The Rising Son

Horse Missing - Jan 27-1905 Horse Missing - Feb-3-1905 It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME IX. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1905. NUMB LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The great event of the week; the literary and musical concert in the hall of the house of representatives by students of Lincoln institute, was in every sense a brilliant success, was largely attended by senators and members, and pronounced on all sides as one of the best, possibly the best, given in the history of the institution. It is the first time that the general assembly considered it worth while to pass resolutions in honor of these concerts, but the following was the first procedure on Friday, February 2, the morning after the concert: Representative Speer offered the following resolution which was read and adopted: "Resolved, That the thanks of this house be extended to the officers and students of Lincoln institute for the delightful entertainment given the Forty-third General Assembly last night. Resolved further. That as their entertainment was exhibited as a literary and musical advancement which proves that the educational advantages given by the state to the Negro race have not been in vain. Resolved further. That this house extend to the officers and students of Lincoln institute commendation and encouragement, and bids them press onward and do their full share to enlighten and uplift the Negroes of this state." So great is the enthusiasm over the literary productions and singing that several legislators have asked President Allen to repeat the concert and this may be done. Miss Carney was in excellent voice, and Miss Pigeon presided at the piano with the hand of a master; her renditions of "Old Black Joe" with variations was received with rounds of applause. The jubilee songs captivated the audience and were encored again and again. The high character of the orations was a revelation to many, or as one member expressed it: "I am surprised to find a Negro girl able to interpret the poetry of Emerson. Said another on listening to the oration on "Domestic Science:" "Well, if that is the way they do things out there they ought to have all the appropriations they need." The oration, "Imperial Missouri," struck a responsive chord in the hearts of every loyal Missourian present, and at various points the speaker was interrupted by spontaneous bursts of applause. The same was true of the oration "The American Farmer." The speakers, who were members of the Senior Normal and Sophomore classes, were as follows: "Imperial Missouri," Homer Wilburn; "The Poetry of Emerson," Mildred Williams; "American Heroism," D. C. Cleveland; "Domestic Science," Melissa Fuell; "Moral Education," Addie Williams; "The American Farmer," Seamon Hill. Each deserved and received high appreciation from the cultured audience. Parties from the legislature are making frequent visits to the institution, carefully inspecting the buildings, the work, etc., and thus far they invariably have expressed themselves as agreeably surprised at the character of the work, and as willing to grant a liberal appropriation. State Superintendent Carrington has honored President Allen and his faculty by asking that an exhibit be prepared for the Lewis and Clark exposition. In addition to the gold medal awarded by the commissioners of the Louisiana Purchase exposition several cases of valuable material from the agricultural and from the mines exhibit have been presented to the institution. By the death of Mr. Howard Barnes, once a regent of Lincoln institute, and one of its early promoters, the institu- tion has lost a tried and worthy friend. Every possible token of respect was given as a loving tribute to his good deeds; for each faithful one who helped to found this great educational work well merits the respect and esteem of those who are now reaping the benefits of such generosity and forethought. GARDINER LATHROP. Who Will Probably Succeed E. D. Kenna as General Solicitor of Santa Fe. "It's just a question as to whether I can persuade myself that it would be a wise step for me to take—this leaving Kansas City," Mr. Lathrop said. "I came to Kansas City fresh from law school and opened an office here September 1, 1873. I have been very well treated in Kansas City. My family was reared here. All my business interests are here—and must necessarily remain here. I have played the game successfully. Would it be wise for me to quit?" Mr. Lathrop said that he decide to accept the general solicitorship of the Santa Fe he would not wind up his business interests here. The office would necessitate his removing to Chicago, but he said he would give it up and return to Kansas City to live within at least four years. The Choice of a Wife. A German professor selects a woman who can merely stew prunes—not because stewing prunes and reading Proclus make a delightful harmony, but because he wants his prunes stewed for him and chooses to read Proclus by himself. A fulness of sympathy, a sharing of life one with another, is scarcely ever looked for except in a narrow, conventional sense. Men like to come home and find a blazing fire and a smiling face and an hour of relaxation. Their serious thoughts and earnest aims in life they keep on one side. And this is the carrying out of love and marriage almost everywhere in the world—and this the degrading of women by both.—From One of Mrs. Browning's Letters, 1846. STAMPS PUT TO NOVEL USE. Brilliant Wall Decoration Evolved by Patient Monka. The monks at the Hospital of St. Jean de Dieu, at Ghent, have in their leisure moments decorated the walls with gorgeous landscapes, glowing with color and full of life, formed entirely by means of the postage stamps of all the nations of the world. Palaces, forests, streams and mountains are represented, butterflies flit about in the air, birds of beautiful plumage perch on branches, snakes and lizards glide about, and innumerable animals find places here and there. The pictures are most artistic, in the style of Chinese landscape gardening, and already between nine and ten millions of stamps have been used. Impromptu With a Sting. A quaint story has been lately recalled of a duchess who had entertained a famous literary man for a week and then produced the inevitable autograph album with the request for "something impromptu." In vain the author protested that the mere sight of the book paralyzed every one of his ideas, so at last, in a frenzy of despair, he seized the pen and wrote: "If I was a dook I would have a better cook." Tableau. Had to Keep His Eyes Open. There is an ancient mendicant, long known to those who go through Vesey street to the North River ferries, New York city, who has lately laid away his "Pity the Blind" sign and his wheezy little organ, and now helps pick up waste paper and fruit skins in the Pennsylvania railroad station, Jersey City. His excuse is convincing. "You see," he says, "times got so hard I just had to keep my eyes open to do any business at all."—Success Magazine. LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. Jackson of Palmyra preached at the Second Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Those that heard him were well pleased with the sermon. Rev. Alexander of Sedalia was here last week assisting Rev. A. A. Gilbert in his revival meeting; also Rev. Garden of Pleasant Hill was here a few days. Presiding Elder Barksdale was here Wednesday night and gave some very wholesome instructions to the young people who are just entering into the church. It ought to be appreciated by the young folks. Rev. Young was called out of the city Sunday to preach a funeral. He got left and remained over Sunday night and said they had a glorious meeting. Mrs. Shell Majors and her niece, Miss Caroline Majors of Kansas City were here last week to see her mother-in-law, Mrs. Caroline Hughes who has been quite sick, but is now better. Mr. Bud Wilson is quite ill. Mrs. Maltida Mathews, Mr. Charles White, Mr. William Booker and a number of others are on the sick list. They keep Dr. D. Ball busy night and day. He is one of the greatest doctors in this country. Mr. Eddie Burns married in Kansas City on the 16th and brought his wife to this city. We hope them a long and prosperous life. Mrs. Dr. J. D. Ball's brother, Mr. Harris, of St. Joseph was in the city and spent several days here. The Republicans of this state seemingly to overlook the fifty or sixty thousand Negro voters of this state who supported them in last November, which gave them the state. We don't think that we done anything but what was our duty. We ought to vote the Republican ticket because they gave us the right of citizenship in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendment which made us citizens. Therefore, we ought to vote that ticket and they ought to appreciate it, and give us something in return. They ought not to ignore us and not give us any place in the government. If our friends don't care for us we cannot expect for our enemies to do so. The Democrats don't promise us anything politically and we do not expect anything from them.—A. W. Walker. Mrs. Alice P. Holmes has been very ill for the last few weeks; also Mrs. Caroline Harper. Mrs. Emma Caves is some better. Mr. Wm. Hunter has a large stock of groceries. Send in your order and they will be promptly filled at low figures. Mrs. Cliff Bradford, who fell and hurt her arm, is now improving. Father George Williams, who has been the most attentive man to the sick, assisting in burying the dead, is now quite ill and I think every colored person in town should see to it that he doesn't want for anything. Taste and Touch. Touch. Dr. Andrew Wilson has reminded us, is probably the oldest of our senses. It is also, we may add, the most active where taste has always been assumed to be paramount—at the dinner table. It is a fact overlooked that we like what we like far less because we taste it than because we feel it. What is there wonderful in the taste of your perfect, your ripe potato? Nothing or little. But, ah, the feeling! What have the resistance of bread, the sudden coolness of butter, the tenderness of asparagus, the crispness of biscuit to do with taste? Something almost negligible.—London Chronicle. Rabbits Make Trouble. Rabbits burrowing beneath the road near Abthorpe, Northants, England, have caused a number of cycle accidents. PROF. W. T. VERNON, PRESIDENT OF WESTERN UNIVERSITY, QUINDARO, KANS. A deserved tribute is paid to this talented young educator. He has built up a great institution at Quindaro, and he has become a great influence in educational and political circles, not only in Kansas, but in the entire West. He is an orator of ability and he did excellent service on the stump for the Republican party during the last campaign. This has put him very close to the administration and gives him a great advantage in his quest for federal appointment. He is an applicant for the position of register of the treasury, and according to the Plaindealer he is in a fair position to get this or some equally good appointment. The West is entitled to some recognition. We want to see some competent and well qualified negro appointed from the West. In our judgment Prof. Vernon's services in the last and former campaigns entitle him to the recognition which he seeks.—Omaha Enterprise. Kansas City. We Indorse the same--The Son. BREEZES FROM KANSAS CITY KANSAS. Dr. Mitchell began his revival services last week. Bishop and Mrs. Grant are still out of the city, the bishop attending the Bishop's Council at Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Grant is in Indianapolis, visiting friends. Rev. T. J. Moppins of the C. M. E. church began a series of meetings last week. Rev. Hayes of the M. E. church closed his meeting last week with more than twenty accessions. There are more than one hundred pupils in the high school, which is quite an increase over that of last year. Quite an elite social function among the juveniles of the west side took place at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Ward on Toromee street last week in honor of the 16th birthday of their son, Waymon. The business men of Kansas City, Kan., are doing good business considering the weather since the holidays. Rev Vaughan of St. John A. M. E. church is still carrying on his series of meetings. Several have united with the church and the meetings are highly interesting. Mrs. Lena Scott, who was confined to her bed a few days ago, is up and about again. Mrs. L. R. Scruggs who for several months has been very sick, is slowly improving. A number of young friends gave Miss Minnie Barnes a most agreeable surprise last Tuesday evening. The people of Kansas City are elated at the great speech delivered at the Kansas Day Club by Prof. Vernon on the 30th ult. The professor did the race much good in that address. Mr. John Griffey has opened up a grocery store on James street. Success to him in his line of business. Miss Mabel Wilson has been on the sick list the past few days and unable to attend school. Mrs. Bertha is convalescing after a few days illness. Mr. M. Austin's new home on Oakland avenue is about ready for occupancy. They will move in in a short time. Misses Gussie Miller and Mattie McMahan gave an enjoyable social affair their residence on Franklin avenue Saturday evening. After a very spirited contest and considerable hustling Mayor Gilbert was renominated in the primaries Saturday, subject to the action of the Republican party. VIGILANT. NEGRO NEWSPAPER SCORES AU THOR OF ANTI-MISCEGENA TION BILL. TOPEKA, Feb. 6.—The Topeka Plaindealer, a negro paper, feels aggrieved because Alleman, Democrat, of Atchison, introduced a bill to prevent negroes and whites intermarrying. In today's issue it says: "Who is this man Allaman from Attichison who comes forward to offer laws for the black man and laws for the white man? Cannot Attichison county send a man of more brains than this sinecure has? The county and district must be hard up for material. This bill, though now dead and consigned to the grave of oblivion, is the size of his caliber. He has not offered a bill of importance since here he has been. Now he seeks notoriety out of the poor negro. This is the way these "cheap John" white politicians do. Why don't he emulate his lord and master, Hona P. P. Waggener, a distinguished lawyer, statesman, scholar and gentleman? You never hear of Mr. Waggener offering such infamous measures. He is not uneasy about negroes marrying white women or white men marrying colored women. Train your boys and girls, Mr. Allaman, not to marry negroes, and perhaps they will obey you. Don't try to pass laws to prevent it. That shows weakness, and furthermore, there is no tendency to intermarry." The bill has been reported favorably for passage in the house. A PLEASANT AFFAIR The residence of Professor and Mrs. Wise of 512 Steptoe avenue was the scene of much joy and merriment or last Thursday afternoon and evening of January 26. It was the occasion of a party given by Miss Henrietta Shipley, sister of Mrs. M. D. Wise, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Horton. The affair was highly enjoyed throughout the day and evening by those present. The following is a partial list of those present and assisted in the joys by their most welcome presence: Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hatch, Mr. G. C. Smith, Miss Mary Cisson, Miss Lizzie Whitney, Mr. L. C. Smith, Mr. K. E. Smith, Mrs. L. Smith, Miss Henrietta Shipley, Mrs. A. N. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pearson, Miss Nettie B. Smith, Miss Leona Basket of Speed, Mo., Mr. Paul Sanborn wise, the junior member of the family, and Miss Ethel Wise. Force of Christian Examples. Force of Christian Examples. Sir Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, told himself, how he was converted by Dr. Livingstone. His story is as follows: 'I went to Africa as prejudiced against religion as the worst infidel in London. To a reporter like myself, who had only to deal with wars, mass meetings and political gatherings, sentimental matters were quite out of my province. But there came to me a long time for reflection. I was out there away from a worldly world. I saw this solitary old man there, and I asked myself: 'Why does he stop here in such a place?' What is it that inspires him? For months after we met I found myself listening to him, wondering at the old man carry out the words, 'Leave all and follow Me.' But little by little, seeing his piety, his gentleness, his zeal, his earnestness, and how he went quietly about his business, I was converted by him, although he had not tried in any way to do it.' Sample of Red Tape. There are no fewer than thirty-four volumes of regulations concerning the Indian army, amounting to 6,000 closely-printed pages. Chinese Marriage Law. Persons bearing the same surname, although they may not be related in any way, are forbidden to marry in China. NUMBER 42. THE RIGHTS OF THE COLORED MAN—THEIR DUTY IN THE FUTURE. In referring to William A. Roland of 574 Colorado avenue, having been drawn out of the jury wheel to serve in Jackson county, in Judge McCune's division of the circuit court, has caused much discussion. The real truth of the matter is, that when the objection of Henry P. Linderman came, the Negro was given to understand, and so wasn't the other fellow, that it was law, and there was nothing for the Judge to do, but simply to tell all concerned, that there is no excuse to be made on account of color. Then the position our colored brother ought to have taken, was that manly quality which it takes to make up a man: "I am here at the demand of the court, and with the court's protection, I am here to stay so long as I conduct myself in keeping with the court." Last Sunday evening the colored people became aroused, and held one of their old-fashioned indignation meetings at Allen chapel, which was wholly uncalled for. The truth of the matter is, the Negro had a right to stay there until the court ordered him that his service was no longer required. If we understand the position, the intimidations that the Negro was undergoing, caused him to demand his time and flee, but we say now, that as we meet these oppositions on every hand and in every avenue of life, and where the law will sustain us, then we must be men enough to fight it out. The Negro should have stayed there until that panel had run out, unless he had been ordered by the judge to retire. We feel that Judge McCune thus far has done his duty, if we undrestand the case, and also we feel that Sheriff Baldwin did his duty. True, the objections may have come from some of the white brethren on the jury, but the Negro would have still been there. This stubbornness that we confront every day, in our every day life, is no new thing to us, and we should treat it not with contempt, but in a way to break it down, and that by demonstrating good sound judgment and manhood, and being equipped to meet the emergencies which might arise. Now let us not cuss the white man for our own mistake. We have some faults of our own, and in other words, we are too quick to shoot when there is no game in sight. The time for the Negro to set up his defense is when the other fellow wants office, but he is so far apart that it would take a clap of thunder to bring them together. I never saw yet when we have ever done anything by public discussion. We have too many Negroes that like to display their oratory, and it means nothing, but a puff of wind in the air. Why not do something some time? Rev. Peck was very much right when he said that the Negro "talked too much," and he usually let his enemy know what he intended to do before he got up to it, and he always knew just what button to touch to head him off." The Negroes of this community have never yet learned that he could not be tried in the court of justice where there was a jury impaneled, without a member of his race, if he so desired. Now we would advise the Negro to wake up to a sense of his duty and to counsel with one another in a way that would be effective. 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. A Lost Lincoln Monument. In 1867 It Was Proposed to Erect a National Memorial in Washington in Honor of the Great President - Captured Confederate Cannon Supplied for the Work-No Record Now of the $100,000 That Was Raised for This Object. ABRAHAM LINCOLN A movement to erect a monument to President Lincoln has recalled the existence and mysterious passing of the National Lincoln Monument association, chartered by act of Congress, March 30, 1867. The plan was backed by the most prominent men in the country at the time, and $100,000 was raised by popular subscription. The design for the monument was executed by Clark Mills, the sculptor, a site in front of the Capitol was selected, and captured Confederate cannon were turned over to the association by the war department from which to cast the bronze figures surmounting the pedestal. But the association and its organizers seem to have vanished into thin air, work on the monument was never even begun, and so far as can be learned the money was never returned. From 1867 to 1882 the record of the association is clear, but there is absolutely nothing to show what became of it after that date. The list of incorporators submitted to Congress in the former year with the application for a charter included such prominent men as James Harlan, Alexander Ramsey, Schuyler Colfax, Frederick Douglass, Godlove S. Orth, Shelby M. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Cullom, Samuel Shellenbarger and Richard Yates, Senator Cullom of Illinois, whose name appears as one of the incorporators, said recently that he didn't remember anything about the association and couldn't say why the project was not carried out or what became of the $100,000 collected in one-dollar subscriptions from all over the country. From the record it appears that on June 25, 1868, a little more than a year after the association obtained its charter, Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the disposal of the association damaged and captured bronze and brass cannon and ordnance out of which to cast the principal figures surmounting the pedestal. The act provided that no such allotment of ordnance should be made, however, until the voluntary subscriptions to the mument fund should reach $100,000. While no record can be found to show just how much money was collected, it is probable in view of the above law that the amount was in excess of $100,000, as the records of the War department show that under the act twelve brass cannon were issued to the association. The last Congress record of the association is an act passed in 1882, providing that five trustees should constitute a legal quorum of the association; and it is believed that this provision was enacted owing to the dying out of interest in the project and the difficulty that had been experienced in securing attendance at the necessary meetings. Recently a number of the engraved subscription receipts of the association have been found. They were executed at the bureau of engraving and bear the signature of Gen. F. E. Spinner, treasurer of the association and at that time treasurer of the United States as well. In view of this fact it has been suggested that if the books of the treasury department were carefully examined the $100,000 or more subscribed by the people and placed in Gen. Spinner's care would be found on deposit. The following description of the monument, as designed by Clark Mills and accepted by the association, was published at the time: "The pedestal to be of granite, and figures bronze, the whole structure to be 70 feet, surmounted by thirty-five solossal figures. Its construction tri- M. angular, the base of which and its three groups representing slavery. "The first presents the slave in his most abject state, as when brought to this country. Here we behold him nude, deprived of all which tends to elevate the heart with any spirit of pride or independence. "The second represents a less abject stage. He is here partly clad, more enlightened, and hence, realizing his bondage, starches with a love of freedom. "The third is the ransomed slave, redeemed from bondage by the blood of Liberty, who, having struck off his shackles, holds them triumphantly aloft. The slave is pictured gratefully bowing at her feet. "Between these groups are three bas reliefs. The first represents firing on Fort Sumter. The two others represent the senate and house amending the Constitution." "The second story, first group, represents the members of the cabinet in council, while Seward points toward Europe, as though explaining the importance of the act. The second group, officers of the navy and prominent Union men who stood by the president during the civil war. "Third, the fall of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee." ```markdown ``` "The crowning figure is the president in the act of signing the proclamation. At his feet are Liberty and Justice, while behind sits Time, watching the hourglass, missioned, as it were, from heaven. At the base of the steps leading from the center structure are the equestrian statues of leading commanders of the army." It can easily be seen from the above description just how pretentious was the monument proposed, and it is evident from such of the records as exist that the members of the association lost interest in their task before sufficient money was collected to enable them to begin work on the memorial. There are many prominent men in Washington who think that Lincoln should have such a memorial, and they hope that the awakened discussion of the matter may lead to some definite result. KEPT CASH IN HIS POCKET. Lincoln Had No Confidence in Banks When He Was Postmaster. "The developments in the postoffice department," said Senator Cullom, "remind me of the early times in Illinois when Lincoln was the postmaster of the town of Salem. "The cash drawer of the postoffice there was Lincoln's vest pocket, but it was a cash drawer that was sacred to him. I remember on one occasion when a postoffice inspector came around and made a careful survey of everything in the postoffice. He took account of stock and figured out just how much Lincoln ought to have in cash belonging to the government. Some of Lincoln's friends were afraid that he might be a little short and went to him with offers of money if he needed it. He replied that he guessed he had it all. When the inspector figured out the amount that should be there he went to Lincoln and told him how much cash there should be in the postoffice. "Well, I guess I have it," said Lincoln, as he drew forth a bundle of money. "He counted it out and it tallied to a cent to the amount the inspector had found due the government. Lincoln had kept the government's money separate at all times. Although he carried it around with him, as the best method of caring for it, he had never allowed it to become mixed up with his own money. That incident was characteristic of Lincoln. He was scruply honest."—Washington Star. HELD GREAT RIVAL'S HAT. Stephen A. Douglas at the Inauguration of Lincoln. When Lincoln was inaugurated the first time there was one little incident that impressed those who saw it. The president-elect came forward upon the platform prepared at the east front of the capitol, with his natural awkwardness increased by the momentous circumstances of the occasion, and by a gorgeous wardrobe in which it was evident he felt exceedingly uncomfortable. The stiff dress coat, vest and pantaloons of black broadcloth were enough of themselves to disturb his mental and physical equanimity, but to these were added other incumbrances in the shape of a brand new silk hat and a ponderous gold-headed cane. The cane he managed to put away in a corner, but the disposition of the hat perplexed him greatly. It was too good to throw away, too fine, as he thought, to rest upon the rough boards, so, for a minute at least, poor Lincoln stood there in the gaze of assembled thousands, grasping the hat desperately and seeking in vain for a safe place to deposit it. Douglas, who sat immediately in the rear, saw the embarrassment of his rival, and rising, took the shining beaver from its sorely bothered owner and held it during the delivery of the inaugural address. Probably had Stephen A. Douglas been told, five years before, that he TIPS: ABRAM HANLINCOLN was destined to hold the hat of Abra- ham Lincoln while that individual was appearing for the first time as president of the United States the "Little Giant" would have laughed at the very idea. New Story of Lincoln. Lincoln's birthday brings out the usual complement of Lincoln stories, and most of them have been published in one form or another, but J. D. Velver of New York tells one that he says never appeared in print. In the thick of the civil war, when Lincoln was troubled almost beyond what he could bear, two men from a western state applied to him for some minor offices. The president was disgusted at their importunities, but finally told them a story. "One time a king went hunting. On his way to the forest he met a subject riding a donkey. 'Hello, king,' said the subject. 'Hello subject,' said the king. 'Where are you going, king?' 'I'm going hunting, subject.' 'Better not, it's going to rain.' 'No, it isn't,' said the king, 'my court astrologer said that it would be fair weather.' 'No, it's going to rain,' persisted the subject, but the king laughed at him and went hunting. It rained hard and the king returned to his castle wet and bedraggled and ordered that his astrologer's head be cut off. He sent for the subject who had foretold rain and made him court astrologer. 'But I am no good at forecasting,' said the subject. 'But you told me it was going to rain,' said the king. 'I knew that because my jackass hung his ears down,' replied the subject. 'Every time he does that it is going to rain.' 