot. Pratty Bouquet of Pansies A beautiful bridal bouquet carried recently to church was composed entirely of white rushes, instead of the conventional roses or lilies of the valley. THE TERRIBLE INFANT. TARIFF REFORMER PROTECTION WATCH --- AS TO STANDING PAT WHY NOT, IF IT IS THE BEST THING TO DO? The Main Point to Be Kept in Mind Is That There Shall Continue to Be a Sure Market for All Products of American Labor and Industry. --- A lowering of import duties on manufactured goods means a surrender of an American market, or a large part of it, to the people of other lands. The surrender of the American market would mean less employment and lower wages and that the workingman would not have sufficient wages to enable him to buy the best products of the farm. With low wages he would cease to be a consumer of beef. With lower wages he could not purchase chickens, butter and eggs. Lower schedules in the American Tariff would be disastrous—whether the lower schedule were introduced by the Republican party or the Democratic party. There is nothing the American manufacturer so much needs as a customer. He can manufacture all he pleases, and if he does not have some one to buy his product he will go into bankruptcy. The beauty of the Dingley Tariff is that it assures the American manufacturer of a consumer. Manufacturers do not have sufficient capital to take the risk of making goods without knowing in advance that somebody is going to have the means with which to buy. The Dingley law has made the stock and corn growers of Iowa rich. It has furnished these producers with a thrifty class of workingmen, in the manufacturing centers, to buy the surplus products of the farm. The workingman out of a job is of no sort of help to the farmer. This was illustrated during the last Cleveland administration. There were plenty of men to work, but no work to do. Cleveland had been in office nearly a year before the evil effects of Freg THE TERRIBLE TAR REFO PROTECT Trade got around to the farmer. Finally the lack of employment reduced the farmers' market and farm products went down in price because the American farmer was depending entirely upon the foreign market for the sale of his largely increased surplus. For a time the farmer smiled at the manufacturer under the Cleveland administration. Everything he bought went down in price and the effect not having reached him, he concluded that the ideal condition of trade for the Free Trader had arrived. He concluded that his life was to be one long sweet song. But finally the paralysis of business in manufacturing industries reached him and he concluded that it was not all that had been painted. He began to study the question. He finally decided that his home market was best, and that his home market depended on the full employment of the workingman. And he concluded that the full employment of the workingman depended on a Tariff high enough to keep out foreign made goods. During the last Cleveland administration everything was prostrate. Since that time every railway bridge, every railway track, every railway station, every viaduct, nearly every public building, nearly every college and church, nearly every court house, nearly every school house, has been rebuilt. The rotten ties have been taken out of the railway tracks. Grades have been lowered, long lines have been straightened. The farms have been equipped with new houses and barns, new scales and new elevators. Every city has had new sewers and new sidewalks. Practically, during the past eight years, everything in the United States has been rebuilt. Yet there are people who want to change all this. They want to stop it all. They want to rip everything up. They want lower prices. They are revengeful. They want to strike the steel trust and to hit the Standard Oil monopoly. Many of them do not know what they want, but they simply want to destroy. They want to stop the saw mills and the rolling mills. They want to turn the workingmen out on the streets for the lack of some- thing to do. They cannot give a solitary reason for any of these except they want to be doing something—create some sort of sensation. They want to talk loudly and receive applause from unthinking men. Why not let well enough alone? Business has been so good that Wall Street could not throw the country into a panic. The land never experienced anything like it before. Iowa was never so prosperous. Her farms are glowing. Her factories are running. Her railroads are busy. Her schools and colleges are booming. Why stop it all by new policies and uncertainties? Give old Iowa a chance. We ought to have as much sense in prosperity as we had in adversity. When our people were in adversity they all knew what was the matter. They know that they simply needed somebody to buy in order to put men to work. Why struggle for a change? —Des Moines Capital. The Farmer's Prosperity. For the American farmer to continue his prosperity by continuing the market at home, where he must sell his products if they are to be sold at his advantage, the American factories, which take 80 per cent. of their raw material from the American farm, must be kept open and the 6,000,000 operatives in those factories whom the American farmer feeds must be kept employed. So for all the American people to continue their prosperity the American home market must be maintained. It can be maintained and always will be, when we keep our own wage earners at work, giving them the money with which to buy American articles of commerce in the home market. It cannot be maintained if this country takes the product of foreign wage earners, the tariff barrier being leveled, in place of that of our own wage earners, who must quit their employment when the cheaper made output of the foreigners may come here to undersell the American-made output of our own mills and factories and shops. The American people will determine this choice for themselves when they BLE INFANT. RIFF ORMER? TION WATCH CRAHN HAMILTON vote as between the Republican party of protection, with Mr. Roosevelt its candidate for President, and the Democratic party, with Judge Parker or any other man it may nominate.—New York Press. Useless Contention. It is a waste of words for Edward Atkinson, the New York Journal of Commerce, and other worshipers at the shrine of Richard Cobden to enforce the contention that unrestricted commercial intercourse between the States and Territories of the American Union has been of great advantage to the people of the United States. Of course it has. Nobody disputes the proposition. But does it follow that because free trade among our own people has been a good thing, therefore free trade with all the world would be as good a thing for Americans? Far from it. Production in any part of the United States necessitates the employment of American labor, the payment of wages to Americans and the distribution of these wages among Americans. When free trade opens the gate and admits to our market competitive productions from abroad, precisely the reverse is true. Foreign labor is employed, wages are paid to foreigners, and the money of Americans goes abroad instead of being kept at home. That is the difference between free trade between our own people and free trade with foreigners. The International Trust. Under the free trade policy, which Democrats favor, the only survivors among our American industries would be those powerful would-be monopolists which usually control the most profitable plants. These would then be in a position to safely unite with their brethren in other lands in the creation of a universal trust to dominate the affairs of mankind. That this is no idle dream is shown by the fact the wires transmitted a synopsis of the speech of Senator Doliver they brought also the news of a secret meeting in London of the great steel manufacturers of the world to form, in the steel trade, a new trust of exactly that kind.—Clinton (Ind.) Clintonian. --- JEST AND JOLLITY Satisfactory Reason. "I've just been making my will. I have bequeathed everything I possess to my wife." "Then you did it in about ten words." "Not at all. The lawyer who drew it up for me used four sheets of paper." "What did he charge you?" "Five dollars." "Then he's an honest lawyer. He wanted to make the service worth the fee." No Faith in Them "Do you believe in vacations?" we asked of Miss Speedleigh, apropos of a conversation in which Uncle Russ Sage's anti-vacation theories were being discussed. "No; I doubt most things I hear during them," she replied. And then we remembered having seen her at the seaside, listening to the sweet nothings that Percy, Harold and Algernon were lisping into her ear. Logic. Mr. Twopair—Here, here, Edgar! Don't lose all my poker chips! Edgar—Why, pa, you might as well let me lose them as you.—Chicago Bulletin. Something Just as Good. Dyspeptic Customer—Have you any lime water? Drug Store Boy (rumaging among the shelves and producing bottle)—Yes, sir. Here it is. Dyspeptic Customer (looking at the label)—But this isn't lime water at all. It's lime juice. Drug Store Boy—Yes, sir. It's the same thing in a more concentrated form. Some people prefer it that way. Unpardonable Offense. Friend—Aren't you rather afraid o' that handsome rival of yours? Smartchap—Not a bit. "He is very rich." "Yes." "A great favorite with the ladies." "I know it." "Yet you have no fear?" "No. He guessed at her age once and got her only two years younger than she is."—New York Weekly. A Feat in Growth "I lost my foot in the war," said the tramp, "and I'm tryin' to raise enough money to get out to California." "What do you want to go to California for?" asked the woman at the door. "Oh, I've heard that there are things which grow a foot in a day out there." Voky "Has your lawyer got money?" "He's got all of mine." "Has your lawyer got money?" "He's got all of mine." Water Cure. "Among other things," remarked the temperance man, "I consider water a good sleep producer." "And so do I," replied the suburbanite. "I empty a pitcher each evening before retiring and then I sleep like a top." "And you really drink a pitcher of water?" "No; I empty it on the dog that howls under my window." Wanted Halos. "What did that new arrival want?" asked the Recording Angel. "He asked me if I knew where he could get hold of four old halos," said St. Peter. "He says he wants to try to build an automobile." Fair Exchange. Stern Parent—"I heard that young man kissing you in the parlor last night. What does it mean?" Ernestine—"Oh, papa, you told us there were germs in kisses and you were just exchanging a few." LEWIS WOODS,..... Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year.....$1.50 Six months.....$75 Three months.....$69 One month.....$18 Surically paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondent wanted in every city 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 . . . 8.50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 3.50 For two inches, three month . . . 5.00 For two inches, six month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches twelve months . . . 