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. LEXINGTON NEWS. Mr. Paul Whitworth of Kansas City is here visiting. Miss Ruth Johnson went to Independence Saturday. Miss Bessie Jacobs of Richmond is here visiting her grandmother and aunt. Mr. Joseph Bowler and Miss Alma Thuston of Kansas City were here Sunday. Miss Julia Lawson of St. Louis is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas Williams. There was a rally at the A. M. E. church Sunday. The amount raised was $53.10. Miss P. Graham, Miss M. White and Mr. Albert McKenney spent Sunday in Kansas City; also Miss Daisy Goodwin. Miss Arline Freeman and Miss Ethel Henderson went to Independence on Monday to spend a week with Miss Emma Raglan. Rev. Tompkins of St. Louis preached at the Second Baptist church morning and evening. Every one was pleased that heard him. Mr. A. W. Walker and Mrs. F. T. Bolton, who are delegates, left Monday evening to attend the grand lodge of the U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s, which is held at Sedalia. Prof. Scott of St. Louis exhibited his Bible scenery at the three churches last week—Friday night at the A. M. E. church, Monday night at the M. E. church and Tuesday night at the Second Baptist church. The scenery was excellent. The colored fair of Lafayette county will be held on August 23, 24 and 25 at the fair ground in Higginsville. As this is the second year, they have to make it as grand a fair as was ever held by colored men. There will be fine stock shown and there will be races every day. Send in your fine quilts, needlework and other things to be shown. See bills for further particulars. Plans for the Cable. When the first Atlantic cable was about to be laid, to obviate this supposed difficulty it was gravely proposed to festoon the cable across at a given maximum depth between buoys and floats, or even parachutes, at which ships should call, hook on and send messages to the shore. Others proposed to apply gummed cotton to the cable, set it afloat and leave the gum to dissolve and "let the cable down quietly." Auk's Egg Brinqus £200 A great auk's egg was sold in London recently for 200 guineas. It is regarded as one of the best marked of the sixty or seventy specimens in existence. The history of the egg is interesting. In 1842 it sold for £2. Ten years later the price was increased to £64, for which sum it was purchased by Lord Garvage. Then it disappeared, and was reported to have been broken by a careless servant. Diamond Production The De Beers Company produces ninety-three per cent. of the diamond output of the world. It pays an annual dividend of 55 per cent. on its "common" stock. In the last year and a half it has raised the price of these necessities of life only five times, from 30 to 35 per cent. in all. American imports of diamon's have greatly decreased in consequence. To Our Correspondents. Please send in your matter by Wednesday of each week. Blept in Wrong Place. A young woman who had heard a distinguished minister preach afterward complained to him that she had been disturbed by some one snoring behind her. "It was in the sermon?" asked the minister. "No," was the reply, "the curious thing was that it was not in the sermon but in the prayers." Finger Print Identification: Addressing the Anthropological Society in London, the Rev. M. Collyer, a missionary, said he had been able to trace the use of the system of identification by finger impressions (recently introduced in Europe) for 1,200 years in Korea in the deeds of sale of slaves. Why Is This Thus? We see the player on the plot catch every whizzing ball; high ball, low ball, grounder hot, he catches one and all. But it is strange, we do declare, this selfsame catching star will chase himself for half a square, yet fall to catch his car.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Americans Lack Grace A foreign observer, after a trip in this country, wrote a magazine article in which he declared that Americans are totally without grace, and asks: "How could we expect to find grace in a country where the men chew tobacco and the women gum?" Oldest Proverb on Record. It appears from I. Samuel xxiv. 13 that the oldest proverb on record is: "Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked," for David in his time declared it to be "a proverb of the ancients," so older than any proverb of his son Solomon. New Name for Smallpox In the outer islands of the Hebrides smallpox is still known as bhean mhath ("the good wife"). This politeness is due to the ancient superstition that if one would escape the dread disease one should speak of it respectfully. Aerolite In Tavern. While the landlady of the Bell Inn at Totwell, England, was at dinner an aerolist crashed through the chimney, spun around the room and exploded. Though the house was considerably damaged the landlady escaped. Japanese Foodstuffs. The Japanese cuisine does not include butchers' meat, bread, butter and potatoes. Rice is not, as commonly supposed, the daily food of the poor, but can be afforded by the well-to-do only. Britain Gets Cheap Cotton. The people of Lagos and Abeokuta, West Africa, all of whose cotton the British government has agreed to take for the next three years, are to get 2 cents a pound for their crops. The human race is divided into two classes—those who go ahead and do something and those who sit still and inquire. "Why wasn't it done the other way?"—Holmes. Samarskite and Monazite The minerals samaraskite and monazite, both from North Carolina, are the principal sources from the recently discovered radio-active thorium. To Grow Originality Observe, think, read, question and record. One thought written means another thought born.-Earl M. Pratt. Worms Spin Colored Silk By means of subcutaneous injections, silkworms have just been made to spin pink silk. Ruin Threatens Campanile. A telegram from Ravenna says the campanile of that town is threatened with the same fate as the campanile of St. Mark's, Venice. Reflection of Wise Meditation. Congeniality, a sense of humor, and endless patience—these are the three "mustbe's" of wedded happiness. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1904. 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. Plans Trolley Parties. A central office for the supplying of information about all the possible trips by trolley in the vicinity of Boston, has been opened up in that city by a man who also undertakes personally to conduct parties around the country near Boston. These trips cover from one to three days and take in all the interesting points within easy reach. The traveling is done exclusively by trolley. Propagation of Tomatoes. In the great majority of cases, new varieties of tomatoes, as of other fruits, are not "produced"; they are rather discovered, says a writer in Country Life in America. One finds a new form in his garden and propagates it. Some of the new forms will not propagate themselves readily from seed, whereas others will "come true" to a greater or less extent. Simplifying Japanese. The learning of Japanese will be greatly facilitated by the abandonment of their peculiar way of writing and printing their language. Ten years ago the universities inaugurated the reform; next year the use of English letters will be begun in the public schools, and this will soon lead to their general use. Italians Find Papyr. A further find of papyri has rewarded the excavations undertaken by the Italians at Hermopolis, In Egypt, under the direction of Breccia. In addition to a number of official documents, it includes a portion of an unknown epic, and one or two other literary fragments of interest. Pincushion Swallowed Up Needles. A lady in this city, reading that a pincushion that had been in use for some time, on being opened developed about 150 needles, had the curiosity to pull apart a pincushion that she had been using about twenty-five years. She found by actual count 410 needles—Hartford Courant. Municipality In Miniature. The smallest commune in all France, and one which in point of smallness would be difficult to beat in Western Europe, is a tiny spot named Morteau, in the Upper Marne, not far from Andelot. It has thirteen inhabitants, and there are just four voters on the register. Hospital Flowers. All the hospitals and almshouses in Berlin are regularly supplied with fresh flowers from the public gardens, while twice a week each of the national schools receives from 100 to 150 specimens of four different kinds of plants for use at botany lessons. Bacteria Grow on Meat The gamey flavor of meat is gained by the bacteria feeding upon it. These develop within an hour after food is exposed on pantry shelves, and long before the flavor is appreciable to the senses the bacteria that produce them are abundant. Sea Robin's Peculiarities. The sea robin, so called because it has magnificent crimson fins as big as a bird's wings just behind his head, is a fish with a voice. He utters a deep, loud "quawk" when he is caught and repeats it every time he is touched. Thief Loses Novel Wager. Having wagered $40 that he would steal five medals from a policeman's chest, a young man in Paris secured two, says the Petit Parisien, but was caught at the third attempt and will be prosecuted. CARTHAGE, MO. Rev. G. B. Abbott is on the sick list. Many Carthaginians expect to visit Kansas City Sunday. Rev. Embree of the Southwest Baptist association preached at the M. E. church Sunday morning. Central band held their regular Tuesday night rehearsal by torchlight at the home of William McPhail, the heavy tuba man. Mr. R. L. Banks, who has for several months been employed in this city, left last week to spend some time in Kansas City before returning to his home in Lowell, Mass. He ordered The Rising Son sent to his home for one year. A Chinese social was given by the "Tie of Reuben," Mrs. J. L. Leonard, captain, at the M. E. chapel, Tuesday, August 16. A regular Chinese supper was served, eaten with use of chopsticks. The entertainment was patronized by a fair crowd. With the "Boone Concert company" its only attraction, the State Negroes' Improvement association closed its four nights' assembly at Chautauqua park. Attendance was very small, yet the managers claim the meeting was a success. It is not known where they will meet in September. Mrs. M. Mallory and Miss Thornton were hostesses at a five o'clock dinner Sunday afternoon in honor of Miss Mettle Mallory of Baxter. Miss Ethel Isabel, Miss Daisy Cole, Miss Mettle Mallory, Messrs. H. V. Wallace of Springfield, Samuel Houston of Neo sho and a young man of Indianapolis, Ind., composed the party. The Southwest Missouri Baptist association, held in this city last week, is reported to have been of greater interest than has been manifested for a number of years. After official business had been finished, Rev. Samuel Smith, a former Carthage pastor, preached one of his stirring sermons, after which collection was taken. The finance committee reported this branch of the association the largest taken in five years. SKETCH OF DANIEL BOONE. His Physique Combined Strength and Activity. In his book, "The Way to the West," Emerson Hough gives sketches of three famous pioneers. Of Daniel Boone he says: "Boone was neither a tall nor a thin man. He was not angular nor bony. His frame was covered not with cloying fat, but with firm and easily playing muscles, and he carried none of the useless tissue of the man of civilization. His weight was 'about 175 pounds.' Audubon, who met him late in his life, says: 'He approached the gigantic in stature. His chest was broad and prominent and his muscular powers were visible in every limb. His countenance gave indication of his great courage, enterprise and perseverance.' Yet in person Boone did not quite reach the six-foot mark, but was just below five feet and ten inches in stature, some say five feet eight inches, being therefore of exactly that build which good judges of men esteem to be most desirable for combined strength, activity and endurance. He was rather broad shouldered; that is to say, his shoulders nicely overhung his hips. All agree that he was of 'robust and powerful proportions.'" Sleeping Disease. It has been noticed by the Congo expedition dispatched by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to study sleeping sickness, that in a large percentage of cases actual sleep is not a marked feature of the disease. ODOR OF VARIOUS RACES. Marked Difference Between the Occidental and Oriental Abbe Hue tells in his account of his travels in China that when he had so completely mastered the Chinese language, and so transformed his personal appearance that he passed for a native of the country, he could not deceive the dogs, which detected him by their sense of smell and invariably barked at him as he passed by. He further states that the musky odor which may be observed in articles imported from China pervades the whole country and is one of the distinctive marks of the Chinese race. A Japanese doctor of medicine returns the compliment on the behalf of the oriental by declaring that the occidental races have an odor which is not agreeable to the Asiatics, though in process of time they get so accustomed to it that they do not notice it. Fought Against Napoleon. There is living at Titikshy Listok a Russian aged 122 years, who fought in many battles against Napoleon I. Andreas-Nicholjewitch Schmidt was born in the year 1782, at Scaulein, in the government of Kowno, and entered the army when 14 years of age. He is in possession of numerous orders, and also a gold medal for saving life. In 1858 he was ordered to escort a political offender to Siberia. The prisoner escaped, and Andreas was in consequence banished to Siberia himself, where he remained for ten years. In 1868 he was pardoned by Alexander II, and returned to his home. He has still his sight and hearing and can walk without assistance. Like the Summer Rose. My life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky. But ere the shades of evening close, Yet the sun's light dies! Yet on the robe's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept waste to see— But none shall a tear for me! My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray Its hold is frail—its date is brief. Restless and soon to pass away Yet ere that heap will mourn its shade, The winds bewalt the leafless tree— But none shall breathe a sigh for me! On that lake shore loud moans the sea- But none, shall mourn for me the sea. THE WORLD'S FIRST EMPEROR [Portrait of a man in formal attire, wearing a suit and bow tie, with a serious expression. The background is plain black.]] J. C. DANCY, Recorder of Deeds of Washington, D. C. NUMBER 20. Girls Carefully Chaperoned. The etiquette of Holland is exceedingly strict in all classes. The young girl is most carefully chaperoned, and she never goes anywhere, even to church, unless accompanied by her parents, some male relative, or other equally trusty attendant. At a dance the parents sit round the walls slipping their coffee or wine, and the young men must make the best of their chances in the opportunities afforded by the dance, for when it pleases the guardians to depart there is no need for it, but the girls must go, too. An unmarried girl always takes the right arm of her escort, while the matron takes the left, perhaps because it is nearer the heart. Anecdote of Lenbach A Berlin banker once asked Lenbach, the great portrait painter of Munich, what he would charge for painting his portrait. Lenbach mentioned an unusually large sum—this being a trick of his when disinclined for a job, to avoid being obliged to give a direct refusal. "But surely that is too much?" blurted out the millionaire. "I bought a portrait which you painted of Prince Bismarck for less than half that price." "That may be," replied Lenbach, quietly. "It was a pleasure for me to portray him; but surely, without offense you do not imagine that it would be an equal pleasure to me to paint you?" Lake Dealt Destruction There used to be a curious lake on the top of the Volcano de Agua, in Gautemala, 14,000 feet above the level of the sea. It was not fed by springs nor by rivers, but was caused by accumulations of snow and rain—in fact, was an immense reservoir. It lasted for centuries. Then one day the sides of the lake gave way and down the water rolled, dealing death and destruction and digging a great barranca, or ravine, in the mountain size, which is still visible. Exil of Sugar Gluttony. Prof. Oosten says that future scientists will place the evils of sugar gluttony on a pedestal as conspicuous as the drink question, as causing a deterioration of individuals and races. Most Expensive EUR The most expensive fur is that of the black fox at Kamsatka, the skin of which, when dressed, becomes a very attractive blue. A single skin is worth as much as $1,000. [Name] --- PASSING IN THE FANCIES WORLD OF WOMEN To Utilize Spare Corners. The woman whose family has a penchant for mushrooms will find that it is an easy matter to raise them herself and that for a very little money outlay. If she has a spare corner in a beautiful cellar or shed, let her place there some pails containing a manure mixed with a sprinkle of cooking salt and a little loam. She should procure from a reliable source some bricks of spawn, and after breaking these into cubic inches press the pieces well into the mold, being careful to water them every day or two. The result will be that, in less than two months, she will have a fair growth of mushrooms for an original cost of perhaps ten cents. Girl's Yoke Collars. No one of the many accessories of the season is more attractive or more useful than the yoke collar. It makes the plain frock a dressy one. It brings the dress of last year up to date and it is altogether charming in itself. These