The Rising Son

grey-1905 are James Missing It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored Peop.e than any other Paper in the State. A. MISS EMMA SMITH WITH BLIND BOONE COMPANY. VOLUME X. MISS EMMA SMITH WITH Blind: Boone gave an entertainment at Rev. Mitchell' church, 5th and Nebraska avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, August 23. An elaborate program was carried out and Blind Boone was at his best. Miss Emma Smith, the su- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. An afternoon reception was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford W. King in honor of Messrs. H. H. Stewart, R. P. Lucky and B. Bill of Chicago. The evening was spent in social past time with music and games and a general good time resulted. The following guest were present: Mesdames L. E. Summers, C. Jones, E. F. Smith, G. McFalls, A. M. Ward, John Lange, S. W. King, Misses Daisy D. Foster and C. E. Jones. Messrs. H. H. Stewart, Stanford W. King, B. P. Lucky, C. E. Jones, B. Bill, Tim Cooper, W. H. Bonsfield, R. W. Cornell and Lewis Woods. BOOKER T.'S DEPARTURE. The fact that the Ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker extended an invitation to Booker T. Washington to act as escort for his daughter, Mrs. Warburton to dinner at the United States hotel at Saratoga, while a novelty, was no doubt a pleasant incident. But Mr. Washington would have evinced better diplomacy by respectfully declining the invitation, since it is known that Negro leaders for years have advocated that social equality is not desired by the Negro race. What we do want is an opportunity to secure employment on a wage scale that will enable us to live in decency and comfort. LOCAL MENTION Rev. W. S. Bacote took a trip to Colorado last week. Rev. F. Jesse Peck spent a few days at Excelsior Springs last week. Sam Chandler has returned from New York where he went to attend the National Negro Business league. Mrs. Sandy Edward spent last week on her farm. She was accompanied by Mrs. D. N. Croothwalte and daughter. One of the old pioneers, Brother Gordon, of Allen Chapel is very sick at the home of Brother Emerson, 1102 Charlotte street. --- 100 prano, has been with the Blind Boone company three years. Her musical art is winning much praise for her, much to the appreciation of the people of this city of which she is a product. Mrs. F. J. Jackson has returned from New York where she went to complete some studies during her vacation. C. G. Willhams the M. W. G. M. of this jurisdiction spent Sunday in Kansas City and assisted in the corner stone laying of St. Stephen's Baptist church of which Rev. Hurse is pastor. Rev. Lena Mason preached her farewell sermon at Allen Chapel Sunday night. She has been very successful throughout her stay in the city. The members of Allen wished her a happy return home. Mr. John Lange was entertained at the Little Baltimore last Tuesday evening by a party of friends comprised of the following: Chas. Jackson, Dan Lucas, J. F. Cole, Robt. Henshaw, Willie Bell, W. A. Arnett, M. E. Carter, W. M. Young, Willis Mosely, J. W. Baldwin, Lewis Woods and Green. The menu was somewhat elaborate and served in courses followed by refreshments. Toasts were rendered and responded to and discussion along race issues comprised one of the features of the occasion. The Only Damage. When some men meet a creditor they either tear up the street or turn down an alley. Where Water is Clear The water is so clear in the flords of Norway that objects one and one half inches in diameter can be distinctly seen at a depth of 150 feet. The man who wrote a magazine article on the "Joy of Work" received more for it than the section hand makes in a year. The wise merchant should not be superstitiousenoughto believe in signs. He should try the newspaper avertising columns. When the thunder ceases the peasant forgets to cross hmself. Many of us, if we get coffee like mother used to make, would raise a rough house like father used to make. KANSAS CITY: MO., FRIDAY. AUG. 25. 1905. Good meals and good service, and old-fashion cooking may be found at the "Little Baltimore, 125 West 7th street. When the generals are corrupt the privates are bound to be. Watch the sale at the Big Store, Emery, Bird and Thayer. NATIONAL PRINTING COMPANY. Only Negro Printing Office in City. 205 Wales Bldg. Cor. 6th & Delaware. Did the Republicans of the city and Jackson county do their duty by the colored constituents who rallied so nobly to them in the last campaign? The manager of the Rising Son feels very grateful for the many kind favors the white people have shown in the past and we will try to merit your confidence in the future as in the past. The attractions at Electric park are proven to be the equal of any park in the West on its recommendations good music, and attractions of all kinds. Heim Bros. are to be congratulated by the Negroes of this city for the kindness shown in admitting them to this park. This is the only park of amusement that the colored people are given the privilege to enter. Some time ago "The Son" seemed to champion the right against the wrong among our teachers of the city. Everybody who believes in right seems to join sides with us, but one alarming thing happened when it came to the ministers of the gospel to shoulder the burden and champion the cause of right, not one was heard from. If there is a place where right living, decency and respectability should be preached and upheld it ought to be in the church and by bold, fearless men who have been consecrated and chosen to work for the Master and lead humanity up to a higher plane, where they may catch glimpses of a pure life. Your actions in the past have shown us that a goodly number of you are working for financial success. Now what about the soul, and character, and the purity of the home? In the words of Lincoln: "You may fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time." There is no hope for a man who wastes his time arguing with women and babies. Honesty cannot be bought or sold; it is not a marketable commodity. Over the woman from afar the devil pours honey. Statistics compiled by the various automobile trade associations show that there are about 53,000 motor cars in use in this country, the first coast of which aggregated $70,000,000. One Doubt Remains The only doubt that occurs to us in regard to the new role of the President as peacemaker, is how he is going to keep from showing his teeth. What Bojestvensky Esca Pittsburgh has sent Admiral Togo a box of stogies. After all, Rojestvensky may have known what he was about when he consented to get licked. In a Man's Attic Askew—What is that particular apartment of the brain called that is set aside for the solution of problems? William Tell—That is problematis. "I'd a heap rather be stuck on a horse than by it," he remarked. Don't think because a girl giggles at everything a man says that she has a keen sense of humor. "Tis love that makes the world go round," sang the poet. Also it makes the old world dizzy. Edible Seaweed. It is not a little astonishing to find what a number of seaweeds are really edible and nourishing, says The Lancet. Perhaps the best-known example in this country is laver, which is a kind of stew made from a weed, an alga. The laver made on the Devonshire coast and is to be found in some London shops is excellent. Hold Farm Since 1300. Recently the stock was sold on a farm in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, which had been held by a family named Moffat since the year 133), when King Robert Bruce made a grant of the land to the Moffats. They held it for 300 years as owners, and the rest of the time as tenants of the Dukes of Bucleuch. Commit Sport by Proxy. "Vandal," a well known writer on sports, said in a recent issue of the London Express: "The sports of this country are absolutely rotten—unsound to the core. This nation is no longer a nation of sportsmen. It is a nation of odds-taking people who commit sport by proxy." Self-Winding Alarm Clock. Joseph Blythe, a resident of Chester, Pa., has recently obtained a patient on a self-winding alarm clock, which is said to have several very novel features. The winding is done by electricity and when once set will ring every day at the same hour if desired. Kinling as Critic. Here is Rudyard Kipling's advice to an author who submitted a story for his criticism: "Tear out second chapter and scatter broadcast. Change name of hero and name of story; then get down to business and rewrite the whole thing."—Atlanta Constitution. Black Rot in Cabbage. Soaking the seed for fifteen minutes in a 1:1000 corrosive sublimate solution or in a 0.4 per cent formalin solution just before planting is suggested as a cheap and effective means of destroying the germs upon the seed. Firemen Start a Blaze When the volunteer fire department of Tunbridge Wells, England, was on parade a spark from one of the engines set fire to a haystack, and the fire burned itself out, for the volunteers proved unable to extinguish it. Many Schools in Hong Kong. For its size Hong Kong has an enormous number of schools. The population of the island is about 330, 000 and there are over 100 schools, the great majority of which are under government supervision. Church in Farmyard Few more curious places for a church could be found than one at Sotuham Delabere, Eng., which stands in the middle of a farmyard. The only means of entrance is by passing through the yard. III:Timed Wit: "Did he leave you anything when he died?" I asked of the fatherless girl who cried, "ob. yes, he did!" And I questioned "What was it?" "He left me an orphan, sir!" Girls' Best Safeguard Let us teach our daughters that life is not only tennis and parties. Let us endow them with the best of insurances—a profession at their fingers' ends.—Woman. Pills Cause Peritonitis Death from peritonitis, due to excessive taking of pills, was stated to be the cause of a woman's death at a Bristol (England) inquest. British Railroads Well Manned American railroads have six employees for every mile of track and the British roads have twenty-eight. Income of Oxford College. The income of Oxford University is slightly under $350,000 a year. SENTIMENT HAS ITS VALUE. Point Writer Says Young Couple Sometimes Forget. Life without sentiment is as insplid as a savory without salt. Yet when people marry they usually "settle down," which means they endeavor to look at everything from the common sense point of view, and forswear all the delightful nonsense which they indulged in when they were sweet-hearts. Is it that rent, taxes, butcher, baker and candlestick maker usurp the place given to romance? Or is it that people always grow staider as they grow older? It is possible that the wife cares less for love than the sweetheart used to do? Not in her heart of hearts, I believe. But, once surrounded by it, she grows unconscious of it and imagines it no longer of supreme importance, even making the hideous mistake of fancying it can be done without. Familiarity breeds contempt, and so she lightly prizes love to her own undoing, says the New York Telegram. Stick fast to the high ideals of courting days; don't let yourself be persuaded they are foolish or old fashioned; don't, when love becomes a daily certainty, fancy sentiment can be dispensed with, or you will wake up with a start one of these fine days and find to your cost that the future which promised to be so fair is stretching blank and desolate before you, and that your husband, or your wife, as the case may be, bears no resemblance to the sweetheart of years gone by. The Evening and the Morning. In the beginning, at Creation's dawning When God Almighty in majestic milt, Had made the world and saw that it was perfect, He sent forth His command, "Let there be light" And through the clouds, till then impenetrable, Piercing the darkness, burst the sun's bright ray— So after chaos came that glorious morning, After the night, the day. Can'st thou not read, O burdened soul, a meaning— Can'st thou not see in this His promise night? When thou art weary and art heavy laden, Remember His command, "Let there be light!" Though thou art downcast, then, a.d filled with sorrow, Comfort thyself—thou knowest that, in His way. After the evening still shall come the morning, After the night, the day. —W. H. Cline, A Rare Light "Queer folks in the city," remarked Farmer Foddershucks. "They get everything charged at the stores, I guess—never think o' payin' cash. Wy, I went inter a big place ter git Mandy some caliker, last week, an' I laid down a five-dollar bill ter pay fer it. Th' clerk gave one look at it an' yelled out, all excited: 'Cash.' An' I swan if a hull flock of kids didn't come a-runin' to see it."—Teddy in Cleveland Leader. III:Gotten Wealth. One sometimes, indeed, looking back historically over the plions foundations of impious men, and observing also how ill-gotten wealth in our own day is spent in the building up of admirable institutions—one sometimes asks one's self: Is this the order of nature? Is the tendency irresistible? Are the contributions of evil men to be the means of bringing about the cessation of evil?—Century. Model Has Prettiest Chest "The prettiest chest in the world," said an artist who makes a study of the feminine form divine, "belong to a little Scotch girl who makes her home in New York. Her name is Mary McKenzie, and she was born in Boston. She is familiar to all who know professional life in New York. She poses, writes a little and dances a great deal. Immigration to Canada. Immigration into Canada is increasing rapidly. In 1896 the number of settlers from all parts was 16,825. Last year the number was 140,000. NUMBER 13 Gets $82,500 for Picture. Vienna is angry because Count Schoenbrun has sold Rembrandt's "Samson and Delilah" to the city of Frankfort. Frankfort paid $82,500 for it. The picture was bought for $30 by one of the count's predecessors, who saw it being used in the marketplace as the canvas awning for a petty stallholder's wares. Change Color in Flag In compliment to William, Prince of Orange, their great leader, the colors of the house of Orange were adopted by the sturdy people of the Netherlands, at the end of their long bout with Spain—orange, white and blue; but nobody knows how, in the centuries since, the orange became changed to red. Showing Wifely Devotion The Dahomians greet their husband with wonderful dignity; they prostrate themselves, throw sand on their heads and never think of rising until their husbands make the command. The Tongans are more strenuous in their expression; they tear their hair and even beat their breasts. Chinese Bride Seekers Flourish The Chinese, along with the Turks, believe that unmarried folks lead a most selfish existence. Anxious as they are to see their sons and daughters well settled they never negotiate a marriage, they leave this to the bride seekers, who carry on a flourishing business. The Little Beggar. Curly hair, big eyes of gray, "Gimme a penny." Always stop play to say: "Gimme a penny!" Passed his home to me, and he Never said a word to me. But the white crane on the door Seemed to rustle over and oer. "Gimme a penny." — Detroit Tribune. Electro-Plated Lace Electro-plated lace may yet be the fashion. A French writer says that a complete set of ecclesiastical vestments has been made at Lyons of these plated laces and suggests that society people adopt them for ball dresses. True Living. Men's lives should be like the day—more beautiful in the evening; or like the summer—aglow with promise; and like the autumn—rich with golden sheaves, where good deeds have ripened in the field—Charles Wagner. Hire Diamonds for Style. The hiring of diamonds of dazzling brilliancy and large value by newmade New Yorkers, to be used temporarily on their annual revistation of their former homes in Canada or the provinces is common. Theory and Practice "I takes notice," said Uncle EbEN, "dat de man who tells you how easy it is to be contented wif salt pot an' beans giner'ly has as fine a appetite foh fried chicken as anybody."—Yonkers Statesman. Too Much "Hustling" We work too nervously. Also we play too hard. Strenuousness has been over-preached. Is it not time to enter a plea for good, old-fashioned leisure?