The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME IX. Success of Ingenious Thief. A New York detective asserts that if one wants anything it can be obtained by asking for it. As an instance he cites a happening at the Casino theater. The ticket seller was resting during a lull in business, when a rough-looking fellow stuck his head in at the window. "I've come for the clock," he said. "Well," snapped the ticket man, "you don't expect me to come out and take it down for you, do you?" "Fresh, ain't yer?" responded the fellow, and turned away. He put up a ladder and took down the clock, a valuable timepiece, and walked away with it. He hasn't returned. Presidents Who Were Soldiers The following presidents served in war: George Washington, revolutionary; James Monroe, revolutionary; Andrew Jackson, revolutionary and 1812; Franklin Pierce, Mexican; William Henry Harrison, 1812; John Tyler, 1812; Zachary Taylor, 1812 and Mexican; Abraham Lincoln, Black Hawk; Andrew Johnson, civil war;utherford B. Hayes, civil war; James A. Garfield, civil war; Benjamin Harrison, civil war; William McKinley, civil war; Theodore Roosevelt Spanish war. Grilled Lion Steak. An explorer who has often by compulsion eaten the flesh of animals not generally used as human food says that grilled lion steaks are delicious, and much superior to those of the tiger; that the flesh of the rhinoceros, properly prepared, has all the good qualities of pork; that the trunk and feet of young elephants resemble veal; and that stewed boonconstrictor is a splendid substitute for rabbit. Experience Taught Him Belief. A story regarding a converted cannibal is told in the English papers. A negro clergyman was entertained at tea by the president of a college. The guest, who came from west Africa, retained some particulars of his early life, when a lady asked him how he became a Christian. "The story of Jezebel converted me," he answered: "you know, we are told the dogs did not touch the palms of her hands. Well, that convinced me of the truth of the narrative, for we never eat the palms of the hands in my country. They are too bitter." Italians Excel Negroes O. B. Crittenden, manager of the big Corbin estate in Arkansas, says in the Manufacturers' Record that more than one-half of that property is now worked by Italian labor and that the Italians are superior to the negroes in growing cotton. Rubber Propagation. The various governments with tropical possessions in the East are studying the gutta percha and rubber situation with a view of determining proper methods of propagation and harvesting—Electrical Review. Man's Highest Virtue. Man's highest virtue is always as much as possible to rule external circumstances, and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.— Goethe. Equalization of Railroads Equalization of Railroads. If the world's railroads were equally distributed over the earth's surface no one would be more than seven miles from some line. 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. There was a basket meeting at Mayflower church Sunday. Rev. J. H. Richardson preached, and he preached Monday night at the A. M. E. church to a large congregation. Everybody enjoyed his sermon. Rev. A. A. Gilbert, Mr. Eugene Conway and Miss Auline Freeman left Wednesday morning to attend the district conference and Sunday school convention. S. T. Pettigrew, G. M. of the U. B. F.'s and S. M. A.'s was here Tuesday and left Wednesday morning for Sedalia, where the Grand Lodge will meet on the 16th of August. Mr. A. W. Walker will leave Wednesday morning to attend the Republican State Convention which will be held at St. Joseph, also to meet the Colored State League. The Lexington Council No. 2 will have a drill on July 26th, at the St. John M. E. church. Admission, 15c single and 25c a couple. Mrs. Frederick Braxton of Kansas City, who has been visiting Mrs. A. W. Walker for the past week, returned home Sunday evening accompanied by her husband. She has not been here for three years, and every one was glad to see her. Mrs. Annie Miller and family has moved to Kansas City to make that their future home. Miss Lottie Hawkins left Tuesday evening for Kansas City. Misses Maggie and Ruth Johnson spent a week in Higginsville, visiting Mrs. Mary Perry. They returned home Sunday evening. We should patronize one another, the whites patronize the white papers. The colored people ought to do likewise. If we give an entertainment and expect the colored people to patronize them, they ought to patronize the colored paper, not take heir money and spend it with the whites, then ask the colored people to come and help them to make money. They that expect to live by the public ought to patronize public enterprise. The Rising Son has a large circulation in Lexington and we think it ought to be patronized. BURNS CHAPEL NOTES The congregation and friends of the Burns M. E. church seem to be well pleased with their new church home, corner 19th street and Woodland avenue. The literary is well attended every Tuesday evening. Prof. A. H. Harris is president. Mrs. John Day, the organist, is a very efficient worker in helping the young people in concerts in the Burns church. Mrs. J. M. Harris, wife of the pastor, is visiting friends in Warrensburg, Mo., and from there will go to St. Louis. Mrs. J. E. Cavall, Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Miss Maggie Lang, Miss Mable Washington, entertained Phyllis Wineatty Art Club at the residence of Mrs. Fields, 1327 Vine street. Punch, strawberry ice, cake and candy, was served. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR For the convenience of colored visitors an "Information Bureau" has been established. With it are associated many of the best homes and hotels in St Louis. Have your room reserved. Stamp for reply. H. S. FERGUSON, Mgr. 1923 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. Opposite Union Station. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, JULY 29. 1904. LEAVENWORTH. KAN. The largest and greatest gathering of race loving negro men and women from Kansas and Missouri, that has ever been witnessed in the west will assemble at Leavenworth, Kansas, Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22. No man or woman who is interested in the upbuilding of the race should fail to be present at this convention. One and all are invited. Owing to the indignities which are being constantly imposed upon us, the privileges denied us, the avenues that lead to everything that tends to a higher and nobler state being so tightly closed against us, we must awake from our lethargy if we would enjoy our rights as American citizens, and place ourselves in a position to demand recognition. Hence the calling of this convention, at which we hope to discuss measures by which our efforts, being united, we cannot fail to accomplish much good. Will you not give us your presence, your encouragement, and your active cooperation in this undertaking for the advancement of our people? In order that all may enjoy the sessions without being uncomfortably housed, the beautiful Korman's park with its picturesque natural sceneries, and its wealth of cooling sauna, has been selected as the meeting place of this convention. Street car transportation can be had from the station to the gates of the park. Thus, while we are discussing means for the good of the race, an enjoyable time may be had. S. T. JONES, MGR WAIT FOR THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. The Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem will on August 4th, 1904, give their annual celebration at Acr's park. It has been our custom, since the organization, for the Sons and Daughters to go to some park, and to mingle with the public, and to fraternize with the order in the two Kansas Cities, and to shake hands with our thousands of friends on these occasions, hence we again ask you to celebrate that day with us. The Hon. Judson W. Lyons, register of the treasury, Washington, D. C., Hon. John C. Dancey, recorder of deeds, Washington, D. C., together with our local home talent, will address you on vital issues of the day. The management will see to it that good order is preserved and nothing will happen to shock the modesty of the most refined. Confuse the Demons. The Chinese are convinced that the plague is the work of demons. One way of getting even with them is to advance the date of New Year by several days. This, they aver, contuses the demons, and when they find out how they have been fooled they are ashamed and slink away with their plague. Thought Worth Remembering He who makes a flower grow gets some good for himself, and he also gives good to every passer-by who sees its beauty. The gardener is blessed and blesses. Why is not everyone for some portion of his time a gardener.-Canon A. Barnett. Sulphur in Sicily. The largest producer of sulphur Sicily. The deposits occur in Miocene limestone, with unaltered beds of gypsum below, and it exported in 1903 475,508 tons, of which nearly one-third was for the United States Horse vs. Steam Power It would require the work of 25. 000,000 teams to do the work now done by the railroads. WOMEN AVOID WOMEN DOCTORS Gentle Sex Prefer Men as Their Medical Advisors "We should be only too pleased to give women a chance for employment as medical examiners," said the medical superintendent of a large New York insurance company, "if women would only consent to be examined by women. But they won't. Only a few days ago a woman living in an up-town apartment house sent in her application papers, and over the telephone requested a medical examination the same afternoon, if possible, "All right,' I answered. 'Dr. Blank shall be up there at 2 o'clock. She is disengaged just now.' "She, did you say?' asked the woman. "Yes,' I replied. 'Dr. Blank is a woman; and one of the most capable examiners we have on the staff.' "Well, I don't want her. I'll wait until you can send me a man,' was the emphatic reply. "As a matter of fact," continued the superintendent, "we have extreme difficulty in keeping Dr. Blank busy, to say nothing of giving encouragement to other applicants. A position as medical examiner for one of the big insurance companies is considered a good thing by a young man doctor building up a practice, but there is almost no chance for women in that direction." MADE HIS MEANING PLAIN. No Doubt as to Form of Sinner Minister has Preaching To. Beginning his sermon one Sunday a muscular Scotch minister said that in every congregation there were generally three kinds of people. Some were very worthy men and women. Others were just middling and might be better than they were, but others were actual deevils. He did not intend in this discourse to speak to the first kind, who were already good Christians and not greatly requiring either advice or censure. The second class would be all the better for some plain speaking, but their case was not so urgent as that of the third class, whom he had spoken of as positive deevils. "To them" he said, "I mean to speak." Then, rolling up the right sleeve of his coat, and stretching out his clinched fist in front of him, he said: "Now, you deevils!" Example of Russian Honesty: Example of Russian Honesty. A few years ago a Russian warship was on special duty in Behring sea, guarding the seal fisheries, preventing the slaughter of the seals during the closed season. The admiral of the station, in the course of an inspection of the vessel, invited any of the sailors who had any complaint to make to step forward. One of the men, as spokesman for the whole crew, complained that the "seal money" promised them had not been paid. On the astonished admiral inquiring what he meant, it came out that the ship's commander had been doing a lucrative trade by killing the seals placed under his protection and sending the skins to London and had taken the crew into partnership. He was duly transferred to Siberia and probably is there still. A Day Dream. Over ponder near the shore-line there's a sea-gull slowly flying. Drifting gently on the bosom of the land breeze from the hills. Land breeze from the hills. And the fragrance all his sense, none denying. Till his brain is strangely heavy, and his brow smectly thrills. Over vonder near the shore-line I, in fancy, see the luster. Of the ardent sunshine streaming on the hills serene and brown. And my tigrant be resting where the my body thickly clutter. While my body lingers, helpless, in the smoke-encircled town. I’ve a fervid, wanton longing for a spot I know out yonder. Tis a little sun-kissed picture that I paint when world-opressed. And I steer that I through fragrance of a phantom garden wander. Where, in fancy, I’ve a cabin and, in fancy, am at rest. -Mahel Lorter Pitts in Sunset Magazine. Germany's Fire-Proof Wood A successful method of making wood proof against both fire and decay is being introduced in Germany. The cells of the timber are emptied of air in a vacuum and filled with sulphate and borate of ammonia. IN THE FAR NORTH. Horses Find Sustenance Under Many Feet of Snow. A recent book on the Klondike country says: "In November, 1898, horses were left to die on the trails and in Dawson. There was neither work nor feed for them. Horses were offered to me for their keep, but I refused. These same horses wandered up in the hills, where the snow was five feet deep. They brushed the snow away with feet and nose, finding lascious whortleberries, blackberries and raspberries in great quantities. The lowest authentic record at the barracks was 57 degrees below zero. Yet in the spring the horses were reclaimed by their owners and looked infinitely better than when turned out to die at the beginning of the winter. This was a lesson as well as a revelation. During the summer of 1899 horses were imported into the Klondike in numbers and 1,200 of them passed the next winter in transporting men and supplies from Dawson to the mines. The dogs were almost entirely superseded and their value—formerly $150—became merely nominal; for a good horse, after all, could pull a ton over the smooth ley trails—a labor that would require three sleighs and twenty dogs. FOREIGN WARES IN CHINA Increasing Demand There for the Products of the West. The Chinese peasant is no longer content to burn bean oil; he wants kerosene. In scores of humble Laos homes I saw American lamps, costing 20 rupees apiece, and a magistrate proudly showed me a collection of 19 of these shining articles. The narrow streets of Canton are brilliant with German and American chandellers, and myriads of private houses throughout the empire are lighted by foreign lamps. The desire of the Asiatic to possess foreign lamps is equalled only by his passion for foreign clocks. The demand for clocks is insatiable. I counted 27 in the private apartments of the emperor of China and my wife 19 in the bedroom of the empress dowager, while cheaper ones tick to the delightful wonder of myriads of humber people.