very pretty models are designed for young girls and afford a generous variety both of shape and material. As illustrated. Number is a together charming in itself. These very pretty models are designed for young girls and afford a generous variety both of shape and material. As illustrated Number One is made of inserted tucking with a bertha of plain material lace trimmed; Number Two of lace with plain banding; Number Three of batiste with lace insertion and frill; Number Four of inserted tucking with lace frill and insertion; Number Five of plain tucking with bands of beading and frill of embroidery. Each one, however, can be varied again and again and be made to take many forms. The collars consist of a yoke for each one and a standing collar, which is the same for all, with the circular bertha for Number One. All are finished with hems and underlaps at the back, where the closing is made, and Numbers Two, Three and Five are divided into sections on indicated lines. Attractive Linen Costume A pretty white linen walking suit is made with an eton coat. The vest is of button trimming, under which is green linen. The tops of the sleeves are also trimmed with the same material. The skirt is perfectly plain. With it is worn a green linen waist the same shade as the green in the trimming. Boudoir Confidences Bodices are more bloused than ever. Girdles are wide and some of them are high. Hips are tucked, shirred, plaited and much trimmed. Eagle and owl heads top some of the new hat pins in silver or gilt. Rouleaux of satin form one of the fashionable methods of trimming. Tafeta gowns are to reign supreme this summer both plain and checket. Tan-colored linen, with a touch of sky blue, will be much worn this season. Skirts are very round and very full and the majority of them clear the street. With canvas and lawn frocks will be worn double, large spotted canvas and lawn ribbons. Blouse or Shirt Waist Simple waists made full and soft are eminently fashionable and are peculiarly well adapted to the favorite soft and thin materials which allow of much fullness yet make little bulk. The very attractive model illustrated is made of pongee in the natural shade with bandings of Persian embroidery, the color effect being a most satisfactory one, but can be reproduced in net, soft silks and wools and in The very attractive model illustrated is made of pongee in the natural shade with bandings of Persian embroidery, the color effect being a most satisfactory one, but can be reproduced in net, soft silks and wools and in the many washable facrics with trimming of either lace or embroidery. The waist consists of the lining, which is optional, fronts and back, and is closed invisibly beneath the box platt at the center front. The back is plain, drawn down in gathers at the waist line, but the fronts are gathered at shoulder and neck edges as well as at the waist line. The sleeves are made in one piece each, gathered into straight cuffs, and the trimming straps are extended over them to give the fashionable drooping line. The quantity of material required for the medium size is $4\frac{1}{2}$ yards 21 inches wide. $3\frac{1}{4}$ yards 27 inches wide or $2\frac{1}{4}$ yards 44 inches wide, with $2\frac{1}{2}$ yards of banding. Mrs. Clarence Mackay's Sult. They are getting up cloth suits in a very picturesque way. One lovely suit worn by Mrs. Clarence Mackay is a three piece suit in lustrous black cloth. The skirt is a round length with ruffles of taffeta slightly graduated toward the back. The waist consists of an Eton cut --- . very low in the neck and finished with a deal of nice hand embroidery. The sleeves are half length. And they are cut pointed and finished with embroidery. Underneath this is worn a shirt waist of gray crepe de chine, trimmed with pipings of gray chiffon and pipings of black and white. This gown is pretty as it can be and by no means either difficult or extravagant. Lace Blouse in Favor. The lace blouse is becoming more and more a la mode. The daintiest examples are to be had in tambour and Alencon lace, trimmed with elaborate inlet medallions of cluny lace, fine guipure and embroidered lawn. Blouses in pale shades of batiste are likewise to be seen, having wide, deep vokes, cuffs and collars of broderie Angluate. The colors which are most in evidence are pistache green, pale ochre, orchid mauve and some charming shades of China and wedgwood blue. Puffs Are the Prevailing Fancy. One might reasonably have foreseen that the shirrings which have been used so javishly upoon all the frocks this summer would inevitably run into puffs as the season advanced, in Paris the fancy for puffs in everything is running riot; and it must be confessed that while it takes a master hand to manage them the effect is rarely becoming except to very slender figures and then only when the wearer is of gracious height. With the Housewife Plush goods, if sponged with little chloroform, will look as clean and bright as when new. Ammonia is an excellent remedy for the bites and stings of insects. It should be applied immediately, if possible. To clean nickel, scour with pulverized borax, use hot water and very little soap; rinse hot water and rub dry with clean cloth. Have all plumbing painted well with white enamel, not only for sanitary reasons, but to lighten the work of the housekeeper. When it is necessary to pour boiling water into a tumbler or glass cup, put in a teaspoon first and there will be no danger of cracking. If a lamp gets overturned water will be of no use in extinguishing the flames. Earth, sand or flour thrown on it will have the desired effect. With Lace and Chiffon. Upon a fitted lining alternate rows of cluny lace lined with chiffon and shirred laceist are laid to form a yoke both back and front for a blouse. Little Van Dyke points of batiste embroidery are posed at intervals on the chirrings with very good effect. The shoulder line is long and the upper A SMART L Eltons in box style make favorite coats for young girls and are eminently smart as well as attractive. This one is made of old blue veiling trimmed with Persian banding and matches the skirt, but the model is admirable for all suitings and for the separate jacket of silk, pongee and part of the sleeve repeats the design of the yoke. The shirring is released and forms a full puff over the elbow which drops into a cuff finished with a lingerie ruffle. The fullness of the blouse is gathered into a girdle of dull black satin, which shows the quaint 1830 point in front. Fillets of Chicken Breast Chop the white meat of a cold roast chicken fine. Season to taste with salt, pepper, a dash of onion juice and a little minced parsley. To a cup of the minced chicken allow a cup of cream, into which a pinch of baking soda is stirred. Rub together a tablespoonful of butter and one of corn starch, and stir them into the heated cream. Cook for a minute, add the minced chicken and cook until very hot. Take the mixture from the fire and beat in, gradually, two well beaten eggs. Pour into a bowl and set aside until cool and stiff. Shape into cutlets, dip each cutlet first into cracker dust, then in beaten egg, then in more cracker dust. Set in the ice for two hours, then fry in deep, boiling fat. Serve with a white sauce. Box Plaited Walking Skirt. Skirts made to clear the ground increase in favor week by week and are shown in almost endless variety. This one is exceptionally graceful and combines becoming long lines with abundant flare, the box plaits being allowed to fall in soft folds below the stitchings which in ure smooth fit over the hips. As illustrated it is made of taffeta stitched with corticelli silk, but all skirting and suiting materials are equally ap- soft folds below the stitchings which in ure smooth fit over the hips. As illustrated it is made of taffeta stitched with corticelli silk, but all skirting and suiting materials are equally appropriate, the design being adapted to both the costume and the odd skirt. The skirt is cut in nine gores which are laid in box plaits and conceal all scans. When liked, bulk over the hips can be lessened by cutting the material beneath the plaits away above the stitchings. The closing is made invisibly at the back, a placket being finished at the center seam. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 12½ yards 21 inches wide, 11½ yards 27 inches wide, or 6¼ yards 44 inches wide. Oven Should Be Scrubbed. Very tew of the tidiest housekeepers recognize the necessity of having the oven washed out. Especially after lamb, poultry or fish has been baked, the walls and floor of the oven should be scrubbed carefully with a stiff brush and strong soapsuds, to which a small quantity of washing soda has been added. Pies, cakes and biscuits sometimes have an unaccountable greasy odor due to a lack of this precaution. Raisin Bread To make raisin or currant bread scald a pint of milk and beat into it a teaspoonful of melted butter and one of salt. When the mixture is lukewarm add half a yeast cake dissolved in half a cup of warm water and beat in enough flour to make a good batter. Set in a warm room to rise for eight hours. Beat hard, add a cupful of flour, and work in a cupful of halved and seeded raisins or currants, plentifully dredged with flour. Set to rise until light, then bake. Most Popular Colors. For ceremonious gowns the most popular colors are white, wine, mastic, putty and chalk; and all of the new silks and vellings may be found in these shades. TTLE COAT. the like. The sleeves, which make the essential characteristic, are extended to form box plaits over the shoulders, terminating beneath the trimming at the neck edge. The quantity of material required for a girl of 14 years of age is 2% yards 21, 2% yards 27 or 1% yards 44 inches wide. THEY DRAW THE LINE THEY DRAW THE LINE DEMOCRATS MAKE THE MAIN ISSUE PLAIN. By Declaring In Their Platform That "Protection Is Robbery," They Declare Anew That They Are Wedded to the Doctrine of Free Trade. The Democratic party in national convention has declared that "protection is robbery of the many to enrich the few." The Republican party in national convention has declared its belief in and support of protection, as essential to the prosperity of the American people. Practically all of the issues mentioned in the platforms of the great parties this year will have little consideration in the campaign except this squarely drawn line of difference between them on this elementary principle in the economic policy of the American republic. It will be useless for the leaders of the Democratic party to attempt to make an issue over alleged violations of principles of the United States Constitution by President Roosevelt and his party, when it is a fact perfectly apparent to all thoughtful American citizens that the complaints made by the Democrats in respect to these alleged issues have no real foundation. In an attempt to get away from the overpowering influence of sweeping defeat in two great national campaigns on the issue of the monetary standard, the Democratic party, through its delegates, in national convention assembled, has, by electing to maintain absolute silence on the subject of the money question, sought to eliminate that question from among the issues to be discussed during the campaign. With so many still unsettled problems intimately associated with the financial system, such as national banks of issue, and provisions for increasing the monetary supply, it seems incredible that a party which casts six and a half million votes in a national campaign only four years ago, while declaring against the single gold standard, should so far admit defeat on that question as to desire that there shall be no further discussion of it. But whether the party shall be successful in this attempt to evade an issue which its leaders forced upon the country during two national campaigns, remains to be seen. At this time, when there is discussion of the question whether the tariff law of the United States shall be revised, and when that revision shall be made, it certainly becomes a paramount issue in the campaign when the two parties are lined up with formal declarations, the Republican party for, and the Democratic party against, the doctrine of protection. In its course upon the money question, the Democratic party in national convention, at different times during the past fifteen years, has made declarations, positive and unequivocal at one time, to be followed by evasion, equivocation and silence at other times. The party has heretofore declared that the principle of protection, which has been the fundamental principle underlying every tariff act since the first tariff law was signed by George Washington, is an unconstitutional principle, and directly hostile to the basic law of the republic. In its platform declaration this year the Democratic party does not say that protection is unconstitutional, but violently assails it as robbery. Surely, it would seem that a principle of government, or of taxation, that is subject to denunciation as severe as would be applied to a criminal offense consisting of one person violently taking the property of another, must not only be unconstitutional, but deserves to be uprooted from the law of the land without the slightest hesitation. The Republican party declared in its platform at Chicago its faith in and support of protection as essential to the prosperity of the American people. The Republican party in that platform recognized the present public discussion of tariff revision to the extent of saying that changes in the tariff should be made whenever the good to be derived from such action would not be overbalanced by the evils which might flow from the agitation incident to such changes. What was more important in connection with the tariff issue of the time was the formal declaration in the Republican platform that when changes in the tariff are made the work should be intrusted to the friends of protection, not to the enemies of protection. It is the belief of protectionists that the experience of the American people under the revision of the tariff made by the Democratic party in 1894, which was attended by great industrial disaster—the closing of mills and factories, and the throwing of thousands of men out of employment, and causing widespread loss to American workingmen in reduction of wages, as well as in loss of employment—warrants them in saying that when the tariff is to be revised it should not be revised by the Democratic party. That the Republican party will readjust the tariff when it is necessary, and do it upon protection lines, is demonstrated by the experience of the past. The Republican party has never hesitated to undertake readjustment when, in its judgment, changes in the tariff schedules were necessary or desirable. The Republican party, in May, 1860, introduced what is known as the Morrill tariff bill as a purely protective measure, and it was passed ten months later and signed by President Buchanan two days before the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. As a check upon foreign importations and the outward flow of gold to pay for them, as a stimulus to domestic pro ducton, and as a producer of revenue to detray the expenses of the War of the Rebellion, the first tariff law passed by the Republican party proved itself of incalculable benefit to the country. The Republican party readjusted the tariff downward in 1872, and again in 1883, for the purpose of correcting some inequalities. The results of these downward readjustments were far from satisfactory. The Republican party readjusted the tariff upward in 1890, and in consequence the country entered upon a new era of prosperity. Once more, in 1897, the Republican party readjusted the tariff upward, in order to correct the gross inequalities and disaster-producing features of the Democratic tariff readjustment of 1894, and forthwith followed a period of prosperity far exceeding anything previously known in the world's history. Through all those years of tariff revision and modification the position of the Republican party has consistently been in favor of a tariff law embodying the essential principles of protection. Through all those years the Democratic party has opposed protection, and in the only period of Democratic control in all branches of the Federal government that party revised the tariff upon lines that ignored as far as possible the principles of protection. Here is presented, therefore, in a few words, the records of the two parties during the past forty years. The Republican party has revised and modified the tariff when such action was necessary either to increase the Federal revenues or to correct inequalities of the law. The Democratic party, when entrusted with power, revised the tariff upon non-protection lines, and in the schedules of the law which it passed refused protection to some of the most important industries in the United States—the factory, the mine and the farm. In every instance when the Republican party made a tariff law the industries of the country were quickened into new life, capital found ready investment and workingmen received increased opportunities for employment at increased and increasing wages. When the Democratic tariff act of 1894 was passed it was followed by greater competition from the products of foreign lands, with the result that domestic industries were crippled and a million workingmen in this country were either thrown out of employment or their wages were greatly reduced. Admitting for the purpose of argument that the time may come when the tariff law of the United States should be modified in order that any inequalities it contains may be corrected, and its schedules made to conform to altered conditions, the question which will confront