The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. THE STAGE "PARSIFAL" AT CONVENTION HALL, MARCH 31st. --- VOLUME IX. LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. Jennings of Higginsville, preached in the Baptist church morning and evening Sunday. Mr. Kidd, of Moresville, spent a few days here, the guest of Miss R. Johnson. Miss Amelia Johnson spent a few days in Kansas City last week, returned home Monday morning. Mrs. F. E. Hayden spent Sunday at Hall station with Mrs. Richard Holmes who has been quilty ill, but is now better. Miss Minnie Brooks of Kansas City, Kas., is the guest of Miss Effie Williams. Mr. William Lee, of Kirkwood, is here visiting his parents. Mrs. Minnie Powell, one of our aged mothers, departed this life Friday, March 10th. She was a member of the A. M. E. church, from which she was buried. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mat Bouldridge and Mrs. Morris, and a host of grandchildren and other relatives to mourn her loss. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Mrs. Mary Wilson spent a few days in Kansas City last week. Mrs. Alto Lee was called to Higginsville to see her sick mother Friday. Mr. Cebeon Wilson is quite ill, also Mr. Jerry Lee. Mr. A. W. Walker left Saturday morning for St. Louis. See George Anderson and have your horse groomed and trained. 613 E. 9th St. "PARSIFAL Promptly at five o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, March 31st, the season will be inaugurated by Mr. Heinrich Conried's gorgeous production of "PARSIFAL." Promptly at 2 p.m., on Saturday afternoon April 1st, "LES HUGENOTS" will be presented, and on Saturday Mr. James Wilson, of Sweet Springs, was here Sunday. Miss Kate Wilson returned home from Independence Monday morning. Mrs. Lena Mason is conducting a series of meetings at Allen chapel, 10 Charlott St., and will preach all day Sunday. John Lang and Boom are at 912 Park ave., and will be here for about ten days yet. They have several dates to fill in teh city. Miss Emma Smith the soprano, is doing honor to herself and to the community. Kansas City is proud of her. Mrs. W. B. Has moved to 1404 Jackson ave. One nice suite of rooms to rent at 117 west 6th. unfurnished. For two gentlemen. See Lewis Woods. Mrs. F. J. Peck is somewhat better. Her many friends wish her a speddy recovery. Grant Neal was a caller at our office this week. Wm. Randall, 1611 Michigan ave. pald us a visit this week. He will lay off for a week on account of not felling well. OUR FATHER'S HOUSE. Ian Maclaren, beloved author of "The Bonnie Brier Bush," and many another charming book, was lately addressing the children of his own church. The British Weekly thus reported in part his beautiful allegorical talk: "I am going to speak to you," he said, "about houses—four houses. First, three, one within another. The AT CONVEN evening, April 1st, at 8 p. m., a grand double bill of "CAVALLIERIA RGSTICANA" and "PAGLIACCI." All star casts chosen from the world's greatest singers. The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra of 60 superb musicians, Magnificent chorus, Corps de KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1905. first has the sky for a roof, the mountains for walls, the sunlight for windows, the clouds for blinds, the flowers for a carpet, the rivers for its music. The next house may have had six rooms, or twelve, it may have had a garden, or it may have looked on the street, but in it your mother moved about, and its music was the sound of her voice. The next house you will recognize when I say that it has five doors through which you may go out, and through which things may enter; one you look through, one you speak through, one you smell through and one you hear through. Then we come to you yourself, and we are going to think of some of the rooms in this house. There is the library, with its rows of book-shelves, and its air of quiet knowledge, this is your mind, and all that you learn at school and read, is going to furnish those empty shelves, everyone's mind is empty to start with, and if it continues empty while you are young, you will be called silly, and when you grow old you will be called dull. No room is more desolate than one star rounded with gaping shelves no room more beautiful than a well-lined library. Then I am talking as if we were going through and and around there is the court room—a great bare room with light streaming in, and a raised table at one end where the judge sits. This is your conscience, and the cleaner this room is kept, and the barer, and the stronger the judge who sits here, the better for you and for me. Then there is the strong room where no light comes in, with its thick walls and barred iron door, and here are kept the parchments with all the history of the family. This is memory, and here a book is put away each year, that may not be taken out to be altered but it is a good thing, now and then, to take the parchments up to the big, bare court room, and there spread them out, where there is plenty of light, and examine them. NTION HALL, ballet, An organization of over 225 Artists and Musicians. The general reserved seat sale will open at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at the J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Company, 1013-1015 Walnut St. Kansas City Season of Grand Opera under direction, Barrett & Oakford. --- Homes of Colored People RIDAY, MARCH 17. 1905. Then there is the picture gallery of imagination, and it is well for us if we the walls are hung with pictures of angels and holy things; and there is the church, which is your heart, where you meet with God. You may meet with God in any of these rooms, but here, in this room, you must keep him a holy place apart. Then you may go out upon the roof, and afar off catch a glimpse of the house beautiful, our fourth house, which I am not going to try to describe, but which we call "Our Father's House." LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES Dr. B. F. Allen the scholarly president, and all who in any way helped to secure the appropriation of $77,400 for Lincoln Institute, merit the highest approbation from all friends of education. The amount thus granted by the Forthy-third General Assembly of Missouri is the highest appropriation that has been given the institution. Of this sum $25,000 is to be used in erecting a new dormitory for young women. A building that is very much needed; $1,000 for the Summer school; $1,000 for additional books for the library, etc., etc. We simply mention these items to indicate the manner in which under the excellent management of Dr. Allen, Lincoln Institute rapidly is becoming one of the great schools of the country. 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. CASH IS THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertisements, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. MAR CH 31st. SPECIAL TO COLORED PEOPLE. In order to accommodate the Colored People of Kansas City there will be a special section reserved for them. The prices will be: Single ticket, $1.00. Season ticket, $3.00. On sale at Jenkins & Sons Music Store. Ticked Time Two Centuries Ticket 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 tain, put something into it, "truck a match and set fire to it. He then snapped his fingers over it and took a bull's eye glass and examined his chest and body, looked over some playing cards and told witness that there was a frog alive in his stomach.—Johannesburg Star. Singed Hair of Cat and Dog. Henry Adams a Henry county farmer, was in the city yesterday with a very naked dog and a strange tale of the odd effects of a bolt of lightning that struck his house during the severe storm of Monday afternoon. The lightning struck the kitchen, running down the pipe of the stove, shaving the fur clean from the back of a cat that was asleep beneath the stove, striking the dog as lightly as it had struck the cat, running down the animal's legs to the ground, leaving a trail of singed fur in its wake and doing no damage to either animal beyond a severe fright. Baltimore Sun. 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 1829 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 returned their place of business with new cabinets, cooling boards, pedestals, etc. They now carry a full line of caskets and boral 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. NUMBER 47. GRAND OPEARA AT CONVENTION HALL. The musical public throughout the entire Southwest is on the very "tiptoe" of pleasurable expectancy as the time draws near when Mr. Henrich Conried and his incomparable aggregations, direct from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York will appear for the first time in the West in a season of grand opera in Convention Ball, Kansas City. At five o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, March 31st, the curtain will raise on Mr. Conried's production of "Parsifal," which is admittedly more magnificent in every particular than the performance of Wagner's masterpiece given at Bayreuth. On Saturday afternoon, April 1st, "Les Hugenots" will be given with a caste that is simply invincible, as it includes such world famed names as Nordica, Sembrich, Homer, Dippel, Scotti, Van Rooy, Journet, etc. The production in Kansas City will be the same in every particular together with the identical caste, superb orchestra, with the world of supernumeraries which goes to form an ensemble which has produced opera that has scored nothing less than triumph this season in New York. The Kansas City season of grand opera will close with a fitting climax, as a grand double bill has been selected of two operas which represent the greatest achievements of the modern Italian composers. The first of these will be Mascagni's 'Cavalleria Rusticana,' that little chef d'ouvre of passion and song, which is the best work of Mascagni, and who has succeeded in packing into his musical setting, the tragic love story first told by the Italian writer Verga. In this work, the West for the first time will have an opportunity of hearing Munc. De Macechi, the most wonderful dramatic soprano Italy has produced in years. The second opera will be the equally famous short opera of Leoncavallo which rivals in its charm, power and paths. Both works will give marvelous expression to the violence and emotion of Italy. In "Pagliacei" Caruso, the world famous tenor will appear in one of his greatest roles. The approaching season of grand opera in Kansas City will be Caruso's first appearance in the West, and at this time, the West will have an opportunity of passing judgment upon this man, who to-day is the frenzied idol of the Metropolitan Opera House audience, in New York. BATTLING NELSON and YOUNG CORBETT will come together next Wednesday night out in California and while the latter is supremely confident that he will regain his lost laurels, the Dane expects to finish his man in less than ten rounds. Judging from all reports Corbett has the best of it in condition, having been in training for some months. Nelson on the other hand has had to scale down from 150 and it has not been an easy task. HARRY SPARROW, "The Mad Juggler," who has visited the Orpheum here, and who had a very unique act accompanied with individual comedy, died of pneumonia in Bellevue hospital, January 31. He had been before the public many years, and his services were in great demand. WHEN John Philip Sousa returns to this country from his present European tour, it is said he will bring with him the completed score of a comic opera, the book of which is being written by Harry B. Smith, and which the bandmaster will produce early next season. Gate Keeper Is Responsible. The gate keeper at a level crossing in France, who was held responsible for a railroad disaster, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. FOR HOMANS EYE Wear, Belts Again. Belts are quite a feature of frocks nowadays. The possibilities of the swathed silk or satin belt are infinite, but the newer fashion of a plain belt fitted accurately to the figure and well boned, with a point in front and behind, is also to be considered as valuable for adding to the chic of a frock, and is really now almost indispensable. Belts are overhung by short and loose belers, or the top of the bodice is plaited into the belt, at choice; but in any case the deep, firmly fitted belt is a leading feature of most new costume designs. There is room for the exercise of good taste in the selection of a belt for a blouse, and it is well to have several waist-bands to harmonize in color or material with varying gowns. Soft suede leather makes very nice belts, pliable and gracefully close together. Some of the belts in this adaptable material are folded and drawn through buckles front and back. Such buckles introduce another element of choice into the matter for they may be bright or full gilt or enamel, or set with stones, and the designs are in great variety. Elastic belts are very satisfactory. They are six or seven inches wide, and as the fabric gives to the figure, these belts avoid any stiff effect. They can be had shaped—that is, deeper at front and back than at the sides—supported by concealed boning or by visible buckles; and they are often studded with steel or enamel very prettily. There are various forms of support purchasable by the ingenious maid who makes such little parements at home, in order to save her dress allowance for more mighty matters. At the large drapers' they can obtain skeleton shapes in whalebone and webbing all ready to cover, or cunningly concealed frames of gilt metal that merely pin into a soft silk ribbon and hold it in shape. Laces and Millinery. Crowns are taller, brims bigger—some of the French hats showing brims ten inches deep in front. Plumage hats are among the prettiest yet worn—tiny, flat maraboot feathers put on with such exquisite shading and effect as to suggest that curious Mexican feather painting. Crowns are broader and higher—so much broader as to make their added height less marked. The favorite broad crowns are only about an inch higher, and are often raised a little at the left side, with trimming put on with a flat effect. Fur and velvet combinations are in high favor. Fur crowns are in the handsomest hats, with velvet brims, and often velvet flowers on the crown and banded. There is a new rosette. It's made of fine shirring, with the center a crushed rose. A totally different trimming is of minabreak feathers. A whole set is made of it—hat, boa and muff—in white, touched with pale blue or pink. Rich, heavy colors are used, but very few of the hard shades. Bronze tints—running through browns and greens—are good, while warm tints of terra cotta and deep, rich reds are fascinating in a surprisingly conservative sort of way. Of Cloth or Silk. Blouse of cloth or silk made with box plaits in front and back, the rest gathered to a plain, square yoke of the material. The odd collar is finished at the top with a turnover of velvet and is ornamented with buttons, as are two of the box plaits, and the straps on the girdle, the latter of the material trimmed with velvet. The leg of mutton sleeves are finished at the wrists with turnover cuffs of the velvet. Footgear to Match Gowne The old fashion of stockings and slippers to match the gown has been slowly creeping back into favor. About four years ago it became obligatory to wear satin slippers and hose of light shades with an evening dress, and since then colored footwear has become fashionable with costumes of all descriptions. Silk stockings are obligatory on all occasions, so it is said, but let it be whispered that fine lisle thread are far less expensive, far more useful and far less injurious. In the evening silk stockings should always be worn. Among the younger women in society particularly it has for the last few years been the fad to wear all winter long in the street the finest openwork silk hose and high heeled French slippers. This, besides being most dangerous for the health, always seems rather bad style. If the color be not too striking the slipper for the house or reception gown should match the dress. As this year there are so many new and unusual tones fashionable it will be found almost impossible to procure "ready made" slippers of the right shade, but the material can generally be matched in satin, and at any shoe store slippers can be made to order. For the ball gown satin slippers reign supreme, but the simple white slippers ornamented only with small face or chiffon rosettes have been replaced by the elaborately beaded and embroidered slipper, which is a work of art in itself. Early Spring Model The new and early exhibits of spring and summer hats all show small turbans as the proper thing. A particularly pretty and coquettish model is illustrated above. The hat is yellow straw, with trimming of black velvet and a paradise aigrette shading from yellow to white. Waterproof Gloves Gloves impervious to showers are now found in the shops, and as for storm boots and waterproof leather shoes, these are considered quite indispensable items. Smart and practical as the rest of the costume are the modern girl's boots. Shining leather is just now the vogue for wet weather as the surface is easily wiped off with a damp cloth and polished with an other. These boots are cut high and close with laces, and have the comfortable, wide cork soles which obviate the necessity of wearing over shoes or rubbers. For veils there is the washable chiffon, which, from its very washing qualities, will be known to stand a good drenching without injury. All that is necessary is a smart shake out before hanging it up to dry. For Summer Frocks The craze for soft, supple materials for summer frocks, not only in cottons and linens, but in silks, increases. Many new names are used for the various mercerized cottons. Silky cottons are found in carious weights and a great number of plain tints and in a host of figured designs. The light yellows and buffs are perhaps the most fashionable. Some cottons resemble light weight woolen goods. This is particularly true of the cotton volle and the checked goods. Browns are conspicuous in this line of cotton, and also small cheeks of brown and white, here are also cotton etamines with embroidered borders. A coarsely woven deep cream or cern, for instance, had a border in conventional design of dark blue and black embroidery. Purses and Wrist Bags. A natural evolution of purse and wrist bag is a purse with chain handle, which is a sort of pocketbook and cardcase combined, with the pocketbook in the center and the case opening flat on both sides. "Vanity bags," fitted out with tiny mirror and powder puff, come in plain, rich leathers. Envelope bags—long and square cornered—have flat purse and cardcase inside. But the newest thing of all in leather isn't leather at all, though it's mightily like it, but, in reality, it's cork treated like leather and looking like an interesting new treatment of pigskin. Many Kinds of Laces. Any number of heavy, coarse, linen lace is to be bead, and Irish crochet by many dressmakers is not deemed at all too fine for the trimming of coarse linen costumes. Naturally, these do not decorate the cocalled morning frock, built with a short skirt and a shirt waist. The most pronounced feature of the newest linen morning frock is that the long shoulder line has disappeared and the sleeve is a trifle less full. Egg Sauce for Fish. Heat a cup of milk and add two rounding tablespoons of flour made smooth 'a a little water. Cook six or eight minutes in a double boiler and stir often to keep it from the fire and stir in clowly three rounding tablespoons of butter, add a saltspoon of salt and last two hard-boiled eggs chopped fire. TRIPLE PLAYS ARE RARE. But Two Men Have Pulled Them Off Unassisted. A triple play is one of the rare things in baseball, because it requires a combination of circumstances whicheldom occur. There must be at least two men on the bases, and no one out. Then the next batter must hit the ball in a certain way, or the chance for a triple is lost. In addition to this, the fielding must be perfect and fast. But two triple plays, made by one man unassisted, have ever been recorded. One was the famous play of Paul Hines way back in the early '80s. The other is fresh in the mind, although it was made in a minor league. In 1901 Harry O'Hagan was playing first base for Columbus, in the Western association. Tin canned, he went East to Newark, and the day after he donned a New Jersey uniform he pulled off the play that made him famous. With men on first and second and, of course, nobody out, O'Hagan was playing close to the bag, when the next batter hit a liner directly into his hands. The force of the ball was enough to knock him back so that his foot touched the first sack, retiring the runner, who was off the base, O'Hagan, turning to throw to second, saw that the runner there had started at the crack of the bat and was nearly to third. So, instead of throwing the ball, he sprinted to second base with it in his hand, arriving in time to put the third man out on the play. Last season the Kansas City club of the American association made two triple plays in one game at Toledo. Followed by a Lioness. While a lady and gentleman were proceeding by ricksha from Salisbury to Ardbennie on a recent Sunday evening they were considerably alarmed by seeing, soon after crossing the railway, a lioness cross their path some twenty-five yards ahead of them. Being taken so much by surprise, they failed to check the boys, and proceeded on their journey. Shortly afterward they found the beast about ten yards in the bush on one side of them, and she proceeded thus for over a mile and a half. Fortunately, owing to the dirty and slippery condition of the roads, the boys' attention was confined to their work of impelling the vehicle in their charge, and they did not perceive the lioness. It was thought that the very bright light which the boys were carrying kept the animal at a safe distance.