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Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME IX. LINCOLN INSTITUTE. Farmers' Convention—Progress of the Institution, Etc. No one of the many innovations introduced by Mr. B. F. Allen in the management of Lincoln Institute can become of more practical value to the Negroes of the state and section than the Farmers' Convention, provided that the thinking men and women of their respective communities will take hold of the matter in their proper spirit, and by their presence and experience, added to words and deeds of encouragement will aid a movement that in the present status of the Negro, financially and otherwise, can be of so much material use to him in a section which commands the rich agricultural lands of the great Middle West, of the Southwest, and Northwest. The public lands are rapidly opening, the number of acres of valuable land proportionately is decreasing, and if the Negro fails to be land-wise in his day and generation, he will eventually awaken to find himself not only disfranchised, but also minus that other strong, right arm of liberty—the ownership of land. Possessed of land, and knowledge of improved methods of cultivation, irrigation, rotation of crops, poultry raising, dairying, etc., he may be able to hold his own in a country where highhanded competition is the order of the day, otherwise (unless he develops much more satisfactorily along other industrial, or professional, lines), he must be content to be pushed closer and closer to the wall. The third annual Farmers' Convention held in connection with Lincoln Institute will convene on the first Friday in November and all interested in the progress of the race from agricultural and other important points of view are invited to be present and to take active part in the discussions, etc. The thirty-ninth annual session of Lincoln Institute has opened most auspiciously with more students than ever before in the history of the school. In the student body are representatives from many Missouri counties and from various states of the Union. The new courses of study and the unit system of credits are receiving a very satisfactory test. Many patrons recently have visited the school. Among others, Mrs. Koontz, of Denver; Miss Llzzie Bell, of St. Joseph; Prof. Wise of Kansas City, Rev. O. T. Reed, of Buceton, and Mr. Edward Johnson of Great Bend, Kan. All are welcome. President Allen's dinner, complimentary to Mrs. Jones of Memphis, was a grand affair. The members of the Conference of the A. M. E. Zion church, recently in session in Jefferson City, visited the school in a body and expressed themselves as exceedingly well pleased with all they saw. In response to invitation President Allen and several other members of the faculty addressed the conference. The football season is on and the The football season is on and the boys are getting in shape. J. S. YATES. Sets Marriage Age for Girls The custom of marrying girls when they are mere children of nine or ten years is increasing rather than decreasing in Bengal and other parts of India. The resulting racial degeneration is becoming so obvious that laws have been passed in several regions forbidding the marriage of girls under fourteen. Destructive Plants. War is once more being waged in England on ivy and on elder bushes near cathedrals and other fine buildings. The ivy is accused of being a "destructive boa-constrictor weed," while the elder is condemned because its roots have a habit of forcing themselves into masonry chinks. Rev. R. Young was in Kansas City last week on business. Rev. Gordon was in the city on Monday advertising his book. Sunday the 25th is gleaning day at St. John's M. E. church, at which time Rev. Young hopes to raise enough money to pay all indebtedness on his church. They ask everybody to come out and help them. Bishop Mack is carrying on revival meeting for Rev. C. C. Calhoun. The memorial service which was held in the honor of Rev. James Madison Sunday were attended by the members of Dixson's Lodge No. 1. Prof. Green made some very appropriate remarks. Elder Gilbert preach He spoke of him being one of the old pioneers of the African Methodist church. He never went into a town or a city that he did not organize a church; also the Master of the Lodge, Mr. G. Robinson, made some appropriate remarks. Elder ... preacceded and gave the history of his life from 1867 up to his death. He spoke of him being one of the ebst known preachers in the Missouri conference, he was loved in this community by both white and black. There are quite a number of people here who went in the church under him and they love him as a father. Prof. G. H. Green's niece and two children are in the city visiting him and his mother. Born, to the wife of Mr. Hiram Terrell, a girl, September 11th. Born to the wife of Mr. Abraham Porter, a boy, on the 18th. Miss Oleather Saunders left Monday for G. R. Smith college at Sedalla, to attend school. Mrs. R. Douglass is in Montgomery county visiting her mother and other friends. A young lady from Denver, Colo., is the guest of Mrs. John Douglass. We were unable to learn her name. CARTHAGE NEWS Mrs. G. B. Abbott and daughter, Lou Emma, left Saturday for Sedalia, where the young lady goes to enter the George R. Smith College. Mrs. Abbott will return after a few days' visit. Mr. Thomas Barrat has returned after a weeks visit in St. Louis, to continue the care of Uncle Frank Estes, who sustained a broken leg on the electric line more than a year ago and will probably never recover. Mr. Uriah Cole, of Baxter Springs, returns home to-morrow after visiting three days with relatives and friends. Rev. Abbott leaves Thursday for a sojourn at St. Charles and St. Louis. There seems to be at least a few men in the locality of Huntsville, Ala., who are possessed of principle and back-bone, that is much needed in our entire race. According to the press, the grand jury at that place had recommended that the mayor, chief of police and sheriff be removed from their offices for failing to prevent the lynching of a negro. Regarding the indignant manner in which the leading daily papers publish articles and in fact all affairs concerning negroes or their enterprises, irrespective of high standing, morally, educationally or in any other respect, there are few remedies. We can never touch said papers for their attitudes toward us until we begin to publish our own daily papers and cease to patronize those who fail to treat us with respect. Negro dallies are badly needed in this state. The M. E. Church was destroyed by fire Monday morning. It's very annoying for a stout woman to lose flesh where she can't tell about it. KANSAS CITY MO.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904. 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. TREATMENT OF THE NEGROES BY THE PRESS OF KANSAS CITY. 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 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. Another Telegram. "I can remember," said Senator Sorghum. "when I sent the telegram that practically decided my political future." "Indeed. Was it addressed to a convention?" "No. To a man who was seeing about a campaign fund. It read: 'Terms accepted. Draw on me at sight.'"—Washington Star. Chilean Port. Talcahuano is on the coast of Chile, about 275 miles south of Valparaiso. The port stands on a bay looking north, with two entrances divided by Quiriquina island. Vessels anchor near the shore and load and discharge their cargoes by means of lighters. Burdened With Big Names Pity the babies of a presidential year. Through life they will have to stagger under the burden of names other men have made famous, and they can neither live up to them nor live them down. It is like a brand of nonentity stamped upon those who otherwise might have lived peacefully in respectable mediocrity among thousands of their unmarked fellows.—Baltimore American. # 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. Fair Play. The trap was sprung. Said little Tom: "Take that cat away, Efie, 'co I don't want the mouse to get hurt. I'm going to keep it until it grows into a rat."—Brooklyn Life. Church Members in America. According to Dr. Walter Laidlaw, an authority, there are 30,000,000 church members in this country, of whom more than 10,000,000 are Roman Catholics. Productiveness of the Banana. The banana produces per acre forty- four times more food than the potato and 131 times more wheat. The life of a bicycle, if regularly used, is four years. Keeps Eggs Fresh. Silicate of soda keeps eggs fresh for many months. Litigation in United States. Litigation in United States. There are fully two million civil suits of law brought in the country every year. If the plaintiffs were different in every case, one in eight of the voting population could be said to be a litigant. As it is, the actual number of different litigants is not in excess of 800,000—400,000 plaintiffs and 400,000 defendants—which is 1 per cent. of the total population of the country, now about 80,000,000. Living With Their Heads Off To go about the usual affairs of its daily existence minus a head would appear to be a rather unsatisfactory business, but this is precisely what certain insects seem capable of doing. Experiments have been made with common house-files, with the curious result that thirty-six hours after decapitation the bodies of butterflies have lived eighteen days after the heads were cut off. Tigers Enjoy a Bath The tiger will sit with early its head out of the water on a blazing hot day in an Indian jungle. Sir Samuel Baker, after "heating" for a tiger for the greater part of the day, found and shot one in this position thoroughly enjoying itself. They will also nearly hummers themselves when they come to drink at night and leave a long dripping trail on the sand behind them when they emerge. Mineral Oil In India. The production of mineral oil in India has made remarkable strides during the last decade. In 1897 the output amounted to only 19,100,000 gallons, whereas in 1902 it had increased to 56,607,000 gallons. Burmah in this period trebled its output from 18,000,000 to 54,000,000. These large quantities notwithstanding, nearly two-thirds of the consumption is still supplied from abroad.—London Engineer. Shakespeare Monument at Rome. The Rome newspapers comment favorably on the scheme for the erection in that city of a monument to Shakespeare. "Ex Libris." The worst tyrants are those who know no law but the indulgence of their own benevolence.-Life. Postoffices for Panama. Nine postoffices will be established in the canal zone. Give Fortune to Governor. Gen. Angel Martinez, who died in Colima, Mexico, recently, leaving no family, bequeathed his entire fortune, amounting to more than $2,000,000, to the Governor of Colima. HOW THE NEGRO SHOULD VOTE. We believe that every Negro wou he know how. He has never been tol many blunders. While the real goal miles distant. Advertisement gives to of success. It opens the secret of the one and only correct way of reaching Gardner Bros. to do your advertising, a party whose modern methods of adve and assured success to your enterprise We believe that every Negro would vote for his best personal interests if he knew how. He has never been told how. And consequently he has made many blunders. While the real goal of success continued to remain many miles distant. Advertisement gives to the business man the key to the door of success. It opens the secret of the world of progress, and gives him the one and only correct way of reaching the goal surely and quickly. Vote for Gardner Bros. to do your advertising, and you make no mistake in electing the party whose modern methods of advertising mean new life to your business, and assured success to your enterprise. Write to-day for our easy terms. GARDNER BROS. 1607 Broadway, New York. Ad Writers, Advertising Specialists. "NEGROES TAKE CITY BY STORM." After one year's secret planning modern implements of warfare, bold largest Western states. All day long of the attacking troops from every seas so well drilled in the methods of attack the train. Falling into line quietly andive point, Tomlinson Hall, in the hea-charge the hall, like the Negro sole Quasimas, the important moment had omen, worthy representatives of a pea-army of 3,000 strong charged over the rooted prejudice, over the heavy breast. Great excitement reigns on the outside the cause of the Negro demonstration, guns of exacting argument cut loose or raged. On September 2nd the cry of and the world soon knew that another the Fifth Annual Convention of the Indianapolis, Indiana. Are you a merchant, manufacturer motor, real estate manager? Do you people? Are you an organizer, banker you a colored business man? If so we have the very latest methods of make trade, showing you how to put any no- and make it sell, pointing out to you members into your society, explaining buying and selling property, awakening newly organized firm or corporation. Tell us what your business is and we such a way as to make sales. Get business methods have clearly demonstrous business means the loss of opportunitie Ad Writers—Advertising Spee Advertising Managers: Colored McGirls Magazine. 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 so well drilled in the methods of attack that no time was lost after getting off the train. Falling into line quietly and orderly, the men headed for the objective 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 onlookers 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 Indianapolis, Indiana. Are you a merchant, manufacturer, organizer, beneficial insurance promoter, real estate manager? Do you head corporations that deal with our people? Are you an organizer, banker, broker, cr 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, awakening 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 to-day. 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 to day, Advertising Managers: Colored American Magazine, Voice of Negro, McGirts Magazine. Arsenic Aids Climbers The practice of eating arsenic is very prevalent among the peasantry of the mountainous districts of Austria Hungary and France. They say that this poison enables them to ascend with ease heights which otherwise they could only climb with great distress to the chest. Siam's Danish Nav... Japan is not the only Asiatic power which has devoted itself seriously to the building up of a navy. Most people have never even heard of the navy of Siam, but it comprises sixty two vessels and a personnel of 12,000 seamen and 20,000 marine infantry. Valuable Egg to Be Sold An egg, racer even than that of the great auk, is about to figure in an English sale room. This is the product of the reck, which was at one time a native of Madagascar. The egg is equal in size to half a dozen ostrich eggs. Farm Hands' Dress. Farm hands in Yucatan wear linen garments of spotless white. When they become even slightly soiled, they hasten to change them. Work is plentiful there, farm laborers are well paid and they can afford to be tidy. Unhappy Japanese Women The Japanese woman must look upon her husband as her lord, and must serve and obey him with reverence. If he should really bestow his affection upon her, she is indeed fortunate, but if upon someone else, she should never be jealous or fault-finding, and must not leave him, no matter what abuse he heaps upon her. To Remove Mud from Shoes A strip of carpet glued to a piece of wood will remove mud from shoes quickly and without the slightest injury to leather. It is far better than the usual brush. Meat Hanging for Fifty Years Meat Hanging for Fifty Years. At a butcher's shop at Bourne, Lincolnshire, Eng., is a leg of mutton which has been hanging for fifty years. It is shrivelled to the size of a shillelagh. hold vote for his best personal interests if old how. And consequently he has made of success continued to remain many to the business man the key to the door the world of progress, and gives him the the goal surely and quickly. Vote for and you make no mistake in electing the artising mean new life to your business, e. Write to-day for our easy terms. GARDNER BROS. 1607 Broadway, New York. ex. 3,000 Negroes, armed with the most only assaulted the capital of one of the long inbound trains brought carloads section of the country. The men had been task that no time was lost after getting off and orderly, the men headed for the object, part of the city. No order was given toiders at San Juan, El Caney and Las Cuevas for them to prove themselves brave people's interests. And like one man the trenches of the in-grown and deep-workings of modern business competition, the mob of curious on-bookers asked. A brief pause, and then the rapid fire on the inside. For three days the battle victory filled the hall, streets and city, important victory had been scored by National Negro Business League, at Invercer, organizer, beneficial insurance provider head corporations that deal with our broker, broker, or enterprising promoter? Are we want to fight your battles for you. We want your business grow, increasing your new article of manufacture on the market in the newest and best way to get newing the one and only successful way of and inspiring continued interest in your business. In short, we show you how to succeed, will put it before the people for you in the habit to-day. Don't