every voter in the coming campaign is whether such changes in the tariff shall be made by the Republican party, the friend and supporter of protection, or by the Democratic party, which opposes protection and declares it to be robbery. It would seem from this statement of the situation, which is an accurate statement, borne out by the facts of history and the experiences of men in this country during very recent years, that the efforts of the Democratic party in its national platform to meet the tariff issue with the plain declaration that "protection is robbery," and at the same time attempt to sugar coat those powerful and significant words with the suggestion that the tariff be "gradually" reduced, together with the for-revenue-only stipulation that the "tariff be limited to the needs of the government," cannot but be regarded by thoughtful people everywhere as a covert attempt of the party to mislead the people into striking a blow at protection under the claim that the blow will not be permitted to do harm. The effort of the Democrats to disguise their purpose in assaulting protection will not be successful. The American people are in favor of protection. They will not entrust the making of a tariff law to a political party that is opposed to protection. As well might the American people have invited Mr. Bryan in 1896 or in 1900 to make and execute a law establishing the gold standard as to invite the Democratic party under Judge Parker, on a platform that declares "protection to be robbery," to make a tariff law that shall protect American industries and American labor. Why "Gradual?" In one sentence denouncing protection as robbery, almost the next phrase of the Democratic platform guarantees the "gradual revision" of the existing protective tariff? What's that? Protection a robbery that is to be corrected "gradually?" It is as though a thief caught red handed stood in the prisoners' dock to be thus addressed by the judge: "I find you, sir, convicted of pickling pockets. The sentence of this court is that you gradually revise your thievish propensity, and that you diminish the number of pockets picked from day to day and from week to week, until finally you will cease altogether to pick pockets. You may go." If it be true that "protection is robbery," then there should be nothing 'gradual' about suppressing the felonious policy. It ought to be instantly stopped. If it be not true, as every person of common intelligence knows it is not; but if protection is, on the contrary, a system and a policy under which millions of homes have been made happier and our country has gained the foremost place among all the nations of the world, then the Democratic party should be held unworthy of confidence and unfit to undertake the management of national affairs. And that is what is going to happen. The only high grade Baking Powder made at a moderate price. Calumet Baking Powder As to Eyebrows. "I always look at a man's eyebrows before employing him," says a successful tradesman. "If they meet I know I am getting an active, shrewd, calculating, determined, ambitious and generally successful employ—one who will rise." Beware of Ointments for Catarrhs that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of aids and completely derange the whole system when it comes to the blood. The articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they cause is not only to the patient but to them from the厂厂. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheeney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury and does not contain the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the product from the manufacturer, Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheeney & Co. Testimonials free. Druggists, price, 75c, per bottle. Books Are Utilized. The inhabitants of Mainz, Germany, are great readers. Of the 200,000 volumes in their library, 40,000 were used last year. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Largest Serpent on Record The largest serpent ever measured was a Mexican anaconda, which was found to be 37 feet in length. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THOS. ROBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Origin of Golden Bee Emblem. It is said that when the tomb of Childeric, a king of the first Frankish dynasty in the fifth century, was opened in the seventeenth century hundreds of golden bees were found in it. So when the French empire was established the golden bee was adopted as one of its emblems. Modern Foot Is Smaller. It is asserted by a sculptor that the human foot is becoming smaller. The masculine foot of twenty centuries ago was about twelve inches long. The average man's foot of to-day is easily fitted with a No. $8\frac{1}{2}$ shoe, which is not above ten inches and seven-sixteenths in length. Production of Rubber The general impression prevails 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. Jews In New York. According to the most authoritative estimates, there are now about 700,000 Jews in New York, the total population of which in 1903, as estimated by the census bureau, was 3,716,139. Perhaps the Jews may be about one-fifth of the present population. JUST ONE DAY Free From the Slugger Brought Out a Fact. "During the time I was a coffee drinker," says an Iowa woman. "I was nervous, had spells with my heart, smothering spells, headache, stomach trouble, liver and kidney trouble. I did not know for years what made me have those spells. I would frequently sink away as though my last hour had come. "For 27 years I suffered thus and used bottles of medicine enough to set up a drug store—capsules and pills and everything I heard of. Spent lots of money but I was sick nearly all the time. Sometimes I was so nervous I could not hold a plate in my hands; and other times I thought I would surely die sitting at the table. "This went on until about two years ago when one day I did not use any coffee and I noticed I was not so nervous and told my husband about it. He had been telling me that it might be the coffee but I said 'No. I have been drinking coffee all my life and it cannot be.' But after this I thought I would try and do without and drink hot water. I did this for several days, but got tired of the hot water and went to drinking coffee and as soon as I began coffee again I was nervous again. This proved that it was the coffee that caused my troubles. "We had tried Postum but had not made it right and did not like it, but now I decided to give it another trial so I read the directions on the package carefully and made it after these directions and it was simply delicious, so we quit coffee for good and the results are wonderful. Before, I could not sleep but now I go to bed and sleep sound, am not a bit nervous now, but work hard and can walk miles. Nervous headaches are gone, my heart does not bother me any more like it did and I don't have any of the smothering spells and would you believe it? I am getting fat. We drink Postum now and nothing else and even my husband's headaches have disappeared; we both sleep sound and healthy now and that's a blessing." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look for the book, "The Road to Wellyville" in each pkg. HOMEWARD...BOUND. The turf grows as green in Illinois as in Ireland—in places. There are pine and spruce trees in the forests of Wisconsin and Michigan as tall and fair as any in Norway. Milwaukee, it is averred, brews as good beer as Munich. And, incontestably, the sun shines as bright and water runs as clear in the new world as in the old. Yet sooner or later the American citizen of foreign birth begins to doubt these and similar facts, or if he admits them he is still conscious of a feeling that sunshine, green fields, mountains, trees and ruins are at least placed in happier combination in his native land than elsewhere. Then, in spite of his pride in his Americanism—a pride which is often intense—he has an inward and growing conviction that the customs of that native land are in some respects immeasurably superior to those of the land of his adoption. There comes a time, at last, when the call of country sounds clearly and Forgotten by Most. unmistakably in the alien's ear. He hears it as he sits at his desk, and he drops his pen and closes his ledger; as he tills his field, and the plowshare is left to rust; it comes to him in the darkness of a Pennsylvania mine and in the blaze of an Arizona sun, amid the whir and clatter of shops and mull or in silent desert solitudes—an imperative, insistent call. Forthwith the vague hope our foreign-born citizen has cherished blossoms into an actual and definite purpose; the difficulties that oppose themselves to its achievements are examined—and truly they do not appear to be great now that the purpose is formed. A few days of a land journey; a week, or little more, of a sea voyage, the expenditure of a few paltry dollars and the thing is practically done. Certainly not a great deal of expense for the ocean voyage if one does not insist upon the pomp and luxury of a saloon passage. That would be very well if one were content to wait for the attainment of wealth, but when one is obeying the call of home it is different and a few days, more or less, of trivial discomfort in the steerage seems insignificant. Here is a newspaper clipping that one of the big steamship lines has cut its eastward steerage passenger rate $10. That would bring it to less than $20. One's heart's desire for $20! There are a few other items of expense to be considered, but the Atlantic has always seemed to be the insuperable barrier between the foreign-born citizen and home. Now he wonders why he has never looked into the thing before. Well, he will go, that much is certain. And so the days from the time that his decision is made are full of the activities of preparation and the nights are sleepless, with feverish anticipation. A thousand pictures of the scenes of his youth present themselves to his imagination with astonishing vividness. His memory becomes crowded with the faces of folk he had forgotten or thought he had forgotten, and his heart yearns for an actual sight of them. He hardly realizes that the children he remembers have become A Slip of the Tongue. The narrator was growing excited as he entered upon the description of the shipwreck. "It was a fearful moment, gentlemen. We saw that we were lost. The life-boats had been staved in, and there was no way to escape from the doomed vessel. Forward upon the bridge stood our noble Captain, true to his trust to the last, while aft were crowded those of us who still remained alive after that fearful night. "Never shall I forget the last, awful moment as the vessel sank. My eyes were fixed on the mizzenmast, where some one had bound a beautiful young girl, the belle of the ship, with whom, not twenty-four hours previously, I had been conversing gaily. And as the ship went down she was borne with it into that seething gulf, helpless, doomed, 'mashed to the last.'"—Chicago Record-Herald. men and women, that the blooming maidens of lang syne are by this time comfortable elderly matrons and that those he left in their prime must be bowed down by age and its infirmities. Then, too, the fact that he has been wholly and utterly forgotten by most of those very folk of whom he thinks with such fond warmth of affection is yet to be forced upon him. The home-goer finds himself at length standing in the magnified shed of the steamer dock in New York, among five hundred-odd other second and third class passengers. (The "steerage," be it understood, has been abolished—it is "first-class" now, and there is a difference apart from the name, as shall hereafter be shown.) There are two gang planks leading to the steamer, which elsewhere is concealed from view by a high board fence; one of these gang planks is amidships and is guarded with snowy canvas along its length. That is for the first-class passengers. The other is placed aft, is plain and somewhat dingy; it is closed, moreover, with ropes. A clause of the instructions to passengers in the third-class tickets warns them to be on board at least two hours before the advertised time of departure, which is 10 o'clock in the morning. It is past 8 now, but apparently the second and third class quarters are not yet in readiness and the punctuality of the passengers is rewarded by a dreary wait. All things come to an end at last, however, and eventually the ropes are removed and the crowd goes over the gangway with a rush—"single women and families aft, single men for'ard." Forward and aft they troop, down the hatchways to the lower decks, there to become involved in hopeless confusion. It is evident that there is no immediate chance of an assignment of quarters, and friends are waiting on the dock to wave a last farewell; so they clamber back, bag and baggage, to the upper deck and there lean over the bulwarks and wait for the start. Presently the steamer begins to toot hoarsely and the crowd on the deck begins to wave hats and handkerchiefs and shout farewells, which demonstrations are returned from the docks of the steamer. Flowers are thrown—which invariably fall short of their mark into the water or on the wrong side of the fence. Then nothing happens and the handkerchief waving subsides and painfully constrained smiles appear on the faces of the passengers and their waiting friends. It is one of the greatest sorrows of parting to be obliged to stand and grin for ten or fifteen minutes at a stretch at the friend you are "seeing off." The third-class gang plank is hauled away and after a pause the first-class gang plank goes also. A few more minutes of agony and the whistle sounds again, a bell jingles somewhere, the big hawks are cast off T Over the Gangway. and the black leviathan slowly, almost imperceptibly, begins to back out from the dock. The home journey has begun.—Kennett Harris in Chicago News. Willing to Accommodate. There is at least one motorman in this town who has a sense of humor and who can take delays philosophically without cussing. The other day a woman, one of the artistic sort, came out of Carnegie hall. At the same instant her friend, also artistic, came out of an apartment hotel on the opposite side of Seventh avenue. They rushed to greet each other and met right in the middle of the car track and in front of a car that was just getting under way. Then the women stopped and began to say a few yards of things to each other. The car stopped, too, but the women didn't seem to realize that it was there at all until the motorman leaned over the dashboard and asked gently: "Ladies, would you like for me to get you a couple of chairs?"—New York Sun. WORLD'S FAIR FAR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS THE FAIR LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT AND PALACE OF VARIED INDUSTRIES. The World's Fair at St. Louis is now in the midst of its splendid season. Colossal, complete, cosmopolitan, it commands the attention of the world as no other enterprise of the present year. From all nations there are pilgrims coming to this shrine, and from all our states and territories there is a constantly growing throng of visitors. United States Senators, Governors of States, men eminent in science, art and letters—all express unqualified admiration for the Exposition and free acquiescence in the oft-repeated statement that this is by far the greatest and best universal exposition ever held. During July a well-known magazine and newspaper writer from New York, Mr. Addison Steele, spent a week at the World's Fair, inspecting the grounds, buildings and various attractions as thoroughly as was possible in that limited period. Returning home, Mr. Steele published in Brooklyn Life the following appreciative comments on the Exposition: In the expressive language of the day, St. Louis "has the goods." I had expected much of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, for I had kept in touch with the making of it from its very inception, five years ago; but after nearly a week of journeying through this new wonderland I must confess that in every essential particular it is far beyond my expectations. The biggest and best it was meant to be and the biggest and best LOUISIANA PURCHA it is. The exposition, rumors notwithstanding, is quite finished. One of the greatest, and certainly one of the most agreeable, of my many surprises was the extreme beauty of the main group of buildings. For the simple reason that the camera does not exist which could take in the vast picture as the eye sees it, the early views of the group—a bit here and a bit there—gave a scant idea of the scheme as a whole. Nor did the early views of the ten individual buildings which make up its compon- HAS FAD FOR PHOTOGRAPH8 Thousands of Negatives Made For Millionaire August Belmont. Among rich Americans perhaps none is so fond of being photographed as August Belmont, James R. Keene being a close second. One New York photographer, whose patrons are mostly wealthy men, has made thousands of negatives for Mr. Belmont in the last few years. One of the largest single orders for prints from old negatives ever received by this photographer came from Mr. Belmont himself soon after the death of his wife. It included a good print from every negative in which Mrs. Belmont appeared. The photographer never guessed how many photographs he had taken for Belmont till then; he found that they numbered nearly a thousand. Why Birds Live Long. Why do birds live so much longer than mammals, which are often a hundred times their size? Possibly, among other things, because they have beaks instead of teeth. All carnivorous beasts become weak and liable to starvation, as their teeth drop out or break. Neither are the herbivorous animals in much