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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. 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 Dysee 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—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. We call the attention of all patriotic race-lovers to the advertisement of the grand 1st of August celebration at Stewart's Park, Kansas City, Kansas, which takes place on Monday, Aug. 1st. A number of superb attractions will be the order of the day; among them is one conducted by the Rising Son, viz: the popular ladies' contest. Get your affairs arranged to attend this celebration and enjoy a day of pleasure and enjoyment. LEXINGTON NEWS. Quarterly meeting was held at St. John M. E. church Sunday. Presiding Elder Smith could not attend the quarterly meeting. He sent the pastor of Slater. He preached morning and evening. Everyone was pleased with his preaching. Misses Jackson, L. St. Clair, A. Johnson, E. Raglan, who have been here visiting have returned back to their home at Independence, Mo. The Grand Master of Masons A. R. Chinn, visited the Dickson lodge No. 11 Saturday night and left Sunday morning. S. T. Pettigrew, Grand Master of the U. B. F's and the S. M. T's will be here on the 19th. A mass meeting of the colored Republicans will be held at St. John's M. E. church, Monday, the 18th, for the purpose of organizing a Roosevelt club also to attend to other important business. Every colored Republican is asked to be present. By order of the committee. Mr. Wm. Hunter is still in the restaurant and grocery business. Every one ought to patronize him. Mr. Alex. Williams and wife left Saturday for Kansas City to make that their future home. Mrs. Watson of Kansas City came down Saturday night to spend a week with Mrs. A. W. Walker, Mrs. Gates and other friends. Mrs. Nancy Gates is here visiting too. Mrs. Eva Hawkins died Saturday morning and was buried Sunday morning by the Sons and Daughters of Frederick Douglas. She was a member of the Second Baptist church. The funeral was preached by Rev. W. C. Howell. She leaves two sons, two sisters and one brother and a host of other relatives to mourn her loss. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Booker spent the Fourth of July in Sedalia visiting their daughter, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Gilbert spent a few days in Higginsville last week. Mr. Read Wilson spent Sunday in Independence. Mr. James Busch of Independence was here last Sunday visiting Mrs. Talbott, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Hayden. Mr. Penn Hawkins of Independence was here Sunday. Mr. John Mysure of Odessa was here attending the funeral Sunday also Mr. Monday of Mayview. Every member of the Republican League are asked to be out Monday night to elect a delegate to send to St. Joseph. This is the year that every colored man should do all they can to elect the Republican ticket. If we have any political friends they are in that party we should try to sustain it. The Old Men's club will meet Saturday evening at 3 o'clock at the Second Baptist church by order of the President, George Walker. Mrs. Mary Walker came down from Kansas City Saturday to visit her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs Geo. Walker. Mr. Hearte is still working on the bridge question and we hope he will succeed in getting it. A bridge would be a great help to our city. The colored people ought to take the same interest as the whites in proportion with their wealth. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR For the convenience of colored visitors an "Information Bureau" has been established. With it are assocated many of the best homes and hotels in St Louis. Have your room reserved. Stamp for reply. H. S. FERGUSON, Mgr. 1923 Market St. St. Louis, Mo. Opposite Union Station. M. B. HON. W. S. DICKEY SHOP A. GRANT, D. Scopal Disiricf of the (See fourth page.) is being urged to allow his name to go before the convention as state chair- man.—No better timber could be had.—(See fourth page.) is being urged to allow his name to go before the convention as state chair- man.—No better timber could be had.—(See fourth page.) P. BISHOP A. GRANT, D. D. Of the Fifth Episcopal Disrict of the A. M. E. Church. (See fourth page.) A. e. REV. JESSE F. PECK, Pastor of Allen Chapel. Pickpockets Had Been Busy. 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. M. H. THE LATE COL. W. W. MORGAN In the death of W. W. Morgan last Thursday evening, the people have lost a tried and true friend. Mr. Morgan was an ambitions man and a generous man. He never withheld his support from any man he thought worthy. Col. Morgan assisted the church's political clubs, as well as private individuals, who sorry to say, sometimes, took advantage of his generosity and had much to do with that lack of confidence in many things, that once was one of his strongest characteristics. PYTHIANISM IN MISSOURI. Springfield, Mo., July 4, 1904. Editor Rising Son: Dear Sir and Brother:—As you are desirous of saying some good things about "Pythianism in Missouri" through your columns I thought it in keeping with my calling and ambition to give you an article on the work and oredr generally. "Pythianism" seems only a synonym for friendship, patriotism, progression and expansion; this is fully demonstrated in the marvelous growth of the order in this state during the past four or five years. This growth has been almost phenomenal, yet it seems evident that it will be permanent and substantial. The order has more than quadrupled itself within the past four years, and has established a permanent "Endowment Fund" which is the wonder and admiration of both friends and enemies—think of an institution so young as the "Knights of Pythias" with all the other secret societies arrayed against it building up a bona fide "Endowment Fund" such as we are now operating so successfully—more than $24,838.46 collected within the past four years. And every legal death claim and other obligation adjusted and truly this is a magnificent showing—but these figures do not cover the entire amount received and paid out on deaths since the order was first established in Mo. The collections have reached nearly $40,000 not including the general fund, and amount given to distressed members and for charity. This statement alone commends itself to every intelligent and unbiased negro in the state. Yes and more, it commends itself to our white brothers who have the highest regard for the principles of Pythianism—the society of progress and expansion; Pythianism is destined to do for the race what no other secret organization has yet ever done—establish beyond question, the "Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man." P or the order has but one aim, one result—the elevation, the happiness, the betterment of mankind, and the negro must prove himself a worthy Pythian in this cause. But whence all this excitement and enthusiasm born of late in Pythian circles? Who is pushing the order so successfully? The answer comes spontaneously from more than 3,500 Pythians in Missouri pointing to that intrepid and determined "Plebian" NUMBER 15. leader of the Pythian cohorts, Aaron W. Lloyd, G. C. of the domain of Missouri. He is truly a Pythian leader, a practical organizer, a good financier. The order has had several strong executives all of which have done good work and led the order very successfully, but none have been a match for Bro.A. W. Lloyd in the work of organizing and spreading the order—think of it, from 18 lodges 4 years ago to 50 lodges now with a bonafide membership of 3,500 Pythian Knights and still they come; Rev. Moses Dickson was a great leader—the greatest Negro organizer that ever lived—he was a born leader and has left for himself an undying monument in the perpetuity of that great institution known as the "Knights and daughters of Tabor." Booker T. Washington is also a great organizer—a practical educator; so is A. W. Lloyd an organizer, a leader of his race. Bro. Lloyd is somewhat of a politician and being G. C. of the order in Missouri, he is in a position to do much for the race politically. He is now building for himself a monument, not of marble or of brass and stone which will crumble and decay, but he is building in the hearts of his countrymen, Pythian circles, making foot-prints in the "sands of time," footprints that will transcend to succeeding generations and perpetuate his memory in disseminating the principles of Pythianism as taught in our "Castle balls" and exemplified in the lives and characters of loyal and patriotic Brother Knights whom he has helped to learn the great lessons of friendship, charity and benevolence. Truly Bro. Aaron W. Lloyd is a practical organizer, a typical Pythian, one who is "doing notable things—not dreaming them out." Long may he live to bless mankind and promote Pythianism. The order at Springfield is growing rapidly and getting some splendid material. The ministers of the various churches are turning their attention to the order and saying good things about us; our lodge has a newly-fitted ball and the members are more enthused than they have been for several years. Quite a number contemplate attending the Grand Lodge session at Joplin, and by the way, Mr. Editor this session promises to be a big meeting, too. Springfield may run an excursion to Joplin on the 21st. "On to Joplin" is the watchword. More anon- G. M. Ata 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 convince an enemy.—Bishop Wilkins. His Reward the Workhouse. The village of Neumuhlen (Westphallin) boasts of a laborer who has been working on the same farm for seventy-eight years. Ho is now rotting into the workhouse. Serious Indictment. In an English police court recently a witness described a prisoner as having been "speechless drunk and swearing horribly." 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. IS A CLOSED DOOR CANADA'S ATTITUDE UNFAVORABLE TO RECIPROCITY. Stringent Measures Adopted by the Dominion Government for the Purpose of Restricting the Import of Manufactures from the United States. --- Canada's unwillingness to serve as a dumping ground for the surplus manufactures of the United States has been repeatedly urged by the American Economist as fatal to the hopes and purposes of those who yearn for free trade between the Dominion and the Republic. Time and again we have endeavored to make clear the futility of such a project because of Canada's determination to build up her own industries and not to insure their destruction. How accurately the Canadian attitude toward reciprocity in manufactured products has been estimated by the Economist is now demonstrated by an official notification to the effect that Canada will refuse to submit longer to the "dumping" process. In the New York Journal of Commerce of June 10 is printed a dispatch from Ottawa in which it is stated that the announcement by Mr. Fielding, the Minister of Finance, in his budget speech, of the intention of the government to place a countervailing duty on goods sold in the United States and incidentally other countries "for export" has attracted general discussion and enthusiasm in industrial circles throughout the Dominion. Canadian industrial circles have for years been complaining of the competition they have been compelled to meet in the way of foreign "surplus" goods, for which Canada has become a veritable "dumping ground." The countervailing duties are designed to end this by adding an amount equal to the difference between the invoiced price and the real value of to 50 per cent of the duty in general lines, and 15 per cent in the iron and steel items. The Canadian plan is to meet cut prices by the imposition of additional tariff duties. Under this plan it will be no longer possible for American producers to sell in Canada cheaper than they sell to American consumers. Plainly Minister Fielding avows the stalwart protectionist doctrine that control of the home market for the home producer is of greater importance than cheapness. Evidently he believes that in the long run nothing is cheap which is purchased abroad when it might have been produced at home. Unequivocally he declares that cheapness may, and probably will, prove to be at best but temporary, while in the end it turns out to be costly and injurious. On this point the Canadian finance minister said in his budget speech: "We find to-day that the high tariff countries have adopted that method of trade which has now come to be known as 'slaughtering,' or perhaps the world more frequently known now is 'dumping.' That is to say, that the trust or combine, having obtained command and control of its own market, and finding that it will have a surplus of goods, gets out to obtain command of the neighboring market, and for the purpose of obtaining control of a neighboring market, will put with regard to the cost or fair price aside all reasonable considerations of the goods; the only principle is that the goods must be sold and the market obtained. "If those trusts and combines in the high tariff countries would come under obligations with sufficient bonds to supply us with these goods at lowest prices for the next fifty years, it would probably be the part of wisdom for us to close up some of our industries and turn our people to other branches. But surely none of us imagines that when these high tariff trusts and combines send goods into Canada at sacrifice prices they do so for any benevolent purpose. They are not worrying about the good people of Canada. They send the goods here with the hope and the expectation that they will crush out the native Canadian industries, and then, with the Canadian industry crushed out, what would happen? The end of cheapness would come and the beginning of dearness would be at hand. Artificial cheapness, obtained to-day under such conditions, at the expense of dearness at a very near day, is not a system that we could approve, or that any of us on either side of the House should encourage." Completer coincidence with the protectionist claim that only through the upholding of home industry can permanent economy be secured, completer condemnation of the free trade sophism that it pays best to buy in the cheapest market, could not be put in words than has been done in this practical statement of the value of domestic competition. Minister Fielding is a protectionist from the ground up, from top to bottom. In this program there is no hint of a disposition on the part of Canada to invite a larger volume of manufactured imports. On the contrary, Canada proposes to take less and less of such imports. Canada intends to do more of her own work—American Economist. Why They Were Necessary. There is one thing regarding these bond issues that Mr. Cleveland does not explain, and that is why they were made necessary. He does, indeed, say "popular distrust was a perplexing and dangerous element in the situation," but what had caused this popular distrust? A critical examination pf all the events that preceded Mr. Cleveland's administration makes it uguite clear that the great event that caused "popular distrust" was the election of Mr. Cleveland himself. He went into office with the avowed purpose of breaking down the protection policy of the country. All business men knew this meant dealing a deadly blow at a large proportion of the manufacturing industries of the country. Business men distrusted one another and bankers distrusted them all. New enterprises were at once stopped, old ones curtailed, and everybody ran for shelter. All this destroyed the confidence of every one in every one else; and, lastly, it destroyed the confidence of the public in the United States treasury itself. These are the facts that led to the condition Mr. Cleveland described, and made his frequent bond issues necessary. In short, the chief cause of the calamity was the presence in the White House of Mr. Cleveland as the champion of a dangerous economic policy.—Gunton's Magazine. "STAND PAT." How Mark Hanna Made Good Use of the Famous Expression. The origin of the expression "stand pat" is thus related by the Jacksonville Times-Unian, the leading Democratic newspaper of Florida: "When Hanna, the stout-hearted, was approached by a number of reformers, who all agreed that the tariff must be reformed, he waited till each had spoken, and then called for his stenographer: 'Now, gentlemen,' said he, 'give us the items.' Thereupon there was discord dire, for no two among them could agree on the schedule. The Senator listened until the futility of their arguments was fully apparent, and again spoke: 'We can't revise without cutting out somebody, and nobody consents to be cut. I tell you what I will do—let's stand pat.'" Whether or not the incident is accurately described in detail does not matter much. The fact remains that the stout-hearted Hanna, the big-brained, the level-headed Hanna, did the Republican party and the country a great service when he applied to the question of tariff tinkering that now celebrated phrase. Brought face to face with the practical proposition, "Give us the items," the reformers weakened. They could not give the items. No man living can give them. The late Thomas B. Reed wittily remarked that tariff making and tariff revising are very easy things—"in the mind." Not so, however, when it comes to framing and adopting tariff schedules on the floor of Congress. Then and there it is that you must "give us the items." Giving the items in a tariff bill is no more child's play. The reformers could not give the items to Senator Hanna; they could only fuss and fret and find fault. That was why the big man said to them, "Let's stand pat." It was good advice then. It is good advice now. Roosevelt and Fairbanks The national convention's choice of Roosevelt and Fairbanks is but the formal record of the choice already made by the rank and file of the Republican party. Theodore Roosevelt—the faithful heir of William McKinley—stands for national self-respect, peace and prosperity. He is of himself the type of achieving American manhood. His nomination has been all but sure ever since the Republicans of Illinois declared him their choice for 1904. He is nominated not only for what he has done as president, but also for what he is as an American man. Charles Warren Fairbanks was decisively indicated for the vice presidential nomination by his character and record and by the logic of the political situation. He has well deserved the honor, both as a vital Republican force in a pivotal state and because of the confidence that he inspires in men of business affair throughout the nation. He strengthens the president where the president needs strength. With such candidates the Republican party has nothing to explain or excuse in behalf of its chosen leaders. The personalities of both are well known throughout the nation. They do not have to be interpreted by others or be taken upon the assurances of any one. They speak for themselves, and in no uncertain tone. With such leaders standing for policies Republican and national in every respect, the Republican party deserves success. It has earned it.