The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. EVERY MAN WHO EXPECTS TO VOTE AT THE NEXT ELECTION MUST REGISTER! DON'T FORGET THIS! REMEMBER THIS IS GENERAL REGISTRATION. THE DAYS ON WHICH YOU MUST REGISTER ARE OCTOBER 11th, 15th, and 18th. LEXINGTON NEWS Rev. A. A. Gilbert left Monday evening for the annual conference which is held at Pine Bluffs. Mrs. Claud of Lawrence, Kan., who has been visiting Mrs. John Carter, returned to her home Wednesday. Mrs. Dehoney and daughter, who has been visiting Mrs. Kirk Wilson, left for her home Sunday evening. Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Yancy of Kansas City, returned home Monday evening. Mr. Chester Colley, who has been here visiting his parents and other relatives, left for Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday morning. Mr. William Hunter is still in the restaurant and grocery business. Any one wanting groceries should patronize him. Mr. Eugene Conway is in the barber business on Ninth street. Call and see him. Mr. Al Williams made a flying trip to St. Paul Minn., on business. Mrs. H. White has an ice cream parlor. Call and see her. Mrs. Harbaugh, one of our old citizens, died at her home on 24th street, Saturday evening at 9 o'clock. She leaves a brother, two sons and one daughter and a host of other relatives. She was a member of the A. M. E. church, where her funeral was preached by Rev. A. A. Gilbert. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Mis Williams, the neice of Mr. Irvin Hawkins, of Weston is here visiting her uncles and other relatives. Mrs. Mary Hall of Kansas City is here visiting her father, Mr. J. H. Mathews. Mr. Willie Marcus of Kansas City has moved down to make this their home. Mr. Walbridge, the Republican candidate for governor of the state of Missouri, will address the Republicans at this place on October 13, 1904, at 2 o'clock. Please pay up your subscription for the Rising Son. We need the money. The Sunday afternoon service was conducted by Rev. Clayton Brooks, who chose as the subject of his farewell address to the teachers and students, "The Christian in Politics." The theme was treated in masterly style and with mutual sorrow the farewell was received from one who, as in the case of Rev. Father Noble, has been a firm friend to the institution during the period of his pastorate in Jefferson City. Farmers' Convention Friday, November 4. Come one, come all! Domestic Harmony. One of the pleasing sights seen by the girls who clerk in the stores, is a farmer and his wife shopping. The farmer's wife picks out, and then shows "him," to see if it suits. He usually says: "Oh, well, get it; you are the one who has to wear it."—Atchison Globe. Bridesmaid at 93. A woman of 93, who wore a cream silk shawl, which may have been older than herself, recently acted as bridesmaid in a Lancashire, England, parish church. The bride was a spinster of 60, and the bridegroom a widower ten years her senior. Dr. Smith's popularity is growing He shakes as many hands on Independence avenue as l.s did on Twelfth st. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The condition of the institution from the opening day, September 5th, has been a record-breaker, and the beginning of the second month finds the enrollment about 350 strong. Five hundred students is the number Dr. Allen has set out to enroll, as against the 400 of last year, and it now looks as if there will be no trouble in even exceeding this desired number. Excellent progress has been made in all departments of work during the past month, and with the rough edges worn off many students will do much better during the ensuing month. Among the distinguished visitors of the week we noted with much pleasure State Superintendent Carrington, who takes much interest in the institution and is constantly planning how to advance its interests; also Professor E. H. Webster of the Chair of Science of Atlanta university. Professor Webster as the former instructor, and still the personal friend of Dr. Allen, was the honored guest of the latter, who tendered him a complimentary dinner and many other tokens of courtesy and esteem. GENERAL REGISTRATION. We wish to call the attention of every negro voter in Kansas City and the state that this is a general registration, which means that you must register or lose your vote. It does not matter whether you have moved or not, you must register just the same. The place where you should register may be found in the daily papers. WILLIAMS THE TWO P IN DA A WILLIAMS & WALKER THE TWO REAL COONS." Now at the Grand, in St. Louis. 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. KANSAS CITY .MO.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1904. KANSAS CITY .MO.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1904. ASBURY CHAPEL. There was lively singing and a hearty response when money was called for. Those who could not be present sent their dollar and a word of cheer with it. One lady said she never gave a dollar more freely in all her life. The collection amounted to $18.05. The balance of the $25 promised by this church will be raised soon. Two years ago Dr. Smith was unknown in Kansas City. To-day he is one of the best known and most successful Negro business men in the city. THE NEW WAY. No more pulling, laboring, worrying and sweating out your clothing, but in a mechanical way I will teach you the waltz, two-step and schottische in one-fourth the usual time, complete, for $3. Private lessons 50 cents. Regular class every Wednesday evening. Lessons 25 cents. At the Vendome, 1734 Grand avenue. D. A. WILLIS, Mgr. 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. Dr. Smith opens with a paying busfness the first week. & WALKER REAL COONS." HOMEY. Productiveness of the Banana. The banana produces per acre forty-four times more food than the potato and 131 times more than wheat. Life of a Bicycle. The life of a bicycle, if regularly used, is four years. Keeps Eggs Fresh. Sillicate of soda keeps eggs fresh for many months. MR. GARDINER LATHROP. Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, one of Kansas City's most eminent attorneys, has returned home after spending a year abroad. He visited many European cities and places of note. Mr. Lathrop looks well and is in splendid health. He is glad to be at home again among his old friends. MR. E. C. ELLIS. The Republican nominated Mr. E. C. Ellis for Congress last Tuesday. Mr. Ellis is one of the ablest attorneys in the West, with a private and public career above reproach. His election will mean much to this state and he merits the solid support of his party and the progressive citizens. Like the Chinese. A Johannesburg dispatch says that an investigation into the actual amount of work done by the Chinese in the New Comet mine shows that the results are very satisfactory. 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. Handle Huge Sums. At the recent semi-annual 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. Immense Egg 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. Deadly Stimulants. An insurance doctor at Leipside has collected facts which show that the changes in the human blood vessels (arteriosklerose) brought about by the use of alcohol, tobacco and other excesses, including overwork, cause 22 per cent of all deaths, whereas the much-dreaded tuberculosis is responsible for only 7 per cent in that city. Reform Hurts Corset Trade A Hungarian government document notes a great decline in the manufacture of corsets; some factories have been closed, others have largely reduced their working force. It attributes this result to the growing custom of wearing "reform clothing," and to the persistent denunciation of corsets by physicians. Big Seeds and Flowers The largest seeds in the world are those of the mora tree, which grows on the Isthmus of Panama. They are six inches long, five inches broad and four inches thick. The biggest lily in the world is found in the region of the Himalayan mountains. It has a stalk 13 feet high and $11\frac{1}{2}$ inches in circumference. The flowers are as big as goblets, white and very beautiful. Evolution of Hunting Dogs. American sporting dogs are descended from English stocks, but the dry climate of extreme temperatures, the nature of the ground and game, and the methods of hunting in America cause the survival of the fittest to proceed in the direction of a faster, lighter, more enduring animal; one quicker in the reflexes of judgment and action. 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. Wellington Pensions. After the battle of Waterloo the duke of Wellington was created prince of Waterloo, and four pensions were conferred on him and his descendants. A Belgian paper states that in the Great Book of the Belgian Public Debt there are four entries every year of payments to the prince of Waterloo. They are 80,1061r 14c, 492fr 89c, and 3tr 47c, or a total of more than £3,000. Evolution of Hunting Dogs American sporting dogs are descended from English stocks, but the dry climate of extreme temperatures, the nature of the ground and game, and the methods of hunting in America cause the survival of theittest to proceed in the direction of a faster, lighter, more enduring animal; one quicker in the reflexes of judgment and action. Church Gaining in England. The church is slowly gaining in England. Ten years ago the communicants numbered only one in eighteen of the population; now the proportion is one in fifteen. Scientific Twaddle. "All this talk about high tide and low tide," said Mrs. Partington's married daughter, "is the merest guff. Why, I've been down the bay at all hours of the day and night, and the water always comes the same distance up the side of the boat."—Baltimore American. 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. NEGRO ODD FELLOWS TO BUILD The Odd Fellows Building association of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, composed of representatives of the various lodges of this city, have long since seen the necessity for providing suitable accommodations for the increasing membership of the order, having secured an in a desirable neighborhood and only lack sufficient funds with which to close the deal, before the commencement of the erection of a three-story ellifice, which will not only be beneficial to the order in general, but to the community at large. With that aim in view they have secured the great Convention hall for a grand entertainment to be given Friday evening, November 11. The present plan for the building includes a large entertainment hall that will cover the entire second floor and owing to the great and increasing demand among our people of this city for suitable halls, and the almost insurmountable difficulties with which the Negro is confronted upon almost every occasion in securing a desirable hall, this feature alone ought to commend itself, not only to the fraternity, but to every race-loving Negro of Kansas City and the adjacent towns. Every Negro man, woman and child who is looking forward to the interest and advancement of the race is cordially invited to be present and help to make this the social event of the season and one long to be remembered by the Negroes of our city. J. McHenry Jones, president of the State Normal college Va, of Institute W. Va., national grand master of the order in America and its jurisdiction (which composes our latest possessions), and Edw. H. Morris of Chicago, exgrand master of the order, have been invited and are expected to be present. The address of welcome will be delivered by Eli Harris, exgrand master of Missouri; the response, by Geo. E. Temple of St. Louis, Mo., deputy grand master of the order. The program includes exhibition NUMBER 27. 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 800,000. Where Buttons Are Made. 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 novelists. 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-flies, with the curious result that thirty-six hours after decapitation the bodies of butterflies have lived eighteen days after the heads were cut off. Duplex Telegraphy in Europe. The telegraph line, from Vienna to Czernowitz is the longest line in Europe which uses the duplex system, being 630 miles long. The system was adopted a few months ago, as it was found necessary to increase the capacity of the line, which takes all the matter for Romania, southeastern Russia and a part of Bulgaria. The system works well at present, although the line is constructed of iron wire instead of copper. drills by patriarchs from St. Louis, Mo., Topeka, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. The sisters, representing the various Households of Ruth, the Ladies' Auxiliary to the organization will furnish the refreshments. General admission will be $1. Children 50 cents. Box seats 25 cents. The locations of place of sale of which will be announced later. The Metropolitan band and orchestra combined, under the directorship of Prof. Jno D. West, will discourse sweet music during the evening. For further information address Edw. S. Lewis, chairman committee of arrangements, 412 East Sixth, W. E Randolph, secretary, 1031 Highland. The Element of Genius. While it is true, as Carlyle said, that genius is capacity for taking indible pains, 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 sixpence was lost. 