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. VOLUME X. The first picnic of the season will be given by the Macedonias, May 19. The Millinery Club held their opening Thursday night and was well patronized. The hats were beautiful. Mrs. Rogers certainly understands the work. Mrs. M. I. Jenkins, Misses J. E. Pennick and Nellie Raglan and Professor Harrison were the teachers elected. We are very proud that Miss Nellie was successful as she is a home girl. No, Mr. K. C. Principal, Prof. Harrison is elected and you gained nothing by bringing men to Independence, Mo., and I hope every one will sooner or later find you out. You better be paying your honest debts and taking care of your family. It will take a better man than you to get Mr. Harrison out. Rev. Winrow has moved in the parsonage. Rev. Brown of the A. M. E. church, says he will be glad when school closes at his old home so his wife and children can come to Independence. He says it is not good for a man to be alone. Mr. Amos Ousley, an old citizen, is very ill at his home on North Main. Mrs. Chinn is visiting in Glasgow. The respectable people who went to Lee Summit last Friday night week, are certainly sorry of their trip. Some behaved so badly, all must bear the blame. LEXINGTON NEWS. Mr. Frank Brown of Higginsville was here Monday on his way to Richmond on business. Mr. A. W. Lloyd, the Grand Chancellor of K. of P.'s of Missouri was here a few days last week and left Saturday morning for Sedalia. He will be here on the 27th inst. to complete the organization. Mr. S. T. Pettigren, the Grand Master of the U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s will visit the lodge and temple on the 29th. Members will please take notice and govern themselves according. The annual sermon of the U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s will be preached at Zion A. M. E. church at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. George Witt was in Kansas City a few days last week. Mr. Al. Williams was here Monday visiting his family. He is now in business in Kansas City. Miss Effie Williams, who has been visiting in Boone, Iowa, returned home Saturday. Mr. John Myers of Kansas City was here Sunday to see his father, Mr. Joseph Myers, who has been sick for several weeks. Mr. Henry Turner is on the sick list. Mr. Alex. Johnson of Kansas City was down Sunday to see his sister, Mrs. John Hayden, who is very sick. Mr. Wm. Jenkins departed this life May 9. He was emerced Tuesday and died Wednesday. This is going to heaven through the water. He leaves a wife and several children and a host of relatives to mourn his loss. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. He was one of our best citizens. Mr. A. W. Walker will be out of the city several days on business. Mrs. Jane Porter is on the sick list. We highly appreciate the sentiment of Governor Folk on the 13th, when he says."No matter how deserving of death the Negro may have been or how dastardly his crime, it is murder for the mob to hang him." We acknowledge that the Negroes do things that we don't think is right, so do the white men. The white men impose upon our women and we cannot protect them because the whites are in majority and they administer the law [Portrait of a man in formal attire, wearing a suit and bow tie, with a serious expression. The background is plain and dark, emphasizing the subject.] D. W. DANCY, Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. to suit themselves and we have to take whatever they put upon us. The good Negro has to suffer for the crimes of the bad ones. It isn't so with the whites; each one suffers for what he does and the other whites are not held responsible for the crimes that are committed by one of them. We are here among the white people and some of us are trying to make good citizens to elevate our race and make the communities better, in which we live because we live in them. If an innocent man who knows nothing about the crime committed and goes and helps mob another man I think he is a murderer too, for the law says what constitutes murder in the first degree must have been thought of before it was done. They make up their companys with the intention to do it and they are murderers to. I am very glad that the Governor of the state is determine to protect the black man as well as the white man. Miss Mary Olden paid up for the Rising Son. Why don't you other people that owe pay up. You know you owe it and I do to. Mrs. Dr. Bell has returned home and is still improving. Dr. is just as busy as can be. I know he feels much better since she returned. KANSAS CITY, KAN. Dr. Westbrooks of Memphis, Tenn., spent a few days in Kansas City the past week visiting friends. He is enroute home from Denver. The doctor speaks encouragingly of the outlook of our people in Memphis. The Progressive Club, an organization designed to promote the advancement of the fine arts, gave an oration at M. and O. Hall last week. Among those on the program was Miss Magnolia Lewis of the Lincoln school, Mrs. Katie Cumings, Mrs. Howard, Miss Harland, Miss Graves and other ladies of progress constitute its membership. Mr. Green Walker, one of the most faithful members of St. John A. M. E. church, departed this life last Friday. Funeral under direction of the Masonic fraternity of which he was a faithful member for twenty years, took place Sunday afternoon at the church. Mr. Walker was for more than twenty years a tower of strength in St. John, being class leader, steward and trustee. His place will be hard to fill. He is gone up to his reward. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved widow and others. Mr. James Clark of Denver, Colo., is visiting his friends and relatives. He is now stopping at Mr. Gus Clark's, 435 Virginia Ave. Mrs. Millie Curtis of 324 New Jersey will give a reception on Monday night, May 22, in honor of Mr. Clark. It is expected that he will stay till about June 15. The Douglass hospital for the present has the following persons in their care: Ada Johnson, Manda Harris, Elnora Johnson, Lottie Lone and Mrs. Mattie Williams. Bishop A. Grant and wife left Tuesday, May 16, for St. Louis, where he will remain until after the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bishop H. M. Turner. Pawnbroker Had the Last Laugh in Practical Joke. J. de Geyter, the well known Flemish author, had another source of income in addition to that derived from literary work. He was the head of a large pawnbroker's establishment in Antwerp, and it is in connection with this latter position that a biographer tells the following amusing story: One night, long after he had gone to sleep, De Geyter was rung up by telephone. "What is it?" he queried, not over pleased. "I say Geyter," came the voice of a friendly Bohemian, "just tell me the time." "Why don't you consult your watch instead of bothering me in the dead of night?" called the infuriated pawnbroker. "I couldn't; my watch is in your possession," came through the telephone. De Geyter had his revenge, however. Knowing the Bohemian's habits, he waited till the early morning hour when he knew him to be in his first sleep. Then he telephoned to his tormentor's hotel, suggesting that he had an urgent communication to make. When his tormentor, sleepy and morose, came to the telephone, Geyter said, suavely: "You asked me to tell you the time, sir. It is just eight in the morning." In France: "What's the French for mashed potatoes?" "Why, eh—pommes de terre'd'amour, of course."—Life. Miss Olethea Saunders, who has been attending school at Sedalia, returned home Tuesday morning. Miss Britt of Higginsville was the guest of Miss Saunders Tuesday. Mrs. Spencer Morris left for Kansas City Monday evening. Born to the wife of Mr. Gus. Hearde a girl, April 12th. Mr. Archer Porter, one of our oldest citizens, died April 2, and was buried on the 4th from the A. M. E. church of which he was a member. He was born in Virginia in 1820 and has lived here over fifty years. He leaves a wife, one son, Chas. Porter, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Estella Saunders, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. AMBITION OF A PRINCESS. Woman High in Station Acknowledges Fondness for Reporting. Princess Charles of Denmark was recently seen at a railway terminus blinding adieu to a distinguished guest. Looking around with a bored expression, she saw a newspaper reporter scribbling away for dear life in his notebook. She, too, drew a tiny notebook from her pocket, wrote a message upon a leaf and folded it into a tiny leaf. The reporter watched every motion with glistening eye. Some important bit of news, he was sure, was about to be given him. Sure enough, the princess threw the pellet of paper directly at him, with an unusually good aim for a woman, and immediately turned the other way, absorbed in her hospitable task. The reporter straightened out the crumpled leaf. On it were these words: "I wish i were a reporter." Expert Tattooist. The master of the tattooing art in Japan is Chyo, who can produce such pictures on the human skin as are the envy of all rivals. He has photographs of all his more important works, most of the originals having been produced on the cuticle of English and American travelers. Two of the most remarkable are a huge dragon in three colors, covering an American doctor's back entirely, while another is a life-sized fly which was put on an Englishman's wrist so naturally that one would feel tempted to call his attention to the fact if one were not told that it was the work of the tattooing needle. Chyo's work is recognized by his countrymen at a glance, and is looked upon with much respect. Went Too Far. Isaacstein, the ruralist, was in search of a horse. "I've got the very thing you want," said Bill Lennox, the stable man, "a thorough-going road horse. Five years old, sound as a quail, $175 cash down and he goes ten miles without stopping." Isaacstein threw his hands skywards. "Not for me," he said, "not for me. I wouldn't gif you five cents for him. I live eight miles out in de country, unt I'd haf to valk back two miles." Leisure of Japanese Generals. During the winter just past Japan's generals along the Shaho spent their time variously, "Gen. Nodzu," according to Japanese newspapers, "studied calligraphy. Gen. Kuroki kept barn-yard fowls. During the Hekautai engagement Gen. Kodama scarcely slept at all for a whole week, but did not seem one whit the worse for his experience." Gen. Oyama was reported as being "the same robust, merry-hearted gentleman as ever." Did you ever try one of McCampbell & Houston's "Specials," Cherry Glace, Goldenade, Silverade, Egg Chocolates, Flowing Stream, Sherry and Apricot Flip. Mrs. Annie E. Floyd of 1311 High land avenue, has moved to 1707 East 11th street, where she has two nicely furnished rooms for rent. Call and see them. Substitute for Rubber A new substitute for rubber is being made in Mexico from the guayule plant. HAD TO HAVE EXERCISE. And He Got It By Bumping Into the Fighting Editor. Thud, clatter, brump! The editor looked up from the congenial task of spoiling someone else's story. "Sometimes," he said, "I feel sorry for spring poets." He blue-penelated another half-column into silent nothingness, and paused again to hark to the sounds of strife coming from the next room. "It seems to me," he said, "that these squeals are in some wise ramiliar to mine ears." He telephoned a "stop" message into the fighting editor's den, and the next moment that heated and dusty functionary appeared leading a battered wreck by the ear. "This is the fourth time he's been up this week," said the man of muscue. "Can't I finish him?" The editor held up a meriful hand. Then in a kind and tender voice he spoke to the poet. "Why have you returned four times?" he asked. "Most of your brethren find once enough." "My doctor tells me I must get some violent exercise," the poet said, "and this is the only way I can afford to take it."—London Answers. Duty of a Gentleman On one occasion, having returned from playing poker at the club, my grandfather said: "When a man is hard up he should borrow; but he must devote his energies to paying back and remaining the equal of the man from whom he nas borrowed. If he cannot pay back, let him be frank about it; for it is better to steal than to cheat." And again: "To ride straight and to shoot straight, to win money cheerfully and to lose it cheerfully, never to be boorishly in debt or swinishly drunk, to enjoy flowers and music, and if possible to be in love with at least one good woman, is half the duty of a gentleman." "What's the other half, grandpa?" I had asked him. "Why, to be a gentleman, of course." The People's Schools. The schools belong to the people and will be what the people make them. It is a mistake to suppose that school officers and teachers are the only ones that have to do with the making of the schools. The people set the pace for the teachers and school officers. If a school officer does not meet the ideals of the people he is turned out at the first election. If a teacher does not meet the ideals of the people the teacher is quickly reached through the school officers. So it gets back to the people in the end. The man that thinks the schools are not good enough should set himself about having them improved. It is astonishing how much one person can do to improve the schools when he sets himself about it.—Henry F. Thurston. A. Skentic in the Pew Your sermons about the Hereafter, Full of dim, theological lore. We greet with freerent laughter— Can't you reach the Sweet Hereofore? The hymns that drone up to the rafter, While the deacons contentedly sings, They pail with the praise of Hereafter— Let us sing of the Sweet Hereofore. No glint of the walls ambuster Can we catch through the veil at the door— The foam of the ship gleams abaft her On a sea with invisible shore — The sunrise of every Hereafter Is the sunset of some Heretofore Appointment Recalls Brave Act Appointment Recalls Brave Act. Capt. Harry Leonard of the United States Marine Corps has been ordered by President Roosevelt to the Chinese capital as military attache of the American legation. During the Tien Tsin campaign he risked his life by going to the rescue of a wounded comrade, carrying him to safety on his back across a fire-swept field, and lost his arm as a penalty for his achievement. NUMBER 4 the words "Against the Loan." Said proposition is submitted and this notice is given in pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors of said school district, adopted on the 6th day of April, 1905. JOSEPH L. NORMON, President of the Board of Directors of the School District of Kansas City. W. E. Benson. Secretary. Fancy Prices for Relics For a love letter written by Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, $50 was paid not long ago. Yet a brass collar which was worn by Boatswain, the dog to whose memory Lord Byron erected a monument at Newstead abbey, fetched 21 guineas, while the collar of Thunderer, another of Lord Byron's dogs, realized 4 guineas only. Reasoning by Logic. Ethel, aged 6, is just learning to spell and is much rejoiced over her progress. She announced with great glee to her father, the other evening, that she knew how to spell "in," and proved the assertion. A few minutes later she inquired, with a puzzled air: "Papa, does 'in' backwards spell 'out'?" Boylah Indiscretion. A Pittsburgh boy who left home to pose as a man was discovered wearing trousers much too large for him. This was easy for the police. If he had been a real man, he would have worn trousers entirely too tight for him, such as so many fashion plates foist on buyers - Buffalo Express. Lives of Different Meaning. It is noble to be alive to the littleness of earth, but it is nobler to become impressed with its greatness; to the animal life it is only a pasture ground; to ordinary men it is the commonplace world; but to him who lives above it it becomes a shining moon. Mean Fling at Scotchmen A man who says he is an Englishman writes to, the Westminster Gazette that he has learned that in 1667 there were only thirty-six Scots in London, and that he now knows the meaning of the expression, "the good old times." Islands Have Disappeared. The "Royal Company's Islands," supposed to be in the Pacific ocean, have been removed from the maps of the Hydrographic Institute of the British Admiralty because all efforts to find them have failed. Easy. The teacher had been talking about a hen sitting on eggs, and, with the incubator in his mind, asked if eggs could be hatched in any other way. "Yes, put 'em under a duck," was the response. Women Workers of London. There are in actual practice in London five women builders, two women architects, seven women house painters and dozens of women who are employed as internal house decorators. First Artificial Teeth. It has been found that false teeth were used by the people who lived in 1000 B. C. These teeth were made of ivory and fastened to an ivory plate by means of a fine gold wire. Austrian Old Age Pensions Under the Austrian poor law every man 60 years old is entitled to a pension equal to one third the amount per day which he has earned during his working days. First Pantomime. The first regular English pantomime is said to have been "Harlequin Executed," produced at the Lincoln's Inn Fields theater, Dec. 26, 1717. Lake Disappears. Lake Chad is gradually drying up, and recent researches tend to show that its complete disappearance is only a question of time. A knocker is a back-biter with false teeth. FOIBLES OF FASHION For Large Women. A style of bodice becoming to large women is that made with jacket fronts, not the loose, hanging bolero fronts, but a trim, tight fitting affair, single or double breasted, or fastened at the left side. The jacket comes below the waist line in front, and it has a small, shaped basque back; an inner vest with overlapping revers shows between, or above and below the overlapping jacket fronts. One point that every woman at all inclined to stoutness should remember is to keep the line of her waist long by cutting all her clothes with straight seam and dart lines, and placing the waist line half an inch below where she actually feels the line to exist. A garment cut an inch too long waisted books infinitely better than one a quarter of an inch too short waisted; especially this is to be noticed in the plain tailor coat made with single fly fronts. When the coat hangs open it rides up in the back when not long enough in the waist, and it gives a most awkward appearance to a woman. 