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. A CHRISTMAS DOLL STORY By EUGENE O. MAYFIELD, (Rex M.) For many cycles after old Kris Kringle began to carry gifts, at yule-tide, to little boys and girls, he pondered and pondered, on Christmas morn, as to why the little girls sighed; then, laughed and said: "Perhaps it will be different next year." And when he told Dame Kringle that the little girls sighed, she smiled, in that dear motherly way of hers, and told old Kris the reason—that he had failed to gladden their wee mother-hearts. and when I saw the little dears, I would hurry back to the old workshop and model from my choicest wares, one like they—a model for other dolllies, to be carried, next year, to the little girls who sighed." "Well said, good dame," replied old Kris, "and ere I sleep again the storks and I shall meet." Then out among the firs, garbed in their green and snow, old Kris Kringle waited. "Hark! What noise is that?" exclaimed the good old man. "It's like "But, dame, how can I do it? Tell me, please." "So like a man," said Dame Kringle. A MARY Came a stork carrying a tiny bundle. "for a man never seems to know, and I will tell you the secret. The little girls sigh for a dolly—not the kind I used to play with, away up here at the north pole; but the kind the girls resembled when the stork took them to the land of sunshine. And that recalls," continued the dame, "that only yesterday I saw an old stork out in the firs, where he had paused to rest, and with him one of the dearest little babies imaginable, such as little girls love. He told me that other storks, with other babies, would soon pass this way. Now, Kris, were I you, and sought to please the little maids who sigh. I would watch, there in the firs. "Hot Springs Long looked for improved T and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the "Hot Springs Special." Long looked for improved Train Service between Kansas City and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, is now provided for by the MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Leaving Kansas City at 12:00 Breakfast. This train runs via dence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Sm Sleepers and Chair Cars (all sea feature on this "Hot Springs Sp This train connects at Little Rock all Southeastern Points in Ark For Excursion Tickets, Sleep call or address E. S. JEWETT, Pass 901 Main Street. Leaving Kansas City at 12:01 noon. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Gamet, Neodesha, Independence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. Through Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, call or address E. S. JEWETT, Passenger and Ticket Agt. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY, MO. and when I saw the little dears, I would hurry back to the old workshop and model from my choiceest wares, one like they—a model for other dolles, to be carried, next year, to the little girls who sighed." "Well said, good dame," replied old Kris, "and ere I sleep again the storks and I shall meet." Then out among the firs, garbed in their green and snow, old Kris Kringle waited. "Hark! What noise is that?" exclaimed the good old man. "It's like the flutter of wings." And down through the frost-laden boughs came a stork, carrying a tiny bundle. Just B. G. once there was a whimper, but the old stork cooed, as he loosened the cords, and the sprite went back to dreams. All that night in the workshop old Kris Kringle moulded the clay, spun the flax, hammered and laughed, and when dawn came, the model was done. Then summer days came, but old Kris Kringle sought no rest, and when yule-tide arrived, he carried with him dolllies, the most wonderful in the world, and the little girls sighed no more. And this is how the first dolllies came to be made, as told by old Kris Kringle, and the stork. gs Special." ain Service between Kansas City return daily, is now provided for by noon. Arrive in Hot Springs to Paola, Gamet, Neodesha, Independeth and Little Rock. Throughits free) to Hot Springs. A special" is the Elegant Dining Cars. with the Iron Mountain Trains for Texas, Louisiana and Texas. Car Berths and all information, enger and Ticket Agt. KANSAS CITY, MO. THE NEGRO RACE QUESTION. After reviewing all the different phases of the much-talked-of race question, we have reached the conclusion that the moment the Negro becomes a producer and furnishes something which the people must have, just then he loses his identification with the so-called race question. When the white man came to America he had a hard road to travel. He was compelled to do battle with the Indians and to endure many hardships. The Jews once had to overcome the same difficulties with which the Negro today is struggling to subdue. The Jew, however, became a merchant, a financier, and a shrewd business manipulator: When this qualification in him developed the caste prejudice went down to zero. The Negro may as well reach the conviction that he must develop into some importance. He must get down to business, make money and save it, or as much of it as he possibly can; produce something which the people cannot do without; secure shares in valuable concerns. A Negro who goes into business should not select a line used by his own race exclusively, but something that every man, woman and child must have. Then he should conduct the business thus started in a manner that will bring him trade from all classes. The Son deems this a very practicable hint as one of the means toward solution of the race question. GARRISON SCHOOL CELEBRATES WM. LLOYD GARRISON DAY. The teachers and pupils of Garrison school observed Garrison day on the 14th of December instead of on the 10th as is their custom. This was due to the illness of Mr. Nelson Crews, who was to deliver the address. The exercises began with chanting the Lord's prayer and singing by the school. Lottie Thurston, Dottie Morris, Elsie Kincaid, Cleopatra Kennedy, Hugh Minholland and Nannie Richardson, all pupils of the school, read sketches from Garrison's life and recited pithy extracts from his speeches. Willie Hicks recited "Garrison," by Whittier. Prof. A. O. Coffin spoke instructively on "Lessons From Garrison's Life." He emphasized Garrison's persistency, and told how long he had fought single handed almost, for negro freedom. He showed very beautifully what a dauntless man can do with a righteous cause. At the conclusion Prof. Coles, principal, mentioned the great abolitionists Garrison had inspired. The exercises were interspersed with favorite songs of Garrison and General Armstrong, an ex-Union soldier and a founder of Hampton Institute. The teachers and pupils look forward to "Garrison Day" with much pleasure and their enthusiasm shows a very loyal feeling for their patron saint. Love Unselfish. True love does not demand, it devotes; it does not absorb from another, it pours out of its own rich store to that other. It does not feed on the affirmation of self, but grows strong and radiant on negation of itself. There is so much that goes under the name of love that is poor and paltry and mean; that wants to get rather than give; that calls itself love and sacrifices the object of it to feed the flame of its own egotism. Not such is the love of God nor the love of Jesus Christ; not such either can be our love that shall yield us final entry to the heavens. Sterilized Milk at Cost. Munch now has a place where sterilized milk is provided at cost to families whose annual income does not exceed $500. Holiday Jingle Bethlehem, the central spot of interest in Holy Land at Christmastide, is a Christian town set in the heart of Mahomedanism where once a year the Greek church grants the use of the Crotto of the Nativity to the Latin church. The ceremonies begin on Dec. 24 by the image (or "Bambino" as it is termed in Italy) of the youthful Christ being carried from the Basilica of St. Helena to the sacred Grotto of the Nativity, where the traditional spot of Christ's birth is marked by a silver star set in the rocky pavement. The service begins at ten o'clock in the evening. It opens with the chanting of Psalms, without any musical accompaniment. The Patriarch of Jerusalem is usually present and of- P Shrine of Holy Sepulchre. ficiates, but on this occasion he is represented by the Latin bishop. The interior of the church is most picturesque, for there are only a few chairs provided for foreign visitors while the bulk of the congregation is made up of the Bethiehemite women in their blue dresses, with red frontlets, wearing peaked caps when married and flat caps when single, covered by white vells. As they enter the church they at first kneel down and then sit upon the ground in true Oriental fashion, "In the dimly-lighted church," says one who has seen the service, "these squatting vari-colored figures, with their beautiful faces lit up by fits and starts by flashes of the candles, intent on devotion, seem like so many modern Madonnas come to celebrate the glory of the first Madonna." Precisely at midnight the pontifical high mass is celebrated, the figure of Christ is brought in a basket and deposited upon the high altar, and the procession forms to accompany it to the crypt. As the long, chanting procession winds through the dimly-lighted church there is something weirdly solemn about the ceremony, and as the sacred image passes, various acts of worship are performed by the devout attendants. On the procession moves through the rough-hewn, dimly-lit passages from the Latin church to the Grotto of the Uncle Allen. "This prejudice against 'race suicide,'" said Uncle Allen Sparks, "is about an inconsistent a thing as I know of. We applaud human beings for being the parents of a dozen children and we curse the unpretending house fly for being the mother of a million children." [Name] WILLIS G. MOSELY. The Popular Mail Carrier. A BLIND BOONE AND JOHN LANG. Who wish their Kansas City and All Friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. THE CATHEDRAL OF THE NUNS Near Mary's Tomb. Nativity. When the procession of richly robed ecclesiastics reaches the silver star set in the pavement they pause and stand in a group about the basket, which is deposited upon the star. Around this star is the inscription, "Hie de virgine natus est," for this is the spot upon which tradition places the actual birth of Jesus. There the recital of the account of the birth of Jesus as found in the Gospels is slowly recited and when the passage (Luke ii. 7). "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn," is read the figure is reverently picked up from the star and carried over to the opposite side of the grotto, where it is put into a rock-cut manger. This concludes the service of Christmas eve. Product of the American Cow The American cow is an institution of huge dimensions. She produces annually 8,000,000,000 gallons of milk, 1,500,000,000 pounds of butter, and 300,000,000 pounds of cheese; not to mention hides, leather, glue, hair, horns, and other by-products. Her total dairy crop is worth over $500,000,000 a year. NUMBER 37. THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK A. G. HOWARD The Coal Man who is ready to Fill Your Order at 1025 Pacific. GEO. RIGGS. Buffet Man at the Elks' Club. THREE SOULS OF CHINAMAN Celestials Not Satisfied With the One Usually Conceded. Every Chinaman is supposed to possess three souls. One goes into the ground at burial, one into the "ancestral tablet" and one into the realm of spirits. It is partly in order to provide the last with those things which are requisite to its well-being that ancestor worship is kept up, departed ancestors often taking revenge on the living for any negligence on their part in the performance of the customary rites for the dead by bringing some calamity upon the household. These "rites of the dead" are performed for all over 10 years of age, with the hope of delivering them with hades or of improving their condition there. They last for periods that vary according to the age and wealth of the deceased—for children and young people from seven days to a month, for a middle aged man of ordinary means, from a month to forty-nine days. DIED Mrs. Anna Edwards (colored), a pioneer of Kansas City, departed this life December 10, at 5:29 a. m., at the residence of her son-in-law, Robert C. Long, 1710 Michigan avenue, after an illness of two months. Mrs. Edwards was well loved by her many friends. She was a member of Sanhedron Court No. 6, Court of Colanthia, Sisters of Mysterious Ten No. 5. She was a loyal member of Ashbury Chapel M. E. church and a devoted Christian for nineteen years. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, four daughters, two sons, one granddaughter, One daughter, Mrs. E. Booney who resides in Portland, Ore., hurried to mother's bedside, but was unable to reach it until she was deceased, but was in time to witness the burial. "Jesus said unto her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.' John 11:25." Religious Thought As perfect Man did share Dear man, each one of ill This fellow men must bear Now from the Tree of soot We hear Thy voice again This fellow man in mortal flesh Hold felt our mortal pain O Savior by Thy thirst Horse on the Cross of shame, Grant us all our sufferings here To clarify Thy Name; That through each pain and grief our souls may move more To gain more likeness to Thy life. More knowledge of Thy love. Building a Christian. I remember that when I first saw Colleen cathedral nearly fifty years ago, it had a stumpy and unimpressive appearance, for it was towerless. The next time I saw the edifice it was disflued by scaffoldings on which workmen were busy. But when in the summer of 1894 I behold the completed towers in their flashing splendor. I felt that it was a mighty and magnificent poem written in marble. That illustrates the way in which the Master builds a true Christian. The Bible declares that the Christian is "Christ's workmanship created anew to good works." Anyone who looked at a company of church members in a prayer meeting or at a sacramental table, might say that some of them were quite imperfect specimens of workmanship, as he could testify from intimate acquaintance. Very true, but if that same person wished to purchase a melodeon he would not go into the manufacture where the different parts were being fashioned; he would go into the salesroom and inspect the completed instrument. This world is the great workshop in which Jesus Christ by His Spirit constructs Christian character. "We are God's building," wrote the Apostle Paul to his brethren at Corinth. Of himself he wrote at another time: "Not as though I have already attained either were already perfect." He was still in the hands of his divine and loving architect. The sofa foldings were not yet taken down and the work of grace was not yet completed. Character building is like cathedral building—a gradual process. No Christian is born full grown, else there would be no sense in the divine injunctions to "grow in grace" and to "press towards the goal of the high calling of God in 'Christ Jesus.'" The corner stone of every truly regenerated character is the Lord Jesus—other foundation can no one build on with out risking a wreck in this world and eternal ruin in the next world. The first act of saving faith is the joining of the new convert to the atoning Savior. Then upon that solid foundation must be added the courage, the meekness, the patience, the conscientiousness, the honesty, the loving kindness and the other graces that make for godliness. Let no young beginner be disheartened. Oaks do not grow like hollyhocks. A solid Christian character cannot be reared in a day—nor is it to be done simply by Sabbath services or by sacraments. Some poor pumpee-stone has to be thrown out, and not a little bad timber rejected in spite of the varnish on it. The Bible is the only plumbline to build by; and it must be used constantly. All the showy ornamentation that a man can put on his edifice amounts to nothing, if his walls are not perpendicular. Sometimes we see a filmsy structure whose bulbous walls are shored up by props and skids to keep them from tumbling into the street. I am afraid that there are thousands of reputations in trade, in politics, in social life, and even in church life that are stored up by various devices. No Christian can defy God's inexorable law of gravitation. It is a mere question of time how soon every character will "fall in." if it is not based on the rock, and built according to Jesus Christ's plumbline. It may go down in this world; it is sure to go down in the next. Let everyone, therefore, take hew how he or she buildeth—for the last great day will test the work, of what sort it is. Finally, let us all bear in mind that if we are Christ's workmanship, we must let our wise and loving Master take His own way. We must allow Him to use his own tools. If we are Christ's building, then let Him fashion us according to His divine ideal of beauty, at whatever cost to our selfishness, or pride, or inolence, or valuability. Christ working in us, and upon us—and we working with Christ and for Him—that is the process that produces such structures as He will prepare before His Father and the holy angels—Roy. Theodore L. Cuyler, D. e. God Cares for Each Life. Happy is the man who feels that God cares for him, that he journeys forward under divine convoy, that his Father is recent of universal wisdom and represents the whole commonwealth of love, who is all nature, and who commands all nature to serve his child. Such a man is weaponed against every enemy and is invincible. He dwells in the very realm of restfulness. He abides far above all fear as eagles above the arrow's flight. He who ever carries with him this sense of God's loving providence is fitted who pass through fire, through flood, through all the thurder of life's battle. He has in himself the pledge of victory in the midst of things un victorious, conquers middt things low things hard, things strifeful. God cares for you—then you cannot be too rich, for riches make you the almener of divine bounty; and you cannot be too poor, for the whole realm of love is thine. God cares for you—then you cannot live too long, and you cannot die too soon, for heaven ever lies all about you. God cares for you —therefore, then shalt see his angels sit at the door of the sepulchre digged in thy life-garden. Because He cares for you, the whole kingdom of love years and waits for your home-coming. Therefore, every day reach up and shake down the bough of infinite bounty and fruitfulness. Let every thought and feeling sing as an Aeolian harp gives music to every warding wind. Put away care and anxiety, and cost out all fevered fears. Joy and song betoken royal kinship. He who bears commission from royalty wears not sackcloth, unless he has fallen among robbers. The insignia of royal commission are royal apparel; kingly equipment, abundant treasure. Because thou art the child of Providence, then should be the child of hope and trust. God careth for you—therefore live a trustful, tranquil, God-centered life, meeting storm and calm, adversity with fortitude, defeat with faith, death with hope of immortal life. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis. The Voice of God. Marconi's discovery has astonished the world. It may yet supersede all cables, telephones and ordinary telegraph by wire. It is the greatest wonder of the new century—and, like other wonders, simple enough. His instrument sets in motion certain waves in that ether which pervades and surrounds all things. These waves like the ripple in a pond, spread in every direction, and when they reach any receiver, far or near, tuned to take them, they give their message to it. A receiver not tuned to the proper pitch, however, is useless; the subtle ether waves pass it by to give their message elsewhere. Thus a hundred messages may reach a tuned receiver with absolute certainty, while one wrongly tuned misses them all. Like all great physical facts in this world of God's making, this new discovery finds an analogy in the realm of spiritual and moral fact. How many souls assert that to them the voice of God is obscured, and His direct message an unknown experience. The Bible is to them an unreal record. For how could Moses and Abraham, David and Paul receive a direct inspiration? Answers to prayer they never believe in. They have never had any, nor does such a thing seem possible to their minds. Indeed, they proclaim the impossibility of any direct personal communications with the Divine Spark so loudly and emphatically that many weak Christians are led to wonder whether there really can be any efficacy in prayers, or any absolute knowledge of God by human soul. Does it not all depend upon the receiver? The message is there, whispering through all the universe. The soul in tune with the divine hears it, obeys it, records it. The untuned soul misses it inevitably—but does that make it any the less real and true? The fault is not in the message, but in the receiver. Once in tune, the messages will come, straight and clear, and keep on coming. "Speak, Lord, for Thy Servant hearteth," prayed the lad Samuel in that dark time when no prophet had risen in Israel for many years; and the word of the Lord came to Samuel, direct and powerful, at once. It had only been waiting for a soul tuned to hear it. Are our souls in tune to-day for divine messages? If not, can we expect to receive them? The Character Some people seem to think that character is something that can be treated like an umbrella—taken up and used as a defense when strong words or sly insinuations are poured upon them, and then laid aside again. But this is a mistake. The make-believe character is nothing but reputation, and a poor sort at that. True character is the foundation of life. It is what we really are, beneath the outward appearance that the world can see. True character is that part of our being which shall grow and develop through life as our purposes and efforts direct; it is that part of our being that we shall take out of the world with us at the end of life into vast eternity. Discouragement and Cheerfulness Infinite are the dangers of discouragement. One who yields to this unhappy and distrustful mood loses his own grip on life, loses his vision of God and his sense of the Divine presence and the Divine overruling, and his life is in danger of falling away in defeat and disaster. Some one says that the habit of cheerfulness is worth ten thousand pounds a year to a man. It is worth infinitely more than this if it masters all the life. Wherever such a man goes he carries inspiration. His life is tonic and uplifting to all he meets. Nothing disturbs the equanimity of his spirit* which is born of the peace of God in his use. FOUNDED UPON A ROCK. G.O.P. AMERICAN INDUSTRIES AMERICAN LABOR PROTECTION DEMOCRACY FREE TRADE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-1904 "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock." OUTSIDE OF TRUSTS INDEPENDENT CONCERNS DC MOST MANUFACTURING. In Employment of Labor, in the Payment of Wages and in the Value of Manufactured Products the Non-Trust Companies Are in Majority. In urging a revision of the tariff in order to destroy the great industrial combinations the Democratic party appears to be entirely oblivious to the effect upon the smaller and independent industries. As pointed out by President Roosevelt, a change in the tariff which would work injury to the large corporation would work not merely injury but destruction to its smaller competitors, "and equally, of course, such a change would mean disaster to all the wage workers connected with either the large or small corporations." It is a well-known fact that every article that is produced by a so-called trust is also produced by independent manufacturers, who collectively employ a very large amount of capital and a great deal of labor, and constitute a bulwark against monopoly. In 1900, according to the census report, the total number of manufacturing establishments in the United States was 512,329, of which 785 were corporations controlling 2,040 plants. All the establishments together employed 4,749,276 wage earners, of whom 400,046 were employed by corporations or trusts, being a fraction over 8 per cent of the whole. The total wages paid by all manufacturing establishments during the year was $2,034,215,456, of which $195,122,980 was paid by so-called trusts, being a fraction over 9 per cent of the whole. The total value of all manufactured products during the year was $11,820,784. FOUNDED UP G.O.P. AMERICAN INDUSTRIES PROTECT PRESIDENT ELEV. "And the rain descended, and the flor beat upon that house; and it fell no 665, of which trusts produced $1,667-350,949, a fraction over 14 per cent of the whole. These figures show how great a part is played in our industrial system by independent or individual enterprises which compete with the combinations. In 1900 there were 13,896 establishments engaged in iron and steel manufactures, of which 2,040 were in combinations or trusts. The entire number of these establishments employed 733,968 persons and paid out in wages $281,875,499, of which the combinations employed 145,609 persons and paid $81,098,583 in wages. The product of the trust establishments was a fraction over 28 per cent of the whole. It being impracticable to remove tariff duties from goods made by the combinations without removing protection from their independent competitors, any one can understand from an examination of the above figures what the effect would be of carrying out the Democratic policy. It would simply result, as the president has pointed out, in destroying the independent industries, with incalculable injury to both capital and labor. The bulwark against monopoly being thus broken down, there would be a clear field for the combinations and there can be no doubt that they would make haste to cultivate it. "From the standpoint of those interested in the solution of the trust problem, says Mr. Roosevelt in his letter of acceptance, "such a change would merely mean that the trust was relieved of the competition of its weaker American competitors and thrown only into competition with foreign competitors, and that the first effort to meet this new competition would be made by cutting down wages and would therefore be primarily at the cost of labor." This view is so obviously sound and rational al that it would seem it must receive general acceptance and acquiescence. The industrial combinations cannot be hit through tariff changes without at the same time hitting the independent industries—Omaha Bee. How to Construc It The purport of the Republican victory at the polls on the 8th of November is thus construed by the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune: "There will be no throwing open the doors to competition from Europe. The American merchant, farmer, wage earner and manufacturer will be protected as they have been protected. Their goods and wares and products will continue to enter the markets of the Old World, unapproachable in quality, unapproachable in merit, whether products of the farm, the loom or the factory." Evidently our Cincinnati contemporary is of the opinion that the tariff was the main issue in the campaign. Many people held that view from first to last and hold it now. That the voters intended to emphasize their unaltered preference for protection to American labor and industry there would seem to be no manner of doubt. Protectionists have so construed it; the defeated Democrats and free traders have so construed it, and they ought to know what it was that hit them. But will the restless politicians so construe it? Will they keep their hands off the tariff until the people shall have ordered that the tariff be torn up? It remains to be seen. Two years is not long to wait. If in 1906 the country shall have grown weary of the Dingley tariff and want it set aside, the opportunity of saying so will be found in the elections that will determine the complexion of the Sixtieth Congress. Meanwhile it would seem that the country is entitled to a surcease of tariff eczema. Good Effects of the Tariff The protective tariff is bringing about the condition of things anticipated by increasing exports of manufactured articles instead of raw materials and farm products. The figures of the bureau of statistics indicate that the percentage of manufactures exported during the calendar year 1904 will be larger than ever before, while that of agricultural products will be smaller. Another pleasing feature is the increase in the imports of materials in a crude condition for use in domestic industries. In the nine months ending with September over 33 per cent of the imports were of raw materials for use in manufacturing. In the corresponding months of 1895 the percentage of ON A ROCK. P. AMERICAN LABOR DEMOCRACY WELF TRADE TION ENTIAL ECTION-1904 goods came, and the winds blew, and not: for it was founded upon a rock." such imports was a little over 26 per cent. There was an increase this year over last year, demonstrating the growth of such manufactures. Agricultural products formerly exported are now consumed at home. Instead of supplying them to workmen in Europe, who manufactured articles for use in this country, those products are consumed in a much larger degree in the United States, where are produced the articles formerly imported. That is immensely to the advantage of this country, increasing its wealth and producing power. The advantage of the protective tariff is so clear that it is difficult to see how intelligent men can support the Democratic party, which declares that protection is "robbery," and seeks to put the nation on a free trade basis, at a time when even Great Britain, with its narrow territory, is seriously considering the abandonment of that policy.—Philadelphia Press. Mixter Mixed. Prof. Mixter of the University of Vermont says that "Protecion is a manifestation in practice of that hateful thing which formerly flourished under kings and broken-down aristocracies, and which the advent of Democracy was supposed to have banished from the world—privilege." Prof. Mixter is a little mixed. It would puzzle him to point out a privilege conferred by the tariff which is not equally open to all of the 80,000,000 inhabitants of the United States. Like all professors, Mixter it is useless to discuss the subject with him.—San Francisco Chronicle. Not Until Then. The New York Journal of Commerce asks a question which it would be glad to answer in the affirmative: "Will the Republicans divide on the tariff?" A split in the ranks of the Republican party is the only hope of Democrats and free traders. So long as that party stands united on the tariff it sweeps the country. When it divides on the tariff the other fellows will have a chance, and not until then Evidently. Exports of manufactured articles in 1893 were valued at $158,023,118; in 1904 the amount of exports of manufactures was $452,445,629. Evidently protection does not prevent our manufacturing for export.—San Francisco Chronicle. THE ODD CORNER Buttered Side Down. Adam began it, the first of his race, Giving the practice renown; Pickle himself up when he tumbled from grace; Found he fell buttered side down, Buttered side down, All of creation falls buttered side down. Stocks take a tumble 'twixt morning and night. Caused by a weather man's frown. Gather your dust in their bottomward flight. Bound to fall buttered side down. Buttered side down. All things financial fall buttered side down. Some day you find yourself falling in love. Prettiest girl in the town: No use to struggle, just note the above, Apt to fall buttered side down, No use to struggle, just note the above, buttered side down Combat adherents and buttered side dawn - New York Sun. Superstition Too Strong. The "Natural Club" of Moscow, after an existence of thirteen years, has lately been dissolved under extraordinary circumstances. It was formed for the purpose of combating superstition, and consisted of thirteen members. The thirteenth annual dinner took place at the house of the president, M. Levitoff. During dinner, while M. Levitoff was making an eloquent speech denouncing superstition, the electric light suddenly failed, and the room was plunged in darkness. Suddenly a whirring sound was heard, and to the horror of the skeptical company a luminous bird fluttered over the table and brushed against the president's face. The materialistic diners, too terrified even to strike a match, rushed panic-stricken downstairs. At last, when a courageous servant, armed with a candle and a poker, entered the dining room, he found a bat covered with luminous paint fluttering against the window. The intruder was removed, and the thirteen returned, only to find that the hired waiter had disappeared with all the silver on the table. Buried Cats by Husband. The village of Parkville, near Baltimore, Md., is disturbed and trustees of the Hiss Methodist Episcopal church are indignant because Mrs. Sarah Rice has buried her two pet cats in the church graveyard beside the tomb of her husband. She has also planted lilies of the valley over the resting place of her defunct feline darlings. One of the church trustees saw a newly made mound in the churchyard, and as no interment permit had been issued, he investigated, finding that Mrs. Rice had buried her cats in her lot. The board of trustees entered protest. Mrs. Rice ignored it, simply declaring the lot belonged to her and she would bury who and what she pleased in it. The law was invoked, but when Mrs. Rice was summoned before a magistrate he dismissed the case, there being no precedent to govern him. Loneliest Spot at Sea. The loneliest spot in the ocean, according to Sir John Murray, while talking with friends at the recent geographical congress in New York, is Rockall, a British possession in the Atlantic ocean about 186 miles from St Kilda, in the outer Hebrides, and about 200 miles from the Scottish coast. It is a rock about 250 feet in circumference, rising to a sheer height of seventy feet from the surface of the sea. It is surrounded by thirty fathoms of water, with neither shoal nor beach. No inhabitant has ever lived on this island. On only two occasions, so far as known, has man set foot on it. It cannot be lighted nor buoyed for the benefit of mariners. The difficulty of getting on is exceeded only by the danger in getting off. Harn of Marie Antoinette. The harp that once Queen Marie Antoinette played to admiring audiences of courtiers and again to while away the weary hours when she was a prisoner of state in Conciergie, is ir Brooklyn. Miss Dagmar Langenberg, a young Swedish woman, in this country scarcity a year, is its owner. There is no doubt as to the harp's authenticity; it has descended to Miss Langenberg through a long line of ancestors. To those who might question her, Miss Langenberg exhibits the certificate which proves as far as any document can prove that the harp was really once the treasured property of "La Belle Austrienne."