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. Here is a complete list of the officers and committees of the Republican and Democratic state committees of Missouri and Kansas: MISSOURI—REPUBLICAN; T. K. Niedringhaus, chairman, St. Louis; Jno. W. Bothwell, vice chairman, Sedalia; Walter S. Dickey, chairman executive committee, Kansas City; C. D. Morris, Trenton, secretary speakers' division; Joseph McCoy, secretary records division, Kansas City; E. C. Brokmeyer, secretary publicity division. Members at Large—E. B. Allen, La cede; J. W. Kavanaugh, New Hampshire; Jos. P. Hardin, Savannah; Walter S. Dickey; T. H. Halsey, Holden; Jno. H. Bottwell, Sedalia; —— Williams, California; Otto Stifel, St. Louis; A. W. Lloyd, St. Louis; H. D. Evans, Bonne Terre. Members State Committee—First District: Chas. W. Watson, Kahoka; Thos. B. Morris, Hannibal. Second District: Robert R. Smith, Brookfield; Louis A. Scott, Carrollton, Third District: Sam D. Gromer, Stanberry; L. F. De Hart, Kansas City. Fourth District: W. E. Rankin, Tarkio; Jnoo B. Clark, St. Joe, Fifth District: Jas. E. Goodrich, Kansas City; Philip S. Brown, Jr. Kansas City, Sixth District: J. B. Eigger, Appleton City; A. C. Landon, Clinton, Seventh District; H. M. Menschke, Sedalia; W. D. Harryman, Wheatland. Eighth District: J. W. Vosholl, Linn; C. G. Williams, Boonville, Ninth District: J. C. Parrish, Vandalia; S. T. Aydelott Tenth District: Fred Autenrieth, Clayton; Max C. Starkloff, St. Louis Eleventh District: Wilbur F. Parker, St. Louis; Dr. G. H. Wilson, St. Louis Twelfth District: E. H. Loffhagen, St. Louis; Hiram Lloyd, St. Louis. Thirteenth District: R. A. Marsden, De Soto; W. E. Urban, Perryville. Fourteenth District: Jesse A. Tollerton, Forsyth; M. E. Leming, Cape Girardeau, Fifteenth District: Jno. M. Malang, Joplin; C. Y. Trice, Lamar. MISSOURI—DEMOCRATIC: W. N. Evans, chairman, West Plains; C. A. Lemp, treasurer, St. Louis; Ovid Bell, secretary, Fulton Barn, Owen Ben, seventy-Four. Members—First District: Robert. H. Kern, New Cambria; D. H. Shields, Hannibal. Second District: Virgil Conkling, Carrollton; J. A. Collett, Keytesville. Third District: J. E. Bohart, Plattsburg; R. W. Napier, Hamilton. Fourth District: James W. Mytton, St. Joseph; Charles D. Zook, Oregon. Fifth District: G. Lee Christman, Independence; R. L. Gregory, Kansas City. Sixth District: H. W. Salmon, Clinton; J. S. Pence, Roscoe. Seventh District: A. R. Edmonds, Miami; M. D. Lightfoot, Humansville. Eighth District: Speed Mosby, Jefferson City; W. A. Bright Columbia. Ninth District: Ovid Bell Fulton; R. L. Robinson, Troy. Tenth District: Charles A. Lemp, St. Louis. Speleghalter, St. Louis. Eleventh District: James Miles, St Louis; Thos. J. Ward, St. Louis. Twelfth District: James J. Butter, St. Louis; William J. Flynn, St. Louis. Thirteenth District: James H. Winer Morse's Mill; D. N. Holladay, Green ville. Fourteenth District: O. S. Harison, Kennett; E. F. Howercroft, Billings. Fifteenth District: Pat Marin, Tonem, S. H. Minor, Aurora. Sixteenth District: Frank M. Russell Conway; A. E. McClashan, Salem. KANSAS—REPUBLICAN W. R. Stubbs, chairman; Clyde W. Miller, secretary; P. I. Bonebrake, treasurer; Carr W. Taylor, chairman treasurer's bureau, Topeka, Kan. State Committee—D. R. Anthony, Jr., Leavenwood, M. T. F. Donald, Atchison; D. W. Mulvane, Topeka; Dr. J. R. Scott, Garnett; W. C. Austin, Cottonwood Falls; Dr. R. G. Mendenhall, La Cygne; R. N. Allen, Chanute, George P. Morhouse, Council Grove; Eben Carlson, McPherson; E. C. Bartberger, Merriam; S. C. Westcott, Galena; J. A. Mosher, Rydal; James P. Bradley, Sedan; Frank A. White, Oswego; George H. Case, Mankato; C. A. Mosher, Kinsley; Charles W. Hull, Kirwin; W. E. Stanley, Wichita; A. R. Richards, Wellington; J. E. Junkin, Sterling; F. L. Williams, Clay Center; Cyrus Leland, Jr., Troy; John F. Jones, Grinnell; Morton Albaugh, Kingman; T. J. Hayes, Kansas City, Kan; H. C. Simpson, Lincoln; J. E. N. Crawford, Hugoton; Ellis Garten, Cimarron; T. Miller, Ness City; R. M. McGoni gal, Colby; J. N. Dolley, Maple Hill; J. N. Johnson, Oskaloosa; D. W. Finney, Neoho Falls. KANSAS—DEMOCRATIC: William F. Sapp, chairman; W. H. L. Pepperell, secretary; L. M. Penwell, treasurer. Address, Topeka, Kan. Committeeman at Large—H. P. Farrelly, Chanute. Auditing Committee: John F. Roe, chairman, Chanute; F. J. Oyler, Iola; C. P. Carstensen, Belleville. Executive Committee: J. W. Orr, S. B. Amidon, T. W. Morgan, T. J. McCue, C. W. Brandenburg, P. F. Yearout, J. N. Fike, George W. Pitts and chairman, secretary and treasurer of the state committee. 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 Quiríquina island. Vessels anchor near the shore and load and discharge their cargoes by means of lighters. Doos 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. Members from Judicial Districts— 1 F. P. Fitzwilliam, Leavenworth; 2 James W. Orr, Atchison; 3 L. M. Penwell, Topeka; 4 Charles McCrum, Garnett; 5 P. F. Yearout, Emporia; 6 J. H. Cushenberry, Girard; 7 John F. Roe, Chanute; 8 W. F. Shamleffer, Council Grove; 9 George H. Davis, McPherson; 10 B. T. B. Paola; 11 W. F. Sapp, Galena; 12 C. P. Carstensen, Belleville; 13 B. H. Landerman, Eureka; 14 J. H. Kelth, Cofferyville; 15 A. T. Rodgers, Beloit; 17 F. E. Munger, Atwood; 18 H. J. Hagny, Wichita; 19 A. C. Lambe, Wellington; 20 George Six, Lyons; 21 C. W. Brandenburg, Frankfort; 22 S. L. Carpenter, Severance; 23 W. E. Saum, Hays; 24 P. C. Hanson, Kingman; 29 Jerry Grinrod, Kansas City, Kan.; 30 August Bond, Salina; 31 W. F. Petillon, Dodge City; 32 R. M. Lawrence, Garden City; 33 J. M. Arnold, Ness City; 34 J. N. Fike, Colby; 35 M. F. Trivett, Eskridge; 36 Sidney Hayden, Holton; 37 J. F. Oyl, Iola. Members from Congressional Districts—1 E. E. Murphy, Leavenworth; 2 J. L. Pettijohn, Olathe; 3 F. T. Brady, Oswego; 4 H. S. Martin, Marion; 5 Thomas J. McCue, Concordia; 6 Charles M. Sawyer, Norton; 7 Geo. T. Pitts, Wellington. Honorary Members—John H. Atwood, national committeeman, Leavenworth; S. B. Amidon, Wichita. THE KANSAS CANDIDATES. All Nominees for State Offices Have Filed Their Certificates. The nominees of all parties for state offices, representatives in congress and district judges are as follows: State officers: Governor—E. W. Hoch (Rep.), David N. Dale (Dem.), Granville Lowther (Socialist), James Kerr (Prohibition). Lieutenant Governor—D. J. Hanna (Rep.), J. S. Parks (Dem.), A. Roessler (Socialist), S. P. Gould (Prohibition). Secretary of State—J. R. Burrow (Rep.), John H. Curran (Dem.), A. S. McAllister (Socialist), T. D. Talmadge (Prohibition). Auditor of State—Seth G. Wells (Rep.), William H. MacDonald (Dem.), G. D. Brewer (Socialist), C. A. Smith (Prohibition). Treasurer—T. T. Kelly (Rep.), T. M. Dolan (Dem.), J. E. Taylor (Socialist), W. C. Fogle (Prohibition). Attorney General—C. C. Coleman (Rep.), N. W. Wells (Dem.), L. F. McDermott (Socialist), George M. Martin (Prohibition). Superintendent Schools—I. L. Dayhoff (Rep.), M. R. Howard (Dem.), C. W. Baker (Socialist), H. J. Harnley (Prohibition). Insurance Superintendent—Charles H. Luling (Rep.), John Stowell (Dem.), W. J. McMillan (Socialist), Jesse Evans (Prohibition). Railroad Commissioners—George W. Wheatley, A. D. Walker and J. W. Robison (Rep.), William M. Ferguson and Frank H. Chase (Dem.), W. D. Street, J. D. Haskell and Frank Baldwin (Socialist), L. B. Dubbs, James N. Wood and E. A. Kennedy (Prohibition). Justice Supreme Court—William R. Smith, E. W. Cunningham and Clark A. Smith (Rep.), S. H. Allen, John T. Little and M. B. Nicholson (Dem.), G. C. Clemens, S. A. Smith and R. A. Ross (Socialist). No nominations by Prohibitionists. Representatives in congress: At-Large—Charles F. Scott (Rep.), Francis M. Brady (Dem.), Christopher Bisher (Socialist). First District—Charles Curtis (Rep.), A. M. Harvey (Dem.), John F. Willis (Socialist). Second District—J. D. Bowersock (Rep.), Charles F. Hutchings (Dem.), W. J. Kelchner (Socialist). Third District—P. P. Campbell (Rep.), W. H. Ryan (Dem.), T. C. Davis (Socialist). Fourth District—J. M. Miller (Rep.), F. B. Lawrence (Dem.). Fifth District—W. A. Calderhead (Rep.), John A. Flack (Dem.). Sixth District—W. A. Reeder (Rep.), H. O. Caster (Dem.), W. F. Linton (Socialist). Seventh District—Victor Murdock (Rep.), M. F. Belisle (Dem.), A. G. Smith (Prohibitionist), J. D. Franklin (Socialist). District judges: Fourth District—C. A. Smart (Rep.). Fifth District—F. A. Mackel (Rep.). Dennis Madden (Dem.). Sixth District—Walter L. Simons (Rep.), B. S. Galtskill (Dem.), W. C. Benton (Socialist). Seventh District—Leander Stillwell (Rep.), no opposition. Eighth District—O. L. Moore (Rep.), C. E. Rugh (Dem.). Ninth District—P. J. Galle (Rep.), F. P. Hettinger (Dem.). Twelfth District—W. T. Dillon (Rep.). Thirteenth District—G. P. Alkman (Rep.). Thirty-sixth District—George W. McCammon (Rep.), Marshall Gophart (Dem.). Thirty-seventh District—Oscar Foust (Rep.). 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. "Ex Libris." The worst tyrants are those who know no law but the indulgence of their own benevolence.—Life. MISS DEMOCRACY 1904 FREE TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE LEO MARNITT HIGH AND LOW WAGES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. Mechanics and Laborers in the United States Receive Two to Five Times More Pay Than Those of England, Germany, France and Belgium. Very instructive is the table which Col. Wright gives us to show the comparative rate of wages in the large cities of this and four European countries. It shows the wages on an hour in cents: United States Great Britain Germany France Belgium. Bricklayers ..... 54.7 20.6 13.2 13.2 7.5 Compositors ..... 44.6 17.9 14.1 13.0 9.5 Numbers ..... 42.6 20.9 11.1 15.0 9.5 Stone cutters ..... 42.2 19.9 11.1 15.0 6.8 Carpenters ..... 35.9 20.2 11.0 15.4 7.1 Painters ..... 34.5 20.2 11.0 15.4 6.6 Iron molders ..... 30.3 17.8 ..... 13.1 6.9 Hot carriers ..... 28.3 17.8 ..... 8.5 13.1 Boiler workers ..... 18.4 17.4 ..... 12.4 7.5 Machinists ..... 27.1 16.7 ..... 13.1 12.2 Common laborers .. 16.7 10.2 10.9 12.2 5.5 The free traders ask our attention to the fact that most of these industries are independent of protection, so that the higher rates commanded by American labor cannot be traced to the tariff. If men were born with some conformation of the hands which destined them for a specified trade, there would be force in this argument. But as every man is free to choose whether he will enter upon an employment directly affected by the tariff or one that is not, it is to be presumed that employers in the latter have to compete for workmen with some reference to the fact that other channels of employment are open. The free traders among our farmers complain that since the factories became so numerous they cannot get a barn painted at the rates they used to enjoy. Yet barn painting is not protected. We are also invited to observe that wages are higher in Great Britain than in France or Germany, both countries which have protective tariffs, while Great Britain has none. WITH ALL HIS FAULTS This argument would have some force if protectionists argued that the more existence of a protective tariff would suffice to raise wages, apart from its effects in diversifying industries. England has relatively high wages because she is still enjoying the results of five full centuries of protection to home industry, in the possession of an abundance of manufactures. Germany and France are still struggling with the harm inflicted on their industries by experiments in free trade, and their wages will not reach even the English level until they attain that varied industry which is the first condition of general prosperity. Even free traders admit that the wages earned by German laborers are very much higher than before Bismarck followed our example in establishing a protective tariff. We are also asked to infer from this table that "higher wages mean lower cost of production, instead of a proportionally higher cost, which is the assumption on which the whole wages side of the tariff argument is built." Then the compositor, who gets 44.6 cents an hour in America, is cheaper to his employer than he who gets 17.9 cents an hour in Great Britain, or he who gets 9.5 cents an hour in Belgium. Why, then, do English publishers employ Belgian printers to manufacture cheap editions of Tennyson and other English authors, when the Belgian compositor, at 9.5 cents an hour, is dearer than the English compositor at 17.9 cents? And why do they not have their books manufactured in America, in other cases than those in which our copyright law compels them? Or is free trade economy altogether independent of the multiplication table? There are some other comparative figures with regard to the condition of labor, which would be still more suggestive if we had them. The census of 1900 shows us that only 6 per cent of the married women of this country are engaged in gainful occupations, and only 31 per cent of the single women. What other country has any such record as that? Certainly not Great Britain. The English workman, as a rule, works no harder or steadier than does his wife and his grown-up daughters. They have no such home life as is possible to the family of the American workman under our usual conditions. Again, the number of men at work in America amounts to 22,489,425, while that of women so employed is but 4,833,630, and of children, 1,750,178. Here again we see a state of things superior to what any other country has to show. The American workman earns wages which enable him to keep his wife at home and his children at school. In what other country is this the case? Not in Great Britain. Again, America furnishes employment to 11,166,411 persons of foreign parentage, about half of them immigrants, and the other half children of immigrants. What other country offers such attractions to the labor of the rest of the world as we do? Well did President Harrison boast that the gates of our land swing always inward to admit labor, never outward to have it depart.—Robert Ellis Thompson in Irish World. Nuts for Democratic Crackers. Sifted to the bottom, these charges of Republican extravagance merely show that national expenditures are steadily growing, and that they will continue to grow, no matter what administration comes into power. Democratic "keynoters" clamor vaguely for "economy." But they are much too cautious to specify the economies they will make. Are they willing to abandon our programme of naval development, to reduce the army, to abandon the Panama canal, to cut down pension expenditures, to forswear river and harbor improvements, or to abolish the rural free delivery service? The Democratic platform squirms and doubles on all these subjects, and finally finds courage enough to say that army expenditure should be cut to "a point historically demonstrated to be safe and sufficient." That is the single dubious economy the Democratic party is candid enough to promise. When Mr. Davis and the World again assail Republican "extravagance" they would do well to tell us what specific reforms the Democratic programme of SHE LOVES HIM STILL. MISS DEMOCRACY 1904 "economy" has in view.—New York Tribune. Judge Parker's Answer. Judge Parker's Answer. At every sign of Democratic weakness his supporters have turned to him in impatience for a rallying cry and a bugle call. And this is his answer: "The trouble here is not with me, but with you. If we are in danger, it is because there is too much insistence among you for positive utterances that will only drive Democrats out of the party. What we need is a policy of all things to all men, so that nobody can take offense. You tell me that the Vermont election shows we must be more outspoken and straightforward, and I tell you that it shows, on the contrary, that we must be even more careful than we have been along the lines of innocuous ambiguity." The President and the People The President and the People. Roosevelt himself is the amount issue in 1904. He is stronger with his countrymen now than he was in 1902. He has honesty and courage and exalted patriotism. He has done many things since which have endeared him to the masses. Among these notably were his halting of Germany, England and Italy in their contemplated raid on Venezuela, and his prompt settlement of the Panama canal treaty. These two brilliant achievements, as well as the other splendid results of his government, will gain him the enthusiastic approval of a sweeping majority of the American people on Nov. 8.—Leslie's Weekly. Any Issue Will Do. One Democratic newspaper says that the paramount issue this year is the "robber tariff." Another Democratic newspaper says it is constitutionalism vs. imperialism. Still another declares that trusts are the issue. And so it goes. The organs of the Democracy agree that there is a paramount issue, but they cannot decide among themselves, for public purposes, which it is. Privately they agree that anything which will get the party into power is "a good enough Morgan till after election."—Kingston (N. Y. Freeman. HUMOUR of the DAY Making Repairs at Sea. "Yes, sir," continued the baron to his enthralled audience, "our rudder was torn away by the storm and we were all in a terrible situation." "How did you remedy it?" all breathlessly inquired. "We fortunately had a cow on board, brought along to furnish fresh milk for the captain's wife. I simply took her udder and put it in place of the one we had lost!"