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL . . . IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Many of our colored voters may be seen wearing the Roosevelt button. President Roosevelt has displayed great generalship in conducting the affairs of his administration. The Republicans of Missouri have a good chance to elect a governor this year but the opportunity will go glimmering unless they cease factional fighting among themselves. The Negroes of this city are better represented at the pie counter under Mayor Neff than they have ever been in the history of this municipality. It is very trying and discouraging to endure the hardships necessary to run a paper for the benefit of the race and to promote individual interests, only to find that after you have subscribed and have received the paper for a year or more, you have nothing to give in return but excuses and excuses. If you do not want it or cannot pay for it, why take it? The idea of you people increasing our expenses by increasing our subscription lists and then when we come around have nothing but frivolous excuses—that don't pay our bills! Now to our colored friends of the city—and lots of you, too, who claim to have great force of character and great principle behind it, do you know what principle means? We will say, just as it occurs to us, that so many good people were once our very best friends, but just so soon as they get into our debt ranging from 75 cents to $1.50, we find that our list of friends has grown considerably smaller. We have about resolved to accept this motto, "Only in God we trust; the others must pay." God hates a coward. No warrior that He ever sent out to fight His battles was afraid to hoist His flag on any ground. If our preachers will preach Christ and Him crucified and then live it, they will not be afraid to attack the devil or his angels. There is a great work to be done, but it takes valiant soldiers and true to do it. HE CONFESSES. Frank Hottman Weakens in a Cell at Walla Walla. The Meyers Mystery is solved. Told story of the Crime to Detective Oldham. Woman planned the deed. Hottman used club and the woman wielded razor. Hottman says Mrs. Meyers urged him to kill her husband, so they could marry. Crime was committed at 3 o'clock in the morning. In his cell at Walla Walla, Wash., Frank Hottman, of Higginsville, Mo., confessed to the murder in this city on the morning of May 11 of Clarence Myers at 2313 Terrace street. He says Mrs. Myers planned the crime and urged him to commit it. A broken billiard cue and a razor was used. The crime was committed at 3 o'clock in the morning. Here is the confession as Hottman made it in Walla Walla recently. "A long time before the crime Mrs. Myers suggested that we kill Clarence and get him out of the way. She wanted to marry me. I loved her. I wanted to leave the country, but we had no money. She planned the killing. I left Higginsville determined to kill Clarence. I went to Kansas City and took a room and visited at the Myers house. I hated to kill him be- cause he had always been friendly to me. "On the night of May 10 I went to bed, but could not sleep. I got up after midnight and went to Myers' house, where I found his wife, who was waiting for me. "We went together to Clarence's room and found him apparently asleep. Just as we entered the room he rose up and said: 'What, you here again,' and made for me. "I struck him over the head with a club. It was part of a billiard cue I carried, and clinched with him. "Then I held him while his wife cut his throat from ear to ear. She slashed him several times. I laid him down and went to my room. I slept a little while and then took an early train for St. Joseph. There are many cases of this nature where the negroes of this country have had to suffer on account of lovers. Nine times out of ten if they were investigated it would prove to be a brute of a white and not a burly negro. There have been hundreds of Negroes burned and shot to death, and if the Negro had been given a chance in other cases as this one it would not be a question. Now her sin has found her out and she ought to suffer as she would have the two burly negroes to suffer if she could have picked them out. The Negroes of this country have suffered too much on account of some lying whites. FREE TRANSPORTATION AND AD MISSION TO ST. LOUIS FAIR. Offer of Rising Son. 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. Worma in Millions. The sciaras, of the genus tipulx, tiny, wormlike creatures which are found in the forests of Norway and Hungary during the month of July or early in August gather in huge numbers preparatory to migrating in search of food or for a change of conditions. When setting out on this journey they stick themselves together by means of some glutinous matter, and form a huge serpentlike mass, often reaching a length of between forty and fifty feet and several inches in thickness. As the sciara is only on an average of about three thirty-seconds of an inch in length, with no appreciable breadth whatever, the number required to form a continuous line of the size above mentioned is incalculable. Alwava Have Money. A lady who was visiting the home of a friend had just given the children a penny each. When the savings bank was produced and the coins were deposited therein, the lady made the remark that the children had a lot of money. "Oh, yes," said little Mary. "Mamma is very good to us. Every time we take the castor oil without crying she gives us a penny." "And what do you do with all the money?" asked the visitor. "Why, Mamma buys some more castor oil with it!" Queer Fee for Doctor's Service. "The queerest fee I ever had offered to me was by an old farmer up in Monroe county," said a prominent physician who is also something of a sportsman. "I was up there last year for the trout fishing, and one evening I was summoned from the hotel where I was stopping to attend an old woman in the neighborhood who had suddenly been taken ill. After I had fixed her up, her husband said to me: 'Doc, I don't know what your charge is, but I ain't got no ready cash about me. I'll tell you what I'll do, though. See that well over there? There's one o' the finest trout you ever see in that there well, an' if you tan ketch him he's yourn'. I had no tackle with me, and as I had to return to the city next morning I missed the opportunity to collect my fee."—Philadelphia Record Tennessee Pearl Fishery. Within the past five years a pearlfishing industry has grown up in the United States, but it has none of the tragedy or romance of the Ceylon and Panama fisheries. It centers principally around the Clinch river in Tennessee, and there are smaller fisheries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. To Open Brown Coal Mines. The Saxon government, now that it has been found necessary to discontinue the Freiberg mineral mines within the next ten years, intends to open up immediately brown coal mines near Leisnig, which in 1904, it is estimated, will have an output of 104,000 metric tons. A reformed knave is always twice as honest as a righteous fellow of long standing, because having come into his inheritance of honesty so late the knaves there is no sense in boarding it—Chicago American. 1 In Doubt. "Would you rather be handsome or rich?" she asked. "Well, that's hard to say," he replied. "The handsome man has a popularity that the rich man can't really attain, but the rich man has a better chance of getting the girl. I think, on the whole, I'd rather have a title, and then I could beat both of the others and get the riches with the girl." The Queer Part. "He's got the queerest way o' drinkin' his coffee," said the Chicagoan. "Out of his saucer, I suppose," remarked Gotham. "Of course, but I say he does it in a queer way. He holds his thumb underneath and his four fingers on the top of the rim."—Philadelphia Press. Forced Upon Him. Cronnick—He's one of the most stupid bores I ever met. Jenks—And yet he has accumulated money. Fortune seems to have knocked at his door. Cronnick—I don't believe it. She must have broken right in.—Exchange. Gibbs—Hallo! You've got a knot in your handkerchief. What's that for? Tibbs—Oh, my wife's gone to her mother's for a few days, and that knot is to remind me that she told me to think of her in her absence.—Pick Me-Up. An Easy Matter. Giles—Congress could settle this woman's suffrage business in short order if it was to go about it in the tight way. Miles—How? Giles—By enacting a law compelling women to vote. Then they wouldn't want to. "He's had a fortune left to him suddenly. He has actually got more money now than he knows what to do with." "Never mind; there are certain people who will be anxious to meet him now, and after that he'll know more." It Didn't Please later. "Will you love me then as now?" she asked. He looked thoughtful. But the answer didn't please her. Ought to Have Known. Briggs—I say, Carter, can't you let me have $1? Carter—Why, you owe me $5 now. Briggs—What has that to do with it? If I had money enough to pay my debts I shouldn't be a-borrowing.—Boston Transcript. A Cautious Youth. "Bobby, your father wants to see you." The boy looked dubious. "You ought to be able to tell by the look in his eye." The First Sufferer Diogenes was discovered with his lantern. "I use it," he explained, "to see the gas after I have lighted it." Hopelessly he continued his quest for an honest man or gas company.—Harper's Hazar. How It Happened Brownovich—Enpec's wife doesn't jaw him like she formerly did. Smithinski — The worm finally turned, eh? Brownovich—No, it wasn't that; she had some kind of throat trouble and lost her voice. Stunted. Mrs. Subbubs—That family that just moved in next door has quite a cute baby, but it's awfully small. Mr. Subbubs—Well, dear, what can you expect? The poor little thing passed the first six months of its life in a city flat. The Main Thing Mr. Nervey—Miss Roxley, I adore you. Will you be my wife? Miss Roxley (haughtily)—The idea of your proposing to a girl in my station! You should know better. Mr. Nervey—I do know better, but no richer. His Point of View. "But," protested the typewriter boarder, "Adam wasn't contented without a wife." "Perhaps not," rejoined the old bachelor, "but at that stage of the game he didn't know anything of good or evil." A Church Sleeper. Parks—Do you know our minister at all? Lane—Oh, I have a nodding acquaintance with him.—Exchange. SENTENCE SERMONS. Pessimism is really atheism. A little life may hold much love. Waiting is a large part of working. Petition is only a part of prayer. The church cannot feed men on mush. High seats often lie beyond lowly doors. The Christian is a light and not a lamp. A little light may be worth a lot of sparks. Every living law must have its roots in love. In making a living it is easy to lose the real life. You cannot float to heaven on floes of frozen faith. A solid flock cannot be built up out of stolen sheep. It often takes a stony pillow to bring a Bethel vision. Pisgah's prospect is worth more than Egypt's possession. Many a veneered sermon has come off a solid silver lectern. People who talk about God need to talk with him a good deal. It is better to walk in a straight line than to run in a circle. We may be able to judge others when we see the Judge of all. A little boost to the living is better than many bouquets to the dead. Standing right with God does not mean standing sideways with men. It is no use praying for the preacher when you will not pay for the preaching—Chicago Tribune. ONE WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE. A man with a heart makes excellent sport for a woman without one. Marriage is a lottery for women chiefly because men are a bad lot. Women are willing to please men a little in order to please themselves much. The quality of the women in a family is an excellent gage of the quality of the men. If the morning after could only come the night before there would seldom be any night before. The subject that lies nearest to the heart of a club woman is the one farthest away from her lips. A woman never knows a man until she has found him out, and then she seldom cares to know him any longer. In the opinion of most men a peach is a small domestic fruit, consisting mainly of a dimple and a bow of pretty ribbon. A man will sit up half the night dealing out peace talk to a crowd of men, and then call for his wife to put him wise when the baby asks for a drink of water in the morning. FIGS AND THISTLES. You cannot save society if you have no love for souls. No man is so insignificant as to be without influence. We determine destiny by our answer to the call of duty. The man who is a dependent of sin will surely be its defendant. He who takes justice in his own hands calls it on his own head. In the end we thank God more for the shadows than for the sunshine. The watchfulness of our eyes cannot cope with the wiles of our hearts. There is something the matter with the Christian who does not like children.—Ram's Horn. BIT6 OF PHILOSOPHY. Love at first sight supplies a lot of work for divorce judges. Easy street is neither the poorest nor the richest street in town. Men hide many defects of character under an assumption of dignity. A man's friends are his enemy's enemies. If he is his own enemy, everybody is his friend. For all practical purposes, a sucker is born only every two minutes, every other sucker being born lucky. Many a guilty conscience gets along very comfortably until it finds the finger of suspicion is pointing at it. It is proper to speak of the weather in polite society, if the weather is not too bad, and you speak guardedly.