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Always Hostile to Protection We have had since 1872 seven different Democratic tariff policies. The party has been always at heart antagonistic to protection, but never has had, save in 1892, the courage to denounce openly the protective policy of the Republican party clearly and categorically. We may look this year for a declaration of some kind hostile to the fiscal policy which has made America prosperous. It may be couched in terms of concern for the American workman. But the latter is not to be deceived by empty professions from the enemies of the nation's sound tariff policy and of his own prosperity. Under Republican protective policy the average income of the American workman's family is $827.19, of which $26.90 is expended for food, the average size of the family being 5.31 persons. The average annual income of the British workman under a free trade tariff is $250, of which less than 25 per cent goes for food. Let the d. o. p. resolve and "view with alarm" as it may at St. Louis in 1904, the American masses will vote for a continuance of the policy which has made this country the most progressive and prosperous on earth—Louisville Herald. FATHON AND THE HOME A Dainty Negligee. Negligees made in Oriental style are peculiarly restful and comfortable as well as graceful and becoming and suit warm weather needs to perfection. This one is eminently simple, being made of white batiste with bands and yoke of flowered lawn, but also is attractive and dainty besides possessing the practical quality of being washable. The model is one of ```markdown ``` Design by May Manton. the best of the sort, simply full below a shallow yoke, with wide bell sleeves, and is trimmed with bands that at the neck are rolled over to form a collar. To make the kimona for a woman of medium size will be required 9 yards of material 21, $7 \frac{1}{2}$ or $6 \frac{1}{2}$ yards 32 inches wide, with $3 \frac{1}{2}$ yards of any width for yoke and bands. The Summer Girl's Ribbon Girdle. Girdles grow higher and higher, and the pointed waist line has practically disappeared. The summer girl makes a five-inch ribbon, of soft texture and two yards in length, into a girdle thus: She lays it flat across the front, defining a perfectly round effect at the waist line. Then she crosses it in the back, brings it around to the front, raising it above the first fold of ribbon, almost under the bust and slightly to the right. She pins it securely to her bodice with safety pins. Then she makes a long narrow loop and two ends, the loop to stand diagonally erect across the front of the bodice, the ends to fall below the waist line. Ladylike Foulard. Poor foulard! Strangely enough, says the Queen, it lies under La Mode's ban; but the spirit of wisdom whispers that the sage woman who has the strength and courage of her opinions and chooses a black and white, a blue and white or a red and white foulard will not go far wrong, for foulard never has and never will be beaten as an eminently ladylike (and therefore elegant) and economical material for all hours of the day. Dress for Indoors. Don't say that it doesn't matter how you look around the house, for it does matter a great deal. It matters for the general credit of the establishment; it matters in its example to the children; it matters to the husband and father. It is one of the important duties of every woman to keep herself and her house in a condition as presentable as possible, considering her circumstances. My Lady's Dlibbieh. Of comfort for the resters are lounging robes, many fashioned on the model of the Egyptian water carrier's gown, the djibble, long, loose, almost straight, cut out at the throat and endowed with flowing sleeves. Instead, however, of the blue cotton of the Egyptian, my lady's djibble is made of delicate-hued silks, with many-colored Oriental borders. The Lingerie Blouse. Any kind of handwork suitable for thin material is available for the fingerie blouse this year. One dainty trimming consists of insertions of real lace alternated with little puffs of the material or rows of pick-up tucks. All of the smartest blouses have the long-shouldered effect with a suggestion of horizontal lines. Delicious Jelly. This is a delicious jelly which takes the place of currant for a meat course. Equal parts of rhubarb and young beets boiled together until tender, then mashed through a sieve and put into jelly bag. To a pint of juice add a pound of sugar, heated plping hot in the oven without melting. Satin on Silk Gowns. Narrow plaitings of satin adorn many of the silk gowns. In black this gives a very French touch on a gown of black taffeta. A pretty model of the kind seen recently had a further touch of large hand-worked buttons in black silk. QUIET HOUR God in Nature. But shows some touch, in freckle, streak or stain. Of flavor or of scent in fruit or flower. Or what he views of beautiful or grand in nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the Prompts with remembrance of a present God. —Cowper. A. Timely Admonition. No admonition should be more heeded in our age than that expressed in the text. In every walk of life the multitude is running wild after display, wearing itself out trying to keep pace with Dame Fashion. Mothers are anxious for their social position, children are taught to emulate their parents, fathers are troubled about the expenditure which it all entails. How Christ would like to draw such people out of themselves, out of their selfishness, out of their worldliness! To this end He proposes for our consideration "the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these." Like a trumpet blast from a purer world, with invigorating and refreshing music of His words. "Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on;" but "consider the lilies of the field." Consider them; admire their intrinsic beauty, the fresh green leaves penciled and veined with the arteries which distribute life throughout; the flower graceful in proportion, gorgeous in its color of bright scarlet, so that all to which the highest art can aspire is to copy such beauty and imitate such contrasts. What a satire on our anxious straining after effects, our careful thought for food and raiment, that even Solomon with all his wisdom and wealth could not rival a flower of the field! "Consider the lilies of the field" and treasure up the memories of by-gone days, when in our childish innocence we plucked and played with them. The little flower of the field is still fresh and pure and fair as ever, but, alas! we have soiled ourselves with the impurity of sin; hence our toll and strife. Why should we strive for the valn concecits of life? "If the grass of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe, how much more you. O ye of little faith." In all this, however, God does not mean that we are to be idle, but He desires us not to labor only for the meat that perishes. We are not to strive after the vanities of life, not after mere effects, but to live within our circumstances without the pride of life that leads unto destruction. When Christ says, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow," He would have us learn the lesson of growing likewise in purity and singleness of purpose before the Lord; that like the lily we should allow God's plan to work itself out in us, that our conscience should grow tender by God's training, that it should be sensitive in worldly matters, sensitive to know and to feel when self is predominant, sensitive to detect the evil in the small things of life that are often passed over too rapidly, those trifling acts of deceit and deception, those little acted lies that corrode spiritual life and stop spiritual progress. With soul and body thus trusting in a loving Father's care and grace, what matters it if fierce storms dash down the fragrant flower to the earth, or if an early blow destroys its bloom! The good seed shall remain and the earth will again burst into buds and flowers unto everlasting verdure and fragrance and perfect beauty. Is not this worth the longing after, thinking about, looking forward to? Does it not give a greater satisfaction than the thought of feeding, clothing or pampering the body; than being "solicitus for to-morrow," forgetting that "to-morrow will be solicitus for itself?" Let ye, then, "Seek first the kingdom of God and His justice, and all things else shall be added unto you."—Rev. John J. Donlan. Giving Ourselves. We never really give ourselves except to those whom we truly and earnestly love. We may be prodigal of time and strength in matters of duty or pleasure, and still be mere human machines, operated upon by other powers aside from ourselves. We have given to our task our energies, our strength—but not "ourselves." Life may become mechanical and we may live it mechanically with apparent success, doing its work faithfully, if we may not joyously, and yet our real selves have no part nor parcel in the work that fills the days and years that touch each other on the present side so closely. A human soul must be awakened by something other than the mere fact of the physical existence through which it can use its God-given power to grow and expand. We talk of the strangely intimate relations between soul and body, and yet the body may thrive while the soul starves for its proper nourishment. Like a tree that bears no fruit, or a plant whose foliage grows richly, yet among whose greens leaves no sign of bud or flower is ever seen—or if in long stretches of time s bud appears, yet never bursts into bloom—so it is with many lives; something failed them that was needed to bring out the color and beauty. They missed the elements that make for soul-growth. Nothing seemed required except what could be wrought by hands and brain, and the soul shriveled for want of the nourishment it would have received if its powers had felt the drawing of a great love and had unfolded to meet it. Kept close shut in its narrow cell, it could not grow into beauty and vigor. We must crush the rose petals to get the full sweetness of their perfume; we must exercise both body and brain if we would develop their strength and beauty; and so with the heart and soul, we must use them, we must weary them, if need be, in active service, if we are to give to anyone, or any project, our best efforts. In other words, we must "give ourselves." There can be no such thing as happiness in the performance of any of life's many duties, no joy to be found in any service, which fails to call out the inner self, the heart power, and this is why so much work fails to accomplish the best results, even when the best is needed; and yet the one who labored may have labored faithfully with every power he could call into action, and failed simply because the heart was left untouched, perhaps—even forced back into its secret chamber, and the door barred by a blind ignorance of its worth, or an indifference that was fatal to its best interests. Worry is the worst wolf that comes to our doors. What He Does For Us. The same promptings come to those who have a sense of the goodness of God. To say nothing of the daily blessings which minister to our physical necessities, the thought of the divine grace so abundantly given us should awaken in us the sweetest joy and the liveliest gratitude. What has He not done for us to save us from ruin? Blinded by sin, our tendency is to rush on to destruction. One offence leads to another, and our perverted nature knows not the way of escape. Here the ministrations of the Holy Spirit come in, and we are shown how to get back into the path of holiness. We have lost our way and God restores us. We have abanoned Him, but He refuses to abandon us. We put him out of our lives but He persuades us to let Him come back. He bestows upon us love and sympathy and graciously pardons our inquilines. He gives us what by nature we could not have, pure hearts and a regenerated spirit. All this He does out of His grace. It comes to us as the divine favor, given to those who could not command it, given freely and without upbraiding to those who merited it not. No man ever yet went out looking for misery who came home without it Thanking God For Difficulties. God knows burdens will make his children strong, so He says to them: Every one shall bear his own burdens There is thy load, carry it; there is thy place, fill it; there is they work do it; and as thy day, so shall thy strength be. The route to heaven is not over a macadamized road with easy grades. It has many a "Hill Difficulty," where the climber goeth from running to walking, and from walking to a tough clambering on his hands and knees. Let us not murmur, or vainly ask for "elevators" to hoist us; thank God for difficulties in God's school some hard lessons are to be learned; and there are no "elective studies." It is very pleasant to work out problems in addition and in multiplication; but when our Master puts us in a painful problem of substraction—when the income is cut off, or the crib is emptied, or the staff is broken—then we cry out: "O God, let this cup pass from me!" It requires great grace to be able then to say: "Nevertheless, Father, not as we will, but as Thou wilt!" For the hardest lesson in this world is to let God have his way.—Theodore L. Cuyler. The religion of success is never successful in religion. Beauty of Godly Life. The life of self-abnegation does not attract you. A cathedral window, seen from without, is dull and meaningless. But enter, and the light of Heaven, streaming through it, glorifies it with every beauty of form and color. Consecration to God for service may seem dull enough when seen from without; but enter into that experience, and the light of the divine love, streaming through it, shall glorify your life with a beauty and blessedness which are Heaven's own. Looking for Stars. When it grows dark the stars begin to appear, and the beauties of the heavens are seen in their glory at midnight, not at noontide. In our spiritual skies it is as in our natural skies. New lights from God's love are seen by us, as we look up, when losses and trials cause darkness to shut in about us where before all was bright. As Carlyle says, "The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough." STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, FRANK J. CHENNY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENNY & Co., doing foresight, and that said firm will pay the sum of foresight, and that said firm will pay the sum of every one of the City of CATARR that cannot be used in use of HALL'S CATARR CURE. FRANK J. CHENNY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. D. LEAADON. **SEAL** Uncle Sam's Soldiers. Recruits in the regular army must be between 21 and 35 years old. They must be unmarried, of good antecedents and habits, and free from bodily defects. They must be citizens of the United States or have declared their intention to become citizens, and must be able to speak, read and write the English language. Is It Not Worth While if you travel, on business or pleasure, to get the best service for the lowest rates? Ask the Erie Railroad Company, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago, for full information. Booklets free describing Summer Tours and the Beautiful Chautauqua Lake Region; also Cambridge Springs. Tin Deposits In Burma In the province of lower Burma, India, near the Siamese frontier, tin deposits have recently been discovered and valuable coal fields located. The tin ore is said to be of as high a quality as that mined in the Straits settlements. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, RoY, N. Y. Southern Rice Lands. Land around the bayous of Louis- tana and Texas, which until 1895 was classed as worthless, now yields $25, 000,000 worth of rice. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Automatic Loom. Two Burnley (England) operators have devised a new type of automatic loom, which embodies all the features existing in the Lancashire loom, and by the introduction of a hopper containing weft-in steel tubes and some simple mechanism on the slay in automatic loom is produced. When the weft thread breaks the weft fork sets in motion and a mechanism which forces the old weft out of the shuttle at the top, and a full tube immediately takes its place. Cause of Church Drowning: At an archdiocesan conference at Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, Dr. S. Hatton sought to find a physiological reason for people sleeping in church. Although often attributed to other causes he believed that both the slumbering habit and the want of attention s-metimes shown by members of the congregation to the preacher's discourse were due to the poisoned atmosphere inhaled. The Virtue of Patience "Chillun," said Uncle Rastus, "dar's a gran' lesson to be learned fm de foolish cutworm. He gits up early in de mo'nin' an' goes foth an' ane de little sproutin' melon vine. Ef he had sense enough to stay in bed a while longer de vine 'd perduce a melon an' he might eat sump'n wuff while. Patience, chillun, am a great virtue." WRONG TRACK Had To Switch. Even the most careful person is apt to get on the wrong track regarding food sometimes and has to switch over. When the right food is selected the host of ails that come from improper food and drink disappear, even where the trouble has been of lifelong standing. "From a child I was never strong and had a capricious appetite and I was allowed to eat whatever I fancied—rich cake, highly seasoned food, hot biscuit, etc—so it was no surprising that my digestion was soon out of order and at the age of twenty-three I was on the verge of nervous prostration. I had no appetite and as I had been losing strength (because I didn't get nourishment in my daily food to repair the wear and tear on body and brain) I had no reserve force to fall back on, lost flesh rapidly and no medicine helped me. "Then it was a wise physician ordered Grape-Nuts and cream and saw to it that I gave this food (now to me) a proper trial and it showed he knew what he was about, because I got better by bounds from the very first. That was in the summer and by winter I was in better health than ever before in my life, had galued in flesh and weight and felt like a new person altogether in mind as well as body, all due to nourishing and completely digestible food, Grape-Nuts. "This happened three years ago and never since then have I had any but perfect health, for I stick to my Grape-Nuts food and cream and still think it delicious. I eat it every day. I never tire of this food and I can enjoy a saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream when nothing else satisfies my appetite and it's surprising how sustained and strong a small saucerful will make one feel for hours." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. True food that carries one along and "there's a reason." Grape-Nuts 10 days proves big things. Get the little book, "The Road to Wellyville," in each pkg. When the robin calls good morning And the thrush's note is heard In the distant, dewy woodland, Love the spirit of a bird; When the world is just awakening To the beauty of the day— Then, O love, my heart makes must In a lover's roundelay. When the golden sun has vanished And the swallows settle low, When the daylight seems returning In the flushing afterglow; When the fireflies light their lanterns And the mist is on the dell— The bird that makes music In a lover's villanelle. -William Wallace Whitelock, in New York Herald. Bougain WHEN LOVE IS DONE BY GARRARD HARRIS (Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Publishing Co.) She looked across a shimmering waste of barren sand and withered buffalo grass, from which the heatwaves radiated until the distance was hazy with them. A few distorted cactus plants reared their weird forms in the heat, and here and there a dead and parched mesquite bush helped to break the monotony of the scenery. Afar off, to the southwest, the tops of the mountains in Old Mexico could be seen faintly, miles and miles away. She liked to speculate on how pleasant it was beneath the trees on their slopes—where the cool waters flowed, the wild flowers blossomed and the birds sang. She was tired and utterly weary of the whole business. Four long years she had lived here—she married John Hawkins back in the states, and came out to the El Dorado ranch, where he was going to make his fortune raising cattle. He was only foreman and she was cook for the cowboys. The worst of it was, she was regarded by him as scarcely more than a cook. He would come home late at night, gulp down an enormous supper, tumble in bed and snore like a grampus until daylight, when he would bolt his breakfast and start out on the range again. Not a word of sympathy, of fellowship; not a bit of tenderness, no sentiment, only work, work—left to herself, her lonely thoughts and the gloomy contemplation of the dreary waste without. Sometimes he was away at night—and she had heard him joking with some of the cowboys about Rita—and then ne would watch her covertly out of the corner of his eyes to see if she heard, or understood. But she did not betray herself, and they went on talking of _____, where the mescal and the music and pulque, and women drove men mad. That was where Rita stayed. Rita was, perhaps pretty and dalty. Well, maybe Rita did not have to cook—cook, all the time for a lot of men, and wash dishes and sweep up and prepare for another meal when one was finished. That would take the good looks away from anybody. And when Jonn had talked of coming west, she had dreamed of cool adobe houses with splashing fountains in the patio—of orange and lemon trees in blossom—of great scarlet geranium trees and vines and flowers—an indolent, easy "manana" sort of existence. But this, instead, She looked about the rough plank house in utter disgust and weariness. What was the use of it all? What did it amount to? What was there to look forward to, except a continuation of the drudgery? And day by day her youth, her good looks were slipping from her, ground into nothingness by toil of an unremitting sort. What was there left for her, now that she had found out the base clay of her John—now that love was dead? She remembered a little verse she had read somewhere, in her more impressionable days, and there was a refrain running through it at the end of each stanza: "and the light of a whole life dies, When love is done." It kept ringing in her ears, just that much of it. She could not recall the rest of the lines. "Senora!" She turned about from the pile of dirty, greasy dishes, and wiped the Maurice Looked across the shimmering waste. perspiration from her red face and frowsy brow. "Oh, it's you, Rafael? Sit down." "Yas, Senoora, it me. Senor 'Awkins, 'e tell me to tell yo' he goner Fronteras on er business—he not come back for day or so." "All right, Rafael. Make yourselves comfortable as you can; Lord knows ```markdown ``` it's mighty hot here." She liked the Mexican. He was always the quintessence of politeness to her—anticipating her every wish, and treating her with the deference of a princess. He was the only one of all the men who seemed to remember that she was a woman, and was hungry for sympathy and attention—that she was more than a cook. Something impelled her to turn and look at him. He was fanning himself with his sombrero, and looking at her with a giance that was unmistakable. He sprang to his feet and took one of her hands, wet with the greasy dish water "Senora Helen—I lofe yo—dam my soul, but I lofe yo', ah, so much. Yo so good, en so kind, en sweet, en so hard worked, en yo' Senor 'Awkins, heoan' lofe yo no mo'—he loof dat fandango senorita down at Fronteras." "Rafael!—, stop, you mustn't talk that way." Her head spun a little. It was the heat. "Senora, I lofe yo' tree year. I not make yo' cook, en cook—dam de cookin', come en go—vamos, wi' me, I'll mek de peons do de cookin'. I got big 'dobe house way cown in Durango, cool, nice 'dobe house wiz what you call him—squirt water up in the patio or de ferns. En de orange, en de feeg, en de rose trees all 'bout de house—it so cool, en shady. I got land, heap land, en cattle. I only stay roun' hyar 'cause I lofe yo'. You come en I get de padre to marry us—de padre 'way down in Durango—he know no deference if Senor 'Awkins be live. Ef yo' say so I go keel Senor 'Awkins?' He had his arm about Dusen "Senora, I lofe yo." her now, and with the other hand he smoothed the damp hair back from her forehead tenderly. "No-no, Rafael, that would never do. But are you sure that you would love me always, and not make me cook—and not be mean to me, and not make me stay at home all the time and work—and you would not love any fandango girls?" "No-no-I hope de good Gawd sen' me to hell w'en I do not lofe yo.' I lofe yo' always—always, an' I treat yo' as bes' I kin. Come on—I caten a pony for yo' en we get way, way down in Durango to my home, en 'Awkins he never find us. We get der in week. Come Helen—come les' go now, now, down dere de mountains are so cool—en I lofe yo' so!" She listened to him. As he spoke she thought of the purple mountains in the distance—of the shimmering blue Pacific waters—of a lifetime's dreams unattained. She was not old—and when she had a rest and some new clothes she would be better looking. Insensibly, she knew that her heart had already turned during the toil marked months to this "Greaser"—this Mexican gentleman. At last she bowed her head. She thought of all she had lacked, and from the withered wastes of a heart from which love had faded, there blossomed anew the flower of hope. "I will go with you, Rafael," she said, simply. As the sun went down that evening its ruddy gills gilded a man and a woman on horseback loping steadily, swiftly, toward the mountains in the purple distance. There was a light on each one's face brighter than that of the sun—the light of a great love. "Well, I reckon she's vamosed for the states. It was pretty tough on a gal ter keep her out here in this derned shack, cookin' all the time. Oh, well, she can have her fling, and some of these days I'll go back after her and dress her up fine and be nice to her to make up for it all. Then . she'll forget all about her troubles. "Come on you fellers, we've got ter go ter Fronteras ter git some supper—besides, my little Greaser gal is anxious ter see me. I'll set up the drinks first—I'm dry as this damned sand. Where's the old woman? Oh, damnfo. Gone back to the states, I reckon. Come on." BEE HUNTING A PASTIME. There is a Fascinating Charm About It. Some bright young women who spent last summer in a western Massachusetts town, tired of hunting birds which never sat still, turned bee hunters. Discovering a veteran bee hunter and overcoming a feminine distrust of the little insect who so sharply resents interference with her affairs, they were initiated in the art of lining bees, and thereafter every tramp afield was with an object in view. Bee hunting possesses a charm peculiarly its own and it can be practiced wherever flowers grow, even within the limits of a town. The necessary outfit consists of a box three inches square and as many deep. This is divided into an upper and lower story by means of a slide. The cover is fitted with a glass window. In the lower compartment is placed a piece of comb filled with a syrup of sugar and water. The slide is pushed in place and the nearest flower bed or clover patch is sought. With the box in one hand and the cover in the other, it is an easy matter to trap a honey bee busy robbing a flower of its sweets. Watching her through the glass window, the moment she quilts down the slide is gently drawn. It does not take the bee long to discover the syrup, and she at once begins to load up with this treasure. The box is now placed on a post and a sharp watch maintained. Presently the bee is sated, and, circling for her bearings, starts straight for the hive or tree. When she comes back, for she will surely return, she will bring another bee with her, and in turn this one will bring a third, and so on until a line is established. Then, while one or more fill with the syrup, the cover is replaced and the box carried forward along the line of flight. From the stopping point new line will be established as before. Thus in time will the bees lead straight to their home. Hope On. Hope Ever. Hope on, hope ever; though to-day be dark. The sweet sunburst may smile on thee so-morrow; Tho' thou art lonely, there's an eye will mark Thy loneliness and guerdon all thy sorrow! Tho' thou must toll 'mong cold and sordid men. With none to echo back thy thought, or love thee. Cheer up, poor heart! thou dost not beat in thee. For God is over all, and Heaven above thee— Hope on, hope ever. The iron may enter in and pierce thy soul. But cannot kill the love within thee burning; Hope on, hope ever! after darkest night, Comes, full of love life, the laughing morning: Hope on, hope ever! Spring tide bursts This Bath Good For Insomnia. This Bath Good For Insomnia. Here is a simple and available recipe—a medicinal bath for the nervously worn and those who cannot sleep o' nights. It was the prescription of an old physician. Take of sea salt four ounces, spirits of ammonia two ounces, spirits of camphor two ounces, of pure alcohol eight ounces, and sufficient hot water to make a full quart of the liquid. Dissolve the sea salt in the hot water and let stand until cool. Pour into the alcohol the spirits of ammonia and camphor. Add the salt water, shake well and bottle for use. With a soft sponge dipped in this mixture wet over the surface of the whole body. Rub vigorously until the skin glows. When nervous or "blue" or wakeful do not omit this bath. The rest and refreshing that follow will amply repay the effort required to prepare it. A. Fearsome Monster A Texas steer fell overboard from a coastwise steamer the other day and swam for miles before succumbing to old Neptune. He was observed through the glass of a Jersey hotel proprietor, who straightway notified the press of sighting "a mysterious, horrid sea serpent of a dun hue and with the tail of a lion, which wallowed frantically amid the waves, spouting columns of water from its mouth like a whale." The season is said to have opened auspiciously for that ingenious boniface. A Chilly Mule Tale. A correspondent with the Tibet mission tells a mule story: "Mules, apparently, do not die from any cause, and this mission has again proved the extreme hardihood of these animals. When the mission first crossed the Jelapsia, a mule slipped in the dusk and fell into the lake at the bottom of the pass. It was thought to be drowned. Next morning a convoy found it with its nose just above the ice, the rest of its body literally frozen in. Pickaxes were brought and the animal was dug out. It is now working as usual." FEUDS THAT COST THE PRESIDENCY Repeatedly Leaders within sight of the White House have been thwarted by Personal Enemies Personal feuds have played their part, and a fateful one, in the history of the presidency. Had not Alexander Hamilton been the unyielding foe of Aaron Burr, the latter, and not Jefferson, would have succeeded the elder Adams; but even more momentous in its consequences was the long battle between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. When Jackson first ran for the presidency, in 1824, the candidates opposing him were Adams, Aaron Burr Aaron Burr Crawford and Clay. None of the four secured a majority of the electoral college, and the election thus devolved upon the House, with choice to be made from the three candidates—Adams, Crawford and Jackson—who had received the most electoral votes. This debarred Clay, who, forced, as he expressed it, to choose between two evils, announced that he had decided to support Adams. But Clay's determination no sooner became known than some of Jackson's friends attempted to drive him from it. The weapon used for this purpose recalls one of the most discreditable incidents in our political history. A few days before the time set for the election in the House a letter appeared in a Philadelphia newspaper, asserting that Clay had agreed to support Adams upon condition that he be made Secretary of State. The same terms, the letter alleged, had been of fered to Jackson's friends; but none of them would "descend to such mean barter and sale." The letter was anonymous, but purported to be written by a member of the House. Clay at once published a card, in which he pronounced the writer "a dastard and a liar," who, if he dared avow his name, would forthwith be called to the field. Two days later the letter was acknowledged by a witness member from Pennsylvania, Kremer by name, who asserted that the statements he had made were true, and that he was ready to prove them. A duel with such a character was out of the question. Something, however, had to be done, and Clay immediately demanded an investigation by a special committee of the House. Such a committee was duly selected. None of its members had supported Clay for the presidency. Kremer promptly declared his willingness to meet the inquiry, in the end the committee reported that he had declined to appear before it, sending instead a communication in which he denied the power of the House to compel him to testify. No further action was taken, and in this shape, for the time being, the matter rested. Soon, however, came the election of Adams by the House, followed quickly by his appointment of Clay as his Secretary of State. Though it is now generally acknowledged that there has been no bargain between Adams and Clay, it was natural that, at the moment, the rank and file of Jackson's following should regard Clay's appointment as conclusive proof that such a deal had been made. By accepting it Clay made himself the victim of circumstantial evidence. As [Illustration of a man with a long beard and curly hair, wearing a suit and bow tie.] Roscoe Conkling a matter of fact, he hesitated to accept the place, and finally assumed its duties with reluctance. What chiefly determined him was the belief that if he did not accept it would be