—New York World. A most unusual experience from a cow's kick happened to John Case, owner of some fine Jerseys, in Plainfield, N. J., the other day. Going into the stable, he stepped near one and put his hand out to stroke her, when the cow launched a kick at him. Her hoof just missed his hand, but it caught the ring on one finger and shot it clear across the barn, without leaving a scratch on him. The only way he knew she had struck him was the slight jar and the finding of the ring several feet away on the concrete floor. Dog Cemetery a Failure. Dog Cemetery All Souls' day in Paris revealed the fact that the dog cemetery, established here four years ago, has proved a dismal failure. Only a few wreaths and several bunches of chrysanthemums ornamented the tombs on the solemn day, and the few visitors to the cemetery seemed afraid of being seen paying their respects to the graves of their deceased pets HOPE FOR THE SICK. PERUNA THE GREAT LION. MRS. HENRIETTA MARSH. A VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE. Mrs. Henrietta A. S. Marsh, 769 W. 16th St., Los Angeles, Cal., President Woman's Benevolent Ass'n, writes: "I suffer d with la gripe for seven weeks, and nothing I could do or take helped me until I tried Peruna. "I felt at once that I had at last secured the right medicine and I kept steadily improving. Within three weeks I was fully restored, and I am glad that I gave that truly great remedy a trial. I will never be without it again." In a letter dated August 31, 1904, Mrs. Marsh says: "I have never yet heard the efficacy of Peruna questioned. We still use it. I traveled through Kentucky and Tennessee three years ago, where I found Peruna doing its good work. Much of it is being used here, also."—Henrietta A. S. Marsh. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Ask your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1905. Supplies All Household Needs. A firm in New York has contracted to supply a large number of complete houses, in cluding decorations and the engagement of servants, for $90,000. Sure Stimulus to Conversation When you meet a man and are at a loss for a subject of conversation ask him to tell you about his troubles. 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 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Don't discuss children. The chances are you are boring those who have none. If you have none, you are sure to be mortally wounding those who have. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undergirded, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all his duties. He is particularly able to carry out any obligation made by him. WALDING, KINMAN & MARVIN, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Bridgets. Take Hail's Family Fills for constipation Don't discuss dress. The lady whose evening gown you are scoring may have come direct from Paris, wearing the newest thing, and the whole subject is a hopeless one, anyway. Important to Mothers. Important to introduce Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it If boys were the teachers, the teachers would learn things htey have forgotten so long they don't know that they ever knew them. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR FILES. Icthining Blind, Bleeding or Pratidating Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c. Don't indulge in personalities. They invariably return worse than they started out. Disappear In the Sea. Statisticians find that something like 2,000 vessels of all sorts disappear in the sea every year, never to be heard from again, taking with them 12,000 human being and invlving a money loss of $100,000,000. Deaths From Cancer. A French physician, Dr. Foucault, has found that in 11,048 deaths investigated by him, 759, or 7 per cent, resulted from cancer. eH could not find that heredity was a factor in the disease. Pe ee ae , x Memories ; x Aap deat tee pa ch is xt Teer ttm x aad sera smpe got eee, s : A ilalt sl Bln wei ineinri 7 ‘ ee Tine BOD ET oR the higsen 1 “You ought to be hashamea or your Y a Le MN) ‘ =A FOZ iY if Y} iy) AV SE 4 <Vopyright, 1904, by Dally Story Pub, Co.) The forecastle lamp burned with a spasmodic splutter as it swung from the beam to the motion of the bark and cast its dim light on the wrinkled face of Tom Blodgett as he fought for the few sands of life that remained in the hour glass of his allotted time. Over the side of the narrow dirty bunk his horny hand hung nerveless, and his waxen face betokened the last stage of illness, Joe Brent, coming down from his watch on deck, asked him how he did. “Hi wish,” murmured Tom, “I could ‘talk with a clergyman.” “Ow! would ‘Odges do?” asked Drent; “his father’s a sexton hin a «hurch and he's nearer a clergyman ‘than any one hon the bark.” ‘Tom nodded and Brent proceeded to ‘awaken Mr, Hodges, “Wake hup, you bloomin’ lump o' dead,” bellowed Mr. Brent, and at the same time hauling the representative wot the church irreverently out of his bunk. “Say somethin’ comfortin’ to old Tom,” commanded Brent; “you know somethin’ habout church matters.” “You'll be ‘appy, Tom,” began Mr. Hodges, somewhat slrepily; “you'll ‘ave no taupsails to reef and no decks to ‘olystone——" “Ow about ‘ell? interrupted the sufferer, with soilcitude. “No ‘ell for you, Tom,” replied Mr. Hodges, cheeringly; “hit's a straight course hup for you, my boy.” “Hi pushed a man hoverboard in Shields once,” moaned Tom. “Joe here knows Hi did. Mebbe 'e was drowned. Hi don’t know.” “What, that there Pete Bowly!" ejaculated Mr. Brent. “The Halmighty ‘as no grudge ag'in you for that. Hi'll ‘det my wages ‘e was glad to get Pete ‘hoff of ‘is books.” “Hi've a matter o” twenty pun some hodd shilling in the savings bank at Shields,” whispered the sick man, “I want you two fellers to ‘ave it.” “We'll happreciate hit and take good care hof the money, for your sake,” said Mr. Brent, feelingly. “We'll ‘andle it Christian-like,” add- ed Mr. Hodges, “but you'd better make a will, Hit ‘ll ease your mind a lot.” “Who'll write the will?” inquired Mr. Brent. “Billy,” retorted the resourceful Mr. Hodges; “'e ‘Il write it," ‘The cabin boy was bundled out of his buvk and with many suppressed protests produced pen, ink and paper from his bag. Then Mr. Hodges dictated Tom Blodgett’s will, “July Sth, Hon the bark Semiramis, Vound from Capetown to Lunnon, fit- teen days hout, wind sou'-sou'west, fresh. Hi, Thomas Blodgett, hof Heng: Yand, ‘avin’ made up my mind to die Wey ee Sy bin SY AN \ | C ei \ { 1 ae with Christian fortitood hot a bun. known disease, do give, will, dewise and bequeath——" “What's the use o' hall that?” grum- bled Mr. Brent. “Hit's law," rejoined Mr. Hodges, firmly, “Go on, Billy—the sum hof twenty pun some hodd shillings——" “What do 1 get?” asked Billy, lay- ing down the pen, “for writin’. “You'll get the hodd shillings,” said Mr. Hodges, generously “I gets two pun,” remaraed Billy, “er 1 dou't write no more.” “You ought to be hashamed of your ‘self, ‘aggling at a death bed,” said Mr, Brent angrily. “Let him ‘ave it,” snapped Mr, Hodges; “go on—” “It’s to be put in the will,” insisted Billy. “EM die afore you get the will made," muttered Mr. Brent, “Hall right, now go on—now tn the savings bank at Shields, to my loving friends Joe Brent and Richard ‘Odges, ‘alf and ‘alf each, and two prin to Billy for writin’ being in sound mind? That's all right. Now, Tom, you sign hit.” Mr. Blodgett, supported by the twe Sp /| C38 WO - o3 bee a . i}, ip d i Ah i Wi AAS | f Ary) | | |! a“ i “E's better,” said Hodges, with deep legatees, managed to scrawl his name to the will, and two seamen were awakened and induced to add their hames as witnesses on promise of a lib- eral spirituous entertainment when the bark reached London. ‘Then the fateful paper was placed in the inside pocket of Mr. Hodges’ pea jacket “Hi'm going to buy a hinterest in a public | know hof in Sunderland,” said Hodges that night, when he and Brent were on deck again, “Avent made up my mind what to do with mine," remarked Brent. “Hi'm going to take in the play a ot.” The next morning the skipper and chief mate came into the forecastle to see Mr. Blodgett “He's about to up anchor, from his looks,” whispered the mate. “TL can't think what ails him,” mused the skipper. “When he took sick I started forrard in the medicine chest and travelled aft, giving him a dose out of each bottle. Then, I turned about and travelled forrard and give him ‘em all over again. 1 don't see why he isn't better.” “He was always obstinate, was Tom,” suggested the mate. “I found this here botue in an old locker this morning.” said the skip- per. “It has no label on it, but it looks like medicine.” “Smells like varnish,” remarked the mate, sniffing at the bottle, “Maybe it’s bug poison.” “Its not varnish,” replied the skipper, “and 1 don't believe it’s bug poison, I've half a mind to give Tom a dose of it.” “Good idea,” exclaimed the mate. “He'll die anyway, so give him the whole of it.” When Tom had swallowed the con: tents of the bottle the skipper cast it overboard, “"E's better.” said Hodges, with deep gloom, addressing Brent “Seems one can't trust to hany- thing,” grumbled Mr. Brent. “What's more, he's going to get well. Did you hear ‘im cussin’ at Billy this morn- ing?” Two days later Tom was furling topsails and the will had been de- manded from the legatees and burned. “L wish,” muttered the skipper, “I'd kept that there bottle. It’s blooming good medicine, whatever it was.” Awaiting Developments. William F. King of the Merchants’ association tells a story of a boy who had a faculty tor losing one job and getting another almost simultaneous: ly. Meeting him on the street one day a friend said to him: “Weil, dack, who are you with now?” “Lm with John Smith & Co.” “Is this a permanent eonnection at last?” asked the friend “Lcan't tell abot that yet,” replied Jack, “I'm only there on memoran dum, you see."—New York Times. Fiemme mn lymonen yoann yomnen yore oon fyrmnrst t Founded American Town | me fv errecl frsrncch fnsrmncl frsnrcl frstncdl fired fnsnoch frsh: (Special Correspondence.) Tn the commonwealth of Massachu- setts there Is a prosperous town call: ed Winthrop; in that domain of His Majesty King Edward yelept England there is a snug little town called Grow ton. The two are closely related; in fact, are mother and son, as are so many English and Massachusetts towns, but until recently tie residents of Winthrop did not know what a quairt old mother they had. When the Htracy trustees ot the Frost: Pub: He Library at Winthrop matured a scheme for connecting the history of their town with that of old England, from whence came its early settlers, they wrote to the Rev. John W. Way- man, rector of the church at Groton, requesting photographs of the old church and of other points of interest in connection with the home of Deane Winthrop, who settled at “Pullin’ Poynte.” as Winthrop was then called, They received in the course of time the following reply: “I fear you must think T never re ceived your letter of 26th March last; or having received it have forgotten all about it. Such is not precisely the case, My delay in replying to it has been caused by the Inability to get the accompanying photos taken. This {sa very ont of the way place, and, though photography is common enough; it is only lately that a photographer has taken up his temporary abode in the neighboring parish of oxford, and given me the opportunity of having the inelosed done.” From such a town, hardly changed at all In the intervening 255. years, came Deane Winthrop, the sixth son of Gov. John Winthrop, abont the year 1649. He settied at “Pullin’ Poynte,” which in 1739 became Chelsea, a part of North Chelsea in 848, and was in- corporated as the town of Winthrop in 1852. The old house in which he lived is still standing. Robert C. Winthrop thus describes the town of Groton as it was in 1817 “It was one of a cluster of rural vil lages, five in number, which lie be tween the large towns of Hadleigh and Sudbury, in the southwest corner of that thriving agricnitural country The landscape around them has no peculiar features either of beauty or grandeur; but clothed as it was, in the matchless verdure of an English summer, it presented a picture of quiet loveliness which one would not willingly have lost. Lite Walding. field and Groton appear to have been the least noted of the surrounding villages, and even the name of the latter would seem to have disappeared of late years from more thay one of the Suffolk county maps, as if the place had lost any Importance which it ever possessed, and had become too Inconsiderable to be the subject. of particular designation, “But the Groton of Suffolk county in old England has by no means. yet lost its local habitation or its ancient landmarks. I was there on a Sunday and went to the parish church in which the Winthrops worshiped before they came to America. The grand old service of prayer and praise, in which they had united so long ago within the same sanctuary, had just commenced when T entered, and TE coutd almost im agine, as I Joined in the responses, that the venerable walls gave back an echo of welcome, as to a not unrec ognized voice. “Everything concurred in awaken ing the memory of those who. had gone before me—the pulpit from which they had listered to preachers of their own presentation, the font at which so many of them had been baptized, the chancel around which they had knelt to receive the bread of life, ‘There on the crowning pane of we Governor John Winthrop— 1587-1649. the altar window was the same Sur. sum Corda’ which must have lifted their hearts in many an hour of trial and trouble. There in. the bumble vestry was the old parish register, the second entry on whose time-stained leaves gave the date of te death of the family in 1562 “There, too, was the tomb in which the father, the grandfather, and pos sibly the great-grandfather of the first emigrant to New England had been successively buried. ‘The inseription was almost illegible, but enough could he deciphered to verify an ancient copy. I read ay follows: ‘Heaven the country; Christ the way. Here tes the body of Adam Winthrop, Esq., son ot Adam Winthrop, Esq. who were Patrons of this Church and Lords of the manor of Groton. The above named Adam, the son, married Anna, the laughter of Henry Browne of Edwart ton, by whom he bad one son and four Jaughters. He departed this Ife in Town of Groton in 1847. the year of our Lord 1623 and of hi own age 75, Put Anna. his wife dic 1628. She also is buried here wit him. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons « God” Received Groton in 1544, ‘The first Winthrop—one Adam Wir throp- received the grant ef Grotor formeriy the lordship of the abbot « Bury, at the dissolution of the mona teries in 1544. Here the second Wr throp died. ‘The third of that name the father of the Massachusetts gov Z Se ga i Dy, 4 ko / K on IU ah - " S) ee I od / ; F ey ee: | Veena ies be Ve ine ti Cee f ne i Sea ~ / ga John Winthrop, Jr, Governor of Con neticut. 1606-1676. ernor, was born in London August 10 1548, but, although not the oldest son later came into possession of thy manor of Groton, He was somethin; of a poet. His son, John Winthro} who came to America in 1430 as Gov ernor of Massachusetts. and who wa the father of Deane, was born at Ed wartson, near the family seat at Gre ton, Jan. 12, 1587, He was very pre cocious and was made a jusitee of th peace when I8 years old, and wa married when only a little over 17 This wife bore him six children, th eldest of whom became the govenor 0 Connecticut He married a second time, and this wife died in a litte over a year. Ik the year 1618 John Winthrop was ance more established in domestic Ife, his third wife being Margare Tyndall, daughter of Sir Jobn Tynrall John Winthrop lived along in this auict country town, enjoying the life of a well-todo and respected. squire and devoting his energies to the rear Ing of his children, His letters to his wife and sons show him to have been a diligent, corscientions worker, de voted to his family. And then eame into his life something which was t change its whole course and that of his offspring: the New England enter prise. He was well along in years when he became interested In the Mas sachusetts company, and when he de termined to pluck up his stakes in his own land) with a view of planting them again in a remote wilderness he was strongly advised against the ste} by his old friends, But he made uy his mind to it after long and carefu study of the question, believing it te be his duty to do so. His Last Visit to Groton. Winthrop returned to. Groton fo the last time in February, 1620, Hk Went to London and finally embarked for America on the 22d of Mareh. He founded another home here. and. his children sti others after him. Deane Winthrop settled in old Chelsea, ane the house, 200, years later, is. stil standing This group of photographs , sent from Groton will be hung in the Pros Library and will complete a series de voted to eid and New England. ‘The trnstees already possess a photo ghaphie copy of the Magna Charta, av engraving of Westminster abbey, and a group of the Kings and queens. whe Were rulers of Great Britain. “when Pailin Poynte people were Hritish sub jecis” A map of England showing the loeation of Groton, a picture of the royal eharter brought over by Winthrop, and a collection of pictures of sreat Englishmen who had some part in the affairs of chureh. or state during the colonial and revolutionary period completes. the collection i cia an i Tommy Mulligan of the Seventh crude Was absent from the class room for one entire day. Tt wows appear that he had played truant. for un Fyown to ‘Tommy his teacher hac pied him trudging home card with pockets bulging suspiciously — when she. too, was homeward bound that afternoon but Tommy brought a note of ex couse the following morning, which of course Would prove that he had been detained at home legitimately, ‘The writing was hardly that of a feminine hand. and the note appeared to nave heen written laboriously and with much blotting: furthermore, the pen: marship seemed strangely familiar to his teacher. The note read as fol lows Dear teacher Please exens Tomy for not comeing te shool yestiddy. he eudnot come. Vtore my pants. Mrs. Mulligan.”