—Puck. --- Triplets Pass Four-Score. Triplets 80 years old celebrated their birthday recently in Hillsdale, parish of Upham, near Moncton, N. B. The three have lived in the same place all their lives. They are Richard, James and Deborah De Bow, the children of William De Bow. A number of relatives and friends waited upon the triplets and presented to them a purse of money. The triplets are all in good health and appear to have a good chance of reaching the century mark. The breech-loading gun is not, as many persons believe, an invention of modern times. There is on view, in the shop of a Dublin gunsmith, a breech-loading rifle that was offered to the British war office at the close of the eighteenth century. It was rejected, it is said, because it took too much ammunition. Co-Operative Hall 579 Troost Ave. GIVE US A All Work First Class. S SYLVESTER VAUGH Western Fine W. C. O. JACQUE Studio, 912 E. Twelfth St. We take this method to notify the pub A FIRST-CLASS ART In this city, where we enlarge and paint all kinds reach of everyone, and we ask the patronage of our p OUR WORK is strictly first-class in every way. W and we will give you good work To introduce our w for the next 30 days, to make fine LIFE SIZE PASTEL PICTURE We will simply make you a fine life size Pastel Remember, this offer will only last for the mont see our work. ive Hands D Troost Avenue US AT Class. Stride ER VAUGHN Fine Art A. O. JACQUES, B. Twelfth St., K. method to notify the public that FIRST-CLASS ART ST. and paint all kinds of plie the patronage of our people in every way. We em To introduce our work to the fine DEL PICTURES and life size Pastel Piu last for the month of Co-Operative Hand Laundry 579 Troost Avenue. GIVE US A TRIAL. All Work First Class. Strictly Hand Work SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Manager. 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 Patrons are in the reach of everyone, and we ask the patronage of our people who want to see us succeed. Our Work is strictly first-class in every way. We employ nothing but Negro artists and we will give you good work. To introduce our work to the public we have decided, for the next 30 days, to make fine LIFE SIZE PASTEL PICTURES FOR 50 CENTS. We will simply make you a fine life size Pastel Picture for 50 cents, worth $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 for $6.00, in three weeks. We guarantee satisfaction. Drawing. Crayon and Pastel Painting-Oil and W SHORTHAND AND MUSIC. Payments weekly, in advance. of Painting and drawing from We guarantee satisfaction of Painting-Oil and Water ments weekly, in advance. W. C. We also give lessons in the art of Painting and drawing from 12 to 6 p.m. A full course for $6.00, in three weeks. We guarantee satisfaction or no pay. We teach Free-hand Drawing, Grayton Music, Painting & Painting weekly, ShortHAND AND Music. Payments weekly, in advance. Call and see us. Respectfully, W. C. O. JACOUSES. Artist. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Why Not Have Your Prescription? McGampell's Bldg 2304 Vine St Where You Are Sure to Get What A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARETS PRESCRIPTIONS A SPIRIT Medicines Delivered to All Parts of Bell 'Phone 159 East. WOODEN & C DEALERS FANCY and STAPLE F GROCERIES These are men of your race. We have prices We invite you to come in and Tel. Home 2745 Main. For Prescriptions Filed Bell's Ph 2004 Vine Stree to Get What the SES, STATIONERY FUMES, CIGARS RESCRIPTIONS A SPECIAL Served To All Parts of the C EN & G DEALERS IN Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at McGampell's Pharmacy Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City Free of Charge. Bell 'Phone 159 East. Home 'Phone 2396 Main our race. We have the you to come in and see us These are men of your race. We have the same goods and same prices We invite you to come in and see us. We treat you right Tel. Home 2745 Main. 1539 East 18th Street. J. H. D. W. LANGSTON, PROPRIETOR. FINE CIGARS. --- Ancient Breech-Loader. Intoxicants affect men in various ways. When a Frenchman has drunk too much he wants to dance, a German to sing, a Spanish to gamble, an Englishman to eat, an Italian to boast, an Irishman to fight and an American to make a speech. Afflicted With Manana. The children of Spanish residents in Mexico are less energetic than their parents, and the change becomes more noticeable with every generation. Galileo's first telescope was made from part of a lead water pipe, in each end of which he cemented common spectacle glass. It costs New York five times as much as it does London to maintain parks and recreation grounds. Hand Laundry First Avenue. A TRIAL. Strictly Hand Work UGHN, Manager. The Art Studio QUES, Pres't St., Kansas City, Mo. the public that we have opened US ART STUDIO kinds of pictures. Our Patrons are in the of our people who want to see us succeed. way. We employ nothing but Negro artists see our work to the public we have decided. TURES FOR 50 CENTS. Pasteline Picture for 50 cents, worth $5.00. month of May. Come to the Studio and CHOOL. and drawing from 12 to 6 p.m. A full course satisfaction or no pay. We teach Free-hand and Water Color, and India ink. Also in advance. Call and see us. Respectfully, W. C. O. JACQUES, Artst. FLOUR Options Filled at Pharmacy One Street What the Doctor Prescribed? IONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CIGARS and TOBACCO. IS A SPECIALTY. Parts of the City Free of Charge. Home 'Phone 2396 Main & GARNER ERS IN FRESH and SALT ...MEATS.... we have the same goods and same in and see us. We treat you right 1539 East 18th Street. LANGSTON'S Shaving Parlors.. 718 E.8th St., Kansas City, Mo. TOM'BOLES AND BEN McCORMICK, ARTISTS. Agency for Steam Laundry. Porcelain Bath Tubs. Rooms Steam Heated. 6 Baths for $1.00. Your Patronage Solicited. TEL. 4392 MAIN. Effect of Intoxication. Afflicted With Manana First Teleaccope. Cost of Parks. Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. Remember please— 'ts the little bits we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Mrs. J. W. Baldwin is visiting at Hannibal, Mo. She expects to remain there several weeks. Mr. E. Fletcher took a crew of 10 men to Manitou Springs, Colo., Saturday. They will work at the Cliff House. Pierce, son of R. C. Pierce, who was operated on at the Douglass hospital last week, is on a fair road to recovery. Mrs. Charles Bradshaw and daughter Allie of Topeka were visiting their sister and aunt, Mrs. Gertie Tibbs, 1128 Campbell. Bishop Grant is scheduled to preach at Allen chapel next Sunday. He succeeded Bishop Shaffer in the Fifth Episcopal district. Mr. B. Allen Morris and Miss Henrietta D. Hunt were married quietly Wednesday, June 29, Rev. F. Jesse Peck officiating. Mr. John Hill, headwaiter at the Savoy, who had a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago, is improving very rapidly and hopes to be out soon. The jurisdiction of the K. of P. of the state of Missouri will hold its annual session at Joplin, Mo., on the 19th, 20th and 21st of July. For full particulars see our next issue. Prof. L. L. Thompson, the celebrated clairvoyant, has leased the residence of J. B. Hill, 17th and Highland, and will practice his profession at that number. Mrs. Nellie Jackson and Mr. M. Phillips were united in wedlock last Wednesday evening at their home, 1715 East 11th street. Rev. J. M. Harris officiated. 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." The Baltimore Annex to the John Taylor Dry Goods Co.'s store is fast nearing completion. The business of this large dry goods firm has so increased that this step was deemed necessary by the owners. Mr. Lewis Woods, manager of the Son, has just returned from Joplin, Mo., where he went to look up some preliminary matters attendant upon the K. P. convention. He was warmly welcomed by both white and colored of that city. The Fifth annual convention of the National Negro Business League will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., on Aug. 31st and Sept. 1st and 2nd of this year. It is hoped that a large representation from the several states will be present. 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. Henry Compton, the well known and successful caterer is preparing to open the Delmonico at 915 Baltimore avenue, with every facility for handling the public. The Ozark restaurant, which Mr. Compton was conducting on West Seventh street, belonged to Sam Jones. The Delmonico, however, will be under the ownership of Mr. Compton. FOR SALE. A GRAND SOCIAL AFFAIR. A magnificent reception was given last Saturday evening at the beautiful residence of Mr. Anderson Smith, 25th and Highland avenue. The reception was given in honor of Miss L. G. Smith, of St. Paul, Minn., and Miss Mamie Ganaway of Murphysboro, Tenn., both of whom were the guests of Miss Warner, who recently returned home from Fiske University. The house decorations were very beautiful, consisting of palms and daisies. Large white roses interspersed with palms and daisies comprised the decoration of the table. The color scheme of green and white was observed throughout the affair. Refreshments consisted of fruit punch, ice cream, cakes and candies. The following ladies formed the reception committee: Mesdames, Richardson, Bacote, Lange, Crosthwaite, Hubbel and Misses Wortham, Lucas, Banks, Osborne, Barker, White, Page and Conroy. The guests of honor comprised Mesdames Anderson Smith, I. T. Bradley and E. Hubbell and Misses Josie Foster, Williams and Alberta Bailey. There were about two hundred and fifty persons present. A three story flat, all modern, adorns the corner of 24th and Highland avenue. The property is owned by George L. Harris, formerly of Kentucky. Mr. Harris is a brick and stone mason and has lived in Kansas City nineteen years. He and his son, Tom Harris, have done much of the stone and brick work in the city. Through thrift and enterprise Mr. Harris has accumulated considerable wealth. Mrs. Easter Green of Platsburg, Mo., and little children, will return home Saturday night after a two weeks' visit with her son and two daughters, Mr. Charley Roberson, Miss Edna Roberson, Miss Cora Roberson. Pickpocket Had Been Ruay A London city missionary who worked in the slums of a certain district and was well known to the thieves that swarmed there began his service one day with the words: "I think I know which of you stole Mr. —'s gold watch yesterday, and I shall be glad if you will send it back to me before noon to-morrow." He made no threat, and, indeed, spoke very genially. The next day he received eight gold watches! Canadian Wheat Territory The possibilities of wheat raising are much greater in the Canadian provinces and territories than in the United States. The area suitable for wheat culture is much larger and the yield to the acre is twenty-five bushels, while in the United States it is only fourteen and one-half bushels. In Athabasca and Mackenzie spring wheat matures in 101 to 108 days, owing to the length of the summer day in that latitude. Horses' Only Obligation. A story that comes from a country region not far from New York concern a native who was seen stolidly plowing a field with a team of weary and dejected horses. As they approached, the observer of rural life remarked, sympathetically, that the horses "didn't seem to like the work." "Um," commented the farmer, briefly, "they don't have to like it; they only have to do it."-Harper's Weekly. Resourceful Lawyer To Ellis Griffith, the British lawyer and M. P., fell recently the novel experience of addressing a county court judge for a distance of fourteen miles in a train—an expedient which was mutually agreed upon in order to obviate an adjournment. The same Mr. Griffith, at Gibraltar, a few years ago, figured in a case in which the whole court outfit ranged itself at the bedside of a judge who was taken suddenly ill. Art of Michael Angelo. A wooden crucifix, said to be one of the earliest examples of Michael Angelo's work, has been discovered in the Church of San Spirito, Florence, by Professor Henry Thode of Heidelberg university. Good Rule for Argument It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes that we should give soft words and hard arguments; that we should not so much strive to vex as to convice an enemy.—Bishop Wilkins. His Reward the Workhouse. The village of Neumuhlen (Westphalia) boasts of a laborer who has been working on the same farm for seventy-eight years. He is now retiring into the workhouse. Serious Indictment. In an English police court recently a witness described a prisoner as having been "speechless drunk and swearing horribly." Greek Population Increases. The population of Greece is increasing more rapidly than that of any other country in Europe at present. Opens Doors to Women. Tubingen is the latest of the German universities to open its doors to women. EST AND LOLLITY 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 today that talks in three languages. The man wants only $10 for it." "What a bargain! We must have the bird, by all means." DEPT 1—23—GAL 10 Not the Real Thing at All. "Oh, yes, Miss Birdling is a culti- vated singer, but she will never pass for a great artist, you know." "And why not, pray?" "Because she can sing in nothing but English." "Oh, dear! Is that so?" "Yes, and it is abominably good English, too. You can understand every word she says."—Stray Stories. 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." Worse Than Green Gongs. 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. 