argued that he dared not. This to Clay was more obnoxious than the other horn of the dilemma. He, therefore, took the alternative of bold defiance; but in so doing committed a calamitous error. A strong effort was made at the moment to reject Clay's nomination. This failing, the cry of "bargain and corruption" was again raised, and with it began another contest for the presidency, a contest longer and more scandalous than any other in our po- littical annals. Everything that rancorous partisan intention could concoct was spread broadcast by the Jackson journals; nor were Clay and Adams the sole objects of the storm of slander. Charges of the most infamous character were made against Jackson, and inflamed his animosity against Adams and Clay to a degree that approached insanity. Jackson believed Clay capable of anything of which the latter could be accused, and he himself gave currency to the "bargain and corruption" cry, which was printed, placarded and harped upon throughout the land. Clay, on the other hand, was unable on the stump to assume the line of dignified refutation; and his language, losing all restraint, became the vehicle of raving wrath. The result of the contest was a signal tri- A. H. umph for Jackson. Even Kentucky, Clay's own state, went against him, and Adams retired in the shadow of deep humiliation. Four years later, when Clay himself was a candidate against Jackson, he received but forty-nine out of 286 electoral votes. In 1880 the unrelenting animosity of Henry B. Payne alone prevented Allen G. Thurman from being made the nominee of the democratic national convention. In 1857 Payne was a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of Ohio. The convention met in Columbus, and Thurman, then fresh from a period of brilliant service on the supreme bench of his state, had a friend in whose cailli- Henry B. Payne dacy for state treasurer he was much interested. Some of Payne's lieutenants, without his knowledge, promised Thurman the support of the Payne forces for his friend in return for the votes he controlled in the convention; but the Thurman candidate for treasurer failed at the last moment to receive the promised support of the Payne following, and was defecated. Payne was not aware of the trick that had been played upon Thurman, but the latter, who scorned double dealing in any form, was quick to resent it. Within the hour the opportunity to do fell in his way. The convention ended, Payne went to a hotel for dinner, accompanied by some friends, and in jovial mood opened wine in celebration of his success. Presently Thurman and a few friends came in and took seats at, an adjoining table, Payne bade the waiter carry a bottle of wine to the newcomers, but in a moment it came back with the gruff James G. Blaine message that Mr. Thurman did not care for any of Mr. Payne's wine. In evident surprise at this refusal, Payne rose from his seat and crossed to the group of which Thurman was the central figure. "I trust you and your friends will drink a bottle of wine with me, judge," he said, urbanly. "Drink to my suc- cess and the victory of the democratic party." "I do not want any of your wine, sir," was the reply. "I told that damned waiter to say as much to you sir, a moment ago." And so saying Thurman turned his back abruptly on the man from Cleveland. Payne never forgot nor forgave this public insult. The quarrel thus begun ever after kept the two men apart, and three and twenty years later thwarted Thurman's highest ambition. In 1880 he was a candidate for the presidential nomination before the democratic national convention. Had he had the unfinching support of the Ohio delegation, there is little doubt that he would have been the nominee. The delegation was solid for him on the first ballot. Then it broke and the chances of his nomination vanished into thin air. Payne was behind the break. The delegates from the district in which his influence was supreme led it and were strongest in the claim which stamped the convention to a dark horse. As Ohio was then an October state and practically certain to go for Garfield, the result would be disastrous to the democratic cause. That argument defeated Thurman and nominated Hancock, and the revenge of Payne was complete. But the most dramatic of all the political feuds of the last forty years, both in its inception and its sequel, was that between Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. The two men entered the popular branch of Congress at about the same time, and both soon became leaders in that body. There was, however, little in common between them save the gift of pre-eminence ability. Conkling made Blaine the object of his sarcasm whenever opportunity offered, and the member from Maine was prompt to retort in kind. Thus the enmity grew until, in the course of one of their many encounters, Blaine, stung to the quick by an unjust and ungenerous taunt, burst forth in an onslaught on his torments or which wrought the House into a high pitch of excitement and marked the beginning of a fierce struggle in the Republican party that ended in the humiliation of Conkling and the defeat of Blaine for President. Here are Blaine's words, and they are a model of exorcism: "As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will not be too severe. The contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so wilting, his haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell, his majestic, supernine, overpowering turkey-gobbler strut has been so crushing to myself and all members of this House that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity Allen G. Thurman for me to venture upon a co with him." Then, referring to a paper comparison of Henry Winter Davis, is continued: "The gentleman took and it has given his str pomposity. The re great; it is striking satyr. Thersites to marble, dunghill to Vice-Preat. cat to a Benga tige py to a rearing lie mighty Davis, for profanation of that struggle over the New York passage, which retired Conkling, and was followed by the assassination of Garfield. In 1884, when Blaine was finally the formal choice of his party, Conkling was no longer in politics, but the sequel proved that his was still the will and power to strike a mortal blow. A defection of a few hundred votes in Conkling's home county of Onelda gave that county, normally Republican, to Cleveland, and with it the electoral vote of New York and the presidency. Conkling had wiped out the score against his ancient enemy. -Rufus Rockwell Wilson in Philadelphia Ledger. Llons Fond of Lavender. Lion tamers frequently perfume themselves with lavender. There is, it is said, no record of a lion ever having attacked a trainer who had taken the precaution of using this perfume. THE RISING SON. 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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. Listen to Bishop Grant and you will be covinced that it takes more than book-learning to make the man. 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. Bishop Grant in his opening discourse last Sunday, said he was looking for his children. About seventeen came forward and gave their hand to the bishop and were added to the church. Rev. Jesse F. Peck, since his return to Allen chapel, has made rapid progress in his church work, both in increase of membership and in financial affairs. He has been able to lift two notes of $1,000 each on the debt of the church. 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. Mr. Walter S. Dickey, chairman of City Central committee. convention will convene in St. July 27th, and it is to be hoped Republicans will see the wis- terking Mr. Dickey their lead- er most successful campaigns in city and one in the coun- signed by Mr. Dickey in the years. Twice has he demon- political ability and his leader. As a man he is the highest type of source of character and morality have made for place in the business the new bishop of the central district, preached at Sunday morning. It has been well had all the fathers of this city been the good bishop began his duty by urging that it is our duty to more charitable than we are. He can should begin in his family by being liberal to his wife and children. He should make proper provisions for his family. The good wife should not be denied the comforts that her husband can afford to give her, neither should she be pained by seeing her children neglected by their father. Charity should go further. The right thinking man will deny himself in order to support his church and all Christian work. He will do what he can to promote the worthy business enterprises and will teach his children to do the same. The bishop then spoke of what constitutes true manhood—stability of character and conscientiousness in all that we do. He urged parents to bear and forbear, to exercise toward each the same pa --- tience and loving kindness that characterized their courtship, and to be a unit in rearing their children. He bade young men to look about them and seize the opportunities they have now, for though they may complain of the hardships they have, fifty years hence the competition and opposition that will confront them will be so great as to force them down and under, unless they are prepared to measure arms with any man. The sermon meets the demand of the home. It is just what our people need to hear from every pulpit in the land, and every Sunday in the year. 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. LEWIS WOODS, Manager, 117 West Sixth. A GARND EXCURSION FROM K. C. to Holliday, Kas., July 22nd, 1904, given by the Greenwood Baptist church of Kansas City, Mo., and Holliday Baptist church of Kansas. Fare round trip, 60c. Train leaves Union depot 8 a. m. sharp. Tickets on sale at Smith's Drug store, 908 E. 12th, St. K. C. Mo., and McCampbell's, 23rd and Vine St., Countee's Undertaking establishment, 912 E. 12th St. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH ENTER TAIN THEIR GRAND OFFICER Mrs S. Dupee of Jefferson City Mo., Dist. Most Noble Governor of Dist. Mo. Grand Household of Ruth, No. 15 Mo. paid her official visit to the Huoseholds of Kansas City Mo.Tuesday afternoon of last week. 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. 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 because 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. CUPOLA SKETCHES BY BYRON WILLIAMS Pipes. The best cheer comes from a man's own cheerful heart—or from the heart of the little woman alongside him! Either one is eighteen karats fine. Being a candidate, never count your ballots until the ballots have been counted. The promises of men are weak and vascillating. To be really happy, forget yourself and think of others. Men are made in His image and yet no two are alike. Do not, then, presume to read all men by the ritual of experience with others. Money may be a bother, but we suggest making the best of one's botherations. Physical culture is all right, but attending to the furnace in zero weather is more physical than cultured. Perhaps we would not grumble so at the price of ice in this world if we stopped to think we cannot buy it at any price in the next. An exchange defines a cubic yard as the place where the Cuban children play. 666 Oh! Walleie is his name— He is a Chollie! All the girls are quite entranced With this dude in fawny pants* But come hither friend and hist Hear why they are on the list Of Walleie, Chollie boy! Oh! Walleie is his name— He is a Chollie! While he grins and says "Bah Joe!" He has dough in sight, you know! Prospects that are quite roseate HE HAS ROSEATE PROSPECTS. For a man that seeks a mate! Oh Walle, Cholle boy! Oh! Walle is his name— He is a Cholle! Now, the reason why he's IT In this foolish, little skit, is because his uncle's will Cut him off until He marries some nice girl! Oh Walle, Cholle boy! Daily Romance. From a recent popular novel we learn that the heroine "Had warm, impulsive lips," and yet "she was cold and distrait." She "was the picture of despair" and yet "he marvelled at her beauty." "Torn with angulsh" and "shrouded in gloom," she survived to be "frozen to the spot," and "in a white heat"—and, even so, she got married and lived happily ever afterward. ```markdown ``` Men do not need charity so much as the opportunity to dispense with charity. War is a terrible thing. Think of the weary and heartstick newspaper men madly turning the leaves of the biographical atlases in a wild endeavor to spell those Russo-Japanese names. A magazine writer tells of two street cars being the parents of a little red wheelbarrow. They were not Chicago street cars, else the offspring would have been a cute, little pile of old junk. A stalwart Missourian, of the male persuasion, stands boldly forth and boasts he has never been bossed. Why procrastinate? A merely nominal sum for a license will arrange to hitch him to an effeminate master that will either boss or hust him. Although woman was created secondly, she is more important than man. If you don't believe it, ask her. A New York faddist claims he can read characters by the shape of the ear. Married men, upon whom tails have been put by their wives, need not apply. With closed theaters in Chicago there arises the great problem, "What to do with our bad eggs?" 555 Pikers. An exchange goes into spasms over a story to the effect that a society woman of New York's "400" has been caught wearing a bogus diamond crown. What does the exchange expect? Isn't this an open season for catching fakirs? The young man that can show his prospective father-in-law how he can save money, generally gets the girl. The sweet forgiveness and charity of woman was exemplified when Nero was tenderly buried by two nurses who had known him in the exquisite beauty of his early childhood, and by Acte, who had inspired his youth with a genuine love. It is of this virtuous purity that mothers are made! Don't rail against cold weather! Remember how your postage stamps stuck together last summer and be happy. The white man loves the Indian. Indeed, he loves the very ground on which the Indian walks. "Matches are made on earth," says the proverb, but the scratching of them is done in the divorce court! CUPOLA SKETCHES BY BYRON WILLIAMS Does as she pleases..... Is boss in her own house.... Wears a bird's nest of a hat in cold weather when she knows she will catch her death.... Is variable and hard to please. Buys a lot of things she doesn't know the names of.... Goes to all the bargain sales and prostrates herself shopping. Wants one thing to-day and changes her mind about it to- morrow..... Pinches her feet in shoes two sizes too small..... Is a mystery to man..... And still is about the only thing in this world we cannot get along with or without.... 6.6.6 Oh, das meek an' lowly mool! Ha bane waiten fer das fool! Ha bane long an' ha bane lank! Ha bane gentle, aye don't tank! Das har mool! "DAS MEEK AND LOWLY MOOL" Oh, das mool, ha mak no fuss, Ha ba mool, ha mak no fuss, Ha ba mool goot mool just for chance To kreek me in das har pants! ```markdown ``` Rag Weed. We are in receipt of a magazine entitled "Our Dumb Animals." Nothing personal, we trust. The man behind the snow shovel has no hay fever. This is the time of year when chilblains make a man forget all his other sorrows. If John Jones can run a mile in four minutes, how long will it take Farmer Ragtop to weed an onion patch? A couple, aged 80 and 84 respectively, ran away and were married. Presumably the parents of these mere children wanted them to wait awhile. A Cincinnati unfortunate named Bacon, killed himself because he could not be cured. One of the greatest disappointments of youth is to find, after serenading for an hour under the window of your lady love, that the family moved six blocks up the street day before yesterday! Fellowship is all right in its way, but sometimes a man prefers that his wife will miss him! Still, she usually throws quite straight, for a woman! Very frequently we hear it said of the new baby, "The dear 'little sing has it own poppy-wopsy's hair!" and that explains why pa is quite frequently bald headed! All are fortune hunters-but few are good shots. If Japan and Russia fight, that will be war! but if a feud springs up between two families in a city flat, that will be — Well, you know what we mean! One half the world does not know how the other half lives simply because the women have never tried to find out! 6 6 6 Another Version Very frequently we read "Then they were wed and lived happily ever afterward." Does it not happen, sometimes, that: "Then with a sob in her voice, but with fire in her eye, she gave him his ring and faltered, 'Go!'"—and they lived happily ever afterward?" A DARK EPISODE. "You're drunk," the wife exclaimed. "At least I know you're very near it." "I'm not," her spouse remarked, "I'm jsht Full of the Chrismish spirit." —Polly Pry. ```markdown ``` A Michigan firm sent a large number of circulars by mail, one of which addressed to Rev. John Jonathan, was returned with these words written across the face: "Party dead for eight years." Underneath, the customary postoffice stamp read: "Present address unknown." A nincompoop is the other fellow to the argument! 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. Effect of Intoxication. Intoxicants affect men in various ways. When a Frenchman has drunk too much he wants to dance, a German to sing, a Spaniard to gamble, an Englishman to eat, an Italian to boast, an Irishman to fight and an American to make a speech. 