—-Chicago Record: Herald Sunday Magazine. Big Furnaces Near Tacoma. A number of Wiseonsin and Tacoma, capitalists have bought large coal and coke properties in the state of Wash ington, and under the name of the “Western Iron, Coal and Coke Com pany” Intend to manufacture pig Iron and possibly steel at or near Tacoma ay ae t The Bye-Bye Chair =| FSA aida naa inca js acca cabs Rises ‘The reten oad te the dusky niin Tether was. hakd the trate AML tne dae MMe tealaway, daddy comes into’ his ew Oho, then erwin of the taeeted cap fale a the aiyeasang gow" Tm kine ot nikht I honest Fhe, though A alayer ter trade dawn towti What "hews te thie hy Courter Cal? One marching twidesttos Invasion iat by: oie @ bank by Emperor Ty sho? Again Tie waved my kingly crown ts paajtout tiie ty wea Here's steae and sealing tout and sack of Foruese Baas hal And now: reteat Si KIOKIS rise! ‘Phe fot cluded What? Rind Lenewth? then up. white Hig to Rings hopes tare welt Hold, 0 bombanting pushion host. b sield ( qutasane it The emperor his Won to-night! Lfve to Ao ike will The victors terme? Nor harsh are they: 1 Mle toes oF tw My fant ibesn T alidiy: diet ta suet a toe Neu Now, ch Whit. no? Your mother's armie? Danait the oon with jay fo, te the state! Goal queen: prepare! Tere Himperat tally bes May Psi dowa th Shunber town and Mae ten tn the tines That moter voice in cadence soft and (ehder accents ciaons? Let mest dewi in thts dear realm hase throne Ie Hult sofa The throne Pooman mas ower dispute a Mother's. Byec Tye Chalt Tm hingry for the quaint old songs. old Tavtes my deat” The Now te Wim. ihe Vhen chines clear ae Loam Tee ning Mote [foot the “hig of miather arms. come ronal mo tn the gloat Toom tirheat another voice weehity tbs Matha nnn he AHL AE WH Ei mean 66 ty that ‘The xnnetity” WE old-time faye encom pieaeth me tein ‘phe Wirt at tinue tuts teat me: hack tn Wattles Lihave fought Not always has the san Success touched tasks Mowe f wyoieht Pull oft hae Fortine dealt a blow tnstwad it tnt te. Mees And heartache followed close upon the heels at happiness Rut often when A solemn xonk of woe my heart intoned, And often When thes spirit. weithed and ‘Mtsany Hature: wenanend ‘rhen Tate rattan tha gpttoned atm, not Phriwed by morta, tongue, SWAIN WAS ALSO ATHLETE. Youth's Knowledge of Sports Saves (bhi ot Celela,. They were sitting together on the big sofa in the drawing room, she with her head on his shonider and he with his left arm around her waist and his other hand fondly holding both of hers, For over half an hour, says the Philadelphia Press, he had been frank ly telling her the story of his past life and resolving with her influence to make a better man of himself, while she eneonraged him, telling him over and over again that be was far better than the average man she knew Mother was upstairs, supposedly deep in a book, and the eccapants of the drawing room trusted to mother's footsteps to warn them when they should move to a more platonic post ‘tion. But the young people were so deep Iy interested in each other that they did not hear mother come down the stairs and the first intimation of dan ker was when they heard the knob on the drawing room door turn Frantically the youth leaped: from the sofa and while he was in mid air mother strode majestically Into the room and saw hin. To the average youth there wonld have been no escape, but this youth with the shill of a) veteran, landed lightly on his feet and. turning te the mother, said in the most conven tional tones Why, how de yon do. Mrs ’ Twas just explaining t0 Mb how Towon the broad jump on Franklin flold. And then to earry out the gat Tant lie he demonstrated high jump ing, sprinting, throwing the webeht hammer throw ing and even showed the mother and danehter how the varions position on the football team are played And the best part of the whole af fair was that mother really believed ‘Ail hin eald. The Perfect Figure. The height of a person with a per feet figure should he exactly equal the distance between the tips of the mid Me fingers on either hand when the arms are fully extended. ‘Ten times: the length of dhe hand, or seven and half times the length of the foot, or five times the diameter fram ene: arm: pit to the other, shankd alse give the height of the whele body ‘Phe dis tanee from the fanetion of the thighs to the eromnd should he exactly the ame as from Mutt point to the crown of the head ‘The knew shoult he ex actly midway between the first named point and the ground at the heel ‘The Histanees from the elbow te the tip of the middie finger should he the same as from the elbow to the middie Hine of the breast From the top of the head tothe level of the chin shanld De the same as from the level of the: chin to the arm pits from the heel to toe Chicago News. A. Gunation ef Clathina. Mr. Jones was very fond of a kind of boiled pudding his wife mate, so when she had gone away for an af ternoon and evening she promised that she would leave one of the fa vored puddings in the saucepan for Dis evening meal Well,” she said on her return, “and how did the pndding go down” Soo preme!” said ‘Tom, smacking His lips at the recollection, "Twas As food a pudding us von have ever made” “That's coo,” was the gratified re: sponse of Mrs. Jones, “I'm glad you enjoyed it, What did yon do with the sloth?” Ver a moment Mr. Jones solemnly surveyed her. what?” he sald, “did ft have a doth on?”—london Auswers. 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Parking Taek tc sautti wes forth ani hotly ties To eater ite te amatoly the Vsht Wat shines fret mothers ove And te Who with bis eariest with hie after Tie attains To those ol wanes of Honest have tie mather softly ethers May walk sudown the wave of Life and Wy tis daily prayer hank God that ill tis best was bern an THAD GhL Bye Hye Chat Melman thy in Pearsanes for Become ear MESMERIST TO THE CZAR. Credited With Power to Heal All Dis. Gates bY Theuaht, Philippe, the mesmerist, who a fow Years site had an extraordinary tthe fehee over the ear, is now at Lyons Working wonders with a fellow wivar The newspapers state that Philippe often stays With he e7ur at his castle AL Tearskocselo When the ear was hast in France be Simone Plilippe to Conspiesne and Nad an interview with hime whieh best ed several hours, mueh te the aston ishment af tie French oftiestls. Ie ts asserted that Philippe then toretold the birth af the Craresiteh Aceoriing to the papers Philippe can heal all diseases by thousht No Passes, MO IneARTATIOns, ar nessa are needed A hook ae thought wid sities, Hut eros are ently. possible when the patient's relations ar trends deserve i hy their moral conduct The papers tell a stary of haw by Wis presenee Philippe cured a ehiht who wate at deaths daar with: tuber cular meningitis. Pity persons were Present at the time, Philippe merely asked all present te plodge their homer hot te tath scandal for forty eight hours. Bevery one protested: that this Was too tons, and Philippe aeeordiny Ty compromived on two hours, at the ond of whiek thine the chit wes eared The papers say that after thes and other siteh miracles should the peaple Aisheliove in Philippe they ean only say they are sors for them Barbs GUFTEARUN DE DIRE SoBe VB, HIGH HOPES SOON DASHED. Count De La Vaulx Illustrates Idea With Good Story. Count Hones De hae Vanly the noted Heron was talking about veronant tes in Now York Our Aero club in Paris,” he said, has GOO members. Tam suite that there must be quite God aerenants in Amerion Undoubtedly it wan't be: fong before fying machines sil be as common as mater cay The wrent trouble is the immense: Met ot Hine and maney that aere tational experiments require Pall of hope. You wotk fo. three fone year and spend, Hmm he, $50.000 an a thy fn matching, aud the fest time yon try Ht crash down it drapes. a wreel Then vou are, indeed, disappointed and dishoariened, You feck ae a den fist felt of whem D heard the other a Aman went to this demtio€ to have tooth pated He tamed back fn the chair amd the dentist thrust into Month a pas of brieht fereeps. gaye a fork, then said in a eampiacent tone Aha there's the Hittle joker It ame out easy, dian tant Idiot! Bleckhead? exclaimed: the pationt. “Thats the false tuoth L paul $19 to have pot in the other day Sa ea Ca ce A prominent: Missourian in’ Wash: ington is fond of telling aneedates about dames Stephen Green, ance a xenater trom Missouri and the leader In the ageressive War made on Benten by the slavery wdvecates in ante bellum Missonri, The ane he enjoys the most and considers the best af ail iMustrates Green's ready. wit One Sunday, shortly afier Green's arrival in Washington, he was ashe by a friend Of his to attend services at an Episcopal churel near by, Groen had never attended service eharae tentzed by mueh formalicn, so he was naturally deeply Hapressed. Miter he Jad returned an acmmaintance asked Hin, “Renator, what did yon think of the uerstoo? Well, sin” Green replied, it strnets me that there was altogether tao much reading of the tourna) and not enough, debate, "=-Saturday Evening Post y y THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODS,..... Humes Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SESUUSCRIPTION RATES: Pena nia Force tna ssid a] ne month ‘ i Autetly paid in advance Matered at the Post Office at Kanaaa City, 4 Second Class Matter. ~ Correspondents wanted in every city end town in this state. Write us. All uews matter intended for pub- Moation ehould reach our office not Jas fer than Tuesday, of each week and Dust be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. a VFIOK: Wo. 117 West Sixt!. St, Kansas City, Mo. ‘Advertising Rates, Fotony inet. ous tanertion re OF ne (neh. each aureequent insertion» 30 For two teches, three mouth seen" Fortwo laches. alt month 80 FoETES SSReS Bim mothe 0a jor two Inches twelve months 18.09 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL +». IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. * The paid circulation of THe Risinc Son is more than double the combined circu- lation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. WAS A PARTY'S STRENGTH. It was the work of Mr. Rerens that Drought the party up to the point Where success was possible under well directed: effort No oman in Mis sourd, living or dead, has done more for the Republican party than the Hon, ROC. Kerens, whe has been sur: felted on empty honors only, He as sisted it when it was wabbly and weak, the plaything of a powerful and overfed opposition: he mursed it when it was sick and in despair over bitter defeat, and ont of actual gloom he would feteh a ray of hope to eheer it for another battle; in its puny days he gave Ht nourishment, brought it health, strenuth and selfeonfidence, found it friends in other states, and bromeht it helpful attention from national sourees, His time and his cash and his influences have been given te its se that if actual work, and lots of it counts anything, Mr, Kerens should be several laps ahead of anybody. Kingston Mercury, STANDING UP FOR KERENS. Solon T. Gilmore, senatorelect from the Fifth district, declared it his pur pose to vote for RL C, Kerens for sen- ator, fam influenced by two reasons,” said Mr, Gilmore, "The first is that his wide knowledge of public men and the influence, throngh traditions of his party and his vast business con: nections he Will have in the senate, will allow more to be done for the state generally than any other eandi date seeking the honor, ‘The second reason is founded on his fealty to the party when nore: ward could be paid him. 1 think his serviees to the party, in combination with his standing and influence, make him the logical candidate of the Re publican party.’—Kansas City World The Son does not tuink the action on the part of the several colored physicians banding together to open a drug store a very plausible step, while of course It is their privilege to do so. We have two druggists in the com: munity who should have been allowed to get on their feet, so to speak, We do not believe that it is right for pro: fessional mien to act narrow and con: niving and try to gobble up all. It would look better for them to adopt the policy, “Live and let live.” The veto of Mayor Neff on the gas franchise should be sustained by the pnblie, ‘The common council ought to remember that serious bhinders: have been made heretofore by giving away valuable franchises, which not only did not give to the eity its share of profits, but which came in conflict with the wishes of the public, as in the instance of the Metropolitan street railway franchise, ‘The people have not as yet seenred a square deal from that company, It has the fran chise and the monopoly. Now: the people can “walk the floor.” The Son wishes to extend to its readers and friends a merry Christ- mas and a happy and prosperous new year and many returns of the season. We extend thanks to all for favors of the past and solicit your future bnsi- ness, which we shall be glad to look after in a manner that will serve to hold the confidence which it has been our pleasure to receive up to this tume. Certain opponents of Mr, Kerens within the party press to question his loyalty to the president and attempt to make capital against him with as- 932 Ninth and Main St. Je H. WHITE CO. Wyandotte $1 Buys $3°° Worth Here In this Bona Fide Going-out-of-Business Sale. The profit and more goes to you, Mr. and Mrs. Buyer, but you must act now. We're forced to vacate this building Dec. 26th. Men’s Clothing LESS THAN COST to Manufacture $10°° $10°° $18 : $18 Smoking Jackets | SUITS Overcoats | SUITS $598 $°3 88 $6°° $6°° Furnishings for Xmas. Three Presents for the Price of One. $1.50 $1.50 Silk 50c 50c Boston |25c Silk Initial] $4 Silk Mixed 50c $1.00 | Mufflers Suspenders Hosiery Garters | Handkerchiefs} Underwear | Neckwear Shirts | delboldvol feel Se sea label aoe sertions by innuendo that he is a per sona non grata to the president, and that the latter will deeline to recognize him in making federal appointments, even though elected, and this sort of a campaign is persistently maintained by aid of the Demoeratic press, notwith: standing the fact that the president has stated in unequivocal language that he will keep hands off in the sen- aorial contest and will be satisfied with whatever selection may be made by the Republicans of Missouri upon whom the responsibility rests.” The battle is over and victory is ours, The colored boys helped to bring it about and they desire to share ‘the spoils, If they cannot get the plums they will come in for the Teav- ines, Now the colored boys are in ood humor, and it is in the power of the Republiean organization to keep ‘them in that mood. THE GREAT SALE OF Ghristmas Toys 1s ON AT G. GOLLINS’ BIG DRY GOODS HOUSE | Visit our Toy Room and it wil tell. Among things that will please the little folks we mention: DOLLS Baby Bugsies Express Wagons Sleds China Dishes and, in fact, Everything in the line of Toys And we are selling them at prices that defy competition. SUITABLE ARTICLES FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS In our other Departments. Save Time and Money by Stopping Here. C. C. Collins Dry Goods Store 1431°33-35°37 E. Eighteenth St. 5 t {ral 3 1s ge ————— W (yi Ph “He is rich,” said Beau y : al y Brummell, “who inherits a \.43-— taste in dress.” = a ih b o T IS OUR FUNCTION to gratify that taste and todevelopit. Our Suits yj and Overcoats are cut on the lines approved by fashion. Si2 to $30 For Holiday Gifts we show complete lines of Neck- wear, Gloves, Suspenders, Canes, Umbrellas, and everything of the best quality. Prices reasonable. Browning, King & Co. HENRY CASPER, Manager. 11th & Main Sts. It may be true, as the New York World says, that the sweeping Demo- cratic defeat was due in part to the foolish attempt to make an issue of the Booker Washington dinner; but is due in greater part to the wicked at- tempt of the Wor!) and Judge Parker to blacken the eharacter of the Presi- dent of the United tSates, ‘The Son is still hollowing for Kerens for senator, THEODORE SMITH. DRUGGIST. Two Stores: 908 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, Puones {Berta Grand” PHONES | Be'Si70 wala KANSAS CITY, MO. Dealer in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Stationery, Etc. Give us an Order by Phoneand See if We are not there with the Goods. Ghe Stoeltzing Stowe and Hardware Co. S———————POPHOOROR9R8 Best Stoves Made. i sy Largest Stock in City. eer ag Price the Lowest. ele whelsseleent Reel Peninsular ACen oe Steet Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Bur Wr BRE nere, Frances; and all goede tage by = f 5 i eninsuler ove oe. i = T= i ter, Cole's Hot SSS mT Nam tor Cont tnt Wood, Clermont aa ess Oak Stoves, Schill Stee! Ranges aud Farnnecs. ey burs | | TIN WORK @ Specialty. weed eA | seeeesM mew line of...