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. [Name] M. K. B. A. POWELL Who will soon open a hotel for his race in the city, near Oak and Fourth Sts. --- VOLUME IX. LEXINGTON NEWS. We wish to thank our friends of Lexington for their kindness and assistance with our deceased friend, Wm. Henry Caves. WM. STRAWTHER LUTHUR BURLES. Mrs. Pollard and a lady of Higginsville were the guests of Mr. Mose Maty Sunday. Miss Amelia Johnson, who has been in St. Louis for several months, returned home Sunday. Mrs. Emma Caves is quite ill over the death of her son, Will Henry Caves, her son, who was ground to death n Kansas City. Mrs. Wm Henry Caves, the wife o f the deceased, returned to Kansas City Friday evening. Mr. Arthur Coles is quite ill with pneumonia; also Mrs. Caroline Hughes is quite sick. Mrs. Cliff Bradford fell last Tuesday and broke her arm. We hope she will soon recover. Mr. George Shelby is quite ill, and not expected to live; also Mr. William Jenkins. Mr. Alfred Curtis and wife, of Kansas City were here Sunday visiting, their parents. Mr. John Walker and Miss Georgia Collins, both of our city, were united in the bonds of matrimony Thursday, January 12, at her home, and left for Kansas City, where they expect to make their future home. Miss Collins was a member of the choir at the A. M. E. church and we will miss her soprano voice. We wish them a long, happy and prosperous life. What is the matter with Mr. E. and her; you, time next. Mrs. James Lawson paid up her subscription for the Rising Son. What is the reason you all don't pay up likewise. Some owe for two years and some for a year and I know one young new married man who owes for seven years. What is the matter with you? Why don't you pay up? Mrs. Rosa Lee, of Kirkwood, is suffering greatly with the rheumatism. tering greatly with the Incumcision. Mr. Shell Oldron got his finger cut off in the mines last week. We hope that it will not prove fatal. You remember a few months ago that we said there were things going on that was not right, and it ought to be stopped. Now you ought to stop talking so much about things that you know nothing about. A hint to the wise is sufficient. We ought to be truthful and manly and not try to have two faces under one hat. We need strong men and women morally and intellectually to represent our race. I think this is enough for this week. Mt. A. W. Walker returned home Saturday after two weeks tour from St. Louis, Jefferson City and other places, and reports having a pleasant time, meeting with some of his old friends, as Prof. Garnett and wife, Mr. Drake, Prof. Rutledge, and many other acquaintances. Whilst in Jefferson City I stopped with Prof. W. H. Harrison and wife and was highly entertained while there by them. I think that Prof. Harrison is the right man in the right place, which he holds. He works both day and night and he is an honor to his race. Work on, young man. Snow Deer Hard to Capture. The snow deer, a beast nearly as big as the great wapiti, has seldom fallen to the gun of the European. No complete specimen has yet been sent to Europe. In England it is represented only by five skulls and horns in the British museum and as many more in different private collections. The horns are of great size, the record in the number of points, thirteen, is in the British museum. The spread between the tips of the horns is over ground. Little is known about the creature, but it is conjectured that this coloration is protective, harmonizing with patches of snow and black rocks among which it lives. Peat in Sweden. The total quantity of peat in Sweden is estimated to equal a supply for two centuries of the present coal import to that country. No Doubt. "Spiders," says the Boston Globe, 'are passionately fond of music.' No doubt their favorite in the music line is a tarantelle.—Rochester Post-Express. Short Cut to Poorhouse The proprietor of a suburban newspaper brought up on a judgment summons at a London court, declared that "running a newspaper was only taking a short cut to the poorhouse." All Were at One Time Black. While there are no black races indigenous outside of the tropics, the leading American, English, French and Italian ethnologists boldly teach that the white races of the world are simply modified negroes and that the Anglo-Saxon and other white races are of an African origin, having crossed over into Europe during the neolithic age. Their habits, character of food, environments, attitude of their homes, climate, occupation, their greater distance from the rays of the tropical sun, are some of the ethnological factors which are believed to have bleached their skins and made them white. KANSAS CITY MO.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1905. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Compton, 1104 Charlotte street, was the scene of a very brilliant affair on Monday, the 16th inst. They celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary. Their home was fittingly decorated for the occasion and between seven and twelve hundred friends came to congratulate the happy couple upon their successful voyage through life. The following is a list of the useful presents received: Carnation Club, a hemstitched linen set. Covenant No. 3, a silver chafing dish, Mesdames Conden, Burnett, Oatman, Mosby, Bishop, Priqe, Jackman, Robinson, cut glass berry bowl. Mr. and Mrs. Mock and Mr. and Mrs. Brice, silver sugar spoon. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Tolbert, silver bread tray. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cavali, a set of silver after dinner spoons. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Caroll, silver gravy ladle. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Colwell, silver souvenir spoon. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard, silver cracker jar. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, silver berry spoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Miles, and Mr. and Mrs. George A. Clay, silver syrup stand. Mr. I. J. Jones and Mrs. L. Phelps, silver set of orange spoons. Mr. and Mrs. Washington, a silver butter knife. Mrs. G. McFalls, a set of silver fruit knives. Mr. Charles R. Clarke, a silver card receiver. Mr. June H. Taylor, a silver cake stand. Mr. and Mrs. Bazaire, silver bread tray. Mr. Daniel Madison, Mrs. R. W. Madison, and Mrs. Martha Anderson, a silver teapot. Mrs. Christina Marbles, a silver chocolate pot. Miss Cora Huff, a silver gravy and cream ladle. Mr. John F. Miner, a silver butter knife and sugar spoon. Miss Josephine Williams, of Sedalia, a set of silver spoons. Mrs. Ida Sharper and Miss Achee P. Davis, a nut bowl bound in silver. Mrs. Josie Hamilton, a set of silver after dinner spoons. Mr. Robert Allen and Miss A. Redmond, silver berry spoon. Mrs. Benton Bean and Mrs. Scottie Dickens, silver pickle fork. Mrs. A. Crump, silver salad fork. William Wade, silver salt and peper per stand with napkin ring. Mr. W. Wilson and Miss Altonia Keith, silver berry spoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, silver berry spoon. INDEPENDENCE NEWS Acia Hall died last Friday afternoon after a lingering illness of several weeks. Funeral was Sunday afternoon from the Second Baptist church. The revival services are meeting with success at the A. M. E. church, Monday night five were added to the church, among them was Dr. E. M. Phenix. Rev. and Mrs. Winrow will attend the Booker Washington reception in Topeka. Sick List: Mr. John Ross, Henry Palmer, Mrs. Bell Laws and Walter Scott. Those who promised to subscribe for the Rising Son, please leave the money at Hayes' grocery store on Lexington street. No Cause for Fear. No Cause for Fear. Why barry fear? The planets one by one Their peaceful paths pursue through trackless space: The varied stars, the distant from the sun Yield mellow light with undiminished grace. What the' swift, sudden storms sweep swiftly by And fret the face of heaven for an hour? About the tempest's rage a boundless sky Unshadowed bends its blue in tranquil power. To steaafst souls nor strife nor sin can bring Resultant ill. Where love and quiet dwell The full, harmonious spheres of being swing Serenely on their way—and all is well. -Harper's Weekly. Character. The habit of industry can be acquired as easily as the habit of idleness. But it is always the man or boy of character who intrenches himself with good habits, and it is always the moral weakling, the characterless person, who becomes the slave of evil habits. Accomplishments are either helps or hindrances to genuine success. High qualities of character alone can make them worth while, mighty, and enduring. Man's Place in the Universe What is man but the great musician of the universe? The universe is a great organ with mighty pipes. Space, time, eternity, are like the throats of this great organ; and man, a little creature, puts his fingers on the keys, and wakes the universe to thunders of harmony, stirring up the whole creation to mightiest acclamations of praise.-Charles Spurgeon. Valuable Artificial Fall. The Swiss engineers have worked out plans for tapping the Lake of Sils in the Engadine and letting the water drop down the mountain side, thus creating a fall that would yield 50,000 horse power. During the tourist season the lake would resume its normal appearance, owing to the necessity of storing the water. Dates Cut on Turtles Orrin E. Haskins of Lakeville discovered a turtle on his premises which was marked "F. W., 1828." Another one close by was inscribed "E. T., 1857." The former was doubtless marked by Francis Washburn and the latter by Elias Thrasher, both former residents of the town. Curious Evening Primrose Mrs. C. A. Cunningham of Oakland, Maine, has a floral curiosity in her yard in the shape of an evening primrose. The surprising rapidity with which its buds develop into very handsome blossoms shortly after sundown is a wonder to all persons not familiar with plants of this kind. Shingles Lasted Long. C. M. Rouse of Essex Junction, Vt., is reshlinging his barn, the first time such work has been done on the structure for ninety-two years. Mr. Rouse exhibited a shingle taken from the pile that is in good condition, being one of the hand-made kind, such as were made years ago. Oldest Cat Killed The oldest cat in the world was killed by its owner. Belford Bonham, at Shiloh, N. J., last week. The cat was 22 years and 3 months old, and had been in his day one of the greatest of ratters. He fell ill with a cancer of the nose, however, and had to be put to death. Bedspread Made in 1805. Mrs. Denison Turner of North Stonington, Conn., is the possessor of a bedspread made in 1805 by her grandmother, who spun the woolen yarn from which it is made, wove the cloth, colored some of the yarn, and drew in little tufts over the face of the spread. Not Injured by Long Fall. A 5-year-old boy named Durklin climbed into a new house at Nauga tuck, Conn., and fell through the hole left for the chimney into the cellar, thirty feet below, escaping with nothing more serious than a lump on his head and a few bruises. Source of Petroleum Until recently it was almost universally believed that petroleum was, like coal, derived from fossil vegetation or possibly from animals or fishes of some long past age. Now it is asserted by many scientific men that it may not be of any organic origin, but may be due to subterranean chemical action. Popular Taste Changed Two generations ago an author could not make his heroine successful without constantly calling the slenderness of her waist to the attention of the reader. For certain small mericles let us be duly thankful. The eighteen-inch waist is no longer the basic motif of the popular novel. Virtues of the Amethyst The amyethyst, in days of chivalry, was believed to have great power for good in battles. The wearer was rendered brave, far seeing and honorable. The amethyst was also said to destroy the craving for liquor, which was as prevalent in those days as it is in this. Year of Ocean Disasters The worst year on record for tragedies of the deep was 1881-82, when the list of "missing" was swollen by the enormous addition of one hundred and forty-seven ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 41,977 tons; and the loss of life was terrible. Church on Mountain Top It is proposed to build a small concrete church on the top of Cronog Patrick, County Mayo, Ireland, for the celebration of the annual pilgrimage mass. The church will be almost 2,600 feet above the sea level. As a Rule. A New York ghost, after creating great excitement, proved to be merely the frolics of mice in a piano. When ghosts are finally discovered they are invariably so commonplace!—Buffalo Courier. True Friendship. The good friend is the friend that knows, not thinks, or fancies, or imagines, or hopes, but knows that he can tell us what he thinks and how he feels with perfect freedom and abandon. Law of Sacrifice. The law of sacrifice is this—that to those who win, to those who pay the price, the sacrifice is no sacrifice; that is to say, the element of pain is not present. They Know Better Very few men, although they talk so much about wanting to live again the happy days of childhood, would put in much of the time eating green apples. Steal Burglar Policy. Some burglaries not only stole the silver plate from a house in the suburbs of London, but carried off the owner's burglar insurance policy. Sage Advice. Draw the curtain of night upon injuries, shut them up in the tower of oblivion, and let them be as though they had never been. Mistakes of Dress Reformers In dress reform, as in other reforms, the mistake is to attempt to substitute something not so handsome and less expensive. Read and Ponder You aren't really living if you aren't learning a little something every day and taking time to think.—Chicago Record Herald. Little Objection to Slavery It may be better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave—yet there are more slaves than darlings. Better Late Than Never After kissing a pretty girl for the first time a young man always regrets the opportunities he has wasted. NUMBER 40. Peacemaker Is Stabbed. Seeing two men fighting in front of his house, M. Dujardin, of the Conservatoire of Music, Paris, took his violin and began to play in order to soothe the combatants by his music. But one of the men at once turned on him and stabbed him, and he was taken in a dying condition to a hospital. independence is Expensive. The people of Jersey, Channel islands, refused to carry out the provisions of the new British militia law, so the British government withdrew the regiment always hitherto stationed on the island. The islanders are out at least $550,000 a year thereby, and are inclined to regret their independent attitude. Study Prospective Bridegroom A would-be bridegroom in Kamchatka has to serve some time in a mental position in his prospective father-in-law's household in order that the bride's family may have an opportunity of observing whether his habits and temperament are worthy of her. Has 158 Descendants Mrs. Alice Simpson, a Stockport, England, nonagenarian, has five sons and three daughters living, seventy-one grandchildren, seventy-four great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren, making a total of 153 descendants. At Least One A South African constabulary commandery office wrote to a local troop officer asking if there were any donkeys in camp. The reply came, in the troop officer's handwriting: "Yes, one — R. H. Symes, Captain." Animals Foretell Weather It has long been known that animals are able to foretell storm or fair weather with an instinct practically unknown to man. Many sayings are based on the actions of beasts, birds, fish and insects. Pointer for Statesman. If we were a statesman we never should begin an interview with: "My attention has been called to an article concerning." etc. We would not want people to think we didn't read the papers. Money Money that talks does little else. Money that whispers re-echoes where least expected. Money that acts might save many a broken heart from a sul- cide's grave. Giraffe Unable to Swim The giraffe is the only animal which is unable to swim. This is on account of its long neck. Every other animal can, if put to it, manage to keep itself afloat. Canals in United States The number of canals in operation in the United States exceeds twenty thousand, and their combined length is not less than fifty thousand miles. Dinkelspiel on Habit Habit is a wonderful ding, but it nefer yet made a man look for der towel before he got der soap in his eyes.—Dinkelspiel. When Silence Is Golden. It is a blessing for the happy home that husbands and wives do not always know exactly what each thinks of the other. Mosquitoes in London. Apparently mosquitoes have come to London to stay, and they seem to be making their way into the country places. Not the Man—the Son When a man has to support his grown-up son, his mother says he has an artistic temperament.