—Century. Birth of a Daybreak Pink Beneath a hedge-row, dense and green, A modest flower reared its head. With petals white of silvery sheen— No other blossom in the bed. As on the slender stem it swaved, A dainty odor filled the air. And just the flower was not content, Een though so fragrant, sweet and fair. For just across the garden path, Were blooms of every shade and hue! None brighter, gayer could be found Ever wet by morn or evening dew. The rare pale flower sadly sighed, "Only to have one little glow. Like all the lovely flowers I see. Would make me happier, I know." A sandy sunbeam heard the sigh, And gayly darting through the green, With fiery glance and heated breath Kissed the pale flower of silver sheen. The sudden warmth of the cares Gave to the flower of a rosy flush; Transformed, its petals ever bare In bud or bloom a dainty blush. Content the flower in beauty throve— No sweeter can be found. I think; We bless the morning sunbeam's kiss That gave to us to thank— Washington Post. Siamese Queen a Bicyclist The queen of Siam is an ardent cyclist and is attended by Siamese women when taking a ride, thus naturally setting a new fashion to her subjects. The cycling infection has now spread to the adjoining territory of Burmah, for in Akyab a bevy of young Burmese women may be seen taking the air a wheel. The Burmese women are the most intelligent and progressive in the East, in some respects even enjoying more liberty than their European sisters; so that it is only natural that they should take the lead in cycling. Mohammedan women in the East wear trousers, so that the "divided skirt" has in this instance preceded the bicycle. Recover Parts of Old Wreck. Parts of the wreck of the Sirius, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, which was lost off Ballycotton, County Cork, in 1847, have just been recovered. NUMBER 17. Pronunciation Was Poor: There is an amusing story of Lord John Russell, who once sat, at a large city dinner, next to a civic magnate. The latter took from his pocket a beautiful snuffbox and said: "This was given to my father by the first Napoleon; there is a hen on the top of it." "Surely," said Lord John, "it cannot be a hen, it must be an eagle." "No, no, said the magnate, "it's a hen," pointing as he did so to the "N" on the loin. Yukon's Yield of Gold. The annual report of the Department of the Interior of the Dominion of Canada for 1903, says: "The gold production in the Yukon Territory for the year ended June 30, 1903, amounted to $12,113,015.34, as compared with $9,566,340.52 in the previous year. The value of gold produced there last year, the next best having been in 1899-1900, when the production amounted to $8,809,464.64." Beautiful Asiatic Lake In central Asia, near the Caspian sea, is a lake of beautiful rose color, while the barks are covered with salt crystals as white as snow. From the waters of this lake there arises a flowerlike odor. The color and the odor are supposed to be caused by vegetable matter in the depths. Russian Soldier's Rations A Russian soldier's daily rations in the field are two and one-half pounds of bread, or one and three quarters of biscuit; one pound of meat, and, for making soup, four ounces of barley groats; three-quarters ounce of dried vegetables and three ounces of flour. Also salt, pepper, tea and sugar. Many Rubber Producers Most Americans have an idea that rubber is a product like wheat or corn, to be obtained from a given tree. The idea is quite erroneous. It has been estimated that 1,000 different species contain rubber, though commercial quantities have been obtained from only forty or fifty. Goat Milk for Children In Paris a Swiss brings a herd of goats in summer and parades through the streets selling the milk, which is beneficial to children. He plays a little air on a mouthorgan, and is always followed by his goats and a crowd of eager little folks. Italians Excel Negroes O. B. Crittenden, manager of the big Corbin estate in Arkansas, says in the Manufacturers' Record that more than one-half of that property is now worked by Italian labor and that the Italianans are superior to the negroes in growing cotton. Rubber Propagation: The various governments with tropical possessions in the East are studying the gutta percha and rubber situation with a view of determining proper methods of propagation and harvesting - Electrical Review. Wealth in Ireland's Bogs. Sir Richard Sankey estimates that Ireland hogs contain the equivalent of 5,000,000,000 tons of coal, and he advocates creating power for varied industries by converting the fuel into electricity on the spot. Ribbon for Life Savers The ribbon of the French Legion of Honor was recently bestowed by Admiral Dupere on a sailor who, in connection with the lifeboat service, had saved 248 lives in thirty-five years. Cabinet of Labor Men Premier Watson, the Australian labor leader, who was called upon to organize a ministry has formed a cabinet in which all but one are members of the labor party. Send Millions to Greece. The amount of money annually received in Greece from Greek emigrants to the United States is assuming proportions that have attracted the attention of the Greek government, bankers and public Greek officials estimate that over $1,930,501 93 thus constitute during 1903. IT IS WALBRIDGE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HELD AT ST. JOSEPH. NAME A COMPLETE STATE TICKET Full Delegations Present—After Prayer by Chaplain, Chairman Akins Makes Address— Tells of Party Work. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Republi can state nominating convention was called to order here July 24, au 12:30 o'clock by Thomas J. Akins, state chairman. After a brief prayer by the chaplain, Mr. Akins made a speech. In brief he congratulated the party that its chances of carrying Missouri were never so good before. he told the convention that the election of Theodore Roosevelt was assured. "You have been elected without disdication as the representatives of the party," he said, "and into your hands is committed for the time being the interests of your party in this state. It is your duty to see that the very best ticket is placed before the people in this campaign. Let every delegate have the courage of his convictions. Let him stand for right and honor. Let him plan for the very best interests of our party. Let the work of this convention bear the stamp of patriotic devotion to the best interest of the state. "Every man." Mr. Akins went on, "rejoices that a stable government has been established in Porto Rico and the Philippine islands. Every thoughtful man in this government rejoices in the fact that the dream of ages is soon to be consummated by the building of the isthmian canal. It will be followed by the improvement of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, making them part of the great seaboard of this country. This great improvement cannot fail to secure the approval of every fair minded American citizen." Mr. Akins said the rural free delivery was one of the blessings of the century. The settlement of the anthracite coal strike by arbitration meets the approval of every American citizen. He declared that while Democrats are always resolving against trusts, it was left for Roosevelt to actually do something toward the destruction of trusts in the Northern Securities merger case. The Republican national platform means what it says and says what it means. It required no historic telegram to tell the public what the position of the party is on any question. ARE STILL BUSY Mr. Akins declared that in the Democratic party the machine was still doing business. A candidate for governor, taking up the shibboleth of the Republican party, "Down with the machine," had secured the nomination, but not until he had been forced to kiss the toe of the Democratic machine. The surrender of the candidate for governor at the Democratic convention, he declared, was indefensible. The Republican battle cry, he said, would be "Better state government in Missouri." "Will we subordinate personal interests and differences and for once act solely in the interests of the party?" he asked. "I want to aid as a member of the national committee your state committee in the battle to redeem Missouri." When Mr. Akins finished speaking there were calls for Warner and for R. C. Kerens. Major William Warner and R. C. Kerens were slitting together on the platform. Akins introduced Mr. Kerens with the words: "He has come to visit the Republicans of Missouri, and I know you will all be glad to hear from him." Mr. Kerens referred to the Akins speech and said: "I, too, used to go around with a short, manuscript in my pockets, but have quit that foolishness. When we get through with the postoffice and postoffice contentions——" (Here he was stopped by bisses and cheers. The cheers finally drowned the hisses and Kerens continued.) He said the differences would soon be harmonized, that there was not much difference between the national platforms. "The Democratic platform," he said, "says the tariff is a robber of the people, and on that sentence we will win." "Mr. Folk, the Democratic nominee for governor," he said, "has advocated some reforms. For that we honor him." But the Republican party has stood for more reforms and better reforms than Mr. Folk, and we are entitled to be recognized as the party of reform." When Mr. Kerens had finished there were loud and continuous calls for Major Warner. Major Warner shook his head and the secretary read the temporary officers. Congressman Bartholdt was greeted with cheers as he took the gavel to act as temporary chairman. France Sends Warships TOULON.—Under orders from Vice Admiral Gigon, the armored cruiser Kleber and the third class cruiser Galilee have sailed for Tangier. The orders given to the commanders of the cruisers were to "hold themselves at the disposition of the minister of France." Officers of the ministry of marine say that this action is to be regarded as pacific. It is suggested that the orders are the outcome of the representations made 'v Ion Perdicaris to Foreign Minister oclasse COMMITTEES NAMED. The roll was called by congressional districts, and the members of the three conventions committees were announced. Rules and Order of Business—First district, E. S. Brown of Knox; Second, F. A. Hudson of Livingston; Third, George Barlow of Harrison; Fourth, C. J. Borden of Buchanan; Fifth, E. C. Ellis of Kansas City; Sixth, C. W. High of Cass; Seventh,仁睿 Lamm of Pettis; Eighth, Junius Conrath of Cole; Ninth, F. L. Wilson of Pike; Tenth, J. B. Howe of St. Louis; Eleventh, Fred Diebel of St. Louis; Twelfth, George P. Weinbreuner of St. Louis; Thirteenth, H. G. Evans of St. Francis; Fourteenth, N. A. Mosey of Stoldard; Fifteenth, Dr. E. D. S. Brown of Knox; Sighteenth, J. F. Moore of Laclede. Credentials—First district, Charles T. Gunday of Scotland; Second, I. W. Elsberg of Monroe; Third, W. P. Brown of Mercer; Fourth, W. Dale of Andrews; Fifth, Homer B. Mann of Kansas City; Seventh, McLain Jones of Green county; Eighth, L. M. Musser of Muller; Ninth, A. A. Vett of Franklin county; Tenth, Louis Alt of St. Louis; Eleventh, Louis Duchman of St. Louis; Twelfth, Martin Scherer, Jr., of St. Louis; Thirteenth, Joseph Colderell of Bollinger; Fourteenth, F. W. Barrett of Christian; Fifteenth, Charles P. Grundy of Scott; Sixteenth, Dr. F. D. Fuson of Wright. Resolutions—Second, Clarence Irwin of Sullivan; Third, George Gromer of Davies; Fourth, John Kennish; Fifth, Francis M. Hayward of Kansas City; Sixth, R. A. Brown of Cedar; Seventh, Samuel Kleinschmidt of Lafayette; Eighth, J. A. Palmer of Camden; Ninth, Dr. A. Tubbs of Gasconade; Tenth, S. H. Spencer of St Louis; Eleventh, Arthur Kamusemere of St. Louis; Twelfth, Nathan Frank of St. Louis; Thirteenth, T. B. Wheltledge of Ste. Genevieve; Fourteenth, C. M. Miller of Oregon; Sixteenth, A. P. Murphy of Pulaski. Presidential electors—First district W. H. Yancey of Lawis; Second, Bert Fisher of Carroll; Third, J. E. Frost of Clinton; Fifth, Walter Davis of Kansas City; Sixth, A. E. Dickey, Deepwater; Eighth, Dr. Enloe, Cole; Eleventh, H. L. Parker, St. Louis; Twelfth Charles Parson; St. Louis; Thirteenth, P. E. Elvins of Elvins; Fourteenth, T. J. Brown of New Madrid; Fifteenth, J. J. Davis of Monett; Sixteenth, Frank Wilson of Dallas. TELEGRAM TO ROOSEVELT. A telegram to President Roosevelt congratulating him on his nomination and expressing trust that Missouri will give him his electoral vote, was sent by the convention on motion of W. B. C. Brown of Kansas City. The telegram follows: "To the President, Oyster Bay, N. Y.—The Republicans of Missouri, instate convention assembled, congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his unanimous nomination and pledge the Republicans of Missouri to his earnest support, trusting to be able to deliver in November the electoral vote of Republicanized Missouri to Roosevelt and Fairbanks. "RICHARD BARTHOLDT, "Temporary Chairman." At 2 o'clock the convention took a recess till 7 o'clock. THE NIGHT SESSION The night session of the Republican state convention was called to order at 8 o'clock by chairman Barthold, who announced that none of the three convention committees was ready to report. That meant no business for the time being, and delegates began to shout for favorite orators. H. S. Caulfield, of St. Louis, Republican nominee for congress in the Eleventh district, was called to the platform. Caulfield said the Democratic party had finally recognized that what the Republicans had said for thirty years about their method of conducting affairs. He characterized Folk as "Joseph, with his coat of many colors," and argued that the pure ballot settles all disputes political, and insures good government. Country delegates called for John C. McKinley, of Putnam county, one of the candidates for governor. McKinley took the platform and said the Democratic party gathered in St. Louis not long ago and held what they called a convention. In reality it was a runeer called to bury the various paramount issues of that party. McKinley told stories that caused merriment and frequent applause. Finally someone in the gallery yelled, "You are the next governor, all right." "Barkis willin." McKinley said and continued his speech. McKinley said the Republicans are closer to the doctrines of Jefferson than the present Democratic party. Its basic principles are free soil and free souls. It has been on the right side of every question since its banners were first unfurled. It has furnished the brightest parts in the world's history. But the doctrines of Roosevelt and the party now and the things they have planned promise brighter pages than any yet written in American history. When McKinley finished there was a general clamor for Walbridge. Hope for Heir to Throne. ST. PETERSBUIG—The eyes of all Russia are now turned toward the Alexandra villa, at Peterhof, where the court and royal family are assembled in anticipation of the pleasure of greeting an heir to the throne. The emperor has canceled all engagements. Off for Long Auto Trip. BOSTON. MASS.—Eight members of the Massachusetts Automobile Club left here Monday in four automobiles on a 1,300 mile tour to St. Louis. The tourists expected to join the party which left New York at Albany. rus P. Walbridge was sitting in the St. Louis delegation. He refused to come to the platform when called by the chairman, but said: "The only evidence of right I have in this convention is my delegate's seat. I prefer to stay by that seat unless by your recorded votes you call me up higher." The St. Louis and Kansas City delegations and some country delegates started an ovation for Walbridge which lasted two or three minutes. The next man called to the platform was John H. Flannagan of Earthage. The Republicans, he said, stood for the ten commandments as written, not with the amendment, "Thou shalt not steal anything except votes for the office of circuit attorney." After being in session an hour, the committee on credentials was announced by McLane Jones of Springfield. A majority of the committee recommended the seating of the Hesilp delegation of Independence. This was the Dickey delegation. The state committee had seated the other delegation, headed by W. H. Waggoner, who represents the postoffice machine. A minority report seating the Waggoner delegation was offered, but before it was read Bert D. Nortoni announced that he was authorized by Charles E. Small of Jackson county to ask that the minority report be withdrawn in the interest of harmony. This left the Dickey delegation uncontested, and the majority report was adopted without amendment. E. C. Ellis, chairman of the committee on permanent organization, rules and order of business, reported the recommendations of the committee. It made C. C. Burton of Vernon county permanent chairman and the minor temporary officers of the convention the permanent officers. On the adoption of the report C. G. Burton took the gavel. He talked briefly and spoke feelingly of the unfortunate condition of ex-Senator George Graham Vest. He asked permission to send a telegram of consolation and encouragement to Mrs. Vest, "the queen of his heart." The convention quickly authorized the telegram. The telegram says: "Mrs. George G. Vest, Sweet Springs, Mo.; The Republicans of Missouri extend to you their tenderest sympathies in this hour of your anxiety. The unquestioned integrity and unsuilled honor of your distinguished husband will be not only a priceless heritage to you and yours, but to every citizen of the state. "C. G. BURTON" "Chairman Republican State Convention." The platform was read by Dr. Alonzo Tubbs of Gasconade, chairman of the committee on resolutions. It was adopted. At 9:25 the roll was called for the nomination of candidates for governor, and a spirited contest was soon under full swing. Bert D. Nortoni of the First district spoke for John C. McKinley of Putnam county. He said, in part: "If you would elect a governor this year," he said, "go to the country and get a man who will get the votes of the farmers. You must elect him with the votes of the farmers and the Free Silver Democrats who don't support the man who is making the race on a gold bug platform. I nominate John C. McKinley." The Second district gave way to the Eleventh, and Judge Seldon P. Spencer took the platform to nominate Cyrus P. Walbridge of St. Louis. When the Third district was called F. W. Cons seconded the nomination of McKinley. He called attention to the fact that North Missouri was safely in the Republican fold. When the Seventh district was called Henry Lamb of Sedalia took the platform. He said: "You do not want to be intoxicated with clamor. You have to meet the best politicians in the country—the Missouri Democracy. This party has survived for thirty years. No party in any other state could cut such high-handed didos before high heaven and not go down in defeat years ago." He named John C. McKinley. The Tenth district yielded to Grundy county, and J. C. Knight seconded Walbridge's nomination. Judge William N. Kinsey said that the purpose of the convention was to find the man who would get the votes. He named Leo Rassieur. He said that just because Mr. Walbridge was from St. Louis the delegates must not think there was a factional fight in St. Louis. He contended that Judge Rassieur could come out of St. Louis with the largest Republican vote of any of the candidates named. Judge Kinsey called attention to Judge Rassieur's excellent war record. Dr. Max Starkloff of St. Louis seconded Walbridge's nomination. This ended the speech-making and the roll call for voting was ordered. It was 10:20 o'clock when the roll call began. The first ballot gave this result: Walbridge, 459; McKinley, 151; Rassieur, 45; Bothwell, 104. After a brief speech from Walbridge the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock the ensuing morning, when the other nominations were scheduled. New Oklahoma Well. CLEVELAND, OK.