—New York Public Opinion. Reproof Caused Death. Isdore Brandon, aged 79, drowned himself in the Seine recently because his granddaughter, with whom he lived, reproved him for eating too much for a man of his age. Italic Tyne. Script is called italic; the italic type was invented in Italy, about 1500, by Aldus Manuttus, who is said to have imitated Petrarch's handwriting. Dance the Dream Away. Life is but a riddle To the young an' gray; Tune us up the fiddle We'll dance the dream away. —Atlanta Constitution. Tricolor of France. The well-known tricolor of France dates from the revolution of 1789. In Women's Interests Printed Swisses. Printed Swisses with flower designs over a plain or dotted surface have appeared in attractive guide, and a clever combination was effected in a little Swiss frock of white dotted Swiss trimmed with English embroidery with two bands of embroidery running down to the waist line, forming a panel, which was trimmed with ruffles of Valenciennes lace. The full skirt was trimmed with ruffles of Valenciennes. Another white frock, more lavishly trimmed, with Valenciennes insertion and lace, had small medallions of fine Swiss embroidery in trimming. On the skirt and around the body of the blouse run alternate rows of inset insertion and medallions and tucks. For Rainy Days. The day has, indeed, passed by when women go about on rainy days or dusty days arrayed in old clothing. The woman who goes out these days in the rain wearing cast off clothing stamps herself as being either very untidy, or very much poverty stricken. She is not a smartly dressed woman and in these days of cheap rain togs there is little excuse for her. Sugared Almonds. Sugared almonds in place of salted ores are now preferred and the recipe for their preparation is the following: Remove the skins of the almonds after having poured boiling water over them; then place them in melted butter, about two tablespoonfuls, leaving them to stand on the back of the rame for about an hour. Pour off the butter, put the almonds in a shallow pan and cook in a moderate oven for a quarter of an hour. Put three tablespoonfuls of sugar in a small frying pan, set over the fire and stir until it melts thoroughly; then when the sugar becomes liquid turn in the almonds, stir for a few seconds and spread on a plate to cool. German Breakfast Cake. Keep from the bread dough enough for a large loaf just before the last rising. Add to this dough three eggs, a cup of seeded raisins, a cup of cleaned currants, one and a half-tea-spoonful of cinnamon of minced citron, a half-pound of butter and a half-tea-spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix and knead thoroughly. Set aside to rise as you would bread, only adding to the usual time for bread fifteen minutes, as it needs a little longer to become light enough. Bake. How to Starch Nappkins A good laundress never allows her napkins to be too stiff. They are glossy and just stiff enough and this is how it is done: After washing them she dries them in the air if possible. She then dips a large, soft, clean cloth into starch and rolls the dry napkins in this, spreading them out on the starched cloth, which also is spread out, rolling up all together. When ironed they will have acquired the desired satiny stiffness which is such a charm in a well-launered article. Box for the Shirt Waists. The girl who is an adept at transforming old furniture with creatone and tacks has just evolved a desirable shirt waist box from a small, old fashioned, wooden trunk. She began by scraping off all the old lining paper and pasting a dainty calico over the entire inside. A flounce of pretty creatone was tacked on the outside all around, the top was padded with an old quilt with creatone smoothed over it, and a four-inch ruffle at the edge (covering the opening) put on with brass-headed tacks makes it look like a French dower box. Plaited Linen Waist. Blouse of linen made with plaats at the shoulders and a double box plait in front. The little plastron is ornamented with buttons and the cravat and girdle are of silk. The sleeves are full at the top. ```markdown ``` where they are made with crosswise plaits and inverted plaits and are fitted below and trimmed with a band of the material ornamented with buttons. Wide Belts for Children. So many hundreds of women have gotten into the habit of dressing their young ones, boy and girl, with narrow leather belts with tiny buckle, that it would sound discouraging to them to advocate the wide belt. However, it is true that the latter are at the top of fashion. Many children wear the narrow ones and will continue to do so, but if you would be smart, the three and four inch soft leather belt is the one to adopt. Don't get the stiff ones. They are ungainly, give an awkward line to the little figure, and are very warm. The latter is especially true of patent leather. Girl's Woolen Dress. The short skirt forms a box plait in front, and is finished at the bottom with a wide band of soutache embroidery. The long blouse, with slightly T crossed fronts bordered with embroidery, opens over a tucked chemisette of white batiste. The girdle is of leather. The sleeves are puffed at the top, fitted below and finished at the wrists with the embroidery. Pickled Onions Select only small, white onions. Put them over the fire in cold water, with a handful of salt. When the water becomes scalding hot, take them out and peel off the skins. Lay them in a cloth to dry; then put them in a jar. Boil half an ounce of allspice and half an ounce of cloves in a quart of vinegar. Take out the spice and pour the vinegar over the onions while it is hot. Tie up the jar when the vinegar is cold and keep it in a dry place. New and Elegant. Supremely elegant is a frock of satin-spotted gauze, a new fabric as yet sacred to the elite of the sartorial world. In the present instance the spots are large ones sprinkled at intervals on a Sevres-blue ground. A draped belt of the same colored taffeta emphasizes the beauty of this popular hue, the under dress of white silk serving to keep in countenance the trimmings of white applique lace on the outer robe. With the latter toilet a hat was worn with a sweeping blue feather with a cluster of blue marguerites beneath the brim. The hat proper was of white straw. Choices in Colors. In dress materials the colors as well as fabrics of gowns contribute much to the wearer's comfort. White, violet, dim blues and string colors are to be preferred always to deep tints and all black should be religiously avoided, unless the wearer is too stout to wear anything else or is in mourning. In material, wash fabrics are always more productive of comfort than wool textures, no matter how thin the latter may be. Makes the Blouse Effective. A scatter of tulips in outline, drawn upright with a curving leaf springing from either side of the stem, all worked in delicate green on white linen, makes a wonderfully pretty blouse front. The cuffs and neckband should be worked to correspond. So, also, three and four-leaved clover, outlined on green silk and filled in with open-work lace stitches, make a decorative scatter for white and cream-colored silk or linen shirt waists or blouses. Delicious Coffee Cookies. Beat half a cup of butter and a half cup of lard to a cream with a cup of brown sugar, add a cup of molasses, stirring in a pinch of baking soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of hot water, beat hard, stir in a cup of strong coffee, a tablespoonful of ginger and a tablespoonful of cinnamon. Add enough flour to make a dough that can be rolled out, roll into a sheet three-quarters of an inch thick, cut out and bake for 15 minutes. Features of New Belts. Broad white suede belts, with a strip of pink, white or blue satin ribbon sewed through the center, are being worn with white summer frocks that are trimmed with pink or blue ribbons. Reversing the order of decoration, pink and blue, and black suede or glace kid belts are adorned with one broad strip of white kid or, three narrow, one in the middle, like the broad stripe, and the other two sewed to the edges. Pretty Finish to Frock A pretty finish to a muslin or chiffon frock is a neckband of wide soft satin, matching or contrasting with the general color scheme, drawn through diamond slides in the manner of our old friend, the dog collar. IN A WELSH HOME. Picture That Would Draw Wanderer from Gold Mine Robert Fowler, in a recent book, "Beautiful Wales," makes this pretty description of an old Welsh home: "The floor was of sanded slate flags, and on them a long, many-legged table, an oak settle, a table piano and some Chippendale chairs. There were also two tall clocks, and they were the most human clocks I ever met, for they ticked with effort and uneasiness; they seemed to think and sorrow over time, as if they caused it, and did not go on thoughtlessly or impudently, like most clocks, which are insufferable; they found the hours troublesome and did not twitter mechanically over them, and at midnight the twelve strokes always nearly ruined them, so great was the effort. "On the wall were a large portrait of Spurgeon, several sets of verses, printed and framed, in memory of dead members of the family, an allegorical tree watered by the devil, and photographs of a bard. There were about fifty well-used books near the fire and two or three men smoking and one man reading some serious book aloud by the only lamp; and a white girl was carrying out the week's baking of large loaves, flat fruit tars of blackberry, apple and whinberry, plain golden cakes, large soft, currant biscuits and curled cakes. "And outside, the noises of a west wind and a flooded stream, the whimper of an otter and the long, slow laugh of an anwl; and, always silent, but never forgotten, the restless, towering outline of a mountain." The Patient Waiter Bishop Ellison Capers, in an address at Columbia, S. o., praised the virtue of patience. "We may have industry," he said, "sobriety, ambition—all the virtues that make for success; and yet without patience we will accomplish nothing. "A young*man was overheard on a street corner, the other night, reproaching a young girl. That young man was patient. He had so highly developed this excellent quality that I shall not be surprised some day to see him a millionaire, a college president, or even a bishop. "The young man said, as the young girl drew near him, on the corner. "What a time you have kept me waiting." The girl tossed her head. "It is only 7 o'clock," she said, 'and I didn't promise to be here till quarter of." "The young man smiled a calm and patient smile. "Ah, yes," he said, 'but you have mistaken the day. I have been waiting for you since last evening." To a New Baby. Little kicking, cuddling thing. You don't cry-you only sing! You eyes and stubs nose. Month thine eyes and stubs nose. Down for hair, peach-blows for hands- Ah-h-h' Of all the 'baby-grands' Any one could wish to see. You're the finest one for me! Skin as soot, as velvet is; God (when you were only His) That he took and chin- Where He touched are hands Creases on your wrists, as though Strings were fastened 'round them so We could tie you tight and keep You from leaving while you sleep. Once I tried to look at you From a stranger's point of view; When he took and chin- When I just loved, and looked again; What I saw was not the same; In my eyes the blessed flame; Of a father's love consumed Faults to strangers' eyes illuminated. Little squirming, cuddling thing! Eye you shed each angel wing. Hair you shed each angel wing. With a cargo of content To a home down here below Where they hungered for you so? How you love our baby girl? —S. W. Gillian in Baltimore American A Lover of Children John F. Doyle of Cincinnati, who is soon to open Roosevelt Plaza, an apartment house from which all families containing less than five children will be barred, has the welfare of children deeply at heart. Mr. Doyle believes in making Sunday such a day that children will both like it and keep it sacred. "Could there be a more eloquent attack on the old New England Sunday," he said recently, "than that which a little child once made in school?" "This child's teacher said to her: 'What is the shortest day in the year, Mary?' "The 21st of December, isn't it? the little girl replied. 'And what is the longest day? asked the teacher. "Without hesitation Mary answered: "Sunday."—Los Angeles Time. Clear Proof of Qualification A member of the South Dakota supreme Court contributes the followng specimens of answers to questions contained in written examination for admission to the bar of that state; "Q. What is the law merchant? "A. A practicing attorney. "Q. Define marriage. "A. Marriage is a sacred, confidential relation between a man and woman, created by nature for the purpose of increasing the armies of all nations." Though this be ignorance yet there is method in it.—Law Notes. Preparing for Church. A Kansas City druggist says a wealthy West Side man came into his store Sunday morning and, throwing a dime on the showcase, said: "Give me two nickels for that, please." "Going to try a slot machine?" asked the druggist, pleasantly. "No," replied the wealthy man; "I'm going to church."—Kansas City Times. "BABY TOWERS" OF CHINA. How Unwelcome Female Children Are Disposed of. In some sections of China, it is said, from 20 to 25 per cent of all the female babies born are either drowned or thrown into what is known as the baby towers." The baby towers are situated outside the walled cities. Infants consigned to them are placed on the window sill, near the top of the tower, there to be pushed inside by the next corner. Poverty is the assigned cause. The parents claim that if, in their destitute circumstances, they allowed their female children to grow up to womanhood it would be but to sell them into slavery. The missionaries in that country rescue many of these infants from the window of the tower and care for them. In order to do this watch must be kept on these towers day and night. Many such infants, under the right training, have become native missionaries. There is a maxim in China, however, that the 图 parents who preserve the lives of their female children will be rewarded by the kindness and love of their daughters, and, while the custom does prevail among some of the poor, there are many who take excellent care of their little ones.—New York Herald. SNAKE WAS TOO FRIENDLY. Reptile Crawled Over Young Farmer Without Hurting Him. One day last week Aaron Hoffman had an experience with a rattler which he will not soon forget. While sprouting potatoes in the bin near the house he was conscious of something rubbing against his back, and glancing over his shoulder found that an immense rattlesnake had raised its head and was in the act of crawling up on his back. The sight froze the blood in his veins, and he was too paralyzed with fear to move, and while he sat there the snake crawled over his shoulder and across his knee and into his hiding place. When young Hoffman did recover his powers of locomotion he ran into the house, but the reaction from the terrible fright completely prostrated him and he was unable for some little time to tell his mother the cause of the fright. It is a well known fact that the rattlesnake, unless disturbed, will not strike, but even this fact does not make him a neighbor to be enjoyed. — Madra Pioneer Madras Pioneer. Petrified Horns: A peculiar pair of horns was found by Harley Henderson of Hoxie, Kan., and Frank Lee of Hill City, Kan., one and a half miles southeast of Hoxie, thirty-five feet below the surface of the ground. The specimen is petrified and in a perfect state of preservation, notwithstanding the ages it is supposed to have remained beneath the ground. Many conjectures have been made as to what sort of bovine this magnificent pair of horns must one time have adorned. Following the curves of the horns from tip to tip the distance is 8 feet 9 inches, but straight across it is 7 feet. The circumference of the horns next to the skull is 20 inches. The distance between the horns across the skull is 15 inches.—Topeka Capital. Bog Hoe on Its Travels Under the headline "Bog Hoe" the following advertisement appeared in the Lebanon, N. H., papers: "I, Charles Nurse, had a lot of hay cocks up in a field. I hung a bog hoe on a tree near. In the night the bog hoe carried a lot of hay and strewed it around in the woods and the bog hoe forgot to come back. If any one meets bog hoe with a bundle of hay, tell hoe it better be attending to the plumbing business." Vehicles of Olden Days. Roman Gaul. Middle Ages 12th century. Man Has Real Monopoly. It is said -that a peculiar state of affairs exists on one of the islands on the Pacific coast that is famous for its fishing. One man has the sole right to catch fish in a net off the coast of the island, and then to offer them for sale as bait. Fishing is all that there is to do on the island, so everyone is dependent on this man. But he has a trick of getting drunk once a week or so, and then does not catch any bait, so no one can go fishing until he sobers off again. INSURANCE FOR THE CRIMINAL. Professional Thieves Pay Big Money for Protection. "Criminal insurance," said a detective, "is the insurance that thieves and blacklegs take out in case of arrest. For instance: You are a second-story man. You make about $2,500 a year, the average second-story man's income, and you carry an insurance of $1,000, for which you pay the big premium of $125 a year. Now, if you are arrested the insurance company steps forward and hands you $1,000. Thus you are able to get the best of the lawyers for your defense. Receivers of stolen goods are usually rich, and it is these men as a rule who carry on the criminal insurance business. I know of a criminal insurance company in Philadelphia, another in New York and a third in St. Louis. The policies run from $100 up to $5,000 and the premiums are always enormous. This is because the danger of arrest is so great. Besides the criminal insurance concerns, I know of a curious beneficial organization that is conducted among the criminals of Illinois. Each member of the organization pays in $1 a week and in case of imprisonment his family receives $5 weekly as long as his sentence lasts." COONS CAUSE MUCH TROUBLE. Uncle Sam Raises Game Fowls and the Animals Fat Them Up. The Feredal government and the State of Louisiana will probably have to abandon their plan to use Breton island, on the coast, as a preserve for the propagation of prairie hens and other fowls, owing to the immense numbers of raccoons that have preempted the claim. Although the island is a small one, it is said by the game wardens that within its few square miles there must be 5,000 to 10,000 coons. About 15,000 prairie hens were hatched this year, and as soon as they became of an eatable size they were devoured by the 'coons. The same has happened to other varieties of game fowl which the government endeavored to propagate on the island. The Breton islands are some distance from the mainland and difficult of access. It was for this reason that they were selected as a preserve. But the 'coons have spoiled all the plans. A force of trappers and hunters is to be sent to the island after the 'coons, but so great is their number that it is feared they cannot be exterminated.