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Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. [Name not visible] REV. A. A. GILBERT Who has Achieved A Commendable Record in Church Work. There are few, if any, in the A. M. E. Church connection, whose efforts have attained a higher reward than those of Rev. A. A. Gilbert, now of Lexington Mo. Rev. Gilbert, at various periods, was pastor of the Eheuezer Church of Kansas City ten years. When he first took charge of COUPLES BROUGHT TO ALTAR Enticing Premiums Caused "Epidemic" of Marriages. In certain quarters of the world enticing 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 francs 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. Invalid "Nightcaps" A cup of hot milk flavored with orange flower water, or a little beef tea, is an excellent "night-cap" 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. NOTICE.—I am agent for the celebrated Key Ring and Name Plate combined. Any design you want, from K. of P. to a saloon porter name plate. These Rings will not rust or tarnish, but will always stay bright. If you don't see me, send me a card at our office, 117 W. Sixth street. Price 25 each. Give me your order and get your design next day. CHAS. A. BELL, Rising Son Office. this church there was a debt of $5,000 hanging over it, every dollar of which has been liquidated through the untiring efforts of himself and his faithful members. In 1894 he was elected a delegate to the General Conference. The honor was given where it was due. The same energy characteristic of Dr. Gilbert is being displayed in his work at Lexington, and from all reports it is emminently commendable. 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 is, however, even easier to acquire a large knowledge than an advanced special knowledge of one narrow subject. The specialty must not be too narrow, either. It is often said that the pursuit of knowledge has a nobility of its 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 Review. 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." Rats Have Their Rights. It may be news to many that even the rat, considered as the depredating, 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. KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1905. 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 vanties, 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 saying in his hearty, contagious tones, "Come, boys, let's drink some of my liquor," till Negus became the sobriquet of wine diluted with water—as the cup of truce. 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 pigstys. 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. Korean a Hard Language Korean is a difficult language to learn. Trifling errors are likely to lead a foreigner into great embarrassment. It was only the smallest mistake that led an impassioned preacher to warn his congregation that unless they repented they would be relegated to "a cellar"—the Korean word for cellar and the nether world being almost identical. In like manner the story of Lazarus, who fell sick, was told to a Sunday school class with an unauthorized ending. The native form of expression is "entering a sickness," and by a trifling confusion the teacher was made to declare that Lazarus entered a bottle. NOTICE. Two nicely furnished rooms for rent 1232 Vine street. Mrs. Belle Williams Ticked Time Two Centuries Picked Time Two Centuries. The residents of Tialpam, 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 Tialpam 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 Tialpam, 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 247 years and it is but natural that it is tired and wants to be sent to a museum. Why Snow Bursts a Gun. In a discussion at the Royal society on the effects of sudden pressures, in London recently of some experiments on the effects of sudden pressures, attention was called to a singular experience, which, it was said, people who go shooting in winter sometimes have. If the muzzle of a gun happens to get plugged up with a little snow, the gun invariably bursts when fired in that condition. Light as the plug of snow is, it requires a definite time for a finite pressure, however great, to get it under way, and during this short time the tension of the powder gases becomes so great that the barrel of the ordinary fowling-piece is unable to withstand it. A South African Hoodoo Man A colored man, Jaul Jones, has been committed for trial by the Wynberg 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 tin, put something into it, 'truck a match and set fire to it. He then snapped his fingers over it and took a bull's eye glass and examined his chest and body, looked over some playing cards and told witness that there was a frog alive in his stomach.—Johannesburg Star. Singed Hair of Cat and Dog Henry Adams a Henry county farmer, was in the city yesterday with a very naked dog and a strange tale of the odd effects of a bolt of lightning that struck his house during the severe storm of Monday afternoon. The lightning struck the kitchen, running down the pipe of the stove, shaving the fur clean from the back of a cat that was asleep beneath the stove, striking the dog as lightly as it had struck the cat, running down the animal's legs to the ground, leaving a trail of singed fur in its wake and doing no damage to either animal beyond a severe fright.-Baltimore Sun. The A. T. Moore Undertaking 'Co. is one of the most enterprising Negro business institutions that Kansas City affords. A. T. Moore and Eli Harris comprise the firm. They established an undertaking and embalming business at 1820 East Eighteenth street about a year ago with more pluck and efficiency than anything else, and by treating their patrons right with square dealing, they have become the leading business men of Kansas City. Their object is to own their own equipment. They have recently purchased a new $1,400 funeral car, which is now in their possession. It is first class in every respect. They also have refurnished their place of business with new cabinets, cooling boards, pedestals, etc. They now carry a full line of caskets and burial outfits. They are now prepared to offer to the public first-class goods and also first-class service in every respect. They solicit the patronage of all. Fastest Train in Europe. The fastest train on the European continent is one from Paris to Saint Quentin, which averages a little more than fifty-nine miles an hour. 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. Plea for an Offering: There is a difference between an offering and a collection in the mind of at least one well-known colored preacher, who is persistent when he announces that he wants money for any certain object. Not a great while ago, when it came time to announce the collection, which is deposited on the table in front of the pulpit in full view of the minister, he said: "I want a offering dis morning and not a collection. Maybe you don't know it, but dere is a difference between a collection and a offering. A offering is what you give out of your heart and a collection is anything dat is left over. When you give a offering dere is more heart in it than dere is in a collection. Remember, bredren and sistern, it is a offering dat I want dis mawinn." Peat Bogs of the World. Many thousands of acres of peat are found in the north German lowlands. In Ireland estimates place the lowland bog area at 1,576,000 acres and the highland area at 1,254,000 acres. Russia is said to have 6,700 square miles of peat. Several million acres are in Norway and Sweden, France and Holland. The United States and Canada also have extensive tracts. Peat has been used by artisans for ages in the manufacture of tools. By burning peat the old steel workers produced the finest grades of iron and steel, on account of the intensity of the heat produced and the absence of anything detrimental to the metal. The elastic and keen Damascus swords are believed to have been made by the use of peat. The Mother. She was so tired of toll of everything. Save love those who needed all her love! Her heart was like the golden heart of spring When white clouds sail above. Autumn of life and tears were hers, and we She sang and loved and gladdened us the white; Nor storms, nor snow could make her once forget Young April's radiant smile. She was so weary; but we never guessed How weary, till she smiled at set of And whispered, as she drifted into rest—"My living now is done" "Tired of all save loving." Let this be. The editp inscribed, where now she lies. Time shall not hide the words, nor memor- The love look of her eyes. —Woman's Journal. Origin of Macaroni An interesting story is told of the origin of the word macaroni. It seems that a chef employed by one of the popes was making him a dish of it and stirred the mixture until it became of the consistency of hard tack. Having taken a drop too much the man was afraid of the papal anger and resolved to make the dish into a sort of paste, which greatly delighted the pontiff. In his joy he cried: "Mi caro!" (my favorite), and the pontiff, not cateing the words exactly, said "Macaroni!" Well in the future never serve me a meal without a dish of macaroni." Atrocity of Ancient Warfare At the siege of Xanthus, in Lydia, nets were spread in a river to prevent the escape of divers, and stakes driven deep in the ground to baffle tunneling operations; whereupon the citizens appealed to fire, piling up hillocks of combustibles, and, "not men only, but women and little children, with hideous outcries, leaped into the flames, and thus repeated the desperate deed of their ancestors, who, in the time of the Persian war, bad destroyed themselves in the very same manner." (Plutarch's Life of Brutus, p. 218.) Made Wigs Fashionable Many of the fashions inaugurated by sovereigns have bad most unromantic origins. Thus, when Louis IX. of France developed a bald cranium his queen promptly provided him with a wig, saying, "Our bald knights have never been lucky, and it will befts a sovereign that he should not be better provided with flowing locks than a mendicant at the gates of Notre Dame." And forthwith every subject throughout France, whether he required it or not, donned a similar wig in loyal emulation of his king NUMBER 45. P. HON. GARDNER LATHROP. Who Will Soon Leave for Chicago to Enter His New Field of Labor. The Hon. Gardner Lathrop, one of our most worthy citizens and noted lawyer is soon to leave Kansas City to become general solicitor for the Santa Fe Railroad. No one regrets the departure of Mr. Lathrop more than the Rising Son, whose offices are located in one of his buildings. For the many favors extended the Son by Mr. Lathrop, we in return extend our gratitude. The Negroes of Kansas City, especially those connected with the school interests, regret his departure. Mr. Lathrop has been a member of the school board for many years, and his impartial dealings upon matters affecting the school system have won for him, the admiration of the teachers, principals, and citizens, white and colored, and his retirement from the Board of Education will be keenly felt. We are all a unit for the success, health and happiness of our esteemed and worthy citizen, Gardener Lathrop. 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 something during the night, but after he had pulled the night bell the thought struck: him 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 in the morning." Remedies for Toothache Toothache, that unwelcomed guest, is something to be dreaded. Until a dentist can be consulted and the exact cause of the disturbance located and professionally treated, it is an excellent thing to moisten the finger and after dipping it into some bicarbonate of soda, rub it on the gum around the sore tooth. It is also a relief to mix a teaspoonful of this bicarbonate of soda in half a glass of warm water and rinse the mouth with some every little while, holding a little in the mouth for a few seconds so that it penetrates all the crevices. The soda being an alkali serves to neutralize the acids in the mouth, which are often the cause of toothache. How About the Luxuries? We hear about the corn and wheat, The rye that takes the prize, And if the sugar crop is sweet, And of a bumper sige. And that the hay — Prosperity'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 nuttum healthy, firm and sound, The plump and plump. It's耐心 hear such writing news Of steak and flank and chen. But, really, why don't we enthuse About the pumpkin crop? Of course we need the things that make Our diet right along. And despite that's partake Of provender that's strong. Nor would them slur with tongue or pan Nor such good things despise. We can't help wander and then To toothsome pumpkin pies —Illinois State Journal. Religious Thought "There are too many people singing "I want to be an angel" who would be too lazy to groom their own wings if they had them. There are times when we cannot gallop, but it may be we are drawing the heaviest load just then. I look to Ther in every need, And never look in vain. I feel Thy strong and tender love, And will is well again. The thunder of Ther is mightier far Than sin and pain and sorrow are. Discouraged in the work of life, Pastattered in its load. Shamed in the fall from its fears. I sink beside the road. But let me only think of Ther. And then new heart springs up in me. My restlessness to still. Around me flows Thy quickening life, Drive me my living will. My thriving life my shade, My providence turns all to good. EmbasSED deep in Ther dear love, Held in Ther low I stand. Thy hand in all things I hold, And all things in Thy hand. Thou leadest me by unsought ways. And hurts my mourning into praise. Golden Rule the Standard. All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should be unto you even so do also unto them, for this is the law and the problems. Matthew v. 12. The disciple of Jesus Christ must believe in the ultimate triumph of the ideals for which his master stands, and I ask you to think what a state of society will be brought about when this Golden Rule becomes its energizing and abiding law. Crime will cease when every one does unto others as he would others should do unto him. There will be no "labor troubles" when industry is carried on under the operation of this law. A large part of the machinery of the state aid government can be dispensed with. The churches will be throng- as men behold the spectacle of a loving, unselfish brotherhood and are irresistibly drawn to the one society on earth that fully and perfectly and constantly puts into practice the Golden Rule. When the great heart of the world throbs with unselfish love, what may not happen? Will poverty disappear, and along with it a train of evils? Who will feel the bitter sting and pinch of poverty when every one who is "better off" thinks of him, who has nothing, as he would have others remember him if he were poor? Poverty is a profite cause of evil, and if it were destroyed, or greatly remedied, there can be no doubt that a lot of evil would go with it. The "Golden Rule" would certainly gild the poor man's stop. Indeed, I know not where to stop, but this I know: I would not stay in this pulpit an hour if I did not believe that some time the ideals of Jesus would be the law of business, state, church and society. How would the Golden Rule work in all the walks of life. If you were in trouble would you like sympathy? In distress would you like aid? Unjustly criticised would you want a defender? If you don't like to have your feelings hurt, don't hurt other's feelings. Is courtesy agreeable to you, and do you practice it? Do I get beaten in a bargain and long to beat somebody else; am I imposed upon; do I get even by imposing