-The local oil well was "shot" with nitro-glycerine July 25, and it is estimated that 400 barrels of oil poured from the well. Prospectors here estimate that the well will produce 100 barrels a day, if pumped. King Christian's Surgeon King Christian's Surgeon Summoned. COPENHAGEN.—Prof. Schou, surgeon to King Christian, was summoned to Schwarin, where the king is staying. Prof. Schou left after a short interview with his majesty. QUIET HOUR Me Leads Us On. he leads us on By paths we did not know. Upward He leads us, though our steps be slow. Though oft we faint and falter on the way. Though storms and darkness oft obscure the day. Yet when the clouds are gone, We behold the sun. He leads us on Past all our dreamland hopes, and doubts and fears, He guides our steps. Through all the tangled maze Of silence and 'oercloued days We know His will is on And still, He leads us on. And He, at last. before. After the restless force we call life— After the dreadiness, the aching pain. The wayward struggles which have proved in vain— proved in vain- After our toils are past- Will give us rest at last =Shadow of the Book Burdens That Bear Us Up To-day I visited in a hospital a young girl who had just submitted to the amputation of a limb. She told me that when she first learned that she must lose the limb it almost killed her. But she spent a little time in prayer, and knowing now that it was God's will, because in no other way was there any hope that her life could be spared, she accepted the decision of the surgeons quietly. From that moment there was no further struggle. The secret of her wonderful change was her acquiescence in what she believed to be the will of God. The moment we accept a cross, it is no longer a cross. This is a secret well worth learning, for it changes all trial, pain and sorrow, for him who has it. There are in every one's lot many experiences which are not easy, many which try the spirit. It is not possible to eliminate these from our life. No alchemy of grace will change bitter to sweet, pain to pleasure, grief to joy. No strength of faith will make duty always easy or battles with temptation mere play. Every life has its discomforts, its losses, its disappointments, its adversities, its keen pangs of anguish. The love of Christ neither saves the life from trouble, nor deadens the sensibilities so that there is no pain. But when the hard and trying experience is accepted, the bitterness is taken out of it. It was this that sweetened the cup of Gethsemane for the Master. A study of his prayers that night shows the movement of his heart towards peace. "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. "O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will be done." The secret of his victory over the sorrow is given in his words a little later: "The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" The bitterness was gone. Yet nothing had been taken from the terrible experience that lay before him. Not a drop had been emptied out of the cup. The difference was that the mind of the holy Sufferer had been brought into perfect acquiescence. So it will be in every phase of life which has in it uncongeniality, hardship, repulsiveness, pain or cost, for us; we can get the victory over it by coming to it with an acquiescent mind. There are people we do not like—they repel us. We try to think of them as Christ does, and our heart begins to yearn to help them. Then the repulsiveness is gone. A duty is distasteful. We think we cannot do it, it is so uncongenial. We remember then that the Master has set the task for us, and at once it is transformed. We face self-denials and sacrifices which it seems to us we can never make. As we think of them, however, we realize that Christ is calling us to enter a little way with him into his own experiences of suffering. Our shrinking is immediately changed to glad acceptance. We come up to the edge of a great sorrow. It seems our heart will break. As we pray, however, our will sinks into God's will, and we have peace. The sorrow is not alleviated, but we have acquiesced in it, and the bitterness is past. The old legend says that when their wings were brought and laid on them the birds complained at being compelled to carry the burden. But when they accepted them, lo, their burdens which they so dreaded, lifted them. So it is with every burden which our Father lays upon us—when we accept it, it becomes wings.—J. R. Miller, D. D. The Grace of Silence. This grace of silence under trial is one of the most rare and difficult graces; but it is one of the most pleasing to God and most conducive to strength and beauty of Christian character. None of us loves to suffer and we all shudder at the sight of the probe or the amputating knife. But when the Infinite love is engaged in cutting out a selfish lust or cutting off a diseased limb, our duty is to submit. "Keep still, my friend," says the surgeon to the patient in the hospital; for restlessness may produce false cuts and aggravate the process." If the brave fellow is wise, he will say "Doctor, go as deep as you choose, only be sure to fetch out the bullet." Ah! the battlefield often requires less courage than the hospital! The onset of service, with drums beating and bugles sounding, does not so test the mettle of our graces to be thrown down wounded, or to be com- manded to lie still and suffer. To shout a battle cry at the mouth of the cannon is easier than to put our hands on our mouths and be silent because "God did it." If he is silent as to explanations of trying providences, let us be silent in our filial submission. God knows what is best for us; that is enough.—Theodore L. Cuyler. In Christ The life of man may be lived in one of two circles—the world or Christ. In the world, there is tribulation; but in Christ, there is peace. In this present life a Christian man may appear to live in both. To put our meaning in another way, the inner life of the believer is lived in an inner circle, which is Christ, which inner circle is surrounded by another, which we call the world. Between these circles there need be no communication from without. Into the inner circle of the Christ-life the world cannot intrude. The surface may be ruffled, but the depths are still. The circumference of life may be in violent agitation, but at the center is peace, for at the center is Christ. If these things are true—and countless thousands can bear testimony to the truth of them—a man who is in "Christ," is not only free from molestation from without, but can only approach and use the world through Christ. His position in Jesus affects his relations with all comprised in the outer circle. Life becomes a new thing, and the world, because he lives in Christ. He can no more separate himself from his Master than can a man separate himself from the atmosphere. He is filled with and surrounded by the Christ-life and wherever he goes he takes it with him. These are the secrets of the imparted life of Christ through the Spirit, and a conscious realization of them would revolutionize our lives. Christ is in us and for us as a very present help in every time of need. This is the believer's privilege and in it lie both safety and strength. The Need for Faith: "We do not," says Thoreau, "have faith enough. At night we say our prayers, and unwillingly commit ourselves to uncertainties." He touched here very keenly upon the fussiness of a certain sort of people who will not believe that the world is well ordered and who feel that unless they sit up and watch things the universe will blow up in the night. They must see every step; very often they fear to make any step lest they repent it; they keep themselves in the continual state of uncertainty, because they do not trust enough. The world has wagged on better or worse; every season the earth renews her increase; everything points to the fact that the proper way to approach life is with a large confidence—confidence that if you do your best you can trust in the forces of which you do not know to take care of the general scheme of things. Never hang back, even if you cannot see the goal; do the work that you see next to you, and trust in God for the rest. Thoreau is right. As people, as individuals, we do not have faith enough. it is a good thing to cultivate; it makes for good work in every way; it helps us to live happily. Exerv Day. Every day let us in God's strength pledge ourselves afresh to do his will, even in the veriest trifle, and to turn aside from anything that may displease him. Every day let us come to him in simple obedience and faith, asking help to keep us and aid us through that day's work. And to-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, through years of long to-morrows, it will be but the same thing to do; leaving the future always in God's hands, sure that he can care for it better than we. Blessed trust that can thus confidingly say, "This hour is mine with its present duty; the rest is God's, and when it comes his presence will come with it." Reasons for Being Thankful. He who sees in the heavens and the earth the loving power of Almighty God is ever in want of reasons for being thankful. The light of the sun by day, the moon and the stars by night, are evidences of the sustaining strength of our God. Knowing these things, how can we fail to be thankful? For food and health, for home and its comforts, for garments and shelter, for liberty and friends, our sense of obligation ought to be great. Losing Self. Think as little as possible about any good in yourself; turn your eyes resolutely from any view of your acquirements, your influence, your plan, your success, your following—above all, speak as little as possible about yourself. The inordination of our selflove makes speech about ourselves like the putting of a lighted torch to the dry wood which has been laid in order for burning.—Bishop Wilberforce. If Not a Hero. Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where he made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtue and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.—Beecher. Scientist Gathers Specimens Dr. Gottfried Merzbacher, who has been engaged for two years on a scientific expedition in the Thianshan mountains, in Central Asia, has returned to Munich with many objects of geological paleontological, zoological and botanical interest. 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. Mine Development Few people realize the extent of the underground workings of a gold mine. One mine in the Cripple Creek district, Colorado, has over twenty-six miles of development underground, and is adding to this territory about four miles a year. It would require a week of walking, riding and climbing to inspect even half of this mine. Shadow From Venus. Persons who wish to observe the shadow cast by Venus may do so by pointing towards the planet a long box, blackened on the inside and closed by a plate of ground glass. The object to cast the shadow is placed at the farther end. In these conditions the shadow is clearly thrown on the ground glass. Value of Reading Habit There is a gentle, but perfectly irresistible coercion in a habit of reading well directed, over the whole tenor of a man's character and conduct, which is not the least effectual because it works insensibly and because it is really the last thing he dreams of.—Sir John Herschel. Proved Beyond a Doubt. Middlesex, N. Y., July 25.—(Special.) That Rheumatism can be cured has been proved beyond a doubt by Mrs. Betsey A. Clawson, well known here. That Mrs. Clawson had Rheumatism and had it bad, all her acquaintances know. They also know she is now cured. Dodd's Kidney Pills did it. Mrs. Clawson tells the story of her cure as follows: "I was an invalid for most five years caused by Inflammatory Rheumatism, helpless two-thirds of the time. The first year I could not do as much as a baby could do; then I rallied a little bit and then a relapse. Then a year ago the gout set in my hands and feet. I suffered untold agony and in August, 1903, when my husband died I could not ride to the grave. "I only took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and in two weeks I could wait on myself and saw my own wood. I dug my own potatoes and gathered my own garden last fall. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me." Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put the Kidneys in shape to take all the uric acid out of the blood. Grasp the Opportunity. In 1865, Durham was a village of a dozen houses. When the soldiers plundered the place, they got a quantity of smoking tobacco. They liked it so well that they hardly got home before they began to write to Durham to get more. There were in the town men of enough enterprise to see the opportunity which this situation offered them. It was not long before Durham salesmen were selling Durham tobacco in every part of the world.—The World's Work. 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. Marriages In United States Of the marriages in general in the United States it is discovered that out of the 1,000 considered 139 men will have been married at least once before the celebration under consideration, while the 861 will have made vows for the first time. Of the 1,000 women in the case only ninety-eight will have worn widow's weeds before the wedding. Thus, out of the 2,000 individuals, parties to the 1,000 marriage, 237 will have bought or have worn wedding rings before. Japanese Deitiea Are Kindly: Japanese deities are as kindly and gentle-hearted as the people themselves. The story of the creation is quaint. Two gods, izanagi and izanami, standing upon the bridge of heaven, cast grains of rice abroad to dispel the darkness. They then pushed a spear down into the green plain of the sea and stirred it around. This spear became the axis of the earth, started it revolving, and thus brought about the dry land. MOSE JOHNSON'S FUNERAL BY ALEXANDER RICKETTS Copyright, 1900, by The Shortstory Pub. Co. (All rights reserved.) As I sat on the porch talking desultorily with the landlord—the wide, roomy porch, with the wobbly, creaky, comfortable, splint-bottomed rocking-chairs, of the old tavern, not the "pizza" of the garish new hotel, which the younger generation point to pridefully as stamping with an outward and visible sign the village's evolution into a city—I happened to mention—I've forgotten exactly how it came into my mind—having seen Gen. Grant's funeral. "Humph!" observed the landlord, contemptuously. "You ought've seen Mose Johnson's funeral if you wanter say you've seen a funeral. Eh, fellers?" An appreciative chuckle circulated among the rest of the loungers, and spurred me into asking, "Why?" "Cause it was worth seein'," explained the landlord, scraping vigorously with his jack-knife at the turnip with which he was refreshing himself. "Whenever any of you out-of-town fellers comes 'round here braggin' about your gorgeous mortuary pageants, like them Gen. Grant's obsequies you jest mentioned," he added, after thoughtfully selecting a new point of attack upon the turnip, "it don't fease us any. We jest nudge each other in an unassumin' gen. way, an' say 'He oughter've seen Mose Johnson's funeral.' It was plenty of panoramaer for simply country folks like us." "What was it? How was it remarkable? I asked, curiously. "Oh, I dunno as it was anyways remarkable, except out here in the country. Mebbe you fellers that live in big cities are used to them," replied the landlord, cautiously. "Well, let me hear about it, and I can tell better," I urged. "Then, to begin at the beginnin'," began the landlord, clearing, reluctantly apparently, for action by depositing the turnip, with his knife stuck upright in it, on the porch railing. "it was all on account of an ord'nance we've got here providin' that there shan't be any parades unless the mayor gives a permit for it. Last year when the circus struck town we had a cross-grained, crabbed old feller for mayor, an' when the circus man went to get a permit for his parade he got turned down. "I want a permit to parade,' says the circus man. "You can't have it,' says the mayor. "I'd like to know why I can't,' says the circus man. "Cause circuses are demoralizin' an' indecent inventions of the devil for to lead the young an' unwary outer destruction, an' consequently I don't approve of them,' says the mayor. "Nothin' of the kind,' says the circus man. 'I'll have you know that mine is a great moral and instructin' show that'll benefit an' uplift any community, an' especial any old moth-eaten fossil like you.' "So the two of them had it back an' forth, hot an' heavy. The circus man beggin', an' the mayor refusin'; the circus man threatenin', an' the mayor defyin' him; the circus man pleadin', an' the mayor sittin' obstinate; the circus man gettin' madder an' madder, an' the mayor not budgin' an inch; the circus man cussin', and the mayor finin' him seventy-five cents per cuss—until the upshot of it all was that the circus man had to leave without the permit, but swearin' he'd parade in spite of all the mayors an' permits in creation, while the mayor was vowin' M. "You can't have it!" says the Mayor." he shouldn't, if he had to call out the militia to stop him. "You can't have it! says the Mayor," he shouldn't, if he had to call out the militia to stop him. "Well mall circus man came down here an' carried on somethin' awful, worse than the wildest man from Borneo you ever seen, an' offerin' everythin' to everybody if they'd only tell him how he could outwit the mayor, an' jest then I had sorte an ideal. So I says to him, 'Say, 'I say, 'Mose Johnson's lyn' dead this minit, waitin' for the poor board to bury him, Mose always bein' a shiftless, thoughtess, no-count kind of a feller.' "I wish it was the mayor,' snaps Mr. Circus. 