—New York Herald. English Funeral 300 Years Ago. The funerals were grand spectacles The pallbearers were dressed in Franciscan habit, a relic of old Catholic times. Snake in Old Swimming Hole. Snake in Old Swimming Pond A big snake has taken up its abode in White Creek, a branch of the Clyde river, seven miles east of this village. in White Creek, a branch of the Clyde river, seven miles east of this village. Mrs. Heber Munson was driving in that vicinity recently and saw this snake lying across the road, its head hidden in the grass and weeds on one side, and its tail on the other. Mrs. Munson stopped her horse, and set up a scream that caused the snake to crawl away and drop into the creek. This snake has been seen at intervals for more than a year, and truthful eye witnesses declare that it is anywhere from ten to fifteen feet long and big in other respects. The snake has appropriated a deep part of the creek which was a favorite swimming hole of the boys living in that region. But they do not swim there now.—Clyde correspondence Rochester Post-Express. Lightning Brought Double Death Lightning Brought Double Death. A man and his little daughter were struck by lightning on Parliament Hill Fields, London, recently, and were killed instantaneously. The father had an artificial leg, and it was seen that the lightning struck the steel work of this and passed up into the body, the clothing on the left side being torn and burnt. The electric current seems to have passed from him through the body of his little girl, who was holding his hand. She bore no marks upon her, but her left shoe was torn to pieces. Cat Has Vegetarian Tastes. East Norwalk, Conn., has a cat which seems to be a vegetarian by preference. Although she at times cats meat sparingly, she prefers to make a glutton of herself on raw string beans. Many pods have been found in gardens near her home which have been completely devoured. She also partakes freely of green peas and asparagus. Linking of Coincidences. Fire broke out on the roof of F. E. Young's blacksmith shop at Enosburgh Falls, Vt., on July 25. Exactly three years previous to a day a fire broke out on the same roof in the same spot and, stranger yet, the same customer, Edward Brady, was having his horse shod at the time. BABY GIRAFFE AT BERLIN. Attendant Makes Careful Nurse for Beautiful Little Stranger. A giraffe was born in captivity in the Berlin zoological gardens a fortnight ago. At its birth the giraffe, a male, weighed 111 pounds, but it has since gained another 100 pounds, although the mother does not nourish it. In an attendant at the "zoo" the beautiful creature has found a careful and tender nurse. He helps the young animal to get on its weak, straggling legs in the morning, and puts it snugly to bed at night. The little giraffe drinks about four quarts of milk daily fresh from the cow, and the strangely assorted pair walk about the gardens together, the man watching over the uncertain A steps of his companion with solicunde. The tall-limbed youngster appears to reciprocate this tenderness, for it may often be seen rubbing his head against the man's shoulder. It sleeps apart from its parents. The father treats it with quiet unconcern, but the mother often peers over the tall partition at her offspring. The attendant, saluting in military fashion, announced to Director Hick that the newcomer was already practising the mastication of grass and cakes. The man looked as happy as though he had just discovered the first tooth in the mouth of his own child. FOUND A PIRATE SHIP. California Man Has Visions of Gold in the Buried Hulk. While excavating for a cellar an eighth of a mile from the shore line at Larkin cove, Los Angeles, Welcome Riggs came upon the hulk of an ancient vessel, supposed to be a Spanish galleon. The anchor, which is badly rust-eaten, is of a pattern used a century or more ago. The sea must have extended much farther inland at that point at one time, and the vessel was probably driven ashore in a storm and wrecked. It is believed that it is the relict of one of the pirate ships which preyed upon this coast about 100 years ago. It is known that some of these vessels were wrecked upon the shore in this vicinity, and three of the survivors of one of the wrecked pirate ships made their way to San Gabriel mission and professed repentance. Mr. Riggs will excavate the entire wreck and search for any hidden treasure it may contain. The iron portions of the ship are nearly rusted out, but the wood is in a fair state of preservation.—New York World. Thunder's Warnings. The "Prognostication Everlasting of One Leonard Digges," published in 1556, tells us that thunder in the morning denotes wind; at noon, rain, and in the evening a great tempest. He goes further still, and declares that "Sunday's thunder should bring the death of learned men, judges and others; Monday's, the death of women; Tuesday's, plenty of grain; Wednesday's, bloodshed; Thursday's, plenty of sheep and corn; Friday's, the slaughter of a great man and other horrible murders; Saturday's, a general pestilent plague and great dearth." A Black Lily. In the island of Luzon, one of the Philippines, a lily or tulip with a black flower, eight or nine inches across, has been discovered by an American. It flowers before the leaves appear, and has an odor of tainted flesh, which attracts insects to it for the purpose of cross fertilization. It stands under a foot high, and grows in the shade of dense vegetation. Altogether it upsets our notions of the pure lily, and reminds us of the vulture among birds. Boat Towed by Balloon. A boat towed by a captive balloon has been a curious feature at Atlantic City recently. Little Girls as Stowaways Three little girls have the town of Millinocket, Me., a good scare last week. They disappeared mysteriously and search failed to reveal their whereabouts until some hours later when they were found in the town of Sherman, twelve miles away. They had played stowaway on a train in order to get there. RELIGIOUS NEWS USE INEVERY AND THOUGHTS WELL:REGULATED DESIGNED FOR HOME “These Theee—" as {t can possibly be, For there { © OE amet cs be feat | no work that Is so important, and non Angin a dark, dark night that {s so high, as the creation of mar a ee hood in Christ Jesus; and there is n 1 fought with Hope; work that takes so much time; ther enoge fouRne with me in vain, is no work that {s so slow; and ther Desoiate again, is no work in which men are tempte Lake benrent we ont, to be so {mpatient, This mental an From darkness set-me free, spiritual development ts not a work ¢ Ang 10! both Faith ‘and. Hop today nor of tomorrow; and me “_=Allan Juntor, | should not be discouraged because it Sane results are so long delayed. The Graven, ee ee Sern ee. | ae ‘The effectual fervent prayer of @ Hiahteous man availeth much.—James vt Prayer must be {mportunate, perse- vering. Jesus teaches this very clearly in his parable of the impor- tunate friend. “Which of you,” said Jesus, “shall have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and say unto him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine in his Journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him,’ and he from within shall say, ‘Trouble me not, the door is now skut and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give thee,’ I say unto you, though he will not rise and give him because he ts his friend, yet because of his tmpor- tunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth;” and then Jesus adds, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you, For every ‘one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened unto him;” by which Jesus means to teach that we are to hold on in prayer till we get an answer. If the answer is delayed our own hearts will be search- ed, the purity of our motives will be proved, and our faith will be purified, tried, developed and strengthened for future and greater triumph, Jesus prayed (hree «mes that the ‘cup of death in the Garden of Geth: semane might pass from him, It was not death on the Cross, but death in the graden he feared, and the apostle tells us, in Heb. 5, 7, that he was heard, _ Daniel abstained from all pleasant food for three weeks at one time and sald: “Oh, man, greatly be- loved, fear not; peace be unto thee; be strong, yea, be strong,” and added, “I will show thee that which is noted in the Scripture of truth,” and then told him all he desired to know. And Elijah, after bis victory over the priests of Baal, sent his servant seven times to look for the cloud that should bring rain, while he bowed his face between his knees and poured out his heart to God in prayer until the cloud appeared that should bring the floods of rain, Muller sometimes prayed every day, and often several times a day, and that for months and years for some things he wanted, before the answer came, but come it did, in due time, Though the answer be delayed, it is not God’s purpose to deny us without letting us know the reason why, Prayer must be for the glory of God and accordng to his will. If we ask simply to gratify our own desires, Got cannot grant them. James sald o! certain ones: “Ye ask * * * bu! ye ask amiss, that ye may consume ft upon your lusts,” but John said. “This is the confidence that we have in him that, if we ask anything according t¢ his will, he heareth us; and if we know that he heareth us * * * we know that we have the petitions that we desire of him.” Jesus said: “I ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you."—8. L Bringle. What Is Time to You?. An old adage says, “Time is money,” But it is much more. To be sure, to some people time is a mere commodity with which to trade and gain wealth. Others let it run into waste on theft hands, or spend {t in riotous living But there are persons to whom time seems like a cornucopia with plenty for all, whence they glean many a precious gem of wisdom and truth al though the great masses of mankind pass by without heeding {t, and even: tually die in ignorance, To some it is like a fertile tree, whence they pluck delicious and nourishing fruit all the year round; while others indolently lie in {ts shadow, and famish for the want of food. Again, time Is like a ladder, upon which many ascend to usefulness and distinction, but others descend upon the very same ladder in to disgrace and ruin, Hence time 1s just what we make it for ourselves— A great good or dire evil, an everlast: ing blessing or an eternal curse. The Savior utilized his time so well that during the three years and a half of his ministry he not only healed vast numbers of sick and raised the dead, but he redeemed a world from the curse, and “brought immortality to light through the gospel.” ‘What {s time to you and me? Working and Waiting. ‘The slowest thing that can be done in this world is the building up of moral character. Many persons think that there is a lightuing-like process by which men’s characters can be built up by the Holy Ghost. They think that when God, by His Spirit, strikes the soul He knocks the old na- ture out of it; and that then the man rises up a new creature in Christ Jesus, If you regard this as a mere figure, there is some truth in it; but Af you Iteralize It, and teat It scien- tifcally, and say’ that God changes men’s nature in an instant ss by a flesh of lightning, it is not true. It is as far from tbe analogy of nature as it can possibly be. For there is no work that is so important, and none ‘that 1s so high, as the creation of man- hood in Christ Jesus; and there is no work that takes so much time; there is no work that {s so slow; and there is no work in which men are tempted to be so impatient. This mental and spiritual development is not a work of today nor of to-morrow; and men should not be discouraged because its results are so long delayed. They ought not, because it is slow, to hold back, and say, "I am not responsible.” Work on, and work harder to the end of life; put on all your force; and do not be impatient hecause, after you have done all, you have so little to show for it. Having done all, stand and wait—H. W. Beecher. The Practical Man. We have heard a good deal of the practical man—he who is supposed to understand the common, every-day affairs of life, with something more than the average man's comprehen: sion, and, it may be added, possessing more than ordinary skill in manipu- lating these affairs to his own advan- tage. But, in the larger sense, the practical man is he who takes account of all the facts of life and adjusts himself to them. Man is something more than a machine, something more than a creature of a day that must eat and sleep and then die, Man has rela tons to the spiritual much more than to the material, though the material ‘is not to be ignored. The bird that “builds its nest in the tree-top provides not only for its own immediate and | Individual needs, but also for the tiny eggs and for the young birds that are to be, whose habitat will be the earth and also the sky. He is the ideally practical man who knows what he is and what is his destiny, and knows also the material with which he works, and so uses his knowledge that day by day he realizes all that his nature permits and is found at the testing ready to enter into the joy of his Lord ‘Turning Despair Into Victory. Every man longs at times to get for ever free from his old self. Many a man has thought he could do this by a simple act of will power, and has tried and failed so often that he is ready finally to ery out in discouragement, | "Oh! for a man to arise in me, | ‘That thy man T'may Cease to be. But “the man I am,” reinforced hy the powers of darkness, is more than a mateh for any human will-power ot aspiration. David, and Peter, and Paul, and Moody, and Babcock, and legions of other saints, came to real ize this, and their names to-day would have disappeared in oblivion unless they had turned away from the man within and called upon the Man who is alllove and all-power to win the vie tory for them over themselves Therein is our assurance that “the man Iam may cease to be." “Where: fore if any man is in Christ, he Is a new creature; the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.” Mees bow Okan: The one lesson we must not forget is this: We see only what we are fit to see, what we are near enough to see, and we can hear things only step by step, in orderly progression. Met cannot leap great guifs at a single bound. The natural man need no seek to plunge at a moment into the profundities of Christian knowledge and experience, and what most con: cerns him. He cannot leap immediate ly from earth to heaven, but God has let down the ladder of the gospel, an¢ he can rise upon the lower step to day, upon the second step to-morrow; and thus, by learning more and moré as knowledge comes, can reach at last the heaven of perfect Nght an¢ peace and joy. Wisdom 1s for the wise; milk is food ordained for babes ipindiind eat Gamesision. Following upon the remarkable speech delivered by Sir Frederick Treves on the “Physical Effects of the Use of Alcohol,” in which he de- nounced alcohol as “a pernicious poison,” another great physician, Sir William Broadbent, in a_ striking speech, delivered at a meeting of the British National Association for the Prevention of Consumption, declared that “alcoholic excess was one of the principal factors in the progress of consumption.” Alcohol now stands condemned by the doctors, the churches, the judges and the labor leaders, Learn a Lesson From the Bug. When a bug sees a fire he flies into it. If he gets out of that he straight- way makes another headlong plunge into it, If a drinker of red liquor wants fo see himself as others see him he should sit down by a naked flame some summer evening and wateh the fool bugs.—Jewell (Kan.) Republican. Our Dark Days. The days of sickness, days of temp: tation, days of doubt, days of discour- agement, days of bereavement and of the aching loneliness which comes when’ the strong voice is silent and the dear face gone, these are the days when Christ sees most clearly the crown of our need upon our foreheads, and comes to serve us with His love —Phillips Brooks, Tell me with whom thou art forind, and 1 will tell thee who thou art.