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." She Was Surprised. "You must be a good girl," said the nurse to little four-year-old Flossie, "or you will go to the bad place when you die." "An' where will 'ou go?' queried Flossie. "To heaven, I hope," was the reply. "My doodness," exclaimed the little miss in surprise. "Do Dod hire nurse dirls, too?" 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." Understood the Ways of the Boys. Aunt Jane—Why didn't you tell the boys to stop their ball-playing on Sunday? Uncle Georgie—Oh, they'll soon get tired of it. But if I told them it was wrong to play ball on Sunday it would so ad to their zest for the sport that they'd be sure to keep it up all day. One Better. F. She—What is nobler than a man you can trust? He—One who will trust you. 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 offen the tables. It was All Off. An old bachelor who was very bald fell in love with a pretty widow, whose late husband's name was Robin. One evening the bachelor dropped in to have a cup of tea with the widow. After tea was over she commenced to sing "Robin Adalr." The bachelor picked up his hat and said: "Madame, even if your husband did have hair, it's no fault of mine that I haven't." Then he fled.—Exchange. Palace Restaurant M. T. Moore, Prop. Meals 15 Cents. 924 Wyandotte St., KANSAS CITY, MO. 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 judgment of our Men's $9 Suits. Nebraska Clotting Co. KANSAS CITY MO 1113-1116 Main St. UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA FRISCO SYSTEM TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTHWEST The Famous Health and Pleasure Resorts, EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route. Round Trip Homeowners' 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, LOVRIEN, ASSISTANT OMNIPLAN AGENT, KANSAS CITY, MO. 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The Day We Celebrate OUR NATIONAL HOLIDAY We celebrate it for the two-fold purpose, viz: In commemoration of the liberation of the slaves of the West Indies, and in lieu of the date and day of the freedom or the slaves of the United States, which two events destroyed the iniquitous system of human bondage upon the Western Continent. Therefore The managers of this affair have secured Stewart's Park at a large expense, it being conveniently situated to Quindale Boulevard car line (only 20 steps to gate) and provided with plenty of shade and park equipments. People from any part of Kansas City, Mo., need only make one transfer to Quindale Boulevard car line and get off at park gate. ATTRACTIONS: Prof. Ed. Payne, the unequaled performer, will give exhibitions of There will be a prize contest of grounds. Votes will be received as The largest and most commodio 40 feet, and a full up-to-date orche management of Mr. Nat Singletie swinging, foot racing, croquet pletc, etc. will be provided. Excursions from cities and town for this occasion. WALKER'S JUNIOR BAND of splendid music. REFRESHMENTS In addition the two Roosevelt-L two cities have arranged to have o'clock. Speeches will be made by Judson Lvons, or Hon. Harry R. C several of our own orators of wide will act as master of ceremonies. Every race-loving negro should that will meet at Stewart's Park. The homage to our Natal Day. FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION H. R. GRAHAM Ed. Payne, the unequaled trick bicycle rider and skill, will give exhibitions of his daring and skill. will be a prize contest of the most popular L. Votes will be received and counted during the day, and most commodious Dancing Pavilion, a full up-to-date orchestra, will be operated of Mr. Nat Singletary. Other amusement foot racing, croquet playing, tug-of-war, merril will be provided. tions from cities and towns in Kansas and Missouri. HER'S JUNIOR BAND of 20 pieces will enlist the music. REFRESHMENTS of ALL KINDS on the tion the two Roosevelt-Fairbanks Republican C. have arranged to have a joint jollification m speeches will be made by either Hon. Jno. C. B. tons, or Hon. Harry R. Cummings, of national fa your own orators of wide reputation. Hon. J. master of ceremonies. grance-loving negro should be present and be one spectat at Stewart's Park, Thursday, August 1th, our Natal Day. R. GRAHAM, MANAC Prof. Ed. Payne, the unequaled trick bivecle rider and slack wire performer, will give exhibitions of his daring and skill. There will be a prize contest of the most popular lady on the grounds. Votes will be received and counted during the day. The largest and most commodious Dancing Pavilion, 100 feet by 40 feet, and a full up-to-date orchestra, will be operated under the management of Mr. Nat Singletary. Other amusements, such as swinging, foot racing, croquet playing, tug-of-war, merry-go-round, etc., etc., will be provided. Excursions from cities and towns in Kansas and Missouri will run for this occasion. WALKER'S JUNIOR BAND of 20 pieces will enliven the dav with splendid music. REFRESHMENTS of ALL KINDS on the GROUNDS. In addition the two Roosevelt-Fairbanks Republican Clubs of the two cities have arranged to have a joint jollification meeting at 3 o'clock. Speeches will be made by either Hon. Jno. C. Dancy, Hon. Judson Lyons, or Hon. Harry R. Cummings, of national fame and by several of our own orators of wide reputation. Hon. J. C. Chastine will act as master of ceremonies. Every race-loving negro should be present and be one of the 20,000 that will meet at Stewart's Park, Thursday, August 1th, to pay due homage to our Natal Day. 704 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Mo. Parties desiring table or stam as the demand for these rig HOUSES ON We have some good H Can sell on easy term 5-room House and Barn o 4-room House on E. Seve 5-room House on Vine St 4-room House on Lydia A Good Lots in different p CRUTCHER desiring table or stand privileges should a demand for these rights are many and ne USES ON PAYMENT have some good Houses and Building sell on easy terms. Among them from House and Barn on Highland Ave.... $ from House on E. Seventeenth St..... from House on Vine St..... from House on Lydia Ave..... Lots in different parts of the city. S UTCHER & WEB Parties desiring table or stand privileges should apply early, as the demand for these rights are many and numerous. 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 Lydia Ave..... 1,700 Good Lots in different parts of the city. See us. Tel. 1305 Main, both lines. OMAS AND HOLM Artistic Tailors THOMAS AN Artistic Suits made to Order. Ladies' Tallering Neatly Done. 615 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. David T. Beals, President. Fernando P. Neal, Vice-President. Union Natl Kansas Statement as made to the at the close of busi RESOURCES. Onion National Ban Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo., ment as made to the Comptroller of the at the close of business June 9th, 1904. RESOURCES. LIABILITY Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business June 9th, 1904. Loans and discounts..... $6,227,005.01 U. S. Bonds at par..... $600,000.00 Municipal bonds at par..... 337,618.81 Cash and sight Exchange..... 3,505,016.55 4,442,634.80 Total..... $10,609,699.87 is. L. T. James. [E. W. Zea. G. W. Lovejoy. I se. C. W. Whitehead, J. P. Merrill. Gro. W. Jeros. V ge. [C. J. Schmeltzer. O. H. Leun. Gro. D. Foid. I untee. W. B C. H. Countee. Countee Brothe 4 East 12th St, iPhone 780 Grand. Carriage iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. 4 East 12th St. iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MD David T. Beals George R. Barse Edward George. ed trick bicycle rider and slack wire of his daring and skil. of the most popular lady on the and counted during the day. Dious Dancing Pavilion, 100 feet by涅娜, will be operated under the tary. Other amusements, such as playing, tug-of-war, merry-go-round. towns in Kansas and Missouri will run of 20 pieces will enliven the day with ITS of ALL KINDS on the GROUNDS. Fairbanks Republican Clubs of the e a joint jollification meeting at 3 by either Hon Jno. C. Dancy, Hon. Cummings, of national fame and by e reputation. Hon. J. C. Chastine uld be present and be one of the 20,000 Thursday, August 4th, to pay due MATION CALL ON OR ADDRESS. M, MANAGER, and privileges should apply early, lights are many and numerous. PAYMENTS. Houses and Building Lots ams. Among them are: on Highland Ave.... $1,600 eighteenth St.... 1,000 st.... 900 Ave.... 1,700 parts of the city. See us. R & WELSH ND HOLMES, c Tailors All Work Guaranteed. Altering, Cleaning and Repairing. W. H. Seeger, 2nd Vice-President, Chas. H. V. Lewis, Cashier. National Bank, Sus City, Mo., The Comptroller of the Currency Business June 9th, 1904. LIABILITIES 91 Capital stock..... $ 600,000.00 Surplus fund..... 400,000.00 Undivided profits..... 35,443.23 Unearned interest..... 96,560.00 86 National Bank Notes out- standing..... 500,000.00 Deposits..... 9,037,636.64 87 Deposits..... $ 60,099,939.87 ers, UNDERTAKERS AND ..Licensed Embalmers.. Images Furnished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO 600,000.00 400,000.00 35.442.23 26.560.00 Fernando P. Neal W. E. Thorne Felix L. La Force W. B. Countee. $50,000 GIVEN AWAY $50,000 IN GOLD SOUVENIR COIN OF ADMISSION NOTICE: Cut out this coupon, write name, address and phone number. Mail to: Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. St., Louis, MO. 507-755-2222. --- The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Purchase Sourceir Coin Company will set aside an appropriation of $50,000, which will be presented, in its entirety, to the per-tenant members of the EXACT number of paid admissions to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which opened at St Louis, April 30th and closes December 1st, 1904. No one should be presented until the nearest correct estimate. This golden opportunity to secure a magnificent Fortune costs NOTHING. Our object in making this opportunity is to promote the sale of our Sourceir Coin Admission to the World's Fair. These SOUTH BIRR COIN OF ADMISSION 1901 SAN JUAN 1901 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1903-1904 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1903-1904 K. of P. OF MISSOURI. G. C., Aaron W. Lloyd, 2629 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. O. G., Geo. M. West, 101 E. Buckharrt st., Moberly. Secretary and Treasurer, Beneficiary Board, Dr. W. P. Curtis, 1409 Market st., St. Louis. Members of Board-D. E. Gordon, 234 South Jefferson avenue; W. W. Trice, 622 North Beaumont. Supreme Representative PRIDE OF THE WEST LODGE NO. 1, K. OF F. meets 23 and 4th Monday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 50 North Jefferson Louis, W.M. W. KNELF, C. C. Wm. Goff, K. of R. and E. W. T. MUMFORD LODGE NO. 2, K. OF F. meets 1st and 32 Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 50 North Jefferson onvenue, DANIEL, BOSTICK, C. C. B. Bland, K. of R. and S. R. ROMEO STEEL, C. C. Sol Lindsay, K. of R. & S. MOUND CITY LODGE NO. 4, K. of F. I. meets 1st and 3d Monday at 6 o'clock in each month, at 8 o'clock at Jefferson hall, 76 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis. A. BLACKWELL, C. C. D. W. Brantly, K. of R. and S. DE SOTO LODGE NO. 5, K. of F. de Soto. Mo. meets 2nd Monday at 6 o'clock in each month, at 8 o'clock at Masonic 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 F. in each month, at 8 o'clock at Jefferson hall, 76 North Jefferson avenue. WM. H. BUTLER, C. C. Wesh FIDELITY LODGE NO. I, K. of P., of Springfield. B. A. FREEMAN, C. C. G. H. Webb K. of R and S. LILLEY LODGE NO. S, K. of P., of Kansas E. H. TAYLOR, C. C. James A. Dizler, K. of R and S. NORTH STAR LODGE NO. I, K. of P., of Hannibal, meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month. MILLVINE BARNES, C. C. J. J. Fuggle, K. of R and S. LONE STAR LODGE, NO. II, K. of P., of Macon, meets 2d and 4th Sunday evening in each month. ```markdown ``` W. A. WALLACE, C. C J. O. MNUTK, R. of, and I. ORIENT LODGE NO. 11, K. of P. of Joplin N. T. GREEN, C. C. H. H. Curtis, R. of, and I. HARRISON LODGE NO. 12, K. of P. of Huntsville, meets 2d and 3d in each month, 11, N. Main street. JAMES A. DENNY, C. C. W. T. Ancau, K. of R. and S. W. T. Ahoe, K. of K. and S. ST. PYTHIAS LODGE NO. 13, K. of Fostus, K. of K. and S. day evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 706 North son avenue. W. B. WILLIAMS, C. C. E. Anderson, K. of R. and S. CRYSTAL LODGE NO. 14, K. of P. of Fostus. HINSON SOLOMON, C. C. B. B. Bailinger, K. of R. and S. FLORAL LODGE NO. 15, K. of P. of Poplar Bluff. HARRY CAIN, C. C. S. E. Townsman, 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. Jefferson hall, 706 Jefferson von Avenue. W. M. SKEEN, C. C. M. Johnson, K. of R. and S. T. W. STRINGER LODGE NO. 17, K. OF P. meets 1st and 3rd Thursday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock. Jefferson avenue. LAWRENCE HAWKINS, C. C. Turner, K. of, R. and S. X MORNING STAR LODGE NO. meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month MORNITON, C. C. John C. Rayey, K. of R. and S. Souvenir Colns of Admission are of artistry and appropriate design, are invaluable as collections and are similar to the Columbian Half Dollar, aside from their intrinsic value, we offer a special gift of tickets of admission to the World's Fair, and for this purpose will maintain a ticket at the main entrance to the Fair Ground, which allows entering the World's Fair period. Everybody wants one of these Souvenirs, but only a few, at the price, 50 cents. With every Souvenir Coin of Admission purchased we allow one estimate to be made and died, of the total number of tickets. COUPON. 