—South Africa. Coguelin Would Lift Profession. M. Coquelin, the famous French actor, is a candidate for senator from his native district, Boulogne-sur-Mer. In an interview he declares his intention completely to rehabilitate the social position of the professional actors, who at present are not allowed to have funeral services and burials in Paris churches. It is but recently that dramatic artists could be decorated with the Legion of Honor. "I maintain that no calling exists that is more honorable or capable of accomplishing greater good for humanity than that of a comedian," he says. "If I am elected senator I shall, first of all, fight the social battle of actors and actresses. I am a good republican, of broad views, and, after all, is not political life merely one of many manifestations of the great human comedy?" Defiance. "Take what you can, sir" (thus the story runs). Said in poor scholar, who for dearest book. Had loved his Virgil; and the wretches took. The louse away from him, and thought his suns. Light was put out. But he had balked their rise. Learning by heart the Mantuan's lofty life. So, gainst all spite of theirs or envious time. Holding it safe—a flawless heritage. So, dearest, since I have you in my heart, Like that poor scholar I those powers daily. When threat to rob me: You may live or die. But nevermore from me shall you depart I have you safe, "Take what you can," "Here she abides, and will abide at way." —The Atlantic. "Ideal" Wives of India. The Mahratti women of western India have the reputation of being model wives. They have solved the problem of domestic peace. There are three things in the world that they have thought for. Because of this necessarily simple life they find themselves looked upon as ideal wives. First a Mahratti woman thinks of her husband. She worships him. He is her god, her priest, her religion. Second, she loves her children. Third, she takes an interest in her jewelry. These three and no more. This is her life. No wonder she is sufficiently amiable to be called ideal. Police Bar. In a certain Russian town the police have been obliged, according to a correspondent, to confiscate every typewriter in the place. These machines are said to be regarded in Russia as dangerous organs of sedition. They are convenient instruments for the dissemination of literature of which the government does not approve. So every typewriter is registered, its address is known to the police and it is liable to be arrested on suspicion at any moment. Foster Canadian Immigration The Canadian authorities are increasing their efforts to encourage immigration to the Dominion. They announce that their advertising at the recent world's fair caused a lively interest throughout the United States and is likely to be followed by an increased flow of immigration to the Canadian West. ALL SICK WOMEN In All Parts of the United States Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Has Effected Similar Cures. Many wonderful cures of female lilis are continually coming to light which have been brought about by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and Mrs. Fannie D. Fox through the advice of Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., which is given to sick women absolutely free of charge Mrs. Pinkham has for many years made a study of the ills of her sex; she has consulted with and advised thousands of suffering women, who to-day owe not only their health but even life to her helpful advice. Mrs. Fannie D. Fox, of 7 Chestnut Street, Bradford, Pa., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: — "I suffered for a long time with womb trouble, and finally was told by my physician that I had a tumor on the womb. I did not want to submit to an operation, so wrote you for advice. I received your letter and did as you told me, and to-day I am completely cared. My doctor says the tumor has disappeared, and I am a well woman. I believe Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the best medicine in the world for women." The testimonials which we are constantly publishing from grateful women establish beyond a doubt the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to conquer female diseases. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. She asks nothing in return for her advice. It is absolutely free, and to thousands of women has proved to be more precious than gold. Clearing Himself. Binks—Say, Jinks, people are saying that you lived out West under an assumed name. Jinks—It's a lie, an infamous lie, sir. "You were known there as Mr. Jimson, weren't you?" "Jimson is my real name. My present name is assumed." Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. In poker dice you have to shake before you take the pot. Crime to Wear Bird Hats A woman in Arkansas City who wears a stuffed bird on her hat is now liable to a fine of from $25 to $50. FITS permanently sured. No fines per person after first day's use of Dr. Kline's greatest nerve bites. Send for FREE $2.90 trial bottle and treaties. Dr. H. KLINE, LDL, 813 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. An automobile is more handsome than a wheelborrow, but no more useful. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. In the sixty-five years that J. H. Stoddart has been on the stage, he has missed but two performances in which he was scheduled to appear. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO SOUTHWEST. crn 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. Two Individuals. Child—Who is that sad-eyed man, mother? Mother—He's a poor pensioner, my child. Mother—And who is that jolly man, mother? Mother—He is a rich pension agent, my child. She Knew One of 'Em. Cassell's—"I have never met," he said, casually, "more than two really lovely women." "Ah!" he said, in SCIENCE and INVENTION Useful Cutting Device. A hand punch for cutting holes through leather, cardboard and other similar purposes is almost as much of a household implement as the hammer, but heretofore the application of this tool has been limited to a very great degree by the fact that, until comparatively recently, each punch was fitted for the purpose of making a hole of one size, so that where holes of many sizes were likely to be called for it was necessary to have on hand a number of punches. This was remedied by making a magazine attachment by which any one of six different sizes could be obtained. These tools at the best were suited only for leather and paper, but there has been recently introduced an improvement by which a variety of holes can be made, as far as size is concerned, but the implement has also the faculty of operating with great ease on sheet metal. The tool is made in two different sizes, with a working range of from one-sixteenth to one-half inch. The design of the punch is such as to give an unusually great leverage, as a pressure of one pound, exerted on the handles gives fourteen pounds at the point of the punch, and it is this great leverage that enables it to cut metal. Photography in Colors Direct photography in colors on paper has been perfected in Germany. Writing paper free from wood is used and is made sensitive to the different colors by being soaked in a bath consisting of a mixture of alcoholic solutions of primrose, Victoria blue, cyanin, curcumin, auramin, and an addition of anethol. The bath is tested by exposing a sensitized strip of paper under a test negative composed of red, yellow, green and blue strips of glass. Since the light sensitiveness diminishes rapidly, exposure is made at once, and under favorable conditions good results are obtained in five minutes' exposure. The exposure is made under a colored glass transparency or lantern slide. By modifying the bath a picture of flowers may be obtained directly in the camera. In another modification of the process an ordinary platinum print is made, which is then sensitized and exposed under a colored negative. The light sensitivity of the paper depends essentially, however, on the nature of the fibers of which the paper is made. Toothbrush Substitute. A substitute for the conventional toothbrush consists of a wedge-shaped device, preferably made of rubber or equivalent pliable material, with faces modeled to effectively reach those parts of the teeth that are in accessible to the regulation tooth brush as ordinarily wielded. The inventor of this device, a Chicago man declares that his toothcleaner will find effective entry between the teeth at the front and rear, and at the same ```markdown ``` time be adaptable for both the fronts and the backs of all the teeth. The edges of the device are separated to afford lodging places for the dentifrices, and the faces are so disposed with reference to the handle that it forms convenient angles for application to the dental curvatures. The general character of the appliance is shown in the accompanying illustration. Life-Saving Raft An uninkable life-saving raft for passenger steamships has been invented by Robert Chambers of Scotland. It is made of wood and consists of three longitudinal bulkheads, dividing the raft into four longitudinal compartments. The bulkheads are also divided into thirty-two air-tight comp compartments. Sea anchor and hawser prevent the raft from drifting leeward in a heavy sea. The raft occupies small space and several can be safely stowed on top of each other on deck and all can be cut adrift at a moment's notice. Each raft will carry forty or fifty people, while life lines will support as many as can hang on. The raft is self-adjusting and is provided with sockets to hold rowlocks and gars. Steam Automobiles on Rails The Hanover railway company is making trial trips from Hanover to Soltau with steam automobiles. The third class carriages can take thirty-three passengers; the second class have seven seats, and there are also seven standing places. There is no coomotive for driving these cars, but machinery in the carriage, which can be driven by one man. If these trial trips should prove satisfactory the scheme will be tried on a larger scale. Calumet Baking Powder A perfectly healthful powder made by improved chemical methods and of accurately proportioned materials Trust Baking Powders sell for 45 or 50 cents per pound and may be identified by this exorbitant price. They are a menace to public health, as food prepared from them contains large quantities of Rochele salts, a dangerous cathartic drug. THE BEST WATERPROOF CLOTHING IN THE WORLD BEARS THIS TRADE MARK TOWER'S TRADING FISH BRAND MADE IN BLACK ON YELLOW TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES ON SALE EVERWHERE CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING-FULLY LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS A J TOWER CO., BORTON, MARB., U.B.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LTD., TORONTO, CANADA. China not only denies that it has violated neutrality, but makes it clear that it will do either Russian or Japanese laundry work at regular prices. —Denver Post. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. THE BOY'S OPINION. A small five-year-old, after tasting a cup of milk at the supper table one evening, set it down, and said: "Mamma, I'll bet a nickel to a doughnut that our milkman has got a sour cow."—Saturday Evening Herald. Overcrowded. It is a pretty dangerous thing to allow your system to get overcrowded with undigested foods—poisons, bile poisons, bowel poisons. Get rid of them by taking Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin, and you will right away, feel such a wonderful change for the better, that you will never let yourself get into that condition again. Safe and pleasant relief and cure, for headache, constipation, billiousness, etc. Try it. Buy by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Real Suffering—"We women," she was saying again, "suffer in silence." "I can readily believe that you do suffer in silence," the man replied. "You take so much pleasure in talk." —Philadelphia Press. Nacaront Wheat Salzer's strain of this Wheat is the kind which laughs at droughts and the elements and positively mocks Black Rust, that terrible scorch! It's sure of yielding 80 bushels of finest Wheat the sun shines on per acre on good Ill., Ia., Mich., Wis., O., Pa., Mo., Neb. lands and 40 to 60 bushels on arid lands! No rust, no insects, no failure. Catalog tells all about it. JUST SEND 10C AND THIS NOTICE to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, together with their great catalog, worth $100.00 toany wide-awake catalog. W.N.U.] To err is human; not to atr others' errors is divine. "Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy gred me of bright bliss and gravel. Able physician saluted." Mrs. E. P. Miner, Burghill, O. $1.00 a bottle. Marconi a Young Man. Marconi's thirtieth birthday is due on April 25. The inventor began his experiments with wireless telegraphy on his father's estate near Bologna nearly twenty years ago. He was still a boy when he succeeded in sending his first wireless signals a distance of a mile. Moses and Parker. "What's the difference between Moses and Alton B. Parker? asked Congressman Griggs of Georgia, addressing Mr. James, of Kentucky. "No difference that I can see," was the reply. "They are both very dead." "Oh, no, that's not the answer," said Griggs. "The Lord buried Moses so deep that the people could not find him, but the people buried Parker so deep that the Lord could not find him." Garnish fish, oyster and crab dishes or salads with slices of lemons. Religious So rough the path sometimes, so dim and steep. and steep. So steep and dim where fall the shadows deep. With peris fraught when darkling fogs obscure. Or with skirts to deadly marsh allure. When pales the cloudless splendor of the noon. *Or* blackness robs the sky of guiding moon. Then teach us how to pray— And lead us into day. Teach us for what to pray— Lord, do not let us stray Afar from Thee! Teach us to choose life's road. gold, Not to lose, to know that pain and grief enfold A blessing and a peace, steadfast and sweet. Make blind eyes see, give strength to stumbling feet. Within the ashes of a dead self lies A nobler self. To Thee our dead past cries, Teach us for what to pray— Walking by Faith "For we walk by faith, not by sight." What is it to "walk by faith?" Alas, it is something so difficult that few of us ever attain to it, for it is a willingness to trust God implicitly and absolutely under circumstances beyond the possibility of explanation. Troubles, great and small, may be cur portion. Storms of sorrow may descend upon our heads, and "hery trials" be sent to test our very souls, and yet, though to others our submissive endurance of these may appear a supreme proof of "faith," in our innost hearts we may be conscious that we are really "walking by sight," inasmuch as we are able to discern the reason of these dispensations, or at least to guess at their meaning. It is only when God's "whys" and "whereforees" are utterly hidden from our eyes, when no smallest gleam of light pierces the thick darkness, and His dealings with us are absolutely inexplicable alike to reason and to conscience, that we can be said to "walk by faith." Blind trust—that is what "faith" means; reduced to its last analysis, such a belief in God's character as makes us willing to accept as right whatever comes from Him. "God is love," the soul says, in its agony, therefore God cannot act unlovingly, and this sorrow, or trial, or trouble, must be necessarily for me, because He sent it. The lesson is one that all God's children must be taught in greater or less degree, but it is only His most apt scholars who are able to master it perfectly—His spiritual heroes—that He sets this lesson in all the anguish of a personal application. To the rest of us—in mercy to our weakness, which He sees could not bear such strain—He allots the easier task of learning "faith" from the faith of these sorely tried ones, and allows a gleam of light to fall upon our darkest dispensations. Each His Own Lamp. One of the most serious thoughts about life is its individuality. St. Paul puts it in a sentence when he says: "Each man shall bear his own burden." We are in danger of forgetting this truth. We think so much of our lives in their mutual relations that unless we are careful, we lose sight of our individual responsibility. The duty of helping each other is so impressed upon us that we sometimes forget that in the deepest experiences of life we cannot help each other, nor can we receive help from others. Each one has to stand for himself. Each one should think of himself as an individual, standing alone before God, having no companionship in the most vital affairs of life, and should seek to realize the responsibility of this position. When we think of it, the truth readily becomes apparent. No one can choose for us; each one must make his own decisions. We must take our own place before God and meet our own responsibilities. No one can believe on Christ for us. Others may intercede for us when we have sinned, but until we ourselves, in penitence and contrition, repent, confess and seek forgiveness, forgiveness will not come to us. Four men carried a paralytic to Jesus, and we are told that when Jesus saw their faith he forgave the man's sins and then healed him. But we know well that the sins were not forgiven because of the faith of the four friends who carried the man. There must have been in his own heart a sense of unworthiness, a confession of sin, a cry of forgiveness, or Jesus would not have said to him: "Thy sins are forgiven thee." No one but ourselves can consecrate our life to God. No one can obey the commandments for us. No one can do our duty. All about us may be those who are busy and active in God's service, keeping his commandments and doing his work, but this avails nothing for us; we must do God's will for ourselves. Each one of us must get the love and mercy of God into his own heart by a personal faith in Christ. Each of us must have a lamp of his own and must have it filled and burning. No one can walk in the light of another's torch. No matter how holy a wife is, how earnest she is in her prayers, how full of God's love her heart is, her husband cannot stand in the light of her lamp; he must have his own lamp or walk in darkness. In the parable, the foolish virgins, in their hour of need, cried to the wise: "Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out." But we know the an- ewer: "Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you." Perhaps it seems to us that the wise ought to have given part of their oil to the poor foolish ones. There is said to be in a private gallery in Boston a fine representation of this scene in marble. A wise virgin is kneeling, trimming her lamp. A foolish virgin, with a most pathetic expression, is begging oil from her sister. The wise, however, with inexpressible sadness, lifts up her hand as if saying: "Not so." It is related that a great literary man, standing before this group, said: "She ought to have given her the oil." Perhaps many of us have felt as we have read the parable, that the wise virgins ought to have shared their supply. Does their refusal seem ungenerous? Our blessed Lord everywhere in His gospel teaches us that we should give to every one that asketh of us, that the strong should bear the burden of the weak. Why does he represent the wise virgins as seeming so unpitiful? A deep moral truth lies in this part of the parable. The grace of God is something which cannot be given by one to another. There are points in life at which no one can help his friend.