'What of it?' "Well, I says, 'I dunno as there's any ord'nance regulatin' funerals, or permit got to be got for the same. Do I get that contract for feedin' the animals?' I says. "You do' says the circus man, his face lighting up like a transparency. 'Set 'em up for the house, an' then come and show me where Johnson's abode is.' "At first the disconsolate wilder stood out for a full suit of mournin'—dress, shoes, stockin' his, bonnet, veil, all' all the fixin'—but finally she compromised on a crape veil 'an' a pass to the show an' a seat on the band-wagon. "Accordin', right on the time advertised, along down the street past the mayor's office came a hearse, with Johnson reposin' peacefully in it, an' the circus follin' in all its glory, with crowlin' an' carryin' on, each in his red an' gold glitterin' an' the elephants trumpetin' an' the lions roarin' an' the hyenas laugh'n' an' the rest of the menagerie howin' an' gruntin' an' particular style, an' the band playin' sometimes a funeral march to jig time an' sometimes 'A Hot Time in the Old Town' to funeral march time, an' the horses prancin', an' the ladies smirkin', an' the chariots rumblin', an' the clowns grinin', an' the men smilin', an' the steam planner toolin' hymn tunes with variations, an' the circus man a-straddlin' a dancin' pie M. J. S. "'Wha-at?' gasps the Mayor. bald stallion, lookin' proud an' serene an' happy. "My socks, wasn't it the mayor's turn to be mad! He came rushin' out of his office like a crazy man on the loose, an' catchin' hold of the bridles of the horses pullin' the hearse, shoved them right spang back on their haunches. "What's the meanin' of this here? shouted the circus man, ridin' up, pretendin' to be terribly shocked. 'What do you mean by interferin' in this out- rageous way with my old friend Mr. Johnson's funeral, you old grave-rober you?" " 'Wha-at?' gasps the mayor. "I'll have you know that we're performin' our sad duty of attendin' our late lamented friend's remain to their last restin' place, you irreverent old body snatcher. Ain't we, Mrs. Johnson?" says the circus man, pleasant as a basket of chips. "Yes, you be," chirps the forlorn wilder, from where she was munchin' peanuts an' popcorn besides the bass-drum in the band-wagon. "Well, sir, the mayor was pig-headed about some things, but he realized instanter that he didn't have no authority to stop a funeral in full career. So all he could do was grind his teeth, an' froth considerable at the mouth, an' hope somethin'd turn up that'd give him a chance at that circus man while that parade followed Johnson all over town. An' they didn't shirk Johnson none, either, but finally went ahead an' planted him to the tune of 'Where Was Moses When the Light Went Out?' There was the biggest crowd at that funeral that ever attended such a melancholy event in this town. "An' that's why," concluded the landlord, resuming his knife and turnip, "we're claimin' that the last sad rites paid to Mose Johnson's ashes were somethin' new an' unique in the way of obsequies, at least in this here neighborhood." DOOM OF GREAT SALT LAKE. Scientists Say It Will Dry Up Within Half a Century. Statistics indicate that Great Salt lake, the Dead sea of America, is doomed—that it is gradually drying up. The opinion now almost universally prevails among scientists that this mysterious body of water, located at an altitude of 4,210 feet above the sea level and 1,000 miles inland, and which has but a single rival, the Dead sea of Palestine, is certain within the course of a half century to disappear from the map. Some scientists, who have made a careful study of the fluctuations of the lake for the past several years, even declare that it will be dried up within a quarter of a century. Sixteen years ago, in 1886, the area of the lake's surface was estimated at about 2,700 square miles. Taking twenty feet as the average depth at that time, one may estimate 1,505,433,600,000 cubic feet as the contents of the lake. To-day, according to recent surveys, the lake has an area of about 2,125 square miles. Multiplying this number by $11\frac{1}{4}$, the number of feet in depth of the water that has disappeared and not been replaced, gives 669,778,400,000 cubic feet as the quantity of water less than what the lake had sixteen years ago. Observers of the lake have assigned three causes for the shrinkage of its water. They are evaporation, irrigation and a subterranean outlet that some suppose to exist. There are ardent advocates of cach of these theories. He Was in a Hurry. We were waiting for a train at a station in the country. The station agent combined the offices of trainmaster, express agent, telegraph operator and the rest. He looked wise when you asked him a question, but he wasn't. "Does the next train carry a dining car?" we asked. "Wal," he said, looking for a wide crack in the platform before he emptied an overload of tobacco juice from between his teeth. "I can't jes' rightly say. I ain't never tuk much inter-rest in them cyars." "Does it stop at Swamptown?" was the next question. The agent was clearly uncertain on this point. "Well, when is it due?" we asked, anxious to learn if he was certain of anything about the train. "Wal, hits due at half-pas' 3 or hafpas' fo', I furgit which," he replied. "I kinder open up 'bout an hour after dinner and set around' till dark. Hit don't make much difference to me when she comes." "Good Lord, man, don't you know anything about the trains through your own station?" we asked in desperation. "Wal, now," he said, and it was easy to see that his feelings were wounded; "yer might give er feller er chanst to larn. I ain't had this job but three weeks."—Nashville Banner. Made Temporary Truce. James VI of Scotland—afterward James I. of England—in 1587, being much perturbed by the constant quarrels his nobles, determined to end all disputes by a summary process of reconciliation. Accordingly, having assembled the nobles on Sunday, May 14, at Holyrood, in the lodging of Sir James Maitland of Thirlstone, he drank to them and caused them all to shake hands. On the following day, after banqueting them in Holyrood, he caused the earls of Angus, Montrose, Mar and Glencairn, also the master of Glammis, and many others—all deadly enemies to one another—to march hand in hand two abreast from the abbey to Holyrood along the Canongate and High street of Edinburgh to the town cross, where the provost and bailies had a table spread with wines and sweetmeats. Here the company once more drank to their eternal amity and separated. But a few weeks later they were lying in wait, as of old, to kill one another. Eternal. Since the star Sirius crossed the Milky Way— 'Tis but a single point in space and time. The sixty thousand years but yesterday That seems to us so vast and so sublime. There is no measure for the infinite. The Past, the Now, the Future are as one. Through sixty million of our years the Light Has flown through space from that great central sun. There never was a time there was no light. Or when Creation's work was first begun: No time when Thought, the act of Mind, in flight. Did not outstrip the swiftest light of sun. -J. T. Daggett. Don't Carry Cigars. I desire to suggest to cigar smokers: Don't, at this time of the year, or, in fact, at any time, carry one or several cigars in the left or right upper waistcoat pocket. The body is a rare absorbent, and, especially in summer, with wide open pores, if tobacco is in close contact, there is likely to be an absorption of its principles which will result in vertigo, faintness and perhaps worse. Enjoying the best of health, I could not account for some very peculiar sensations at times which gave me the utmost alarm. Even in bed I would experience something approaching a sinking spell. I traced the cause to my habit of carrying cigars in my waistcoat pockets.—New York Times. THE BOURBON CRAZY QUILT. FIAT MONEY FOREIGN COMPETITION HARD TIMES SOUP HOUSES FREE TRADE LOW WAGES TARIFF LOCK OUTS NO WAGES ANTI-EXPANSION TINKERING FREE SILVER RECIPROCITY --- ACCORDING TO FACTS ACCORDING TO FACTS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM STATEMENTS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. History Proves That Tariff Reduction Has Always Been Followed by Business Adversity, While Higher Tariffs Have Brought Business Prosperity. --- The only vulnerable point found in the Republican 'platform, from the Democratic and Mugwump standpoint, is the sentence: "A Democratic tariff has always been followed by business adversity, a Republican tariff by business prosperity." The statement might have been worded a little differently and retained the same meaning. Platforms are not details and planks are not elaborations. Great underlying principles are enunciated in the tersest possible way, never ambiguous to the honest interpreter, but sometimes capable of much twisting by the demagogue. Perhaps, for the benefit of our free traders, the sentence should have read: "Tariff reduction has always been followed by business adversity; higher tariffs by business prosperity." This is what the plank means, and this is what the free traders know it means, and they also know that it is true, although the Springfield Republican howls "hiar" and the New York Times contents itself with "mendacious" and "silly," while the Boston Herald, New York Evening Post and their echoes think it positively shameful. The Springfield Republican goes to the "Tariff Hand Book" of the American Protective Tariff league and fixes up one of the tables to suit itself. For instance, it says: Art of Character. State of business. 1846...Free-trade...Good times as a rule up to 1857. Reference to the files of the Republican in the early fifty in both its editorials and news columns, will show who is doing the lying at this THE BOURBO FIAT MONEY FOR COMP SOUP HOUSES FREE TI TARIFF LOCK OUTS FREE SILVER NO WAGE TINKERING RECIV point. It is not necessary to thresh over again the arguments concerning the state of business under the tariff of 1846. None but a few free traders who consider that truth is a lie well stuck to maintain that we had no hard times under the tariff. "But what about 1873 and 1884 yells the free trader. We will say that under the Morrill tariff and war tariffs we were doing splendidly, until 1872, when it was thought best to make reductions, and these reductions were not only on a general 10 per cent basis, but many articles were put on the free list. It can be said, further, that these reductions and transference to the free list came at a very unfortunate time, and, aggravated by the money situation, brought about the panic of 1873, and the business depression which followed. Duties, as a whole, were, however, protective, and under the protection thus afforded we recovered and went onward in the march of prosperity and progress. But alas! in 1883 there were Republicans with "ideas," and the result was compromise, and another vital reduction of duties, particularly in the wool industry. The free list was further increased, and again the result was business depression, from which, however, we recovered because of the general protective character of the law. As the Republican admits hard times under the tariff of 1894, we will simply turn to the other side. In 1860, the Republicans found the country and its industries paralyzed. Protection brought prosperity. In 1890, duties were increased and prosperity increased with gigantic strides. In 1897, the country and its people were bankrupt, and again a resort to protection not only brought prosperity, but brought it in a measure unparalleled in the history of nations. Now, to go back prior to the forma- --- tion of the Republican party, the party of protection. In 1816, the tariff was reduced and adversity came. In 1824, the tariff was increased and prosperity came. In 1828, the tariff was still further increased, and increased prosperity was the result. In 1833, the tariff was changed by a measure calling for gradual reductions, and soon after the first reduction business depression resulted, and when the second reduction was made came panic and ruin. A high tariff was enacted in 1842, and with it came a return to prosperity. This brings us again to 1846, with its reduction of duties, and in spite of most favorable attendant conditions we soon found ourselves where Samuel Bowles cried to Congress for mercy, and the Republican howled for a return to protection. But the free traders of the South knew their business, and in 1857 came still lower duties and still more misery. That is in brief the story in a few sentences which the above plank tells in a few words. And no amount of squirming by free traders or cries of "lar" and "mendacious" will change history or alter facts. Every tariff reduction in our history, without exception, has resulted in business depression and adversity; and every increase in the tariff, without exception, has resulted in prosperity. That is the issue, gentlemen, and that will give us the victory. The Mints or the Mills (Tune—"When Johnnie Comes Marching Home.) Eight years ago 'tis very sure The times were bad; "Sixteen to one" was Bryan's cure, The silver gilt. He said if we the mints would start, And coin "clipped" dollars a-la-carte, Prosperity would cheer each heart And sorrow flee away. Eight years ago, when times were hard, And bad—so bad— Mercury had won winning card, The cure he had. He said if we the mills would start, And give home labor back its part. Prosperity would joy impart And drive the wolf away. N CRAZY QUILT. REIGN DETITION HARD TIMES LOW WAGES ANTI- EXPANSION PROCITY Eight plenteous years have since passed by. by Hurrah! Hurrah! No more kids from hunger cry, Hurrah! Hurrah! McKinley's plan to start the mills Brought back good cheer oer vale and hills. Existing all our Free Trade tills And the mints? why! They're all right. Protection first, make no mistake, Hurrah! Hurrah! Then reciprocity—not fake— Hurrah! Hurrah! Our affection for Uncle Sam, Stands pat for every honest man, Puts all lawbreakers under ban, And guards our liberties. Our nominees in nineteen-four, Hurrah! Hurrah! Are sure to win the race galore, Hurrah! Hurrah! With Roosevelt tried and Fairbanks true, And Oregon's nineteen thousand plus— The Demies-at the finish-whew! Will not be in the race. Hurrah! Hurrah! What McKinley Thought. The tariff busters have juggled with President McKinley's Buffalo speech in a puerile effort to prove that he favored reciprocity, even in competitive products, which he never did. Of Republican reciprocity the lamented president said: "Our endeavor should always be the opening up of new markets for the products of our country by granting concessions to the products of other lands that we need and cannot produce ourselves, and which do not involve any loss of labor to our own people, but tend to increase their employment."—Freeport (Ill.) Journal. The Real Issue. Nine-tenths of the newspaper comments, both Democratic and Republican, are devoted to the tariff and reciprocity planks of the platform adopted at Chicago. The same proportion will undoubtedly hold good throughout the entire campaign. Who says now that the tariff is not an issue—in fact, almost the only issue—which separates the two parties in the contest of 1904? How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Caterpillar. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the understudies have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. We can provide careable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by his firm. Whosecure Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Caterpillar is taken internally, acting directly upon the bible and the system. Testimonial sent free. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Underground Lavatories. The public works committee of Birmingham, England, in submitting to the city council a proposition for the construction of an additional underground lavatory, etc., announces that where small charges are made there are profit possibilities in convenience of this kind. The committee said that the four underground lavatories, etc., were paying the city a net profit of $2,433 a year. 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. Olsted, Ro. K, Y. Y. Milkman's Stool Always Handy. While passing a pasture recently I saw a cow with a rape tied to her horns about ten feet long with a cedar block tied to the end of the rope. I did not know what it was for, and asked the owner of the cow. "That's me milkin' stool," said he. "I milk in the pasture and when I find me cow, me stool is always handy."—Bangor News. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. Going It Alone. No matter what you undertake; no matter what the game, be it love or business, this advice goes just the same. In your struggle for position, for happiness or wealth let these words your motto be: "Rely upon yourself." Then if you make a ten strike it will be all your own and if you in the gutter fall you can wallow there alone. Worth Remembering. Every one of us knows how painful it is to be called malicious names, to have his character undermined by false insinuations. Every one knows also, the pleasure of receiving a kind look, a warm greeting. By that pain and by that pleasure let us judge what we should do to others.—Dean Stanley. Fewer Hours at Same Pay. Four years ago the working day in all French factories was one of twelve hours, a year later it was eleven hours, and then it came down to ten and a half; but since April 1 it has been one of ten hours. The same wages are paid for ten hours as were paid when twelve hours were worked. Africa to Be Cotton Field. Africa, owing to her climate, soil and population, is better fitted for cotton production than any other of the continents of the globe, and will become the greatest supply field of that staple after civilized methods of government and economies have become dominant there. Uses for Fire Engines In some of the country mansions of England fire engines are kept, which can be driven by the ordinary electric-lighting current when desired at a critical moment, or the fire engine will wash the outside of the windows without endangering the lives of servants. Reduces Russian Holidays. The ear has sanctioned a reduction in the excessive number of holidays observed in Russia. RACE DONE? Not a Bit of It. A man who thought his race was run made a food find that brought him back to perfect health. "One year ago I was unable to perform any labor and in fact I was told by my physicians that they could do nothing further for me. I was fast sinking away, for an attack of grip had left my stomach so weak it could not digest any food sufficient to keep me alive. "There I was just wasting away, growing thinner every day and weaker, really being snuffed out simply because I could not get any nourishment from food. "Then my sister got after me to try Grape-Nuts food which had done much good for her and she finally persuaded be and although no other food had done me the least bit of good my stomach handled the Grape-Nuts from the first and this food supplied the nourishment I had needed. In three months I was so strong I moved from Albany to San Francisco and now on my three meals of Grape-Nuts and cream every day I am strong and vigorous and do fifteen hours' work. "I believe the sickest person in the world could do as I do, eat three meals of nothing but Grape-Nuts and cream and soon be on their feet again in the flush of best health like me. "Not only am I in perfect physical health again but my brain is stronger and clearer than it ever was on the old diet. I hope you will write to the names I send you about Grape-Nuts for I want to see my friends well and strong. "Just think that a year ago I was dying but to day, although I am over 55 years of age most people take me to be less than 40, and I feel just as young as I look." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look for the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each pkg. THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODS..... Business Manager Published Every Week SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year. $21.50 Six months. .15 Three months. .40 One month. .15 Sarately paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of authenticity. OFFICE: No. 117 West Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion . . . $ 8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 8.00 For two inches, three month . . . 5.00 For two inches, six month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches, twelve months . . . CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL . . IN KANSAS CITY, The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. November 8 is among the things that the Democrats view with alarm. The Republican party seeks to convince the people. The Democratic party seeks to scare them. The music of the telegraph instrument on election night is the Democracy's annual elegy of grief. The world will not be slow in making its choice between Roosevelt and a Record and Parker and a Promise. One of the peculiarities noticeable in insane asylums is that every inmate always insists that he is "sane." Every time Democratic platform makers yield to their desire to be honest, they endorse some Republican policy. Having admitted that they were insane in 1896 and in 1900, the Democrats practically join in the chorus of rejoicing that their candidate was not successful in those years. The Democratic plank on the Philippine question is an expression of regret that the American policy there has not been met by disaser. The Republican party tells of the things it has done. The Democrats tell us of what they will do, if they get into power and don't go insane again. It will take better testimony than that of Drs. Tillman and Bryan to convince the voters of the country that the Democratic party has regained its sanity. The Republican motto, according to Speaker Cannon, is "We Move On." The best the Democrats can do is to inscribe their banners with "Safe, Sane and Sacred." The Democrats demand a prosecution of the unlawful trusts, and show how to do it by pointing to the trail already blazed by a Republican attorney General under a Republican administration. Having denounced the adoption of the gold standard as the crime of the century, the Democratic party now comes in and asks the privilege of being adjudged guilty as an accessory after the fact. The Knights of Pythias of Missouri just closed one of the grandest sessions at Joplin, Mo., last week ever was held in the state. Every department of the order showed signs of progress in every way. The Republican platform for 1904 was the logical result of a consistent record of fifty years of enlightened thought. The Democrats were all at sea until Dave Hill told them what they might believe this year. The Democratic party has entered a plea of "guilty" to the charge of having been unsafe and insane for at least eight years. It is not altogether satisfied with its present symptoms, but is more hopeful since it has taken the Republican gold cure. --- PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO. The Negro has made tremendous strides along the educational line, and education is recognized the world over as the polishing stone to man. The question may be raised of what good will a diploma from a school or college be to a young man, it he does not carry any force of character; or what use it is to him if it does not fit him for a calling of some kind? When in school, the youth should be in the preparatory department, getting ready for the difficulties of life. But when he comes out and comes with nothing but a diploma showing that he has rubed up against Greek and Latin—no trade—no profession—then, I claim, you have sent out a worthless man. You have educated him above the environments by which he must be surrounded. He wants to be a bookkeeper or something for which there is no demand. He goes into some white man's office seeking a job, and there totes of the grades he has made in school and all else he has accomplished. The white man, after questioning him thoroughly, usually thanks him for coming around and telling him about the various branches in which he is so learned. Finally, he winds up and tells the young Negro, "I hope there will be an opening for you in such and such a place, but he doesn't say, 'Yes, I need just such a man as you for clerk or bookkeeper, and you may work your way up right in this store." Now, then, we will turn back and determine what progress is. Progress means a little more than keeping pace with the times in dress and being, as the Negro terms it, fashion plates. We should imitate other things than dress and we should excel in many of the common things. If we are going to imitate the white man in dress, why not imitate him in his every-day life—in those things that make dress necessary? We would like to see the negro keep pace with the times by securing property, by conducting business of all kinds, by uniting his forces and starting stores on a small scale, then sucking together until these stores grow into large business houses. This is what the white man did. When we view this wonderful progress in a certain light, it is neither so great nor so rapid. Out of the 10 million Negroes in the United States, perhaps only from 500 to 1,000 carry on business enterprises and are successful. This does not show that enough Negroes are striving to be recognized in the business world. Too many negroes have said, "Let my wife and children do as I had to do." Not so. You should have prepared the way for them. It is the duty of every father to lay the corner stone of his family's prosperity. It will be much easier for your boy or girl to secure another acre of ground if you have taught him or her the value of an acre, how to get one, and then have left him one. Let us look back a few years, when ground in the neighborhood of Kansas City could have been bought for $50 an acre. Such property now is practically out of the Negro's reach. Just as prices have run up here, they have elsewhere. As a rule, when it comes to making an investment in a business-like way, the black ma nwans until the thing desired is out of his reach. And when he does buy, he is forced by circumstances to make the purchase. Before we lay claim to having made such rapid progress, we should have something to produce that will show that we can go into the markets of the world and hold our own. Now we whoop and holler and clamor because we are not recognized. In the meantime, the white man is still stepping on the blind side of us, buying all the land in sight, building all the factories, and running all the railroads, to say nothing of operating all the stores. Don't you know, my brother, that if we had put the same time and energy into business methods as we have spent in building churches, organizing societies to bury us when we die, and in making grand displays, there would not be so much said about the Negro problem. White peopel would recognize our money and business enterprises. Let's hasten the day when our ministers and our teachers will see the wisdom of coming together along this line. One negro individually rising does not mean much. He must carry some of the rest wih him. Let us waste no more time in imitating the dress of the white man, out let us produce something tangible—something that will stand as a living monument to our genius and our handicraft. My advice to you is to be honorable, upright, and not too proud to work. Let your word be your bond. If you owe a man, pay him, no matter how small the debt. Small things count. Seek to be good citizens and have some say in the city in which you live. Have an interest in the business concerns of that city. The reason why some men have so much force in a city is because they control so much. Do you see? You may not heed now, but sooner or later you will be driven to it, or driven out of existence. Turn around and look at the other side. Get the money, thrift and business intelligence that will solve the Negro problem. ROOSEVELT. By John T. Fetterman. I press my lips to your pictured face, It is no weakness—no disgrace, But just a reverence, a desire That you will lead your party higher, Out of dishonesty and contention, Up to a plane I will not mention. I press my lips to your pictured face, And pray for my own and the cooered race, That you may find a clear way out Of problems—hedged and fenced with doubt. And even now I hope, I believe, The proper way you will conceive, At least I feel, that what is right, You'll do and dare with all your might FREE TRANSPORTATION AND ADMISSION 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. Doubles Its Population. Few persons have any idea of the extraordinary manner in which the population of Europe has increased during the last century. According to statisticians, this population has more than doubled itself from 1880 to 1900. To this increase the Latin nations of the west and southwest contributed the least, and the greatest growth was in the east, where the people have not yet become thoroughly saturated with the ideas of modern civilization. Stone Man of World A great globe ornamented with the map of the earth has been carved in stone to decorate the estate of an eccentric Englishman at Swanage. It stands overlooking the sea and is visible for quite a distance. One may walk about it and study it in detail. The plain surfaces, such as the oceans, lakes and deserts, are decorated with scriptural texts, which are supposed to apply especially to the locality they occupy. Reflections of Wise Thoughts. Joy in one's work is the consummate tool, without which the work may be done, indeed, but without which the work will always be done slowly, clumsily and without its finest perfection.-Phillips Brooks. The average locomotive will draw three hundred tons of goods a mile every three minutes. It would t ke a man and his team ten times as long to haul a single ton for one mile. Cinematograph in Surgery. The cinematograph is being put to novel use by Paris surgeons in teaching students how to perform various surgical operations. Peculiar Species of Bean A certain species of bean in China and Japan grows a yard long. Efforts to introduce it into this country have failed. Leather From Fish Skin An extremely fine quality of green leather, made in Turkey, is manufactured from the skin of the angel fish. But Few Are Blessed. It is more blessed to give than to receive, but the wonderful part of it is that so few people know it. Keynote to Success. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed. Be anything else, and failure is certain. N-Ray Suppression. The suppression of N rays by anaesthetics in vegetables and minerals is much alike. Saloons for Women. In some parts of Berlin there are special saloons for women. 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. Doubles Its Population. Few persons have any idea of the extraordinary manner in which the population of Europe has increased during the last century. According to statisticians, this population has more than doubled itself from 1880 to 1900. To this increase the Latin nations of the west and southwest contributed the least, and the greatest growth was in the east, where the people have not yet become thoroughly saturated with the ideas of modern civilization. Browning's Wonderful Sight At dinner at the Royal Academy, Alma Tadema gave a curious account of Robert Browning's sight, maintaining that with one eye he could read the number of a picture at the end of a long gallery; while with the other, without artificial assistance, he could write an ede of Horace on a piece of paper of the size of a three-penny bit. Capt. Marryat's Opinion. At a comparatively recent period Capt. Marryat of the British navy, the celebrated nautical author, wrote in one of his novels: "What a mine of wealth must lie entangled among its rocks or remain suspended in the unfathomable gulf, where the compressed fluid is equal in gravity to that which it encircles!" Her Whipping Position: A young woman applicant for a school in a Kansas town was asked to answer the question: "What is your position upon whipping children?" And her reply was: "My usual position is on a chair, with the child held firmly across my knee, face downward." She got the school. Citizens of Montana residing in the valley of Milk river are gravely concerned over the proposed extensive diversion of the waters of that stream in Canada, and are importuning the government to intervene in order that their prior rights to the water may be protected. Mountain Sickness. D. W. Freshfield, who ascended Mt. Kangeherjunga with a party of friends, states that those persons who suffered from mountain slickness were most affected between 15,000 and 16,000 feet, and that there was no increase of synptoms up to 20,000 feet. Petersburg to Port Arthur The total distance from St. Petersburg to Port Arthur by the Russian Trans-Siberian railway and the Russian lines in Manchuria is 5,913 miles, or practically twice the distance from New York to San Francisco. A plaintiff in the City of London court, who spoke with a strong German accent, explained that he was a Scotchman, and although he was born and educated in France he was still a British subject. Bridcgroom Was Determined. An extraordinary marriage ceremony took place recently in England. The bridegroom was suffering from a poisoned knee, and had to be carried to church on an ambulance at the risk of his life. The modern bullet will pierce the carcases of three horses in succession at 550 yards; of four at half the distance; and kill a man after passing through the trunk of a thick tree. Monument to Kaffir. At Calvinia, Cape Colony, a statue is to be erected over the grave of Esau, the loyal Kafflr, who was flogged and shot by the Boer invaders during the war. Recover Parts of Old Wreck Parts of the wreck of the Sirius, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, which was lost off Ballycotton, County Cork, in 1847, have just been recovered. Dispose of Infected Milk. It has been discovered that milk declared unfit for sale in Manchester, England, and, therefore, disallowed there, is being sent regularly to London. More Women Than Men. The population of London includes about 252,400 more women than men. In Hampstead there are 159 females to every 100 males. The Harp of Tara. The real "harp that once through Tara's hall the soul of music shed" is in the museum of the Trinity College, Dublin. Strain on Locomotives. The life of the locomotive is becoming shorter because of the heavier work which it is required to do. Lord Mayor's Valuable Badge. The badge worn by the Lord Mayor of London is studded with diamonds to the value of £120,000. Combination Railway. A combined steam, trolley and cable railway has recently been built in Southern Tyrol, Austria. Antwerp Harbor Traffic. Vessels of eighty-five steamship lines enter the harbor of Antwerp regularly. Railroad Mileage. There are seven miles of railroads for each 100 of area. In this city, where we enlarge and paint all kinds of pictures. Our Pictures 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 Pasteline Picture for 50 cents, worth $5.00. Remember, this offer will only last for the month of May. Come to the Studio and see our work. ART SCHOOL. We also give lessons in the art of Painting and drawing from 12 to 6 p.m. A full course for $6.00, in three weeks. We guarantee satisfaction or no pay. We teach Free-and Drawings, Crayon and Pastel Painting-Oil and Water Colors and India Ink. Also SHOURTHAND AND MUSIC. Payments weekly, in advance. Call and use us. Respectfully, W. C. O. JACQUES, Artst. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. McCampell's Pharmacy Danced for Joy. Not many famous persons have the faculty for friendship in old age as Lord Beaconsfield had it. His passion for mastery, his addiction to mystery were rivaled by his immense faithfulness. While he was at Glasgow to be inaugurated lord lorc of the university he heard good tidings of an old associate. "Mrs. Disraeli and L" he wrote, "were overjoyed and we danced a highland fling in our night-gowns." Easily Made Scarecrows Mr. Alfred Robinson of Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, contributes his method of protecting young corn plants from crows. He says: Stick bean poies with black bottles on the end here and, there over the cornfield. The birds, be cunning and suspicious, will regard the glittering bottles as dangerous and keep away from the field. Great Britain Invites Attack Capt. C. Ross says in the United Service Magazine: "It is undoubtedly the case that Great Britain, the corner stone of the British empire, by reason of lack of efficient leadership, national organization and national discipline is not in a fit state to enter upon a struggle with any of the other nations of the first rank; and for that reason alone she invites attack." Russian Soldier's Rations. A Russian soldier's daily rations in the field are two and one-half pounds of bread, or one and three-quarters of biscuit; one pound of meat, and, for making soup, four ounces of barley groats; three-quarters ounce of dried vegetables and three ounces of flour. Also salt, pepper, tea and sugar. Mountain Sickness D. W. Freshfield, who ascended Mt. Kangeherjunga with a party of friends, states that those persons who suffered from mountain sickness were most affected between 15,000 and 16,000 feet, and that there was no increase of symptoms up to 20,000 feet. 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 WORK is strictly first-class in every w and we will give you good work. To introduce for the next 30 days, to make line 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 $600 in three weeks. We guarantee Drawing, Crayon and Pastel Painting—Off 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 Par Bell 'Phone 159 East. M. D. W. LANGSTON, PROPRIETOR. FINE CIGARS. Danced for Joy. Not many famous persons have the faculty for friendship in old age as Lord Beaconsfield had it. His passion for mastery, his addiction to mystery were rivaled by his immense faithfulness. While he was at Glasgow to be inaugurated lord rector of the university he heard good tidings of an old associate. "Mrs. Disraeli and I," he wrote, "were overjoyed and we danced a highland fling in our night-gowns." Capt. Marryat's Opinion. At a comparatively recent period Cant. Marryat of the British navy, the celebrated nautical author, wrote in one of his novels: "What a mine of wealth must lie entangled among its rocks or remain suspended in the unfathomable gulf, where the compressed fluid is equal in gravity to that which it encircles!" Beautiful Asiatic Lake In central Asia, near the Caspian sea, is a lake of beautiful rose color, while the banks are covered with salt crystals as white as snow. From the waters of this lake there arises a flowerlike odor. The color and the odor are supposed to be caused by vegetable matter in the depths. Peteraburg to Port Arthur The total distance from St. Petersburg to Port Arthur by the Russian Trans-Siberian railway and the Russian lines in Manchuria is 5,913 miles, or practically twice the distance from New York to San Francisco. Led Cosmopolitan Existence A plaintiff in the City of London court, who spoke with a strong German accent, explained that he was a Scotchman, and although he was born and educated in France he was still a British subject. American Sparrows Are Prolific. In the United States the sparrow has six broods a year; in Britain sed dom more than three. THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. Remember please— Remember please— 'ts the little bits we collect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. S. Jones of Leavenworth, Kan., was in the cit ylast Sunday. W. B. Garitt and C. H. Kesys left this week for St. Louis. When we mail you your bill please answer if you want this paper. Lewis Hamilton and wife, of Weston, Mo., was in the city on business. Mrs. W. J. Richardson has gone to St. Louis to spend a few days visiting the Fair. The Laundry is making great head way. Rev. Peck is much pleased with the outlook so far. Mrs. Bettie Corder has gone to St. Joseph to the Grand Chapter at 1601 Eugene avenue. Mrs. Richardson of 2318 Highland avenue, left for St. Louis Sunday night to be gone two weeks. This edition of the Rising Son is a hummer. Read our long line of ads, and govern yourself accordingly. Theo Smith, the Twelfth street drug gist, has purchased fixtures and is preparing to open another drug tsore. John Titus Fetterman, author and brilliant entertainer. Open for engagements. Address Kansas City, Mo. Charles Willson in the West Bottoms, as foreman of the street, is doing good work and every one seems to be well pleased. Phyllis Wheatley Art Club meets Thursday at the residence of Mrs. J. E. Cavall, 1227 Woodland avenue, in honor of Mrs. D. C. Ada. Mrs. Mattie E. Toliver left this city Sunday to visit relatives in Ohio and Kentucky, and will stop over at the St. Louis fair on her return. For fine wedding Invitations, calling cards, etc., call on The Granam-Rhodes Printing Co., now located at 704 East 12th St., up stairs.."Printers of Everything." When you visit Weston don't fail to visit the ice cream parlor and the lawn on Washington street. Good times and music to suit the occasion. Lewis Hamilton, Prop. Walter Howard, the street foreman on Main and Delaware is making a record for himself. No one in his district is dissatisfied with his work. He is deserving for what he is doing. J. T. McCampbell, our enterprising young druggist has installed a fine new soda fountain of the very latest make in his already thoroughly modern drug store, at 2304 Vine street. The 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. Oh say, Uncle Sam, (Rev. S. S. Pitcher) I must tell you this first, Rev. McAllister of Pleasant Hill is here. He went to our pastor's, (Rev. Tillman) Sunday. Sunday night he was at church and Rev. Tillman gave it out in church that the gentleman had no place to stay and asked some one to take him home, but nobody took him. He is up here without a cent of money. From what I could learn he has given up his charge at Pleasant Hill. MISS NELLIE STONE. 6601 Hartwell Ave., Chicago, Ill. WHEN YOU CELEBRATE Have your printing done at NATIONAL PRINTING CO., a Negro business doing modern printing. Reasonable prices. Work done for in or out of the city on short notice. Church and Lodge patronage solicited. Ring us up. Bell 'phone, 2443 Black; 205 Wales Bldg., 6th and Delaware, Kansas City, Mo. STATEMENT BY PROF. W. H. LYNCH, OF SALEM, MO. By this use of the newspapers in the school the thoughtful teacher will be enabled to find the trend of the pupil for good or for evil; hence can know best how to manage the pupil to develop true manhood and true womanhood. It has been said that reading makes a full man. Certainly Bacon of England never uttered a truer sentiment. He is a paid subscriber for 56 newspapers and magazines, and has for years made it a rule to take every newspaper in his own county. He said: "I am too poor to do without the papers. Let me urge you, fellow-citizens, to take all the papers that you can afford. Take your home papers and your county papers by all means. Take them into your homes and read them, and have your families read them. Take them into your schoolroom and have your pupils read them. The newspaper is the most valuable agent for progress and prosperity in the community. It is a boon to civilization, a promoter of education, the motive power of enterprise and progress. Take the papes, PAY for them, and read them. If I could not read a word, if I were blind and deaf, I would take a newspaper and have it thrown at my gate, so that when people passed by my home they would know there is a man who is interested in the welfare and upbuilding of his community. Let our motto be: "The newspapers and the public schools are the universities of the people. ANDERSON SMITH A SUICIDE Mr. Anderson Smith, for years an old and respected citizen and member and treasurer of the Second Baptist church, committed suicide at his residence, 25th and Highland, Thursday morning last. It was a sad blow to his family, who have the sympathy of the church and public in this hour of affliction. Peace be to his ashes. He was buried from his home last Saturday, at 2:30 o'clock by the Rone Lodge No. 25, of which he was a member. OPEN TO ALL. Do you want to go to the World's Fair? Yes. Then enter the contest at Stewart's park August 1, 1904. To the most popular lady on the ground or in the two Kansas Citys. Vote 2 cents. Send in your name if you want to enter the race. LEWIS WOODS. Mgr. 117 W. 6th. Please don't ask us for credit when you bring an ad to the paper. Please bring the money. We pay as we go and you must pay. 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. 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 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. THE QUEEN'S POPULAR CONTEST AT JERUSALEM SATURDAY At Jerusalem hall Saturday night in the contest known as "I am the most popular Queen," the first prize was won by Daughter Katie Spears, M. E. Q. of Jerome council No. 53, which was a gold emblem of the order. Second prize won by Daughter Georgia Woods, E. M. Q. of Gordon's Council No. 15, cash, $2.50. Third prize won by Daughter Carrie McDonald, M. W. P. Q. of Eureka Palace No. 1, all of Kansas City, Mo. Col. T. Benton J. Robinson in his usual way and manner made the presentation speeches. A large sum was realized for the order. Refreshments were served. The guests and friends were entertained by a mandolin club Police Taught Politeness. Lessons in "civility and department" are given to the Swiss police, so that they may, on all occasions, conduct themselves "with dignity and grace." JEAT AND JOLLY "Sir!" exclaimed the injured party, "you stuck your umbrella in my eye." "Oh, no," repaired the cheerful offender, "you are mistaken." "Mistaken?" demanded the trate man. "You idiot! I know when my eye is hurt, I guess." "Doubtless," replied the cheerful chap, "but you don't know my umbrella. I borrowed this one from a friend to-day!" Embarrassing A superintendent of a Sunday school relates the following true incident: The title of the lesson was, "The rich young man, and the golden text, "One thing thou lackest." A lady teacher in the primary class asked a little lot to repeat the two, and, looking earnestly in the teacher's face, the child unblushingly told her, 'One thing thou lackest—a rich young man.' A Fair Offer "Tommy," said the economical mother to the boy with the loose tooth. "I'll give you ten cents if you'll let me pull that tooth." The boy thought it over and then went to his bank. "The fun of doin' that is worth more'n ten cents," he said. "I'll give you fifteen if you'll let me pull one of yours." How He Looked at It. "Yes," said the author, "I got seven letters complimenting me on that one short story." "That must have made you feel proud." "It didn't." "What did it do?" "Why, it only made me feel that I didn't get enough for it when I sold it." His Curiosity "Does your wife work hard?" "Well, she seems to, but I've always been curious to know what she does when I'm not home." "Why?" "Because when I am home she dusts every blamed room that I get comfortable in, and I can't think what there is left to keep her busy." No! His Usual Line. Mr. Selph—She thought I was rather severe. She said she didn't think it was like me to talk of others so. Miss Bitter—And it wasn't like you, either. Mr. Selph—Think not? Miss Bitter--No; you generally talk about yourself.-Philadelphia Lcdger. Too Early for Him. "The conditions seem to be unfavorable," admitted the trance medium. "I am unable to get any communication from your late husband." "Well, I'm not at all surprised," replied the widow. "It's only 9 o'clock now and John never did show up till about 2 a. m." What He Is Giving Up. "Are you giving up anything during Lent?" "Yes." "What?" "All my change every Sunday morning to help the children make their Sunday school pledges good." A. Movable Feast. Boarder—Why in creation did you ring the breakfast bell at 4 o'clock this morning? Cook—The mistress heard it thundering and told me to hurry up and serve breakfast before the milk soured. New York Weekly. Tangles It All Up. Towne—It's a fact that a person with a strong imagination has absolutely no head for figures. Bowne—Don't you believe it. When my wife gets her imagination to work upon her age she can make arithmetic look sick. Willing. "Why, my dear man," declared the hypnotist, "by making a few simple passes before your eyes I can make you forget that you are married." "Go ahead," said the other. "I've been trying to forget it for ten years." Two of Them. Towne—I met that fellow De Bates to-day. Browne—Yes, so he just told me. Towne—Talk about a man who won't listen to reason— Browne—Don't! That's what he's just been talking about. How It Got its Name. Teacher—Where did the desert Gobi get its name? The Dunee—Cause people go by it instid of through it. CURL-I-CURE A CURE FOR CURES When you meet a person your first impression is governed largely by his or her appearance. The same applies to you. If you are attractive, beautiful, neat and look fresh and well kept, you better the first impression will be than if you look like hundreds of others — no individuality — mussed up, and as though you had no interest in your appearance. Nothing adds to or detracts from a lady's or gentleman's appearance so much as the hair. Nothing indicates their character, their gentility, good breeding, their taste, so much as the hair. We all know how much care is taken of the hair by all the leading society ladies in all the large cities. 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Then apply Curl-I-Cure twice a day for a week or ten days, rubbing it into the hair and scalp. Then brush the hair for five or ten minutes with ordinary stiff hair brush. The more you brush the hair the quicker the desired result. After the hair is straightened apply twice a week to keep in perfect condition. Carefully follow above directions and straight hair is absolutely assured. SOUTHERN CHEMICAL WORKS, Room 260, 323 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. You owe it to yourself, as well as to others who are interested in you, to make yourself as attractive as possible. Attractiveness will contribute much to your success both socially and commercially. When you meet a person your first in largely by his or her appearance. The same apples to you. If you are attractive, beautiful, trim, no well kept, how much better the first impress- look like hundreds of others—no individual- though you had no interest in your appear- Nothing adds to or detracts from a lady's ance so much as the hair. 