5 The shirt waist costume has to some extent supervised the tailor suit for general wear. The accompanying illustration shows a natty box plaited waist, combined with a side-plaited skirt in round length. Serge, cheviot, or shepherd plaid among the wool materials are exceedingly good for a frock destined to be worn in cold weather, and any of the inexpensive mercerized cottons, which so strongly resemble silk, are suggested for the summer months. Ribbon Flowers The newest table decorations are made of ribbon, which many clever hostesses fashion for themselves. Debutante luncheons afford excellent opportunities for the display of ribbon flowers, the centerpiece and rose favors being manipulated out of soft louisine curled in such a manner that it exactly duplicates a la France rose. Artificial leaves are used and the rose stems are wound with green velvet ribbon. Bunches of violets are easily conjured into shape with narrow violet ribbon and when combined with natural leaves the effect is exceedingly good. In making these blossoms care must be taken that only soft ribbon be used, as stiff satin would be anything but pretty for such a purpose. Dressy Effects. In thin narrow fabrics the circular top is preferred to a skirt and the rest is all ruffles. One circular ruffle may be used as a foundation, begin below hips, and the trimming put on this. Princess gowns are appearing in the thinnest of fine muslins, and handkerchief linen and linen batiste. They are tucked to fit into the waist line and are elaborately trimmed with fine lace and slight designs of hand embroidery. Many women whose figures can stand this severity are making up such gowns decollete with sleeves ending well above elbow for summer evening wear. They are put over slips of colored batiste at fifty cents a yard. These slips are also princess, fitted into the waist a beading of narrow ribbon which is tied in a flat bow in the back and they are ruffled at the foot line. The passion for hand embroidery has grown stronger each week. Whoever can do it, is putting it on every possible garment. Scheme in Hat Trimming. Marvelous shaded effects are secured by employing different tints of the same flowers in hats. A toque particularly becoming to a fair-haired girl who dresses her hair in rather fluffy fashion is built entirely from hyacinths. The foundation is pale lavender malline. Brim and crown are everlaid with hyacinths shading from palest to deepest lavender. On the brim the white starts next to the hair, and the edge is the deep shade. On --- O the crown the white is in the center and the flowers deepen as the size of the circles increase. On either side of the hat, close to the hair and extending well up above the brim, are flat rosettes of soft ribbon in the three tints shown in the flowers, and in the hearts of each rosette are two delicate blush roses with pastel green foliage. Boudoir Confidences Hats are queer. You can't have too many organdies. Both narrow and wide belts are worn. The black patent leather sailor is nobby. You cannot have too much lace about you. Some parasols look as if the sun would melt them. Net insertions make a silk blouse look wonderfully smart. Very taking is the new envelope handbag in scarlet or green. Buy a stamped hat pattern and embroider your own hat. Filmy Laces. An effort that assuredly means business this season runs in favor of filmy laces, headed by the ephemeral blonde. The fresh varieties are exceptionally numerous and at present appear to be collectively gathered together under the safe and vaguely embracing term of French. Towards the fashioning of Jabos together with the prevailing ruffled and wrinkled effects, there is no question as to the superior services of this finer dentelle, and under its auspices one is the more inlined to overlook certain extravagances of pattern. Nor will the furore for the firmer and more costly varieties of embroidered lawns, as a decorative accessory, be any less pronounced than last season. Skirts Little Changed. It is a comfort to many that with all the changes going on in styles, skirts remain almost the same. The six gored circular cut is introduced and is exceedingly artistic, but most difficult for any but the high-priced experts to make. Thirteen gores put into a broad box plait back and front, with side plaits between, meeting at the hips with an inverted box plait, is very popular and stylish. For every day washub gowns the new five-gored pattern is the best to follow. It is slightly gathered at sides and back and is trimmed with the old-fashioned deep Spanish flounce, quite straight, but not too full. This has tucks and a hem at the foot line. It is mounted with a gathered heading or with a two-inch band of embroidery or heavy lace. Stitched bands of the material are not among the new fashions for skirt trimmings. With the Housewife A molding board makes a very satisfactory extra shelf for kitchen or sewing room if fastened to the wall with hinges and chains to prevent its sagging when lowered. To the ordinary combination of warm water and ammonia used for of the der y- ve Brown and white checked velle over brown silk. Trimming consists of soutache braid and brown crochet buttons. freshening carpets, add a tablespoonful of kerosene and the result will be still more satisfactory than usual. Lunch cloths for bungalow or country home fitted up with rustle or mission furnishings, are made of coarse linen in gray or tan shades, with borders in some gay, contrasting tone. When a broom becomes shorter on one side and the ends of the straws become as sharp as needles dip it into hot water, trim it evenly with the shears and you will have a broom nearly as good as new. Veal Cutlet with Tomatoes. Wash two cutlets and season them with pepper and salt. Have ready some hot lard and butter in a pan; put the meat into it, and fry it on both sides until a nice brown; when done place on a hot platter. Stew a quarter of a peck of tomatoes, or if these are not in season, a can will do as well. if fresh they must be drained and mashed. Season with pepper and salt, pour the tomatoes in a pan with the gravy, after the cutlets have been dished, and stir them well together. Pour them over the cutlets and send to table hot. 1 Blouse of plain light silk or volle, with fronts slightly draped and crossed and bordered with silk braid. The plaited chemisette is of white muslin, the plait trimmed with lace and braid and bordered with narrow ruffles of the muslin. The collar is trimmed with lace. The full sleeves are shirred at the top and finished at the elbows with cuffs trimmed with the braid and frills of muslin. New Ruffle Trick. A new ruffle trick seems to have accomplished the apparently impossible task of getting still more fullness into the skirt about the feet. The ruffle is of embroidery, shaped and gathered into half circles, which join at the tips. Under this ruffle is an other, with all the material pleated into it that could possibly be disposed of. The pleating only shows in between the sections of the ruffle in the airiest way imaginable. A Safe Method. There is no prettier nor safer method for carrying a watch than when it is securely set into a bracelet, which is usually made of bars of gold or silver, interlaced diagonally, as are the iron bars of a street-car gate. These bars can be opened wide or closed tightly so as to fit snugly about any wrist. Another way for carrying a watch is to have it set in a leather bracelet which buckles around the wrist. J. M. M. Light green Sicilian with soutache braid, and girdle of dark blue kid. Stock and vest of Irish crochet. Turban to watch. Few "Find Their Work" "Peace Trust" a Possibility Cremation of Hindu Dead Cremation of Hindu Dead Won Bet on Overdraft Sunshine in "The Boy" The writer for the World's Work who inquired of twenty clergymen if they would choose the same occupation if they had their lives to live over, need not have been surprised to find nine who replied that they would not; nor the investigator for Leslie's Monthly who asked eleven teachers a similar question to find only one who was willing to say yes. Such expressions of disappointment can be got out of men and women of any and every vocation, says the New Bedford Standard. The person who wishes he were something else than what he actually is can be found at almost any minute of the day by any one who takes the pains to inquire. Not much is proved by it, except that, in the first place, there are too many square pegs in round holes, and that, in the second place, there are more pegs for which there are no appropriate holes than is good for the community. We have no question that the nine clergymen and the ten teachers who wish they had chosen some other manner of life were not conspicuous successes in the occupations they had selected, and it is rather to be doubted if all of them would have been successes in any of the occupations which they wish they had selected. It is not difficult for a clergyman to dream that he would have made a great lawyer, or for a school teacher An English writer has turned his eyes toward a group of the enormously rich men of this country and asks if it would be possible for the wealth and power they and others represent to be welded together in the cause of a world peace. He says: "Would a 'peace trust' be possible under the existing conditions of social and political life? A 'war trust' is not an unknown thing, since every great loan promoted for the benefit of a fighting nation is a proof of capitalistic organization. The Rockefellers, Morgans Vanderbilt and Carnegies of America, together with countless men whose absurd riches have been made less ostentatiously, have not inherited the tradition of making money for the mere pleasure of the making; they are likely to establish a tradition for themselves. They have ideas, and would like to be numbered among the immortals. The opportunity presents itself; they could combine their influence upon the world's stock markets, declare themselves the opponents of any financial group that sought to make war possible and in the moment when the strength of their attitude was recognized they would be hailed as saviors of mankind. Toward the upper end of the ghats is the burning ground. There are no steps here, but a slope of beaten dirt. Stop half an hour and you may see every step of the cremation rites. Sitting on stone ramparts above, to right and left, are friends and relatives of the dead ones. The figure to the right, huddled up in a bright green wrap, is of the lowest caste of Hindus and keeps the mat shed near by where the sacred fire for igniting every corpse is for sale. You hear hoarse, loud cries of "Ram! Ramana!" and behold, a burial procession is coming down the slope. Four men carry the corpse slung between two bamboo poles, and cry to the god Ram. He is the personification of filial love, and thus it is meet that they should call him to witness. They swing down to the river and immerse the corpse. It is wrapped in a white shroud stained with red blotches. Then they lift the head slightly out of the water and "We often receive peculiar requests for overdrafts," said a banker the other day. "A client whose standing account had never exceeded $1,000 requested us to grant him an overdraft of $4,000, stating that he was not able to offer an explanation at the present, but assured us that at no time would the bank be in any danger of losing, as the overdraft would not be real. "After some hesitancy we consented but stipulated certain conditions, and reserved the privilege of, refusing if these conditions were not followed. "Shortly after his departure a well-dressed gentleman came in and handed to our paying teller a check for $5,000 bearing the signature of our client, and with it a letter requesting us to honor the check with cash. This letter was one of the conditions we The room is in disorder and the things are scattered round. Mixed up with blocks and playthings the up desk is found; the books are off the table, and the poker's on the floor— And I view a scene of ravage as I open wide the door. But in wide smiling up with saucy eyes at me. I see the inspiration of all this bedlamry. And, with his hand a-waving, he toddles up. Our fuzzy bedroom buccaneer, our iconoclast—"the boy." When you are very sleepy he is very wide awake. And he bursts into your slumbers like an infantile earthquake. He pushes up with tweaks your nose in most familiar style. Full knowing that his kiss will these indignities beguile. He tries to eat, but we tick. to fancy that he would have been a splendid captain of industry. But the great lawyers and the splendid captains of industry might, if they would tell some stories of disillusion about the business. They would certainly say that if unsuccessful preachers and teachers put no more effort and interest into the law or into industry than they have put into preaching and teaching, the end would be the same disappointment and the same longing for something else. "Happy is the man who has found his work." It is a pity that so many persons have apparently not found the work that they could best do and be happy in it. But sometimes it appears to us as if those who complain because they did not choose rightly, and who give up their thought to speculations of how much better they could have done if they had done something else, are not quite doing themselves and their opportunities full justice. The secret of happiness in an occupation is usually in the worker himself more than it is in the occupation. And it mostly comes from the disposition and the determination to do the best possible, even if a mistake or bad fortune have made a wrong choice. Not in fancying that better could have been done, but in doing the best you can where you are is found the recipe of contentment with a life-work. "Czars, kalsers, sultans and all of their kind," he continues, "would take their place in the tail of the new comet; the men who raised the preservation of peace to the level of the selling of low-flash oil, the collection of works of fine art valued chiefly for their price, and the packing of pork would send the echoes of their name and fame reverberating down the ages. Incidentally there would be money in the business. The greater demand for steel and corn and oil would add to the existing wealth; the general sense of security would encourage new industries—perhaps lead through the gateway of the trusts to the millennium of which Edward Bellamy dreamed. "Finance started the present war in the east and can end it. The real power that makes or mars war is money. The people who wield the power can decide the fate of empires. Is it unreasonable to suppose that the time is near at hand when some man will wield the diverse forces into a solid mass, and will give the world the gift that is worth all the hospitals and free libraries in the world—the gift of permanent tranquillity? Surely not." remove the shroud from the face, splashing water five times upon the mouth. Others, in the meantime, are building a wooden oyre, made of fagots sold near by, and when finished standing three feet or more above ground. The corpse, its dark color showing through the dripping shroud, is then placed on the wooden altar and covered with fagots. This done, all but two mount the ramparts and watch the final ceremony. Of the two remaining, one pours oil upon the wood from a small clay dish, while the other goes to the firehouse above. He soon returns with a long straw wisp, blazing at one end. He advances to the corpse's head, touches it with the wisp, and then circles the pyre five times, touching the head each time until the fifth, when he places the blazing wisp beneath the feet and the whole pile bursts into flame. When all is consumed the ashes are raked into the river and float away to bliss eternal. F. J. O. Alsop in Outing. imposed for our safety. Still feeling that we were taking a chance, the teller asked what denominations he desired. He replied and the money was passed out to him. After holding the currency a moment in his hands he returned it, with a request for the check, which he destroyed before us. "On the following day our client thanked us for our courtesy and waived the overdraft privilege, saying that he had no further use for it. He had with him a check for $5,000, which he deposited. This he had won from his friend on a bet. He had bet that he could negotiate an overdraft for that amount without first explaining that it was a bet, and the nature of it, and his friend wagered that no bank would trust him for that amount."