wait. Modernized the value of advertising. Sleep in sales, money and success. Write us to day. GARDNER BROS. 1601 Broadway, New York. The Element of Genius While it is true, as Carlyle said, that genius is capacity for taking inbite palms, it is also true that no amount of labor can supply the missing element of genius. A man who lacks the vital spark at his birth might as well accept the place where nature has assigned him. It is not for him to be great. Handle Huge Sums. At the recent semiannual meeting in London of the Great Eastern railway it was reported that during the preceding half year a sum of £3,197,000, much of it in silver and copper, passed through the hands of the secretary and his assistants, and out of that huge sum only sixtyseven was lost. Where Buttons Are Magic. Glass buttons are chiefly made in Bohemia, where children are largely employed. Pearl buttons are almost exclusively a Vienna product, but shirt buttons are made chiefly in Birmingham, which is also the seat of the metal button trade. The most extensive kind of button manufacturing is that of the Parisian and Berlin novelties. A duck which is owned by T Lane of Chesterton, Staffordshire, laid an extraordinary egg. It weighed ten and one-quarter ounces, was four and three-quarters inches in length and eight and three-quarters inches in circumference. The whole of the contents filled an imperial half pint measure. Beggars in Spain. There are 190,227 professional beggars in Spain, of whom 51,948 are women. In some of the cities beggars are licensed to carry on their trade. Seeking alms is recognized as a legitimate business, and the municipality demands a percentage upon the collections. Seville is the only city in the kingdom which forbids begging in the streets. Gum Made of Cassava Starch Cassava starch, more popularly known as tapioca, is the chief element of the gum on the back of all postage stamps. NUMBER 25. Immense Egg ReligiousThought The Savior's Walks. "I must walk to day, and toorrow, and the day following." Dost Thou still walk this earth of Thune, To-day, as yesterday? Men seek Thee where the clear lights shine, And in the shadows gray: Dear Savior, my Companion be. And let me walk awhile with Thee. Come where the weary hearts are sad, Among the molly streets; The sweet heart there glad the sadhest heart that beats; Dear Savior, love and pity them, Who dare not touch Thy garment's hem. And I, who fear to walk alone, Because my step is slow. Will very gladly hasten on Toward the sunset's glow, And watch the evening lights grow clear, If I may watch Thee walking tear, Farnham. The Spirit of Contentment. Be content with such things as ye have. Hebrews, xiii. 5. The interpretation of the above words doubtless may best be found in life and character of the man who wrote them. There is a difference of meaning between "contentment" and its synonym "satisfaction," which, at the outset we shall do well to remember. However fine this distinction may appear, it is none the less real, and in the present application vital. Conteutment may be defined as the feeling that enables a man to make the best of a situation, and not pine nor fret over the hardships which it entails, while satisfaction is that condition that simply accepts the situation and finds in it the desire fulfilled and derives pleasure from the very limitations that the situation presents. Certainly St. Paul did not intend that we should be satisfied with the various circumstances of life any more than he was. Life with him was always restless, aggressive, strenuous. Let us interpret it by his life and know that he was satisfied by his position, but that he made the best of it and endeavored to use it for the accomplishment of his purposes to the limit of his opportunity. And so again, when he bids us "to be content with such things as we have," he does not mean it to be the content of indifference, of indulence, or of unambiguous stupidity, but the content that expresses itself in industrious fidelity. It is not to be conceived that he would commend anything less than this, and surely not the passive acceptance of the things we have and the condition in which we may be found without a disposition to advance and improve them. For this would dwarf all ambition, stop all progress and improvement and suspend all growth. Not to grow is to decay, and ultimately it would result in physical, material moral and spiritual death. Again, the apostle warns against the opposite extreme—a discontent that expresses itself in constant complaining and fault finding; that spends its energies in murmuring against the difficulties and hardships of a situation without embracing the opportunities at hand to relieve or remove them; that is ever clamoring to be advanced to position of greater trust and responsibility, when evidence has not been given of either ability to cope with those of less import; that seeks to occupy new fields for cultivation when those already possessed are farrow and unimproved. It was Henry Ward Beecher who said: "A man proves himself fit to go higher who shows that he is faithful where he is. A man that will not do well in his present place because he longs to be higher is fit to be neither where he is nor yet above; he is already too high and should be put lower." Fitly, we live noblest when we work best, and we work best when we are "content with such things as we have." Happiness and contentment are correlative terms. Men who have risen from a low estate to places of trust and responsibility are the men who have been content to do their utmost in every position they were called upon to fill. And this is just the lesson intended to be taught. Such a spirit of contentment is not only a Christian virtue, as illustrated by the life of the great apostle, but is worthy of emulation and full of encouragement to all. It presents life in an optimistic view and gives hope where otherwise there would be despair.—Rev. Hutchens C. Bishop. Letting Things Run Down. It is easy to let things run down. We begin carefully and present lapse into carelessness. An old adage has it that a new broom sweeps clean, implying that as it gets older it does not do its work so well. This tendency from good to less good, from watchfulness to neglect, is not confined to such inanimate instruments as brooms. The disposition is human and very common, if not almost universa¹ Eternal vigilance is the price of other things besides liberty. Nothing but intense watchfulness will save us from the tendency to let things run down, whether in our personal habits or work, or in our character. We begin with enthusiasm and succeed well because we do our work with zest and earnestness. For a time we keep up to our high standards and then we begin to flag in our interest and also in our energy and at once our work shows it. In people's personal lives the tendency often becomes apparent. We are apt to allow ourselves to slacken our diligence in our work. Especially is this true when our tasks are the same over and over, the old routine every day. It is hard to keep up the zest and interest with this everlasting repetition—in the home, in the office or in the shop. It is very easy after doing the same things a thousand times to do them a little less painstakingly. In the moralities it is not less difficult to keep up to tone. We set out determined to make the most of our life. We fix our standard high. We intend to live in all ways worthily, pleasing God. We begin well, and for a time are consicentious and faithful. We resist temptation and are loyal to our Master. We are diligent in the performance of our duties. We cultivate the spirit of love in our relations with others, and strive to be patient, thoughtful, kind, helpful to all about us. We endeavor to live for the higher things, putting character above pleasure of self-indulgence, and keeping ourselves unspotted from the world. But too often we grow weary of well doing and slacken our diligence. We are not so conscientious as we were about our daily prayer and bible-reading. We keep a less vigilant watch over our tongues, and sometimes speak words that are not true or that are unkind. We let slip from our hands the reins, allowing our temper to run wild, hurting gentle lives and bringing shame upon ourselves. We grow remiss in our religious activities, dropping tassels and withdrawing from responsibilities. It is easy thus to allow our lives to run down in their moralities. Nothing but incessant watchfulness and earnest waiting upon God for strength and grace will save us from this peril. A Gentle Call. Sometimes the Christian life begins very simply, especially with the young. Among those who have been under good influences in the home, the church, the Sabbath school, and have been living sweet and gentle lives, free from grosser forms of evil, it is unreasonable to expect any violent "experience" or marked change in the manner of living. Falling to recognize this fact, many parents continue to wrestle with the Lord in prayer for the conversion of their children long after that change has really taken place; while the children and young people themselves, on account of the same mistaken impression, continue long and strong efforts and deep, unsatisfied longings to become Christians after God has indeed accepted them and they are actually living devotedly in His service. It is well for us all to recognize how simply and quietly the Christian life sometimes begins. A thoughtful girl of 16 years, living in the country at a distance from the church, which made attendance irregular, read, on a Sunday, the memoir of a Christian woman. On closing the volume, she said to herself, "That was a beautiful life." After a little thought she added, "And I should like to live such a life." A few minutes later she kneeled down and said, "Lord, I will try from this time." The decision was made. She went on steadily and is still a useful and influential Christian woman, honored and beloved, and widely known for her beautiful and devout character.—Rev. G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. Your Responsibility. Respect your individuality. It is a good thing to recall that we stand alone, that we are isolated from our follows, that each of us stands out as distinctly before God as if there was not another being on the planet. Realize this constantly. Do not confound yourself with other people; do not lean upon other people; stand on your feet. Realize your responsibility. Never attempt to limit it or escape it; it is your glory; it alone distinguishes you from things and brutes. We may not put our burden on our brother, but we may lean on God. He knows us personally. He knows not the ocean itself, but the drop; not the Milky Way, but the star; not the meadow, but the flower; not the mass, but the atom; not the million, but the man. He knows you and knows you altogether. And He will ever bear your burden. It would crush your neighbor, but it will not crush Him. He can bear it as easily as the Atlantic bears a bubble, easily as Mont Blanc a snowflake. Cast "all your care upon Him, for he careth for you."—Rev. W. L. Watkinson A Thought From Day to Day. wrong. Just to drive sadness away with song; Whether the hour is dark or bright; Just to be loyal to God and right; Just to believe that God knows best; Just in his promises ever to rest— Just to let love be our daily key, This is God's will for you and for me Need of Christian Action. It is not easy for the Christian to hold the right balance between receipts and outgoings in the spiritual world. If we take in more spiritual food than we give out in Christian action, we are sure to become religious dyspeptics. If, on the other hand, we attempt religious action without sufficient spiritual nutriment, there is certainty of spiritual collapse due to starvation of the soul. The reception of spiritual food, attendance on "the means of grace," is far from being the test of spiritual life. What are you doing with the food you get? FREE TRADE HARD TIMES SOUP HOUSES DISASTERY PROSPERITY PROTECTION GOOD PRICES GOOD TIMES GOOD PRICES GOOD FARMER BUSINESS MAN WOMAN FARMER QUINCY COFF SENATE A BULWARK? WOULD DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS RESULT IN TARIFF STABILITY? It is by No Means Certain That a Democratic President and House Could Not Force Through Congress a Measure for Immediate Tariff Reduction. The business interests of the country which regard stability of business conditions as indispensable to business prosperity are expected to be reassured and calmed by Candidate Parker's crafty suggestion that even though the Democrats should succeed in electing president, vice-president and a majority of the house of representatives, the Republican majority in the senate would render it impossible for the Democrats to make any tariff changes. Their suggestion was obviously intended as a bid for the votes of those inclined to look upon a Democratic victory without dread or apprehension. Will it be, ought it to be, so received and acted upon? Will the business interests be reassured and calmed? We find in a recent editorial in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the leading Democratic journal of the Ohio valley, the following significant remark: "Let Parker and Davis be elected, and the house given to the Democrats by a good majority, and there will be a movement for tariff reform that can not be resisted by even so stout a bulwark as Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island. The senate is the balance wheel of our government. It is the conservative, moderating establishment. It is not merely an obstruction. It is amenable to the popular will, though not responsible to the people in the same degree that the house of representatives is responsible." Here is food for thought, serious thought. Would the senate Republi- THE DEMOCRATIC L FREE TRADE HARD TIMES SOUP HOUSES DISASTER Quincy Smith can majority be likely to resist a demand for tariff reduction backed up by a Democratic president and a Democratic house? Could the senate be depended upon to stand as a bulwark against Democratic tariff tinkering? Frankly we say there is much reason to doubt. The senate now stands: Republicans, 57; Democrats, 33; a Republican plurality of 24. Allowing that this plurality will not be reduced by the changes that take effect with the advent of the Fifty-ninth congress, the votes of 13 Republican senators would pass a Democratic tariff bill. Could the votes of 13 Republican senators be obtained in support of a Democratic tariff bill? Yes, in all probability. Already more than 13 Republican senators have shown that they could be won away from protection in an emergency. And they were won away by a force far less potent than that which would be recognized in the decree of the country next November that the Democratic party should be placed in control of national affairs. Senators are very much given to the practice of holding their ears close to the ground. How many of them would hear in a Democratic victory this year the country's command that the tariff be forthwith revised? As many as 13? Yes, and more than 13, we confidently believe. There is much ground for the firm belief of the Cincinnati Enquirer that the senate can not be depended upon as a bulwark against tariff revision. Also there is to be found in the weakkneed and wavering quality of Protectionism which prevails among a considerable portion of the senate Republican majority a conclusive reason why no Republican and no Democrat who wants the tariff let alone should vote the Democratic ticket this year under the impression that in no event could the tariff be tinkered, even though a Democratic president and a Democratic house of representatives were to be elected in November. There is only one way to make sure --- of tariff stability for the next four years: Elect the Republican national ticket HIS BALANCE SHEET. Splendid Showing Made by Uncle Sam In Fiscal Matters. That celebrated campaign poster, "Uncle Sam's Balance Sheet," with its convincing array of statistics demonstrating the contrasts between Republican and Democratic management of national affairs, is once more in evidence, brought down to date. It is being distributed by the American Protective Tariff league, and is available in large or small quantities for campaign use. A new and striking addition to the poster will attract attention and furnish a complete answer to the Democratic contention that the increase in cost of living has far exceeded the increase in wages since the restoration of protection in 1897. In the extreme upper left and right hand corners of the poster are the figures which tell that the increase of wages has far exceeded the increase in cost of living. In the upper left hand corner, directly above the portrait of half starved Uncle Sam, as he appeared in the period of Democratic tariff making, appears the following: Savings Bank Deposits, $1,747,961,280. In the opposite corner, above the prosperous, portly figure of Uncle Sam, as he has looked ever since the passage of the Dingley tariff law in 1897, is the contrasting statement: 1903 Savings Bank Deposits, $2,935,204,845. The gain in savings deposits in 1903 over 1894 is $1,187,243,565. That enormous total represents the gain of the wealth of wage earners. If they gained that much more they must have saved that much more. The increase in wages must have ex- LORELEI OF 1904. PROSPERITY PROTECTION GOOD WAGES GOOD PRICES GOOD TIMES FARMEA BUSINESS MAN WILD BANNE ceeded the increase in living expenses. In no other way could the increase in savings bank deposits have occurred Out of the Question. Between now and the 8th of November the Democratic party would like to be considered as sane and reasonable in its intentions regarding the revision of the tariff. How sane and how reasonable would a Democratic government be that was elected on a platform which denounces protection as robbery? About as sane and reasonable as W. J. Bryan would be if he had the controlling voice in determining whether or not the single gold standard should be maintained. The truth is, the Democratic party does not know how to be sane and reasonable on any vital question. It is out of the question. Made Clear. Bryan's tariff plank, in which he caused the Democrats to denounce protection as a robbery of the many to enrich the few, is rather at variance with the Bourbon claim that it is not opposed to the system which safeguards American labor. It is a good thing that the Nebraskan was permitted to make the position of the party of which he is still the real, if not the nominal, leader perfectly plain, otherwise we should have heard Parker's stump orators assert that he is not disposed to strike at the existing industrial system.