-J. R. Miller, D. D. A Higher and Deeper Power. It is a great thing never to show impatience, to be always the same, under disappointment, in weariness and pain, when things go wrong and people are stupid and vexatious—to go on steadily without a sharp or fretful tone in the voice, without petulance or basty judgment or shaken trust or slackened diligence and effort. Those who reach that point of self mastery and self possession may come to be leaders of men and do great things. But there is a still higher, deeper power in the patience of those who are indeed crucified with Christ, crucified to the world, and whose life is hid with Christ in God. The patience of those who as they move about in the world may set thoughtless people wondering where that quiet, bright grace was learned, feeling somehow that, after all, they that are Christ's have hold of something that the world cannot give and have found a way better than the world's ways, and that there are reality and truth in those words which have perhaps the strongest power words can have to touch the springs of longing in the hearts of men: Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Remembering Our Forgiveness Forgive and remember! That is the best rule. Forgive, and remember that you have forgiven. Far too many people forgive and forget. These are just the people who say that it is impossible for them to forget, as if this were a credit to them. The real trouble is that they do continually forget that they have forgiven. Every circumstance that brings the injury back to them finds them unmindful of the fact that they have forgiven it. They are irritated by memory of the wrong, instead of softened by remembrance of the forgiveness of it. Other hearts cherish accurately and acutely the tenderness of their forgiving than they do the irritation of the feeling of being wronged. Here is a remembering that is worth striving for One Life. One small life in God's great plan— How futile it seems as the ages roll, Do what it may or strive how it can, To alter the sweep in the infinite whole! whole: A single stitch in an endless web, A drop in the ocean's flow and ebb! But the pattern is rent where the stitch is lost, Or marred where the tangled threads have crossed: And each life that fails of its true in- tent Mars the perfect plan that the Master meant. --Susan Coolidge. A Sunday Meditation The ringing bells call me to Thy house, O Lord, on this day set apart for thy worship. All days are thine, O Lord, and in all the ways of life, and in all places, I may truly adore thee. But on this day, and in thy house, where thy people assemble in Thy name to honor Thee and to hear Thy Word, there are treasures of grace and strength and peace for all the other days and for all the other duties of life. Therefore, O Lord, hear Thy servant, who now goes forth for this blessed season of public devotion and instruction. I surrender myself to Thee; I leave behind me all world cares and studies; I go to Thy house to join with Thy people in loving and reverent devotion and as we shall together praise Thy name, hear Thy Word, plead Thy promises, and consecrate ourselves to Thy constant service, do Thou pour out upon us, O Holy Father, Thy blessed Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.—Bishop Vincent. HIS HEAD IN A CLOUD OF THEORY. TARIFF BURDENS UNJUST CONDITIONS PROTECTION ATROCITIES THEORY TARIFF ABUSES TARIFF REGULARITIES TARIFF REFORM SERIOUSLY MENACED PHILIPPINE COMPETITION WITH DOMESTIC SUGAR. Should the Efforts of American Farmers to Develop the Beet Growing Industry Be Defeated by Undue Favoritism for the Far Away Tagalogs? Before agreeing to a reduction in the tariff on sugar from the Philippines Congress should consider whether the interests of the American people or those of the inhabitants of the Philippine islands are the more worthy of consideration and protection. To make a heavy reduction in the tariff on Philippine sugar would be to open the doors to competition with the beet sugar industry of this country, and it is altogether possible that the latter would be destroyed. In this connection it should be observed that the recent Philippine government bill provided that the local government in those islands should have the right and power to regulate immigration into the archipelago. In other words, if it should be considered desirable in the interests of the sugar industry to open the doors to Chinese immigration, thousands of laborers might be brought from China to work in the cane fields. With sugar produced by such labor American beet sugar would have to compete. Secretary Taft, who is an advocate of a reduction in the tariff on Philippine sugar, had his sympathies in behalf of those islands awakened by his residence there as Governor. He sees what, in his opinion, the Philippines need, and hence he advocates legislation that would be beneficial to them. That the proposed reduction in the tariff would be beneficial to the Philippines no one will deny. But it must also be admitted that it would be very injurious to the beet sugar industry in the United States, and particularly In the far west.. If Philippine sugar were brought into the United States under a low tariff a large percentage of it would be imported by way of San Francisco. HIS HEAD IN A CL TARIFF BURDENS UNJUST CONDITION THEC TARIFF IREGULARITIES TARIFF The first market sought for it would be that of the far west, and hence the beet sugar industry of California, Colorado and other states west of the one-hundredth meridian would be the first to suffer. Whatever may be said about the obligation of this country to provide for the Philippines, it cannot be maintained that it is greater than the obligation to look after the interests of the people at home. The production of sugar from beets has been found to be an industry particularly adapted to this section of the country. Shall the effort of the farmers and others to develop the resources of Colorado and other parts of the arid region be crippled or defeated for the sake of stimulating the sugar industry in the Philippine islands?—Denver Republican. Reciprocity and the Sugar Trust. There is a curious persistence on the part of the tariff tinkers of the Senate in a movement to promote the interests of the American Sugar trust at the expense of important home agricultural industries. Within a few years past the sugar growers of the United States were engaged in a desperate fight to save their product from free sugar, or what was next to it, from Cuba. The tariff on Cuban sugar was, after all, heavily reduced, on the pretense of making a reciprocity arrangement that would largely increase in Cuba a market for various products of the industry of the people of the United States, and this was to be done by a raid on the sugar growers in the United States, and chiefly in the southern states. The act was accomplished, with the result that Cuba pours her sugar into this country under conditions of special favor, while she is careful to buy as few of our goods as possible, and draws all her supplies that she can possibly get there from European countries. The official figures are that in the year 1903, under the alleged reciprocity treaty, the United States sold Cuba goods to the amount of $25,700,000 and bought from Cuba $60,000,000 worth.—New Orleans Picayune. DUTY ON HIDES. The Man Behind the Plow Strong Enough to Protect His Rights. Enough to Protect His Rights. The illogical attitude of those who urge the removal of the tariff on hides is thus made clear by the Kansas City Star, a consistent advocate of unrestricted competition: "There is a duty of 35 per cent on leather manufactures. The consumers have even greater reason to demand the removal of that duty than to object to the tariff on hides, for it contributes more to the cost of leather goods. But the shoe and leather men are interested only in what affects their profits. They are imposed on but in turn they impose on the consumers in a larger degree. If the tariff on hides and that on leather manufactures were both removed, then, and only then, the people would secure the advantages of open competition." The Star is right in the contention that the removal of the duty on the hide would necessitate the removal of the duty on leather manufactures. The industry of the factory is no more entitled to protection than is the industry of the farm. There are six million farms in this country. The man manufacturer had best not forget that fact. The man behind the plow is strong enough to see that when protection is withdrawn from agricultural industrialism it will be withdrawn from all other forms of industrialism. Wrongly Interpreted The tariff revision idea is as dead as a door nail for a twelvemonth, and the truth is that popular sentiment regarding the matter seems to have been wrongly interpreted. Despite a great deal of newspaper representation to the contrary, it does not apear that there is any general and sincere desire throughout the country to cut down the tariff schedules. Per baps if times were bad popular feeling on the subject would be different but the times are not bad and are LOUD OF THEORY. PROTECTION ATROCITIES ORY TARIFF ABUSES REFORM FON SANLIFF not likely to be.-New York Sun's Financial Review. Make Haste Slowly. That some changes in the tariff may be needed is probably true, but that they are so urgent that business should be thrown into confusion in the effort to make them is not true. The country is prospering, and so long as it is in that condition it can afford to make haste slowly. It is possible that an extra session will be called to meet some time next October, six weeks before the opening of the regular session, but it is highly improbable that it will be called for any time before October.—Denver Republican. Relegated to Third Place. The tariff question has been for so many years at the front as the dominant issue in politics that it seems rather strange to see it relegated to third place among the questions attracting the attention of Congress and the country. This shows a healthy advance in public opinion since the bitter experience with the Wilson low tariff law during Cleveland's last term. That was an object lesson which did much to establish protection as the settled policy of the American government—Toledo Blade. Already Halts Business. Talk of tariff revision already stops wool buying in the West. Western buyers are angry with the tariff revision agitators. This is but a beginning of troubles that will follow if it is to be understood that free traders working for themselves have any influence in the revising of the tariff. The President believes that but few schedules of the tariff need immediate attention. The issue is whether it is worth the while to tinker the tariff while business is excellent, since the talk already made tends to hold up buying of wool from farms in the West.—Lewiston (Me.) Journal. SETTING STRAWBERRY PLANTS. The Difference Between Seasons Fully Explained. Spring planting of strawberries which requires work and has the use of one's land a whole year without profit, may be a good system in dry summers, but in wet summers like 1804 and the last three, give me late summer and fall planting. My spring plants were put on clean ground, but rains came on and made it too wet to go upon with horse and cultivator, but weeds grew like magic. Being busy with more pressing work, they had to be hoed or given to the weeds, not counting other crops, which would have to be neglected, it would cost more than the berries would bring, and so much of the spring planting must be plowed under. Now, let us look at the August planting. Early potatoes and bean vines were turned under August 1. First runners were set in rows three inches apart August 6 and would have made matted rows before frost, I followed to do so.—A. T. Goldsborough, in Western Fruit Grower. Father—"But do you think you can make my daughter happy?" Sutton "Happy! 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For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures soothe. 20c Enough is as good as a feast—do you know when you've got enough? USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. If you can tell where to stop, you can afford to be "easy-going." FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE THOUGHTFUL. A Tribute to Weather Conditions In Western Canada. During the early portion of February, of this year, the middle and Western States suffered severely with the intense cold and winter's storms. Trains were delayed, cattle suffered, and there was much general hardship. While this was the case, throughout Western Canada, now attracting so much attention, the weather was perfect. One correspondent writes, "We are enjoying most beautiful weather, the gentlemen are going to church without top coats, while the ladies require no heavier outer clothing than that afforded by light jackets. In contrast with this it is interesting to read in a St Paul paper of 13th February the following, in double head lines, and large bold-faced type: "WARM WAVE NEAR ARCTIC ZONE." *Balm Breezes are Blowing in Northwestern Canada White Peepers are Blowing in Texas Other Southern States The vacant lands of Western Canada are rapidly filling with an excellent class of people. The Government Agents located at different points in the States, whose duty it is to direct settlers, are busier than ever. They have arranged for special excursions during the months of March and April, and will be pleased to give intending settlers any desired information. Cigarettes Used in Korea. A taste which has enormously developed in Korea of recent years is that for cigarettes. Native tobacco is used by the countrymen in their long pipes, but in the cities and even among the laboring classes, when they can afford it, the use of the cigarette has become almost universal. Cigarettes were heretofore imported almost exclusively from Japan, made partially at least of American tobacco. No girl is pretty enough to suit herself unless you tell her so. Suffered Agonies from Kidney Disor ders Until Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. George W. Renoff, of 1953 North of, 1953 North 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa., a man of good reputation and standing, writes: "Five years ago I was suffering so with my back and kidneys that I often had to lay off. The kidneys secretions were unnatural, my Titha St. Philadelphia, Pa., a man of good reputation and standing, writes: "Five years ago I was suffering so with my back and kidneys that I often had to lay off. The kidney secretions were unnatural, my legs and stomach were swollen, and I had no appetite. When doctors failed to help me I began using Donan's Kidney Pills and improved until my back was strong and my appetite re turned. During the four years since I stopped using them I have enjoyed excellent health. The cure was per manent." (Signed) George W. Renoff A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price. 50 cents. Secretary Shaw's Grammar Secretary Shaw sent a letter to congress recommending that a person in jure in an accident in the treasury building be given relief by congress After explaining how the accident happened, Secretary Shaw said: "The right leg was broken between the first and second floors." How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any customer that cannot be curbed by its Caterpillar Curb. F. J. CHEWEN Y. CO. Toledo O. We, the undersiders, believe you perfectly for the last 10 years and believe you perfectly orable in all business transactions and financial able to carry out any obligation made by his firm. Wholesale Drugs. Toledo O. Hall's Cataract Baken internally, directly upon the blood and tissues of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 50 cents per sound. Send all Drugs. Take Hall's Family Line for consultation. Do not forget to plant a few dablits seed about the middle of March; then the plants will bloom this year. COMMISSIONER GARFIELD'S REPORT ON BEEF INDUSTRY. The report of Commissioner Garfield on the beef industry has at last been published. It must be somewhat of a surprise to those who have been indulging in wholesale adversity criticism upon the methods of the Chicago packers, as it discloses facts and figures which clearly show that the great food producers have been innocent of the serious offenses with which they have been charged. They have been for a long time accused by newspapers all over the country of extortionate prices demanded, and obtained, of depression of values of cattle at the various stockyards where their business is conducted, of enormous profits wholly disproportionate to the capital employed, and, in general, of so carrying on their business that the public, under an organized system of spoliation, were being robbed for their exclusive benefit. We find now, however, that not a single one of these charges has been sustained but, on the contrary, that rigid and searching investigation, officially made, has resulted in complete acquittal. Instead of extortion it is shown that no industry can be found where so narrow a margin of profit prevails—the actual records and original entries, to which the commissioner had free access, showing that the highest net profit any of the packers made on their sales of beef was two and three tenths per cent in 1902 and in one instance that the profit realized in 1904 was one and eight tenths per cent. The variations in the market prices for cattle are exhaustively treated and no evidence of any kind was discovered, or even blinded at, tending to show that values of cattle are in the siglest degree improperly affected or controlled by packers at any of the chief centers of the industry. On the whole, the report completely dissipates the prevalent idea that great fortunes are being amassed by illegal and improper methods employed by western packers, showing that notwithstanding the high prices for beef prevailing in 1902 the business was less remunerative than in years characterized by normal values, both for cattle and product. He says "that the year 1902, instead of being one of exorbitant profits, as has been commonly supposed, was less profitable than usual. In fact, during the months when the prices of beef were the highest, some, at least, of the leading packers were losing money on every head of cattle slaughtered. It was not possible to advance the prices of beef in full proportion to the great advance in the prices of cattle at that time." After all that has been written reflecting upon the great business interest engaged in the marketing and distribution of the product of one of the greatest of our national industries, it is gratifying to all fair minded people that the prejudiced attacks upon it have failed of verification; and the great western packers may be congratulated for having passed through such a searching and thorough official investigation unmishuted. The results of this investigation, based as it is upon exhaustive data, officially obtained and verified by United States government experts, must be accepted without hesitation, as the investigation was made under circumstances that guaranteed complete accuracy with a possible disposition indeed, to arrive at entirely different results. Sodom and Gomorrah. A Chicago minister asserts that sometimes the most common statement of fact comes to an ignorant person almost as a revelation. Once, after a Thursday morning address, a worshiper remained behind to thank him, and said: "You always give me something new to think about, and, until I heard you this morning, I thought that Sodom and Gomorrah were man and wife." Most men would rather brag about their children than support them. THE RISING SON. LEWIS WOODS,..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO G@FSUBSCRIPTION RATES: e etl sa TecaniTen Lt fone a ue month ; ‘ & dutetly pat tn advance Mntered at the Post Otice at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter, ~ Gorrespondente wanted in every city and town inthis state, Write an, All uews matter intended for pub Moation should reach our office not Jae fer than Tucsday, of each week and Must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth etude eens WRIOK: No. 117 West Sixt! 