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Mr. Alfred Robinson of Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, contributes his method of protecting young corn plants from crows. He says: Stick bean poies with black bottles on the end here and there over the cornfield. The birds, being cunning and suspicious, will regard the glittering bottles as dangerous and keep away from the field. Many Rubber Producers Most Americans have an idea that rubber is a product like wheat or corn, to be obtained from a given tree. The idea is quite erroneous. It has been estimated that 1,000 different species contain rubber, though commercial quantities have been obtained from only forty or fifty. French Custom a Good One In France, when a funeral passes, every man raises his hat to salute it. The deceased person may have been a child, a pauper, a beggar; it is no matter; the cortegue is saluted by every man, whether he be prince, millionaire or mend ant. It is a good and lovely custom. Steel-Tired Wheels. Steel-ticed wheels for railroad and trolley purposes have made their appearance, backed by guarantees that they will give an increased mileage fully proportionate to the increased cost over chilled wheels. It is also maintained that they produce less rail wear, necessitate fewer truck repairs and afford greater safety. Ribbon for Life Savers The ribbon of the French Legion of Honor was recently bestowed by Admiral Dupreer on a sailor who, in connection with the lifeboat service, had saved 348 lives in thirty-five years. Cabinet of Labor Men Premier Watson, the Australian labor leader, who was called upon to organize a ministry has formed a cabinet in which all but one are members of the labor party. The Harp of Tara. The real "harp that once through Tara's hall the soul of music shed" is in the museum of the Trinity College, Dublin. Strain on Locomotives. The life of the locomotive is becoming shorter because of the heavier work which it is required to do. Lord Mayor's Valuable Badge The badge worn by the Lord Mayor of London is studded with dlamonds to the value of £120,000. Railroad Building in Gulf States. During recent years the most active center of railroad work has been the southern Gulf states. Health and Hope. He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. Arabian Proverbs. Chinese Outside China. The number of Chinese outside China is estimated at over 7,640,000. Curl-I-Cure is an ideal, safe preparatory hair straight. We guarantee it absolutely. It is a scalp tonic, cleans and softens the hair, makes them soft, silky, pliable and easilyvents the hair from becoming dry, hairs on breaking off. When you have tried, no matter how doing yourself an injustice if you do not, Weguarantee it positively to do the work with less effort iroms, absolutely nothing is written in the world. Regardless of Curl-I-Cure is manufactured only by the Orkis, Chicago, Illinois. 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Our reputation is a guaranty that our preparation is absolutely pure and harmless and will straighten the hair without causing it to break off and become dry and brittle. Price: $60c. We pay all express charges. Send post office or express money order, as we do not ship C.O.D. Write name and address Remember, the more you brush the hair w the sooner you will obtain the desi = CURE LY STRAIGHTEN hair, is hard soft and silky appearance. and water and let thoroughly dry. Do sk or ten days, rubbing it into the hair brush. The more you brush the hair the keep in perfect condition. utely assured. From 260, 323 Dearborn St.. Native Hand Remember, the more you brush the hair with a stiff hair brush the sooner you will obtain the desired results. Co-Operative Hand Laundry 579 Troost Avenue. US A TRE First Class. Strictly STER VAUGHN, M CES ON PAYM ome good Houses and Buil on easy terms. Among se and Barn on Highland Ave se on E. Seventeenth St. se on Vine St. se on Lydia Ave. in different parts of the cit CHER & W GIVE US A TRIAL. All Work First Class. Strictly Hand Work SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Manager. HOUSES ON PAYMENTS. We have some good Houses and Building Lots Can sell on easy terms. Among them are : 5-room House and Barn on Highland Ave.....$1,600 4-room House on E. Seventeenth St.....1,000 5-room House on Vine St.....900 4-room House on Lydia Ave.....1,700 Good Lots in different parts of the city. See us. CRUTCHER & WELSH Student. N. H. S. Mr. Prest. Chas. H. on National B Kansas City, Mo., David T. Beals, President. Fernando P. Neal, Vice-Presst. Statement as made at the close RESOURCES Loans and discounts..... $6.2 U.S. Bonds at par..... $ 600,000.00 Municipal bonds at par..... 337,618.31 Cash and light Exchange..... 3,505,016.55 4.4 Total..... $1,065 David T. Beals..... L. T. James George R. Barse..... C. W. White Edward George..... J. C. Schmeier Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business June 9th, 1904. Countee Mr 4 Fort 17th St. Phone 780 Grand Subscribe for Rising Son. Tel. 1305 Main, both lines. C. H. Countee. Positively nothing detracts so much from your appearance as short, matted, unattractive curly hair. Your hair as it is now, looks like ninety-nine out of every hundred colored persons' hair. an ideal, clean preparation and makes kinky. We guarantee it absolutely. cleans and softens the many fibers of the hair, liky, pliable and easily managed. Positively from becoming dry, harsh, brittle and keeps it you have tried, no matter what you want, you injure if you do not try Curl!i.Cure. injure if you do not try Curl!i.Cure. and irons, absolutely nothing else) than anything of 1. Regular retail price, 50 cents per pair. manufactured only by the Southern chemical mills. Our reputation is a guarantee that our treatly pure and harmless and will straighten use of hot irons or hair pincers and will not and become dry and brittle. Price, 50 cents. charges. Send post office express money ship goods C.O.D. Write name and address THERN CHEMICAL WORKS 323 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. you brush the hair with a stiff hair brush. you will obtain the desired results. RE WHITEN hair, is harmless and will appearance. it thoroughly dry. Do this only before the subbing it into the hair and scalp. Then you brush the hair the quicker the desired adition. B Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Hand Laundry A TRIAL. Strictly Hand Wor AUGHN, Manager. PAYMENTS. Houses and Building Lots ms. Among them are: Mon Highland Ave. $1,600 eighteenth St. 1,000 t. 900 Ave. 1,700 parts of the city. See us. R & WELSH 1006-1008 BALTIMORE AVE N. H. Sneger, 2nd Vice-President, Chas. H. N. Lewis, Cashier. National Bank, & City, Mo., The Controller of the Currency Business June 9th, 1904. LIABILITIES: Capital stock..... $ 600,000.00 Savings Bank..... 466,000.00 $50,000 GIVEN AWAY $50,000 IN GOLD The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Company will set aside an appropriation of $50,000, which will be presented in its entirety, to the per cent of the total number of paid admissions to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which opened at St. Louis, April 30th and closes December 1st, 1904. Should no one succeed the number, the money will be presented to the nearest correct estimate. This golden opportunity to secure a magnificent Fortune costs NOTHING. Our object in making this presentation is to use and promote the sale of our Souvenir Coin Admission to the World's Fair. These SOUVENIR COIN OF ADMISSION NOTICE: Cut out this cobbon, write name, address, outlawsian Purchase Souvenir Colo. Co., St. Louis. STATE OF NEW YORK COIN OF ADMINISTRATION GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1903-1904 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1903-1904 K. of P. OF MISSOURI. G. C., Aaron W. Lloyd, 2620 Lucas ave, St. Louis. G. V. C, Jas. A. Demay, Huntsville, Mo. P. G. C., W. H. Goff, 2337 Wash st. St. Louis. G. P., Rev. F. D. Avant, Clarksville Mo. G. K. of R & S., W. A. Gunnell, De Solo, Mo. G. M. of E., E. B. Burris, Macon, Mo. G. L., J. W. Ware, Commerce, Mo. G. M. R., Dr. J. W. Mcbowell, 2300 Market st. St. Louis. G. M. at A., B. F. Adams, 615 East 10th st. Kansas City. G. I. G., Geo. A. Donaldson, Paris, Mo. G. O. G., Geo. M. West, 101 E. Buck- hardt st. Moberly. Secretary and Treasurer, Benefi- tary Board, Dr. W. P. Curtis, 101 Marke st. St. Louis. Members of Board-D. E. Gordon, 324 South Jefferson avenue; W. W. Trice, 622 North Beaumont. Supreme Representative. Chas. H. Brown, St. Louis 爱 H. L. LONG, C. C. John W. Johnson, K. of R. and S. DAMON LODGE NO. 6, K. of P. mates and 4th Wednesday eve in each month, W. K. at Jefferson hall, 36 North Jefferson ave. WM. H. BUTLER, C. C. Wesley Hudson, K. of R. and S. FIDELITY LODGE NO. 7, K. of P., of Springfield. P. A. FREEMAN, C. C. G. H. W. K. of R. and S. LILLE LODGE NO. 8, K. of P., of Kansas City. E. H. TAYLOR, C. C. James A. Dezey, K. of R. and S. NORTH STAR LODGE NO. 9, K. of P., of Hannibal, meets 2d and 4th Tuesday evening in each month. MILLVINE BARNER, C. C. J. J. Fuggito, K. of R. and S. LONE STAR LODGE, NO. 10, K. of P., of Macon, meets 2d and 4th Monday evening in each month. W. A. WALLACE, C. C. J. O. M. Nitt, K. of R. and I ORIENT LODGE NO. 11, K. of P., of Joplin. N. T. GREEN, C. C. H. H. Curtis, K. of R. and S. HARRISON LODGE NO. 12, K. of P. of Huntsville, meets 24 and 6th Thursday evening in each month 17th MAY, 17th JUNE, JAMES A. DENNY, C. C. W. T. Ameck, K. of R. and S. ST. PYTHASIA LODGE NO. 13, K. of P. of Huntsville, meets 4th Tuesday evening in each month 8th JUNE, at Jefferson hall, 760 Nort Jefferson avenue. W. B. WILLIAMS, C. C. P. E. Anderson K. of K. and S. CRYSTAL LODGE NO. 14, K. of P. of Fengyu. JOHNSON SOLOMON, C. C. B. B. BANINGER, K. of R. and S. FLORAL LODGE NO. 15, K. of P., of Poplar Bunn. 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, 8 o'clock. at Jefferson, North Jefferson ave. WM. SKEEN, C. C. W. M. Johnson, K. of R. and S. T. W. STRINGER LODGE NO. 17, K. OF P., meets 1st and 3d Thursday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson, C. C. LAWRENCE HAWKINS, C. C. M. L. Turner, K. of R. and S. MORNING STAR LODGE NO. 18, K. of P., of Fredericktown, meets 24 and 4th Tuesday evening in each month. A. H. THORNTON, C. C. John C. Rayce, K. of R. and S. Souvenir Colns of Admission are of artistic and appropriate design, are in valuable as memorials of the greatest of all Expositions and are similar to the Columbian Half Dollars and intrinsic value, we will accept them in exhibition. We also send tickets of admission to the World's Fair, and for this purpose will maintain a ticket office at the main entrance to the Fair; we will be open every day during the World's Fair and want one of these Souvenirs, but only a limited number will be offered for sale. Price: 50 cents. With every Souvenir Coln purchased we allow one estimate to be given and file the total number of paid admissions. LOUPSON. E: Cut out of his Coupon, write name, address date, in ink, mail with 50 cents to Louisiana purchase Souvenir Coin Co., St. Louis, Mo. State YEAR TITLE 18 COMMERCE LODGE, NO. 19, K. of P. of Commerce, meets 1st and 2nd Tuesday evening in each month. GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. Elbert Burns, K. of K. and S. RICHMOND LODGE NO. 20, K. of P. of Richmond, meets 1st and 2nd Thursday evening in each month. GRAND COU I. O. C. G. W. C.—Eliza M. L. GY, NO. 21, K. O. F, of, Kansas C. B. Russell, C. P. D. Jones N. E. BRUNSON, C. C. Samuel Haynes, K. of R. and S. CARRITHERSVILLE LODGE No. 25, K of P. of Carruthersville. G. W. HARRIS, C. C. Bert W. Holdker, n of R. and S. ACME LODGE No. 24, K of P. of Columbia. Sarah W. H. TURNER, C. J. C. Burton K of R. and S. MOBERLY LODGE No. 25, K of P., of Moberly, meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday evening in each month at 8 l. P. R. I. SCOTT, C. C. M. West, K of R. and S. RISING SUN LODGE, K. of F. of Keenan. Meets 1st and 3d Thurs. day evenings in each month, at 8 o'clock. A. L. SPENCER, C. C. T. W. White, K. of R. and S. OLDEN STAP LODGE NO F. K. of P., of Ardmore. K. A. WOODSON, C. C. A. J. BONDA, K. of R. and S. TOUSAINT LODGE NO. 29, K. of P., meets 11th and 34 Tuesday evening in each month, at 9 o'clock, at Kicker's hall, Newstead ave. and North Marke. FRED LINDSY, C. C. John S. Palmer, K. of R. and S. 2031 Marcus Avenue. BURLEIGH LODGE NO. 29, K. of P., of Farmington CHAS BAKER, C. C. Lewis L. Hall, K. of K. and S. POTHAGOEL'S NO. 30, K. of P., of Irving ANCHOR LODGE NO. 31, K. OF P., of Cape Girardoe, Mo., meets 1st and 31 Thursday evenings of each month at Castle hall. ARTHUR CAYCE, C. C. Ibsom Johnson, K. of R. and S. PHILOSOPHIAN LODGE NO. 33 K. of P. of Parts W. E. BIRNSON, C. C. Engle L. Chir, K. of R. and S. SEMPER FIDELIS LODGE NO. 31, K. of P., meets 2d and 4th Friday evening in each month, at vclock, at Jefferson hall, 700 North Jefferson avenue. O. J. BIGGS, C. C. H. M. Cabell, K. of R. and S. FAYETTES LODGE NO. 35, K. of P. of Fayette Meets and third Wednesday nights of each month at Mason hall. B. F. ISAAC, J. 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. J. LONDRE, C. C. U. B. Cole, K. of R. and S. COTTONWOOD LODGE NO. 37 K. of P., of Cottonwood Point meets 2d and 4th Tuesdays. JODAN ANDERSON, C. C. Simon LANDER and S. WEST GATE LODGE NO. 38 K. of P. of Kirkskille, meets 2d and 4th Mondays. E. H. Johnson, K. of R. and S. ROCK SPRING LODGE NO. 35 K. of P. meets 2d Tuesday and 4th Thursday evenings at Jefferson Hall, 66 Jeffersonville, C. St. Louis. J. A. MCCULLOCH, K. of R. and S. J. D. WALEHAY, K. of 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 even- nings, 7th, at Eleventh and Franklin ave. CHARLES S. WHITE, C. C. Jefferson C. Covington, K. of R. and S. CARROLLTON LODGE NO. 42, K. of P. of Carrollton, meets 1st and 3d Monday. L. L. LANE, C. C. Clyde L. Allen, K. of R. and S. PROGRESS LODGE NO. 43 K. of P. of Kansas City, meets 2d and 4th Monday. HARRY R. GRAHAM, C. C. D. W. Herring, K. of R. and S. MISSOURI LODGE NO. 44, K. of P. of Louisiana K. of GOINS, C. C. Chas. Covington, K. of R. and S. NEW MADRID LODGE NO. 45 K. of J. W. Cooper, K. of R. and S. ST. JOSEPH LODGE NO. 47 K. of P., of St. Joseph. PHILIP HAYNES, C. C. MIAMI LODGE NO. 48, K. of P., of Miami. Sam'l 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. 爱 GEORGE ALLEN, C. C. HORACE RANDLE. C. C. 爱 鸣 2 爱 爱 Cut out this address and paste on the envelope you send us. has any advantage in this contest. YOU are just as likely to get the $20,000 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 $50,000 may be really worth it. NOT! 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 all admissions and will deliver the $50,000 IN ONE ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. GRAND COURT OFFICERS. I. O. O. C. G. W. C.—Eliza M. Curtis, Joplin, Mo. G. W. I.—Bertha Burles, St. Louis. G. W. I.—Mary L. Rolen, St. Louis. G. W. S. D.—Annie Kemp, Fredericktown. G. W. J. D.—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 Mansfield, Huntsville. G. W. Herald—Rosa Lynch, Neeleysville. G. W. Protector—Rosa Blake, De Soto. Jesse D. Robinson, Secretary and Treasurer Endowment Bureau. Supreme Representatives. M. L. ROLEN. M. PRIED. J. L. COOMBS. J. D. ROBINSON. A. M. WILLIANS. INDEPENDENT COURTS OF CALANTHE. Hand holding a branch of 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, West Hand holding flowers SPRIG OF MYRTLE LCOURT 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. Olive Tree EUREKA COURT NO. 89, meets 1st thursday in each month, at 3:30 p. m. at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue MISSQUIRRE WILLIAMS, W. C. MRS. MATTE GIL- REE. R. OF D. sim SY RAC USE COURT NO. 113 meets lst Friday in each month, at $3.80 p. m., at Jefferson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MISS LOTTIE MOM. MAN, W. C. MRS MAMIE ED. WARDS, R. of D. Blooming Garden FIDELITY COURT NO. 101 meets 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 D Hand holding a flower PRIDE OF THE WEST COURT NO. 123 meets 2d Wednesday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jefferson hall, North Jefferson avenue. FANNIE B. NEW COMR. W. R. D GREAT BAG OF GOLD as soon as you reach this city. The total paid admissions to Chicago World's Fair were - 21,480,141; Paris, France, Exposition, - 16,980,187; Pan-American Exposition, - 5,380,869. DON'T DELAY! Write immediately and remember that all you have to do to entitle you to purchase this Intellectual and profitable contest is to enrol 50 cents for a beautiful, rare and artistic RUSSIA MAKA RIKAVKRAE SOUVIMER LION SOUVIMER LION MILITAR Hand with flowers QUEEN ESTHER NO. 125 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 3:30 p. m., at Jeff- erson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MUS MATTE YARBROUGH, W. C. MRS. MARY I. RO- LEN, R. of D. FAIR HERIMONE COURT NO. 136. Meets fourth Thursday in each month, at 3:30 p. m., at Jeff- erson hall, 706 North Jefferson avenue. MISS MINNIE M ROSS, W. C. MISS WILETTA HYDE, R. of D. UNIFORM RANKS K. of P. F.C.E. PYTHIAN COMP MANY NO. I, L, K L, meets first Wed. and ayowening in each month $ o'clock at hall, Cor. Jefferson and Morgan. R. H. BARTON, Gap. B. F. JOHNTON, Rec. V CER FAR WEST COMPANY NO. 2, K. OF P. meets first Friday evening in each month, at o'clock, at hall, Cor. Jefferson and Morgan. W.M. H. BUTLER, Capt. WALTER WILL- IAMS. Rec F.C.B. MOUND CITY COMPANY NO. 3. K. OF F. meets 2 Tuesday evening of each month, at oclock. True Reformers' hall. R. L. JONES. Capt WM. A. PITTS. F.C.B. BATTLE AXE COMPANY NO. 4. K. OF P. meets 3d Friday evening in each month, 8 in each month. Jefferson hall, 705 North Jefferson avenue. Wm H. ROBINSON Capt. A WARD. Rec. F.C.B. L'OVERTURE COMPANY NO. 9, second Tuesday in each month, at x J. Ferson, and J. Forgan, J. H. KENT, ant. CLARENCE SALTERS, Ree. Rev. F. J. Peck, Allen Chapel, Tenth and Charlotte. Rev. E. R. Vaughn, St. John's Chapel, Ninth and Bell. Rev. W. M. Hawkins, Ebenezer church, Second and Holmes. Rev. J M. Harris, Burnes Church, Eleventh and Highland. Rev. S. W. Scott, Christian Church, 21st and Summit. Rev. R. P. Christain, A. M. E. Zion, Fifth and Belmont. Rev. J. T. Smith, A. M. E., Westport, 43rd and Prospect. Rev. J. W. Jacobs, Berry Chapel, 20th and Summit. Rev. W. S. Wheeler, Asbury A. M. E., 19th and Cherry. Rev. T. H. Ewing, Vince Street Church, Vine street. Rev. F. G. Snelson, Presiding Elder, A. M. E. church, 401 Cleveland Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. Our Great Special Complete WORTH FIVE DOLLARS. ONLY $1.00 BEAUTY OUTFIT "Ozono" THE SWEET-SCENTED KING OF HAIR TONIC MOST RAPID HAIR-GROWER IN EXISTENCE HARMLESS-RELIABLE-SUPREME READ! READ! Colored People OF THE WORLD FING OUT TIP, consisting of actually worth $1. This exquisite preparation WITHERS comes off in rolls, bringing with it all the deep, dark scars and positively making the skin much brighter With BUSH CHEMICAL CO., large-size jar of our electrical Skin Food, worth $60, we scars, pimples, tan, freckles and all facial imperfections, looking good and, most importantly, worth $80, which removes all smells and odors from the cures are throat, sore mouth, frosted feet, chilblains, and the skin. ADD OF THE ABOUT THE CHEMICAL CO., will be SENT TO YOU OR RECEIPT OF ONLY $1. This fine quantity may order obtain YOUR name and address plainly, and address, BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310. E. A BEAUTIFUL, FACE LOSES ITS BEAUTY SOME HEAD OF HAIR. GLOOS quently a true hair tonic, which fee fertilizes, resuscitates, enlivenes and stimulate adjuncts, and roots of the human hair. When REMEMBER, ALL OF THE AHOVE-RESTORED PREPARATIONS (5 packages in all), actually worth $100.00. This great offer must be made to introduce HONOR GOODS, send money by registered letter or by money order obtainable at any post office or express office. Write YOUR name and address plainly, and address. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. 310 E. BROADWAY RICHMOND, WA BEAUTIFUL FACE LOSES ITS BEAUTY WHEN UNADORNED WITH A HAND-SOME HEAD OF HAIR. GLOSSINE is a true hair food, and consequently, a true hair tonic, which feeds, invigorates, vitalizes, permeates, fertilizes, resuscitates, calms, and stimulates the bulbs, glands, oil sacs, follicles, adjuncts, and roots of the human hair. When ing, and dying, we give it water or it die. Just so should we apply GLOSSINE to the harsh, unshaggy dropping, dyrer hair on this principle of common sense was GLOSSINE formulated by one of America's most noted pharmacists, and four lead mercury hisuth, and other mineral polos, but from vegetable and botanical products only, which can work no injury to the human body, and the desire for quick wealth have tempted many people, ignorant both as to pharmacy and chemistry, to sell to the people called horticists, with (on account of their low price) contain mineral polos, the immediate effect of which cause the hair to grow quicker, but weaken and fail in ing hair, such as GLOSSINE really is, which can only do good, and est to buy, GLOSSINE, a genuine, in price, or a worthless, hair-killing nostrum at all diseases of the hair and scalp, and gives to beady. It makes the hair grow quickly, and short spots gives to it that beautiful, silky, causes the hair to grow so long and so soft the you please. GLOSSINE makes the hair so to it a texture as fine and pliable as the softest price for the complete treatment (3 large boxes. NOTE--Many drugzists may try to so make more profit, or because they may not hair drugzists cannot supply you, send the price, wif of dealer, and we will send same promptly, pre CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO., Sole Owner The Stoeltzing Stove Co. price, or a worthless, hair-killing nostrum at a penny? **GLOSSINE** cures and diseases of the hair and scalp, and gives to the hair length, lustre, life, vitality and beauty. It makes the hair grow quickly, thick, long, and luxurious; covers all hair that is beautiful, shiny gloss (from which it takes its name), and causes the hair to grow at a faster pace with ease and as you please. **GLOSSINE** makes the hair soft, waxy, straight to it a texture as fine and pliable as the softest skin. Price for large box, 50c. $1. price for the complete treatment (3 large boxes), only $1.00. We pay all charges. a genuine, mertorious hair tonic at a moderate ostrum at a penny? GLOSSINE cures hair, gives it a shiny, lustrous, new quickly, thick, long, and luxurious; coven all hair, shiny gloss (from which it takes its name), and and so soft that it can be dressed with ease and as the hair soft, wavy, straight, glossy, and gives as the softest silk. Price for large box, 50c., gives 10xes, on $1.00. We pay all charges. may try to sell you something else, on which they may not have GLOSSINE in stock. If your the price, with your name and address and name omply, prepaid. Sole Owners, 9 Governor St., Richmond, Va. 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. Wholesale and Retail Peninsular Agents For.... Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the. Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Basheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces. TIN WORK a Specialty. 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, 1000 p. m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WO Return Train leaves St. Louis 11 Ask your Agent for Tickets over M. G. SHIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET, KAN A NEW Rush Train TO LOUIS NG JUNE 5, 1904. 11:30 p. m. Daily STATION, 7:00 a. m. " (Station), 7:15 a. m. " On Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Sleepers and Coaches open at occupancy. Re to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. L. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Tickets over the Wabash. L. S. McCLELLAN, ENT. WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. SET, KANSAS CITY, MO. Wabash Train TO ST. LOUIS EQUIPMENT---Pullman Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Cars and Coaches. Sleepers and Coaches open at 10:00 p. m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. Return Train leaves St. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. M. G. SHIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. L. B. MOCLELLAN, WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. --- --- BEFORE Our Great Special Offer@ ```markdown ``` Use American Equipment. 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. AFTER eds, invigorates, vitalizes, permeates the bulbs, glands, oil sacs, follicles, on the plant is withered, sickly, drooping, and dying, we give it water eater and we give it GLOSSINE to the apples unsightly dropping, dying hair, for on this principle of common sense was GLOSSINE formulated maclats—not from lead, mercury, bismuth, and other mineral poisons, but from vegetable and botanical pro- only which can work no injury to the man's skin, desire for quick wealth have tempted many people, ignorant both as to pharmacy and chemistry, to sell to the man, in account of their low price, contain mineral poisons, the immediate effect of which cause the hair to grow quickly, but whose certain end is fall- on only one safe course to pursue—use only on your hair an absolutely guaranteed vegetable remedy for the such GLOSSINE really work no injury. Which is the clear- Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. 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. [KENTUCKY “eee eee <Q ass RESTAURANT See ———— fet a a ween | Prof. L. L. Thompson, Mgr. ey og — ti al ya Meals 15 Cents. ‘ : | Served in First-Class Style, , oe Porterhouse Steak 35c up. mi : 327 West 6th St., hee een — KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. HOME PHONE 3412 MAIN, | HOME PHONE $412. MAIN, THE TRAIN SERVICE OF THE MIS. SOURI PACIFIC. Ml =o " ahiceen peewee of Sey K mel od AN r" f rs that leave Kansas ‘ 1 donot Wally for Buy Lee ‘ points East—note the leaving ¥ int Kansas City at 0 1 meotings and i : St, Louis at 7:20 \. im. In time for all Eastern connee Pom—-10:5% am; Omana & St Paul Expr Blegant equipment, Putman Sleep F sand Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars, (all seats free), For al Information and tickets eall at Union Depot and 901 Main St. City Office, | IS. JEWETT, Pass, & Ticket Agent.| Home Tel. 6225 Main. Lady Attendant. A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS. courteous rnearment Parlors 162C E. 18th St., Kansas City. @o TO THE E.7Z. UNEEDA SHAVE AND HA!R CUT. Cc. A, EVANS 107 East t4th, — Kansas City, Mo Moe... .. Telephone... 2. at7 WALL’S Laundry Co., frat-Class Work & Prompt Dolivery 708 F. 12th 8, Kansas City, Me UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTHWEST, The Famous Health and Pleasure Resorts, EUREKA SPRINCS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route, Round Trip Homeseekers? Tickets at rate of ONE PALE plus 82, on tate flent find third Tuesday of each month: tarfencrigtve teratune and dale piles J. C. LOVRIEN, as KANSAS City. MO. ‘PEST MEALS IN THE CITY Open From 8 a.m. to Private Service if Desired Rom The Oriental Cafe 910 EAST 12TH STREET. HUNT & BROWNING, PROPRIETORS. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. 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 carelul atten- tion. —Wee fill prescriptions just as the doctor writes them, | Our motto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT, Save time and carfare by buying 3 EE your Patent Medicines and drug & L <) : necessities at attractive prices, ee Y Mf you are constantly suffering with headache A Large Line tau “The "Wellable” Sptiear Perfumes, Toilet ariicles, one, ‘ Bromo Ammonia for that cold Tooth brushes, Combs sa cold today, pnemonia to- and Brushes, Fountain) morrow. Syringes and Hot water |The Century Marvel Corn Sheller “a sure cure or money re- bottles at funded. Painful walking made gratifying prices.| easy. Remember its the H A M ACY S. W. Corner Sth and Broadway. P R td Phone Home 1626 Main. 1 Callic cnd sce us. Open all night. e e e Great Civic Rights Friday and Saturday Aug. 12th-13th Anda Grand Outing Sunday, Aug. 14 THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR DISCUSSED BY LEADING COLORED MEN’ AND WOMEN OF THE WEST EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE 2-Splendid Bands-2 Korman’s Park _ LEAVENWORTH. KANSAS. SEE aEete ate eaten oa s. T. JONES, Manager. Look! —_Look! The Latest Sensational | Jewelry Novelty. EINE PEARE SHELL HEART iROUCIIES iy tigated WAU tole Toon forky. Cans KE HA) 2 DY ING _ SOLE AGENTS DUNHAM BROS. & WEIR Mall Order Dealers n General Nerceandise, House old Novelties and Agents Sucotes. 3019 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL, “ < ” € All-Kall Route” New Yor ee ee ee All Through Trains of the “Big Four Route” lg Four Route Use the New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Forty-second Street and Fourth Avenue, New York. Center cf the Hotel, Residence, Club and ‘Theatre Distelet : ‘Think of {t! ‘The only ralirond statlon in New York, tho greatest clty on the Ameri* can continent, “Only one rallroad station lu-sew ork City: wad ong Se Colitead eke the Southwest running th ough cars into It? Surviy this is an ndvantace whine oe, ler can afford to overlook. All through cars of the lig Four Route enter traced Con tral Station in New York City. landing passengers right it ise heart of the erty mee oaty A Tow ilautes walk or drive to the principal hetels ae Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On through tickets to oF from the East, via Bl Four Route, Lake Shore and Mlcht- gan Southern anu New York Central Hallways, stopovrr Hot exceeding ten dana wee tS Sllowed at Niayara Pails. on notice to train conductors. and deposit of leker Site the tice etagent at Niowara Pally station immediately ou serival see C. W. GREEN, T. P. A., foo 204 Boston Building. le. =a hea: ag gia cee Palace Restaurant | M. T, Moore, Prop. Meals 15 Cents. Sas Wyandctic ut. KANSAS OITY. Mo. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS sist Toes CENIURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MQ. MEALS AT ALL HOURS, Oysters in any Style. Services atetotly first-class, Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. ZT. JORUAN, Manager We celebrate it for the two-fold purpose, viz: In commemora- tion of the liberation of the slaves of the West Indies, and in liew of the date and day ef the freedom or the slaves of the United States, which two events destroyed the iniquitous system of human bondage upon the Western Continent. Therefore, have joined hands, as they did last year, by combining their forces and interests in this Second Annual First of August Celebration and Picnic TO BE HELD ar- ——— 7 STEWART’S PARK CORNER OF NINTH STREET AND QUINDARO BOULEVARD, KANSAS CITY, KAS. ON Monday, August 1, 1904 The managers of this affair have secured Stewart's Park at a large expense, it being conveniently situxted to Qaindaro Boulevard ear iine my 20 steps to gate) and provided with plenty of shade and park equipments, People from ony partof Kinsas City, Mo. need only make ‘one transfer to Quindare Boulevard ear line and getoff at. park gate i ATTRACTIONS: Heof, Kd. Payne, the unequaied trick bievele rider and slack wire performer, will give exhibitions of his daring and ski. ‘There will be a prize contest of ths most popular lady on the grounds, Votes wilt be received and counted during the day. ‘The largest and most commodious Daneing Pavillion, 109 feet by W fect, and a ful up-to-date orehestra, will be operated under. the management of Mr. Nat Singletary. Other xmusements, such ns swinging, foot racing, croquet playing, tug-of-war, merry-go-round ete, ete, will be provided. Exeurs ons from cities and towns in Kansas and Missouri will run for this oceasion. WALKERS JUNIOR BAND of 20 pieess will enliven the day with splendid musie REFRESHMENTS of ALL KINDS on the GROUNDS. In addition the two Roosevelt-Fairbanks Repub‘iexn Clubs of the two cities have arranged to have @ joint jollification meeting at 3 welocs, Speeches will be made by either Hon dno. C. Dancy. Hom Judson Lyons, or Hon Harry R Cummings, of national fame and by several of our own orators of wide reputation, Hon, J.C. Chastine will wet as muster of ceremonies Kvery race-loving negro should be present and be one of the 20,000 that will meet at Stewart's Park, Monday, August Ist, to pay dae homage to our Natal Day. —_—_—____ FOR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION CALL ON On ADDRESS H. R. GRAHAM, MANAGER, 704 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Mo. Parties desiring table or stand privileges should apply early, as the demand for these rights are many and numerous. A. WEBER, MERCHANT TAILOR, Tf you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay no rent os Come and sce us. Style, Fit and Finish Guaranteed. So oF ” FN mg ee T= USAT BE are ee ee a a a The “St. Louis Line” is 0 € St. LOwIS Line ts Upen a ee ———————————————— 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 ure steel and the track is splendidly whines ‘There are few curves, and the grades lighter than on any other line between Kansas City and St, Louis, Service is as follows: Leave Kansas City..............7:50 P. M. ’ : * Ar. World’s Fair Station 7.30 A. M. Ar. St. Louis Onion Station 7:50 A, M. Through ear service: standard and tourist sleep'ng and reclin- ing chair cars Kansas City to St, Louis, the train passing «the en- tire length of the Fair Groands before stopping at main entrance. $6.00—ROUND TRIP—$6.00 June 13th, 20th and 27th. Tickets, sleeping car berths and information as to the cost of reachiug any point in the East will be furnished on request, , J. A. STEWART, J. W. JONES, Rock Island ; : NT Gen'l Agt. Pass, Dept. City Pass. Agt., LAC 900 Main Street. 5 KANSAS CITY, Semen 50) 00 ae At Se WONDERFUL’ : DISCOVERY : ; Curly Hair Made Straight By ‘ : ne lp ‘ : AGA Aehar' . TAKEN PROM LIFE « ORIGINAL ; > OZONIZED OX MARROW youn rates at g ea aa p inicaamatiniae wane irate Peau pauenh eiana mani } penitmayCaa ofits BMcesnty totaanad: S ination anim qounmial 9 te act @ SLi thai gece chiar mea & b isu giaasartd es GO. Geant g B srbteet, Gaeteh,qheta, Mints), Cr SPIES BENGE cuinetiane write Four name and @ cniieas prone } 28\Wabush aver, Chteagoy Minos. JOODOOOOUCIOOCOCOCOC OCC CT aa ar oeneee agree ca ee eae oe No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the mest reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city, Our success Is due to the unifermly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths We Guarantee to Please. %= Our Reviability is Unquestioned. This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thor- oughly respoasible, All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set f Teeth $2.00. Set. 8, White Teeth....$4.00 earn Gold Crowns 22-k..44000...$2.68 Hridge Work, per tooth .$2.65 Platinum fillings.........+..500 7 Cleaning ....ss++1ssee0e+ 500 We do as we advertiso— a Teeth extracted without pain FREE We are here to stay. ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS, 1029 Main St Stem ballge” Nibes ih Oo Suudeye to. oo % A reformed * always twice as honest as a vichirous fellow of Jong standing, because having come into his inheritance of honesty so late he knows there is no sense in hoard: ing {t.—Chicago American,