+++ | | | Window and Door Soreans and Refrigerators eae soak" | "Phone 1451. he OT 1329 Grand Ave, Gall up We Home Phone NEVER Hotel New Port Neatly Furnished Rooms and Cafe Near Corner Eighteenth and Tracy, 1807 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. MRS. V. L. NORTH, Prop. CPEN DAY AND NIGHT. We would rejoice to see the Hon. | Gardiner Lathrop have anything he] wants. \ ‘There was a time when the Ree was unitel in church work, but he is. getting split on that proposition now. | I wonder if the time will ever come when he will see the wisdom of uniting, his forces as other races of people do, for the good of the whole race? | ‘The Negro has only yet learned how to bury one another, but how to raise one another in uniting for our mutual benefit, the Negro has been near: sighted, Why have we not some ereditable stores in Kansas City, We say educa tion solves the problem . We have plenty of edueation—then why not de: liver the goods? It has been a long time since we heard that song, "You may have all this world but give me Jesus.” But the white folks got all the world before you quit singing and in such a way that you will get but very little of it Purity HOLIDAY CANDIES! We aoreasamat for CHRISTMAS CANDIES! Do not forget to purchase one of our famous 5 lb. Boxes of 250 Candles, 5 Ibs. for $1. PURITY CANDY KITCHEN 18 East Twelfth St. 516 East Twelfth St: Does education mean to sit down and do nothing? In our community we have at least 35,000 and the best we can offer today is little restaurants, a barbershop, two litte undertaking es tablishments and a one-horse paper, ‘And yet some say we are progressing, CASH cat my cs ONLY $10.00 CREDIT NX} FREE, Cash, balance $5.00 8 month, I Bier dnt pa, 042° “APN a TXT V Waren Anas ane Fer BSL i ume, Sage Fixes Wedding Date. No Korean couple would think of marrying without consulting the sage, who fixes the happy day for them. This he does simply by adding the bride's age to the bridegroom's and efter determining which star rules the destiny of their united ages, he de- crees that the wedding shall take place upon the day sacred to that atar. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. LOCALS. We regret to note that the Hon. Nelson C. Crews is reported seriously ill. We hope him a speedy recovery. The Fan-Tan club, composed of ladies only, met at the home of Mrs. W. G. Mosely, 2118 Highland, last Wednesday afternoon. Light refreshment was served and every one had an enjoyable time. Next Wednesday the meeting will be held at Mrs. Irene Dayton's, 2110 Highland. Mrs. Mosely is president, Miss Irene McAfee secretary and Mrs. Emma Johnson treasurer. The friends of R. W. Sherrell were much shocked to learn of his sudden death last Friday night. Mr. Sherrell was one of Kansas City's most respected citizens. The People's drug store, owned by a combination of doctors ,is now open for business. Northeast corner of Eighteenth and Paseo. Our old friend, Frank Williams, will pay a flying visit to Lexington Christmas week. Christmas week at Burns M. E. church, corner Nineteenth and Woodland, Kansas City, Mo. Rev. James M. Harris, pastor. Saturday, December 24, 7:30 p. m.: Christmas tree and concert. Supper will be served from 5:30 to 12 m. Mr. E. W. Whaley, superintendent, manager. Tuesday, December 27, 8 p. m.: Recital by Miss Victoria Overall. Dramatic reader, impersonator and pantomimest. This promises to be one of the greatest affairs of the season. Miss Overall is regarded as one of the best dramatic readers and impersonators in the West. Don't fail to hear her Mrs. John Day, organist, will assist. For benefit of the church. Admission 10 cents. Friday, December 30, at 7:30 p. m.: "The Milkmaids' Convention," a burlesque play, by Mrs. J. M. Harris and L. E. Beatty. Admission 10 cents "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Committee. CARD OF THANKS. I hereby tender my sincere thanks to friends and the public and especially the hotel waiters for the material assistance rendered in the interest of my husband on the occasion of the benefit ball given several weeks ago. The ladies of St. Augustine's mission are in receipt of an autograph and souvenir from Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. This will be used at the entertainment which is to be given Thursday evening, December 29, at Turner hall. Mr. John Hill's condition is unchanged. Miss Blanche Moore spent Wednesday in Kansas City visiting Miss Beulah Starks. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Compton will soon celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary. There will be a manual training school for our colored boys and girls next year. Rev. and Mrs. Bacote have not returned from their Thanksgiving trip yet. Their friends look for them home this week. There was a whist party given at Mrs. Howard Riley's last Wednesday night, in which Mrs. T. C. Colwell of Leaveworth and Mrs. Marie Jones of Kansas City, Kan., participated. Mrs. H. Compton and Mrs. T. C. Colwell entertained the Carnation club last Thursday night. Every one enjoyed themselves. The evening was spent in various games. Refreshments were served and music was in abundance. Mr. Nathan Thompkins has been sick with the la gripe. He is improving. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Butler are on their way from San Francisco to Kansas City. There was an excellent program given by the Grisham Oratorical club in the assembly hall of L. H. S. last Friday. Mrs. S. C. Summers has many pupils of this side in her music class. ROOMS FOR RENT—LIGHT HOUSE-KEEPING At 1816 Wedland avenue. Heat and gas furnished. Rooms $3.00 and $3.50. A desirable place for anyone wishing a room at a home-like place. Bath free. Call on the big department store of Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co., for toys for the children. The Jones Dry Goods Company has on hand everything to please the little folks and the big folks, too. John Taylor Dry Goods Co. is showing some fine things for Christmas. Mr. H. Patton is the proprietor of a restaurant for ladies and gentlemen at 924 Wyandotte street. Dinner is served from 11:30 to 2 p. m. Short orders are served at all hours between 6:30 a. m. and 10:30 at night. Good service. Hot creme de menthe, claret phosphate, coffee, chocolate, root beer, beef tea, Roman punch, Jamalca ginger, English Breakfast tea, clam and tomato bouillon, are some of the leaders at McCampbell & Houston's Hot Soda Fountain. CASH IS THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertisements, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. AGENTS WANTED.—$50 per week and expenses easily made selling combination policies for a big sick and accident company. Write to-day. Address U. S. Protective Society, Salisbury, Mo. , If you desire one of the Magnetic Hair Straighteners or some Ozone we have it in stock at the Rising Son office and all other preparations from the Boston Chemical Co. Solo Mandolins, John Hobbs, Thas. N. Grant; Second Mandolin, J. E. Johnson; Guitars, Fred Spence, Wm. Williams. Gate City Mandolin Club. Music for parties, etc. Bell 'Phone 2655 Main. Fred Spence, 1007 Walnut street, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. W. H. Owens, 2424 Flora has four large rooms to rent. Gas in every room and water in kitchen. $10 per month. John Titus Peterman, the brilliant author and reader, is open for engagements. Will read and recite from his new book, (in press and out in a few days, "Tragedies and Comedies, or Joe and Jane's Adventures in Kansas City and St. Louis." His terms are very reasonable. Address 3021 East 18th street. San Joe Sephus, Agt. Mrs. Mamie Durant Vincent has now opened her dressmaking parlor and ladies' tailoring school at her residence, 1228 Walnut street, for the benefit of our girls and ladies. Flint, Ala., June 14th, 1900. Dear Sirs: I have used your Ozonized Ox Marrow only a short while and it has improved my hair wonderfully. ROTHA FRANCIES. When the collector comes to you for your subscription, why not pay him? Why tell him you want to see Woods? To my colored friends, I want the money, and they can see me any time. It does seem you ought to know when the year is out, I wish you all a merry Christmas and that you will live long and prosper. Many thanks to you for past favors. Dr. Smith succeeds because he knows his business and attends to it. He contributes liberally to churches and all charitable institutions. We should always support a man of this kind. The editor wishes him continued success. NOTICE. Dr. Smith, the druggist, has no interest in the "Stock Drug Company," which is to be opened by some of the physicians of our city, but will continue to do business at 908 E. 12th street and 805 Independence avenue. Dr. Smith is serving up-to-date hot drinks. Give him a call. Buy your Christmas goods at Smith's. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23, 1893. Gentlemen: Please send me two bots of the Ozonized Ox Marrow for the hair. Think it is one of the best hair pomades made. MRS. JOHN GRAF. The Waiters' club extends a merry Christmas and invites all its friends to be present Christmas morning and enjoy one. By its president. If you want to find a place to get turkey on Christmas day, call on Henry Compton, 915 Baltimore avenue. Nebraska Clothing Co KANSAS CITY MO Wise People GO TO E. Z Barber UNEEDA SHAVE AN C. A. EV 107 East 141h, K ```markdown ``` who like easy, comfortable shopping, while the choicest and most beautiful things are still unpicked will buy now while the stocks are full. The best Christmas Shopping Time is RIGHT NOW. Furnished Rooms To Rent. Meals at All Hours. At 1001 E. 18th St. G. SMITH. Propr. A. G. HOWARD Ir now ready to fill your orders for coats quantities. Home Phone 1695 Main. JOHN P. TILLHOF. Established TILLHOF & CAMPADEL, REAL ESTATE, RENTAL, ROOSE-BOOK HALL Bldg., Cor. BOTH PHONES 1489 MAIN. DIAMOND PAINT PAINT, VARNISH, C. A. CAMPBELL, Mgr. Tel. 946. C. H. Countee. Countee Brothers, 4 East 12th St., Phone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnish $15,000.00 SALE BANKRUPT OF J.P. Louis Stock of COMMENCING AT Saturday, December This Entire Stock will 50 Cents on Dry Goods, Millinery, Goods, Shoes, Rubber Scarfs, Ladies' Waists. Also line of HOLIDAY GOODS REMEMBER THE 1413 & 1415 E. 18th S Trustee Sale. J. to fill your orders for coal and feed in quantities. Established 1889. LHOF & CAMPBELL STATE. RENTALS. INSTITUTE & Mall Bldg., Cor. 9th & Wall KANSAS. DOND PAINT CO. PAINT, VARNISH, BRUSHES. L, Mgr. Tel. 946. 1214 G. Intee. Brothers, UNDERTA...Licensed phone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. $100.00 SALE $15,000 BANKRUPT SALE OF Louis Stock of Merchandise COMMENCING AT 8 A. M. Saturday, December This Entire Stock will be Sold at Cents on the Day Goods, Millinery, Men's Fur Goods, Shoes, Rubbers, Ladies Scarfs, Ladies' Skirts and Waists. Also a full line of DAY GOODS AND REMEMBER THE PLACE, 1415 E. 18th St. (Cor. Intee Sale. J. P. Louis JOHN P. TILLHOF. Established 1889. WM. J. CAMPBELL. TILLHOF & CAMPBELL REAL ESTATE. RENTALS. INSURANCE: 803.204 Hall Bldg., Cor. 9th & Walnut St. BOTH PHONES 1469 MAIN. KANSAS CITY, MO. DIAMOND PAINT CO. (DEVOE.) PAINT, VARNISH, BRUSHES. C. A. CAMPBELL, Mgr. Tel. 946. 1214 GRAND AVENUE 4 East 12th St. iPhone 780 Grand. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO 50 Cents on the Dollar Dry Goods, Millinery, Men's Furnishing Goods, Shoes, Rubbers, Ladies' Fur Scarfs, Ladies' Skirts and Waists. Also a full KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Wise People MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services striotly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. Z. T. JOBDAN, Manager GO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HAIR CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 141h, Kansas City, Mo WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By ```markdown ``` TAKEN FROM LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful mixture is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It more than doubles out or breaking out, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold wortley and barnless. It was the first preparation ever made for hair that claim to be just as good—but always insist upon getting the genuine, as it never fails to do. It is a fortunate gift, giving it that health, life-like appearance so much desired. A toilet necessity for perfumed, Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents, sold by drug bottle, postpaid, or $1.40 for three bottles, express payment, pay all postage, and express delivery. Send postpaid to: OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. for coal and feed in large or small entities. Street number 1025 Pacific. ed 1889. WM. J. CAMPBELL. CAMPBELL MINTALS. INSURANCE: Cor. 9th & Walnut St. KANSAS CITY, MO. AINT CO. (DEVOE.) BRUSH, BRUSHES. Tel. 946. 1214 GRAND AVENUE W. B. Countee. UNDERTAKERS AND Licensed Embalmers. Furnished for All Occasions. KANSAS CITY, MO. SALE $15,000.00 CEPT SALE OF Book of Merchandise NG AT 8 A. M. December 17th. Stock will be Sold at In the Dollar Mery, Men's Furnishing Rubbers, Ladies' Fur es' Skirts and Also a full use of FOODS AND TOYS FOR THE PLACE, North St. (Cor. Grove.) J. P. Louis Sale. FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K.C., U.S.A. Many Uses for Fire Brigade. Berlin's fire brigade is known jocularly as the "maid of all work." It is called out not only when fire breaks out, but also when any kind of accident occurs. When the elevator man was crushed to death as Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia was descending in a high building it was the fire brigade which was called out to free the victim. Last year no fewer than 112 animals were succiced by firemen. Recently the firemen relieved a swallow from a plight. The bird had caught a claw in some masonry under a roof and could not extricate itself. A fireman climbed up to it on a firefreshe and released it. The other day the firemen were rung up to save a cat which was being attacked in a tree by crows from above and by boys from below. DEST OWNED to the spruce. While it was the pine that made possible the once prosperous West India trade and built up Maine's shipping in the days before the civil war, it never in all the years of its pre-eminence accomplished half so much for the land of its birth as the coarse-grained spruce. For, while the pine built ships and individual fortunes and made West India rum as cheap as ever all along the seaboard, the spruce has built towns in the midst of the wilderness, like Rumford Falls and Millnocket, brought outside millions of capital to Maine, and given popular literature an amazing boom. R. E. SH Real Estate We wish all a Merry Christmas a To our friends and the public we spectfully solicit their future business Loans and Investment Securities. ISHRY state & N Christmas and a Happy public we extend the business. CITIES. 705-6 Post S CAN XED CAND -Wiles Fairy and Counte ed Chocolate ed Fudge Jack Cups In Creams e Creams s Candy Poppermint ates at 40c ates in Fancy one of Holiday Come and Brus e's Drug Elighter In Ins E SCHOOL FOR ANKLIN ALLEN, A R. E. SHRYOCK Real Estate & Loan Co. We wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To our friends and the public we extend thanks for past favors and re spectfully solicit their future business. Telephone 1432 Main. Loans and Investment Securities. 705-6 Postal Telegraph Bldg. XMAS 1 Ton MIXED XMAS CANDIES XMAS CANDIES 1 Ton MIXED CANDY 5c lb Leese-Wiles Fairy and Counter-Mixed 200 lbs. Assorted Chocolates 15c lb 200 lbs. Assorted Fudge 15c lb 100 lbs. Apple Jack 15c lb 100 lbs. Trilby Cups 15c lb 200 lbs. French Creams 12c lb 200 Hand-made Creams 18c 20 Sticks Candy 5 Cents Lemon Poppermint Hoarhound Fine Chocolates at 40c, 50c & 60c lb Assorted Chocolates In Fancy Xmas Packages We [have a Fine Line of Holiday Goods, such as Fine Perfume, Come and Brush Sets, etc. MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: PERMAL, PREP RAL AND DOM , College Preparator School, Music (Ins arts and Mechanical), Machinery, Shoo ting, Typewriting, Good Location, Free To improvements. Builds to teach in an serving students are. All applicants mu 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, Furnishing 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. ON CREDIT LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S CLOAKS AND SUITS... MEN'S DAYS' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS and. Overcoats direct from our factory to the wearer at factory prices cash or easy monthly payments. We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for free catalogue. GENTURY MFG. GO. Dept. 4026 East St. Louis, Ill. Debt Owed to the Spruce. Real Estate and Rentals. 