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The Republicane of Missiuri, if they should fail in electing a United States Senator, they will stay in the Chay eo! dastlatit oer tine: {00 many Kood Reputtioans for this op The white people of the South will find ft hard to get the outside world to believe fn their sincerity in de houneing social equality with Negroes, fs jong as southern White men eon: tine to be the fathers of ehildron Wwhoos mothers are Negroes, amd. some fof them as black as God knows bow to mite thet. ‘These men rear and rant about sociag equality with) Negroes all day toms, and sleep with Negro women all night tong. Ge inte. our Negro school in any eity, town or in the country, aud the Little ehitiren’s complesion will tell whats heen going on with mother and some white feliow, Georgia Baptist. Nir. Lewis Hi. \Noods, Editor and manager Risins Sum, My dear sity Attneks Chil desires togive tothe Kansas City ymblie, Hivongh your columns, the: following report of thelr entertainment held Boly mary 24 1105 Recoipts from ads, $8.90: patroness anid patrons, $81.00; door, $54.00, sale fof Hebets. $8100; total, $187.90 EN penses To printing and adv, $2100 Wall, $25.00; music, $12.00: total, $48 My balance, $1290. 80 per cent of Walanee to Old Folks’ and Orphans Home to assist in discharging debt on Home, $10668: received — by Home from sale of refreshments, $17.20: to: tal, $120.98. 20 per cent. to Attucks Club fund, $25.02; net receipts of cloak rooms, $8.00) total, $33.42. NOTE. In thanking its patrons and the gen- eval public for their hearty eoopera- tion in furthering the success of this entertainment, the elub is especially grateful forthe untiringsservicesof Miss Guy, who sold $3140 worth of tickets, Miss Overall, Mrs. Thos, MeCamphell Mrs. M.B. Nero, Mrs. BoB. Brown Mr. James Baker and Mrs. D. N. Crosth- wait, Further the Attucks wishes to asure the citizens of the city that the pln set forth in its announcement, to sive from time to time, musical liter ary and social entertainments and to call upon distingnished gentlemen and women to speak, devoting a part of the proceeds of each entertainment. to charity, shall he carried out te the let ter. THE POWER OF CO-OPERATION. Ifthe rank and file of the race could Hut See the importanes of concentrat ine our forees and uniting our inter: ests for the betterment of our condi: tlon along financial lines great and lasting results would follow, Has the average member of the race ever stop: ped to think how wideiy divergent our common interests are, and that no ef fort ts being made to cultivate a eloser fealty of aim and purpose? Have you thought of what the Negroes in this community might accomplish by eo operation? We must take cognizanee of the fact that a race Is powerful and influential only in the measure that it is unified, practical and accumula tive. In America, where tndividuals ani races are judged py their powers to operate large and small enterprise and engage in financiat venture Which prove their skill and eapabil ties, this race of ours has made a yer} insignificant showing, to say the least ‘True, we have been in a very larg degree handicapped in our aspiration oie Rd) eek oe leo | Saar aaa a a eS nity. But have we accomplished what we could? Have there not been ways open by whieh the race could have made a better showing? We argue that we contd, How? you may ask Simply through the medium of e@oper: ation, the consentration of or forces, Our failures have been due to the dis organized condition of the race, the petty spirit of fealonsy and envy. We fail because we conrt failure, and our people stand today the objects of rid feuie and the exasperating taunts of the other races whe say that the Nes aro is incapable of doimg business, even on the smallest scale, Our people must learn, and tearn it soon, That to overcome the prejudices ani ridicule of the white man we must make tle opportunity, put our dollars together, engage in all kinds of busi hess from the peanut stand to the manufactory, and then throw our ins fluence, our patronage and our money to thelr permanent existence, With the present attitude of the white American towards even the few civil privileges left us, to say nothing of the avenues of commereiad and industrial opportunities which are closed against Us {fh wont seem that the idea of co: operation should be more forelbly. pre sented 10 the minds of our peoplt as being the best method to promote our wellbeing and the elevation of our business eapacity as a race, One or two failures should not dis: conrae, Shecess comes by way of experience, and experience can only be xained by practical efforts. We hvke that our people take some steps having in view the cooperative idea and the formation of companies. for the purpose of conducting financial and commedeial enterprises, ‘The business feature of the race is up to the rank and file. Something tangi- ble and practical must be done at once, we cannot drift along, as heretofore, aimlessly and without organization, without meeting a worse fate than that which stares us in the face, Act, act and aet now ‘Two conperative plans are now be fore the race of this community and etion whieh are worthy of support One is that orisinated by Mr. Woods, Jusines manager of this paper, and Dossesses many points of merit: and commendation, We refer to the Pan theon Cooperative. company, whieh Nave been filly explained in the cot pumms of this paper, The plans are fauitiess and hevond criticism, and [should meet the approval of every Ne Fare citizen without exception, — ‘The funds as paid in will be entrusted to the Keeping of the Union National bank until such time as a suffietent [sim has hoon seeured to invest, The Fother eoaperative scheme is that be: ing pushed by the Order of Ancient | Which was proposed by ye editor, and J which, in & measure, is mecting with | favorable support on the part of the members of the organization, Both Var are backed by safe and reliable Jassurances that if given the support | of nr entire citizenship will sneceed Jand work out the Mea of suecesstu {cooperation among the people of our race, and finally prove to the opposite race that the Negro ean succeed along | business and mereantile tines. ROBERT MANTELL says the new press agent of a dime museum went home with a glass eater to spend the night. Both were overjoyous and made great ado in opening the door. As they scrapped over the keyhole a window was raised on the floor above and a whiskered person reviled them in terms that would have been pun: gent in Sheol, ‘The press agent was there with a line of fancy invective himself, and he cut loose with one of those scorch. ing phrases for which there is no adequate comeback from any male "Nix, cull, cheese!” cried the glass eater in alarm, “That's my wife—the bearded lady.” —— CULTIVATE SMALL PLEASURES Fhe people whom T most dread as guests," remarked a woman noted for her generous hospitality, “are those who have no capacity for small pleas: ures."" Any one who is accustomed to entertain much will easily recognize the class to which the speaker refer. red, ‘They are the persons who are restless until something is continually “going on," as they express it, ‘They can not enter the quiet enjoyments of a family in which they are visiting, A talk, With no special object in. view, is to them the tamest sort of recrea, tion, ‘They ean not understand an. other's delight in finding a new flow ser; they wonder why you go out or ‘the varanda to view a fine sunset; the arrival of a new book—these are tri \fles beneath their notlee, If there ar | children in the household, they pay n Ledenten to their little ambitions anc accomplishments, Mary's amaten playing, or John's crude attempts a painting have litle interest to the vis itor who has no gift for finding happ ness in small pleasures, But to fin it thus enabies people to Brow ol kracefully, and in every way is a gil worth cultivating. Origin of the Monocole. The proposal to permit the use of Spectacles to British soldiers is a te. minder that from their prohibition came the monocle, About a century Ago an army order was issued for- bidding officers to wear eyeglasses or spectacles, But a shortsighted — of: ficer belonging to a crack regiment had no mind to resign his commission or stumble blindly, and he invented the single eyeglass, When called to account by the authorities he claimed that the monocle, being of the singular number, did not con: travene the order against spectacles and glasses In the plural, Red tape accepted this literal rendering of the law, and, becoming popular in the British army the monocle was adpot- ed by civilian beaus Of Other Days. Down on the floor here, me and vou, Doing some stunts like Dused to do With other babies in day Kone hy Dimpted of Cheek wore thes, laughing of And, the tut the lips of them they were ted: And tie yellow curls on_each tousted head Were “Mondertul, shimmering, dancing On theluld-time Hoya and the old-time pints! And the funny things that we used to dot Let us ket down here, me and yout Let us get down here, me and you! Over your shoulder peek eves of blue, Out of the misty vears troop back ‘he children of old and aeplek-a-pack We romp upstairs and we Ko pell mel Downstatre atthe sound of he supper hell Hang on, don’t holler, 1 won't hurt you; Oho this ie the way that we used to dot You are filing the phice in the heart of The phice of the children that used to be. Houston, Post Honesty That Irritated. “Once, when I had occasion to with- draw $25 from my bank,” remarked the consclentious man, | “something happened which almost tempted me to think that honesty may at times be not so very commendable. By a cur- fous mistake, considering the small amount of money, the cashier handed out six fivedollar gold pieces. With- out thinking what it meant to him shoved one of the coins back saying: ‘You have given me too much.” ‘The look that man gave me T have never forgotten, although even at this day L cannot deseribe it, But Lean assure you It was not a grateful glance.” Easy When You Know How. It's remarkable.” said the doctor, “how much exeitement a bean, or some equally small object, ean cause when it is lodged in a baby’s nose, ‘This morning a frantic mother rushed into my office and implored me to ex: tract a bead which her baby had put into its nose. Improvising a snitably vent probe from a hairpin L borrowed from the hysterical woman I succeed: ed in removing the bead in less time than it would take time to count six. ‘And the first thing the woman said was: ‘Why, I could have done that my- self!" TOO LATE. An angel passed over the earth one morning and met a little ehild in a unny field, “Little one,” said he, “do vow love your Master?” ‘The child looked up with bright eyes and said: “Yes, Tam one of His lit- tle lambs." “Then,” said the angel, “there fs work for you to do, go and do it." “Yes, I will do it after a little while.” said the child, “it's only morn. ‘Ing now; the day will be so long and I do love to play.” And the child ran away after the buterflies and flowers. The angel on his way murmured: “The day wil end, night comes and it will be toc late.” In a few years the child had grown into a school boy. The angel visited the earth again one morning, and passing near the school, found the boy locked out, too late for school. “My boy,” said he, “the day is pass ing, night will come and your work is not yet begun.” “Oh,” laughed the boy, “there f: plenty of time; the sun was shining so brightly T could not stay shut u in a schoos-room.” In a few more years the angel visit ed the earth the last time, He wa passing down a hill one evening wher he overtook an old man leaning on ¢ staff, Slowly he plodded down th hill toward an open grave. My friend.” sald the angel, “havi you completed the lifework — whiel was yours to do?” The night is come,” said the ol jthe day seemed so long but now it I too late.” | And he tottered into the open grave What Japanese Trains Are Like. ‘The railway traveler in Japan buys fa first, second or third-class ticket; or, if he wishes to go cheaper still, de can get a ticket entitling him simp- ly to stand on the platform! Many of the ears can be entered either from ‘the side or the end. ‘The principal dif ference between the first and seconds class coaches is the color of the up. holstery. None of the ears are very clean, Many of the third-elass coaches could serve, without much alteration, as ordinary pigstys. ‘This 1s all the more remarkable when the incompar able cleantiness of the Japanese home life, even of the humblest, fs taken into consideration.—Booklovers Maga zine. Mention Golvaious Onc. “1 suppose,” said the frivolous pas senger to the gloomy captain, “that you call it the donkey engine because ft hasn't much horse power.” PARMER'S LAND WAS 80UR The Less Expensive Section ‘This department is the escape valve for merchandise from differ- ent parts of the store—small lots and broken lines of sizes. jolt? for many special purchases of merchandise at under-market prices, ‘There 1s sound, reasonable, sure economy in stare for you if you follow the examples of hundreds of Kansas City families who are tak- ing advantage of the wonderful bargain offerings in this section, A few specimen offerings of the past few weeks illustate the economy created in this department, ‘Two big sales of China, Taffeta and Novelty Silks of all kinds, worth from 50c to $1.25 per yard, for 39¢, 48¢ and 69¢, Men's and women's $1.00 to $3.00 Union Suits, for 39¢, Men's, women’s and children’s fine sample Hose, worth from 19¢ to 50c, for 15¢, Wool Dress Goods, worth from $1.00 to $2.00 per yard, for 49¢ per yard, Double width Wool and Cotton Dress Goods, 59c value for 14c, 50c Navy Blue Serge, 19¢, Men's 75c Unlaundered Shirts, 17¢, Standard prints in pretty stripes, dots and figures, Sic. (Over 18,- 000 yards sold in one day.) $1.00 to $1.50 Velvets for 39¢ per yard. 10¢ Honey Comb Towels, 40 in, long, 5c, 124¢ Fleeced Cashmeres, Shc per yard, $1.50 Vestings Shirt Waists, 39c, 50c and 75c Veils, 250. 50c Children's Wool Toques, 15, Do you not think that the Less Expensive Section greatly increases the purchasing power of the American dollar? And that is what the most of us are glad to make the dollar do— to increase its earnings. We invite you to keep before your mind's eye the Less Expensive Section, with its abundance of inexpensive but dependable merchandise —daily bargains, Successors to @ Tourssne. Moone, Guenv @ co. Showed Acid. ‘The state experiment stations are doing a great work for the farmers. The following incident shows how simple some of the tests are “when you know how,” says a writer in Country Life in’ America, A. station official was going over a farm with the owner when they came to a crawfishy plece of land just back of the barn, the very weeds looked yellow and un- healthful. “1 am inclined to think," remarked the agriculturist, “that this land {8 too acid for productivity. We can de- termine this in a moment.” Taking a blue piece of paper from his pocket he stooped and dipped the paper in some of the soil water that was standing in a cow track. To the owner's astonishment the blue paper changed to @ red color ua soon as it was immersed. “There,” sald the agriculturist, “we have our proof, This is just a piece of litmus paper. For 5 cents you can buy a similer piece at any drug store. Its change of color shows that the land fs sour. Crops cannot thrive on sour land any more than children can thrive on sour milk.” FISHING LINES FROM GRUBS. worm Gut. It has been found that silkworm gut forms the best line for fishing pur- poses, partly on account of its great tenacity and partly because it 1s 80 transparent. Every year a sufficient number of Spanish silkworm grubs are selected for this purpose. After they have eaten enough mulberry leaves, and before they begin to spin, they are thrown into vinegar for sey- eral hours. Each insect is killed and the substance which the grub in the natural course would have spun into cocoon is forcibly drawn from the dead worm into a much thicker and shorter silken thread. The threads are then placed in pure water for about four hours and afterward dipped for ten minutes ina solution of soft soap. The fine outer skin is thus loosened, fo that the workman can remove it with his hands. The threads must be dried in a shady place, and are often bleached with sulphur vapor until they acquire the bright appearance of spun glass. A. CG. HOWARD Ir now ready to fill your orders for coal and feed in large or small quantities, Home Phone 1695 Main. Street number 1025 Pacific. Joun P. TILL nor. Eetablished isss. We. J. CAMPBRLL TILLHOF & CAMPBELL REAL ESTATE. RENTALS. INSURANCE: 203-204 Hall Bidg., Cor. Sth & Wainut Sts. Born Prox es 100 MAIN. KANSAS CITY, MO. DIAMOND PAINT CO. (DEVOE.) PAINT, VARNISH, BRUSHES. C. A. CAMPBELL, Mgr. Tel. 946. 1214 GRAND AVENUE ° At the Vendome Dancing Academy. 1734 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. DANCING EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING ADMISSION 20c. Class Every Wednesday Evening, Thursday Afternoon and Saturday Evening. ADMISSION 250. MUSIC BY IMPERIAL ORCHESTRA PROFESSOR JEFFREY BUSS, Instructor of Dancing. D. A. WILLIS, Manager. How the Frenchman Read His Bonk, “A curious way to read a book was what I saw the other day coming up from New Orleans.” said J. T. Simp gon of Chicago, “It was in a Pulb man sleeping car, and we had a pret ty 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 "—Auanta Constitution. Hotel New Port Neatly Furnished Rooms and Cafe Near Corner Eighteenth and Tracy, 1807 Tracy Avenue. Kansas City, Mo. MRS. V. L. NORTH, Prop. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. To Stop Sneezing. “There are times when to sneeze {e to be embarrassed,” said a_ society man; “at a dinner table, a social tune: tion of some sort, or in the theater, for example; but most people com- sole themselves with the thought that it 18 something that can't be prevent ed, They are mistaken in tnis be lief, 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 grawually die off and the sneeze will be avoided.”"—Lom don Answers. THEODORE SMITH. DRUGGIST. Two Stores; 908 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. Puones {feiait Grand. Puones{BoPairomais KANSAS CITY, MO. Dealer in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Stationery, Etc. Give us an Order by Phone and See it We are not there with the Goods, Ghe Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. ——=serisvscersr. Heat Stoves Made. — Largest Stock In City. poems i Prices the Lowest. ale Wholesale and Retail Peninsular if ea a eee Stee! Ranges, Stee! Oven Cook Stoves, Base Bur ( yer) et ag | ners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Baie Penineuinr Btove Go. SSS OTe Tirte tr cont tne wood, corment remNeReT T Oak Stoves, Schill See! Ranges and’ Farnaces. i inl $| Ate | TIN WORK e@ Specialty. : } —, Window and Door Soreens and Refrigerators sy eccatal| 'Phone 1458. Eee ea See 1329 Grand Ave. 