on some one else? Ah! that is doing unto others as they do it unto me, and that is distinctly not Christian, and right here let me say we should be courteous to others only in order that they may be courteous to us, but whether they are so or not to us. This is the spirit of the Golden Rule—the thing we like to feel, practice whether others practice it or not. "All things whatsoever ye would men should do unto you, even so do unto them." Now I have two or three things to say by way of application and first this: Let us never insult Jesus by scouting his ideals as visionary and unpractical, as too realistic for this every-day world and our time. Don't adulterate them! Don't laugh at them as too impossible of attainment! Ideals are always high and the way to them is steep and stony and long, but when one reaches them his face is lit with a new light; he calls and lures us to his heights of vision; he makes us think we can climb, too. I think I hear Jesus saying to some of use as I certainly do to myself, "Why call ye me Lord and do not the things that I say." If ye love me keep my commandments; love one another; be one with each other and with me as I am with God; do to others as ye would they should do unto you." Oh, what a power the church would be if only all in it were Christians! Let us never pay Jesus the empty compliment of calling ourselves his disciples if we make no effort to make all his ideals real; all his commands the law of our daily lives. Creed and worship can never take the place of life and character; and here in this Golden Rule is the sublimity of character reached for, this is the law and the prophets—Rev. R. De W. Mallary. The Life That is To Be. What we seek is the immortality that is clothed with disinterestedness rather than with wings. We look for a heaven where there will be more disinterested love, more patience with weakness, mor hospitality to truth. If such is to be realized, we ourselves must begin to shape it now. By working in and for the life that now is, we lay hold of the life that never ceases to be. We expect the con- tinned life, because we have more work on hand than we can finish in this. There is a prophetic instinct in the soul, that carries on the lines of thought suggested by our knowledge of the near beauty and the lowly marvel. We build large hopes upon the great and beautiful laws of the universe. We place generous confidence in the Master Builder who so grandly forms the growing order. We cannot believe that He will allow our lives to remain mocking segments of an incomplete circle. There is some vast meaning in this mystic tide that has arisen in the soul of man in all times. There is some distant attraction, some moon in the heavens of infinite life, that bends this ocean of mortality towards immortality. Immortality as a mere present from God to Man, as a compliment or mark of confidence, an opportunity to sing praises to the Power that gave it, does not find much in the analogies of the universe to justify it. But the expectant life, as successive chapters in a continued story, being wrought out for some higher good than we know of—immortality as a necessity to that which is all ready begin—presses upon us as a re sponsibility, as a necessity.-J. LI Jones. Sympathy's Lifting Power. A world without sympathy would be a cruel abiding place. Those who have suffered and received expressions of true sympathy from friends would hardly dare think what their suffering would have been without a spoken word of comfort from a living soul. We are often tempted to feel that any word of sympathy we may speak or write to another at a time of special trial is not worth the doing; that so many kind words will be spoken to that one that our own will count for nothing. The prompting to keep silent in another's time of sorrow is a false one. Spoken sympathy is as a mantle of love; it comforts, strengthens and inspires. Our Lord Jesus Christ longed for sympathy. There is no more affecting passage in the record of his life than that which tells of the failure of his chosen and dearest friends to watch and sympathize with him in the hour when his soul was "exceeding sorrowful." There has never been a word too much of sympathy spoken to a sorrowing one. Sympathy's very cumulation forms a great force that uplifts and strengthens. It is needed by the weak; it is still more needed by the strong. It is within every one's power to give it. And God, who is Love, will bless it always. Sickness a Blessing. It is a blessing to be sick, because it gives a man time to review himself, free from a working day's distractions; and after he has reviewed himself, it brings him that most fortune of all chances—the chance to begin over again. There are sins which we little suspect hidden under the corners and folds of our overspreading daily hurry; the idleness which sickness enforces strips off the cover and reveals our shortcomings and defects hideously, painfully plain before our very eyes. There are mistakes, too, which have been pursuing us daily with their remorseless consequences; we never get out of the tangle that they thrust us into. But illness cancels their claim on us, frees us from their debt. When once more after the long interruption we get back to duty, it is our happy fortune to be clear of our past. The transgressions which were made known to us through our chastisement are forgiven and there is grace sufficient to keep us from committing them again. The mistakes to which we were beguiled before remain only to warn us from the watch tower of memory. It is a "fresh start," and its freedom and promise are worth all the affliction that brought it.—N. R. Best. Visions of Life. "Be still and know." How can God give me visions when life is hurrying at a precipitate rate? I have stood in the National Gallery and seen people gallop round the chamber and glance at twelve of Turner's pictures in the space of five minutes. Surely we might say to such trippers, "Be still, and know Turner!" Gaze quietly at one little bit of cloud, or at one branch, or at one wave of the sea, or at one ray of the drifting moon. "Be still, and know 'turner!'" But God has difficulty in getting us still. That is perhaps why he has sometimes employed the ministry of dreams. Men have had "visions in the night." In the daytime I have a divine visitor in the shape of some worthy thought, or noble impulse, hollowed suggestion, but I am in such feverish haste that I do not heed it, and pass along. I do not "turn aside to see this great thing," and so I lose the heavenly vision. If I would know more of God, I must relax the strain and moderate the pace. I must "be still"—Rev. J. H. Jowett. A THREATENING BLACK HAND. AMERICAN LABOR PROTECTION FREE TRADE TARIFF PREVISIONIST AMERICAN INDUSTRIES MACHINE SHOP A GREAT EVOLUTION HOW REPUBLICAN PROPHECIES HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. The Predictions of McKinley, Blaine and Other Genuine Americans as to This Country's Industrial Development Are More Than Verified. When the opponents of the protective tariff policy give frank testimony to its predictions that it would fail to build up a home market or foster the prosperity of the country, it is opportune to review the facts. It was the constant contention of Mr. McKinley, Mr. Blaine and other champions of protection that the best market-for the products of the farm is the home market. The free traders protested that this country is, as President Cleveland said of Iowa, "chiefly agricultural." It once was so, but the Republican protective policy has wonderfully changed conditions so that that eminent free trade journal, the New York Evening Post, of December 31, 1964, is constrained to make this frank admission: "For our own country, the consensus of opinion from all quarters seems to be that we are passing through a somewhat remarkable industrial evolution. With the wheat export trade—during a generation or more the main stay of our international position—falling to the lowest level since the early seventies, and with expert opinion rather disposed to hold that the trade will never rise again to its old proportions, evidence of a change in the composition of our foreign commerce is unquestionably strong. The notable fact about this evolution is that it has not occurred—at any rate not primarily—as a result of decreased facilities of production, but because our rapidly growing population is consuming so largely the country's cereal products as to leave but a trifling surplus for the outside world. This is clearly not a ground for pessimism; it is, indeed, in some ways a witness to the prosperity of the United States." How clearly this is a fulfillment of Republican prophecy and the realization of the protective policy, may be A THREATENING AMERICAN LABOR PROTECTION TARIFF PREVISIONIST AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. noted by quoting the report of the House Committee on Ways and Means, when it recommended on Aug. 29, 1890, the adoption of the McKinley tariff. Gov. Gear was a member of the committee and had Iowa and the great agricultural West in his mind when he united with Mr. McKinley and his associates on the committee in urging the adoption of the new schedules. Referring to the depressed condition of the markets for farm products at that time, the committee deprecated the largely increasing volume of agricultural products imported into the United States, which had gone up from $40,000,000 in value in 1850 to the enormous amount of $356,000,000 in 1889, and said: "One of the purposes of a protective tariff is to hinder a still larger importation of foreign produce and thus save the market from still further depression." And then the committee boldly declared: "We advance the rates upon the products of the soil which either do supply or can be brought to supply the home consumption. Horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, bacon, barley, beans, peas, beef, mutton, pork, buckwheat, butter, cheese, eggs hay, hops, milk, poultry, flax seed, vegetables, potatoes, flax, hemp, hides, wool, tobacco and many other products are advanced with a view to save this entire market to the American farmer." Over fourteen years have passed, during which, with the interregnum of four years (1893-1897) of Democratic tariff, the protective principle has had free sway. Notwithstanding the increased acreage and bountiful yield of farm products, the home consumption steadily gains on the home production and also a higher level of prices is maintained, to the great satisfaction and advantage of the American farmer. The New York Evening Post calls this a "remarkable industrial revolution." And it is. The essence of it is comprised in that paper's statement that the evolution has occurred "because our rapidly growing population is consuming so largely the country's cereal products as to leave but a trifling surplus for the outside world!" In the gratifying results may be found the very poetry of desire and prophecy as embodied in one of Mr. McKinley's fervent addresses before the Home Market Club of Boston, when he said: "I would secure the American market to the American producer (applause) and I would not hesitate to raise the duties whenever necessary to secure this patriotic end. (Applause.) I would not have an idle man or an idle mill or an idle spindle in this country if, by holding exclusively the American market we could keep them employed and running. (Applause.)" The home market has been secured. Let there be serious thought before the American people begin inviting the farmers, manufacturers and producers of foreign countries to share it. When the time comes, if ever, that the American people cannot supply themselves, then will be the occasion when they should begin to lean upon their neighbors for support.—Burlington Hawk-Eye. Under the present prosperous condition of business it is recognized that no immediate need of revision exists. So long as this condition continues it will be prudent to take time to consider with care all phases of the tariff in order to ascertain just where changes should be made. A man can best tell where a shoe pinches by wearing it. Having ascertained where the defect is, he can then have it corrected. So the inequalities and the unjust features of the tariff, if any exist, can best be ascertained by inquiry into its practical working and its effect on commercial and industrial interests. At the most there are no great inequalities in the tariff calling for correction. Business interests in some sections may ask for changes, but the country as a whole is disposed, at least for the present, to let well enough alone—Denver (Col.) Republi can. A. Wise Settlement. No tariff legislation is likely to be had if Congress should meet in extra session. A poll of the House shows that that body is overwhelmingly against taking up the tariff question, either in the present term or in a BLACK HAND. FREE TRADE MACHINE SHOP called session. The president has been consulting with Republican senators and representatives on the matter. Most of the senators told him that the question ought to be left to the decision of the party in the popular branch, and the Republicans of that body appear to have decided against it. For several reasons this is a wise settlement. It shuts off all tariff changes. A decision in favor of tariff revision would check importation, disturb several sorts of trade, and have an embarrassing effect on general business. This menace has been removed by the voice of a majority of the Republican members of Congress. Railroad legislation, if it is had, need not disturb trade in any way.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Better Prospects. Indications in New York and other large business centers are that the lowest ebb of trade was reached in December, and that the middle of the present month will see an upward tendency that is bound to make things agreeable all around. Last month there was a noticeable decrease in the demand for staple articles. This was due to high prices. Those in close relation with the markets looked upon this decrease in consumption as apt to prove a disturbing factor for a long time. It seems, however, that confidence is being generally regained. Talk of tariff revision coming at the time when conditions were so dubious had a doubly depressing effect. Now that there is no prospect of any changes in the schedules and that the railroads have become convinced the matter of rates will be thoroughly investigated, the prospects are that with the spring there will come a revival of trade that cannot fall to be satisfactory.—Providence News. Tariff Revision Talk. The sentiment of a majority of the members of the national House of Representatives has been sufficiently disclosed to show that there will be no radical tariff revision in the near future. "Have you had any nice, new dishes since you got that expensive cook?" "Yes; ten or a dozen. She smashes just as many as the old one did.—Cleveland Leader. A family with an artistic temperament isn't really as much of an addition to the neighborhood as one owning a step ladder. How easily gossip starts! Ever think how little pleasure you get out of a "story" you start, and how much trouble you may be making others? "The men generally," said a snappy woman today, "seem to be in favor of us women living the Simple Life; because they think it would save them money." Even the father who boasts that his children are large for their age, makes them sit humped down in the seats when he is trying to pass them for under ten.—Atchison Globe. Feet Comfortable Ever Since "I suffered for years with my feet. A friend recommended ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. I used two boxes of the powder, and my feet have been entirely comfortable ever since. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE is certainly a godsend to me. Wm. L. Swormstedt, Washington, D. C." Sold by all Druggists, 250. The Telephone She—Why don't they have some other telephone call besides this eternal "Hello?" He—They do, my dear; they frequently say the syllables backward.—New York Press. More Flexible and Lasting won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better re- sults than possible with any other and one-third more for same money. LIGHT EXERCISE At the request of the confirmed dyspeptic the operator was taking an X-ray photograph of the seat of his trouble. "This, I suppose," remarked the sufferer, with a ghastly attempt to be fracetious, "is what might be called taking light exercise on an empty stomach."—Chicago Tribune. Talking machines—Victor and Edison are the best: cash or payments, $1 weekly. Write to-day. JENKINS' MUSIC CO., KANSAS CITY, MO. 30,000 records is stock. Mention this paper. Refreshing His Memory. "Isn't this one of yours, Joe?" asked his friend. "Where did you find it?" "It's going the rounds of the papers, credited to the London Tit-bits." "Ah, yes; I remember it now," said Joe Miller. "It's one I wrote fourteen years ago." Remarking it that it was a really good one now, although he hadn't thought it was at the time, he resumed his literary labors.-Chicago Tribune. DISTINCT DEFINITION.. "Paw," asked little Johnny, "what's a compromise?" "That, my son," replied the wise father, "depends on whom it's made with. For instance, if I make a compromise with a business man I go halfway. But if I make a compromise with your mother, why I—er—I go all the way."—Houston Chronicle. Inducements. Yorick Hamm—Old Gougheberry doesn't seem to have any trouble in securing actors for his new play, and yet he was never known to pay salary for more than two weeks. Hamlet Fatt—Well, there's three eating scenes in this production, and he sets the table every time with real food.—Houston Chronicle. Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews disapproves of giving Christmas dinners to the poor. If his dinners are no more satisfactory than his arguments, the poor would not thank him for them, anyway.—Washington Post. An absent-minded butcher was asked by a young mother to weigh her baby. He put the little one on the scales and glancing at the dial, remarked: "Just nine pounds, bones and all. Shall I remove the bones?" You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. Teacher—What great difficulty was Demosthenes compelled to surmount before he became an orator? Soffmore—He had to learn how to talk Greek,—Philadelphia Press. "I Went to Die from Gravel Trouble, Doctor failed. Dr. David Kennedy's favorite remedy was" Mr. C. W. Brown, Petersburg, N. Y. A doctor is a wise guy with spectacles who charges you $2 for advising you to eat less and exercise more. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.—J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave. N. Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. The coal man should be brought to see the error of his weighs.—Philadelphia Record. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colds. So a bottle. Lots of men are too busy trying to save the country to earn an honest living. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 15 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. He—Would you rather be pretty or witty? She—Sir!—New York Sun. FITS permanently curd. No fits or nervousness after it. The Great Near Service instructor. Send for FREES $9.00. 911 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. "Don't you sometimes think we are living too fast?" "No. I used to. But I soon cured that impression. I moved out to a surburb and rode in to work every day on an accommodation train."—Washington Star. AN ODD INCIDENT. The Tree Blossomed from an old Harrow Tooth. Two former Congressmen recently fell to discussing the peach crop in Delaware and New Jersey. One of them alluded to a malarial district in Delaware, the trees being badly affected thereby. He said, however, he had cured his peach trees by injecting calomel and quinine in generous quantities under the bark. "Oh, I believe the story," replied Representative Gardner, of New Jersey, "It's entirely plausible, but I want to tell you about a beautiful peach tree that grew near my house. It was the oldest tree in my orchard, and had been bearing luscious fruit, till, because of old age, the trunk began to decay. "One day, as I was about to chop it down, along came a stranger, who, seeing the aged tree, inquired why I didn't spare such a fine specimen. He said he knew how to preserve it for many years. I told him to go ahead with any possess of which he might have knowledge. He went over to a harrow, took out one of its big iron teeth, which he drove straight through the heart of that tree. "Well, the tree blossomed and again bore good fruit," said Mr. Gardner, soberly. "The iron required for the fruit came from the old harrow tooth."—Washington Post. The Literary Revulsion. Wiss Reider—I am tired and sick of Ibsen and Tolstol, and all the other writers of stories with morals. Have you anything new?" Bookseller—"Here, madam, is one of the most popular novels of the day—just started in its twentieth edition." "Is there any moral to ...?" "I'll guarantee, madam that you won't find the least suggestion of morals from beginning to end." A Good Customer. Mrs. Smart—Mme. DeMilnor has a wretched display of hats this season. Mrs. Dresser—You didn't buy there, then? Mrs. Smart—Buy? Why, actually, there were several hats in her shop that I didn't try on even once!—The Maid. "How do you like the cheese, sir?" asked the waiter. "It's not half bad," replied the diner. "Very sorry, sir, but we were assured it was quite ripe." CUTICURA GROWS HAIR. Scalp Cleared of Dandruff and Hair Restored by One Box of Cuticura and One Cake of Cuticura Span. A. W. Taft of Independence, Va., writing under date of Sept. 15, 1904, says: "I have had falling hair and dandruff for twelve years and could get nothing to help me. Finally I bought one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, and they cleared my scalp of the dandruff and stopped the hair falling. Now my hair is growing as well as ever. I am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap. (Signed) A. W. Taft, Independence, Va." The Only Way. "Well," said Dr. Kidder, "there's only one way to get rid of insomnia." "And that is?" queried the patient. "Go to sleep and forget all about it." Philadelphia Press. School Children's Dyspepsia The common form of dyspepsia, or indigestion, which stops the growth, pales the cheeks, weakens the system of so many school children, is often due to improper or too quickly eaten lunches. While seeing to a correction of the cause, it is also important to cure the disordered conditions of stomach and bowels. This can be done by no medicine so safely and surely as Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00 Money back if it fails. Ever hear a man tell how a pain hurts and remark how he lies about it? Insist on Getting It Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for some money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Let a boastful man have his own way. He won't listen to you, anyway. Wanted—Representative in every community. Money-making home business. Any one can do it. Find out what it is. Send address. M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago. It is now claimed that the truth travels faster than the Pollywog train Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. If a man is deaf and dumb he escapes the long-distance bore who makes his calls by telephone. FOIBLES OF FASHION Simple Evening Frocks. One of the prettiest ideas that the season shows in simple evening gowns is the use of silk bands edging ruffles of mousseline de soie, or the same idea on other thin material. A girlish frock is of white mousseline de soie, mounted over pink silk. The skirt is trimmed with flouces of wide valenciennes, with the points falling into a straight band of blue velvet. The same idea with narrow lace and bands makes a fichu arrangement, and there is a blue sash. An equally simple frock is of white crepe, with irregular lines of silver running through the stuff. The corsage is cut in surplice fashion and crosses with a line of blue velvet bows. The bottom of the skirt is trimmed with a flounce made of a broad liberty ribbon, edged and headed with a ruching of narrow velvet. This use of liberty ribbon as trimming that is shirred and used as ruffles or shirred on both edges and used as entredeux is an idea just launched. A beautiful evening coat is made of panels of Irish lace, with shirred entredeux of wide liberty ribbon. At the bottom of the garment is a band of ermine. Glynn Youngs Milk Soup. Peel and slice one pound of potatoes, a Spanish onion, and a few blades of celery, using the white parts only. Put two ounces of butter in a stew pan; when dissolved add the vegetables, cover the pan and let them cook for ten minutes, shaking frequently to prevent the vegetables sticking to it. Add a quart of boiling water and let the whole cool to a mash, pass all through a fine sieve, and return to the saucepan with a pint of milk. When the soup boils, sprinkle in a tablespoonful of finely crushed tapapla while you quickly stir the soup. Cook till the tapapla is perfectly clear, and serve with fried dice of bread. Belts. Deep belts have taken an upward turn in the back, where in some exaggerated instances they reach in two sharp points almost to the shoulders. The downward droop at the front is no less exaggerated. The Victorian corset is the newest effect. It is made of soft finished taffeta or other soft silk and is very wide. In front the deep point is stiffened, and at the back, there is a deep shaped buckle. The front is 7 or 8 inches deep and is rounded at the top where it is bordered with ruching and otherwise decorated. Pompadour silk is used for these belts. Many of the high girdles when of plain velvet or silk, are often elaborated with jewelled buttons or tiny bows. Overskirts The overskirt, real or simulated, is making a strenuous effort for favor, and will be welcomed, if only it goes no further. Triple skirts are charming on tall figures, but a short woman looks still more diminutive in skirts cut around in parts. The threatened invasion by the old-time panier and polonaise is confidently predicted, but, then, it's a comfort to know that the great designers are not agreed on this and several other items of fashion for the coming season, and experience has proved that the designers may offer this or that, but popular fancy decides the question. So we must wait and see what good taste shall decide. Old Styles in Sleeves. Sleeves are the most talked of feature of the new spring designs. They differ radically from the sleeves of last season in having the puff always at the upper, rather than the lower, part. Deep cuffs are also much in evidence and elbow sleeves, full and fluffy, are never to be more popular. The old-fashioned mousquetaire sleeve, made famous by Bernhardt, is to be worn again. Its leg o' mutton is not so pronounced as most of the new models and it fits the arm rather closely its whole length. It is hardly necessary to say that this sleeve is A. M. Cooper only for the slender woman, with long, thin arms. Bolero coats are too becoming to be discarded. A pretty street model after this style is developed in chestnut brown Panama cloth, with a bolero fitted to the figure by means of inverted pleats. Darker brown chiffon velvet is used for the collar, which forms scallops, and is outlined with brown silk braid. The sleeve is full leg o' mutton, with a long cuff effect. The girdle is of brown velvet, caught with a long buckle. With the Housewife Some housekeepers always make a point of buying their soap in large quantities, as they say it improves with age. A cup of cocoa will be greatly improved if just before you take it from the stove you beat the cocoa well with an egg beater and add a few drops of vanilla. If a shovel containing hot coals be held over white spots in varnished furniture it will remove them. Rub the wood well, while still warm, with a soft flannel cloth. Lavender combined with green makes a most effective as well as unusual bedroom. Many madras materials blending these two shades are to be found in the shops, as well as thin silk stuffs of similar coloring that make exceedingly pretty curtains for such a room. The Bell Cuff. The bell cuff for card parties is pretty, and it shows the hand and gives one a chance to wear bracelets. This cuff is shaped precisely like a bell. It flares full around the knuckles and is stiffened and trimmed. It is tight at the top and sets very snug to the wrist. It is a typical bell cuff. Vogue of Parasols. The coming summer girl will be a study in parasols. Never were these charming accessories of a woman's toilet gotten out in such artistic shapes and such infinite variety. They are embroidered ruffled, appliqued, dotted, banded and covered with lace. White silk parasols are made gay with black lace butterflies appliqued upon their silken surface and fluffy chiffon frills falling from their edges. Parasols of yellow silk are completely covered with infinitesimal ruffles of ercue val. Golden butterflies, chiffon roses and lace rosettes are set upon the most expensive of these summer luxuries, which come in every shape and every material for the delectation of the summer man. LA There's a revival of serge. The newest shirtwaist stocks have no bows. A good deal of green shows in the spring finery. Very pretty shirtwaist gowns of taffetta are shown. White merino is a favorite material for plain blouses. Soft girdles of lace will be worn on the summer frocks. A black net gown sprinkled with buttercups is good. The correct separate blouse is either very plain or extravagantly elaborate. A popular spring ideal is the skirt of three flounces of allover embroidery. An ecru net ruching comes for the neck when ecru sleeve ruffles are used. Sleeves ending at the elbow with turned-up gantlet cuffs and frills will be the thing. The very choicest designs in thin summer fabrics are in the shops for choosing now. Card Party Waist. A very lovely separate bodice which was called a card party waist was made of the softest of golden brown panne velvet. Its yoke and vest were laid in folds, while across the bust there was draped a fichu of white lace in which there were embroidered brown velvet dots. At one side there was a chou of brown velvet ribbon. The sleeves were shirred above the elbow, and at the wrist there was a fall of white lace with brown dots embroidered again. The neck was a Wilhelmina neck, cut round and filled in with a white lace embroidered stock. Velvet Street Costume. Proper Thing in Sleeves. A word as to details. The sleeve of the moment is either one of two styles—a large bishop to the elbow, set into a long, easily fitted sleeve over the under arm; in separate blouses or shirt waists this is buttoned close to wrist, but in the walking suit blouse it is sufficiently easy to admit of another sleeve beneath, if the weather or occasion makes this desirable. The still more popular leg o' mutton sleeve is now rarely plain fitting; it is full in its length, and, though cut to the arm below the elbow, is quite easy, often gathered or plaited along the inner seam above and wide enough to need no buttons. In both these patterns of sleeves the cuff extends well over the hand. New Spring Tailor-Made. One of the new spring tailor-mades is in molair of the shade known as prunauc—a plum lavender—the skirt laid in double box-pleats,stitched down eighteen inches with plain