— Goethe ° ISLAND OVER WHICH PEACE CONFEREES CANNOT AGREE - a " a1 Bet ") ot” Xx of ath f= at oo 4 Se Ne VAS Ss 1 PO Uv e 2 WK .?: D4 ooo ee, % f : bn Per Nae ; a | Se “St - | 4 at © (Blo § * m we S $0) soe ” : gee at, 1G " o oh “o |} Meri Wasanory 4 Nei Os Pe » t i vu Be Ly Tt 26 am 7 & A = f Ss es Ae} % pee © owe YELLOW a A et Map showing Chinese Eastern Rail- road in Manchuria, formerly con- trolled by Russia, which peace terms cede to China. (The Chinese Eastern ratiroad fs Indicat ed, by heavy etonted, Hine=—The Ueurl Fitirgad, ‘ruunfigs worth from, Vladivos= Tae ts indiented: by lighter conse. tite SKecording to the terms this latter ts to be yetaitied by Russia) ‘The Island of Sakhalin, the bone of contention between the Russians and Japanese, is situated in the Sea of Okhotsk in the north Pacific, lying INVENTORS AND THEIR WORK. Five Remarkable Discoveries Given to the World. Among remarkable recent Inven- tions are the pneumoslito, the topo: dict, the telemeter, the telephone-ears and the thermophile, which are de- scribed in the Strand Magazine. ‘The pneumoslito is an automobile especial- ly designed for use on ice, but which can just as easily be used on land. It is moved by a propeller wheel run by a 2% horse-power electric motor, the propeller turning in the air and mov: Ing the carriage at a speed of twenty ‘miles an hour. The topodict is a com- bination of a pantograph and tele- scope, by means of which any person can make a drawing In correct per: gpective of any scene Before him, even {f he knows nothing whatever of draw: ing. By means of the telemeter the ‘exact distance of faraway objects can be measured and recorded. ‘The “tele: honors” is an apparatus by which a ship {s automatically warned of sub: ‘marine dangers. By the aid of the ‘thermophile it is possible to furnish heat by means of a fine electric wire which can be woven into rugs, blank: ets or cushions, and all that Is re: quired is a very small electric battery |The inventor claims for st that tt wil ‘do away with the necessity of ever having fires in even the coldest of | weather. | —salfonse's Fondness for Jewels. The king of Spain ts almost as great a lover of jewels as the late marquis of Anglesey. On the occasion of his recent visit to London, at his urgent request, Queen Alexandra showed him her wonderful collection, His majesty being much fascinated with @ beauth ful sapphire, the queen good naturedly Insisted on his accepting it as a souve- nir, saying at the same time that one of her American friends had some much finer. To please her young guest her majesty asked Mrs. Mackay to send one of her gems to the palace for the king's Inspection. Alfonso was immensely fnterested and made a drawing of a superb sapphire orna ment, which he says he will have copled for his future bride, who people still say is to be found in England, Changes on the Moon. The old {dea that changes are tak- Ing place on the moon has been care: fully investigated by M. Pulseux, a French astronomer, Going over all records, from the earliest observations te the latest, he concludes that the seality of the supposed changes has sot been proved, and that the varying sensitiveness of the retina for faint ybjects is sufficient to account for lifferences seen, while different condi. tons of exposure might explain all \ppearances in the photograph. close to the province of primorsk, Manchuria. It ts 670 miles long and fis width varles from 20 to 150 miles. The narrow Straits of Tartary sepa- rate it from the mainland and the Pe: ninsula of Kamehatka guards it on the east. It is about half as large as Ili nois. The climate ts cold and dense banks of clouds generally shut out the rays of the sun. The east coast is be. sieged by fee floes in summer, The greater part of the island is covered With forests which abound in fur-bear. ing animals. Much of the timber is valuable, The rivers are rich in fish, especially a species of salmon. ‘The development of the Island's nat: ural resources is of comparatively re cent date. Attempts have been made at agriculture, and several thousands of Russian conviets have been trans ported there to colonize. ‘The quality of the soil is unfavorable to the under taking, and most of the convicts. are employed in the coal mines, ‘The Russtans established a post on the Island at Aniva Bay in 1853, and ir 1857 they began to form permanent settlements. It was ceded to Russis by Japan in 1875, ‘The principal Russian settlements are at Dui on the west coast, Malo ‘Pymovsk on the upper Tym, and Kor sakoff and Muravieff on Aniva Bay. WOMEN IN BUSINESS LINES. Teaching Is the Most Popular Form of Occupation. According to the report of the Cen: sus Bureau there are 327.614 women employed as school and college and music teachers in the United States Compared with other lines of work i Will be seen the number of women who teach is more than double that of the next most popular occupation, that of saleswoman, at which 150,000 wom en are employed. Next come clerks and copyists, 85.246, then stenogra phers and typewriters, 1118, and then hookkeepers, 74.153. Professtonal women number as follows: 11,031 art ists and art teachers, 2.19% journalists, 1,010 lawyers, 3.873 preachers, 8,119 physicians and surgeons and 5,894 Mt eratours and sclentists. Engaged 4n egeupations where one would hardly look for women are 2,086 saloon keep ers, 879 night watchmen, fireman an¢ policemen, 193 blacksmiths, 167 ma sons and bricklayers, 67 cabinet mak ers, 100 Tumber merchants and $04 teamsters and draymen, In fact, the list is so long that It seoms that wom en have demonstrated their ability for every sort of work, except the duties of telegraph and telephone linesmen and from the army and navy they are, of course, excluded, No Forts Needed in Canada. Possibly Canada will not be satisfied until a chain of forts stretches alony her southern border from the Atlantic to the Pacific. ‘This in spite of the fact that the United States have not the remotest intention of invading, In the days of the late lamented “Riche iow.” otherwise known as Robinson the lion's tail was twisted pertodicalls ind with vigor, usually In the house of representatives, though It is proper to observe that the lion did not know 1 But twisting has gone into desie tide of the innocnons varlety, anc Fenians no longer entertain the hope of taking Toronto or Quebec. More over, It is worthy of remark Mat the chain would be no obstruction —there would be plenty of room between the forts, Canada has better use for the nioney they Would cost —Hrooklyy Eagle. Whe blank cl Bkskale. Our newspapers might he much bet ter they could easily be made more te the taste of the people of taste; but thelr unlovely ery'ng of crime, dis agreeable as It is, 8 an exceedingly important public duty, and in thei faithfulness and veiucious fortitude tn keeping it up Hes really the biggest part of our hope of a higher standard of honesty in public and private lite There 1s hope for cny kind of rascality as long as it can be kept out of *he papers.—Harvers Ween:y. era ‘The Farmer was swinging hs scythe with nwt; His Donkey was turning the primitive mill, The Learned Logtclan of Lallt-Pazan Stood watching the labors of Donkey and “My friends" quoth the Solver of Tangled “What use ig the bell that your animal ‘wears? “Why.” answered the Farmor, “tt tells ‘on the brute; Tt tings while he moves; when he stops ie is mute: “And so. though Tm acres away at my TH know Uf, the gray-coated samp Is a shirk.” Right well! erled the Sage; “but sup- posing, tnetead of working! sour Donkey Just waxgtod ls “The bell would still ring like a steeple poaeceaed And Now would you know he was taking ‘a rest? ‘The Farmer looked hard at the Sage (Mt ‘Anpenee Suspecting the length of the logical ears), Then, gludng the haunch of Wis servant & slay “This Dihkey, don't know any Logie! SArtiur Gulterman in New York ‘Times, tn Barly Dave of Rallronda: A writer to the New York Mirror of 1840, in the course of a rhapsody on the railway, says: “Dueling and changing horses and separate rooms are at an end—our light literature must now beeome woven with steam our incidents must artse from. blow ups, and love be made over broken lees; while here the novelist will have to record the failing in of a tunnel, the only ehance left for a toneh of the sublime.” ‘Trains then proceeded un: der wonderfully good condition occa: sionally at the awe-inspiring speed of thirty-five miles an hour as a maxt mum. Village “Held Up" By Bees. The extraordinary spectacle of a vil: lage held up by a swarm of bees was witnessed at Westonon-Trent near Derby, this week, says an English ex change. The bees became infuriated because an attempt to occupy tenanted hives was, after a tremendous battle, re pulsed. The whole village was soon alive with mad gees; the main street was quite impassable, and people had to shut themselves In their houses, Six fowls were stung to death; In deed, the inseets attacked everything that came within reach, Slag Buried th Wax: King Edward 1. of England died July 7, 1807, and 400 years later the English Society of Antiquarians open: ed his tomb in order to find out if he really had been buried in wax, as the legend ran. ‘The chronicler of the time remarks: “To their great aston: ishment they found the royal corpse to appear as represented by the his torian.” Although “the skull appeared bare, the face and hands seemed per fectly entire.” ‘The king was found to be 6 feet 2 inches in length, thus ful ly justifying his nickname of Long: shanks. Peculiar Shift of Granite, A block of granite weighing over 200,000 pounds, fat on top and with clean breaks on two sides, has been found near Woodbury, Vt. ‘Three hun: dred feet north ts seen the ledge from which the block broke away, The two are on about the same level, but between them rises a barrier of eran: te fifteen feet Mish, Local geologists are trying to figure ont what natural causes brought about the shift in the position of the block, Beane Grew Throuch Bac. When a Dover, N. H, man finished planting his pole beans he left the bag containing the leftover seed In the grass beside the tree. He found tho bag the other day firmly rooted to the ground. ‘The bottom layer of deans had sprouted and the roots em: bedded themselves in the turf. ‘The upper layers had swelled and served as a mulching for the vines, the tops of which protruded from the mouth of the bag. Turtle Doubly Inscribed. ‘Tho turtle discovered at aston last week was inserlbed all right, just as every wellordered turtle ought to be when discovered, but this one was nn- usually marked: %L. M. Thayer, 1841, Easton Mass." was plainly visible, while above this and apparently made long before was the date "1818." T, M. Thayer has been dead some twen- ty years.— Boston Globe. Has Rare $1 Bill, George Ro MeKenna of Westerly, Re 1, has a $1 Dill of the series of 1869, On the face it bears the medallion portrait of Washington and a scene at the landing of Columbus. ‘The back ts the same as any “greenback.” ‘The note has the ladylike signature of John Allison, registrar, and the bold hand of G. E. Spinner, treasurer. Wasa Baus Maaland Golt: ‘The grit of Moses Weare, the cape Neddick, Me., fisherman, who smoked a cigar and never finched while the foctor amputated a finger, which had Heen mangled tn his fishing tackle tn exciting considerable comment, Graves In English Road. Near Worthing Station (Eng.) there fs a smal! graveyard tn the center of the road, containing three graves, A mill ones stood there, and the owner feposed in his will that he should be Sietad wherd the tall stood. First Gun, Jack—1 am so glad we are eneacen You know it is love that makes the world go round. Helen—Yes; but it 1s not love that makes a man go round at nights after he is married. His Specialty. “Grangely tells me he is doing won- derful work with his present employer. Tdtin't know he was particularly strong in business.” “He isn't. He's merely particularly strong in talking about business.” GALT RHEUM ON HANDS, ‘Buffered Agony and Mad to Wear Bandages All the Time—Another Cure by Cuticura, Another cure by Cuticura ts told of by Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupaca, ‘Wis. in the following grateful let- ter: “My husband suffered agony salt rheum on bis hands, and 1 had to keep them bandaged all tho time, We tried everything we could get, but nothing helped him until he used Cuth cura, One set of Cuticura Soap, Oint- ment, and Pills cured him entirely, and his hands have been as smooth As possible ever ainee, 1 do hope this jotter will be the means of helping aomhe Other euttoren™ Aftermath, This ts one they tell on two Ep worth leaguers that isn’t true A tah, good natured looking fellow, seuuring an Epworth badge, was walk: ing alons Seventeenth street when he chanced to stop and look at the same window where another Ep: worthian was gazing at the display of fool's gold, “Good morning, brother; where are yon from?” asked the tall one, “Lam from Kansas," was the reply. “Sure thing.” "So am IT, Come and let's take a drink "A, U. 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Taxing bachelors may not boost the WIS WOODS..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: and town in this state. Write us. 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. OFFICE-No. 117 West Sixth, St., Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates. For one inch, one insertion ..... 8.50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion ..... 9.20 For two inches, three month ..... 9.00 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. Kansas City is evidently on the eve of reform. Give the Negro an equal show to make an honest dollar. If granted, it is far better than social equality. The best thing the Negroes of Kansas City can do is to unite their forces against the bad and vicious element of their race. It is the vicious class that prevents our progress as citizens. The little children will soon be called to again take up their studies in the school room. But from the public gossip which has recently been exploited, the influence which must necessarily surround them will be unsurvive to begin with. We hope for an improvement whether it be accidental or otherwise. Can any good come out of Nazareth? Leadership among Negroes is indispensable—but a leader should possess a high moral standard in order to obtain followers and accomplish good. Our teachers and preachers are regarded as leaders because their respective positions are such that intelligence and enlightenment should emanate therefrom. Too many of our ministers of the gospel do not come up to the standard. While crime and sin run rampant they seem contented to draw their stipend. This condition cannot always remain the same. Eavesdropping on the Telephone. The improper use of the telephone does much to impair the efficiency of the service, and with the view of preventing this, laws governing the use of the telephone have been recently enacted in Maine and New York. The provisions of these laws cover the annoying or harassing of persons by the use of the telephone, and use of improper language and the calling out of fire and police apparatus without justification. The penalty is imprisonment and fine. It has not been possible, however, to reach the caves dropper, who, with his or her ear at the receiver, listens to the conversation of such neighbors as may be joint subscribers on a party line. The telephone people say that this is more common than is generally supposed and while they do everything to discourage it, the practice cannot be broken up entirely. Aftermath. This is one they tell on two Epworth leaguers that isn't true: A tail, good-natured looking fellow, wearing an Epworth badge, was walking along Seventeenth street when he chanced to stop and look at the same window where another Epworthian was gazing at the display of fool's gold. "Good morning, brother; where are you from?" asked the tall one. "I am from Kansas," was the reply. "Sure thing." "So am I. Come and let's take a drink."—A. U. Mayfield, Denver News. A magazine edieor has received a peom that was composed automatically by a woman who had never written a line of verse before. And the most curious thing about it is that you can't tell it from the ordinary run of magazine poetry.