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 o8 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 cat tlemen have lost their small vant tles, and a full half of them ride in the more comfortable laced boots. $0 fe 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 {ts 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 fa the habit of avoiding imminent quar rels or cooling hot debates among his Junior officers by saying in his hearty, eontagious tones, “Come, boys, let's drink some of my liquor,” till Negus became the sobriquet of wine diluted jwith water—as the cup of truce. ¥ CASH Cata- OR \ KY] ae ONLY $10.00 AEDT NYRR) FREE, cu, aioe £5.00 «mont; KV pave ibis 8) year was antecd CAI Teor ak aS AK pe) Paces * ZA F U SAN Buthive pusstone: bisitg sou Fores CKXD WY) LAY arene IDRIS Serine | A man who knows it all spends most of his time telling it. ‘To run up a bill is human, to pay it is divine. Fate may lead us up to the door of the hali of fame but when capital whis- tles we stand out side and listen, Kansas City needs a new charter and a new depot and above all things good government. Sow the annual Candytuft in the spring as early as the ground can be planted, THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP Eugene Vaugan, Agt. Kansas City, Kas. 938 Split Logs 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." LOCALS. Dr. Smith is serving up-to-date hot drinks. Give him a call. We want a lady or gent who would like to work on the Son. This is examination week at the Western University. We sympathize for the scholars. Mr. J. F. Paterson, of Omaha, Neb., is here visiting his grand parents, of 519 Nebraska avenue. Mr. Tom Cooper, of 533 Nebraska avenue, is sick with LaGrippe. We hope he may recover soon. Look out for our Easter Number. It will be the best that we have ever gotten out. Secure your space now. Mr. Davis, of 423 Nebraska avenue, and Mr. J. E. Turner, of 527 Nebraska avenue, will leave for California the first of the month. If a man had a $300 draft in his pocket and can hardly get something to eat and a place to sleep what is the poor Negro going to do? Starve. The millinery club will have an exposition next Monday night. It is expected that the club will have it in the M. P. O. hall. They have not yet decided. Mrs. Racheal Porter, of Warrensburg, Mo., left for her home Thursday afternoon after spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Roberts, of 506 Nebraska avenue. Miss Mable Vaughan was matriculated a member of the Guonod Choral club at the meeting last Monday night, March 13, at the residence of Mrs. B. S. Smith, of 836 Freeman avenue. The fine lodges of K. of P. of this city, the McKinley No. 21, Lilly No. 8, New Era No. 40, Progress No. 42, and Prudence Court No. 66 are preparing to give a grand Easter ball at Turner Hall. The Son is very proud of its new correspondence from Kansas City, Kas., in the person of Eugene Vaughn. Any favors shown him by the people across the Kaw will be appreciated by the Son. The Wyandotte Art Club met with Mrs. M. C. Mallard, Wednesday afternoon, March 15. A delicious course was served. Mrs. Rev. Vaughan, Mrs. Katie Cummings and Mrs. Samuels were among those present. ANYONE DESIRING to rent dining room and kitchen, call to see Mrs. Henry Wilson, North Main St., Excelsior Springs, Mo., would like to be open by the 1st of April. Very respectfully yours, MRS. HENRY WILSON. The Guonod Choral society will meet at the Western University next Monday evening, March 20. They are working on The Prodigal Son, an oratio by Vincin. The society is composed of members of the two Kansas Cities. They will be glad to have new members join them at any time. Two nice rooms to rent at 1104 Howard with the use of the kitchen. This will just suit a single lady or a man and wife who desire light house keeping. See Miss Sadie Thornton at Lincoln Ward school at noon hour or at 1104 Howard. Mrs. Lena Mason, the great evangelist, will preach the sacremental sermon for Rev. Vaughan at St. John's A. M. E., 944 Bell street. St. John will have a series of meetings and Mrs. Mason will preach. Everybody is invited out. Come early and get a good seat. The meeting begins at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, March 26, 1905. Miss Anna H. Jones wishes to extend her sincerest thanks to all of the kind friends for their sympathy and thoughtfulness during this sudden bereavement that has befallen her family. --- Have you had a business shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone. Pass it on; Pass it on; , Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's taers, Till in Heaven the deed appears— III in Heaven the deed appears— Pass it on. AN APPRECIATION In far away Chatham, Ontario, about the year 1860 was born Miss Fredericka Florence Jones. Her early life was not exceptional save that she was a leader in her classes. She passed the entrance examination at Toronto University and gained exceptional grades at subsequent examinations. When colored teachers were called to teach in St. Louis Miss Jones and her two sisters responded; but after a year she returned and her family moved to Ann Arbor, Mich. Here she completed her education, graduating from the University of Michigan in 1887. Her next years were spent first at Wifberforce University, then on account of her health, which demanded milder climate, at Paul Quinn Chapel, Waco, Tex., and at the Sate Normal, Tallahassee, Fla., leading merit to the scholarship and high character of the faculties in each of these institutions. In 1896 she opened in Philadelphia a private school for girls which proved a significant factor in the development of the youth of that city and in 1903 introduced the same in Kansas City. Her success from the very inception of her work secured for her immediate recognition and appreciation, and she was called to the city schools in September, 1904. For one year only she was permitted to lend her sweet, angelic disposition to her work, but in that short time she so discharged her duties and radiated an influence that the public as well as the school system feels that in her death, the 4th of this month, it has had an irreparable loss. Aside from her school duties she lent her ability and her energies to many charitable and intellectual movements of the city, being a member of the Booklovers Club, the Woman's League and maintaining her little orphan god child, who lost both of its parents within the short space of ten days. None went from her presence without the consciousness of having been in the sunshine of a cultured, refined and noble woman. Frail in statue, unostentatious in manner, stalwart in simple christian character, the influence of her life cannot be said in a day. "None knew her but to love her, None saw her but to praise." NOTICE. Two nicely furnished rooms for rent. 1232 Vine street., Mrs. Belle Williams. RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE. Whereas, it has pleased the all Wise Providence to remove from our ranks our beloved sister, teacher, Miss Fredrica Jones. Resolved, That while we submissively bow to His devine will, we feel deeply the loss sustained by the demise of our beloved collaborer, who, though employed in her recent position but a short time, had ingratiated but a short time, had ingratiated herself into the hearts of her fellow teachers and made indelible impressions on the minds of her pupils. Resolved, That we extend to the sisters and other relatives of Miss Jones our heart-felt sympathy in their sad bereavement, commending them to Him who doeth all things well. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be published and a copy sent to the relatives of the deceased. D. G. Watson, Jennie A. Guy, Belle Scott. To my friends and relatives of this city: I guess you are all wondering about the separation of Mr. Allen G. Samuels and Mrs. Rosa V. Samuels. It is all about Miss E. T. Harris of this city. When he met her he told her that he was not married and he lied. He has eleven children in Shreveport. The oldest one is 24 years old and the youngest one is 11 months old. He has forsaken his home for Miss E. T. Harrison. He is in 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. 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. 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 to flight each care and fear Which chained to be taking my way. No more about the humble home I see her ply her daily care. Or hear her sing some sacred song, Or plead with God in fervent pray' For right to triumph over wrong. I love to hear some sacred song Or hear the hymn she used to sing, Or pray the priest she pray That I to Him may firmly cling Who was her comfort day by day. The day she was born Remains to cheer me on my way. Strengthen my soul as I press on Amid life's toll, from day to day. To have sweet place where mother's 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 A 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 to 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. AGENTS WANTED To sell Kinkine. Read their advertisement elsewhere in this paper, also what our customers say of it. Maud Wilson, Marion, Ind., writes: "Kinkine gives satisfaction. I take pleasure in recommending it." Mary G. Sommer, Alton, Ill., writes: "I have used your Kinkine with wonderful results." Fanny Meyers, Danville, Va., writes: "I am glad to say that it has done my head more good than anything I ever used." Rose Holt, Atlanta, Ga., writes: "Send me three dozen more bottles of Kinkine at once; goes like hot cakes and works wonders on the hair." Large bottle sent prepaid for .35c; six for $1.40, and one dozen for $2.80. FREE! to show what KINKINE will do send 10c.; and we will mail a sample postpaid. Agents wanted everywhere to sell KINKINE. Write to-day for terms. THE KINKINE COMPANY,... 343 West 14th St. NEW YORK. KATE'S PIE. This is the pie that Kate made! This is the Cook, with the apron white. That heated the oven exactly right, To bake the pie that Kate made. This is the rat that left its hole To taste the cream in the china bowl! To taste the cream in the china bowl. And smelt the pie that Kate made. This is the old but active cat, That caught that meddlesome, but That caught that meddlesome, but nimble rat, That nibbled the pie that Kate made. This is the maid, so trim and tall, That waited at table and swept the hall, And carried the pie that Kate made. This is the Dame, so short and fat, That owned the old, but active cat, And carved the pie that Kate made. And these are the hungry girls and boys, Fuli of merriment, fun, and noise, Who ate the pie Kate made. —Little Folks. GO TO THE E. Z. Barber Shop UNEEDA SHAVE AND HAIR CUT. C. A. EVANS 107 East 14th, Kansas City, Mo DEFIANCE SALE Of Men's Spring Suits. Rightly constructed, Rightly priced—vouchsafed by the fact that they are shown here. All interlinings thoroughly shrunk; all pockets and all vulnerable points properly protected; all buttons firmly fastened; button-holes hand sewed; collars and lapels stitched by hand. $10 $12 $15 Nebraska Clothing Co. KANSAS CITY, Mo. 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. In Common Things. **Seek not star for beauty. Let it glows.** In dew wet grasses all about thy feet; In birds, in sunshine, childish faces sweet. In stars and mountain summits topped with snow. **Go not abroad for happiness. For, see.** It is a flower that blossoms by thy Dream not of noble service elsewhere wrought. The simple duty that awaits thy hand Is God's voice uttering a divine com- mander. Life's common deeds build all that saints have thought. sometimes have flowers and stars spell out His name. The paradise men seek, the city bright. That means beyond the stars for long-lasting. Is only human goodness in the skies. Earth's decays, well done, glow into heav- ing. only 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 irrigate 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 amboceceptor and complement and were analogous to toxins, the amboceceptor representing the haptophore and the complement the toxophore group." MAKES THE MAIR GROW LONG, STRAIGHT, SOFT AND SILKY. CURES DANDRUFF AND STOPS FALLING MAIR. It was discovered by Dr. Roberts, a famous English chemist, who has made a study of the scaip of colored people for the past thirty years, and who after much time and experience, has discovered a great Tinct especially for the colored people. The Doctor says that his experience and scaip has taught him that the scaip of the colored people are not the same as after laboring and testing these many years he has discovered the greatest **REMEDY** the **WORLD** has ever known for the **HAIR** of colored people. **KINN-INE** will make the hair GROW from one to three inches per month if the directions and instructions are carefully followed out. We have many cases on record where the above instructions do not help the hair do not resist when we make these claims. **KINN-INE** is the only safe preparation in the **WORLD** that is guaranteed to make the HAIR STRAIGHT and make dry hair smooth and stop it from breaking off and falling out; takes out all the kinks and knots, dues Dandruff, makes the hair soft and silky, and by nourishing it with new life and vigor, restoring it to natural color. READ WHAT A CUSTOMER SAYS OF IT I am glad to say it has done my head more good than anything I ever used. Send me three dozen more bottles of Kinkine at once, hot hot cakes and works wonders on the hair. LARGE BOTTLE PREPARED for 33¢; SIN for $1.40, and ONE DOZEN for $2.80 FREE! To show what KINK-INE will do send IOC, and we will mail a sample postpaid. AGENTS We will sell KINK-INE. Were today for terms. THE KINK-INE COMPANY, 343 W. 14th St. NEW YORK 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 call Lincoln In MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN Lincoln Institute DEPARTMENTS: COLLEGE, NORMAL, PR DUSTRIAL AND D COURSES: Classical, College Prepara Model Training School, Music Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechani ing, Blacksmithing, Machinery, S Gardening, Printing, Typewriti Laundering. ADVANTAGES: Good Location, Freed with Modern Improvements. Bu Diplomas are licenses to teach in state. A few deserving students n to earn their way. All applicants of good moral character. For fun. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN JEFFERSON CITY, COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARATORY, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC. COURSES: Classical, College Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Model Training School, Music (Instrumental and Vocal), Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Woodworking, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe-making, Farming and Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, Sewing, Cooking and Laundering. ADVANTAGES: Good Location, Free Tuition, New Dormitories with Modern Improvements, Buildings Heated by Steam. Diplomas are licenses to teach in any public school in the state. A few deserving students are assisted in their efforts to earn their way. All applicants must present testimonials of good moral character. For further information write to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A.M., L.L.D., Pres. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT ON CRE LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHES. LADIES' and CHILDREN'S COATS direct from our factory. factory prices cash or easy n. We trust honest people local to the world. Write for f. GENTURY M Dept. 4036 East ON CREDIT LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S CLOAKS AND SUITS... Men's, boys' and Children's suits and Overcoats direct from our factory to the wearer at factory prices cash or easy monthly payments. We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for free catalogue. GENTURY MFG. GO. Dept. 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. Is no Experiment Mrs. Rose Holt, Atlanta, Ga., writes: UNEXCELLED SERVICE VIA FRISCO SYSTEM TO POINTS IN Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida AND THE SOUTHEAST, AND TO Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas AND THE SOUTHWEST. The Famous Health and F pleasure Resorts. EUREKA SPRINGS AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, Reached most conveniently by this Route. Round Trip Homeseeers' Tickets at rate of ONE FARE plus $2, on sale first and third Tuesday of each month. For descriptive literature and detailed information as to rates, train service, etc. address, or contact information, ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSEYER AGENT, KANSAS CITY, MO. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IN THE.... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services striptly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up staira. Z. T. JORDAN, Manager Institute FOR COLORED YOUTH BILLEN, A. M. President. MENTS: PREPARATORY, IN- D DOMESTIC. Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Music (Instrumental and Vocal), Mechanical), Carpentry, Woodwork- ery, Shoe-making, Farming and writing, Sewing, Cooking and , Free Tuition, New Dormitories. Buildings Heated by Steam, in any public school in the ents are assisted in their efforts cants must present testimonials for further information write to BILLEN, A.M., L.L.D., Pres. Y, MISSOURI. FLOUR EDIT IS CLOAKS AND SUITS... different styles and over- factory to the weiner at easy monthly payments, deplicated in all parts of for free catalogue. MFG. GO. East St. Louis, Ill. ST. LOUIS. MQ. Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Never Without Help and Hope I never had a rock so bare, Unblessed by verdure brightened sell. But some small flower half hidden there, Exhaled the fragrant breath of God. I never knew a day so drear, But on its leaden sky was hung Some shadow of a rainbow clear, From vanished joy in farewell flung. I never sat where silence kept My soul from loving friends afar, But angel wings the ether swept Between me and the evening star. And never, in the keenest pain, When night looks down on anguish wild. Can "O my Father," rise in vain From the lone spirit of his child. —Julia Noyes. DOESAS BY FRANK H. SWEET (Copyright, 1905, by Dally Story Pub, Co.) "I do hope the cars won't run off the track," said Betty Slyvester, as she put the finishing touches to her sister's costume, and then stood back and studied the effect critically. "It's an audacious flying in the face of Providence, to go switching off behind one of them engines that ain't like nothing human nor divine. But here's your Aunt Beulah, down sick in bed and writing to us, and the land knows I can't go with all the farm and cows and cooking, and three hired men here; and they do say she's got a splendid house with carpets and bath rooms and all, and we're the only kin. There. I think that will do Yes, it's a shame we we've never been to see her, and she being there twenty years, and the last five all by herself. But it's a hundred miles, and it stands to reason we couldn't go in a wagon, and I won't be switched on the land by one of them snorting railroad things that hasn't been in the neighborhood scarcely a year, and folks still jumping just to hear them. Yes, that will do," and stepping forward quickly she dabbed a little kiss upon her sister's car. "Now good-bye. Be sure and write soon's you get there, and don't be set up with the fine things in Aunt Beulah's house. I do hope nothing will happen. But young folks like to travel round and see things. You'll likely have a real good time, and it's a shame Aunt Beulah's at death's door and I never been to see her. But there; I must run back or the sweet pickle will plumb spoil on the stove. You look real pretty, Dorcas." And with this involuntary compliment, Betty Slyvester hurried toward the kitchen, leaving Dorcas blushing and frightened at the prospect of her first journey on the cars. For a number of years Dorcas had had a suitor. At first he had confined his attention to stolen glances across the fields and across the church, and on rare occasions when his manhood had asserted itself, to elaborate toilet and a half hour's leaning against the Sylvester front fence, admiring Dorcas' posies and talking crops. Later he had braved the front gate, generally with a straw in his mouth, and sat on the steps for an hour in the gloaming, talking with Betty, but looking at Dorcas. In cold evenings and during the winter the hour had been passed in the cosy sitting room, playing checkers and popping corn. Not a word of love had been spoken, but it was understood in the house and in the whole neighborhood, that John Baldwin was waiting on Dorcas Sylvester and that some time in the future, as they should determine, the two good old country families and the two well-tilled farms would be united—provided of course, John Baldwin's difidence ever allowed him to get that far. As she ran lightly down the steps to the farm wagon, Dorcas gave one quick, shy glance up the slope to where the big Baldwin house stood, half hidden by its towering elms. Yes, there was John's buggy standing in the road before the house, and his A man in a suit leans against a pillar, looking up at a cloudy sky with falling leaves. Against the Sylvester front fence. Fast horse could reach the station in one-half the time they could with the farm wagon and old Charlie. Besides Betty had thought the hired man might as well kill two birds with one stone; so he was taking a load of produce along, which he would peddle after leaving Dorcas at the station. As she climbed up beside Jethro, who did not offer or dream of offering assistance, Dorcas thought how much easier it would be in John's spring buggy than in this heavy wagon which joined and rumbled over the rough country roads. But still she felt happy, with a sudden loss of whatever misgiving she may have felt. Although neither she nor John had thought of such an audacious