—New York Press. Heaven on Earth If husbands and wives were always sweethearts there would be no longings for another and better world. RELIGIOUS I have gone up with swift, disdainful foot. Leaving the city streets to lesser men; And on the mountain side and in the glade. Have grasped, through dewy herb, for Nature's root. I know the form of bud and leaf and blade. I know the subtle changes of the sea, I know the crest against the shimmering sky. I know each winging bird and butterfly. I thank the Lord, that such is my delight. To count in morning webs each jeweted thief. To watch the clouds enwreat a mountain top. And not as others find, in dreadful night. I thank the stranger at my dearth. May thence depart, knowing thy servant pure! From this bare attic, where so long my soul Hath hidden wrapped in learning and in pride I go with eyes on earth and hand To him who needs my crust, the half or whole Remember not, O Justice, till this day Hath turned for me the favorable soul; How that I thrust the weary from my way With short excuse and deaf, offended ear, Or, drained his sorrow, listened and pressed by With shining sympathy, and indignee; Turkey, for this day's sunlight must not fail. Before my hand hath stilled another's; Into the highway and the hedge I flee. A sinner Lord, have mercy upon me! —Philadelphia Public Ledger. True Nobility. Is not this the Carpenter's Son? St. Matthew, xiii. 55. The question, "Is this not the Carpenter's Son?" in many a situation in life has been asked with the sneering tone that cuts deeper than a blade of steel, and the judgment this question insinuates has time and again been laid by man upon his fellow men ever since those first unjust instuins applied it to the greatest and purest soul born into this earthly sphere. The question these former neighbors of Jesus asked is the query of the world — the query that those who are tainted and permeated with the world's standards have ever ready on their lips. Our Savior had preached to these people; He had promulgated His doctrine; He had even healed the slick, giving them a manifestation of His miraculous power. Yet in the face of all these things and even though they marveled, they allowed their minds to be influenced by the recollection that He was of humble origin and suffered this to determine their final judgment of Him. They weighed the value of His life by the mere shell of it; they judged the magnificent portraiture by the temporary frame of it. It did not seem to them that in the "carpenter's" son there could possibly be anything of the Divine, for they looked no deeper than the fact that He was merely the Son of the Carpenter, and that His kinsmen were the people whose humble origin and ordinary characteristics they had already observed. But as we peruse the holy gospel further, we perceive, notwithstanding these people and many others of the time in which he lived failed to apprehend His true greatness, that there were those whose gaze from the first penetrator the Divine mystery and love of His glorious personality and made it the gudling star of their existence. They did not ask, "Is not this the Carpenter's Son?" but they said: "Here is truth and love, and right-cousness, and spirituality, and the truly Divine, and in these things are life." They did not ask, "Who are thy kinsmen?" when he said, "Follow me," but followed and were steadfast to the end. You know what the result has been for those who propounded the question of our text and for those who took the deeper view, ignoring the standards of the world for the excellence that endures. The former have seen the ideals they clung to—the mere opinions of the little community and day in which they lived—pass away and mingle with the dust, but the latter have found that the eternal years of God only add life to the great principles of right and holy conduct and vindicate the choice of those who delve deep to find them. My friends who read, is there not a mighty lesson for us to learn from this—the lesson that the Christian should judge his fellow man not for what his situation in life may be, but for what he is? That the follower of Jesus Christ should seek for himself not the recommendations that merely pass current, but those deeper and rarer qualities founded on the rock? In the kingdom of heaven there is no room for riches or power or position or for any shell that serves to cover the plain actualities of the naked simplicity of our souls. We shall be known and judged there for what we really are. Let me put, then, the plain question: Is it not better to seek the sphere and the people where love and true friendship and solid worth are found rather than to follow after the shallow judgments an evanescent social criterion sets seal upon? Nothing can be low or unseemly or vulgar, provided it is pure and righteous and true, and though it be humble, yet will it, provided it be qualified thus, still be noble and great and worthy of association and emulation. It is the possession of these things, not the acceptance by the world, which makes a man worthy of the judgment of posterity and of that deeper searching of the all penetrating eye of his Maker and God.—Andrew F. Underhill. A Love Service. . Have you, my dear comrade, been serving the Lord blindly and slavishly, simply because it is your duty, and yet with a constant feeling of unrest and unfitness. O, how he loves you, and wants to catch your ear and win your heart, and draw you into a glad love service! "But I am so weak and faulty, I have failed so often. Surely, the Lord must be discouraged with me," you say. No, no, not if you are in earnest, any more than your mother was discouraged with you when as a little toddler just learning to walk, you fell again and again. She did not cast you off, but picked you up and kissed the knees and nose that were bumped, and loved you more than you dreamed. And in all your other failures she still bore with you and hoped for you. So it is with Jesus. Let this love constrain you. "We love him because he first loved us." Trust him. Give yourself wholly and heartily to him, and be sure you serve him for love, and you will have learned the secret of a holy, happy life. "O let Thy love my heart constrain, Thy love for every sinner free; That every fallen soul of man Must taste the grace that found out me; That all marking with me may prove Thy sovereign, everlasting love." Joy in Labor. It may be proved with much certainty, that God intends no man to live in this world without working; but it seems no less evident to me that he intends every man to be happy in his work. It is written, "In the sweat of thy brow," but it was never written, "In the breaking of tine heart," thou shalt cat bread; and I find that, as on the one hand infinite misery is caused by idle people, who both fail in doing what was appointed for them to do, and set in motion various springs of mischief in matters in which they should have no concern; so, on the other hand, no small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force upon others, of work itself. Were it not so, I believe the fact of their being unhappy is in itself a violation of Divine law, and a sign of some kind of folly or sin in their way of life. Now, in order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed, they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it, and they must have a sense of success in it—not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of other people for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or, rather, knowledge, that so much work has been well and fruitfully done—John Ruskin. The Faith of a Child: A little boy, living in the most povertierly stricken part of a great city, found his way into a missions Sunday school and became a Christian. One day, not long after, some one tried to shake the child's faith by asking him some puzzling questions. "If God really loves you, why doesn't He take better care of you? Why doesn't He tell somebody to send you a pair of shoes, or else coal enough so that you can keep warm this bad weather?" The boy thought for a moment, and then said, as the tears rushed to his eyes: "I think He does tell somebody, but somebody forgets." --- The faith that believes in things un seen seen sees the things unknown. True Freedom Means Restraint. True Freedom Means Restraint. True freedom does not mean absence of control; it means fulness of control, complete control of one's self, so that one can do with ease what one is meant to do and is fitted to do. When a man seeks the false liberty which disdains all control, save the passing pleasure or the momentary whim, he has not become really free. He will end his wild, unregulated course in destruction, or he will be degraded to be the toy of the social forces and influences about him. Indeed, it may be said that the true slavery begins in apparent fullness of freedom, and the true freedom follows what appears to be restraint and subjection.—Rev. R. C. Gillie. There are people who say they would like to do good who do not smile once a week. Learning Unselfishness. Learning Unselfishness. We never can learn the lesson of love but by living with people. Nothing will teach us unselfishness but the practice of unselfishness under the pressure of necessity. We cannot learn patience with others save in experiences which put our patience to the test. It should not be hard to live with those who are sweet, gentle, patient, thoughtful and unselfish—anybody ought to be able to get along with such pleasant people. But not all with whom we mingle are of this class. There are disagreeable people, those who are thoughtless, uncongenial, exacting, quick-tempered, unreasonable, sensitive, and our duty of living sweetly with others includes these too; and the task set for us may have to be worked out without any perceptible amelioration of conditions. The problem is ours—we must meet it. It is ours to be Christians, which means Christlike, just whens we find ourselves. The only safe way to estimate a man is by his soul. PROSPERITY FREE TRAIN PROTECTION REVISIONIST Quincy Scott --- IT PAYS THE FARMER IT PAYS THE FARMER PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE VALUE OF PROTECTION. To-day the American Market Governs the Price of Wheat, and the Price Is Now Relatively Higher in the United States Than in Liverpool. The movement of wheat eastward from this state is a new thing, at least on such a scale as is seen now. It is due to the fact that the American price of wheat is far above the exporting price. Wheat is actually worth considerably more in the United States than it is in Europe. Argentina wheat is offered to the English market at 15 cents a bushel, less than American wheat can be put there, at the present price prevailing in this country. A short crop in the area which supplies the millers of the Middle West has made them look to this state for an additional supply, and as the price which they offer is based on Chicago quotations instead of those of Liverpool, the exporters on this coast cannot compete with the Eastern buyer. Seventy cents for club wheat and 75 cents for bluestem are the market quotations at the wheat shipping points in the Palouse country and in other centers of the wheat industry in this state. This is a price about twice as high as the price of eight years ago, when the country was in the midst of a previous national campaign. At that time the price was PROSP PROTECTION Quincy Scott based upon the Liverpool quotations. The country had to export such an enormous share of its crop that the foreign market price had to be accepted. It had to export so much because hard times had reduced home consumption. To-day the American market sets the price, for the American market is growing toward the point where it can absorb nearly all the crop. The per capita consumption of flour has grown enormously since 1896. The average consumption in the United States is 50 per cent greater now than it was eight years ago, and, making no allowance for increased population, the American market therefore absorbs 5) per cent more wheat than the same market did then. Democrats repeat, parrot like, the old story that the farmer receives no benefit from protection; that the home market does not interest him, because the price of his product is fixed by the foreign market. Here is his object lesson to the direct contrary. The American workingman is so prosperous that he consumes 50 per cent more flour than he did eight years ago. The American market for wheat is so good that the American price is higher than the foreign price. There will be no wheat to sell to the foreign market until the needs of the American market are fully supplied, and by that time, if they need our wheat, as they doubtless will, the foreign markets will have to come up to the American figures. This is how protection is paying the Washington farmer this year.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Would Not Benefit Farmers The following editorial paragraph, appearing in the Dubuque Times, Dec. 9, would seem to indicate that the Times would not regard free trade in natural products with Canada as being against the interests of the United States. The same article would indicate that the present American tariff on wheat is to blame for making wheat too high on the American side of the line. We quote: "Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota appears to favor not that protection by which 'competition has been stimulated and production cheapened', to use the language of the Republican national platform of 1900, but that protection by which the consumer is plucked for the benefit of the pro --- ducer. He is against more liberal provision for the importation of Canadian wheat, because, he says, the price of North Dakota's product would thereby be injuriously affected. By what rule of justice does he find that the farmers of North Dakota are entitled to anything more than the competitive price for their wheat? And how can they get it except at the expense of the American consumers? How does his doctrine square with the rule of the greatest good to the greatest number? The purpose of protection is to develop the natural resources of the country. Who will contend that protection for her wheat fields is necessary to the development of North Dakota, or that it is in the case of wheat a process whereby competition is stimulated and production cheapened? After telling the farmers of America that they are benefited by the tariff on wheat, the Times takes the side of the consumer of wheat and would evidently be pleased with lower prices. The doctrine would hardly be popular among the farmers.—Des Moines Capital. Democratic Advice. It is noticeable that the newspapers which during the late unpleasantness were filled with denunciations of the "robber tariff" and which charged President Roosevelt with having sold out to the trusts, are now presuming to advise him what course he should take upon the tariff. It is needless to say that they point out the necessity of new schedules, and assert that the people demand them. Without indi RN HIS FINGERS. ERITY FREE TRAIT REVISIONIST cating at this time the probable attitude of Congress when it reassembles upon this matter, it might be well to point out that this advice is impertinent. If these editors had had their way a Republican executive would not be in the White House and a Republican Congress would not be in power. It is Democratic advice and not Republican which is being showered upon the President.—Cincinnati Star A Warning. A recent New York Evening Post reprints an article from the London Financial Times which ends with: "There is something very melancholy in the fact that the wheat crop of the British isles this season has been grown on the smallest area ever recorded—1,407,618 acres—for less than fifty years ago the area was 4,243,000 acres. In the past twelve months the wheat grown at home that was available for food represented 5,700,000 quarters, and the net imports of foreign wheat and flour as wheat came to no less than 27,847,000 quarters." The Post is now urging tariff revision which shall revise off the present duty of 25 cents per bushel on wheat. Not wheat that employs American labor for transportation and grinding preparatory to exportation, but wheat for consumption here. This plan, that would injure every American farmer and those dependent on his trade for support to the sole advantage of Canadians, must have been engineered by capitalists interested in Canadian railroads. We do not want any such melancholy result as Cobden's success of fifty odd years ago has produced to England. Would Loosen Our Crip The stability of our trade with for eign markets depends upon the protec- tive tariff. This assertion needs no proof other than a comparison between the export figures of the four lean years of free trade and those of the succeeding fat years of protection. The confidence of the manufacturer reposes in the tariff scheme that has brought him unexampled prosperity. A juggling with this scheme by hands inimical to its existence would inevitably destroy confidence, manufacturers would retrench and America's grip on the world's markets be shaken.—San Francisco Call. BUY OLD ARTIFICIAL TEETH. Grewsome Trade That Is Quite Common in New York. "Yes," said the dealer in assorted curios, "we buy and sell old artificial teeth. Curious thing to trade in, isn't it? But there's quite a thriving little business done in them. The idea of handling the molars that once did service in the mouths of dead folks might seem grewsome to some minds; but all's grist that comes to our mill. "We get these teeth mostly from the relatives of persons long departed and their intrinsic value consists in the gold, silver, platinum and rubber used in their construction, for the teeth themselves have little value. The sets have probably collected dust for years in bureau drawers where they were tenderly placed after the funeral as a memento of the dead ones. Some day a reverse overtakes the family and the gold plate assumes a new value; it will help pay the rent. What tales of grief they represent are never known to us. We pay different prices, according to the value of the metal on the teeth. "Many of our customers have particular fads. One will collect fans another old watches, another pewter ware, still another old pictures, and so on down the list. There are collectors who make a specialty of old teeth, though for what purpose is not known to me. It gives them an outlet for their time and money; and if it's no other benefit it circulates the coin."—New York Press. DANGER IN TOO MUCH STUDY. Mistake to Let Children Be Too Ambitious at School. Don't let your children overstudy. Especially is this important for girls at a critical age. It is a shame to see how some of these children are forced to pore over complicated mathematical problems in the evening, after a day's work is over. As a consequence, they often do not sleep soundly, and their health is undermined. No child should study in the evening. If they cannot learn enough during school hours, then let them do without it. What is the use of so much knowledge—often more or less useless knowledge—to a child whose health is ruined? Dr. Hillis, editor of the Medical Times, truthfully says: "Our school system has become largely a crammer of juvenile brains. The cramming injures the delicate nervous system on the one hand, and exposes the muscular and alimentary systems to injury, besides."—Los Angeles Times. Perkins and the Luncheon Perkins and the Luncheon. Senator Perkins of California never lunches with Senator Elkins of West Virginia, although they are the best of friends. Perkins refuses all overtures, because he wants to keep up a joke. Some time ago Elkins invited Perkins to luncheon, and quite an elaborate spread was ordered. In fact, West Virginia urged California to more than ordinary extravagance in the matter of food and other accessories. When the time came for settlement Elkins went through his pockets, but failed to turn up either pocket-book or money. Perkins, he said, "you see how I'm fixed. You'll have to pay for this luncheon." It was only a short time ago that Elkins asked Perkins to luncheon, and the latter said: "No, no; I went to luncheon with you once. You can't catch me that way again."