—Kansas City Star. He chews my editorials 'till they're in an awful fix— And yet, although his mission seems mostly to destroy, The sunshine 'come among us with the coming of "the boy." His taste, I fear, is most depraved, and vitiated, too; He'll eat most anything from 'pins to a dinner plate; And though I hate to tell it—yet must the tale be told— Once I caught him at the scuttle, eating up our winter's coal. Yet we wouldn't swap the rascal for all There's laughter for the troubles, and there's smiling for the toil. And duty turns to pleasure, and tasks they seem a joy. As we think of the homecoming, and the meeting for the boy— —Largerage (Ga) Graphle. M. IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS PE-RU-NA CURED HIM. Cold Affected Head and Throat Attack Was Severe. Chas. W, Bowman. 1st Lieut. and Adjut. 4th W. M. S. M. Cav. Vols., writes from Lanham. Md. as follows: "Though somewhat averse to patent medicines, and still more averse to becoming a professional affidavit man, it seems only a plain duty in the present instance to add my experience to the columns already written concerning the curative powers of Peruna. "I have been particularly benefited by its use for colds in the head and throat. I have been able to fully cure myself of a most severe attack in forty-eight hours by its use according to directions. I use it as a preventive whenever threatened with an attack. "Members of my family also use it for like ailments. We are recommending it to our friends." - C. W. Bowman. 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. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug habit. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All correspondence held strictly confidential. In the Spring. "Can't I go out in the back yard and play in the garden, mamma?" "Certainly not, child. You must stay in and study your nature books." Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. "My dear son," was the reply, "your creditors have also been harassing me. I am therefore, glad that you are so familiar with current history, as you will understand what I mean when I say that until they are satisfied I have to take charge of our custom-house." —Louisville Courrier-Journal. For Rent or Sale, Two Ranches of 3,000 Acres Each. Located in Custer county on South Loup river; consist of 500 acres good corn land, 60 alfalfa, 320 meadow and the balance in pasture; good improvements. Inquire of Victor H. Coffman, Omaha, Neb. When a girl begins to encourage a young man to save money she must mean business all right. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it no to impossible to sell any other brand. It takes four pounds of fresh leaves to make one pound of dried tea. Many Childma Are Sickly Many Children are Sick. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. Atall Druggist, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. In the East and West indies beetle are so brilliant in coloring that they are beautiful as gems. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company. South Bend, Ind. It is often the case that a handsome woman hasn't brains enough to be pretty. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYER. Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. 15, 1900. At Manchester, England, a large reservoir is slowly sinking into the ground and it is thought it will soon sink into a coal mine which is below it. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy saved my life! I had dyspepsia and kidney disease." Es Senator Albert Hewitt. Park Place, N.Y. 811-801. The king of England possesses china estimated to be worth two million dollars. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children nothing, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures whithead. 200 bottle Swapping Lies. Kansas Man--I know of a Kansas girl who got mixed up with a Kansas wind and it blew her hair right off of her head. New York Citizen—Pooh! New York women don't dare go past the Flatiron Building for fear the wind will blow the complexion right off of their faces. The coast Indians of Alaska speak Russian and bar a close resemblance to the Japanese, being small of stature and prominent of cheekbone. DEATH IN TRAILING SKIRT Danger That Lurks in Present Day Obedience to Fashion's Whim The following short story from the Woman's Journal is very timely in the warning given against trailing skirts: Only a little dust, almost imperceptible dust, caught on the rug on the door of the handsome hall. It was a Turkish rug, lying on the perfectly waxed, hardwood floor, in a hall where neatness seemed to reign along with all the appointments of wealth. But there was that almost imperceptible dust. How did it come there? If you had ears that could hear its voices it would tell you. It would say that it had clutched a fold on the beautiful lady's gown and come in from the street. It was a beautiful gown as well as a beautiful lady—a tailor-made gown, and its fashionable bliss flounce trailed stylishly on the ground. Everything was stylish about the lady, from her fair face, with rather deep circles below the eyes, to her slender and handsome walking shoes. She walked trailing her gown properly, dust or no dust. Indeed, she ignored the dust of the street; but will the dust ignore her? Let us listen, if she will not, for this almost imperceptible dust moves and acts with fearful force, and if we listen possibly we understand its language. Soon after coming in on the beautiful lady's gown, other steps followed and other gowns helped to move the dust along farther into the nouse; but it had a fancy for the beautiful lady. Her frailness attracted it and it followed her to the bed chamber. Her feet had never trod the loathsome precincts whence it came, but it came to her on her gown. Soon there came to the chamber a little child, a sweet, rosy cherub. In its romping it stirred the dust about. Then the dust began to be separated, being formed of many particles, and these talked among themselves. As they talked they danced back and forth, waltzing, swirling, capering, with every motion of the child and its mamma, the beautiful lady. A scientist could have understood them if he had caught some of them under his microscope. He would have called them "germs." With what alarm he would have recognized the diphtheritic, and with what dismay would he have seen the tuberculous germ approaching the frail lady. Back and forth, dancing, capering, waltzing, the germs kept time while baby, in its mother's arms, said, as thousands of other little ones were saying— "Now I lay me down to sleep." If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." This baby was saying it for the last time. When night came again, thousands of little voices sent up the baby prayers, but this one was gasping out its little life on mamma's bosom—destroyed by a germ. A yellow card at the front door warned all comers against diphtheria. The beautiful lady vainly sought health for a year or more, then found rest "beyond the sorrow and the parting." "Broken hearted," it was said. "Found death in the dust of the street," said the microscope. A victim of the long skirt. Fashion and Consumption. In all American cities and most of the larger towns promiscuous expectoration is prohibited. There are ordinances and rules against spitting in public conveyances, on the floors of assembly halls and on the sidewalks. Of necessity, however, this cannot be prevented in the gutters and on the pavements. By educating the tuberculosis patient himself in regard to his duty to his fellow citizen much more can be done. A careful consumptive is a good citizen; a careless consumptive is an enemy to society and the state. Even with the civil and self-imposed precautions, the dust of the highway and crossings is teeming with various disease germs. It is practically impossible to eliminate these beds of filth. In the cleanest streets such colonies of germs are present. The use of long, dragging skirts on the average highway is the height of folly. It is worse. It is absolutely dangerous. The sweeping cloth picks up dust and dampened particles carrying tubercular germs. They are thus transplanted into the very household. In this simply yet sadly effective way, the children, so carefully guarded, are exposed to the dreaded plague. The entire family, satisfied with their fancied security, are stunned when tuberculosis claims one of their loved ones. It may not strike the family circles. The household servants may be affected. Many of the deaths of domestics have their explanation. The mistress, after a shopping tour, leaves her mud-bordered skirt for the maid to clean. In the cloud of dust arising from the brush the fatal bacillus lurks. The girl, already weakened from too long hours indoors, succumbs. A few weeks later she is forced to stop work and waste away in hopeless dependence on her overburdened family or at public expense. Another girl is easily obtained and the careless mistress never suspects any connection between her foosish fashion and the doomed domestic's sad fate. Expectoration on the streets can never be stopped. The streets cannot be kept clean. But this can be done— every woman should wear sensible skirts entirely clearing the ground. This will entirely eliminate this great avenue of tuberculosis invasion. A Vegetarian Dinner. Scalloped Potatoes. Chopped Cabbage. Macaroni with Tomato Sauce. Stewed Vegetable Oysters. Breads Graham Bread Cream Crisps. Dessert Steamed Fig Pudding with Lemon Sauce. The American Heart. We have heard much about the American stomach and the American nerves, but we are just awakening to a discovery that there is being rapidly developed a form of heart disease which, if not peculiar to America, may at least be said to be more prevalent in this country than in any other part of the world. The heart-weakness resulting from the use of tobacco and alcohol and from a sedentary life on the one hand, and extremely violent exertion on the other hand, is no longer a rare condition, but has come to be one of the most common affections with which the physician has to deal. A large proportion of the men rejected in the army examinations are refused on account of heart weakness. A large proportion of the public men who die suddenly die as a result of the failure of the heart. The same may be said also of many of the cases in which the cause of death is reported to be pneumonia, typhoid fever and other affections in which special strain is brought to bear upon the heart, and in which the failure of the organ to meet the emergency is one of the most common causes of death. The cigar, the cigarette and the pipe are probably the most common cause of this growing frequency of cardiac affections; but the neglect of physical exercise, overeating, the use of condiments and excesses of all sorts are also to a large degree responsible for the rapid increase of this grave malady. SOME WHOLESOME RECIPES. Vegetable Soup.—Simmer together slowly for three or four hours, in five quarts of water, a quart of split peas, a slice of carrot, a slice of white turnip, one cup of canned tomatoes and two stalks of celery cut into small bits. When done, rub through a colander, add milk to make of proper consistency, reheat, season with salt and cream, and serve. Roast Imperial—Mix together one-half cup of lentil pulp (prepared by rubbing well-cooked lentils through a colander), one-half cup of peas pulp, one-half cup of English walnuts, and season to taste with sage and salt. Line an oil baking dish one-half inch deep with the mixture. Pack in loosely a dressing made from the following ingredients: Four slices of zwleback, steamed until softened, one-half cup of hot cream, sage and salt to taste, and one well-beaten egg. Mix together lightly with a fork. Cover closely with peas, lentil and nut mixture. Spread over the top thick cream, bake in a moderate oven until firm enough to cut into slices. Serve with cranberry sauce or fruit jelly. Scalloped Potatoes—Pare the potatoes and slice thin; put them in layers in an earthen pudding dish, dredging each layer lightly with flour, add salt, and pour over all enough good, rich milk to cover well. Cover, and bake rather slowly till tender, removing the cover just long enough before the potatoes are done, to brown nicely. If preferred, a little less milk may be used, and a cup of thin cream added when the potatoes are nearly done. Chopped Cabbage.—Take one plint of finely chopped cabbage; pour over it a dressing made of three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and a half cup of whipped cream, thoroughly beaten together in the order named. This is also nice served simply with sugar and diluted lemon juice. Macaroni With Tomato Sauce. Break macaroni into inch lengths, enough to make one cup, and drop into boiling water. Let it boll until perfectly tender. In the meantime, prepare the sauce by rubbing a pint of stewed or canned tomatoes through a colander to remove all seeds and fragments. Heat to boiling, thicken with a little flour; a tablespoonful to the pint will be about the requisite proportion. Add a half cup of very thin sweet cream and one teaspoonful of salt. Dish the macaroni in individual dishes, and serve with a small quantity of the sauce poured over each dish. Steamed Fig Pudding—Moisten two cupfuls of finely grated Graham bread crumbs with half a cup of thin sweet cream. Mix into it a heaping cupful of finely chopped fresh figs, and a quarter of a cup of sugar. Add lastly a cup of sweet milk. Turn all into a pudding dish, and steam about two and one-half hours. Serve as soon as done with a lemon sauce prepared as follows: Heat to boiling in a double boiler a pint of water in which are two slices of lemon, and stir into it a dessert spoonful of cornstarch; cook four or five minutes, or until it thickens. Squeeze the juice from one large lemon, and mix it with two-thirds of a cup of sugar. Add this to the cornstarch mixture, and allow the whole to boil once, stirring constantly; then take from the fire. Leave in the double boiler, surrounded by the hot water, for ten minutes. Cool to blood heat before serving. TRYING HIM OUT. TARiff REVISION FREE TRADE ILL - MATCHED PAIR DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM HITCH UP TOGETHER. The Democratic Donkey Yearns for the Free-Trade Thistle Patch, While the Socialistic Steer Pulls Toward the Fat Pasture of Government Ownership. Aggressive Democracy is in the saddle, we are told. That was the message delivered by Chicago's new mayor, Judge Dunne, in his speech at the Jefferson banquet of April 13. Here is the new program: "If the Democratic platform contains one plank in favor of the government ownership of railways, telegraphs and express companies, and another in favor of the abolition of the protective tariff, I have no doubt that it will win. "If the protective tariff be abolished and the government takes possession of the means of transportation, of conveyance, of freight express packages, and, information, every dangerous trust in America will die a natural death in five years." Free trade hitches up with socialism; aggression and destruction pull together. How will the combination work? Free trade will take away the jobs of some millions of wage earners. Will a national government provide other places for the unemployed? If not, there must come a fearful cutting down of wages, which will affect all lines of employment. Half of the present rate of pay will have to be accepted by government employees as well as the rest of the workers. This will be pleasing to the free trade half of the aggressive Democracy team. To reduce wages and make things cheaper has always been the chief end and all of free traders. But will it be pleasing to the Socialistic off ox? Probably not. If anybody thinks this beast of burden is going to relish working for the government at lower wages than he now gets from private TRYING ZAR FREE OF TR corporations he had best think again; he doesn't know the Socialist animal. The Democratic donkey might stand for it, but not the Socialist steer. So it appears certain that there is trouble ahead for aggressive Democracy. Its program of smashing private rights of ownership and at the same time smashing public prosperity possesses some features of interest, to be sure; but it has its drawbacks. A Sample Tariff Ripper. The New York Evening Post says: "The most rapid gain in general business, according to trustworthy trade authorities has been experienced since March 1, and unless something happens to check the activity the month will roll up records that will surpass all previous exhibits for that period." The New York Evening Post is a mugwump newspaper always in favor of ripping the tariff. If business is good as described by the Evening Post, why is it necessary to disturb the tariff? Why not let well enough alone? The treasury needs the money and the country needs the business. Sometimes we think these tariff rippers want to disturb the business of the country to make a crash in order to buy things cheaper. Tariff ripping would depress prices and real estate could be bought much cheaper than at the present time. Possibly the rippers have a speculation in mind, desiring to bankrupt the country and thus buy things, intending to hold them until reason had again asserted her sway and a high tariff been again enacted, thus getting the benefit of the rise. But a careful analysis of the situation will demonstrate that the people who are now tariff rippers have always been tariff rippers. They are not convert, but old timers. They want cheaper products and lower wages. A great many of them are importers who are in Europe every summer. They want it so that money will buy more at home, because they learn all about cheapness abroad.