—New Orleans Times-Democrat. In Leap Year. IN LEAP YEAR. "I understand you to say you would like to marry my daughter?" "Well-er not exactly. I said that she said she would like to marry me." Old. But Bad. Bags—And so poor old Daggs is dead! I never got a chance to bid him good-by. The first thing I do when I get to heaven will be to say how sorry I was. Fags—But suppose he didn't: get to cease? Bags—Then, you tell him for me.—Town Topics. Last But One. "Say, Mr. Kulcher lives somewhere in this block, doesn't he?" inquired the stranger. "He resides in this block, yes," replied the Boston policeman with a strong accent on the verb, "his is the penultimate residence upon the opposite side."—Philadelphin Press. She Knew. Tramp—It is needless to ask the question, madam. You know what I want. Lady—Yes, I know what you want badly, but I've only one bar of soap in the house, and the servant is using it. Come again some other time.—Glasgow News. A Decided Success. "I bought my wife the finest kind of an arrangement for long auto rides." "What is it?" "A sort of trap to wear over her mouth, called a dust protector." "Does it work?" "I don't know about the dust part of it, but it keeps her from talking." Her Interest in School. "How do you like school?" asked a father of his little daughter, after her first day. "I like it awfully," was the reply. "And what did you learn to-day?" inquired the interested parent. "Oh, a lot," said the child. "I've learned the names of all the boys." GettIng Hia Punishment. Barnes—One has to suffer in this life for his sins, even though he forsake them. Howes—Yes; Bingle's wife married him to reform him, they say.—Boston Transcript. Too Shahby to Be Seen. Arthur—Why did you come down this morning by the back streets? Theodore—So that I shouldn't meet any of my lady friends. I was looking awful, don't you know. Hadn't had my trousers creased for three days.—Boston Transcript. A man in a suit and a hat is carrying a large stack of boxes. Another man in a suit is standing behind him, holding a briefcase. "Yes, ma'am," said the salesman to the tall lady who was buying the fur cloak. "As you say, it seems shorter on you than on a person who is not so tall, but then—" "But then?" "But then I assure you it's just as fur on one as the other." Chesper Than Using Matches. "Smithers says he lights one cigar from another now, he smokes so much." "I don't wonder, considering the kind of cigars he smokes." "Why?" "Matches would cost more."--Modern Society THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE. Mrs. S. W. Marine, of Colorado Springs, Began to Fear the Worst. Doan's Kidney Pills Saved Her. Mrs. Sarah Marine, of 428 St. Urals St., Colorado Springs, Colo., President of the Glen Eyrie Club, writes: "I, suffered for three years with severe backache. The doctors told me my kidneys were affected and prescribed medicines for me, but I found it was only a waste of time and money to take them, and began to fear that I would never get well. A friend advised me to A. try Donan's Kidney Pills. Within a week after I began using them I was so much better that I decided to keep up the treatment, and when I had used a little over two boxes I was entirely well. I have now enjoyed the best of health for more than four months, and words can but poorly express my gratitude." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Oldest Love Letter. The oldest love letter in the world is in the British museum. It is the proposal of marriage for the hand of an Egyptian princess, and it was made 3,500 years ago. It is in the form of an inscribed brick. TRADE MARK. For Cupboard Corner St. Jacobs Oil Straight, strong, sure, is the best household remedy for Rheumatism Neuralgia Sprains Lumbago Bruises BacKache Soreness Sciatica Stiffness Price, 25c. and 50c. Q 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. (OMAJA . . . NEB. PETER B. BURGESS GOOD FOR weak eyes, falling int, granulated lice, scours over cataract or dandess, write full cataract or dandess, write full trial treatment will be sent you The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad Company have recently issued a publication known as Circular No. 12, in which is described the best territory in this country for the growing of early strawberries and easy fresh berries. Decorate in such produce should address a postal card to the undersigned at Dubuque, Iowa, requesting a copy of "Circus," J. F. MERRY, Asst. Gen' Passer' Agena KIDDERS' PASTILLES A Sare relief for Asthma Sold by all Drugs KOWELL & CO, Inc. Chattanooga, Ma PASSING FANCIES IN THE WORLD OF WOMEN Child's Coat. Long coats made in double-breasted style suit young children admirably well. This one is exceptionally smart, with its triple capes and wide collar, and is adapted to both boys duplicates of those in Smyrna and Beirut: Put three lumps of sugar into a little pot, turn in the water, and bring it to a boil. Then put in two tea-spoonfuls of very finely ground Moeh and girls, the only change necessary to convert it from correct masculine to correct feminine style being found in lapping the right side over the left in place of the left over the right. The model is made of ox blood red broad- and girls, the only change necessary to convert it from correct masculine to correct feminine style being found in lapping the right side over the left in place of the left over the right. The model is made of ox blood red broadcloth, trimmed with fancy braid and held by handsome pearl buttons, but all materials in vogue for children's coats are equally correct. The coat is made with fronts and back and is finished at the neck with a big roll-over collar beneath which the triple capes are attached. The sleeves are full, finished with roll-over cuffs, and at the waist line is a belt that is passed under straps arranged at the under-arm seams. The quantity of material required for the medium size (6 years) is 5 yards 27 inches wide, 3 yards 44 inches wide or 2½ yards 52 inches wide, with 6 yards of braid to trim as illustrated. WHILE THE TEA DBEWS That classic blending of blue and green, though anything save new, is as smart as it is attractive. The smartest turban seen lately is of straw between cerise and pink. It is draped with black chantilly. White lisle thread gloves are considered quite appropriate to any morning or afternoon costume. Flowered organdies are a safe investment, for authority says they will be even more worn next summer. Some informal evening dresses have yokes of plain net and in many instances these are very becoming. Closely sheared zibeline, not the long-haired kind first introduced, is the modish stuff for the coming season. Net appliques are introduced with charming effect into many elaborate trimmings for dresses, as well as for coats. The extreme floppy phase of the picturesque is on the wane. One can now be smart without looking like a freak. --- A Flower Instead of a Monocram. A fad with many smart girls just now is to mark their underwear and many of their dainty dress accessories with a little embroidered flower in place of their monogram or initials. The young woman, for instance, who is partial to baby-blue will take a spray of forget-me-nots for her emblem, and embroider it upon her handkerchiefs, her underwear, the tops of her stockings and her vells. She may carry the idea a bit further, if she wishes, and use artificial forget-me-nots as a corsage decoration, a coifure ornament and to trim her hats. In place of the spray of forget-me-nots, a violet, pansy, pink, rosebud, buttercup, daisy or bluebell may be used as a substitute for the more conventional monogram.—September Woman's Home Companion. Blouse Waist. Blouse waists that possess an individuality of their own always find a place and are certain of appreciation. This one is quite novel and allows of many variations, inasmuch as the trimming and the chemisette can be varied again and again, and the design is suited to numberless materials. As illustrated, however, it is made of ivory crepe de Chine with the chemisette of ecu lace over white chiffon, trimming and tie of messa-line satin. 1 The waist consists of a fitted lining, that can be used or omitted as preferred, fronts and back with the chemisette, and closes at the center front and beneath the band at the left side. The back is tucked to give tapering lines, each front at the edge and again from the shoulder for part of its length. The sleeves are full, gathered at the shoulders to give the broad line and finished with deep cuff. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 4 yards 21 inches wide, $3\%$ yards 27 inches wide or $2\%$ yards 44 inches wide, with $1\%$ yard of all-over lace and $1\%$ yards of silk to trim as illustrated. Real Turkish Coffee. Here is a receipt for making Turkish coffee obtained in the Syrian quarter of New York, where the finest coffee in the world is sold at 5 cents a cup in restaurants which are exact voluminous, cut square; it is prettier not to have any hem or appliqué work round; take care that it does not rest too flatly on the head; an orange blossom wreath, white violets, or lilies of the valley may hold the plaits in place or jewels. Wreaths of orange blossoms have come back to us from twenty years ago, and they look admirable with the lace vells. The shoes are either worked in silver or with orange blossom. A handful of Annunciation lilies is now the favorite bridal bouquet. It is held in the left hand, and the wedding gown is often embroidered with the same flowers. A few flower hats are shown for early fall wear—not the solid flower tops that we are accustomed to, but wide-brimmed affairs with rows of tiny flowers about the crown and under the up-turned brim at the side. Sometimes three rows of blossoms will make the depth of the crown, and each row will be of a single color, as, a row of pink at the top, one of white about the center and a green or blue next the brim—enough altogether to give it the name of a flower hat. Tea table covers grow more and more ingenious, and are often marvels of beauty. One of the latest is found and made of heavy linen, with an exceedingly deep border of Russian lace, combined with Cluny, in a most novel and fascinating manner. The deep cern of the Russian braid with the white of the Cluny makes a fine and showy contrast, and the two are combined so perfectly as to make one harmonious whole. One peck of green tomatoes, 4 pounds of brown sugar, 2 pounds of raisins, 3 tablespoons of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of cloves, 1 teaspoonful of salt. Slice with tomatoes, put them into a stewpan with the sugar, salt and spices, and boil gently for two hours; then add the raisins. Add a small piece of butter to each pie. Lamp Shades for Electrolleys The gelsha lamp shades which have been so popular for a year or more now come in small sizes for electrolayers. For a cozy corner, tea table or the dining-room table they come in sizes small enough to shade candles. With the Housewife In making down pillows go over the wrong side of the case with an iron rubbed well with beeswax each time it is applied to the cloth, to prevent the down working through the cloth. At a recent porch luncheon the whole tomatoes served were peeled and cut in lengths nearly through, which made them look like red roses, as they were brought on resting on lettuce hearts. In a country house where a large number of lamps are used it is better to keep them in a little closet by themselves than to expose them on a shelf in the kitchen, where they are sure to collect dust. The lid of a teapot should always be left so that air gets in. Slip in a piece of paper to keep it open. This prevents mustiness. The same rule applies to a coffee pot. Flatirons should be washed every week and always kept in a clean, dry place. Few housekeepers use sufficient wax in ironing. Do not allow your irons to become red hot, as they will never again retain the heat. 1890 THE NEW YORKER THE LADY OF THE WEST A SMART THEATER WAIST. belt, while the sleeves are wide and ample with deep pointed cuffs which, in this instance, are made of the net finished with fancy braid. To make the waist for a woman of medium size will be required $3\frac{1}{2}$ yards of material 21, 3 yards 27 or $1\frac{1}{4}$ yards 44 inches wide, with $2\frac{1}{4}$ yards 18 or $1\frac{1}{4}$ yards 40 inches wide for yoke, bertha and cuffs. --- --- duplicates of those in Smyrna and Beirut: Put three lumps of sugar into a little pot, turn in the water, and bring it to a boll. Then put in two teaspoonfuls of very finely ground Mocha coffee. As soon as the froth rises, lift the pot and tap the bottom until the froth disappears. Do this three times. Then turn the coffee into delicate china cups, giving each cupful a share of froth. The coffee should be freshly roasted and ground, and the grounds should be so fine as to pass the palate unnoticed. Turks always drink the grounds, considering them, indeed, to be the best part of a cup of coffee. Seven-Gored Walking Skirt. The skirt that comfortably clears the ground is the accepted one for walking, shopping, business and general wear and is shown in almost The skirt that the ground is the walking, shopping, eral wear and is limitless variation, but always is snug over the hips. This graceful model is adapted to all seasonable materials, but is shown in a small green and blue plaid, whose lines are quite in- limitless variation, but always is snug over the hips. This graceful model is adapted to all seasonable materials, but is shown in a small green and blue plaid, whose lines are quite indistinct, with trimming of straps piped with black and is stitched with corticelli silk. The long lines are in every way admirable and the tucks are stitched flat for a portion of their length, their fulness providing generous flare below that point. The skirt is cut in seven gores and is laid in two backward turning tucks at each seam, those at the center back being lapped well over to give the necessary depth. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 8% yards 27 inches wide, 5 yards 44 inches wide or 4% yards 52 inches wide when material has figure or nap; 7% yards 27, 3% yards 44, or 3% yards 52 inches wide when material has neither figure nor nap. Bangle as a Pledge. A new idea is to substitute an engagement bangle for the conventional ring. These bangles, which sometimes slight circlets, and sometimes broad gold bands, give the lover the satisfaction of feeling that he has indeed safely fettered his fair flancee, for, once fastened, the clasp can only be opened by being forced apart with a chisel. On the continent, where it is customary for lovers to exchange rings, engagement bangles are sometimes worn by men, but they are rarely seen on men of English-speaking races. Hints on Attire of Brides. It is no longer necessary to be married even in the softest satin or most clinging silk; ordinary muslins, silk muslins, chiffons, collennes, and even volles with lace let in at intervals are considered quite appropriate. White silk and kindred stuffs are embroidered in open-hole work, with orange blossoms, daisies and sprays of dainty forget-me-nots, and sometimes these embroideries are simply charming. If you have lovely lace in the family, by all means wear it; otherwise tulle is much prettier. Let it be soft and Evening waists of white silk made with more or less elaboration are eminently fashionable and eminently desirable. This one is peculiarly effective and combines a foundation of soft white louisine with a yoke and bertha of net, the joining of the two being concealed by applied motifs of lace. The waist is full below the yoke and blouses slightly over the Flower Hats. New Tea Table Covers Tomato Mince HOG SAVED GIRL FROM DEATH. Fought and Killed Snake Which Was Coiled to Strike Mattie Dodson is a Red Rock girl aged 12, and on Thursday she was sent to the spring house for a pan of milk. She got the pan and on her way home set it in the grass to pick some berries. When she turned again she saw a rattlesnake six feet away, drinking the milk. The snake saw her, too, and coiled as if to strike. The little girl was paralyzed with fear and had not the power even to call for help. She simply clasped her hands and gazed at the reptile in helpless terror. A fat hog, sauntering around in search of food, came in sight, and in a moment made for the snake, and Mattie, now at a safe distance, watched the battle with wonder. The snake more than once bit the hog, but each time the beast received the bite in the jaw, where the great layers of fat made the poison harmless. When the snake had exhausted the venom it decided to retreat, but the hog then took the innings. Jumping on his carcass he pinned it to the earth, and with his teeth toit it to pieces and ate it. Mattie carried home the milk and told her story to sympathetic ears—New York World. FOR SERVICE AGAINST MOBS New Cartridge Served Out to New York National Guards. The new cartridge for riot duty is nearly ready for the National Guard, says the New York Press. It is of the calibre of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, which is .30, and will be used by the guardsmen in that rifle. This new riot ammunition is called the "multiball" cartridge, because instead of having only one bullet it has two, a trifle larger than buckshot. When fired they will scatter, and a volley of them will make a mob think it is facing shrapnel. The range of these riot cartridges is only about 300 yards, as against 2,000 yards and more of the regular bullet. It is practically the range of the old musket of the Revolutionary days. Any one who knows anything about the high power and flat trajectory of the modern rifle will recognize the humaneness of the new cartridges. With the regulation bullet, even of the old Springfield, persons remote from the scene of rioting were often killed by the long flight of the missile. The ricocheting of the ball along the hard pavement has led to casualties blocks away from the scene of the fighting. Pinned His Faith to Money. Printed His Path to Money. A novel cure for rheumatism was brought to the notice of the workhouse authorities at Minneapolis a short time ago, when John Benecke reached the Shingle Creek institution with between $8 and $9 in small change bandaged about his feet and ankles. Each toe was tied up separately with two dimes, one on the bottom and one on top, and about each angle was a circlet of halves, quarters and nickels bound up so tightly that when the bandages were removed the impress of every piece of money was distinctly visible on the man's skin. Superintendent McDonald, who personally conducted Benecke through the maze of red tape which surrounds a candidate's entry into the workhouse, noticed the coins and inquired what they were for. Benecke said that he had seen it stated that money could do anything and under the circumstances he saw no reason why his rehumatism should not be cured. Chinamen Don't Hurry. Few men perform a longer day's work than the Chinese. All classes toll from early morn till right time. The laborer in the fields starts out while it is yet dark; and many an official goes to his office at three in the morning, and if holding a responsible position, often works on till well into the following evening. Whatever the pressure of work, no Chinaman ever hurries. He goes placidly on at the same old rate; and notwithstanding how matters accumulate he is never flurried. Even the small children in the schools conduct themselves in the same way. Cane Camera. Here is the newest weapon of the snapshot fiend. The film is exposed at "P" as it passes from spool 1 to spool 5, and is long enough for forty eight exposures. The three additional rolls permit the taking of almost 200 pictures. Cucumber Rickles Killed Cow COOKED POTATO KNOW COW. Tempted by the salt and vinegar a cow owned by Oliver Austin of Tartford, Conn., ate more than a water pail full of cucumber pickles. The cow is dead. AFPEALS TO THE CHARITABLE. London Hospital's Effective Method of Soliciting Contributions. London hospital, the biggest of all the great city's charitable institutions for afflicted humanity, always has been famed for its ingenious methods of appealing to public support, but its latest device surpasses them all and doubtless will be copied in America. It is in the form of a clock, on the face of which appears the announcement that the hospital has to collect one penny—two cents—per second, and on the pedestal is an invitation THE LONDON HOSPITAL HAS TO COLLECT 1re SECOND Please Keep the LONDON HOSPITAL Second to the visitor to defray the cost of the institution for that brief period. When the penny is dropped in the slot it sets some internal mechanism in operation by which the clock hand is advanced and the contribution recorded. The secretary hopes shortly to add a phonograph to the machine, which will acknowledge every gift with a hearty "Thank you," the voice being that of the King. Oil Tree of China Five years ago the attention of American importers was called to the value as an astringent and drier in varnish, for the finer kinds of furniture, of the product of the Chinese wood oil tree. Since then two American firms have established branches at Hankow, China, for the exportation of the oil, and one of them has shipped nearly 200,000 gallons since last fall. Because of the fact that no barrels are manufactured in the province where the oil tree grows, a Hankow firm has imported from New York shoakes for 5,000 barrels and machinery for setting them up. About a thousand seeds of the oil tree have been planted in California and are doing well.—Manufacturers' Record. London Cave-Dwellers. The London police made a discovery the other day on the land that has lately been opened up for re- GOOD MORNING CHAWLIE building between the Strand and Holborn—the site of Gen. Booth's temporary barracks. The cellars of the old bouses had not been demolished, and many men and boys retired to them, and, with bundles of old newspapers and newspaper bills to serve as pillows, used to sleep comfortably till the morning. The police found out what was going on, and now the cellars are no longer used as bedrooms. Ban Into Big School of Mackerel Schooner Normabal recently arrived at Gloucester with the exceptionally fine fare of 327 barrels of salt mackerel. The remarkable feature of the catch is that the whole fare was taken at one setting of the seine from the biggest school that Capt. Parsons ever saw. The net itself gave way under the enormous strain and fully as many fish were lost as were taken. New Scheme in Business A novel scheme for getting orders is to be tried by a Salem provision dealer. He has announced that he will dispense with order wagons, drivers of which have gone about town getting orders for provisions every morning, and that he will supply housekeepers with postal cards, upon which these orders may be written, and if mailed at night will be filled early the next morning. Bears Beautiful Roses Mrs. Harriet Littlechale of South Sutton, N. H., has a house rose bush, such as is rarely seen anywhere. The leaves of the plant are of a rich green, thick and waxlike in texture. One blossom measured 13 inches in circumference and others are nearly as large. The petals of the flower are like wax and of a rich cream-white and pink hue on the heart. IN PRISON SINCE 1870. Convict in Ohio Penitentiary Has No Desire for Freedom John Taborn, the oldest man in the penitentiary in point of service, commenced his thirty fourth year behind the grim walls on Aug. 16. He was received on Aug. 16, 1870, from Delaware county, to serve a life sentence. He is one of the few men behind the walls who fully realize that the world has passed him and that he would not know how to make a living even if granted his freedom. Taborn has been asked a number of times if he does not desire his freedom, and always declines. In fact, he becomes somewhat excited if the matter is discussed at length. He has been behind the prison walls so long that he has vagaries of the mind, to speak mildly. One of his hallucinations is that he makes trips outside the walls, and he sometimes tells remarkable stories of the incidents that happen on these trips. For a number of years he has been an inmate of the prison asylum for insane, where he is permitted to do about as he pleases. Ordinarily he is sound of mind, but occasionally he has visions of trips taken about the country, and on a few occasions he has visited other countries, in his mind. The prison officials believe that his long service in the prison has made him immune from work, and he puts in the most of his time in making trinkets which are sold to any person who desires to purchase.—Columbus (Oho) Dispatch. Protective Collars for Dogs When a dog has sustained a wound to a limb and the limb has been bound up, it is often a difficult matter to prevent the animal from removing the bandage, or at all events from dis- WOUNDED DOG WEARING THE PROTECTIVE COLLAR. placing it. This, of course, makes the healing process of much longer duration than if the bandages were left untouched. To prevent the dog from irritating the wound English veterinary surgeons fit round the ani mal's neck a collar made of stiff card beard or oilclotton, which effectually keeps the dog's teeth and tongue at a distance. Grecian Sisters Fight Duel. All fashionable Athens is gossiping about a sensational occurrence which took place a short time ago in the family of a wealthy Greek merchant. A handsome young Englishman was one of the parties concerned. The Englishman, who was on intimate terms with the merchant's family, had unwittingly captured the hearts of the two pretty daughters of the house. Some preference shown by the son of Albion for the younger maiden led to an embittered quarrel, which culminated in a duel. After the family had retired to rest, the girls rose from their beds, and taking their brothers' swords, proceeded in their nightgowns to the garden. There in the moonlight they began to fight, fortunately for the fair duellists, their weapons were too heavy to be wielded with much effect, and when one sister, slightly wounded in the breast, shrieked, their father came on the scene and stopped the duel. Printed by Franklin. Dr. James H. Canfield, librarian of Columbia University, has just received a valuable addition to the collection of Americana, says the New York Sun. It is a translation of Cicero's "Cato Major; or, De Senecute." The book was printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1874. It bears the autograph of Thomas Heyward, Jr., one of the South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence, and it was written by James Logan, chief justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, in the early part of the eighteenth century. In the opinion of Franklin, the book is the earliest translation of a classic in the Western Hemisphere. The volume opens with an introduction by Franklin, entitled "The Printer to the Reader." New Roller Skate The latest design in roller skates is believed to greatly reduce the labor of this once popular form of exercise. The foot rests near the ground and is supported by two large wheels. The increase in the diameter of the wheels, as compared with those of the ordinary form of roller skate, greatly increases the speed, while it reduces the amount of energy required. First Wedding in Old Church For the first time since it was erected thirty eight years ago, the Union church at Big Cranberry island, Meh., was the scene of a wedding last week. And even then the contracting young people were from Massachusetts, though the island was the girlhood home of the bride. 1B ABs 0.4 ty te Pv} Kee NUD h Ne WAS ER! fi AY boyy ft = i et ma i 2! ] rl ts 1) Gea arn i 5D LiAMeaaelt “A, W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. Remember pleaso— Us the little bite wecollect here wn there That enables us to run from yenr to yeur." CASH 18 THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertise. ments, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. ‘Those who have donations for the Home will save themselves trouble by calling up ‘phone East 607. Dr. Parks, secretary of Foreign Mis- sions of the A. M. E. church passed through the city last week. Miss Maude Knott of Topeka Kan., is in the city, visiting Mrs. Mollie Burnett, of 716) Holmes street. Mr. William Montgomery, of Leav- enworth, Kan., is in the city visiting Miss Annie Custer. Miss Daisy Glover of Atchison, Kan., is a guest of Miss Letha Powell of 1405 Vine street. Miss Myrtle Harris died last week after a lingering illness. She was the daughter of Peter Harris, deceased. | Mrs. Mary Tolbert of 716 Campbell street, left for St. Louis Monday to take in the sights at the World's Fair. Miss Florence Sands sends greetings to her friends in Kansas City. Mrs. Sands is attending the Fair at St. ‘Louis, Miss Pearl Wheeler of 623 Charlotte passed an enjoyable day with friends at Independence Sunday. Mr. John Oden has moved on a farm near Independence, Mo. ! All lovers of music and art must not fail to attend the grand exhibition to be given at Turner Hall October 28. A chorus of fifty children will ap- pear at Turner Hall October 28, under the auspices of St. Pancras Guild. Mrs, W. M. Cummings of Galveston, ‘Texas, is the guest of Mrs, T. C. Un thank, 1227 Michigan avenue. Mrs. A. W. Rowlett has neatly fur- nished rooms for rent. Anybody wish- ing one give her a call. 581 Tracy avenue, Buy your drugs of Smith. His prices are right. To have your prescriptions filled at Smith's means accuracy, purity and dispatch. Dr. Smith is the only Negro in the state of Missouri that owns and con- trols two drug stores, ‘The ladies of St. Augustine Mission are preparing to give a unique enter: tainment which will be a rare treat to| their friends and the public at Turner! Hall, October 28th. Mrs. Mattie Chinn of Denver, Colo., is the guest of Mrs, Sandy Edwards, 2000 Olive street. | Mrs, L, J, Holly entertained Miss Mattie Chinn of Denyer last Thursday evening. Miss Lillian Tooley left for St. Louis last Thursday. Mrs, Jennie Drake is very ill. Dr. and Mrs, L. J. Holly entertained at cards Wednesday evening. Have your printing done at National Printing company, a negro business doing modern printing, 205 Wales building, Sixth and Delaware, Smith has the most attractive arid best lighted store on the avenue. The Rey. Dr. Peck, Elder Snelson and others left the city last Tuesday morning for Cape Girardeau, where they will attend the A, M. E. confer: ence. Manager Lewis Woods will be ab: sent from the city several weeks. Any one desiring to transact business with the Son can have their matters at ia i i a a tended to between the hours of 10:30 a, m and 1:30 p. m. If you desire one of the Magnetic Hair Straighteners or some Ozone we have it in stock at the Rising son office and all other preparauuns from the Boston Chemical Co, Mrs, Mame Durant Vincent has now opened her dressmaking parlors and ladies’ tailoring school at her resi- dence, 