better case. Old horses would probably die of starvation if wild, for their teeth would fail them; indeed, in some stony countries old horses have to be killed because their teeth are worn away by cropping grass close to the rock. Rodents constantly die from injuries to teeth. But a bird's beak neither wears out nor drops off, and as it constantly swallows fresh grit to aid in grinding food in the gizzard that needs no repairing either. --- ent parts do justice to their nobility of architecture and general grandeur. Then again in the ground plans and bird's-eye sketches—the only possible manner of showing it—the fan-shaped arrangement of this group looked stiff and unsatisfying. Far from that, it is quite as remarkable in its way as the famous Court of Honor of the Columbian Exposition. In one respect it is even more notable, for instead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen. The main vista is, of course, the one looking up the Plaza of St. Louis—whose crowning feature is the great Louisiana Purchase Monument—and across the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gardens. On the right are the Varied Industries and Electricity buildings and on the left Manufacturers and Education, these—with Transportation and Machinery still further to the right and Liberal Arts and Mines beyond at the left—making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has the Cascade Gardens—rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the floor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, the Terrace of States end the East and West Pavilions—and the Fine Arts building directly behind. The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the finest concession that I have ever seen. There is a great square with many quaint buildings, a little village street, and above the snow-clad mountains—which look very real as the GE MONUMENT AND PALACE OF V evening falls. The best scenic railroad yet devised affords several fine glimpses of the Alps and there is a very graphic exposition of the Oberammergau passion play in the little church. The Cliff Dwellers' concession also looks very realistic at nightfall. It is elaborate in arrangement and the courting, snake and other dances by the Southwestern Indians make it another of the Pike shows which should be taken in by all. In Seville there is an amusing marionette theater and some genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the Pike offers How the Waiter Lost a Tip. At one of the Kansas City hotels where the colored waiters give especially good service, but always expect adequate remuneration for the same from the guests, a waiter was especially officious the other day in serving a man from whom he expected a liberal tip. When the meal had been served and he was standing off at one side, eagerly looking for an opportunity to be of service, he said to the guest: "Didn't yo' have a brothah heah last week, sah?" "No," said the one addressed, "I believe not." "Well," continued the waiter, "theh was a gem'man heah at mah table what looked ve'y much like you, and he was so well pleased with the service that he gave me 50 cents when he left." The guest had by this time finished his meal, and as he arose he said to the expectant servitor: "Come to think of it, Sam, that was my brother that was here, and I guess he paid you for the whole family. He may be back again in a week or two." —Kansas City Journal. Church and School for Indians Mother Katherine Drexel of Philadelphia, founder and head of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament, composed of nuns who devote their lives to the uplifting of the Indian and negro, has offered $500,000 of her own private fortune with which to build a church and school for the Indians of the Winnebago, Neb., reservation. The only condition is that the Indians consent, and this Father Schell of Homer, Neb., has obtained. infinite variety, and as a rule the full money's worth is given. The enormous Jerusalem and Boer War concessions are not on the Pike. It is a case of dine at the German Pavilion and die at the exposition. In a beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoining Das Deutsche Haus the best food and the highest prices on the grounds are to be found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner costing two and three dollars, respectively. There is also a la carte service. Everything considered, the prices are not "excessive, and at least one meal should be taken there for the experience. Another should be taken at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in the gorgeous dining-room in the mountainside. The best French restaurant is at Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and in every way admirable are the two restaurants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pavilions of Cascade Gardens. The east one has waitresses and no beer and the west one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch Gergany, France and England all offer delicious pastry in the Agricultural building. These are not free ads, but time-saving tips for the traveler. There are no end of restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds. I tried nine of them and nowhere found the prices more than they ought to be. As a matter of fact, for neither food nor lodging no one need pay any more at St. Louis than he feels that he can VARIED INDUSTRIES. afford, and yet be well fed and housed, if he will use ordinary common sense in making a selection out of the abundance offered. Hot? Yes, but on the two hottest days of the summer at St. Louis I suffered no more from the heat than in New York before leaving and after returning. Every day of the seven there was a breeze at the fair grounds and it was always possible to find a shady spot. The nights were cool and comfortable. ADDISON STEELE SET THEM ON EACH OTHER. Belligerent Callers Fooled by Quick-Witted Newspaper Man. Representative Brownlow of Tennessee tells that once he was running a country paper during campaign times and was printing "fighting" language every week. One day, just after the paper was out, a big man, armed with a club, walked into the sanctum and fiercely inquired if the editor was in. The frightened Brownlow had wit enough to answer that he was not, but that he would go out and hunt him up. He started for the street and at the foot of the stairs met another irate fellow, who asked: "Will I find the editor of this dirty sheet upstairs?" "Yes," said Brownlow, "he's up there at his desk just itching for a fight." The second man went up and Brownlow disappeared. Which whipped the other is not related—and Brownlow didn't go back during the day to find out. Ancient Phases Corrupted. Ancient Picts in England were called by the Celtic word "pehta" or fighters. This was Latinized into Picti. So, too, Barbary of the ancient maps is a monument to the miscalling of the Berber tribe by the Greek word signifying "barbarian." Even the legend of the victory of Guy of Warwick over the dun cow is assailed by ruthless etymologists, who insist upon its derivation from his conquest over the "Dena gau," or Danish settlement, at the champion's gates. The Celtic words 'alt maen" are responsible for many "old man" crags into sea coasts and among mountains. They mean, however, "high rock." --- JEST AND JOLLY Mrs. Newlywed's Complaint. "What will we have for dinner, dear?" said Mrs. Newlywed to her husband as he started for the office "But, George, dear, we had roast pork Monday, roast lamb "tuesday and roast, beef last night." "Well?" "Why can't they invent some more animals? It's so hard to choose from just those three." Fork Ead. Marker—The spread of the opium habit is something terrible. I am told that women of the highest class have been seen going into the opium joints. Parker—Oh, that's all nonsense. Ladies of fashion go to such places to watch the Chinamen use chopsticks. They want to learn how to eat soup with a fork. New York Weekly. Situation Summed Up. Wifey—How do you like my new hat, George, dear? Hubby—Oh, I suppose I've got to like it, or else buy you another.—Comic Cuts. The Old Question Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had spent the night in the fiery furnace. "Good morning," they remarked when the doors were opened. "Is it hot enough for you?" With a savage, baffled yell their persecutors fled the scene.—Judge. Better Plan Than That The young clergyman was under the impression that there had been some criticism because he preached extemporaneously. "Do you think I ought to write my sermons?" he asked. "No," replied the sarcastic warden. "I think you ought to buy them." By Doctor's Advice "Excuse me, Softly," remarked Pendennis curiously, "how is it you always wind up your watch immediately after dinner?" "For the benefit of my health. You see, my doctor has recommended me always to take a little exercise after dinner." Ideal Laborers She—What gave you nervous prostration? Weary Will—Overwork, mum. She—I never heard of a tramp overworking himself. Weary Will—I 'spose not, mum. They be generally too tired to tell of it. After the Auto Accident. Mother—Oh, doctor, if you trepaste my boy's skull and put in a silver plate what effect will it have on his mentality? Surgon—Well, ma'am, his brain may perhaps be clouded, but the cloud will have a silver lining—Judge. A Difference. "In Egypt, when a girl is born they throw her into the sea, so the lobsters can get her." "Well, over here we wait till she grows up, and then the lobsters get her."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Approved Prescription. Sufferer—I have a terrible toothache, and want something to cure it. Friend—Now, you don't need any medicine. I had a toothache yesterday, and went home, and my loving wife kissed me and so consolled me that the pain soon passed away. Why don't you do the same? Sufferer—I think I will. Is your wife home now?—Albany Journal. Easy to See That. "Will you direct me to Farmer Skinner's house?" asked the newly arrived summer boarder. "I will if ye want me to," replied the station louder. "I shall have to ask you for explicit directions, because I've never been there before. "Gosh! I know that, seen, you're determined to go there now." THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODS..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year.....82.50 Eight months.....7.25 Three months.....6.00 One month.....1.50 Strictly 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 no. 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 . . . $ 5.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 3.00 For two inches, three months . . . 8.00 For two inches, six months . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches, twelve months . . . 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. November 8 is among the things that the Democrats view with alarm. Senator Stone knows where he is at, and furthermore, he is at home and in his own ranks. The majority of our people are determined to down you if you take a stand for the right. If the Star is right, J. W. Folk is governor now, but the Star ought to know there are others. The Republican party seeks to convince the people. The Democratic party seeks to scare them. Is Joseph W. Folk the first reformer of the great state of Missouri, and is he the first man that tried to convict criminals of all kinds? The Republicans have been fighting for a principle for thirty-old years or more, and there is no reason why they should go out of their ranks to find a reformer. Stay at home and don't go a flirting with eagles that have no wings; they may not land you softly; they haven't done so yet. So let every Republican vote his own ticket. Don't all rush at once to the neighborhood of Eighteenth and Woodland and invest in property, simply because the property holders there are frightened out of their homes. Wait awhile and give prices a chance to drop. In union there is strength. Negroes of this city are making another plunge into business enterprises. It is to be hoped that they will profit from past experiences and let not their hard earned dollars get away through loose business methods. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 6, 1900. Mr. William E. Walton, 224 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md. My Dear Mr. Walton: I received your very kind and courteous letter of the 2nd instant, and am genuinely touched by it. In your letters you speak of the lovers of peace and arbitration, especially in your own church, saying: "We are not non-combatants, and when it comes to maintaining the honor and integrity of the Nation and commanding respect for our loved flag, our people would largely, perhaps as largely as most bodies of Christian workers, respond to their country's call, and would combat as loyally as you could wish any attempt to insult the flag we all so dearly love." Surely, my dear sir, I need hardly say that alike in your love for peace and your desire for arbitration, and also in what you have said in the above quotation, I only heartily agree. A better statement of the proper duty of our citizens could hardly have been made, nor can I too heartily express my respect for all (whether Friends or of other denominations) whose views you thus put forth. The sentence of mine which is complained of, and which was written fifteen years ago, was intended to express my disagreement both with the man who acts on inadequate provocation and of the man who, on adequate provocation, fails to act. It would be untrue to say that I had altered my convictions in the matter; but were I now to re-write the --- sentence, I should certainly so phrase it that it could not be construed as offensive to the Society of Friends, a body whose social virtues and civic righteousness justly command universal respect. With assurances of my very high regard and esteem, believe me, Most sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. P. S.—You are entirely at liberty to make this public in any way you desire. I may send a copy of it to other inquirers. The folly of that handful of negroes calling themselves Lincoln Republicans, in making a spectacle on themselves before the civilized world by even suggesting the nomination of a negro for president, will do much toward making for us a host of enemies among those who are already jealous of the privileges we have. The negro has not learned to govern his home or his church. These things come first. When we have discipline at home and sufficient bank account to permit us to live upon our income, then may we cast about for a position of honor, that takes thousands of dollars a year to keep it up. Let us busy ourselves in securing good homes, in getting on foot business enterprises where the boys and girls may find employment, in seeking to overcome the malice and spite and envy that so long have divided our efforts and made the best among us little more than the worst. No, the need of the hour—the crying need—is not a negro president, but more negroes that are breadwinners for their families, noble examples of manhood to their sons and protectors of the virtue of wife and daughters. Why Davis Was Nominated. Democratic Voter—How did the convention come to nominate Davis, a man more than 80 years old? Didn't they know his age? Democratic Delegate—Some one referred to him as an "octogenarian," and the boys immediately jumped to the conclusion that he was worth eighty millions. That settled it. ROOSEVELT. Somehow, when we heard of his nomination at the late Republican convention we felt a premonition that at the proper time his election to the chief office of the United States would follow. Be that as it may, our desire is that such will be the case, and that another four years of prosperity will be ours to enjoy. This may sound or read a little premature, but all the same we feel that Theodore Roosevelt, the present incumbent, will most assuredly occupy the exalted seat another term. So far as the colored race is concerned, we feel sure that as a race and American citizens, they will receive justice at his hands. In the past, Roosevelt has been friendly, considerate, and as to the future, we have no fears, but rather an abiding faith. Roosevelt is a literary statesman, a man who thinks and then acts, with the precision of a skilled marksman. In the affairs of state he is "at home," and we believe well qualified to sustain and guide the things on hand to a successful issue. At least it is the aim and ambition of the Rising Son to work faithfully and steadily for the cause and elect good men to positions of honor and trust. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The negro papers throughout the country are complaining of the treatment negroes get at the fair, and urging all self-respecting negroes to give St. Louis a wide berth. If things are as they say, good will be done. There must be an element of good in anything that will make negroes sticw together and resent insults that are needlessly thrustt upon them. In time they will learn to forsee these unpleasant features and take steps to forestall them, but never can this be done until they love self less and each other more. EDUCATION AT LINCOLN INSTITUTE. President Allen—"Lincoln Institute Idea"—Facilities for Studying, etc. Lincoln institute, on Saturday, August 13, closed its very successful summer school of 1904, and on September 5 the fall term of the regular session begins. President Allen's rare executive ability is making itself felt throughout the entire management of the institution, and at no time in its history has there been a higher standard of excellence in the various departments of higher education and of industrial work, as well as in all of those so-called "minor details" of a great school, which, however, in the end, represent so much of real value in the liberal and practical education of youth. With such an excellent school as Lincoln institute within the borders of Missouri, it is no longer necessary for parents to send their young people out of the state in order that they may obtain a well rounded education. And a justifiable pride in home institutions that are second to none, or, better, a visit to this school, and a close inspection of the work done there from year to year, will greatly increase the already large attendance, and materially help to develop the "Lincoln institute idea"—an idea which stands, not for industrialism as an end, but for that happy combination of higher education and of the industries, which a careful consideration will prove is best adapted to the development of our youth in this section of country, so closely associated along all lines with the great West and Northwest, with Texas and the Territories, where the already considerable wealth of the Negro, and the wonderful undeveloped resources of the region, make it possible for him to succeed financially and otherwise, if possessed of a trade, and of such a liberal education that he will be able to hold his own in the midst of high-handed competition. These sections send large numbers of students to Lincoln institute, as indicated by the catalogue of 1904-1965, and by catalogues of previous years; and well authenticated reports show that many of these young people thus educated are no widing well with various enterprises in their respective localities. In fact, on all sides, reports from Lincoln institute graduates and students are almost invariably of such high character that the institution enthusiastically points to her product as the strongest demonstration of her merit. The regents, president and all officials connected with the institution are highly interested in its welfare, and many important improvements are now in progress. A $10,000 central steam heating plant is well on to completion. Books amounting to $1,000 have been added to the library during the summer, which, with other valuable additions for the work of each department, make it possible to speak in highest terms of the facilities for study, for original research and investigation. Kansas City has for several years sent a goodly number of students to Lincoln institute; a number of progressive teachers attended the summer school, and it is hoped that there will be a steadily increasing number from this city in both the regular session and in the summer school. Deserving young men and women of limited means need not be deprived of an education, as there are many opportunities given in the institution and in the City of Jefferson for working one's way through school; and to the credit of these self-supporting students it may be added that in a number of instances, the students who are leading their classes and are ranking highest in the esteem of their teachers and fellow students are those who reached the institution without a dollar, but with a well-directed purpose. Catalogues giving full information as to price of board, courses of study, etc., can be obtained by addressing President B. F. Allen, Lincoln institute, Jefferson City, Mo., the undersigned, 2122 Tracy avenue, Kansas City, Mo., or other members of the faculty. J. S. YATES. BRANCH HEADQUARTERS HERE. Republicans Recognize Kansas City's Political Importance. Branch headquarters of the Republican state committee will be established in Kansas City. This is the first time either state committee has recognized Kansas City as anything more than a spot on the map, and no formal action has been taken on this subject even now. However, there is an agreement that W. S. Dickey is to be chairman of the executive committee which Chairman Neidringhaus is now selecting. It was also agreed at the St. Louis meeting that if Mr. Dickey chose to establish a headquarters for Western Missouri at Kansas City it would please the candidates and be thoroughly satisfactory to the committee. The headquarters will be in St. Louis as they always have been, but the branch in Kansas City will have supervision of detail work for at least half of the state. The telephone will be used daily to compare information and prevent complications. The Son is glad that Mr. Dickey is to be given this responsible position and that Kansas City is selected as the headquarters. We will then have right under our eyes an example of what a qualified man of integrity can do for his town or city. Cyclist Tells Fish Story. A veracious cyclist tells how a swarm of bees settled on his body while out cycling. He kept quite cool and rode slowly until his lively companions flew off. In this way he escaped without a single puncture! Lord Beaconfield Paid Carlyle High Compliment. Carlyle was once offered a baronetcy by Lord Beaconsfield. To his brother he wrote: "The enclosed letter and copy of my answer ought to go to you as a family curiosity and secret—nobody whatever yet knows of it beyond our two selves, except Lady Derby, whom I believe to be the contriver of the whole affair. You would have been surprised, all of you, to have found unexpectedly your poor old brother Tom converted into Sir Tom Bart., but, alas, there was no danger at any moment of such a catastrophe. I do, however, truly admire the magnanimity of Dizzy in regard to me. He is the only man I almost never spoke of except with contempt and if there is anything of scurrility anywhere chargeable against me I am sorry to own he is the subject of it; and yet see, here he comes with a pan of hot coals for my guilty head! I am on the whole gratified a little within my own dark heart at this mark of the good will of high people." TOO READY IN ARGUMENT. Scotchman Over Eager to Prove His Innocence. "Lord Burnham," said an American journalist, "presided at the recent annual dinner in London of the Newspaper Fund. He told a number of stories. "One thing he said was that, on a fishing trip in Scotland, he set out on a certain morning with a large lunchon basket, intending to be gone for the day. He fished till noon. Then hunger seized him. At the same time, too, he recalled the fact that he had left his lurcheon at the foot of a cliff on the road, where he had stopped to rest. "The cliff was two miles back, but the hungry lord set out for it on a fast walk. On the way he met a shabbily dressed Scot. "'Did you,' he asked, 'find anything on the road as you came along?' 'Na,' said the Scot, 'Na; not I. Could na a stray dog ha' found and eaten it?" What We Breathe. In the morning when a broad beam of sunshine pours through the window of your sleeping apartment you see countless tiny particles floating along the path of the sunlight; but the air of the remainder of the room seems entirely clear and pure. Is it? Not at all. There is just as much dust in the air outside that stream of light as there is in it, but it is not visible. So the disease germs in the form of impalpable dust are floating about us often when he are unconscious of their presence. Our vitality may be strong enough to render them innocuous, or it may not. If it is we retain our health. If it is not we are attacked with typhoid or diphtheria, or some other malady communicated in that way. An Humble Prayer. Lord, in thy abounding grace, Give to me one little place Where earth's beauties I may see, With no man to envy me! Let my children breathe in health: Let them know the poor man's wealth To live free beneath the sky, Shunning, dreading no man's eye. Let the dear wife of my heart Share with me the greater part Of my hours, and grant that we, Free of care, may worship thee. To our own give us true claim, Wronging none in right or name, Loving all things to their worth Till we leave thy blessed earth. But if it should be thy will We should strive and suffer still, Give us grace to keep untainted. Till thy peace at last is gained. Fame and wealth to others, then; This to me and mine. Amid! The Outlook. Where Travel Is Difficult. Some idea of the delights of traveling in Korea is given by the following description by a traveler of the "bridges" in that country: A first-class bridge in Korea is simply an assortment of planks nailed together. These are scarce. A second-class bridge is a series of isolated stones from one to another of which the visitor may jump. A third-class bridge, much the commonest variety—is invisible, its position being indicated by a couple of posts, one on each side of the river. They mean that you may safely wade across, as the water will—probably—not go much above your chest! War Sacrifice Great. A French statistician, Dr. Charles Richet, has arrived at the following estimate of the number of men who died in the wars carried on by the various Christian rattions during the last century. The total reaches to the figure of 14,600,000. It is made up as follows: Napoleonic wars, 8,000,000; Crimean war, 300,000; Italian war, 300,000; American civil war, 500,000; Franco-German war, 800,000; Russo-Turkish war, 400,000; civil wars in South America, 500,000; various colonial expeditions in India, Algeria, Mexico, Tonquin, Abyssinia, South Africa and Madagascar, 3,000,000. A Matter Easily Understood. A. H. Hummel, the well-known lawyer, was dining with a group of actors at the Waldorf. Apropos of a certain breach of promise suit, one of the actors exclaimed: "I can't understand how an honorable woman can jilt a man and at the same time keep the engagement ring he gave her." "That is very simple." said Mr. Hummel. "The woman has changed her opinion of the man, but she admires the ring as much as ever." Beauty in the Heart. Some like the girl with the beautiful face. Others like the girl with an easy grace. But like the girl with the charming ways. Whose beauty shows in her virtuous gaze. Some like the girl who is tall and stout. Others like the girl who is always out. But I like the girl with the innocent mind. Some like the girl who is fond of wine, Others like the girl with whom they GOOSE VERSUS GANDER That Mrs. Spelthorne was a determined young woman everybody knew, and her husband knew it best of all, as it was quite right he should. Yet, because he loved her, he was always ready to make excuses for her to those who had any right to listen to them. "You see," he would say, "she was an only child and motherless, and ran wild about her father's place while he was at his business all day. Then, later, she was constituted the mistress of his house, and ruled it with great firmness. She was also considered pretty by many people—I consider her so myself, although I am her husband—and she had other offers before mine." "Dear, dear, the listener said. "Quite so, that has always been my view of it. There was one—it's truly dreadful to narrate—who was a clerk to a brewer in the neighborhood; then there was a doctor's assistant"—— "Good heavens!" "Then there was a curate"—— "And a host of others. But, all the same, she was reserved for me, and I have got her; and if she is wilful, she is winsome, and I love her. Oh! I do." Now, Mrs. Spelthorne and her husband really did dwell in a very pleasant state of connubial amity—in spite of the revelations Mr. Spelthorne had just seen fit to make to his cousin (first) home from India—owing partly to the fact that they suited each other, and also did not interfere with each other's habits and customs, while, as becomes a modern model couple, each went their own way without bothering the other. Spelthorne, of course, had a club or so—what self-respecting husband hasn't?—and a club coverth a multitude of things. So, also, had Mrs. Spelthorne — the "Advanced Women's" it was called—and here it was her habit to regale some of her friends whom, as she used to say, "Charlie did not like, because he was so funny." All the same, the Spelthorne menage ran well and smoothly. Charlie went to the city and played at being a stock broker, and Jessie sat in her flat telling the cook of her past life and experiences, and talking about her father's place in Sussex, till it was time to go to the "Advanced Women's." But, one night, when Charlie came home to dinner, which he did regularly—sometimes—his wife said, "Lady D'Hautenbas wants me to go down to her little place at Molesey to-morrow to help her to choose the new wall paper. We shall be quite alone, and just dine there, sleep there, and come back early next morning. So she is not asking you"—— "Shouldn't go if she did," Charlie said. "Very busy myself. Great Taraxacum Gold Mines being floated. F. M. "Oh, by the bye, give me some money, will you?" "Oh, by the bye, give me some money, will you?" Late night in city. Go and enjoy yourself. God bless you!" "Dear old Charlie. Oh! by the by, give me some money, will you?" "I can't. Check book is in the city." "I know. But I tore two or three out the other day, so as to always have them in the flat if wanted. I'll just go and fill one up while you are smoking your after dinner cigarette, and you can sign it. It won't be a minute." "Thanks. You are a wonder at saving me trouble, Jessie." "I always was. Father used to say just the same thing. Ten pounds will do for the present. Back in a moment." Twenty-four hours later than this not uncommon domestic episode took place, viz. at 9 o'clock at night, Charlie Spalthorne stood in the bedroom of the flat (the dressing room was sacred to his wife) and cast a fearful eye around it while taking the precaution immediately afterward of turning the key. Then he opened a huge kit bag and drew out a polichinelle costume, white shoes, stockings and all, and commenced to array his comely form in them. Then he powdered his face, went to his wife's dressing room, and, obtaining some weird ungent. dabbed two round spots on his cheeks, and next drew over his own fair curly hair the clown's wig. "What a good job it was," he muttered, as he went through the mysteries of this toilet, "that Jessie went out of town with Lady D'Hautenbas to-day. Otherwise Algy and I—or I, at least—could never have gone to the 'Chorus Girls' ball.' They say half London, of sorts, will be there. We ought to have a ripping old time. I hope Jessie won't ever hear of it, though." Half an hour later his four-wheeler drew up at some chambers in Bury street, and a tall gentleman, also enveloped in a long coat, but disguised underneath as Henri IV, (he didn't look a bit like him), got into it, and away they went to a well-known tavern in the neighborhood of Cavendish square, where a vast ballroom can be L. hired for similar and other functions. There was a sound of revelry by night! And bright the lamps shone over fair women and brave men (Byron copyright has expired by "efflux of time"—for this phrase vide the legal reporters). Likewise the soothing sound of the popping of festive champagne corks was to be heard, cigarette smoke perfumed the air, so did Patchoull and Opoponax and other things. "On went the dance and joy was unconfined." The floors shook beneath the concussion of hundreds of feet, and suddenly, in the middle of it all, Charlie reeled heavily against his friend Algy Smith, and exclaimed, "I've had a vision." "Better have a drink, old man. What's the vision, all the same?" "You know this Lady D'Hautenbas by sight—don't. Tell me, I implore, does she squint?" "Like a fiend. Well!" "Look at that woman in the black mask, clos by. Weighs about sixteen stone, dressed as Jullet. Oh! do look, Algy." "I am looking. It's about the bulk. She's a fine figure of a woman. But the eyes, especially the left one, don't look just like hers." "The wall paper! The wall paper!" Charlie moaned. "The writing on the wall—I mean the wall paper!" "This won't do, old boy," Algy exclaimed. "What did you have to drink at dinner?" But before he could receive an answer to this dietary question an awful thing occurred. The chandeller—probably jumped out of its fastening by the herculean efforts of the dancers—fell to the floor with a crash, and in doing so ignited the dresses of some of the dancers, especially those of the ladies. And one of these latter, dressed as La Pompadour, appeared now to be in pretty bad case, since she seemed well alight in a moment. But Charlie was always a hero, and he proved himself one at this time. While other men nervously stood still he snatched the cloak off his Henri IV. friend's shoulders, rushed at the burning lady, threw her down on the floor, fell alongside of her, extinguished the flames, and, amid a roar of applause from the company, got her, unharmed and untouched by the flames, to her feet. But as she staggered up her mask fell off, and Charlie also staggered back, gasping and mumbling. "You trattress!" he said. "You—you—choosing, the wall paper, indeed! I knew it." "You wretch! What about your old Podophyllin—I mean Taraxacum—Gold Mines. I'll have a divorce." But all the same she didn't, because, you see, this was a case of "sauce for the goose," or "it tat for tat," or "Ruse contre Ruse," or whatever it pleasees you to call it—The King. Birds on Migration Tours Each arrival in Great Britain of birds from northwest Europe corresponds with fine weather over the North sea between Great Britain and Scandinavia. When an observant naturalist sojourned in the Eddystone lighthouse he found that it was wind which constituted the primary factor in influencing the flight of the birds. The direction of the wind did not appear to affect the migration. The southward flight continued in face of winds from all points of the compass; but when it became a question of the velocity and strength of the wind matters were distinctly altered. If the velocity amounted to twenty-eight miles an hour migration was suspended. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. t's the little bits we collect here a n there that enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. TO OUR COLORED FRIENDS. 