panels between. The coat is of the eton variety. Silk soutache forms the trimming, arranged in straight lines over the shoulders, and in fancy design following the irregular outline of the bottom of the little coat. The sleeve of this coat shows the latest method of attaining fullness by lengthwise gathers rather than by greater breadth. An embroidered linen blouse is worn. THINK DR. OSLER WRONG His Declaration That a Man Is Practically Useless After 40, and Absolutely "All In" After 60 Is Sharply Criticised. Dr. William Osler of Baltimore started trouble when he said: "Nothing material is accomplished in the world by men who have passed the age of 40 years, and after 60 years a man is useless and should be chloroformed." Dr. Osler's own record at Johns Hopkins shows a great part of his fame has been acquired since he passed his fortieth year. He was just that age when he was called to Johns Hopkins in 1889, and during the last twelve years he has published most of the books and accomplished much of the work which have made his reputation world wide in his particular line of medical science. Glad Hs Is Still Alive. Dr. Gildersleeve, the Greek and Latin scholar of Johns Hopkins, said: "I am 73 years old, and I am glad nobody thought to chloroform me thirteen years ago. I believe the answer to the question as to when it's time to stop depends upon the age of the man who gives it. We are all inclined to believe the time for knocking off work is just a little ahead of us, no matter how old we are." Quitting Time Is 70. Dr. Daniel C. Gillman, former president of Johns Hopkins university and the Carnegie institute said: "With sensible methods of living a man should be ashamed to show his face in heaven before he was 70 years old." Calls Theory Absurd. William Hanna Thompson. M. D., LL. D., over 70 years old, medical author of text books, and many years president of the Medical Society of New York, said in discussing Dr. Osler's age limit statement: "The theory is too absurd to require discussion. I cannot think Dr. Osler was correctly quoted. It is inconceivable that a man of his marked mentality could believe in such absurdities. What would the world be without Aristotle, Plato, Sophocles, Bismarck, Von Moltke, Gladstone? I might continue the catalogue indefinitely." Osler Convicts Himself. Dr. Charles L. Dana, about 56 years old, president of the Academy of Medicine, said: "You can quote me as saying that Dr. Osler's own life is the best possible refutation of his belief." History Shows Osler Is Wrong. Dr. John D. Quackenbos, about 60 years old, said: "One has but to DR. BILLIANT OSLER DR. WILLIAM OSLER Dr. William Osler, who has just enunciated, in his farewell address in this of 40 may be useless that while a man of age has ceased to be so, he has been recently chosen regius professor of medicine at Oxford university, and goes now to assume his role he is a Canadian by birth and education, and came to this country in 1843 as professor of clinical medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. He may later 40 years of the same professorship at Johns Hopkins, he is just now resigning. His "Theory and Practice of Medicine" is a text-book throughout the world. He is now 88 years of age. glance at the work performed by great minds from the beginning to see that Dr. Osler is wrong. President Butler's Comment. Nicolas Murray Butter, on the shady side of 40, president of Columbia university, said he preferred to leave the discussion of such a question to medical men. He added: "Dr. Oster himself is much above 40 years of age, and just now is going to England to take a most important position as an educator and leader of thought. I think this statement alone is sufficient without argument or denial." DISPROVE OSLER'S THEORY United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew made pertinent comments on the statement of Prof. Osler of Johns Hopkins university that when a man is 40 years old he is comparatively useless, and when he reaches 60 he should be chloroformed for the benefit of the race. "I don't know Dr. Osler's age," said the senator, smiling. "but I recall a somewhat similar statement made by a young man who had become a member of the United States senate. He Returns From Exploring Tibet Returns from Exploring Tibet. Lieut. Wilhelm Flichner, an officer of the Bavarian army and an explorer, has arrived at San Francisco on the Siberia, after about eighteen months of travel and exploration in Tibet. The purpose of the lieutenant's travels was scientific research and a desire to be the first to bring from an unknown country records which will be of great value to travelers and explorers, who will doubtless flock to Tibet, now that the way has been cleared by Col. Younghusband's expedition. solemnly assured me that no man ever attained distinction in the senate who had not entered that body before he was 35 years of age. "Commodore Vanderbilt at 70 was worth about $17,000,000. At that time he saw the possibility of railroad construction and extension. He began with a railroad 120 miles long, with stock selling at $5, and bonds selling at $50 on the 100. Between the ages of 70 and 83 he increased the mileage of his road from 120 to 10,000 and added about $100,000,000 to his fortune. "Gladstone began his great Midlothian campaign, which upset the conservative government and put himself and his party in power, at 80 years of age. "The best and wisest and most brilliant work of one of the ablest of the popes, Leo XIII, was done after he was 70 years old, and the wisest and most beneficent of it after he was 80 "The leaders of our banking system and the controlling elements in our financial operations in this country are all past 50, and most of them past 60 years of age. "The speaker of the House of Representatives, who more than any other man who has ever held that position dominates legislation, is 69. The acknowledged leaders of the senate on the Republican side are Aldrich, Allison, Frye, Hale, Foraker and Spooner, all past 60, while on the Democratic side the most astute and aggressive of them is Senator Morgan of Alabama, who is past 80. "In the campaigns of 1900, 1902 and 1904, if I may speak of myself, I traveled more miles, made more speeches, spoke more times, indoors and outdoors, in tents, from car platforms, in groves, and in halls, than any half dozen men in our state—and I am 70." The following are cited as well known men whose powers age has not diminished: RUSSELL SAGE—Wholesale grocer at 41, went to New York at 47. Now 89. IAN M'LAREN—Did not begin to write until he 'was more than 40. Published his first book, "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush," when 44. Now 55. LORD ROBERTS of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford—Only a brevet lieutenant colonel at 40, major general at 46, lieutenant general at 51, general at 58, field marshal at 63. Now 73. EMIL LOUBET, President of France—Obscure member of the French house of deputies at 40, senator at 47, minister of public works at 49, minister of interior at 54, president of the senate at 57, president of France at 61. Now 67. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS Vice-President elect—Had never held political office at 40. United States senator at 45, vice president at 53. DR. SILAS WEIR MITCHELL—Unknown to literature at 40, author at 60. Now 75. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER—Has heaped up a stupendous fortune since 40, and is still vigorous head of Standard Oil. Now 65. JOSEPH G. CANNON—Elected speaker of Congress at age of 66. JOSEPH H. CHOATE—One of the committee of seventy at 39, made ambassador to England at 67. Now 73. ANDREW CARNEGIE—Made great est part of nis wealth after 40. Now 68. HENRY CODMAN POTTER—Made bishop of New York at 52. Now 70. CHAUANCEY M. DEPEW—Made president of the New York Central at 51, United States senator at 64 Now 71. J. P. MORGAN—Organized steel trust at 64. Now 68. WHITELAW REW—Newspaper man at 40. Just appointed ambassador to England at 68. SOME GREAT "OLD" MEN. Edward Everett Hale and Theodore L. Cuyler, eminent preachers at 82. Prof. Goldwin Smith and the sprightly Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, who recently ran for vice president, both of whom are 81. Levi P. Morton and United States Senator Morgan, who are 80. D. Ogden Mills, financier, and still busy at the age of 79. President Angel of the University of Michigan, who is 76. Joseph Jefferson and Senators Culliom and Allison, 75. United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, 71. President Elliot of Harvard and Cardinal Gibbons, both of whom have passed 70. Marshall Field, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Speaker Cannon, Grover Cleveland, Admiral Dewey, John Hay, John Wanamaker, and Admiral Schlej, all of whom are between 60 and 70. Directions: Benefit of Walking Physical Benefit or Walking: During the year 1904 W. Alfred Green, a business man, walked a distance of 5.295 miles, an average of 144 miles a day. Writing of this in Outing, Mr. Green says "At the beginning of my walk my weight was 192 pounds in street clothes, while at the end of it my weight was 178 pounds. This loss of fourteen pounds was in every way acceptable. I felt, as a result, more active, stronger and harder. In the matter of health, I felt decidedly better than I had done for several years." TOLSTOI UNABLE TO ANSWER. Time When Russian Prophet Found an Answer. Once, in Moscow, near the Borovitchskia gate, he (Count Tolstoi), saw a persistent beggar, asking alms, who exclaimed "A little penny, brother, in the name of Christ!" A police officer approached; he was young, martial, and wrapped in the regulation sheepskin. At the sight of him the beggar fled, hobbling away in fright and haste. "Is it possible," said Tolstoi to himself, "that people are forbidden to ask charity, in Christ's name—in a Christian land!" "Brother," he said to the policeman, "can you read?" "Yes," said the officer, politely, for Tolstoi has a grand air. "Have you read the air?" "And do you remember Christ's orders to feed the hungry?"—and he cited the words. The policeman was evidently troubled; he turned to his questioner, and asked:— "And you, sir—can you read?" "Yes, brother." "And have you read the police regulations?" "Yes, brother." "And do you remember that begging in the main streets is forbidden?" The prophet found no answer ready. —Success Magazine. The End. Bly—Does your wife ever listen to your advice? Sly—Yes, she listens—and that's all!—Detroit Free Press. Men think it's awfully funny to see a girl trying to control a three-acre cold with a three-inch handkerchief. —New Orleans Picayune. Talking. “Does the baby talk yet?” asked a friend of the family. “No,” replied . . . the baby’s disgusted little brother; “the baby doesn’t need to talk.” “Doesn't need to talk?” “No. All the baby has to do is to yell, and it gets everything there is in the house that's worth having.—Tit-Bits. “Papa will you send me to Europe to study music?” “No you can study it right here, and I will send you to Europe to practice.”—Houston Post. A HEALTHY OLD AGE OFTENTHEBESTPARTOFLIFE Help for Women Passing Through Change of Life Providence has allotted us each at least seventy years in which to fulfill our mission in life, and it is generally our own fault if we die prematurely. Mrs Mary Koehne Nervous exhaustion invites disease. This statement is the positive truth. When everything becomes a burden and you cannot walk a few blocks without excessive fatigue, and you break out into perspiration easily, and your face flushes, and you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation, and you cannot bear to be crossed in anything, you are in danger; your nerves have given out; you need building up at once! To build up woman's nervous system and during the period of change of life we know of no better medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Here is an illustration, Mrs. Mary L. Kochne, 371 Garfield Avenue, Chicago, IL, writes: "I have caused Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for years in my family and it never displeases; so when I felt that I was mering the change of life I communed treasured friends and it did me a great deal of good. It stopped my dizzy spells, pain in my back and the headaches with which I had suffered for months before taking the Compound. I feel that if it had not been for this great medicine for women that I should not have been young, and will surely care for women old and old." Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., invites all sick and ailing women to write her for advice. Her great experience is at their service, free of cost. $20 to $40 Highest grade Estes Mason & Hamlin. Story & guaranteed cottage, slightly used guaranteed like new in appliances and prices for the asking. Write to dey. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. When writing mention this. LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5 CIGAR ANNUAL 7,000,000 Your jobber, or direct from factory, Florida, Ill. FARMS For Sale on crop payments J. MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best cough syrup. Good use in time. Both by druggists. CONSUMPTION BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there That enables us to run from year to year." HABITS OF HORSE AND DONKEY. Easily Traced Back to Their Most Remote Ancestors. The ancestors of the horse were accustomed to roam over the plains, where every tuft of grass or bush might conceal an enemy waiting to spring upon them. Under these circumstances they must often have saved their lives by starting quickly back or jumping to one side when they came without warning upon some strange object. This is a habit which has not left the animal, even after long years of domestication. On the other hand, the donkey is descended from animals which lived among the hills, where there were precipices and dangerous declivities, and from these conditions resulted his slowness and sure footedness. His ancestors were not so liable to sudden attacks from wild beasts and snakes. Besides, sudden and wild starts would have been positively dangerous to them. Consequently they learned to avoid the very trick which has been so useful to the horse. The habit of eating thistles, which is peculiar alone to the donkey, is also descended from these ancestors. In the dry, barren localities which they inhabited there was often little food; hence they learned to eat hard, dry and even prickly plants when there was nothing else. INDEPENDENCE AS A MYTH. Idea Is a Delusion Leading to Warping of Character. John says: "I am not going to be dependent upon any man. I am going to live my own life, in my own way, as I expect other men to live theirs. If they will leave me alone, I will leave them alone." and John fatters himself that he is asserting his own strength of personality—that he is emphasizing his individuality, writes Annie Payson Call in Leslie's Monthly. The truth is that John is warping himself every day by his weak dependence upon his own prejudices. He is unwilling to look fairly at another man's opinion, for fear of being dependent upon it. He is not only warping himself by his "independence," which is puffed up with the false appearance of strength, but he is robbing his fellow men; for he cannot refuse to receive from others without putting it out, of his own power to give to others. Real giving and receiving must be reciprocal in spirit, and absolutely dependent upon each other. It is a curious and a sad study to watch the growing slavery of such "independent" people. NO POULTICES FOR SOLDIERS. Revolutionary Decision Made by Army Physicians. Linseed and linseed meal have been dropped from army medicines, and the army physicians have