—San Francisco Chronicle. Coincidences. The number of coincidences of adversity and Democracy in the law and in the nation is so large that it is difficult for the Democrats to explain it with credit to the last Democratic administration. The number of coincidences of prosperity under Republican administrations is so large that it is difficult for the Democrats to explain them without giving the Republicans a disagreeably large amount of credit.—Lewiston (Me.) Journal SAYS TRUSTS WOULD RULE. Another Silver Democratic Leader Against Judge Parker. WASHINGTON.—Colonel Oliver C. Sabin, leading organizer of the Silver Knights of America, and editor of the official organ of that organization, will support Roosevelt. Colonel Sabin was the business associate of Senator Stewart in the campaign of 1896 and one of the most effective workers among the free silver advocates of the West. In assigning the reasons for his support of President Roosevelt at this time, Colonel Sabin has gone most fully into the issues of the campaign. "How is it possible," said Colonel Sabin, "for a man who is honestly in favor of the remonetization of silver to support Judge Parker, who is the very pet, the idol, you may say, of those men who defeated Mr. Bryan, I cannot conceive. Look over the whole list, from ex-President Cleveland, ex-Senator Hill, Richard Olney, and without naming them, the whole management of the Parker movement now, and we find that they were either the active or passive enemies of free silver and of Mr. Bryan, and, in fact, of everything that we, as silver men, held to be important in our campaign. "They not only were against us in sentiment, but they organized a third party, went in and tried to destroy Mr. Bryan and the Democratic party, and, they succeeded. Now this same old gang, bought up by the trusts, heeled by the trusts, supported by monopolistic money, the grinders of the face of the poor, is going out asking for the votes of the silver men to support a man and a party that has abused us and our people more than they ever have the Republican party. "President Roosevelt has never left us in doubt where he was on any question, always straight, honest, true and square. He is an American from the crown of his head to the soles of his fee, and nobody can have any doubt as to his standing by the flag of our country and commanding honest respect." DEPEW REPLIES TO COCHRAN. The Senator said the Representative Had the Attorney General Had the Attorney General Bee. SARATOGA, N. Y.-When Senator Depew took the platform to nominate for secretary of state John F. O'Brien, he took occasion to reply to the speech of Representative W. Bourke Cockran at Tammany hall, and devoted some minutes to its arguments. He declared that Mr. Cockran would undoubtedly be the attorney-general of the United States in the event of Judge Parker's election. He said he had heard Mr. Cockran, whom he characterized as the greatest orator of the Democratic party, on the floor of the House of Representatives defend free trade and denounce protection of every name and nature. He said Mr. Cockran evidently had been able to letter in Pr$i$dent Roosevelt's actions and letter of acceptance but two points to sustain the charge of unconstitutional action made against him by the Democrats. One was his pension order making age above 62 years in itself a disability, the other his action in connection with the Panama canal treaty. "In the one case," said Senator Depew, "the President reduced by three years the disability age limit fixed at 65 years by President Cleveland; in the other he secured a Panama canal treaty ratified by every Democratic Senator. "If the ablest Democratic orator can find only these two points of attack in the record and letter of Mr. Roosevelt, surely they have no case against him." MILWAUKEE, — Pledging themselves to abide by the decision of the Republican national convention, unless it is reversed by the Supreme court, 147 of Governor LaFollette's leading followers have signed a letter which they have sent to Chairman George B. Cortelyou, of the Republican national committee, declaring that all questions affecting the unity and regularity of the party must necessarily be submitted to the highest political tribunal for settlement, and that such settlement will be accepted by all good Republicans, unless it be found at variance with the decision of the courts. Mr. Roosevelt Likes Higgins. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.—When President Roosevelt was infromed of the nomination by the Republican state convention of Frank W. Higgins for governor of New York, he expressed himself as pleased that Mr. Higgins had been named for governor. Mr. Higgins was chairman of the finance committee of the state senate while Mr. Roosevelt was governor and their relations were very close. For Harmony in Delaware. DOVER, DEL.—The regular Republican state committee has met here and drafted harmony overtures which were forwarded to the Union or Addicks Republican committee. Each faction has nominated a full state ticket and efforts are being made to have them agree on one ticket. This does not affect the presidential electors, the same men being named by both sides. WILL Vote for Roosevelt. HIAWATHA, KAN.—If S. H. Belden of Horton lives until after the coming election and is able to go to the polls and vote for Roosevelt, as he intends to do, he will have voted for sixteen presidential candidates. He cast his first vote for Henry Clay, a nominee of the Whig party. Herbert Hadley See's Promise of Republican Success. KANSAS CITY.—Herbert S. Hadley, candidate for attorney general on the Republican state ticket, has returned from a week of campaigning over the state with Mr. Walbridge and General George H. Shields, of St. Louis. Mr. Hadley talks enthusiastically of the week's work and the prospects for the Republican ticket disclosed by it. Crowded opera houses and immense open air meetings, with hundreds at the railroad stations to greet Mr. Walbridge, he regards as good indications of public sentiment in the state. A resume of the week with Mr. Walbridge, as given by Mr. Hadley, will prove interesting reading. The trio began the week with a speech at Kahoka, where an audience of 1,500 turned out. The speechmaking was in the open air. Tuesday night they spoke at Hannibal. Here, despite the fact that it had rained all day, and continued to do so during the evening, the opera house was well filled with an enthusiastic crowd. At Paris, Monrie county, the opera house was filled until not another person could get in it. This was all the more notable since in that county the Republicans heretofore have not been numerous enough to make a presentable showing. This year the two factions of Democrats are fighting each other to a finish, and the Republicans are profiting by it. "The people," said, Mr. Hadley, "are growing tired of leaders who fall out and fight over the spoils instead of working for the benefit of their neighbors." After the meeting at Paris Mr. Walbridge and Mr. Hadley stood for an hour shaking hands with those who pressed about them assuring them of their support in the election. A fast run took the party to Moberly, where another great course of people greeted them. To complete a strenuous day a drive was made from there to Huntsville, a distance of ten miles. When Huntsville was reached 1,000 people were found in the opera house awaiting the arrival of Mr. Walbridge, whom they greeted with cheers. The meeting here closed as had the one at Paris, with endless handshaking, hundreds pressing about the candidates. Thursday was spent at Glenwood, Schuyler county, where short addresses were made to veterans of the blue and the gray, who were attending reunion. For two hours, 2,000 people, one-third of whom were forced to stand for lack of room, listened to the speakers and cheered the sentiments they expressed. This place has been regarded as a Folk stronghold. Friday morning was spent at Kirksville, where the students of the American School of Osteopathy and the state normal were addressed. Leaving Kirksville, every station that was passed was marked by a crowd of cheering men and women. At Milan, here a stop of twenty minutes was made for dinner, the candidates were forced to devote most of the time to talking. One thousand men had gathered, among them being 100 railroad employees who were eager for an opportunity to greet the Republican candidates. Two hours that afternoon the candidates spent in addresses to a packed opera house at Trenton. Gallatin welcomed the visitors with one of the largest crowds of her history. Saturday the candidates spoke to immense crowds in St. Louis. REPUBLICAN CLUB CONVENTION. Clubs Will Meet at St. Louis on September 30. ST. LOUIS.—President Gailenkamp sends out the following: "The convention of the Republican clubs of the state of Missouri will be held at St. Louis on September 30, 1904, at 10 a. m., for the purpose of selecting six delegates-at-large and four delegates from each congressional district to represent Missouri at the National League convention, to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., on October 5 and 6, 1904, as well as to elect new officers of the Missouri state league. You are entitled to one delegate for every fifty members of your club, in addition to your president, secretary and treasurer, who are ex-officio delegates to said convention. The convention will be addressed by J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, Pa., president of the National Republican League; by James S. Sheridan, of Chicago, Ill., vice president; by Sid B. Redding, of Little Rock, Ark., president of the Republican League of Arkansas; by Cyrus P. Walbridge, of St. Louis, Republican candidate for governor; by John C. McKinley, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, and all of the other candidates on the Republican state ticket. It is the purpose of the officers of the state league to secure a complete representation at the St. Louis convention of all the counties and wards in the state. To this end the hearty co-operation of all the clubs in the state is requested. Organize as many new clubs as possible in order that you may have a large representation at the convention. Extensive arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the delegates will be made by the citizens of St. Louis. It is, besides, a splendid opportunity to visit the World's Fair. Reduced rates on all railroads. Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, candidate for vice president; Governor Durbin, of Indiana; Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, and Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, will address the national convention at Indianapolis, October 5. Kindly send list of your delegates to Sim Harris, assistant secretary, Commercial building, St. Louis". HOUSE = HOLD TALKS Misses' Seven-Gored Kilted Skirt. Skirts that are made flat over the hips and are so plaited as to mean generous fullness below that point increase in favor week by week, and are shown in many variations. This one is peculiarly attractive and suits young girls to a nicety, being made of plain cut blias and stitched with corticelli silk. The plaits are turned backward and are so arranged as to conceal all scams, while the many gores do away with unnecessary bulk. All suiting and skirting materials are appropriate. The skirt consists of seven gores and is closed invisibly at the center back. The plaits are laid on indicated lines and are pressed flat for their entire length, but stitched for a portion only. The quantity of material required for the medium size (14 years) is 6% yards 21 or 27 inches wide, or 3% yards 44 inches wide. Whole Cucumber Pickles. Lay a hundred cucumbers in cold water for an hour. Drain, put into a stone crock and cover with cold brine that is strong enough to bear up an egg. Set aside for three days, drain off the brine, and wipe the pickles dry. Wash out the crock, put in the cucumbers, cover with cold water and leave for twenty-four hours. Boil in vinegar two minced onions, twenty cloves, an ounce each of mustard and celery seed and a few blades of mace. Add a cup of sugar and fill the crock with this boiling mixture. Stir the cucumbers well, then cover closely and leave for a week. At the end of that time drain off the vinegar, boil it up again and again pour it over the pickles. Do not use for several months. The newest skirts, in spite of all the prophecies to the contrary, are very long and full, and, when puffings and gagings are not employed, there are many small frills, much tucked and ruched, or inserted with lace. There is a general air of droopiness about all the smart toilettes of the moment, and one really cannot deny their graceful elegance. A lovely little linen gown seen the other day—it had been made in Paris for one of the smartest Parisiennes renowned for her perfect taste in dress—had the skirt cut very long, and decorated with four flouances of embroidery in graduating widths separated by nun's plaits. The plaited bodice had a little fichu fastened in front of either shoulder by a rosette of black velours mousseLINE, and the deep pointed belt was also of the velours mousseLINE. Skirt Styles. Styles are, in the main, very much what designers have been leading up to for a year or more. Skirts, instead of molding the form, spring light away from the waist line, though many still bear witness to the very natural fear of looking bunchy and thick, which haunts most women no longer on the right side of twenty-five, by being set into cordings and gaugings. The plisse skirt and the boxplaited variety are both admirable, and likely to endure. The short skirt has found its right place strictly as a walking skirt, for early morning wear, for shopping, or for country and sports; the most usual length is that which just touches the ground all around. Trains are reserved for evening gowns and ceremonious toilers. Shirt Waiste Here to Stay "Shirt waists are too comfortable to ever go out of fashion," said a prominent modiste recently. "They are growing more dressy every season, and yet I doubt, too, if the real plain tailor-made shirt waist, worn with a white collar and black tie or a neat stock, will ever be superseded for certain occasions by the dressier affairs. I make up quantities of the white handkerchief linen waists, hand-embroidered, right through the summer and winter. They launder well, are extremely becoming, and cool." French Finery. Linen gowns, it should be explained, are the chic thing for morning wear at all the smart French holiday places just now, and when they are not possible, on a dull or rainy day, smart little coats and skirts of fine serge or some thin cravenetted cloth are in accordance with good taste. But muslin dresses are a thing apart; they are for afternoon and garden party and semi-even wear, daffiny robes painted or printed with tiny pompadour designs of flowers, and commingled with cobwebby laces threaded with the very narrowest of velvet bebe ribbons that look as though fairy fingers alone had fashioned them. Roses, by the way, are the most modish of all flowers and the most admired for wear this season, and apropos of matters millineral, all the newest hats have decidedly high crowns. Artistic Fruit Centerpieces The English taste for fruit center pieces for the dinner table has been stimulated by the beautiful designs in electroliers which goldsmiths and silversmiths are turning out. The wiring is done through a hole in the center of the table and cleverly hidden by low bowls with tubes running through the center, from which rise and spread the electroliers. In one design, a bowl of exquisite carved Italian marble is supported by six cupids and from the center spring the gold-plated electroliers in a spray of three, showing narcissi lights. This bowl may be filled with fruits according to the English fashion or, to meet the American taste, pink roses are preferred. Another centerpiece has narcissist blooms at the base