—Des Moines Capital. To Help Manufacturers. The new Bureau of Manufactures in the Department of Commerce and Labor, it is announced by its chief, J. Hampton Moore, is in operation and is prepare. for business. Its duty will consist principally of the promotion of American interests both at home and abroad, and publicity will be no small feature of the enterprise. This bureau was provided for by Congress two years ago, and this year a small appropriation was made available to test its usefulness. Aside from the chief, five clerks and a stenographer will be employed in the work of gathering and disseminating information peculiarly of value to American manufacturers. It will work in close harmony with the census bureau and the Bureau of Statistics. Congress also appropriated $30,000 to send a corps of special consular agents abroad, and these will report to the Bureau of Manufactures of the Department of Commerce. Information gathered from this source and others will be used to the very best advantage by the bureau. It will perform certain portions of the work now distributed among other departments, and when advanced in operation it should be of unestimable advantage to that large concourse of citizens who are interested in the development of our foreign trade. The field is there for it, and a short test of its value ought to be the means of bringing a more generous appropriation at the next session of Congress.—New York Commercial. THE TARIFF AND THE WEST. Farmers Not Eager for Revision That Is Against Their Interests. We must confess to a disappearing ardor for tariff revision when we see leaders in the agitation direct their efforts against farmers, the leading business men of this great western country. For farming is a business, just like the making of shoes or fabrics, and whatever removes protection from the products of the farm is apt to affect the industry in the same way that it would to put manufactured goods on the free list. There is an unconcealed effort to get hides placed on the free list. We are told that cattle are sold for their meat value and that hides are no portion of the animals as they are passed to the block. But everybody knows that hides are an important by-product and any HIM OUT. F REVISION ADE action of Congress that would depreciate their value would similarly affect the value of animals on foot. It is a notable fact, says the Carroll Iowa, Herald that the source of this demand for free hides is in the manfacturing districts of New England where parties interested want cheaper "raw materials." If hides are permitted to come free of duty the cat men of Mexico and Central and Southern America will supply the demand and the Iowa farmers will suffer correspondingly. What may be raw material to the Eastern manufacturer, may be the finished product of the Western farmer. The finished products of the Western farms are corn, wheat, cattle hides and whatever may come from the field or feed lot. The farmer's operations do not extend to the processes of the factory or the counting house. His finished products are raw material to the manufacturers, and he is as much entitled to protection under our system of affairs as the persons who take his products and turn them into articles of utility for the consumers. Before confidence can be placed in the promise that free hides will not result in injury to the interests of the Western farmer it will be necessary for advocates of free hides to produce statistics supporting their contention. We want to know the probable loss from removal of the tariff and the probable gain from the promised reduction in shoes and products of leather. Then we shall ask for some assurance that we shall get a compensatory concession in the event of the removal of the tariff on hides. In the meantime we believe that the farming classes are not anxious for a modification of the tariff that is aimed directly against their interests.—Trenton Gazette. Coming to the Front. Secretary Shaw is gradually coming to the front as the leading advocate of standing pat. He is telling the people that, while tariff tinkering will bring a change, it will be a change for the worse and not for the better. He is driving this logic home with special force in Indiana and Iowa, where the revision sentiment is particularly strong. The secretary's argument is that it is more desirable that the agricultural communities of those states have protection for their crops than low duties on manufactured articles. Brooklyn Eagle. R NATURE'S ESSENCE. Nature's taws are perfect if we obey them, but disease follows disobedience. Go straight to nature for the cure, to the forest; there are mysteries here that we can fathom for you. Take the bark of mandrake, stone root, queen's root, blood and golden seal, make a scientific, non-alcoholic extract of them with just the right proportions and you have Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It took Dr. Pierce, with the assistance of a team of eight years of hard work experimenting with the vegetable extract and alterative of the greatest efficiency. Just the sort of spring remedy you need to make rich, red blood, and cure that lasitude and feeling of nerve exertion. Once you've done the Medical Discovery bears a stamp: APPROYAL, and has sold more largely in the past forty years than any other blood purifier and stomach tonic. The refreshing influence of this extract is like Nature's influence—the blood is bathed in the tonic which gives life to the blood. This blood is the blood and their increased activity consumes the tissue rubbish which has accumu- A SONG OF THE FIELDS. The green fields—the green fields, and fields with cotton white— Like a dream of sunshine—a river of delight! The joy of all the past time, that thrilled the world along. Is nothing to the joy ahead—the hallel-jah song! The green fields—the green fields, with all the corn brigades. Glistenin' in the sunshine an' wavin' of their blades! The promise of the harvest all bountiful and sweet! The gold of gracious Autumn just showered at your feet! The green fields that bless us—what wonders they unfold! That feed the famished millions, and clothe the world from cold! That keep the cots in comfort when winter chills the sod— The green fields forever—the green fields of God! —Frank L. Stanton. Room for Improvement Room for Improvement. "I have here, said the agent, "an alarm clock that will kindle the fire in the kitchen range and start the coffee boiling. Can I sell you one?" "No," yawned the lazy man, "but when you find one that will pour the coffee out and bring it upstairs I will be pleased to consider its purchase." Taking No Chances Molly—Papa, I wish you'd close the door of your room when gentlemen are calling on me. My snores are something fierce! Dad—Well, it won't hurt 'em any. Molly—Perhaps not, but they might think it's hereditary! —Cleveland Leader. Applied History. "Dear dad," wrote the boy from college, "we are studing current history and I am getting to understand it finely. By the way, my creditors are bothering me considerably, so please send me $200 in addition to my regular allowance." A man who runs an ostrich farm, on being asked as to the method of gathering the feathers, admitted that they were pulled out of the birds once in every eight months. Was the process painful? "Well," he replied, "about equal to pulling out your eye teeth." Curdled milk, of a peculiar kind, made after a Bulgarian recipe and called "yag hurt," is now a Parisian fad and is believed to be a remedy against growing old. A correspondent who has tried it, says he would prefer to die young. A birth is rather oddly announced in some parts of Holland. A silk pin-cushion is attached to the doorknob. If the cushion is red, the new arrival is a boy; if it is white, a little girl has come to town. The walls of many of the houses in Mexico are from three to six feeh thick to withstand earth-quake shocks. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. The British Isles are said to contain nearly one million too many women. The last census shows over 25,000 Japanese in the United States, while twelve years ago there were but 2,000. A Swiss watchmaker has made a watch with a phonograph attachment that calls out the hours as they pass. Modesty is a great virtue, but a man seldom gets a big raise in salary on account of it. The diamond is a hard stone, but it has been known to soften a marble heart. lated during the winter. Doctor R. V. Pierce, the founder of the Invalida Hotel and Surgical Institute, and a physician of late experience and practice, was the first to make up an alterative extract of roots, herbs and barks, without A PARTICLE OF ALCOHOL or NARROWS, which purifies the blood and assists in the consequence the system in Nature's own way. The "Golden Medical Discovery" is just the tissue builder and tonic you require when recovering from a hard cold, grip, or pneumonia. No matter how strong the constitution the stomach is apt to be "out of killer" after a long, disordered, consequence the blood is disordered, for the consequence the laboratory for the constant manufacture of blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens the stomach—puts it in shape to make pure, rich blood—helps the liver and kidneys to expel the poisons from the body. If you take this NATURAL BLOOD PUMPIRER AND TONIC blood; it is often indicated by pimples or appearing on the skin, the face become red and blue. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery blood humors as well as being a tonic that makes one vigorous, strong and forceful. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery STANDS ALONE as the one medicine for stomach, liver and blood disorders that has the ingredients printed upon the wrapper of every bottle leaving a colonator as Buffalo, N. Y., which curts in appearance as way out; not only does it STAND ALONE in relation to its ingredients but also as the only spring tonic and reconstructive which absolutely contains no alcohol. "I was taken with a severe cough, weakness in my back, a "glimmer" over the eyes, a bruise on my forehead, was out of order," writes H. Gaddis of 1625 South Avenue, Tacoma, Wash. "I felt sluggish, unable to care for anything, had no life, it was almost gone." He went to medical discovery, and I read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser and went right away and purchased a new prescription for Medical Discovery, and before I had taken it, I felt better. If any doubt the truth of this testimonial they may write to me." Dr. Pierce's Pellets Cure Constipation. JUSTICE TEMPERED BY JUDGMENT. I well remember one case before a justice in which I acted as respondent's counsel in a criminal action and in which an older and well-known attorney was my opponent. As I thought then, and as I know now, the law and the evidence was well in favor of my client, and at the close of the argument I looked with great confidence for a prompt acquittal. Judge of my astomishment when my unfortunate client was found guilty and sentenced to thirty days in jail. I promptly entered an appeal and furnished securities to prosecute the same. Before I left the courtroom the justice took occasion to take me aside and say: "Young man, I kinder thought ye ware right, but I knew Judge W— (naming my opponent) is a sight older'n you be, and a sight better lawyer'n you be, and so, of course, I gin him Judgment."—Leslie's Magazine. PAINFUL SCIATICA EVERY SUFFERER WANTS THE VERY QUICKEST CURE. Mr. Donovan Thinks the Remedy Used by Him with Such Remarkable Success the Best—Cured by Five Boxes. "Men who have to do difficult and dangerous work on electric lines at any hour of day or night, can't afford to have anything the matter with their health," said Mr. Donovan. You can imagine, therefore, how much I was alarmed one winter's day in 1902, when I was seized by a pain just behind my right hip that made it difficult for me to walk house. It was so bad by the time I reached the house that I was obliged to go straight to bed." "Did that relieve you?" "No, the pain grew more severe and kept extending downward along my leg. I sent for a physician, and he soon decided that I had scatica. In a few days the whole nerve was affected, and the least movement brought on terrible agony." "Did your condition improve under the doctor's treatment?" "Quite the contrary. At the end of two months I wasn't a bit better, and at times I feared that I would never be able to leave my bed." "How did you get out again?" "When I was lying in bed, unable to move and wasting away in flesh, a friend visited me and told me about the wonderful cures brought about by a great blood and nerve remedy, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He strongly urged me to try them, and I luckily had sense enough to take his advice." "Did you mend quickly?" "Yes, that was the astonishing thing. I noticed a slight improvement before I had quite finished the first box of the pills, I could get out of bed while I was on the third box, and I was entirely cured by the time I had taken five boxes." Mr. Joseph A. Donovan is living at Plaistow, New Hampshire, and is line inspector for the Haverhill, Newton and Plaistow Electric Street Railway. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the remedy to use when the blood is thin, as in anemia; or impure, as in rheumatism; or when the nerves are weak, as in neuralgia; or lifeless, as in partial paralysis; or when the body as a whole is ill-nourished, as in general debility. They are sold by all druggists. The Philosopher of Folly. "I have noticed," said the Philosopher of Folly, "that the men who are constantly spouting about woman's only true sphere being the home, and who laughs at the women who think they have some other mission in life—I have noticed that the majority of those fellows are bachelors who turn pale when the subject of marriage is mentioned to them.—Cleveland Leader. About $700,000 is the cost of the engines on a first class man of war. THE RISING SON WIS WOODS..... Business Manager RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write up. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of authenticity. IFFIOEI-No. 117 West Sixth, St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates. For one inch, one insertion . . . 8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 20.00 For two inches, three month . . . 5.00 For two inches, six month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches, twelve months . . . 