—Buffalo Times. Doctor Knew It Could Not Be. Dr. W. W. Keen, the Philadelphia surgeon, has a number of scrap books filled with anecdotes about physicians. These anecdotes are odd from the fact that they all throw upon physicians a most unflattering light. To illustrate their character, Dr. Keen quoted one of them recently. "A physician was driving through the street," he said. "A friend stopped him. "‘Doctor,’ said the friend, anxiously, 'have you heard that horrible story about Williamson?' "‘No,’ said the doctor. ‘What story is that?’ "‘A story to the effect that he was buried alive.’ ‘Buried alive?’ said the doctor. 'Im possible. He was one of my patients.' — Collier's Weekly. The Clock. The ceaseless clock still spins the thread That knows no break but for the dead. Its hands forever onward haste; Sigh not, lover, for the past. Each minute's new, strange each hour The past to you shall come no more. The Cost of Impatience. In the impatient mood we are apt to spend far more than is required In the doing of our work, and the excess is lost. We cannot estimate the value of the power thus misplaced. When the impatient mood becomes the habit of a lifetime you can understand that failure, and perhaps loss of health and energy, are inevitable.—Emily S. Boston, in Magazine of Mysteries. Hereditary Life-Saving. Life-saving runs in the family of Mr. J. Parsons, a young lighterman, of the Hollows, Brentford, who, on his twenty-third birthday, received the Royal Humane Society's certificate for rescuing two boys from drowning. His father saved forty-eight persons from drowning, and the son now has a total of twenty-nine lives to his credit. Buried Treasure These two words often describe the lost opportunities for facial improvement. Delve after impurities and bring out the best that nature can bestow. JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE SKIN MARIL SCALP AND Emulsion is buy making facial fortunes, its free curative lather, acts as a balm while cleaning. In case your dealer cannot supply you send us his name and we will send prepaid, to any address for $1.00 the following toilet requisites. 1 Cake Woodbury's Facial Soap. 1 Tube " Facial Cream. 1 " Dental Cream. 1 Box " Face Powder. Together with our readable booklet Beauty's Masque, a careful treatise on the care of the "outer self." Booklet free on application. THE ANDREW JERGENS CO., CINCINNATI, O. Does that woman live who can drive a lazy horse without slapping it with the lines about every ten feet? Smokers find Lewis' 'Single Binder' straight 5c cigar better quality than most 10c brands. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Some blondes are oxide and some are peroxide. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Lakase Bromine Quinine Tablets. All drugs give refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Counting His Toes "What in the world are you doing with your shoes and stockings off this cold morning?" asked the mother of a bright youngster aged six. "Studyin' my lesson," answered the little fellow. "This old book wants to know how many four times five is and as I can't get enough fingers I've got to count my toes, too." — Washington Post. A man begins to get some idea of how his wife works when he undertakes to dress the children in the morning. A GREAT SUFFERER LAY HELPLESS AND SPEECHLESS FOR HOURS AT A TIME. Sinking Spells, Headaches, Rheumatism. All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When Mrs. Williams was asked for some details of the fearful illness from which she had so long suffered, she spoke as follows: "Ever since I had nervous prostration, about thirteen years ago, I have had periodical spells of complete exhaustion. Any excitement or unusual activity would throw me into a state of lifelessness. At the beginning my strength would come back in a moderate time, but the period of weakness kept lengthening until at last I would lie helpless as many as three hours at a stretch." "You were under medical treatment, of course?" "Yes, when I became so bad that I had to give up my housework, in May of 1903, I was being treated for kidney trouble, and later the doctor thought my difficulties came from change of life. I was not only weak, but I had dizzy feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery after eating, hot flashes, nervous headaches, rhematic pains in the back and hips. The doctor did me so little good that I gave up his treatment, and really feared that my case was incurable." "What saved you from your state of hopelessness?" "In July of 1903 I had a very bad spell, and my husband came in one day with a little book which told of remarkable cures effected by a remedy for the blood and the nerves, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He bought a box for me, and that was the beginning of my return to health. My appetite grew keen, my food no longer distressed me, my nerves were quieted, and my strength began to revive." "How long did you take this remedy?" "For two months only. At the end of that time I had regained my health and cheerfulness, and my friends say that I am looking better than I have done for the past fifteen years." Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living at No. 416 Cedar street, Quincy, Illinois. The pills which she praises so highly, cure all diseases that come from impoverished blood. If your system is all run down, Dr. Williams's Pink Pills are the very best remedy to take. Any drug-gist can supply them. Use Its Bark. "Papa, have you heard that the hair of the dog that bites you will keep you from having fits?" "Yes, my son, theer is a legend to that effect." "Well, papa, what do you do in the case of a Mexican hairless dog?" An Eye to the Future. Mrs. Jason—A chafing dish. You see, my husband is her husband's physician—Brooklyn Life FOIBLES OF FASHION Apple Sauce. Pare and cut into small pieces twelve good-sized tart apples, put them into a sauce pan with half a pint of water, cover and stew them all till tender; add one cup of sugar, press it through a sieve or colander; pour into a glass dish and serve either hot or cold. Apples should never be stewed in rusty tins or iron pots, as they will spoil the appearance of the sauce. WHILE THE TBA DREWS Twilied surah is having a renaissance. Cashmere is becoming the vogue in Paris. Aurore is the name given a delicate pinkish blue. Bloused jackets look particularly well on small women. All the muffs are large and most of them inclined to flatness. Old rose, shading to a brick red, is a popular shade for a hat. A few are wearing bright green net face veils, with curious effect. The pearl-laced cap of the ill-fated Juliet is again a popular ornament. Women with very plump faces should never wear a thick neck ruche. Ladies' Costume. Fashion has decided that all smart costumes must be made with waistst and skirts to match, and a charming design in plum-colored crepe de chine is here pictured. The full waist is made over a vest of embroidered batiste. Graceful fullness is given in front by tucks in the upper part, and the wide shoulder effect is successfully carried out by the shoulder straps that extend from the neck out over the sleeve. The full puff sleeve is prettily finished by a small turned back cuff. The skirt is one of the 1 latest models and is exceedingly graceful. The fullness in the upper part is disposed of by small tucks around the hips, although the pattern provides for rows of shirring or for a plain gathered skirt. It is cut in seven gores, and wide tucks at the lower edge assist in giving the fashionable flare. All fabrics that are soft and pliable are suited to the mode, such as etamine, voile, chiffon cloth and liberty satin. The medium size requires three and one-quarter yards of forty-four inch material for the waist, and six yards of forty-four inch material for the skirt. Parisian Trotting Gowns. For morning saunters short skirts and long jackets are most popular. And every Parisienne who is a woman of fashion deems it her duty, as well as her pleasure, to walk for an hour in the mornings in the Avenue des Acacias, and so smart broughams and victorias are drawn up in a double line near this favorable promenade along which the elegantes love to loiter and meet their friends. The only frivolous notes in the build of these tallor suits are the touch of color in the velvet of collars and cuffs and a line of embroidery upon a light velvet waistcoat. Cashmere Very Popular. The very latest fabric employed to build midwinter frocks is cashmere. This material has been, so to speak, put upon the shelf for several years, but its popularity is now reassured. It is one of the most attractive of light weight cloths, it lends itself readily to drapery and it is especially suitable for house gowns. Draped waists and full sleeves are now universally worn, and this sort of light weight material is particularly practical for the purpose. Perhaps the most popular is red, and cashmeres are found in every shade from bright scarlet to the deepest claret or dahlia tones. The pastel shades are as well modish and chestnut brown is also fashionable. Velvet and silk braid is the popular BRIDESMAIDS' GOWNS. trimming. Velvet is fashionable in ruches and in flat bands the same tone as the corsage. Another fashionable material is crepe de paris. There is as well a soft serge that has made its appearance, and it appears in new weaves and designs, and the diagonal serges in fine checks are much used for street costumes. Vitality of Wild Mustard Seed Vitility of Wild Mustard Seed. In the Seed Laboratory at Ottawa, Canada, one hundred fresh seeds of Wild Mustard were planted in good soil in a box, and under the most favorable conditions only thirty-five of them could be induced to grow. The box was then placed in the open air for a week with the thermometer below zero. When again put in the germinator, seventeen more of the seeds produced plants. The soil was then allowed to become thoroughly dry and again put out to freeze, after which twelve more of the hundred seeds germinated. This operation was repeated several times, until finally every seed demonstrated that the mother plant had not lived in vain. With the Housewife To treat paint spots that painters have left on your panes of glass soak in turpentine. If they have been left long enough to be very stubborn scrape the spots with the edge of a penny. It will not scratch as would a knife. Mice have the greatest dislike to the smell of peppermint. A little oil of peppermint sprinkled round their haunts and holes will soon make them look for other quarters and forsake those which have become so disagreeable to them. A piece of camphor forms a popular barometer. If the lump of camphor remains dry when exposed to the air, dry weather is to be expected. If, on the other hand, the gum absorbs moisture and appears damp, rain may be anticipated. To renovate a black felt, hat brush the hat to remove all dust and then sponge with equal parts of liquid ammonia and boiling water. Rub this on the felt thoroughly, then set the hat on the table or some other flat surface to dry, for if this precaution be not taken the brim is sure to get out of shape. Neck and Hat Sets. With every hat there must go something for the neck these days, and the most beautiful creations are planned to go around the throat and to fasten in the front. There are lovely art nouveau boas made of ermine and decorated with art noveau buttons, which are set on about six inches apart. And there are dressy things in peacock feathers to match handsome breast ornament for the hat. It can be taken as a settled thing that neck trimmings must match hat trimmings and that they must be alike no only in one way, but in all ways. The colors, the materials and the general style must match. Perhaps the best hat and neck effects can be obtained with crushed velvet. A hat can be trimmed with a band of the velvet and the very same material can be used for a four-in- BRIDESMAI The gown at the left is of white volle. The skirt is gathered at the top and trimmed at the bottom with wreaths of mousselline de sole roses, which are united by blue ribbons. The blouse has a yoke of guipure bordered with roses and the bretelles are of the blue ribbon. The short puffed sleeves are finished with bands and knots of the ribbon. The wide, draped girdle is of blue or white silk. The other gown is of white mousselline de sole. The full skirt is trimmed at the bot- hand necklace. It must be about five inches wide and finished up precisely as though it were made of fur. Its ends are trimmed with fringe or with tails. Handsome fluffy neck ruffles are made to match hats and there are ruffles that are in the most attractive shades of green to go with Charlotte Corday hats that are made of green velvet with flutings of green muslin and green chiffon. Theater or Evening Waist: Bodice of ivory colored silk, tucked at the top and draped below the bust. The slightly crossed fronts are bordered with a fine embroidery of silk cord to match and ornamented at the bottom with rosettes of the silk ```markdown ``` The plastron is of lace, also matching the waist. and is ornamented with bows of lilac velvet ribbon. The little collar piece and the shoulder straps are composed of narrow bands of the silk, flagoted together. The sleeve is composed of two puffs, finished at the elbow with a little frill of the material and a deep frill of lace. In Gray Velvet. A fascinating frock of gray velvet has a skirt that fits the hips perfectly, and plaits are let in at the bottom to give the fullness desired. At intervals from below the hips are strips of braid reaching across from one seam to another, and then a space. The next breadth has the space filled in with the braid. The skirt frees the ground all the way round. The loose-fitting jacket has a loose-stitched girdle holding it closely to the figure, above which it blouses all the way round. Braid is applied at each side of the back seam and over the shoulder and down the front on each side of a white waistcoat embroidered in black and gray. Full puffed sleeves come below the elbows, and they are caught into deep cuffs of the embroidery. Child's Winter Frock. Child's frock of dark green cloth. The skirt is made with box plains and dark green cloth, with box plaits and trimmed with a band of ermine and straps of black braid. The blouse is box-platted at the top (where it is trimmed with straps of braid) to a yoke of black asstrakhan bordered with a band of ermine. ```markdown ``` The yoke is finished around the neck with a little collar of the cloth forming tabs in front, ornamented with buttons. The vest is of the material braided with black soutache, and over this is a little scalloped waistcoat, also of the material, embroidered with soutache. The sleeves are box-plaited and trimmed with the braid at the top, then are plaited in at the bottom to form cuffs finished at the wrists with bands of astrakhan. The girdle is of the material or of silk to match. tom with little ruffles of the material, in two groups, separated by a band of guipure. The blouse is entirely covered with the ruffles and is finished around the low neck with a band of guipure. All these ruffles are edged with white taffeta, of which the girdle is also made, the latter finished on one side with a knot of the silk. The sleeves are each composed of two puffs, separated by a drapery of the mousseline de soie and finished with frills of the same. ORGANIZE TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS Committee of International Congress Plans Thorough Educational Campaign. Early in October there was held in St. Louis, at the Hall of Congresses, in connection with the World's Fair, the American International Congress of Tuberculosis, which consisted of representatives gathered from all parts of the American continent, to discuss the best means of preventing and curing this dreadful disease. Special attention was given to the subject of prevention. The congress was in session three days. Many important questions were discussed and committees were appointed for the purpose of carrying forward an active campaign against this most terrible of all the foes of human life. The committee of publicity was charged with the duty of organizing a proper educational campaign in connection with Chautauquas, conventions, associations and fraternities of various sorts, for the purpose of placing in the hands of the public information relating to the best means of preventing and combatting this scourge. Those who are especially interested in this phase of the question should address for further information the American Congress on Tuberculosis, Committee on Publicity, 28 Thirty-Third Place, Chicago, Ill. Movement to Suppress Tuberculosis. Science has demonstrated beyond question that pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption of the lungs is both a preventable and a curable disease. This disease is produced by germs which find their way into the body through abrasions of the skin, through the mucous membrane of the mouth or the intestines and through the lungs. The germs of the disease are found in the sputum of persons suffering from tuberculosis. The germs are also found in the flesh and milk of animals suffering from the disease. The germs are found nearly everywhere. These germs cannot live in the tissues of a thoroughly healthy person, as the cells of the body are capable of destroying the germs, but when the body is weakened by indigestion, by the habits of breathing foul or bad air, by anything which impairs the health, the tissues lose their power to destroy germs so that when they enter the body they find lodgement, grow and develop and tuberculosis of the lungs, bowels or of some other part is the result. Statistics show that at least 150,000 persons die of this disease in this country annually. Four or five times that number of persons are sick all the time with this disease. Tuberculosis kills more than any other malady. Experience has shown that the disease is not incurable, as has been generally supposed, but is a very curable malady if taken in time, and if the right treatment is applied. Not less than one hundred thousand lives could be saved every year by the application of proper means for preventing and curing this terrible disease. Danger in Alcohol in Cold Weather Danger in Alcohol in Cold Weather. When the skin is warm it is red or pink in color. The cold air of winter causes the skin to become whiter in color. This is due to the contraction of the blood vessels of the skin. The amount of blood passing through the skin is decreased, and the amount of heat thrown off into the cold air is likewise decreased. If a glass of wine or brandy is taken the skin becomes red. The sensation of warmth produced is delusive. The victim imagines