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. His Specialty. "Grangely tells me he is doing wonderful work with his present employer. I didn't know he was particularly strong in business." "He isn't. He's merely particularly strong in talking about business." Chinese Doctors Have Skill Turtle With Long Pedigree Stately Ruins in Rhodesia Stately Ruins in Rhodesia Something Like a Swarm Guile of Kansas Farmer Guile of Kansas Farmer The method of treating sick persons adopted by Chinese doctors in some cities is similar to that of the other physicians of the United States and those of Great Britain. They depend much, however, on the examination of the pulse. Their sense of touch is so wonderfully developed that it is said they can determine the condition of the heart as well as some of the other organs merely by the feelness or strength of the thebes; but they say there are no less than twelve different movements of the arteries in the human body, all of which can be detected by feeling the fingers, wrist and arm. When a patient calls on him for examination the doctor first presses the arm, wrist and fingers, touching nearly every part. Sometimes ten or fifteen minutes is occupied with this examination. Then he may ask if the patient is married or single, and also his age; but this is about the limit of the examination. Apparently he can tell the nature of the disease without questioning further, and if the caller wishes a prescription he writes one in the ordinary Chinese characters on a generous-sized square of paper. Ringing a bell, he hands the prescription to the Chinese attendant who enters, for each physician has his own shop, filled with the ingredients Turtle With A giant leatherback turtle was received at the American Museum of Natural History yesterday. It is said to be the first that has been taken along the Atlantic coast in fifteen years, as well as the largest ever brought to shore in this country. This one weighs 716 pounds. It was caught off Block island and was presented to the museum by G. M. Long & Co. of New London. It was alive when brought in from the sea, but died shortly after being landed. A wound from a harpoon shows just over the left shoulder. Upon its arrival at the museum it was taken to the basement, where the museum artist made a sketch of it for the official records. Experts in reptilian genealogy say that the leatherback family is a most ancient one, and that if Adam had ever gone down to the seashore he might have seen one of them. The family can boast of an older line even than that of the serpent that tempted Eve. The experts say that the leatherback is the oldest reptile family in the world. Leatherback is an everyday name. When the men who know all about its Stately Ruins Richard N. Hall, who has given eight years to the study of ancient monuments in southern Rhodesia, says that none of the hundreds of ruins has been more than partially explored, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Many important ruins have been seen only by casual travelers and the work of unearthing only a part of the Great Zimbabwe area would be more than the labor of a lifetime. Still, researches have made progress in the last few years. There are in Rhodesia no less than 300 distinct ruins and groups of ruins. Only a few scores of these are entitled to rank as "ancient." The largest part of them probably does not date back to the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. There is overwhelming evidence at the Great Zimbabwe of ancient civilization and arts possessed by the builders of the earliest period. The Zimbabwe temple is the finest and most intact example of a nature worshiping shrine known to the world. Its construction Something L We very frequently hear of snake and fish stories and sometimes a pretty good bee story is told, says the Huntsville (Mo.) Herald. Our friend, Bill Heffin, hardly ever relates anything unless he knows what he is talking about, and all who know him won't question his veracity one moment or doubt the correctness of any story Bill may tell if he claims he has a personal knowledge of anything connected with it. Not long ago Mr. Heflin and Squire O'Bryan were talking about bees and the manner of swarming and Mr. Heflin was reminded of the immense swarm he once saw in Missouri. It was during the time Bill was down south fighting for his country and along about the last of that sanguinary conflict, when Bill saw that the southern boys had to surrender to superior numbers, that he saw the big Guile of Ka The Kansas fields were full of wheat awaiting to be shorn; The farmer he was full of grief, and partly full of corn. A score of harvest bands he watched go to lime in the sun; Some came from Eastern colleges; all strangers, every one. The farmer watched his new-bred help mixed up with all his wheat; "They call 'em hands," he muttered, "but they're more like tenderfoot. "The rain may come and spoil my crop; some plan I must devise To make these follows rustle for an inexpensive prize. A thought then struck the farmer, and he staged red from the blow. Then called the hands around him and he thusly let her go: which he uses in treatment. If he has a large practice he may employ a native chemist, who makes up the prescription. One of the curious features of Chinese medical treatment is the way in which the physicians administer their remedies. Nearly all the offices of the principal doctors have what may be called a tea-room attachment. This is a spacious apartment, well lighted, frequently ornamented with Oriental pottery and pictures and containing small tables, each with two or three chairs. If the invalid does not wish to take his medicine at home, he is ushered into this room, and while seated at one of the tables drinks his prescription as he would a cup of tea or a glass of wine. With but few exceptions the medicine is in liquid form and served hot in dainty Chinese bowls, for most of it is composed of a decoction of herbs. Each table contains a bowl of raisins, and when the attendant brings in the medicine he also brings in a glass of tepid water. If the drink is bitter, as it usually is, the patient can eat some of the raisins to remove the taste, while with the water he rinses his mouth and throat. Then he is ready to go home, returning the next day for another examination and dose — Chambers' Journal. Long Pedigree history get to talking about it they refer to it as Dermochelus coriacea, a name not conferred on it by Adam aforesaid. Proof that the family is the most ancient among reptiles is that 'the spinal column has no fixed attachment to the shell as in the case of more modern turtles that have evolved. "The museum was very glad to get so rare a turtle," said Prof George H. Sherwood, one of the curators. "It is the most primitive of reptiles now with us. There was one caught in the Indian ocean some years ago that was larger. On land it could easily drag six men after it. It wasn't much larger than this one. This is the third that has been caught in this country to my knowledge in a good many years. When we measured this one we found that it was 6 feet over all, that is, from snout to tip of tail. The shell is 4 feet 10 inches long and 3 feet 1 inch wide. From tip to tip of flippers was 7 feet." If the skin does not wrinkle too much the turtle will be mounted and placed on exhibition. At any rate a plaster cast will be made of it for exhibition—New York Sun. in Rhodesia points unmistakably to some knowledge of geometry and astronomy on the part of the builders. It is quite certain that even the cruder methods at Zimbabwe of applying this knowledge, which was common to the ancient Semitic peoples, were imported from the near east and did not originate in southeast Africa. The right ascension of the sun, the heliacal rising and the meridian passages of the stars are believed to have been noted at Zimbabwe. These ancient builders were also past masters in the science of military defense, the walls showing that the builders were military strategists of the highest order. Their gold ornaments, finely designed and engraved, could not have been the work of an uncivilized people, and the hundreds of ancient gold mines show that they were skilled in metallurgy and picked out rich shoots, patches and pockets with marvelous cleverness. It is estimated that from these wide spread mines they extracted $375,000,000 of gold. like a Swarm swarm of bees. Bill says one day while marching up the Mississippi valley with his command he saw bees swarming out of a hole in a big cliff. The hole, he says, was about three times the size of a hogshead and the bees filled the entire space and had the appearance of a black cloud coming out of the hole. He did not know how long the bees had been coming out of the hole, but the swarm was two miles wide, one and a half miles thick and twenty miles long, and that they were two hours in passing a given point. Bill did not go into particulars as to how he got the dimensions of this great swarm of bees, nor when they settled, but he says the hole was left in the cliff, for he saw it after the bees had vacated it. This is the biggest bee story we ever heard and it seems too big to be true, but Bill declares that his command was not on a retreat when he saw the swarm. nssas Farmer "I have a lovely daughter, and the peach-erino miss On the man who works the hardest will bestow a hug and kiss." The men wired in like madmen; some fainted from the heat; Some worked their hands to splinters, but they put away the wheat. They worked all day, and didn't pause to eat their waiting dinner. And at the end Bill Sluggins was acclaimed an easy winner. The farmer led him to the house; along went all the crew; And then brought out his daughter, who had reached the age of two. They say that, tired as Sluggins was, the fight was mighty warm; However that may be, just now an orphan —Wex Jones, in Chicago American. A. G. RHODES, PRESIDENT J. J. HAVERTV, VICE PRESIDENT J. A. MUPPE SECRETARY Rhodes Fluerty & Huppe FURNITURE J. A. MUPPE MGR. 611 MAIN STREET FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES. COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS CASH OR CREDIT Kansas City, Mo. 190 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. each. Two-burner Gasoline stove W. S. HARRIS. Pres. @ Mgr. Home Phones 42 West W. S. HARRIS & CO. --- $1.43 and up. High back dining chairs at 49c each. Furnished Rooms To Rent. BY DAY OR WEEK Meals at All'Hours. At 1001 E. 18th St G. SMITH, Propr. One would think that "Lamb's Wool" could mean nothing else but the fleece of the lamb. In point of fact, the words are also a corruption of old English, and are the name of an ancient beverage which, if grateful and comforting, was hardly a teetotal drink. The gathering of the apples every autumn was made the occasion of a great feast, for which there was specially concocted a drink made from ale and the pulp of roasted apples, with the addition of spices and sugar. This beverage was called "Lmaes abhai" (the day of apples), which in popular speech was converted into "Lamasool," and this again to "Lamb's Wool." Japanese Quick to Learn Japanese Quick to Learn When in 1858 Lord Elgin visited Japan and insisted on making the shogun a present of a yacht and also insisted on arranging a treaty with him in behalf of England, he noted the extraordinary thirst for knowledge and quickness in learning which distinguish the Japanese. Within a week a raw Japanese crew had learned how to manage the shogun's new yacht. The Japanese commissioners even took pains to imitate the cheers which their guests gave after dinner when the queen's health was drunk, as soon as they understood that "when you in the west wish to honor a person especially, you roar and shout after your meals." Russell Sage Back at Work Russell Sage has emerged from his retirement of months and once more is appearing in the busy haunts of men. The other day he attended a meeting of the Western Union directors, and many of his associates congratulated him on his hearty appearance. Mr. Sage is 99 years old, but would pass for a man of 60. He appeared to be oblivious of the intense heat. Fancy Prices for Belica 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. Lives of Different Meaning. It is noble to be alive to the littleness of earth, but it is nobler to be 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. $10,00 Oak and Maple Beds, while they last $1.50 Each o-burner Gasoline stoves, regular $4.50 variety, $1.50 Two-burner Gasoline stoves, regular $4.50 variety, $1.58 Phones 42 West, and 5478 Main Bell Phone 778 West. HARRIS & C Estate, Insurance and Rental Agents. Home Phones 42 West, and 5478 Main Bell Phone 778 West. 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We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for free catalogue. GENTURY MFG. CO. Dept. 4036 East St. Louis, Ill. 4.50 variety, $1.58 P. L. PRATT, Sec'y @ Treas $1.50 THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP Eugene Vaugan, Agt. Kansas City, Kas. 938 Split Log. 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. "How Natural He Looks." So many people say a thing I much dislike to hear. They pass along to view the corpse And pause beside its bier, And when they see the form devoid Of soul, as thoughtless books, They whisper to a sobbing friend, "How natural he looks." I pray you, friends, if I should board A Lake Shore train of speed Or walk before an auto when Where moos of strikers are, Or start to run across the track Before a trolley car. Or rock the boat where breakers splash, Or join the Russian corps, Or fire a tiny cannon or A gun on July four— I pray you, friends, compassion feel As God his children brooks. I'll be no fool when dead. Don't say, "How natural he looks." Judge and Mrs. I. F. Bradley gave a large reception at their residence in Kansas City, Kan., last Monday, in honor of Mrs. Armstrong and the Misses Armstrong, sisters of Dr. J. H. Thompson. A very delightful evening was spent. Mr. John Day has returned to Excelsior Springs where he will remain for several weeks. Mr. Ed. Gibbs, for many years one of the most popular barbers in Kansas City, died Friday, August 11. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. F. J. Peck at Allen Chapel the following Sunday. A wife and son survive him. Dr. J. E. Dibble and Miss Dismond were united in marriage last Tuesday at the residence of the doctor's parents on Michigan avenue. Rev. Father Harper performed the marriage ceremony. First Gun. Jack—I am so glad we are engaged. You know it is love that makes the world go round. Helen—Yes; but it is not love that makes a man go round at nights after he is married. "Don't you feel deeply impressed by the halls of congress?" "I don't know," answered Senator Sorghum, thoughtfully. "The hauls made there dont strike me as being as large as formerly."—Washington Star. Tommy—There's a man at the door, pa, who wants to see the boss of the house. Pa—Tell your mother. Ma—Call Bridget. — Philadelphia Ledger. According to Prof. John Mine, about fifty earthquakes yearly disturb the world throughout its mass. IMPORTANT IF TRUE. Story of Dears and Deers in Colorado A correspondent from Slab Sides sends in the following items to the Bingville Bugle, the same of which Newton Newkirk is editor and proprietor. Jemima Peppers of Hickory Corners visited Mrs. Sam Hankins last week. Jemima is an old friend of the Hankinses. Jasper Tarbell got butted by his ram sheep between the corncrib and the front gate last week, but is better at this writing. For a while Jasper couldn't set down and take comfort in it. Arloch Perkins, who has been logging for several weeks, has about finished. Arloch says he's glad of it. Hester Jones had two dozen eggs to freeze on her one night recent. This is a terrible calamity with eggs so high Jabe Homans has a boil on his neck. Jabe always expects more or less boils every spring. Jake Haines made a flying trip to the county seat last week on business and pleasure. Jake arrived home full of pleasure and passed of it around among the boys. A. Truant School. New York city is to have a truant school—somewhat late in order. The buildings will be modeled after the St. Charles home for boys near Chicago, on the cottage plan, and will be placed on the Garrestson farm, Jamaica, L. I. MILLIONS OF LIFE CLAIMS. Big Business Done by Insurance Companies in 1994. According to the special returns made by life-insurance companies there was paid in the entire United States and Canada last year $277,757-850 in claims, says the Insurance Press. The amount paid in various parts of the union varied from a maximum of nearly $59,000,000 in New York to a minimum of $3,000 in Alaska. Pennsylvania was the second state, with something over $18,500,000. Other states where more than $10,000,000 was paid in life-insurance claims were, in order of amount, Illinois, Ohio and New Jersey. As New York and Pennsylvania have the greatest population it was but natural that they should lead in the amount of insurance paid, though Pennsylvania's lead in insurance claims paid is not proportionate to her greater population. Massachusetts, which is seventh, measured by population, ranks far ahead of Illinois, Ohio, Missouri and Texas, all of which by the last census were credited with more inhabitants. These figures which we have given were for claim payments and do not include dividends, cash surrender values, claims paid in foreign countries or annuities, which combined give estimated figures of almost $100,000,000. By cities the amount paid on insurance claims places New York far in the lead, with Chicago second, although the margin of that city over Philadelphia is small. Boston stands fourth, with a lead of more than $2,000,000 over the fifth city, St. Louis, which outranks us in population. Forget His Title. Lord Rathmore was formerly plain David Plunkett. Shortly after he was raised to the peerage he took a trip to the Riviera. The French railway company reserved a carriage for his private use. At some unknown hour of the night the door of the carriage was suddenly opened. A lantern was flashed upon him and a voice sharply cried: "Votre nom?" ("Your name?") Lord Rathmore, wakened out of his sleep, looking up in a partly dazed condition, discovered a railway official on his way round for tickets. Lord Rathmore's name was on the paper affixed to the window, marking the compartment as reserved. The official desired to identify the occupant of the carriage with the person to whose use it was inscribed. "Votre nom?" he stereally repeated, seeing the passenger hesitate. There sprang to Lord Rathmore's lips the familiar "David Plunkett." Happily he remembered in time he was no longer David Plunkett, but for the life of him he could not remember what title in the peerage he had selected. It seemed half an hour to him before he could remember "Rathmore." At Fourscore. At Fourscore. Call her not old, although the flight of years. Has measured off the allotted term of life. Call her not old, since neither doubts nor pains. Have quenched her hope throughout the long, long strife. They are not old, though days of youth are fled. Who quaff the brimming cup of peace and joy! They are not old who from life's hidings springs. Find draughts which still refresh but never cloy. For what are years, though flying never so fast? A year's a day if full of gladsome zest! But who shall measure time, when hopes are past? A day's a year if sorrow is the guest. The secret of perpetual youth is hers. Who finds delight in deeds of kindness enough. No age can dim the luster of her crown. Whose days with loving ministry are fraught. Peace to her then! a calm, unruffled peace! Until her pilgrimage at last is o'er. Until the Father's summons call her name. To grieve the dear companions gone before! —The Outlook. A Bluejacket Turned Mule. Admiral Dickins during the sham bombardment of Fort Monroe, smiled one morning as a sailor staggered past him with a bale of hay on his back. "He makes me think," said the admiral, "of another sailor, a British one, whom I saw one day at Gibraltar. "He, too, had a load of hay and was toiling with it up from the little fishing village that lies at the foot of the great rock. I talked with him a little while, and, as we paret, I said: "Who are you, my man? What job do you hold here?" "Well," the sailor answered, as he took up the hay again. I used to consider myself a British bluejacket, but I'm dashed if I don't begin to think I'm a commissary mule."