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY, The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Success, in whatever field, must crown the efforts of a man who is loyal to himself, his wife and children, and his church. Such a man not only shines in personal magnificence, but his example tends to lift up the race. The Son has always maintained a position toward the Republican party of strong loyalty. A representative of the Son was told the other day that he though the party had paid the Negro newspapers and that it was under no obligation to them. The Son wants it understood that the party has paid it nothing. We have been put of from time to time on promises. The time has come when promises fail to pay our bills. If this old politician lives he will soon be looking us up. U. S. MARSHAL E. R. DURHAM Frequent mention is made of the satisfactory manner in which the office of U. S. Marshal, E. R. Durham, has been conducted during his incumbency. Such complimentary remarks leads to the conclusion that the efforts of the marshal to make his administration a successful one, have not been in vain. Mr. Durham has kept a colored balliff in his office most of the time. This is an evidence that he has tried to give a square deal all around so far as patronage is concerned. THRIVE ON VEGETARIAN DIET. Wild and Domestic Animals Grow Fat and Intelligent. Although carnivorous animals are capable of marvelous feats of strength they have nothing like the endurance of the herbivorous animals, nor are they so long-lived. The animals of greatest service to man on account of their strength, fleetness or endurance—the horse, the elephant, the cannel, the ox—are all vegetarian animals. The gorilla, which is said to be, for his size, the strongest and most intelligent beast in the forest, is frugivorous. He has often been known to beat a lion to death with a club, and it is said that he will even kill an elephant in like manner. Dogs are in much better condition in every way when confined to a strictly vegetarian diet. Every dog-trainer knows that meat spoils a dog's wind, and also his scent. On this point an old hunter out West said: "I have a dog that can scent a bird two hundred feet away; but when I feed him meat he can't scent a bird half a rod off. Besides that, when I feed him meat he has no wind; he can't run." That cats also can be kept in perfect condition on a vetarian diet many a vegetarian family can testify. The mistress of a handsome pair of kittens says of them: "These beautiful Maltese kittens are vegetarians. They have never eaten meat of any kind. Their favorite dishes are protose, nuttolene, potatoes, green corn and baked beans. In disposition they are gentle, affectionate and unusually intelligent. My children have taught them to run a race, try to catch a rubber ball, and play a game of hide-and-seek. Fat, healthy and happy are these vegetarian kittens."—Exchange. In Australia there are 210 churches to every hundred thousand people, a larger number per capita than any other country. England has 141 and Russia but fifty-five. When a girl must admit that another girl is pretty, she says that she is like a "doll." In the United States wages on an average are more than twice those in Germany, Spain and Italy and one and Belgium three times those of Denmark, one half those of England and Scotland NO DANGER AT ALL. That is, According to the Captain's Line of Reasoning. My grandmother's brother Silas was what perhaps now might be called a crank, but in his own day and generation he was spoken of as a "regular unaccountable." He lived with his sister until her death, and, when grandfather came to live with us, he insisted upon staying alone in the old house, where he could do as he pleased. His original ways were a source of unfailing delight to me, though held in great scorn by my grandfather, who had been master of a whaler at 24, and was a man of no mean ability in other directions. One frosty October morning I ran over the way to see what Uncle Silas was u to, and found the old man seated before a crackling red-hot stove, stirring with a long-handled spoon some dark substance in the frying pan. Many a savory coot stew of Uncle Silas' making had I enjoyed with him, and I asked eagerly, What you doing, Uncle Silas?" "Powder was a leetle damp and I'm drying of her off," was the startling reply. Off I ran as fast as my little legs could carry me. "Grandpa," I asped as I tumbled into our kitchen, "Uncle Silas has got his powder in a pan on a red-hot stove. He's drying of her off. Come quick or he'll be blown to pieces." Grandfather calmly pressed the tobacco into the bowl of his pipe with his thumb, and, without looking up, said, soothingly, 'Sho, sonny, don't be scairt. To naught, naught can happen."—Boston Herald. SIGNALING WITH THE DRUM Also, How an Umbrella Supplanted Wireless Telegraphy. The natives of the West Coast of Africa have little need for wireless telegraph, according to a story told by a missionary at the rooms of the Presbyterian Foreign Board. Talking of the susceptibility of the native African to rhythm he told this incident: The African always calls the people together by means of a drum. The drum varies in size, but is always made by hollowing out a section of a log. The drum not only tells the people of the meeting, but its purpose as well. The news which may be thus sent is astonishing. On one occasion a missionary was in the Palaya House at Efulen, at some distance from his home. A rainstorm came up and he had no umbrella. A drummer, learning his need, tapped a message to a friend and in a short time the latter appeared with an umbrella. The natives have no alphabet and an umbrella is not usually in the requirements of a palaya. How, then did the drummer make himself under stood? During native wars the government has to prohibit the use of drums as the natives are able with them to send news from one village to another. The Road. There is no new pathway that is not What would you do? Would you stop to rest Stumble you will, in the tangled turn. When you are grown and the eater bristles, grow! But the fountain you find and the lessons you learn Will be newer and dearer than those oft read. Then smile at the warden and pay his fee. For Life has demands that are some-what bold: He has weighed the soul of a you and me, And he knows our strength when he looks up. Summer Homes of Diplomats. Summer Homes of Diplomats. The Berkshires will be the center of the diplomatic colony throughout the coming summer, Great Britain, Germany and Austria having already engaged quarters at Lenox. The ambassador and Lady Durand will remain in America during the summer. The Russian ambassador has not decided upon his summer home, but wherever the czar's embassy is located it will be without the Countess Marguerite Cassini, as she sails with her former governess and present companion on Tuesday to pass the entire summer in Europe. The French ambassador and Mme. Jusserand will spend the summer in Europe and the Italian ambassador and Baroness Mayor Des Planches at Atlantic City. Case of Blackmail. "Reginald," confided she, and there was a quaver of fear in her voice, "I'm afraid papa will never consent to our marriage." "Oh, yes, he will," said her lover, confidently, "in fact, I don't see how he can refuse." "But dearest, I fear he dislikes you. Haven't you noticed how he seizes on every pretext to avoid you of late?" "That's all right. He borrowed $10 of me a couple of weeks ago. Cheer up, lovey; we've got the old gentleman where we want him now." And in truth it did seem so.—Cleveland Leader. Sounded Queer. "Well, well; it looks as if this paper got these names mixed up." "What does it say." "It says: 'Last evening Policeman Caesar Johnson arrested a man named Michael Gilhooly in the act of stealing some chickens.'" And, "Won't you take my peg-top, dear?" Was all that he could say. She bit her little pinafore, Close to his side she came; She whispered, "No; no, thank you, Tom." And won't you take my heart?" he said, She blushed, and said, "Thank you. same. forty years care and joy; g-top still boy; sweet wife." says he, you fame"； no," thank you. Tom, the same." F. E. Weatherly. And twenty, thirty, forty years Have brought them care and joy; She has the little jug toy still He gave her when a boy; "I've had no wealth, sweet wife," says he, "I've never brought you fame"; She whispers, "No! no; thank you, Tom. You've loved me all the same!" —F. E. Weatherly. NOVEL OF THE FUTURE. Hall Caine Says Its Purpose Will Be to Inculcate Religion. Hall Calne thinks that the novel of the future will become more and more the religious novel, and that it will only be accepted, whether by the plowman or the philosopher, in the degree in which it unites with the simplest pictures of human life the deepest problems of humanity. "I think it will be realized," he says, "that the capacity of the novel for any work whatsoever, whether a simple entertainment or of deep teaching, is entirely without limit; that there is no vehicle so capable of reaching a wide area, no medium so adaptable to the needs of man in all his stages of intellectual development; in a word, that there is no pupil with a sounding board that will send the human voice so far." Mrs. Blox—"Miss Blank says she always uses lemon juice on her face; it's good for the complexion." Miss Knox—"I wonder what gave her that sour look." The secret of many a man's success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men, and his tact in dealing with them. Caesar would not have crossed the Rubicon or Washington the Delaware, had they not had their minds on objects far above the perils at their feet. --- ANNOUNCEMENT ies for Less Than $9,000.00. Monday we began the-market bought LA TIERES, COUCH SWISS, CURTAIN M It will be an almost ty for those with curta The sale will conti Sunday we began the great sale of the market bought LACE CURTAINS, CURTAINS, COUCH COVERS, DRAPERS, CURTAIN MATERIALS, etc. will be an almost unprecedented offer for those with curtains and draperies to the sale will continue next week. Monday we began the great sale of under the-market bought LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERES, COUCH COVERS, DRAFERY SWISS, CURTAIN MATERIALS, etc. It will be an almost unprecedented opportunity for those with curtains and draperies to buy. The sale will continue next week. Emery,Bird,Thayer v60. --- --- "FOLLOW THE FLAG" WABASH Summer Excelsior "The Beautiful" Beginning Sunday, M. as follows: Leave Union Depot 8 and 7:00 P. M. $1.00 $1.00. Tickets Wabash Off Union Depot. THEODORE DRU Two Stores: 908 E. TWELFTH PHONES {Home 4211 Main Bell 1211 Grand Summer Schedule TO Excelsior Spring the Beautiful Health'Real Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily there follows: Save Union Depot 8:30 and 10:20 A. M.; 7:00 P. M. $1.00 Round Trip, 30 days d. Jackets Wabash Office, 903 Main Street on Depot. EODORE SMIT DRUGGIST. 108 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENT { Home 4211 Main Bell 1211 Grand PHONES { Summer Schedule "The Beautiful Health Resort" Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily thereafter as follows: THEODORE SMITH. DRUGGIST. Two Stores: 908 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. PHONES | Home 4211 Main Bell 1211 Grand PHONES | Home 5644 Main Bell 2170 Main KANSAS CITY, MO. Dealer in Drugs, Toilet article Give us an Order by Phone and rugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, order by Phone and See if We are not ther Dealer in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Stationery, Etc. Give us an Order by Phone and See if We are not there with the Goods. But took it all the same. But took it all the same. A G. RHODES, PRESIDENT J. J. MAVERTY, VICE PRESIDENT J. A. MUPPE, SECRETARY Phodes Haverty & Happe TURNITURE CO. J. A. MUPPE MGR. 611 MAIN STREET Kansas City, Mo. 190 FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES, COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS CASH OR CREDIT Furniture Bargains Our entire building has been leased and everything will be sold regardless of cost. If you want to save money on furniture here is your opportunity. A dollar saved is a dollar earned We guarantee all we sell. If you are in need of anything in our line, call in and see us. Get our prices and inspect our goods. Full Size Cotton Top Mattresses, This week $1.43 and up. $10,00 Oak and Maple Beds, while they last $1.50 Each High back dining chairs at 49c each. Two-burner Gasoline stoves, regular $4.50 variety, $1.58 Appreciation The assembling of all attributes of style, fit and quality in one shoe has caused Oxfords $2.50 and $3.00 Shoes $3.00 and $3.50 Strong & Gare Patent T The swellest and handsomes Price $ DVIATT S 1105 M ing & Garfield Patent Tan Oxf swellest and handsomest shoe ever brought Price $5.00 ATT SHOE 1105 MAIN Strong & Garfield Patent Tan Oxfords The swellest and handsomest shoe ever brought out. Price $5.00 CASH OR CREDIT Catalogue FREE. COUR NEW YORK COUPON YORK DENTAL This Coupon is good for $1.00 in trade at the New York Dental Co. 1029 Main St. If you have only a dollar's worth[of work done, this coupon will pay for it. Clip this out and take advantage of it. ON CREDIT LADIES' AND CHILDRENS CLOAKS AND SUITS Mons. Roy's and Children's Suits and Over- coats 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. Arfield Van Oxford it shoe ever brought out. $5.00 HOE CO MAIN ONLY $10.00 Cash, balance $5.00 a month, buys this 3-year guaranteed Buggy—$37.50 on time payments or $33.50 cash. We trust honest people located in all parts of the World. Write for free catalogue of Buggies, Surreys, Phactons, Farm and Farm Wagons. CENTURY MANUFACTURING CO. Dept. 4036 EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. THE RISING SON NEWS & GOSSIP 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 Senator Warner left last night for Washington, D. C. A man who "knows it all" spends most of his time telling it. George Teeters spent Sunday in Sedalia, Mo., with his wife. The annual sermon of the Odd Fellows was preached last Sunday at the Second Baptist church. Mrs. W. H. Bonafield, 3020 Chestnut, was quite ill last week, but is somewhat improved at this writing. Prof. Joe E. Herreford of Chillicothe, Mo., was a visitor to the City last week and paid his respects to the Son. The Son will publish next week the views of the school principals on the school question which it has been agitating. For rent—1712 Troost avenue, nicely furnished room; all modern; bath and heat. Call up Mrs. A. Harper, telephone 2963 Walnut. The Son is very grateful for the increase of the subscription list with Kansas City, Kan., readers, through Mr. Vaughn, our correspondent, at that point. An eight pound son was the happy arrival at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Wilkerson of Excelsior Springs, Mo. Mrs. Wilkerson is the daughter of Prof. L. L. Thompson. The Fifteenth Annual Session of the Southern Baptist Convention was held in Kansas City last week. During its session it paid a high tribute to the Negro Baptists of this country. Have your children save some of their change and teach them to start a bank account at the Pioneer Trust Company. He or she can start with $1.00. The company is safe and sound. Any person who may be in possession of facts on this school agitation and care to have same published, bring them in and the Son will gladly yield space. The matter does not rest here. Announcements and local notices such as renting rooms, buying or selling houses, or any matter exacting charges are regarded as advertising matter and when sent in must be accompanied by the cash. Bishop Grant, Rev. Peck and Rev. Vernon left this week for St. Louis to attend the Twentieth Anniversary of Bishop M. Turner, who is Senior Bishop of the A. M. E. church. The Son will give full detail of the affair in its next issue. We now have the Hair Goods on hand again. Call at the Son office if you desire any of the following: The Ozons Hair Grower, scalp soap, Ozon face powder, electric skin food. A new supply has just arrived. Come down, prices 25c, 50c and $1.00. The Son would advise that those in Kansas City, Mo., who are carrying ads with the Son must be prepared to pay their bills promptly on the 1st of the month. Be ready when the collector calls. We cannot run after these items. If you cannot be prompt, let us have the space, as it is valuable. Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Hoggar returned to the city last week after spending several months in Southern Missouri. Mrs. Hoggar is the daughter of Mrs. N. Compton of 1755 Belleview. Mr. and Mrs. Hoggar were married recently and after an extended honey moon, will make their future home in this city. For rent about May 10, a nine room house in fine condition, near Spring Valley Park, porcelain bath; five bed rooms upstairs, one bed room down stairs, parlor, dining room and large kitchen, latticed back porch, city and cistern water; cemeted cellar, laundry room, large yard; $30. Also barn for four horses and two buggies. See Mrs. Bowser, 2323 Lydia. --- Men's Shoes MEN'S SATIN CALF SHOES Bal Style—Cap or French toe, lace or congress, a comfortable and good wearing shoe regular $2.00 $1.50 quality for. Bal or Blucher style—Cap or French toe, every pair guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, regular $2.50 $2.00 quality for...... **MEN'S VICI, BOX CALF OR VELOUR CALF SHOES** Blucher or Bal style, genuine Goodyear welt, cap or French toe. A shoe that you'll buy again. Regular $3.00 $2.50 values for...... **MENS' VICI, BOX, VELOUR OR PATENT CALF SHOES** Genuine Goodyear welt, Bal or Blucher style, French or cap toe. Just as good a shoe as any house in Kansas City will offer you for $3.50... $3.00 **MEN'S VICI, VELOUR OR PATENT LEATHER SHOES** Goodyear welt, Bal or Blucher style. Stylish, dressy, comfortable dress shoe and will give you as good service as any $5.00 shoe sold else- where ..... $3.50 Nebraska Clothing Co. Furnished Rooms To Rent. BY DAY OR WEEK Meals at All Hours. At 1001 E. 18th St G. SMITH; Propr. AN ENJOYABLE EVENING'S EN TERTAINMENT BY ALLEN CHAPEL'S CHOIR. "WHY WE NEVER MARRIED." On Friday evening, May 12, Allen Chapel's choir rendered one of the most laughable and pleasing entertainments that has been given in this church for a long while. It was given to assist the choir in paying for their robes. The program was well rendered. The selections were old and familiar songs, sung not with regard to harmony, but to test the quality of the lungs and to see who could make the larger number of discords. Mr. Crump and Mrs. Robinson led all others in this respect. Miss Ophelia Watts and Miss Emma Collins made such a hit that they were compelled to appear again in response to an encore. The fortune teller by Mr. Fox, Miss Foster, Mr. Roberts and Mrs. Hammett was an excellent number and was well executed. Afterwards the most laughable part of the program occurred when each one in verse appeared to tell why they never married. Many requests were made, that the choir repeat the program which they will probably do. The attendance was three hundred. J. H. C. THE SCHOOL TEACHERS' PROBLEM. "Now brothers and sisters shame on you, You can teach and fool me too, You can fool me now and then, But fowls don't walk at 2 p. m." The above is a quotation from a Negro comedian who appeared before a theatre audience not long since and it may fittingly apply to the several Negro teachers whose conduct has effected adverse public comment. But the mothers and fathers of our youth must take up this question and agitate it until we are accorded that which is just and right. It is a burden which you must shoulder until a better condition is made to prevail. You mothers, whose best days have been spent in honest toll that your children might receive the education and training which the public school system was established to give them, cannot hope to reap the reward of your effort when your children are allowed to be taught by those around whom bad influence centers. If the example set by the teacher is bad what hope can be entertained for the child? The point which the Son would clearly bring before the parents is that the teachers employed to educate and train your children should be of the highest type in point of character and fitness. Their moral standard should be of the best and their ability beyond question. We believe it is the duty of the school board to see to it that the colored schools are as well equipped with teachers of character and ability as are the white schools. If the school board allows itself to be guided by the advice of the principal in the selection or recommendation of teachers it is the duty of the principal to commend only such teachers as are morally and intellectually fit to teach children. 901 03 MATTHAEIS BAKERY 901 If on the best you would be fed, Then feed daily, on If on the best you would be fed. Then feed daily, on QUAKER MATTHAEI PHONES | Home 4117 Main Bell 2471 Grand S. V KANSAS We also make the well known brand of b BREAD. BAKER BREAD MITHAEI'S BAKERY 4117 Main 471 Grand S. W. Cor. 17th and Madison KANSAS CITY, MO. e well known brand of bread known as "MOTHER'S SALT RISING BREAD." Try it. QUAKER BREAD MATTHAEI'S BAKERY PHONES | Home 4117 Maln Bell 2471 Grand S. W. Cor. 17th and Madison KANSAS CITY, MO. We also make the well known brand of bread known as "MOTHER'S SALT RISING BREAD." 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Nor yet a friend in him I find, Whatever his wealth, or race, or state, Who somehow, always is inclined My work to underestimate. But, better far than both of these, My friend is he, both day and night, Who, if his judgment hurt or please, Wants but to judge of me right. —Lynn, Boston Globe. THE MYSTERY OF THE PLAYWRIGHT BY HOWARD DEVINE (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub, Co.) "You said, I believe, that expense was no object if I could secure the right sort of play for you," remarked the dramatic agent tentatively. "Yes, yes," replied the woman beating her foot impatiently on the rug. "Of course I did. Now don't you waste a single minute with your dickering. Mr. Levy. I simply must have a new play for next season and it is getting very late and I am able to pay well for it if it is right. But mind you it must suit my style of work and be absolutely new and the author's royalties must not be too great. I don't care about your commission." "I have the play Madam," said the other leaning forward. "It couldn't be better if it had been written for you—and the royalty can be arranged very low—at our own price. It is a new author." "When can I read it," she asked eagerly. "Now, today," replied the other, "if the terms are satisfactory." He leaned forward and whispered a sum in her ear. She started, then laughed, "truly godesty is not one of your virtues," she said. "Why that is a fortune." "But you would save it in two seasons on the difference in royalties. We must all live you know. And you don't have to take it unless it is worth it to you." "Very well, hand it over," announced the woman. The next day Levy was summoned post haste. "Who wrote it? Who wrote it?" she semed. It is no work of an amateur. It is the work of a genius, and it truly was written for me. This is some joke. Who is the playwright?" "That, I am not to tell you, madame, but I may tell you that it was written for you," replied the agent. "Then you will take it on my terms." Everybody remembers what an astounding success "Youth and Fate" was that season. Georgiana Mabelle never had scored anything but success but this overtopped them all. It was a play of youth and passion and fire and love and jealousy and pride and pique. The boy and girl were so natural that they exceeded art. The author had breathed into them, real people, real blood, real personalities. Georgiana was the very personification of the girl. She had trouble from the first in getting the boy properly played but she was so tenacious and so critical that the leading men were fairly good and did not spoil the play at all. The art of the author was best shown in the ending, when after a quarrel and a hopeless separation and fiercest pate, leaving the audience in mortal A levy smiled knowingly, but silently, dread of being sent home in the most depressed frame of mind, the two were brought together to lift the auditors with tearful joy and dismiss them mellow with the fragrance of delightful sentiment. At the height of the triumph of the first night after Georgiana had been called and recalled a dozen times a cry went up for the author. The manager was compelled to announce that the author's identity was absolutely unknown, so carefully had he concealed it. In view of the great success of the production, however, he could not remain long unknown and the . . . a rical world doubtless had another delightful surprise ahead of it, etc., etc., etc. The play grew in public favor and waxed strong and yet stronger. As the royalty wore off the actress whose triumph it was became more and more curious regarding the unknown author. She set in motion every agency of which she could think, but in vain—everything stopped at Levy. The copyright was in Levy's name. The royalties were paid to Levy. And Levy was a sphinx. She attacked his reserve in every way. She begged, she cajoled—and Georgiana's calories "Don't you think it was worth the price?" were difficult to resist—she scolded, she threatened, she wept, she raved— but to no avail. Levy smiled knowingly, but silently. Finally one day Levy came to madame—as he invariably called her, esteeming it more grandiloquent than Miss, and announced that the time had arrived when the author would see her at his office. It was with a flutter of excitement seldom felt in her experienced breast, that she entered the private office of the theatrical agent, shown by Levy himself who immediately retired into his outer office and closed the door. For a moment the room swam and the saw nothing distinctly—only a dark form. Then she saw clearly, uttered a slight gasp and went white as chalk. "Paul!" she cried. He stepped quickly forward. "Yes, Paul," he answered, "I owe you an apology for this meeting for I knew and you did not. But apologies are not honest for I wrote the play for the express purpose of meeting you thus. Let me tell you. The separation became intolerable and I finally knew what a hot headed fool I had been and that I never could help loving you and wanting you. I knew you would not receive me—the situation had become too bad. Besides I had some pride and you had told me that I never would be anything but a worthless ider anyway and had not the stamina to do anything. So I thought it all out how reconciliation might come about easily and naturally. Then I was puzzled how to get to you with the idea. In the meantime you had become an actress and I was forever hearing of your triumphs. I never could hear to go and see you there. But it flashed upon me that I could write my idea into a play and get you, somehow or other to play it. Then you must realize, I worked many weary months in the play. Then I employed Levy to get it to you. I did not dare go to see it at first, but when it went so well I took courage. I was terribly disappointed. You were great in the first part and greater in the quarrels and separation, but cold and formal—but artistic in the last. So I waited. I went night before last and I knew my hour was come, for you understood the reconciliation. Is it not so?" She was standing rigid with clenched hands drinking in his words. Their eyes met, the divine sparks flew. He held out his arms and she swayed and fell into them. So the world lost a great actress, but gained two happy hearts. "You said you employed Levy to get the play to me," said Georgiana one day in a reminiscent mood. "Did you pay him?" "Pay him," replied Paul, laughing. "If you saw my check book you would think I did. I told him he could name his price if he could get you to accept the play without royalties and without price." Georgiana smiled a rogulish smile and whispered something in her love er's car. He started and exclaimed. "The in fernal scoundrel. He bled both of us I'll cane him." "No, Paul." smiled Georgiana. "Don't you think it was worth the price?" TRICKS OF THE SNIPE. Bird Has Many Methods for Use in Deceiving Hunter. "I have hunted snipe ever since I was a boy," said Dr. S. H. Moore, "and each year I have learned some new trick of this long billed bird of erratic flight fame. The 'possum is a tyro compared with the snipe in its efforts to deceive the hunter. "I was hunting with George C. Morrison near the gun club's grounds a few days ago, and for an hour or more we did not see a snipe or hear a 'scalpe.' Just as we reached the buggy, with the intention of returning to the city, a snipe rose a few feet away from the ground over which we had tramped. A second later another got up and began its quick, tortuous flight skyward. We bagged both with snap-shots. "The birds seemingly had laid low in tufts of grass, watching our movements, and supposed themselves safe when they saw us preparing to depart. Mr. Morrison and I started back over the ground we had hunted, kicking each bunch of grass and dry weeds as we went along, and in half an hour we had raised a dozen snipe and killed most of them. Occasionally, when we missed kicking a bunch of weeds, a snipe would rise behind us, dart along the surface of the ground and then suddenly move upward in corkscrew-like gyrations. The only thing akin to foolishness of which a snipe might be accused is its misjudgment of the distance a modern choke bore gun will carry. It has a score of cunning tricks of flight as well as the 'possum-like trick I have just mentioned." Indianapolis News. The Making of Men. Courage or lack of it, Work, and the knack of it; Grit, or the need of it, Haste, and the speed of it; Purpose, or none of it, The knack of it, Work, or the fun of it, Maketh a man. Luck, and the trust of it, Wealth, and the lust of it, Hate, and the sting of it, Youth, and the fling of it, Ease, and the lap of it, Chance, and the hap of it, Weak, and the lap of it, Breaketh a man. Dress, and the care of it, Cheer, or the shine of it, Speech, or abuse of it, Tact, and the use of it, Trust, and the care of it, Worth, and the wear of it, Dare, and the use of it, Marketh a man. Do, nor the brag of it, Up with the flag of it; Life, nor the fear of it, Taste, the good cheer of it; Time or the waste of it, Will try the taste of it; Work, that graced of it, Maketh a time -J. W. Foley, in New York Time College Customs The young attache of the American legation sat on the balcony of the Hotel Michaelovitch, watching with interest a body of students who poured out from the college buildings and with frenzied shouts hoisted red flags. In an instant the student body became a mass of shouting, struggling, gouging humanity, fighting desperately in groups. "Whoo!! Hurray! Siss-boom-ah!" yelled the American, remembering his alma mater. "Which side is winning—the freshmen of the sophs?" "Hush!" cried the terrified manager, "or you'll be arrested. Don't you know that those are students in a riotous demonstration against the government?" "Why, no." gasped the American, "I thought it was a college cane rush or a hazing party!" 'Twas Ever Thus. "John," said Ma Twaddles, "what is the meaning of the word 'scatophagous?'" "How on earth should I know?" grumbled Pa Twaddles. "Probably a new kind of a germ. Write to the 'Questions and Answers' department of the morning paper and find out. The department is published on Mondays, I think. Where is the paper, anyhow?—had it a minute ago—oh, here it is under this confounded dictionary. Tommy," he continued, wrathfully, "take that dictionary up to the attic. It's always in my way and what good is it, anyhow? And when you've done that bring me a pen and ink and I'll write to the paper to satisfy your mother's curiosity." And it happens every day, the editor says.—Cleveland Leader. The New Natural History A hard-working fancy dealer had ransacked the whole shop in his efforts to please an old lady who wanted to purchase a present—"anything real nice"—for her granddaughter. For the fifteenth time she picked up and critically examined a neat little satchel. "Are you quite sure that this is genuine alligator skin?" she inquired. "Positive madar" quoth the deal. "Positive, madam," quoth the dealer. "I shot that alligator myself." "It looks rather soiled," said the lady. "That, madam, is where it struck the ground when it tumbled off the tree." Laborers Snub Japanese. A Japanese recently applied for leave to attend the meetings of the San Francisco Building Trades' council. He said he wanted to listen to its deliberations and also wanted to ascertain how to proceed in order that his countrymen might be admitted to unions affiliated with the council. His request was promptly refused. "Thy Song Shall Be With Me." Thy song shall be, with me, a song of Faith. When earth seems real and heaven seems far. When burdens press and discords mar. When the heart feels the load of sin. When naught else gives it peace with No. Thy song shall be, with me, a song of Faith. Thy song shall be, with me, a song of Peace. as convincing of the coming as the softened air, the shine, and the bursting v Jesus, let them find evident apologies, or history, or l arguments. Look for it in aated man. The divinity in h conclusively the divinity of Peace: When billows roll and winds are high. When the heart shrinks from danger nigh. —Rev. O. A. Kingsbury. Unity Through Character Till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.