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. Remember the social at the Guild hall next Thursday evening. Robert Riley and his mother have moved into their new home on Woodland avenue near Eighteenth. Dr. J. E. Dibble wishes it known that he is still occupying his office on Twelfth street and has not moved into the Masonic building. Have your printing done at National Printing company, a negro business doing modern printing. 205 Wales building, Sixth and Delaware. For fine wedding invitations, calling cards, etc., call on The Graham-Rhodes Printing Co., now located at 704 East 12th St., up stairs.. "Printers of Everything." 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. If you desire one of the Magnetic Hair Straighteners or some Ozone we have it in stock at the Rising Son office and all other preparations from the Boston Chemical Co. 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. Mrs. Lovey J. Crowdy, sister of Principal W. W. Yates, is here on a visit to her mother's family after an absence of fourteen years. She will return to San Francisco in about three weeks. She is stopping with her mother. 2007 Madison avenue. Dr. J. F. Shannon and Miss Rosland Reed of the Garrison school were married last Monday evening. The bride and groom took possession of their cosy home on East Seventeenth street. Garrison school loses an excellent teacher, but we hope its loss will be a gain for Kansas City in other directions. B. L. Thompson, one of our most highly respected citizens, died at his home last Sunday night. His funeral took place Thursday afternoon from Asbury church. It was held under the auspices of the Police Relief association. Mr. Thompson was a good officer, an excellent citizen, and leaves behind a fine record. He was a member of Green Pasture Lodge No. 28. His widow and son have the sympathies of the whole community. Imitation Furs. The skin of the muskrat or musquash makes a much more durable and richer looking fur, and from it imitation Alaska sable coats frequently are made. Rabbit skins also are used after a complicated treatment in the manufacture of imitation chinchilla. No wonder there is such a difference in the chinchilla furs. Lenrosy Among Fish Eaters Leprosy Among Statistics are quoted showing that while in India the average occurrence of leprosy is three or four cases per 10,000 of population, in the island of Mincoy, in the Indian ocean, whose inhabitants are devoted to fishing, it rises to 150, and at Kaliogan, a fishing center, it amounts to 600.—Harner's Weekly. Horsemen's Kindergarten. "The men who are training the horses must be strict, and, at the same time, kind to them, and under no circumstances must they be played with. It is also not advisable to encourage the horses with sugar, carrots, etc." is an order issued to the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Re-union of Twenty-third Kansas Regiment. When President McKinley issued his call for troops to engage in the Spanish-American war, the negroes of this country willingly offered their lives as a sacrifice to the protection of its honor and good name. From every state Negro troops were enlisted, went to the front as brave and fearless men, and won glory and fame by their valiant and patriotic stand. Among the dauntless Negro soldiery that went to their country's call was the 23rd Kansas Regiment of Colored Volunteers, whose courage and bravery has made it famous throughout the land. Theirs was a short, but exciting campaign; and, after peace had been declared they came home with all the glory of loyal and patriotic soldiers. Since then the 23rd Kansas has kept their organization intact, and have formed the custom of holding an annual reunion. The 5th annual reunion will occur on September 4 and 5, at Stewart's park, corner 9th and Quindaro boulevard, Kansas City, Kan. They have arranged for a series of army attractions, viz: Go into camp on Sept. 4th. Army life in camp. At 2 p. m. contest drill. At 5 p. m. special attraction. A professional high diver will leap from an elevation of forty feet into a pool of water. At 8 p. m. band concert. Programme for Sept. 5th: 6 a. m.—Reveille. 7 a. m.—Mess call. 8 a. m.—Inspection by Colonel Jas, Beck, of Lawrence, Kan. 10 a. m.—Street parade, headed by the 23rd Kansas band through the principal streets of the two Kansas Cities. 2 p.m.—Speaking by Colonel Jas, Beck, of Lawrence, Major John M. Brown, of Topeka, Professor W. T. Vernon, President W. U., Quindaro, Hon. Nelson Crews, of Kansas City, and others. 4 p. m.—Sham battle. 8 p. m.—Athletic program. Refreshments and dancing both day and night. ANNOUNCEMENT ETRAORDIN. ARY! The management of Stewart's Park take pleasure in announcing that it has secured the 23rd Kansas Regiment Band, U. S. V., to give a grand band concert and musical feast at Stewart's park, corner of 9th street and Quindaro boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas, Sunday, August 21st, at 2 o'clock p. m. Walker's Junior Quindaro band will also be present and add to this musical aggregation. Come ye! Come! The 23rd Regiment band has a national reputation and is noted for having served with the undaunted 23rd Kansas Volunteers throughout the Spanish-American war, is composed of 30 pieces and recognized as the best Negro Band in the West. An excursion from Topeka and Lawrence will accompany the band to this city, arriving at the Union Depot at 10:30 a. m. Sunday, August 21, and after forming parade will march through the principal streets, (headed by Walker's Junior Quindaro band), and then to the park. Everybody invited to turn out and greet our Sunday visitors. Spend an afternoon in beautiful Stewart's park. Dancing, swinging, and other amusements will be provided on the grounds. Take Quindaro boulevard car to Park gate. Admission to Park, 10c. A SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. A few weesk since there convened in the city of St. Louis the annual session of Women's Clubs of the United States. This meeting marked a very intreesting epoch in the history of this organization. Twenty-one states were represented by the most intelligent and progressive of our women, and the proceedings of the session were characterized by the most lofty ideas for the betterment and elevation of their fellow-women and the race in general. Many things of a practical nature were accomplished and will bring about tangible results. All honor to the good women who are really doing something more than talk. They are laying the rule for the men of the race to follow. Some of the brainiest women of our race were present and took part in the deliberations. We especially note as being present Mrs. J. Silone Yates, who was unanimously elected president; Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Mrs. B. K. Bruce and many others of prominence. Odd Advertisement "Wanted, a strong horse to do the work of a country minister," is an advertisement which appeared in a newspaper. Smallest Made Screws. The smallest screws made are for the fourth jewel wheel of a watch. A lady's thimble will hold 100,000 of them. THE RISING SON. By Joe Sephus. The Poetical, Practical "Ad" Writer of Kansas City, Mo. So send in "ads," your name and "scads," And we will make concessions. The Rising Son good work has done; Its aim is for the best. The Rising Son wants every one To read and scan its pages. For there you'll find food for the mind, From the poets and from the sages. Office, No. 117 West Sixth street, Kansas City, Mo. Lewis Woods, business manager. LINES On Jones' Dry Goods Company. By Joe Sephus, the New Practical "Ad" Writer." If at first you don't find "Jones'", Try, try again; Keep on tramping over stones You will find them without "Phones Try, try again. When your courage should appear, If you're wanting something 'queer You will find it, never fear, "At Jones' Jones' Jones'." If you're wanting dry goods "swell" Try, try again; Then if you should change your mind, Shoes or groceries, any kind, These, by wagon loads you'll find At Jones' Jones' Jones'. If you want confections sweet, Boots or shoes or notions neat, Dry goods, groceries, books or meat, These and more at prices fair, For they do things on the "square," At Jones' Jones'!! Jones'!!! Jones', Jones', Jones'! But by patience won the race, Jones', Jones', Jones'! Now they cover half a square, Handle goods from everywhere, Coarse and fine, rich and rare! At Jones'! Jones'!! Jones'!!! 12th and Main Streets. NOTE—I entered their store once and got lost, it was so immense. I'm wiser now, when I go there to shop I provide myself with a guide and a "roll" J. S. "I'M NEXT TO YOU." Frazier Smith and Jack Burnett wrote it this way: CHORUS. (Always join in.) In the morning I'm going down to ask the judge To give me back my maiden name; You have trifled 'round in this here town, To me you ain't been true— Now your home is GONE, so be amblin' on. Cause I'm certainly NEXT to you 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. THE OLD FOLKS' AND ORPHANS HOME. The Ladies' Covenant No. 20 is tendered thanks for $1.00 sent to the Home. 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. PERSONAL. Gentleman, 28, South American, a British subject, refined, cultured, honest, educated abroad, good moral character, ambitious, desires acquaintance of a colored lady with means, one who is sincere and honest; object matrimony; correspondence solicited, with photo, which will be confidential and returned if desired. Success St. Nicholas, 475 W. 159th street, Manhattan, New York. COTTAGE FOR SALE. I have for sale near 26th and Vine, a nice cottage, with about four rooms, offered at the low price of $1,000; $100 cash, the remainder at $15 monthly at 6 per cent.; best bargain of its kind in the city; get further particulars of W. J. RATCLIFF. 613 Mass. Bldg. Wood Lighter Than Cork. Only one wood is known which is lighter than cork. This is the marsh anoua of Brazil. ```markdown ``` CURL-I-CURE will to th n- When you meet a person your first impression is governed largely by his or her appearance. The same applies to you. If you are at home, you can be beautiful, trim, neat and look fresh and well kept, how much better the flair 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. You can be a gentleman your 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 doctors in one of which we overcome this great handicap and make your hair as beautiful as and attractive as the finest head of hair you have ever wished for. *Curl-I-Cure*, a cure for curls, will do it. It is different from anything you have ever heard of or seen it to curl. *Curl-I-Cure* is but another name for one of the greatest and most wonderful preparations which has ever been discovered. It has been used by the leading doctors all over the world, every day and always in the formula for hair and scalp defects and always brings perfect results. CURL = I = CURE This is the only preparation that will ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHTEN hair, is harmless and will make the hair grow, giving it a soft and silky appearance. DIRECTIONS FOR USING. Wash the hair with soap and water and let thoroughly dry. Do this only before the first application. 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 applies to you. If you are attractive, beautiful, trim, not well kept, how much better the 6t impress look he had in old clothes, which we thought you had no interest in your appearance. Nothing adds to or detracts from a lady's sense so much as the hair. Nothing indicates gentility, good breeding, their taste, so much we have had in old clothes, which we want leading society ladies in all the large cities. We know how much pride a successful sonal appearance. Having such individuality you enjoy it is one way and only one way in which you can handicap and make your hair as beautiful, the finest head of hair you have ever wished. It is different from anything you have it is new to you but old in itself. Curl-I-Cure is but another name for our most wonderful preparations which has been used by the leading doctors all nation, for many years as a private formal defects and always brings perfect results. CURL This is the only preparation that make the hair DIRECTIONS FOR USING. We first application. Then apply Curl-I-C brush the hair for five or ten minutes result. After the hair is straightened Carefully follow above directions. SOUTHERN CHEMICAL Seldom Take a Bath. The Merionethshire (Wales) officer of health, says the quarrymen seldom, if ever, bathe themselves all over. In fact, this was a weakness in the district, and there are thousands of grow-up people in Festinioig who had never had a proper bath in their lives. To Exterminate Tuberculosis. Norwegian experts believe that by the establishment of sanatoriums containing each about twenty persons it will be possible to exterminate tuberculosis in time, just as leprosy, once sc prevalent in their country, was practically exterminated. Uses Aniseed on Dog It was found in London that a stolen dog which failed to identify its owner had been dosed with aniseed by the thief. Aniseed destroys the sense of smell temporarily. The dog did not recover for two or three days. Blue Light for Neuralgia. Blue Light for Neuralgia. Neuralgia is said to be successfully treated in Italy by the use of blue light. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabush Ave., Chicago, Illinois. GO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HA'R CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo --- Curl-I-Cure is an ideal, safe preparation and makes kinky, curly hair straight. We guarantee it absolutely. We guarantee it soft, silky, pliable and easily managed. Positively prevents the hair soft, silky, pliable and easily managed. Positively prevents the hair becoming dry, harsh, brittle and keeps it from making our hair. No what you have tried, no matter what you want, you are doing your own injustice if you do not try Curl-I-Cure. We guarantee it positively to do the work better, quicker and offer effortless, absolutely nothing cheater than anything of the kind we offer. Curl-I-Cure is manufactured only by the Southern Chemical Works, Chicago, Illinois. Our reputation is a guarantee that our products will be the best of their kind. The hair we manufacture that these of lot of let in hair princes will not cause it to break off and become dry and brittle. Price $8.00. We pay all express charges. Send post office or express money order, as we do not ship goods C.O.D. Write nafile and address Remember, the more you brush the hair with a stiff hair brush, the sooner you will obtain the desired results. Same idea Variously Expressed. It is curious to trace how similar ideas have taken root in different languages and the various modes of illustrating the same thought. To take, for instance, one or two familiar proverbs in our language. We say, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The same idea is expressed by Italians when they say, "Better an egg to-day than a pullet tomorrow," and the French proverb is still more significant. "One here-it is better than two you-shall-have-its." Goggles for Chickens. Among the recent inventions which poultry fanclers find interesting at the world's fair is a pair of goggles to be placed on chickens to prevent them from picking out the eyes of one another. Pugnaciously-inclined birds on a farm can do a great deal of harm to the others, and, as a protection against damage being sustained to the eyes, it is proposed to equip the members of the flock with the goggles. The Folly of Grief It is wicked to grieve. It is a sin against the mind, a sin against the body and a sin against the minds and bodies of all with whom the mourner comes in contact. To grieve about what can not be helped is foolish, and to grieve about what can be helped means that we are indolent, too indolent to get up and stamp out the forces that make us miserable.—Exchange. Why Mails Went Wrong in 1897. Why Mails Went Wrong in 1837. According to the statement of an honorable member in the house of commons the regulations of the Dublin general postoffice are of a very singular kind. The letter sorters vow that "they every now and then open the letters and take out the contents" in order to compensate for the inadequacy of their salaries - St. James' Chronicle, July 9, 1807. Best Kind of Scrub Cloth Nothing makes a better scrub cloth than old stockings or socks. When too far gone to mend cut them open, lay two seams together and run by hand or machine till you have made a square. Cut off all loose ends. They are excellent also for use with mop-handle, taking up the water thoroughly and with little exertion. Firemen Attack Chief At a fire in Erfurt, Germany, the members of the fire brigade quarried with the chief, and instead of attending to their duties belabored him with a hose until he was senseless. Meanwhile, the fire had taken such a hold that before it was got under control several houses were burnt to the ground. Mexico's Water Power Of the great abundance of water power with which Mexico is supplied, it is estimated that not more than 250,000 horsepower is being utilized or is in course of development at the present time. The potential horsepower has never been estimated with any degree of accuracy. 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. you brush the hair with a stiff hair brush, will obtain the desired results. RE EN hair, is harmless and will appearance. roughly dry. Do this only before the ing it into the hair and scalp. Then brush the hair the quicker the desired ion. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Curtails Students' Holidays. A movement is on foot in Russia to diminish the excessive number of holidays for students. During a four years' course at a Russian university the work done covers only one year and 295 days. In France the time covered is two years, seventy-four days; in England, two years, 158 days; in the United States, two years, 210 days; in Germany, two years, 230 days. Denmark stands at the head of the list, with two years $t_{i}$ 364 days. Not a Lucrative Business. Dr. Smiles did not leave so much money behind him as did Sir H. A. Stanley; but in his case more than in Stanley's the amount is likely to represent literary earnings. At any rate, $770,000 is not considered a bad recompense for "self-help," when applied in a calling which, apart from the more signal successes of a few novelists and playwrights, rarely leads, on to such fortunes as are made in soaps or pills. Toad Not Wasteful Some time ago I saw a toad shed his old skin. First the skin split in a straight line down the middle of the back, and the toad with his hind legs pulled it down and off as one might pull off a coat. Then, rolling up the skin into a sort of ball, he promptly swallowed it, showing his desinellation to waste anything—even his cast off clothes.—Ernest Harold Baynes. Many Proverbs About Luck The proverbs on luck are numerous and expressive in all languages. In English we say "It is better to be born lucky than rich." The Arabs convey the same idea in the apt proverb, "Throw him into the Nile and he will come up with a fish in his mouth," while the Germans say, "If he flung a penny on the roof a dollar would come back to him." Buying Rubies in Burma. The peculiar business methods of Oriental merchants are illustrated by the manner of buying rubles in Burma. In the examination of rubles artificial light is not used, the merchants holding that full sunlight alone can bring out the color and brilliance of the gems. Sales must, therefore, take place between 9 a. m. and 3 p. m., and the sky must be clear. Disgrace to Lose Mustaches. Two Mohammedan criminals at Olmutz were in consternation on hearing that, like all other prisoners, they would have to have their moustaches shaved off. They pleaded that that would be an indelible disgrace, and that their wives would leave them. They were finally allowed to keep them. Word "Weigh" Too Much for Him A London juryman fainted the other day while the judge was charging the body. The judge was saying: "You must give the statements of the witnesses for the defense full weight." At the words, "full weight," the juryman fainted. Later, it was found that he was a coal dealer. --- LOW RATE TICKETS CLOSELY OBSERVED. Railway Officials Making Every Effort to Stop Scalping of Nontransferable Transportation to St. Louis. Passenger officials are making every effort to prevent the nontransferable railroad tickets to the Fair being used by any other than the original purchaser. Legislation, both Federal, State and city, has been invoked, and the courts have, without exception, held that the sale of a nontransferable ticket such as is used for excursion traffic to the Fair is illegal and the purchaser is in many instances liable for forgery, inasmuch as these tickets have to be signed in the name of the original purchaser. With the law behind them, the steady law which the passenger men are making against the ticket brokers, it is believed, is bearing fruit. At the same time, an enormous number of cheap tickets are sold to persons either passing through St. Louis or returning from the Fair. In many instances the conductor does not discover the fraud until the purchaser of the ticket is far out on the line from St. Louis, and the passenger is unable to pay his fare. In this instance it is the duty of the conductor to put the purchaser off the train. As a result the passenger offices are flooded with complaints made by persons who have suffered this treatment and who have made their way back to St. Louis and are unable to get home. The only recourse for them is to prove which was the broker from whom they bought the scalped ticket and demand the return of their money. In this case they get their money back, but generally the assistance of the police is required. In an affair of this sort the railroad renders all possible assistance, but in many instances women, not informed of the law providing that brokers shall give a receipt, purchase scalped and changed tickets, and, unable to pay their fare, have been put off the train, suffering many hardships thereby. In order to prevent instances of this sort many of the St. Louis lines have arranged for a system of ticket inspection before the person can get on the train at Union Station. In this way the fraudulent ticket is often noted and the person saved the discomfort of being put off the train when St. Louis is far behind. Many incidents wherein not only men but women and children are put off trains because their tickets are not valid have come up since the opening of the Fair, all of such incidents being presented to the notice of the Chief of Police and Mayor. On the desk of almost every passenger official in St. Louis can be found large bunches of tickets which have been manipulated by brokers. In many instances not only has the date been changed, but the original destination erased and another substituted, in which way a ticket costing originally $2, or $3 may be good for a passage costing $50 or $60. At the three validating offices established by the railroads many tickets which have been manipulated have been detected, and the purchaser saved not only the discomfort and humiliation of being put off the train but directed as to the best means by which he can recover his money.—St. Louis Republic. Women Prefer Blondes. That women generally are admirers of the blonde type as opposed to the brunette is sufficiently proved by the frequency with which they bleach their hair by the aid of peroxide of hydrogen and other chemical preparations. The fact that most people have fair hair in early youth would seem, by the way, to indicate that our ancestors were a fair-haired race. 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, 16ounce 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 tc and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before September 1st, 1904. October and November will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up 16 oz. (a full pound) to the package. You get one third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. The discovery has been made that good paper can be produced from the refuse hops that have hitherto been thrown away in breweries. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Uncover Ancient Warship. During the work of dredging at the new harbor at Havre a wooden warship has been discovered buried in the mud, and six cannon, still loaded, have been recovered. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces the inflammation, allays pain, cures wind cold. 20c bottle The Thinking Can. When an enemy speaks ill of you, so live that nobody will believe him. ACHED IN EVERY BONE. Chicago Society Woman Who Was So Sick She Could Not Sleep or Eat, Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. Marion Knight, of 33 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Orator of the West Side Wednesday Club, says: 1900 "This winter when I started to use Doan's Kidney Pills I ached in every bone and had intense pains in the kidneys and pelvic organs. The urine was thick and cloudy and I could barely eat enough to live. I felt a change for the better within a week. The second week I began eating heartily. I began to improve generally and before seven weeks had passed I was well. I had spent hundreds of dollars for medicine that did not help me, but $6 worth of Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to perfect health." A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale b. all dealers. Price 50c. No Co-Education in India. Every fifth boy in India is at school and only every fifth girl is at Important to Mothers. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it. Bears the Signature of Ca. H. Hutchins In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. To Grow Cotton In Africa. To Grow Cotton in Africa. Germany, following the course of the English and French cotton manufacturers, is agitating a movement to cultivate cotton in German Africa, with the idea of securing a source of supply independent of the American market. Loss Due to Fire. A Birmingham, England, insurance office recently received a claim for compensation from a woman for the loss of a joint of meat which was burnt in the oven. She informed them that the loss was due to fire. Stone Churches Crumble. In 700 years the stone work of three successive parish churches erected at Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England, has crumbled away, and it has now been found necessary to erect a fourth church. Little Rheumatism in Japan Rheumatism is almost unknown in Japan. The Japanese escape the malady to a great degree by avoiding the excessive use of alcohol and tobacco. Voice From Arkansas Cleveland, Ark., August 15 (Special).—Nearly every newspaper tells of some wonderful cure of some form of Kidney Disease by the Great American Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, and this part of Arkansas is not without its share of evidence that no case is too deeply rooted for Idd's Kidney Pills to cure. Mr. A. E. Carlie, well known and highly respected here, tells of his cure after nearly a quarter of a century's suffering. Mr. Carlie says: "I want to let the public know what I think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I think they are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever made. "I had Kidney Trouble for 23 years and never found anything that did me so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills. I recommend them to all sufferers." There is no uncertain sound about Mr. Carlie's statement. He knows that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him from a life of suffering and he wants the public to know it. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney ills from Backache to Bright's Disease. Door Knockers for Bedrooms. Door knockers are now fastened to-up-date bedroom doors in England. They are considered both useful and ornamental. Medical Department Washington University. The first two years are devoted mainly to practical training in laboratories of Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Chemistry, Physiology, Pathology and Bacteriology by specialists and life-workers in these branches. The last years are given to personal study of disease in clinical laboratories, hospitals and dispensaries, not merely allied, but under the full control of the Faculty for bedside instruction. For particulars and catalogue address the Dean, 1800 Locust Street, St. Louis. The people who insist upon having lower berths can't be said to travel on their uppers. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Some church people are known by their deeds and some by their creeds. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. The trouble with the dead beat is that he is generally very much alive. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. It is quite natural that the promoter should have capital ideas. FITS permanently ended. No fit or nervousness after. Send for FREE $2.00 total bonus and treat Dr. R. B. LINK, Ltd., Ski Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Whatever else you may say of an egg, it never gets too fresh. QUIET HOUR Christ wants the best. He in the far-off age Once claimed the firstling of the flock. the finest of the wheat: And still He asks His own with gent- lest pleading Christ gives the best. He takes the hearts we offer. And fills them with His glorious beauty, joy, and peace. And His service we are growing stronger. The calls to grand achievement still in- The calls to grand achievement still increase. The richest gifts for us on earth, or in heaven above, Are hid in Christ. In Jesus we receive the best we have. And is our best too much? Oh, friends, let us remember How once our Lord poured out His soul for us. And in the prime of His mysterious man- hood Gave up His precious life upon the cross! The Lord of lords, by whom the worlds were made. Through bitter grief and tears gave us The best we have. Why Men Ought to Go to Church. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.—Psalms, xcvt. 6. We love the places, the persons, the things possessing these great qualities, strength and beauty. The best strength and choicest beauty in the world (the strength of consecrated Christian purpose, the beauty of Christ-like character) are found in the sanctuary and service of God. The responsibilities of living in this world of sin are so great, the obligations resting upon those whose chief end of existence is to glorify God are so vital, that men who are true to themselves and their better natures, cannot, dare not, attempt to get along without God, nor without the inspirations promised in his appointed places. What are the results to be expected in our lives if we are faithful to God in the use of his appointed places and means of grace? Negatively, it will always be a great trial and disappointment when hindered in any way from attendance. This was David's expressed experience, "My soul longeth, yea fainthat for the courts of the Lord." But positively we are to expect as a result of our being in touch with the strength and beauty of God's house, and of our obtaining somewhat of these gifts and graces in our oww characters, that sin will lose much of its charm and hold upon us. When the love of Christ increases in our lives every fascination of evil grows less. Christ stated the undeniable in nature as well as in grace when he declared no man can serve two masters. No heart can vow and hold its allegiance to two kingdoms in deadly opposition. By grasping in thought and desire the strength and beauty to be found in his sanctuary, men by a law which is as immutable as God himself lose their hold and fondness for everything which is sinful. The keener and the truer this conception of God is, the deeper will be the senses of sin and the more thorough the work of grace in purifying our hearts and lives. Again, we are relieved from all the embarrassment in which we may find ourselves in the providence of God by setting our heart's desires on the strength and beauty to be found in his house. David declares, when baffled and taunted by the fact of the apparent prosperity of the wicked and the continued sufferings of the righteous, "When I went into the sanctuary of God then understood I their end." He learned there "who stand in slippery places," and also the awful fact that "their steps in due time shall slide." He discovered as a fact of faithfulness that "God holds the righteous by the right hand," "guides them with his counsel, and afterward receives them into his glory." There is no other explanation to the inequality of rewards and punishments in this life; to the apparent unequal distribution of this world's goods; to the sufferings and trials and burdens and losses and crosses which some have to bear, while others go free, than that which is to be found in the revelations of God to us in his sanctuary. There and there only comes to us an explanation which is both strong and beautiful—delightfully satisfying to the soul of the renewed man.—Rev. Andrew Hagerman. Sympathy's Lifting Power. A world without sympathy would be a cruel abiding place. Those who have suffered and received expressions of true sympathy from friends would hardly dare think what their suffering would have been without a spoken word of comfort from a living soul. We are often tempted to feel that any word of sympathy we may speak or write to another, at a time of special trial, is not worth the doing; that so many such words will be spoken to that one that our own will count for nothing. The prompting to keep silent in another's time of sorrow is a false one. Spoken sympathy is as a mantle of love; it comforts, strengthens and inspires. Our Lord Jesus Christ longed for sympathy. There is no more affecting passage in the record of his life than that which tells of the failure of his chosen and dearest friends to watch and sympathize with him in the hour when his soul was "exceeding sorrowful." There has never been a word too much of sympathy spoken to a sorrowing one. Sympathy's very cumulation forms a great force that uplifts and strengthens. It is needed by the weak; it is still more needed by the strong. It is within every one's power to give it. And God, who is love, will bless it always. Influence Does Not Die. Our parents were never so forceful in our lives as they have been since they were lifted up, while from the heavens they rain love and inspiration upon us. For our successes are theirs and theirs our virtues. They labored, they suffered, they taught, they prayed, they achieved, they sacrificed, they died; the golden harvests of character that they sowed we have reaped. Therefore, open your hand and sow your seed. Give out your influence as freely as the sun sows its heat and light over the dark planet. Sow a sweet atmosphere and scatter it every whither, as the flowers pour forth their perfume. Sow to-morrow the soil with kind words and gentle bearing, even as the prairies are sown by the winds that are rich in invisible spores and seeds for future harvests. Do not be niggardly in your life—give, that you may receive again. Be kinder to your friends. Be more generous to your children. Practice praising them and leave blame to their teachers and their companions on the street. Live in your homes like princes. Accumulate weight of manhood, that unconsciously you may distribute treasure. It is better to have saved a newsboy from discouragement, to have recovered a clerk from his wrongdoing, to have brought a sunny hour to an invalid, to have stated a great truth to a group of children—it is better to have saved a life than to have won a kingdom. Therefore, open the furrow and sow one more harvest. Sow, as you cross the continent of the years, and God's angel will follow after you and bring in the sheaves. You may open the furrow with tears, but when the sheaves come you will rejoice with shoutings. Give a cup of cold water and God will give you in return of the river of the water of life.