as well as on the upper electroliers, and cupids are posed reaching from the lower row of lights to the upper. Elaboration in Gowns. Modes of the moment seem as fussy as ever, and nearly all of them appertain to one or other of the Louis periods. There is simplicity in effect, but in reality how different it all is Gaugings and puffings and festooned flouces, to say nothing of the flat bouillouces now in vogue, spell end less handwork, and it is really true that dressmaking just now is neither more nor less than fine needlework. More especially is this the case with mousseline and taffetas frocks—the required lightness and daintiness of effect can only be produced by hand stitching, and as the newest skirts are guiltless of lining it goes without saying that the very finest needlework is alone admissible. Taffeta is more and more in evidence, and its most serious rival is glace silk, softly ruched with chiffon. Parisian Creation. One of the pretty American women in Paris recently appeared at a reception gowned in a dress of black Chantilly, beautifully made over a lustrous satin foundation. The hat was a great wide-spreading black lace picture hat and she wore long, black gloves. The note of color was found in a beautiful turquoise blue sash, in a great, long, blue ostrich plume and in a handsome turquoise brooch at the throat. The costume was by all odds the most attractive in the room. Kimono Dressing Sacque. No other form of dressing sacque is quite so comfortable and satisfactory as the kimono. This one is peculiarly attractive and is made of light weight wash flannel with bands of wash silk in plain color. As shown, the sleeves are pointed, but round ones can be substituted whenever preferred. Again, the yoke can match the band in place of the kimono when that combination is liked. In addition to the light weight wools Oriental cot- MA ton crepes and all washable materials are eminently appropriate and, in place of the bands being plain and the material figured, the material can be plain and the bands of any pretty figured silk or ribbon that may be chosen. The kimono consists of full fronts and back which are joined to the yoke and is finished with a collar and band cut in one piece. The sleeves are in one piece each and slightly full at the shoulders. The quantity of material required in the medium size is $4\%$ yards 21 inches wide, 4 yards 27 inches wide, or $3\%$ yards 32 inches wide; with $1\%$ yards in any width for bands. SELECTING HER BURIAL SPOT Pleasing Occupation Which Solaced Woman Traveler. On the train to Boston was a woman who sat with pencil and paper handy with which she frequently recorded her observations. Usually these notations took the form of arithmetical computations. "There's another one," said the woman, in somber tones. "Dear, oh, dear, isn't it awful? That makes ten of them since we left New York." Finally the man who occupied the seat immediately in front of the painstaking statistician embraced a favorable opportunity and asked her husband what in the world she was counting, anyhow. "Cemeteries," said the partner of the woman's joys. "She always does it whenever we go any place. She has been at it ever since we left Kansas day before yesterday. That last graveyard we passed was No. 261. Whenever we happen to get a particularly good view of the lay of the land as we whiz through she picks out the section she would like to be buried in." "Good heavens!" said the man in the front seat. "That must be a nice, enlivening pastime for you." Then, as soon as he could, he moved to another seat. The husband of the mortuary compiler looked as if he would like to move, too, but he could not. He had to stay right where he was and keep a sharp lookout for more cemeteries. Some Very Odd Plants. There are few plants that have not been utilized in one way or another by mankind for food, paper, drusx, or in other ways. Among many not so well known may be mentioned the Japanese wax tree, bearing bunches of fruit growing like grapes which contain a species of wax used in making candles. Another tree, found in the Pacific islands and known as the candle nut, yields a large quantity of oil, while the kernels are strung together on a stick and lighted as a candle. The fruit of the candle tree is between three and four feet in length and about an inch in diameter, and of a yellowish color. As they are seen hanging from the tree they present the appearance of a number of wax candles. The telegraph plant, which grows in India, is a slender, erect shrub, so called because of some resemblance to signals in the motion of its trifoliate leaves—the two side ones rising and falling alternately for a time, and then resting. Sometimes many of the leaves are in motion, and sometimes only a few, the greatest activity being in the early morning, and not depending on the wind.—Atlanta Constitution. Absence. I saw him once, once only; years have sped. He told his image dwells within my heart. So handsome then I thought him, so well bred. It seemed a grief to me that we should part. He wore his well-cut garments with an air That would have well become a royal prince. He left me though, and filled me with despair. I haven't seen him since. His smile was like a ray of sunshine bright; It warmed my heart when he first smiled on me. His hearty greeting gave me much delight. His hand-clasp was as warm as it could be. No flabby pressure of the fingers, but A grip so hard and strong it made me wince. I look on this as fate's unkindest cut; I haven't seen him since. I hear his voice, so musical and low. So soft and so persuasive that I thrill. At the remembrance. I should not, I Absence. Have given up my fifty-dollar bill. But at the time full little did I reck. So I embracassured did he evince. I cashed that fascinating stranger' check. I haven't seen him since. "Poor White Trash." Stanford White, the architect, has a fad for collecting statuary which often affords his friends a chance to air their wit. He has set so many sculptured figures on his lawn—Gramercy park and Lexington avenue—that he has had to put some later acquisitions across the street on the grass plot of his friend, H. W. Poor, the banker. Oliver Herford, whose caustic wit does not all go into his books, passed these decorated lots with a friend from New Orleans. “What's all that?” asked the stranger. “Oh, just some Poor White trash,” answered Herford—New York Times. Remembers Seeing Napoleon. One of the most interesting links between the present and the past is a man who can remember seeing Napoleon cross the Alps. His name is Ignace Botta and he is 105 years old. His health is good and his memory is perfect, though he has led a hard life, sleeping in the open and living on bread and fruit. He may be seen every day in the streets of Cannes, selling brooms which he makes himself, and he has never begged and never come into conflict with the police. Some years ago he was persuaded to enter an asylum for old men, but he could not stand the confinement. "Big Bill" Devery's Saloon. "Big Bill" Devery, formerly chief of police in New York, is now a business rival of Bishop Potter. He has opened a saloon and will sell whisky at "a dime a throw—just the same as the bish," he explains. Mr. Devery even goes the length of saying that when a man needs a drink real badly he can have it on credit. His refectory is to be at Rockaway Beach and is to be known as "The Pump." RINCIPALITY OF SARAWAK (SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE) If the average person who goes up to take a civil service examination were asked where Sarawak is, he would, unless he had survived a youthful enthusiasm for stamp collecting, fall disgracefully. Yet the history of Sarawak is the story of one of the most remarkable examples of the rapid civilization of a savage people in these times, and to-day the principality, which is about the size of the State of Louisiana, has a considerable import and export trade. Sarawak, which has an area of about 50,000 square miles and a population of about 600,000, lies on the northeastern coast of the island of Borneo. It is a fertile country, drained by many rivers, and remarkable for its spices, tobacco, coffee, rice, gutta percha, sago, and, it should also be remarked, orang-outangs. Gold is exported and diamonds and coal are mined. Although it lies in the torrid zone, its lowest boundary reaching within fifty miles of the equator, it has a fairly good climate, and the fact that Europeans may live there comfortably is borne out by the long residence of the Rajah's family. Sarawak, declared independent by the first Rajah Brooke, the adventurer whose story is as romantic as any that has found its way into print, in 1888 became a protectorate of Great Britain, and only its foreign affairs require the sanction of the British government. Sir James Brooke was the son of a civil service employee of the East India Company, in the military service of which young Brooke entered as a cadet. He spent the early years of his active life in Bengal, and was later commissioned a lieutenant. In the Burmese war he was shot through the lungs, and returned home to recuperate. He recovered, but the ship in which he had taken passage back to India having been wrecked, he reached there the day after his leave had expired, and was told he had lost his commission. It was in vain that he explained he was a victim of a shipwreck. His explanation was not received, and the victim of red tape turned from his military career to one of adventure. Turned from India, young Brooke accompanied the ship which had brought him out to China, and on the way he got his first glimpse of the wonderful Indian archipelago—of which "Twelve Thousand Isles" Borneo is the pearl. The idea of exploring the mysterious islands and the value of the products from them took his fancy, and upon his return to England his mind was made up; he had decided on a life of adventure. In 1838 his father died, and James Brooke succeeded to a fortune so handsome that his life of adventure was assured. He bought a schooner yacht, the Royalist, 142 tons, put a crew on board and then sailed into the Mediterranean, where, for several years, the crew was trained, and then selected with the care of a pirate chief. He wanted none but trusty, lusty and true men aboard the Royalist. Finding a crew to his liking, he weighed anchor and set out for the China Sea. When he reached Singapore he decided to take a look at Borneo. Borneo at that time was under the rule of the Rajah Muda Hasslim, as fine an example of a cutthroat as ever THE RAJAH'S BUNGALOW ruled a native people. At the time the Rajah was residing at Sarawak, having found the tumultuous and ever-increasing shouts for his life in his capital wearying. The interior of the island was in rebellion against the Rajah, and his existence was in danger of an abrupt conclusion at any time. Brooke heard of the Rajah's dilemma, and considered that he had arrived at an opportune time. The open- SOUTH CHINA SEA PHILIPPINE ISLAND PALAWAN DULU OR MINDORA SEA GINA MORA DORNE BRUNEL CELEBES SEA ing chorus was on, and it was plainly his cue to appear with a recitative. So the yacht Royalist set sail, with numerous presents for the Rajah. He found Muda Hassim to be generous and well affected to the English, and he found the rebellion had been underrated. The Rajah intimated that he would like to have him stay a while, but instead Brooke pushed into the interior and visited several wild tribes. He saw enough to convince him that Sarawak was a golden opportunity; but he left the country after having satisfied himself. In 1840 he paid another visit, and found the rebellion had increased. The Sultan of Bruni (Borneo) was bestirring himself, and the Rajah considered it time to make a move. He approached Brooke and asked his assistance in putting down the rebellion. Brooke enjoyed the scheme, and led parties of Malays and Dyaks against the rebel chieftain, Shereef Moksaim. He built forts in the jungle, and reinforced his native troops with men from his yacht; finally, after a terrific battle in which Brooke was wounded, he drove the rebels into a river. There was a whirlwind action in the methods of the European which showed the rebels that they were contending against training and skill, so they arreed to a truce, and in December, 1840, after four years of hostilities, a treaty of peace was signed. Brooke made the rebels burn their stockades and surrender their arms, and as a conquest the affair was complete. It was then proposed to transfer the government to Brooke, who showed he was more capable than the reigning Rajah. He assented to the proposition, and then turned his attention to the pirates which infested the coast, and soon that business, which had been an honorable profession for 2,000 years, was wiped out. Brooke began to organize a government. He ruled with fairness and firmness, drew up laws, had them properly executed, de A ONE OF RAJAH BROOKES SOLDIERS signed a national flag, in which the cross from his family coat armor figured, and declared the independence of Sarawak. DON'T GRIT YOUR TEETH. The Man in the Chair Gets a Pointer or Two From the Dentist. "No teeth to fill," the dentist said to the man in the chair, "but you are grinding off your teeth more than you ought to. Do you grit your teeth in your sleep?" And the man said he didn't stay awake long enough to know about that, but were they much ground off? "More than they ought to be at your age," said the dentist. "You have worn the enamel off from some of them and got down to the dentine." "What's going to happen?" asked the victim. "Why, if you keep on grinding them off," said the dentist, "the teeth will hollow out and we'll have to put plugs in them with gold tops to give them new grinding surfaces." This wasn't a very pleasant prospect, so later the man sought to ascertain for himself whether he did grit his teeth unduly. And while he was still unable to stay awake long enough to find out, he did discover that he had a habit at times of gritting his teeth, in his waking moments, when he sat back from his work to think of something, for instance. And he made up his mind that he would stop that, anyway, and he hoped that he might thus stop grinding his teeth in his sleep, if he did so grind them. For, fine as they might be, he didn't want any of those nice little gold capped plugs put in his teeth if he could help it. Stingy Woman. Employment Agent—Why did you leave Mrs. Goodsail so soon? She is said to be a very nice woman. Domestic—Nice! She's that stingy she begrudges the very air ye breathe. "You amaze me." "Judge for y'rself. Kerosene isn't worth over 12 cents a gallon, is it?" "No." "Well, she most had a fit 'cause I started to pour a few drops of it in th' kitchen stova. New York Weekly." Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. True Christianity needs no pres agent. Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, eure summer Complaint, Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. All a Druggists', 2sc. Sample mailed FREE Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Sunshine in England. Sunshine is so rare in England that the government takes great care to measure it. The official summing up for 1903 as regards sunshine shows that all districts in the British isles, with one exception, fell short of the average. The exception was England northwest, including Manchester, that curiously had an excess of 57 sunny hours. In Scotland north, west and east, the deficit was 81 hours, 48 hours and 133 hours. England northeast and east were short by 107 hours and 139 hours, while in England south and southwest the deficit was 68 hours and 115 hours. In Ireland north and south the shortage was 81 hours and 113 hours. Commonly the islands in the English channel have a large share of sunshine, but last year they were 135 sunny hours short. Pocahontas' Grave In commemoration of the Indian Princess Pocahontas, who died at Gravesend, England, when about to sail home to Virginia with her husband in 1618, St. George's church, in Wapping, is to have a pulpit made from the wood brought from Virginia, Pocahontas is buried in the chancel of St. George's church. The Reason Why. Drummond, Wis., Sept. 19 (Special) —Whole families in Bayfield County are singing the praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills and the reason why is given in experiences such as that of Mr. T. T. Wold, a well known citizen here, "I had such pains in my back that I did not know what to do," says Mr. Wold, "and as I came across an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills I sent for a box. That one box relieved me of all my pains. My wife also used them and found them just what she needed. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills as a sure cure for Backache and other Kidney Troubles." Backache is one of the earliest symptoms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure it promptly and permanently and prevent it developing into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's Disease. The woman who is well preserved realizes that self possession is the first law of nature. I am sure Piseo's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago—Mrs. Titus, Rennus, Maple Street, Norwich, N. F., Feb. 17, 1900. People would meet with fewer disappointments if they didn't expect more than they deserve. THE LADY WHO IRONS knows how important it is to use a good starch. Defiance Starch is the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives a beautiful soft glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. It sells for less, goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. Defiance Starch at all grocers. 