been notified that it is the opinion of the surgeon general's office that poultices have no place in modern therapeutics, all the good results obtainable from them being got in a much more cleanly way by hot wet compresses. The prohibition of the time-honored linseed meal, the best material for poultices, seems to interfere with a method practiced by a large number of physicians, who would be inclined to testify that without it our soldiers would not receive the best care. There is surely much to be said on both sides. The psychological effect at least of a poulttee is entirely too great for a successful family physician to ignore, and why deprive the soldier of this old fashioned comfort? Medical Record. LOCALS. Prof. L. L. Thompson is ill at his home on Highland Ave. The collector of the Son will be around next week. Please be ready to pay. Why do so many of our colored friends refuse to pay such a small bill as a paper bill? Mrs. Harry Fisher of St. Paul Minn., is visiting her husband at the home of Mrs. Stella Davis, 714 Charlotte St. Miss Mattie Lucas of 1734 Vine St. is very ill, and has been confined to her bed some three weeks. We hope her a speedy recovery. COUNTY FAIR On Thursday afternoon Sept. 15th, was the big day for Warrensburg and the surrounding towns. Thousands of country people came to see the races and old Dr. Brown walk for the watermelon, managed by Geo. W. Little. This was Doc's last walk for cake or watermelon. MUCH TROUBLE; LITTLE SMOKE Chinaman Has His Own Way of Enjoying Tobacco. Of all smokers the Chinaman goes to the greatest trouble and obtains the least result. "He carries," says an observer, "a little box almost twice the size of an ordinary silver cigarette case. This is half-filled with water. In one end is a removable tiny tube to serve as a pipe, at the other end is the pipe stem. First of all he takes out the tube and blows through it to remove all blockage. Then he fumbles through his awkward clothes, searching for tobacco, and produces a bit of rag in which it is wrapped. Carefully he extracts a wad of tobacco, puts away his rag and slowly plugs the tube, which holds, perhaps, the tenth part of an ordinary cigarette. But he never has any matches. So he has to borrow or hunt out a brown paper stem and light it—it glows for a long time and can be puffed into flame again. He gives a long draw, slowly enjoying it to its full extent for the moment or two, then back again through the old routine to find his tobacco, fill his pipe and get it lighted. CONVICTIONS ARE OF VALUE. Must Be Planted Deep if They Are to Hold and Influence. Nobody who is endowed with a good mind and wants to live to his satisfaction can afford to neglect the acquisition of convictions, says Edward S. Martin in the Metropolitan. What are they? They ought to be opinions based on knowledge and definitely thought out. Practically they come in various ways—often by inheritance or as the result of early training; sometimes by association, sometimes from the automatic working of the mind during long periods when it is acquiring and sifting knowledge and experience. Sometimes, again, convictions seem to come suddenly, especially religious convictions, though there is usually a long process of preparatory thought behind them, and it is really only the final conclusion that is sudden. Deep convictions on any subject don't come ready-made. One has to work for them; to earn them. If they are to hold and to influence conduct, they must be planted deep. By Virtue of the Emperor. By Virtue of the Emperor. (This success is gratefully attributed to the brilliant virtue of the Emperor.—Admiral Togo.) By virtue of the Emperor All victories are bought: The nation's warlike temper or The nation's leathery armor. Imponderous trifles are our heaviest guns, and paltry pawns our patriotic sons. Fleets, armies, guns and batteries Are trust of fools alone. The essence of the matter is The monarch's moral tone: To Thrones and Powers my heart, presaging, sings— Be virtuous, and be conquerors, O Kings! Then let the plausive millions see Your virtues' magic powers. Beneath whose dugging brilliance The stricken foeman cows; These, these alone make victory complete, Shall storm his strongholds and shall sink his fleet! —London Daily Chronicle. TRICKED THE STAMP FIEND. Mean Trick Played by Joker on Enthusiastic Collector. Stamp collectors are delighted when they secure a specimen which was issued before some mistake in printing was detected. During the Buffalo exposition the government issued a stamp to commemorate the occasion which depicted the Empire Express train. A practical joker cut out the central part of one of the stamps which contained the train and carefully replaced it so that the train was in an upsidedown position. This he pasted on an envelope and mailed it to a friend who was a rabid collector. The practiced eye of the stamp fiend at once discovered the misplaced position of the train, but did not notice the deception, and the collector was almost wild with joy until he offered it for sale, when he was informed that it was not a "rare" but a "cut-out" stamp he preserved. Thackeray on a Strike The following is quoted from a letter of Thackerya by James Grant Wilson: "I hereby give notice that I shall strike for wages (he wrote to the proprietors of Fraeser's Magazine). You pay more to others, I find, than to me, and so I intend to make some fresh conditions about Yellowplush. I shall write no more of that gentleman's remarks except at the rate of 12 guineas a sheet, and with a drawing for such number in which his story appears—the drawing 2 guineas. Pray do not be angry at this decision on my part; it is simply a bargain, which it is my duty to make. Bad as he is, Mr. Yellowplush is the most popular contributor to your magazine and ought to be paid accordingly; if he does not deserve more than the monthly nurse or the Blue Friars I am a Dutchman." The Music From the Distant Hills. I walk along the country road And in the distance see The hills that rise like sentinels me in the distance And on the quiet summer air Angelic music floats— The music from the distant hills, Seraphic, joyous notes. Alone I walk, yet not alone. For he is by my side. The music from the distant hills Reminds me of my shade. This Friend, the best I ever knew, Enjoys that music grand; He knows the singers and the songs: He rules in that glad land. I long to gaze across those hills; I strain my eyes to see The music from the distant before And there await for me. And some day—sooner than I think— I'll learn that music sweet. After the Friend, While sitting at his feet, —John D Witt, in Brooklyn Eagle. WHIST ONCE A CRUDE GAME. First Known as "Triumph," Whence the Word "Trumps" is Derived. Whist was first called "triumph," a name which was afterward corrupted into "trump." The eighteenth century saw whist in its primitive form, the whole object of the game being to win tricks by leading high cards or by trumping. Then came the era of Hoyle, which may be said to have lasted from 1730 to 1860, and taught players to think not only of their own hands but of the other hands also, and to take advantage of the positions of the cards in them. Hoyle also taught that trumps might be more profitably employed than in simple trumping and showed that they might be used to disarm the adversary and to obtain secondary advantage in trick-making by other suits of less apparent power. It was not until 1860 that the philosophical era can be said to have begun, and the origin of the new movement was a knot of young men of Cambridge, England, known as the Little Whist school. This body kept records of its games, but no one thought of making the data known until 1861. Coherence in the system of play was still wanting, and this was supplied in 1864 with Dr. Pole's essay on the theory of the modern scientific whist. HOW HE AWOKE ON TIME. Procured Sleep on Installment Plan, With No Risk. A party of travelling men were at breakfast in the hotel cafe. "I ought to be half way to Washington by this time," remarked one, "but I've missed the early train. Forgot to leave a call and overslept." "You're easy," chipped in another, "I have a scheme for getting me up at the right time that is infallible. It's simple, too. If I've been up with the boys to 4 a. m. and must catch a train at 6 o'clock. I lie down on my cot with a shoe in each hand. When I drift into slumber I'm sure to drop one shoe and the bump wakes me. I equip myself with both shoes again and repeat the performance. In that way I really get sleep on the installment plan and am never in danger of missing connections."—Philadelphia Record. In Common Things. Seek not afar for beauty. Lo! it glows In dew wet grasses all about thy feet; In birds, in sunshine, childish faces sweet. In stars and mountain summits topped with snows. Go not abroad for happiness. For see! It is a flower that blossoms by thy door. Bring love and justice home; and then no more Thou'lt wonder in what dwelling joy may be. Dream not of noble service elsewhere wrought. The simple duty that awaits thy hand Is God's voice uttering a divine command; Life's common deeds build all that saints have thought. In wonder workings, or some bush afflame. Men loot for God, and fancy Him con- cluded; But in earth's common things He stands revealed. While grass and flowers and stars spell out His name. The paradise men seek, the city bright That gleams beyond the stars for long- wear. Is our human goodness in the skies. Earth's deeds well done, glow into hea- veny light. -Minot J. Savage. His Blindness an Advantage. The London Chronicle relates that during a fog a military man, advanced in years, lost his way completely in the nocturnal vapor. Bumping against a stranger, he explained his misfortune and gave his address. "I know it quite well," said the stranger, "and I will take you there." It was some distance, but the guide never hesitated for a moment on the whole route. "This is your door," he said at last, as a house loomed dimly before them, "Bless my soul," said the old gentleman, "so it is! But how on earth have you been able to make your way through such a fog?" "I know every stick and stone in this part of London," said the stranger, quietly, "for I am blind!" How to Straighten Paper. Who has not been annoyed by blue prints, drawings or other papers which, having been rolled for some time, refused to lie flat when in use? And yet it is a very simple matter to straighten the paper so that it will give no trouble. Hold the paper by the corners or by the ends and draw down over the sharp corner of the drawing board or table, or else lay the hand on the sheet at the table edge and draw the sheet through the other. In this way it can be easily straightened. Position in Sleep. According to Dr. Fischer of Berlin, the most effective position of sleep for obtaining intellectual rest is to keep the head low and the feet slightly elevated. Failing this, the body should, at any rate, be horizontal, so as to irritate the brain well. The habit of sleeping with head low and feet high is, according to the doctor, a remedy for brain troubles and some internal maladies. It can be adopted gradually. You'll Be Glad to Know This The lucidity of this statement, made by a medical journal, will appeal to all hurried readers: "Further evidence of the complex character of toxins was also furnished by the studies of haemolysins and bacteriolysins, which had their origin in the union of an amboceptor and complement and were analogous to toxins, the amboceptor representing the haptophore and the complement the toxophore group." Furnished Rooms To Rent. BY DAY OR WEEK Meals at All Hours. At 1001 E. 18th St. G. SMITH. Propr. 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. 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 forgaken 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 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 When being to be hung may way. No more about the humble home I see her ply her daily care. Or hear her sing some sacred song. Or about the little girl. I love to hear some sacred song or ballowed hymn she used to sing, or pray the pray' she used to pray or may him may truly cling Who was her birth day my day The memory of her holy life Remains to cheer me on my way, Strengthens my soul as I press on A smile from day to day To that sweet place was mother's gone. -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 flies come, alighting on the ends, the paper will lean first this way, then that, till it overbalances and falls to the tables. Then the player whose end grew so heavy as to cause the tumble wins. We would not advise you to try this in the house, but rather out of doors in the warm sunshine, where the flies will not bother any one. 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KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. ON CREDIT LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S CLOAKS AND SUITS-- Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits and Over- coats direct from our factory to the weaver at factory prices each or easy monthly payments. We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for free catalogue. GENTURY MFG. GO. Dept. 4036 East St. Louis, Ill. American Plan: All Modern Improvements HOTEL McRAY 721-723 Charlotte St., K. C., Mo. Room and Board $5.00 per week. Rooms without Board $2.50 and $2. Single Meals 25 cents. Hot and Cold Baths Included. BEN McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. De thorn spring up in de fiel' er wheat En kiver de harvest' groun' But we gone right on, er de gyardens En kiver de harvest' groun' En de light shine' down—shine down' Den 'twaz fare van well— De longeome right, De wort done roll, Ter de mawnin' light! —Atlanta Constitution. ONLY A PRIVATE SOLDIER By MONTE ALENE (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) The old woman laid down the paper carefully upon the table and pushed back the cheap spectacles upon her forehead. She looked dazed and shot a glance of pitiful appeal at Mrs. Henderson, who had run in from the room across the hall, to show her the sad news. First Mrs. Henderson had read it to her and she had reached for the paper in a dazed sort of way, as though unable to comprehend the due purport of the other's words. She had put on her cracked old glasses and painfully spelled out the brief line pointed out to her. It was a laborious undertaking for there had been but little time for learning even to read and write in Jane Bradley's hard and pinched life. Finally, however, she had conquered the line. It was only a little line in agate type in a list of dead cabled from Santiago. JOHN BRADLEY, 27th Infantry; yellow fever. That was all—only that one little line—but the spelling out of it swept every gleam of hope from the joyless life of the reader. She made no sound and Mrs. Henderson, who had been expecting half with hope and half with fear an outbreak of sorrow, felt both disappointed and relieved. No outbreak! No there was no outbreak. But that moment if dull Mrs. Henderson had but known it she saw the breaking of a human heart. The old woman, bent and shriveled and worn and faded out was as still as a summer day. Only the fading of the last suggestion of light in her dull gray eyes told of the terrible weight of ice and lead that settled upon the poor old crushed heart. Presently the thin, wrinkled face dropped into the tired, worn fingers and the tears trickled down onto the faded calico gown. Mrs. Henderson gulped spasmodically feeling in some inadequate manner the pathetic tragedy of the moment and quietly slipped back to her own troubles in Number 59. Her going or staying were of small moment to the old woman in her great sorrow. The overburdened old mind held