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. Vonyson THEODORE ROOSEVELT President of the United States and Republican Candidate for Re-Election LEXINGTON NEWS. Mr. Wilson of Sweet Springs was the guest of Miss Carrie Walker Sunday and returned home Monday. Mr. R. Talbott and L. Hughes spent Sunday in Independence. Miss Henrietta Hayda of Independence is here visiting her sisters. Mrs. Nelson Columbia, who has been here visiting Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Parker, her aunts, and her father, at Odessa, left for her home Tuesday. BROWN THE NEW CHAIRM Elected Over John J. Green by a of 43 to 19. In executive session Wednesday noon the Republican county co-tee elected P. S. Brown, jr., chair of the Jackson county committee. John J. Green, by a vote of 43 On taking the chair Mr. Brown nounced that he would call the mittee together probably Monday Tuesday afternoon to complete Rev. James Madison died at St. Louis September 8. He was the first A. M. E. preacher that was sent to Lexington, in 1867. He was a great church worker. He built two churches, the first of which was a frame, and after the lapse of three years he built the brick church, which they are now worshipping in. He also organized churches in Higginsville, R. L. Junction, Richmond, Dover and Mount Hebron and several other places. He was the father of many other African Methodist churches in this state. In the year 1869, January 19, the Masons organized a lodge, which is known as Dixon lodge No. 11. He, with twenty-one others, were charter members. There are only two of the charter members that live in Lexington—Jackson Arnold and A. W. Walker. Rev. James Madison was the first master of the lodge. He was buried in St. Louis. The conference loses a faithful minister and the lodge a trusted brother. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family and hope that the mantle of usefulness will fall upon some of his boys. There will be memorial services held at the A. M. E. church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. A. A. Gilbert. Everybody is asked to take a part in the service, especially those who knew him well. I don't think there can be too much honor given unto him for a venerable father like was. There will be a big celebration in Higginsville September 22. Everybody is asked to come. Mr. J. Welbrom is asked to be present. Under the management of Rev. Sage. Mr. Wm. Hayden is not much better. Mrs. Hartbough is quite ill. Mr. J. L. Forsha is a candidate for sheriff. He says his chances are good. We hope it is so. BROWN THE NEW CHAIRMAN. Elected Over John J. Green by a Vote of 43 to 19. In executive session Wednesday afternoon the Republican county committee elected P. S. Brown, jr., chairman of the Jackson county committee over John J. Green, by a vote of 43 to 19. On taking the chair Mr. Brown announced that he would call the committee together probably Monday or Tuesday afternoon to complete the organization by the selection of secretary, treasurer, sergeant-at-arms and the various committees. AT THE GRAND NEXT WEEK SUNDAY MATINEE. J. H. Haverly is dead, but his name still is in use in the minstrel world. W. E. Nankeville is the present owner of the right to use the name, and he claims to have an organization that Haverly himself would have been proud to own. Some forty people comprise the company, which will be at the Grand next week. The first part of this season's entertainment is known as "The Evolution of the Watermelon." The second part, "Moonlight in Dixie, a song and dance sketch by Jimmy Wall, illustrates darky life on a plantation. Between the first and second parts will be the usual olio of vaudeville by Clayton, Jenkins and Jasper, introducing their comic novelty, "The Darktown Circus;" the Young brothers, acrobatic comiques, in an exciting pantomime, "Quick Work in Chinatown;" Billy Van, in mirthful monologue, and Mazier and Conley, comedians and parody singers. Billy Van and Jimmy Wall are among the best comedians in minstrelsy to-day. The vocal department includes Franklyn A. Batie, W. A. Wolfe, William Moore, Walter Dorsey, W. F. Boyer, Joe Mitchell, Sam Nankeville and a carefully selected double octet. That education that does not give us power to deal with the simple things of every-day life and make the most of them, is of little value to any one. Please send in your matter by Wednesday of each week. REFUGE MISSION HOME. For colored girls, at 1502 East Twenty-third street. This home has been open for the reception of girls since January 1, 1904, during which time eight or nine girls have been cared for, reformed and given employment, and are still under the guardianship of the home. This home is run by donations of old clothing, provisions, money or anything will be gladly received. Girls for reformation are taken into the home from the ages of 10 to 18 respectively. Let us come together as a race and as citizens and help this worthy cause, which is so much needed in Kansas City, and save some mother's precious girl, for remember the future destiny of the race depends upon its women. Yea, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. It is true that some of our girls go willfully astray, but, on the other hand, some are led and forced by circumstances, and would do better had they the opportunity. This home will allow them a chance to improve themselves. Beware of imitators; there is no other of its kind existing. Call and investigate. Any girl wishing admittance can have it by applying at home of president, Mrs. O. P. L. Stewart, 2211 Flora avenue. Those who wish further information can call at said address. Respectfully submitted. MRS. LILLIE SMITH 1025 Charlotte Street. MAJOR W. The likeness o fthe picture above Warner, with his national reputation liberal men of his kind. He is to be TREATMENT OF THE NEGROES BY THE PRESS OF KANSAS CITY. C. T. Hammond MAJOR WM. MARNER. The likeness o the picture above needs no introduction. Major William Warner, with his national reputation is known as one of the broadest, most liberal men of his kind. He is to be congratulated in many instances. In spite of the fact that a large percentage of the readers of the daily press of this city, the Journal and Star in particular, are Negro subscribers, it is seldom indeed, if ever, that the doings or actions of the Negroes are ever mentioned except upon an occasion of wrong, crime or offense committed by Negroes. And when these papers do accord the colored people NO COLOR LINE FOR DOWIE. An Address in Zion City Advising in intermarriage of the Races. ZION CITY, ILL., Sept. 4.—In his address this afternoon Dowie again aired his views on race prejudice and announced himself as opposing the color line, even in marrying. He considers all races as being of one great family. He denounced St. Louis for treating negroes shamefully at the fair. Because one of his followers, Brem. Wilson, was refused lodging at the Christian Endeavor hotel, Dowie blames President Clarke of the Christian Endeavor Society and said he would give him one week to right the wrong. Said Dowie: "If one God hath created us, are we not all of the race of Adam, instead of being whites and blacks? There should be no racial distinction because God has created us. What we want is to get back to primitive man. Zien wants is intermarriage of all people. There is no greater curse than that of color and language. Did I not tell you that the Mongolian race was to be the stronger in this Eastern war? If the white people in the South do not stop this abuse of colored folks they will be punished by being made inferior to "the yellow and black races." As to the above, the Son claims that the Negroes are not seeking intermarriage, but they are seeking the hand of protection and an equal showing before the law, which has not been given them since they were first landed in this country. The right must prevail some day, however. O. H. H. an incidental mention, such mention is usually arranged in a parody. A Negro, however faultless his English may be, is usually quoted by the press in the so-called Southern plantation darky dialect. Of course these things are humiliating to the colored people. It may be that our local white press takes profound pleasure in humiliating our people indiscriminately, but such should not be so. Or, it might be the fault of the smart reporter, I am sure I do not know. However, the matter ought to be remedied. J. J. J. CHAS. W. FAIRBANKS Republican Candidate for Vice-President of the United States OPENING OF THE STATE CAMPAIGN IN KANSAS CITY. Fairbanks and Walbridge Draw 20,000 People to Convention Hall. now national campaigns. now jeopardize the fruit splendid victories. Let us over the administration Senator Fairbanks, Republican nominee for Vice President, and Cyrus P. Walbrige, Republican nominee for governor of Missouri, faced the largest audience ever assembled in the Convention hall last Friday night at the opening of the Republican State campaign. No one went to the hall out of mere curiosity to see the distinguished statesmen. The immense assemblage evidenced a profound and sincere interest in the political topics discussed by the speakers and they were highly pleased at the manner in which the issues of the campaign were handled by the able and eloquent orators. Senator Fairbanks devoted a large part of his speech to the tariff and labor conditions and upon influences of sound laws and successful administration. "Two years ago," said the Senator, "I had the honor and pleasure of delivering an address on Labor day in this city. The occasion was one I shall not soon forget. There marched through the streets thousands of well-dressed, clean, intelligent, sober, orderly, patriotic American citizens, gathered from all branches of trade and industry. The demonstration was an honor to any community and to any country. No where else outside of the United States can be witnessed a like demonstration. What I saw was made possible in a very large degree by the policy adopted by the Republican party, which yields to our wage-earners better employment and better pay than is found in any other country with which we are familiar. "When labor is upon the payroll times are better than when it is not. An idle workman does not make a very good market for the merchant or manufacturer or the farmer. We believe in a policy which not only enlarges the payroll, but which maintains the best possible rate of wages. There must be some margin beyond the mere necessities of the day. There should be something for the comfort of home, and something laid aside for the day of accident or the infirmity of age." The Senator closed his speech by saying: "We did well our duty in the last two national campaigns. Let us not now jeopardize the fruit of those splendid victories. Let us not give over the administration of national affairs to the opposition which has, for so many years, antagonized every great measure which has made for our present prosperity and strength and power." The ex-mayor of St. Louis, Cyrus P. Walbridge, confined his address mainly to the state issues, state resources, and inducements to manufactures. Corruption in public office being one of the main issues of the state campaign, Mr. Walbridge dwelt at length upon the subject. In part he said: "Honesty in public office calls for personal honesty. It also calls for public honesty, which means that the man holding a public trust must not only himself be free from guilt, but he must use all the powers of his office to punish and prevent the guilt of others. The public official must not only punish dishonesty, he must do everything in his power to prevent it by surrounding himself with honest men, then setting to them a standard of truth and chivalric fidelity to the public service which will fortify his associates against the numerous temptations which come to them. We are told that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." If this be so the public official may have many pounds of cure by carrying with him wherever he goes, high and pure devotion to the public service and realizing that wherever he may be, he is the exponent of his state." Mr. J. E. Swanger, nominee for secretary of state, made a polished and interesting address, as did several of the other state nominees. Frank Wightman, candidate for railroad and warehouse commissioner, was also present. The program for the entertainment of the distinguished nominees was in the hands of Mayor Neff, President C. D. Parker of the Commercial Club; President H. M. Beardsley of the upper house; Speaker Homer B. Mann, of the lower house; U. S. Epperson, J. B. Welch, L. M. Jones, C. E. Small, Walter S. Dickey, S. B. Ladd, Senator C. W. Clarke, P. S. Brown, Jr., C. E. Moss and Dr. E. B. Nofsinger. Mr. Walter S. Dickey extended his hospitality to the senator and the state candidates by inviting them to luncheon at the Midland. PR.S.DENT WRITES LETTER. Policy of the Republican Party Defended by Its Leader. Says Democrats Are Lacking in Settled Convictions. National Welfare Demands Continuance of Party in Power. Long Document Addressed to Speaker Cannon Deals Exhaustively With the Great Questions Before the Country—Public Duties Ably Performed by Republicans—Democrats Not Worthy to Be Placed in Charge. Oyster Bay, Sept. 12—President Roosevelt this morning issued his letter accepting the nomination for the Presidency tendered him by the Republican National Convention. In part the document is as follows: Oyster Ray N. Y. The acts of the Administration in connection with the war with Spain, the Isthmian canal and the upholding of the Monroe doctrine the President defends at length, and declares the party is prepared fully to accept the issue on these questions. He continues: tion. Until our opponents as a party explicitly adopt the views which we hold and upon which we have acted and are acting, in the matter of a sound curricula, we must ask the question from becoming unsettled is to keep the Republican party in power. As for what our opponents say in reference to capital and labor, individual or corporation here agree to do, we have actually pointed to what we have actually done, and to say that if continued in power we shall continue to carry out the policy we have been pursuing, and to execute the laws as resolutions as we have executed them in the past. Undoubtedly, the multiplication of trusts and their increase in power has been largely due to the "failure of confidence" in the law to take the necessary procedure." Such stricture upon the failure of the officials of the national government to do their duty in this matter is known as the administration preceding President McKinley's is concerned; but it has no application at all to Republican administration. It is also undoubtedly the "officials having both the disposition and the courage to enforce existing law." This is precisely the need that has been met by the consistent and steadily continued effort to enforce the practice under the present administration. So far as the rights of the individual wage-worker and the individual capitalist are concerned, both as regards one person and another, both as regards organized capital and labor, the position of the administration has been so clear that there is no excuse for misrepresenting it, and no ground for opposing it. We have also regarded the limits defined by the national constitution the national administration has sought to secure to each man the full enjoyment of his property and his labor as he deems best, so long as he wrongs no one else. It has shown in effective fashion that in endowing to make good this general rule, we have not wavered their creed, their color, or their birthplace, as standing alike before the law. Under our form of government the sphere in which the nation is narrowly circumscribed: but within that sphere all that could be done has been done. All thinking men are aware of the fact that the state government of the national government in such matters. Being ourselves mindful of them, we have been scrupulously careful on the one hand to be moderate in our conduct, and on the other, to keep promises in letter and in spirit. When we take up the great question of the tariff we are at once confronted by the question of whether we do or do not mean what they say. They say that "protection is robbery," and promise to carry power to the people. Yet prominent persons among them assert that they do not really mean this and that if they comply they are regarded the tariff, while others seem anxious to prove that it is safe to give them partial power, because the tariff would not be able to force they would not be able to do mischief. The last is certainly a curious plea to advance on behalf of a party seeking to obtain control of the govern- At the outset it is worth while to say that the trust question of tariff revision or tariff reduction with a solution of the trust question. This is always a sign desire to deal with the issue, often deal adequately with the trust question in speaking on this point at Minneapolis, There is little for me to add to this. It is but ten years since the last attempt was made, by means of lowering the tariff, to prevent some time afterwards effectually preset, the tariff, and labor from prospering at all. Undoubtedly it would be possible at the present time to prevent any of the trusts from remaining prosperous by a sweeping change in the tariff as to