1228 Walnut street, for the benefit of our girls and ladies, J.T, McCampbell, our enterprising young druggist has installed a fine new soda fountain of the very latest make in his already thoroughly mod- ern drug store, at 2304 Vine street. Dr. Theo Smith, our Twelfth street druggist has opened a first class drug store at 805 Independence avenue, un der Dr. MeCray's office, with a full line of drugs and toilet articles. Give him a call. Remember, you are never too far to patronize Smith, He will take your order over the phone.and deliver your goods free of charge to any part of the city. | The B. Glick Book Store, Moke Wright, proprietor, book seller and atationer. Largest line of new and ‘second hand books in the city, New Igcation, 612 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. Phones, Bell 2123 Red; Home, 2448 Main. Miss Lillian Tooley, a special mono logue reader presented one of her se lections before a crowded house at Allen chapel last Thursday evening The people were well entertained and they bestowed much praise upon Miss Tooley. Miss Tooley received het training at Mrs. Anna Morgan's schoo! of Fine Arts, Chicago. Mrs, V, L. North has purchased a fine modern home at 1816 Woodland avenue. The house is heated by fur: nace, with bath accommodations. She has three elegantly furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen or a man and his wife, who could have the use of the kitchen. Mrs, North has her moth: er with Iter from Fort Scott, Kan, Miss Minnie Morgan of 721} Char lotte street and a host of her friends, Monday evening, October, 3, surprises and passed the evening at Mrs. Fran: cis Peppins, of 2224 Flora avenue, where they entertained Miss Annie Brock of St. Louis as guest of honor ‘The hours were pleasantly passed ir whist and dancing. Miss Letta Pow ell, Miss Toka Jones and young Mr Peppins were the stars at the piano. ‘The offices of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Tuskegee Alabama, have gradually matured a plan which should very deeply interest the young men and women of the race who are seeking an education, This plan enables young men and young wo: men to attend school at night and work at an industry or trade during the day, or in the case of those whe are able to pay a small monthly sum, to attend school during the day and al the same time learn a trade or work ‘at some industry, This improved plar gives superior opportunity for literary and academic training and at the sam time, gives equal opportunity for the learning of a trade. Last year thirty six states were represented by stu dents at Tuskegee, and nine foreign countries, The attendance during thé coming year promises to be very larg and the class of students promises t ‘be of a high grade. | HARBIN TRAGEDY. The Harbin tragedy still remains @ mystery. The fact is it may never ve solved. Until we learn more concern Ing the facts in the case we will re | frain from touching upon the matter We knew Mr. Harbin for a number of years, He was not classed as a bad ‘negro. We knew him as an industrl ous, hard working man, COTTAGE FOR SALE. I have for sale near 26th and Vine, fa 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 eity; get further particulars of W. J. RATCLIFF, 613 Mass. Bldg. Labor Saved by Electricity. ‘The twenty-two-ton bell at the Sacre Coeur church in Paris {8 tolled by electricity. A single cholr-boy can thus do the work which formerly todk five men. Barly Japanese University: It will surprise most readers to leara from a recent Japanese writer that there was a university in Japan in the eighth century, with schools of ethics, mathematics and history, and that text books were employed deal- ing with such specialties as the dis- eases of women, veterinary surgery, and materia medica. 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 Sabe bath 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 fasnion grew into home loving young women and made desirable wives ana moth: ers? Their mothers were not compelled to rack their brains continually to fur- nish excitement for them or deny themselves actual necessities to give them carfare and tickets to the the ater, How many mothers stop to Yhink 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 iwll work up the nerves of her child and unfit her for study, how her growth will be re- tarded or her mind polluted by wicked words and sinful sights. Yet, mothers send their little girls to the play on Saturday afternoon, be- cause these little girls have not been taught to be happy anywhere else. They,(the mothers), stay at home ana delve and work, thinking that some day they will get their reward by see- ing Mary and Maud shine in soc-ety. 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 chil- dren, 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 @ poor place in eae to make preparation for a real Sabbath, and no better a place for the | iealning’ ct homemakers: THE RISING SON. By Joe Sephus. 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, busi- ness manager. “UM 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 herc town, To me you ain't been true— Now your home is GONE, so bi amblin’ on, Cause I'm certainly NEXT to you IT 1S MATTHAES. The man I wish to mention wa once-"That Little Baker.” But now he covers lots of territory. If you want some bread, And of course you do, Send for Matthaes’ make, It will just “hit” you If you want some cake, And of course you do, Send for Matthaes’ make, It will just “h’” you, Hence I will boldly say, We have others by the way, But to Matthaes can’t Compare, So I say to one and all Give him a steady call, He'll treat you fair and square, Have your printing done at NATIONAL PRINTING CO., & 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 Defaware, Kansas City, Mo. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO. The good people who wish to visit the springs, will find first class accom- modations at Fred F, Elliot’s. Rates reasonable and service good. CURLI CURE | You owe it to 4 mm a ~S Positively noth- Jf . 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Carefully follow above directions and straight hair is absolutely assured. ly SOUTHERN CHEMICAL WORKS, Room 260, 323 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. S A Three Day’s Sale of Blankets and Comforts Special t. Special 2. | Special 3. $5.00 | $1.25 $1.25 Wool Blankets Comforts for Striped Blankets $3.98. | 98c. | 98c. The selling will begin SATURDAY and continue MONDAY and TUESDAY, Gru, died ,oAayer veo KELLEY'S } FLOUR es B E ST Kelley’s Best (cr Beats all the Rest. (HIGH PATENT Sp Ketiey Niting co. KK. C..0. 5a | — runt (mca Bi] wey oor to! Peninsular ey meas hae La Scand Aled fion ear dias earl | (Se AE ie anes i Taek ao ceeeesA new Hine of, Bea esr W Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators | F Ae i *Phone 1451. Bae a 1329 Grand Ave. Subscribe for Rising Son. Postottices for Panama, Nine postotfices will be established In the canal cone. Nourishment in Onions. ‘The onion is the most nourtshtag of all vegetables. pocecocoooccososooocosooos > ; WONDERFUL; > > DISCOVERY : $ Curly Hair Made Straight By § ee ee . } i FS s : a my : i ae : ; Ue wn s PUB. Lo Ay thy on > BEVOWE AM APTI TRE OTAENT r : ORIGINAL ‘ $ OZONIZED OX MARROW oi mention VA el at kon Bt "§ Ba acne aan Hoe ele fesse used BY oineni Wea Baits Mopar ee futile int oa mals gi sevia? Pena heainG ie lianas Aino mnuchdestted A toilet weeveelty fur @ : Feria aingusiattcr am CE free ta ati Erntitincegalt ong 4b tarkinen watts. sa - raya ia rath or ¢ ozoNrznp ox MARKOW CO... Bae Oe duicane tittnels @ _ Agents wanted everywhure, His Treasure. James Rutherford had come back—come home—to Slowford, and the countryside rang with the news. There was more excitement and commotion when it was known that James had arrived than if the village erier had gone round to herald the approach of a circus or a menagerie. No one had ever expected to see James again, unless in hopeless poverty and flutterings rags; but here he was, and it was obvious that poverty and James were not even acquainted. Ten years previously James Rutherford, at that time a young man of three and twenty, departed from Slowford, leaving behind him the prettiest of bad characters. He was a wild, bad lot, said everybody (except some of the women, whom he had deluded with his handsome face and wicked eyes), and he would end his days in the workhouse or on the gallows. When he finally cleared out it was with no regret on his part, and with a good deal of relief on his neighbors'. And nobody ever expected to see him again. He went off, a rather down-at-heel, mocking, dare-devil lad; he returned a very carefully-attired, prosperous-looking, well-fed gentleman, with sober manners and an air of distinction. The truth soon leaked out. James Rutherford had drifted to South Africa, had struck oil in the shape of diamonds, had selzed his chance with the tenacity of genius, and was now a millionaire. A millionaire in ten years! There was no doubt of it—the parson and the doctor had seen his name in the papers. Mr. Rutherford—plain James no longer—went around the neighborhood and paid off numerous debts which he had contracted during his youthful days—paid them with handsome interest. He further discharged some obligations incurred long years before by his father, who, like the pre-formed James, had not been very particular about money matters. James did things in great style; it was evident that there was nothing mean about him. And the apotheosis of his glory was arrived at when he invited all the principal folk of the village—parson, schoolmaster, farmers, tradesmen—to dine with him in the big room of the Red Pig, while all the rest of the folk, even down to the babies, were regaled with supper in the coachhouse outside. Everything was done handsomely; gentlemen were invited to take appetizers—sherry and bitters, gin and bitters, and what not—until dinner was ready, and all at Mr. Rutherford's expense. And everybody did, seeing that it cost nothing and tongues wagged freely. Never had such a repast been served in the history of the village. There were dishes which the simple Slowford people had never heard of, and wines Y. G. when they would never taste again. There were delicacies hard to procure, and liquors and coffee that made most of them wonder of they were dreaming. There were speeches by Mr. Rutherford, who spoke very modestly and feelingly; and by the vicar, who voiced the pride of the village in this, its distinguished son, and by the oldest man present, who said that he'd seen a many amazing things in his day, but this was the amazingest of all. Then came a visit to the coachhouse where there were more speeches, an some songs, and singing of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" from the assembled company, and then James and his guests returned to the great room, where cigars of the best brands, and gifts and similar creature comforts A wild, bad lot. so very small,; poisoned to care, pass him by, is there; night a thing he seemed him with a love the sea. very poor, he had died, threadbare coat each inside; he concealed, he relief; mosom hid up grief. mates in Harper's Ba- OF GOLD ETCHER were laid out, and settled themselves for an evening's conviviality. The conviviality chiefly consisted, however, in listening to James. He took good care to see that every man's glass was constantly replenished, that a fresh cigar was always to his hand, and that everybody was comfortable. And he talked—talked well and easily, not in any braggart fashion, but in modest, assured tones, after the fashion of a man who knows that he has proved himself. He told them of his adventure, of his work, of the coming of success, of the building up of a great business: C. G. Poverty and James were not even acquainted. and, at the request of the parson, he entered into a learned, but simply-worded disquisition on the prospects of diamond-mining in South Africa, and displayed such marvelous knowledge of it in its scientific and financial aspects, that his audience broke up in amazement at his ability and cleverness. Next day Mr. James Rutherford had many callers. Each caller had the same story to tell. He had saved money and money had come to him from his forhears (they were a thrifty and a hard-working, self-denying people, the Slowford folk), and they would like to know if Mr. Rutherford could not invest it for them in his own concerns or in something similar, that would bring in heavy interest. And with each Mr. Rutherford talked carefully and in businesslike fashion, and each went away feeling assured that he had been conversing with a master-mind in finance, and that his money would be safe, and he himself a rich man. And he naturally told all his friends what he was going to do, and everybody applauded, because everybody was going to do the same thing. There were a good many people of means and resources in and about Slowford, and there was scarcely one that did not entrust almost the whole of his savings and property to James Rutherford during the next few days. The vicar had a small private fortune invested in railway stock, paying $3\frac{1}{2}$ per cent; he realized and reinvested in James Rutherford, with notions of getting at least 30 per cent. The vicar's wife also had a nice little capital invested in glit-edged securities—that, too, flowed into James' coffers. And at the end of ten days Slowford had entrusted some $75,000 in hard cash to the man whom it had once regarded as a hopeless neer-do-weel. On the last day Miss Pamela Springgs came to see Mr. Rutherford. He remembered her as a middle-aged spinster who had always had a kind word for him in the day when all other Slowford folk had looked at him askance, and who earlier in life had given him tarts and apples. He caused her to be admitted. Miss Springgs had grown ancient, but she was still shy and nervous and old-young in manner. Mr. Rutherford made her drink a glass of port before he inquired her business—he guessed what it was before she spoke. "I—I wished to speak to you, Mr. Rutherford, about a little business matter," said Miss Spriggs. "I—I have come into money since poor Jane died—$10,000 it is, Mr. Rutherford, and it's lying in the bank just now, and hearing of your good fortune, I thought perhaps—" Mr. Rutherford rose from his seat and paced the room, apparently deep in thought. He came up to Miss Spriggs' side and spoke rather brusquely. "I'm sorry I can't do anything for you just now, ma'am," he said, "my bands are full—quite full. But as soon as he hear of a good opening, I will write to you about it. Good day, ma'am." He bowed her out, and came back to his desk. "I'll be a long time before she gets that letter," he said, laughing sardonically. "No, no—not old Spriggs! The others are fair game, but she isn't." The next day Mr. James Rutherford left Slowford. He was accompanied to the station by nearly all the population of the place, and was given a hearty send off. But Slowford had never seen or heard of him again. There have been no dividends; there has been nothing indeed but weeping and walling and deep curses—always excepting thankfulness from Miss Spriggs, who frequently remarks that it was very fortunate that Mr. Rutherford was too much engaged to deal with her little affair, and who is firmly convinced that he was a good man who must have been murdered and robbed on his arrival in London.