'Then I will make your jackass court astrologer,' said the king and he did. Lincoln stopped there and his visitors laughed a little, but hinted that they did not see much point in the story. Then the president added: "Ever since that time every jackass in the kingdom has wanted a job." LINCOLN FAMILY RELICS. Kept for Years in the Garret of an Old House in North Scituate, Massachusetts. The andirons represented by the accompanying picture were made in the early years of the eighteenth century by Mordecai Lincoln, the paternal ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. They are of forged iron, the material being reduced from ore found in Pembroke and East Bridgewater. The maker of the dogs was a son of Samuel Lincoln, who settled in Hingham seventeen or eighteen years after the landing of the Pilgrims. This son established mills for grinding grain, for sawing out boards and other building material, and one for the extraction of iron from the rather inferior quality of ore found within a day's haul. Being a blacksmith he fashioned irons for fireplaces, tongs and pokers and shovels to go with them, made Made by Abraham Lincoln's Ancestor Mordecai. Made by Abraham Lincoln's Ancestor Mordecai. bolts and nails, horse and ox shoes. This well-fashioned pair of andriana has been preserved by several descendants of the family who have occupied the old weather-worn, gambrel-roofed house in North Sequitte, Mass., near the Lincoln mills at the mouth of Bound brook. With other interesting relics of colonial days they have held a place in the garret, and are highly prized. Being free of rust, the marks of the ancient progenitor of the civil war president show as distinctly as they did a moment after making the water in the old-time cooling tube splutter and hiss. Wouldn't Kiss Lincoln The heroine of the following anecdote about Lincoln is now an old lady, but she declares that when she recalls the way in which she meet the advances of the man who afterward became her hero it still brings the blush of shame to her cheek. "When I was about six years old," she narrates, "Lincoln for a short time served in the 'general store' of the little western town near which was my father's farm. In the window of this shop along with shoes, calices sun-bonnets, toys, candy—all the het erogeneous stock of a country store—was displayed a bead pin-cushion, which it was the ambition of my life to own. "Who has not at some time longed for the unattainable—the thing just out of reach—which, for that very reason, perhaps, seems to him the most desirable object the world holds? That head pin-cushion was to me what Great Britain was to Napoleon, but, to my despair, the little ticket plinned to its center read 'twenty-seven cents'—just twenty cents in excess of my entire bank account! "Week after week, when I went with my mother to the store to exchange butter and eggs for sugar and other commodities which the farm did not yield, the coveted prize lay tantalizingly before my eyes. As time went on the brilliancy of the red rose which adorned its center began to fade; flyspecks appeared here and there sullying the purity of the lilies, but never for a moment did my affections waver. Through whatever vicissitudes it might pass, they still clung round the wreck of the cushion. "Lincoln's fellow-clerk, a fresh-complexioned young fellow, who with his red cheeks and oiled locks seemed to me a perfect Adonis, and who, if the truth were known, shared my heart with the bead pincushion, always met me with the stock pleasantry, 'Got a kiss for me to-day, little girl?' Whereupon I would be seized with a paroxysm of shyness and take refuge behind my mother's skirts. "One evening, after the red-cheeked youth had proffered his request in vain for about the hundredth time, a tall, ungainly young man came forward, and as he handed my mother her mall, said: "Perhaps, little girl, you will kiss me." "I shook my head most emphatically." "Come now, if you'll let me have a kiss I'll give you anything there is in the store! he bribed, and, stooping from his great height, he lifted me to the counter, where my face was on a level with his. "Anything in the store! I glanced at the desire of my heart and my resolution weakened. "Would—would you give me that head pinchion? I whispered. "He smiled and nodded assent. "I looked at my suitor—oh, but he was ugly—and grand (but I didn't know that then!) No. I shook my head, the price was too high. Then, as I glanced at my blooming Adonis, who stood beside him, it occurred to me that I might strike a bargain more to my taste. "Well,' I drew a long breath and took my courage in both hands. 'If you'll give me that cushion, I'll—I'll kiss the pretty one for it.'" A lady meeting her gardener in the grounds, said to him: "Sandy, I am surprised you do not marry. You have a free house, coal and gas, also a weekly salary of ten dollars, so I think all you want to complete your happiness is a wife." And to lend weight to her argument, she added: "Adam, who was the first gardener, was given a wife." "True for ye, ma'am," replied Sandy, "but he hadn't her long, till he lost his job."—Tidbits. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science can cure. Cataract, the most common of the diseases, Catarach. Hail's Catarach Cure is the only positive one now known to the medical fraternity. Catarach is an international treatment. Hail's Catarach Cure is taken in the form of a special surface of the system, thereby destroy the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient a new, healthy nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer it to cure, and that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Bangs—Do you do business on a cash basis? Rickety—Yes; when I can get anybody else to put up the cash.—Detroit Free Press. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company. South Bend, Ind. "They say Buttin is a rising young society man." "I guess that describes him. He has to keep rising every time he's sat down upon."—Chicago Journal. A Woman's Martyrdom Is too often her own fault, simply because she won't take sufficient trouble to try a medicine that so many thousands of women enthusiastically recommend, viz.: Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. This bland, soothing, curative medicine, regulates disordered functions of stomach, liver, bowels, etc., and soon restores slick women to perfect health. Try it. Sold by all drummers at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. The dumb waiter can't repeat what the speaking tube says. Many School Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up Colds in 24 hours, cure Feverishness. Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. A man likes to think that others think he is better than he is. 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 ¼-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. Equally As Good. Bilks—Washington was a great man. He the Messian fly. Jilks—That's nothing. I know a fellow who's continually making Irish bulls. The Great Norx ST. JACOBS OIL 32 YEARS SEL We are the largest manufacturers of We Have No Agents but ship anywhere for exam- amination and approval, inventory. You are out nothing if not satisfied as to style, quality and price. We make 800 styles of vehicles and 65 styles of harness. --- Sandy's Reasoning. A Well Deserved Tribute. Likely to Escape Notice. $100 Reward, $100. Address F. J. CHENNEY CO. Toledo, O. Address F. J. CHENNEY CO. Toledo, O. Provisional. USE THE FAMOUS Kept Busy. A Woman's Nartyrdom Equally As Good. No. 438. Combination Buggy with extra stick seat and 8 in. rubber tires. Price complete $450. Sold as sola for $80 more. Hiram Cronk, sole survivor of the war of 1812, says in an interview that he feels much obliged to the New York aldermen who are arranging to give him a fine funeral and bury him in Cypress Hill cemetery, Brooklyn, Mr. Cronk, who is 104 years old, is feeling very well, indeed. He says he has no desire to sit behind the "grim rider on the pale horse" of which the aldermen spoke, and he begs leave to remind them that he fought in the infantry and never was a cavalryman. Earliest Green Onions. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Cross, Win., always have something new, something valuable. This year they offer among their new money making vegetables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion. It is a winner, Mr. Farmer and Gardener! JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 160. and 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. In all over 10,000 plants—this great offer is made to get you to test their warranted vegetable seeds and ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 28c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of Salzer's Fourth of July Sweet Corn—the earliest on earth—10 days earlier than Cory, Pecpo'o Day, First of All, etc. [W.N.U.J. Up In His Part. Manager—then, then; remember that we're depending on your baby to cry lustily during the third scene. Do you think the youngster will do its yelling well? Actor—He ought to. He's been rehearsing practically day and night for a month or more. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO SOUTH- WEST. February 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, 1905, Via Kansas City Southern Railway. TO PORT ARTHUR, BEAUMONT, TEX., LAKE CHARLES, GALVESTON, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, TEX., and all other points on the K. C. S. Ry., for tickets with 21 days limit and privilege of stopping off enroute on both going and return trip. For literature describing "THE LAND OF FULFILLMENT" the country along the K. C. S. Ry., or for further information regarding these excisions write to S. G. WARNER, G. P. & T. A., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. ```markdown ``` A striking contrast between Defiance Starch and any other brand will be found by comparison. Defiance Starch stiffens, whitens, beautifies without rotting. It gives clothes back their newness. It is absolutely pure. It will not injure the most delicate fabrics. For fine things and all things use the best there is. Defiance Starch 10 cents for 10 ounces. Other brands 10 cents for 12 ounces. THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Neb. nesuch Remedy The old monk cure, strong, straight, sure, has for a large part of a century battled with and conquered Aches and Pains the world over. Price 25c. and 50c. BELLING DIRECT of vehicles and harness in the world sell- consumers exclusively. No Agents anywhere for ex- and approval, ing safe deliv- re out noth- atisfied to utility and make 800 vehicles and Sole Survivor of 1812. Un In His Part PASSING FANCIES IN THE WORLD OF WOMEN Fashionable for the Street. An effective walking costume seen at Sherry's at the luncheon hour was a lightweight black cloth, but lustre-Jess. The round length swirt was gored to fit and at the back two meeting underlying plats, and scatter ones in the center fronts were pressed in and secured invisibly, while down each side was fastened a row of tiny dull gold buttons, perhaps an inch apart. The blouse effect closed apparently by double rows of buttons to match the skirt, and the sleeves were also plaited and showed tiny buttons at their center tops as well as at their wrists.—New York Times. Girl's Blouse Frock. Many of the styles that have taken such a hold upon adult fashionable persons are duplicated in a modified manner for the young girl's fashions. This is exemplified in the smart design illustrated, with its deep yoke, long shoulder effect, as well as the full gathered blower and skirt. The design is capable of several variations, and will lend itself to any material from cottons to the most expensive silk. The full blouse is gathered to a yoke, which ```markdown ``` may be in plain or drop shoulder style. Made with the fancy collar one would have three distinct styles from the same pattern, and yet all would be entirely different. With such a model one could fit out the little maiden with both school dresses and Sunday-go-to-meeting frocks. As illustrated, it is made of blue cashmere, which is fast becoming the popular material of the season, trimmed with black Hercules braid. The pointed collar is made of all-over lace. The selection of trimmings, however, depends entirely upon the material and intent of the garment. Fashions in Necklaces. The matter of bead necklaces and neck strings is being made much of by the woman of to-day. So prevalent is the fancy that it influences alike the woman who buys from a bargain counter of jewelry and the woman who is patron of the exclusive Oriental shop. Sometimes the beads are garishly colored, and at other times they are tinted the paleest azure or ivory or pinkish violet. Amber, doubtless following the vogue for the topaz, is especially favored, and coral is supreme over all. Coral colored neither too deeply nor too faintly, but with the medium, tinge, is the costliest. Hundreds of dollars must be paid for such a chain, at the same time that the ordinary stores offer imitation strings costing about 10 cents a foot. Nevertheless, considerable part of the imitation work involves fine workmanship and solid metal in the making, so that the price is not infrequently high. Mother of pearl and fresh water pearls of uneven cut are combined with rose gold in short chains. Braided strings of pearls have tassels of small pearl beads with a slide of dull gold in a dragon's head or a piece of onyx in robin's egg blue. New Dress Materials. While all of the favored materials are as sheer as can be imagined, they are, nevertheless, heavy enough to retain some shape and to be somewhat more serviceable than were the tulles and gauzes and chiffons of former days. Now it is the double chiffon—the weave that is so often miscalled chiffon cloth, a term which belongs to the broadcloths and ladies' cloths and other weaves—which fashions the filmy and misty frocks in which the debutante delights. The silk gauzes, too, are of what the trade terms iron frame weave; while as for the velvets and velveteens, the silks, the brocades, they are all of them delightfully light in weight and sheer in texture. although sufficiently firm in their suppleness to render adequate service. Blouses of Old Lace. A fine utilizing of old lace consists first in going through one's lace box and collecting all bits of fine sprigged or spotted net and pieces of bold patterned gulpure or such lace. It is hardly believable how well odd bits of lace will match up to each other after they have been sent to the cleaners to be tinted the same shade. After their return one of the ever useful lace blouses can be made up by using the fine net for the ground, with motifs of the bolder patterns scattered over, and the whole made up over silk. One blouse was made up according to this suggestion of lace tinted a fine old ivory and mounted over a beautiful rose pink silk slip. It was trimmed with many ruchings of narrow, Dresden flowered ribbon, and was finished with a collarless neck for late afternoon wear. A bit of feature was added to it in buttons, very small, covered with ribbon closely gathered. A similar blouse may be made with the edges of the lace motifs bound with colored velvet bebe ribbon, or buttonholed with chenille. One entire blouse was made up of one of the long lace scarfs so much worn last season, whose owner became tired of it as a scarf. Variety in Sleeves. Sleeps, always a mooted point, are finding delightful variety of expression. As far as fullness goes, they are all of them full, and full in about the same region and proportion, but their variety as to length is largely a matter of caprice. When the sleeves is long, then it is long indeed, the mitaine design that comes well down over the hand being the one preferred. Some of the newest have a little stitch catching a place for the thumb to slip through, this making the mitaine a real thing achieved. But when the sleeve is short, then is it especially short. Those that stop just above the elbow are preferred by the woman whose arm is prettily rounded, while her less favored sister takes it coming well over the bend of the elbow and with a frill or two of lace or chiffon for a finish. Charming Three-Quarter Coat. One of the most charming of three-quarter coats is cut straight, almost as straight as an automobile coat. Its material is broadcloth and its color a deep cream. The front of the coat is cut in big scallops and double breasted. It buttons with big black velvet buttons over button molds. There is a big pointed collar and from this collar there hangs black velvet straps, upon the end of which is a rhinestone button of glistening quality. Lace, put on in panels, trims the front and there are touches of black velvet upon the wide collar and upon the wrist cuffs, for the sleeves are brought in to a tight, wide cuff. Applique Motifs. Immensely pretty are the motifs which are being used as trimmings. A pansy motif is as pretty a thing as can be chosen for the trimming of a waist. Take a piece of purple velvet and cut it out in the shape of a pansy. Apply a couple of leaves of a much lighter shade of velvet. In the middle sew a tiny deep colored bead to look like a jewel. Now work the petals with long silk stitches and you have as handsome a motif as could be used for the trimming of a gown. Stock for Black and White Costume. For the girl who likes the black and white combination there are little stocks of black velvet ribbon two inches wide. A plain band of the velvet runs around the throat, and two graduated tabs fall down the front, and are finished with small ornaments in white silk cord or cut steel. Under the tabs at the throat is set a smart cravat of white malline, which stands out on either side like wings. Peach Sherbet Two quartz and one pint of milk, five cups of sugar, one quart of peaches chopped fine, sprinkle over them one cup of sugar. Let stand one hour, then add to the milk the peaches and the juice of three lemons, pinch of salt. Home canned peaches are the best. Crane de Chine Waist Blouse of crepe de chine covered with a draped bolero of the same with a draped bole piped with black velvet and finished with ruffles of valenciennes lace. The little yoke is tucked and bordered with a beautiful embroidery on linen. 