16 oz. for 10 cents. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., COMAHA . . . NEB. BEST BY TEST "I have tried all kinds of waterproof clothing and have never found anything at any price to compare with your Fish Brand for protection from all kinds of weather." (The name and address of the writer of this unsolicited letter may be had upon application.) A. J. TOWER CO. Boston, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. LIMITED Toronto, Canada The Sign of the Fish TOWER'S FISH BRAND Makers of Warranted Wet Weather Clothing THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODS..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of authenticity. OFFICE: No. 117 West Sixth St., Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates. For one inch, one insertion. 8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion. 20 For two inches, three month. 8.00 For two inches, six month. 8.00 For two inches, nine months. 10.00 For two inches, twelve months. 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY, The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. What a man sows that will he reap. This is a busy week for school teachers. Taggart is wanted in Indiana to save the state. The Afro-Americans are with Roosevelt because he is with them. It men were taught how to live right there would be no trouble about dying right. "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. "The laborer is worthy of his hire." What did the Democrats pay for party work in Vermont? 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. Democratic chances might be brighter if the wage-carners of the nation did not have such good memories. President Roosevelt has convinced the country of his honesty, courage and capacity. His opponent is still an unknown quantity. It does not require the thinking voter long to chose between Governor Taft and Carl Schurz as a guide for action in Philippine matters. Hints have been made that the Democratic Chairman Taggart should retire because he is not of national reputation. Leave him alone and he will be. It is very gratifying to know that so many colored teachers have passed the professional examination and will receive the maximum salary. $760. Stay at home and don't go a-flirting with eagles that have no wings; they may not land you softly; they haven't done so yet. So let every Republican vote his own ticket. If nothing can be done to reform those negroes who shoot and cut upon the slightest provocation, all the more should be done for the young. Perhaps less education and more common sense and true Christianity will help out. The gold standard element of the Democratic party was in a hopeless minority in the St. Louis Convention. The majority of the Democrats of the nation stand on the platform while silently endorses the free silver plank of the Kansas City Convention. Some of the leading citizens of this city, and the most generous, as well, complain that negroes are very costly things to have in a community, since it costs about four times as much to keep in subjection the lawless blacks as it does to confine the vicious among the whites. Will the negroes again vote for bonds to build school houses? Of course they will. Have they not been voting right straight along? What if white children do get nearly all the benefits? Is not education a good thing for white people? If there is a single trade or industry in this country that is injured by the tariff system, the Democratic party has not been able to point to it. It seems a hopeless task to reconcilie the Democrats, who propose to support their platform to those who insist up on supporting the candidates. 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. 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, stains 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 Hills. 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-streken old members have to go out to that home to die. Let us hear from the ministers of the big churches. 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 Sentent's Return." This was obviously unintentional. Denmark's Honey Exports. Denmark exports 2,500,000 pounds of honey a year. Somehow, when we heard of his nomination at the late Republican convention we felt a premonition that at the proper time his election to the chief office of the United States would follow. Be that as it may, our desire is that such will be the case, and that another four years of prosperity will be ours to enjoy. This may sound or read a little premature, but all the same we feel that Theodore Roosevelt, the present incumbent, will most assuredly occupy the exalted seat another term. So far as the colored race is concerned, we feel sure that as a race and American citizens, they will receive justice at his hands. In the past, Roosevelt has been friendly, considerate, and as to the future, we have no fears, but rather an abiding faith. Roosevelt is a literary statesman, a man who thinks and then acts, with the precision of a skilled marksman. In the affairs of state he is "at home," and we believe well qualified to sustain and guide the things on hand to a successful issue. At least it is the aim and ambition of the Rising Son to work faithfully and steadily for the cause and elect good men to positions of honor and trust. NEGROES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The negro papers throughout the country are complaining of the treatment negroes get at the fair, and urging all self-respecting negroes to give St. Louis a wide berth. If things are as they say, good will be done. There must be an element of good in anything that will make negroes sticw together and resent insults that are needlessly thrust 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. Wages in the United States, on the average, are more than twice those in Belgium, three times those in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, and one and one-half those in England and Scotland. J. P. L Dry Goods, Millinery Furnishing G 1413-1415 East 1811 I am still making an effort patronage of the colored peo part of the city. Fair and Courteous Treatment 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-DATE MILLINERY, LADIES' AND GENT'S FU Which is at your command cheap prices. Next week we will have a Everything for school children at g We carry a full and complete line of W. 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. 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 refuge of belief that it 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 girl 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." The folly of that handful of negroes calling themselves Lincoln Republicans, in making a spectacle on themselves before the civilized world, by even suggesting the nomination of a negro for president, will do much toward making for us a host of enemies among those who are already jealous of the privileges we have. The negro has not learned to govern his home or his church. These things come first. When we have discipline at home and sufficient bank account to permit us to live upon our income, then may we cast about for a position of honor, that takes thousands of dollars a year to keep it up. Let us busy ourselves in securing good homes, in getting on foot business enterprises where the boys and girls may find employment, in seeking to overcome the malice and spite and envy that so long have divided our efforts and made the best among us little more than the worst. No, the need of the hour—the crying need—is not a negro president, but more negroes that are breadwinners for their families, noble examples of manhood to their sons and protectors of the virtue of wife and daughters. PECULIAR FACTS. It does not matter what a white publisher says in its 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. Subcribe and pay for journals run by colored publishers, and thus enable the journals to say more about the race. Barbers Cannot Talk. A European hairdresser, appreciating the extent of the evil of talkative barbers, advertises that all his assistants are deaf and dumb. The Great Anniversary Sale Is in Progress The Values Were Never Greater Emery, Bird Thayer ROOSEVELT. Comparison of Wages. $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 School Books Slates and Tablets AT LOWEST PRICES NOTICE-A pencil box free with each order of books. Corner Eighteenth and Flora. 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. Subscribe for Son Rock Island System Sch Slau AT L Surfa CITY TICKET OFFICE, 900 MAIN ST. J. A. Stewart, Gen'l Agt. IT'S A BARGAIN! C. COLLINS, East Eighteenth and Flora. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue *it's the little bits we collect here a n there* *That enables us to run from year to year.* LOCALS. CASH IS THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertisements, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. Lewis Woods, of the Son, was in St. Louis this week on business. The Dollar Money is now the cry at all the A. M. E. churches here about. Sandy Edwards and L. H. Jordan, and Mr. Crocker of this city, are in St. Louis, attending the Gun Club and the Fair. O. T. Jackson, caterer, at Boulder Colo., stopping at O. H. Cook's for the winter, will probably locate here for business. Mrs. Frank Mosee left Monday, the 12th, for Austin, Texas, to visit her husband's people. She will be gone a fortnight or more. Owing to the crowded condition of the Attucks school, Miss Victoria Overall has been transferred from the Sumner to the Attucks. Have your printing done at National Printing company, a negro business doing modern printing. 205 Wales building, Sixth and Delaware. If you desire one or the Magnetic Hair Straighteners or some Ozone we have it in stock at the Rising Son office and all other preparations from the Boston Chemical Co. Mrs. Mamie Durant Vincent has now opened her dressmaking parlors and ladies' tailoring school at her residence, 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 modern drug store, at 2304 Vine street. Mrs. Renie Badger Cummings, of Galveston, Texas, with her son, Willis, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Snelson this week. She will remain a week or two in the city. Drs. T. C. Unthank, J. F. Shannan and M. H. Lambbright, are comfortably situated in their new office rooms in the Masonic Temple at 18th and Woodland avenue, where they welcome 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 location, 612 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. Phones, Bell 2123 Red; Home, 2448 Main. Rev. Vm. Hawkins, of Ebenezer, has done a great work at that charge this year, and it is said that his quarterly meeting was a most successful one. Several accessions to membership and over one hundred dollars was collected at the last quarterly meeting. The report of the receipts and disbursements of the Old Folks and Orphans' home was issued for the purpose of showing what proportion of the annual receipts were contributed by the colored citizens. A fuller statement 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 Woodland avenue. The house is heated by furnace, 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 mother with her from Fort Scott, Kan. Dr. Snelson will close his quarterly meeting of the conference year at St. John's church, in the West Bottoms, on Sunday. As presiding elder, Dr. Snelson has accomplished a great work and is well beloved of the pastors and people. The Kansas A. M. E. Conference Bishop A. Grant, presiding, is in ses sion this week at Omaha, and Revs. Branton Griffith Ward and others left on Tuesday for the session. THE MINISTER'S DUTY. The minister of the Gospel is one o the 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 issues as they affect the Afro-American. He should show that the Democratic party has always been the bitter foe of the race, and has invariably opposed every measure proposed by the Republican party to better the race's condition. In Asbury M. E. church, Kansas City, Mo., Miss Lillian Tooley, the solist, elocutionist, and monologist, appeared before an appreciative, representative audience. It can be truthfully said that Miss Tooley has both the science and art of monologue. One cannot help admiring Miss Lillian for her rare ability to pleasantly and profitably entertain. An evening with her will be enjoyed.—Wm. H. Wheeler, Pastor, Sept. 20, 1904. Miss Tooley is one of our own Kansas City young ladies. She has spent the late years in Chicago studying in the school of art. We as a race are proud that one of our race has so completely mastered this art so as to be able to give the satisfaction she has given to all who have heard her. She will give an entertainment at Allen Chapel A. M. E. church Thursday evening, September 29. Miss Tooley is the guest of her brother, Mr. William Tooley, 1615 Woodland avenue. COTTAGE FOR SALE. I have for sale near 26th and Vine, a nice cottage, with about four rooms, offered at the low price of $1,000; $100 cash, the remainder at $15 monthly at 6 per cent.; best bargain of its kind in the city; get further particulars of W. J. RATCLIFF, 613 Mass. Bldg. THE OLD FOLKS AND ORPHANS HOME. An entertainment was given at the Second Baptist church. September 8, for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans' home. Receipts from the envelopes amounted 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 expenses. 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 gotten together by the colored citizens. Is there any justice in this? The following pledges have been received to be paid October 1, 1904: Asbury church, $25. Burns chapel, $10. Prof. J. W. Baldwin, $10. Prof. W. W. Tates, $5. Total, $50. Rev. Mr. Jacobs has paid $1.25. Rev. Father Harper has headed a subscription list for St. Augustine's mission with $5. Rev. Mr. Peck and Rev. S. W. Bacote 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 meantime, the company that holds the notes is urging payment. Casting a Gloom. "Yes, for local talent, it was a first-rate entertainment," said the suburban resident, "and we made several hundred dollars for the hospital fund, but there was one little hitch. The town undertaker was down for a tenor solo, and he insisted on singing 'I'm Waiting for Thee.'"—New York Sun Consider Dreams Revelations. Among the people of the east a dream is considered to be a direct revelation from God, and there are, in the Orient, even to-day, soothsayers, or fortune tellers, who interpret dreams, just as the soothsayers did in bible times, and from dreams tell the future of the dreamer. Death Grip. Dr. Waldo, city of London coroner, said in a lecture recently that a weapon in the hand of a man who had been murdered is always tightly grasped, so that the fingers sometimes have to be severed before it can be released. In the case of suicide there is no grasp at all. Easily Carried to Lockup. A man locally known as the "living skeleton" was recently fined at Lytham, England. He stands over six feet high, but only weighs a little over 98 pounds. The constable who arrested him carried him to the police station under his arm. THE HOME, THE SABBATH SCHOOL AND THE THEATER. Less than fifty years ago it was the custom in all well-regulated homes to make Saturday a day of preparation for the Sabbath. Extra baking was done. The home was put into good order, the shades were drawn, and mother and children, after making themselves tidy, assembled in one room, the children to study their Sabbath school lesson, the mother to do this little thing or that. Can you not bring to your mind such a peaceful scene and can you wonder that the girls brought up after this fashion grew into home loving young women and made desirable wives and mothers? Their mothers were not compelled to rack their brains continually to furnish excitement for them or deny themselves actual necessities to give them carfare and tickets to the theater. How many mothers stop to think when they start their daughters off to a play, what sort of influence that play is gonig to make upon a young mind, or how the excitement will work up the nerves of her child and unfit her for study, how her growth will be retarded or her mind polluted by wicked words and sinful sights. Yet, mothers send their little girls to the play on Saturday afternoon, because these little girls have not been taught to be happy anywhere else. They,(the mothers),stay at home and delve and work, thinking that some day they will get their reward by seeing Mary and Maud shine in society. And Mary or Maud will shine, too, if there happens to be born in them enough good to overcome the lessons in treachery, debauchery and crime, that their loving mothers sent them to the theater to learn. There are good plays, but few of the children of this generation take any delight in seeing them. Save your money and your children, too. Then, to the young woman who has spent half of Saturday night in the theater wrought up to a high pitch of excitement, the church services next morning are very tame by comparison. The playhouse is a poor place in which to make preparation for a real Sabbath, and no better a place for the training of home-makers. THE RISING SON. 