—New York Times. Explanation Enough: A woman who owns and drives a neat little gasoline runabout ran into a buggy. As she was moving along very slowly and the buggy was standing still very little damage resulted. The buggy was not harmed, but the auto's steering apparatus was slightly broken. The woman that evening was telling her husband of the accident. "How did it occur?" he asked. "Why," replied his wife, "I was just creeping along near the curb when a woman wearing the loveliest new pole turban I ever saw passed on the sidewalk and—" "That's enough; I understand," said the man as he turned to his newspaper—Kansas City Times. Bindernest Kills Zoo Animals The rinderpest has attacked the famous zoological gardens of Rotterdam and is likely to result in the extinction of at least the cattle deer, antelope, sheep and goats Among the animals that are dead are a pair of dwarf oxen from Celebes, which were valued at $5,000. PIONEER TRUST COMPANY Dwight Building 10th and Baltimore Avenue. KANSAS CITY, MO. Capital ..... Surplus ..... Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business Cares for Real Estate and Mortgage Investments. Now is the time to begging Saving.-Dont delay, $1.00 will start an account. WALTON H. HOLMES, ..... President. F. C. MILLER, ..... Vice President. C. F. HOLMES, ..... Vice President. CHAS. S. GLEED, ..... Vice President. H. C. SCHWITZGEBEL, ..... Sec'y and Treas. BIRD H. McGARVEY, ..... Asst. Treas. E. L. SCARRITT, Counselor. B. P. FINLEY, Attorney. American Plan All Modern Improvements HOTEL McRAY 721-723 Charlotte St., K. C., Mo. Room and Board $5.00 per week. Rooms without Board $2.50 and $2. Single Meals 25 cents. Hot and Cold Baths Included. BEN McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. SHE WAS NO GENTLEMAN. Last Sunday a sight-seeing party from Buchanan county, Missouri, was returning from a trip over the Moffat road. To prove to their friends in Denver that they had been above timber line a number of the party brought buckets and sacks of snow back with them. The usual snowballing fun on the train was indulged in. By a misdirected shot a snowball struck a fat man from Denver square in the face. The fat man got hot despite the cold surroundings. He stood up and exclaimed: "Who ever threw that snowball is no gentleman!" "I'll admit I am no gentleman," replied a rosy-cheeked belle of the crowd, with a devilish twinkle in her eye, "but how did you guess it?" And just to be rugish she let fly another handful of snow at the fat man and struck the conductor in the ear. Then the jolly party sang four teen verses of "I feel like I feel like I feel,"—A. U. Mayfield, Denver News. Great Silay Family The great family of Silay, a city of 14,500 inhabitants in the Philippine island of Negros, is that of Ming Lee. They are Chinese mestizos, partiarcal and vastly rich, the great house sheltering the sons and their families, more than forty adults, with droves of children. The eldest son has just completed his second term as governor of the island. The head of the family is the mother of his excellency. Senora Ming Lee, who is 80 years old, 6 feet tall and probably weighs 250 pounds. She is an inveterate gambler and will remain for two days at the round game of Pangingi, her meals being served in a chair at her side. About the only respite she takes from her favorite game is on Sunday morning, when she drives to church in her Manila built victoria. She was one of those natty creatures that looks like she is hand-painted. She carried in her arms, nestled closely to her face, a fuzzy poodle with hair like a floor rug. A very smart young man said to a companion loud enough for her to hear: "I would like to be that woman's dog." "Hush up, Fido; I'll call the dog-catcher and have him taken to the pound if he insults you again," said the woman to her own dog. A. U. Mayfield, Denver News. Detroit Free Press: "Is it true that you have senatorial aspirations?" asked the reporter over the 'phone. "Yes," remarked the girl whose number had been called by mistake, "but I'm not sure that I can land him." Puck: Mr. Gotrox—When I was your age, sir, I didn't have a dollar Cholly Gotrox—Well, dad, when I am your age I probably won't have a dollar! The Freak Chicken Crop. Little Boy Blue—We got a chicken out t' our house 'at's got three legs. Little Red Ridinghood—'At ain't nuthin'. We got a chicken from the groc'ry 'at didn't have no liver. —Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Chicago Journal: Jimmy—What's dat bell around dat cow's neck for? Jammy—Oh! that's what she rings when she wants to tell the calf that dinner's ready. No woman would ever quarrel with a man if it wasn't for the pleasure of making it up again. Stung CITY, MO. $267,500 $267,500 Rest and Banking Business. States Issued. and Mortgage Investments. Don't delay, $1.00 will start an account. ERS: President. Vice President. Vice President. Vice President. Sec'y and Treas. Asst. Treas. B. P. FINLEY, Attorney. All Modern Improvements McRAY e St., K. C., Mo. Rooms without Board $2.50 and $2. d Baths Included. RAY, Prop. and Mgr. Some Hot Stories. A crowd of fellows were sitting on the sidewalk in front of the hotel when I took the only vacant chair. All were strangers to me and to one another. Finally a dried up young fellow who traveled for a white goods establishment said: "Well, sir, I see the mercury was up to 116 at Phoenix yesterday." "Is that so?" replied the shoe drummer. "Huh! 'taint nothin' to speak of. I see it git so hot down in Mexico that the grease run off the greasers." Here a fellow broke in who had just returned from Panama "Aw, you fellows make me tired. I been down to Panama, keepin' books for the canal superintendent. One Sunday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, when I had four nigger girls fannin' me with a fan hung on a tree, there was a rumble inside the earth just beneath me like somebody knocking on a door." "Did you find out what was knocking?" asked the St. Joe representative. "Yes," replied the Panama man as he shifted his chair to spit into the gutter, "it was the devil knockin' on heat."—Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Chicago News: "This," said the city chap, who was showing his rural relative the town, "is called the 'tenderloin' district." "Why is it called that?" queried the rural relative, "because it is so tough," explained the other. Skeltons in Trenches. A curious discovery has been made in the course of some excavations that have been in progress in St. Martin de Re, in France. The excavators unearthed trenches in which lay skeletons which were presumably those of the citizens who fell fighting there in defending the town against the English in 1627. Among the skeletons was found a spherical iron bomb containing a most black powder, which was found to consist of about a third of nitre, a third of carbon, and a fifth of sulphur, the remainder being iron oxide derived from the rusting of the iron shell. The interest on the money a man spends for flowers and candy when he is engaged to a girl would keep her supplied all the years of her married life when he doesn't do it any more. The Bear Dance Little Bobbie—Pa, I want to see another bejar dance, like the one that come along the street last week. Papa—I don't know where to find it, son, but you run in and tell mamma that we will go down to the comic opera tonight and see the big ballet. —Kansas City Drovers Telegram. A Plea By the Goat. "People make me sore," complained the billy goat. "Everybody has to have his little jjokjie jjabout my butting in." * "Well don't you?" inquired the banco steer. "No, sir. I always go in head first." —Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Is it true that every year, for the past ten years, more people have been killed in celebrating the Fourth of July than were killed in any one battle of the revolution? Never mind. No Bomb Insurance. Baron Volken, chief of police at Warsaw, who was injured by a bomb explosion recently, is suing an insurance company on an accident policy. The company draws the line at attempts to assassinate with bombs. OFFICERS: Miss Ida E. MILLINERY Miss Ida E. Foster. Hats made to order in latest styles of Hats re-shaped and made over. in latest styles of over. Hats made to order in latest styles direct from the East. Hats re-shaped and made over. Orders promptly filled KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Call up Home Phone, 5327 Main. MRS. V. L. NO OPEN DAY A L. NOR AY AN Bell Phone 2315 Pink. HOTEL NEW PORT FOR NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS AND CAFE Near Corner Eighteenth and Tracy 1807 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Mo NORTH, Prop. AND NIGHT Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. We Never Sleep The Contented Man Contented." What made The comport's the ground? Which men discounted The safety that tigre Content in the mirror With troglodytes b Or find in a tree's r The shelter an ane Content binders prog And cultivates ign Counts study a sort And piles the foli Content maketh feet And fastens the sho Its motion is ever o To ditches and pat But the reverent, he To Delty's footstock After tolling with life Is a different, man THE LAST P BY FRANCIS THE LAST RESORT BY FRANCIS GILLESPE (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub, Co.) Miss Courtwright stood looking down the rose-bordered walk toward the white road. She hummed a little tune and tapped her white clad foot in accompaniment. met a girl at last who will take you place in my heart and I am going to love her always and try and make her happy. I wanted to be first to tell you this, we have always been such close For the first time since her mother's death, three years ago, she had taken off her plain black dress, and to-day she was all in flimy white in honor of Billy's coming. She was thinking of Billy as she stood there, of his fresh, boyish enthusiasm, his invigorating personally and his love for her which never seemed to change, although she had told him every Sunday for weeks that he was not the kind of a man she could marry. And after this dash of cold water, Billy would look very thoughtful for fully thirty minutes. They had known each other for almost five years. Billy had met her abroad when she had been traveling with her mother, and the tender, fragrie little mother had been completely won by Billy's smile. As for Billy, "I never knew what my mother was like," he said to her once, "but she must have been just like you." They had been so much to each other, this mother and daughter, and since the mother's death Billy had never missed spending his Sundays in the little town where Mrs. Courtwright had died and where her daughter lived. He realized how lonely the girl must be, and although she would not admit it herself, the impressive stillness of the big house was very trying at times. To-day was one of those perfect days in June and Miss Courtwright, as she stood in the door was glad, in a vague sort of way, to be alive. "Dear Billy," she mused tenderly to herself, "I wonder why he doesn't marry some sweet dimpled little girl and leave me to enjoy my spinsterhood in peace." But the smile died out of her eyes at the hought. It was useless to deny that Sunday was the brightest day in the week to her, and the last few Sundays especially had become very delightful memories. Could she ever forget the time they had broken the Satabin oy fishing in the big lake behind the house, her wild excitement when she had first felt a tug at her line; how they had worked to land the big fish, and how dirty and wet and happy they both had been! She had told him that day, as she had no intention of marrying him and he had responded, as was customary, that he would not mention the subject again. Finally Miss Courtwright opened the screen door and moved with a slow grace out on the porch. A tall young man in white flannels was coming up the walk. "Why, Billy, you're late," exclaimed his hostess, gayly. "But better late A. Hummed a little tune. than never. Shall we sit here or go down by the lake?" "The lake for me," answered Billy. Then earnestly, "I want to talk to you, Edith. I have something to tell you." This was his usual beginning, Miss Courtwright sighed in mock resignation. "Again," she queried gently. "I thought you were never to speak of that subject." Billy's face flushed slightly at her words. "I am not going to speak of that subject," he said, slowly, as they sat down on the rocks by the water "ever again." He was watching her face intently as he spoke. "I have kakes him contented? that struggles have unted invented, lighters obtained. He would still wallow, unbidded in caves, eady hollow, animal craves. Press and action grant sloth, of distraction, of both. Men dependent, backles on slaves, descendent, appets sad graves. Party submission of men bring, tittle fruition, untiler thing. — W. J. Herbert. THE RESORT 15 GILDEPE met a girl at last who will take your place in my heart and I am going to love her always and try and make her happy. I wanted to be first to tell you this, we always have been such close friends, I never imagined I could want any one else for my wife. But, you see, it's all so useless my expecting you to love me, and I think my future wife cares for me more than I am worthy of. She is one of God's best works, a sweet, straightforward girl," and Billy bared his young head reverently. Miss Courtwright's absent gaze was fixed on the sparkling water: she H. W. "I know I shall love her dearly," seemed intensely interested in studying its blue depths. After a few minutes she turned her clear gray eyes on Billy and smiled her slow, understanding smile, "I'm glad, Billy," she said, simply, "and I know you will be happy." If there was a note of sadness in her voice Billy did not seem to notice it. "Tell me all about her," she continued, "for I want to know something of the girl who is to be your wife." Thus encouraged, Billy began an enthusiastic description, and Miss Courtwright listened, still with a far-off look in her eyes. "She is beautiful," he said, vaguely, "and dark haired and altogether adorable." "Tall," asked Miss Courtwright, whose glorious hair was the color of ripe wheat. "No, short and plump and dimpled," replied the enraptured Billy. "I hate dimples," quickly decided Miss Courtwright to herself. But aloud, "I know I shall love her dearly." Suddenly he pulled out his watch, and started to his icet. "I must hurry off," he announced. "It's too bad, but I have an important engagement in town and cannot stay to tea." He shook hands hurriedly and went swiftly up the path and was lost to Miss Courtwright's watching eyes. About an hour later Miss Court-wright made her way to the house and up the stairs to her room; she went straight to her full length mirror and examined herself with unfinching gray eyes. Did it show in her face, she wondered, all of her that had lived and died within the last hour. "You fool," she said to the girl in the glass, "you utter, utter fool." Slowly she unfastened the white gown and let it slip to the floor, and from her wardrobe she took a simple black dimity. There was a cynical little smile on her lips. "He didn't even mention my white dress," she murmured. "I guess that girl wears bright blues and glaring pinks. Oh, how I hate her, I do hate her. How could Billy do it? But it makes no difference to me." And Miss Courtwright powdered her nose, brushed up a few stray tendrils of hair and went down to partake of her cozy little tea on the porch, telling herself, very emphatically, that she was quite happy. She repeated the apparently obvious assertion more than once during the course of her solitary meal. And then all at once while the twilight fell Miss Courtwright found herself sobbing quietly. "Billy," she said, brokenly, longingly, "I love you, didn't you know, dear, I love you, now that it is too late." And forgetting how happy she was Miss Courtwright hid her face in a convenient sofa pillow and cried in a hearty unaffected way, much to her own disgust. For the second time in her young life Miss Courtwright was genuinely, supremely miserable. She did not see the conscience-stricken Billy as he emerged from out of the shadows in the garden. She did not know of the radiance in his face, but suddenly she felt his arms about her. "Dear little girl," he told her, while he kissed her tear-stained face, "it isn't too late, it's never too late to mend." About thirty minutes later Edith lifted her head from Billy's white flannel shoulder and looked up anxiously into his eyes. "The other girl, the one who had taken my place?" she asked, weakly. "Doesn't exist," said Billy, promptly. "She was only a bluff," and he kissed her on the mouth. BERNHARDT AND MARIE LLOYD When Music Hall Artist Was First and Sarah Only Second. Sarah Bernhardt has told in her memoirs, recently published, about the result of the final examination at the Paris conservatory, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. She was, she says, almost overcome, failing to receive even honorable mention for her performance in tragedy and obtaining only the second prize for her work in comedy. The first prize went to Marie Lloyd, who afterward became a music hall artiste. Of her chagrin and disappointment on that occasion Mme. Bernhardt writes: "The tall girl I had pushed went forward, looking graceful and radiant as she arrived on the stage. There were a few protestations, but her beauty, her distinction and her charm won the day with every one, so that Marie Lloyd was heartily applauded. As she passed near me she kissed me affectionately. We were great friends and I liked her very much, but I always considered her a nullity as a pupil. I do not know whether she had received any prize the year before, but no one expected her to have the prize. I was simply petrified with amazement. 