—Black and White. DIG GOLD DESPITE THE WAR. Americans In Korea Said to Be Prospering in Their Operations. According to a report received by the state department from the American legation at Seoul, Korea, the Korean gold mines controlled by the Oriental Consolidated Mining Company are prospering wonderfully, in spite of their being in the center of the war zone. A few weeks ago J. Sloat Fassett and H. D. Perkins of New York, and Leigh Hunt, formerly of Portland, Ore, applied to the United States government for protection for their property and employees in Korea. In answer to the representations made by the state department the government was assured by both belligerents that the property was safe from molestation. The report received from the American legation gives some figures from the annual report of the Oriental company. It shows that the company controls 500 square miles of rich territory in northwest Korea under a concession obtained from the emperor by Leigh Hunt. They are operating eight mines, besides a number of tributary mines worked by Koreans. The total operating profit for 1903 was $762,315.84. Missed Her Own Party Senator "Joe" Blackburn tells a story of a quaint old woman in a remote Kentucky village who was locally famed for her kindness of heart and good will toward her neighbors. "For months and months she had been saving her slender means to give a great party, so she said," the Senator relates, "and at last came the great event. All of her friends, dressed in their best, were on hand to render the occasion notable in the annals of the village, and all voted the party a great success, the only false note in the gamut of their enjoyment being the mysterious absence of their hostess. "Meeting her the next morning, one of the guests of the night before spoke rapturously of the party. "I'm certainly glad you enjoyed yourself,' returned the old lady, beaming her satisfaction. 'So it really was a success? Yes? My! I certainly should like to have seen it.' "But why were you not there, Aunt Sally, at your very own party?' "Laws, child,' answered the erstwhile party giver, 'I had to stay in the kitchen and wash the dishes.' Disinterested Affection: When you see a little feller lookin' fond, You know he thinks he's 'bout the greatest man That town in all this glorious country country. An 'he's proud to go a-walkin' han' in han'. There's friends an' there is fam'lys sym-pathizin' when you grieve An' ready fur to answer at your call. But he doesn't know the manner which compels you to believe That the little felier loves you best of all. An' it kind o' makes you feel like bracun' up an' jumpin' in. An' tryin' a record in the game. 'Cause he knows honestly he is expectin' you will win. **putth** 'you will win' **an** If you don't he'll love youjes' the same. **An** 'there isn't any thought in him that **An** 'if at last you're driven to the wall **You know he's goin' to stand by dad,jes' 'where he's always stood.' 'Cause the little feller loves you best Applies for Pension at 104. A peculiar pension application has just been made to Ordinary John E. Youmans of Swainsboro, Ga. It is that of James Clark, a free negro, who enlisted in company K. Twenty-eighth Georgia regiment, as a fifer, and went through the civil war. Clark is now 104 years old and is unable to work, hence his friends are trying to have him placed upon the pension rolls. Judge Youmans has sent his application to Pension Commissioner Lndsay. This is the first case of a negro applying for a pension in the state. There are many negroes drawing pensions on the union side, but none in Georgia for serving in the confederate army. American to Serve the Sultan American to serve the Sultan. Capt. R. D. Buckman, widely known in marine circles along the Atlantic coast, has been appointed a vice admiral of the Turkish navy at a salary of $10,000 per year. He took the new Turkish cruiser Mejidia from Hampton roads to Constitucion last year, having been selected for that task by the Cramp Shipbuilding company. It will be remembered that the cruiser did not leave American waters until the shipbuilding company had been paid in full. The young American has been given free hand to work what reforms he thinks necessary in the sultan's navy. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science can cure. It is catarrh. Heil's Catarrh Cure has its stakes, and that is catarrh. Heil's Catarrh Cure can now be known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutive infection. It is not a dormant, actually, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the tissues of the system, disease, and giving the patient the ability to build healthy tissues. Nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollar for any case that it fails to cure. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Tase Hall Family Fills for constipation. We have noticed that the man who calls it "roomytiz" somehow seems to suffer more. 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 ¾-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. It takes some men an hour to make a ten-minute speech. Those Who Have Triled It Nose who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality- 12 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. The egg that can't be beat isn't as good as it might be. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 5c cigar. Price to dealers $36.00 per M. They cost some more than other brands, but no more than a good 5c cigar should cost. Lewis Factory, Poughla, Ill. Some people waste a lot of energy in patting themselves on the back. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. It isn't right to pay a left-handed compliment. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. The ball player finds that too many highballs interfere with fly balls. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs. —WM. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Butter is not always a strong point in favor of a boarding house table. You will be interested in reading advertisement of Marlin Fire Arms Co., in another column of this paper. The chief end of man, according to the chronic kicker, is his feet. Murine Eye Remedy cures sore eyes, makes weak eyes strong. All druggists, 50c. Fecundity of Fish In a chapter on the artificial cultivation of sea fish, contributed by R. B. Marston to Aflioo's "British Salt Water Fishes," it is stated that there need be no fear that such important fish as the cod and the herring can ever become extinct or even reduced in numbers by man, except locally. A cod of ten pounds has a million eggs. On July 26, 1895, Professor Henson calculated that there must be over 278,000,000,000 of impregnated cod eggs in each square Norwegian geographical mile of the surface of the Skagerrak. Consequently the 300,000,000 or 400,000,000 eggs artificially hatched and turned in annually from a Norwegian hatchery are only a drop in the ocean. Music Aids Surgery. Perhaps the strangest use to which music can be put is to stop the flow of blood from a wound. An army doctor noticed that when a wounded soldier was taken to within an easy hearing distance of music hemorrhage was greatly reduced or stopped. Neither he nor others who confirmed his observations could understand how this phenomenon was brought about, but it is now said that the vibration of the air produced by the music causes the patient to become faint, in which case the action of the heart is so considerably lessened that the overflow of blood is reduced. A Busy Hen. A Vermont hen which has never been able to raise any chicks of her own has mothered the eggs of bantams, geese, ducks and even pigeons. Her latest exploit was to discover and hatch a nest of bald eagles. Artificial Gems. False diamonds and other precious stones are manufactured of a substance called strass, or paste, which is white, but can be colored to represent the jewel imitated. It is made of the purest, most highly refractive glass that can be obtained. Ducks Refuse to Swim. Local naturalists are puzzled because none of the twenty-four ducks at Brandywine Park, Del., will go into the water. They merely dip their bills into the water and then huddle together along the shore. Tara's Harp. The real "harp that once through Tara's halls the soul of music shed" is in the museum of Trinity college, Dublin. Mr. Jerome's Tobacco Habit. In his young and impecunious days District Attorney Jerome, of New York, now prominently mentioned or governor, was assistant in the office of which he is now head. Then, as now, Jerome was a great smoker. He used to buy a cheap brand of cigars of a none too delicate quality from a Nassau street dealer. As a bonus to a steady patron and incidentally with the hope of getting Jerome to buy the more expensive brand the wily dealer would occasionally give him a perfecto. He didn't catch his man, however. Jerome invariably gave the perfecto to the first friend he met. "That's not the brand I smoke," he would explain. "I don't dare try a perfecto for fear I'll form an expensive habit." German Soldiers' Trick. In ordered to obtain dismissal many German soldiers have invented a way of producing in their ears an apparently bad ulcer by rubbing in a mixture which produces acute inflammation. World's Fair Visitors. Persons attending the great Exposition at St. Louis should secure a room close to the entrance. The Epworth Epworth has all the conveniences of a first-class modern hotel, within four minutes' walk of Convention and Administra-tion buildings. It has 400 bed-rooms and ten for lodging. Meals at reasonable prices. From Union Station, go to Olive street, take Delmar Garden, or go west to 600. Our boys meet all cars. A girl can fall in a hammock or out with equal ease, according to the direction the man is. 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 testimonials of cures. Sold by all Drugists, 25c. DON'T ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE When a man's money is all gone he ceases to be known as "a good fellow." Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money, Kipling as a Preacher. Rudyard Kipling once acted as a preacher. The quartermaster of the Empress liner, on which he was a passenger, died, leaving a widow and a large family. The following evening there appeared on the notice board, half way down the "entertainment program," this brief intimation: "9 p. m.-Sermon by a layman." The saloon was crowded with curious folk at the appointed time, and Mr. Kipling, from the front of an improved platform, proceeded to preach a begging sermon of some fifteen minutes' length. The result was gratifying. From a congregation numbering less than the 200 the sum of over $350 was raised. Why the Game Is Hard. There are 318,979,564,000 ways of playing the first four moves on each side of a chess board, yet Harry N. Pillsbury has played against as many as twenty-two different boards at one and the same time without seeing a single board and has won a large majority of the games. Lawyers as Legislators. The membership of our house of representatives has 236 lawyers out of a total of 357. The house of commons, on the other hand, has only 129 lawyers out of a total of 670, while the French chamber of deputies shows an attendance of 139 lawyers in a total of 584. CAN DRINK TROUBLE. That's one way to get it. Although they won't admit it many people who suffer from sick headaches and other ails get them straight from the coffee they drink and it is easily proved if they're not afraid to leave it to a test as in the case of a lady in Connellsville. "I had been a sufferer from sick headaches for twenty-five years and anyone who has ever had a bad sick headache knows what I suffered. Sometimes three days in the week I would have to remain in bed, at other times I couldn't lie down the pain would be so great. My life was a torture and if I went away from home for a day I always came back more dead than alive. "One day I was telling a woman my troubles and she told me she knew that it was probably coffee caused it. She said she had been cured by stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee and urged me to try this food drink. "That's how I came to send out and get some Postum and from that time I've never been without it for it suits my taste and has entirely cured all of my old troubles. All I did was to leave off the coffee and tea and drink well-made Postum in its place. This change has done me more good than everything else put together. "Our house was like a drug store for my husband bought everything he heard of to help me without doing any good, but when I began on the Postum my headaches ceased and the other troubles quickly disappeared. I have a friend who had an experience just like mine and Postum cured her just as it did me. "Postum not only cured the headaches, but my general health has been improved, and I am much stronger than before. I now enjoy delicious Postum more than I ever did coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason" and it's worth finding out. 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. Even if a woman thinks her husband wise she doesn't consider a word sufficient. More Flexible and Lasting. won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better re- sults than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. Will Protect Apple Orchards. George Compere, employed jointly by the state of California and West Australia, has discovered in South America a parasite which destroys the codlin moth. Apple orchards that are the habitat of the parasite bring 95 per cent of their fruit to maturity. Hitherto the product of the world's apple and peach orchards has not been more than 30 to 35 per cent of the promise at setting. San Francisco expects to receive from West Australia the first of the parasites very soon, and they will be cultivated under the most favorable conditions. Results of Irish Land Law. The successful working of the land purchase system in Ireland is once more the chief feature of the annual report of the land commission, which was issued August 30. There were only twenty-two defaulters among 70,000 tenant purchasers. An Unlucky Monarch. It is said that the emperor of Austria has had more hard luck during his fifty-six years' reign than any other monarch. He has lost every battle he has fought, his wife was assassinated and his eldest son committed suicide. Sure Cure at Last Monticello, Miss., Oct 3 (Special)—Lawrence County is almost daily in receipt of fresh evidence that a sure cure for all Kidney Troubles has at last been found, and that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Among those who have reason to bless the Great American Kidney Remedy is Mrs. L. E. Baggett of this place. Mrs. Baggett had Dropsy. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. "I was troubled with my kidneys," Mrs. Baggett says in recommending Dodd's Kidney Pills to her friends, "my urine would hardly pass. The doctors said I had Dropsy. I have taken Dodd's Kidney Pills as directed and am now a well woman." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kidneys. Cured Kidneys strain all the impurities out of the blood. That means pure blood and a sound energetic body. Dodd's Kidney Pills are the greatest tonic the world has ever known. All the old styles seem to take their turns coming back except the style of doing one's own dressmaking. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy saved my life. I had dyspeghia and kidney disease Ex Senator Albert Merritt, York Place, N.Y. 81 a bottle. Even a bathing suit can't look a peek-a-boo shirt waist in the face. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, alain pain, cures wrist colitis. 81 a bottle. Milk is often but another name for a white lie. LARGEST IRRIGATION ENTER- PRIZE IN AMERICA. The Twin Falls Land and Water Company, located on the Snake river, twenty-four miles south of Shoshone station, the largest irrigation enterprise in America, involving an expenditure of over two million dollars and reclaiming two hundred and seventy five thousand acres of the richest valley lands in the state of Idaho, is now practically completed and will be delivering water on the lands within the next sixty to ninety days. The main canal, sixty-nine miles long, is eighty feet wide at the bottom, one hundred and twenty-four feet at the top and carries ten feet of water. The project is being constructed under the Carey act, and comes under the immediate supervision of the Idaho State Land Board. Last fall the Land Board authorized the opening of 30,000 acres of this land to public entry, and notwithstanding the fact that no water would be delivered this year, all of this land has been absorbed. The State Land Board now authorizes the opening of an additional 100,000 acres at noon, October 20th, at Twin Falls City, and a great rush is expected. Mr. Masqueray, chief of designs of buildings and grounds at the World's Fair, St. Louis, has designed a hotel and townsite known as Twin Falls City, in the heart of these lands, and a $50,000 hotel is now under construction, besides numerous business blocks and residences. Over $60,000 worth of town lots have been sold within the past sixty days. The Oregon Short Line, at an early date, will begin the construction of a branch line from Minidoka through the heart of these lands to the new town of Twin Falls City. Aolly good fellow is the one who foots the bill. Mother with Child Many women are denied the happiness of children through derangement of the generative organs. Mrs. Beyer advises women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: — I suffered with stomach complaint for years. I got so bad that I could not carry my children but five months, then would have a miscarriage. The last time I became pregnant, my husband got me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After taking the first bottle I was relieved of the sickness of stomach, and began to feel better in every way. I continued its use and was enabled to carry my baby to maturity. I now have a nice baby girl, and can work better than I ever could before. I am like a new woman." — MRS. FRANK BEYER, 22 S. Second St., Meriden, Conn. Another case which proves that no other medicine in the world accomplishes the same results as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Compound has brought to my home. Sincerely yours, Mrs. MAB P. WHARRY, Flat 31, The Norman, Milwaukee, Wis." Actual sterility in woman is very rare. If any woman thinks she is sterile let her write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., whose advice is given free to all would-be and expectant mothers. $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass. All railroads connect with the day and night trains on the Wabash. Tell local agent to route you via the Wabash. The Wabash has the only track to the World's Fair. Ample rest and eating rooms. Take-Down Repeating Shotguns Don't spend from $50 to $200 for a gun, when for so much less money you can buy a Winchester Take-Down Repeating Shotgun, which will outshoot and outlast the highest-priced double-barreled gun, besides being as safe, reliable and handy. Your dealer can show you one. They are sold everywhere. FREE t Our 160-Page Illustrated Catalogue. A. B. Compound has brought to P. WHARRY, Flat 31, The N Actual sterility in wom she is sterile let her write advice is given free to all w $5000 FORFEIT if we cannot above testimonials, which Going to the WADASHI "Follow the Flag" All railroads connect with tell local agent to route you "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—I was married for five years and gave birth to two premature children. After that I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it changed me from a weak, nervous woman to a strong, happy and healthy wife within seven months. Within two years a lovely little girl was born, who is the pride and joy of my household. If every woman who is cured feels as grateful and happy as I do, you must have a host of friends, for every day I bless you for the light, health and happiness Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable to my home. Sincerely yours, Mrs. MAB Forman, Milwaukee, Wis." man is very rare. If any woman thinks to Mrs: Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., whose could-be and expectant mothers. It forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass. World's Fair? Take the Wabash Right "to the Gates" No trouble. No Crowding. No Confusion. All Wabash Trains stop at the main entrance. Uniformed employees to name reasonable private boarding houses. In the day and night trains on the Wabash, is the Wabash. The Wabash has the only triple rest and eating rooms. H. C. SHIELDS, Traveling Passenger Agent IMPROVEMENT FOR THE HALL. Arrangement That Is Both Useful and Ornamental. The hall is certainly more seen than any other part of the house, since not only can no room be gained without going through it, but the occasional visitor who gets no further has also to be reckoned with. One difficulty to contend with is the harmless necessary hat and coat. These are a serious handicap to a pretty hall, yet we must admit that it is part of its duty to harbor them. They are generally tucked away in the darkest corner, and only dimly discerned as a bulging, unsightly mass, those in least frequent use having a fine opportunity of collecting dust. But at very small outlay an arrangement can be made to hide and protect the hats and coats, and afford an incident pleasing rather than otherwise in the hall. Two shelves about twelve inches wide are the foundation of the affair; they are connected with a back and two sides, and the top one is fitted in front with a small Pablo Picasso brass rod. On the bottom shelf rests the headgear of the master of the house, amply protected by the shelf and the little silk curtain hanging down in front. Below this shelf are two side pieces, and under it a strong lath is fitted, with brass hooks, whence hang coats, probably both masculine and feminine, for it is a luxury to have an old wrap handy to throw on before a turn in the garden. A curtain of some handsome tapestry runs on a second rod across the cupboard part, and by the time some bits of old blue willow pattern, or odd pieces of brass and copper work have been stood on the top shelf the erection must be declared quite an imposing feature in the hall. To Fasten a Kicking Cow. A dairyman describes his method of trying the hind legs of a cow to prevent kicking while being milked, as follows: "The method I sham describe is effective and humane, and generally only a few lessons are necessary to convince the most unruly cow that she must stand still while being milked. I take a hame strap from a harness, which is one inch wide and about two feet long. Standing on the right side of the cow, the strap is taken by the buckle end on the left and passed around the cow's left hind leg just over the gambrel; the end of the strap is brought back between the cow's legs, and is given one or two turns around itself. It is then passed in front of the right leg, brought around and securely buckled tight enough so it cannot be pulled down over the joint, but not tight enough to prevent the cow from standing comfortably as long as she behaves her self. "The cow is not so badly frightened ed with her legs confined in this way as she is with one tied to the floor and it is impossible for her to kick or lift either foot sufficiently to disturb the milker. If no harshness is used she soon finds that being milked is not such an awful hardship after all, and gracefully submits." Planting a Hedge. E. P.—Please describe how to lay out a thorn hedge. How far apart should the plants be set? The soil should be properly prepared before planting the hedge. Everything else should be in good condition. The soil should then be turned out into deep furrow where the hedge is to stand and the plants should be set in this and the soil drawn up to them and firmly tamped about the roots of the plants. The distance apart which the plants are to stand will depend somewhat on the style of the hedge. If a low small hedge is wanted, as one most often sees in England, the plants should be eight or nine inches apart. If the trees are to be allowed to grow larger, say five or six feet tall, the plants should be set wider apart, not less than eight ben inches. Chemical for Destroying Woodchucks. C. R.—Some time ago I read of a method of destroying skunks and woodchucks by the use of a chemical placed in their burrows. Please name the chemical and describe its use. The chemical used for killing woodchucks, etc., is the same as for destroying bugs in peas, viz., carbon bisulphide. This is a liquid which readily evaporates into gas which is heavier than air. To kill woodchucks or skunks in burrows, about two or three ounces of the chemical should be poured on to a piece of cotton waste or rag which should be thrown down the hole. The hole should then be quickly filled in with earth and well tramped down. The gas will settle to all sections of the burrow and destroy the inmates. This chemical is very inflammable, so that no fires should be brought near it when exposed. SEEKERS AFTER HEALTH Should avoid the cheap foodstuffs on the market, poor in nutriment and hard of digestion, for they are productive only of unhappiness and disease on account of their wrong combinations and proportions. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD eaten with daily regularity will keep the bowels acting naturally, giving strength to expel all waste and foreign elements, thus enabling men and women to have purer blood, happier natures and better health. Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO. IN GREAT DISTRESS VOMITING SPELLS LONG RESIST ED EVERY EFFORT TO CHECK. Mrs. Brooks Became So Weak She Thinks She Would Have Died But For Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Sarah L. Brooks, of No. 45 Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, gives the following account of her cure from distressing spells of vomiting: "For five years oft and on I was treated in vain by different doctors for relief from a stomach trouble which showed itself in frequent and trying spells of vomiting. Part of the time I was able to work, and again I would be confined to bed for three or four days in succession. "My stomach was at times so delicate that it would not retain even plain water. The spells would sometimes occur at intervals of half an hour, and would leave me so weak that I would be compelled to lie down between them. I would have several ot them during the night following a day of such attacks. Finally I became so weakened that I had to give up working altogether. I weighed only ninety-four pounds. "Last January I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People in one of the Chicago daily papers and bought a box and began to use them. After I had used half a box I found that I could keep on my stomach the food I ate. I was encouraged by this and kept on using the pills for four months. At the end of that time the vomiting spells had ceased altogether and my weight went up to 142 pounds and is still growing. "I think I surely would have died if it had not been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for I sometimes vomited clear blood, and for three or four days at a time I could not eat a bite of anything. One doctor said I had chronic inflammation of the stomach, and another said my difficulty was a cancer, but none of their medicines did me any good at all. Finally I concluded that I did not have blood enough to digest my food, and I began the treatment that has cured me. I can eat anything now, and have strength for all kinds of work. I always keep Dr. Williams' Pink Pills on hand, and I recommend them to my friends because I know they cured me." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills agree with the most delicate stomachs and strengthen the digestive organs until they do their work perfectly. They are sold by all drummers. Electricity Kills Bugs. As a Bavarian electrician, M. Hugo Helberger, was experimenting on the drying of an ingot mold in the ground by means of the electric current, he noticed that worms issued from the ground near by, writting as if in pain and seeming to be in a great hurry to get away. Following this up, he has devised an apparatus to rid soil of worms and noxious insects, by means of which, by planting numerous brass electrodes in the earth at proper intervals, he has succeeded in driving all crawling things from a considerable space in a very brief time. Many Children Are Sickly. 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. At all Druggists', $2c. Sample made FREE Address Allen S. Olsted, Loay Jy, N.Y. Ancient Medical Advice. More than 1,000 years ago, Rhazes, an Arabian physician, gave this advice to his patients with reference to the selection of a physician: "Study carefully the antecedents of the man to whose care you propose to confide all you have most dear in the world, that is, your life and the lives of your wife and children. If the man is dissipated, is given to frivolous pleasures, cultivates with too much zeal the arts foreign to his profession, still more so if he be addicted to wine and debauchery, refrain from committing into such hands lives so precious." The Marlin 12 Gauge REPEATING SHOTGUN is the all-around favorite. It is made for both black and smoke-less powders and to take heavy loads. It has one-third less parts than any other repeater, and handles very fast. The Marlin Breechbolt that shuts out rain and water and keeps the shells dry makes it a great wet-weather gun. It has Marlin accuracy, buoyancy and reliability. Our Experience Book has hundreds of good Marlin stories, sent with Catalogue for 3 stamps postage THE MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO., 99 Willow St., New Haven, Ct. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 232 page treatise on Pills, Disables and Diseases of the Rectum, also 180 per pillure, treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the疾病的 application, our mild method, none paid a cent till cured, furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 200 Olive Street. Bt. Ltouis. Mo. and 1000 Oak St. Kansas City, Mo. Promotes Digestion Cheerfulness and Rest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. 