paralyze the industries of the country. The trusts would cease to prosper; but their smaller competitors would run away, while it would not pay the farmer to haul his produce to market. The villies connected with the trusts can be reached only by rational effort, step by step, and the executive during the past three years. If a tariff law is passed under which the country prospers, as the country has prospered during the past three years will share in the prosperity. If a tariff law is passed aimed at preventing the prosperity of some of our people, it is as certain as anything can be, and its aim will be achieve of all of our people. From time to time schedules must undoubtedly be rearranged and readjusted to reflect the changing needs of the country; but this can with safety be done only by those who are committed to the protection of the root and destroy that system would be to insure the prostration of business, the closing of factories, the improvement of turnover, the reduction of the artist, and the starvation of the wage-worker. Yet, if protection is indeed "robbery," they say, then it is precisely to the detriment of struction and uprooting of the tariff, and therefore of our business and industry, that they are pledged. When our opponents demand power was on our platform declaring tariffs unfair "unconstitutional" and the effort to put this declaration into practice was one of the causes of the general national protest against the protective tariff, either "unconstitutional" or "robbery," then it is just as unconstitutional, just as much robbery, to revise it down, still leaving it protective, and the words our opponents have committed themselves to the destruction of the protective principle in the tariff, using words which honestly used forbid them from obtaining the smallest degree. Every class of our people is benefited by the protective tariff. During the last few years, the export trade of this country grow faster than ever in our previous history. The manufacturer could not keep his factory open, and the protective tariff the wage-worker would remember that if protection is "sobbery," and is to be penalized accordingly. The wage-worker will be turned adrift entirely, or his wages will be cut down to the starvation point. As conclusively shown in the bureau of labor, the purchasing power of the wage received by the wage-worker has grown faster than the cost of living, and so the "continual shortening of working hours" of the workingmen of the country, as shown by the deposits in the savings banks, has ceased. Leaps and bounds. At no time the history of any other country has there been an era so productive of material benefit so workingman and employer, as during the seven years that have just passed. The farmer has benefited quite as much as the manufacturer, the merchant, and the manufacturer, and the impressive fact established by the last census is the wide and even distribution of youth and classes of our country, the chief classes of which, by bringing this distribution are shown by the census to be the development of manu- In the forty years ending in 1900 the total value of farm property increased by more than eleven billion of dollars; the farmer gaining over five billion of dollars richer than the manufacturer. Long ago over-production would have checked the marvelous development of our national economy, and the demand of American manufacturers for farm products required as raw materials for steadily expanding industries, and the laws and laws must be modified from time to time exigencies. But the genuine underlying principle of protection, as it has been explained in the but one of the American tariff laws for farm products, worked out results so beneficent, so evenly and widely spread, so advantageous alike to farmers and capitalists and worked out results so beneficial, so kind, that the American people, if they show their usual practical business sense, will insist that when these laws are in effect they be modified with the utmost care and the best modification to those who treat protection and robbery as synonymous terms. In closing what I have to say about the system of promoting American industry with the policy of cordial agreement with the policy of inclusion within its benefits, by appropriate legislation, the American merchant marine. It is not creditable to us as a national export and import trade should be well such exclusively in the hands of foreigners. Our opponents contend that the government and that whosoever there was against $5,000,000 in 1900" there is "a deficit of $5,000,000" in the year that has thus closed. This deficit is imaginary, and is obtained by including in the ordinary curriculums a sum of fifty millions, which was paid for in the year that the Panama canal out of the accumulated surplus in the treasury. Comparing the current or ordinary expenditures of nearly eighty millions for the surplus of nearly eighty millions for the annual surplus of 1900, and of only a little more than eight millions for the year that has just In the year that the annual surplus was brought about by the abolition of the war taxes in the interval between the two dates. The acts of March 2, 1901, and April 12, 1901 imply that taxation taxes to an amount estimated at one and five millions a year. In other words, the reduction of taxation has been considerably greater than the reduction in the annual surplus. In the war with Spain there has been no substantial change in the rate of annual expenditures. As compared with the fiscal year in June 1904, for example, the fiscal year in June 1904 showed a relatively small increase in expenditure (excluding the canal payment already referred to), while the year pre- Our opponents promise independence to oppose the opiates Islands. Here again we are confronted with differences of opinion among themselves, their proved inability to create a constructive policy when in the absence of a momentary political expediency, to abandon the principles upon which they insist as essential, conspire to puzzle out the issues, not intend in good faith to carry out this promise if they are given control of government if they are came into power and attempted to carry out their promises to the Filipinos by giving them independence from the ruling American control from the islands. We must have a frightful calamity to the Filipinos themselves, and in its larger aspect would amount to an international crime. And we would follow the example of the amarchelic forces would be directed partly against the civil government, partaking in the civil rights of religions and educational civilization. We would inevitably ensue in the archipelago, and just as inevitably the islands would in its own ophish interest up the task we had cravenly abandoned. During the last five years more has been done for the material and moral benefit of the islanders first cared with the ken of civilized man. We have opened before them a vista of orderly development in their own interest, and not of the need for it. For this being made to fit the islanders for self-government, and they have already in large measure received it, while for the persons rights and civil liberties have been guaranteed. They are being educated; they have been given schools; they have been given libraries; roads are being built for them; the schools are being built for them; they have been given courts in which they receive justice as absolute as it is in our power to guarantee. Their induction pursuit of happiness are now by act of congress feliously safeguarded under the American flag; and if the protection of the flag were withdrawn their rights would be plunged back under some form of vicious tyranny. The letter concludes: Alike as lawmakers and as administrators of the law we have endcavated our people as a whole. We make our appeal to no class and to no section, but to all good citizens, in whatever part of the world we are, to be their occupation or worldly condition. We have striven both for civic right, coveness and for national greatness; and we will be uphold by all who feel love of country and trust in the uplifting of mankind, to stand for enforcement of the law and for freedom of government is a government of orderly liberty equally alien to tyranny and anarchy and the power of the story is the liberty of the law, alike by the people and by the servants. We hold ever before us as the all-important and of policy at home and throughout the world; of peace, which comes only by doing justice. Faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. UNFAVORABLY IMPRESSED BY THE SIMILARITY. DEMOCRATIC HISTORY. "SOUP HOUSE" CLEVELAND. PRESIDENT. 1885-9-1893-7. "SOPUS" PARKER, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT 1904. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. He Would Strike Down Protection, Cripple the Navy, Decimate the Army and Undo All That Has Been Accomplished by the Republican Party. In his speech of acceptance Judge Parker accepts the Democratic platform as "admirable." He approves of he in detail and as a whole. If elected he will carry it out. Of course, he will; he must. He will be the servant, not the master, of his party. And rightly so. Presidents are elected to carry out party doctrine, not to antagonize it. Grover Cleveland tried to boss things in 1894, and he came to grief. He refused to attach his signature to the Democratic tariff law of 1894, but he lacked the nerve to veto it. He simply held his nose during the interval necessary to enable the bill to become a law without his concurrence. Judge Parker is not another Cleveland. He will not attempt to boss or to fight his party, as Cleveland did. He is not built that way. He will have his party in all things. The St. Louis platform, which would strike down protection, would cripple the navy, would decimate the army, would cut adrift seven millions of Filipinos totally incapable of self-government, and would in a general way undertake to turn back the wheels of progress and undo all that the Republican party has done toward making our country the greatest on earth—all this the Democratic candidate accepts as "admirable." Regarding the chief issue of the campaign he says: "The present tariff law is unjust in its operation, excessive in many of its rates and so framed in particular instances as to exact inordinate profits from the people. So well understood has this view become that many prominent members of the Republican party, and at least two of its State conventions, have dared to voice the general sentiment on that subject. That party seems, however, to be collectively able to harmonize only upon a plank that admits that revision may UNFAVORABLY IMPRESSED DEMOC HI "SOUP H CLEV PRESIDENT. I "SOPUS" P DEMOCRATIC N PRESIDENT from time to time be necessary, but it is so phrased that it is expected to be satisfactory to those in favor of an increase of duty, to those who favor a reduction thereof and to those opposed to any change whatever. "Judged by the record of performance, rather than that of promise, on the part of that party in the past, it would seem as if the outcome, in the event of its success, would be to gratify the latter class. With absolute control of both the legislative and executive departments of the government since March 4, 1897, there has been neither reduction nor an attempt at reduction in tariff duties. It is not unreasonable to assume, in the light of that record, that a future Congress of that party will not undertake a revision of the tariff downward in the event that it shall receive an indorsement of its past course on that subject by the people. It is a fact and should be frankly conceded that though our party be successful in the coming contest we cannot hope to secure a majority in the Senate during the next four years, and hence we shall be unable to secure any modification in the tariff save that to which the Republican majority in the Senate may consent. While, therefore, we are unable to give assurances of relief to the people from such excessive duties as burden them, it is due to them that we state our position to be in favor of a reasonable reduction of the tariff; we believe that it is demanded by the best interests of both manufacturer and consumer, and that a wise and beneficent revision of the tariff can be accomplished as soon as both branches of Congress and an executive in favor of it are elected without creating that sense of uncertainty and instability that has on other occasions manifested itself. This can be achieved by providing that such a reasonable period shall intervene between the date of the enactment of the statute making a revision and the date of its enforcement as shall be deemed sufficient for the industry or business affected by such revision to adjust itself to the changes and new conditions imposed. So confident am I in the belief that the demand of the people for a reform of the tariff is just that I indulge the hope that should a Democratic House of Repre sentatives and a Democratic executive be chosen by the people, even a Republican Senate may heed the warm --- ing and consent to give at least some measure of relief to the people." Out of this mass of the vapid, the evasive, the trimming and the hedging qualities of expression it is possible to extract some inferences and deductions that are reasonably clear and positive: The present tariff is excessive, unjust and injurious. It should be repealed without delay, and in its place should come either a tariff of the Wilson-Gorman type, of the Mills type, or the Morrison type. The Republican party shows no inclination to meddle with the tariff at present, and still less to strip the tariff of its protective features. Therefore, the task of tariff making should be taken out of the hands of the Republican party and intrusted to the Democratic party. If intrusted with the responsibility of tariff making the Democratic party promises to be reasonable. It will not rip up everything all at once. It will go about it gradually, so that the producing interests may have ample time to discharge their workpeople and reduce the volume of production to correspond with the increased inflow of competitive products from abroad. In this way it is hoped to avoid the immediate advent of panic, paralysis, stagnation and ruin. These, it is calculated, will come less swiftly than they did in 1893. But, in any event, says the Esopus trimmer, not much mischief could be done by a Democratic President and House of Representatives until the present Republican majority in the Senate shall have disappeared. This would take two years at the least; it might take three or four years to bring about. In the meantime, says the candidate, the country would be safe. Astonishing admission! Certainty and safety lie only in the Republican control of the Senate. "We would like to do a whole lot of mischief, and we will do it as soon as we can, but we can't do it for two or three years. Therefore, elect a Democratic president this year." That, in substance, is the attitude of Parker on the tariff question. We are invited to sow the seed of free trade in November of 1904, on the assurance that a full free trade crop cannot be harvested much before 1906 or 1907. BY THE SIMILARITY. DEMOCRATIC HISTORY. HOUSE" VELAND. 1885-9-1893-7. ARKER. NOMINEE FOR 1904. It may be, however, that we should not have to wait so long as that for the free trade crop. Events of the past year or two distinctly suggest the possibility that with a Democratic House and a Democratic President, having patronage to distribute, a tariff reduction bill and a "genuine recolpcity" bill could be passed by the aid of votes in the Senate that are now classed as Republican. Things no stranger than this have happened, and may happen again. Summed up in the light of all the facts and all the evidence, the acceptance speech of Judge Parker contains not one solitary reason why any Republican should take the risk of voting the Democratic ticket this year. On the contrary, all the facts, all the evidence, all the common sense of the situation, should impel every Republican to vote the Republican ticket, and many Democrats besides. There never was a time when the country was in greater danger of a lapse backward to free trade than in the campaign of 1904. That is the actual truth. Democratic Imbecilities We do not wonder that the wise men of the Democratic party are becoming disgusted with the quarrels, feuds and acrimonious disputes that have been threatening the harmony and, therefore, the efficiency of the organization. It is hardly necessary to say that the Democracy cannot win without New York and it is equally obvious that, if the local bosses—Murphy and McCarren—persist in exploiting their respective animosities at this particular time, the Republican elections will be nothing more or less than a Republican procession. What the American people see and, without much difficulty, understand, is that the Democracy can hardly be in a position to govern the country until it is able to govern itself. And if that consummation has been achieved up to latest accounts the fact is still a secret for the outside world—Washington Post. Would Bring Calamity. A victory for Parker in 1904 would bring calamity quicker than it came in the Cleveland case, for Parker lacks Cleveland's ability, independence and sanity on the money issue, and he shares Cleveland's errors on the tariff. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat A friend of the home A foo of the Trust Calumet Baking Powder Compiles with the Pure Food Lawes of all States. The Wandering Albatross. Of all the strange creatures seen by travelers, not the least interesting is the wandering albatross. This great feathered wanderer, sometimes measuring seventeen feet from tip to tip of his wings, will follow a ship for days at a time. Some travelers and sailors declare that they have seen a particular bird fly for weeks at a time. It not merely follows the ship, but wheels in great circles around it and above it, high in the air, as if to show that it is not tired. Sometimes it will hang in the air with its wings apparently motionless and asleep. Commerce Through Suez. Three thousand seven hundred and sixty-one vessels of a net tonnage of 11,907,288 passed through the Suez canal in 1903, as compared with 3,708 vessels of 11,248,413 tons in 1902, showing an increase of fifty-three vessels and 658,000 tons. Of these, 3,761,2,804 were merchant cargo vessels, 810 mall steamships, and 147 war ships and transports. In spite of the reduction of franc in the tonnage dues, the transit receipts for 1903 amounted to only £3,950 less than those for 1902 at the higher rate. Man and Wife. Buxton, N. Dak., Sept. 12 (Special). —Mr. B. L. Skrivseth of this place has been added to the steadily growing following that Dodd's Kidney Pills have in this part of the country. Mr. Skrivseth gives two reasons for his faith in the Great American Kidney Cure. The first is that they cured his wife and the second is that they cured himself. "I must say," says Mr. Skrivseth, "that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best remedy for Kidney Trouble I ever knew. My wife had Kidney Disease for years and she tried all kinds of medicine from doctors but it did not help her any. An advertisement led her to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. The first box helped her so much that she took eight boxes more and now she is cured. "I also took three boxes myself and they made me feel better and stronger in every way." Dodd's Kidney Pills have never yet failed to cure any kidney disease from Backache to Rheumatism, Diabetes or Bright's Disease. If there is one thing thinner than water it is the blood of your rich relations. When You Buy Starch bu Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. Germany's Commerce. The value of the German empire's imports during the first six months of 1904 was $714,042,840, against $732,326,000 and $675,682,000, respectively, during like periods in 1903 and 1902. The values of the imports of precious metals during the periods under consideration were $16,898,000 (1904), $15,946,000 (1903), and $14,566,000 (1902). The value of the exports was $596,904,000 during the first six months of 1904 and $576,674,000 and $529,074,000, respectively, during similar periods in 1903 and 1902. The values of the exports of precious metals during the same periods were $11,424,000, $11,900,000 and $8,800,000 respectively. Black Friday. The American Black Friday was September 4, 1869, when Jay Gould and James Fiske, Jr., attempted to create a corner on the gold market. The whole country was in a ferment for several days, but the day was saved by the report that Secretary Boutwell had thrown $4,000,000 on the market. The English Black Fridays are two. One, the Friday on which the news reached London that the young Pretender Charles Edward had arrived at Derby; the second, May 11, 1866, when the failure of Overend, Guerney & Co., London, the day before, was followed by widespread financial ruin. WHAT'S THE USE To Keep a "Coffee Complexion." A lady says: "Postum has helped my complexion so much that my friends say I am growing young again. My complexion used to be coffee colored, muddy and yellow but it is now clear and rosy as when I was a girl. I was induced to try Postum by a friend who had suffered just as I had suffered from terrible indigestion, palpitation of the heart and sinking spells. "After I had used Postum a week I was so much better that I was afraid it would not last. But now two years have passed and I am a well woman. I owe it all to leaving off coffee and drinking Postum in its place. "I had drank coffee all my life. I suspected that it was the cause of my trouble, but it was not until I actually quit coffee and started to try Postum that I became certain; then all my troubles ceased and I am now well and strong again." Name furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." ReligiousThought I would not ask that all my way may be With earthly glory bright With earthly glory bright, The shaded pathway may be best for me. But give me, Lord, thy light. I know life's winter days will chill my heart. But at the blue above. And the bright sun, the life of spring impart. Give me, O Christ, thy love. I know not where the storms may sweep my way. How long are conflicts cease. But when the tempest rages, this I pray, Give me, O God, thy peace. I do not know how long the way may be, What care and toll are best. Only when care and toil are done, with thee. Give me, my Father, rest. —Mary Potter Angell. True Riches. Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith?-St. James, ii. 5. The world's idea of riches is an aggregation of material wealth and its idea of poverty is the absence of this. The Scripture notion, however, is entirely different, and St. James would have us believe that a man may be a Croesus and yet be poor, that he may be a Lazarus and still be richer than Dives. The fact that we belong to two worlds—the one material, the other spiritual—accounts for the fact that we are able to acquire wealth in either or both. If we view the natural gifts of men we behold gifts of one kind given in a large measure to an individual to whom gifts of another kind are denied. One has great gifts of mind with a weak body or a scanty purse. Another has physical strength that fits a man for a life of toll, but is without intellectual force. Still another may have an honored name and large estates but laments the absence of an heir, or if he have an heir the latter may be a spendthrift and a constant source of grief. This was the lot of Solomon. His widespread kingdom, his immense treasures fell into the hands of the foolish Rehoboam to be scattered and destroyed. Read in Ecclesiastes what this rich and wise king said of all earthly gifts—"Vanities of vanities and all is vanity." This should enable us to decide what gifts we should chiefly covet. True wisdom will assert itself when we are ready to accept whatever gifts of mind, body and estate Providence may give us, and to accept them thankfully without boasting over him who has received less, without envying him who has acquired more, but with a perfect will to yield up all whenever the Giver recalls them and with holy Job cheerfully say: "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; as it hath pleased the Lord, so if it done. Blessed be the name of the Lord." In this way we shall make the most of what we possess by being contented and using at the same time all that we have to promote God's glory and our brother's welfare, remembering that "godliness with contentment is great pain. Without contentment the largest portion of this world's goods is only root of bitterness, poisoning the wellsprings of happiness with pride, boastfulness or fear of loss. To grow rich then, we should "covet earnestly the best gifts"—those which adorn the soul in the sight of its maker. The meek and quiet spirit, the enduring faith, the brightening hope, the fervent charity, these are the best gifts and to covet them is a holy covetousness. To make these our own is real gain, and whosoever possesses them can well afford to be poor in all else. These gifts, however, are not ours by inheritance, nor can they be obtained by trade or barter. They are planted in us by the Holy Spirit, to grow under our nourishing care. Therefore covet these best gifts which become more effulgent as our natural gifts wane, that wax stronger as one outward man decays, that sweeten this life and serve us in the world beyond. Love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, meekness, temperance, forgiveness of injuries, thankfulness—these are the gifts that truly enrich a man. And as no man can be called poor who abounds in these so no man is rich if he does not possess such wealth. Envy no man gifts material, but strive after the real riches of imperishable life. Understand also that gracious discipline of loss, pain, want or sorrow, for this is the means by which poor in this world's goods can grow rich in faith and ripe for the enjoyment of that victory which triumphs in His name--Rev. John J. Donlan. The Habit of Holiness In the region of common morality, where religion meets the daily problems of an honest life, we all assign habit a large place and recognize its necessity and power. But the same principles reach up into what men call the higher religious life as well. The habit of veracity toward men is not more a habit than the habit of tenderness toward God; and if in the realm of righteousness, which Matthew Arnold calls "but a heightened conduct," habit thus plays its part as truly as in simple conduct, so also in holliness, which he calls "but a heightened righteousness," may we expect to find it at work too. Indeed, holiness is not holliness at all, but only a sporadic effort thereafter, until it has become a habit; that is, "a mode of action so established by us as to be entirely natural, involuntary, instinctive, unconscious and uncontrollable." Holiness is not an occasional victorious resolution of the will to do right. Neither is it the placid triumph over all struggle and the extirpation of all that is imperfect and weak. It is the love of righteousness grown into a passion, refusing to accept defeat or defect of effort toward ideals, and touched with piercing love of the God of holiness and right, plus, among us, the tender apprehension and inward vital acceptance of Jesus. Holiness is more than the mere purpose of right behavior. It is this kindled into light and heat by living contact with God in Christ. Such holiness must itself become the habit of our life. Not a few are willing to rise at intervals into the consciousness of Christ, and to behold as in His presence, and to be for the moment inter-penetrated with His power. But their holiness is occasional, not habitual; and is therefore not holiness at all, but only holy impulse. When St. Paul, however, declares: To me to live is Christ," or "I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me," he is describing an ideal of experience, whether he had himself yet realized it or not, which is holiness grained into habit, and thus become effective and real.-Robert E. Speer. Is Sorrow Helpful? Some Christians never shine so brightly as in the midnight of sorrow. I know of good people who are like an ivory dice; throw it whichever way you will, it always lands on a square, solid bottom. Their hope always strikes on its feet after the hardest fall. One might have thought that it was all over with Joseph when he was sent to prison, or John when he was exiled to Patmos, or with John Bunyan when he was locked up in Bedford jail; but they were all put in the places where they could be the most useful. And that reminds me to say that your sorrows may be turned to the benefit of others. You can relieve your own suffering hearts by turning the flood of grief upon some wheel of practical usefulness. An eminent minister, who was under a peculiarly severe trial, said to me: "If I could not study and preach and work for others, I should go crazy." The millstones grinding upon themselves soon wear themselves to powder; but active, useful occupation is both a tonic and a soothing sedative to a troubled spirit. My friend, I entreat you, don't let your sorrows stagnate; they will turn your heart into a fen of bitter waters, from which will sprout the rank rushes of self-will and rebellion against God. Turn your sorrows outward into currents of sympathy and deeds of kindness to other people, and they will become a stream of blessing. A baptism of trial may be your best baptism for Christ's service. Working is better than weeping; and if you work on till the last morning breaks, you will read in that clear light the meaning of many of your sorrows.—T. L. Cuyler, D. D. Thou Shalt Know Hereafter. God keeps a school for His children here on earth and one of His best teachers is disappointment. My friend, when you and I reach our Father's house we shall look back and see that the sharp-voiced, rough-visaged teacher, Disappointment, was one of the best guides to train us for it. He gave us hard lessons; he often used the rod; he often led us into thorny paths; he sometimes tripped off a load of luxuries; but that only made us travel the freer and the faster on our heavenward way. He sometimes led us down into the valley of the death shadow; but never did the promises read so sweetly as when spelled out by the eye of faith in that very valley. Nowhere did he lead us so often, or teach us such sacred lessons, as at the cross of Christ. Dear, old, rough-handed teacher! We will build a monument to thee yet, and crown it with garlands, and inscribe on it: "Blessed be the memory of Disappointment!" Beat a Charge. God calls you to go forward now. I have heard the story of a day of battle, when the tide of defeat was rising and a general called a drummer boy to his side, and said: "You may beat a retreat." The boy looked one moment at the yielding standards of his people, and answered, quickly: "Sir, the marshal never taught me to beat a retreat, but I can beat a charge most gloriously." "Beat a charge, then!" said the general. And together they rushed along the line of the fugitive troops. And the thrill of it caught the souls of the soldiers; back turned the lines, and the banners were planted on the enemy's stronghold, because one boyish heart had been true and quick to beat a charge at the critical moment.—Rev Ozora S. Davis. Widen Out Your World. God made this a big world, but many of us have constructed a very narrow one for the occupancy of ourselves and our particular friends. Remember that our interests are a gauge of what we ourselves are. If we neither know nor care what is happening outside our little circle, there is poor chance of development. The world bounded by "me and mine" needs to be widened. Surrender God will never raise the siege until we hand over the keys of the city, open every gate and bid the Conqueror ride through every street and take possession of the city.—C. H. Spurgeon. Manouyee Camp No.2. Broad Run Tybroughfield Hillmarket Manouyee Camp No.1. Manouyee Camp No.3. New Bathurst Griffith Christow Manassas Warrenton Mertz Cesareau Calverton Mielone Boileren Fairfax Centerville Dudley Spring Bull Run Battlefield Wellingville Clifton News Crossing Brensville Independence Hill Bull Run Battlefield, Scene of Army Maneuvers. The army maneuvers at Manassas are of deepest interest to students of military problems, not only in this country, but abroad. A body of 36,000 troops, embracing not only all the branches of the regular service, but militia from various states, had the experience of camp life on a monster scale with field operations of the most instructive nature. So large a force had never before assembled in time of peace in this country, and American citizen soldiers have never had the benefit of such instruction. Many problems will be solved by these maneuvers. They will serve, for one thing, to show whether the work of a general staff is as great an improvement on the old system as it has been expected to be. They will bring out clearly what improvements have been made in the commissary Monocuvre Camp No.2. Broad Run Thoroughfare Haymarket Monocuvre Camp No.3. Bethat New Barnsme Warrenton Mertee Cavanee Collette Calverton Miglion Boeterton Bull Run Battlefield, Sce and quartermaster's departments since the war in Cuba. They will try the mettle of all staff and field officers and give to those who have attained rank within the past three or four years lessons which might otherwise have to be learned at costly sacrifice in time of war. The value of these maneuvers to the militia can not now be estimated. One of the greatest causes of complaint by regulars against green volunteers is that they do not know how Col. Moulton of Chicago Honored by His Associates. Col. George M. Moulton of Chicago, who was elected grand master of the Knights Templar at the San Francisco conclave, has held office in the grand encampment since 1889, his last office being that of deputy grand master. The colonel is a prominent figure in Illinois military circles. He commanded the Second regiment during the COL. GEO. M. STOUILTON. troublesome times of the great railroad strike of 1894 and served with the regiment during the Spanish-American war. He is a native of Readsboro, Vt., and was born in 1851. His parents went to Chicago two years later. Comes to Represent Panama Panama, having taken its place as a national power, is quickly establishing her various state departments and has already selected the men who are to constitute her diplomatic corps in the countries that have recognized her independence. Senor De Obaldis was sent to the United States because of his intimate knowledge of canal affairs. For many