thing as him offering to act as escort, yet the presence of the buggy meant that he intended to keep somewhere in her vicinity, to have an over-light of her safety—perhaps he would even go on the train, riding in one of the adjoining cars. As the load of produce included eggs and milk, progress would be slow, and they had arranged for an Dorcas early start; but before half the distance had been traversed, they heard the sharp whir of John's approaching buggy wheels. As he flashed by, he was bending over in ostentations search of something under the seat, but he gave her a bashful side glance which plainly said, "Don't be uneasy, Dorcas, I'll see things go right." By the time he straightened up he was disappearing round a bend in the road. But the glance had sent a soft color to her face, which lingered there through the long, rough ride, until finally she was aroused by a gruff: "Jerusalem! who there, Charlie!" They were at the junction of two roads; one led up to the station a quarter of a mile away, the other went on to the village two or three times that distance. Jethro was looking at her with dismay on his face. "Why—why—do you reckon you could walk to the depot?" persuasively. "Tain't but a step. You see," apologetically, as he noted the surprise on her face. "Bon Pokey's wagon's just turning the corner down yonder, and if he gets in town ahead of me, he sells his stuff, and if I get in ahead of him, I sell my stuff; and if I sell my stuff, like Miss Betty counts on, why, she ain't going to fuss at me much, see? Of course, I'm here to take you to the depot, and will now if you say the word; but it's bound to put me in behind Ben. And it ain't but a step." "Oh, I will walk, Jethro," laughed Dorcas, and placing a hand upon the end of the seat she sprang lightly to the ground. "And you needn't tell Betty, either." It was a very dainty figure that went up the road to the station; and though she did not know it, the rich, soft goods taken from the old chest in the garret had again come round into fashion. A whistle sounded in the distance, and Dorcas uttered a low cry of dismay. The train was approaching, and she had thought there was plenty of time. Could she make it by running, she wondered? But a swift glance toward the station checked the impulse even as she sprang forward. The station was still an eighth of a mile away, and she could see several carriages driving up to it, and people standing on the platform. What a spectacle it would be for them to see a woman racing with the train; besides, she could not hope to reach it in time. Jethro— There was the swift approach of carriage wheels, a pair of splendid bays stoped beside her, and she looked up into the reassuring face of a young drummer, who was selling mowing machines in the neighborhood. Before she was aware of his intention, he had sprung to the ground and lifted her into the carriage and they were whirling away with a long, circling cloud of dust trailing behind. "Don't you worry, young lady," the drummer shouted cheerily, "I'll get you there all right." What John Baldwin's feelings were as he stood on the platform watching, none but himself ever knew. He saw Jethro stop and Dorcas get out, then heard the train whistle and saw her start to run, and realized that his place was down there on the dusty road by her side instead of with the curious people at the station. When the drummer stopped and took her in, the young farmer's face grew hard and set, with a firmness his life had never known before. He was beside the carriage when it stopped, and helped her out, and quietly and authoritatively, with all the spectators looking on, he drew her arm within his own. "Come, Dorcas," he said, "we must hurry to catch the train. I'll get the tickets. Yes." in answer to her wondering expression, "I'm going right on with you to where your Aunt lives—sit in the same seat, too, to keep off drummers and things. And I shall stay around to come back with you when the visit is over. Come." SCARES AWAY THE RATS. How Ingenious Woman Insures Safety in the Morning. An Augusta hotel is more or less infested with rats, and naturally the rats have a love for the department where the food is prepared. The help is largely feminine, and while none of them has any fellow feeling for the rodents, there is one who stands in mortal fear of them. She, with the others, occupies rooms on the floor above, and one of the hardest hours of the day is when she gets up in the morning and makes her way to the kitchen. She had rather meet old Nick himself than a rat, and she also feels that she is liable on going downstairs, to meet one on every step. Therefore, in order to prevent anything of the kind, she has provided a means of averting it that is simple, yet effective. On her trunk, within reach of the bed, she keeps ten or twelve tind lard pail covers and when in the morning she has donned her raiment she carefully opens the door of her room and, taking a cover, lets it go down the stairs. The rattle of the tin on the stairs gives her courage, and with the other covers in her hand she starts down the stairs. When she has descended two or three stairs she lets go another cover and makes another advance. This goes on until she has reached the foot of the stairs, when, after opening the kitchen door very carefully, she throws the remaining covers across the floor or up against the range. By this time she has convinced herself that not a rat is left in the kitchen, and with a sigh of relief she begins her day's work.—Kennebec Journal. A Slight Misunderstanding. A Sight Misunderstanding: To the hosiery department of an up-town store went a woman leading by the hand a dark-skinned, black-haired little boy. To the salesgirl she said: "I want a pair of stockings for my little boy. Six is the size, I think. At any rate it is the number that goes with a number ten shoe." "Five and one-half is the size," said the girl. "What color?" "Black, I think. Lisle thread." "Feet white or black?" asked the salesgirl. The woman looked dazed, then angry. "You impertinent hussy!" she gasped. "Of course my boy's feet are white. I'll report you to the management and withdraw my custom from the store." The girl cried, the floor walker busted up and it took half an hour to make satisfactory explanations.—New York Press. Had Sold Both Ends of the Bolt A Columbus shopkeeper tells this somewhat amusing story, giving the incident as an actual happening. "I was making some purchases," she said, "in a downtown store, and was directed by the floor walker to the muslin counter. A young man was in charge, and I noticed at first that he was slightly affected by liquor. After sorting over a number of bolts on the shelf, he finally threw down what I wanted. He looked at the cloth for a minute, meanwhile fumbling for the end. Finally, he said, disgustedly. 'Dick must have sold both ends of this; yes, I'm sure he did,' and with that he pushed his shears across the piece, and from the end thus made he sold me the quantity I wished."—Columbus Dispatch. Gorman Hard to Caricature Gorman Hard to Caricature. Everybody who is familiar with the features of Senator Gorman is aware that cartoonists invariably fail to get any characteristic phase in the Maryland statesman's face which they can exaggerate successfully. A cartoonist of some note tried for an hour one evening when sitting opposite Senator Gorman at dinner to "catch" him, but was unsuccessful, although he thought that one drawing was fairly good. He called Senator Gorman's attention to the trouble he was having. "Well," said the senator, "one of the prominent cartoonists has said the same thing. Nast and Gilliam have told me I ought to do something to change my appearance so that I could be successfully cartooned." Strength In Storm. Clem —Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution NERVOUS HEADACHE NERVOUS HEADACHE MARRED A YOUNG WOMAN'S HAP- PINESS FOR SEVEN YEARS. Interfered With Her Social Duties and Threatened to Cause Her Retire- ment—How She Was Cured. Every sufferer from nervous headache knows how completely it unfits one for the duties and pleasures of life. Any little excitement, or over-exertion, or inregularity brings it on. Sometimes the pain is over the whole head. Again it is like a nail driven into the brain, or a wedge splitting it open, or a band tight- ening about it. At one time it is all in the top of the head, at another it is all at the base of the skull. Most headaches can be traced to some faulty state of the blood. When the blood is scanty or charged with poison, and the nerves are imperfectly nourished and the digestion weak, one of the com- monest results is frequent and severe headaches. The important thing is to get rid of the diseased condition of the blood that causes the attack by the use of a remedy that will do the work quickly and thoroughly. What is that remedy? The experience of Miss Ellen McKenna furnishes the answer. She says: "For more than seven years I was a great sufferer from nervous headache and dizziness. My stomach was disordered, and I became so restless that I could not sit still any length of time. Dizziness interrupted my work greatly. At first the attacks were not so severe, but they gradually grew more violent, and finally became so acute that I was on the point of relinquishing my membership in the different organizations to which I belonged." "What saved you from that necessity?" "A very simple thing; the call of a member of one of the clubs, who strongly advised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills before giving up. I acted on her suggestion at once, and after steadily using this great blood and nerve remedy for two months, my headaches and my dizziness entirely disappeared. Miss McKenna is secretary of the Associated Ladies' Guild, and resides at No. 48 Wait street, Roxbury, Mass. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured many hundreds of similar cases, and can be confidently recommended to drive all poisons from the blood and to give needed strength to the nerves. Every druggist keeps them It is worth while remembering that the only ones who know how to cook never went to cooking school. DISFIGURED BY ECZEMA. Wonderful Change in a Night—In a Month Face Was Clear as Ever —Another Cure by Cuticura. "I had eczema on the face for five months, during which time I was in the care of physicians. My face was so disfigured I could not go out, and it was going from bad to worse. A friend recommended Cutieura. The first night after I washed my face with Cutieura Soap, and used Cutieura Ointment and Resolvent, it changed wonderfully. From that day I was able to go out, and in a month the treatment had removed all scales and scabs, and my face was as clear as ever. (Signed) T. J. Soth, 317 Stagg Street, Brooklyn, N. Y." A slice of lemon added to a glass of tea makes Russian Tea. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—MRS. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. With increased sun the plants will need more water. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. In reform work, it is very easy to demand too much. 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. Flatter the vain, seek flattery from the modest. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. Getting married is, to a spinster, almost as serious as remaining single. 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 in stock. Mention this paper. The appearance of comic valentines in the windows should suggest it to some public-spirited individual to work for a safe and sane Valentine's day. Denver Post. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Some men find it much easier to get drunk than sober. Adaptability of Rhyme. A school-teacher was trying to impress upon his scholar's mind that Columbus discovered America in 1492, so he said, "Now, John, to make you remember that the date when Columbus discovered America, I will make it in a rhyme so you won't forget it. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Now, can you remember, that, John?" "Yes, sir," replied John. The next morning when he came to school his teacher said, "John, when did Columbus discover America?" "In 1493 Columbus sailed the dark blue sea." FOR HEALTHY AND LONG LIFE Simple Rules, the Observance of Which Will Double Capacity for Work and Pleasure Daily Exercise. Clerks, bookkeepers and thousands of other indoor workers suffer from the lack of pure air and muscular exercise. If an attempt is made to begin systematic exercise, or an hour or so is spent in digging or chopping wood, undue soreness and fatigue are produced. This disagreeable result often stops the experiment. Instead of discouraging the trial, the very soreness should point out the great need of the body. If the work were persisted in and gradually increased the stiffness would soon disappear, and leave in its place a general feeling of increased vigor. The nerves are strengthened and the bodily activities quickened. The effect is not alone on the muscles used, but upon each organ. The blood is purified and the digestion strengthened. The effects of a prolonged sedentary life are overcome only by working off the accumulated poisons and creating an appetite for new pure food. This is built up in the body, and thus the whole man is renewed. Exercise must be carefully increased and adapted to the individual muscular strength. The weakest muscles must be brought up to the standard of the others. For feeble persons who are not able to do the desired work, massage, Swedish movements and mechanical exercises should be employed. For more robust persons, walking, horseback riding, rowing, bicycle riding and especially swimming are to be recommended. How to Have a Clear Head. The man who desires to have a clear head, a brain keenly alive to the subtle influences of the universe about him, alert to respond to every call made upon it by the bodily organs under its supervision—ready to receive impressions from the infinite Source of universal thought, and capable of thinking the high thoughts of God after Him, must live simply, abstemiously, naturally, and must avoid every harmful and inferior food. He will select the choicest foodstuffs. These consist of fruits, nuts, dextrinized grains—that is, well toasted grain preparations, toasted bread, toasted wheat flakes, etc. He will eat sparingly, never to repletion. He will exercise out of doors at least two or three hours daily, living as much of the time as possible in the open air. He will sleep eight hours at night. He will take a vigorous cold bath every morning on rising, and will take at least two or three times a week, a warm, cleansing bath, just before going to bed at night. He will conserve for useful work every energy of mind and body. He will endeavor to live righteously in the largest sense of the word. Night Air and Consumption. The old fallacy that night air is a dangerous miasm it not yet dead. Much has been said about fresh air, outdoor life and sunshine for tuberculosis. Many victims have experienced the healing power in these natural agencies. But too often the consumptive, after a day in the sunshine or in the cold, crisp winter air, retires for a night's sleep in a dark, stuffy, airtight room. Don't be afraid of night air. Open the bedroom to all the sun possible during the day. The room will then be dry, though cold. Dampness is dangerous and more apt to occur in a closed than in a wide-open room. Keep at least one window in the bedroom open day and night, summer and winter. The door should shut the chamber off from the rest of the house. In the morning the patient should be taken quickly into a warm room for the cold sponge bath. Insidious Poisons. The poisonous effects resulting from the use of tea and coffee are very decidedly manifest to one who has given thought to this question, and has made careful observations in relation to it. The sallow complexion, common among women of the higher classes who have reached middle life, the almost universal nervousness among American women, and many common digestive disorders, and the increasing prevalence of nervous or sick headaches, afford to the experienced physician ample evidence of the toxic or poisonous character of tea, coffee, and the allied beverages, cocoa and chocolate. The well-known effect of these drugs in producing wakefulness, banishing as if by magic the sensation of fatigue, affords sufficient evidence of their poisonous character. No one would doubt for a moment the poisonous character of a drug capable of producing irresistible drowsiness in a person who is not weary. The power of a drug to produce wakefulness in a person strongly inclined to sleep as the result of fatigue, is equally evidence of its poisonous character. The Only Safeguard Against Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a low-level disease. People are not subject to it until their bodies have become weakened and their whole constitution undermined. It used to be thought that one could not have tuberculosis if only he exercised his lungs. A man who had this disease went to a professor in Vienna for advice. The professor said, "You had better get a horn and learn to play it, to exercise your lungs." "Alas, profesor," answered the man, "I am a band master now." To live a natural life is the only safeguard against tuberculosis. One climate may do as well as another if only you live out of doors, get plenty of cold, fresh air, bathe the body with cold water daily, eat simple, nutritious food and take as much exercise as possible without exhausting the body. Inherited Consumption. Some people think that because their parents died with consumption, they are doomed by the same plague. This is not so. Cases of inherited consumption are very rare. The real reason why so many in a family suffer from tuberculosis is to be found elsewhere than in heredity. The afflicted member does not know the necessity for personal cleanliness, for religiously collecting and burning all matter spit up. The use of the ordinary pocket handkerchief and the washing of it in the family laundry is a constant source of danger. Rice paper handkerchiefs or old linen should be used and then burned. The person himself is almost harmless. It is only the lack of care in scattering the genus that makes him a dangerous companion. These bad practices are usually due to ignorance. It is not necessary to isolate the patient for the protection of the family. Each person not affected should breathe fresh air, exercise out of doors, eat simple food, bathe daily and sleep eight hours each night. This will increase the body's vital power and resist the deadly genus which may be breathed in. The rest of the family being thus fortified, the patient should co-operate in the protection. Let him study to prevent the germs from being scattered broadcast through the house. Then let all cooperate in the fresh air cure of the patient, and he may live in peace and pleasure, gradually fighting his way back to health, and in no way dangerous to his friends. When every consumptive intelligently co-operates with the family and physician, the day of "inherited consumption" will be passed. Stomach. The majority of people never stop to think that the stomach is anything more than a receptacle for things that have been chewed. They get hold of something that tastes good and swallow it into the stomach to get it out of the way, so there will be room for something more. That might be all right if the stomach were a garbage box that could be carried off and emptied; but nature intends the stomach for another purpose. We are constructed of what we eat. We should stop to think of that. We should be careful what we swallow, for it becomes brain, heart, limbs, blood; and if we are to have good blood, clear brains, sound minds, sturdy legs and strong arms, we must eat food that is capable of making that sort of tissue. Foot Prints of Alcohol. Employers find that those addicted to the use of alcoholic beverages are not to be depended on. Even if they are always at their work the character of it suffers just in proportion to their indulgence. Now this condition is only a sign of disease in certain controlling centers in the nervous system. In this simple condition, as well as in a multitude of other diseases of the nervous system, we may trace the foot-prints of alcohol. Here we have an explanation of the overcrowded insane asylums of to-day, to say nothing of the army of sufferers at large. Statistics from France and other European countries show that the increase of insanity is parallel with the increase in the consumption of alcohol per capita. RECIPES. Cheese Straws.