2: Cut out this coupon, write name, address, name in ink, mail with 30 cents to Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. St Louis, Mo. State E IS Louisiana Souvenir ST. LOUIS Cut out this ad envelope COMMERCE LODGE, NO. 19, K. of P., of Commerce, meets 1st and 3rd 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 3rd 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 Kansas City GRAND COU I. O. G. W. C.—Elliza Mo. G. W. I.—Bertha G. W. I.—Mary L. G. W. S. D.—Anlektown. Peter J. Sloes, K. of R. and S. EAGLE LODGE NO. 22, K. of P. of Neocleyville N. E. BRUNSON, C. C. Samuel Haynes, K. of R. and S. CARHURTSERVILLE LODGE NO. 22, K. of P. of Carruthers- ville. G. W. HARRIS, C. C. Bert W. Heidker, K. of R. and S. ACME LODGE NO. 24, K. of P. of Columbi. Sergt W. H. TURNER, C. C. J. C. Burton K. of R. and S. MODERLY LODGE NO. 25, K. of meets last 3rd Tuesday evening in each month at 8 o'clock R. L. SCOTT, C. C. M. West, K. of R. and S. RISING SUN LODGE, K. of F. of Keota. Meets 1st and 3d Thurs. 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. A. A. WOODSON, C. C. J. W. Bonda, K. of R. and S. TOUSSAINT LODGE NO. 28, K. OF P., meets 1st and 3d Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock at K. B. hall, Newstead ave. and North Market. FRED LINDSY, C. C. John B. Palmer, K. of R. and S. 2331 Marcus Avenue. BURLEIGH LODGE NO. 29, K. of P., of Farmington CHAS. BAKER, C. C. Lewis L. Hill, K. of R. and S. PYTHAGORZS NO 30, K. of P. of Ironton. of fronton. F. FLETCHER, C. C. H. F. Boyd, K. of R. and S. ANCHOR LODGE NO. 31, K. OF P. of Cape Garlandleau, Mo., meets P. of Cape Garlandleau, Mo., meets of each month at Castle hall, JOHN M. JONES, C. G. rt M. Oliver, K. of R. and S. CHRISTOPHEP LODGE NO 22 R. of R. and S. K. of P. ARTHUR CAYCE, C. C. Isom Johnson, K. of R. and S. PHLOSOPHIAN LODGE NO. 33 K. of P. of Paris W. E. BIRNSON, C. C. Eugene L. Chirk, K. of R. and S. SEMPER FIDELIS LODGE NO. 34, K. of P. meets 2d and 4th Friday evening in each month, at 8 oclock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. O. J. BIGGLE, C. C. H. M. Cabell, K. of R. and S. YAFETTE 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, K. of R. and S. OLYMPA LODGE NO. 36, K. of P. of Carthage, meets every Wednesday evening in each week. 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 Lay, K. of R. and S. WEST GATE LODGE NO. 38, K. of P. of Kirksville, meets 2d and 4th Mondays. E. H. Johnson, K. of R. and S. ROCK SPRING LODGE NO. 39 K. of R. and S. at E. H. Johnson 4th Thursday evenings at Jefferson Hall, 76 N. Jefferson av., St. Louis. J. A. NELLOUGH, C. J. H. WALEY, K. of R. & S. NEW AREA NO. 40, K. of P., of Kansas WALTER PRITCHARD, C. C. ST. LOUIS LODGE NO. 41, K. of P. meets and 30 Tuesday evenings with each ninth, at Eleventh and Franklin ave. CHARLES S. WHITE C. C. Jefferson High School C. S. CARROLLTON LODGE N. 4 K. of P., of Carrollton, meets 1st Monday and 2d Tuesday. Clyde L. Allen, K. of R. and S. PROGRESS LODGE N. 4 K. of P., of Kansas City, meets 2d and 3d Tuesday. HARRY B. GRAHAM C. S. DR. G. B. GOIN$ , C. C. Chas. Covington, K. of R. and S. NEW MADRID LODGE NO. 45 K. of P. Prof. R. D. Cherry, K. of R. and S. WARRENBURG 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 Samuel 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. 喝 GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. 喵 # 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 enormous sum is not the answer. WHY NOT YOU? The Lucky Winner will be notified the instant the official announcement of the total number of paid admissions is made by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. To St Louis and will deliver the $50,000 IN ONE 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.—Marietta 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 with leaves and berries. Aria Court No.1. Meets 3d Thursday in each month at 2:30 p. m. at Jefferson Hall, 705 N. Jefferson Ave. Madame Jennie Irving, W. C. Mrs. D. Crews, R. of D. Hand holding a rose SPRIG OF MYR TLE COURT NO. 13 meets 4th Friday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MRS. KATIE ROSS R. of D. Hand holding a branch of leaves. EUREKA COURT NO. 89, meets 1st thursday in each month, at 3:30 p. m. at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue MISSOURI WILLIAMS, W. C. MRS. MATTIE GIL- REE. R. of D. M SY R A C U S E COURT NO. 113 meets 1st Friday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jeff- erson avenue. MISS LOTTIE M. MAN, W, C. MRS MAMIS ED. WARDS, R. of D. Hand holding a branch of flowers. FIDELITY COURT NO. 121 meets 8d Wednesday in each meetings, at 8:30 p.m. at Jefferson hall, 701 North Jefferson avenue. HATTIE BRIGHT, W. C. ARSANIA M WILLIAMS, R. of D m PRIDE OF THE WEST COURT NO. 123 meets 2d Wednesday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MRS. ANNIE PHILLIPS, 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, - 8,380,889. DON'T DELAY! Write immediately and remember that the prize to be given is an entire diplomatic package in this intellectual and profitable contest is to enclose 50 cents for a beautiful, rare and artistic UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EIGHTEEN DOLLARS 1921 Hand holding a plant with leaves and flowers. QUEEN ESTHER NO. IS meets 8d Friday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Kickers' hall, New- stead avenue and North Market street. MRS. MAMIE NICKENS, W. C. MRS. MAMIE PIERI SON, R. of D. M FAIR CALANTHE COURT NO. 124 Meets second Tuesday in each month. at 3:30 at Jefferson hall, 700 North Jefferson avenue. MRS MATTIE YARBROUGH W. C. MRS. MARY L. RO- LEN. R. OF. D. m ROSS, W. C. MISS WILETTA HYDE, R. of D. UNIFORM RANKS K. of P. K.C.R. PYTHIAN COMPANY NO. I, K OF P. I, meets first Wednesday evening at o'clock, at hall, Cor. Jefferson and Morgan. R. H. BARTON, Capt. B. F. JOHNSON, R. V.G.E. FARWEST COM- PANY NO. 2, KOF P. Friday evening in each month, at t corner of Cor. Jefferson and Morgan WM. H. BUTLER, Capt. WALTER WILL- IAMS, Rec. M MOUND, CITY COMPANY NO. 3. K. OF F. , meets d Tuesday evening of each month. a October. True Reformers hall. K. L. JONES. Capt WM. PITTS. K.C.B. BATTLE AXE COMPANY NO. 4. O F. P. meets K of F. meets in each month, at 8 o'clock, Jennerson hall, 705 North Jefferson av- vlp. WmH. ROBINSON. Vm.H.ROBINSON Capt. A WARD Rep. KCE L'OVERTURE COMPANY NO. 9. second Tuesday in each month. at o'clock, at cor. Jeff- feron, at organa. H. K. HENT. Capt. CLARENCY SALERNS. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Rev. S. W. Bacote, Second Baptist Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. F. J. Peck, Allen Chapel, Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. E. R. Vaughn, St. John's Chapel, Ninth and Bell. Rev. S. W. Scott, Christian Church, 21st and Summit. Rev. R. P. Christain, A. M. E. Zion, Fifth and Belmont. Rev. J. W. Jacobs, Berry Chapel, 20th and Summit. Rev. W. S. Wheeler, Asbury A. M. E., 19th and Cherry. Rev. F. G. Snelson, Presiding Elder, A. M. E. church, 401 Cleveland Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. 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It is simply rubbed well into the skin, allowed to come off in rolls, bringing with it all the dead, dark pigment and positively making the skin much brighter is WILL BRIGHTER UP THE BLACKEST SKIN from three to large-size jar of our Electrical Skin Food, worth $60, wh sears, pimples, tan, freckles and all facial imperfections look younger, and lastly, so. Proves our liberality, we worth $60, which removes all smells and odors from the cures sore throat, sore mouth, frosted feet, chilblains, a $60, so be so. OF YOU OB RECEIPT OF ONLY $1. This Send money by registered letter or by money order obta YOUR name and address plainly, and address. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. 310. BEAUTIFUL FACE LOSSES ITS BEAUTY SOME HEAD OF HAIR. GLOSS quently a true hair tonic, which fe fertilizes, resuscitates, enlivers, and stimulates adjuncts, and roots of the human hair. Wh actually worth $1. This exquisite preparation WHITERS THE BARKEN SKIN immediately upon application. It comes in rolls, bringing it with all the dead, dark skin and callous substances, removing the dark pigment and positively making the skin much brighter in a few minutes. Used according to directions, large-size jar of our Electrical Skin Food, worth $60, which covers all skin diseases, removes wrinkles, large-size jar of our Electrical Skin Food, worth $60, which covers all skin diseases, removes wrinkles, look younger, and lastly, to prove our liberality, we will include a package (one pint) of Ant-Odor, worth $80, which removes all melanin and odors from the human body, such as feet, arm-pits, etc. Also worth $80, which removes all melanin and odors from the human body, such as feet, arm-pits, etc. ALL OF THE ABOVE-RETIRED PREPARATIONS (5 packages in all), actually worth $100, which removes all melanin and odors from the human body, such as feet, arm-pits, etc. Send money by registered letter or by money order obtainable at any post office or office. Write BEAUTIFUL PACE LOSES ITS BEAUTY WHEN UNADORNED WITH A HAND-SOME HEAD OF HAIR. GLOSSINE is a true hair food, and consequently a true hair tonic, which reeds, invigorates, vitalizes, permeates, fortifies, and restores hair head (implements adjuncts, and roots of the human hair. When the plant is withered, sickly, drooping, and dying, we give it water ere it die. Just so should we apply GLOSSINE to the hair unisightly dropping, dying hair, for on this principle of common sense was GLOSSINE formulated by M. M. McCarthy—not from lead, mercury, bismuth, and other mineral poisons, but from vegetable and botanical products, which can not lashy to the human hair. Cupidity and the desire for quick wealth have tempted many people, ignorant both as to pharmacy and chemistry, to seek the people coated, hair tonics, (on account of their low price) contain mineral poisons, the immediate effect of which cause the hair to grow quicker whose contain and is failing hair and a baid head. There is only one safe course to pursue-use only on your hair an absolutely guaranteed detached hair tonic, such as GLOSSINE really is, which can only do good, and est to buy, GLOSSINE, a genuine price, or a worthless, hair-killing nocturn at all diseases of the hair and scalp, and gives and beauty. It makes the hair grow quickly because it causes the hair to grow so long and so soft you please. GLOSSINE makes the hair to it a texture as fine and pliable as the so price for the complete treatment (3 large box NOTE--Many druggists may try to make more profit, or because they may not drugget cannot supply you and the price, w of dealer, and we will send same promptly, po CONTINENTAL, CHEMICAL CO., Sole Own The Stoeltzing Stove est to buy, **GLOSSINE**, a genuine, meritorious hair tonic at a moderate price, or a worthless, hair-killing nostrum at a penny? **GLOSSINE** cures all diseases of the hair and scalp, and gives to the hair length, lustre, life, vitality, and beauty. It makes the hair grow quickly, thick, long, and luxurious; covers all possible spots; gives to it that beautiful, shiny gloss (from which dyes can cause scars); makes the hair soft, dense, with ease and as you please. **GLOSSINE** makes the hair soft, wavy, straight, glossy, and gives to it a texture as fine and pliable at the softest skin. Price for large box, 50c.; price for the complete treatment (3 large boxes), only $1.00. We pay all charges. INTE. a genuine, meritorious hair hair-dressing nostrum as a penny, hair and scalp, and given to the hair length of the hair grow quickly, thick, long, and that beautiful, shiny gloss (from which it grow so long and so soft that it can be dresed makes the hair so wavy, wavy, f and pliable the most excellent. Price of treatment (3 large boxes), only $1.00. drug dummies may try to sell you something because they may not have GLOBSINly you, send the price, with your name and send same promptly, prepaid. MICAL CO., Sole Owners, 9 Governor ZING Stove and Ha NOTE--Many druggists may try to sell you something else, on which they make more profit, or because they may not have GLOSSINE in stock. If your druggist cannot supply you, send the price, with your name and address and name of dealer, and we will send same promptly, prepaid. CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO., Sole Owners, 9 Governor St., Richmond, Va. --- COOKING STOVE A NE Wabash TO ST. LOUIS COMMENCING J Leave KANSAS CITY. Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station EQUIPMENT---Pullman Sleep Cars and Coaches. Sleep 10:00 p. m. for occupancy Wabash is the only line to W Return Train leaves St. Louis Ask your Agent for Tickets o M. C. SNIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET. K A NEW bash Tr TO ST. LOUIS HENCING JUNE 5 S CITY, . . . 11: D'S FAIR STATION, . . 7: LUIS (Union Station), . . 7: NT—Pullman Sleepers, Free Ree and Coaches. Sleepers and Coa d. m. for occupancy. The only line to WORLD'S FA main leaves St. Louis 1:45 p. m. for Agent for Tickets over the Wab B. ASSENGER AGENT. WESTERN P MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY 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. " 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. O. SHIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. L. S. MOOLELLAN, WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. The first electric railway in Peru, from Lima eight miles to the Pacific, and another contemplated from Lima ten miles to the seaport, Callao, will have American cars and dynamos. --- Our Great Special Offer AFTER ing and digging. Make sure to use GLOSSINE to the harsh, unsightly dropping, dying hair. for use on skin and hair. Use GLOSSINE in formulated by one of America's most noted pharmacists—not from lead, mercury, bismuth, and other mineral poisons, but from plant oils, which can work no injury to the human hair. Cupidity and the need for many people, ignorant both as to pharmacy and chemistry, to sell to the people so-called hair tonics, which contain mineral poisons, the immediate effect of which cause the hair to grow quickly, but whose certain end is failable. In a mineral poison, only one safe course to pursue—use only on your hair an absolutely guaranteed vegetable remedy for the hair. In a realis, is, which can only do good, and work no injury. Which is the cheap- are, meritorious hair tonic at a moderate rate to the hair length, lustre, life, vitality, light, thick, long, and luxurious; covers all gloss (from which it takes its name), and adorns the dress with ease and adorable soft, wavy, straight, glossy, and gives ooftest silk. Price for large box, 500. $ boxes, only $1.00. We pay all charges. To sell you something else, on which they must have GLOSSINE in stock. If your with your name and address and name prepaid. Owners, 9 Governor St., Richmond, Va. and Hardware Co. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Miscellaneous and Retail Students for... Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Bur- Furnaces, and all goods made by the.. Peninsular Stove Co. An Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Hot, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Ciermont Stoves, behil Steel Ranges and Furnaces. I WORK a Specialty. .....A new line of.... New and Door Soreens and Refrigerators Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Light for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces. 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. NEW— High Train TO LOUIS JUNE 5, 1904. 11:30 p. m. Daily ION, 7:00 a. m. " ion), 7:15 a. m. 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An Atchison girl should either quit wearing a rainy day skirt or keep her stockings up. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. A man isn't a knocker because you say he is. You may be the knocker, yourself. BIG DROP IN BINDER TWINE. We are selling the highest grade standard binder twine made, shipping it to any address in the U.S. or Canada. Our binder twine can buy in carousel lots. For our a special inside price, our guarantee and money refund offer, for our insurance proposal, for our warranty, for most liberal binder twine offer that will be made this season, cut this notice out and mail mail. You will hear from us by return mail. Address. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago, Ill. There are many "blarney stones" in this country. They are set in engagement rings. Put your finger on our trade mark. Tell your dealer you want the best starch your money can buy. Insist on having the best; DEFIANCE. 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When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is not a result. You must take out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases have been treated with it, but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulations, free. Sold by Drugs. 75c. Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation. The best way to shape the careers of some young men is with a stout club. FREE TO 25 LADIES. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, anywhere in the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before September 1st, 1904. October and November will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up 16 oz. (a full pound) to the package. You get one third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. Choosing the Right Moves When a man with ideas complains that he is disregarded, as a crank, he has probably failed to discover that the habits of the world are largely assumed as the result of experience. It is enough to give utterance to new ideas in order that they may become effective when they grow old. Only once in a thousand times does a man hit upon the psychological moment for a revolution. The world cannot be forced but at the right time it enthusiastically follows an able leader. Spirit Had Poor Memory. Kinglake, the historian of the Celtic mean war, was approached by a spiritualist one day, who told him that the speaker had had a command from the recently deceased Mrs. Kinglake to convert "William Alexander Kinglake" to his doctrines. "Well," said Kinglake, "even in heaven one has a right to expect accuracy. My name is Alexander William Kinglake." The commissioner left at once. Owed Promotion to Pun. Canon Melville, who died in England recently, in his 92d year, owed his earliest promotion to a pun. When the late earl of Dudley, who knew Mr. Melville sufficiently to remember that his Christian name was "David," had a living at his disposal, he received a letter containing only the words, "Lord, remember David." The earl's reply was no less terse and scriptural: "Thou art the man!" TWO STEPS The Last One Helps the First. A sick coffee drinker must take two steps to be rid of his troubles and get strong and well again. The first step is to cut off coffee absolutely. That removes the destroying element. The next step is to take liquid food (and that is Postom Food Coffee) that has in it the elements nature requires to change the blood corpuscles from pale pink or white to rich red, and good red blood builds good strong and healthy cells in place of the broken down cells destroyed by coffee. With well boiled Postum Food Coffee to shift to, both these steps are easy and pleasant. The experience of a Georgian proves how important both are. "From 1872 to the year 1900 my wife and I had both been afflicted with sick or nervous headache and at times we suffered untold agony. We were coffee drinkers and did not know how to get away from it for the habit is hard to quit. "But in 1900 I read of a case similar to ours where Postum Coffee was used in place of the old coffee and a complete cure resulted, so I concluded to get some and try it. "The result was, after three days' use of Postum in place of the coffee I never had a symptom of the old trouble and in five months I had gained from 145 pounds to 163 pounds. "My friends asked me almost daily what wrought the change. My answer always is, leaving off coffee and drinking Postum in its place. "We have many friends who have been benefited by Postum. "As to whether or not I have stated the facts truthfully I refer you to the Bank of Carrollton or any business firm in that city where I have lived for many years and am well known." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Look in each pkg. for the famous little book. "The Road to Wellville." TICKLE GRASS BY BYRON WILLIAMS Jest hum a chune as yer pluggin' along; Joy in yer heart as ye carol yer song! 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In New York city roans and bays still predominate, but there's sixty-four white bosses on the force and they call for red hald accessories. Otherwise Detroit leads! Prominent church members of Harrisburg, Pa., claim to have seen a garter snake five feet long carrying a butcher's carving knife between its teeth and traveling at high speed. Going to carve out a name for itself probably. The Summer Vacation. Beside the billowed lake they sit— O'erhead the glories of the skies— Or, screened from view, as boarders pass They read love's answer in the eyes! He holds her hand in warm caress. The color surges in her cheeks— Her gown is wrinkled in a mess Beneath his arm, which waistward seeks! The sun sinks lowly to its bed. The world is all a golden hue! Upon his shoulder rests her head— And oh! her eyes are blue and true! Ah! gladsome, joyous country days. When willing Love the landlord pays! Indiana society belles are making their own gowns, and Pittsburg society women are baking bread. Now, if Illinois girls will begin to sew on buttons, we know of several susceptible bachelors who may be hoodwinked! EASY, NOW! TAKING A CHANCE. Bath tubs are being imported from Germany. What's the reason? Is not the American make slippery enough? The funny paragrapher was trying to think up a few thoughtful thunks while enjoying a fifteen-cent course dinner, when suddenly the fluffy-haired waitress dropped a load of dishes. Hastily yanking his notebook from an inside pocket the funny paragrapher wrote as follows: "A waltress may not know a club from a spade, but she can easily raise the deuce by dropping a tray." A couple who were nigh on to four score years of age were wedded in an up-state town recently, and the editor of the local paper headed his account of the event: 'A Romantic Affair.' When he looked at the paper after the edition had all been mailed he packed up his grip and left for parts unknown. The compositor had made it "A Rheumatic Affair." The shades of night were falling fast As through a Russian village passed, a youth who bore 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device. "Tscheroffitchsklvotch." And that's the end of the poem, because the Japs got him before he reached the second stanza. A Kansas editor died while building the morning fire. This should be a warning to despotic wives whose husbands edit newspapers. They should be more thoughtful of us, brethren, for there are only a few of us left. Stotts City (Mo.) Sunbeam: Inspired by a peach tree in bloom in the front yard a Pee Dee young woman wrote a poem on "Spring" Monday. That night her father went out and chopped down the tree. It was a Michigan editor who received this notice: "Notise, I Ike Pickins won't nae poe dnetes contraction by mi wif, Mary Pickins. She haz quit me cold an I ain't makin a bizness of suportin fikel wimen!" The Sunniest Place on Earth. The sunniest place in the earth is either the great Sahara or the desert of Arabia. 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Thus empires show wisdom, and the statesmen the other thing. Tight Collars Harmful Beware of tight collars. An authority on the subject says that many cases of defective eye-sight are caused by wearing them, as they interfere with the circulation of blood to the head. It Pays to Read Newspapers. Cox, Wis., July 4.