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 "scads," 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, business 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 little 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 IS 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, And of course you do, Send for Matthaes' make, It will just "hR" 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. The good people who wish to visit the springs, will find first class accommodations at Fred F. Elliot's. Rates reasonable and service good. CURL-I-CURE You owe it to yourself, as well as to others who are interested in you, to make yourself as attractive as possible. Attractiveness will contribute much to your success-both socially and commercially. When you meet a person your size largely by his or her appearance. The same applies to you. If you are attractive, beautiful, tall well-built, with a look like hundreds of others — no indifference though you had no interest in your appearance. Nothing adds to or detracts from an ance so much as the hair. Nothing is gentility, good breeding, your taste. We all know how much care is leading society ladies in all the large ones. We know how much pride a successful appearance. If you have no individuality you is one way and only one way in which handicap and make your hair as best the facility, good breeding, your taste. Cerli-Cure, a cure for curls, it is different from anything you it is new to you but old in itself. Cerli-Cure is but another name most wonderful preparations which it has been used by the leading doctoration, for many years as a private defects and always brings perfect res C This is the only preparation make DIRECTIONS FOR USING first application. Then apply Cerli-Cure brush the hair for five or ten min result. After the hair is straight Carefully follow above direct SOUTHERN CHEM at a person your first impression is governed a appearance. as to you. active, beautiful, trim, neat and look fresh and better the first impression will be than if you others - no individual - massed up, and as interest in your appearance. or detracts from a lady's or gentleman's appear- hair. Nothing indicates their character, their taste, so much as the hair. How much care is taken of the hair by all the les in all the large cities. much pride a successful man takes in his per- individuality you enjoy no advantages. There one way in which you can overcome this great your hair as beautiful, rich and attractive as during their taste so much as the hair. a cure for curls will do it. from anything you have ever heard of or seen. but another name for one of the greatest and paraphrases which has ever been discovered. It the leading doctors all over the world, every years as a private formula for hair and scalp brings perfect results. CURL = I only preparation that will ABSOLUTE make the hair grow, giving it NS FOR USING. Wash the hair with so Then apply Curl-I-Cure twice a day for a or five or ten minutes with ordinary stiff hair. The hair is straightened apply twice a week low above directions and straight hair is a BURN CHEMICAL WORKS, A NEW bash Tr TO When you meet a person your first impression is governed largely by his or her appearance. The same applies to you. If you are attractive, beautiful, trim, neat and look fresh and well kept you will have the first impression will be than if you look like hundreds of others - no individuality - mussed up, and as though you had no interest in your appearance. Nothing adds to or detracts from a lady's or gentleman's appearance, their gentility, good breeding, their taste, so much as the hair. We all know how much care is taken of the hair by all the leading society ladies in all the large cities. We know how pride a successful man takes in his personal appearance. If you have no individuality you enjoy no advantages. There is one way and only one way in which you can overcome this great weakness. You can be beautiful in your head and attractive as the finest head of hair you have ever wished for. *Curl-I-Cure*, a cure for curls, will do it. It is different from anything you have ever heard of or seen. *Curl-I-Cure* is but another name for one of the greatest and most wonderful preparations which has ever been discovered. It has been used by the leading doctors all over the world, every formula for hair and scalp defects and always brings perfect results. CURL = I = CURE This is the only preparation that will ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHTEN hair, is harmless and will make the hair grow, giving it a soft and silky appearance. DIRECTIONS FOR USING. Wash the hair with soap and water and let thoroughly dry. Do this only before the first application. Then apply Curl-I-Cure twice a day for a week or ten days, rubbing it into the hair and scalp. Then brush the hair for five or ten minutes with ordinary stiff hair brush. The more you brush the hair the quicker the desired result. After the hair is straightened apply twice a week to keep in perfect condition. Carefully follow above directions and straight hair is absolutely assured. SOUTHERN CHEMICAL WORKS, Room 260, 323 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. ST. LOUIS COMMENCING Leave KANSAS CITY, Arrive WORLD'S FAIR S Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union EQUIPMENT---Pullman Cars and Coaches 10:00 p. m. for occ Wabash is the only line Return Train leaves St. Ask your Agent for Ti M. C. SHIELDS, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT 003 MAIN STRE The Stoeltzing St Leave KANSAS CITY, 11:30 p. m. Daily Arrive WORLD'S FAIR STATION, 7:00 a. m. " Arrive ST. LOUIS (Union Station), 7:15 a. m. " EQUIPMENT--Pullman Sleepers, Free Recclining Chair Cars and Coaches. Sleepers and Coaches open at 10:00 p. m. for occupancy. Wabash is the only line to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. Return Train leaves St. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Ask your Agent for Tickets over the Wabash. M. C. SHIELDS, L. S. McCLELLAN, TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT. WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. 903 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co ```markdown ``` DR. T. C. DE 125 127 W T. C. CHAPM DENTIST -127 West Eighth St 125-127 West Eighth Street. en Delaware and Wyandotte S KANSAS CITY, MISSOUR Between Delaware and Wyandotte Streets, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. ill to th n- NG JUNE 5, 1904. 11:30 p. m. Daily STATION, - 7:00 a. m. " (on Station), - 7:15 a. m. " An Sleepers, Free Recclining Chair Sleepers and Coaches open at occupancy. Come to WORLD'S FAIR Main Gate. St. Louis 11:45 p. m. for Kansas City. Tickets over the Wabash. L. S. McOLELLAN, AGENT. WESTERN PASSENGER AGENT. SEET, KANSAS CITY, MO. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Scholl Steel Ranges and Furnaces TIN WORK a Specialty .....A new line of..... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. C. CHAPMAN ENTIST West Eighth Street. re and Wyandotte Streets, CITY, MISSOURI. **Curt I-Cure** is an ideal, safe preparation and makes kinky, curly hair straight. We guarantee it absolutely. We guarantee it softly, pliable and softens the hair, making them soft, silky, pliable and easily managed. Positively prevents the hair from becoming dry, harsh, brittle and keeps it from breaking off. What you have tried, no matter what you want, you are doing yourself an injustice if you do not try **Curt I-Cure**. We guarantee it positively to do the work better, quicker and with less effort, no irons, absolutely nothing else than anything of the kind we use. **Curt I-Cure** is manufactured only by the Southern Chemical Works, Chicago, Illinois. Our reputation is a guaranty that our products are safe and effective. We treat the hair without the use of hot irons, hair painters and cause it to break off and become dry and brittle. We price not. We pay all express charges. Send post office or express money order, as we do not ship goods C.O.D. Write name and address Remember, the more you brush the hair with a stiff hair brush the sooner you will obtain the desired results. Positively nothing detracts so much from your appearance as short, matted, unattractive curly hair. Your hair as it is now, looks like ninety-nine out of every hundred colored persons' hair. in ideal, safe and makes kinky, We guarantee it absolutely. clean and softens the many fibers of the hair, pliable and easily managed. Positively becoming dry, harsh, brittle and keeps it you have tried, no matter what you want, you mustice if you do not try Carle's Curve, and softens it absolutely nothing else than anything of Regular retail price, $50 cents per jar, manufactured only by the Southern chemical Our reputation is a warranty that our only pure and harmless and will straighten use of hot irons or hair pinners and will not become dry or brittle. Price, $50 cents, urgent to all that write or express money goods C.O.D. Write name and address HERN CHEMICAL WORKS 323 Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL. you brush the hair with a stiff hair brush, you will obtain the desired results. RE STEN hair, is harmless and will appearance. thoroughly dry. Do this only before the obbing it into the hair and scalp. Then you brush the hair the quicker the desired ition. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Nebraska Clothing Co. At it every day. Hats and Heads! We have the hats, the hats are yours. It will be to our material interest to put them together. You'll hear men say, and we do believe it's true that this store does the hat business of Kansas City; be it so or not, we're certain of one thing, it's the best hat store we know of; not the finest store, perhaps but it's a safe store to buy hats at. The hat man says: "Tell me we're ready to satisfy every demand in the way of New Eat Styles." Stetson and a dozen other makes. All the new blocks and all the wanted shades are here for you to choose from. "OUR NEBRASKA SPECIAL" A hat made for this store ex usively, and perhaps worn by more men than any other hat in the West. A Hat that brings from $2.00 to $2.50 ev- erywhere as regard to quality. is here at this store, only ..... OO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HA'R CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TARUN FROM IPE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted). This wonderful hair make is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp, rests on the skin and dandruffs and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold perfectly for hardiness. It was the first preparation ever used for strengthening kinky hair. Imported Ozonized Ox Marrow is put up only in tuffy hair, as it does not stain than can be placed on baskets instead upon getting the grooming, as it never stains. It gives that it healing life and appearance so much desired. A toilet necessity for nurses, doctors and children. Legibly qualities it is the best and most economical. It is prepared equal to a full dressing, with every bottle. Only 50 cents, sold by drug gists and dealers. $1.40 for three bottles. A FOOL and his MONEY BY EDNA MANNERS The haze of the semi-trople was everywhere, blending the gorgeous tints of hills and valleys in its elusive veil. There were tears in the Mexican's eyes as he sang to his tinkling guitar, and his notes were laden with grief. He looked up from beneath his sombrero, his black eyes showing the clear white beneath. for any man who would only love him enough. "Senor," she leaned far out in the silver night, pulled a rose and threw it down to him. "Senor, when He picked up the flower, kissed and pressed it to his heart. He was so coldly, artificially Mexican, frightened and attracted her. "What's the matter?" came in a foreign voice, and he glanced up to see the American miner looking down on him. There was something unpleasant in the American's eye that held people aloof and made them speak with restraint when he was near. Raphael stopped playing, covered his face with his hands and sobbed aloud. "Buck up, friend," the American cried, then added in Spanish. "What's wrong, anyhow." Raphael grew calmer, looking toward the humble home where his little brothers and sisters were at play. "Oh, senor," he cried in confiding dejection, 'tis the beautiful Senorita Anita. Senor, they have shut her up and I shall never see her any more. I die of love of her." "No, you don't," muttered the American, turning away to hide a cynical gleam. The dam of Raphael's grief was loosened, and the contents of his soul poured into listening ears. And this was the tale he told: He loved the Senorita Anita—a bewitching damsel far above him—was dying of love for her. Many times they had met on the plaza, and she had glanced shyly from beneath her mantilla and smiled at him—yes, he could swear she smiled. She was beautiful and good as the Holy Mother. He had had no glimpse of her since, except from behind the bars of her window. He could neither eat nor sleep. The American turned away, while his lips curled unpleasantly. Raphael amused him. He was an exceptional Spanish. He had scraped together a kind of education for himself, and was something of a genius in music. Under more favorable conditions he might have made a way for himself in the world. The cynicism faded from the American's eye as he asked where the senorita lived and who her family were. Anita lay asleep. The moonlight came through the roses at the window and all was still. Suddenly, through the darkness came a single sweet note. The girl sat up to listen. She pushed back her hair and listened again. Her eyes shone, her cheeks flushed and her little heart beat fast. She stole to the window, holding her mantilla close about her chin. Be beneath the orange tree stood a man. Her heart fluttered faster, and the hot southern passion shone in her eyes. It was the rich Senor Americano. "Senorita." This was going beyond the bounds Sang to his tinkling guitar. of the serenading lover, but Anita leaned out and waited. "Senorita." "Senor, I am here," whispered the girl, and then drew back coyly. "Fair one, listen." Then he poured into her ears a tale of love. "One," said he, "loves the senorita—loves the unto death—but he cannot marry the in this country. Will you leave sunny Mexico and go to America with your lover—as his wife?" She drew back and shivered a little, but the dimples played in her cheeks. Anita must love and be loved, and would make a good, true little wife for any man who would only love her enough. "Senor," she leaned far out into the silver night, pulled a rose and threw it down to him. "Senor, when?" He picked up the flower, kissed it and pressed it to his heart. He was so collyd, artificially Mexican. It frightened and attracted her. "Now," he answered. "Now, Anita; will you come with me now?" The realization came to her like a shock. Leave her father and mother? Go with this man? To America. Love and romance were her guiding stars—poor little soul. Yes, she would go. H. Hunt Stole to the window. "In two minutes, senor," she whispered. A victoria sped away from the house. "Senorita," that was the first word her strange lover had spoken. He now leaned forward in the darkness. "Senorita, are you afraid?" His gaze was cold and steady. "No-o-o, senor. But why are you so-so still? You do not love me?" Her voice shook. "Senorita, I have loved many beautiful ladies. I am—bah!," he seemed to be talking to himself—"tired of it all." "Tired of love." A cold hand knocked at the door of her heart. The carriage was on a lonely, white country road now. "Senorita, I cannot—I—er—well, you see, I cannot marry you—I—" "Holy mother!" the girl cried, crossing herself and feeling for her rosary. "You cannot marry me? Then why did you bring me here?" "Wait, senorita; do you love me?" She was dazed by the sudden, practical question; then she shuddered and answered: "No, I hate you—I hate you, senor. Oh, take me back to my mother—take me home." "Have you ever loved any man? Ever truly loved?" he asked without heeding her. In her heart arose the vision of a pair of faithful, gentle eyes that had sought hers on the plaza, and a form that bent over the guitar at twilight. She burst into tears. "Oh, yes," she moaned. "Raphael, dear Raphael!" The carriage stopped. The lover climbed out, then leaning on the window ledge, he whispered: "If you are wise, keep still." And she obeyed. The horse stirred, the conchman dozed, and the time grew long. Then the night quiet was broken by the twangy voice of the American, mingled with the soft tones of her native tongue. The carriage door opened and there before her stood Raphael. "No," said the American, "if you want to go home I'll take you back. If you want to go with your lover, go." For answer she threw herself into Raphael's arms, and caste and propriety were forgotten in the bliss of a first kiss of love gratified. "Here's a purse for you and your girl, Raphael. Hope you'll like married life." He told the driver to drive to the station with the pair, and stood watching them disappear down the white road. Then he took out a cigar, bit off the end and laughed as he said aloud: "I always thought Miles Standish was a fool. Half my mine gone, too. 