1 It is finished around the slightly low neck with a black velvet piping and a lace frill; knots of the velvet ornament the front. The puffed sleeves are shirred at the top and finished above the elbows with lace ruffles headed by the velvet piping, with knots of velvet on the outside. Javelle Water for Laundries. One gallon of water, four pounds of ordinary washing soda and a quarter of a pound of soda. Heat the water to boiling hot, put in the soda, boll about five minutes, then pour it over two pounds of unslacked lime. Let it bubble and foam until it settles. Turn it off and bottle it for use. This is the article that the Chinese laundries use for whitening their linens. High-Crowned Hate Coming. The milliners advise their clientele that the high-crowned hat is assured for the coming season, and are showing it methodically and persistently. Some of the very best modes show the extreme of height, but a good conservative model comes in a three-and-a-half-inch crown, which for the present, to most women, seems quite high enough. Battle Creek Sanitarium. Battle Creek! What memories that name conjures up—memories of other days—even the pioneer days, when the redmen of the northern lake region bent the bow and smeared their faces with keal—braided their flowing locks with feathers of the porcupine and wild eagle, that they might appear more wild, if possible, than before. And as they painted the cheeks and braided the hair, the squaw-women sharpened the flint arrow heads and shaped new bows, that their lords night do battle to the death with other redmen. And here at Battle Creek, way up in Michigan, a great battle one day did occur, and when it was over, and the sun kissed the range to the far west, the tom-toms were muffled and the squaw-women wrapped their heads in vari-colored blankets and wept, for with the going down of the sun, many braves passed to the proverbial happy hunting grounds. But that was many, many moons ago, as the Indians measure time, and a new era has long since dawned. True, it is "Battle Creek" to-day, just as it was decades ago, but, instead of the cry of the savage, is heard the hum of industry; the throb of life; the greeting of men and women of the Anglo Saxon race—the shouts of happy boys and girls, who know of Battle Creek's former history only by tradition. And on here on the site of the famous battle between the red-men stands now one of the fairest cities of the great Northwest; a city sought out among thousands, for in it dwell, month after month, as the years come and go, men and women who find within the charmed circle that when they have long sought elsewhere—health. When one speaks of health, the mind naturally wings itself to Battle Creek, for up there health is to be found as at few other places on earth. Forty years ago there began in Battle Creek a return to nature movement, with purposes and principles in many respects similar to those which led to the famous "Brook Farm Experiment" twenty years before and to the Grahamite movement of that period. This movement, while religious, was avowedly non-sectarian, and was in a broad sense philanthropic, altruistic and reformatory. The immediate results were the establishment of a monthly journal now known as Good Health and shortly afterwards the erection of a health institution called "The Health Reform Institute." The chief features of the institute at this early period were diet reform, dress reform and the use of water as a curative agent. In 1876 the present management took charge of the institution and with the consent and cooperation of the Board of Directors (the institution having been incorporated ten years before), a thorough reorganization was effected. Broader plans were introduced, the methods of treatment were placed upon a substantial and thoroughly scientific foundation, and the name was changed to the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Since this time the growth of the institution has been constant and rapid. From year to year accommodations for patients and facilities for treatments were enlarged to meet the increasing patronage until February, 1902, when a great fire swept away the two principal buildings of the establishment. The erection of a new building was speedily begun, and the following year, May 31, 1903, the present fireproof main building, erected at a cost of more than $600,000, was dedicated. The cost of the entire establishment, including equipment, twenty dormitories, cottages and other buildings has amounted to more than $1,200,000. The Battle Creek Sanitarium as it stands to-day is recognized the world over as the most complete and thoroughly equipped establishment of its sort and the headquarters for physiologic therapeutics or natural methods. Connected with the Sanitarium is a Training School for Nurses, in which from two to three hundred nurses are constantly under training. These principles and methods have penetrated to the remotest parts of the civilized world, and scores of men and women who have been trained in these methods are devoting their lives to medical missionary work in heathen lands. The Battle Creek Sanitarium may be regarded as an epitome of the "return-to-mature" idea in practical operation. Its success in the restoration of sick people to health brings to it annually many thousands of men and women, many of whom have been pronounced incurable, but who, nevertheless, with rare exceptions, return a few months later to their homes prepared to enter again upon the battle of life. There are many sanitariums in the world, but few, if any, that are conducted on the same plane as that at Battle Creek. This haven of rest and health is in no sense a money-making scheme, and every cent that is made from patients who are able to pay for their accommodations is used to help those who have nothing but broken health. All over this country, and even beyond the seas, branch institutions are springing up—creepers from the mother plant at Battle Creek. One point in view is down on State street, in the center of the metropolis of the Middle West, Chicago, where hundreds of the city's poor are cared for as tenderly as if in the parent institution at Battle Creek. In a few brief paragraphs one can tell but little of the good work of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, but a postal card will bring pamphlets that will tell all—all except the knowledge obtained by actual experience, and that experience must be had at Battle Creek to be appreciated to its full worth. This institution at Battle Creek was not built up in a day—it took years of toil to reach the perfected state, and the work has but begun—the great work is to come from rising generations who are imbibing ideas from the Battle Creek home, and what it stands for. For Three Decades. For more than three decades the present institution has been the center of a wonderful educational, philanthropic and reform movement which has finally culminated in success undreamed of a few years ago, and in this connection a brief history is most opportune. In February, 1902, the two main buildings of the Sanitarium were destroyed by fire. For a short time the days were dark for those who had worked so hard to build it up. But strong hearts are not to be awed by misfortune, and a new building sprung from the ashes upon the old site. The dedication took place May 31, and June 1, 1903. An elaborate program was carried out and many men of national reputation made speeches and highly complimented the managers and their co-workers on their good work. Invitations were sent to all patients, rich and poor, who had ever been at the Sanitarium. Many re-sponded in person, and hundreds sent letters of regret. One of the prettiest sights in connection with the whole event was the procession of nurses and matrons which formed on the college grounds opposite the new Sanitarium building and marched through the audience to reserved seats at the right and left of the speakers' stand. The matrons in their usual cream white uniform, the nurses in blue and white, and the gentlemen nurses clad in white duck suits presented a sight which moved the audience to one simultaneous burst of applause. Sanitary Ideas. As before stated there are many sanitariums in the world, but none just like that at Battle Creek, it being the first of the kind, so far as known, where an attempt has been made, and crowned with success, to bring together in one place and under one management all rational healing agencies, giving special prominence to those physiological or natural healing agents the scientific knowledge of which has been chiefly developed within the last century, especially hypotherapy, electrotherapy, massage, exercise, diet, sunlight, mental and moral influences, rest, and general health culture. Of course the first thing to be taken into consideration was the construction of the building to be occupied, for much depended upon that. But after it had been discussed pro and con a plan entirely satisfactory was adopted and the structure to-day plays no small part in the healing process that goes on from day to day at Battle Creek. A. Return to Nature Movement. A Return to Nature Movement. The philosophy of the Battle Creek Sanitarium may be defined as the return-to-nature idea. The doctors teach the use of natural foods, natural life, the use of natural agents in the treatment of disease. A great amount of attention is given to dietetics. Fruits, nuts and nut preparations, cereal foods and easily digestible vegetables are the basis for the delicious menus which are daily served in the great Sanitarium dining room, at which sit down hundreds of intelligent men and women from all parts of the United States and even from foreign countries. Milk, eggs and other dairy products are also freely used. Great care is taken to provide the very best and choiceest of everything edible, of which the physicians approve. During the year which has just closed a vast amount of these things were required to provide for the army of patients who visited the sanitarium, for several thousand sufferers housed there during the twelve months of 1904. As to the expense for the past year it was considerable, amounting to a total of $327,189.99, divided as follows: Nut foods, 50 tons, $26,768.80; cereal foods, 101,994 pounds, $9,521.19; bread, 65,026 pounds, $2,657.43; canned goods, 3,699 cases, $10,506.65; fruit juices, etc., made on the place, 11,430 gallons, $2,030.90; fresh fruit, 5,783 bushels, $10,203.46; vegetables, 5,137 bushels, $3,695.20; sundry grocery items, 41,558 pounds, $3,396.38; eggs, 25,301 dozen, $6,789.65; butter, made on the place, 29,961 pounds, $5,951.59; cream, 68,678 quarts, $10,323.70; milk, 57,366 quarts, $1,692.45; coal, 5,714 tons, $20,000.00; labor, $213,553.59; total $327,189.99. The amount of charity dispensed during the past ten years at this sanitarium amounted to $585,610. To care for the patients an average of 725 men and women were employed during each year, and an average of 550 patients are under treatment at this sanitarium every day in the year. We have given our readers only a brief glance at the workings of this unique establishment. Another article would be required to give something of the details of the daily routine of a guest at the Sanitarium, and of the methods which have given to this institution its world-wide reputation as a Mecca for sick folks. Must Marry to Get Prize. An artillery volunteer won recently at a shooting match at Blackpool, England, a prize consisting of a wedding ring, gratuitous marriage ceremony, a wedding equipage, a polished cradle, and a bassinet. But he must marry within twelve months to get the prize. HUMOUR of the DAY And Both Object to His Lying Abed. Johnny—I wish my folks would agree upon one thing, and not keep me all the time in a worry. Tommy—What have they been doing now? Johnny—Mother won't let me stand on my head, and dad is all the time fussing because I wear my shoes out to fast—Stray Stories. Why Josh Shaved. Zeke—How did Josh come to get them whiskers shaved off what he has worn for nigh onto 30 years? Zack—Waal, as I understand, his children are all grown up now, an' their ain't no danger of his face skeeper in' em to death—Chicago Journal. All He Wanted. Mama—Isn't that a beautiful toy boat? Johnny—Yep, an' if I only had and other one I could have a collision. A. Phenomenon. "Your husband ain't very industrious, is he?" said the woman who was sitting in the sleigh in front of the village store. "Well," answered the woman in the spring wagon, "sometimes he is an sometimes he ain't. He'll travel for miles and miles with a shotgun on his shoulder, but he can't walk a hundred yards with an armful of wood." Then He Was Fired. Employer—Haven't you anything better to do than to sit at the telephone calling up girls all the time? Employe—Well, you see, I used to be a street car conductor. Employer—What's that got to do with it? Employe—and I got into the habit of ringing up the fair. Dirt Cheap. They tell this in Brooklyn and are unashamed. An old lady got up in a Fulton street prayer meeting and gave her testimony. "I praise thee, Lord, that I am a Christian," she said. "I've lived in Brooklyn for twenty years, and my religion has only cost me 35 cents." $\rightarrow$ New York Sun. He Wanted to Know. "About 3 o'clock this morning," said the doctor, "my night bell rang, and when I inquired what was wanted a man on the stoop asked: "Can you inform me if the doctor next door makes night calls? I have been ringing his bell for ten minutes, but no one answers." A. Slight Change. Miller—I say, old chap, does your wife still call you by the sweet names she used to? Farmer—Oh, yes—that is to say, with some slight variations. Instead of "honey," for example, she now uses the kindred term "old beeswax."—Boston Transcript. Cold Weather for It Ida—This story says the heroine was wrapped up in a dime novel. May—Goodness! Is that all she had to wear? Working on Bumps "Is you husband at home, madam?" asked the caller at the door. "Sure and he's not," said the big, red-faced woman who had opened the door. "You see, madam, I am a traveling phrenologist, and I'd like to examine the bumps on your husband's head." "You're too late. We did have a bit of an argument this morning, and my husband's gone down to the doctor's to have him examine them."