himself warmer. Indeed, the skin is warmer, but at the same time a great increase is observed in the heat thrown off from the skin. The result is an enormous loss of heat to the inside of the body. Dr. Parkes, the eminent English sanitarian, says: "All observers condemn the use of spirits, and even of wine or beer, as a preventive against cold." The names of Dr. King, Dr. Kane, Capt. Kennedy and Dr. Hayes may also be cited as holding to this opinion. In the last expedition in search of Sir John Franklin the whole crew were teetotalers. Prof. Miller states that the Russian military authorities "interdict its use absolutely in the army when troops are about to move under extreme cold, part of the duty of the corporals being to smell carefully the breath of each man on the morning parade, and to turn back from the march those who have indulged in spirits, it having been found that such men are peculiarly subject to be frostbitten and otherwise injured." Dr. Carpenter is authority for the statement that the Hudson Eay company has, for many years, entirely excluded spirits from the fur countries of the north, over which they have exclusive control, "to the great improvement," as Sir John Richardson observed, "of the health and morals of their Canadian servants and of the Indian tribes." Health By Training: Health-getting, for the chronic invalid, is simply a matter of training, of health culture under favorable conditions, which include the discarding of all disease-producing habits, such as the use of tobacco, tea, coffee and all irritating, indigestible and disease-producing foods. The free use of flesh foods is no doubt a cause of liver and kidney disease, as well as of stomach disorders The uric acid of flesh food is also a cause of rheumatism and gout, as well as nervousness and calculs. For substantial and permanent re covery, the best method is training. Weak muscles must be trained to act with energy. Weak nerves must be toned up and steadied. The weak stomach must be trained to normal activity and the whole body must be brought in harmony with the forces which make for health. Buttermilk for Consumptives Buttermilk is an excellent food for tubercular patients. It may be taken in the quantity of one to three quarts a day, according to the amount of other food taken. The patient may take two meals, three meals, or four meals a day, according to the quantity of food taken at each meal, and the kind of food. A safe rule is never to allow a consumptive to go hungry. He should eat whenever he has appetite, so that the full digestive power of the stomach may be utilized in furnishing the body with constructive material. Wanted—An Appetite. Don't be without one. Why go to the dining room under protest. Don't try to buy appetite at a dollar a bottle. Earn it. One should enjoy eating and he will, if he has a natural appetite, such as comes to one who works for it. The outdoor life creates appetite, and a cold morning bath awakens the brain, lungs, heart, liver, stomach and the appetite. An ice bag over the stomach for half an hour before meals is a good natural appetizer for a bed-ridden invalid. Another method is a hot application over the abdomen for five minutes, followed by an ice rub over the same parts for one or two minutes. This not only produces an appetite but stimulates the flow of the digestive juices and thus furnishes the ability to digest. Diet for Tuberculosis. The tubercular patient needs proteids, or tissue-building foods, but only just the amount which can be assimilated and utilized by the body. Any excess must be treated like poisons, and hence must be a burden to both liver and kidneys, and a waste of vital energy. Proteids must be taken, not only in moderate quantity, but in the purest form possible. The vegetable kingdom presents proteids in combination with fats in great abundance, and in nuts, which can be made easily digestible by thorough chewing or by proper preparation. The yolks of eggs afford also a combination of fats and proteids which is admirably suited to the tubercular patient. Milk, especially rich milk, is another food adapted to this class of patients when it does not produce "billiousness" through indigestion. Many tubercular patients have dilatation of the stomach. Such cases must avoid milk. Nearly all can take nuts' if the right kind is selected and great care is taken with the mastication. Pecans, hickory nuts, almonds and filberts, pinons, or pine nuts are the best varieties. Half a pound of nuts may be taken daily by the consumptive, not only without harm, but with great benefit, if combined with other foods. A diet consisting of nuts, well-tossed bread and fruits is a perfect dietary for the tubercular patient. The yolks of a dozen eggs may be used in place of nuts. WHOLESOME RECIPES Lentil and Nut Loaf—To one pint of rather dry lentil pulp add one cup of grated Brazil nuts and sufficient stale breadcrumbs to make a stiff mixture. Season with salt and sage if desired. Press into a bread tin and bake in a slow oven one hour or longer. Fruit Soup—Into one cup of warm water put one rounding tablespoonful of sago and cook in a double boiler one half hour. Then add two or three whole cooked prunes, one fourth cup stewed raisins, two tablespoonfuls stewed cranberries, one teaspoonful lemon juice and sugar to suit the taste. Allow it to heat until the fruit is hot, and serve. Vermicelli or pearl barley may be substituted for sago, and dried cherries, with strawberry and lemon juice, used in place of the fruits mentioned. Snowballs with Prunes—Steam rice one hour or until tender, then form into balls, with one large or two small prunes in the center. Serve with a hot sauce made by warming for a few minutes one half cup of meltose, to which the juice of one lemon has been added and a little prune juice to make it of a consistency to pour easily. Banana and Nut Salad—Peel three bananas and slice thin; add one-half cupful broken (not chopped) walnut meats. Pour over this two-thirds cup of the dressing and mix well. Serve on platters garnished with lettuce leaves. Peas Croquettes—Boll until thoroughly done two cupfuls of Scotch peas. Rub through a colander and add two well-beaten eggs, a little minced parsley, a small grated onion, salt to taste and dry bread crumbs enough to make quite stiff. Form into croquettes, roll in beaten eggs and breadcrumbs and bake in oven about ten minutes. A cup of chuppe d walnuts will improve the croquettes. Savory Lentils—Cook two cupfuls of lentils until well done. Rub through a colander and add salt and sage to taste. To serve, heap in the center of the dish and pour tomato sauce around it. AFECT RAILROAD LEGISLATION Two Rate Bills Introduced in the House Probably Prepared by Moody. House Probably Prepared by Moody. WASHINGTON—Two rate bills said to have been prepared by Attorney General Moody, were introduced in the House by Representatives Esch of Wisconsin and Townsend of Mcaligan. These gentlemen are reputed to be the only Republicans on the House interstate commerce committee who really desire legislation affecting railroad rates. The two bills dovetail into each other and are obviously intended to be passed together. The Esch bill is an act conferring additional powers on the interstate commerce commission. It authorizes the commission, when rates are found unreasonable, to substitute just and reasonable rates, which must take effect within thirty days. The Townsend bill creates a court of transportation, which is to rank in a general way with the United States circuit court. It is to consist of a chief judge with a salary of $9,000 a year and four associate judges at $8,500, all appointed by the President. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. The sayings and doing of many a married man depend altogether upon the kind of a wife he has. Whopping Big Laundry Guide—And yonder, ladies and gentlemen, that twenty-five story edited is the renowned Flat Iron building. Visitor—Gee, what a big laundry. Salzer Seeds have a national reputation as the earliest, finest, choosest the earth produces. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow. 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. The great offer is made in order to induce you to more plant them you will grow no others, and ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE. providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 28c in package, they will add to the above a big package of the earliest Sweet Corn on earth Sabor Fourth of July fully 10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o' Day, etc., etc. [N. W. U.] Good advice is well enough in its way, but a hungry man can't make a satisfactory meal of it. When Your Grocer Save he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better but contains any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. It doesn't pay in the end to get to the front by going back on your friends. Many Children Are Sickly Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Cooks and Destroy Worms. At all Drugstiffs 23c. Sample mailed FREE Address Allen S. Olmsted, Let Roy, N. Y. Variety. Philadelphia Man (with affected disgust)—"You don't live in Brooklyn, do you?" Brooklyn Man—"Only in the winter. I insummer I go to my country house in Philadelphia." Interesting News It will interest all readers of this paper to hear that at last a genuine cure for Constipation, Indigestion, Liver Complaint, Headache and Billionness has been found in Dr. Caldwell's (exative) Syrup Pepsin. It is a pleasant, tonic purifying syrup, with a mild action and no bad after effects. Sold by all drugists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Why He Was Jolly Jinks—"You ought to meet my friend Wittles; most entertaining fellow you ever saw; bubbling over with humor; just checkful of jokes and funny stories." Blinks—"Indeed! Is he a writer of humor for the papers?" Jinks—"No. He's a reader of humor in the papers." 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 $_{4}$-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. Causea Folk Regret. Representative Cook of the Missouri legislature says he was offered a bribe to vote for Niedringhaus. This is calculated to make Governor Folk wish he were back in the prosecuting attorney's office.—Omaha World Herald. He Feared Not. Blinks (as snow flies)—I'm afraid, Barnes, that the train you're waiting for will be badly delayed. Barnes— No, it won't; my mother-in-law's on it—Omaha World Herald. THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODE,..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO GPFSUBSCRIPTION RATES: e Year Tieece ae yr cow bis sre a8 Ree ce ne month sree i Giaterly pati in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, ae Second Clase Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city Qnd town in thisstate. Write as. All news matter intended for pub Moation should reach our office not Jas ter than Tucsday, of each week and Must be signed by the writer not for publication, but 4s guarantee of auth- ) NO eee WICK: No. 117 West Sixtt. St, Kaneas City, Mo. ‘Advertising Rates, i one tech, one Insertion on OF one neh, each eubacyuent insertion 30 For twetachon, three moditn sees: 800 Fortwo taches: ait month 8M Bote Reh eS: nemontbe 0 for two Inchos twelve: wonth® 18 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL +». IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. * The paid circulation of THE Ristnc Son is more than double the combined circu- lation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Senator Potter of Crawford county Kansas, has introduced a bill in the Kansis legistature to provide a pen ity against hte interanarrying 0 whites and blacks in the state of Kan cas, The good senator is evidenth Hecoming alarmed Jest amalgamation af the two races should ensue, Hh therefore is disposed to head off an eh tendeney, It is not thenght, how It becomes our very painful duty to warn the Republicans of Jackson county and the state against the man her in which they are treating the loyal negro voters whe stood by them In the last election, It is trne many Democrats contributed to the suecess of the tieket, but had the negroes with held their support, the Republicans would have yet been looking for office Now if the Republicans do not intend to give some of the pie to the Negre voters, how can they expect the Negro voters to continue hammering away in their interest. We think it would: be well for the Republicans to take this matter up and give it mose serious consideration. It not, the Negro voters will, PROF. W. T. VERNON, PRESIDENT OF WESTERN UNIVERSITY, QUINDARO. KANS. A deserved thribute is paid to this talented young educator, He has built up a great institution at Quindaro, and he has become a great influence in edueational and political circles, not only in Kansas, but in the entire West He is an orator of ability and he aid excellent service on the stump for the Republican party during the last eam: paign, ‘This has put him very close to the administration and gives hima reat advantage in his quest for fed eral appointment, He is an applicant for the position of register of the treas ury, and according to the Plaindealer he is in a fair position to get this or some equally good appointwment, ‘The West is entitled to some recognition We want to see some competent and Well qualified nero appointed from the West. In our judgment Prof, Ver hon’s services in the last and former campaigns entitle him to the recogni tion which he seeks —Omaha Enter prise We indorse the same—The Som Kansas City To the Jackson county Republicans: | You have told the colored brother that | it he proved loyal and you were sue cessful, What a share of the plume he would receive, ‘The colored brother took you at your word. You have car. ried the county, and you have carried the state, but thus far not_a mother's son of us has yet received a thing in Jackson county, What kind of prayer and hymn do you propose to put up to the black man at the next election? We have been taught by the highest authority that he who is faithful shall he rewarded. What have you to of- fer but a slap in the face? Year after year the ery has been: “It the Ne: kroes would only be loyal!” Wherein is your loyalty to the loyal being dem: onstrated? ‘Thomas FE. Watson, late Populist candidate for president, recently told an audience at Crawfordsville, Ga, that Southern politicians keep the Ne kro question alive simply to sustain thelr local political monopoly. It sub serves the same purpose for them as the old “bloody shirt’ question used to perform for the Republican party of the North, As long as the whites can be kept solidified by shouting “nig: ker,” it is not necessary to strain their feeble intellect in trying to discuss ‘really intellectual issues, Of course, the alleged fear of “Negro domina- tion” and social equality isa mere pretense, What they are really afraid of is losing the honor and. offices The Freeman The Son certainly agrees with this sentiment A.W. Loyd, candidate for commis: stoner of public buildings and grounds at Jefferson City, Mo,, is a member of the state committee, He is grand chancellor of the jurisdiction of Mis: souri, Ko of P. Mr. Lloyd is a citizen of St Lonis, a man of energy and abil ity. The Son is very desirous to see such a deserving man receive some of the recognition that hard work and faithfulness on the part of the best fegrots deserve, Prof. J. Silas Harris, after a service of six years, retires from the regency of Lincoln Institute and we bope to see him sheceed himself, Prof, Harris is one of the foremost men of the state, an educator, politician and race man, Who has done much for his race here in Missouri, Ry bis untiring efforts Lincoln Institute has been made the first Negro school in the country, and We voice the sentiments of the Ne: groes of Missouri when we say that he should remain on the board of regents, Vo the Party Leaders of Kansas City and Jackson Co.:—The Negro has got his eye on you. Promises will only keep so. long, and then you must make good, You can't fool us all the time on promises, You do the right thing, You got yours, now kive us ours. Yes, we want some ‘ot the -nlee tobe, No weak people or nation ean make itself stronger unless it has a sure foundation upon which to build, That foundation must be morality, thrift and a united brotherhood. Why do so many of our colored friends refuse to pay such a small bill as a paper bil? ‘The Son believes in rewarding those who have been faithful, ‘That ts why We will accept Thomas K, Niedring: hans, as it was the will of the ma Jority. | BY THE DYSPEPTIC PHILOBO- ; PHER. Self-pity is the consolation of mar- Hed men. Tho fires of ambition should result In more hot stuff Don't. waste your time. You will need all before you die The oftener Cupid hits the mark the more Mrs. he makes. A man’s idea of a cozy comer ts a place where he daren't sit. In the matter of advice it ts often well to shake before taking. Even an Intellectual feast depends largely on the mental digestion Misery loves company, but the com: pany dovsn't always reciprocate. Always be on time—and you will have to wait for the other fellow Iciyienm estisv icine te terayes “that thare is always the devil to pay | A man may have a large following simply because he doesn't pay. his ‘bills, |_ Some people would rather bew than steal, and rather do either than go to gaat | One swallow doesn’t: make a sum: ray aimee fe acaa thirst, | | When it comes to talkmg a woman Jean givo aman u. handicap of a | mouthful of hairpins and beat him out | The fellow whose courtship drives him to bankruptey has no business lvonderine wes-imartings (acrauvre FINGER-POSTS, Tmprovidence is the earliest stage of insanity. i “Destiny” is usually self made the most of. Opportunity never travels with a brass band. An ounce of forethought is worth a pound of hard work. ‘There's many a black sky that does not precede a storm. ‘The man who hangs on is apt to be the man who gets on. The best way to keep out of the crowd is 40 get above it, 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 @ Sy \ g3 = 8 ie 3 § ae A als 8 : [ese fy %e oa f LEserg) <3 ss Bm Sots =: CRS ee a 1 as ta ; iY > Leaving Kansas City at 12:01 noon daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Indepen- dence (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, ait'5e sade E. S. JEWETT, Passenger and Ticket Agt. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY, MO. Telephone 740 Hickory, The man who temporizes is Ike the women who hesitates—lost. Success is merely this: Consistent. ly making better out of good enough, It is not unusual for @ man to “get turned down” while waiting for “something to turn up.” es To know he doesn't know every: thing is worth more to a man than to know what he does know, Hard Luek is seldom born of Oppo- sition and No Chances; Pessimism | and Apathy are usually the parents, svenb vetoed. vou over (el erat obstacles in life?" they asked the successful man, And he replied: “The other ones.” “TL wish T had your chances,” said a “poor worker to a good one, “Why,” Hanswered she other, “I picked them up after you had passed.”—Warwick James Price in the Sunday Magazine. ' MILDLY CYNICAL. An lwiress is never too old to marry The cup of joy sometimes has a false bottom. It is doubtful if even the political powers could form a Hot Air Trust. When a man’s logic is pitted against & woman's tear’s the result is inevit- able. A hand mirror is one of the few “things that a woman never holds up ‘to ridleule. A woman doesn’t realize the diff. culties that beset a reformer until she gets married. Mary a strong swimmer in the sea ot matrimony has found himself en- tangled in the widow's weeds, | ‘The silent fisherman is the mort | snecessful. Girls should remember this when angling for husbands. OLD SAWS REFILED. Mosesty 1s the best policy, A word ty the wise is wasted, A watched pot never boils over. A party and Mts money are soon feoled. A company ts known by the men it keeps. Time and ‘Tide could wait for no woman, A rolling stone gathers much ex: perience, Discretion is the unpopular part of valor. Lippincett’s | ~ F Weapen Used by Red Men. An Indian ax fs attracting much ats tention in Hocktand, Me, It was found by William Geyer of Friendship while repairing a road. The ax is of stone, is a perfect specimen and weighs seven and one-half pounds. Caught Shark in Lasso. Richard Moore, a yachtsman of Bath Beach, La 1, recently lassoed a shark, [six feet eight inches long, whieh | weighed 225 pounds. It was in the | middle of a school Of menhaden when lalacoverad by ita captors, Both Started in Early. From a marriage license issued at Rutland, Vt, the other day to a man and woman, each 23 years old, it ap peared that it wes the prospective bride’s third matrimonial venture and the groom's second. Calcutta India's Chief Market. Caleutta is the largest distributing point for manufactured goods in India, and there are nearly 200,000 people tributary to and dependent upon this market for their supplies, both by vas aed vail, ey A. OC. HOWARD Ir now ready to fill your orders for coal and feed in large or small quantities, Home Phone 1695 Main. Street number 1025 Pacific, nsssneasnhseceeeteesannsinsae ts nsrnneameaidettnaen Jousx P. TILLHor, Established isss. Wa. J. Campari TILLHOF & CAMPBELL now RES tet idan Sor Bae eA pe DIAMOND PAINT GO. (DEVOE.) PAINT, VARNISH, BRUSHES. C. A. CAMPBELL, Mgr. Tel. 946. 4244 GRAND AVENUE iia aii At the Vendome Dancing Academy. 1734 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. , DANCING EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING ADMISSION 200. ~ Class Every Wednesday Evening, Thursday Afternoon and Saturday Evening. ADMISSION 25oc. MUSIC BY IMPERIAL ORCHESTRA PROFESSOR JEFFREY BUSS, Instructor of Dancing. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. neers nite Hotel New Port Neatly Furnished Rooms and Cafe Near Corner Eighteenth and Tracy, 1807 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. MRS. V. L. NORTH, Prop. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A Quiet Game. If mother has asked you not to get dirty after you have dressed for 4 drive, and you do not know just what to do to amuse yourself, get some one to play the following little game with you. It is very simple, but will hely the time to pass pleasantly: “I see a color you don't see,” say one. “What color may it be?” asks the other, “It may be pink (or some other col or in the room,) says the first in quirer, Then he begins the question ing. Is it the paper? The ribbon on your hair? ‘The pink in the doll’s dress? And so on, until happily the kuesser mentions the exact article of pink that has been chosen, The suc cessful guesser than takes her turr at saying, “I see a color that you don’ see."—Washington Star. \ ih CS) A) ee ene ae 7) CYELY/ “He is rich,” said Beau \ \ ret ay Brummell, “who inherits a , | i 4— taste in dress.” a SB] —_——— T IS OUR FUNCTION to gratify that taste and todevelopit. Our Suits 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. Fruit Jar Battery. 4 i {env =Brummell, “who inherits a_ A correspondent writes: Seeing 1 : +} ; that somebody asked if I ever made \ i 4— taste in dress.” a battery out of my mother’s preserve = > Jars, | will answer, yes. SS So First T obtained a few old dry bat. \ teries and took the carbons out of Figg d T IS OUR FUNCTION to gratify that lie ' taste and todevelopit. Our Suits SS ame and Overcoats are cut on the wa a lines approved by fashion. Cantonsey B= ame) ) TS SI2 to $30 | Pri 4 For Holiday Gifts we show complete lines of Neck- Yy HW) ~ 2 | wear, Gloves, Suspenders, Canes, Umbrellas, and | |Z a | 2 | everything of the best quality. Prices’ reasonable. Hy cht H | AMA | Browning, King & Co. HENRY CASPER, Manager. 11th & Main Sts. FIGE 4 | os et fame ‘ new . CARBONE Bint) {i IN LM. TNs i Za A Y HA I~ jz Algo elk i A ARAL | | “th a them; at the store I obtained a num- ber of zines (stick) sometimes called pencil zincs, I then washed out a few jars and made pasteboard covers like Fig. 1. I then put the zine and carbon in the cover, filled the jar two-thirds full of sal ammoniac and put in carbon and zinc, my battery then being com- plete. THEODORE SMITH. DRUGGIST. Two Stores: 908 E, TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, roses {aptat gaa ross Bars eastau KANSAS CITY, MO. Dealer in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Stationery, Etc. Give us av Order by Phoneand See if We are not there with the Goods. ‘The Rat and the Dove. There can be no doubt that strong attachments are formed between ant- ‘mals, and that they are capable of emotions of pity and acts of generos- ity, not only toward their own kind, but even toward creatures of ancther species, A gentleman who had a great num- ber of doves used to feed them near the barn. At such times not only chickens and sparrows, but also rats, were accustomed to come and share the meal. Ove day he saw a large rat fill its cheeks with kernels of corn and run to the coach house, repeating this performance several times, On going over to investigate, he found a lame dove eating the corn which the rat had brought Such an action or the part of human beings would be looked upon as a charitable desire to relieve the neces- sities of a helpless cripple—and we must also so consider it in the case of the rat. Ghe Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. (SS a ee Beat Stoves Made. ee Largest Stock in City. earns bare Prices the Lowest. —_ ss Wholesale end Real Peninsular aay! tae Stee! Ranges, Stee! Oven Cook Stoves, Base Bur (224 Net Mea | ners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Wa eat Peninsular Stove Co. RNa rman Heater, scheater, Cole's Hot SSS inne air Tight tor Cont st Woot, Clermont Pra e Onk Stoves, Seblll Steel Ranges and Furnaces f ay ends) TIN WORK @ Speoiaity. . ie 7 ane seseeeA mew line ofs soe ieee n Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators | as Sta a "Phone 1458. ares 1329 Grand Ave. Indoor Garden Patch. This js a source of endless delight to a little girl just able to use her needle. ‘The necessary requisites are a small aquare of green artdenim, some pret- ty remnants of flowered chintz, and a small box of tiny crystal beads, If the little one is able to sit and use her needle, she will take unlimited pleasure in clipping the flowers and foliage from the chintz and transfer- ring them to her square of green in artistic and odd effects. ‘The crystal Deads are a good substitute for dew, cand with a little ingenuity can be most effectively placed. When com: pleted the garden patch can be utilized for a pillow top, or can be made the | sucleus of a quilt. | The necessary requisites are a small Jequare of green artdenim, some pret: -— -l4y remnants of flowered ehintz, and — CASH Cata- "| gmail box of tiny erystal beads. Tf OR NT | | the little one is able to sit and use \KY) logue ' [her needle, she will take unlimited CREDIT NX} FREE, Cash, balance $5.00 a month, | pleasure in clipping the flowers and IV buys thie 8-year guaranteed foliage from the chintz and transfer “9 ors Buggy— 837.00 on’ time pay- | ring them to her square of green in «| Dy KT] ments or $33.50cash. We trust artistic and odd effects. The crystal a \) honest people located in all ee are w fond substitute for dew, | JK] Raat DN Parts of the World, and with a little ingenuity can be NRT OI f astrtetgatrencatslori of nuecien | most effectively placed. When com: OD ICDID Surrozs, Foameas Ppding aod Ferm | okt ne garden patch can be utilized RASA ANT Seeley wunueactunns co, | for a pillow top, or can be made the — Ovpt. 4036 EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. | nucleus of a quilt. amma THE RISING SON. A Bfies DoF Near al KY Pee NY) VAN 2 ah! iferr tet = ’ i th Sf H/ ; } " ( 1) Gal Wy a) \ if) Ciao “A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo" G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue, Remember please— Iv’s the Iittle bite we collect here and there That enables us to run from year to your.” SERS emaes | Miss Jessie Griffin is in the grocery business at 99 James street. We wish her success, Give us more plucky girls like her, Doe Brown, the cake walker, is very sick at the city hospital. We hope we will recover. He would be glad to see his friends., Some of these times when you are playing ticks on us when we call to collect we will tell the public how cunning you are and tell your name, Mrs, J. Alice Hamlin, of St. Louis, Mo., widow of the late E, L. Hamlin, who was a prominent contractor and builder of that city, is visiting Mrs. Wm, Baker, of 1712 Michigan avenue, Mrs. Hamlin fs a noted pianist and is called St. Louis's favorite musician. Mrs. Hamlin will be in the city two weeks. Mr. Rice Anderson, the father of William Anderson, of 1328 Highland avenue, has been quite ill, but is now improving, and his brother, A, W. Walker of Lexington, Mo, is here spending a few days. Allen Chapel is having a very suc- cessful revival. Dr, Peck is being as- sisted by several prominent ministers, Rev Bacote is also conducting a re- vival at the Second Baptist church. He is being assisted by Rev. Stewart, the noted evangelist of Georgia, who is doing a great work. Rey, Countee has been on the sick list. He is slowly improving, Mrs, Jones of Wichita, Kan., the mother of Mrs, F, Jesse Peck, who is seriously ill at this writing, came to the city last week to be present at the bedside of her daughter, MOUTORIAG saree cece eeieess ‘The Son hopes that the Republicans of Missouri will come together on the caucus nominee in the senatorial mat- ter, If, however, they cannot agree on the caucus nominee, for God's sake elect a Republican senator, Prof. Booker T. Washington, the dis- tinguished educator, passed through the city last week. He was the guest of Rev, Bacote. Dr, Crum, who was appointed by President Roosevelt as collector of the port at Charleston, has been confirmed by the senate, It will be remembered that Senator Ben Tillman made a very bitter fight against the confirma- tion of Dr. Crum. ‘The president stood by him untit the matter was finally settled. Colored Agents wanted, Agents, big money sure. For particulars call fore- noon Sunday at 305 EB. 11th street, Beautiful large parlor room fur. nished, for rent to neat man ani wife. Light. housekeeping accommodations. Mrs. Shith, 2442 Flora avenue, H. Powell has bought a hotel and will move in it soon, at the corner of Missouri avenue and Oak street, Henry Compton, proprietor of the restaurant at 915 Baltimore avenue, has gone to quite an expense to fix his place so you ean be served in a first class manner, and you are invit- ed to come and see for yourself. Regu lar meals at the proper time, and short orders at all hours of the day or night This is the place for good things to eat , If you desire one ot the Magnetic Hair Straighteners or some Ozone we have it in stock at the Rising son office and all other preparauuns from the Boston Chemical Co. Flint, Ala., June 14th, 1900, Dear Sirs: I have used your Ozon- ized 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 We money, and they can see me any time. It does seem you ought to know when the year {s 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 lberaly to churches, and all charitable institutions, We should always support a man of this Kind. The editor wishes him continued success, AGENTS WANTED.—$75.00 per week an expenses easily made selling combination policies for a big sick and accident company. Write to-day. Address U, 8, Protective Society, Salis: buy, Mo. ‘The presence of a negro on a Jury venire in Judge McCune's division of ‘the circuit court caused trouble there for a few minutes the other morning. The negro is William A. Rollins, of 574 Colorado avenue, When he arrived at the court house in answer to a sum- mons for jury service he found about twenty-five white men who had gone there for a like purpose, Henry P. Linderman, who’ conducts 8 hotel at Sheffield, objected to sery- ing with a negro, and when the court was considering excuses, he said: “Your honor, | object to sitting on a jury with a negro. We provide sep- arate schools for negroes. I have al- ways been taught that it was best to keep the races separate and I do not ‘think it is right to ask me to serve ‘here under these circumstances.” ‘The negro was close to Linderman when he stated his objections. He did not offer to say anything in his own behalf. Judge McCune told Linderman there was no legal ground for his ex- cuse and he did not see how he could ‘excuse him, Several other jurymen bad told Linderman they would sup- port him in his objection, but these ie were quiet when thestime came. “L have been on juries lots of times eas this,” Linderman said, after ‘leaving the court room, “and I was never asked to sit beside a negro, I used to live in Clay county and we recognize race distinctions over there. ‘There are separate schodls and separ- ate churches and I have been raised in the good old fashioned way. The whole jury ought to back me up and refuse to sit in a single case.” | ‘This is the first time an incident of this kind has occurred for many years. With a Democratic sheriff in office ne- groes were not brought in when their names were drawn from the jury wheel. They were reported “not found” and that was the end of the matter. Judge McCune was right in enfore- ; ing the law. Driving Ostrich to Wagon. The work of breaking an ostrich to harness requires infinite patience. He wears a collar at the base of his neck, and from this straps are passed under- neath his body and attached to the ‘wagon. No bit is placed in his mouth, the reins being simply tled over his bil, In driving him the reins are crossed, for the reason that he will in- variably take the opposite direction from that in which {s head {s pulled. If you pull his head over to the left, for instance, he will instinctively jerk ft back and swerve to the right. Just why he does this nobody knows. ‘Whatever the reason, this habit is a great advantage to the trainer, for with the lines crossed he can be driy- en just the same as a horse. Fair of Beaucalre. An unsuccessful effort has been made in France to revive the fair of Beaucaire on a scale comparable to that of the good old times, ‘These fairs began in the thirteenth century, and gradually rose to. such propor: tions that in 1790, for instance, the business transacted amounted to 40, 00,000 franes, Before the middle of the last century the raflway changed all this, and to-day the fair is a mere shadow of its former self, Great Country for Wheat. The delta of the Tigris and the Euphrates, now partially a desert and partially a swamp, contains over 5; 000,000 acres of land. Porbaps no re- gion of all the regions of the earth is more favored by nature for the pro- duction of cereals. It is claimed that wheat in its wild, uncultivated state has its home in the semiarid regioay, and that from here it has been trans: ported to every quarter of the globe. London's “Little Italy.” Reporting upon the “Little Italy" of one of London's most crowded dis: tricts, the health officer of the dis- trict kays that the Halians are “gen: erally superior” to the English per: sons who are thelr neighbors. they Also take more care of their children, among whom the death rate is low, and they are sober. Another Frivolous One. “I suppose,” said the frivolous pas fenger to the gloomy captain, “that you call it the donkey engine because it basn't much borse power.” ROOMS FOR RENT—LIGHT HOUSE. a 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 homedike place. Bath free. Mr. H. Patton is the proprietor of @ 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 phos- phate, coffee, chocolate, root beer, beet tea, Roman punch, Jamaica ginger, English Breakfast tea, clam and to- mato bouillon, are some of the leaders at McCampbell & Houston's Hot Soda Fountain. To my friends and relatives of this city: I guess you are all wondering about the separation of Mr. Allen G. Samuels and Mrs, Rosa V. Samuels It is all about Miss B. T. Harris o' this city. When he met her he told her that he was not married and he lied. He has eleven children in Shreveport. ‘The oldest one is 24 years old and the youngest one is 11 months old, He has forsaken his home for Miss E. T. Harrison, He is i Kansas City with her. When he was in the city of Shreveport he claimed to be a great preacher, and he has lied to the people and he had to leave By the help of God I will raise my ebil dren in the way that they should go and may they not go astray. So helj me God! ‘ MRS. ROSA V. SAMUELS. NOTICE, Dr. Smith, the druggist, has no in terest in the “Stock Drug Company,’ which is to be opened by some of the physicians of our city, but will con tinue to do business at 908 E, 12tt street and 805 Independence avenue, Dr, Smith is serving up-todate ho drinks, Give him a call. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23, 1892. Gentlemen: Please send me two bot tles of the Ozonized Ox Marrow for the hair. Think it is ‘one of the best hair pomades made, MRS. JOHN GRAF. CASH IS THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertise: ments, and when such {s sent in to our office cash must accompany it. | AND | eiiean Waabicaihh: Minin Since mother's gone T miss the smile And gentle voice that used to cheer My botish heart. day after day, nd put to fight each care and fear Which’ chanced to be along my way. No more about the humble home Tee her ply her daily care, ‘Or hear her sing some sncred song, Or plead with God in fervent. prac For right to triumph over Wrong T Jove to hear some sacred song Or “hattowed hymn she used to sing, Of pray the pray atin used tras ‘That 1 to Him may firmly. cling Who was her comfort day by day The mem'ry of her holy lite Remains 10 cheer me-on my. way Streneviens my ‘soul a press on Amid Tite's. toll. from day. to day To that aweet place where muther's gone TAIN, Turner, in Washington Port Fun with a Fly Seesaw. Here is an amusing little trick that you will find lots of fun: Stick @ Jong Jead pencil in the end of a spool of thread so that it will stand upright Now get a piece of very stiff blotting paper and from it cut a strip two inches wide and about a foot long On each end of this put a drop of molasses or syrup. Now balance the strip of blotting paper, with the syrup side up, on the point of the pencil. You should have ‘ee <QZZE >: OQ] 1 = See-Saw in Operation. two players, although one will do. Each player chooses an end of the paper. In a moment a fy will alight fon one end, attracted by the syrup and that end of the paper will go down a trifle. Then another fly wil Nght on the other end, or perhaps sev eral will come there for the sweets and things will be reversed. As more files come, alighting on the ends, the paper will lean firet this way, then that, till it overbalances and falls to the tables, Then the player whose end grew so heavy as to cause the tumble wins, We would not advise you to try this fn the house, but rather out of doors in the warm sunshine, where the fies will not bother any one. A HALL FOR RENT |. At 529 Grand Avenue, Just the Place for Lodges $25 per Month. FRANK OLENO CO. "2,¢c¢¢ ares Furnished Rooms To Rent. Meals at All Hours. At 100) E. 18th St. G. SMITH. Propr. tha Alana: Weak, Not all of the delights of spring are for the country boy. We who live in the city have a host of them, and can see many @ strange and pleasing sight if we keep our eyes open. A few days ago, while riding my bieyele down Madison avenue, I heard the twittering of sparrows, and, looking up, Faw in the mouth of the stone lion on the corner of the building of one of the city’s prominent clubs the re mains of a last year’s nest, and two sparrows getting realy to build a new one for this year, It was such a novel place for a bird to choose for housekeeping that stopped and made a sketch of tt While standing on the opposite cornet sketching, the policeman of that “veat” came over to talk with me. He seemed pleased that I should have noticed the birds. He said that the sparrows bad been keeping house there for several years, A He had often stopped to waich them build their nests. and later feed theit little ones, which later would play around the lion’s head, sitting on his nose or eyebrows as saucily as could be, as much as to say: “You may look fierce, but—who's afraid?"—st Nicholas. Pindertoy. ey) N alte ik poe OQ OC. oo “NG. AW aS Roy This froliesome frog needs only to be cut out and the three parts plerced through the dots with a pin, sticking the pin into a cork or stick to hold tt firm. If pasted on an old visiting card it will have more body and last lopger. ices Aiea One of the most singular lakes in the world is the celebrated Pitch Lake of the Island of ‘Trinidad. ‘This lake spreads over an area of ningty-nine acres, and its surface is composed of ‘one great floating muss of asphaltum, reamed with veins of clear water, From it and a similar lake in Vene- ancla, the worid’s supply of asphalt ts drawn, says the Washington Post. ‘The Pitch Lake 1s a hideous place 0 far as smells are concerned, for the air all about it Is heavy with’ nox- fous vapors, and from the center of the lake gushes a fountain of liquid acphaltum, in which there float and break bubbles containing most hor Tible gaKes. ‘The workmen go out on the surface of this lake and cut great slabs of asphaltum, which are carried away. But the next morning the hole they left is Mled up again with the piteh, which has risen during the night, so that the supply seems to be inexhaust aliie ‘This curious lake was discovered by Sir Walter Rateigh when he landed in Trinidad in 1595, om his way to the Hmouth ef the Orinoco in search of EI |. Another strange luke 1s situated on & peninsula which juts out into the ies pian Sea, The whole surface of this lake is covered with a crust of sat so thick and strong that a man cay ride across it on horselack with In Central Asia, near the Caspian Sor is a lake of beautiful rose water while the banks are covered with salt erysials as white as snow, From the waters of this lake there avises a flower like odor. ‘The color and. the odor are supposed to be caused hy vegetable matter in the depth There used to be a curious lake on the top of the Voleano de Aen. in Guagemala, 11.000 feet above the level of the sea, IL was not fed hy spring nor by rivers, but was caused by a cumulations of snow and pain in fet was an immense reserveir, It lasted for centuries. Then, ane day, the sid of the lake gave way, and down the waters rolled, dealing death and de strnotion, and digging a great burran ca, or ravine, In the mountainside whieh ds still vi thle No Daylight Weddings. 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We see no surging waves, nor hear their mystic runes Beyond the dunes. Across the bar, my barge Cruises to that dim marge. Or fast or slow my course, it endeth at the bar That lies afar. There, there shall meet my sight A sea of living light. There shall the ocean of God's love upon the shore Break evermore. —Woman's Journal. A MODERN KNIGHTERANT BY WALTER BROWNE (Copyright, 1905, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) "Terrible disgrace to his family! An awful thing that such a bright, promising young fellow as Jack should be a self-confessed burglar. Caught in the act, by Jove!" These words, spoken by a mutual friend of Jack and myself, staggered me. Jack a burglar! The notion seemed grotesquely absurd. Jack— light-hearted, handsome, honest Jack, whom I had regarded as the soul of honor, a midnight burglar; caught and admitting his guilt! Such a story seemed utterly impossible. I had known this great overgrown too for years and never had believed him capable of anything mean. I had even thought him too scrupulous and stupidly good at times. His life was an open book. His only fault, if fault it was, lay in a foolish friendship which had existed between him and a well-known and extremely handsome comic opera singer called Connie Calcium. While her infatuation for the athletic young civil engineer had perhaps been too conspicuous, the one thing I had most admired in Jack was the mainly way in which he had always guarded her good name, and his readiness to resent any disrespectful allusion to the lady at any time. Jack and I had been in Mexico for months building bridges and battling with fevers. On returning to the States I had stayed a week in Washington, attending to some private business, while he had come on to New York. Only a few days ago we had parted, both full of bright prospects for the future. True, I remembered that Jack's ready money was running low; that he would have to economize for a month or two until some unfinished work was done. But to imagine he might become a burglar—a common thief—was impossible. Still it was said, it was printed in all the newspapers, that he had been caught at midnight in a millionaire's house in Fifth avenue, caught on the threshold of a room occupied by Mrs. Vicersby, the millionaire's wife, and wherein was many thousand dollars' worth of diamonds. It was even suggested that, had he not been providentially discovered, he might have added murder to his crime. What should I do? He must withdraw his plea. He must at least be properly defended. I was in in an even worse financial plight than he had been, and in all the world I could only think of Connie Calcium, who might aid him. But how could I find her? While in Washington I had heard some vague rumors of her having married and left the stage. Even if she could be found, I disliked the idea of appealing to her in Jack's behalf. I went to Jack's old rooms and with some difficulty obtained admission from the crusty landlady, who vowed her house had been disgraced by having harbored a "second-story sneak thief." Looking sorrowfully around, I saw on his desk a new photograph of A man in a top hat and coat is walking down a hallway, carrying a bag and a pair of shoes. There are scattered coins on the floor. A few fragments of a letter. Connie Calcium. On the floor, just as he had flung them carelessly away, I found a few fragments of a letter, in a woman's handwriting. I saw the signature was "Connie." Carefully I patched the pieces together; but many were missing, and all I could make out was: "To-flight—enclosed key—gone away—will explain—Forgive—part forever—Connie." There was no address or date. It was clear I could not trace Miss Calcium from that, so I determined to visit Jack in his cell and get his permission to enlist the aid of his former sweetheart, to the end that he might at least have efficient counsel. I saw him, but he emphatically declined to have the lady associated in any way with the matter. He forbade me even to seek her and tell her of his trouble. He told me if I valued his friendship to let matters take their course. I asked him to explain the circumstances of his arrest. I implored him, by an old friendship, to tell me he was not guilty. All he would say was that he had been caught by the master of the house and had no excuse to make no defense to offer. His plea of guilt must stand. When I squarely told him I believed he could clear himself if he tried, he laughed and said he was sorry, for my sake, but it was really none of my business. Then, with a M. J. C. Told me the true story. silent grip of the hand, he turned away from me. I left the prison, thoroughly bewildered. I could not believe Jack guilty and I determined to clear him, before he came up for sentence, if possible. In my dilemma I decided first to call at the house in which he had been arrested and hear from the millionaire's own lips those details which Jack refused to tell me. It was a big brown stone house in Fifth avenue. The servant who answered my ring told me that Mr. Vicersby was out of town. Mrs. Vicersby was at home. Would she do I answered "Yes," and after suspiciously examining my card, the flunky condescended to carry it to his mis press. I was left standing in the hall In a few moments I heard the swish of silks, and a beautiful woman floated down the stairs. Instantly I recognized her, in spite of her changed surroundings, in spite of an unwonted sorrowful expression and eyes which looked like weeping. It was Connie Calcium, the one-time merry little comic opera soubrette. She led me to her elegant boudoir and between sobs of real sorrow, irony of heart, she told me the true story. Then I knew. I knew why that noble, great-hearted, chivalrous boy, that modern knight-errant, had cheerfully taken upon himself so terrible a punishment; had submitted to the stigma of being regarded as a self confessed burglar. Jack had not known of Connie's marriage to Vicersby. She had heard of his arrival in New York, and sent for him, in the absence of her husband. When Jack's presence would have compromised the woman, her husband had unexpectedly returned. Then, to shield the reputation of the erring wife, his former fickle lover, Jack had freely sacrificed himself. What did I do? Let Jack go to rule for a jade like that? Not I. There was a big scene, but justice is justice and I had no sentimental feelings for either Connie or her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Vickersby have since resided in Europe "on account of the lady's delicate health." Jack is now one of the leading civil engineers in New York city. Theory and Practice. Writing from Damaraland, about the war in German Southwest Africa, an officer says in a Frankfort paper: "If theory one German soldier is supposed to equal five Hereros, but in practice under Southwest African conditions it is more probable that we shall need five Germans to every Herero." HONOR FRENCH LIFE SAVERS Statue Erected by Government of France at Calais. The French seafaring folk are a nardy lot, as are all men who go down to the sea in ships, and the sturdy courage of those who live by the great waters has not only been chanted in song and woven in story, but the government, which is deeply appreciative of all efforts of human benefit or safeguard, has given these brave men a lasting token of honor that those at home and from afar may see, and, seeing, appreciate the quality of the heroes. This picture shows the statue of the life savers at Calais, and the sculptor who shaped it brought to his work an effective sympathy and admiration.—New York Herald. GIANTS OF OTHER DAYS. Fossil of a New Animal and One of the Ichthyosaurus Found. the ichthyosaurus Found. Important discoveries in Western fossil beds are announced by Prof. John C. Merriam, head of the paleontological department of the University of California. A remarkable specimen of the very early ichthyosaurus was unearthed in the middle triassic limestones in Nevada. The specimen showed the greater part of the anterior half of the body, including the skull, vertebrae and front limb or paddle, the upper arm and forearm of the latter being perfect and distinct. Another important find was that made in the Samuel Cave in Shasta county. It consisted of the greater part of the skeleton of an animal as large as an elk, but with distinctly sheep and goat affinities. The most noticeable feature of the fossil is the horns, which are so large and magnificently formed that they make the animal distinctive among bovines, at least of any type known here. The skeleton will soon be set up in the Paleontological museum at Berkeley. White Bear Killed in West Virginia. Two hunters, who were driven by rain to take shelter in a cave in the mountains of Nicholas county, roused a perfectly white bear, with pink eyes, which had quarters in the cave. When roused from its slumber the bear attacked the men with ferocity and severely injured one of them. Mr. Wilson Graves, who fired the shot that killed the animal, has the skin, and will have the same properly prepared and mounted. The hide has the texture and the head the appearance of the common black bear, except that the skin is snow white and the eyes pink.-Montgomery Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer. Eskimo Masks. Thibetans have the most pretentious and grotesque masks, which are used in their religious ceremonies, and the custom even extends to the far islands of the South seas. From these tropical waters to the white wastes of the frozen north is a far cry, yet there is a similarity between the masks of the Malay tribes and those of the Eskimos which seems to link these faraway peoples. Herewith is given the picture of an Eskimo mask, front and rear. It is fairly indicative of the artistic feeling in these old people, and, while primitive, has in it something of a higher promise. Pebble Bears Likeness of Savior A limestone pebble, bearing a striking image of the face of Christ, which was picked up at Oberammergan in September, 1880, the day after the decennial performance of the "Passion Play", is the remarkable possession of Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon of Atlanta, Georgia. The likeness can only be seen when the light falls upon the stone from a certain direction. The countenance is perfect in every detail as portrayed by the great masters, and the closed eyes with the pallid color of the stone give the face a sad expression. The nostrils are thin and across the brown are the deep furrows of worry and aguish. Jamaican Tea Becoming Popular. Samantha Tea Becoming Popular. Tea has been grown at Jamaica with a good deal of success recently. It has found a ready market in this country, and while not as good as that grown in the far east, it is palatable enough to be popular. Hoe Long Out of Date John N. Cole of Portsmouth, N. H., has secured an old-fashioned hoe, such as was in use sixty years or more ago, which is in an excellent state of preservation. TOY AUTO WORTH THOUSANDS Novelty in Jewelry Got Up for Millionaires. "Here's a novelty in expensive gee-gaws!" said the jeweler friend, "that is very popular this season among that class which has more money than it knows how to spend." He took from a little satin-plush box a miniature automobile, about an inch and a half long, and sent it spinning across the showcase. It struck two or three other articles of jewelry, and, in true auto style, bowled them over. The little automobile was perfection in manufacture. The frame, made of platinum, had not a part missing. The hubs of the little wheels (the wheels being not much larger in diameter than a pearl), were diamonds; diamonds ran along the sides of the seats, and the seats themselves were made of several rubies forming a radiant, though hard, cushion. The lamps were a ruby and an emerald on either side, and a diamond in the center of the dashboard. On the back of the auto was a pin by which to attach it to the neck of the dress. The price on the tag was $7,000. A real auto could be bought for the same money. Puzzled by Freight Charges. A New Hampshire man is trying to solve a problem which he says is the least promising proposition that he has ever undertaken. He sent a large sugar barrel full of apples to his son in Florida, paying ninety-eight cents, the full freight charge. A few days later he received a box of oranges from his son, on which he desired to pay the freight, and was obliged to pay $1.80, the freight charges. ```markdown ``` The marriage arch is an important and conspicuous feature of a Negrito wedding. At one stage of the elaborate ceremony the bridegroom is expected to seize his dusky bride and carry her in his arms up a difficult bamboo ladder to a high platform surmounted by wickets of bamboo. Soldiers Learn to Dance in Alaska. At the last dance of the Fort McHenry Athletic Association at Fort McHenry it was noticed that the men of Company D, Eighth Infantry, greatly excelled in dancing. This company recently came to Fort McHenry from Fort Slocum, New York, and previously had served in Alaska forty miles from civilization. Scarcity of amusement prompted the formation of a dancing class, with one of the sergeants, a graceful and finished dancer, as teacher. There being no women in that country, the men were forced to use each other as partners. At first the sight of two big husky men capering around a floor clutching each other in a fierce embrace was decidedly ludicrous, but finally the steps were restored, and when the company returned to civilization the men were ready to take part in any social affairs.