years he has advanced very liberal views concerning the policy of certain Central American republics in retarding the construction of the water way. Panama has commissioned Senor De Obaldis to give our government every possible assistance in furthering the work. Keen on Oriental Lawbreakers Hugh Reilly, a Philadelphia policeman, is one of the most valuable men on the Quaker City force. This is because of his intimate acquaintance with the Chinese language, of which he has made a study. Reilly, who is an Irishman by birth, has arrested 300 Oriental lawbreakers in the ten years he has been an officer. Many a time he has taken his life in his hand while chasing slant-eyed criminals through dark hallways in Chinatown, and on several occasions his uniform has been ripped to pieces by knives in unseen hands, but so far he has escaped serious injury. to take care of themselves in the field. The state camps can not supply the necessary experience, for in them the soldier is not compelled to rely sufficiently on his own resources. In field operations in time of peace the conditions approach much closer to those found in time of war, and the knowledge which will be gained by the militia staffs alone will be worth the expense to the states concerned. At the same time the commanding officers get an insight into those larger tactics which must be only book learning to them when they are at home, and the men acquire something of independence of action and self-reliance, which constitute the finest qualities of the well-trained regular. The general public, too, comes in for some share of the instruction. If Chantilly Fairfax Centerville ALL RUN BATTLEFIELD Manouye Camp No.1. Clifton Lewis Crossing Manassas Bristow Bristowville Independence NIB Cantonville ene of Army Maneuvers. the lessons of our last war have been taken to heart, as we believe they have been, the public will find in the improved morale of the army service a cause for satisfaction and serenity of mind. At the same time it will find in the certain disclosure of some existing deficiencies a powerful argument in favor of a continuation of such maneuvers. "In time of peace prepare for war." If the preparations are sufficiently thorough, there may not be any war. Justice Edgar M. Cullen Appointed by Gov. Odell. Justice Edgar M. Cullen, whom Gov. Odell has appointed to succeed Judge Parker as chief judge of the New York court of appeals, has a high reputation as an able jurist and has long had the esteem of both bench and bar. So general was the appreciation of his services on the court of appeals bench that he was renominated by both parties and elected in 1894. The Republicans expect to nominate him for chief judge of the court of appeals and an overwhelming sentiment in the Democratic party is for him also. Judge Cullen was born in Brooklyn sixty years ago. He began active life as a civil engineer and later turned to the law. Preacher and Athlete. Rev. Mr. Strother, a native of the Bermuda islands, who is a Methodist preacher, his circuit taking in the rongest sections in the mountains in Tucker and Preston counties, West Virginia, stands out unique. He will not ride a horse and he can hardly be beaten in a ten-mile race. Some time ago he preached in the Dennison school house, on Location ridge, near the Preston county line. When he stepped down from the pulpit it wanted just one hour of the time he was due at St. George, nine miles distant. He took the road without hesitation, and struck an Indian trot, which he never broke during the nine miles. At the end of the hour he was in his pulpit at St. George reading the opening hymn of the service and gave not the least sign of fatigue. Will Make Home in Berlin Miss Alice H. Luce, one of the few American women receiving rare honors from a European university, has recently decided to make her permanent home in Germany, and with this end in view has purchased the famous Willard School for American Girls in Berlin. The school has a record, having had a number of prominent American girls on its roster during its eighteen years of existence. It was at the Willard school that Mrs. Grover Cleveland spent two years before her marriage. Miss Luce is a graduate of Wellesley college and among other honors has received the degree of doctor of philosophy from Heidelberg university. When Traveling Incognito The following are the names assumed by noted Britons when traveling incognito. King Edward, duke of Lancaster; Queen Alexandra, Mrs. Stephens; Princess Charles of Denmark, Miss Mills; Princess Louise, Lady Sundridge; Princess Christian, Countess Gravenstein; Princess Henry of Battenberg, Lady Carisbrooke; princess of Wales, countess of Killarney; duchess of Connaught, countess of Sussex. Empress Eugenie travels as Countess De Pierrefonds and the late Queen Victoria used the title countess of Balmoral. WITH THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS WHAT IS LOVE? There are also nervous disorders that are often termed love. A man or a woman gets run down, sees everything dark, hopes for nothing, aims for nothing; then a person of the opposite sex approaches, sympathizes, plays on all the overtaxed nerves with a soothing influence, which is studied and deliberate, but, the man quaffs it blindly, as a sufferer drinks brandy to ease pain without questioning whether it be injurious or not. We do not examine the character of the one obtaining this power over us, because we are ill, and our illness controls us; we seek merely to ease the inward gnawing with as little pain or effort as possible. Normal love—the love of a mentally and physically sound person—is not half so blind as poets would have us believe. Indeed, at such a time I think the mind is actually critical. Characteristics that the world considers faults in the one we love may be particularly dear to us, they are nicks that correspond to the nicks in our own nature; but the individual is dissected again and again by the unerring and ever busy blade of our passion. Every quickened element in us pries and probes to measure itself with the same element in the other; it is the natural mating of things—of the many units in the one unit. This is real love; but the other—the other is the cause of nine-tenths of the world's misery; it is the creator of morbid generations, the destroyer of correct deductions, the worst menace to humanity.—Maude Roosevelt, in Lippincott's Magazine. COAXING TAXES OUT OF JOHN BULL. In ten years, said an English naval expert a day or two ago, the control of the sea will pass from Great Britain to the United States. Uncle Sam, it appears, is building more battle-ships this year than John Bull. Hence the alarm of the English expert quoted above. It is impossible to believe, however, that his fears are genuine. Our British cousins have too long a start to be overhauled by Uncle Sam unless we should increase the number of our shipyards and spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next decade turning out battle-ships and cruisers. The truth is that the alarm expressed by our British cousins is part of their scheme to recoerce King Edward's subjects to heavy taxation to maintain England's naval supremacy. That is the way the Briton is "bunked" into paying heavier tribute to his government. The game is an old one, but the British taxpayer has not yet seen through it.—Baltimore Sun. NECESSITY OF VACATION. The vacation season is here. Everybody who labors should take a vacation, but many who seriously need a rest of a week or more and can well afford to pay handsomely for the diversion deny themselves of it year after year. The man who takes a vacation is much more valuable to his employer than the one who does not, and the average employer knows it to be true. He who spends his vacation wisely returns to work greatly improved mentally and physically and both he and his employer are beneficials. Rest and a change of scene work wonders. All this is especially true of brain workers. If the brain is not given a rest it becomes fagged and it soon requires a stimulant, and very often the use of a stimulant becomes a habit and wrecks the user. Experienced alienists have found that often when a man takes to drink after years of sobriety, or when he turns suddenly dishonest, he is well along toward positive insanity, the result of fatigue. Constant grind has a serious effect on the brain, and consequently on the moral sense. Man, like the ground, must lie fallow at intervals in order to be productive. The vacation is a necessity to persons in all vocations. It relinquies orates the tired body and brain, wards off insanity and makes for the greater health and strength of the race. By all means take a vacation. A MOTHER'S HEART-STRINGS "I can't be second!" The mother in Pittsburgh who wrote this pathetic farewell to her married son to explain her suicide asked him to forget her, as she "was only a crank." "Only a crank?" No; only a woman, or a mother. "You have been very good to me!" What mother who has had such a son and sees him marry and replace her as the dearest object of his affections with another woman but whose heart aches at the breaking of old ties? Nevermore is she to know in the old, endearing way the hopes and aspirations of her boy, to share so intimately his joys and sorrows. Her place has been taken by another, and to that other she is only a mother-in-law, an incumbrance. She is no longer first. There is another to be consulted before her advice is asked. There is another whose claims are stronger, whose wishes, whose feelings have precedence. "I can be second!" It is an old story—as old as the pathos of woman's heart, as old as the tragedy of life—New York World. ANOTHER RAILROAD HERO. Hendley Jones of Georgia was a section foreman in the employ of the Seacoard Air line. One night last week he was riding on a handcar near Renfroes, Stewart county, Ga., in the discharge of his dull duties. Three other men were with him, climbing a heavy grade. Up to that moment all four graded together. There dashed around a curve ahead of them an extra freight, heavily laden and rushing down upon them, grade and steam together. The other three men jumped to safety. They would no doubt defend their action by quoting the old axiom about self-preservation being the first law of nature. But Jones did not depend upon axioms to justify his law of conduct; he was the sort of man who reckoned by acts. So he stayed where he was. It was a time when the fraction of a second was life. Jones saw this, and saw also that to stop the train was impossible. There was, in his conception, only one thing for him to do, and that was to save the crew of the freight at the probable cost of his own life. That he did. Calmly but rapidly he stopped the handcairn and threw it from the tre k—and the train rushed by unharmed over his dead body. Jones left a widow and two little children. Some men would have pleaded that they must remain alive, at the cost of the lives of others, for the sake of their families. But Hendley Jones did his duty and left his wife and children a father's memory of whose end they could be proud. "He only did his duty?" Is the performance of one's duty so commonplace a thing that we may regard it lightly. One of the most famous of Russian authors once wrote a story intended to show how Russians die, and he showed that they met death with brute apathetic courage. Hendley Jones died like an American—Philadelphia Press. DID THE ANCIENTS SMOKE? Did the ancients smoke? It is strange that so simple a question has never been satisfactorily answered. Heroditus mentions certain tribes that became drunk from inhaling the vapor of piles of burning fruit, but the only evidences that we have of smoking is found in the prehistoric pipes of wood and clay that are occasionally unearthed. But if the ancients smoked what did they smoke? It was certainly not to bacco, which we know is a modern soace. Certain herbs were smoked for the cure of disease we are informed by Pliny and other writers, but there are doubts that smoking for pleasure and conviviality were ever inhaled in extensively. If they had been we should have heard of it.—Boston Herald. TRAILING OLD FASHIONS. How often in reading we run across some such phrase as this: "Old-fashioned ideas of morality." Or we hear a person about to deliver an impromptu homily, say: "I may have old-fashioned ideas about the sacredness of the marriage vow, but—" Or a mother say: "My children could have more money than I had when I was a girl, but I am going to bring them up in the old-fashioned way. My girls shall know how to cook and do housework if necessary, and they will make good housewives and mothers." "Father has such old-fashioned notions," said a high school boy. "He has made us all promise not to drink wine or play cards until we are twenty-one. And he says it's the boys who have old-fashioned parents who become the successful men." There are worse things than being old fashioned. Progress is all very well, providing it progresses. But why should we feel it necessary to call our ideas of right living old fashioned and to speak of them in a semiapogetic manner? If old fashioned, so much the better on that very account. They have the backing of experience. They have been tried and tested by our parents and our grandparents. We hear of "old fashioned politeness," and the "gentleman of the old school" who is so rarely seen among us. Why should these virtues be called old fashioned? Is it not a creditable reflection upon us twentieth century people? A few more old fashioned people are needed in this know it all age and generation—Chicago Journal. THE WESTWARD COURSE OF EMPIRE. Can science explain why the course of empire lies westward? Of the fact, as a general proposition, there can be no question. There is nothing more evident in human history than the westward tendency of the great migrations of mankind, as well as of the spirit of conquest and the genius of civilization, which seem to fit from race to race and from nation to nation, kindling new fires as the old die out, almost invariably toward the west, as if the sparks were borne by a constant wind against the direction of the earth's rotation on its axis. 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The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. This is a busy week for school teachers. The Afro-Americans are with Roosevelt because he is with them. "Thrice armed is he whose cause is just." Our cause is just and we are bound to win. If Parker is elected wages will go down. Remember that, Afro-American working people. We should rely upon the strong common sense of the people to rebuke Democracy at the polls. The Republican party seeks to convince the people. The Democratic party seeks to scare them. Stay at home and don't go aflirting 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. The Department of Justice, under the Roosevelt administration, has unearthed many cases of peonage in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and successfully prosecuted many Southern Caucasians who were holding their Afro-American brethren in bondage. In every instance the offender was a Democrat. The United States, by constitutional amendment, has given the right to vote to every man without regard to race or color; but this enactment of the whole people is nullified by the Democrats of certain Southern states, who declare that only Caucasians shall exercise the rights of suffrage. The Republican party has taken up the matter and made a declaration for reduction of representation in cases where the franchise has been unconstitutionally limited. This will be carried into effect by the next Congress "I know of the bravery and character of the Afro-American soldier. He saved my life at Santiago. I have had occasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The Rough Riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry came rushing up the hill, carrying everything before them. The Afro-American soldier has the faculty of coming to the front when he is needed most. In the civil war he came 400,000 strong, and I believe he saved the Union.