—Yonkers Statesman. Impartial. Yeast—You say the quartet got four encores? Crimsonbeak—Yes; you see the audience wanted to be perfectly impartial, so they gave one for each man. MIRRORS SAY some bitter things about people at times, and they talk to you to your face. Do you converse with your mirror? JOHN H. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP TRADE FOR THE ISKIB MARL SCALP AND Compliance by its rare ability to nourish and clease the minutely constructed cuticle permits us to make a good looking-glass impression. INITIAL OFFER. In case your dealer cannot supply you send us his make and we will send prepaid to any address for $1.00 the following toilet acquires. 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. BOSTON SYMPHONY SALARIES They Vary According to the Man Enabled. The terms under which the Boston Symphony players are engaged are very various. The rank and file are for the most part under annual contracts for a season of twenty-nine weeks (of which twenty-four are devoted to the Boston concerts and five to travelling), at a salary of from $30 to $35 a week upward. The chief players—the first violin, or concert-master, and some of the other best violists, the first cellist, the first performer; on the other instruments—receive more, up to an annual salary of $5,000, with engagements of several years. Some receive weekly salaries of various amounts guaranteed for various periods of time beyond the regular season, sometimes as long as forty-five weeks in the year. The conductors have received salaries of about $8,000 or $10,000—From Richard Aldrich's "The Boston Symphony Orchestra" in the February Century. His Early Training "I hadn't been in the saloon business a week," said the ex-pugilist, with an open-faced sigh, "when my place was pulled." "What was the trouble?" asked his friend from the west. "Same trouble I had when I was doing occasional stunts in the squared circle," replied the other. "I didn't know when it was time to shut up." A friendless man is one who is learning to play a cornet. A FELLOW FEELING. Why She Felt Lenient Towards the Drunkard A great deal depends on the point of view. A good temperance woman was led, in a very peculiar way, to revise her somewhat harsh judgment of the poor devil who cannot resist his cups and she is now the more charitable. She writes: "For many years I was a great sufferer from asthma. Finally my health got so poor that I found I could not lie down, but walked the floor whilst others slept. I got so nervous I could not sit anywhere. "Specialists told me I must give up the use of coffee—the main thing that I always thought gave me some relief. I consulted our family physician, and he, being a coffee fiend himself, told me to pay no attention to their advice. Coffee had such a charm for me that in passing a restaurant and getting a whiff of the fragrance I could not resist a cup. I felt very lenient towards the drunkard who could not pass the saloon. Friends often urged me to try Postum, but I turned a deaf ear, saying, "That may do for people to whom coffee is harmful, but not for me—coffee and I will never part." "At last, however, I bought a package of Postum, although I was sure I could not drink it. I prepared it as directed, and served it for breakfast. Well, bitter as I was against it, I must say that never before had I tasted a more delicious cup of coffee! From that day to this (more than two years) I have never had a desire for the old coffee. My health soon re turned; the asthma disappeared, I began to sleep well and in a short time I gained 20 pounds in weight. "One day I handed my physician the tablets he had prescribed for me, telling him I had no use for them. He stayed for dinner. When I passed him his coffee cup he remarked: 'I am glad to see you were sensible enough not to let yourself be persuaded that coffee was harmful. This is the best cup of coffee I ever drank.' he continued; 'the trouble is so few people know how to make good coffee.' When he got his second cup I told him he was drinking Postum. He was incredulous, but I convinced him, and now he uses nothing but Postum in his home and has greatly improved in health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODS... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO GSSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Peet ee lariciiice ere eee oes ree tna : 3 ae mona sa i fiatetly paid in advance Matered at the Post Office at Kansas Oity, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. Allnews matter intended for pub Moation should reach our office not a ter than Tucsday, of each week and ust be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- ————_———— WRIOE!-No. 117 West Sixth, St. Kaneas City, Mo. seer nr Advertising Rates, fr one tech, one insertion on Sr Sue inch, rach euvecqueat insertion © Fortwo inches, three most nse ass 8 For two inches alt samt hoo FoEteoHschee hha month 000 a er we inches twelve moutha = ss IND 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. e—_—_—_—“*“*_*=_____nen= EDITORIALS. sAccording to Emerson Hough, white nile must be maintained at all costs. If “the law of the land” is inadequate, white men must rise above the law to dominate the blacks. A race war predicted in this remarkable book, Which has been indorsed by governors of Southern states, | Emerson Hough, in his new novel The Law of the Land,” which is at tracting wide attention and has just been indorsed by the governors of: many of the Southern states, takes. | startling and uncompromising position on the race problem, It is his convie:| tion that, unless laws are enacted to protect. white Southerners from Ne: kro domination threatened by the overpowering numbers of the blacks, White men must place their self-pres ervation above the law and hold the ignorant Negro population in eheek by force of arms He takes issue with President Roosevelt on the question of a white man inviting a Negro to eat at the same table with him, One of his lead ing charactors refuses to thus acknowl edge the Negro as his equal You white folie ean come to my ta Me," he tells a party of Northern “in- vestigators” who visit him with a Hlack man as one of their committee “or you can eat with the oppressed and downtrodden out in my kitchen if you like that better, Your fellow eit jzens (the Negro committeeman) can't eat at my table, Mr. Hongh draws the line plainly be tween whites and blacks. ‘The latter Will be entitled to equality, he says when they are equal to the whites In necessary requisites, Until that time comes, iit ever comes, Mr. Hough be lieves the Negro must be treated a belonging to an inferior race: “Pleas God,” he makes a Southern lawyer sa) in defending a prisoner charged with administering lynch law to Negroes “in defiance of statute laws. grow! weak and impotent,the white man wil wrest from whatever hand may hold i the right to protect the integrity o his race and the safety of his women, Mr, Emerson Hough has thought { expedient to give his views upon th kreat race question, In his commen thereon, Mr. Hough has entirely los sight of the progress which the Ne kroos in general have made in thei struggle for substantial happiness, H takes great pains to say nothing of thy intelligent, industrious, —law-abidin and thrifty Negro of this country. H takes the worthless Negro as his tex and damns the whole race, This { characteristic. of such men as Mi Hough. He not only condemns the et tire Negro race but defies the law an government under which we all exis Mr. Honsh fears Negro domination | localities where the Negroes outnun her the whites, but the fact Is too we known that such fear is unfounde for submissiveness is one of the mo potent characteristics of the Negr race, Following closely the entire a gument of Mr, Hough no one of an intelligence can discover other tha base prejudice and cussedness, ar though his sentiments might recety the sanction of @ few narrow-mind Southern governors, the majority the thinkers of that section of t country will refuse to take sides wi him, The Negroes of the Unit States, as a whole, are doing bett now than ever before, Education a encouragement are serving to redu crime and laziness, Such educatl and encouragement increased w have a still greater moral and progr: sive effect upon the members of t down-trodden race, But if every white man should share the sentiment of Mr. Hough and his sympathizers the Negro would not be allowed to light on the American soil which is so fast becoming the dumping ground for Bu: ropean illiterates and degenerates, To 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 tine on promises You do the right thing, You got yours, now give tis ours. Yes, we want some ‘of the Bice Jobe, The final success whieh attended the landing of Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston, 8. C., may be attributed to the stately intellf gence displayed by Dr. Crum himself, When his name was presented for con: firmation he was repeatedly turned down, He stood his ground without fear but at the same time refrained from any attempt to abuse those who fought his confirmation. His case pre: sents a good example to Negroes who become hot-headed, when per chance they are not favored with immediate consideration when seeking — prefer ment. It becomes our very painful duty to warn the Republicans of Jackson county and the state against the man- ner in which they are treating the loyal negro voters who stood by them in the last election, It is true many Demoverats contributed to the success of the ticket, 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 Negro ‘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 ft mose serious | consideration, If not, the Negro voters | will To the Jackson county Republicans: You have told the colored brother that if he proved loyal and you were suc- 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 tanght by the highest authority that he who is faithful shall be rewarded, What have you to of fer but a slap in the face? Year after \year the ery has been: “If the Ne- groes would only be loyal!” Wherein is your loyalty to the loyal being dem: onstrated? A Tarpon Towe a Hoashead. Times and places there are where the tarpon have been so numerons and so free in their antics as to be a pest ~ the smail fishermen, who in a cer- tain bay once harpooned a lordly fish, lashed him to a keg and pointed him to the open sea, Drawing the flow ing barrel he went splashing terror to lis kindred—an aquatic scarecrow. And as the militant hogshead, ferried hy a leaping twelve-stone fish, went marching down the bay, all tarpon, ‘great and small, took warning that they must keep. thetr performances within the tounds of decency —Coun ‘uy Life © Atneriea. Wealth and Longevity. The late Prof. Owen threshed out the question of wealth and longevity thoroughly. It was his conclusion that if it be trne that the dictary of the rich is opposed to health, the absence ‘of worry, of anaiety over the living of | themselves and their families, the ab- | fence of severe toll, and the like, more than compensate for any diges- | tive troubles they may incur. Prob- ably most rich people eat too much | ana their dietary is too stimulating, but this is less dangerous to life than | is frequent. hunger with overwork, anxiety and exposure, A happy me- dium, of course, is the suggestion of common sense and experience, BEWARE OF HARD TOOTHBRUSH Experienced Dentist Asserts It Ie Cause of Many Ills. eee Cee eee Cearee “In spite of all that is printed now- adays about the care of the teeth,” said an experienced dentist, “we should have to go out of business if we depended upon the patronage of men and women who have passed the prime of life, It is a mistake to as- sume that most of the false teeth are made for old persons, I venture to say that scarcely a day passes that a pa: tient well in the sixties does not come to my office for some slight treatment to an almost perfectly sound set of teeth. “I have frequently treated men and women past fifty who never had a tooth out, and but one or two slight cavities that required filling. On the other hand, we are repeatedly called upon to make artificial teeth for very young persons, I attribute it to the use of the hard toothbrush, which { & comparatively modern invention The use of a hard brush, even oc casionally, 1s a great mistake. ‘The softest kind of hogs’ bristles makes the best toothbrush,” 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 @ 8% bs m 2 =° oe 3 s a& Beet 1s ; ®e ec) > =} S ® ‘ h 33 8 = 3 3) : = = RA 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 Care (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this “Hot Springs Special” is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, call or address . E. S. JEWETT, Passenger and Ticket Agt. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY, MO. ‘Telephone 740 Hickory, FARMER'S LAND WAS SOUR Simple Test With Litmus Paper Showed Acid. The state experiment stations are doing a great work for the farmers. The following incident shows how simple some of the tests are “when you know how,” says a writer in Country Life In America, A. station official was gotng over a farm with the owner when they came to @ crawfishy plece of land just back of the barn, the very weeds looked yellow and un- healthful “Tam Inclined to think,” remarked the agriculturist, “that this land 1s too acid for productivity. We can de- termine this in a moment.” Taking a blue plece of paper from his pocket he stooped and dipped the paper in some of the soll water that was standing in a cow track, To the owner's astonishment the blue paper changed to a red color 48 soon as it ‘was immersed. “There,” said the agriculturist, “we have our proof. This is just a plece of Htmus paper. For 5 cents you can Duy a similar piece at any drug store ‘Its change of color shows that the land fs sour. Crops cannot thrive on sour land any more than children can thrive on sour milk.” Live for One Day Only. Don't worry, It 1s neither manly, helpful or businesslike, and no good ever resulted from the habit. Worry: ing can be overcome by exercising the will power, People of sensitive minds worry over some trivial and thought: Jess remark, and dwell upon it till it is magnified Into a grievous and In- tentional insult. Past errors, and a gloomy anticipation of calamities to core are other forms of the unwhole some habit.