'Second prize for comedy, Mdlle, Bernhardt.' I had not heard, but I was pushed on the stage, and while I was bowing I could see hundreds of Marie Lloyds dancing about in front of me. Some of them made grimaces at me; others threw kisses; some of them were fanning themselves, others were bowing; they were all very tall, all these Marie Lloyds; they were higher than the ceilings; they walked over people's heads and they came to me, seizing me, stifling me and crushing my heart. My face, it appears, was whiter than my dress." Cash The professors keep explaining that the richest men are those Who possess the deepest knowledge and are free from petty woes; Much we have the hardy many and the heartaches that it brings. To its pitiful possessors, the perturbed financial kings; We are not reminded of "the last six feet of ground"—But cash is still a rather handy thing to have around. He that works from early morning till the shadows fall at night. She that sews with aching fingers while her cheeks are thin and white. May he heaping future treasures where the dwell. But the rich man's auto-press, leaving trails of dust and smell—He is free from toll's exactions, and he He is in fact reactions, and he probably has found that cash is still a rather handy thing to have around. —S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. French Wit. Clyde Fitch was discussing French wit. "The wit of France," he said, "won't bear transplanting. We shouldn't like it here. It is too subtle, too unexpected, too delicate, and, above all, too wicked. "I heard yesterday a French witticism that exemplifies well the Gallis qualities of subtlety, delicacy and wickedness. "Two clubmen meet, and the first says: "What is the matter, Charles? You look blue. Has your wife caught you kissing that pretty governess of yours?" "Charles groaned. "Worse than that," he replied. "The pretty governess caught me kissing my wife." An Eplgram. During a discussion of Oscar Wilde's interesting posthumous work "De Profundis," an editor said: "I had the honor of meeting Wilde in London on the opening night of his amusing comedy, 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' A little group of us got supper at the Carton and during supper the subject of epigrams came up. "To Wilde, as the foremost living epigramist, the duty of defining an epigram was assigned. "He thought a moment, smiled slightly, and then. In his low and pleasant voice, he said: "An epigram is a commonplace couched so adroitly that only clever people can tell what it means." Unavoidably Detained Judge—You are sentenced to twenty years in state's prison. Have you anything to say? Prisoner—Yes, your honor. Will you please send word to my wife not to wait dinner for me? BEST STUDY IN HEREDITY. Among Royal Families Investigators Find Problems In an interesting paper read to the Parisian Academy of Medicine, Dr Galippe, well known for his zeal in bringing the light of science to bear on historical problems, points out that it is often among royal families that heredity, in its scientific sense, may be best studied. Respecting royal houses there exists a wealth of information extending over many generations, the record of writers being supplemented by all the work of painters, engravers, medallists, etc., which is extremely valuable in examining, for instance, such a question as the transmission of facial characteristics Among royal houses transmission of this kind is most conspicuous in the Hapsburg family, to such a degree that the children of Austrian archduchesses invariably resemble their mothers, no matter what marriage the latter may have contracted. Well known examples of the kind have been the king of Rome, Napoleon's son by Marie Louise of Austria, and the present king of Spain, the son of a Bourbon father and a Hapsburg mother. As another instance of the invariable prepotency of Hapsburg heredity, Dr. Galippe mentions Marie Antolnette's children, who resembled her rather than their father; and he lays stress on the point that the portraits of the little dauphin who perished during the revolution show that if he had reached manhood he would have been a genuine Hapsburg in appearance. That was overlooked by the various impostors who afterward claimed to be the missing dauphin, and also by those who believed them. In some cases, notably that of Nauendorff, the claimant's looks suggested the Bourbon type—a circumstance which was thought to be in his favor, whereas, according to M. Galippe, it was really a further proof to be added to all the others, that he was practicing imposture.-Westminster Gazette FORMER CHORUS GIRL RICH. Succeeds to Immense Fortune Through Death of Husband. By the death of her husband, Alan W. Wood, a Pittsburg millionaire steel magnate, Mrs. Wood, who formerly was Goldie Lillian Mohr, a chorus girl of the Weber-Fields company, is now a THE MUSICIAN Mrs Alan W. Wood. widow with a fortune of $5,000,000. Mr. Wood, who was 56 years old, died in New York last week. He married Miss Mohr a year ago last March, although the marriage was kept a secret for nearly a year. THE GIRL COLLEGE STUDENT. Higher Education isn't Reducing National Wealth of Girlhood. "In a word," says Prof Herbert E. Mills of Vassar, according to the New York World, speaking of the girl college student, "she is generally a fairly healthy and very lovable girl who has normal interests in school sports, in social affairs, in domestic matters, and is tending toward marital engagement at about the same rate as those of her social class who are not in school or college." Tending to confirm the statement of Prof. Mills are the Vassar records in out-of-door athletics and the "engaged" statistics of the class of '05. These are wholesome indications. There is remembered too the naive confession of a Wellesley junior that "I suppose we are pretty much like other girls even if we do got to college." The young woman student composed chiefly of eye-glasses, a high forehead and a vocabulary in many syllables was invented for the funny man's column. She has been accepted as a reality by many excellent and serious people who do not know that they are funniest when they worry. Prof. Mills punctures the joke, but spoils no smiles for social philosophers. The higher education is not reducing the national wealth of normal girlhood. Girls who can read their homer in the original are-still girls. Fallacies About Men. It is quite a mistake to suppose that men go about tramping, rough-shod, on women's hearts. If that were so, how would you account for the fact that women are so easily able to manage men? How it is done? Why, by making an appeal to the man's sense of chivalry, to his tenderness, to his love of justice. There is not one man in fifty who can stick to his point when a woman looks at him with round, appealing eyes.—Keble Howard, in The World and His Wife. ACTIVE FOR GREEK CHURCH. Archbishop Tikhon at Head of Institution in This Country The extensive plans of Archbishop Tikhon, who for seven years has been the head of the Orthodox Eastern Greek church in the United States, Canada and Alaska, in accordance with the commission received by him from the hierarchy of that denomination in Russia, have attracted the attention of laymen and clergy of various denominations. Archbishop Tikhon has founded a majority of the 150 congregations of the denomination on this side of the Atlantic and has also established a seminary for teaching candidates for the priesthood at Minneapolis, Minn., which will be opened next month. His latest step to advance the cause of the church is the calling together of the first council of the prelates, clergy and people of the congregations under his jurisdiction to be held in New York city in October. His residence and cathedral church are in New York city. He is a linguist Archbishop Tikhon. and his work has won him recognition and respect of the czar, who is the official head of the denomination. Went Safely in Letter from Chicago to Washington. George Ambrose, a mailing clerk in the Library of Congress, and incidentally the crack third baseman of the Library team, opened a letter from Chicago recently, when a large black, everyday fly flew from the envelope. That the insect could travel the 900 miles between Washington and the Windy City and escape death by mashing in the many canceling machines it had to pass through between was the wonderment of all the clerks in the office. The fly came securely sealed in a big envelope containing an application for copyright for a piece of vocal music. When Ambrose opened the envelope the Windy City fly hopped out, stood on the table a moment, stretched itself, shook its wings, got its bearing and flew away to make the acquaintance of Washington flies. Ambrose made a desperate effort to catch the bewildered creature but it was too fly for him. It was reported that the piece of music was entitled, "Come, Fly With Me," but as information of this kind cannot be given out by the Copyright Office the rumor could not be confirmed. The experience of this Windy City insect will probably be recorded in the histories of flydom as one of the greatest trips a fly ever took. From the common stockyards of Chicago to the palatital halls of the Library of Congress is quite an experience even for a common house fly. Japanese in San Francisco. Statistics gathered in San Francisco in regard to the Japanese engaged in business show that they have entered into lively competition with Americans in a large number of occupations which the Chinese do not invade. There are eighty-five Japanese hotels in San Francisco, sixty restaurants, sixteen intelligence offices, nine shooting galleries, eleven billiard rooms and seventy-five house-cleaning offices. These are all licensed and there is a large number of unlicensed cobblers, butchers, janitors, porters and domestic servants. Father John of Gronstadt Father John of Cronstadt, who has such extraordinary influence with the czar, is 86 years old. In personality he answers the description of the average Russian peasant, only in his case abstemiousness has wrought a refining effect on his features. He is short of stature with a somewhat florid complexion, and his small, twinkling gray eyes have that furtive appearance characteristic of the Russian working class. In spite of his great age, he is remarkably active and his long, brown hair is untouched with silver. Water-Proof Cement Blocks. According to the Engineering and Mining Journal, cement blocks can be made impervious to water by treating with a wash made by dissolving twenty-five pounds of alum in a barrel of soft water, following with a wash of soft soap, prepared by mixing three or four pails of soft soap with a barrel of water. This treatment, which goes by the name of the Sylvester process, has been known to make water-tight large reservoirs, laid in concrete, when other methods failed. SEEK TO ABOLISH TIPS Concerted Movement Started by People of Chicago. It now appears that a concerted movement has been started in Chicago to put an end to tipping. There is no reason why such a reform should not be initiated in the metropolis of the west, although many people are not disposed to take that city very seriously. Should the Chicago revolution succeed it will spread in time to every other city in this country. All that is needed to make it a success is moral, not physical, courage. In the great majority of cases the payment of tips is not due to the conviction that the person who is tipped deserves the reward, but proceeds from a sort of moral cowardice—from the fear that unless the tip is given an accusation of stinginess may result. This, of course, is wrong. Whatever the custom may be in Europe, it is certain that in the United States nobody is under any sort of obligation to give tips. A man gives full money value for what he buys? Why should he give more? Why should he be compelled to give a present of money in addition to the person who has acted as agent for the seller, especially when the cost of the agent's services is included in the original purchase?—Baltimore Sun. PRINCE AND VICEROY CLASH. Semi-independent Indian Potentate Denounces Lord Curzon. The gaekwar of Baroda is one of the most powerful of the semi-independent rulers of western India. Although devoted to England, he has presented the treatment to which Lord Curzon has subjected him. During his recent visit to England, where he was treated with signal honor by King Edward, he freely denounced Lord KING GAEKWAR OF BARODA Curzon and created a sentiment tending to increase greatly the unpopularity of the viceroy, who has now resigned his high position. Popularity of the Uniform: The popular vogue of the uniform is a remarkable phase of American life. From hall boys to master of the hounds, among federal, state and city employees, on railroads, in hotels and in some private houses, in the service of corporations, on the decks of pleasure yachts, everywhere, high or low, the uniform is in evidence. This change in the American employa whom Dickens saw lounging about in seedy "store clothes" has been a radical one outwardly. It has done much for personal neatness, perhaps something for politeness in public servants. What influence it is exerting on character is not obvious. Is it tending to inculcate servility?—New York World. Gates Astounds Plungers. Report has it that John W. Gates is making all the other plungers at Saratoga look small. Gates thinks and acts in thousands where the average man does the same things in dollar bills. He hardly recognizes small change when he sees it. His bets at the races are all up in three figures, he pays a dollar for a shave and tosses another dollar to the boy who shines his shoes. 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There have been more visitors at the Longfellow house, Portland, Me, so far this season than in any previous season since the house was opened to the public. One day last week nearly 150 strangers registered at the home, and up to the present time nearly 3,000 have registered this summer. The register bears the names of people from every state in the union and from every part of the civilized world. Many historic relics have been added to the collection of antiquities since last year. KC BAKING POWDER is the wonderful raising powder of the Wave Circle. Thousands of women are bringing greater health and better food into their homes by using K C Baking Powder. Don't accept a substitute! Use the safe, wholesome and reliable K C Baking Powder. If you have never used it you don't know what you've missed. 25 ounces for 25 cents JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago The artistic "Book of Presents" free upon request. This Is What Catches Me! 16oz. — One-Third More Starch. 