—President Roosevelt. Every now and then the bad element of Negroes of this city becomes fierce and vicious as was shown to be the case on Labor Day, when the Rev. Dr. Hurse was threatened by a mob of North End Negroes, (among whom were women), because he demonstrated with them for drinking beer and carousing on the public highway. There were also several other mortifying scenes in which the low class of Negroes figured. The law should be applied most vigorously in these cases. The fact that the bad negroes of this city are becoming worse and more brazen is to be regretted. Nothing but the strong arm of the law can hold them down, and it is hoped that the authorities will enforce it to the letter. The fancy baker and the iceman both sell frosted cakes. CRUEL AMERICAN LYNCH LAW Says the Colliers' in its September number: "The darkest fears are almost justified by so gross, cruel, and unexcused a case of lynching as the last, where two negroes were burned at the stake, although they were under sentence of death. It almost makes us believe that Professor James may have been right when he foresaw burning at the stake on Boston Common. We know nothing in the contemporary history of the world more discouraging. Cruelty in Russia leaves us at least the retufe of belief that if may end with the ignorance of the people and the false system of government. The Georgia disgrace is without one redeeming ray of light. It reminds us of that terrible story of Booker Washington's, which we have told before, of the fair-haired little gtrl who said, "Mother, I have seen a negro hanged. Now I want to see one burned." The protographer was present here to give the last touch of grotesque horror to the tragic satire. It was undiluted hatred and love of criminal excitement. To compare it with the Spanish Inquisition would be unjust, for the Inquisition at least sought an object. The trial of the negroes had been prompt and their day of execution was near. The brother of the murdered man begged the tigerish human beings to disperse. The crowd merely refused to miss the fun. The time may come when some hopeful side may be seen again. For the present it makes us look upon the future with discouragement and doubt." PECULIAR FACTS: It does not matter what a white publisher says in his paper concerning a Negro, the Negro subscribes for the paper and pays for it every week. If the white publisher should tell the Negro to stick his head in the fire and burn it off, he would promptly obey, and his friends buy the paper and pay for it. The time has come for the Negroes to consider these things. Subscribe and pay for journals run by colored publishers, and thus enable the journals to say more about the race. IT STRAIGHTENED HER HAIR: Dear Sirs:—I inclose fifty cents for one bottle of Oxonized Ox Marrow. I have tried it and it is so wonderful for straightening kinky hair, I recommend it to all my friends." The above letter was written by Mrs. Ennis Colbert, Vanderbilt, Pa., June 22nd, 1904. Oxonized Ox Marrow will straighten your hair, too, no matter how kinky it is. It also cures dandruff, stops hair falling and makes the hair grow. Never fails. Warranted harmless. Send us fifty cents and we will mail you a bottle postpaid. Address, Oxonized Ox Marrow Co., Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ills. There is no better time than right now for parents, teachers and ministers to begin a crusade against the use of firearms. Begin with the toy gun. Give it no place in your home. What is begun in fun is often carried on to a serious issue. Ministers urge mothers to teach their children the value of life and the sacredness of home. Begin early to teach them to curb their tempers and subdue their passions. Teach them that it is their duty sometimes to give up a just claim for the sake of peace. Teach them that self should not be put before everything else. Teach them that self-government makes civil government easy. When we have learned some of these things, young men will not shoot to death their sweethearts, fathers will not blow out the brains of their wives right in the presence of their children; neither will young women commit suicide because a lover has proven faithless, nor lawyers back up arguments with guns. We are fast becoming a lawless, Godless set of people. There must be a check. Why do not the Negro ministers of this city make the right kind of appeal to their people in behalf of the Old Folks and Orphans' home, like they do when they have an ax of their own to grind? They ought to do something, for their poverty-stricken old members have to go out to that home to die. Let us hear from the ministers of the big churches. The departure in school work made by Principal R. T. Coles can but commend itself to all tax payers. Too lon ghave we been educating the child to feel itself the superior of its parents and too big for its surroundings. We must fit in where we are and begin with what we have. A glance over the list of schools and the appointment of teachers will show one that the white schools of this city are growing, and growing rapidly. All of the negro schools, except the Garrison, seem to be at a standstill. Why is this thus? NEXT ATTRACTION. Sunday Matinee, September 11th, and Week "Arizona," which will be presented at the Grand, is so well known that it seems superfluous to recite the story again. Suffice to say that this charming comedy-drama which has received such an enormous amount of praise in America comes to this city this season with a fresh scalp at its belt, having but recently returned from a triumphant tour of all the principal cities of England and having received the personal endorsement of King Edward VIL. "Arizona" is without doubt the best play which Mr. Augustus Thomas has ever written and the production of the same and the company engaged by Messrs. La Shelle and Raymond are second to none in the present theatrical era. The story of "Arizona" is interesting throughout the entire four acts, and there is not a moment from the rise to the fall of the curtain when the interest of the spectator lags. "Arizona" is an American play, and will live long in the hearts of the American theater-goers. Process of Digestion. The French physiologist Fere has made experiments which show that the process of digestion diminishes the capacity for muscular work fully one-half. As regards the effects of stimulants like tobacco and alcohol, he has found that while they diminish fatigue, the effect never casts more than ten minutes, and is followed by a greater degree of fatigue than would have existed if they had not been indulged in. Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line from Vienna to Czernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system, being 630 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Roumania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. Condemns Linen Handkerchiefs Prof. Calmette, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, is making wcr on linen handkerchiefs, which he considers a great source of infection. He suggests the use of specially constructed wallets for Japanese paper handkerchiefs, with separate divisions for the new and used ones. The latter are to be burned. Must See to His Own Safety. At several points on the Great Eastern railway in England the line crosses rivers by means of swing bridges. The bridge-keeper is compelled to ride across on the engine, so that if he has not locked the bridge securely, and any accident should follow, he will pay the penalty for his own negligence. Coldest Country of All. Siberia has the greatest known cold in the world. At Yakutsk the average for three winter months is 40 degrees below zero, while individual drops to 75 and 76 degrees below are not unknown. But at Verjohansk the average for January, 1885, was 69.0 degrees below zero, and the mercury at one time dropped to 90.4 degrees below, the lowest on record anywhere in the world. Good to Lick Baby With Later On I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were painted down the side, and at one end was a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it.—Good Housekeeping. Ancient Ann. A man who can't understand a woman's love of bargains will feel awfully proud when he allows a book agent to sell him one year's subscription to a magazine, with the works of a standard poet thrown in, for $4.79, marked down from $5.-Baltimore American. Not Meant to Be Humorous. A few years ago a well-known bishop married his second wife, and, returning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being "The Sentient's Return." This was obviously unintentional. Cancer Victims Well to Do Statistics show that cancer is more common among those who are accustomed to the refinements of life than among the very poor, and to care for such patients the doctors say that good surroundings are a necessity. Snakes in India. About 400,000 snakes are killed every year in British India. The fees paid as rewards annually for the destruction of beasts of prey and venomous snakes by the government of India amount to about $125,000. Danced on Raft in Salt Mine. A famous salt mine dance was given at Wieliczka, Austria. One of the most singular features was a great raft, which was made to float on the surface of an underground lake in the mine. On this the dances were conducted, some 300 persons being present. The place was illuminated by torches, and the splendor and impressiveness of it all may be imagined. 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 on 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 well 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 sprite 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. BOOSEVELT. 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. 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. The fact is conceded by Republicans and citizens that the county ticket nominated last Saturday at Convention hall is strong in every particular. It is made up of good, thorough and able business men. French Drop the X. The official committee engaged in revising French orthography nas decided that the letter x is no longer to be used to indicate the plural; hence it will be proper hereafter to write eaus, chevaus, bureaus, etc. Expert Opinion. "A husband and wife never really know each other," mused Uncle Jerry Peebles, "until he's seen her in curl papers and she's seen him shavin' himself at the kitchen window." German Colony in Palestine Thirty-four years ago a German colony settled at Haifa, Palestine. Today all of the ninety families in are prosperous. They raise grapes and make wine free from alcohol, which is sold to the natives. Irish Ledger in Court. A ledger kept in the Irish language was produced at the Roscommon Assizes, in Ireland, and the witness had to go on the bench to translate the terms for the judge. Dogs May Ride in Berlin. Dogs are allowed to enter tramwaycars in Berlin, but must be held in their master's laps and paid for as if they were human passengers. Credit Is a Necessity. As trade now stands, there is not enough gold out of the earth, if it were all coined, to transact the business of a day. First Mention of Gold Gold is first mentioned in the Bible in Gen. 2. v. 11. J. P. Louis Dry Goods, Millinery and Shoes Furnishing Goods 1413-1415 East 18th Street. I am still making an effort to get the patronage of the colored people in this part of the city. Fair and Courteous Treatment to One and All. My stock consists of UP-TO-DAY LADIES' Which is at your prices. Next w Everything for We carry a full a $25 That is w from Kau Northwes ingly low Montana Here is y a better. Call or w ing deta to Califo any other ern. Le vantages Berths, t UP-TO-DATE MILLINERY, LADIES' AND GENT'S FU Which is at your command cheapest prices. Next week we will have a Everything for school children at gr We carry a full and complete line of W. L $25.00 To Ca That is the Rock Island rate from Kansas City to California Northwest, Sept. 15 to Oct. ingly low rate to many points Montana and Idaho. Here is your opportunity. Y a better. Call or write—to-day—for ill ing details of Rock Island's t to California. More compreh any other line. Two routes- ern. Let us tell you about t vantages. Berths, tickets and full inform NO-DATE MILLINERY, DRY GOODS MIES' AND GENT'S FURNISHINGS. At your command cheaper than down town next week we will have a great school sale. ing for school children at greatly reduced prices. Full and complete line of W. L. Douglas $3.50 Shoes. 25.00 To California That is the Rock Island rate for colonist tickets in Kansas City to California and the Pacific northwest, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Correspond- dly low rate to many points in Arizon, Utah, Utana and Idaho. Here is your opportunity. You will never have better. I or write—to-day—for illustrated folder giv- details of Rock Island's through car service California. More comprehensive than that of other line. Two routes—Scenic and South- Let us tell you about them and other ad- tages. Paths, tickets and full information at UP-TO-DATE MILLINERY, DRY GOODS LADIES' AND GENT'S FURNISHINGS. Which is at your command cheaper than down town prices. Next week we will have a great school sale. Everything for school children at greatly reduced prices. We carry a full and complete line of W. L. Douglas $3.50 Shoes. $25.00 To California That is the Rock Island rate for colonist tickets from Kansas City to California and the Pacific Northwest, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Correspondingly low rate to many points in Arizon, Utah, Montana and Idaho. Here is your opportunity. You will never have a better. Call or write—to-day—for illustrated folder giving details of Rock Island's through car service to California. More comprehensive than that of any other line. Two routes—Scenic and Southern. Let us tell you about them and other advantages. Berths, tickets and full information at Rock Island System School Books lates and Tablets LOWEST PRICES Sch Slat AT L School B Slates and T AT LOWEST R NOTICE--A pencil box free with each order of books. Surfa New Locat Surface's Drug New Location S. E. Cor. 1 THE BIG OF GENERAL MERC HAS NOW BE AT C. COLLI Corner Eighteenth and The removal of one corner of our useo, forces us to make an offer in G could not be made otherwise. We carry the largest stock of General in the city, and we need not go into de- cessity of having room at this time. The goods on hand must go at HA you money if you come here during the ne ; if you will not have an opportunity aga complete line of General Merchandise as time. Our stock comprises everything that happy; good things to make them look we women;" nice clothes make neat children. ish. This stock must go. Women's Suits, Dry Goods, Millinery shoes, Notions, in fact everything ia the G C. COLLI Surface's Drug Store Association S. E. Cor. 18th and Paseo THE BIG SALE OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE IS NOW BEGUNN AT COLLINS Corner Eighteenth and Flora. Avail of one corner of our store, on account of the us to make an offer in General Merchandise ther made otherwise. At the largest stock of General Merchandise in this sect and we need not go into details to mention to you th having room at this time. Is on hand must go at HALF PRICE. We can sa you come here during the next few days. Don't put not have an opportunity again to supply your wants. Use of General Merchandise as we have on hand at the stock comprises everything that makes women and childr things to make them look well; "fine dresses make fi clothes make neat children. Come early and avoid th stock must go. Suits, Dry Goods, Millinery, Boots, Shoes, Childr es, in fact everything ia the General Merchandise line. C. COLLINS, The removal of one corner of our store, on account of the Paseo, forces us to make an offer in General Merchandise that could not be made otherwise. We carry the largest stock of General Merchandise in this section of the city, and we need not go into details to mention to you the necessity of having room at this time. The goods on hand must go at HALF PRICE. We can save you money if you come here during the next few days. Don't put it off; you will not have an opportunity again to supply your wants in a complete line of General Merchandise as we have on hand at this time. Our stock comprises everything that makes women and children happy; good things to make them look well; "fine dresses make fine women;" nice clothes make neat children. Come early and avoid the rush. This stock must go. Women's Suits, Dry Goods, Millinery, Boots, Shoes, Children's Shoes, Notions, in fact everything ia the General Merchandise line. --- --- CITY TICKET OFFICE, 900 MAIN ST. J. A. Stewart, Gen'l Agt. IT'S A BARGAIN! East Eighteenth and Flora. wee REG EUR. 15 es 0 5 a Ben D> Se hehe! SV} Oe an J Saige NG ee mL ee (\ 71 4 Sa ne mi } it ie ig ) UA Nie RNase "A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. Remember please— Us the little bits wecollect here a n there That enables us to run from year to year." CASH 18 THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertise- ments, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. 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 us we go and you must pay. ‘Will the good homekeepers of this city remember the Old Folks and Or- phans’ home when putting up pre- serves and pickles? 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. Mrs, Susan Jackson of Lynchburg, Va., mother of Mrs. H. 0. Cook, is in the clty visiting her daughter at 2018 East Nineteenth street. | Have your printing done at abicel Printing company, a negro business doing modern printing. 205 Wales building, Sixth and Delaware, “Mr. J.B. Lester, proprietor of the barber shop at 559 Grand avenue, has purchased a fine home near the corner of Independence and Tracy avenues. “Mrs, J.'Silone Yates sent to the home last week a goodly supply of grapes and the sugar with which to put them up. The managers are grateful to Mrs. Yates. 