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. Co-Operative 579 Troos GIVE US All Work First Class. SYLVESTER VAU Western Fine W. C. O. JACO Studio, 912 E. Twelfth We take this method to notify you A FIRST CLASS In this city, where we enlarge and paint all reach of everyone, and we ask the patronage of Our Works is strictly first-class in every w and we will give you good work. To introduce for the next 30 days, to make fine LIFE SIZE PASTEL PICT We will simply make you a fine life size Remember, this offer will only last for the see our work. ART SC We also give lessons in the art of Painting and for $6.0, in three weeks. We guarantee Drawing. Crayon and Pastel Painting—Oil SHORTHAND AND MUSIC. Payments weekly. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Why Not Have Your Prescription McCampell's 2304 Vir Where You Are Sure to Get W A full line of DRUGS, STATI CANDIES, PERFUMES, PRESCRIPTION Medicines Delivered to All Pa Bell 'Phone 159 East. Live Hand D Troost Avenue US A T Class. Stride ER VAUGHN Fine Art E. O. JACQUES, B. Twelfth St., K method to notify the public that FIRST-CLASS ART ST. and paint all kinds of pli the patronage of our people in every way. We en To introduce our work we make the TEL PICTURES live life size Pasteline Plu 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. We take this method to notify the public that we have opened A FIRST-CLASS ART STUDIO In this city, where we enlarge and paint all kinds of pictures. Our Prices are in the reach of everyone, and we ask the patronage of our people who want to 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. of Painting and drawing from We guarantee satisfaction on Painting-Oil and Water- elements weekly, in advance. W. C. V'S T ENT For Prescriptions Filed Bell's P 1004 Vine St to Get What the IS, STATIONERY FUMES, CIGARS RESCRIPTIONS A SPECIAL red to All Parts of the 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-nand Drawing, Grayton Music Painting-On-Clay, ShortHorn AND Music. Payments weekly, in advance. Call and see us. Respectfully, W. C. O. JACOUES, Artist. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at McCampell's Pharmacy 2304 Vine Street 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 PETER H. HARRIS D. W. LANGSTON, PROPRIETOR. FINE CIGARS. --- Afflicted With Manana First Telescope Cost of Parks. Effect of Intoxication. Triplets Pass Four-Score. 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. 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. Horsea' 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. Hand Laundry First Avenue. A TRIAL. Strictly Hand Work UGHN, Manager. The Art Studio JACQUES, Pres't St., Kansas City, Mo. the public that we have opened US ART STUDIO kinds of pictures. Our Prices 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 Colors and India Ink. Also in advance. Call and see us. Respectfully, W. C. O. JACQUES, Artist. FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Notions Filled at Pharmacy One Street What the Doctor Prescribed? MEDICERY, TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. IS A SPECIALTY. Parts of the City Free of Charge. Home 'Phone 2396 Mail 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. Ancient Breach-Loader THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. it's the little bits we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. ening for St. Paul, Minn. The manager of the Rising Son will be out of the city next week. See the program for the Japanese social, Thursday evening, July 21. The Old Folk's and Orphan's home. "He that giveth tothe poor lendeth to the Lord." Prof. R. W. Foster returned home last week from visiting Tennessee and St. Louis. The Blind Boone Concert Co. returned to the city this week to spend the vacation. Remember the Japanese Social Thursday evening, July 21, at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Cole, 1416 Lydia. Mrs. Robert Willy and her sister have gone to St. Louis to the World's Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Tho. Clay returned this week from a trip to Hannibal and St. Louis. Robert Ross returned from Minne- apolis Minn., Thursday evening de- lighted with his trip. This edition of the Rising Son is a hummer. Read our long line of ads. and govern yourself accordingly. The collection at Allen Chapel Sunday morning July 3, was rather smaller than usual—$3.36. It was much needed and gratefully received. Mrs. James Carr and sister, Mrs. Fannie Parker will open a first class Home Cooking Kitchen, Wednesday, July 20th, at 2401 Vine St., Kansas City. 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. 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." Misses Mable and Eugenie Bell, who have been visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Barrett, 1616 Norton Ave., left Saturday night to visit their aunt and uncle, Mrs. and Mr. Henry Clay. J. Ward Allen of Topeka, Kansas will appear at the Second Baptist church, coner 10th and Charlotte Sts., Thursday evening, July 21, in a recital of his humorous pieces, assisted by Mrs. J. M. Wright. Admission 25 cts. 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. Miss Anna H. Jones, Miss Daisy Cook, Mrs. Lucinda Day, Mrs. Callie Edwards, Mrs. Minnie Crosthawe, and Mrs. Frances Jackson together with Mrs. L. A. McCampbell, president of the Ladies' League of this city, are in St. Louis attending the National Federation of Women's Clubs. After being formally welcomed by Edward S. Lewis, Dist Grand Master, Tillie Renfro, Most Noble Governor, elect of Queen Household No. 1332, Mrs. A. J. Walker, Most Noble Governor, elect of Henrietta Household. No. 160 and Mrs. Ella Lemmons, Past Dist. Worthy Recorder, she made a very interesting talk to the tumates, which was attentively listened to. A reception was held in her honor immediately after closing the exercises. She departed Wednesday morning for Carthage, Mo. The reception given at Allen Chapel last Monday evening in honor of Bish- op P. Grant, D.D., was largely attended by the members and friends of the church. Addresses were made by the following gentlemen :Rev. J. W. Braxton, Rev. J. W. Sexton, Rev. L.P.Duke, Hon. Nelson C. Crews, President W. T. Vernon and an address on behalf of the ladies by Mrs. G. H. Brown. Rev. S. W. Bacote offered the invocation and music was rendered by R. G. Jackson, Allen Chapel Choir, and Madam H. Lucas. The Bishop responded. It is hoped that the housekeepers will remember the home during preserving season. Mrs. Julia Fisher, one of the inmates, died last Monday at 1 a.m., aged 68 years. Mrs. Fisher was born in Virginia. There was not one of her people living, so when old age and illness rendered her unable to do for herself, she was induced to enter the Home. She clung to Miss Shepherd during her last hours. Day and night the faithful matron was at the bed side of the friendles old woman. When death struck her and for a time she was frantic, Miss Shepherd whispered, "Are you at peace with God, mother?" The old body replied, "Yes child, I tended to that years ago. Its the pain in the body, you know." Soon after the spirit had fled, Rev. S. W. Bacote conducted the funeral at Countee's undertaking rooms, on Wednesday morning. The managers of this institution call upon the public for a more generous support of this work and more appreciation for this noble woman who is wearing her life out making easy and bright the last hours of God's poor, and that at a ridiculously low compensation. The laborer is ever worthy of his hire and there are some things for which we cannot pay in coin. Mrs. Gross, the sewing teacher at Western University, must not be forgotten. She took the late little Clara Cranshaw in her home in Quindaro and cared for her for weeks in hopes that change of air would restore her health. Mrs. Gross clothed her and cared for her as though she were her own. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. MO. The good people who wish to visit the springs, will find first class accommodations at Fred F. Elliot's. Rates reasonable and service good. TWO FOOLS. I was a fool and she was a fool, Both were young and tender; So we got married, trouble began For the male and feminine gender. I was a fool and she was a fool:— Before a year we parted:— Got divorced, then hell began For two fools, broken-hearted. I was a fool and she was a fool But we're no longer tender; Again we married and sense took root In the male and feminine gender. And life flowed on, and on, and on; The years, they numbered twenty; We have children, friends and health And happiness—a plenty. Is there a moral in what I've written? No; only a case of too soon smitten. Kansas City, Mo. Worms In Millions: The scleras, 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 sclera 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. Alwaya 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 our 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!" Was the Oldest Actor. Charles P. Flocton who died Saturday in San Francisco, where he had been acting with Mrs. Leslie Carter the part of the witch in "Du Barry," was the oldest actor on the American stage. He was born in England 76 years ago, and made his first appearance in a role of importance as Holdsworth in "Glitter," which was produced at the St. James theater in 1868. WAYS OF WILD CREATURES. Easy Victim Preferred by Those Who Prey on Their Fellows In a recently published book on fishing, W. S. Hodgson, an English sportsman, argues that when a fish of the salmon kind, or a pike, takes a real minnow impaled on a flight of hooks or a manufactured thing resembling a minnow the fish is moved less by a desire to eat than by a desire to kill. He derives this impression from the fact that "a salmon or a trout, like a pike, will leave a whole shoal of minnows undisturbed, and rush at an impaled minnow, or a phantom." A critic of the book says: "Surely this is very far-fetched. Fish and birds of prey, like human beings, are averse to unnecessary trouble, and as it is easier to catch a wounded creature than a fresh one, a peregrine will take an injured grouse or a pike a tethered or spinning bait when it comes in his way, not because of the instinct which leads wild animals to kill the weaker brethren, but from the natural tendency to 'take the goods the gods provide you' in the shape of a cheaply earned and easy meal." It may be added that old guides of northern Wisconsin hold with Mr. Hodgson that the muskellunge strikes the balt ordinarily only when he feels savage and desires to kill something. PREACHED HIS TWO SERMONS. How Scotch Minister Administered Spiritual Food to Congregation. A Scotch minister tells of an old-fashioned brother of the church who insisted on preaching two long sermons every Sunday. This feature in his character he exhibited in the winter months to a very trying extent. During the rest of the year there were two services, at 11 and 2 o'clock, separated by an interval of an hour or more, but when the days were short, as many of his congregation came from considerable distances, it was desirable that they should be able to reach their homes before it was dark. But it was not only desirable but imperative that they should have two sermons. This was accomplished by having only one meeting, beginning at 12 o'clock, and doing away with the interval. There were then two sermons separated by the singing of a short psalm. The Proposal. He thought that he would woo her as a lyric poem might- Enthuse about her sapphire eyes, and hair like sunshine bright. And yow he thought of her by day and dreamed of her at night. The medieval style, he mused, might be He'd tell his lovely ladye fair that for a favoring glance Against all other rival knights he'd fearless break his lance. Perhaps a simpler way were best: "Sweet maid, this earthly life In the dark wily path, with clouds and shadows rife. My strong arm would protect you, dear; oh, sweet one, be my wife" But this is what he really said, in very husky tones. While sweatdrops on his forehead stood, with a tense tores; "Dear Kate—er-Miss Kate—er-menn -I ought to say Miss Jones— If we got married-er-I mean, his voice was none too clear. "I'm earning-er-fifteen a week, it's not enough. I fear. The night he had murmured low, "Let's try it, Wille dear." -Elise Duncan Yale, in Woman's Home Companion. English Parliamentary Debaters. Old members of the House of Commons are usually of opinion that the debates, compared with twenty or thirty years ago, are now more businesslike and less oratorical than they were. Some welcome the change, and, rejoicing in the greater efficiency of the House as a governing assembly, praise the conversational style of speaking now so much in vogue as less stilted than the old. Others, regretting the loss in the picturesque, distressed that the House should be less attractive as a show, condemn the new manner as more slipshod. There is agreement that the average member takes less trouble with the form and phrasing of his speeches. Snail Months—No "R'a." The season of the snail in France is that of the oyster in this country, for it is in favor with connoisseurs only when the month contains the letter "r" that is to say, from September to April. And it is especially in the cold months of winter that this greasy, garlicky tit-bit is appreciated and consumed by the natives of France. But there is no absolute close season, for the snail is made a perennial by being preserved alive in its shell, and so it can be bought and eaten during the hottest months of summer. Lighting a Match in a Gale. Here's a hint to smokers, from a truckman in New York: "Just take a match and shave the stick about a quarter of an inch toward the head, so it's ill look like a Circassian's pompadour, an' then strike the match. It'll take a mighty strong wind to blow it out. It's a lot of trouble, I know, but when you're driving a truck on a windy day an' haven't time to dodge into an alley or back of a door, you'll find you can get a light evry time." All the wisdom isn't monopolized by the professors in the colleges. Astonished Scotchman. An Aberdeen man, noting a woman eating an ice, said to the waiter: "Hi, man, gie me yin o' theae." Being supplied, he took a spoonful and made a wry face. "I'm dootin' it's a bit frost-bitten, mister," said he. "Oh, no, sir." remarked the waiter: "it's an ice" "Gosh! Do they eat ice in London?" asked the wondering Aberdonian; "man, we slide an' skate on 't in Aberdeen!"—Scottish American. Queer Fee for Doctor's Service. Ober Pee for Doctor A 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 can 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. 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. 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 Adair." 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. 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 he knows there is no sense in hoarding it.—Chicago American. If you can't tell all you know about any one, don't hint that you can tell something, and make it worse. Palace Restaurant M. T. 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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 Quinduct 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 Quinduct Boulevard car line and get off at park gate ATTRACTIONS: Prof. Ed. Payne, the unperformer, will give exhibitions. There will be a prize of grounds. Votes will be recieved. The largest and most recieved 40 feet, and a full up-to-date management of Mr. Nat swinging, foot racing, crooning etc., etc. will be provided. Excursions from cities for this occasion. WALKER'S JUNIOR BAND splendid music REFRESHED In addition the two Rock two cities have arranged the o'clock. Speeches will be Judson Levons, or Hon. Harr several of our own orators will act as master of ceremony. Every race-loving negro that will meet at Stewart's homage to our Natal Day. FOR ANY AND ALL H. R. GRAH 704 East 12th Parties desiring table as the demand for the HOUSES We have some good Can sell on easy 5-room House and B 4-room House on B 5-room House on W 4-room House on L Good Lots in differ CRUTCH Tel. 1305 Main, both lines. A. WEBER If you want a su go and save more no rent Style, Fit a 825 S. W. Blvd. Prof. Ed. Payne, the unequaled trick bicycle 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, coquet playing, tug-of-war, merry-go-round, 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 day 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. Daney, Hon. Judson Lvons, 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. Monday, August 1st, to pay due homage to our Natal Day. Parties desiring table or stand privileges should apply early, as the demand for these rights are many and numerous. HOUSES ON PAYMENTS. David T. Beals, President. Fernando P. Neal, Vice-President. Union N Statement as made at the close Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business June 9th, 1904. cycle rider and slack wire ing and skill. most popular lady on the and during the day. Pavilion, 100 feet by be operated under the amusements, such as go-of-war, merry-go-round. Kansas and Missouri will run will enliven the day with KINDS on the GROUNDS. Republican Clubs of the jiglification meeting at 3 Mon Jno C. Danev, Hon. of national fame and by Hon. J. C. Cuastine and be one of the 20,000 August 1st, to pay due ALL ON OR ADDRESS. MANAGER, Kansas City, Mo. ages should apply early, many and numerous. AYMENTS. d Building Lots mong them are: and Ave. $1,600 St. 1,000 900 1,700 the city. See us. WELSH 108 BALTIMORE AVE. CHANT TAILOR re is the place to Because we pay Come and see us. Guaranteed. Kansas City, Mo W. H. Seeger, 2nd Vice-President, Chas, H. V. Lewis, Cashier. Al Bank, Mo., roller of the Currency June 9th, 1904. LIABILITIES. Al Bark. Notes out- ading..... 