for a lifetime to sodden things had been released for a brief moment by the awful catastrophe which had overtaken her and this newly clarked mind was filled with a great panorama. She could not realize at first the dreadful import of the brief line. Johnnie dead—her Johnnie, her only boy, and the image of her husband, dead these many years. It could not be true. Johnnie, ah, how graphically the picture arose before her of the happiest days of her life—really her only happy days, when little Johnnie was playing at her knee and filling her starved heart with his childish prattle, even while she still toiled—but with new energy and new hope J. C. W. Only that one little line. and new courage. And she remembered how the childish prattle had nerved her for the fearful struggle which had followed and never since had ceased. The awful nightmare of her husband's death and the narrow margin by which she saved his body from a grave in the potter's field rose before her and her heart warmed as she remembered the comfort and courage it had been to her in those dark hours of unyielding grind and sickening worry and merciless self-sacrifice, to hold the little man-child to her bosom and feel his warm arms about her neck ```markdown ``` to be sure he had not always treated her right—at least so said all her little world, and perforce she had been compelled to admit to herself sometimes that it did seem so. He had been wild and fallen into bad company and instead of being the help she had so fondly counted on his escapades had cost her all her little savings. To be sure neighbors had told her that he was a graceless neer-do-well scamp, and that she was a fool to slave for him. To be sure sometimes she herself had thought a little bitterly of him, when ill, weary Wilson The tears and the sobs ceased. and heartstick, he had failed to give her a helping hand or even to come, to her with a word of cheer. But she had reasoned in her great mother heart that the boy had been belief of a father's care and that the great necessity that always had con- fronted her had made it impossible to give him the attention she should and would have done. So if he was a little wild was it not her fault and the fault of fortune rather than his. Anyway she loved him with all the passionate violence of a starved nature and never once did she lose her abiding faith that he would come back to her and be her staff and com- fort. It was a sorry trial, indeed, when he joined the army after the call for troops at the sinking of the Maine, that never once had he come to her. Never once had she seen him in the uniform of his country. Never did poet or painter have vision half so fair as her dreams of Johnnie in his regimentals. For many nights sleep did not visit her ragged cot. The swelling of her heart with the pride of the thought that Johnnie, her Johnnie, was a soldier and a hero forbade sleep and threatened her very life. But the days passed and although the post where Johnnie had enlisted and where he was stationed was near at hand he never came to see her and never had she seen him in his uniform. She had seen many regiments march through the streets on the way to Cuba and as she gazed upon the soldiers so straight and tall and noble she had imagined how brave Johnnie must look and she had wished, ah so ardently, that she might see him in the garb of his country's defenders. But he had marched away without so much as coming to see her or even to write her and with the same sigh of resignation into which all her air-caskles had vanished she had taken up her hum-drum life of toil again. But still the germ of hope had survived in her old heart. He was young and wild. After the war he would steady down and would come back to her and be her comfort and joy. She had clung to that idea with an intensity which stopped little short of mania. That hope was all that enabled her frail body to hang over the wash-tub by day and her trembling fingers to ply the needle by night, all that enabled her dim eyes to see the work before her, all that kept the fires of life burning within her on the scant food and little sleep she allowed herself. But now it was all over. That brief epigrammatic notice of his death struck her to the heart as keenly as ever did the loss of the most model boy to loving mother. Johnnie was dead. There was nothing more to work for, to sacrifice for, to hope for, to live for. Through her blinding tears she did not see the form of a man clothed in the Khaki uniform in Cuba, but a pretty blue-eyed boy in dresses. And in her ears rang the prattle of a childish voice. Johnnie was dead; dead and buried in a foreign soil, where she could not have even the poor comfort of mourning over his grave. The paper dropped from her lap. She leaned forward heavily and her head dropped onto her arm, which rested on the table. The tears and the sobs ceased. Presently good neighborly Mrs. Henderson came in with a cup of tea and a bit of toast and a cheery word to comfort the stricken mother. Mrs. Bradley did not stir and when the neighbor placed her hand with rough gentleness on her head it was cold and stiff. The tray dropped to the floor and Mrs. Henderson started back with a frightened look and hastily crossed herself. Mrs. Bradley's earthly trials and struggles were over. EACH OF THEM LONG LIVED. Two Friends Have Reason for Fighting the Destroying Angel. Twenty-seven years ago a friend of the Chicago manager of one of the great life insurance companies of the country took out a policy with the manager. It was an endowment policy, maturing in fifteen years, and as the policy was handed over to the applicant the manager took occasion to remark to his friend that he had made a good investment. "O yes," replied the friend, quizzically; "the policy is all right. You won't be here to pay it, but I have no fear that I won't get the money." "I will be here," returned the manager; "I'll hand the stuff out to you in person." And he did; and when the friend had received his money he took out another policy. "Of course you won't be here when I come for this one, but I guess it'll be all right," remarked the friend for the second time. "I'll be here again. Johnny on the spot," reiterated the manager, grimly. "I'll see that you get it—you or your heirs." Twelve of those years are gone by and every few days the two men meet. The friend is a railroad man and is with the same road that he worked for when he took out the first policy, twenty-seven years ago. The manager is with the same company which issued that same first policy. "And John is just stubborn enough to be there at the window when I go in for that money in 1907," says the railroad man. Napoleon's War Horses Napoleon used many horses in his various campaigns, and if we are to believe in the accuracy of Meissonier and other painters who have depicted stirring incidents in the life of the Emperor the steeds were always white. When in the field Napoleon spent most of his time in the saddle. He was a more impressive figure there than on foot. History does not record that he had any favorite war charger, and falls even to tell us anything about the horse that bore him on the fateful field of Waterloo. Sloane's history of the emperor says of the closing incidents of that day: "Throughout the famous charge of his devoted men Napoleon rode hither and thither, from Rossomme to Belle Alliance." And then, at the very last: "Napoleon had become an object of pity—his eyes set, his frame collapsed, his great head rolling in a drowsy stupor, Monthyon and Bertrand set him as best they could upon a horse and, one on each side, supported him as they rode." But the horse that played this big part in history goes nameless. Why. Indeed? Frederick S. Tallmadge, president of the New York Chapter of the Sons of the Revolution, at a recent dinner of the society, talked about children's questions. "Children's questions," he said, "are always curious, always interesting. I have no sympathy with those who consider them a bore. Indeed, I have more than once seen the ingenious and simple question of a child electrify a whole roomful of languid people, as a cannon shot would do. "Such a question I once heard asked in a crowded parlor by a little boy of 7 years—a charming little fellow in a blue velvet suit. "Mamma,' he piped, in his higt, clear voice, that was audible to the remotest corner, 'mamma, tell me, why does papa always scold nurse when you're there, and play hide-and-seek with her when you're away?" Spread of Electric Power The following list of the world's water-power electricity plants shows the aggregate power so obtained in the respective countries: United States of America, 527,467 horsepower; Canada, 228,225 horsepower; Mexico, 18,470 horsepower; Venezuela, 1,200 horsepower; Brazil, 800 horsepower; Japan, 3,450 horsepower; Switzerland, 133,302 horsepower; France, 161,345 horsepower; Germany, 81,077 horsepower; Austria, 16,000 horsepower; Sweden, 71,000 horsepower; Russia, 10,000 horsepower; Italy, 210,000 horsepower; India, 7,050 horsepower; South Africa, 2,100 horsepower; Great Britain, 11,906 horsepower.—London Engineer. London Likes "Bedelia." Reporting Sousa's first concerts of his new season in London, the Mail says: "The audience liked a new composition of Mr. Sousa's entitled 'At the King's Court,' but they went into shouts of delight over a rendition of 'Bedelia.'" COULDNT LIFT TEN POUNDS. Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength and Health to the Sufferer, Making Him Feel Twenty-five Years Younger. J. B. Corton, farmer and lumber- man, of Dope, N. C., says: "I suffered for years with my back. It was so bad that I could not walk any distance nor even ride in easy buggy. I do not believe I could have raised ten pounds of J. D. CORTON weight from the ground, the pain was so severe. This was my condition when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly relieved me and now I am never troubled as I was. My back is strong and I can walk or ride a long distance and feel just as strong as I did twenty-five years ago. I think so much of Doan's Kidney Pills that I have given a supply of the remedy to some of my neighbors and they have also found good results. If you can sift anything from this rambling note that will be of any service to you, or to anyone suffering from kidney trouble, you are at liberty to do so." A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. "If yoh husban' beats you, mebba you kin hab him sent to de whippin'pos,' said Mrs. Potomac Jackson. "If my husban' ever beats me,' said Mrs. Tolliver Grapevine. "dey kin send him to de whippin'pos' if dey wants to. But dey'll have to wait till he gits out'n de hospital."—Washington Star. Patient—Great Scott! Doctor, that's an awful bill for one week's treatment! Physician—My dear fellow, if you knew what an interesting case yours was, and how strongly I was tempted to let it go to a post-mortem, you wouldn't grumble at a bill three times as big as this.—Chicago Tribune. IT IS IN THE BLOOD Neither Liniments nor Ointments Will Reach Rheumatism—How Mr. Stephenson Was Cured. People with inflamed and aching joints, or painful muscles; people who shuffle about with the aid of a cane or a crutch and cry. Oh! at every slight jar, are constantly asking, "What is the best thing for rheumatism?" To attempt to cure rheumatism by external applications is a foolish waste of time. The seat of the disease is in the blood, and while the sufferer is rubbing lotions and grease on the skin the poison in the circulation is increasing. Delays in adopting a sensible treatment are dangerous because rheumatism may at any moment reach the heart and prove fatal. The only safe course for rheumatic sufferers is to get the best possible blood remedy at once. Mr. Stephenson's experience with this obstinate and distressing affliction is that of hundreds. He says: "About a year ago I was attacked by severe rheumatic pains in my left shoulder. The pains were worse in wet weather, and at these periods caused me the greatest suffering. I tried a number of treatments and ointments, but they failed to alleviate the pains." Then he realized that the cause must be deeper and the pain only a surface indication. He adds: "I had heard Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People recommended as a cure for rheumatism, and when I found that I was getting no relief from applications, I made up my mind that I would try them. Before the first box was gone I noticed that the pains were becoming less frequent, and that they were not so severe as before. After the second box had been used up I was entirely free from discomfort, and I have had no traces of rheumatism since." The change in treatment proved by almost immediate results that Mr. Thomas Stephenson, who lives at No.115 Greenwood street, Springfield, Mass., had found the true means for the purification and enrichment of his blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are without doubt the best of all blood remedies. They effect genuine and lasting cures in rheumatism. They do not merely deaden the ache, but they expel the poison from the blood. These pills are sold by all druggists. Johnny—Pa, is it wrong to steal from a trust? Johnny's pa—Don't let the question bother you any, my son. It's impossible—Cleveland Ledger. FRANK J. CHENKEN makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENKEN & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every HOLL'S CARNUM CURN. **FENAK J. CHENEY.** Sworm to before me and sutured in my presence, this 11th day of December, A. D. 1886. **A. W. GLEASON,** **NATURAL PUBLIC,** **Hall's Catarrch Cure is taken internally and acts** **on ocular blood and mucous surfaces of the** **gristle for nutrition.** There is no longer any doubt about the fall of Port Arthur. The report is confirmed in the February magazines. —Washington Post. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 6 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. "They say there's no chance for the rich in the next world." "That's probably the reason they're getting most everything here!" -Detroit Free Press. Humour of the DAY Ears and Feelings Both Tender. "I came near having my ears frozen the night of the blizzard," remarked Jones; "and if I had not thought of taking off my woolen mitts and put them on my ears I feel sure I would be walking around to-day without any ears." "I don't see how you got the gloves on your ears," said Brown, innocently. And now these two whilom friends do not speak as they pass, just because Jones happened to have big ears. Nonsupport. Mister Johnsing—Yes, miss, it was on account of my wife that I was drive from home. Mrs. Jones—Poor man, how's that? Mister Johnsing—She lost her job, miss. Man of Business, Not a Beggar. Torn Townsend—Madam, have you got any clothes dat— Mrs. Farmer—No! I can't give you anything. Torn Townsend—I didn't ask yer to give me anything. I'm no beggar. Wot I wanted ter do was ter swap. Keeping Up Appearances. Fanny—Why in the world do you send away for so many catalogues and then never buy anything? Suzette—To keep the postman coming here. I don't want those women across the street to know that Jack and I don't correspond any more. He Called Him. Yeast—I saw the doctor's carriage at your door to-day. Anybody sick? Crimsonbeak—No; he called to present his bill. "Oh, I see; you didn't call him?" "Yes, I did, too; I called him every old thing I could think of." Even Mice Were Scarce. Brother Bill came home late and went down to the kitchen to look for a bite. He found the larder empty and started back to his room, when the front door opened to admit his brother Jim. "Anything good down stairs?" inquored Jim. "Lucky if you find a mouse," said Bill. It All Depends "Is it a fact that your home is only two minutes from the station?" asked the city man. "It varies," replied the suburbanite. "Sometimes it's only two minutes and sometimes it's over an hour. "Depends on whether you use your automobile, I suppose." "Yes, or whether it breaks down." Too Exciting Papa—What's that you're reading? Johnny—It's an historical novel. Papa—Put it away and go right back to your Indian stories. POET THAT DID ITS POETS "Carried away by poetry. Hard on Them. Hicks—Isn't it awful the way Dum ley brags about his ancestors? Wicks—Yes, it excites my sincere pity. Hicks—Pity? Nonsense! the chump doesn't deserve any pity. Wicks—O! I don't pity him, but his ancestors—Catholic Standard and Times. Of Some Use Yet "The automobile seems to be taking your place entirely," remarked the ox. "They haven't any use for you now." "Oh, yes," replied the horse, bitterly. "I believe they're considerate enough to use us hides for the leather, finishings A friend of the home A fee of the Trust Calumet Baking Powder Compiles with the Pure Food Laws of all States. SOUTHERN CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES. In no part of the United States has there been such wonderful Commercial, Industrial and Agricultural development as along the lines of the Illinois Central and the Vacoo & Mississippi Railroad, the Mississippi and Louisiana, within the past ten years. Cities and towns have doubled their population. Splendid business blocks have been erected. Farm lands have more than 100 acres of industries have been established and as a result there is an unprecedented demand for Especially Farm Tenants. Parties with small capital, seeking an opportunity to purchase a farm home; farmers who work on farms; and public representatives purchasing; and day laborers in fields or factories, should address a postal card to Mr. J. F. Merry, Assistant General Passenger Agent, with a copy of the public property matter concerning the territory above deserted, and give specific replies to all inquiries. 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 excursions write to S. G. WARNER, G. P. & T. A., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. The progress of time brings many changes. A number of years ago when a baby came to bless the home (and the home was blessed in this way very often), there was no name ready, and often the child was not named until another baby came, when a name had to be given it. In these days a baby is named months and months before it is born—Atchison Globe. Wife—It is so kind of you to put on my boots for me. Kneeling husband (tugging away)—It's a—a pleasure, my dear. Still, I'm glad you're not a centipede—Pick-Me-Up. Billion Dollar Crisis When the John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse, Wis., introduced this remarkable grass three years ago, little did they dream it would be the most talked of grass in America, the biggest, quick, hay producer on earth, but this has come to pass. **BILLION $ GRASS** Agricultural Editors wrote about it, Agr. College Professors lectured about it, Agr. Institute Orators talked about it, while in the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the corner grocery, in the village market, in fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass, that marvelous grass, good for 5 to 14 tons hay per acre and lots of pasture besides, is always a theme worthy of the farmer's voice. Then comes Bromus Inermis, then which there is no better grass or better permanent hay producer on earth. Grows wherever soil is found. Then the farmer talks about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces 100 stalks from a medium feed. It high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and greedily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc., and is for 80 tons of green food per acre. Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for hogs and sheep, which can be grown at 25c a ton and Speltz at 20c a ton, both grown in the garden. You can come in for their share in the discussion. JUST SEND 100 IN STAMPS and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis., for their big catalog and many farm seed companies. [W. N. U.] Dodges Stout Girls. Jack—Sh! Don't let Miss Fatz know I'm going skating. She'd be sure to want to go. Nell—Nonsense! She can't skate; she's too stout. Jack—That's just it. They're the kind that always want you to teach them—Chicago Journal. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. 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"Oh, yes it does," said the still wiser man, "if you have just enough of it.* —Chicago Tribune. THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME Are Never Without Pe-ru-na in the Home For Catarrhal Diseases. MR and MRS. SCHWANL Vanborn, Minn. MR and MRS. JNO. O. ATKINSON, Independence, Mo. Remarkable Cures Effected By Reversa Under date of January 10, 1897, r. Hartman received the following letter: "My wife has been a sufferer from a complication of diseases for the past twenty-five years. Her case has baffled the skill of some of the most noted physicians. One of her worst troubles was chronic constipation of several years' standing. She was also passing through that most critical period in the life of a woman—change of life. "In June, 1895, I wrote to you about her case. You advised a course of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once commenced, and have to say it completely cured her. "About the same time I wrote you about my own case of catarrh, which had been of twenty-five years' standing. At times I was almost past going. I commenced to use Peruna according to your instructions and continued its use for about a year, and it has completely cured me."—John O. Atkinson. In a letter dated January 1, 1900, Mr. Conviction Follo When buying loose coffee or anyth to have in his bin, how do you l getting? Some queer stories about could be told, if the people who har speak out. Could any amount of mere talk housekeepers to use ion Follows loose coffee or anything you a, how do you know queer stories about coffee t the people who handle it ount of mere talk have per Conviction Follows Trial When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens to have in his bin, how do you know what you are getting? Some queer stories about coffee that is sold in bulk, could be told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to speak out. 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City Ticket Agent Telephone 740 Hickok Atkinson says, after five years' experience with Peruna. "I will ever continue to speak a good word for Peruna. I am still cured or catarrh."—John O. Atkinson, Independence, Mo., Box 272. Mrs. Alla Schwandt, Sanborn, Minn., writes: "I have been troubled with rheumatism and catarrh for twenty-five years. Could not sleep day or night. After having used Peruna I can sleep and nothing bothers me now. If I ever are affected with any kind of sickness Peruna will be the medicine I shall use. My son was cured of catarrh or the larynx by Peruna."—Mrs. Alla Schwandt. When old age comes, catarrhal diseases come also. Systemic catarrh is almost universal in old people. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, who will be pleased to give you the benefit of his medical advice gratis. Follows Trial for anything your grocer happens you know what you are about coffee that is sold in bulk, who handle it (grocers), cared to the talk have persuaded millions of age coffees for over a quarter and it superior to all other brands in flavor and Uniformity? COFFEE There can con- NS OF province COFFEE, buy a way to make BEER. packages, left our RS o, Ohio. Winter Service 1904 and 1905 6 TRAINS DAILY TO ST. LOUIS. For Omaha and Lincoln, 9 a. m. and 10:20 p. m. For Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence and Coffeyville 9:55 a. m. and 10:30 p. m. SPECIAL." leaving at 12:01 Noon; breakfast. Through Sleepers, Dinners in. Little Rock and Hot Springs. East Points at 10:40 a.m. and 1:30 p. m. s. 2:25. 9:45 a.m. and 7:40 p. m. Stations, 5:45 a.m. and 5:00 p. m. ph. 5:45. 9:00. 10:50 a.m. and 6:00 p. m. stations, 12:01, noon, and 10:30 p. m. Spring Car Berths and all information call at CITY TICKET OFFICE passenger Dept. 901 Main St. Bent Kansas City, Mo. 740 Hiokory. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more Men's $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world: $10,000 BEAWARE to any one who can improperly statement WHEN THE SNOW FALLS. Proof That Property Rights Are Not Always Desirable. John G. Johnson, the well-known Philadelphia lawyer, was hastening down Chestnut street on a snowy morning. "Weather like this," he said, "reminds me of an early case of mine. It was a real estate case, a contention over the ownership of a certain ten feet of ground, and I was confident that we should win, for all the facts and arguments were on our side. "Hence' I was amazed when my client, at the beginning of the cross-examination, was asked if he had not stated as lately as the previous January that the disputed ten feet of ground did not belong to him, but to his adversary, the next door neighbor, who was now fighting his claim. "Yes,' my client answered, 'I did state that.' "This admission amazed me more than ever, and I leaned forward in my chair, wondering what would come next. "In the presence of witnesses,' said the cross-examining lawyer, 'you declared that these ten feet belonged not to you, but to Mr. Parks. Is that not right?' "Quite right. Quite right, sir,' said my client. "Then, after such an admission,' shouted the lawyer, 'how dare you—how dare you, sir—come into this court and claim the strip of land as your own?' "Well,' said my client, 'it was just after a heavy snowstorm that I said the ten feet belonged to Neighbor Parks. We were both shovelling off our pavements at the time.'" PUZZLE OF MODERN FINANCE. Situation Too Deep for Mind of South Carolina Darky. Colgate Hoyt, whom a good part of Wall street knows as "Coly," tells a good story of a South Carolina darky's first experience with the wiles of modern finance. Sam was the colored gentleman's name, and his errand to the bank of the town near which he lived was to borrow $10 to move his crop. The teller had referred him to the cashier, and the cashier to the president himself, and that official had smilingly agreed that the agricultural good of the land needed such help, and that Sam should certainly have his money. A note was drawn forth with, but when the discount clerk got through with it the farmer received just $7.50. As he walked up the street trying to figure things out a white neighbor met him. "Hello, Sam," said he; "what's wrong?" "Nuffin 'tall, sir," said Sam. "Oh, come now; there surely is. You look as if you'd lost a friend. What is it." "Well, boss, hit's dis. I jes bin down to de bank for a bit o' money to move de crap, an' Mister Hall he done say he'd loan me $10 for a month. Den he charge me $2.50 for hit, an' Ijes reach de 'clusion dat if Ida asked for dat $10 for fo' months I would ha' got nuffin."—New York Times. Professional Jealousy No matter how brightly the shoe-black may polish. At the next corner waits, all his fame to demolish. Another shoe-black who points down to your feet. Ignoring the fact they are spotlessly neat. When she calling out "Shine!" in a tone meant to dub The one who did that an incompetent "sub!" No matter how skilled your last dentist be. When you take your bleusplugs another to see. He inspections all the fillings you have in your jaw With a "hem!" of grave doubt and a dubious "haw!" And inquires "Who did those?" as above he learns. Inquires in a tone that conveys what he means! No matter how ably your first wife has trained you. How perfectly molded, how wisely constrained you. At times you'll observe in your second wife's eyes. Significant looks, 'neath arched brows of surprise. Looks saying quite well: "You were not so fantastic. Had I not had training when you were more plastic!" —New Orleans Times-Democrat. Time to Call a Halt. The Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of New Haven, who has lately been trying to reform Connecticut politics, told a funny story the other night of two Scottish ministers who were making New Year's calls together among the members of their congregation. It seems on such occasions it is customary in Scotland to bring out a bottle of "Scotch" for the entertainment of the clergy. Having paid several visits, one of the parsons began to be a little worried, and suggested to his assistant that it might be well for him to stay behind (while he himself went ahead) and see whether he noticed any peculiarity in his walk. After careful observation the assistant replied: "You walk all right; but who'sh that with yer."—New York Times. Keeps Tab on Henry James. An invalid living in the neighborhood of Liverpool has hit on a device whereby he can amuse himself without assistance, and can also obtain a certain amount of intellectual exercise. He reads Henry James' latest novels and keeps a bridge marker meantime. 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"Think not, gracious lady," he announced, while Madam Russell stood in very surprise, "that I have failed to see and honor your notice of unworthy me. For twenty nights your voice has charmed me. For twenty nights you have not failed to seek me with those wondrous eyes, in the topmost gallery. For twenty nights I have not slept for the thought of thee. My mother has a bakery here in Madrid, I am my mother's only son. And"—here he knelt in the street, his hand upon his heart,—"my life and fortune are at your feet." "Yet I went home," said the song stress,—Success Magazine. A PLEASANT REMEDY. Tom—"How did you recover from that fearful attack of the blues?" Joe—"Took the gold cure.' Tom—"You don't mean it!" Joe—"Yes. Fell into a barrel of money."—Detroit Free Press. Business: "How much have you got, Billy?" "Fourpence." "I've got twopence. Let's put it together and go halves!"—Punch. 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Mrs. Hatterson—I didn't see you at the lecture on "The Simple Life." Mrs. Catterson—Why, no; I had no idea it was going to be such a swell affair—Brooklyn Life. ALL ALONE Stand Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines in a class by themselves, being the only proprietary medicines manufactured and preserved without the use of alcohol. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis "ALL ALONE" covery do not contain opium or other harmful drugs. They are compounds of medicinal principles, scientifically extracted from indigenous roots that cure the diseases for which they are recommended. They are medicines which have enjoyed the public confidence for over a third of a century. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures women's ills when all other remedies fail. This is what Mrs. H. Harrison, a prominent woman, living at No. 112 West 2nd Street, Sioux City, Iowa, says about it: WHY GET SOAKED WHEN TOWER'S FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY IN THE HARDEST STORM? CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LENGTH OF CARMETS AND HATS. A J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LTD., TORONTO, CANADA TWENTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT 100 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE TO THE ACRE Is the record on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada for 1904. The 150,000 farmers from the United States who during the past seven years have gone to Canada participate in this property. The United States will also become an importer of wheat. Get it from Canada or purchase a farm in Western Canada and become one of those who will help produce it. Apply for information to Superintendent of Im- migration, Ottawa, Canada or authorized Canadian agent, Northwest Land, Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. W. N. U. KANSAS CITY, NO. 9, 1905 Weak women are made strong and sick women well by the use of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is the one reliable regulator. It dries enfeebling drains, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. It nourishes the nerves, invigorates and regulates the entire womanly organism. It makes the baby's advent practically painless, and gives strength to nursing mothers. Accept no substitute. If you want to know about your body, read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, which can be had for the cost of mailing, 31 cents in one-cent stamps for the cloth-bound book, or 21 stamps for the paper-covered volume. 