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(NAME ON APPLICATION) The world-wide reputation tower after proof Old Clothing assures the buyer of the positive worth of all garments hearing this Sign of the Fish. A. J. TOWER CO. Boston, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED Toronto, Canada MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises. S AFTER in the market, poor in nutriment disease on account of their wro FREE A beautiful Metal Match Safe, in 5 colors, showing "The Girl Who Can Tell the Best Lye," will be sent to any address, postpaid, for one of our Lye labels. MERRY WAR POWDERED LYE will make more and better soap than any other lye will also prevent and cure Hog Cholera, kill lice and disease in the poultry yard. Necessary in your home and on the farm. Full directions on label. Sold everywhere. E. Myers Lye Co. 480 South Third Street St. Louis, Mo. Afflicted with sore eyes, lye Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 41, 1904 EVERY MAN WHO EXPECTS TO VOTE AT THE NEXT ELECTION MUST REGISTER! DON'T FORGET THIS! REMEMBER THIS IS GENERAL REGISTRATION: THE DAYS ON WHICH YOU MUST REGISTER ARE OCTOBER 11th, 15th, and 18th. OSCAR KOEHLER Republican Nominee County Survevyer. The selection of Mr. Oscar Koehler for county surveyor is a good one in every patriarch. Mr. Koehler is a native of Kausa, City and is a graduate of her famous high school. His father is a civil engineer of note, and it is the long and thorough training which Oscar Koehler received under the care of his father that gives him a peculiar fitness for the office of surveyor. Mr. Koehler merits the United support of his party and the voters in general and if elected will give an administration of which the citizens of Jackson county will feel proud. R. S. CROHN. Republican Nominee Public Adminis trator. The Turner Hall convention displayed good judgment in selecting Mr. Crohn for the office of public administrator. He is well qualified for the place. At one time he served as private secretary to Web Davis, since which time he has carried on a successful insurance business. Mr. Crohn stands high among the business men of this community, is a progressive citizen, and should be elected by a good majority. Every voter can well afford to support Mr. Crohn for public administrator. HERMAN BRUMBACK Republican Nominee Judge Circuit Court Judge Brumback belongs to one of the oldest and most noted families of Kansas City. He is a ripe and experienced lawyer and has been placed before the voters of Jackson county several times by his party to fill important offices, which his vast and successful experience before the bar has peculiarly fitted him. Mr. Brumback is a man of unbiased principle and if elected, (he should be) he will administer the affairs of the office to the satisfaction of the citizens and taxpayers of this community. Accord bar all the support at our command. I. B. KIMBRELL Republican Nominee Prosecuting Attorney Mr. I. B. Kimbrell, whom the Republicans elected to fill the office of prosecuting attorney, is one of Kansas City's most prominent lawyers. Having served as assistant prosecuting attorney to Ex Prosecutor H. S. Hadley, he is well acquainted with the details and management of that office. He is a champion of law and order. His private and public career stands with out a blemish. If he is elected he will enforce the law as it should be enforced—without fear or favor. Every citizen, regardless of color or condition, should cast his vote on the day of election for Mr. Kimbrell. FRED C. ADAMS. Republican Nominee County Collector. Mr. Fred C. Adams needs no introduction to the public. He served as collector for Jackson county the term sending March, 1903, with honor, credit, and a saving to the tax payers, though his collection of taxes exceeded that of his predecessor by considerable. This would seem strange, but the fact of his great success rested upon his sound business methods. He applied the same business idea in collecting taxes as he employed in his successful banking career. The people should show their appreciation of Mr. Adams' worth on the 8th of next November by giving him a good majority. HON. J. M. PATTERSON. Republican Nominee Judge Western District. The citizens of Jackson county now have an opportunity to elect to the office of judge of the Western district, one of the most honorable and best known business men in the state of Missouri. Mr. Patterson is a man of strong integrity and sterling business worth. He is a Pennsylvanian by birth. After the Civil war he was elected alderman of the city of Sterling, Ill., and for fifteen years was a member of the Board of Supervisors in his county. He was elected state senator from his district, and subsequently elected mayor of Sterling. These offices he served with distinction and honor. Mr. Paterson has lived in Kansas City a quarter of a century, served in the upper house of the council a number of years. His public and private career stands above reproach. He should receive the support of every voter for the office to which he aspires. Mount His Words to Last. Not many months ago a clergyman preached one Sunday evening from text test, "My words shall not pass away." Exactly a fortnight later the same clergyman preached the same sermon from the same text in the same church, to the wonderment of practically the same congregation. Evidently it was his determination that at any rate his words should not pass away from the memory of his hearers. Good to Lick Baby With Later On. Good to Lick Baby With Later On. I saw lately a dainty and original gift for a young mother. It was called "a measuring stick for baby," made of white wood thirty-six inches long, and marked off into inches as accurately as a tape measure. Forgetmenots were painted down the side, and at one end was a hole in which was a ribbon bow and loop by which to suspend it.—Good Housekeeping. Big Seeds and Flowers The largest seeds in the world are those of the mora tree, which grows on the lsthmus of Panama. They are six inches long, five inches broad and four inches thick. The biggest lily in the world is found in the region of the Himalayan mountains. It has a stalk 13 feet high and 11½ inches in circumference. The flowers are as big as gobllets, white and very beautiful. Ready to Take a Picture. Maggie, watching a photographer put up his tripod, observed: "I reckon that man is going to draw some more picters; he done got his legs up." Wheat From Bagdad. Samples of wheat of extraordinary size and weight have been received from the country which will be traversed by the Bagdad railway. Process of Digestion. The French physiologist Fere has made experiments which show that the process of digestion diminishes the capacity for muscular work fully one-half. As regards the effects of stimulants like tobacco and alcohol, he has found that while they diminish fatigue, the effect never asts more than ten minutes, and is followed by a greater degree of fatigue than would have existed if they had not been indulged in. Good Luck for Turtles at Least. The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they consider as very good Joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, some of them of huge size, being carried on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary purposes, but to be dumped into the sea and restored to liberty and freedom. Good luck is thought to follow.—Hong Kong Press. Coldest Country of All. Siberia has the greatest known cold in the world. At Yakutsk the average for three winter months is 40 degrees below zero, while individual drops to 75 and 76 degrees below are not unknown. But at Verjohansk the average for January, 1885, was 69.9 degrees below zero, and the mercury at one time dropped to 90.4 degrees below, the lowest on record anywhere in the world. Danced on Raft in Salt Mine Danced on Hair in Salt Mine. A famous salt mine dance was given at Wieliczka, Austria. One of the most singular features was a great raft, which was made to float on the surface of an underground lake in the mine. On this the dances were conducted, some 300 persons being present. The place was illuminated by torches, and the splendor and impressiveness of it all may be imagined. Fair Play. The trap was sprung. Said little Tom: "Take that cat away, Effie, 'co I don't want the mouse to get hurt, I'm going to keep it until it grows into a rat."—Brooklyn Life. 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. UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA FRISCO SYSTEM TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTHWEST. The Famous Health and Pleasure Resorts, EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route. Round Trip Homeseekers' Tickets at rate of ONE FARE plus $3, on sale first and third Tuesday of each month. For descriptive literature and detailed information as to rates, train service, etc., address J. C. LOVRIEN, ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, KANSAS CITY, MO. THE TRAIN SERVICE OF THE MIS SOURI PACIFIC. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY The four flyers that leave Kansas City Union depot daily for St. Louis and all points East—note the leaving time: 10:10 a. m., 1:10 p. m., 9:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. No other line from Kansas City offers to the traveling public such train service via St. Louis. Note the new departure of the fast mail at 1:10 p. m. arrives in St. Louis at 10 p. m.; close connections in St. Louis with the Grand Union stations with Eastern and Southeastern trains. The only line leaving Kansas City after the Operas, Lodge meetings and Sunday night Church service, at 10:45 p. m. and arriving in St. Louis at 7:20 a. m., in time for all Eastern connections. 10:20 p. m.—10:50 a. m.; Omaha & St. Paul Express. Elegant equipment. Pullman Sleeper sand Compartment cars; Reclining Chair cars, (all seats free). For all information and tickets call at Union Depot and 901 Main St., City Office. E. S. JEWETT. Pass. & Ticket Agent. A. T. MOORE UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS. COURTEOUS TREATMENT Parlore 1820 E. 18th St., Kansas City. Reform Hurta Corset Trade. A Hungarian government document notes a great decline in the manufacture of corsets; some factories have been closed, others have largely reduced their working force. It attributes this result to the growing custom of wearing "reform clothing," and to the persistent denunciation of corsets by physicians. The Thinking Cap. Patient isn't a tame, colorless virtue; it is born of courage and willpower. There is a pluck to bear, as fine as any pluck to do. rothers, U ...L Carriages Furnished for A C. CHA DENTIST West Eight 125-127 West Eighth Street. ```markdown ``` Maware and Wyandah AS CITY, MISS In Ins TE SCHOOL FOR FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. Between Delaware and Wyandotte Streets, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. Lincoln Institute MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: ORMAL, PREPERIAL AND DOMINATIAL, College Preparatory, Long School, Music (Ins Arts and Mechanical), Writing, Machinery, Shoe Printing, Typewriting, Good Location, Free TU Improvements. Buildi licenses to teach in any preserving students are a. All applicants mu character. For further BANK IN ALLEN A COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARATORY, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC. COURSES: Classical, College Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Model Training School, Music (Instrumental and Vocal), Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Woodworking, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe-making, Farming and Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, Sewing, Cooking and Laundering. ADVANTAGES: Good Location, Free Tuition, New Dormitories with Modern Improvements. 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. C. H. Countee. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo Palace Restaurant M. T. Moore, Prop. Meals 15 Cents. 924 Wyandotte St., KANSAS CITY, MO. WALL'S Laundry Co.. First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery 708 E. 12th St., 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 2323 Highland Avenue KANSAS CITY, MO. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IS THE.... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services striply first-class. Ladies and Gent's dine up stairs. Z, T. JORDAN, Manager CHAPMAN ST.LOUIS MO W. B. Countee UNDERTAKERS AND ..Licensed Embalmers. ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. If you would gain health and wish to retain the same remember the necessity of reliable prescription compounding, which we make a specialty of giving the most careful attention. — We fill prescriptions just as the doctor writes them. Our motto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it.—The Rollabie Optical Dept. Perfumes, Toilet articles, Tooth brushes, Combs and Brushes, Fountain Syringes and Hot water bottles at gratifying prices. Dept. Bromo Amm ---a cold t morrow. The Century ---a sure funded. P easy. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia to- morrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money re- funded. Painful walking made easy. the RESCRIPTION Remember its the RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. :: :: Open all night. Co-Operative Hand 579 Troost Avenue GIVE US A T All Work First Class. Strictly SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Why Not Have Your Prescriptions Filled McCampell's Ph 2304 Vine Street Where You Are Sure to Get What the Do A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, THE CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City F Bell 'Phone 159 East. Hand Laundry Most Avenue. A TRIAL. Strictly Hand Work LAUGHN, Manager. Scriptions Filled at P's Pharmacy Online Street What the Doctor Prescribed? TIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES , CIGARS and TOBACCO. ONS A SPECIALTY. Parts of the City Free of Charge. Home 'Phone 2396 Mall Way Co-Operative Hand Laundry All Work First Class. Strictly Hand Work SYLVESTER VAUGHN, Manager. Why Not Have Your Prescriptionz Filled at McCampell's Pharmacy Where You Are Sure to Get What the Doctor Prescribed? A full line of DRUGS, STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, PERFUMES, CIGARS and TOBACCO. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. Medicines Delivered to All Parts of the City Free of Charge. Bell 'Phone 159 East. Home 'Phone 2396 Main Rock Island Way To Colorado "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, August 20, 23, 27, 30; September 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, points and any point on Rock Island lines in N Oklahoma. Low rates excursion rates on other Let us send you our new book on Colorado, contain and list of hotels and boarding houses with rates by Try "The Rock Island Way" Trip, $15.00 r 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, from Missouri river Island lines in Nebraska, Kansas and on rates on other dates until Sept. 30. on Colorado, containing over 50 illustrations uses with rates by day or week. Island Way" to Colorado. STEWART, General Agent, KANSAS CITY, MO. DENTISTRY guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free is in the city. We have the largest and success is due to the uniformly high operators of middle ages; no youths Our Reliability is Unquestioned. corporation, and is therefore thor- guaranteed for 15 years. 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 This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. 50c We do as we advertise— without pain FREE. We are here to stay. K DENTAL CO CHED 20 YEARS. Second Floor. Entrance on Main Street only. On Daily. Nights till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. Save time and carfare by buying your Patent Medicines and drug necessities at attractive prices. A Large Line ```markdown ``` S Rock Island System TESTS IMMUTPLUS .