—Roll scraps of puff paste thin, and sprinkle with nut cheese, grated; fold, roll out, and sprinkle again, and repeat the process. Then place on ice to harden. When cold, roll in rectangular shape one-eighth of an inch thick; place it on a baking pan, and with a pastry cutter dipped in hot water, cut into strips four or five inches long, and less than a quarter of an inch wide. Bake in a moderate oven. Easter Lily Cake.—Bake sunshine cake in layer tins not more than one inch thick when done; also bake angel food in the same way. With a fancy pastry cutter of lily design cut the white cake into small cakes. Cut the sunshine cake in the same way, and put one of the yellow flowers on top of the white, with a white filling between. Cover the top of the sunshine layer with white iceing, or if the white flower comes on top, cover the white with a yellow tinted iceing. The cakes might be served separately with the lily formed from iceing put on the top using white for the petals and yellow for the centers. Tomato Sauce.—Put half a can of tomatoes over the fire in a stewpan, with a quarter of a minced onion, a little parsley, a bay leaf and half a teaspoonful of salt. Boll about twenty minutes. Remove from the fire and strain through a sieve. Melt in another pan a tablespoonful of cocoanut or dairy butter and as it melts, sprinkle in a tablespoonful of flour; stir until it browns a little. Mix with the tomato pulp and it is ready for use. Does Your Doctor Know IOWA GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED CORN Your neighbor has found that he can grow Iowa Grown Seed Corn. Why don't you do the same? Let us give you liberal samples of our best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't lay this paper down until you have sent for them. Make two dollars where you now make one. Address: J. B. ARMSTRONG & SONS. Seed Corn Growers. Drawer No. 21. Shonandoah, Iowa. W. L. DOUGLAS UNION MADE. $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the country, and they are the most popular in rear wearing qualities. They are just as good as those that cost from $3.00 to $7.00. The only difference in the price, shape, fit, wear longer, and of are greater value than any other pair of shoes. They are also the most expensive unless their value by stamping his name and price on the bottom of each shoe. Look for it. Take no substitute. W. L. Douglas shoes are the most expensive of the principal cities, and by shoes dealers everywhere. No matter where you live, W. L. Douglas shoes are within your reach. Coll is considered to be the guest patent leather produced. FASTCOLOR EYELETS WILL NOT WEAR BRASSY W. I. Douglas has the largest shop mail order business in the world. No trouble to get a kit by mail. 25c extra prepays delivery. If you desire further information, write for Illustrated Catalogue of Spring Styles. W.L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS What's the matter with you? If he does, the chances are he may help you, but many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with pain here and another with pain there, sent alike to themselves and their easygoing and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, separate and distinct diseases, for which he, assuming them to be such, prescribes his pills and potions. In reality they are all only symptoms caused by some womb disease. The physician, ignorant of the cause of suffering, encourages this practice, and not only does it confering patient gets no better, but probably worse, by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, directed to the couse would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those distressing symptoms, and instituting comfort instead of prolonged misery. It has been said that "the couse is cured." In cases almost innumerable, after all other medicines had failed to help and doctors had said there was no cure possible, the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, supplemented when necessary by the medical advice and counsel of Dr. Pierce, has resulted in a perfect and permanent cure. The genuineness of the cure is attested not only by a mature patient but by a gain of flesh, a clear complexion and a cheerful disposition. CURES OBSTINATE CASES.—"Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions and irregularities, prolapse or falling of the womb, weak back, "female weakness," intervention, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness of the womb, accompanied with "internal heat." Reliable dealers recommend "Favorite Prescription." With tricky ones, something else that pays them better will probably be urged upon you as "just as IOWA GROWN FIRE DRIED SEED Corn Iowa Grown Seed Corn. Why don't you do the best varieties, with seed catalogue free. Don't make two dollars where you now make one. Acquire J. B. ARMSTRONG & SONS, Seed Co. W. L. DOUGLAS UNION MADE. $3.50 & $3.00 SH W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the great wearer of all shoes, and superior wearing qualities. They are just as good cost from $3.00 to $7.00. The only difference is shape better, wear longer, and are of great other $3.10 shoe on the market to-day. The bottom of each shoe. Look for it. Take a look at the principal cities and by shoe dealers everywhere you live, W. L. Douglas shoes are better THAN OTHER MAKES AT for the last three years have worn W. L. Douglas shoes only. W. L. Douglas shoes are Chas. L. Farrell, Asst. Coach The Capital National Boys wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 sher better, hold their shape, and wear longer. W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 SHOES CANNOT BE EQUIVALENT. W. L. Douglas use Corona Crown in his $3.00 coll is considered to be the Annet pattern. PASSPORT. W. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mail order No trouble to get a fit by mail. Extra prepays further information, write for Illustrated Catalog W. L. DOUCLAS, BROCKTON, MA DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D.C. Successfully Prospects Oversee Lake Principal Examination U.S. Pension Bureau 8yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since. A CLEAR, HEALTHY SKIN Sandholm's Erema and Skin Remedy Purifies, Then Heals. Postpone Painful Fits. Eruptions, Insect Bites and all diseases of the skin. An absolute cure for Dandruff or Soap disease. $1.00 Per Ounce. Send for THE MOOKLETS. Ask your drugstreet or barber or send to SANDHOLM DRUGO, Dee Moores, Iowa. ```markdown ``` 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 Yazoo & Mississippi Rivers, the Mississippi and Louisiana, within the past ten years. Cities and towns have doubled their population. Spendid business blocks have been erected. Farm lands have more than doubled in size. Hundreds of industries have been installed. The result there is an unprecedented demand for Day Laborers, Skilled Workmen, and Especially Farm Tenants. Parties with small capital, seeking an opportunity to purchase a farm home; farmers who would prefer to rent for a couple of years before purchasing; and day laborers in fields or factories should address a postmaster. Passenger Agent, Dubuque, Iowa, who will promptly mail printed matter concerning the territory above described, and give specific replies to all inquiries. 10,000 Plants for 16c. More garden and farms are planted to Salzer's Seeds than any other in America. For this, we own over 5,000 acres for the production of our warranted seeds. In order to produce these seeds, we make you the following impregnation: For 18 Cent Postpaid 1000 Early, Medium and Late Cabbages, 1000 Blanching Celery, 2000 Ribbons Lettuce, 2000 Ribbons Lettuce, 1000 Rare Locustle Radishes, 1000 Gloriously Brilliant Flowers. A generous seed contain sufficient seed to grow 1,000 plants, furrowing in the garden and lots of choice vegetables, together with our great variety of small fruits, etc., all for 16c. Buy 10,000 catalog alone, 16c. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. W. M. La Crosse, W. Low rates and personally conducted service-are features of the "Katy" route to California. The rates will be exceptionally low March 1st to May 15th. "Katy" Tourist Sleepers run between St. Louis and San Francisco without change. You go to the hotel and stay until you reach Los Angeles or San Francisco. An excursion agent is in charge of each car that you rent. You are given a list for that purpose—as well as point out the places of interest along the way. He is being guide to you. You are also given a Cook's" whose chief aim is to see to the comfort and convenience of the occupants of the car. If you're thinking of visiting Carry on you let us give you particulars. MKT GEORGE MORTON, G.P.A.T.A., M.K.A.T.R. PT.LOUIS 25 CTS PISO'S CURE FOR COUGH WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In time. Sold by druggists. 25 CTS CONSUMPTION good." Perhaps it is for them, but it can't be for you. DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. : Dear Sir—I suffered for four years with falling of womb and general female weakness, had terrible backaches and headaches, had especially pressuring times at monthly periods. Our father prescribed several remedies but although he was an old and excellent doctor he was unable to relieve himself. Our auntie Prescription was brought to my attention and highly that I decided to change medicines and take that. I was indeed pleased to find this remedy relieved my pains within two weeks. I was in a great change for the better. After ten weeks' use of the "Favorite Prescription" was not only cursed but my general health was improved. I took on flesh, my complexion became smooth and clear, and I now enjoy the best of health, thanks to Dr. Pierce's efficient MRS. A. E. BORTNER. In several streets, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription contains no alcohol, is entirely vegetable and wine free, and we have a ton of on the market—it has sold more largely in the past third of a century than any other medicine for women. All other compounds intended for women only are made with alcohol, or alcohol is a large component. This alcohol injures the nerves. The little red corpuscles of the blood are shrunken by alcohol. All soaked in alcohol "The People's Medical Advice" contains several chapters devoted to the physiology of women, with directions for self-treatment which every woman ought to read. A paper-bound copy sent absolutely free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay for malling only, or cloth-bound, 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Good temper is largely a mat- health, and good health is largely a matter of healthy activity of the bowels. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation and once taken do not have to be taken always. One little "Pellet" is a gentle laxative, and two a mild W. L. Douglas makes and sells more Men's $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. $10,000 REWARD to any man who candles over this statement. Are you satisfied with the appearance of your walls? Do they come up to your ideas. Are you putting on coat after coat of sticky, dirty wall paper, making a sandwich with sour paste between? Alabastine is clean, hygienic and wholesome and more than that, it is beautiful. The most artistry effects can be produced with Alabastine. The ALABASTINE Co. will furnish, without expense to you, color schemes and harmonies for your rooms. If you are building or remodeling, simply ask for color schemes, giving size, use and direction of light of rooms. Buy your ALABASTINE in original packages. Any decorator can apply it, or you can put it on yourself. Simply brush it on. It is a permanent, durable, wall finish. Outwears two walls done any other way. The best dealers sell it. If you doesn't, send us your name and we will see that you are supplied. ALABASTINE COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. New York City FARMS For Sale on crop payments J. MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa. $20 to $40 Highest grade Ester, Mason & Hamlin, Story & Clark Kumah, Chichester, used guaranteed like new; special descriptions and prices for the asking. Write to day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. When writing mention this website. 112 Lowest reported yield 60 bushels, when common oats ran only 20% of the crop. Proved from Hussey by Exp. Sta. Proved extra early and hardy ed from Hussey by Exp. Sta. Heads often contain more than 100 grains. Straw hearts are excellent for doesn't trust or lodge. Stand out winds. Fully two weeks earlier, guarantee. Write for our low prices. Seeds Free Five big packages standard garden seeds (worth $1 at usual prices) our beautiful new 100 stamps in stamps or silver. Catalogue only. free. Write to day. Ask for our Premium List @BISWARD SEED CO. 113 So. 101 St. Lincoln, FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Importing Canadian wheat is now a fact. Get a Free Homestead in Western Canada, or buy some of the best wheat lands on the continent, and become a producer. The average yield of wheat this year will be about 100 bushels per acre. The average yield of wheat this year will be about 100 bushels per acre. Spendid climate, good schools and churches, excellent marketing facilities. Apply for Information to Superintendent of Imig- ration. Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—S. S. Craward, No. 125 W. OUT OF THE ORDINARY Found His Level Once there was a bachelor who moved from flat to flat. Everyone knew he, and he wouldn't stand for that. Found one where they weren't allowed—then with rage was torn. For it the rooms above him, was a baby born! Moved into another place—then refused to stay. When he noticed children in the house across the way. Finally he died, and, as is everybody's fate. Found himself a knocking at St. Peter's golden gate; "Can't come in—why not?" says he. "I'm afraid you, couldnibl the way I will afraid you couldn't stand the way we run things here; Children, children, all about—no, it isn't fair; I go to the other place—you'll find no children there!" Big Bag of Jack Rabbits Thirty-nine jack rabbits were killed the other night at one shot by Mrs. William Boyd of Miller, S. D., who poked the barrel of her shotgun through the kitchen window. The rabbits came to the farm in droves, nibbled at the haystacks and played havoc with fruit trees. Boyd had shot many and his wife bet him a pair of ear muffs against a barrel of apples that she could kill more rabbits at one shot than he could carry on his back at one load. Mrs. Boyd sprinkled a bushel of oats in a path. The rabbits gathered by scores until there was a long row of them eating oats in the bright moonlight. The woman fired, and her aim was accurate. Boyd loaded himself down with more than 100 pounds of dead rabbits, then sank into the snow and his wife had to pull his out. Sewing With the Tongue. The Medizinische Wochenschrift reports a curious case of a girl. When 6 years old she suffered from a severe brain disease, which left her limbs paralyzed. Her tongue, however, remained flexible, and this organ she began to train. She gradually acquired a certain facility in writing and embroidering. She would take ends of thread in her mouth and knot them. With scissors fastened in her mouth she cut out dolls' dresses, and sticking a needle into the table in front of her, could it. Her embroidery was quite wonderful. Her tongue, while retaining its usual breadth, increased in length, so that she could easily touch the tip of her nose with its point. She died recently. Dog Went 300 Miles Alone. The remarkable attachment for its home place is shown in the case of Carlo, a fine water spainiel belonging to James Dingman, who several week ago left Stoud, O. T., for Idaho. Carlo was tied in one of the cars with the stock. He stood the trip for 300 miles, but the desire to get back to the old home place evidently grew upon him. Mr Dingman thought it was safe to untie the dog, but to sooner had the animal been loosed than it jumped out of the car and made a bee liner for Stroud. It never stopped until it had traveled the whole 300 miles, and reached home almost starved.—Kapas City Times. Crowing Competitions. The feature of an entertainment held at Silverton, Devon, England, was a cock-crowing competition. Owners of birds had to bring them to the village schoolroom and set them a crowing one against the other. For those cockcrels which crowed the loudest and longest prizes were given. The winner easily beat all comers, crowing fifty-one times in seventeen minutes. The second and third birds crowed forty-one and thirty-three times respectively in the same time. Belgian workmen are fond of cock-crowing competitions. The other day one well-trained bird crowed no fewer than 463 times in the course of an hour. Shows Pollution of Air Air drawn by huge fans into the school of technology at Manchester England, is washed by a spray of water and filtered through a screen of corrugated sheets of galvanized iron. After the recent fogs the wash water was found to be inky mack. The proportion of solid matter was large, but analysis showed little soot, but considerable iron (probably from the screen), with ammonia, lime, magnesia and a trace of arsenic. Bells Made by Paul Revere. The town of Plymouth is unusually favored with bells made by Paul Revere. There are many of these in existence, but not usually more than one in a town. Plymouth has three. The one on the First Church was melted in a fire and recast, while those on the Memorial and Universalist churches are in the same form as cast at the works of the old hero. Freak Pink Grown in Maine. A peculiar pink was found last week in a Bath, Me., greenhouse. It bore the three shades of red, white and pink and was one of the most perfect specimens of floriculture that has ever been raised at the greenhouses. It has been classed as one of the freakiest freaks ever grown in that vicinity. Aged Lady Keeps Busy. Mrs. Charlotte Montgomery of Randolph, Vt., is now in her 97th year. She learned to crochet lace but a few years ago and in the past five or six years has made enough lace four inches wide for over sixty-five aprons, or nearly 109 yards Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other die. One 100 package colors wool, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Ask dealers we will send post paid at 100's package. Write for free booklet- How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors MONKOR DRUG CO., Unionville, Missouri WHAT MAKES THE SKY BLUE? A Discussion of an Interesting Sub-ject. The sky has long been a puzzle to physicists. There are two mysteries to explain it—its reflection of light and its color. The old view was that the blue of the sky was due simply to atmospheric oxygen. Oxygen has a faint blue tint, and the idea was that several miles of the gas, even when diluted as it is in the air, would have a bright blue color. But this did not account for the intense illumination of the sky, and of recent years Tyndall's "dust theory," or some modification of it, has been generally accepted. This regards the blue color as an optical effect, like the color of very thin smoke, due to excessively fine particles floating in the air, which would also account for the large proportion of reflected light from the sky. Recent calculations by Professor Spring, of Liege, Belgium, however, indicate that the dust in the air is not sufficient in amount, nor finely enough divided, to support this explanation, and he rejects it for this and other reasons. He has gone back to the old-oxygen theory, and accounts for the general illumination of the sky on the hypothesis, first advanced by Hagenbach, that intermingled layers of different density, in the atmosphere give it the power of reflecting light.—From Success Magazine. GOLF BALLS. The first golf balls were made of leather of untanned bull's hide, two round pieces forming the ends and a piece for the middle. These pieces were softened, shaped and firmly sewed together, a small hole being left through which the feathers might afterward be inserted. Before stuffing the leather sphere was turned outside in—an operation not without its difficulties—so that the seams would be on the inside. The skin was then placed in a cup shaped stand, the worker having the feathers in an apron before him, and the stuffing was done with a steel rod. The aperture was then closed, the seam sewed up, and the only seam showing was this tiny one. But the life of each ball was short. At present the balls are made of gutta percha. Jap Jackies. The average age of the Japanese naval crews is lower than that of the men in any other navy. No one over 20 years old is accepted for enlistment. The average height is 5 feet 4 inches less than that of any other navy. Found at Last. Alston, Mich., March 13th.