—Bph. iv., 13. The damage done by the divergencies of Christians has been too great to admit of much difference of opinion as to the desirability of unity. Practically all attempts at unification have been on creedal lines; many of them have but led to deeper divisions. Here, however, is an entirely practicable platform for Christian unity. It sets its basis in character rather than in creed. The unity of the faith is to come by approximation to a common likeness and not by stultification of the mind to any common system of logic; by growth and not by repression; not by cutting out the divergencies but by developing the essentials held in common. And these essentials are found to be not in any statements even of the most vital beliefs, but in the realization of a certain type of character. Christly character is the common possession of all true Christians. It is their distinguishing mark. Practically a Christian man is a Christian, no matter what his creed; character is the stamp that determines this collation. The great world has long recognized this Scriptural standard as the only worth while test of orthodoxy. It receives as Christian only the things that are Christlike. Refusing to be bothered with bickering over subtle speculations, it knows men by what they are, leaving what they think to take care of itself. Men know that the church is one not because they say the same words, but because they do the same works. So long as the mind lives it will be impossible to conform all minds to any one idea, but lives find it easy to be conformed to some great ideal. And the greater the ideal the larger the number who can make it their type. So great is Christ that every man finds something worthy in Him. Drawn to Him, men are drawn to one another. Nothing leads like a life; this life leads and lifts. It is the magnet of all manhood. It imparts life. Knowing Him, virtue becomes vital. He sets the standard and He furnishes the inspiration to reach it. He is more than the foundation of the church; he is its force. The churches may never present to the world a solid front of coldly formulated arguments, of metaphysical definitions, of divinity and destiny. But they must and they do present to all criticism and all opposition the unbreakable line of a common life, a life athrill with admiration of and devotion to his all glorious life, pulsating with the power of that divine life, inspired with the vision of what that life must do for the world, of the day when all men shall have his life and all men shall attain to the full-grown man, when heaven shall come to earth because men have come to God, have come to Godlikeness. Unity begins in life; where there is one life there will be one body, and where there is one body there will soon be one mind. They who do His deeds shall know of His doctrine. One cause, one character will, at last, lead to one creed. Let but the importance of living his life and finishing his work in a sad and lost world be once realized and men will become so engrossed in this they will forget their old conflicts of words; and at last, some day when the work is done and the kingdom has come, they shall waken and with the clearer vision of that better day shall see that living one life has led them into one creed, and that one His creed. —Chicago Tribune. Power of Personal Influence Power of Personal Intuition. The best argument in the world for Christianity is a Christian. "Come and see" was the strongest proof the woman had to offer when she reported the marvelous interview she had with Jesus at the well of Sychar. There can be no argument of chemistry in proof of the sweetness of the odor of the flowers like the present perfume of the rose; the shining of the stars is better evidence of their existence than all the figures of the astronomer; the restored health of a patient is a better certificate of the doctor's skill than a score of parchments hung upon his office walls; the testimony of the almanac is not half as convincing of the coming of spring as the softened air, the verdant sunshine, and the bursting vegetation. When men question the divinity of Jesus, let them find evidence not in apologies, or history, or long-drawn arguments. Look for it in a regenerated man. The divinity in him proves conclusively the divinity of Him from whom it came. It is an old story of the minister who delivered a notable series of discourses on infidelity, and was delighted to find an infidel seeking membership in his church. "Which of my arguments did you find most convincing?" asked the minister afterward. "No argument moved me," he replied, "but the face and manner of an old blind woman who sits in one of the front pews. I supported her one day as she was groping along, and, putting out her hand to me, she asked, 'Do you love my blessed Savior?' Her look of deep content, her triumphant tones, her unquestioning faith, made me realize, as never before, that He who could make one, so afflicted and helpless, bright and glad, must be a blessed Savior, indeed. That was an argument I could not answer." The Easy Yoke It is better to obey Christ's commandments than to set ourselves against them. For if we will take His will for our law, and meekly assume the yoke of loyal and loving obedience to Him, the door into an earthly paradise is thrown open to us. His "yoke is easy," not because its prescriptions and provisions lower the standard of righteousness and morality, but because love becomes the motive; and it is always blessed to do that which the beloved desires. Christ's yoke is easy because He gives the power to obey His commandments. His "burden" is such a burden (as I think of one of the old fathers put it) as sails are to a ship or wings to a bird. They add to the weight, but they carry that which carries them. So Christ's yoke bears the man that bears it. It is easy, too, because "in"—and not only after or for—"keeping of it there is great reward"; seeing that He commands nothing which is not congruous with the highest good and bringing along with it the purest blessing. Instead of that yoke what has the world to offer or what we get to dominate us if we cast off Christ? Self, the old anarch self, and that is misery. To be self-ruled is to be self-destroyed.—Dr. Maclaren. Tender Encouragements The great moralities of the Christian life can be very austere, the spacious virtues of character can be very threatening. Purity and justice, integrity and righteousness, do not always throw a spell about men, and the heart is not drawn to them by the power of an irresistible attraction. But simple words that are burdened with love, and gracious speech which is the vehicle of noble sympathy, are still one of the finest instruments for doing the will of Jesus. They have often been the master key to which many an obstinate lock has readily yielded, and stubborn doors have opened to their touch as to an irresistible compulsion. And this is the possibility of every lover of our Lord Jesus. If we will discipline our tongues, they may speak to the sorrowing, to the half-hearted, and to the hesitant those words which shall be the first beginning of a larger life and a brighter day. Our "Let not your heart be troubled" shall be reminiscent of the voice of Jesus; our "Be of good cheer" the light on the horizon that prophesies to the night the quickly coming day; and our "Be of good courage" the seed of new impulse and large energies which holds within itself the promise of final victory. God Desires Our Prayers. The child stretches out its arms and calls to its father and mother for help. And the parents love its call. That voice of dependence, desire, confidence, is music to their hearts. No parent, however tender and wise, would wish his child never to ask anything from him. It would be very unnatural for a child to say, "My father has arranged all for me; he will do his best, and I need never tell him a trouble or a wish." Every true parent loves to hear his child asking comfort in trouble, protection in danger, and the supply of its wants. 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Randolph & Canal St. CHICAGO 74 Cortlandt Street NEW YORK 160 ACRES IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING RANCHING Three great pursuits have a rain shown wonderful results on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Colorado. Marvellous climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November attendees in the middle of November "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the postseason's harvest"—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance. Schools, churches, market conventions. Apply for information to superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadias Government Agent—J. B. Crawford, No. 129 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. ORDINARY Doubts as to Dad. **DOUBTS as to Dad.** When my dad talks to me an' Gus 'Bout when he was small, like us. He was the best boy ever yet: He was the best boy ever yet; An' never got his shoes all wet A-walkin' through 'most ev'ry pool, When, rainy days, he went to school. He never was as bad as us— When daddy talks to me an' Gus. He never scrapped with Uncle Jack. An' never, never put a tack In people's chairs; an', not like me. Was prompt at dinner, breakfast. He never swiped a jar of jelly; N'r never called his stumpick "helly." He never pinched his sister's cat, An' put black beetles in her hat. He never broke the baby's toys; An' when he played he made no noise Bruise the little jack an' he Smoke an' reeled to us An' whent they say don't sound to us Like when dad talks to me an' Gus —Sunset Magazine. Dog Does Credit to Training. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia has a collel that for a show of religious practices rivals the famous St. Bernard dog trained by a Benedictine monk. The collel struck up an acquaintance with the archbishop while the latter was taking his customary walk in Fairmount park about a year ago. Since then he has been an attach of the archiepiscopal household. He knows how to put his paws together in an attitude of prayer, he "sings" and exhibits signs of regret for misbehavior. The students of the cathedral school have taken great pains with his religious education and he would no more think of barking while services are in progress than he would of trying to pick a quarrel with the sculptured hound on the lawn of the episcopal residence. At times of religious processions he assumes an attitude of respect, sitting on his hind legs and remaining almost motionless until the processions pass. He knows the hours of services in the cathedral and can usually be seen at the side door waiting for the archbishop to appear. Whether there is a service or not, he never tries to enter the church. Apparent Bottomless Pit. A bottomless pit has been found in the mountains of Hualalal, back of Kailua. It is about four feet in diameter. The pit is peculiar from the fact that it sucks in the air with remarkable force. Piece of paper placed over the mouth do not float gently down, but are suddenly drawn in and disappear with startling rapidity. The air rushing into the pit can be distinctly felt by people standing on the edge. There has been no attempt made thus far to reach the bottom of the pit or to determine its character. Strange sounds are heard in Honauau. Every night the inhabitants of that section distinctly hear a noise similar to the blowing of a deep steamship whistle. Nobody has been able to discover any cause for it and considerable anxiety is felt by the superstitious. The noise is heard for about five seconds and then subsides for a space of about ten minutes and then resumes for another five seconds.—Honolulu correspondence in Sar Francisco Call. Have Too Many Potatoes. In spite of the fact that 5,207,824 bushels of potatoes were shipped out of the potato fields of Aroostook from August, 1904, to March, 1905, an increase of 14 per cent over the same period in 1903-4, hundreds of thousands of bushels yet remain in the hands of the growers. These will be made into starch at ruinous prices in order to prevent absolute loss. Knox county has been drawn on to supply coopers to make the barrels for shipping this unexpected starch product, and many are forsaking the lime cask county for a short sojourn in the garden of New England. Precaution Against Fire. In a copy of the Old-Farmer's Almanack, printed about 1800, we find the following article on "the prevention and extinction of fires": "Never read in bed by candle light, especially if your bed be surrounded by curtains. Strictly forbid the use of segars in your family at all times, but especially after night. . . . There is good reason to suppose a house was lately set on fire by a half-consumed segar, which a woman suddenly threw away to prevent being detected in the unhealthy and offensive practice of smoking." In Illiberal Days. In the course of a talk on the life of David Brainard at Longmeadow the story of his expulsion from Yale college came out. Brainard lived in the time of the evangelist, Jonathan Edwards, and "the great awakening," with which both men were identified. Brainard entered Yale in 1739 and was expelled in his junior year after being found guilty on the charge of having given currency to the statement that a certain tutor had no more religion than a chair. Fine Stomach Ache Cure. Arthur Mullins of North Woods has discovered a new cure for the stomach ache. While he was searching the family medicine chest for some peppermint late the other night, he was suddenly ordered to throw up his hands. His landlord had taken him for a burglar and had him covered with a six-shooter. When the patient recovered from his fright he made the discovery that his alliment had disappeared. RED CROSS BALL BLUE used every washday will make your clothes white as snow and as beautiful as when new. The most competent housekeepers in the country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no other. Just try it once and you will see the difference. All grocers sell it. Large package So. Cheerful Idiot. "A deaf and dumb man may talk with his fingers," said the boarder who floorwalks between meals, "but he can't laugh with them." "Oh, I don't know," rejoined the cheerful idiot. "Have you never heard of the glad hand?"—Columbus Dispatch. One Little Regret When Mr. Roosevelt heads the grand cavalcade on inauguration day surrounded by nodding plumes, glittering baldries, and braying bands, the only cloud in his sky will be the regret that Mr. Wagner cannot see this great triumph of "The Simple Life."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Of Two Evils. Mr. Borem.—May I have the pleasure of this waltz Miss Luvvey? Miss Luvvey—Excuse me, please—I don't care to dance. Mr. Borem—Then I shall take great pleasure in sitting here and talking to you until the waltz is ended. Miss L.—Oh! Let's dance! Does Not Include Them. The New England lobster trust does not include, as might be supposed, those people who are managing Presidential booms three and a half years in advance, but the real oceangoing lobsters.—Philadelphia Ledger. First Bear—Aren't you going to see the President? Second Bear—No; he has requested that no attention be paid him while in Colorado. "The Southern Cross," the most extraordinary pearl, or cluster of pearls known, is owned by a syndicate of Australian gentlemen who value it at $500,000. Were Good for Both. Paulding, Miss., May 15th. (Special) In this neighborhood men and women alike are telling of the great benefit they have received from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills and it frequently happens they are the means of curing members of both sexes in the same family. Take the case of Mr. and Mrs. F. Erby. The latter voices the sentiment of both when she says: "My lips cannot express too much praise for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I suffered with Backache and Female weakness for four or five years and I feel that I have been wonderfully helped by Dodd's Kidney Pills. My husband, too, was a sufferer for five years from a weak bladder and they also cured him." Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys. Healthy kidneys mean pure blood and good health all over the body. No woman with healthy kidneys ever had female weakness. It is estimated that about thirty-six per cent of the entire area of Russia in Europe is covered by vast forests. Private Car Lines The railroads seem very willing to have the private car lines brought under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A railroad president is authority for the statement that lines are paid mileage, without discrimination, and the question of excessive charges is a matter for the shipper to settle with the car lines, so long as there is no law to govern their rates. Car mileage paying has been decided to be as legal as the payment of rental for property. A woman's voice can hardly be called heavenly even though it is unearthly. ITCHING SCALP HUMOR. Lady Suffered Tortures Until Cured by Cuticura—Scratched Day and Night. "My scalp was covered with little pimples and I suffered tortures from the itching. I was scratching all day and night, and I could get no rest. I washed my head with hot water and Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment as a dressing. One box of the Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap cured me. Now my head is entirely clear and my hair is growing splendidly. I have used Cuticura Soap ever since, and shall never be without it. (Signed) Ada C. Smith, 309 Grand St., Jersey City, N. J." The better half of a matrimonial combine never ceases trying to find out how the other half lives. 84 guaranteed interest semi-annually on all investments, in tropical plantation half as large as Rhode Island 40 profitable products. Active managers and agents wanted. E. Moore, 211 Odd Fellows' Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. Opening of the Uintah Indian Reservation. The Uintah Indian Reservation in Utah, containing 2,425,000 acres of arable land, to be opened up for settlement on September 1, 1905, is described in a pamphlet just issued by the passenger department of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company. A valuable map, showing the country to be opened up and the various routes by which it can be reached, is published for the first time in this pamphlet, which may be obtained by addressing General Passenger Agent S. K. Hooper at Denver. Certificates are issued to restaurants and bakeries in London which have been inspected and found in good condition by the public health department. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO 20, 1905. MOTHERHOOD MRS. MAE P. WHARRY MRS. L. C. GLOVER Many Women Have Been Benefited by Mrs. Pinkham's Advice and Medicine. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. 28 TEARS ESTABLISHED. We need FREE and postpaid a 28-page treatise on Piles, Pistulis and Diseases of the Rectum; also 100-page illum. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, once paid a cent till cured — we furnish their names on applications. DR. THORNTON & MINOR. BOBBLE BANK, 1004 EAST KANALA CITY, NC and 1004 EAST KANALA CITY, NC Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from, In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN Many women long for a child to bless their homes, but because of some debility or displacement of the female organs they are barren. Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound more successfully than by any other medicine, because it gives tone and strength to the entire female organism, curing all displacements, ulceration and inflammation. A woman who is in good physical condition transmits to her children the blessings of a good constitution. Is not that an incentive to prepare for a healthy maternity? If expectant mothers would fortify themselves with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which for thirty years has sustained thousands of women in this condition, there would be a great decrease in miscarriages, in suffering, and in disappointments at birth. The following letters to Mrs. Pinkham demonstrate the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in such cases. Mrs. L. C. Glover. Vice-President of Milwaukee Business Woman's Association, of 614 Grove Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I was married for several years and no children blessed our home. The doctor said I had a complication of female troubles and I could not have any children unless I could be cured. For months I took his medicines, trying in vain for a cure, but of all my husband became disgusted and suggested that I Many Women Have Been Benefited by PILES NO MONEY We send FREE and postpax Rectum; also 100-page liner our mild method, noce paid DR. THORNTON Truths that Your grocer is honest and--you that he knows very little sells you. How can he know, MILK In each package of LION pound of Pure Coffee. Inst (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads f SOLD BY GROCER THE MAN BEH Is our name for the patent Separating Grate and Check Plate in the famous RED RIVER SPECIAL THRESHER. It has the Big Cylinder, with lots of concave and open grate surface. It has the Man Behind the Gun, that does most of the separating right at the cylinder. Besides these, it has all the separating capacity of other machines. The average old-style small cylinder thresher wastes enough grain and time to pay your thresh bill. Why not save the grain ordinarily put into the straw stack? Why not save the time which the ordinary threshing outfit wastes for you? This can be done by employing the RED RIVER SPECIAL. It runs right along, saving your grain and saving time, regardless of conditions. NICHOLS & S Builders of Threshers and Engines. 50 YEARS IN BUSINESS. BRAN OSS BAL try Igdia R. Pikhham's Vegetable Compound, this I did, and I improved steadily in health, and in less than two years a beautiful child came to bless our home. Now we have something to live for, and all the credit is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs Mae P. Wharry, Secretary of the North Shore Oratorical Society, The Norman, Milwaukee, Wis., writes. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I was married for five years and gave birth to two premature children. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended to me, and I am so glad I took it for her. From a week ago to a strong, happy and healthy one within seven months. Within two years a lovely little girl was born, which is the pride and joy of our household. Every day I bless Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health and happiness it brought to our home." If any woman thinks she is sterile, or has doubts about her ability to carry a child to a mature birth let her write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, whose advice is free to all expectant or would-be mothers. She has helped thousands of women through this anxious period. Women suffering with irregular or painful menstruation, leucoarthrosis, displacement, ulceration or inflammation of the womb, that bearing down feeling or ovarian double, backache, bloating or nervous prostration, should remember that Ledia E Pukhman's Vegetarian Hospital holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of woman's ills, and accept no substitute. MEY TILL CURED. 28 YEARS ESTABLISHED. and postpaid a 228-page treatise on Piles, Platula and Diseases of the page films. Treatment of Diseases of Piles, of the thousands curved by one sold a cost till curved—we furnish their names on applications. BENTON & MINOR. 2000 Olive Street. ST. CURRITO NO. and 1030 Oak St. KANSAS CITY, MO. At Strike Home and—if he cares to do so—can tell my little about the bulk coffee he know, where it originally came from, how it was blended—or with what—or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality? LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE is carefully packed at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being adulterated, or of coming in contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. MILLION COFFEE you get one full Insist upon getting the genuine. range.) heads for valuable premiums.) OCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. BEHIND THE GUN Rating humonsHER, lots of As the modern self-binder is ahead of the old reaper of forty years ago, so the Big Cylinder and Man Behind the Gun ahead of the small cylinder old-style thresher. The old-style thresher with its small cylinder and limited separating capacity, has stood for years without much improvement. The RED RIVER SPECIAL is the crowning improvement in threshing machinery. It is built for modern, up-to-date work; to thresh well; to thresh fast; to save time and grain and money for the thresherman and farmer. It does it. There are reasons why. Send for our new book on threshing, it gives them and it is free. The RED RIVER SPECIAL is the only machine that has the Man Behind the Gun, and it will save enough extra grain and time to pay your thresh bill. & SHEPARD CO., Battle Creek, Micn. BRANCH HOUSES AND AGENTS EVERYWHERE ALL BLUE en new. The most competent housekeepers in the difference. All grocers sell it. Large package So. AGENTS WANTED To sell Kinkline. Read aao.A paa ment elsewhere in this paper, also what our customers say of it. Maud Wilson, Martion, Ind., writes: To sell Kinkline, the great hair pleasure in recommending it." Mary G. Sommer, Alton, Ill., writes: straightener and grower. Read their dorful results." Fanny Meyers, Dunville, 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 advertisement elsewhere in this paper, and works wonders on the hair." Large bottle sent prepaid for 35c; six for $1.65, and one dozen for $3.10. FREE! to show what KINKINE will do send 15c, 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. Lincoln Institute Gets $77,400. Lincoln Institute, the state normal school for the colored people, located at Jefferson City, Mo., gets by appropriation from the Forty-third general assembly of Missouri this year the handsome sum of $77,400. It is the highest sum ever appropriated to this school, and greater than any ever granted a Negro school by a legislature in the United States. Of this sum, $25,000 is to be used to build a new dormitory for young women pupils; $1,000 for additional books for the library; $1,000 for the summer school. IT'S A GOOD THING. The Knights of Pythias of Missouri have made a remarkable record during the last three months. The collections received by the beneficiary board from subordinate lodges was $2,608.69. Death claims paid to heirs last quarter was $2,366.09. We also notice a cash balance in the bank to the amount of $10,323.79. The Knights of Pythias must be a good thing for all the people. Study their growth.—Sedalia Conservator. Courtship is the light of youth, and marriage is the gas bill. Care for Berlin Paupers. As many as 1,300 persons seek refuge on some days in the "warm rooms" maintained in Berlin for paupers. Four cobbler and a tailor are paid by the city for mending the garments of the paupers while in these rooms. "Sitting" Joke. Standing jokes are common enough, but whoever heard of a sitting one. What about the young man who sat on his sweetheart's new hat and warbled: "I'm sitting on the style, Mary?"—London Tid-Bits. To Thine Own Self Be True Let everything else go, if you must, but never lose your grip on yourself. This is your priceless pearl, dearer to you than your breath. Cling to it with all your might. Give up life (itself first. — Success. Accommodating. They were traveling peacefully home in the humbering market wagon, when from the shadow on the side of the road there sprang two unkempt forms. Not much time was wasted in useless talking. The tramps in an earnest and business-like manner went through the pockets of the farmer and his daughter, turned them out of the market wagon, and drove off in it themselves. "Dear, oh, dear," wailed the old man; "this is a nice fix. Horse and wagon and money, too—all gone." But the faithful daughter was there to comfort him. "Not the money, father," she said. "I hid the purse in my mouth." "In your mouth," exclaimed the old farmer, regretfully. "Good for you. But what a pity your mother wasn't here. We might have saved the horse and wagon." Money Was Made Good. Senator Cullom groped his way into the subbasement of the treasury department a few days ago, and, placing a package on the chief clerk's desk, said it contained money which had been found in the ratters of a building in Dixon, Ill. He said the owner thought it was worth about $1,000. Miss Brown, chief expert of the redemption division, looked at the mass of crumbling gray paper and at once said she would give that amount for it. Some of the notes were dated as far back as 1882, the whole amounting to several thousand dollars. The Student's Explanation. A notably amusing answer was given by a student in the natural philosophy class at Edinburgh university. Prof. Tait had given as one of the questions in an examination paper "Define transparent, transparent and opaque," which was dealt with by the student thus: "I cannot precisely define those terms, but I can indicate their meaning in this way—the windows in this classroom were once transparent, they are now transparent and if not cleaned very soon will be opaque." The answer gained full marks from MAKES THE HAIR GROW LONG, STRAIGHT, SOFT AND SILKY. CURES DANDRUFF AND STOPS FALLING HAIR. Is no Experiment It was discovered by Dr. Roberts, a famous English chemist, who has made a study of the sculp of colored people for the past thirty years, and who after much time and great Tone especially for the colored people. The Doctor says that his experience and study has given him the ability to collect the sculp requires a special treatment, and after laboring and testing these many years he has discovered the greatest REMEDY the WORLD has ever known for the HAR of color **KINK-INE** will make the hair GROW from one three inches per month if the directions and instructions are carefully followed out. We have many cases on rollers that do not bestiate when we make these claims. **KINK-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 failing out; takes out all the kinks and knots, eases Dandruff, makes the hair soft and silky, and by nourishing the roots gives it new life and vigor, restoring it to READ WHAT A CUSTOMER SAYS OF IT Mrs. Rose Holt, Atlanta, Georgia has done my head more than anything. I ever used. Send me three dozen more bottles of wine as once; goes like hot cakes and works wonder on the LARGE BOTTLE SENT PREPAID for 35c FREE! To show what KINK-INE will do send 10c, and we will mail a sample postpaid. FREE! AGENTS WANTED everywhere to sell KINK-INE. Write today for terms. THE KINK-INE COMPANY, 343 W. 14th St. NEW YORK PHONE 518X GRAND. J. F. BASIL, PROP South Side Pressing Co. 1407 MAIN ST. CLEANING, REPAIRING and PRESSING LADIES WORK A SPECIALTY KANSAS CITY, MO First-Class Restaurant and Cafe Meals 6. a. m. to 11 p. m. Short Orders MRS. ELIZA RUSSELL. Proprietor 910 E 12, Upstairs. Give me a cal STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ...IS THE.... CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Oysters in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up stairs. Z. T. JORDAN, Manager GEORGE ANDERSON. Buying and Selling Horses Saddle Horses a Specialty. 613 East 9t St., in rear. Kansas City, Mo. ```markdown ``` Properties and business of all kinds sold quickly for cash in a product of a uniformed states. Don't wait. Write to-day describe what you have to sell and give cash price on same. A. P. TONE WILSON, Jr. Real Estate Specialist TOPEKA, KANS. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By BROWN FROM THE This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or oily hair shine, prevents the hair from fall-out or the break off, cures dandruff and makes it shine. It is made of 45 years, and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. It was the first preparation over imitations. Remember that Ford's original Ozonized Ox Marrow is put up only in the hair straight, soft and beautiful, giving it that healthy, life-like appearance, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and lasting preparation equal to it. Full directions with preparation equal to it. Full directions with dealers, or send us 56 cents for one bottle, express paid. We pay all postage and express paid. Send postal or express money order. Please write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. Charlie Ford Press 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. 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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. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARATORY, IN- DUSTRIAL 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. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Wholesale and Retail Agents for... Peninsular Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces TIN WORK a Speolalty ...A new line of..... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. Beat Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. Prices the Lowest. Wholesale and Retail Peninsular Agents for... Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Co. 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If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it.—The Reliable Optical Dept. Bromo Ammonia for that cold ---a cold today, pnemonia tomorrow. The Century Marvel Corn Sheller ---a sure cure or money refunded. Painful walking made easy. gratifying prices. easy. Remember its the RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY S. W. Corner 5th and Broadway. Phone Home 1626 Main. " " Call in and see us. Open all night. No Delay--Satisfaction Guaranteed--Teeth Examined Free We are the most reliable dentists in the city. We have the largest and oldest practice in the city. Our success is due to the uniformly high grade work done by gentlemanly operators of middle ages; no youths 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. 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"THE TIME KEEPER OF PROGRESS" Certificates of Registration; Missouri and Kansas Board of Pharmacy We are Recognized by the State of Missouri as Having the Ability to Put Together Drugs Scientifically. McCAMPBELL & HOUSTOSN PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE "The Store of Quality" 23rd and Vine Streets Kans as City, M "Maine" Anchor Maine" Ar "Maine" Anchor S. H. Finkelstein, Prop. Carries a complete line of Furnishing goods, Hats, Shoes and Umbrellas We Also Make Sur to Y OUR MOT YOUR MONEY Also Make Suits to Your OUR MOTTO: YOUR MONEY'S W We Also Make Suits to Your Measure OUR MOTTO: YOUR MONEY'S WORTH "Hot Spr Long looked for impr and Hot Springs, Arkansas the Hot Springs Spe Long looked for improved Train Service between Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, is now "Hot Springs Special." Long looked for improved Train Service between Kansas City and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, is now provided for by the Hot Springs Little Rock MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Fort Smith Coffeyville Leaving Kansas City at 11 Breakfast. This train run dence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Sleepers and Chair Cars feature on this "Hot Spring" This train connects at Litt all Southeastern Points in For Excursion Tickets call or address E. S. JEWETT, 901 Main Street. Telep Leaving Kansas City at 12:01 noon daily. Arrive in breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neenance (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little River Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs feature on this "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all or address E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agt.Passenger 1 Main Street. KANE Telephone 740 Hickory. Leaving Kansas City at 12:01 noon daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. Through Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, call or address E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agt.Passenger Dept. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY MO. G Hot Springs Little Rock TESTS WITHOUT PLAN We do as we advertise We are here to stay. TAL CO ERS. Since on Main Street only. till 9. Sundays 10 to 4. KEEPER ESS" Kansas Board of Pharmacy the State of obility to Put illy. HOUSTOSN STORE Anchor Fort Smith Coffeyville