'The fool and his money are soon parted.' Well, it's the only fun I'll ever get out of it." Then he went down the road toward the city alone.—San Francisco Call. SET HIM TO WORK. Neat Way in Which Mrs. Delicate Got the Lawn Trimmed. "Fred, dear," said Mrs. Delicate, "Mrs. Neighbor was talking about you the other day, and she said she thought you didn't look well. Do you know, I'm getting to be quite anxious about you." "What are you anxious about, I'd like to know? Don't I eat and sleep well?" he asked. "Well, you sleep fairly well, and your appetite tis not so bad, but——" "But what? Am I bent and stoop- shouldered and bald, or what is it you mean?" "Why, dear, I thought that possibly you ought to get your life insured. You know we have very little saved up, and if you were to——" "Mary Jane, what on earth are you talking about? To listen to you one would think that I was in the last stages of a galloping consumption. I am as healthy and strong as I ever was in my life. There isn't any sort of hard work which I cannot do." "Oh, I'm so glad to hear that, Fred." Mrs. Delicate gave a little gasp of joy and threw her arms around his neck. "I'm so glad to hear you say you are well and strong, because the lawn needs mowing so badly, and I was dreadfully afraid that you were too ill to run the lawn mower." Whereupon Mr. Delicate went out and shaved the grass in front of the house. On the College Man. A University of Michigan man who was in Rhodea during navy week has the distinction of having seen the Corneil campus under the most peculiar circumstances on record. The Ann Arbor man was a guest of a Corneil alumnus at one of the fraternity lodges located on the outskirts of the campus. The two had retired at a late hour Saturday night and lay for a long time swapping yarns of college life. Sleep was impossible. About two o'clock Sunday morning the Westerner remarked that he had never seen the Corneil campus. Here was a chance for the Cornell "grad." His former undergraduate spirit returned. "Come on," he said; "I'll show you the campus in proper style. Don't wait to dress; we'll go as we are." The Cornell man wore a suit of pink pajamas and the other a white night shirt. On their bare feet they crept quietly out of the house, and by the light of the bright moon the Michigan man viewed the stately halls to great advantage. It was a chilly night, but when they got cold they ran for a spell and warmed up. They wound up on Eddy street, near the entrance of the college grounds, and with daredevil spirit waited some time for a trolley car. When none appeared the Cornell man happened to remember that he was in Ithaca, where cars do not run all night, so they returned as they had come. Gov. Holliday on the Japanese Mr. S. D. Buck of this city relates that in the course of a conversation which he had some years ago with Gov. Holliday of Virginia, the governor, who had traveled in Japan extensively a short time previous, made the prediction that the Japanese would one day lead the world in war, science and witchcraft. "The governor," says Mr. Buck, "was very enthusiastic about the prospect for Japanese greatness and prowess. He spoke of them as a wonderful people, the most wonderful, in many ways that he hae ever seen. 'And mark my words,' he said to me. 'I may not live to see it, but you will. The Japs will some day startle the world by their ability in every line of human activity. The people there will be great in all things and if they ever get into a war with any other nation they will surprise the world. Should they go to war—mind my words—they will either conquer or be exterminated.'"—Baltimore Sun. Day by Day. bear a voice at evening softly say, Bear not thy yesterday into to-morrow. Not hold this week with last week's load of sorrow, Lift all thy burdens as they come, nor try To weight the present by the by and by. One step and then another, take thy way— Live day by day. Live day by day, The path before thee doth not lead astray. Do the next duty. It must surely be The Christ is in the one that's close to thee. Onward, still onward, with a sunny smile. Till step by step shall end in mile by mile. "I'll do my best," unto my conscience say— Live day by day. Live day by day. Why are thou bending toward the back- ward way? One summit and another, thou shalt mount. Why stop at every round the space to count? The past mistakes if thou must still remember. Watch not the ashes of the dying em- ber. Kindle thy hope. Put all thy fears away. Live day by day. —Julia Harris May. This Topsy-Turvy World. This is a topsy-turvy world. One man is struggling for justice and another is fleeing from it. One man is saving to build a house and another is try to sell his "for less than it cost." One man is spending all the money he can make in taking a girl to an entertainment and sending her flowers in the hope, eventually, of making her his wife, while his neighbor is spending the gold he has got to get a divorce. One man escapes all the diseases man is heir to and gets killed on the railway. Another goes everywhere without being hurt, and dies with whooping cough. Such is life!—Exhange --- THE WEEKLY PANORAMA "TIM" WOODRUFF WAS SHREWD Clever Scheme Which Explains His Succeeds on Repeat Success as Presiding Officer. "Tim" Woodruff showed his Connecticut shrewdness when he was elected lieutenant governor of New York. He had to preside over the senate, of course, but he did not know three members of that body by sight, and the prediction was that he'd be at sea, because he couldn't recognize the senators when they addressed him. Timothy disappointed these prophets. He secured photographs of each senator and thoroughly memorized each face. As soon as the seats were drawn he had a diagram of the room prepared and the face of the occupant of each chair pasted thereon. Underneath was the senator's name in large letters. Woodruff never made a mistake and this will explain the mystery of his success to many persons who marveled at his precision as a presiding officer. PHIPPS DIVORCE CASE ENDED All Parties Declare Themselves Satisfied With Settlement. Mrs. Phipps has expressed herself as pleased with the terms of settlement made when her millionaire husband was granted a divorce from her. She declares that she will live in Pittsburgh, and that the opportunity to see the children will be taken advantage of by her. All parties to the long litigation declare that the terms V. as arranged, are entirely satisfactory. Within a few days Mr. Phipps and his attorneys will return to Pittsburgh. They declare that the last move has been made in the case which has attracted the attention of the reading public throughout the entire nation. HOBBY IS LACE COLLECTING. Mrs. Potter Palmer Credited With Knowing Much About the Subject. Mrs. Potter Palmer is credited with knowing more about laces than any other woman in the country. Lace-collecting is one of her fads, and whenever she hears of a valuable old piece she tries to buy it. If it is not for sale she at least has a look at it and learns if possible where it was made. Wherever a bargain in lace is to be had there you will find Mrs. Palmer. She has visited lacemakers in many countries and has passed hours watching them. Her collection of laces has grown to such proportions that one room in her house is devoted exclusively to it. Trunk is piled on trunk, every one labeled with the name of the particular lace it holds. A book telling where certain kinds of laces may be found is kept carefully by her secretary. DR. LORIMER'S FAMILY NAME. MacNamara the Real Patronymic of the Great Preacher. Some published obituaries of the late Rev. Dr. Lorimer err in stating that he was a half-brother of John H. Selwyn of the theatrical fame. The two men were full brothers. The apparent inconsistency involved in their different names is explained by the fact that they both changed their names when they entered upon the careers in which they subsequently distinguished themselves. The family name was MacNamara, and the late Dr. Lorimer adopted his Scotch name when he entered the ministry, while his brother chose the theatrical name of Selwyn when he became a theater manager. Their half-brother was Harry Josephs, their mother having married a Josephs for her second husband. Passing Under a Ladder Some people otherwise sensible will draw back rather than walk under a ladder. Even strong-minded women hesitate to show their contempt of this superstition when they hear that it prevents the single from marrying for that year and to the married it betokens death. The Dutch hold that it was a sign that you would be hanged, because of the important part which a ladder used to formerly play in the last act of the law. A Scotch tradition holds it lucky to wish when going under a ladder. STILL SEEKS THE POLE. Peary to Make Another Attempt to Reach Extreme North. Peary will make another dash for the pole. The first touch of frost sent his thoughts northward and he will follow them next July. Arctic cold failed to chill this explorer's optimism and if his health holds, there are those who believe that Robert E. ARCTIC OCEAN CAPE W. W. BOTH NORTH LINCOLN GRANT LAND UNITED STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLE WASHINGTON LAND GREENLAND NORTH LINCOLN SOUTH SOUND OCEAN CAPE AYHOL CAPE YORK BAFFIN BAY Peary one day will fly the flag of his country from the apex of the north pole. Peary proved that Greenland is an island, and he attained "farthest north" on the western hemisphere. He has done things, and has not been content to rest on the doing of them. Before the explorer gets through with his attacks on the fortress of the north it is likely to capitulate, and the pole will be one of the spoils of war. He will attempt to reach the north pole next summer by a route different from that heretofore followed by ships in the arctic regions. From Cape Sabine he purposes to force his new vessel north to Grant land and then to make the sledge journey accompanied by Eskimos. CHOSE A WESTERN FINANCIER. American Bankers' Association Elected Edward F. Swinney President. Edward F. Swinney, elected president of the American Bankers' Association, is president of the First National Bank of Kansas City, Mo., and for a long time has been a leader in the organization. Two years ago he was chairman of the executive council and last year he was first vice president. Mr. Swinney takes high rank as a financier and is in close F. F. SWINNEY touch with the influential leaders in the bankers' association. He is about 55 years of age. Wealthy Men Live Plainly There is little doubt that Chauncey Depew has been wined and dined oftener than any other American, but he still boasts a fair digestion, and this is how he accounts for his freedom from dyspepsia: "They serve six oysters, I take two; soup, I just touch it; fish, I don't touch it; entree, no; roast, yes, terrapin, yes, salad, yes, sweets, no, coffee, no. Champagne, a little to suit the mood." Levi P. Morton is another venerable citizen who keeps in good physical condition by never touching anything but plain food plainly cooked. He eats neither sweets, starch nor fats, and his regular drink is a glassful of Ellersil milk. Has Two Female Gorillas The London Zoological Gardens is the proud possessor of one male and two female gorillas. There is only one other female gorilla in Europe. She is at Breslau. The London specimens are named Chloe and Venus. The description of Venus, who is five years old, is as follows: Height, 2 feet 6 inches; chest measurement, 36 inches; hair, dark and patchy; eyes, black and deep set, and huge overhanging brows; mouth, expansive, with formidable teeth; expression, morose. Wiggle Stick WASH BLUE Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other kind of bluing. Won't Freeze, Spill, Break Nor Spot Clothes DIRECTIONS FOR USES Wiggle = Stick around in the water. At all wise Grocers. Schoolboys with chestnut hair, it is old, are likely to be more clever than any others and will generally be found at the head of the class, and in like manner girls with fair hair are likely to be far more studious and bright than girls with dark hair. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Get his face clean, and the average boy is as good looking as the average girl. For Your Perfect Comfort At St. Louis Exposition, which is very severe upon the feet, remember to take along a box or two of ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, a powder for Hot, Tired, Aching, Swollen, Sweating Feet. 30,000 testimoniales of eures. Sold by all Drugstiffs. 83c. DONT ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE. Swimming the Channel. Three more swimmers have failed in their attempt to cross the English channel. This narrow stretch of water has been fatal to the ambition of a number of those seeking aquatic laurels. Captain Webb, who was unquestionably the greatest long-distance swimmer that has ever been before the public, was, we believe, the only man who successfully fought his way across the English channel. Before him many had tried and failed, and since his great swim dozens have attempted to equal his performance, but have been unable to do so. An Alum Mountain. One of the recently discovered natural curiosities of China is an "alum mountain," 1,900 feet in height, and about ten miles in circumference at the base. The Chinese quarry the alum, or masses containing alum, in large blocks, which are heated in ovens made for the purpose, and afterwards dissolved in boiling water. The alum then crystallizes in layers. X-Rays Find Pearls. M. Dubois, of Paris, shows that it is possible by means of the Roentgen rays to examine the living oyster without in any way injuring it and to ascertain whether or not it contains a pearl. If it contains only a tiny pearl the oyster is returned and is allowed to live until the disease has developed a large pearl. CHANGE FOOD Some Very Fine Results Follow. The wrong kind of food will put the body in such a diseased condition that no medicines will cure it. There is no way but to change food. A man in Mo. says: "For 2 years I was troubled so with my nerves that sometimes I was prostrated and could hardly ever get in a full month at my work. "My stomach, back and head would throb so I could get no rest at night except by fits and starts, and always had distressing pains. "I was quite certain the trouble came from my stomach but two physicians could not help me and all the tonics failed and so finally I turned to food. "When I had studied up on food and learned what might be expected from leaving off meat and the regular food I had been living on, I felt that a change to Grape-Nuts would be just what was required so I went to eating it. "From the start I got stronger and better until I was well again and from that time I haven't used a bit of medicine for I haven't needed any. "I am so much better in every way, sleep soundly nowadays and am free from the bad dreams. Indeed this food has made such a great change in me that my wife and daughter have taken it up and we are never without Grape-Nuts on our table nowadays. It is a wonderful sustainer and we frequently have nothing else at all but a saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast or supper." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Good food and good rest. These are the tonics that succeed where all the bottled tonics and drugs fall. Ten days trial of Grape-Nuts will show one the road to health, strength and vigor. "There's a reason." Look in each pkg. for the famous little book. "The Road to Wellyville." A Mexican Millionatre. TM eee ae Me teas Fao Biri Gate) NSS Sor @ rd o yy i = fo Mie a iM i INARA att F aN \ i \\ : Pe a eomenenooma %, “Shit Ls yes 1 EEN SO REG gs . Nath @ ( 4 5 Miss Gannon, Sec’y Detroit Amateur Art Association, tells young women what to do to avoid pain and suffering caused by female troubles. “Dear Mrs, Prxxuam:—I can conscientiously recommend Lydia BL Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to those of my sisters ee a female weakness and the troubles which so often befall women, “I suf. fered for, months with general weakness, and felt so weary that I had hard work to keep up. ‘I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable, In my distress I was advised to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and it was a red letter day to me when I took the first dose, for at that time my restoration began. In six weeks I was a changed Prommn, perfectly wel in every respect, I felt eo cated and happy that Iwant all women who suffer toget wellas I did.’—S1ss Gutta GaxNON, 859 Jones St. Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art Association. It is clearly shown in this young lady’s letter that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will certainly cure the sufferings of women; and when one considers that Miss Gannon’s letter is only one of the countless hundreds which we are continually Feces in the newspapers of this country, the great virtue of Mrs. Pink- am's medicine must be admitted by all ; and for the absolute cure of all kinds of female ills no substitute can possibly take its place. Women should bear this important fact in mind when they go into a drug store. and be sure not to accept anything that is claimed to be" just as good” as Lydia 2, Pinte ham’s Vegetable Compound, for no other medicine for female ills has made so many actual cures. How Another Sufferer Was Cured. “Dean Mus, Prvxiaat:—TI cannot praise your wonderful remedies enough, for they have done me more good than all the doctors I have had, For tho last oight years and more I suffered with female troubles, wwas very Weak, could ot do my housework, also had nervous pros? tration. \ Some days I would remain unconscious for a whole day and night. My neighbors thought I could never recover, but, thanks to your medicine, t now feel like 4 different woman. “T feel very grateful to you and will recommend Lydia E. Pinks ham’s Vegetable Compound to all. It has now been four years since Thad the last spell of nervous prostration. TL only weighed. nincty- eight pounds at that time ; now I weigh one liundred and twenty-three, “Veonsider your Vegetable Compound ithe finest remedy made Thanking you many times forthe tenedle I teceived from your medicine, remain, Yours truly, Mrs. J. H. Farster, 2809 Elliott Avs. St. Louis, Mo” Remember Mrs, Pinkham’s advice is free and all sick women are foolish if they do not ask for it, She speaks from the widest experience, and has helped multitudes of women. GOO Soteseesse set earng ats te tot ser OVP SLT AS Ss cece arree prensa etna er Molle Br Piskiete het be. iran, Nace, Pedro Alvarado, the Mexican multt- millionaire miner who a few years ago was working in a mine for 85 cents 8 day, has ordered a train of five Pull- man cars, in which he will make @ tour of Mexico. He will be accom panled by a bodyguard of armed men. Alvarado has just built at Parral the finest residence in Mexico. More than & year ago he offered to pay the pub- Ue debt of the republic, saying he had obtained his vast wealth from the ground and therefore he ought to do- nate that much of it to the govern ment, This offer was declined by Minister of Finance Limantour. The only time that Alvarado has been out of the Parral mining district was two years ago, when he chartered a spe cial train and took uis family with him to the city of Chihuahua to have @ gold filling placed in one of bis teeth. Richest Mexican. General Luis Terrazas, “the richest Mexican,” {s going to make a tour ot the United States. General Terrazas is @ person who is sald to be worth, on @ conservative estimate, $200,000, 000. He has a heap of gold, real cash, 80 we are told, amounting to about $150,000,000, or perhaps a few mil lions more. He is called the largest Individual land owner in the world. His real estate is said to be about 20,- 000,000 acres, consisting of fifteen huge ranches, or haciendas. The rich Mex- fean has fifteen farms, each one of which {s almost as large as the state of Delaware. He is the reputed owner of herds of cattle supposed to number about 1,000,000; towns are situated in his domains; he has banks and fac- tories; 10,000 rustlers and cowboys round up his cattle. Dangerous Caterpillars. ‘Tho hairs of the brown caterpillar which {s the caterpillar of the brown tail moth, are full of tiny barbs so extremely small that they are quite invisible. The barbs catch in the hu- man sk and break off, ‘This causes the skin to itch enough to lead the person to scratch. Inflammation fol- lows, and sometimes this produces an eruption that is even worse tuan the blistering caused by poison ivy. A Millionaire’a Whim, In the offices of William Waldorf Astor on the Thames embankment stands a steel desk, one of the curios- ities of which is the petty cash draw- er, always filled with sovereigns. Mr. Astor, it is said, likes to feel that he is always in command of sufficient ready cash to buy aoything that may happen to catch his eye, and thus from the couple of thousand pounds in his drawer he takes handfuls of gold just as necessity may require. More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow out; by using Deflanee Starch you obtain better. ree sults than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same | money. | Debt is apt to worry a man who Is fees to obtain credit. “You never hear any cno complain about “Deflance Starch.” There is none fo equal it in quality and quantity, 16 gunces, 10 cents, ‘Try t now and save your money. It is easier to climb when you look up. Smokers find Tewis! “Single Binder” stra better quality than mn seenlent Fo eipae beter quality than toss HANDY BLUEING BOOK. In sheets of PURE ANILINE BLUE, No bottics, No paddies, No waste. Gives tho same amount of blueing water cach westrday. Ask your grocer for it oF send 10e for u book of 2 loaves. The Handy Blueing Book Go., 87 E. Lake St., Chicago, Ill. Se aI eR ee NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 TEMS ESTAMLISHED, Pi LES asue TRE an peru 22-9 ron a Fv, Pe and Dunno Aecloms alte {Ob pagel, treatin ou Dceoes ot Womes, Of the thownande rae by feraild muted note uid eet {ileum ve fraah thar names on applet, DRS, THORNTON & MINOR, 223 us oSt we Pinas Gity, We NE Beasmiceed with 1 E . ‘A Sure ‘caetsesTin} Thompson's Eye Water) Kipper p.silLes, see Astina, When Answering Advertisements | _ STOWELL 00 Mtr Charirsow:. Mass, Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 39, 1904 Stock quotations are we dialogue used in comic papers. stra: Winans Reathog Aree, rosa lie loess pata are Tin cont cers se ees The silent partner in a firm always has a lot to say. « reas rsniay certo gce nearunes Liquid glances have made many @ fellow solid with the girls. sr, Dartd Roanedys farerite Remets free derauigement” b. ieTrowbrldge, Harlem ie he 3 ¥. Fingers were made before forks, but “spoons” are as old as love. What Is the Cause of the Rapid Falling Off f M ' E i . p . of Mans Existence! Adam lived 930 years—Noah died aged 950, For fourteen centuries man lived on vegetables and there was no decrease in the years of life. From the time of the Flood to the time of Moses, about eight centuries, flesh eating existed and there Was a decrease of 80) years in the longevity of man, Is not the rapid falling off of man's existence traceable directly meat cating? ‘The fcods for a long life are those that come from Mother Earth—vegetable, fruits, nuts and cereals is made from Wheat—Nature’s food for man. re Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat My slanatare on Q, Y BD ; Eecionsncye ; ~F-O.Sracees Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracta, Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO. uNeeR. F the Dh. SG Be "VS Ogee see ie (“Ee Oat SEAS eS Yi ; RSs 1 PN\ Px eA \P AON CAA eae RY Val SRN EMG ‘A Domestic Mystery. Teacher was explaining the meap ing of the word recuperate, “Now, Willie,” she sald, “if your father worked hard all day he would be tired and all worn out, wouldn't het” “Yee'm." |_Then when night comes and his ‘work is over for the day, what does he do?” | “That's what ma wants to know.” Brotherly Love. “Marle, what do you want for @ virthday present?” a “A plano.” “And you, Donald, what do you want?” “I want an automobile, so as to be able to get out of the way quickly when Marie begins to play.” No Cause for Alarm. “Such conduct,” said the teacher to @ rebellious pupil, “will eventually bring your father’s gray hairs in sor row te the grave.” “Don't you believe it.” replied the incorrigible youngster. “The governor wears @ wig. See?" | Information Wanted. “Are you going to marry that naval captain?” asked five-yearold Margie of her grown up sister, “Yes, dear,” was the reply. “And if he should die,” continued Margie, “will you wear seaweeds and be a mermaid widow?” | Fly Fishing. te a Sy VI \ey ghee EX Tie Ree V 1 difithe. aes | te?) bik! = 1 pe Turning the Tables. “Just one kiss before I go, dearest,’ pleaded the leap-year girl. “No,” replied the young man, firm ly. “Lips that touch hairpins’ shal never touch mine.” Never Done. Mrs, Seraggs—That cook simply will not broil steak right, I've told her over and over again, and hero it is just as raw as ever. Mr. Scraggs—I'm not surprised You have often said that woman's work is never done. An Error of the Types. “IT wonder if old Hiram Skynfiynt’s relatives will appreciate that,” mused the country editor. “They'd oughter,” replied bis assist ant, “it certainly was a good big obltu ary you wrote of him.” “No, but the head, I wrote it ‘Not Dead, but Gone Before,’ and it’s ‘Be low’ in the paper.” ‘The Doctor's Scrawis. Druggist—But 1 advertised for # prescription clerk. You say you've had no experience in the drug bust ness? Applicant—No, but I'm Just the man for you. My specialty has been Exyp tology, and I'm great at deciphering hicroglyphics. ‘on Hhenarous,. “Wiggins likes to hear himsel: talk.” “Yes,” answered the sarcastic por son; “it wouldn't be so bad if hé didn't insist on trying to share the luxury of his conversation with some one else.” Why He Objected, ihe i mm fee, , SEDO cos) eee a @, RE ay hg bs nda out BOR = pe Sis Coase Pa. - oS te A The Lady—But, my poor man, you Ree Met ece ocrer in meet in the station cells. Gritty Georre—I do, mum. Dere was a couple of rich chauffeurs locked up for fast driving last night, an’ dett soft talk made me sick.—Philadel phia Bulletin Facts In the Case. “Rut wasn't you brought up to work?” asked the kind Indy who had staked the tramp to a hardout. “Dat’s wot [ wuz, lady,” replied the hobo. “De las’ time | wit brought np de judge put me ter work fer tep days.” Hl VLE UE c ie For Infants and Children, jp i i ae Sooo Eg! . ie is) Pima. The Kind You Have [Reser cs pe eooas owed § Always Bought ANegctabic PreparationforAs- |} jstmllating Food andRegula- 1A trate Stone andboelsot |g Bears the i Io ee Ot ie Sionat 8 ‘| epermcteappiccmore - ure | Promotes Digestion Cheerful- | gui H| ness andRest.Contains neither |{9 f f| Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. fy 0. 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Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p. m. arrives in St. Louis at 10 p. m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and Southeastern trains. The only line leaving Kansas City after the Operas, Lodge meetings and Sunday night Church service, at 10:45 p. m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a. m. in time for all Eastern connections. 10:20 p. m.—10:50 a. m.; Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleeper sand Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars, (all seats free). For all information and tickets call at Healon Depot and 801 Main St. Ollie A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS. COURTEOUS TREATMENT Partors 1820 E. 18th St., Kansas City. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gentas dine up stairs. Z. T. 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Buildings Heated by Steam, Diplomas are licenses to teach in any public school in the state. A few deserving students are assisted in their efforts to earn their way. All applicants must present testimonials of good moral character. For further information write to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A.M., L.L.D., Pres. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. BEST MEALS IN THE CITY Open From 8 a.m. to Private Service If Desired 12 p.m. Short Orders All Hours The Oriental Cafe 910 EAST 12TH STREET. OVER SMITH'S DRUG STORE. HUNT & BROWNING, PROPRIETORS. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. Look! Look! The Latest Sensational Jewelry Novelty. EINE PEARE SHELL HEART BROOCH HES like cut mounted with any letter of the best 14 K. gold filed wire. Send us at once twenty- five cents in stamps and I receive one. The same brooch with a name of eight letters or less, forty cents in stamps. SOLE AGENTS DUNHAM BROS. & WEIR Mall Order Dealers In General Merceaseise, Household Novelties and Agents Supplies. 3019 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Palace Restaurant M. T. Moore, Prop. Meals 15 Cents. 924 Wyandotte St., KANSAS CITY, MO. 1784 Telephone 4174 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Thotel Occidental Room by the Day or Week. MEALS AND LUNCH AT ALL HOURS. CIGARS AND ICE CREAM Mrs. V. L. Morth, Proprietor, 1001 East Eighteenth, Kansas City, Mo. HOURS: 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. PROF. L. L. THOMPSON THE CELEBRATED Mind Reader and Divine Healer Advice Given in all Business Matters Institute L FOR COLORED YOUTH LLEN, A. M. President. Mei 2323 Highland Avenue KANSAS CITY, MO. All Work First Class. Strictly Hand Work SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Manager. Union National Kansas City, Mo., Statement as made to the Company at the close of business RESOURCES. Loans and discounts..... $6,227,065.01 U. S. Bonds at par..... $600,000.00 Municipal bonds at par..... 337,618.81 Cash and sight Exchange... 3,505,016.55 4,442,634.86 Total..... $10,669,639.87 DIRECTOR David T. Beals. L. T. James. E. W. Zera. George R. Barse. C. W. Whitehead, J. P. Merrill. Edward George. C. J. Schmeltzer. O. H. Dean. C. H. Countee. Countee Brothers, 4 East 12th St. iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Furniture LINGOLN NINTH ST. and HAR THIS NEW PARK WILL BE OPEN THE SEASON CLOSES, UNDER T J. R. GORDON. L. B. ROBINS A. WEBER, MERC If you want a suit to order he go and save money. Why no rent Style, Fit and Finish 2825 S. W. Blvd. Pledge to the Comptroller, whose of business June 9 6,227,005.01 Capital stock Surplus fund Undivided押 Unearned in National Bank standing. Deposits ... 4,442,634.86 10,669,639.87 DIRECTORS, Ses. J. E. W. Zea. G. W. Whitchead. J. P. Merrill. G. W. Neltzer. O. H. Dean. G. O. B. brothers, UNIT ...Lic. and Carriages Furnished for All DOLN P. L. and HARDES. BANK WILL BE OPEN FROM THE CLOSES, UNDER THE MANAGER. L. B. ROBINSON. R, MERCHAN suit to order here is money. Why? Because and Finish Guar Statement as made to the Controller of the Currency at the close of business June 9th, 1904. 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. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Why Not Have Your Prescription McCampell's B 2304 Vine St Where You Are Sure to Get What A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGA PRESCRIPTIONS A SP Medicines Delivered to All Parts of t Bell 'Phone 159 East. HOUSES ON P We have some good Houses and Can sell on easy terms. 5-room House and Barn on High 4-room House on E. Seventeen 5-room House on Vine St..... 4-room House on Lydia Ave. Good Lots in different parts of CRUTCHER & Prescription Filled Mell's Pho 04 Vine Street To Get What the Do STATIONERY, THE UMES, CIGARS a Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled at Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City Free of Charge. Bell 'Phone 159 East. Home 'Phone 2396 Main HOUSES ON PAYMENTS. We have some good Houses and Building Lots Can sell on easy terms. Among them are: 5-room House and Barn on Highland Ave.....$1,600 4-room House on E Seventeenth St.....1,000 5-room House on Vine St.....900 4-room House on Lydia Ave.....1,700 Good Lots in different parts of the city. See us. CRUTCHER & WELSH Subscribe for P Subscribe for Rising Son. David T. Beals, President Fernando P. Neal, Vice-President Tel. 1305 Main, both lines, al Bank, Mo., Controller of the Currency June 9th, 1904. LIABILITIES. Total Bark No es out- standing..... 600,000.00 suits..... 9,837,686.64 ..... $10,669,939.87 W. B. Countee UNDERTAKERS AND Licensed Embalmers. For All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, M 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. FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Filled at Pharmacy street the Doctor Prescribed? RY, TOILET ARTICLES RS and TOBACCO. W. H. Seeger, 2nd Vice-President, Chas. H. V. Lewis, Cashier, 600,000.00 400,000.00 35,447.23 96,500.00 Fernando P. Neal, W. E. Thorne. Felix L. L. Force. Kansas City, Mo 50 ..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. A Large Line Perfumes, Toilet articles, Tooth brushes, Combs and Brushes, Fountain Syringes and Hot water bottles at gratifying prices. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. Remember its the 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 All Through Trains of the The "All-Rail Route" to New York "Big Four Route" Use the New Grand Central Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Forty-second Street and Fourth Avenue, New York. Center 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 through cars into it? Surely this is an advantage which no traveler can afford to overlook. All through cars of the Big Four Route enter the Grand 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. Think of it! The only railroad station in New York, the greatest city on the Ameri- can continent. Only one railroad station in New York City and only one railroad from the South west running theough cars into it? Surely this is an advantage which no trav- eler can afford to overlook. All theough 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 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 Rejliability is Unquestioned. This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. 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. No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth .$2.65 Platinum fillings.....500 Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth ..$2.65 Platinum fillings.....500 Cleaning .....500 We do as we advertise— Teeth extracted without pain FREE. We are here to stay. NEW YORK DENTAL CO ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. 1029 Main St 1029 Main St. Second Floor. Entrance ca Main Street only. Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundrys 10 to 4.