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 Reserves, EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route. Round Trip Homeseekers' Tickets as rate of ONE FARE plus $2, on sale first and third Tuesday of each month. For descriptive literature and detailed information as to trades, train services, etc. address, A. C. GOUEN, ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, KANSAS CITY, MO. IRYOCK & Loan Co. and a Happy New Year. extend thanks for past favors and re- Telephone 1432 Main. 705-6 Postal Telegraph Bldg. CANDIES CANDY 5c lb KANSAS CITY, MO. Pre aie bp ‘ay =a eR a Heath AS ILS SSW AA URLIS SAL 48 ae 4 = TTT awe UCEBP Nek Fe | || RP HALE Nags Qe te sy Ih the galaxy of grocery stove lars, “Hee Davis easily eceupied the soap. tus thie He was a sort of living ronata f the claim that truth is hileoty and will prevail, Tn fact, H Fewal Davis was a most marvelous wad cons 1s prevarteater, None besoved him capable of telling the truth, hy no one expected him te pork aught but falsehood except on ohe occasion, and even thea repent anee followed quickly. Su grace tenaciotsiy and plows: ly uid Her” Davis le, that away back fa the nebulous state of Time, he had hoor Lying Deacon Davis The “Deacun® postion ef the appella tlon was applied because of his strict attendance Upon church services; and the wonderfil religious les associated With Nis scciesigetical wool gatherings of ah when Morpheus and) Me phisto were playlie lim treks and fashioning tor his imaginings strange Visiotis, were Little short of miracles As telated to @ news tamisied commu huty next morning. Then, too, “Hee” occasionally acted as erave digser for the viluge dead; tis, and lying, being about as much atone able bodied man ina quiet tural community could be expected to attend to w Rut, after a time, as “Hez's” Iying Qerame more chronic, and bis grave digzing less pronounced, the "Deacon" Joint in the conomen of his name was dropped, and he approached the sun: set of Jife with the short and indesir. able vignifieance of “Lying Davis.” Aa such was he known on a bluster: ing, winter night two days before Christmas, 1802, as he shambled inte the “Corner Grocery” and took his ac customed place among the members of the town “Strategy Board ‘The accustomed grin of quasiex Pectanes, tinged with a curl of dis dain in which pity and jealousy were strangely mingled, greeted his entry {nto the Hare cirely about the cavern ous stove that glowed and flushed, as Mf fretting and blushing for the out Fageous falsehoods that nightly held fheir rampant sway about its metal sides, As he adjusted his coat tails care fully behind the soap box on which he wat, “Hez” surveyed the group. crit feally Got a spade Ekin borrer tomorrow mornin’, Hill” addressing Compton the grocer. “T broke th’ handle o mine yistalay pryin’ up a hos radist root.” Goin’ inter gardenin’?" inquired Alf Fiskin, slyly imdsing Hank Som ers alongside him on a sugar barrel, *Cain't be ye've had no revelations © late, ‘Hez! Are ye goin’ t) turn farmer fers livin’ and give up lyin’? interjected Roger Craig, taking a lib: Ra ore “teen re ee. Be Sar est a ok I eee Sn ie Nis ie ce iF al pies hase bh a ats EL 4 Dy ath IND i i Sao a eh Ny Sy KeBe v)) f\\s\ if? i Bis 7 NS If Be \\ O Hi | ew NINE ta ‘eo Pr ip By oP \ es | mei Bis (if i VI \ Be: ae) : hh: ey) [7 * ae = SAE eS = “A Mighty fine man was Hiram Squires,” eral bite off a slice of black plug andy stood! Pitched forr smacking his lips. never knowed a thi ‘A suppressed titter rippled about | arter his wife got t the grocery stove at the prods admin- | all! A mighty’ fine Istered in an evident effort to awaken | Squires, Give mon the frequently dormant sense of lying | t’ th’ poor and alwa; that, haifcomatose, had its home | his stock could eat within the graying head of “Lying Da-| "Boys," here He: vis." and rattly throat wit Hut “Hez," refusing to accept the | it'll be onr turn nex enallenge, merely shook his bead sad-| Deep silence gree ly “What'd you say “This ain't no time to be tellin’ lies, | spade, Horace?” res boys." I borrer it long eno Here the town Mar cast bls eyes fer Hiram in th’ m | meekly toward the soft-pine floor and siehe “Taint no time t laugh an’ be gay With one o our best country residents dead of heart disease!" He paused in solemn mien, his head low, his Lands clasped between his knees, Wary glances were exchanged be tween the strategisis, None cared to make the sally “Died an hour ago, Snuffed out Ike the candle in a draught. Fell’ dead ipon the mili-honse floor," resumed Hee sadly, softly, much affected, Who's dead?” blurted Andrew Shrader, aiming for a knot-hole in the floor with a kernel of corm and miss ing it. "Who's dead?” Lyiug Davis” took @ long, deep breath, aud looking up suddenly, de. | mandded | What's th’ matter with you fellers? Don't ye know that Hiram Squires ts [ho more? It aint no subject fer jokin’ er stringin’; ye know he's dead as well ) 84 1 do—and a mighty sad Chilstmas Hill be fer his poor wife and children, left with a big farm on their hands aud none on ‘em able U take keer of i “Yon don't mean to say that Hiram | Squires is dead, ‘Hez'?" interrupted Horace Grant, editor of the Weekly Clarion, who Lad entered at this June: ture to get the copy for a Christmas advertisement of the “Corner Gro- cery.” | “Died less'n an hour ago,” replied | the indomitable Davis, ily concealing the gratification he felt ct being inter- viewed by the intellectual head of the leading village paper. | "Wan't feelin’ well fer a day or two, although 1 de believe he was in town | yistaday—wan't he Compton?” turning [questioningly toward the grocer who was busily engaged in tying up a 50: cent package of light brown sugar for a customer. “Hiram Squires? Yes, he was tn carly yesterday morning. Came to town with a load of hogs. Stopped here on his way back — m the depot to buy a calico dress for . andy. Must | a bin mighty sudden.” *So Lheord.” acquiesced “Lying Da Vis," surreptitiously reaching for a sli | ver from the tail of a cod:tish that pro: | traded fvom a near-by box, “He want feciin’ overly serumptions though fer Laweek. [heer his darter say so as Loum by there Jest now from spearin up in Dry Run. Been complainin’ | a pain in his appendix and had a cold sweat an’ a bad dream ‘other night [that wan't particklarly gratifyin’ fer |a mano’ his calibre, ‘Tay he was standin’ by the mill-honse churn | stoopin’ over like, fixin’ the crank er something—and all to onet he uttered i faint groan and fell right where he 1) stood! Pitched forrara im @ neap and never knowed a thing! Gasped once t | arter his wife got there and that was | all! A mighty fine man was Hiram n| Squires. Give money and vegetables g | t’ th’ poor and always allowed that all @ | his stock could eat wan't wasted! v | “Boys,” here Hez cleared his dry and rattly throat with an effort. “Boys, e [itll be our turn next!” 1] Deep silence greeted the forecast, “What'd you say about that there s, | spade, Horace?” resumed “Hez.” “Kin T borrer it long enough v dig a grave 8 fer Hiram in th’ mornin’? Funeral’s oO eae ee eee eer ee ee ee 2 o'clock.” Armed with the spade, “Lying Da- vis" shuffled out of the grocery, fol- lowed by the editor bent upon learn- ing more of the details for bis paper, already being “made up" by the fore- man that an early start might be se- cured for press day. The Weekly Clarion was tn the post. office by 10 next morning, and sincere was the mourning for Hiram Sqiures. The merchants, possessed of that hu man sympathy always uppermost in a rural community, laid aside their bust- ness prejudices and decided to attend the funeral In a body. Despite the fact that the evening of the day of the funeral was Christmas Eve and many trinkets for the Christmas trees In the churches and homes were sdll unpur- chased, they set out dutifully toward the home of the deceased, six miles west on the Pike road. There were something more than a dozen vehicles Se aN pl oS i ae ae Rs ee HES ¢ a ae eer i Dae Leck. Nes be Nee | Gai, seeped - a ee a Rae f # Oa We Cad, Coa WaT Tl, AS Sie w/e il Le ee 165 yh " yy Be 2) Xo 1 (eae) Lahey TY oe \ Ui a! a “ws NY il pees ioe he a Sa g y ae \ Nah a TP ote ey.) , O°’ Foe —™* IM ' Freee oa WY es “Gol durn yer blankety blank picture!” in all and the procession was a solemn one. As they rode along through the crunching snow, facing a biting De- cember wind, they spoke softly of the virtues of Hiram Squires, Even his one gross fault, an habitual use of qualifying adjectives, frequently sig- nificant of blasphemy, was forgotten, He was a good man and God rest him! ‘This was the sentiment of brotherly expression voiced !* those who had known him best. Nearer and nearer they drew to the snug farm residence where grief, like Niobe, all tears, was domiciled, and where the Black Camel of Death knelt at the gate in mute distress! Meanwhile Boreas and Jack Frost were ripping and biting at the noses and the toes of the mourners as they | EA oA EZR ZANE EPS CAAAVAyA ZZ ox? y —_ “=F = Ss ue ZR iad uouou—u"-wg =F gs WES a Ne ee eer ed ket Fen eat 3S LEAS AES CS sl Tea ete eters The a egeen wmOnn That Mexico is strictly a flesta- loving nation is attested by the fact that she has more feast days than cal- endar days, says a writer in the Led- ger Monthly. A celebration that com sumes two weeks of these feast days 1s the observance of Christmastide— semi religious celebrations that begin upon December 17th. ‘The bustle and confusion down in the plazas and out in the numerous booths and stalls that have sprung up, seemingly by magie, are almost deafening with the voices of persons engaged in Christmas shopping. And not only the cities, but inst nificant “pueblos” whose Inhabitants are too poor to hie themselves to larg: er places make grand preparations for the throngs that are sure to fill their streets just before Christmastide, And what a heterogeneous humanity swarms at the various booths, like #c aa bees around a hive! Bpent Christmas With John Doe. A story written by Dickens walle ho was editor of All the Year Round fs comparatively unknown, It {s call: ed “Christmas in the Company of John Doe.” He says: “It was Christmas eve, and I—my name {s Prupper—was taking my walk |abroad. 1 walked through the crowd: | ed Strand, elate, hilarious, benignant, for the feast was prepared and the | guests were bidden, Such a turkey {1 ha® ordered! Not the prize one with the ribbons—I mistrusted that— | but a plump, tender, white breasted | bird—a king of turkeys, It was to be broiled with oyster sauce, and the rest of the dinner was to consist of | that noble sirloin of roast beef and || that immortal cod's head and shoul: | ders! 1 had bought the materials for | the pudding, too, some half-hour pre urged the horses on over the last mite of the wind-swept way. Slowly they turned in at the side road that led te the farm home, Editor Grant and fam. ily in the lead. One by one they reined their horses into the farmyard and stopped. ‘The editor was preparing to leap to the ground and Grocer Compton had thrown the robes over the dash-bonrd to liberate his legs, when there arose from behind the barn a series of blar ing yells: “Hi there! Gol durn yer blankety Dlank picture, git inside that pen, will ye? Whoop! Here, you gol darn ig: noramus, what th’ great horn spoons be ve a doin’ there? Spot! Here, Spot, sle ‘em! Take ‘em! Hi! Hit Sooey!” Suddenly there burst into view from around the barn a contrary hog, dashing at full speed for the open, followed by @ Scotch collie dog— and—yes {t was!—it was—Hiram Squires himself! His face was red with exertion and | Tage, one mitten was gone and he breathed hard as he swung into full pursuit behind the barking dog! Then, his eye caught the group of open-mouthed spectators, the sleighs and the steaming horses! “Wal, by hick'ry,” he shouted, catch- ing at his breath, “what be all you fellers doin’ here?” There was a deep and eloquent si- lence for a brief interim, during which Editor Horace Grant looked sheepishly into the eyes of Grocer Compton. Grocer Compton shifted his gaze to- ward the pure, white snow and kept his peace. | “lL reckon we'd best go back t’ town | and ask ‘Lying Davis,’ said Henry Somers, clambering into his vebicle. “Gidap!" ee ELD page 7 eae Sa ZS 1/ ci = ie ae Ye wil) Nad bn ae] cae: ed bey PE rag eee Se AT ae nara © ees 2 al an Pe ee eal eH ee a viously; the plums and the currants, the citron and the allspice, the flour and the eggs. I was happy.” But just then a minion of the law Iald his hand on Prupper’s shoulder and hustled him off to the jail be cause he had, in the excitement of ‘getting his Christmas materials to gether, forgotten to obey a summons to attend at court. Thus he spent his Christmas in the company of John Doe. | Santa Claus a Modern Invention. Of all Christmas customs the best known is also the most recent. Santa Ciaus is a modern improvement. St. Nicholas, it is not to be denied, is @ fairly hoary figure, and he has long been kngwn as the patron saint of children, Just why {s not clear, Prac tically nothing is known of the good gaint except that he died archbishop of Myra in the fourth century. There are one or two legends connecting him with a love and compassion for young people, but there are also leg: ends which cause bim to be associ: ated with sailors. He is also claimed as @ patron by brigands on account of an adventure which he is said to have had with a band of freebooters. Lastly, he is claimed by the profes sion of pawnbrokers, and it is a fact that he is usually represented in me dieval art with three golden balls ir one outstretched hand. A century o1 two ago there was a custom in Ger many for all the parents in a town ot village to send the presents they de signed for their children to one chos en individual, who called at each house clad in a motley robe, a mash and a huge flaxen wig. Knocking ot the door he called in a loud voice fo all the good children to appear and re | ceive the gifts. TO AWAKEN WHEN YOU WISH. Simple Plan Which Requires No Alarm Clock to Be Set. We hear it frecuently assetted that if persons will {mpress the thought armly upon their minds and continue thinking about it until they have fall en asleep that they desire to awake at A certain hour in the morning they will do it without fall, says 4 writer in the St. Louls Globe-Demo- erat, But how many people have tried this method of insuring a prompt awakening at a given hour in the morning only to find their rest throughout the night disturbed and un- easy. The brain will usually respond to the will and awaken one In the morn- ing near the desired hour wader any circumstances, but to prevent the wn: broken uneasy sleep the adoption of only a very simple device 1s necessary, The last thing before getting Into bed, take a watch or clock and turn the hands to the hour at which one wishes to rise and gaze at this just long enough to fix the hour firmly on. the retentive memory. Then, If no other absorbing thoughts intervene between that and the moment one is focked in slumber, the night's rest will be easy and unbroken and promptly at the hour in the morning, ax a rule, one Will find one's self releaged from sleep and wide awake. There is no need to keep thinking of the hour continually for a number of minutes, no need to repeat It over and over in the mind; all that makes the brain uneasy and results in the disturbed slumber, Simply look at the watch or clock, as 1 have indicated and the influence of the mind over matter will be clearly demonstrated fn the morning, Try it some night and observe how smoothly this physcho logical fact works, May Sleep in Life Preservers, Passengers on ocean liners may soon be able to sleep In life presery ers, if the plans of E. Salvator, a New York inventor, do not go awry, says the American Inventor. To sleep with a cork jacket on is out of the question, 80 the inventor decided to make a breserver that would become effective only by its coming in contact with the water, It works on the principle of a water-generated gas which fills a belt and gives it buoyancy. Uninflat: ed, the belt is a light thing, which would hardly be felt if worn by a sleeper, but when filled with gas it 1s blown up to the size of an ordinary cork jacket. The belt is made of rub: her, and is about eight inches wide and ean be blown up by means of a small cylinder. in this cylinder ts placed a composition of acids which when acted upon by water, instantly inflates the belt, The belt has been tested in the oceau, and it has been found that the water acts upon the acids and inflates the rubber in less than three seconds, ‘The ingredients in this composition Mr. Salvator keeps secret. Night. Come, Night. upon thy raven wings, Plumed with thelr rich imaginings. ro ML my dreams and charm away The din and clamor of the day Fling thy deep shadow over me TH by thy weird neeromaney Thou bast divsolved this solid care And made HC shapeless with the air, Come with thy cup of dreams and be An angel ministering tome. As one who Weak from battling Mes, Chconatered, but too Worn LO rise, ‘The warrior, Day, hax harried me, A fooman pitiless. 1s he. Yor Canquished when with pitying eve Ana palm of peace ‘Thou comest igh. Come with thy velvet darkness, Night, The clovk of mail so soft and Tight Yet turning every missile sent From Care, as falls an arrow: spent Come, Night. upon thy raven wings, Tlemed with thei rich imaginings and through the gathered darkness kee The visitor thy sister, Sleep, JeW! Foley In New York ‘Times. Embarrassing Inquiry. “I don't see anything the matter with your elbow, Mr. Chaser,” saic Bobby, who had forgotten his mother's injunction to keep still at the dinner table. “There isn't. anything the matter with it, Bobby,” innocently replied the guest, | “What made you think there was.” “Why, I heard papa say that yor were a nice fellow, except that you crooked your elbow too much; but 1 ‘ooks all right to me.” Then Bobby retired, but not in good order.—Cincinnati_ Commerelal Trib une. Reflection in Caricature. In certain parts of Russia a secretly circulated earieature which has just been confiseated by the police repre sents the late Admiral Makaroff in the land of the shades. He is tele phoning to the ezar, and the purport of his message is: “All is well here Great numbers of our men are arriy ing all the time. Up to the present ‘none of the enemy have dared to tn | trude.” Sin Gomme Whine, Prof. William James of Harvard, ts well known for repartee. Not long ‘ago a sophomore who thought he was ‘extremely wise expressed some athels tical views. “Ah,” said the professor, “you are a free thinker, I perceive. You believe in nothing.” “1 only believe what T can under stand,” the sophomore replied. “It comes to the same thing, T sup: pose,” said Prof, James,—Woman's Journal. Long Voyage in Canoe. Capt. Wise recently arrived at Iwan gate, having made a voyage of 40,000 miles rom British Columbia in a two andonehalf ton “dugout” canoe, called 'illikum. ‘The Journey occu pied three years.three months and ewelve days. For Health and Economy f use Calumet s Baking Powder “Best by Test” Used in Millions of Homes Change in Reader's Tastes. The writer of short stories who suc ceeds in marketing his wares nowa- days sometimes wonders if Maggie Tulliver, Little Nell or Col. Newcome wouldbe allowed to die in a moderm aagazine office. Uniess It Is a Very Foggy Day. You can make a girl believe she has curly hair by saying so—New York Press. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Deflance Cold Was fer Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quality—16 oz, for 10 cents, Other brands contain only 12 oz. Dont’ tell your personal interests, occtipations, hopes or aspirations, No- bay wants to hear them and you give your dignity a mortal stab. More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow out, by using Beflanee Starch you obtain better ree quite than possible with any other frand and one-third more for same money. e Don't talk of the cost of things, It gives tho rich a chance for boastful ness and may be embarrassing to the poor. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Deflance Starch for the same price ah Gehae athneiek: Don't mention family feuds. It em- barrasses the listener, and you are sure to regret it. TO CURF A COLD IN OXF DAY Take Lasative Bromo Quine Fabien, ait ary Per eatans ame Herat Gare jove's eiguature te'08 each bur. 236. A woman 1s alwoys willing to ao knowledge a man's superiority when she has a lead pencil to sharpen, FITS permanetzcory. Be, ttnor nerecornens aree TS RED ghana cre cae Gr SE Bien Strvets Paliadelpila, Many a society woman who is @ chronic tuvalld prides herself on her lovely indisposition. Inalet on Getting It. Bome grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have @ stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a custor mer who has once used the 16 oz, pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. You can make a man real weary by mentioning the weather every time you meet him, Tam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mas. THo8, ROBBING, Maple Street, Norwich, N. ¥., Feb. 17, 1900. Bilence is golden, but o woman is willing to take somebody else’s word for it ira. Winslow's Boothiny a Yorcniaren tectiingr soft te enter reuscoe tm FECES agli, cures int cols Won votus An Irishman says the easiest way te take a cork out of a bottle Is to push 1 in, FREE Wisiiiseeeesrnnieain aR Maarsanes sins hosbsct. rithmetic seems to me to be prao tice in counting chickens for which the eggs are not likely to be laid, Buperior quality and extra quantity must win. This te why Deflance Starch {Staking the place of all others. ‘The weather Is more likely to agree with other people than with the gor ernment weather forecaster. ‘cabins: Rinsisbiaa. At @ rough calculation the popul® tion of the world 1s more than one bil- lon souls. ‘These speak some 3,064 languages, and are worshipers of more than 1,100 religions. The aver- age length of life 1s 33 1-3 years, One fourth of mankind die before the sev- enth and one-half before the seven- teenth year, only one-sixth live beyond the age of sixty. ‘Phirty-three million die anngally, 91,000 daily, 3,730 every hour, 60 every minvte. While one- fourth are capable «f bearing arms, aly one in s thourtnd is saturaliy fnolined to the profession, [PASSING _, cit AYANCIEST Legit Wi leer ite Wor it Some beautiful handwork on the newest lingerie consists of hand run pin tucks, which are then overcast, with the thread pulled a little tight So as to produce the effect of tiny scallops. When bands of insertion and lace are selected for trimming the strips of material used to unite the lace in sertions may be entirely plain, if of the finest nainsook, and if in joining the lace and nainsook the latter has its raw edges rolled and whipped onto the lace. Such beautiful hand work ccunts for its full value. Nainsook, solidly made up with tiny, hand ron tucks, is used for yokes and ornamental bands on lingerle. A pretty variation from the effect of solid tuck: ing:is gained by the device suggested above, overeasting every fourth tuck, fay, and drawing the overcasting thread so ax to produce a scalloped ef fect. Eyelet embroidery—popular four or five generations ago—is used lavishly ‘on petticoat flouncings and for the heavier embroidered ruffles. It 1s not hard to do and will last for genera tions {f fine material to work on is chosen, Blaearete Battionnta. Silk petticoats are shown In more elaborate fashion than ever before, At Jeast one black and white silk skirt should be in every well.dressed wom- an's wardrobe. These come in plainer silks, so they are’ heavier and richer in quality than the more perishable enes. A petticoat of pompadour silk is shown in shops, with a white ground heavily brocaded in an empire design of baskets of roses and garlands. The flounce on this petticoat is especially lovely, being formed of huge half ros: ettes of the silk, each rosette contain: ing Its center a single motif of the design, the basket of roses and the upward sweep of the ribbon. A deeper shade of the same silk is the back: ground of this. A pale green taffeta petticoat ts shown with a very wide flounce inset with medallions of cream silk lace, under which are two flounces of pale zreen chiffon and two of net and silk. ‘The flounces are slightly scalloped and these scallops are accentuated by rows of shirred liberty satin ribbon, which are sewed about the outer flounce— Chicago American. Mustard Brown Cloth Costume. The shades and color combinations which are fashionable this year are more varied than has been the case for some time past. Among the many colors in vogue there are quite nat: urally some more popular than others, but the color of the moment is brown. ‘There are such numberless tones of brown which are attractive, and it is stich a nice warm color for winter, added to whieh reasons for its popu larity is the all important fact that it is a very generally becoming shade. Even with the drawback of the color’s popularity resulting in its being turn: eq out in all styles of garments, still there Is always scope for individual taste, and when such a color is fash- fonable it is always best to revel in ft at will, for the time is sure to come when for months at a time one must not be seen in a brown costume. When a color has had a tremendous rush of popularity a time is bound to ° AN hes NM St ites 4 & ee ca fi . yy) i i INN wv 8 ; Nee follow when it will be as. dead as the In Green Cloth and Velvet. Another fetching gown in cloth Is of green, strapped with velvet in a slight ly darker shade, and apparently fas tened down by tiny gold buttons. The ,waisteoat 18 cloth of gold, and the ‘neckpiece and collar of yellow lace. ‘The sleeves are full at the top, and tight from elbow to wrist, buttoned with tiny buttons. A frill of lace ex tends along the under side of the arm, and !s drawn around the wrist in place of being gathered. A skirt, split up above the knees to show Knife plaitings of the cloth, each one of which is headed with gold buttons, and a belt of goid, fastened with a green enamel buckle. The hat is of shirred green velvet, with a white wing spread out across the left side, where it turns back from the face. Be'ts and Bodices. Belts and bodices of all sorts and descriptions are worn with waists of dinner and ball gowns. Silk satin and velvet on the bias are in favor, ot ribbon, but the long sash ends have not met with popular approval, and the bodice is fastened with buckles or fancy buttons, The different colored bodices considered so smart last wine ter will be as fashionable as ever, and certainly they are a great addi tion to almost any gown, besides mak- ing It possible (0 have a variety of different effects for the one gown, These bodices are often elaborate affairs of pleats, which are really a part of the gown itself. On one gown, for instance, the folds of the bodice are high at the back, carried up in a point—Autumn Fashion Number of Harper's Bazar, Pretty Waist of Silk. Blouse of taffeta plaited at the top to a fagoted yoke, Tho front of the Le, NIG fa Mees 3 wd ANS [SASL WA » CAMEL EES. \i ae , i bl Mies \\4 blouse forms a wide box-plait extend iagip cree Chausavelsnan ate with a fancy braid in colors, also with little straps of soutache and buttons Around the neck is a_ plaiting o! white mousseline de sole, chiffon ot lace, forming a collar and a plaiting Sra eS ne gn Boleros Extremely Popular. The distinctive note in the boleros this season is tho postillion or tabbed back, These are seen in both the fur and cloth models, and have certainly an honest right to the favor they are enjoying. since they are so generally becoming. They are irresistibly smart op the slender, trim girl, and are cer: tainly charitable to that much-to-be pitied woman who possesses an ugly back and hip line, And, by the way, it is worth noting that the woman Who lacks symmetry in this partion lar —and she is very many in numbers, sad to say—had best set down in het book of sartorial “don'ts”; “Don't wear & costume with plain, snug back lines.” “Do hide deficiencies beneath the kindly grace of tabs or sashes ot full flowing draperies.” pealth and Beauly. Watercress is renowned as a blood purifier, Carrots are eaten by those with a tendeney to gout, Beets are one of the most whole some vegetables and have fattening qualities. Celery is excellent for those aMicted with rheumatism, as it contains sc much sulphur. Lettuce has long been recognized as an excellent nerve tonic and cure for sleeplessness. To make Violet perfume take — of violet pomade or oil one-quarter of a pound, extract of cassia five and a half ounces, and aleohol eight ounces. All Sorts of Belts. There are combinations of color in some of the erush belts and combina tions of material as well, In these combination belts the center is ot silk, and the leather on either edge Is scalloped over it, One of these belts is tan-colored leather and silk: others with black leather edges have white or red silk centers, and a smart helt has the center of Bulgarian em broidery and asain the edges of black leather ‘a Atha GUL an Atmel. To two ounces of spirits of wine add one ounce of French chalk and five ounces of tobacco pipe clay, both in fine powder. Make this mixture into rolls about the length of your fin ger and let them dry. This composi tion is to be applied by rubbing on the spot either wet or dry, and afterward brushing the part rubbed therewith, Revival of the Redingote. Redingotes have come in, long and plain and tight fitting, and, in spite of their severity, are used in a some what dressy fashion, for an ittormal afternoon call, for the theater, when It is not a really dress occasion, and for city driving. e Foreign Born Population veers os macs li tee te we «2 5 + ee ee ees eae 5S. Fatestestebeteriasdaabedesladaaios] _| LT] 2 = SEE a eS toe ee ee eek ‘ PO coe von win ae an AO . 9 et ee i ek ee abil Gees a = oe = Fe S nee Foreign. born cf each nationality at each census 1850 to 1900. CARNEGIE BUYS FINE ESTATE Whitaker Wright Mansion to Be Na- tional Convalescent Home. Andrew Carnegie’s latest purchase, Lea Park. in the south of England, is the place on which the late Whit aker Wright squandered millions when he was in his speculative glory. It was his hobby during his years of opnlence and is regarded ax one of the most magnificent modern houses in the world. This may be credited when it is remembered that the purchase price to Mr. Carnegie is $3,750,000, The house has many suites of reception rooms, a splendid palm garden and a ballroom capable of accommodating several hundred persons. At the top of the house is an observatory con: taining one of the largest telescopes in England, ‘The gardens cost even more Money than the house and are adorned with statues, pagodas, sum merchouses and every device of the landscape gardener's art. It is Mr. Carnegie's intention to turn the place into a national convaleseent home, for which purpose it is admirably fitted BATHES DAILY IN OCEAN. Celd Weather No Bar to Plunge of f aus Wks WAAR. Long Island has a young sea nymph named Molly Canning who has been taking a phinge in the surf daily for the last two months. Even the bliz zard did not deter her, and when she emerged the cold wind a]aost con: verted her into a pillar of solt, like Lot's wife. #°L never was so hee!thy in my life.” said Miss Canning after her dip and run on the beach, “as 1 have been since T have been taking baths In the open air, [have become 0 accustomed to the coldness of the water that T enjoy it and never feel the slightest tl effects. Water that ts exposed to the air and is not stag nant is filled with a magnetism which is Impossible to duplicate anywhere else, and a bath in’ such water, if rightly taken, imparts vigor and strength to tired nerves and muscles.” jalan lala RGN Gata alata: Just at present authorities in the east are urging the people to learn the lesson of suecessful farming from the west. Think of it, the stutes which have been tilling the soil for ever two centuries learning from the states in which two decades comprehend both ancient and modern history, Farmins has been revolutionized in the trans Mississippl west within the last dec ade, Farming machinery and the training of the brains of the farmers have been responsible for this, ‘The duys of the one-horse plow are wel nigh over, In the far west steam plows, threshers and harvesters are in daily operation during the season; in the Dakota wheat fields twenty:hors: teams are to be seen on almost every farm. — Dex Moines Register and Leader ‘Gannalan ‘an: Gualiene Brinctbion, During his three campaigns for the governorship of Massachusetts Sen tor Crane did not make a polities xpeceh nor write # political document His first inaugural address was. th: shortest ever penned in the bay stats —al any rate in recent years—an like succeeding ones, was absolute devoid of rhetoric or any attempt « literary quality, exeept utmost sin plicity and directness of statement, | Was a business man's straightforwar presentation of the financial condition of the state, which the new governor conceived to be such as to call loudly for retrenchment, and a call for cer tain long-needed reforms. Hard on the Drummers. Once upon a time a iitter of kittens came to the home of little six-yearold Susie. As is usual at such tes, the ‘old mother eat was very much in evi dence, One day, after the Kittens were old enongh to ran around. the house, little Susie was playing with one of them and was overheard say ing as she fondled It: “Kitty, 1 knows who your mother is, an’ 1 knows who your brothers and sisters 1s, but, kitty T don't know who your father is—I epect your father must be a traveliny man."—Lippincott’s. FIRE ON KEEPERS OF GAME New York Citizens Resent Oil King’s Attempt to “Preserve.” William Rockefellers game keepers on his vast forest preserves: in the neighborhood of Saranac, N. Y., are earning their pay these days, ‘The natives thereabout resent the appear ance of these guards, several of whom have been fired upon recently, One of them resigned after baying a bul Jet pass thromgh his coat sleeve as he Was patrolling his lonely beat in the forest. ‘The “snipers” use smokeless powder and all efforts to locate them have failed, Mr. Rocekeller owns 53,000 acres of fine forest land in the Vieinity named, but the natives can hot be made to see that with the real estate he bought the deer, Nor can they understand how he owne the fish which were put inte the streams at public expense, ‘They have shot and fished on the land as far back as the oldest inhabitant can remember and see no reason why the arrival of Mr Rockefeller among them should change their custom. Hence the placing of the guards, of whom there isa small army. CHANGE IN FINANCIAL CENTER. United States to Take Lead in World's Events. Tt takes ages to change the commer cial and financial center of the wool When one is once established It shifts tardily and only long after it has ceased to be the most convenient place for the greatest number of peo ple. There have been but a compara tively few such centers in the history of commerce. For centuries their lo cation was on the Mediterranean sen or its tributaries. Carthage, Rome: Constantinople, Vienna followed one another at long intervals, With the growth of the Anglo Saxon and Ger manic races and the development of ocean traffic the location shifted. to northern Europe. ‘Then came Bruges: Antwerp, Amsterdam, and finally Lon don, where it sul remains But the signs of the times now point to an other change, The United States holds one-fourth of the world’s stock of gold and controls over one third of the world’s banking power — Kansas City Journal, Studied Law in Secret: Alderman Francis J. Stigtbauer a prominent member of the Milwaukee city comnell, has been admitted to the bar. This case is noteworthy in that he never attended a taw sehool AL though now engaged in the reat estate and insurance business, he formerly was a mail carrier, He then began the study af baw withont intention of practicing, Three years age last spring he was elected to the eonnell He at once began a serious stidy: of Jaw With the object of taking. the tate bar examination. For aver three years he studied eight hours each day inknown to his associates inthe coun ether to any except his closest friendk Duties of Private Secretary. Several young omen think they vould Hike to he seeretary to Senator Fairbanks after be is sworn in as vier resident. ‘There was a question as eo what are the duties of # secretary to a view president, FIL tell yon aid aman Who has heen in the capitol for many years. The sectetary. of the view president is required to sit in the view prosident’s gorgeous room and when a party of ‘Tube’ sightseers stick hetr heads in the door say to them: Come right in and Ti show you the mirror John Quiney Adams bougiat for $200" Oklahoma Soil Produces Wealth. 