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 preparuuuns from the Boston Chemical Co, Mrs. Mamie Durant Vincent has now opened her dressmaking parlors and ladies’ tailoring school at her resi- dence, 1228 Walnut street, for the benefit of our girls and ladies. J. T, McCampbell, our enterprising young druggist has installed a fine new soda fountain of the very latest make in his already thoroughly mod: ern drug store, at 2304 Vine street. The ladies of the Woman's league gave Mrs. J, Silone Yates, the prest- dent of the C. N. W. A., @ pleasant surprise shortly before her departure for Jefferson City to resume her du- ties at Lincoln institute. Drs. T. C. Unthank, J. F, Shannan and M. H. Lambrignt, are comfortably situated in their new office rooms in the Masonic Temple at 18th ana Woodland avenue, where they wel- come their many patrons, The B. Glick Book Store, Moke Wright, proprietor, book seller and stationer, Largest line of new and second hand books in the city. New Iqcation, 612 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. Phones, Bell 2123 Red; Home, 2448 Main, The report of the receipts and dis- bursements of the Old Folks and Or- phans’ home was issued for the pur- pose of showing what proportion of the annual receipts were contributed by the colored citizens. A fuller state- ment will be given later, giving credit to the various individuals, clubs and schools that have donated, Mrs. V, L, North has purchased a fine modern home at 1816 Woodlani avenue, The house is heated by fur- nace, with bath accommodations, She has three elegantly furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen or a man and his wife, who could have the use of the kitchen, Mrs, North has her moth- er with livr from Fort Scott, Kan. THE MINISTER'S DUTY. ‘The minister of the Gospel {s one © fthe great leaders of the people. It is his duty to give them sound advice and direct them in the right way in this world as well as to point out the way to the life everlasting. In the present campaign it is the duty of every Afro-American preacher who has the true interests of his race at heart to explain to his people the “NEGROES TAKE CITY BY STORM.” After one year's secret planning, 3,000 Negroes, armed with the most modern implements of warfare, boldly assaulted the: capital of one of the largest Western states. All day long the inbound trains brought carloads of the attacking troops from every section of the country. The men had been ® well drilled in the methods of attack that no time was lost after getting oft the train, Falling into line quiet! yand orderly, the men headed for the object- ive point, Tomlinson Hall, in the heart of the city. No order was given to charge the hall, like the Negro soldiers at San Juan, El Caney and Las Quasimas, the important moment had come for them to prove themselves brave men, worthy representatives of a people's interests, And like one man the army of 3,000 strong charged over the trenches of the in-grown and deep- rooted prejudice, over the heavy breastworks of modern business competition, Great excitement reigns on the outside, The mob of curious on-lookers asked the cause of the Negro demonstration. A brief pause, and then the rapid fire guns of exacting argument cut loose on the inside. For three days the battle raged, On September 2nd the cry of victory filled the hall, streets and city, and the world soon knew that another important victory had been scored by the Fifth Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League, at ‘In- dianapolis, Indiana. ‘Are you @ merchant, manufacturer, organizer, beneficial insurance pro- moter, real estate manager? Do you head corporations that deal with our people? Are you an organizer, banker, broker, or enterprising promoter? Are you a colored business man? If so we want to fight your battles for you. We have the very latest methods of making your business grow, increasing your trade, showing you how to put any new article of manufacture on the market and make it sell, pointing out to you the newest and best way to get new members Into your society, explaining the one and only successful way of buying and selling property, awaking and inspiring continued interest in your newly organized firm or corporation. In short, we show you how to succeed. ‘Tell us what your business is and we will put it before the people for you in such a way as to make sales. Get the habit today. Don't wait. Modern business methods have clearly demonstrated the value of advertising. Sleep in business means the loss of opportunities, money and success, Write us today. GARDNER BROS., 1601 Broadway, New York. Ad Writers—Advertising Specialists. ‘Advertising Managers: Colored American Magazine, Voice of Negro, McGirts Magazine. issues as they affect the Afro-Amert can. He should show wat the Demo cratic party has always been the bit ter foe of the race, and has invariably opposed every measure proposed by the Republican party to better the race's condition. “COTTAGE FOR SALE. T 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. A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Miss Ella Brown of 1009} Pacific, entertained a number of friends at her home in honor of her sister, Mme. Mary Handcock. The evening was en- joyably passed in whist and dancing. Mr. James Handcock was the soloist. ‘The presents received were too nu- merous to mention. The costumes worn by the ladies were gorgeous. At luncheon all the latest delicacies were served. The following guests were present: Miss Dora Smit. St. Louis; Hattie Nearguard, Zella Stinson, Ella Berry, Emma Counsellor, Clara Coun- sellor, Beulah Bowles, May Kinney, Gertie Brown, Mary E. Counsellor, Katie Shackelford, Susie Shackelford, Mary Mattie Anna Shackelford, Edith Kinney, Cyerl Parker, Harry Davis, John Stinson, Albert Carter, Howard Alexander, Edgar Wright, George and Jim Shackelford, David Emery, M. W. Brown, H. J. White, Leo Wright, Wil- lis Tedericks, William Turpin, Charles Simmons, William H. Stinson, Fred Haze and James Handcock. -e May: flower Mandolin club furnished music. THE OLD FOLKS AND ORPHANS’ MOME_ An entertainment was given at the Second Baptist churen September 8, for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans’ home. Receipts from the envelopes amount: ed to $20.50, The Second Baptist church donated $7.50, making a total of $28. This will be applied upon the debt, The proceeds from the dinner table —$6.50—will be used for current ex: penses. All the envelopes are not in, but, so far, the entertainment has netted $34.50. Our white friends have raised $200 towards the pressing debt of $400, and they feel that the rest should be got- ten together by the colored citizens, Is there any justice in this? ‘The following pledges have been re: ceived to be patd October 1, 1904: Asbury church, $25. Burns chapel, $10. Prof, J. W. Baldwin, $10. Prot. W. W. Tates, $5. Total, $50. Te, Rev, Mr, Jacobs has paid $1.25. Rev, Father Harper has headed a ‘subscription list for St. Augustine's ‘mission with $5. Rey. Mr. Peck and Rey. S. W. Ba: cote say their churches will raise as much as any other church, but have not given any particular date for the same to be turned over, In the mean time, the company that holds the notes is urging payment. LINCOLN INSTITUTE, JEFFERSON city. A few evenings before her departure for Lincoln institute, Mrs, J, Silone Yates, president of the National Asso- ciation of Colored Women, was enter- tained by the Woman's league, which was a perfectly planned surprise party, * A delightful evening was spent in informal speeches and conversation, interspersed with toothsome delicacies of the season, ‘The league is the oldest of the clubs of Kansas City organized for race ele- vation, and Mrs. Yates was one of its organizers and its first president. Mrs. MeCampbell, the present pres- {dent of the league, is also meeting ‘with marked snecess in the work, and with several of her co-workers was ‘one of the delegates present at the re: cent biennial meeting of the national association in St. Louis, to which meet- ing the various affiliated clubs of Kan- sas City sent enthusiastic and repre: sentative delegations. THE RISING SON. ee eee ae ee The Poetical, Practical “Ad” Writer of Kansas City, Mo. The Rising Son has Just begun ‘To make a good impression; So send in “ads,” your name and “seads,” And we will make concessions, The Rising Son good work has done; Its aim is for the best. Again we say, subscribe and pay, And we will do the rest. ‘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, bust: ness manager. “I'M NEXT TO YOU.” Frazier Smith and Jack Burnett wrote it this way: CHORUS. (Always Join in.) Well! Now I guess that I'm next to you And I see your littie game; 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 IT 1S MATTHAES. The man I wish to mention was once “That Little Baker.” But now he covers lots of territory. If you want some bread, And of course you do, Send for Matthaes’ make, It will just “hit you, It you want some cake, And of course you do, Send for Matthaes’ make, Tt will just “h®” you. Hence I will boldly say, We have others by the way, But to Matthaes can't compare, So I say to one and all Give him a steady call, He'll treat you fair and square, Have your printing done at NATIONAL PRINTING CO., a Negro business doing modern print: ing. Reasonable prices, Work done for in or out of the city on short no: tice, Church and Lodge patronage so- licited. Ring us up. Bell ‘phone, 2443 Black; 205 Wales Bldg., 6th and ‘Delaware, Kansas City, Mo. eI ae eee ra The good people who wish to visit the springs, will find first class accom: modations at Fred F, Elliot's, Rates reasonable and service good. a a CGCURLI CURE A CURE FOR CURLS You owe itto 4 ” . Positively noth- y " f i yourself, as well n ‘(ia ing detracts so as to others who HANI . : : much from your i is oa are intepested in you, }f \| | ‘ appearance as short, to make yourself A= a 3 matted, unattractive as attractive as 4 curly hair, Your possible. hen ¢ bey J i ig hair as it is now, Attractiveness will P ih ‘ : 7 mS ] looks like ninety- contribute much to (GQ vp 4) , r i f every your success—both ee Ce ena ey socially and com- y v9 hundred colored per- mercially. sons’ hair. When you meet a person your first impression is governed Cortel-Cure is an iteat, sate preparation and makes kink largely by hin or her appearance curly hale straight.’ We yuarantee 1 absctute ‘Te sume applies to you {iam scaip tonic, cleats and softens the mary fers of the h If you are attractive, beautiful, trim, neat and ook fresh and making. hein Koll AIRY Fliabie ard Custiyemanaged Pomtee well kept, how much better the first impression will be than if you prevents the hair frum becomune drys harsiy brittle and keeps st Took like hundreds of others no individuality.” mussed up,and us fromiireakinuot though you had no interest in your appearance, To matter what you have tried, no matter what yeu want, you Nothing adds to or detracts froma lady nor gentleman‘eappenr- ure doin youtsell'an injustice’ seu de net uy CuricleCure ance so much as the hair. 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CHAPMAN DENTIST 125-127 West Eighth Street. se se Between Delaware and Wyandotte Streets, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. A Necklace of Love. No rubles of red for my lady— No jewel that glitters and charms. But the light of the skies in a little one's eyes. And a necklace of two little arms. Of two little arms that are clinging (Oh, neer was a necklace like this!) And the wealth of the world and love's sweetness impeared In the joy of a little one's kiss. A necklace of love for my lady, That was linked by the angels above. No other but this—and the sweet tender kiss That sealeath a little one's love. —Frank L. Stanton, in Home Chat. AFTER OWN BY ELIZA --- A hungry, discouraged and penniless American of 24 sat on a bench on the alameda at Quillaine, in one of the South American states. It was twilight. The band played and the people promo-naded. He had made a long journey over the mountains, after meeting with all kinds of bad luck, and on the morrow would ask the American consul to ship him home as a "distressed." He had not tasted food for twenty-four hours, and his lodging that night must be in the open air. from his path and hurried up broad stairway. At its head he met a girl of whom he knew at once to be from United States. As he stood gasp for breath she said: "Hold the stairs for three minu and I'll be back with something shoot with." The police and the mob crow into the vestibule. "One rush and he is ours." There was a rush, but it paused fore the head of the stairs Clothed in evening dress and with a hundred dollars in his pocket, Tom Mosher would have looked what he was, but ragged and penniless, he shrank from observation, even though he clung to his seat to rest his aching bones. Then it happened. A young lady promenading on the arm of her father dropped her handkerchief to start a flirtation with a military officer. The handkerchief fell equidistant from Mosher and the officer, and both sprang forward, bumped their heads together and rolled on the asphalt. "You loafer! You tramp! You scum!" shouted the officer as he reached his feet. "It was no one's fault—a pure accident," replied Tom, who had been successful in securing the handkerchief. "Away with you, scum, or I'll cut you down!" shrieked the officer as he drew his sword and flourished it about with great fierceness. "Steady, man. Don't get in a temper over nothing." "Then take that!" Tom took it. That is, instead of taking a blow with the flat of the sword he took the sword itself from the hands of the humiliated and enraged officer and stepped back to defend himself from a dozen men rushing up with exclamations on their lips. "Mob him! Shoot him! He's a foreigner! He's a revolutionist!" In two minutes a crowd of 100 people surrounded the pair and fiercely demanded an explanation. The officer lied. He said that Tom had appealed to him for charity, and being refused, suddenly attacked him and got possession of his sword. The crowd wanted no further excuse. Nearly every man had a knife, but no one seemed to have a pistol. They pushed forward to lay hands on the American, calling for the police at the same time, but when Tom's borrowed sword began to play they dared not close in. Tom began a retreat. He did not know where it would end, but he slowly fell back, down the wide avenue. The police arrived and demanded his surrender, and presently the A "Mob him! Shoot him!" hoodlum element began to throw stones and heave flower pots. To the demands of the police he was silent; the missiles thrown he had good luck in dodging. He had been pressed back four blocks and a crowd was forming in his rear, when above the cries and shouts of the street he heard a woman's voice: "Into the hotel here and upstairs! It's your only chance!" From the corner of his eye he saw a girl on the balcony of a building to his right—a girl leaning far over the iron railing and waving to him. Drawing a long breath, he made as if to charge the crowd, and then suddenly rushed into the shelter of the archway, drove three or four men --- "Then take that!" little one's kiss. for my lady, the angels above, and the sweet tender R HIS HEART ELABETH BAILEY "Hold the stairs for three minutes and I'll be back with something to shoot with." The police and the mob crowded into the vestibule. "One rush and he is ours." There was a rush, but it paused before the head of the stairs was reached. Tom Mosher had learned "Know anything about copper min- ing?" sword-play, and the grim look around his mouth satisfied them that he was "out for business." As the crowd stood growling and cursing and menacing the girl returned from her room with a revolver in her hand, and said to Tom: "It's dad's pet gun, and I know how to use it. Now, then, let the gentlemen walk up. Keep your face to this mob, and if anyone comes up the backstairs they'll find me on guard. You are an American' aren't you?" "Yes—Tom Mosher of Fall River." "And I am here with my father, Col. Dale of Montana. He owns most of the Uncle Sam copper mine. What is the trouble about?" Tom briefly explained, and he had just finished when the crowd gave way for the mayor to ascend alone. "Senor Americano, I demand your peaceful surrender in the name of the law. You have assaulted an officer of the army and defied the police, but I promise you a fair trial." "The officer who says I assaulted him is a liar!" replied Tom, "and I shall surrender only when so advised by the American consul." "Then the young lady will please retire while we kill or capture you." "The young lady will remain right here!" answered Miss Dale, "and if there is a rush, look out for lead." "But the senorita will not protect a revolutionist—a criminal—a man who has forfeited his life?" "We will hold the stairs against you all. This man is an American. He is neither a criminal nor a revolutionist." "Thank you, Miss Dale," replied Tom, without looking her way. It's very brave of you to stand by me in this way, but if they rush us and three or four people are killed, won't it make matters a great deal worse?" "If you surrendered now they'd take you out and shoot you, and it will be no worse if you fight for your life. If that old dad of mine was only here?" "Well, what's wanted?" asked a voice at her elbow, and she turned to find that her father had joined her. "Oh, dad, this is an Ameriqan, and they want to kill him!" "I see. Well, here's the consul right behind me. Give me that gun and you fall back. Proud of you, my girl—proud of you—but let me do a little talking." Col. Dale talked, the consul talked and the mayor talked, and as a result the mob withdrew. As a second result the consul became responsible for Tom Mosher's appearance in court next day. He told a plain story and the military officer thought best not to deny it. His fine was a nominal one, and the mayor was one of the first to shake hands with him after he was released. "Well, young man, you had a close call of it," said the colonel as he slapped Tom on the back. "It was your daughter, sir, who helped me out." "Just like Tilly—always with the under dog. Got any prospects? "Going home on charity of Uncle Sam." "Um! Know anything about copper mining?" "I'm a bit of a civil engineer and can boss a gang of men." Um! Come down to the hotel and get acquainted with us. Tilly says you are a man of sand. Come down—we won't bite you." It was two years before Col. Dale had a son-in-law, but his name was Tom Mosher.