—London Answers, Physicians Couldn't Wed. There once was a time when doctors were doomed to celibacy. It was at the conclusion of the medieval period when medicine was in the hands of tie nonks. In France, the British Medi cal Journal recalls, the labit of cell .aey persisted long after the practice of medicine had passed into lay hands For two of three centuries the doc tors protested, but in vain. The mat ter was finally laid before the pope and towards the end of the fifteenth «eutury the vow was abolished. Dunee Became Griliiant. Eugene Sue, the author of the world popular "Mysteres de Paris,” is one of the many instances of the schoolboy dunce who in after years becomes @ shining literary light, Not only was he a failure at school but as a young man he ran through the fortune left him by his father, a fashionable doc- tor, in less than three years, and took to writing as the last refuge of the destitute. His most successful work first appered as a feuilleton in the Journal des Debats. ‘THE HOME TO COME TO. : Ideal Refuge From the Stress of Life ‘Well Described. The ideal home is one in which the inmates think more of thelr dutles than of their rights, and recognize ‘that they are responsible for each oth- er's happiness. To be admitted to such a hearth, warmed by the crimson flame of charity and household affee- tion; bright with the sparkle of gay- ety and rarer flash of wit; illumined by the glow of thought and clear light of sincerity; beautiful with courtesy, forbearance and refinement; its atmos- phere vital and with the oxygen of moral purity and open to currents of ‘fresh Ideas; adorned by culture and social amenity, and securely bullt upon righteousness and faith, {8 moral re generation as well as happiness an¢ rest. Whether rich or poor, with many or few inmates or only one, any hearth may breathe this home spirit, while tc come home to somebody in such s heaven is the best and most lasting of earthly joys—Maxwell Gray dt Black an’ White. FISHING LINES FROM GRUBS. Details in the Manufacture of Silk- worm Gut. Tt has been found that silkworm gut forms the best line for fishing pur- poses, partly on account of its great tenacity and partly because it {8 so transparent. Every year # sufficient number of Spanish silkworm grubs are selected for this purpose. After they have eaten erough mulberry leaves, and before they begin to spin, they are thrown into vinegar for sev: eral hours. Each insect is Killed and the substance which the grub in the natural course would have spun into @ cocoon is forcibly drawn from the dead worm into a much thicker and shorter silken thread. The threads are then plaged in pure water for about four hours and afterward dipped for ten minutes in a solution of soft soap. The fine outer skin 1s thus loosened, fo that the workman can remove it with his hands. The threads must be dried in @ shady place, and are often bleached with sulphur vapor until they acquire the bright appearance of spun glass. oe ee ee Makes HAIR GROW Makes: HAIR STRAIGHT Makes HAIR SOFT Makes HAIR SILKY Stops HAIR FALLING Cures DANDRUFF KINKINE Is no experiment. It was discovered by Dr. Roberts, a famous English chemist, who bas ‘made a study of the scalp of colored people for the past thirty years, ana who, after much time and experience, has ‘prepared this great Tonle espe- cially for the colored people. ‘The Doctor says that his experience and study has taught him that the scalp of the colored people requires ® ‘special treatment, and after laboring ‘and testing these many years he bas discovered the greatest REMEDY the | WORLD has ever known for the HAIR |of colored people. | KINKINE will make the hair GROW |from one to three inches per month if ithe directions and instructions are | carefully followed out. We have many cases on record where the above re- sults have been obtained, and we do not hesitate when we make these | claims. KINKINE fs the only safe prepara: tion in the WORLD that is guaranteed to make the HAIR STRAIGHT and make dry hair smooth and stop {t from breaking off and falling out; takes out all the kinks and knots, cures Dan druff, makes the bair soft and silky and by nourishing the roots gives It new life and vigor, restoring it to nat ural color. READ WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY OF IT: Mand Wilson, Marion, Ind., writes: “Kinkine gives satisfaction, 1 take pleasure in recommending {t.” Mary G, Sommer, Alton, IIl., writes: “1 have used your Kinkine with won derful results.” Fanny Meyers, Danville, Va: “1 am glad to say it has done my head more good than anything I ever used. Rose Holt, Atlanta, Ga., writes: “gend me three dozen more bottles 0 Kinkine at once; goes like hot caks and works wonders on the hair.” LARGE BOTTLE SENT PREPAII for 35e; SIX for $1.40, and ONE DOZ EN for $2.80. FREE! To show what KINKINE will do send 10c, and.we will mall ¢ | sample postpald. |" AGENTS WANTED everywhere t | sell KINKINE. Write today for terms | THE KINKINE COMPANY, 343 W. 14th St. NEW YORI A. @. HOWARD Tr now ready to fill your orders for coal and feed in large or small quantities, Home Phone 1696 Main. Street number 1025 Pacific. Joun P, TILLHNOF. Eetablished ises. Ws. J. CAmPrELL TILLHOF & CAMPBELL non Peete a tet Ide Son BL CE ee inc. DIAMOND PAINT GO. (DEVOE,) PAINT, VARNIGH, BRUSHES. C. A. CAMPBELL, Mgr. Tel. 946. 4214 GRAND AVENUE At the Vendome Dancing Academy. 1734 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. DANCING EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING ADMISSION 200. Class Every Nadebatnd ol Adada 0 Thursday Afternoon and Saturday Evening. ADMISSION 25oc. MUSIC BY IMPERIAL ORCHESTRA PROFESSOR JEFFREY BUSSE, Instructor of Dancing. at Bre A. WILLIG, Manager. Home Phone NEVER Hotel New Port Neatly Furnished Rooms and Cafe Near Corner Eighteenth and Tracy, 1807 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. MRS. V. L. NORTH, Prop. OPEN DAV AND NIGHT. “THEODORE SMITH. DRUGGIST. Two Stores: 908 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, Puones {Borfait orang PHONES {Bor aivowaa” KANSAS CITY, MO. . Dealer in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Stationery, Etc. Give us an Order by Phoneand See if We are not there with the Goods, Ghe Stoeltzing Stowe and Hardware Co. ————Pteseeeeeseee Best Stoves Made. ip AR rommrraad ae! viens the towrsahs ee pee: Seay ere Wholesale ood Retell Peninsular : aS Stee! Ranges, Stee! Oven Cook Stoves, Base Bur i ee | ners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... { Peninsular Stove Gc. | ae = ie SSS SSD inset Tighe for Coal and Wood, Clermont aE Oak Stoves, Schill Hise! Ranges and’ Faranece. hess Roa) | TIN WORK @ Speolaity. “| ae | | coceesh mew le ef. 50000 | cee i Window and Door Soreens and Refrigerators if eas i "Phone 1451. ce iss 1329 Grand Ave. cist em fe ONLY $10.00 ener NWI FEE. gers a MMOS TS) biikorti wan Wea KK ied m) aa APTS) scien rants hase 2a ss AZAR DAS) Se: KRADICSY Ser worm, ‘The Knowledge That Pays. If you glance round at the work of some of our big men you will be surprised to see how many have made their reputation by doing one small thing, but doing it well. If a man gets to the front in the narrow subject the world credits him with knowledge of all the rest. It ts, how- ever, even easier to acquire a large knowledge than an advanced special knowledge of one narrow subject. The specialty must not be too narrow, elther. It is often said that the pur- suit of knowledge has a nobility of {ts own. But what knowledge? No knowledge is worth obtaining for its own or any other sake, unless it Is or will probably be useful to man— James Swinburne, in Electrical Re- view. Sweetening Sugar. AM sugar is not sweet, or rather sweet enough to come up to the re quired standard of sweetness, so some kinds must be sweetened artifictally There are many establishments where this process 1s carried on. A cone of sugar is placed over an apparatus apex downward, many little holes in the ap paratus coming in contact with the point of the cone. A thick liquid 4s poured on the flat end of the cone and the machinery is set in motion. The holes become the mouths of the sue: tion tubes and the sweetening ifquid is @rawn through the cone, giving it the necessary quality. Belated Consideration. In the middle of a cold night last week,” remarked the druggist, “my store bell rang and I got up in a hurry to open the door, but to my disgust there was no one in sight. “Early the next morning, before my usual hour for opening the store, I heard some one rattling at the door knob, I went out to investigate and there stood a man who apologetically explained that he had come for some thing during the night, but after he had pulled the night bell the thought struc: bim how disagreeable it must be for me to get out of my warm ‘bed, and he had gone away, as what he wanted could as well be attended to A the morning.” : One Advantene Women Have. “Did you ever stop to consider what fan advantage poor downtrodden wom- er have over men when it comes to a place of residence?” asked the philos- opher of the suffrage advocate. “No, of course not. Well, when a maa ‘wants to claim a legal residence any- where he's got to do a whole lot of things before he can do so. He's got to live in the state a year or so, in the county six months and the elec- tion district in which he expects to vote thirty days, I think. Now, what does a woman do? Walks into a ho- tel or boarding house, plumps ber satchel down, and she's at home, You may laugh, but it’s a fact.” NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. G. H. JONES, 612 Jersey avenue. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there That enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Keep on the lookout for the McRay hotel. The Russians finally understand what war means. FOR RENT—Two rooms, unfurnished, at 1734 Vine street. The Smart Set met with much success in Kansas City the past week. Miss Osie Davis is very ill at her home, 605 McGee street, with the la grippe. Benjamin McGray stock is high at this time says the man from Blue Green. We will accept Thomas K. Niedringhaus, as it was the will of the majority. Why do so many of our colored friends refuse to pay such a small bill as a paper bill? Mr. William Ramsey of Topeka, Kan., and Miss Chloe Bailey of this city were married last week. The Son believes in rewarding those who have been faithful. That is why we were for Col. Kerens. Colored Agents wanted. Agents, big money sure. For particulars call foreno Sunday at 305 E. 11th street. Miss Alice Chandler of Huston, Miss., is here visiting her uncle, Mr. Sam Chandler, at 112 E. Sixth street. Allen Chapel is having a very successful revival. Dr. Peck is being assisted by several prominent ministers. The training of the hand together with development of the brain will produce splendid citizenship. Mrs Jane Cane of Kansas City has gone to Leadville, Col., to spend a month with her sister, Mrs. Robison. Mrs. John Davis of 1609 Lydia avenue met with a serious accident Tuesday. The doctor had to take several stitches. Beautiful large parlor room furnished, for rent to neat man and wife. Light housekeeping accommodations. Mrs. Shith, 2442 Flora avenue. Some of these times when you are playing tricks on us when we call to collect we will tell the public how cunning you are and tell your name. Ernest Hogan sings it as sport making, but the white folk sing it all coons look alike to them, but do you think they mean us? No, I guess they don't, but indeed they do. Mr. Charles H. Bell of 1734 Vine street comes well recommended, and has become associated with the Rising Son and is a solicitor and will be pleased to meet all the patrons and take their subscriptions for the paper. Mrs. C. A. Williams, who has been visiting in the East, now enroute for San Francisco, Cal., is stopping with Mrs. W. B. Smith, who has had her home in the country for the past two years but is now indisposed at 2839 Bellview avenue. The Smart Set that played in our city some four or five nights ago stayed at the Hotel Newport. Among them were Mr. Dudley, Miss Marrion Smart, Miss Jennie Hillman, Miss Kittie Past. This hotel is modern in every respect and is located at Eighteenth street and Tracy avenue. Mrs. V. L. North is the proprietor. The Negroes of the country want to show the world what they have done in the way of industrial achievement and an application will be made to congress for an appropriation of $1,200,00 to provide for a Negro exhibit at the Jamestown exhibition in 1907. At an early date prominent representatives of our race will be in Washington from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York and the South to present this matter before the proper committees of congress. Miss Jessie Griffin is in the grocery business at 99 James street. We wish her success. Give us more plucky girls like her. Doc Brown, the cake walker, is very sick at the city hospital. We hope we will recover. He would be glad to see his friends. When the collector comes to you for your subscription, why not pay him? Why tell him you want to see Woods? To my colored friends, I want the Those who promised to subscribe for the Rising Son, please leave the money at Hayes' grocery store on Lexington street. Henry Compton, proprietor of the restaurant at 915 Baltimore avenue, has gone to quite an expense to fix his place so you can be served in a first class manner, and you are invited to come and see for yourself. Regular 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 of the Magnetic Hair Straighteners or some Ozone we have it in stock at the Rising Son office and all other preparations from the Boston Chemical Co. Flint, Ala., June 14th, 1900. Dear Sirs: I have used your Ozonized Ox Marrow only a short while and it has improved my hair wonderfully. ROTHA FRANCIES. Dr. Smith succeeds because he knows his business and attends to it. He contributes liberally to churches, and all charitable institutions. We should always support a man of this kind. The editor wishes him continued success. 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. S. Protective Society, Salisbury, Mo. 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 proportions that in 1790, for instance, the business transacted amounted to 40,000,000 francs. Before the middle of the last century the railway 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. Perhaps no region of all the regions of the earth is more favored by nature for the production of cereals. It is claimed that wheat in its wild, uncultivated state has its home in the semi-arid regions, and that from here it has been transported to every quarter of the globe. London's "Little Italy." Reporting upon the "Little Italy" of one of London's most crowded districts, the health officer of the district says that the Italians are "generally superior" to the English persons who are their 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 passenger to the gloomy captain, "that you call it the donkey engine because it hasn't much horse power." Measures Growth of Plants. The United States department of agriculture has a clever little instrument which is used to record the daily growth of a plant. The top leaf of a seedling is held in a tiny clasp which in no way harms the plant. To this clasp is attached a small lever, the point of which is furnished with an indelible pencil, which rests lightly upon a paper record. As the plants grow the pencil naturally travels upward and leaves on the paper a record of the plant's growth. This shows the exact increase in growth of plants reared by electricity to those grown normally. Benefits of Proper 3breathing. The habit of slow, measured, deep breathing that covers the entire lung surface is of more value and importance than you will ever believe until you have tried it, and when you have established the habit of breathing in this manner you will say some remarkable things in its favor. It will reach all points of your physical system. All the benefits that occur from a healthy condition of the blood will in a greater or less degree be yours, for the manner and completeness with which the inspired air comes in contact with the blood in the lungs is of the utmost importance to every vital process.—Christian Work and Evangelist. ROOMS FOR RENT—LIGHT HOUSE- KEEPING At 1816 Wedland avenue. Heat and gas furnished. Rooms $3.00 and $3.50. A desirable place for anyone wishing a room at a home-like place. Bath free. Mr. H. Patton is the proprietor of a restaurant for ladies and gentlemen at 924 Wyandotte street. Dinner is served from 11:30 to 2 p. m. Short orders are served at all hours between 6:30 a. m. and 10:30 at night. Good service. Hot creme de menthe, claret phosphate, coffee, chocolate, root beer, beef tea, Roman punch, Jamaica ginger, English Breakfast tea, clam and tomato 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 E. T. Harris of 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 14 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 children in the way that they should go, and may they not go astray. So help me God! MRS. ROSA V. SAMUELS. NOTICE. Dr. Smith, the druggist, has no interest in the "Stock Drug Company," which is to be opened by some of the physicians of our city, but will continue to do business at 908 E. 12th street and 805 Independence avenue. Dr. Smith is serving up-to-date hot drinks. Give him a call. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23, 1893. Gentlemen: Please send me two bottles 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 advertisements, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. BOYS AND GIRLS Since Mother's Gone. Since mother's gone I miss the smile And gentle voice that used to cheer My boyish heart, day after day, And put to flight each care and fear Which chained to be going my way. No more about the humble home I see her ply her daily care. Or hear her sing some sacred song, Or plead with God in fervent prayr For right to triumph over wrong. I love to hear some sacred song Or pray the prayr she used to pray Or pray the prayr she used to pray That I to Him may firmly cling Who was her comfort day by day. When she was sick Remains to cheer me on my way. -Alva N. Turner, in Washington Post. Fun with a Fly Seesaw. Here is an amusing little trick that you will find lots of fun: Stick a long lead 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 : See-Saw in Operation. two players, although one will do. Each player chooses an end of the paper. In a moment a fly will alight on one end, attracted by the syrup, and that end of the paper will go down a trifle. Then another fly will light on the other end, or perhaps several will come there for the sweets and things will be reversed. As more files come, alighting on the ends, the paper will lean first this way, then, 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 in the house, but rather out of doors in the warm sunshine, where the flies will not bother any one. FRANK OLENO CO. 529 Grand Avenue KANSAS CITY. Furnished Rooms To Rent. BY DAY OR WEEK Meals at All Hours. At 1001 E. 18th St. G. SMITH. Propr. In a Lion's Mouth. 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 a strange and pleasing sight if we keep our eyes open. A few days ago, while riding my bicycle down Madison avenue, I heard the twittering of sparrows, and, looking up, saw in the mouth of the stone lion on the corner of the building of one of the city's prominent clubs the remains of a last year's nest, and two sparrows getting ready to build a new one for this year. It was such a novel place for a bird to choose for housekeeping that I stopped and made a sketch of it. While standing on the opposite corner sketching, the policeman of that "beat" came over to talk with me. He seemed pleased that I should have noticed the birds. He said that the sparrows had been keeping house there for several years. He had often stopped to watch them build their nests, and later feed their 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. This frolicsome frog needs only to be cut out and the three parts pierced through the dots with a pin, sticking the pin into a cork or stick to hold it firm. If pasted on an old visiting card it will have more body and last longer. Queer Lakes 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 ninety-nine acres, and its surface is composed of one great floating mass of asphaltum, seamed with veins of clear water. From it and a similar lake in Venezuela, the world's supply of asphalt is drawn, says the Washington Post. The Pitch Lake is a hideous place so far as smells are concerned, for the air all about it is heavy with noxious vapors, and from the center of the lake gushes a fountain of liquid asphaltum, in which there float and break bubbles containing most horrible gases. 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 filled up again with the pitch, which has risen during the night, so that the supply seems to be inexhaustible. This curious lake was discovered by Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed in Trinidad in 1595, on his way to the mouth of the Orinoco in search of El Dorado. Another strange lake is situated on a peninsula which juts out into the Caspian Sea. The whole surface of this lake is covered with a crust of salt so thick and strong that a man can ride across it on horseback with safety. In Central Asia, near the Caspian Sea, is a lake of beautiful rose water, while the banks are covered with salt crystals as white as snow. From the waters of this lake there arises a flower-like odor. The color and the odor are supposed to be caused by vegetable matter in the depths. There used to be a curious lake on the top of the Volcano de Agua, in Guatemala, 14,000 feet above the level of the sea. It was not fed by springs nor by rivers, but was caused by accumulations of snow and rain—in fact, was an immense reservoir. It lasted for centuries. Then, one day, the sides of the lake gave way, and down the waters rolled, dealing death and destruction, and digging a great barranca, or ravine, in the mountainside, which is still visible. No Daylight Weddings. 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Unconceally the poor thing went to you, Dreaming and dazzled in one golden minute. Let it be thrall to you—sweet service this is— Its only recompense your smiles and kisses! —Atlanta Constitution. THE GENERAL VALENTINE By Martha Young The February air was full of perfume and damp breeziness. Clouds, purple as the hyacinths about to bloom, seurried up and on—swiftly. A bunch of belated leaves, crisp and dry, in the great oak over the "office," just across the lawn from the Great House, kept up noise enough for a goodly forest. Gen. Pelham stood at the office window and listened to the crisp fluttering of the few dry leaves overhead. Any hour and all weathers the general might be seen looking out that open window to the grave on the lawn where wild grass and bluets grew. The grave always seemed fresh and new to the general, though to the rest of the world it was forty years old. This afternoon his eyes tried to avoid it, though custom kept them constantly turning toward it. "A man should employ the best means," the general mused aloud, "the best of means. Yes," he mused, "every resource should be used for the present and for those in it—" Now the present always came and went from the general before he recognized the guest, howbeit he was always politely acquiescent at a chance introduction. For himself, his heart beat in the past. For his grandchildren his thoughts bore all on the future. "This widow Lamont"—the general walked with the light, alert tread of the military man back and forth from the window to his stout plantation home-made desk—"seems a cheerful soul; a woman of parts; a very pretty wit. Doubtless very pleasant eyes behind her glasses—ahem! A woman of wealth of great wealth—" He handed the letters laid out on his desk, letters showing a very pretty wit. "Joseclyn Pelham"—he stopped short in his walking to and fro, and addressed himself in stern arraignment—"do I find you a seeker after paltry here? Do I find you marring man's finest sensibilities—" But what are the antique sensibilities of age against the pressing necessities of youth and the present? "But—those children-Edith, so like her"—an involuntary turn to the open window—"her grandchildren—they are her grandchildren as well as mine." Grandchildren! For that golden-haired darling of the twenty years out under the blues. "Lamont? Lamont?" mused the general. "I recall no statesman, no great deeds—ahem!—connected with that name—Lamont. Wealth, even great wealth without—somewhat of prominence—a name of honorable repute—perhaps is not by the discerning deemed wholly sufficient." The old general, straightened to his full height. "The advantage—expediency—might not be all upon one side. Expediency! Adjustment! Faugh! Miserable words. Let a name, widely and creditably known—ahem!" With that he reached to the row of encyclopedias above his desk. He chose out that stout leather volume XVII.; "Pag-Pug." Turning the leaves midway, reading: "Pelham, Joscelyn, Gen. B. 18—(ahem!) Led famous charge, etc., reading—splendid military achievements, etc." Replacing the volume—"A line—three lines—only. But, then—who today has three lines in the American Universal? Many a better man, perhaps, has not. True! Every resource for them—for her grandchildren as well as mine. "And to-night she comes, the widow Lamont, to visit us here at Prairie Lodge. And to-morrow unless—perhaps—the foreclosure of Prairie Lodge's mortgage will be advertised. Every resource—" He touched up his white hair and mustache before the tiny mirror that hung on the office wall, and stepped lightly across from the office to the house. "And so, Edith," the old man seated himself sturly, but elegantly, near the crackling wood blazes, "and so the widow Lamont is to come this evening." "The widow Lamont, as we and the world have long called her," with a ripple of laughter, "is already here, such as it is—a true t—you did not seek poor thing went to azzled in one golden to you—sweet service to your smiles and Atlanta Constitution. VALENTINE and, oh, dear grandpapa, you don't know how I hope you will love her." "Love her!" Were his secret designings penetrated? Were these with the callousness of youth hurrying him to the sacrifice? Stop. No gentleman would so designate it—the expedient adjustment. "Yes, dear grandpapa, for she says she has already learned to love you—" "Bless my soul!" The old commander sprang from his chair. This was courtship approached along no dallying path, but pressed on by short marches. "From your kind letters, grandpapa, she already longs to be, indeed, one of us—" "Mercy upon us!" The general, bold leader that he was, was nigh ready to call a retreat. "Yes, dear grandpapa," Edith laid a persuasive hand on the old man's arm, "and now the widow Lamont declares that only your sanction is needed for her joyously to put aside all mourning weeds and appear before the world as—Mistress Joscelyn Pelham!" "Just heaven!" The bold brigadier, who had never qualled before the fiercest onslaught of the foe, blanched now before such unconditional surrender. "Tell me, Edith," the general pleaded nervously, "does she greatly show her age? Or," mustering all his mettle, "is she well-preserved, and—" The good general tried over his shoulder to take a view in the long parlor mirror of the still excellent contour of his erect back. "Oh, grandpapa! Grandpapa! How you do make me laugh!" Who could blame the unintentional thoughtlessness of youth? "Dear grandpapa." Edith clasped her hands about his arm and paced the rug with him, "she has no age to speak of—" "How?" with horror. "She not young?" There must be no immolation of youth, beautiful youth. "She was married only at the deathbed of Mr. Lamont, at his earnest pleadings. She is none other than my old playmate. Do not start so violently, dear grandpapa! Lulu Carree. She learned something of the mortgages on our old home and she determined to help us, if permitted, with her surplus wealth. And just then chance brought about renewal of old acquaintance; she met brother Joscelyn, his company being encamped near the city of her residence. A childish fancy reawakened and grew into love. I have learned all this from herself just a half hour ago, and—the widow Lamont has now become Mistress Joscelyn Pelham, Junior!" "Junior! Ah-h-h! Do I understand you to say—Junior!" "Yes, dear grandpapa—what else could she be? Wife of our Capt. Joseyell Pelham. Jr—and the officealways your sanctum sanctorum, is to be yours still. The old home—the grave"—she whispered; she had never mentioned it to him before, and he had thought these young people, with the usual unconcern of youth, had never noticed how often, how always, his eyes strayed there. "All, dear grandpapa, will remain yours, ours, unchanged—" "My dear child!" Then he stopped midway the hearthrug and faced her sternly. "But can you tell me that to do all this there has been no considering—of expedient adjustment—faugh! Miserable words!" "None. None. Each loved the other in childhood. They met, they renewed their love before Joscelyn knew of Prairie Lodge's mortgages, and—grandpapa, here they come from their walk about the Cape Jessamine Circle. And, grandpapa, she wishes, she says, to be your—you know what day this is—your valentine!" "Bless my soul! A valentine? And at my age!" cried the general, and with unctuous relief he reached out his old arms to greet with unmarried satisfaction—Mistress Joscelyn Pelham, Jr. Later, when the talk was the gayest and the laughter was merriest, Gen. Pelham slipped out, unseen he flattered himself, (somewhat of insensibility belongs to and becomes youth), to the grave where the thin grass and the bluets grew, for a tender good-night thought for the golden-haired lassie of forty years ago.—New York Times. UTICA FENCE TOOL & BUTTON PLYER UTICA DROP FORGE & TOOL CO. Largest Makers of Nippers and Plyers in the World YOU BUY ONE GET NINE TOOLS 2 WIRE CUTTERS, 1 WIRE STRETCHER 2 HAMMERS. 3 STAPLE PULLERS. 1 WIRE SPLICER. HAMMER WIRE SPLICER WIRE CUTTER ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT! 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Mr. Henry Gannett the author of the bulletin, has also written an introductory chapter to the gazetteer proper in which he relates many interesting facts concerning the territory. The total population of the territory in 1900 was 392,060, of which not less than 302,680 were white, 52,500 were Indians, and 36853 were negroes, either former slaves of the Indians or their descendants. The chief industries of the Indian Territory are farming and cattle raising. The rainfall is ample and the soil rich and nearly every crop produced within the limits of the United States can be raised in the territory. The prairies of the Cherokee nation have been in large part leased to cattlemen and enormous herds of cattle range over them. In 1900 the number of farmers in the territory was 45,505, and 15.4 per cent of the territory was under cultivation. The average size of the farms was 100 acres, considerably larger than the average in the United States.—Kansas City Journal. 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"I understand," began the large, scrappy-looking politician, "dat youseh had a piece in your paper callin' me a thief." "You have been misinformed, sir," said the editor, calmly, "this paper publishes only news."—Cleveland Leader. $30.00 per M. Lewis! "Single Binder," straight 56 cigar, costs the dealer some more than other 56 cigars, but the higher price enables this factory to use higher grade tobacco. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. There are times when the so-called fatal gift of beauty looks as if it had been purchased at a bargain sale. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Hymno Quinid Tablets. All drug-gate retardant it costs to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 20c. Women who dress their hair to look like wigs are the limit. "WIRE FENCE REPAIR TOOL This issue carries advertisement of the Utica Black Bull Three Prong Wire Fence. The fence is well and substantially made and is the handiest thing on the farm for this class of work. It can be purchased from any hardware or direct from the factory at Utica, N. Y. Needed More Time. "And I suppose you're a very good little boy?" "That's wot! Wy I only got out o' the reform school vettidy." THE HAND OF LINCOLN. BY EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN. The subject of this poem is a plaster cast of Abraham Lincoln's hand. It is now in the National Museum at Washington. Atlas, according to the old mythology, was a man on whose shoulders the whole weight of the earth rested. According to the Bible, Anak was the ancestor of a race of giants. OOK on this cast, and know the hand That bore a nation in its hold; From this mute witness understand What Lincoln was—how large of mould The man who sped the woodman's team, And deepest sunk the ploughman's share, And pushed the laden raft astream, Of fate before him unaware. This was the hand that knew to swing The axe—since thus would freedom train Her son—and made the forest ring, And drove the wedge, and toiled amain. Firm hand, that loftier office took. A conscious leader's will obeyed. And, when men sought his word and look, With steadfast might the gathering swayed. No courtier's, toying with a sword. Nor minstrel's, laid across a lute; A chief's, uplifted to the Lord When all the kings of earth were mute! The hand of Anak, sinewed strong, The fingers that on greatness clutch; Yet, lo! the marks their lines along Of one who strove and suffered much. For here, in knotted cord and vein, I trace the varying chart of years: I know the troubled heart, the strain, The weight of Atlas—and the tears. Again I see the patient brow That palm erewhile was wont to press; And now 'tis furrowed deep, and now Made smooth with hope and tenderness. For something of a formless grace This moulded outline plays about: A pitying flame, beyond our trace Breathes like a spirit, in and out. The love that cast an aureole Round one who, longer to endure. Called mirth to ease his ceaseless dole, Yet kept his nobler purpose sure. Lo. as I gaze, the statured man, Built up from yon large hand, appears: A type that Nature wills to plan But once in all a people's years. What better than this voiceless cast To tell of such a one as he. Since through its living semblance passed The thought that bade a race be free! NOT A RAIL SPLITTER. Lincoln Said to Have Denied Widely Prevalent Belief. The Boston Republic lately printed some reminiscences of the Hon. John Conness, U. S. senator from California from 1863 to 1869, and the sole survivor of the eight pallbearers at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Conness, who is now a resident of Boston, attacked one well-rooted tradition. "Lincoln was not a rail-splitter," he said. "He once told me he never split a rail in his life. "I recall distinctly the occasion on which Lincoln told me about the rails-splitting. I was at the White House one morning by appointment, discussing some official matter, and by degrees our conversation drifted into other channels. John Hay, then the assistant secretary, came in for a second with some papers, among which were one of the weekiles of the day with some picture or statement referring to the Illinois Rail-Splitter." "Do you know, Conness," said Mr. Lincoln to me, "there isn't a word of truth in this rail-splitting business, not a word; and yet what am I to do about it? The day after I was nominated I was standing on the front porch of my house, and the people were coming up to congratulate me, and parading by, some of them actually carrying on their shoulders the rails which I was supposed to have split. "I was much confused and troubled, and did not know exactly what I could do about it. My impulse was to tell them, but then, I thought, here were masses of men taking their own means of expressing their pleasure at my nomination, and I asked myself if I should dampen the ardor of my supporters on the very threshold of the campaign, or let it go on and treat it as a means or incident in our election. "Then all of a sudden there occurred to me a little story about an old farmer who lived up near where I did when I was a boy. He was an old bachelor, and didn't have much of a farm, and was a peculiar chap. Farm-hands didn't like to work for him, and he used to have a lot of trouble getting them. "Finally he got one, a good, hard-working fellow, who was a great help to him, and who stayed longer than any of the others. This fellow had only one fault, he used to love to sing. He sang all the time about the house, and when the was working in the field. "By and by the old farmer got so that the singing disturbed him considerable. So he called up the man and said: "Look here. John, you must stop this singing. It's really more than I can stand. Don't let me hear you again." L "John went out and tried silence for a couple of days, but one morning the old farmer found a note for him saying: "Have gone to hoe where I can sing." So, Conness, I just thought I'd let 'em sing." The real value of the tradition lies in its clear assertion of the fact that Lincoln was one of the humble people who grew to high estate. That is true, and because the tradition put the truth in a form that every one could grasp, it has survived. Emerson on Lincoln. The president impressed me more favorably than I had hoped. A frank sincere, well-meaning man, with a lawyer's habit of mind, good, clear statement of his fact, correct enough, not vulgar, as described; but with a sort of boyish cheerfulness, or that kind of sincerity and jolly good meaning that our class meetings on commencement days show, in telling our old stories over. When he has made his remark, he looks up at you with great satisfaction, and shows all his white teeth, and laughs. He argued to Sumner the whole case of Gordon, the slave trader, point by point, and added that he was not quite satisfied yet, and meant to refresh his memory by looking again at the evidence. All this showed a fidelity and conscientiousness very honorable to him. When I was introduced to him, he said, "Oh, Mr. Emerson, I once heard you say in a lecture, that a Kentuckian seems to say by his air and manners, 'Here am I; if you don't like me, the worse for you.'"—Diary of R. W. Emerson in the Atlantic. Can You Improve This? It is not very well known that in the hall of one of the great colleges of England there hangs a frame enclosing a few sentences of which Abraham Lincoln is the author. They are considered the best English that was ever written. You or I might read them over and call them very simple indeed. And they are so simple that any child who reads at all can read and understand them. That is one thing that makes them great. It was his being simple and plain that made Lincoln himself great. Now, here is a little paragraph by Lincoln which he made a rule of his conduct. Suppose you try to write it over and see how much you can improve it. See if each word is the right one, and try to find a better word for the place. Notice how simple this is; all but two are words of a single syllable: "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong." BISHOP OWES HEALTH AND LIFE TO PE=RU=NA. "I have found Peruna to be a great remedy for catarrh. I have suffered with this terrible disease for more than twenty years, until since I have been using Peruna, which has relieved me of the trouble. 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U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 6, 1908 25 CTS PISO'S CURE FOR CURSED WHERE ALL ELSE FAILED Hosts Suffer From Allergies. Use in time. Bold by drugs. CONSUMPTION Don't Lay It Up. Don't lay it up—that bitter grudge— Against your friend or neighbor, Or dig about in your care and labor. Wry so much care and labor. Nay! Rather nobly pass it by, Or thrust it out to fade and die. You may be right and he 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, nor let a thought To lowest revenge possess you. When tales intrigue your ears Your cars will distress you. Nor chase the wrong with bated breath— A lie will run itself to death. Instead, build up an honest life Upon a sure foundation. And let the human castle walls Be strong in their formation. Then may you court 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 Sneezing. "There are times when to sneeze is to be embarrassed," said a society man; "at a dinner table, a social function of some sort, or in the theater, for example, but most people console themselves with the thought that it is something that can't be prevented. They are mistaken in this belief, however, for it can be prevented, and by a very simple expedient. When one feels the premonitory symptoms of a sneeze coming on, if he will just press firmly down on the lip on either side of and a little below the nostrils, the symptoms will grudually die off and the sneeze will be avoided."—London Answers. 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. COUPLES BROUGHT TO ALTAR Enticing Premiums Caused "Epidemic" of Marriages In certain quarters of the world enoughe premiums are put upon early marriages. Some years ago the mayor of a southern town in France offered a reward of $20 to every couple under the age of 24 who sought the matrimonial altar during his term of office. The mayor expended many thousands of feares in the manner described, many years ago, when the number of marriages in a certain Alsatian town was far below the average, the municipal authorities publicly announced that all persons who married within a certain period should be exempt from local taxes for the space of five years. An epidemic of marriages set in at once. A well-known Austrian nobleman was anxious to encourage matrimony among the peasants on his estate. He undertook to provide each bride with four pairs of gloves yearly. The offer acted like a charm. Troubles of Young Folks. Here are two excuses for lateness and non-attendance at school: "Dear Miss. Will you be so kind as to forgive Johnny for being behind time this morning, as he was unable to discover his sox, which afterwards proved to be in the asphit, where they had no doubt been deposited by the family dog, which we intend to get rid of at our earliest convenience." The second is even more unusual: "Samuel cannot come to school this afternoon as he has glued his head to the dresser and we have not been able to separate him yet." Invalid "Nightcaps." A cup of hot milk flavored with orange flower water, or a little beef tea, is an excellent "nightcap" for an invalid, causing sleep to come more quickly and to be more restful than it would be otherwise. Beef tea, as usually prepared, is stimulating, but has little nutritive value. If the white of an egg be mixed with the beef tea and it is heated to about 160 degrees Fahrenheit its value as a food will be greatly increased. 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. How About the Luxuries? We hear about the corn and wheat, The rye that takes the prize, And if the sugar crib is sweet And of a bumper size. Almost all the hay—the Property's strong prop— But we would like to question, pray, How is the pumpkin crop? They tell us that the steers are round, The hogs a solid bump. The turkeys a soft and sound, The turkeys sleek and plump. It's nice to hear such glowing news Of steak and think and echo. Rarely we wear our outhouse About the pumpkin crop? Of course we need the things that make Our diet right along. And while we willingly partake Of provender that's strong. Nor would we wear with tongue or pen Nor such good things despise. We can't help wishing now and then For toothsome pumpkin pie. Journal. 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 humbleest, 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. Speaking of the potato an observant Maline 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 extermination 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. It Looks Good. Oh a person of Hange from the limb, And the world looks good When I think of him, And dearest dearest And a post is nigh, And the yellow yams And the punkin pie Are in season now, And the hominy And hog; and the world Looks good to me! And mosquitoes they Don't stab no more, And no redhugs ain't On the sand shore And they isn't a thing That kin mar my joy— Exceptin' now That I lost no boy Like I was—and lovers Are on the lea, And the moonlit world Looks good to me— Houston Post. Rats Have Their Rights. It may be news to many that even the rat, considered as the depruding, outlawed creature that he is, has some rights under the law of Illinois. He may be killed—he should be killed, perhaps—but in the manner of his taking off the possibility of cruelty must be considered. A fine was assessed against a man who had poured kerosene over rats in a trap, afterward setting fire to them, and in any case a rat killing contest by dogs would be stopped. Researches of Bright Pupils An Irish boy explained that the Bible declared that all the proud would be punished by being turned into animals on the faith of the text: "He that humbleth himself shall be exalted and he that exalteth himself shall be a baste!" A young pupil when asked why Moses took off his shoes in the presence of the burning bush, gave as a novel explanation: "Please, sir, to warm his feet." "Our country is governed a lot better than France and Germany comes next," said another little fellow. "Then there's a lot of others, and then comes Persia. Our country always comes first, whoever you like to ask." J. RICH. B. RICH. THE GREAT Atlantic Pants Co. ...TWO STORES, 16 EAST 7TH ST., AND 2825 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD... Suits to Order $17.50. Pants to Order $3.50 RICH BROS., Props. atisfaction Gua ranteed or Money Refunded. KANSAS CITY, MO. ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. 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And let my faith declare Dawn sparkles on her shoulder, Dusk hovers in her hair, And each lip shows For one a star My dream and my despair! -Cassie's Saturday Journal. Ambidexterity. Gen. Baden-Powell has long been able to write and draw with either hand with equal facility. During some manoeuvers which took place when his right arm was useless owing to the bite of a dog, he wrote and illustrated his daily reports entirely with his left hand, says the "House Beautiful." Sir Walter Parratt, organist of St. George's chapel, Windsor, can accompany a full choral service with his left hand and his feet and write a letter at the same time with his right hand. Queen Victoria was ambidextrous; she could draw as well with the left hand as with the right. 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 Season. Ahl! be content to guess them. For were I to express them. The bearers would cry "Hush! My views about the winter Wood shook a seasoned printer Nay, make his devil blush. The dolefullest of creatures, I saw my comely features. New fur and all blue and red A flaring red and vivid. A loathly blue and livid. O woe for beauty fled! By ills I am afflicted. In number unrestricted. Are chiblains ever healed? I recoiled and shaved. With freezing lungs and liver. 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The residents of Tialapm, 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 Tialapm 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 Tialapm, 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 241 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 fine 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 South African Hoodoo Man. A colored man, Jaul Jones, has been committed for trial by the Wynberg Magistrate 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 tain, 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. Korean a Hard Language. Korean is a difficult language to learn. Trifling errors are likely to lead a foreigner into great embarrassment. 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