—Dr. Newell Dwight Hollis. Most Beautiful Praver. Many repeat the Lord's prayer from time to time without realizing just what they say. Its very familiarity has unfortunately made it common, and yet it is so full of precious truths that we will never be able to understand all wholly, much less be able to live them fully in our daily lives. Students for Temperance. A remarkable temperance movement has been started in France. The students of the University of Paris have organized an antialcoholic league, with the purpose of educating the people up to a better understanding of the dangers attendant upon the use of alcoholic stimulants. Not only by force of example, but by lectures, tracts, and other methods they will seek to prove the value of temperance to the people. They will preach the moderate use of lighter liquors if they are used at all, but will discountenance the use of brandy, gin, absinthe and all spirituous liquors as a beverage. They will tell the truth as they understand it, and certainly they will find a broad field in which to labor. Seeming and Being. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." And, conversely, as a man appears to be, so will he think in his heart. In other words, if one is happy and cheerful and kind, he will smile, he will speak cheerfully, he will do acts of kindness. On the other hand, to smile and to speak quietly and in a kindly tone even if one feels unhappy or angry or discouraged at the moment, so reacts to the man's inner being that he begins to feel what he has simulated. This is a good thought and it points to a plain duty. We should never allow ourselves to express outwardly by word or by look any unkind or unhappy thought or feeling. To do so is only to tend and foster that feeling, to make it grow and get final hold on the character. But by affecting the helpful virtues we will dwarf the evil in our nature and we become in character the good things we have caused to appear in our countenances and in our voices. Act for God. Our Lord gives the answer to a difficulty continually perplexing honest Christians: "How am I to learn to love God? I want to do my duty, but I do not feel as if I loved God." Our Lord gives the answer, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Act for God, do and say the things that He wills, direct your thoughts and intentions Godward, and, depend upon it, in the slow process of nature all that belongs to you—your instincts, your intelligence, your affections, your feelings—will gradually follow along the line of your action. Act for God; you are already showing love to Him, and you will learn to feel it.—Charles Gore. Love Should Guide All. It is remarkable how little Christ had to say in direct opposition to the great ethical problems that were current in His day. But He dropped the seed of love in the human heart, and left it to fructify, knowing that as the love of God and the recognition of human brotherhood forged its way among the peoples the problems would find their own solace. California and back Rate cut in two [Illustration of a woman with a wavy hairstyle and a dark dress. The background is plain black.] To be a successful wife, to retain the love and admiration of her husband should be a woman's constant study. If she would be all that she may, she must guard well against the signs of ill health. Mrs. Brown tells her story for the benefit of all wives and mothers. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: — Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will make every mother well, strong, healthy and happy. I dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and weariness. I then noticed a statement of a woman troubled as I was and the wonderful results she had had from your Vegetable Compound, and decided to try what it would do for me, and used it for three months. At the end of that time, I was a different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and my husband fell in love with me all over again. It seemed like a new existence. I had been suffering with inflammation and falling of the womb, but your medicine cured that, and built up my entire system, till I was indeed like a new woman. — Sincerely yours, Mrs. CHAS. F. Brown, 21 Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark., Vice President Mothers Club. — $5000 forfeit if original of above letters proofing sincerity cannot be produced. T WE DEMAND YOUR ATTENTION. If anyone offered you a good dollar for an imperfect one would you take it? If anyone offered you one good dollar for 75 cents of bad money would you take it? We offer you 16 ounces of the very best starch made for 10c. No other brand is so good, yet all others cost 10c. for 12 ounces. Ours is a business proposition. DEFIANCE STARCH is the best and cheapest. We guarantee it satisfactory. Ask your grocer. The DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Neb. JUST THE BEST STARCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK FOR SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, AND FINE LINEN SMOKERS. FIND LEWIS, SINGLE BINDER 5% Cigar better Quality than most 10% Cigars Your Jobber or direct from Factory, Peoria, Ill. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. California Rate cut August Rid Or g Eat Coo Lan See en General P Atchison, Topek TRUSSES Elastic Stockings, Etc. Flavell, Toll Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pa. Catalog FREE. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. BARGAIN RATES On August 9th and 23rd and September 13th and 27th, round trip trips will be sold via M. K & T. RY, from St. Louis, Kansas to Amberthal, and other Miss Territory and Kansas points, to Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Central and Eastern Texas, at The Southwest is inviting. The crops are good conditions and prospects were good Oklahoma and Texas, are in need of fertilizers for investment in crop production for investment in crop production. GO NOW! Take advantage of this exceptional opportunity. Ask me about rates and particulars. I'll gladly send you something new in printed matter about the Southwest. The MKT George Morton Gen. Pass. and Tkt. Agt. ST. LOVIS, MO. MKT George Morton Gen. Pass. and Tkt. Agt. ST. LOVIS, MO. $45.00 California and Return The 29th Triennial Conclave, Knights Templar U. S. A., and Sovereign I Grand Lodge, L O O. F. at San Francisco in September, are the next occasions for which the Santa Few will make reduced rates to California a Any one, whether member or not, may take advantage of the reduction. If you're going to make the California tour, this is your chance to do it economically, comfortably, and thoroughly. On sale August 15 to S-pt. 10, inclusive. Limited to October 23. For full particulars address the undersigned. Descriptive Literature Free. G. W. Hagenbuch, General Agent, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. 905 MAIN ST., KANSAS CITY, MO. A NEW WABASH TRAIN TO St. Louis COMMENCING JUNE 5th, 1904 Leave KANSAS CITY, 11:90 p. m. Daily Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION, 7:00 a. m. " Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station) 7:15 a. m. " EQUIPMENT - Pullman Sleepers, Free Re- clining Chair Cars and Cones. Access to Wabash is the only line to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. Return Train leaves St. Louis 11:45 a.m. for KANSAS City Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. M. C. SHIELDS, L. S. McCLELLAN, Trav. Pass. Agent, Western Pass. Agent, 803 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. International Type-High Plates LABOR-SAVING LENGTHS They will save time in your composing room as they can be handed even quicker than typa No extra charge is made for sawing plates to short lengths. Made a trial order in this office and be convinced WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, KANSAS CITY, MO. BILLON AVENUE HOUSE Rate $1 per day for bed and breakfast Only three blocks from Fair Grounds Entrance Everything new. Service the best. Cool and sightly. Send for circulars. Graft & Wilden, 611 W. Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. AGENTS WANTED Portraits and Frames. Frames, 12c, 15c, 40c and up. Portraits 30c, 50c and up. Catalogue and Samples Free. HUDSON PORTFOLIAT CO., 1290 W. Radcliffe St., Chicago, IL. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 34,1904 $1,200 TO $3,000 A YEAR ia and back ut in two August 15 to September 10 Ride on California Limited Or go in tourist sleeper Eat Harvey meals Cool trip through Southwest Land of Enchantment See Grand Canyon of Arizona en route. Ask I Passenger Office, Sapeka, & Santa Fe Railway, CHICAGO. PISO'S CURE FOR CURTER WHEEL ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION THE TRAIN SERVICE OF THE MIS- SOURI PACIFIC, = ; Wess Lie The four flyers that leave Kansas t tn, 1:10 p.m. 9215 p.m. . Kansas City af t t Operas, 1 meet and an 1 time for all Eastern connec St. Paul Express. er sand Compartment cars; Reclining Union Depot and 901 Main St., City FE. S. JEWETT, Pass. & Ticket Agent. Private Service If Desired 12pm. The Oriental Cafe 910 EAST 12TH STREET. HUNT & BROWNING, PROPRIETORS. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. Look! Look! The Latest Sensational Jewelry Novelty. EINE PEARE SHELL HEART HIE HES se cos uit with | Mee 'B. NS EF cee yy COAG D I SOLE AGENTS DUNHAM BROS. & WEIR Mal Order Dealers In General Merceandis, Mouse old Novelties and Agents Supples. 3019 Michigan Ave, CHICAGO, ILL, Geis tl) ea Se Palace Restaurant. M. T, Moore, Prop. | Meals 15 Genta, diesen ats: | KANSAS CITY, MO. | 4784 4.0... Telepbone .... 6. 4178 WALL’S Laundry Co., Arat-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. | 708 E, 12th 8t., Kansas Oitv, Me, : ‘hotel Occidental Room by the Day or Week. MEALS AND LUNCH AT ALL HOURS. CIGARS AND ICE CREAM Mr. V. 2. Morth, Proprietor, Home Tel. 6226 Main. — Lady Attendant. A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS. countcous tacatment Parlors 182C E. 18th St., Kansas City. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ses18 THE CExtveY Dining Room 5923 Market Steret, ST. LOUIS, MQ MEALS AT ALL HOURS, Oyoeters in any Style. Services atetotly Grat-class. Ladies and Gente dine up stair, -Z, T. JORUAN, Maoager UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA a q Tein Tsien eS» TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Ceorgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTKWEST. ‘The Famous Health and Pleasure Resorts, EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route, Round rip” Homossckern’ Tlckete at rate of ONK FARK plus $2, on salo first fand third Tacaday ot each month. © Vor descriptive iiterature and detailed tnfgrmaiion an Vo raten; train bevvice, etary midress 4. C. LOVRIEN, ‘satan OAWERIL PASSENGER AOENT, Kanone City, MO. Hovus, 6:00 AM to 1210 PM PROF. L. L. THOMPSON THE CELEBRATED Mind Reader and Divine Healer Advice:Given in all Business Matters 2323 Highland Avenue KANSAS CITY, MO. SOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOS Lincoln Institutes sLincoln Institute 3 . SS 3 @ MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH @ . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President, 2 4 DEPARTMENTS @ : COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARATORY, IN- z . DUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC. e Beery reaineg Shel Heaeldauriauinl ad vol @ Drawing, (Pine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Wood work ¢ & ing (sau eh ae pr i takeing Farming: and rs $ Ganiening, Piaiing. Tzperrelieg, Sewing Cooking and 3 @ ADVANTAGES! (i004 Location, Free Tuition, New Dormitories @ @ with Modern Improvements, Buildings Heated by Steam, @& 2 Doe ini umane : $ Fee eae a eae vila 3 © BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A.M.,L.L.D., Pres. & 2 JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, . 44444446666 66666666 606060606066 Co-Operative Hand Laundry 579 Troost Avenue. : SIVE US A TRIAL. All Work First Class. Strictly Hand Work SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Manager. ; % Onion National Bank 9 Kansas City, Mo., i Statement as made to ihe Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business June oth, 1904, Hua Undivided fyotite.c.. ee. 86,442.28 Total...» ee eeeee G2 0O0.0 OT $10.00. 050.87 C.H. Countee. = WB. Count. t < q UNDERTAKERS AND - Countee Erothers, «Licensed Embalmers.. | 4East 12th St ‘Phone 780 Grand, Carriages Furwahed for all Oeeaslene, KANSAS CITY, MD 9000000000000000000000000000008: ° LINCOLN PARK : NINTH ST. and HARDESTY AVE. | THIS NEW PARK WILL BE OPRN FROM NOW ON TILL THE SEASON CLOSES, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF : J. A. GORDON. LL.B. ROBINSON. J. C. CHASTIAN. oecececereceveec@0e0@ce: e000 po@0@o 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 see us. Style, Fit and Finish Guaranteed. 2825 S. W. Blvd. Kansas City, Mo KELLEY S} FLOUR — BEST @ ketty’s Best _ Beats all the Rest. HIGH PATENT. Key Milling Co Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at + w+ McGampell’s Pharmacy 2304 Vine Street Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City Free of Charge. Beu ‘Phone 159 East. Home ‘Phone 2396 Main 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 Highiand Ave.....$1,600 4-room House on E. Seventeenth St........... 1,000 5-room House ON VINE Styseeeeseeeeeeesereeeeess 900 4-room House on Lydla AVE. .....--eeseeeeeees 4700 Good Lots tn different parts of the city. See us. 1305 Main, both lines, 1006-1008 BALTIMORE AVE. Subscribe for Rising Son. «HEALTH IS WEALTH.. If Vor would gain health and wish to retain the same remember the necessity of reliable prescription com pounding, which we make a specialty of giving the most careful atten- tion.—Wee fill prescriptions just as the doctor writes them, Our motto is TO"PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT, Save time and carfare by buying = Py your Patent Medicines and drug ae &) necessities at attractive prices. =e ay I you are constantly suffering with headache A Large Line tiuin"iThe Wellable’ Optical Perfumes, Toilet articles, ma Bromo Ammonia for that> cold Tooth brushes, Combs +a cold today, pnemonia to- and Brushes, Founiain morrow. Syringes and Hot water The Century Marvel Corn Sheller sa sure cure or money re- bottles at funded. Painful walking made gratifying prices.| easy. Remember its the PH A M ACY $. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. 1s Callin -ndseeus. Open all night. “ { ” t ne “Kall ROUTE NeW Yor ‘ All Through Trains of the “Big Four Route” g Four Route Use the New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Feity-aecond Street and Fourth Avenue, New York. Center of the Hotel, Kesldence, Club und Theatre District ‘Think of it! The only ratiroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri* an continent, \Oniy one allroad station {u Sew Svorm city and ony one eatiroad from he Souumest runalag th ough ents into (¢* Surely this te an advancaye which no trav: ler can adord to overlook. Ail through cars of the Dig Four Route enter the Grand Cen tral Statton in New York Clcp. landing passengers right be heart of the city, had. Only s'Tew minutes walk ordrive to the prisclpal hotels. Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On throueh tiokets to or from the East, via Bilg Four Route, Lake Shore and Micht- gan Southern aud New York Central Haliwajn, stopover not excceding ten aye: will te Slowed at Niagara Falls, on notice to tratn covductors, aud deposit of ticket with the tick: et agent at Novara Falls station immediately on arrival. S00 C, W. GREEN, T. P. Acs Room 204 Boston Building. The “St. Louis Line” is Op € St. LOUIS Line 1S Upen and a mighty good line It is; the very best NEW railroad ever built in the West; rails weigh cighty pounds to the yard; ties are oak; bridges are steel and the track is splendidly ballasted. There arc few curves, and the grades lighter than on any other line between Kansas City and St, Louis, Service is as follows: Leave Kansas City..............7:30 P. M. ’ * * Ar. World's Fair Station 7.30 A. M. Ar. St. Louls 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 sthe en- tire length of the Fair Groands before stopping at main entrance. June 13th, 20th and 27th. Tickets, sleeping car berths and information as to the cost of reachiug any point in the East «vill be furnished on request. rani J. A. STEWART, J. W. JONES, Syst Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. City Pass. Agt., ystem 900 Main Street. KANSAS CITY. No Delay~Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the meat reliable dentists in the city, We have the largest and oldest practice in the city, Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths We Guarantee to Please. % Our Re‘iability is Unquestioned. This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thor- oughly responsible, All work is guaranteed for 15 years, Full Set ¥ Teeth $2.00. Set 5. 3, White Teeth....$4.00 Tau Gold Crowns 22K. ++++++-$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth .$2.65 Platinum fillings...+¢4.++++-500 Cleaning ......++++++++e0++ +500 We do as we advertise— ‘Teeth extracted without pain FREE. We are here to stay. ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS, ‘ 8 oor, Fn oa Feet on! 1029 Main St Ssurtig slat gs ses wy