500,000.00 s..... 9,037,136.64 $10,069,339.87 G. W. Lovejoy. Fernando P. Neal. Geo. W. Jones. W. E. Thorne. Geo. D. Ford. Felix L. LaForce W. B. Counter UNDERTAKERS AND 600,000.00 400,000.00 35,442.23 16,560.00 $50,000 GIVEN AWAY $50,000 IN GOLD SOUVENIR COIN OF ADMISSION NOTICE: Cut out this Coupon, write name, address and estimate, in ink, mail with 50 cents to Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co., St Louis, Mo. Name...... Address...... City..... State...... MY ESTIMATE IS 1903-1904 K. of P. OF MISSOURI. --- --- The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Company will set aside an appropriation of $50,000, which will be presented in its entirety, to the perimeter of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which opened at St. Louis, April 30th and closed December 1st, 1904. Should no one succeed to meet the perimeter, the money will be presented to the nearest correct estimate. This golden opportunity to secure a magnificent Fortune costs NOTHING. Our object in making the presederse offer is to attractise and promote the souvenir coin and Admission to the World's Fair. These SOUTWEST COIN OF ADMISSION 1805 PRO CAIN COIN GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1903-1904 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, Dc 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. I. G., Geo. A. Donaldson, Paris, Mo G. O. G., Geo. M. West, 101 E. Buck- hardt st., Mobery, Secretary and Treasurer, Beneficiary Board, Dr. W. P. Curtis, 1409 Mark set st. St. Louis, Members of Board-D. E. Gordon, 221 South Jefferson avenue, W. W. Price, 622 North Beaumont, Supreme Representative. Chas. H. Brown, St. Louis PRIDE OF THE WEST LODGE NO. 1, A. OF E., meets 24 and 4th morning evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, St. Louis, 66 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis WM. W. HUCKNER, C. C. Wm. Goff, K. of R. and S. W. T. MUMFORD LODGE NO. 2, K. OF P., meets 1st and 4th Tuesday in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson avenue, St. Louis DANIEL BOSTICK, C. C. B. Bland, K. of R. and S. EXCLUSION LODGE NO. 3, K. OF P., meets 2nd and 4th Thursday in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson avenue, St. Louis R. ROMEO STEEL, C. C. Sol Lindsay, K. of R. & S. MOUND CITY LODGE NO. 4, K. OF P., meets 1st and 3d Monday in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson avenue, St. Louis A. BLACKWELL, C. C. D. W. Brantly, K. of R. and S. DE SOTO LODGE NO. 5, K. of P. of De Soto, Mo., meets 2d Monday and 4th Saturday evening in each month at Masonic hall, South Main and St Louis H. L. LONG, C. C. John W. Johnson, S. and S. DAMON LODER NO. 6, K. O. F. meets 24 and 4th Wheeler in each month, at 8 o'clock, at JEFF erson hall, 765 North Jefferson ave. H. B. HUTLER, C. C. Wesley Hudson, S. G. H. Webb K, of R and S. LILEY LODGE NO 8, K. of P. of Kansas city. E. H. TAYLOR, C. James A. Dezler, K. of R and S. NORTH STAR LODGE NO K. of P., of Hannibal, meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month. HILLYINE BARNES, C. J. J. Fuggite, K. of R and S. LONE STAR LODGE NO 10, K. of P. of Macon, meets 2d and 4th Monday evening in each month. ```markdown ``` W. A. WALLACE, C. C J. O. McNutt, K. of R. and K ORIENT LODGE NO. H. K of P., of Joplin. N. T. GREEN, C. C. H. H. Curtis, K. of R. and H. HARRISON LODGE NO. 12, K. of P., of Huntsville, meets 24 and 4th Thursday evening in each month, 117 N. Main street. K. of P., A.M. P. C. C. W. T. Ancez, K. of R. and S. ST. PYTHIAH LODGE NO. 13, K. of P., meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. W. B. WILLIAMS, C. C. P. E. Anderson K. of R. and S. CRYSTAL LODGE NO. 14, K. of P. JOHNSON SOLOMON, C. C. B. B. BANHINGER, K. of R. and S. FLORAL LODGE NO. 15, K. of P. of Poplar Buff. HARRY CAIN, C. C. S. E. Townsend, K. of R. and S. EUREKA LODGE NO. 16, K. of P. meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening in each month, at $ o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 76 North Jeffere- l, WM. SKEEN, C. C. I. Johnson, K. of R. and S. T. W. STRINGER LODGE NO. P. meets 1st and 3rd thursday evening in each month, at $ o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 760 Jeffereon avenue. LAWRENCE HAWKINS, C. C. M. L. BURNER, K. of R. and S. M. L. BURNER, ST. JOHN NO. 18. K. of R. of FREICKETT, meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month JOHN HORNTON, C. C. John C. Rayes, K. of R. and S. Souvenir Coins of Admission are of artistic and appropriate design, are invaluable as memorials of this greatest of all Expositions and are similar to the Columbian Half tickets of admission in intrinsic value, we will accept them in exchange for tickets of admission to the World's Fair, and for this purpose will maintain a ticket office at the main entrance to the Fair, where we will be open every day during the World's Fair. Souvenirs, wants one of these Souvenirs, but only a limited number will be offered for sale. Price: 50 cents. With every Souvenir Coin purchased we allow one estimate to be made to the total number of paid admissions to the Fair. WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS, MO. COMMERCE LODGE NO. 19, K. of P., of Commerce, meets lst and 3rd Tuesday evening in each month. GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. Elbert Burns, K. of K. and S. RICHMOND LODGE NO. 20, K. of P., of Richmond, meets lst and 3rd Thursday evening in each month. HORACE RANDLE, C. C. Lewis Randle, K. of P. and S. Paul Randle, K. of R. and S. MKINLEY LODGE NO. 21, K. of P., of Kansas City C. C. Russell C. C. Peter J. Slos, K. of R. and S. EAGLE LODGE NO. 22, K. of P. of Neckville N. E. BRUNSON, C. C. Samuel Haynes, K. of R. and S. CARRUTHERSVILLE LODGE NO. 23, K. of P. of Carruthers- ville. G. W. HARRIS, C. Bart W. Heldner, K. of R. and S. ACME LODGE NO. 24, K. of P. of Columbia. Sergt. W. H. TURNER, C. J. C. Burton K. of R. and S. MOEERLY LODGE NO. 25, K. of P. of Moberly, meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday evening in each month at 8 c.clock. R. L. SCOTT, C. C. M. West, K. of R. and S. RISING SUN, LODGE, K. of P. of Keota. Meets 1st and 3d Thursday evenings in each month, at 8 o'clock. A. L. SPENCER, C. C. White, K. of R. and S. DEN STAP LODGE NO. 27, P. of Ardmore. A. A WOODSON, C. C. Bonds, K. of R. and S. M. L. ROLEN. M. PRIED. J. L. COOMBS. J. D. ROBINSON. A. M. WILLIANS. A. A WOODSON, C. C. J. W. Bonds, K. of R. and 8. TOUGSAINT LODGE NO. 28. K OF P. meets 1st and 3d Tuesday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock in the hall, Newstead ave and North Market. FRED LINDSY, C. C. John S. Palmer, K. of R. and S. 231 Marcus Avenue. BURLEIGH LODGE NO. 29, K. of P., of Farmington CHAS. BAKER, C. C. Lewis L. Hill, K. of K. and S. PYTHAGORIS NO. 39, K. of P. of Ironton. P. FLETCHER, C. C. H. F. Boyd, K. of R. and S. ANCHOR LODGE NO. 31, K. OF P., of Cape Girardeau, Mo., meets 1st and 3d Thursday evening of each month. JOHN M. JONES, C. C. Albert M. Oliver, K. of R. and S. CHRISTOPHE LODGE NO. 32 K. of P., of Pocosl. SPRIG OF MYR-TLE COURT NO. 13 meets 4th Friday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. A. W. LLOYD, W. C. LODGE NO. 25, K. ot m. K. of R. and S. ROBINSON, C. C. hark, K. of R. and S. DELDELS LODGE NO. meets 2d and 4th each month, at 8 p. persson hall, 705 North O J. BIGGS, C. C. of R. and S. LODGE NO. 25, K. ot and third Wednesday ARTHUR CAYCE, C. C. Isom Johnson, K. of R. and S. PHILOSOPHIAN JUDGE NO. 33 K. of F. of Pruss. W. E. ROBINSON, C. C. Eugene L. Clark, K. 75 of R. and S. SEMPER FIDELIS LODGE NO. 34, K. of P., meets 2d and 4th Friday evening in each month, at 8 clock, at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. O. J. BIGGS, C. C. H. M. Cabell, K. of R. and S. FAYETTE LODGE NO. 25, 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. OLYMPIA LODGE NO. 36, K. of P. of Carthage, meets every Wednesday evening in each week. J. L. LEONARD, C. C. U. B. Cole, K. of R. and S. COTTONWOOD LODGE NO. 37, K. of P. of Cottonwood Point meets and 4th Tuesdays. JOEL NEDSON, C. C. Simon Lyed, 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. 33 K. of P., meets 2d Tuesday and 4th Thursday evenings at Jefferson Hall, 76 N. Jefferson av. St. Louis. J. A. MCCULLOUGH, C. C. J. D. WHALEY, C. R. & S. NEW AREA NO. 40, K. of P. of Kansas City. WALTER PRITCHARD, C. C. ST. LOUIS LODGE NO. 41, K. of P., meets 1st and 3d Tuesday evenings in each month, at Eleventh and Franklin ave. CHARLES S. WHITE, C. C. Jefferson C. Covington, K. of R. and S. CAROLLTON LODGE NO. 42 K. of P., meets 1st Monday and 2d Tuesday L. L. LANE, C. C. Clyde L. Allen, K. of R. and S. PROGRESS LODGE NO. 43 K. of P., of Kansas City, meets 2nd and 3rd Sundays. HARRY GRAHAM, C. C. D. W. Herring, K. of R. and S. MISSOURI LODGE NO. 44, K. of P., of Louisiana. DR. G. G. BOINS. C. C. Chas. Covington, K. of R. and S. NEW MADRID LODGE NO. 46 K. of P. Prof. R. D. Cherry, K. of R. and S. WARRENBURG LODGE NO. 46. K. of P., of Warrentonburg LEVI SIMS, C. C. J. W. Cooper, K. of R. and S. ET. 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. GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. 喝 嘤 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 of the money may be divided equally. 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. We will accept the admissions and will deliver the $50,000 IN ONE Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. GRAND COURT OFFICERS. I. O. O. C. G. W. C.—Eliza M. Curtis, Joplin, Mo. G. W. I.—Bertha Burles, St. Louis. G. W. I.—Mary L. Rolen, St. Louis. G. W. S. D.—Annie Kemp, Fredericktown. G. W. J. D.—Mattie 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 Mansheld, Huntsville. G. W. Herald—Rosa Lynch, Neeleysville. G. W. Protector—Rosa Blake, De Soto. Jesse D. Robinson, Secretary and Treasurer Endowment Bureau. Supreme Representatives. M. L. ROLEN. M. PRIED. J. L. COOMBS. J. D. ROBINSON. A. M. WILLIANS. INDEPENDENT COURTS OF CALANTHE. Hand holding a branch of flowers 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, D. P. m SPRIG OF MYRLE TLE COURT NO. 13 meets 4th Friday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. A. W. LLOYD, W. C. MRS. KATIE ROSS, R. of D. Hand holding a bouquet of flowers EUREKA COURT NO. 88, meets 1st thursday in each month, at 3:39 p.m. at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue MISSOURI WILLIAMS, W. C. MRS. MATTE 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, 706 North Jeff- erson avenue. MISS LOTTIE MO- MAN, W. C. MRS MAMIE ED- WARDS, R. of D. M FIDELITY COURT NO. 101 meets 32 Wednesday in each month, at 3:30 p. m. at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. HATTIE BRIGHT, W. C. ARSANIA M. WILLIAMS, R. of 705 Hand holding flowers PRIDE OF THE WEST COURT NO. 123 meets 2d Wednesday in each month at 3:30 p., m., at Jefferson hall 705 North Jefferson avenue. MRS. ANNIE PHIL. LIPS. W. C. GREAT BAG OF GOLD as soon as you reach this city. The total paid admissions is Chicago World's Fair were - 21,480,141 Paris, France, Exposition, - 18,380,167 Pan-American Exposition, - 5,380,889 DON'T DELAY! Write immediately and remember that all you have to do to entitle you to this contest is to enclose 50 cents for a beautiful, rare and artistic MÉTAL DE FRANCE SOUVENIR COIN GESTION 1920 FLOWER QUEEN ESTHER NO. 25 meets 2d 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 PIERSON, R. of D. M FAIR CALANTHE COURT NO. 134. Meets second Tuesday in each month. at 2:30 p. at Jefferson hall, 50 North Jefferson avenue. MRS. MATTIE YARBROUGH. W.C. MRS. MARY L. ROLEN. R. OF D. Hand holding a branch of leaves. FAIR HERIMONE COURT NO. 125. Meets fourth Thursday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MISS MINNIE ROSS, W. C. MISS WILETTA HYDE, R. of D. UNIFORM RANKS K. of P. F.C.E. PYTHIAN COMPANY NO. I, K B. I, meets first Wednesday in in each month. 8 o'clock, at hall, Cor. Jefferson and Morgan. R. H. BARTON, Capt. B. F. JOHNSTON, Rec. K.C.F.N. FARWEST COMPANY NO. 2, K OF P. meets first Friday evening in month, at 1 o'clock at hall Cor. Corr. Jenterson and Morgan WM. H. BUTLER, Capt. WALTER VILLAMS, Rec. F.C.E. MOUND CITY COMPANY NO. 3. K OF P., meets Tuesday evening evening of march, st: 4 oclock, True Reformers' hall. R. L. JONES, opt. WM. A. PITTS, Rec. K.C.P. BATTLE AXE COMPANY NO. 4. K. OF F. meets 30 Friday evening at 8 o'clock. at Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. H BORNISON Wm.H.ROBINSON Capt. A WARD Rec. K.C. L'OVERTURE C'OVERTURE NO. 9, K. OF F. second Tuesday in each month, at 11 a.m. for person and Morgan J. H. KENT. J. KENT. CLARENCE W. SALTERS, Ree. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Rev. S. W. Bacote, Second Baptist, Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. F. J. Peck, Allen Chapel, Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. E. R. Vaughn, St. John's Chapel, Ninth and Bell. Rev. W. M. Hawkins, Ebenezer church, Second and Holmes. Rev. J. M. Harris, Burnes Church, Eleventh and Highland. Rev. S. W. Scott, Christian Church, 21st and Summit. Rev. J. T. 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It is the finest scalp soap in existence in addition to the above great offer we will send to you our COMPLETE SKIN-BRAU- TIC. ACTUALLY WORTH BL. THIS EXQUISITE DEPREPARATION WHITENS TION. IT IS SIMPLY RUBBED WELL INTO THE SKIN, ALLOWED TO RIP COMES OFF IN ROILS, BRINGING WITH IT AT THE DEAD, DARK BEYOND PIGS AND POSITIVELY MAKING THE SKIN MUCH BRIGHTEN IT WILL BRIGHTEN UP THE BLACKEST SKIN FROM THREE TO SUNDAY, BEYOND IT IS THE BEAST OF THE LARGE BEAST. IT IS THE BEAST OF THE LARGE BEAST, the large-size jar of our Electrical Skin Food, worth free, with a large, pimple, tan, freckles and all facial imperfections, look younger, and lastly, to prove our liberality, we will work free, and you will be more free, and we will work free, and you will be more free, and you will be more free. BEAUTIFUL FACE LOSES ITS BEAUTY SOME HEAD OF HAIR. GLOSS quently a true hair tonic, which free fertilizes, resuscitates, enlivens, and stimulates and roots of the human hair. When MEMBER OF ALL OF THE ABOVE-BESTIONED PREPARATIONS (6 packages in all), actually worth $100. ALL OF THE MONEY OFFERED TO introduce YOU QUIBB, send money by registered letter or by money order obtainable as any position or express office. Write YOUR name and address plainly, and address. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. 310; E.BROAD ST. RICHMOND, VA BEAUTIFUL PACE LOSES ITS BEAUTY WHEN UNADORNED WITH A HAND-SOME HEAD OF HAIR. GLOSSINE is a true hair food, and consequently tonic, which reeds, invigorates, vitalizes, permeates, fertilizes, resuscitates, enlivenes, and stabilizes hair, 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 our unsightly dropping, dying hair, for on this principle of common sense was GLOSSINE formulated by various chemists, and used pharmacists—not from lead, mercury, bismuth, and other mineral poisons, but from vegetable and botanical products only, which can work no injury to the human hair. Our quality and the desire for quick wealth have tempted many people, ignorant both as to pharmacy and chemistry, to sell to die people to call hair rotten (on account of their low price) contain mineral poisons, the immediate effect of which cause the hair to grow quicker than certain of the dying hair and a bald head. There is only one safe course to pursue—use only on your hair, an absolutely man-made definite hair, such as GLOSSINE really is, which can only do good, and est to buy, GLOSSINE, a genuine, n price, or a worthless, hair-killing nostrum at a all diseases of the hair and scalp, and gives to beauty. It makes the hair grow quickly, b bold spots, gives to it that beautiful, shiny g causes the hair to grow so long and so soft you please. GLOSSINE makes the hair so to it a texture as fine and pliable as the soft price for the complete treatment (3 large boxes. NOTE--Many drugstores may try to se make more profit, or because they may not ha drugstress cannot supply you, send the price, wif or dealer, and we will send same promptly, pre CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO., Sole Owner The Stoeltzing Stove Co. a genuine, new nostrum at a p. and gives to the grow quickly, this with alley place (and so soft that ties the hair soft,塑 as the softest (3 large boxes),o may try to sell theey may not have the price, with promptly, prepare , Sole Owners, Stove and Wholesale and Agents 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, beauty. It makes the hair grow quickly, thick, long, and luxurious; covers all bald areas that are beautiful, shiny gloss (from which it takes its name), and causes the hair to grow faster. You can also please the hair to grow you please. **GLOSSINE** makes the hair soft, wavy, straight, glossy, and gives to it a texture as fine and pliable as the softest silk. Price for large box, 50c.; price for the complete treatment (3 large boxes), only $1.00. We pay all charges. a genuine, meritorious hair tone at a moderate nostrum at a penny? **GLOSSINE** cures and gives to the hair length, pearls, life, wavy row quickly, thick, long, and luxurious; covers all, shiny gloss (from which it takes its name), and so soft that it can be dressed with ease and as the hair soft, wavy, straight, glossy, and gives a smooth silk; for large hairs, 43 large boxes, only $1.00. We pay all charges. may try to sell you something else, on which they may not have **GLOSSINE** in stock. If your price, with your name and address and name promptly, prepaid. **Sole Owners, 9 Governor St., Richmond, Va.** **Store and Hardware Co.** 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. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces. Window and Door Soreens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. A NEW Wabash TO ST. LOU COMMENCING JU Leave KANSAS CITY. Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION. Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station) EQUIPMENT---Pullman Sleeper Cars and Coaches. Sleeper 10:00 p. m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WC Return Train leaves St. Louis 11 Ask your Agent for Tickets over M. C. SHIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET, KAN A NEW ASH TO LOVE ING JUNE (STATION, (on Station)), Human Sleepers, es. Sleepers occupancy. line to WOR St. Louis 11:4 Tickets over t sh Train TO LOUIS ING JUNE 5, 1904. 11:30 p. m. Daily STATION, 7:00 a. m. " in Station), 7:15 a. m. " man Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair s. Sleepers and Coaches open at occupancy. me to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. St. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Tickets over the Wabash. Wabash Train TO ST. LOUIS COMMENCING JUNE 5, 1904. Leave KANSAS CITY, 11:50 p. m. Daily Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION, 7:00 a. m. " Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station), 7:15 a. m. " EQUIPMENT---Pullman Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Cars and Coaches. Sleepers and Coaches open at 10:00 p. m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. Return Train leaves St. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. 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. S. --- --- BEFORE Our Great Special Offer CHEF'S COOKING STOVE it die. Just so we should we apply GLOSSINE to the harsh. GLOSSINE is not on this principle of common sense was GLOSSINE formulated by one of America's most noted pharmacists—not from lead, mercury, bismuth, or from vegetable and botanical products only, which can work no injury to the human hair. Upliftage and the people so-called hair tonics, which many people, ignorant both as to pharmacy and chemistry, to sell to the people so-called hair tonics, which mineral poisons, the immediate effect of which cause the hair to grow quickly, but whose certain end is fallable, only one safe course to pursue-use only on your hair an absolutely guaranteed vegetable remedy for the hair, which is really is, which can only do good, and work no injury. Which is the chean- L. S. McGLELLAN, WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. KANSAS CITY, MO. Marriage Forbidden the Deformed. Deformed persons, which are very rare among the Sakals, or those attacked by dangerous disease, must make a vow of cellbacy.—Singapore Straits Budget. AFTER Best Stores Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. 1329 Grand Ave. GET A GRASP ON OUR TRADE MARK. GET TO KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT AND THEN NEVER BUY STARCH WITHOUT IT. DEFIANCE STARCH IS WITHOUT EQUAL IT IS GOOD. IT IS BETTER. IT IS THE BEST AND MORE OF IT FOR TEN CENTS THAN ANY OTHER STARCH. IT WILL NOT ROT THE CLOTHES. YOUR GROCER HAS IT OR WILL GET IT IF YOU ASK FOR IT. SATISFACTION OR MONEY BACK. MANUFACTURED BY The DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMAHA, NEB. PISO'S CURE FOR CHICKS WHERE ALL LOOK FINE. Best Cough byrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 29, 1904 BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. A Trip to Colorado, Utah or California is not complete unless it embraces the most beautiful resorts and grandest scenery in Colorado, which are found on the Colorado Midland Railway, the highest standard gauge line in the world. Exceptionally low summer round trip rates to Colorado interior state points, Utah, California and the Northwest are offered by this line. For information address Mr. C. H. Speers, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. Bavarians Are Progressive. The Bavarian Trade Museum has adopted a novel idea to interest as well as to instruct the public and purchasers of toys by sending out traveling lecturers, who show the practical workings of the toys by means of models in actual operation. Some of the more interesting toys thus demonstrated include: A complete railroad train, which can be run backward and ford, slow or fast, and stopped at will. English Women Dull. An authority says that American women are, for the most part, more thorough, more intelligent, better informed, larger minded, and more agreeable to meet than their British sisters. The average Englishwoman is dull, idle, sluggish and incompetent; the average American is busy, bright, energetic and capable. Many who formerly smoked 100 cigars now smoke Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 50 cigar. The best combination of the best tobacco. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Earnings of British Males. The president of the British Board of Trade stated, in answer to a question in the house of commons, that the average annual earnings of adult males employed in the principal industrial and agricultural occupations in the United Kingdom in a year of average employment might be estimated approximately at $350 each. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. Shirt Stud Watch. An English watchmaker has just finished making tiny watch in the form of a shirt stud. Its dial is two-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and it is to be worn with two other studs. By turning the upper stud the watch is wound, while by turning the lower one the hands are adjusted. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12 ounce packages of other kinds? Clairvoyance Is Illegal The Paris courts have decided that a doctor who makes use of clairvoyance to diagnose and prescribe for the maladies of his patients is guilty of illegal practice. Uses Cattle Bones for Fuel. In the South American regions where cattle are killed by the tens of thousands for the export of meat and hides the bones are used as fuel. Plague of Adders. Several Sileian villages have been visited by a plague of adders. In Freudenthal alone 452 snakes have been killed. Insure Registered Letters For an extra fee of from 3 to 6 cents registered letters in Canada can now be insured up to a limit of $25. Glue Their Clothes. The Koreans do not sew their clothes, but use fish glue instead. Salvation Army in Panama. Staff Captain el Senor Leib, the social superintendent of the Salvation Army of Jamaica, commissioned by the headquarters in London, has arrived at Panama to arrange for the running of cheap food and shelter depots for the canal laborers and poor, combined with efforts to raise the spiritual and moral tone of the men. Labor Colonies. The institution of labor colonies has now been tried in Belgium for ten year and is found a useful means of coping with the difficulties of employing the idle and the inpatient, as well as the professional worker and the bad character. There are almost 8,000 persons employed in the government colonies. Taking No Chances with 13. Taking No Chances with 13. In one of the Harlem theaters exits are marked by red lights and numbered to correspond to the plan of the house, but no 13 appears either on the plan or over the doors. It is said that the manager fears in case of panic that No. 13 would be the first to choke up with frenzied people. SAVED CHILD'S LIFE. Remarkable Cure of Dropsy by Dodd'a Kidney Pills. Sedgwick, Ark., July 11.—The case of W. S. Taylor's little son is looked upon by those interested in medical matters as one of the most wonderful on record. In this connection his father makes the following statement: "Last September, my little boy had Dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen to such an extent that he could not walk nor put his shoes on. The treatment that the doctors were giving him seemed to do him no good and two or three people said his days were short, even the doctors, two of the best in the country told me he would not get better. I stopped their medicine and at once sent for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I gave him three Pills a day, one morning, noon and night for eight days; at the end of the eighth day the swelling was all gone, but to give the medicine justice, I gave him eleven more Pills. I used thirty-five Pills in all and he was entirely cured. I consider your medicine saved my child's life. When the thirty-five Pills were given him, he could run, dance and sing, whereas before he was an invalid in his mother's arms from morning until night." Up Went the Price of Gin. "Letters from Holland convey to the London populace news doubly calamitous. Grain—and, consequently, bread—has risen; that is bad. But, what is still worse, this advance has occasioned a rise in the price of gin also."—London newspaper, June 3d, 1802. This Will Interest Mothers Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy Worms, Sold by all Drugstiffs, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy,N.Y. Russian Wit. A Moscow journal prints a letter from a Russian soldier at Port Arthur in which the following sentence occurs: "We have given all our guns names. One of them we call Togo, because it makes so much noise, but hasn't hit anything yet." I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Nap for Italian Soldiers. Soldiers in the Italian army are allowed two hours in the middle of the day for a nap. TICKLE GRASS BY BYRON WILLIAMS Retrospective. The sky to the west is blue, With sometimes a cloud betide, Wild hills are of em'rald hue, All clouded of prelude. The oak and the poplar wave With cherry and elm and ash. Deep nooks that the first fires gave Wild trees of the bush, ash, Are carpeted o'er with moss! The dells are a-bloom with flow'rs, While bees to the wind-gods toss Their songs in the busy hours! A sport with rage,age, Conversant with all, is there, A-sport where the riffles rage, At rest where the sand is bare! I know where this Eden lies! 'Tis where I, a boy, was free To play at 'The Bend' I prize When now I am out at sea! Far out from the home I knew, Fresh from the bush, I pray, O Ye Skipper, true, Turn backward for just to-night! Merit. Because father discharged a good employee to give you a place is not evidence that you have merit, and you will find fair-minded men will take you on probation until you have proven the parental choice a wise one. Not all who merit success attain it. The same luck that lands a "weak sister" in a ruler's chair, frequently bars an able man from claiming his just deserts. A famous father is often the greatest obstacle in the pathway of a son. It is common practice to belittle the offspring of a great man. Every true man, no matter how meritorious, feels his deficiency. A Kansas young man has applied for a position as sleuth on the New York police force and his qualifications are worthy of consideration. He recently received an eighteen-page letter from his best girl—and he has succeeded in beginning at the beginning and proceeding back and forth to the closing without a false scent. Does not that get him anything? Miss Mary Gallagher, who has made a bust of Edgar Allan Poe, which has attracted some attention in Baltimore owns up that one of the implements used by her in her work was a hair pin. If it had been a hatpin, we wouldn't have thought so much about it! Reverses It. A drop of ink May make a million think! But when it's from a pen, It makes about two Million thinks for him. Who has to dig the tin! An English woman died recently at the advanced age of 102. She had smoked a pipe for eighty years. It will be just like some of the knockers to try to prove smoking killed her. THE WORST EVER! WORSE THAN HANGING. The more rope you give some men the less they like smoking! If you are twenty years old when your baby is one year old, then you are twenty times as old as the baby. When you are twenty-five years old, baby is five, then you are five times as old as the baby. When you are forty years old baby is twenty, and you are but twice as old. When you get to be eighty, instead of being twice as old as your daughter you are only one-fourth older. Now, at this rate how long would you have to live before your daughter would be as old as you are! The following touching verse tells the story of the way things are going in many Kansas towns at the present time. It was written by a cheerful man who has no garden and his wife takes care of his chickens: The meanest young man in Kansas lives at Horton. He asked a young lady what she wanted for a birthday present and suggested gloves, but the girl thought something for her neck would be nicer. On the evening of her birthday he handed her a small pack age neatly done up. Nervously she opened it in the presence of the other girls and found a bar of soap. A Putnam, Conn., man went to church the other evening, carrying on his arm what he thought was his overcoat. When he started to hang it over the back of his seat he was somewhat disconcerted to discover that his wrag was one of his wife's black skirts. An Iowa editor is publishing a "Boosters' Column." Praise be to him! So many editors do so much more fault finding and scolding than they do boosting, that the action of the aforesaid publisher calls for congratulations! "Boost!" It's a good motto! 1000 Dyspeptics to 1 Drunkard In civilized society there are one thousand dyspeptics to one drunkard. This host would be cut off at once if only pure, cleanly, nourishing food were eaten. Dyspeptics are made by the use of impure, uncooked, improperly prepared foods. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is absolutely pure, clean and contains only the necessary substances that the system demands for strength, health and comfort. Carefully and conscientiously prepared by a physician and chemist of forty years' experience. Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO. Japanese Cats. Cat fanciers all agree that Japan indeed is the country of curious felines, and surely no example of the freak in the cat family is more singular that the tailless variety which abounds in the Land of the Rising Sun. For the most part the cats of Japan are minus a brush, although they sometimes have a tailbone developed and a small tuft of hair. Shells aa Ornaments Cowrie shells are worn as amulets by the modern savages in Africa. Similar shells were worn in Strabo's time to keep off the evil eye. Red coral was a potent amulet to the sea-farer, as it is at the present day in Mediterranean lands. If powdered it kert red rust from grain. Vestments of Plus V The pontifical vestments of Plus V have been discovered in the church of Santa Maria Magglore, in Rome, and have been presented to the pope by Cardinal Vannutelli. 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. A Dinner of Souls. The latest fad in Paris is dinners of the souls. Each guest impersonates some celebrity not only in costume, but by speech and manner, by accent and by repeating celebrated quotations, provided they fit the occasion. This sort of entertainment can only be appreciated by people of intellectual pretensions. It requires some study and a general knowledge to make it a success. Motor 'Buses for Passengers. Motor 'Buses for Passengers. Motor omnibuses, manufactured in Edinburgh, have been introduced in some cities and towns of England and Scotland, experimentally for street passenger traffic. 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. Must Wear Uniforms A prominent English lawyer expresses the opinion that if a policeman in plain clothes boards a motor car he may be legally thrown off. The motorist can not know that the intruder is not going to commit an assault on property or person. 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 Suspicion. The Boston Globe's remark that there is "no such thing as a superfluous woman" looks suspiciously like an attempt on the writer's part to conciliate his mother-in-law.—Milwaukee Sentinel. The World's Famous Catarrh Remedy Should Be in Every Home. Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotics of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring the drug habit. HANDY BLUEING BOOK NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 232-page treaties on Piles, Fists, and Diseases of the Rectum; also 100-page illus. treaties on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, none paid a centILL cure. we furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 8800 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. and 1000 Oak St. Kannas City, Mo. WHEN you visit the World's Fair at a cottage City—Hotel or furnished cottage—Cool and Corp Rooms. Capacity 600. First class hotel accommodations. One block from Olive St. World's Fair Hotel. In the grounds and its grand illumination. $1.00 per day and up. Address. ERCHANT'S COFFICE CO. 5589 Waterman Ave. St. Louis. THE NORTH-WESTERN LINE NEW HOMES IN THE WEST THE DAISY FLY KILLER destroys all the flies and affords comfort to every home in dining room, sleeping room and places where flies are found. Some. Clean, neat and will not sell or injure you. Are availing. Try them once and you will never lose without them if kept by dealers sent there. HAROLD SORERS, 149 Deckhall Avenue, Brooklyn, N. T. Wiggle-Stick Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor soot clothes. Costs 10c. and equals 20c. worth of any other bluing. NEW IN T Almost a half well watered laervation, in Soo to settlement to lands are best. Western Equality Chicago to Boat tickets via this HOW Almost a half million acres of the fertile and well watered lands of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, in South Dakota, will be thrown open to settlement by the Government in July. These lands are best reached by the Chicago & North-Western Railway's direct through times from Chicago to Bonneet, S. D. All agents sell tickets via this line. Special low rates. 