1008 pages. Address Doctor R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the complexion and sweeten the breath, they cleanse and regulate the stomach, liver and bowels and produce permanent benefit and do not re-act on the system. One is a gentle laxative. "HOOSIER SCHOOL SHOES" Should be on every girls feet. No other school shoe has ever given the satisfaction or has such a reputation for fit, style and wearing qualities. "Hoosier School Shoes" look well at all times, feel comfortable on the feet and take a long time to wear out. This is the kind of shoe parents want for their children. The price is low but the material and workmanship in them is of the best. The name "Tappan" is stamped on the lining of every shoe. Ask your dealer to show you the "Hoosier School Shoe" and insist on getting it. These shoes are also made in women's sizes. TAPPAN SHOE. MFG. CO. COLDWATER, MICH. 10,000 Plants for 16c. More gardens and farms are to be planted in Seeks than any other in America. There is reason for this. The production of our warranted seeds. In order to induce you to take the most profitable offer, we are offering a Postpaid for 10,000 Kernel Medium and Late Cabbage, 2000 Blue Jelly Turnips, 2000 Blackcurrant, 2000 White Lacture, 2000 Splendid Onions, 2000 Gordonia Brilliant Flower, 2000 Gordonia Brilliant Flower. Always paying you certain sufficiency of bushels of brilliant flowers and lots and lots of chive flowers and lots and lots of chive flowers. Calling all tillers of flowers. If you do not stamp and this notice, Big 10 page catalogue to: JOHN A. BALZER SEED CO. w. W. Le Crouse, Wis. KHERSON OATS 112 Bushels an Acre! Lowest reported yield bushels, when common sizes run only 20 bushels. Order from Roxana by Web Exp. Pa. Protect your plants from pests and build a pride yield as constituted everyone. Heads often contain more than with grains. Straw and hay are used. Do not leave dean truss or lodge. Stand our wheels. Fully two weeks earlier, and your plants will be quite quaint. Write for our low prices. Seeds Free Five big packages standard garden seeds worth $1 at usual price. Your beautiful new life in a garden is anyone remitting lot in stamps or silver. Catalogs are only free. Write to day. Ask for our Premium List @BISWILD SEED CO. 413 So. 101 St. Lincoln, haw GOOD SEEDS CHEAP BEST Ever Grown. None better and none so low in price. 10 per pint, and up, postpaid. Fine seed. Shipped in chilled. Printed FREE. Engravings of every variety. A great lot of extra pieces of seeds, new soils, pressed seed, and more. Some sortions only 200 per lb. Other seed equally low. 40 years a seed grower and dealer and old seed. Send yours and neighbor's names for big illustrated free catalogue. R. H. SKUMWAY. Rockford. Ills. LEARN THE MILLINERY TRADE and earn from $10 to $50 a week at your own home within learning. For full particulars write at one to NATIONAL MILLINERY SCHOOL, 172 Washington Street, Dept. I, Chicago. When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention This Paper. Stock in two great Goldfield companies at price of one. Special illumination offer. Stretch store. When a short tree, Lanefort L. Ruther, Secretary, 506 Mack Block, Denver, Colo. ilities and Paralysis and upon request. This book is of a hundred pages, without and below of an experience of over thirty years in feet, spinal formations, or paralysis. A Lambda and Johnts. Ed. It is the only copy in this country devoted exclusively to the treatment they may be curled without surgical operations, plaster the affliction and special literature bearing on the 3104 PINE STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. THE ODD CORNER --- Dream and Despair. To her lion then should swear, My down is her white shoulder, My dusk her chon hair, My day my right, My woe my light, My dream and my despair! Such beauty seems to told her For ever free and fair, Between the dawn her shoulder, And dusk that is her hair, Her soft eyes are Each one a star, My dream and my despair! So let my love be told her, But my tith desire Lown spoken should shoulder, Dusk hovers in her hair, And each lion shows Ambidexterity. Gen. Baden Powell has long been able to write and draw with either hand with equal facility. During some manoevers 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 **Aht** be content to guess them. For were I to express them. The heaters would cry **flush** My arm would shake a second printer Would shuck a second printer Nay, make his dead blush. The doleest of creatures. I view my comedy features Now turned all blue and red **A** flaring red and vivid **A** bathty blue and hydr Oat drizzled down By lils I am afflicted. If nummies tressetred, A childish headed?) I cough and sneeze and shiver. With treezing lungs and liver And lower limbs congealed. I get the children's maps out. Though here I am perhaps out. Are there understandable I with distinctive tuck For regions known as Arctic My own, my native land. Yet but half told my woe is— The fate I undergo is Too harsh for mortal sin; Peace flees the hopes fao—case Is likely bound to flames They call the plumber in. Profitable Inventions No one class of inventions has been so profitable to both the manufacturer and the inventor as musical instruments and appliances for same. Numerous improvements to the plano have been a source of large fortunes, and various devices are at present being continuously applied. Radically new instruments possessing real merit are the inventions needed in this line. The public is always ready to adopt almost anything new in both wind and stringed instruments.—Inventor. 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 candies, 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 Maine farmer states that for several years past he has noticed no potato balls, although previously the plants were covered with them. He gives as a reason for this that the paris green, used so generously in recent years for the 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 Ayreshire 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. Grand Charter March-7 The Cow-Bell Orchestra "Ring Out the Old Charter Ring in the New." Don't Fail to See This Parade, Tues. Mar. 7. 1784 Telephone 4178 WALL'S Laundry Co., First-Class Work & Prompt Delivery 708 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. 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." It looks Good. Oh a possum fat Hains from the limb, And the wool looks good WHAT I think of him And leaves fall down And a frost is high And the yellow vans And the yellow vans Are in season now. And life-hours And hog: and the world Looks good to me: And mosquitoes they Don't stab no more. And no reductions ain't Sorry, they ain't a thing And they ain't a thing That kin mar my joy- Exceptin' now That I ain't no boy Hawks and lovers and lovers Are on the loa And the moonlit world Looks good to me —Houston Post VOTE FOR CHARTER Grand "Ring Don't F VOTE FOR CHARTER Sweetening Sugar All sugar is not sweet, or rather sweet enough to come up to the required standard of sweetness, so some kinds must be sweetened artificially. There are many establishments where this process is carried on. A cone of sugar is placed over an apparatus apex downward, many little holes in the apparatus coming in contact with the point of the cone. A thick liquid is poured on the flat end of the cone and the machinery is set in motion. The holes become the mouths of the suction tubes and the sweetening liquid is drawn through the cone, giving it the necessary quality. Don't Lay It Up. Don't lay it up—that bitter grudge— Against your friend or neighbor, Or dig about its hidden root. When you are in danger, 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 Of "sweet revenge" possess you. When tales untruthful reach your ears Nor chase the wrong with bated breath— A he 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. ...TWO STORES, 16 EAST 7TH ST., AND 2825 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD... Suits to Order $17.50. Pants to Order $3.50 RICH BROS., Props. ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. If you would gain health and wish to retain the same remember the necessity of reliable prescription compounding, which we make a specialty of giving the most careful attention.—We fill prescriptions just as the doctor writes them. Our motto is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT. VOTE FOR CHARTER J. RICH. Atlantic P ...TWO STORES, 16 EAST 7TH ST., Sults to Order $17.50. RICH BRO satisfaction Gua ranteed or Money Refunded ..HEALTH IS If you would gain health remember the necessity of reliance which we make a specialty of p tion.—We fill prescriptions just Our motto is TO PLEA Save time and carfare by buying your Patent Medicines and drug necessities at attractive prices. A Large Line Perfumes, Toilet articles, Tooth brushes, Combs and Brushes, Fountain Syringes and Hot water bottles at gratifying prices. Remember its RELIABLE PR PHARMACY Call in and see us. nd Charter March-7 The Cow-Bell Orchestra Out the Old Charter Ring in the N Fail to See This Parade, Tues. An old ox-team will carry in a hayrack the longest and thinnest man with the biggest feet to be found in Kansas City. He will wear very short clothes, very long stockings and carry a child's parasol marked "1889." Behind will come an up-to-date automobile, made in Kansas City by the Caps Bros. Mfg. Co. This will carry an up-to-date handsomely dressed lady, representing the charter of 1905. The cow-bell and megaphone orchestra will proceed the parade. ```markdown ``` Cause of Mysterious Sounds. Cause or Mysterious Sounds. There is an old superstition that tapping sounds in a room foretell death. A correspondent suggests that these sounds are emitted from wooden furniture. "I have generally noticed," he says. "that I heard them after a sudden change in the temperature from heat to cold. Heat causes furniture to expand and open the interstices of the wood, which become filled with air. A sudden cooling, on the other hand, causes the wood to contract, and the interstices then close and forcibly expel the air with these explosive sounds." The Too Strenuous Life "I am willing to go to jail or fishing with you if you can find my store without a customer from six to six any day in the year," said a merchant to a drummer, who asked for a moment of his time. But it is not well to live a life too strenuous—better hire another man or two and pass prosperity down the line rather than go to jail or die before your time. It is wise to fish occasionally. Dollars afford little consolation when aches fill your bones and there is no pleasure in meat or drink either. Chinese Marriage Law. Persons bearing the same surname, although they may not be related in any way, are forbidden to marry in China. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it.—The Rollabie Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. the RESCRIPTION W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. "" Open all night. VOTE FOR CHARTER A man in a top hat is throwing a ball. VOTE FOR CHARTER BAY WAY CHARTER LIVEZAY KC Presents to Bible Society. A number of curious presents have come to the Bible society in London. Gifts of embroidery to the value of over $150 have been received from native Christian women in Manchuria. From the New Hebrides, the Anetyumese sent more than $30. These people manufacture arrowroot annually to pay for the bibles they need. About $15 was contributed in kind by the aborigines of Mapoon, North Queensland, who collected oysters for the purpose, as they have no money of their own. Even the Dyaks of Boreo sent a collection in to London, though in former days their fathers collected human heads much as American boys collect postage stamps. At What Temperature Water Bolls. Water bolls at different temperatures, according to the elevation above the sea level. In London water bolls practically at 212 degrees Fahrenheit; in Munich, Germany, at 209 $ \frac{1}{2} $ degrees; in the City of Mexico, at 200 degrees, and in the Himalayas, at an elevation of 18,000 feet above the level of the sea, at 180 degrees. These differences are caused by the varying pressure of the atmosphere at these points. In London the whole weight of the air has to be overcome. In Mexico, 7,000 feet above the sea, there is 7,000 feet less of atmosphere to be resisted. Consequently less heat is required and boiling takes place at a lower temperature. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth.....$4.00 Gold Crowns 32-k.....$2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth .$2.65 Platinum fillings.....$500 NEW YORK ESTABLISHED 1029 Main St Second B Open Da Get the Habit Of Trading at McCampbell Prescription 2304 VINE ST. WE CUT TH Peruna, - - 75c Mennen's Talcum Powder, 15c Laxative Bromo Quinine, 20c NEW YORK DENTAL CO ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. 1029 Main St Second Floor. Entrance oa Main Street only. Open Daily. Nigh a till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. Peruna, 75c Bell Pine Tar Honey, 20c Mennen's Talcum Powder. 15c Liquozone [large] 85c Laxative Bromo Quinine, 20c Liquozone [small] 45c All $1.00 Preparations 85c or Less. All 50c Preparations 45c or Less. ANY QUANTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHARGE. ENTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHARGE ANY QUANTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHARGE. S. H. FINKELSTEIN, Proprietor. SUITS MADE TO ORDER OUR SPECIALTY. "Maine" Clot Hats, Shoes & F There is no better place for SHOES, BOOTS AND HATS AN 805 Main St. DO YOU TO S Then you w of the big b ings made Less Expens the Walnut Emery, B The line" An Clothing Shoes & Furnishing There is no better place for you to trade than BOOTS AND FURNISHING HATS AND CAPS. Hats, Shoes & Furnishing Goods There is no better place for you to trade than here. SHOES, BOOTS AND FURNISHING GOODS. HATS AND CAPS. O YOU CAR TO SAVE? Then you will keep watch of the big bargain offerings made daily in our Less Expensive Section on the Walnut Street Floor. Emery, Bird Thayer DO YOU CARE TO SAVE? Then you will keep watch of the big bargain offerings made daily in our Less Expensive Section on the Walnut Street Floor. Emery, Bird Phayer 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. --- P TEETH WITHOUT PLACE DENTAL CO 20 YEARS. Door. Entrance oa Main Street only. Y. Nigh a till 9. Sundrys 10 to 4. & Houston's Drug Store. TELS. | Bell 159 East. | Home 2396 Main. E RATES. Bell Pine Tar Honey, 20c Liquozone [large] 85c Liquozone [small] 45c CINE DELIVERED TO ALL FREE OF CHARGE. See our Line of Neckwear, Vests and Hose. the Anchor thing, furnishing Goods for you to trade than here. FURNISHING GOODS. AND OAPS. KANSAS CITY, MO. J CARE AVE? will keep watch argain offer- daily in our ave Section on Street Floor. and Thayer First-Class Restaurant and Cafe Meals 6. a. m. to 11 p. m. Short Orders MRS. ELIZA RUSSELL. Proprietor 90 E 12, Upstairs. Give me a ca The