—Frank M. Russell of this place, had Kidney Disease so bad that he could not walk. He tried Doctors' treatment and many different remedies, but was getting worse. He was very low. He read in a newspaper how Dodd's Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kidney Trouble, Bright's Disease, and Rheumatism, and thought he would try them. He took two boxes, and now he is quite well. He says: "I can now work all day, and not feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kidney Pills, I couldn't walk across the floor." Mr. Russell's is the most wonderful case ever known in Chippewa County. This new remedy—Dodd's Kidney Pills—is making some miraculous cures in Wisconsin. Foreigners In Russian Navy: From the days of Peter the Great down to the present day the percentage of foreigners in the Russian navy has been enormous. The sailors are in very few cases genuine Russians, but are for the most part made up of Swedes, Courlanders, Finns, Greeks and Odessa Italians. In fact, it might be said that the foreigners have not only made but are still maintaining the Russian navy. The reason for this is because the Russians are not a maritime people. Do You Want the Lowest Rates Do You Want the Lowest Rates either one-way or round-trip excursion, to any point east of Chicago or St. Louis? Ask the Erie Railroad Company, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago, for complete information. Three fast trains daily from Chicago and St. Louis through to New York, Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and other eastern points. Stop-over without charge at Niagara Falls, Cambridge Springs and Beautiful Chautauqua Lake. Generally a girl is pretty fond of you if it makes her furious with you to have anybody else find it out. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. It's queer what a lot of enjoyment some people get just by spoiling other people's enjoyment. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Bail Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Every sweet girl graduate expects to marry and rule the roost sooner or later. Important to Mothers. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Cha H. Klutcher. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Japanese Yellow Paper. A Tokio newspaper sold many extras recently on the headline, "Mobilization of the Staff." Purchasers of the extras found that the staff referred to was that of the paper, which was to be increased in view of the great demand for news. World's Fair Accommodations. Reliable and reasonable accommodations: adjoins World's Fair grounds on the south side, provides parking for Union Station by Market street car. Writer of Grand View Fraternal Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Control Japanese Products The Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco Company control the products of Japan in their respective lines. Bounty for Dead Rats. In the plague districts of South Africa the government pays 6 cents for every dead rat delivered to it. Meaning of Niagara. The word Niagara means thunder water. "It's the shots that hit that count." Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, penetrating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, if you insist on having *the time-tried Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. Kent Chalk Pits The chalk pits in Kent, eleven miles from London, are found to be extensive ancient British cave dwellings connected by galleries which extend for miles. Near the center is a Druidical temple. Islands Have Disappeared. The "Royal Company's islands," supposed to be in the Pacific ocean, have been removed from the maps of the hydrographic institute of the British Admiralty, because all efforts to find them have failed. COLORADO SUMMER SERVICE. On the Santa Fe Railway. The Santa Fe has announced resumption of its luxurious Colorado Flyer, leaving Kansas City Union Depot 6:55 p.m. daily through the summer season. The equipment consists of library-smoking car, free reclining chair car, and twelve-section Pullman sleeper, Kansas City to Colorado Springs; twelve-section Pullman sleeper, Oklahoma City to Colorado Springs via Newton; ten-section Pullman observation sleeper, Kansas City to Colorado Springs. Excellent library in observation car; also current weekly and monthly illustrated publications for use of Pullman passengers only. Current weeklies, monthly and daily newspapers in library-smoking car for use of all train patrons. East-bound, this train is known as the Missouri River Flyer. The equipment is the same as that west-bound. Departure from Denver at 12:15 p. m., Colorado Springs 2:50 p. m., Pueblo 4:05 p. m., reaching Kansas City at 9:05 a. m., Oklahoma City is reached at 12:55 p. m., next day, and Galveston at 9:55 a. m., the day following, by connecting train from Newton. When a girl is interested in a married woman it is a sign that they are ottered in a man. 50 CENTS FOR YOU "Show us" whether this paper pays to advertise in by mailing us this ad, and the date line within ten days, and we will send you a certificate worth 50 cents to any one who visits the greatest of all World's Fairs. It may save them $10 or even more. We will also send a free map of the World's Fair. We give clean water and food to all those reserved at once. No fire-traps, but substantial brick and stone homes. No party too large, none too small. One to ten thousand accommodated. Our references are Hon. W. B. Stevens, Secretary World's Fair; Hon. Lon V. Stephens, ex-Governor of Missouri; Vice President Missouri Trust Company; Hon. K. A. Dickinson, ex-Governor of Missouri Trust Company; Georgetown B. G. Farrar, ex-Assistant Treasurer of the United States. Write to ST. LOUIS ROOM CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. Lots of girls fall in love simply from force of habit. FREE to WOMEN A Large Trial Box and book of instructions absolutely Free and Postpaid, enough to prove the value of Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Paxtine is in powder form to dissolve in water—non-poisonous and antiseptic antiseptic containing alcohol which irritates inflamed surfaces, and have no cleaning properties of every box makes more Antiseptic Solution lasts longer, gives furthermore uses in the family and does more good than any antiseptic preparation ever made. Paxline is in powder form to dislouse in water, warm to superior to liquid antiseptics containing alkaline power, and inflamed surfaces, and have no cleaning properties. The contents of this powder more Antiseptic Solution lasts longer—goes further—has more antiseptic power, does more good than any antiseptic preparation you can buy. The formula of a noted Boston physician, and used with great success as a Vaginal Wash, for Leucorrhoea, Pelvic Catarrh, Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and all soreness of mucus membrane. In local treatment of female ill Paxline is invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash we challenge the world to produce its equal for thoroughness. It is a rare evolution in cleansing and healing power, which cause inflammation and discharges. All leading druggists keep Paxline; price $00. a box; if your does not, send to us for it. Don't tax it. There nothing like Paxline. Write for the Proe Box of Paxline to-day. R. PAXTON CO., 5 Pope Bldg., Boston, Mass. COWHIDE OVERALLS UNION THE MADE STANDARD PANTS BRAND AND WEAR LIKE LEATHER Ask Your Dealer for Cowhide Overalls. Made by Standard Mfg. Kensington City Mo. USE FAULTLESS THE BEST STARCH FOR SHIRTS COLLARS, CUFFS AND THE UPLN Many who formerly smoked 10 Cigars now smoke LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5 CIGAR Tour jobber or direct from Factory, Peoria, Ill. PENSIONS to Civil War Veterans. Honorably discharged with 80 days service; 62 years of age, 65 to 65, $10 at 66; 62 at 70. New applications required. No medical examination. Hyington & Wilson, 728 17th St., Washington, D.C. STOP BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. There Is a Difference. "Many a man," said Uncle EbEN, "has discovered to his sorrow dat a gal don' look nor ack de same when she's cookin' flap-jacks for breakfast" as she does when she's dishin' ice cream at a strawberry festival."—Washington Star. Commercial Manomers Kid gloves are made of sheep or lamb skin, while rice paper is not made of rice or any part of the rice plant, and German silver is not silver at all, nor is it of German origin. The golf girl goes a golfing In the giddiest of gowns. 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HOW TO GET A HOME Send for a copy of pamphlet giving full information as to dates of opening and how to secure 100 acres of land at nominal cost, with full description of the soil, climate, timber and mineral resources, towns, schools and churches, opportunities for business openings, railway rates, etc., free on application. W. B. KNISKERN, Passenger Traffic Manager, CHICAGO, ILL. A NEW WABASH TRAIN TO St. Louis COMMENCING JUNE 5th, 1904 Leave KANSAS CITY. 11:30 p. m. Daily Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION. 7:00 a. m. " Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station) 7:5 EQUIPMENT - Pullman Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Carts and Coaches, Sleepers and Conches at 10 p.m. for occupancy Wabash is the only line to the HRR for occupancy Wabash is the only line to the HRR for occupancy Louis 14:45 p.m. for Kansas City. Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. Lankford Hummon Cotton Filled Collar. We absolutely guarantee it to cure and prevent sores or Scars. Should you need it, we will do it. We work while the animal does his. Collar and pad combine to protect it. Pads two to five seasons. If your dealer doesn't handle preparation or maintenance, Write for circular and memorandum book. The Power Rig. Co., Waterloo, Iowa. DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Successfully Prosecutors Gloria, Lake Superior, W. D. C. Krystin c. c. c. adjudicating claims, atty since HESTER CARTRIDGES. It hit that count." Winchester cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, end strike a good, hard, pene- the kind of cartridges you will get, the time-tried Winchester make. WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. PISO'S CURE FOR CURE WHERE ALL ELSE FAIL. Heat calibrated cartridges. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- 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 connecti- 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. A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALERAL MEMBERS. COURTEOUS TREATMENT Parlors 162C E. 18th St., Kansas City. E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HA'R CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo A. WEBER, M If you want a suit to or go and save money. no rent Style, Fit and F EBER, MERCHANT TAILOR. you want a suit to order here is the place to and save money. Why? Because we pay rent Come and see us. Style, Fit and Finish Guaranteed. 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. The "All-Rail Ro All-Rail Route" to New York The "All-Rail Route" to New York All Through Trains of the "Big Four Use the New Grand Central Sta & Hudson R "Big Four Route" New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. 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 can continent. Only one railroad station in the Southwest running through cars into it, the one can afford to overlook. All through central Station in New York City, landing pass a few minutes walk or drive to the principal Stopover at Niagara Falls. On through tickets to or from the Eastern Southern and New York Central Railway allowed at Niagara Falls, on notice to train agent at Niagara Falls station immediate C. W. GREEN, T RELIABLE No Delay--Satisfaction Guarantee We are the most reliable dentists in oldest practice in the city. Our super grade work done by gentlemanly ones. We Guarantee to Please. This firm is backed by a wealthy enoughly responsible. All work is g The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri- Only one railroad station in New York City and only one railroad from running through cars into it! Surely this is an advantage which no trav- to overlook. All through care of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Cen- New York City, landing passengers light in the heart of the city, and only walk or drive to the principal hotels. Over at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. With tickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route, Lake Shore and Michi- and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding ten days will be Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the tick- Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. Reliable Dentistry Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free Most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and price in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths quite to Please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned. Is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thor- ponsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Think of it. The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Americas can carry 100,000 passengers. The Southwest running through 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 Center, where you can walk 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. No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths We Guarantee to Please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned. 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. Cleaning ..... 