—(Special.)—After suffering for twenty years from Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles, and spending a fortune in doctors and medicines that brought him no relief, Mr. James Culet of this place has found a complete cure for all his aches, pains and weakness, in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Naturally Mr. Culet feels much elated over his cure and gives great credit to the remedy that gave him health. "Yes," Mr. Culet says, "my rheumatism and Kidney Troubles are all gone and I feel like a new man. Dodd's Kidney Pills did it. Before I used them I spent a small fortune on doctors and one remedy and another. I cheerfully recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to anyone suffering from Rheumatism or Kidney Trouble." Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure sick kidneys. Healthy kidneys take all the uric acid—the cause of Rheumatism—out of the blood. That's why Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure Rheumatism. A compliment is not a compliment when it is paid by a man who wants to borrow money from you. Much valuable information free about band instruments; write for the new catalogue to day. JENKINS' MUSIC HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. A woman will say "there's no use talking" and keep right on. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromine Tablets. All drugs refract the money if it fails to cure. E. W. W. Graves' signature is on each box, glo. Sometimes a woman's efforts to get girlish is a good sign that she isn't. LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER THE BEST QUALITY STRAIGHT CIGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE Do not cramp and ruin them by the use of ungainly, ill-fitting shoes. "HOOSIER SCHOOL SHOES" are made to fit, to look right on the feet and to feel right. It will also take your girls a long time to wear them out. They are made of heavy Kid, Box Calf or Mule Skin and the name is on every shoe. No other school shoe has ever given such satisfaction. The price is very low for the quality. Ask your dealer to show you the "Hoosier School Shoe" and be sure you get it. These shoes are also made in women's sizes. One pair will make you a customer for life. TAPPAN SHOE MFG. CO. COLDWATER, MICH. This Pretty Girl Saved From Catarrh of the Lungs By Pe-ru-na. MISS FLORENCE KENAH. Miss Florence E. Kenah, 434 Maria street, Ottawa, Ont., writes: "A few months ago I caught a severe cold, which settled on my lungs and remained there so persistently that I became alarmed. I took medicine without benefit, until my digestive organs became upset, and my head and back began to ache severely and frequently. "I was advised to try Peruna, and although I had little faith I felt so sick that I was ready to try anything. It brought me blessed relief at once, and I felt that I had the right medicine at last. Within three weeks I was completely restored and have enjoyed perfect health since. Facts Are Stubborn Things Uniform excellent quality for over a quarter of a century has steadily increased the sales of LION COFFEE, The leader of all package coffees. the possibility of adulteration or contact with germs, dirt, dust, insects or unclean hands. The absolute purity of LION COFFEE is therefore guaranteed to the consumer. Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package. Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums. will be sent free, postpaid, upon request. This book is of a hundred pages handcoded illustrated throughout and toook of an experience of over fifty years in the treatment of Crooked Feet, and of a number of other conditions. It tells of the only throughly equipped Sanitarium in this country devoted equally to the treatment of these conditions and how they may be cared without surgical operation, plaster part or other several treatment. Send for this book, and if directly interested, mention character of the alliance and special lock will be sent with the book. The L. C. M McLain Orthopedic Sanitarium, St. Louis. To Lexington, Sedalia and Way Stations, 5:45 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. Leavenworth, Atchison and St. Joseph, 5:45, 9:00, 10:50 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. For Kiowa, Wichita and Way Stations, 12:01, noon, and 10:30 p. m. For Local Coupon Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information call at UNION DEPOT OR CITY TICKET OFFICE E. S. JEWETT, Gon'l Agent, Passenger Dept. 901 Main St. JOHN J. SHINE, City Ticket Agent Kansas City, Mo. Telephone 740 Hickory. tarral derangements. Few women escape. Upon the first symptoms of catching cold Peruna should be taken. It fortifies the system against colds and catarrh. Pe-ru-na for Colds and Catarrh. The following interesting letter gives one young woman's experience with Peruna. Miss Rose Gerbing, a popular society woman of Crown Point, Ind, writes: "Recently I took a long drive in the country, and being too thinly clad I caught a bad cold which settled on my lungs, and which I could not seem to shake off. I had heard a great deal of Peruna for colds and catarrh and I bought a bottle to try. I am pleased that I did, for it brought speedy relief. It only took about two bottles, and I consider this money well spent. "You have a firm friend in me, and I not only advise its use to my friends." Facts Are Stubb Uniform excellent quality for century has steadily increased the The leader of all pac Lion Coffee is now used in millions of homes. Such popular success speaks for itself. It is a positive proof that LION COFFEE has the Confidence of the people. The uniform quality of LION COFFEE survives all opposition. LION COFFEE keeps its old friends and makes new ones every day. LION COFFEE LION COFFEE has even more than its Strength, Flavor and Quality to commend it. On arrival from the plantation, it is carefully roasted at our factories and securely packed in 1 lb. scaled packages, and not opened again until needed for use in the home. This precludes the possibility of adulteration or co- dust, insects or unclean hands. The LION COFFEE is therefore guaranteed Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-l Save these Lion-heads for var SOLD BY GROCERS H WOOLSO Free Book will be sent free, postpaid, upon request. This book traced throughout and to one of an experience of over thirty y Spinal Discomfort and Lifetime Discomfort. By belief of the only thorough equipment used in these of these conditions and how they may be cared without surge treatment. Send for this book, and if directly interested no object will be sent with the book. The L. C. McLain Orl MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Also the New "HOT SPRINGS8 SPECIAL arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast, and Chair Cars to Ft. Smith, Little For Pueblo, Denver and Pacific Coast Point For Joplin and Way Stations 2:25, 9 To Lexington, Sedalia and Way Stations Leavenworth, Atchison and St. Joseph, 5:45 For Kiowa, Wichita and Way Stations, 1 For Local Coupon Tickets, Sleeping Car call at UNION DEPOT OR CITY E. S. JEWETT, Gon't Agent, Passenger Florence E. Kenah. but have purchased several bottles to give to those without the means to buy, and have noticed without exception that it has brought about a speedy cure wherever it has been used."—Rose Gerbing. Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug habit. Peruna does not produce temporary results. It is permanent in its effect. It has no bad effect upon the system, and gradually eliminates catarrh by removing the cause of catarrh. There are a multitude of homes where Peruna has been used off and on for twenty years. Such a thing could not be possible if Peruna contained any drugs of a narcotic nature. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. All correspondence held strictly confidential. ubborn Things for over a quarter of a ed the sales of LION COFFEE, all package coffees. LION FINE ROASTED COFFEE WILLIAMSON SINCE 1910 ON DEFORMITIES AND PARALYSIS This book is of a hundred pages, handwritten lines over thirty years in the treatment of Crooked Feet. However, Deformed Ability has been mainly this country devoted exclusively to the treatment of surgical operations plaster parts or other severe restricted mention character of the collection and special Crain Orthopedic Sanitarium, St. Louis. 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 12:51 Noon; Miskat. Through Sleepers, Dinners in Little Rock and Hot Springs. Last Points at 10:40 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. a. 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. Piling Car Berths and all information call at CITY TICKET OFFICE Passenger Dept. 1 901 Main St. And, Kansas City, Mo. Dream and Despair. If I were only tender, My love her should swear. My close heart should shoulder, My close hand should hair, My day my night, My whome daught, My dream and my despair! Such beauty seems to fold her, She weeps in her shoulder, And think that is her hair, Her soul eyes are Each one a star, My dream and my despair! So let my love be told her, With tears in her shoulder, And sparkles in her shoulder, Duck her hearts in her hair, And each tip shows Her dream and my despair! Carolyn Saturday Journal. Ambidexterity. Gen. Baden Powell has long been able to write and draw with either hand with equal facility. During some manoeuvres 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 ar' left foot to their aid. The Season. The Season. Aht be content to guess them, For were I to see them The hearers would cry Hush! My views about the winter Would shock a seasoned printer Nay, make his死 blush. The dolefulness of creatures, I view my comely features Now turned all blue and red A flaring red and vivid, A batty blue and livid, O woe for beauty fled! By ils I am afflicted. In number unrestricted. A woe and shaken!) I cough and sneeze and shiver. With freezing lungs and liver. And lower limbs congealed. I got the child's maps out. Though here I am perhaps out. And let them understand. I with distinctive mark tick 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 behes faeces too—case Is likely found in Hades. 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 piano 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 candles, one quart of cooked beans, the sleeves of a coat, a bundle of newspapers, half a dozen doughnuts, a peck of potatoes, a number of cookies and several other articles. Harm Done by Paris Green Speaking of the potato an observant 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 Cuff farm, North Smithfield, R. L. of which Hiram F. Thayer is proprietor, an Ayrshire cow has given birth to three calves, a most unusual occurrence. All of the calves appear to be healthy, although they are somewhat under size. The same cow two years ago gave birth to twin calves, both of which were of the usual size. Letter and Envelope of Bark Ellory A. Baldwin of West Upton received a unique letter from his son, who is on a fishing trip in Maine. The envelope was stripped from a birch tree and held together with a postage stamp and the letter was written on a large piece of bark and folded twice, the same as an ordinary piece of writing paper. Arat-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 prejudice 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 Hangs from the limb. And the world looks good When I think of him. And the moon is mothy. And a frost is mish, And the yellow vams And the punkin pie Are in season now, And the romance And dog; and the world Looks good to me! And mosquitoes they Don't stab no more, And no redhugs ain't On the sand shore, And they ain't a thing That his mar my joy- Exceptin' now That I ain't no boy Like I was and lovers And the moon is world Looks good to me. —Houston Post. 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 Aneytumese 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 Boro-re 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 Boils. At What Temperature Water Boils. Water boils at different temperatures, according to the elevation above the sea level. In London water boils practically at 212 degrees Fahrenheit; in Munich, Germany, at 209% 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. Cause of Mysterious Sounds Cause or Mysterious Source. 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. Don't Lay It Up. Don't lay it up—that bitter grudge— Against your friend or neighbor, Or dig about its hidden root. With a knife, dig the衣abor. Nay! Rather nobly pass it by. Or thrust it out to fade aid die. You may be light 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 Come in. And cultivate instead of your ears That trouble and distress you. 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 cultivate instead of 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. attraction Gua rented or Money Refunded. KANSAS CITY, NO 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, 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 PHARMACY Remember its the RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. Call in and see us. Open all night. Science for the Young. Thoughtful little Willie Frazer Carved his name with father's raze Father, unaware of trouble. Used the knife to shave his stubble. Fried it off. Which pleased little Willie dearly. "I have fixed my father's razor So it cuts!" said Willie Frazer. Mamie often wondered why Acids trouble alkali— Mamie in a manner placid, Fed the cat boracic acid. Whereupon the cat grew frantic, Ekspiring in an antic. "Ah," red Mamie joyed, "Pussy is an alkaliod." Arthur with a lighted taper Touched the cat to grandpa's papet Grandpa leaped a foot or higher. Dropped the sheet, and shouted "Fire!" Arthur, wrapped in contemplation, Wheeled off the motion. "This," he said, "confirms my notion—He creates both light and motion." Wee, experimental Nina Dropped her mother's Dresden china From a seventh story casement, Smashing, crashing to the basement, Nina, somewhat apprehensive, Sad, "the expensive, Yet it proves by demonstration Newton's law of gravitation. —Wallace Irwin, In Philadelphia Post Years Beginning on Sunday Years Beginning on Sunday. In the course of the present century fourteen years will begin on Sunday. A painstaking individual has computed these occurrences, showing that in this century Jan. 1 will fall on Sunday as follows: The common years 1905, 1911, 1922, 1933, 1939, 1950, 1961, 1967, 1978, 1989 and 1995, and the leap years 1928, 1956 and 1984. This is a fraction less than the usual number computed in point of averages, the first and the last of the Sunday beginnings falling five years each from the close of the century. It is possible for Jan. 1 to occur on Sunday fifteen times in a single century. Objected to Classification. A clergyman in Dublin once invited several of his colleagues to dinner, but was disappointed at not getting an answer from a very popular clergyman, whom he particularly desired to be present, so he called on his friend, fearing he might be billed. "You received my invitation, I hope?" "Yes," replied the other, "I received your very insulting communication." "Insulting!" "Very. Read it for yourself." The amazed rector read it, and found that, by a truly clerical error, he had invited the clergyman to come and dine in order "to meet a few other clerical flies." Formation of Peat Peat is the product which results from the partial decay of vegetable matter—mosses and other marsh plants—which grows and dies in boggy places where the water stands. Its chiefly composed of sphagnum or bog moss. This moss has peculiarly absorptive properties, owing to the cuplike arrangement of its parts, which take up and hold water like a sponge. Sphagnum continues to grow after its roots have become detached from the ground. These two qualities explain why bogs occasionally slide from their old beds. Triumph of Good Manners Before the gentler measures of international high breeding the mischievous maxim, "Our Country, Right or Wrong," must increasingly give way, says the Century. Willingness to acknowledge a fault, disinclination to middle in the affairs of others, sympathy for the weak against the oppressor, patience and reason as against petulance, rashness and force, are as possible to a nation as to an individual. A people should be as jealous of the national gentlemanliness as of the national credit. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it. The Reilable 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. RESCRIPTION W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. 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. 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. Chinese Marriage Law. Persons bearing the same surname, although they may not be related in any way, are forbidden to marry in China. GERTRUDE BERKLEY, a great favorite with Kansas City theater goers, is playing with success in Proctor's Fifth Avenue theater, New York. Recently she appeared in Dion Boucicault's "The Jilt." AND WILL BLANCHE BATES marry the man who owns the private car she tavels in, or the writer of the frigid latitudes—Jack London—who was recently divorced. And another dramatic problem: Did Rejane dance on the table? BETRAYING A MASTER. In a London printing office a year or two ago a confidential balance-sheet was being produced. One of the compositors was approached by a well-dressed stranger and offered a large sum for a copy of the figures in the balance-sheet. "No!" he replied, "I could not think of such a thing." The tempter, however, tried another man, who agreed to secure a copy for him. A spoiled sheet gave him an opportunity of betraying his trust, and he would have done so had not a private detective arrested both him and the man who had offered the bribe. To us comes the warning lest we, knowing our Lord's will, delibertely disregard BEING READY AND WILLING. The firemen, on the alert for a "call" that may come at any moment, illustrate the readiness and the loins girded about to which our Savior referred. For all emergencies the Lord requires our readiness, and we may be the means, in God's hand, of saving our fellow-men from destruction.—Selected. AGENTS AND SALESMEN Wanted to sell Kinkine; read their advertisement elsewhere in this paper and write them at once. 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. 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 uniformity high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths We Guarantee to Please. Our Reliability is Unquestioned. This firm is backed by a wealthy corporation, and is therefore thoroughly responsible. All work is guaranteed for 15 years. Full Set of Teeth $2.00. Set S. S. White Teeth... $4.00 Gold Crowns 22-k... $2.65 Bridge Work, per tooth... $2.65 Platinum fillings... 500 Cleaning... 500 We do a Teeth extracted without pain FREE. We are NEW YORK DENTAL ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS. 029 Main St Second Floor. Entrance oa M Open Daily. Nigh's till 9. Set the Habit of Trading at McCampbell & Hous Prescription Drug Store 04 VINE ST. TELS. WE CUT THE RATES na, - 75c Bell Pine Tar Hor nen's Talcum Powder, 15c Liquozone [large] ative Bromo Quinine, 20c Liquozone [small All $1.00 Preparations 85c or Less. All 50c Preparations 45c or Less. Y QUANTITY OF MEDICINE DELIVERED PARTS OF CITY FREE OF CHAR Maine" NEW YO 1029 Main St Get the Hand Of Trading McCamp Prescr 2304 VINE ST WE O Peruna, Mennen's Talcum Powder Laxative Bromo Quinine All $1. All 50c ANY QUANTITY PARTS C "Maine S. H Get the Habit Of Trading at McCampbell & Houston's Prescription Drug Store. 2304 VINE ST. TELS. (Bell 159 East. Home 2396 Main. WE CUT THE RATES. 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. S. H. Finkelstein, Prop. 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This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, call or address E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agt.Passenger Dept. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY, MO. P TESTS WITHOUT PLAS TAL CO ERS. Since 04 Marn Street only. Until 9. Sundry 10 to 4. Houston's Store. TELS. Bell 159 East. Home 2396 Main TES. Tar Honey, 2 [large] 8 [small] 4 For Less. Less. DELIVERED TO AN CHARGE. Ancho ---