8. M. MeHarg, a Grant county farm er, found bis wheat so short that he cut it with a header, Wishing to con erve the soil moisture for wheal sow: ing In the fall, he planted the tand to corn. To lds surprise the corn ma: tured and yielded about thirty Ave bushels an acre, His wheat averaged abont $18.24 an acre and his corn $10.50, a total of $28.75 an acre, oF $915 for bis thirty-acre fleld. ‘Thin ts a convincing example of the resonives of Oklahoma's scil and climate. —Kan. sas City Times | é HAVE YOU A HORSE? WO, _asuntatht SADDLE? iN Se ’ FORTHE MosT WONDERFUL SA0DLE orren even neano AMEE Walter Beer gtG am ON Bee nent i wen a Mon'a, Womon's, Boys’ 2nd Girls’ Saddioe, \ Ike aes | Btock Saddles, Ranch and Range Baddioa, NK ea Event IMAGIAr IE KINO AND RTYCE AnD anne oF sacoce. | VIA Nas 1 OUR PRICES WILL ASTONISH AND PLEASE YOU. hay) Vaaie I gat cur Mee Fron trtal tian, Piero a fore (a ( hd grand tauntoday andre whatell jou pethy rebaremett trecteasinana. IW i ¥ ARO AER, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO,, cHicaco. Fin! (J Fruitful Soil. The soil of Cuba is extronely truth ful. Cabbages thers are eo large that heads weighing 20 pounds each are common, All vegetables do well, Rade Ishes may be eaten from fourteen to elghteen days after sowing, lettuce five weeks after sowing, white corn produces three crops yer year. Sweet potatoes grow all the year, Temple of Serpents, The small town of Werda, in Dae homey, is celebrated for its temple of serpents. a long bnilding in which the priests keep upwards of 1,000 ser pents of al! sizes, which they food with birds and frogs brought to them es Adarinus hy the natives Georgia Climate. “Great thing —this Georgia climate,” rays a Hillville exchange, “Even fn winter we never have enough snow to bury our best enemies!” Atlanta Constitution, Give Base Coin to Church. Dowials (Scotland) Noneonformtsts are getting rid of their base coin by putting it in the collection of the local Free Church counell, ‘This indletment {s mado by the council's treasurer. Oldest Alcoholic Beverage. Next to grape wine, it is believed that “lapanese sake, or rice witie, 18 the oldest alcoholic beverage known fo man, its use in dapan dating back over two thousand years. Something Like a Beacon. A lighthouse shortly to be in opera: tion on Lennard tsland, on the west coast of Vancouver island, will be the most powerful in America, being of 750,000 candle power and visible for twenty-five miles Value of Sense of Humor. Of all the charms, both intellectual and physical, which the great Creator has bestowed npou womankind, surely the gift of laughter t# the most to be desired. — Exchange Deine Great Work. riorisant, Mo, Dec, 16th. (Spectal) = That Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing a great work in curing the more ter rible forms of Kidney Disease, such as Bright’s Disease, Dropsy and Diabetes, everybody knows, But it must also be noted that they are doing a stil greater work in wiping out thousands of cases of the carlier stages of Kid: ney Disease. Take for instance, Mra Peter Barteau of this place, She says T have been subject to pains In my back and knees for about three years, Dut since [have been taking Dodd's Kidney Pills [have been entirely cured.” Others here tell simllar stories. In fact, In this part of Missouri there are scores of people who have cured the early symptoma of Kidney Disease with Dodd's Kidney Pills The use of the Great American Kidney Remedy thus saved not only the lves of Kid ney Disease vietins hut thousands of other Americans fom yeure of suffer Ings. 2 katrolamara Were Wiens: According to the astrologers, the World was to have come to an end on Sept 16, Tis. They had observed with awe that at sunrise on that day there would be a conjunetion of all the planets in Libra and no doubt the argument was that sich a collection Would be altogether too much for the balance of the universe When it are rived, Sept. 16 proved to be w very ordinary twelfth century day In 162@ axtrology plucked uy courage to try again This time there was te be a Universal deluge, on the strength of the meeting of three planets in the Aign of Pisces, and a private Noal’e fark wax actuntly built for the oven lon by a devout believer at Toulouse, Tho yenr 1524 proved to be w period of drought \Sanhnama ne Mclantinta: “No eastern nation is more strong: ly represented than are the dapanese In the Evelish annaix of setence,* gays the London Lancet, They. pore ses an undoubtedly strong faenity for original research, and they com: Dine this facuity with a sharp sight edness as to the possibility of the practical application of the fruits of research, ‘The Japanese chemist unites the power of originality of the English chemist and the practical tn: tuition of the German, ‘There are several distinguished Japanese chem: $9 who are fellows of the English Chemical soclety, who were elected to thetr fellowship on account of thelr contributions ta original selenee.”* Is cowardly to strike a hoy smaller than yourself, unless you are a parent or teacher, and have a big stick mis oe ye eo he. “es aa oe Se Bee Fo Sve AR AVE any inet TAN WY qh ANY ANE Aa aN Ey, Aiea Vy ne i Fh) | A\\ eae Ye oe ‘= Many women are denicd thie’ happiness of children through derangement of the generative eee Mrs. Beyer advises women to use Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. “Dear Mrs. Pinknam: —1 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 prenant, my hushand got mo to take Prata TE. Pinkhani’s Vege table Compound. After toking the first bottle L was relieved of the nick- ness of stomach, and beyan to feel bet ter in every way. Lecontinued its use and was enabled to carry my baby to Hmaturity. [now have a nice baby irl, and can work better than I ever = Mns. Prase Brven, 228 Second St, | Meriden, Comm. — €#000 forte f arloina! ef FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMAN, Don't hesitate to write to Mra, Pinkham, She will understand yourcase perfectly, and will treat Jo with Kindness: “Her wdvico is free, and the address is Lynn, Mass. No woman ever regretted having written her, aud she bas helped thousands, £5 & a. C7 *: \ THE LADY WHO IRONS Anows how important t be to wse a good starch. Defiance Starch the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. “It gives a beaut. ful solt glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. selly for less, goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. , Defiance Starch at all grocers, 16 07. for 10 cents The DEFIANCE STARCH (0, OMAHA - -_ ALB Pees iam Wasniavian Bee! Paeseneiely cactaicg eran Hay afer seed Cf aos LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER Tee eee crea UNITED STATES importin Serer Canadian wheat Is wean now a fact. eat et ht Paola To ee Benn rere R TA, tok ATONE) is the bewitching power that will control the tide of Holiday Gifts for Kansas City men. Beyond a doubt she will rely wholly on Richardson's as the one great establishment which caters exclusively to the male sex, and is, therefore, by far the most competent to judge what is best to supply their wants. This important young woman's attention is called to our mylads of BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL GIFTS which appeal strongest to man's notion of luxury and comfort, and every garment and every article is guaranteed not only to be of the finest grade, but is offered at a lower figure than you can possibly buy it for elsewhere. Unparalleled Offer in Men's Holiday Attire! SMOKING JACKETS Twelve different lines at $3.95; $5.00 values; browns, blues, grays, plaids, etc.; new patterns, every one. Twelve different lines at $5.95; all good colors. Coats that you find elsewhere at from $7.50 up to $9.00 and $10.00. $7.95, $8.95, $9.95, $10.95, $11.95. Men's 1000 Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs, 25c Over 1,000 sample handkerchiefs, picked up from the men's department each country, 20 values, your choice each. Full Dress Protectors. A popular Xmas gift for a man because it is a great way to show off the color of black Barbara silk and lined with white satin, a popular muffler around town at $1.90, our special price. 65% off. Men's $18.90 Overcoats Hundreds of men's stylish Overcoats cut from cotton and the latest fabrics in the leading styles all patterns regular $18.90 values, go here $11.98 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. A Four-in-hands, the most popular tie a man wears; made of silks, and patterns that usually sell for $20. A holiday special propose to run a holiday special 29c for each .... Browns or grays, or black and white; in fact, all colors in this, the largest se- lection of Fancy Vests in Kansas Men's $15.00 Overcoats in Hundreds of Men's new Overcoats in Oxford, black blazer and fancy mixtures, cut medium black and full length, including the well belt back Overcoat, set such values as others ask $9.98 $15 for go here at... Chinese Marriage Law. Persons bearing the same surname, although they may not be related in any way, are forbidden to marry in China. "A curious way to read a book was what I saw the other day coming up from New Orleans," said J. T. Simpson of Chicago. "It was in a Pullman sleeping car, and we had a pretty good crowd of northbound tourists, Among them was a queer looking Frenchman; at least, I judged he was such. On his seat I noticed a dozen paper back novels. Shortly after breakfast he began reading one of these at the open window by his seat. As soon as he finished a page he tore it off neatly and threw it out the window. The books were all in French, and before we got to Atlanta he had read three and scattered the French printed pages for hundreds of miles."—Atlanta Constitution. Rabbits Make Trouble Rabbits burrowing beneath the road near Abthorpe, Northants, England, have caused a number of cycle accidents. 784 ..... Telephone ..... 4178 First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery To Stop Sneezing. "There are times when to sneeze is to be embarrassed," said a society man; "at a dinner table, a social function of some sort, or in the theater, for example; but most people console themselves with the thought that it is something that can't be prevented. They are mistaken in this belief however, for it can be prevented, and by a very simple expedient. When one feels the premonitory symptoms of a sneeze coming on, if he will just press firmly down on the lip on either side of and a little below the nostrils, the symptoms will grudually die off and the sneeze will be avoided."—London Answers. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. 12th & Main BERNHEIMERS 12th & Main This store contains a world of gifts for everybody. You may spend as much as you want, or as little as you want and go away feeling that you have gotten your monies' worth. Below, we give you an incomplete list of the different things we carry. Cowboys in Laced Boots. The few cowboys left in the West are taking laced boots. There was a time, in the heyday of the cow country, where a special grade of fine, high-heeled, thin-soled boots were manufactured solely for the cowboy trade, since cowboys were always very vain about their footwear. But with decadence of their trade the cattlemen have lost their small vanities, and a full half of them ride in the more comfortable laced boots. So in the old top boot, once worn by most city men, vanquished in its last stronghold.—New York Sun. 4th FLOOR Women's Garments, Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Wrappers, Dressing Sacques, Kimonos, Muslin Underwear, Corsets. How "Negus" Originated. Negus, as much enjoyed in the army as grog is in the navy, attains its name from a jovial colonel in the days of George I. This Col. Negus was accustomed to drink the mild elixir of the ancient Roman, wine and water, and made himself so famous in the habit of avoiding imminent quarrels or cooling hot debates among his junior officers by saying in his hearty, contagious tones, "Come, boys, let's drink some of my liquor," till Negus became the sobriquet of wine diluted with water—as the cup of truce. Men's and Women's Underwear, Hose, Men's Furnishings, Notions, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Gloves, Neckwear, Dress Goods, Silks. If it came right down to a choice, most of us would prefer to have more money than brains. We have about 25 beautiful Turkish toweling Robes in new patterns that are worth as high as $7.50 each. Your choice $4.95 while these few last..... 75c and $1.00 values, 59c each; scores of good patterns in fine silk webs; made with kld ends; each pair put up in a beautiful holiday box ..... 59c Oxford Mufflers. The new Silk Oxford Mufflers in new patterns; 75c grade, each..... on, and we continue to increase our sales at Men's overcoats at Men's $20.00 Overcoats for..... Men's nobby Overcoats, cut in the Every... the new and fabrics, all lengths, such and every garment as good as you can buy elsewhere for $20.00 $14.98 J. RICH. THE GREAT Atlantic Park ...TWO STORES, 16 EAST 7TH ST., AND 28 Suits to Order $17.50. Pan RICH BROS., atisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded. 8, $30, $35 up to $45. B. RIOH. THE GREAT Pantic Pants Co. EAST 7TH ST., AND 2825 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD... Order $17.50. Pants to Order $3.50 CH BROS., Props. and or Money Refunded. KANSAS CITY, MO. The French Dry Cleaner Atlantic Pants Co. ...TWO STORES, 16 EAST 7TH ST., AND 2825 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD... Suits to Order $17.50. Pants to Order $3.50 ARNETT, The French Dry Cleaner LADIES FINE WEARING APPAREL A Specialty. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Express Paid Both Ways. HOME TEL. MAIN 1252. BELL. WALNUT 2823. 1006 West Sixteenth Street, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TH IS WEALTH.. I gain health and wish to retain the same accessity of reliable prescription compounding, a specialty of giving the most careful atten- sescriptions just as the doctor writes them. otto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT, 1006 West Sixteenth Street, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ..HEALTH IS If you would gain health and we remember the necessity of reliable pro which we make a specialty of giving tion.—We fill prescriptions just as th Our motto is TO PLEASE; ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. Our motto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT. Save time and carfare by buying your Patent Medicines and drug necessities at attractive prices. Perfumes, Toilet articles, Tooth brushes, Combs and Brushes, Fountain Syringes and Hot water bottles at gratifying prices. Remember its the RELIABLE PRES PHARMACY S. W. C Phone Call in and see us. in and see us. Open all night. chips. for box 1-2-2 all butt in pure white union Linen. with 1-2-inch sheet. C A Large Line If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it.—The Rellable Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. WE CARRY THE LARGEST line of London Woolens of any Tailoring establishment in the world and cater especially for the colored trade. ReliABLE DENTISTRY --Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest tree in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly one by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no tee to Please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore usable. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. RELIABILITY No Delay--Satisfaction We are the most reliable de oldest practice in the city. grade work done by gentlen We Guarantee to Please. This firm is backed by a we oughly responsible. All we 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. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth.....$2.65 Platinum fillings.....$500 Cleaning.....$500 Teeth extracted without pain ERK Cleaning ..... 500 We do as we advertise — Teeth extracted without pain FREE We are here to stay. NEW YORK DENTAL C ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. In St Second Floor. Entrance oa Main Street. Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundrys 10. The Habit Ending at Campbell & Houston NEW YO ESTA 1029 Main St. Get the Hab Of Trading at McCampb 1029 Main St Second Floor. Entrance oa Main Street only. Open Daily. Nights till 9. Sundays to 10.4. Prescription Drug Store. 2304 VINE ST. WE CU Peruna, Mennen's Talcum Powder Laxative Bromo Quinine, NE ST. TELS. Bell 159 Home 23 WE CUT THE RATES. 75c Bell Pine Tar Honey, 15c Liquozone [large] 20c Liquozone [small] Peruna, 75c Bell Pine Tar Honey, 20c Mennen's Talcum Powder. 15c Liquozone [large] 85c Laxative Bromo Quinine, 20c Liquozone [small] 45c All $1.00 Preparations 85c or Less. All 50c Preparations 45c or Less. ANY QUANTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHARGE. ENTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED TO PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHARGE. ANY QUANTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHARGE. S. H. FINKELSTEIN, Proprietor. SUITS MADE TO ORDER OUR SPECIALTY. "Maine" The "Maine" Anchor Clothing, Hats, Shoes & Furnishing Goods We have just the thing in our store to Make a Christmas Present. ```markdown ``` M. BENZEMAN Give us a Call. ENTISTRY Teeth Examined Free r. We have the largest and due to the uniformly high of middle ages; no youths iability is Unquestioned. on, and is therefore thor- d for 15 years. TEETH WITHOUT PLACES MENTAL CO WEARS, Entrance on Main Street only, this till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. Houston's TELS. | Bell 159 East. | Home 2396 Main. RATES. ine Tar Honey, 20c zone [large] - 85c zone [small] - 45c DELIVERED TO ALL OF CHARGE. See our Line of Neckwear, Vests and Hose. Anchor The