500c We do as we advertise— Teeth extracted without pain FREE We are here to stay. NEW YORK ESTABLISHED 1029 Main St Second Open NEW YORK DENTAL CO ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. Main St Second Floor. Entrance on Main Street only. Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundays 10 to 4 1029 Main St Second Floor. Entrance on Main Street only. Open Daily. Night's till 9. Sundays to 10 4. 2825 S.W. Blvd. P Prof. L. L. Thompson Will move out to his new home at 2316 Highland Avenue in a few weeks from 318 West 6th St Will still run at 327 W. 6th St. Airst-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gent's dine up stairra. Z, T. JOBDAN, Manager Good Service. Up-to-date Good Service. REGULAR ;MEALS 156 924 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo. 1734 Grand. EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. John S. West's Orchestra FURNISHES MUSIC. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. Kansas City, Mo. TEETH HISTOFLAS We both walked slowly over the yellow grass, Brown in the sunset sky; And then he climbed the stile I did not pass, And there we said good-by. He paused one moment; I leaned on the stile, And faced the hazy lane; But neither of us spoke until we both Just said good-by again. And I went homeward to our quaint old farm, And I went on his way; And he has never crossed that field again From that time to this day. A footstep in the wind. If he had said one regretful word. Or I had shed a tear. If he had not go alone about the world Nor I sit lonely here. Alas! our hearts were full of angry pride. And love was choked in strife; And so the style, beyond the yellow grass. Stands straight across our life. —Good Words. WOULDN'T TAKE COPPER "A pound's worth of stamps, and the cash all in coppers? I can't take it; you must bring silver!" said the postmistress to an old Irishwoman. "But Mr. Johnson sent for them," said the Irishwoman. "Can't help it," said the postmistress, who was an old maid, and as crusty as if she had been hard-baked. "But I say," said the postmistress, "I won't take copper," and she banked the little door in the old woman's face. The Irishwoman was nonplussed for a minute or so, and then a brilliant idea occurred to her, which she put into operation at once. Taking a penny from the bag, she knocked at the little door with it. "Well, what do you want?" said the old maid, opening the door. "Is this the postoffice, marm?" said the Irishwoman, politely. "You know it is!" snapped the old maid. "Plaze, marm, do you sell stamps?" "Of course I do!" "Would you be after giving me one, then, marm?" said the Irishwoman. The postmistress could not refuse this request; though a pound's worth of copper was not a legal tender, a penny most certainly was, and she handed out the stamp, and swept the penny into the drawer. "Thank you kindly," said the Irishwoman, and the door banged to again. In a few seconds another rap at the door brought up the old maid again, who was getting her tea. "Well, what is it?" she demanded, angrily. "Sure, marm, I'm thinking I'll be wanting a stamp," said the Irishwoman, with a look of innocence ten inches deep, and she put a penny down. The old maid, in giving her the stamp, brought her open hand down with a thwack on the desk that would have caused a mortal explosion in a blackbeetle, and her looks would have turned XXXX beer into vinegar on the spot. "Thank you kindly," said the Irishwoman again, with a curtsey that made the old maid blush and wish that swearing wasn't a sin, and the door went to with an extra bang. In a few minutes more there was another rap at the door, and the old maid sprang from the tea table with something that did sound just a little like an oath, but which we hope was not one. "What do you want now?" she said to the old dame looking in at the little doorway. "I think I'll have a stamp, honey!" was the answer, delivered with most exasperating humility. "Here, then" said the old maid, with a look of hate that would burn A woman is standing at a desk, looking at a man in a suit. The woman is wearing a long skirt and a high-collared shirt. The man is wearing a suit and a hat. There is a trash can in front of the desk. "Faith an' sure, sure, I can't go wild out 'em." a hole through a firebrick, if it could have been converted into force. "Where'll I put it on the letter, sure?" said the old lady, coaxingly. "Go hang yourself, you old hag!" said the furious postmistress, and the door went to with a bang that shook the whole building. Another rap came presently, and then the old maid let out something beginning with a big D; but she turned it into something else at the last minute, and looked round for some weapon, for there was murder in her heart. But it was no use, she knew the old dame was within her rights, and with hands crenched till the nails entered the flesh, she again opened the little door. "Plaze, marm, is this a postoffice?" said the Irishwoman, with a look childlike and bland, and then the postmistress went off. After dancing round the room like a gushing thing of fifteen summers, and upsetting the tea table in her gyrations, she clapped her hands together in an ecstasy of boundless rage and madness. "Sure, marm, it's good news you've been havin' this morning, you're so lively," said the old lady outside; and then the gushing malden went off again, jumping like an india-rubber ball. "Plaze, marm, do you sell stamps here?" said the Irishwoman, putting her head inside. "Oh, dear, oh, dear!" sighed the postmistress, after her exhausting exercise. "Whatever do you want now?" "I'll be troubling you for a stamp, I'm thinking," said her tormentor. "Very well; there it is," said the old maid, with an effort to be calm that shortened her life several hours. "Oh, thank you kindly," said the beldame outside, and the little door went to once more, this time with a gentler swish than before. After listening awhile, the postmis- T "I'll be troubling you for a stamp, I'm thinking," said her tormentor thinking," said her tormentor, tress, hearing nothing more, sat down on a chair and wondered what Irish-women, and this one in particular, were made for. Then she wondered if it would be possible to lure this one inside and cut her throat, and then she felt like crying, and then she looked at her broken teacups and the comforting tea that was wasted, and then she crouched down in a corner, and, opening a drawer, put her head inside it, and swore a volley of feminine oats into it in a hoarse whisper. This comforted her for a minute, and then came that awful rap at the little door again. With a groan that seemed to come all the way from her toes, she rose to her feet and walked round the room two or three times to cool herself, and she opened the door again. "A stamp, if ye plaze," said the impostor outside, with a smile of superhuman innocence. "How many do you want?" said the humbled postmistress. "Oh, sure, marm, only one at present; I'll be comin' again soon; maybe it's a rale good customer I'll be, marm," and she turned away. "Take them now, please." said the old maid, in a taint, choking voice. "I'll take copper."—Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. MAN IN HIS HOME. What Male is There Who Will Stand Up for Man's Right's? As society is made, it is almost impossible for a man to go the right way about his relations with woman. The system prescribes a certain attitude. It is the attitude of crawl, salaam, obsequiousness and second fiddle. If you depart from it by a hair's breadth your women become suspicious of you. If you advise other men to depart from it you get a bad name. Women stand up for women's rights and are made the subject of applause, bouquets and illuminated addresses. The man who dares come out strong for men's rights does not breathe. Men do not want him. They are like canaries in cages, afraid to go out lest the cat get them. Peace at any price is man's rule of life. Abroad he will swagger and bluster and bully. "Nemo he impune laces-sit!" he roars. At home his watchword is "Blessed are the meek." Abroad he frowns and breathes fire; at home he is plain, unvarnished "him." Abroad he struts, at home he slinks. Abroad he is very wise, at home he is a little child.—Gentlewoman. Mr. Morgan's Cigars. Among distinguished users of tobacco, says the United States Tobacco Journal, there are few more prominent than J. Pierpont Morgan. Mr. Morgan is a heavy cigar smoker, and he is particular about what he smokes. He has his cigars made for him especially in Havana. Each has a red band with gold lettering and the initials "J. P. M." Sometimes after board meetings in various enterprises these labels are found on the floor, and there is a great scramble for them, as they are regarded as mascots, especially in the different Wall street offices. Mr. Morgan's cigars are very large, and the label is wide enough to make, if it were metal instead of paper, a ring for the finger of any ordinary man—a little loose for the fourth finger and a little tight for the thumb. The usual price he pays is $450 per thousand, which is less extravagant than one of his partners, whose smokes cost him $880 per thousand. ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. If you would gain health and wish to retain the same remember the necessity of reliable prescription compounding, which we make a specialty of giving the most careful attention.—We fill prescriptions just as the doctor writes them. Our motto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT, Save time and carfare by buying your Patent Medicines and drug necessities at attractive prices. Perfumes, Toilet articles, Tooth brushes, Combs and Brushes, Fountain gratifying prices. eas Remember its the RELIABLE PRES PHARMACY S. W. C Phone Call in and see us. Open PETER H. HARRIS HOME PHONE 3412 MAIN. The "St. Louis Line and a mighty good line it is; the very be the West; rails weigh eighty pound bridges are steel and the track is sp few curves, and the grades lighter t Kansas City and St. Louis. Service Leave Kansas City..... Ar. World's Fair Station Ar. St. Louis Union Station Through car service; standard a ing chair cars Kansas City to St. L tire length of the Fair Grounds before $6.00—ROUND TR . Louis Line" is a good line it is; the very best NEW rail rails weigh eighty pounds to the yea steel and the track is splendidly ba and the grades lighter than on any y and St. Louis. Service is as follow Kansas City.....7:50 World's Fair Station 7.30 St. Louis Union Station 7:50 high car service; standard and tourist s cars Kansas City to St. Louis, the trai of the Fair Grounds before stopping OO—ROUND TRIP—$ 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: 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. s, sleeping car berths and information any point in the East will be furnished J. A. STEWART, J. W. Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. CIT KANSAS CITY e is nore r being with Tickets, sleeping car berths and information as to the cost of reaching any point in the East will be furnished on request. There is no For being There is no reason For being without A good piano nowadays--Our easy payment plan makes it possible for you to own Don't forget to mention my name w. S. Baker, Salesman. A Kimball without sacrificing any of the pleasures you n possessed by a Kimball makes it an ornament tones makes it a source of endless enjoyment W. W. Kimball Co mball P any of the pleasures you now enjoy... can make it an ornament to any he ource of endless enjoymenh. mball Co. W. B. R Est. 18. 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 A Large Line Rock Island System # If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it. The Rollable Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. the RESCRIPTION S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. :: :: Open all night. KENTUCKY RESTAURANT Prof. L. L. Thompson, Mgr. Meals 15 Cents. Served in First-Class Style. Porterhouse Steak 35c up. 327 West 6th St., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Line" is Open The very best NEW railroad ever built in city pounds to the yard; ties are oak; rack is splendidly ballasted. There are lighter than on any other line between Service is as follows: Day.....7:50 P. M. Station 7.30 A. M. On Station 7:50 A. M. Standard and tourist sleeping and reclin- to St. Louis, the train passing the en- ounds before stopping at main entrance. ND TRIP—$6.00 perths and information as to the cost of East will be furnished on request. RT, J. W. JONES, Pass. Dept. City Pass. Agt., 900 Main Street. KANSAS CITY. ```markdown ``` W. S. BAKER, Salesman all Piano fires you now enjoy...The style and finish ornament to any home, and its sweet enjoymenh. Co. W. B. Roberts, Manager Est. 1857. 920 Walnut