—Baltimore Sun. The Man in the Sun This remarkable object is a photograph of a group of sun spots taken Nov. 13 by a French astronomer. Of course, the photograph is not of the entire sun, but of a very limited part of its surface, just enough to include the group. Some idea of the size of the sun spots is given by the astronomer. The darker of the spots that forms the mouth could take in two bodies the size of the earth, as it was 16,250 miles across. Here's a Real Funny Bear An oddity in bears was killed in Mifflin township, Pa., where William Sellinger and Charles Babcock shot one that had red hair and small pink eyes. Hunters declare it is not a cinnamon bear, and that nothing like it ever has been seen in that part of the state. AT A TURCOMAN WEDDING. Peculiar Ceremonies Used to Unite Two Loving Hearts. Contrary to the practice of many other Moslem countries, the people of Turkestan are ardent lovers before marriage; and the young people themselves inform their parents when they have formed an attachment. Female go-betweens are then employed to arrange the affair and discuss the marriage portion. The question always is, how many times nine sheep, cows, camels, horses or ducats the father of the bride is to receive for her. The price ranges from once to nine times nine. The future bridegroom also has to present a complete set of ornaments to the bride, including eight rings, a tiara, bracelet, earrings, nose-rings and neck ornaments. At the ceremony neither party appears in person, but both are represented by witnesses. After it is over, the bride-groom appears, but only approaches a few steps from the bride's door. After much feasting, which is provided by the groom, the bride leaves her father's home for that of the bride-groom, in a procession protracted by a circultous route.—People's Home Journal. GIRL HAS OSTRICH'S APPETITE. Coal, Paper, Toothpicks, String, and Match Boxes Part of Her Diet. Beatrice Cardwell, the 3-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Cardwell of Mount Holly, N. J., has an appetite like an ostrich, although her stomach is not quite as strong as that of the bird. She has just recovered from a serious illness caused by eating a quantity of paper, some toothpicks, a piece of anthracite coal, and an empty match box. Before she was taken sick she would take a piece of coal from the scuttle whenever she could and suck and eat as much of it as possible. The child's fondness for paper is just as strong and she considers a piece of manila wrapping a choice morsel, chewing on it whenever she can get a chance. Recently her father found her chewing at something and on investigating pulled forth twenty-one feet of white string. Napoleon's Handwriting. Napoleon was one of the world's greatest conquerors—every school child knows that—but as he never conquered the English so he never quite mastered the language of Wellington. It is easy to conceive why he did not take to the study with that order and energy which caused thrones to topple. He spent part of his time while at St. Helena trying to master the tongue, and these notes, written on playing cards during the time of the studies, are now an interesting exhibit. They were indeed his losing cards, whose hand had held for years only those that won—the kings, queens, not forgetting the knaves!—New York Herald. Blind Angler and Organist A resident of the Potteries, who has been spending his holidays in East Anglia, has been fishing in the company of an expert angler who is absolutely blind. "It is," says this Staffordshire angler, "simply marvelous how this blind man can find his way along the waterside, select his swims, adjust his tackle, put a bait on the hook, cast out, and tell when he has the slightest nibble." The blind angler is also an accomplished musician, and has charge of the organ at the parish church.—London Chronicle. Killed Fox With Ax. Edward O. Frink killed a fine fox with an ax one day recently at Hinsdale, N. H. Mr. Frink was passing through some woods carrying his ax in his hand. Suddenly he saw something move in the brush, and thinking it was probably a rabbit, he hurled his ax at it. To his surprise out jumped two large foxes, one or which was so crippled as to be easily captured. Chicken Has Four Legs. W. H. Tarbox of East Greenwich R. I. is the possessor of a curiosity in the shape of a live four-legged chicken four months old. It hops around with two of its legs as any chicken does, but drags the other two, which are elongated, useless ap pendages. CONSTANT ACHING. Back aches all the time. Spotls your appetite, wearies the body, worries the mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan's Kidney Pills relieve and Where Whilst You Lay H. B. McCarver, of 201 Cherry St., Portland, Ore., inspector of freight for the Trans-Continental Co., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache and other symptoms of kidney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think a cold was responsible for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it out. It is several months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Too Expensive "Hello, Billson! Is it true that you are going to get married?" "Not much. I can't afford it." "But you draw a good salary." "Yes. But women spend so much these days I couldn't stand the pace. It costs too much to clothe them in the latest fashion." With which remark Billson lighted a 10-cent cigar, paid for two rounds of drinks and proceeded to lose seven straight games of billiards. Hard Luck. "Our postal service is becoming absolutely vile." "Why, I thought it was all right." "Well, it isn't. I swore off smoking New Year's day, and the next day I received a fine meerschaum pipe from a friend down east. He sent it by mail and it went astray and was gone more than a week." Proof Positive. Northern Manufacturer—"It's monstrous, sir, to claim that the negro is not advancing. Why, sir, in your own state they have half a dozen weekly newspapers." Southerner—"How do you know." Northern Manufacturer—"Why, I—I—advertise my razors in them." HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM A remedy that will cure Bright's Disease will cure any other form of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure Bright's Disease. Disqualified. New Arrival—"Phy do not th' Indians be allowed to vote, Patrick?" Citizen—"Sure it's little they'd know about politics. They waz barn here." Important to Mothers. Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flintkin In Use For Over 30 Years. "Everything is getting higher these days," continued Snubbly. "That's right," replied Jaggsly, "I found the bottom of my coal house awfully close to the top this morning." 15 YEARS OF TORTURE. Itching and Painful Sores Covered Head and Body—Cured in Week By Cuticura. "For fifteen years my scalp and forehead was one mass of scabs, and my body was covered with sores. Words cannot express how I suffered from the itching and pain. I had given up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticura. After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Curticura Ointment for three days, my head was as clear as ever, and to my surprise and joy, one cake of soap and one box of ointment made a complete cure in one week. (signed) H. B. Franklin, 717 Washington St., Allegheny, Pa." Kansas Is Selfish. Governor Hoch, of aKnasas, is opposing pipe line propositions, and declares that "Kansas gas should be kept in Kansas." The proposition is a little selfish, as the rest of the country really enjoys a little Kansas gas now and then.—Washington Post. Not Changed in Any Way. He—How did you find your friend whom you had not seen for two years? She—Oh, she had the same hat, the some dress and the same husband.—Fliegende Blatter. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA. MISS ALICE BRELLER MR. SILAS B. LINCOLN JUDGE MORAVITO J. GOSS MISS ALICE DRESSLER NON JAMES R. GUILL "The World of Medicine Recognizes Grip as Epidemic Catarrh."— Medical Talk. It spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the pauper, the masses and the classes are alike subject to la gripe. None are exempt—all are liable. Grip is well named. The original French term, la gripe, has been shortened by the busy American to read "grip." Without intending to do so, a new word has been coined that exactly describes the case. As if some hideous giant with awful grip had clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men, women, children, whole towns and cities are caught in the baneful grip of a terrible monster. Have you the grip? Or, rather, has the grip got you? If so, read the following letters. These testimonials speak for themselves as to the efficacy of Peruna in cases of la gripe or its after-effects: A Southern Judge Cured. Judge Horatio J. Goss, Hartwell, Ga., writes: "Some five or six years ago I had a very severe spell of grip which left me with systemic catarrh. "A friend advised me to try your Alexand 10 M. B. Alexander Hilton. Alexander Hilton, formerly general passenger agent of the Frisco system, and prior to that, assistant general passenger agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railway (now absorbed by the Frisco), has been advanced to the position of passenger traffic manager for both the Frisco and the Eastern Illinois systems, with headquarters in St. Louis. Mr. Hilton, besides being a broad, intellectual IOWA GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED CORN Iowa Grown Seed Corn. Why don't you do the best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't Make two dollars where you now make one. Ad J. B. ARMSTRONG & SONS. Seed a GOOD SEED CORP make your farm pay. Sent free, by mentioning this paper. W The Largest Seed Corn House in the World. PILES NO MONEY We send FREE and postas Bectum; also 105-pages illus our mild method, none paul DRS. THORNTON FARMS and RANCHES WHEAT LANDS KANSAS $6 to SIO Per Acre Splendid sections. Combined farming and stock rating $1.75 to $8.00 Per Acre. Stock Colorado and Nebraska. Only one-tenth cash. Best land bargains to ask. Ack. B. M. MELLE STEIN, TEK Commissionaler Dept. B., U. P. R. K. Co., Omaha, Neb. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 4, 1905 SEED CORN You you do the same? Le don't buy this paper one. Address. INS. Seed Corn Grower CORN Write now. Anne and this paper. Write now. Also The Ratekin & HONEY TILL C and postpaid a 232-page 105-page illus. frustrate on D ad, nce paid a can't fill CORNTON & MINO CHES Mr Acre and stock Kansas. m cash. Immignee Neb. 4, 1905 NO MONEY TILL CURED. 27 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 32-page treatise on Plim. Tulare and Dianaas of the Mississippi State University. Women. Of the Mississippi State University. mold method, none paid a postpaid cured - we furnish them an application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 930 Olive Street. St. Louis. Mo. and 1030 Oak St. Kansas City. Mo. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAIL Best Cough J尿 , Motion Cough , Use in time . Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION --- A Southern Judge Cured. Peruna, which I did and was immediately benefited and cured. The third bottle completed the cure."—H. J. Goss. Cured In a Few Weeks Miss Jean Cowgill, Griswold Opera House, Troy, N. Y., is the leading lady with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes the following: "During the past winter of 1901, I suffered for several weeks from a severe attack of grip, which left a serious catarrhal condition of the throat and head. "Some one suggested Peruna. As a last resort, after wasting much time and money on physicians, I tried the remedy faithfully, and in a few weeks was as well as ever."—Jean Cowgill. Saved by Pe-ru-na. Hon. James R. Guill is one of the oldest and most esteemed men of Omaha, Neb. He has done much to make it what it is, serving on public boards a number of times. He endorses Peruna in the following words: "I am 68 years old, am hale and hearty and Peruna has helped me attain it. Two years ago I had la gripe—my life was dispaired of. Peruna saved me."—J. R. Guill. er Hilton. and well-endowed gentleman, is also widely known as a successful and master railroader, respected in business for sagacity and fairness. As a pas senger traffic man he has been widely known and justly popular. During the late world's fair he made a most enviable record, and is now president of the St. Louis association of general passenger agents. Mr. Hilton succeeds Bryan Snyder. ORM Your neighbor has found that he can grow 90 bushels more corn per acre by planting same? Let us send you liberal samples of our hay this paper down until you have sent for them address. Corn Growers, Drawer No. 21, Shenandoah, Iowa. We handle only the productive and well tested items. The book that have made our seed tannings. Any quantity of it that have made our seed tannings. Any descriptive catalogue of corn and all kinds of rite now. Always adhere. Ratekin House Seed, Shenandoah, Iowa. TUIL CURED 22 YEARS ESTABLISHED Cured In a Few Weeks. Saved by Pe-ru-na. THE SIZE OF AN ATOM. Unusual but Perhaps Accurate Means for Its Measurement. How large is an atom? "Perhaps the simplest, though not the most exact, way of arriving at a rough estimate of the size of atoms is by measuring the thickness of a soap bubble film, where it is as thin as possible, just before it bursts," says a writer "Such a film, if composed of atoms, must be something like a pebble wall. Now, a pebble wall would not stand if it were not several pebbles thick and if we had reason to suppose that it was about a dozen pebbles thick we could easily make an estimate of the size of the pebble by measuring the thickness of the wall. "That is the case with the thinnest region of a soap film. It is found to have a very definite and uniform thickness. It is the thinnest thing known, and by refined optical means its thickness can be accurately measured. It must contain not less than something like a dozen atoms in its thickness, and yet it is only about the twenty millionth of an inch in thickness by direct measurement. So that the diameter of an atom comes between one two-hundred-millionth and one three-hundred-millionth of an inch. In other words, from about 200,000,000 to 200,000,000 of atoms can lie edge to edge in a linear inch."—Science. The One Thing Needed. In a family lot occupying a conspicuous site in a cemetery in Fall River is a monument, which, because of its unique and strikingly unconventional character attracts much attention. It is a solid granite block, perhaps six or seven feet high, with its other dimensions in proportion. Out of this block of stone has been carved a facsimile of the type of cotton factories common in that city. This peculiar specimen of mortuary art marks the grave of one of the most successful of the pioneer cotton manufacturers of Fall River, who, while a man of rugged virtues, made no pretensions to being plausibly inclined. He had the monument made after his own plans, and when it was installed in the family lot he invited an old friend to see it. The latter, after looking it over critically, pronounced it to be the real thing in the way of a miniature reproduction of a cotton factory. "But," he added, "I notice that it lacks one thing that it should have, particularly since you have occasion to use it." "What's that," inquired the other. "A fire escape," was the suggestive response. Youngster Was Desperate The boy of the family who is, by the way, the only child, has become imbued with an idea that the household exists solely for his benefit. His mother has had to make up her mind that he must be disabused of this idea, and lately he has been subjected to stronger discipline than usual. The other day he retaliated by saying something to his mother which bordered on the saucy. The mother, feeling that the limit had been reached, took a ruler and whipped his hand with it. The boy was very much hurt in mind, if not in body, and it seemed like insult on injury when his mother said emphatically: "I am ashamed of you. You are a very naughty boy, indeed." Struggling to keep back undignified tears, the youngster faced her. The naughtiness had not all been crushed out of him for he replied fiercely: "I don't care what I am. I don't care if I'm a—a—a gas jet!" Japanese View of Whiskers The Japanese think they represent the highest type of development because in the process of evolution they have almost eliminated whiskers. To them a thick growth of under brush in which the field mice may build their nests and rear their young does not represent the highest type of civilization. Just how they learn to conduct wars says the Illinois State Journal, run the politics of the country and pick the winners in the horse races without hanging around a barber shop is not quite clear, but as they manage to do these things it is evidence they have some avenues of information unknown to the Caucasian races. If they are correct in their surprise it explains why the beardless youth in this country knows so much more that his bewhiskered father. Spicing. "During the Christmas holidays some ten or twelve years ago," said an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, "our present provost C. C. Harrison, gave a dinner in honor of the then provost, Dr. William Peper. "Provost Harrison is not prone to punning, but on this occasion he made a joke. As Dr. Pepper, a little late entered the crowded drawing room he said to his guest, comprehending the assembled gentlemen with a wave of his hand: "My dear Dr. Pepper, how glad you must be to see your friends all mustered." "Bricks" and "Breeks." Jean Maxwell, who became the duchess of Gordon and by her own in genious methods raised up the regiment of Gordon Highlanders, once had a painful misunderstanding with the laird of Craigmyle. The laird was superintending the making of bricks when she called. "Well," she asked "and how do the bricks get on?" Craigmyle, who had only recently discarded the kilt, replied in pure Aberdenshire: "Muckle oblegged to yer grace; the brecks war some tight at first, but they're daeing wool enough noo." YEAR55 RAILROAD BUILDING. Falling Off of 25 Per Cent as Compared With 1903. Railway building in the United States shows a falling off of about 25 per cent compared with 1903, when 5,786 miles of new road were completed, miles of new road were completed. Official returns for the current year, not yet complete, shows that 4,168 miles of first track have been laid since January 1 last on 299 lines in 43 states and territories, says the Railwa Age. That there would be a decrease in new mileage this year was a foregone conclusion on account of the general business situation. There is a large amount of new work projected, much of which is still awaiting financing. The revival of business, however, since the presidential election has given an impetus to railway building which promises greater activity in 1903. While the day of parallel railroad building is practically over, there are many extensions and feeders projected which are needed to develop new territory, and much important work designed to shorten main lines and reduce grades and curves is planned. One of the large Western systems has comprehensive plans of this nature, and if this work is undertaken during the coming year it will mean much to contractors and dealers in material. According to the last edition of Poor's Manual, the railway mileage of the United States at the close of 1903 was 207,784 miles. The addition of the track laid during the past year makes the total main line mileage of the country in round numbers 212,000 miles. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is adapted to both acres and all ages. Cures kidney and liver complaint, and purifies the blood. It all druggists. Silence is something more eloquent than a sermon. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.—J. W. O'BRIEN. 322 Third Ave. N. Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6. 1900. It is quite possible to grow sadder without growing any wiser. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces insufflation, allays pain, curses wrist collar. 2oz a bottle. The troublelith a bore is that he never comes to the point. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. In treating bladder cancer a wetting lime your druggist will refund money if FAO JOINTMENT fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c. The man with a grievance is a grievance to others. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 5c cigar, made of extra quality tobacco. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill. Never try to dictate to a woman—unless she is a stenographer. A Rare Good Thing. "Am using ALLEN'S FOOT EASE, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone having sore or tired feet — Mrs. Matilda Holtert, Providence, R. L" Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to day. Somehow or other the sermonette smothered in a concert never appealed to us on a Sunday morning. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the dissection portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by an institutional remediation device, issued by a federal nursing lounge of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infused you have a rumbling sound of tinnitus, it is issued by a tachian tube and infuses is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and the tone restored to its normal condition, hearing with a destroyed ear, nine cases of deafness can be treated and an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness caused by cataract, that cannot be cured by Hall's Cataract. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Soid by Druglets, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. You can drive a horse even to a brewery wagon, but you can't make him drink. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because the package contains 16 ozs, while all the other brands contain 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. How Aboute le? When thou hast bet upon a horse And he has failed to go the route? Springs hope eternal in thy breast! That he will will the next time out? TRADE MARK. THERE IS NOTHING more painful than Rheumatism and Neuralgia but there is nothing surer to cure than St. Jacobs Oil The old monk cure. It is penetrating, prompt and unfailing. Price 25c. and 50c. THE DISCOVERER Of Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Compound, the Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. Many such a record of curses of female troubles or such No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles or such hosts of grateful friends as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Complaints, all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration. Failing and Displacement of the Womb, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly adapted to the Change of Life. It has cured more cases of Backache and Leucorrhea than any other remedy the world has ever known. It is almost infallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels tumors from the Uterus in an early stage of development. Irregular, Suppressed or Painful Menstruation, Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostration, Headache, General Debility quickly yield to it. Womb troubles, causing pain, weight and backache, instantly relieved and permanently cured by its use. Under all circumstances it invigorates the female system, and is as harmless as water. It quickly removes that Bearing-down Feeling, extreme lassitude, "don't care" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feeling, excitability, irritability, nervousness, Dizziness, Faintness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy or the "blues" and headache. These are sure indications of Female Weakness, or some derangement of the Uterus, which this medicine always cures. Kidney Complaints and Backache, of either sex, the Vegetable Compound always cures. Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want—a cure. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutes. "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 HOT SPRINGS LITTLE ROCK MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY FORT SMITH COFFEYVILLE y. Arrive in Hot Springs to Break- ett, Noodesha, Independence (Kan.). Through Sleepers and Chair Cars special feature on this "Hot Springs This train connects at Little Rock Southeastern Points in Arkansas, ritory. Press 10:30 p. m. Daily. Paths, and all information, call or address Longer Dept. 901 Main St. Mont Kansas City, Mo. 40 Hickory. Leaving Kansas City at 12:01 noon daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Noodlesha, Independence (Kam), 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, Texas and all Mexican Territory. Hot Springs Night Express 10:30 p. m. Dally. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths, and all information, call address E. S. JEW. TT, Gon't Agent, Passenger Dept. 901 Main St. JOHN J. SHINE, City Ticket Agent Kansas City, Mo. Telephone 740 Hickory. 60 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN NADA THE FARMERS on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada Carry the指南针 When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention This Paper. (afflicted with thompson's Eye Water) THE LADY WHO IRONS THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., OMANA . . . NEB. --- THE FARMERS on the Free Homestead Lands of FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE WEST CANADA FREE Western Canada Carry the banner for candles of wheat and grains for 1904 100,000 FARMERS receive $25,000 as a result of their Wheat Crop alone. The returns from Oats, Barley and other grains, as well as cats and horses and considerably to this. Sue a farmer. He is迟到 at once of purchase from some reliable dealer while shirts are selling at present low prices. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigrant Ontario Canada or to authorize Canadian Agent in Newfoundland, No. 125 W10th Street, Knight City, Missouri. Salzer's National Oats Greatest out of the century. Yankee L. L. L. L. Mith, Zo. in Mo. 25, and in N. Dakota $10 bus. per acre. You can beat that record in 100. For 10c and this notice we mail you free lots of farm seed samples and our big catalog, te- ning all about this oat wonder and bounties of other seeds. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis. ALWAYS CALL FOR A CIGAR BY ITS NAME "CREMO" MEANS MORE THAN ANY OTHER NAME BROWN BANDS GOOD FOR PRESENTS "Largest Beller in the World." knows how important it is to use a good starch. Defiance Starch is the best starch made. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives a beautiful soft glossy stiffness to the clothes. It will not blister or crack the goods. It sells for less, goes farther, does more. Ask the lady who irons. Defiance Starch at all grocers. 16 oz. for 10 cents. Saturday, Monday AND Tuesday The last three day January will A Great Cle All through this bi dise will be on S half price, in insta The last three days of the month of January will be devoted to A Great Clearance Sale All through this big store. Merchandise will be on Sale for less than half price. in a great many instances. Emery, Bird, Thayer & --- Don't Lay It Up Don't lay it up that bitter grudge— Against your friend or neighbor, Or dig about its hidden root. We see much cared for labor. Now Rachel is out to fade and die. You may be right and be be wrong; Yet if you do your duty And cultivate instead of hate The flowers of love and beauty. The time may come when he may feel How grandly you with others deal. Don't lay it up not let a thought Come in your way. When tales unfortiful reach your ear That trouble and distress you. Not chase the wrong with bated breath— A he will run itself to death. Instead build up an honest life You put it in your heart. And let the human crenal walls Be strong in their formation. Then may you count earth's rudest shock— Your house is built upon a rock — New York Weekly. How the Frenchman Read His Book "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. To Stop Snneezing. "There are times when to sneeze 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 gr公ually die off and the sneeze will be avoided."—London Answers. Cowboys in Laced Boots. The few cowboys left in the West are taking to laced boots. There was a time, in the heyday of the cow country, where a special grade of fine, high heeled, thin-soled boot was 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 is the old top boot, once worn by most city men, vanquished in its last stronghold.—New York Sun. 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 saving 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. Chinese Marriage Law Persons bearing the same surname, although they may not be related in any way, are forbidden to marry in China. Gate Keeper Is Responsible The gate keeper at a level crossing in France, who was held responsible for a railroad disaster, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. days of the month of be devoted to Prearance Sale g store. Merchan- Sale for less than a great many nces. 1784 ..... Telephone ..... 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co.. First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. What Japanese Trains Are Like. The railway traveler in Japan buys a first, second or third-class ticket; or, if he wishes to go cheaper still, he can get a ticket entitling him simply to stand on the platform! Many of the cars can be entered either from the side or the end. The principal difference between the first and second-class coaches is the color of the upholstery. None of the cars are very clean. Many of the third-class coaches could serve, without much alteration, as ordinary pigtys. This is all the more remarkable when the incomparable cleanliness of the Japanese home life, even of the humblest, is taken into consideration.—Booklovers Magazine. Cow Made Clean Haul. Frank Dow pitched a tent in a pasture, where he employed himself in picking berries at Meredith, N. H. During his absence a cow tipped the tent over and devoured nearly the entire camping outfit. Among the things eaten was a pound of salt pork, six quarts of berries, four candles, one quart of cooked beans, the sleeves of a coat, a bundle of newspapers, half a dozen doughnuts, a peck of potatoes, a number of cookies and several other articles. Harm Done by Paris Green. Harm Done by Paris Green. Speaking of the potato an observant Maine farmer states that for several years past he has noticed no potato balls, although previously the plants were covered with them. He gives as a reason for this that the paris green, used so generously in recent years for the examination of the bugs, killed the flowers of the plants and thus prevented them from going to seed. Cow Gives Birth to Triplets At the Rock Cliff farm, North Smithfield, R. L. of which Hiram F. Thayer is proprietor, an Ayrshire cow has given birth to three calves, a most unusual occurrence. All of the calves appear to be healthy, although they are somewhat under size. The same cow two years ago gave birth to twin calves, both of which were of the usual size. Letter and Envelope of Bark. Ellory A. Baldwin of West Upton received a unique letter from his son, who is on a fishing trip in Maine. The envelope was stripped from a birch tree and held together with a postage stamp and the letter was written on a large piece of bark and folded twice, the same as an ordinary piece of writing paper. Korean a Hard Language. Korean is a difficult language to learn. Trifling errors are likely to lead a foreigner into great embarrassment. It was only the smallest mistake that led an impassioned preacher to warn his congregation that unless they repented they would be relegated to "a collar" - the Korean word for cellar and the nether world being almost identical. In like manner the story of Lazarus, who fell sick, was told to a Sunday school class with an unauthorized ending. The native form of expression is "entering a sickness," and by a trifling confusion the teacher was made to declare that Lazarus entered a bottle. Rabbits Make Trouble. Rabbits burrowing beneath the road near Abthorpe, Northants, England, have caused a number of cycle accidents. J. RICH. B. RICH. THE GREAT Atlantic Pants Co. ...TWO STORES, 18 EAST 7TH ST., AND 2825 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD... Suits to Order $17.50. Pants to Order $3.50 RICH BROS., Props. satisfaction Gua ranteed or Money Refunded. KANSAS CITY, MO. 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Prof. Morse of the Baltimore university and Sir Edwin Landseer were able to use either hand impartially; and the great artist-scientist of the Renaissance period in Italy, Leonardo de Vinci, was ambidextrous. Conjurers and jugglers must be able to depend upon the left hand as much as upon the right. All who possess ambidextral power declare it to be a most highly prized faculty. The Japanese appear to be the most ambidextrous nation in these days, though many Orientals are able to use either hand with impartiality. The Shah of Persia signs his name with either left or right hand; artisans in the east are frequently able to work with either hand with equal skill, and they also bring both right and left foot to their aid. The fastest train on the European continent is one from Paris to Saint Quentin, which averages a little more than fifty-nine miles an hour. There are no fewer than thirty-four volumes of regulations concerning the Indian army, amounting to 6,000 closely-printed pages. --- --- ```markdown ``` Call in and see us. Dream and Despair. If I were only bolder, To her heart should swear My down is her little shoulder, My dusk her ebon hair; My day, my night, My whole delight. My dream and my despair! Such beauty seems to fold her For ever fresh and fair. Between the dawn, her shoulder, And the night, her hair; Her soft eyes are Each one a star. My dream and my despair! So let my love be told her, And let my faith declare Dawn sparkles on her shoulder, Dusk hovers in her hair, And each lip shows For me to see My dream and my despair! —Cassel's Saturday Journal. Ambidexterity. Fastest Train in Europe. Sample of Red Tape. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it. The Reliable Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. 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. 111 Open all night. Ticked Time Two Centuries. The residents of Tialap, Mex., complain that the public clock of that town is useless; repairs are made every week, but every week the clock gets out of repair and can never be kept in good condition. The Tialap clock is probably the oldest public clock on the American continent. It was originally installed as a cathedral clock in the year 1657; in 1790 it was donated to the council of San Agustin de las Clevas, near Tialap, when it was installed there and set in motion. Since that time it has never undergone repairs until a few weeks ago. The clock, however, has told the time for 244 years and it is but natural that it is tired and wants to be sent to a museum. Why Snow Bursts a Gun. In a discussion at the Royal society on the effects of sudden pressures, in London recently of some experiments on the effects of sudden pressures, attention was called to a singular experience, which, it was said, people who go shooting in winter sometimes have. If the muzzle of a gun happens to get plugged up with a little snow, the gun invariably bursts when fired in that condition. Light as the plug of snow is, it requires a definite time for a finite pressure, however great, to get it under way, and during this short time the tension of the powder gases becomes so great that the barrel of the ordinary fowling-piece is unable to withstand it. A South African Hoodoo Man A colored man, Jaul Jones, has been committed for trial by the Wynberg Maglstrate on a charge of practising as a doctor without a license. Paul Pulse, a laborer, said he went to Rock's farm, where the accused lived. He found the accused and told him that he was sick. Accused took witness into his bedroom, took a tin, put something into it, 'truck a match and set fire to it. He then snapped his fingers over it and took a bull's eye glass and examined his chest and body, looked over some playing cards and told witness that there was a frog alive in his stomach.—Johannesburg Star. Singed Hair of Cat and Dog. Henry Adams, a Henry county farmer, was in the city yesterday with a very naked dog and a strange tale of the odd effects of a bolt of lightning that struck his house during the severe storm of Monday afternoon. The lightning struck the kitchen, running down the pipe of the stove, shaving the fur clean from the back of a cat that was asleep beneath the stove, striking the dog as lightly as it had struck the cat, running down the animal's legs to the ground, leaving a trail of singed fur in its wake and doing no damage to either animal beyond a severe fright.-Baltimore Sun. Kansas City. New York. Chicago. 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