—Elizabeth Bailey in Boston Globe. SNAKES HAUL HIS BOAT. Truthful Fisherman Tells Story Which Must Be Believed. Dr. Bergesser of Nevada is the possessor of a lot of trained snakes which some time ago he deposited in Tucker Lake. As soon as the doctor gets in a skiff these trained snakes, which have the faculty of distinguishing their master from anyone else, swim to his skiff, and hooking their tails over the bow of his boat, haul him to the place where the bass are playing thickest. When the doctor prepares to fish these educated reptiles unhook their tails and swim away. After the doctor catches a boatload of bass, these intelligent snakes return, hook their tails over the boat and pull him to shore, always bidding him good-by with a hearty tailshake, which they hold above the water in a most friendly manner. This is the reason Dr. Bergesser can catch fish where other successful anglers fall. The doctor also says that he has noted a certain kind of frog which sits on the bank and warns the fish not to bite, and he always has to shoot these frogs before he can have any luck fishing. The doctor is not only a successful, but he is also a truthful fisherman, as persons will realize who read of the manner of his success as thus stipulated. Mrs. Longfellow's Dinner. Speaking of "company" coming reminds me of a story a Boston man tells of the poet Longfellow. Mr. Longfellow had a soul above sordid material considerations, and on one occasion he brought a guest home to dine without advising Mrs. Longfellow beforehand. The guest was a distinguished Englishman, who had just arrived with a letter of introduction. The day was Friday, and the cook being a Catholic the family had fallen into the habit of eating no meat at the Friday dinner. Mrs. Longfellow thought despairingly of the fish and then, realizing, I dare say, that dry bread would be a feast with Longfellow at the table, led the guest to the dining room with a faint heart. The fish was brought in. The distinished guest glanced at it, and then he smiled at his hostess. "I know Mrs. Longfellow will paron me," he said, "if I decline the fish course."—Washington Post. Better Than a Pass. "Martinsburg, my state," says a representative from West Virginia, "is just on the wind-up of a smallpox epidemic, and I am reminded of what happened to a picket one night when we were in this now thriving city during the civil war. An intelligent female of the African persuasion came along just about dark and she was asked if she had a pass. "No, sur,' answered the woman, as her eyes beamed from beneath a big yellow handkerchief which adorned her head. "Then you can't pass,' said the guard. "Ise got no pass, but Ise got de smallpox, suh,' she added. "You may rest assured that the woman passed without ceremony.—Nashville Banner. A Song of Life. Praised be the lips of the Morn For their musical message of Light; For their bird-chanted burden of Song; Praised be the young Earth reborn For its freshness and glory and might And the thoughts of high solemn de light That at flash of its purity throng. Praised be the lips of the Day For their clarion call to the field. Written in the fire of the fought. Praised be the fire of the fray. Where the soul is refined and annealed. And the spirit heroic revealed. And pure gold from base substances wrought. Praised be the lips of the Night For their lullaby, motherly sweet. Praised be the dreams of delight While tired Life is asleep in Love's nest. Heaven's calm and earth's loveliness Heaven calm and carls' loveliness meet. —Israel Zangwill. Correspondents' Status Changed. A war correspondent who worked in the days when war correspondents were somebody was the aged Sir William Russell, now living in England, in his eighty-four year. He reported the Crimean war, our civil war and later wars down to 1880, for the London Times. Interviewed the other day, he was asked to explain the difference between war correspondence then and now, and this was the prompt answer: "In my time we were free to go everywhere. Now correspondents are not free to go any where, apparently." A Physician's Joke. Dr. C. D. Vermillion of Tescott tells a joke on himself. He was called ten miles into the country to attend a patient. He returned to his home at daybreak and was astonished to see Dr. Anderson of Beverly emerging from his house. "What are you doing here at this hour," he demanded curly of his brother physician. "Go into the house and see," snapped Dr. Anderson as he drove away. And going into the house Dr. Vermillion found a fine ten-pound baby.—Minneapolis (Kan.) Messenger. HOUSE = HOLD TALKS Dainty New Dessert. This is one of the prettiest ways of serving cream when one wants a new dessert for a little dinner or lawn fete. The plistachio nuts can always be bought in the Syrian quarters or high-grade grocers. Blanch two ounces of the little nuts as you do almonds, pour scalding water over them. Remove the skins and pound the nuts to a smooth paste, flavoring with a little orange flower water. Make a vanilla cream with or without eggs, as you prefer; add the nut paste and freeze. The meringues are better bought of the confectioner, as it is not worth while to spend the time on anything so difficult to get just right. Press a spoonful of the cream between the shells and serve on small plates. The green cream pressed between the white shells looks most attractive, especially on a hot day. For Young Girls. No other form of negligee is quite so popular or so satisfactory as the kimono gown. The very pretty one shown is designed for young girls and combines flowered batiste with bands of white most effectively. The style is the familiar one that is so generally liked and can be varied by making the yoke to match the bands in place of the gown, or by using plain material for the foundation, flowered for 10 Design by May Shankan for the trimming. To make the kimono for a girl of 14 years of age will be required 6% yards of material 27 or 4% yards 32 inches wide, with 2% yards for bands. Black Silk Again Popular. Smart mountain millinery leaves the blossoms of town and country aside to a great extent. The most effective of the hats now being turned out for such use run largely to wide ribbons or velvets, put on in big bows, with sometimes a rich red and blue contrasting. A straw brim shape of deep red has a large bow flanked at the back with a larger blue one. This double butterfly was placed straight across the front of the hat, an edge of blue under the wide brim giving raison d'etre to the odd combination. Another thing noticed is that the mountain dowager is much given to that time-honored material, black silk, for the best bib and tucker. Black peau de sole and satin de Lyons gowns are seen on every side, as if the solemn and eternal hills forbade more foolish and modern materials. Fichus of net and ribbon and lace collars varying in depths and elaborateness give those for evening dressy use a stylish look, and when these are left off—along with sundry conceits in undersleeves and sleeve ruffles—why, the gown is another thing, of course. Silk Shirt Waist The silk shirt waist suit in its latest manifestations is a long way removed from the original model. The new ones make use of all the varying weaves—pongee, taffetas, louisine, messaline and foulard, and the range of coloring seems even greater than the range of materials. Small checks are still good style, and they are toned up with daring touches of contrasting color. For example, a illac and white check is trimmed with white chiffon cloth braided in gold. A brown and white check shows the new peacock shades in peau de cygne as a trimming. Black and white is trimmed with almost every fashionable color, the turquoise tints, the new burnt bread, burnt orange and burnt onion all lending themselves to the color scheme. When silk is used for the trimming as well as for the dress, then fancy stitches, embroidery or lace is used. Small Hats Little Shown. New autumn hats, or rather hats to be offered the autumn buyers, are largely of lace in black or white, or even in certain colors, the latter, of course, to match the colors of the gowns they are to be worn with. Cluny, Venise and Irish are used largely for the picturesque and large creations. The small hat is but little in evidence, and the toque is enlarged to the dimensions of a small hat. In veillings the chiffons still lead, although certain handsome lace veils are purchased to drape hats instead of the chiffon; the latter, however, are far less expensive, and for traveling and country wear are the only appropriate veillings for summer hackabout wear. In September the sale of net veillings will begin to increase and of chiffons to decrease. The Linen Gown. A novel linen gown has the skirt gored and cut so that it has little fullness at the waistband and ample width at the bottom. Its trimming consists of two deep horizontal tucks that are known as nun's tucks. The blouse has a plain collar, formed of alternating tows of narrow openwork batiste embroidery and Valenciennes, opening over a shallow guimp and collar of openwork. Three small stiff bows of back satin connect the collar fronts. The full vest and long close fitting cuffs are of all-over embroidery, and above the closed cuffs are flaring cuffs made to match the collar and turned back over the full upper sleeves. Blouces for Autumn. What might be called a winter china silk makes some of the prettiest separate waists shown for fall and winter wear. It is known as chiffon taffeta, and has the firmness of the latter fabric combined with all the soft pliability of the former. Voile and etamine effects are to the fore in separate blouses, together with albatross and similar wiry textures, all of which are capable of exceedingly dressy results. A favorite style of trimming is the use of horizontal tabs buttoned across the front, under which is drawn a long colored tie or scarf with ends reaching the belt. Model Fishing Gown A fishing dress ordered by a well-known demoiselle in the high walks of life is of gray and black waterproof. The coat sleeves of the close waist displaying a conservative smallness for any degree of picturesqueness at this point is not considered good taste with sporting wear. A green leather belt and a green slik crown band for the white felt alpine are perscribed fishing touches. "Paquin" Eton With Vest. The Eton in its latest form takes the name of one of the best known French designers and is eminently attractive and graceful. In the case of the model illustrated it is made of wood brown taffeta with revers and roll-over cuffs of pongee, vest and straight cuffs of white pique and is trimmed with banding, but the design lends itself to many other materials equally well and is quite as admirable in the many soft and pliable wool fabrics as in silk. The vest and cuffs of white with the revere make the distinguishing characteristics and combine to give a most novel as well as smart effect. The Eton consists of a smoothly fitted foundation lining, fronts and back. The sleeves are big and full, finished with roll-over cuffs, and are laid in box plains that are extended over the shoulders to terminate beneath the plains of the Eton. When the vest and straight cuffs are of washable material they can be made detachable so rendering laundering a simple matter. The belt is arranged over the edge at back and sides and passed through openings in the front and vest to be closed beneath. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 5 yards 21 1 inches wide, 3½ yards 27 inches wide or 2½ inches 44 inches wide, with ½ yard of silk for revers and roll-over cuffs, ½ yards of plque and 4 yards of banding to trim as illustrated. No Ironing Needed. Woven woolen or cotton undergarments and Turkish towelling do not require ironing and will be much better without it. Be sure that they are thoroughly dry, of course, before folding and putting them away. Care must be taken to shake out such things and to pin them on the line in such a manner that they will not be drawn out of shape. JEST AND LOLLY Her Ex-Son. Mrs. Wabash—There goes Mrs. Mar- rimore with her stepson. What a homely boy he is! Mrs. De Vorse—Yes, and yet I re- member several years ago I thought him quite pretty. Mrs. Wabash—Ah! but you were his mother at that time, were you not? Mrs. De Vorse—Why, yes, I believe I was—Philadelphia Press. A. Logical Inference Little Bess—Who is that strangely lady, mamma? Mamma—That is Miss Goodwin, the philanthropist, my dear. Little Bess—What is a philanthropist? Mamma—it is a word derived from the Greek signifying "a lover of men." Little Bess—Then I guess all women are philanthropists, aren't they, mamma? The Old, Old Story. Ted—Well, ta-ta, old chappie, I must get away; I have an engagement. Gus—A pressing one? Ted—Well, it generally ends in that don'tcherknow, when the gas is turned down.—Half-Holiday. Two Ways of Seeing It. First Lump of Delight—My husband is so jealous!' Second Lump of Delight—How absurd! First Lump of Delight—Why, isn'? /ours? Second Lump of Delight—Of course not. First Lump of Delight—How humil'l ating!—New Yorker. "Sick at your stomach, eh?" said the boy's mother. "What made you that way?" "I guess," said the boy, reproachfully, "it was that bread you made me eat at lunch time." "Indeed? Where have you been all afternoon?" "Over in old man Peters' apple or chard." Looking Over the Family. Mr. Watkyns—Do you think that that young Mr. Spryggyns is especially interested in Mabel? Mrs. Watkyns—Well, it looks that way. The last time he called he persisted in having her bring out the old photograph album and show him the pictures of all the near and distant relatives. Could Not Believe It. A man and a woman sit in a chair. The woman stands behind the man, holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated, holding a book. Jack—I thought that the author of this book was famous for his keen understanding of women? Jane—Well, do you doubt it? Jack—Of course. He says that the neroine suffered in silence. Retribution at Hand "Mandy," said Farmer Corntossel, "do you know that one of them boarders is the man that got me into a crooked game in the train last winter? "Are you goln' to have him arrested? "No, Jes' you see that he doesn't pay his board in counterfeit money and we'll get even all right." About the Size of It. "Ever notice it?" queried the man who begins his remarks in the middle. "Ever notice what." asked the easy mark. "That for every dollar a man wins on fast horses he loses two on slow ones?" continued the other. Just Like the Giver- "Whew! Who gave you this cigar, old man?" "Why, Dauber, the artist." "I thought so. It's just like him." "In what way?" "Why, it's cheap, full of flaws and draws poorly." Taking a Straw Vote. Canvasser—Who is Mr. Henpeck go- ng to support. Mrs. Henpeck—Me. A Fountain Tree. On the Canary Islands grows a fountain tree. It is said that the leaves constantly distill a quantity of water that is sufficient to furnish drink to every living creature in Hiero, nature having provided this remedy for the drouth of the island. Every morning near this part of the island a cloud of mist arises from the sea which the winds force against the steep cliff on which the tree grows, and it is from the mist that the tree distills the water. 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 In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Where Time Speeds. A watch taken to the top of Mont Blanc will gain thirty-six seconds in twenty-four hours. The thinness of the air, with its increased pressure, makes the poor watch dizzy and leads it to run faster. THE WORLD'S FAIR—ST. LOUIS. 