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 opportunities and schools and churches, opportunities for business openings, railway rates, etc., free on application. W. B. KNISKERN, Passenger Traffic Manager, CHICAGO, IL. A NEW WABASH TRAIN TO St. Louis COMMENCING JUNE 5th, 1904 Leave KANSAB CITY, 11:30 p.m. Daily Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION, 7:00 a.m. " Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station) 7:16 a.m. " EQUIPMENT - Pullman Sleeper, Free Recruiting Chair Cars and Coaches, Sleepers and Coaches open at 10 p.m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WORLD'S FAIR MAIN FAIR STATION, Free Recruiting Chair Cars and Coaches open at 11:40 p.m. for Kansas City Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. N. C. SHIELDS, L. B. MCKELLAN, Trav. Pana. Agent, Western Pano. Agent, 803 MAIN STREET, KANSAB CITY, MO. Hippan Tabuies are the best dyppepsia medicine ever made. A bundled millions of them have been in a single year. Constipation, heartburn sick headache, dizziness, bad breath, sore throat, and every life-threatening stomach are relieved or erased by Hippan Tabuies. One will generally give relief within twenty minutes. The fiveteen packages are enough for ordinary occasions. All drugstores sell them. NEW PENSION LAWS SENT FREE Apply to NATHAN RUCKORD, 914 F St. Washington, D. C. REPASO TABULAS Inflicted with: Thompson's Eye Water sore eyes, use peptics to 1 Dr thousand dyspeptics to one drunkard. This he thing food were eaten. Dyspeptics are made uncooked, improperly prepared foods. Drunkard d. This host would be cut off at are made by the use of impure, Cottage City World's Fair St. Louis WHEN you visit the installed class hotel accor car and main en- illuminations. $ MERCHANT'S WHERRETT'S CHIGGER CURE CURES CHIGGER & MOSQUITO BITES At Drugsstore or Mall 21e. The O. E. WHERRETT CO., Attleboro, Ran Ask your dealer for the Mayfield Tank and Float Valves, the valve that opens all the way around. If your dealer writes you a message to write us, giving this name and address and we will give you sample. HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID for DUCK AND GEESE FEATHERS. PAYNE & LEEK, Lincoln, Nebraska TRUSSES Elastic Stockinging, Etc. Catalog FREE. Flavell, Philadelphia, Ph. American Pearl Industry. The hunting and collecting of pearls in this country has developed into a steady business, which is good for nine months in the year, the thousands of pearls gathered finding a ready market in New York city and in European centers. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. The average girl pays entirely too much attention to the importance of an arched instep. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. An "appetizer" really does give a man an appetite—for more appetizers. HOW TO GET A HOME THE TRAIN SERVICE OF THE MISSOURI PACIFIC. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for St. Louis and all points East—note the leaving time; 10:10 a. m., 1:10 p. m., 9:15 p. m., and 10:45 p. m. No other line from Kansas City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louis. Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p. m. arrives in St. Louis at 10 p. m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and Southeastern trains. The only line leaving Kansas City after the Operas, Lodge meetings and Sunday night Church service, at 10:45 p. m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a. m., in time for all Eastern connections. 10:20 p. m.—10:50 a. m.; Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleeper per 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 EMBALMERS. CCURTEOUS TREATMENT Parlors 1820 E. 18th St., Kansas City. GO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HAIR CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo UNEEDA SHAVE AND HAIR CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo 1784 Telephone 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery DANCE AT THE- Vendome A 1734 Grand EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY AF AND THURSDAY AF John S. West's s FURNISHES M WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Vendome Ac. 1734 Grand EVERY MONDAY AND THURS AND THURSDAY AFTE John S. West's FURNISHES M D. A. WILLIS, The "All-Rail Ro All Through "Big Fou Use the New Grand Central Sta & Hudson R All-Rail Route" to New All Through Trains of the "Big Four Route" New Grand Central Station of the New Yor & 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 in can continent. Only one railroad station in the Southwest running thru cush cars into the other run afforded to overlook. All through a 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 gan Southern and New York Central Railway allowed at Niagara Falls, on battle to train et 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 grade work done by gentlemanly or We Guarantee to Please. This firm is backed by a wealthy enough responsible. All work is g The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city. Only one railroad station in New York City and only one running though cars into it? Surely this is an advantage to overlook. All through cures of the Big Four Route enter New York City, landing passengers right in the heart of the walk or drive to the principal hotels. Cover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge with tickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route. Lake Shore and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding to Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of tickets to Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 Reliable Dentist Day--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examining most reliable dentists in the city. We have the price in the city. Our success is due to the unified done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; Entrance to Please. Our Reliability is Unqualified backed by a wealthy corporation, and is there responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Think of it! The only railway station in New York, the greatest city on the Americas can carry 100,000 passengers running the cough cars into it? Surely this is an advantage, which no traveler can afford to overlook. All through cars of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Central Terminal, and right in the heart of the city, and only a few miles away or drive to the principal hotels. Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On through tickets or to 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 Niigara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the ticket agent at Niigara 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 This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth ..$2.65 Platinum fillings.....$500 Cleaning.....$500 We do as we advertise— Teeth extracted without pain FREE We are here to stay. NEW YORK DENTAL ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. Main St Second Floor. Entrance on Main Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundr NEW YORK ESTABLISHED 1029 Main St Second Open P. B. B. A Good Society. A five-year-old Boston urchin was observed to be busily hiding a scrap of paper in his little jacket pocket. "Please don't read, mama," he said, and then he said it contained the rules of a secret society that he had just joined. At night, when the little fellow was asleep, his mother took from his pocket the treasured secret "rules," when read as follows: God dam.....10 cents fine Plain dam.....5 cents each Plain darn.....1 cent fine Carlyle's Word Painting Carlyle gives this striking picture of Samuel Rogers, the poet: "I saw Rogers awhile ago at dinner with Taylor, a half-frozen, old, sardonic whig gentleman; no hair at all, but one of the whitest beak scalps, blue eyes, shrewd, sad and cruel; toothless horse-shoe mouth drawn up to the very nose; slow-croaking, sarcastic insight, perfect breeding—staterooms where you are welcomed even with flummery; internally a Bluebeard's chamber, where none but the proprietor enters!" 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 greyhound. 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. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IS THE.... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services striptly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. Z. T. JOBDAN. Manager DANCING AT THE Vendome Academy 1734 Grand. EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. John S. West's Orchestra FURNISHES MUSIC. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. Route" to New York Trains of the Our Route" ation of the New York Central river Railroad. in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri- New York City and only one railroad from Surely this is an advantage, which no trav- sle of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Cen- teniers right in the heart of the city, and only hilis without Extra Charge. via Big Four Route, Lake Shore and Miehl- s, stopover not exceeding ten days will be conductors, and deposit of ticket with the tick- ly on arrival. T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. DENTISTRY Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free in the city. We have the largest and access is due to the uniformly high operators of middle ages; no youths Our Reliability is Unquestioned. corporation, and is therefore thor- guaranteed for 15 years. TESTE WINDOWPLACE DENTAL CO ED 20 YEARS. Ploor. Entrance on Main Street only. Daily. Night's till 9. Sundays 10 to 4 ST. LOUIS. MQ. JOPLIN NEWS C. H. Karnes, proprietor of the Imperial Shaving Pariors at 320 Main St. is an example of what a negro may become when he has energy and applies himself to business. H. H. Curtis, another enthusiastic citizen, is proprietor of a barber shop. T. W. Cunningham, mayor of Joplin, a broad and liberal minded man, will make the address of welcome to the Knights of Pythias at their 20th anniversary at Joplin, beginning July 19. Mr. Cunningham is one of the progressive citizens of Joplin. He is president of the Bank of Joplin. PROGRAM. A Japanese Social will be given at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Cole, 1416 Lydia Ave., Thursday evening, July 21, for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans' Home. Five young ladies and nine little girls dressed in Japanese costume will assist in making the affair an enjoyable one. There will be a short but very interesting address by Foster Harper. Mr. Jesse Whitney will sing a solo Mrs. L. J. Holly, Misses Sweatman Blanche Ross, Annie Warner and Edmonia Hubble will preside at the plano Mr. Spencer's stringed orchestra Mr. Spencer's stringed orchestra will help enliven the occasion. The social will be given under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary. Admission 10 cents. Should the weather be unfavorable the social will be held the next evening. You hold me in your arms, as none else dare; All grace you claim I yield, as in your right. Every time my minute-spending, day and night— Yet off by secret panel, hidden stair, Steals forth a little ghost to trystings Dear memory is making meadows white With spring, and in spring's fulness of delight Sings down May-sweet lanes some old-time alr. Never or thought or deed shall wrong you, though. Not mine to give you this best part of me; A child in dream of long ago. Dream whose fulfillment all is yet to be. Nor yours the soul at last my soul shall know. When come back no more from mem- or—Marguerite Merriest, in Scri伯er's. "Dead" Romeo Protested. One Alexander, manager of a Glasgow theater, who was also a very bad actor, when he had become an old man was playing the part of Romeo one night, the Juliet being a young girl. After swallowing the poison, he was lying dead, when the grotesqueness of the situation evoked applause from the gallery. Allick (the name by which he was universally known) felt this was meant for mockery. Rising to his feet, he came to the front of the stage and said: "You think I can't play Romeo, but I can play Romeo. I have played it before" (naming some people of distinction "and I shall play it again"). He then lay down and died a second time. ...ESTABLISH Landauer Wholesale 306 MAIN STREET, Phone 131. Wa CUT RATE Wholesale Bell Phone 191. 112 1-2-114 Main Street, The Old A Place Where You BATH, POOL & AND A N G. R. STEEL, Presedent. GEORGE BARNETT, Treas. Pome Hhone THIS IS THE BLUE BE ...ESTABLISHED 1876... A Place Where You Can Enjoy Yourself. BATH, POOL & READING ROOM AND A NICE BUFFET. THE BEST PLACE IN THE CITY EOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT. 112 East Second Street. G. R. S "WHEN YOU BUY IT POOLE YOU KNOW ITS ALL RIGHT JOPLIN'S LEADING JEWELER 414 MAIN STREET. WHEN YOU BUY IT OF YOU KNOW ITS ALL RIGHT" JOPLIN'S LEADING JEWELER. PROGRAM. A Confession. SAW A REAL THUNDERBOLT. English Workmen Tall of Visit of Missile from the Clouds. "The all-dreaded thunder-stone" has been so very seldom seen of late years that it has come to be regarded by the vulgar as almost legendary, but the people of Bristol had reason recently to know its reality. During a very severe thunder storm some masons at work on a scaffolding at Horford state that they saw a thunderbolt coming toward them from the direction of South Mead. One of them lost his balance, and only saved himself from falling by clinging to a plank. The others had to hold on to whatever was handy. They describe what they saw as looking like a dazzling ball of fire larger than a football. One of the men says: "It cleared our building, but struck a neighboring chimney, but what became of it I cannot say." An utterly demolished chimney stack remains to testify to his veracity. The thunderbolt has not been seen, but it is well known that these missils usually come in contact with the earth at such velocity that they bury themselves.—Country Life. WAS A POOR ADVERTISEMENT. Bald-Headed Barber Could Not Sell Bottle of Hair Restorer. It was in a barber shop near the Grand Central station. There was a man in one of the chairs getting shave and the artist in charge was performing the operation leisurely and silently. It was not until the last vestige of hirsute obstruction had succumbed to the razor's edge, and the patient's face had been sopped, wiped, witch-hazed and powdered that the barber deigned to open his lips. Then, running his fingers through the hair on the top of the man's head, remarked innocently: "Hair is getting thin. Got just the thing for it. Gloria Hair Restorer. Stimulates the roots of the hair. Warranted to make hair grow on a billiard ball. Fifty cents a bottle!" Having delivered himself of this, he placed a bottle in the hands of the man in the chair for inspection. The man glanced at the bottle and then at the head of the barber, which was as bald as the aforementioned billiard ball, and asked: "This must be what you used?"—New York Press. Chinese Burial Customs When a rich and important Chinaman dies, his funeral is conducted with much pomp and splendor. His friends and relations, instead of sending wreaths, send innumerable banners. These are made of white silk, with inscriptions beautifully worked in black velvet, and express the senders' good wishes to the deceased himself or to the members of his family for many generations. On the day of the funeral these banners are carried by hired men, who are all dressed alike for the occasion. After the funeral, which lasts several hours at the cemetery, is over, the banners are all brought back, and eventually grace the rooms of the late Chinaman's house. SHED 1876... er & Co. & Liquors. JOPLIN, NO house 208 Main St. GROCERY and Retail. Joplin Phone 122. JOPLIN, MISSOURI. er Club Can Enjoy Yourself. READING ROOM CE BUFFET. J. A. SHACKELFORD, Secretary, CHARLES LAIRBY, Steward. 1094. THE PLACE. ELL CAFE G. R. Steel, Prop. BUY IT OF OLE "ITS ALL RIGHT" FINDING JEWELER. I STREET. ..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. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined, it may be your eyes cares 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. Remember its the RELIABLE PRESC PHARMACY S. W. Corm Phone Horn S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. Open all night. KENTUCKY RESTAURANT 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; track 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 reclining to St. Louis, the train passing the enclosures before stopping at main entrance. ND TRIP—$6.00 20th and 27th. 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. no reason ing without The "St. Louis Line" and a mighty good line it is; the very best N the West; rails weigh eighty pounds to bridges are steel and the track is splend few curves, and the grades lighter than Kansas City and St. Louis. Service is as Leave Kansas City..... Ar. World's Fair Station Ar. St. Louis Union Station Through car service; standard and t ing chair cars Kansas City to St. Louis, tire length of the Fair Grounds before s $6.00—ROUND TRIP— June 13th, 20th and 21st Tickets, sleeping car berths and inf reachiug any point in the East will be f Rock Island System J. A. STEWART, Gen'l Agt. Pass, Dept. KANSAS There is no For being w 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. 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 reason For being without A Kimball without sacrificing any of the pleasures you now possessed by a Kimball makes it an ornament to tones makes it a source of endless enjoymenh. W. W. Kimball Co. all Piano trees you now enjoy...The style and finish ornament to any home, and its sweet enjoymenh. Co. W. B. Roberts, Manager Est. 1857. 920 Walnut 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 Save time and carfare by buying your Patent Medicines and drug necessities at attractive prices. A Large Line Perfumes, Toilet articles, and Brushes, Fountain gratifying prices. Call in and see us. M. B. HOME PHONE 3412 MAIN. 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. O R O Prof. L. L. Thompson, Mgr. Meals 15/Cents. Served in First-Class Style. Porterhouse Steak 35c up. W. S. BAKER, Salesman.