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Come with me where the moo-cows drink; Aye! drink unto their fill- Down the road, past the stubble field Where pipes the whip-poor-will! Golden rod and the sumac red Are banked in bright array, Bees a-buzz him a rag-time air Throughout the cross road way! Take my hand o'er the rock-strewn gulch And on to Uncle Bill's— This is life in a paradise That thrills and thrills and thrills! Oh, for gift just to keep my heart Away with me! Incense pure of the days when I Was just a country boy! Ezra Norton was the model clerk at Bington's grocery and usher in the Mt. Hope Saviour church. "Hank" Somers was the not always genteel cow-puncher out at Big Man's Elbow, and he chewed plug! Ezra did not chew plug, but circumstances forced him to sell it—and that is why, on this particular raw fall day in Platts Corners, Ezra and "Hank" faced each other over the chocolate-colored counter and exchanged pastoral courtesies. "Cold enough for you, Hank?" queried the clerk, shoving the packages toward his customer graciously. "Purty durned chisely, Ez," fumbling beneath the bunglesome overall for a roll of bills in his hip pocket. "How much?" "Tobacco $1.10, sugar twenty-five cents, coffee forty cents and candy five—$1.80 all told! How's things out on the Elbow?" "Things is — bad. Ef we don't git a warm spell of Injun summer, fust thing we know they won't be a bushel' o good corn in this hull county. Frost'll git 'er sure! Well, so long, Ez!" and Henry slouched off to the hitching rail alongside the town park, to get his team and lumber away over the country roads toward his shack in the Moquin valley to the north. In the village store, Ezra Norton, shivering at the sudden inclementy of Boreas, opened the door of the cavernous sheet-iron stove and peered within its sooty maw. The accumulated debris from the sweepings half filled the heater, and would make a whole-some blaze with the scattered whittlings left by the dilatory loafers of the village during the morning, as they whittled and sailed the ship of state. "Every little helps!" mused the clerk in ancient axiom, reaching for the broom. "Goin' to freshen 'er up a bit, be ye?" queried Alf Sliggus, forging into the store and rubbing his blue hands vigorously. "Hey, there! Wait a minute! Looka-here!" and Alf, bobbing quickly to the floor, picked from amidst the shavings a plump roll of bills! "Don't ye care nuthin' for this sort o' truck, Ez, or are ye gittin' so dodgasted rich ye kin afford to burn 'er like cornecbs?" Ezra Norton gasped! "That's a risky place for Hetty Brown to be losing her money, Alf!" excitedly, after a moment's hesitation. "She's just left, too! Here," hurriedly thrusting the money into his pocket, "you watch the store a minute and I'll just run and catch her! She leaves for Denver to-night!" "Sure, Ez, sure! Skip! I won't suck no eggs while yer gone! Git!" Norton slammed the door behind him, and Alf, raising the lid to the cheese-box with alacrity in his heart and water in his mouth, cut off a liberal "hunk" of cheese. Cramming this into his cheeks, he speared a half dozen oilens, took a splinter of codfish and an apple, and grinned! "Keepin'—store's—a' right," between munches, "ef ye—hungry—an' I (swallow) most (swallow) allus am!" (gulp). Norton's face was aglow when he returned. "Hetty was mighty glad to get her money back!" he panted. "Said she couldn't have gone west without it. Lucky, wasn't it?" "How—how (choking) how much—was—they?" gasped Alf, striving to clear his strangling and outraged throat from its last almost superhuman gulp, and looking a bit sheepish. "Oh, there wasn't much, but she was mighty glad to get it just the same!" "Looked to me like it 'ud most choke a cow," grinned Alf, gazing longingly at the cheese-box. "One dollar bills, I s'pose, mostly!" "I suppose so, acquiesced Ezra. "Have a cigar, Alf?" N—o, thank ye," reaching eagerly for it, "I don't smoke se-gars any more, 'ceptin' when I kin git 'om! Haw! haw!" and Alfred laughed immoderately at his waggishness as he scratched a match where it would do the most good, and "lit up." Silence and smoke! Then, "When's th' boss comin' home, Ez?" "To-morrow!" "Well, I'm goin' Good-day, Ez." "God-day, Alf." Grocer Bington and Clerk Norton were talking it over earnestly, as became the subject in hand. "Ezra, we've belonged to the same church for ten years, you've been a good clerk and I ain't never found anything wrong, and personally I don't believe you took that money—" "I didn't," interrupted Ezra, doggedly—"I didn't!" "And while, of course, there's a lot of talk going around about Hank suing you, and some folks are criticising me for keeping you here till it's cleared up. I just tell you what I'd do," and Grocer Bington brought down his fat hand hard on the top of a sugar barrel. "If I took that money, I'd confess and give it up—but if I didn't, I'd see 'em in H—h—Hanover first! That's what I do!" "And that's just what I'm going to do, Mr. Bington," answered Ezra, a gleam of determination in his eye. "Let me off to-day and I'll get my defense ready and begin the fight. It's rainy and bad anyhow and there won't be much doing. What do you say—can I get off?" "Of course you can, Ezra. I'm just as anxious as you are to get this thing settled," agreed the grocer, "and the sooner it's settled the better!" It was dusk of the same rain-whipped day. The lone shack of Henry Somers could scarcely be seen from the main road, now inches deep with wet and slippery clay, but a sopped and bedraggled pedestrian, turning in at the gateway, made straight for the hut. A vigorous rapping brought "Hank" to the door, candle in hand and cob pipe between his teeth. "Well, Ezra Norton!" cried the rancher, "be you plum crazy? Come right in!" "Hank,'" blurted Norton, "I—No. I ain't coming in—Hank,' I hear that you say I got the $80 you lost in town last week—but, 'Hank,' I—I didn't! I didn't find your money and I ain't guilty," tremblingly, "but this talk and suspicion is killing my wife and it's hurting me. As a member of the church and an honorable citizen, I'd—I'd rather pay you this money than be called a—thief! I ain't got it now, but I'll get it and pay you next week when you come to town—No, I won't come in, and I'm going back now the way I came. I just wanted you to know, that's all." And before the astonished and half- convinced Henry could interfere, Ezra Norton had turned toward the ten miles of black and sticky road and was swallowed by the plutonian darkness. "Well, I swan!" growled Somers, "ef that feller don't beat me!" Grocer Bington was reading the morning paper when, three weeks later, "Hank" Somers, much excited and evidently bursting with concealed intelligence, clandestinely slipped through the rear door of the store and beckoned cautiously to Bington to follow him into the alley. "Got all three of 'em this mornin'—been sick and couldn't git in afore—had the rheumatiz! This un's mailed on the 7th, this un on the 9th, and this un on the 11th," and "Hank" thrust three letters, one by one, into the hands of Bington. The groceryman, bewildered, wondering, opened the first letter, written in a cramped and unruly hand, and read: "Deer Sur: My gilty conshuns is trublin me. Now, Hank Somers, I found yer mony myself atween the kofe kan an the pickul keg and I hearn you air trin to lay this on Ezzr Norton who never done it. My conshuns wont stand it and im sendin you $30 to day and im goln to keep sendin fassin kil. Yours truly, "And the hull $80 is in the three letters," whispered "Hank" joyously, "but," his face falling perceptibly, "I'm mighty sorry for layin' this here job agin Ezra Norton—an' an' say, Bington, I ain't much on beggin' pardons, ain't never don mong' o' that, but you jest git a nice pair o' mittens out o' the' stock and giv' 'em to Ezra with my compliments, an'—oh, yes, I want about 85 cents' wuth o' Big Hatchet plug—and then I'm off!" Grocer Bington studied the letters long and carefully, scrutinizing the writing and the paper, but at last he gave it up as beyond his power to ferret out the guilty person. In his heart, however, he rejoiced that the stigma attached to the good name of his clerk could now be lifted. He would put the letters in the safe and save the surprise until evening, when the village "strategy board" met about the grocery stove to settle "pints" of state! He would then bring out the evidence and, having rendered it, would hand over the mittens to Ezra with a nice little speech and the incident would be closed with the clerk's complete vindication! Thrusting the proof of Norton's innocence into the safe, he slammed shut the ponderous door. As the mass of iron and steel settled into its place with a jar, a notebook fell from behind the safe to the floor! Bington picked it up absently. He did not remember of having such a pad. Opening the cover carelessly, the groceryman gave a sudden start. Glancing about hurriedly, he reopened the safe and took from the pigeon-hole where he had placed them Henry Somers' letters! Holding one of the sheets to the light alongside a sheet from the notebook, the honest merchant gasped! The water mark, "XX Niblick Mills," showed plainly in both pages. He picked up the pad and, turning the cover backwards, quickly scanned the stubs. Three sheets, and three only, had been removed! 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Send us at once twenty-five cents in stamps and receive one. The same brooch with a name of eight letters or less, forty cents in stamps. SOLE AGENTS DUNHAM BROS. & WEIR Mail Order Dealers in General Merseandise. House and Novelists and Agents. Supplies. 3019 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Palace Restaurant M. T. Moore, Prop. 924 Wyandotte St.. KANSAS CITY, MO. 1784 Telephone 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Hotel Occidental Room by the Day or Week. MEALS AND LUNCH AT ALL HOURS. CIGARS AND ICE CREAM Mrs. V. L. Morth, Proprietor, 1001 East Eightteenth, Kansas City, Mo. Mind Reader and Divine Healer Advice Given in all Business Matters 2323 Mighland Avenue KANSAS CITY, MO. Co-Operative Hand Laundry 579 Troost Avenue. GIVE US A TR All Work First Class. Strictly SYLVESTER VAUGHN, GIVE US A TRIAL. All Work First Class. Strictly Hand Work SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Manager. Union National Bank, Statement as made to the Comptroller of at the close of business June 9th, RESOURCES. Loans and discounts... $6,227,005.01 U. S. Bonds at par... $600,000.00 Municipal bonds at par... 387,618.31 Cash and sight Exchange... 3,505,016.55 4,442,634.86 Total... $10,669,639.87 DIRECTORS, David T. Beals. George R. Bease. Edward George. L. T. James. C. W. Whitehead. C. J. Schmelzer. E. W. Zea. J. P. Merrill. O. H. Dean. G. W. Lo. Go. W. J. Gc. L. F. C. H. Countee. Countee Brothers, UNDER ..Licen 4 East 12th St. iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions LINGOLN PARK NINTH ST. and HARDEST THIS NEW PARK WILL BE OPEN FROM NO THE SEASON CLOSES, UNDER THE MANAG J. R. GORDON. L. B. ROBINSON. A. WEBER, MERCHANT If you want a suit to order here is the go and save money. Why? Because no rent Come a Style, Fit and Finish Guar Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business June 9th, 1904. 4 East 12th St. :Phone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO THIS NEW PARK WILL BE OPEN FROM NOW ON TILL THE SEASON CLOSES, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF J. R. GORDON. L. B. ROBINSON. J. C. CHASTIAN. A. WEBER, MERCHANT TAILOR, If you want a suit to order here is the place to go and save money. Why? Because we pay no rent Come and see us. Style. Fit and Finish Guaranteed. Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled McGampell's Ph 2304 Vine Street Where You Are Sure to Get What the Do A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, T CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City F Bell 'Phone 159 East. HOUSES ON PAY We have some good Houses and B Can sell on easy terms. Among 5-room House and Barn on Highland A 4-room House on E. Seventeenth St. 5-room House on Vine St. 4-room House on Lydia Ave. Good Lots in different parts of the e CRUTCHER & W Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at McGampell's Pharmacy Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. HOUSES ON PAYMENTS. We have some good Houses and Building Lots Can sell on easy terms. Among them are: 5-room House and Barn on Highland Ave.....$1,600 4-room House on E. Seventeenth St.....1,000 5-room House on Vine St.....900 4-room House on Lydia Ave.....1,700 Good Lots in different parts of the city. See us. Subscribe for Risi Subscribe for Rising Son. David T. Beals, Presid nt. Fenando n P. Neal/Vice Presd. Kansas City, Mo., $10,669,659.87 David T. Beals. George R. Barse. Edward George. 2825 S.W. Blvd. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Tel. 1305 Main, both lines, W. H. Steger, 2nd View-Prest, Chas. H. V. Lewis, Cashier. Rail Bank, Mo., Broker of the Currency June 9th, 1904. LIABILITIES. stock..... $ 600,000.00 fund..... 400,000.00 fixed profits..... 35,448.23 fixed interest..... 16,560.23 Bal Bank Notes out- siding ..... 500,000.00 ts ..... 9,037,636.64 ..... $10,669,939.87 G. W. Lovejoy, Fernando P. Neal, Glo. W. Jones, W. E. Thorne, Glo. L. Ford, Felix L. La Force. Fernando P. Neal, W. E. Thorne. Felix L. La Force. W. B. Countee. UNDERTAKERS AND Licensed Embalmers. for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO PARK DESTY AVE. FROM NOW ON TILL THE MANAGEMENT OF N. J. C. CHASTIAN. CHANT TAILOR, ere is the place to Because we pay Come and see us. Guaranteed. Kansas City, Mo FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Filled at Pharmacy street the Doctor Prescribed? ERY, TOILET ARTICLES ARS and TOBACCO. M. BENZEMAN ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. If you would gain health and wish to retain the same remember the necessity of reliable prescription compounding, which we make a specialty of giving the most careful attention.—We fill prescriptions just as the doctor writes them. Our motto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT, Save time and carfare by buying your Patent Medicines and drug necessities at attractive prices. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it.—The Reliable Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. and Brushes, Fountain The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. gratifying prices. Remember its the PHARMACY S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. Call in and see us. Open all night. The "All-Rail Route" to New York Call in and see us. Open all night. All Through Trains of the "Big Four Route" Use the New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Use the New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Forty-second Street and Fourth Avenue, New York. Center of the Hotel, Residence, Club and Theatre District Think of it! The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the American continent. Only one railroad station in New York City and only one railroad from the Southwest running the ouch saw into U.S. Surely this is an advantage, which no traveler can afford to overlook. All through cars of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Central Station in New York City, landing passengers right in the heart of the city, and only a few minutes walk or drive to the principal hotels. Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On through tickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding ten days will be allowed at Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the ticket agent at Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. C. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. Rock Island Way To Colorado Think of it! The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Americas can carry 10,000 cars through it! Surely this is an advantage, which no traveler can afford to overlook. All through cars of the Big Four Route enter the Grand Center, where you can right in the heart of the city, and only a few minutes walk or drive to the principal hotels. Stopover at Niagara Falls without Extra Charge. On through tickets to or from the East, via Big Four Route. Lake Shore and Micht gan Southern and New York Central Railways, stopover not exceeding ten days will be allowed at Niagara Falls, on notice to train conductors, and deposit of ticket with the ticket agent at Niagara Falls station immediately on arrival. C. W. GREEN, T. P. A., Room 204 Boston Building. Rock Island System "The Rock Island Way" is to give you information intelligently concerning the trip, where to go, what to do and how to do it after you get there. "The Rock Island Way" carries you direct to or from Colorado Springs or Denver. No other line has this advantage. Round Trip, $15.00 August 20, 23, 27, 30; September 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, from Missouri river points and any point on Rock Island lines in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Low rates excursion rates on other dates until Sept. 30. Let us send you our new book on Colorado, containing over 50 illustrations and list of hotels and boarding houses with rates by day or week. Try "The Rock Island Way" to Colorado. JAS. A. STEWART, General Agent, KANSAS CITY, MO. RELIABLE DENTISTRY No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the 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 thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. August 20, 23, 27, 30; September 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, from Missouri river points and any point on Rock Island lines in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Low rates excursion rates on other dates until Sept. 30. Let us send you our new book on Colorado, containing over 50 illustrations and list of hotels and boarding houses with rates by day or week. Try "The Rock Island Way" to Colorado. JAS. A. STEWART, General Agent, KANSAS CITY, MO. RELIABLE DENTISTRY No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths We Guarantee to Please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned. This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth...$4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k...$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth...$2.65 Platinum fillings...$500 Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth. $4.00 Gold Crowna 22-k. $2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth. $2.65 Platinum fillings. 500 Cleaning. 500 Teeth extracted without pain FREE. NEW YORK DENTAL CO ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. 1029 Main St Second Floor. Entrance on Main Street only. Open Daily. Nigh a till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. 1029 Main St