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Our booklet, "After Sunset," tells more about ACETYLENE—sent free on request. Dealers or others interested in the sale of ACETYLENE apparatus write us for selling plan on PILOT Generators and supplies—it is a paying proposition for reliable workers. GOLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE Seventh year under same principal. Located near the State University. Thorough and up-to-date in Greek and French. Eye Type, Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Banking, Pennship, etc. Dormitory for young women: reasonable tuition. Our on-page catalogue free. Write to the office. GEO. H. BEASLEY, 1001 Cherry St., Columbia, Mo. Also owner of Columbia Normal Academy located in the same city. Caffected with Thompson's Eye Water IMPORTANT IF TRUE. Story of Dears and Deers in Colorado A correspondent from Slab Sides sends in the following items to the Bingville Bugle, the same of which Newton Newkirk is editor and proprietor. Jemima Peppers of Hickory Corners visited Mrs. Sam Hankins last week. Jemima is an old friend of the Hankinses. Jaspar Tarbell got butted by his ram sheep between the corncrib and the front gate last week, but is better at this writing. For a while Jaspar couldn't set down and take comfort in it. Arloch Perkins, who has been logging for several weeks, has about finished. Arloch says he's glad of it. Hester Jones had two dozen eggs to freeze on her one night recent. This is a terrible calamity with eggs so high. Jabe Homans has a boil on his neck. Jabe always expects more or less boils every spring. Jake Haines made a flying trip to the county seat last week on business and pleasure. Jake arrived home full of pleasure and passed of it around among the boys. The Strangest Flag. The strangest flag under which man ever fought is that of the Macedonian insurgents. It is red on one side and black on the other. The Only Damage. When some men meet a creditor they either tear up the street or turn down an alley. The Reason Why. Drummond, Wils., Aug. 21st (Special)—Whole families in Bayfield County are singing the praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills and the reason why is given in experiences such as that of Mr. T. T. Wold, a well-known citizen here. "I had such pains in my back that I did not know what to do," says Wold. "and as I came across an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, I sent for a box. That one box relieved me of all my pains. My wife also used them and found them just what she needed. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for Backache and other Kidney Troubles." Backache is one of the earliest symptoms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure it promptly and permanently and prevent it developing into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's Disease. Canaries, English sparrows and parrots are the only birds whose songs are fully satisfying, and a very little of them will give more than full satisfaction. LOST 72 POUNDS. Was Fast Drifting Into the Fatal Stages of Kidney Sickness. Dr. Melvin M. Page, Page Optical Co., Erie, Pa., writes: "Taking too many iced drinks in New York in 1895 sent me home with a terrible attack of kidney trouble. I had acute congestion, sharp pain in the back, headaches and attacks of dizziness. My eyes gave out, and with the lan guor and sleeplessness of the disease upon me I wasted from 194 to 122 pounds. At the time I started using Doan's Kid the back, headaches and attacks of dizziness. My eyes gave out, and with the lan guor and sleeplessness of the disease upon me I wasted from 194 to 122 pounds. At the time I scared using Donan's Kidney Pills an abscess was forming on my right kidney. The trouble was quickly checked, however, and the treatment cured me, so that I have been well since 1896 and weigh 188 pounds." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price, 50 cents per box. Even an old man can win a woman's love and keep it, if he isn't jealous. Important to Mothers. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it SHE WAS NO GENTLEMAN. Last Sunday a sight-seeing party from Buchanan county, Missouri, was returning from a trip over the Moffa road. To prove to their friends in Denver that they had been above timber line a number of the party brought buckets and sacks of snow back with them. The usual snowballing fun on the train was indulged in By a misdirected shot a snowball struck a fat man from Denver square in the face. The fat man got hot despite the co'l surroundings. He stood up and exclaimed: "Who ever threw that snowball is no gentleman!" "I'll admit I am no gentleman," replied a rosy-cheeked belle of the crowd, with a devilish twinkle in her eye, "but how did you guess it?" And just to be rogish she let fly another handful of snow at the fat man and struck the conductor in the ear. Then the jolly party sang four teen verses of "I feel like I feel like I feel,"—A. U. Mayfield, Denver News. Eavesdropping on the Telephone Eavesdropping on the Telephone. The improper use of the telephone does much to impair the efficiency of the service, and with the view of preventing this, laws governing the use of the telephone have been recently enacted in Malne and New York. The provisions of these laws cover the annoying or harassing of persons by the use of the telephone, and use of improper language and the calling out of fire and police apparatus without justification. The penalty is imprisonment and fine. It has not been possible, however, to reach the cavesdropper, who, with his or her ear at the receiver, listens to the conversation of such neighbors as may be joint subscribers on a party line. The telephone people say that this is more common than is generally supposed, and while they do everything to discourage it, the practice cannot be broken up entirely. In a Man's Attic. Askew—What is that particular apartment of the brain called that is set aside for the solution of problems? William Tell—That is problematis. Statistics compiled by the various automobile trade associations show that there are about 53,000 motor cars in use in this country, the first coat of which aggregated $70,000,000. WRONG SORT Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and Bread may Be Against You for a Time. A change to the right kind of food can lift one from a sick bed. A lady in Weldon, Ill., says: "Last Spring I became bed-fast with severe stomach trouble accompanied by sick headache. I got worse and worse until I became so low I could scarcely retain any food at all, although I tried every kind. I had become completely discouraged, had given up all hope and thought I was doomed to starve to death, till one day husband trying to find something I could retain brought home some Grane-Nuts. "To my surprise the food agreed with me, digested perfectly and without distress. I began to gain strength at once, my flesh (which had been flabby) grew firmer, my health improved in every way and every day, and in a very few weeks I gained 20 pounds in weight. I liked Grape-Nuts so well that for 4 months I ate no other food, and always felt as well satisfied after eating as if I had sat down to a fine banquet. "I had no return of the miserable sick stomach nor of the headaches, that I used to have when I ate other food. I am now a well woman, doing all my own work again, and feel that life is worth living. "Grape-Nuts food has been a godsend to my family; it surely saved my life and my two little boys have thriven on it wonderfully." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little book, "The Road to Welville," in each pkg. TAKE TIME TO SMILE HUMOROUS ITEMS MEANT FOR QUICK CONSUMPTION. Phase of the Much Discussed "High Finance"—Where Willie Had the Advantage—Journalism in Crimson Gulch. In the Zoo. "What are you cogitating about?" inquired the ring-tailed marmoset of the laughing hyena. "I was thinking what fools these poets be," snarled the uneasy quadruped. "Any particular verse or line displease you?" queried the marmoset. please you?" queried the marmoset. "Well, yes," the hyena replied "Some chump poet has said 'Laugh and the world laughs with you,' but I notice that when I laugh I laugh alone."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. High Finance. High Finance. Dodson—The president of "The Hite and Seek Bank" speculated Hobson—And, naturally, was unsuccessful? Dobson—Why do you jump at that conclusion? Hobson—Because they don't call it speculation when bank presidents win. Goes to Headquarters "Is there a man named Binkeboo living in this neighborhood? I've asked the policeman on this beat and the night watchman and the assessor and the grocer. Nobody seems to know." "Is the man married?" "No." "Is he an eligible sort of fellow?" "He's said to be good looking and has a little money." "Just wait a minute and I'll go in and ask my unmarried daughter." Graft. "I want you to put in your 'Lost and Found' column an advertisement like this: 'Wallet containing considerable sum of money and papers. Finder will keep money; return papers.'" said the man. "Don't you think," suggested the clerk, "you had better add 'no questions asked'." "No, but you may say 'no questions answered.' I'm the finder." Sensational Journalism. "I understand that Crimson Gulch has a newspaper." "Yes," answered Broncho Bob. "But the fellers around here is so sensitive that they dasn't print anything about 'em." "It's editorial staff must have many difficulties." "Mister, that ain't any editorial staff. That's a suicide club." Circulated Some. "Have you a library in your town?" asked the New York man. "Oh, yes," replied the westerner. "A circulating one?" "Well, it wasn't intended for that sort of a library, but we had two or three cyclones out our way that circulated it considerably!" A. Long-Felt Want. Flannery—"What's the matter wid ye.Mike?" Finnegan—"Tis near kilt I was be fallin' down an open coalhole." Flannery—"Well, well, 'tis too bad they can't invint a coal hole that'l stay shut whin it's open." To Be Precise "How brown you are, Miss Bosting, You've been in the sun lately, haven't you?" "How preposterous! The sun is not accessible to us by any method of travel. I've been in the sun's rays, if that's what you mean." Unfair Advantage. Willie—Bet I can make the ugliest face. May—You ought to, with nature to help you. Her—Why did you laugh when I told you that joke was original with me? Him—Because I caught you in a misstatement. Her—Oh! you doubt my word? Him—No, but you told me last night you were only 23. If you composed that joke, you are at least 60. That's all. THE TURN OF LIFE A Time When Women Are Susceptible to Many Dread Diseases—Intelligent Women Prepare for It. Two Relate their Experience. Mrs. A.E.G. Hyland Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fall The "change of life" is the most critical period of a woman's existence, and the anxiety felt by women as it draws near is not without reason. Every woman who neglects the care of her health at this time invites disease and pain. When her system is in a deranged condition, or she is predisposed to apoplexy, or congestion of any organ, the tendency is at this period likely to become active – and with a host of nervous irritations, make life a burden. At this time, also, cancers and tumors are more liable to form and begin their destructive work. Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquisure, and dizziness are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period. in life when woman's great change may be expected. These symptoms are all just so many calls from nature for help. The nerves are crying out for assistance and the cry should be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was prepared to meet the needs of woman's system at this trying period of her life. It invigorates and strengthens the female organism and builds up the weakened nervous system. It has carried thousands of women safely through this crisis. For special advice regarding this important period women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass., and it will be furnished absolutely free of charge. Read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Hinkle: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I had been suffering with falling of the womb for years and was passing through the Change of Life. My womb was badly swollen; my stomach was sick. I had bad dizzy spells, And Then He Ducked. We have drunk to our sweethearts, And toasted our wives; We have toasted departed. We call mother-in-law.—A. U Mayfield, Denver News. Here is Relief for Women Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women'sills, called AUSTRALIAN LEAF. It is the only certain monthly regulator. Cures female backaches, Backache, Kidney and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leikoy, N. Y. There are a lot of things that a man would not want half so much if he thought there was any chance of getting them. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 56 cigar, Made of ripe, mellow tobacco, so rich in quality that many formerly smoked 56 cigars now smoke Lewis' "Single Binder." Lewis' Factory, Pooria, Ill. The man who wrote a magazine article on the "Joy of Work" received more for it than the section hand makes in a year. "Dyspnepin Tormented Me for Years, Dr. David Kennedy a favorite Remedy cured me." Mrs. C. B. Dougherty, Milwaukee, N.J. Used over 30 years. $10.00. Peckaboo shirt waists are meant to show less they they appear to and more than they ought to. USE THE FAMOUS USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. A man in public life can't make people believe he is honest by going to church every Sunday. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. When Love takes up the harp of life the neighbors still complain because the airs are all sentimental. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 34, 1905 STAR BRAND SHOES AIR BETTER! EXACT SIZE SPECIAL OFFER The name and address of your shoe dealer and 15c to cover cost of mailing, etc., will secure one of the handsome rolled gold pins illustrated above. Enameled in colors and will wear for years. These pins were secured by thousands of World's Fair visitors. Only a few hundred left. Write Quick. ROBERTS, JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS OF "STAR BRAND SHOES" "I wrote you for advice and commenced treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as you directed, and I am happy to say that all those distressing symptoms left me and I have passed safely through the Change of Life, a well woman. I am recommending your medicine to all my friends. Mrs. Annie E. G. Hyland, Chestnut, Md. Another Woman's Case. "During change of life words cannot express what I suffered. My physician said I had a caneros condition of the womb. One day I read some of the testimonials of women who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I decided to try to make men well women, and made men well women, and all my bad symptoms soon disappeared. "I advise every woman at this period of life to take your medicine and write you for advice."—Mrs. Lizzie Salem, Ind. What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Hinkle it will do for any woman at this time of life. It has conquered pain, restored health, and prolonged life in cases that utterly battled physicians. TORTURING HUMORS ```markdown ``` Instantly Relieved and Speedily Cured by Baths with CUTICURA Soap to cleanse the skin, gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal, and mild doses of Cuticura Pills to cool the blood. A single Set, costing but One Dollar often cures. Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug and Chem. Cup. Harbor and Frog. Sold for "The Great Humor Cure." Mailed Free. DAXTINE TOILET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with fills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharges, beats inflammation and local soreness. Paxine in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleaning, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptic. TOLEL AND MICROCLEMIC USES SPECIAL UBES PISO'S CURE FOR FURY WHICH IS THE FUR Heat Lough Syrup. Must Good. Use in time. Read by drugrista. CONSUMPTION Foxes and Their Burrows. For the statement that foxes have holes there is not only, the authority of natural history but of Gospel. The typical habitation of the fox is a hole in the ground. "Running to earth" and "digging out" are well known incidents of the English sport. The fox is a wise beast in all things, wise enough to rent the burrow of any animal, but in default of such abodes he is quite capable of digging for himself, and that with remarkable speed. Good Proof of Guilt When William M. Evarts was a young man he defended in court a man named Edwards, who was charged with forgery. The trial was an interesting one, and Mr. Evarts by brilliant work secured his client's acquittal. He had a strong belief that the man was innocent until the trial was all over. Then he changed his opinion. Edwards paid Mr. Evarts his fee with a forged check. English Tavern Signs. A tavern sign seen in various parts of England is "The Dog's Head in a Pot," accompanying the painting of a dog eating out of a three-legged pot, which may seem to mean that the host is kind and his vaults good. Another significant sign is "Five Miles from Anywhere, No Hurry," seen in Hampshire, a pleasant reminder that it is an agreeable place to finger. Nourishment in Skim Milk. In skimming milk the cream removed lessens the fat percentage, and for older people or fat children the skin milk is equally desirable, in some cases better. In eating apples the skin, too, should be eaten. Pared apples are not so nutritious, as the ash contents of the apple skin are valuable to the human system. Reculiar Order to Trainmen. The following notice was observed posted in the engine dispatcher's office at the roundhouse in a neighboring town on one of the railroad lines running out of Albany: "Trainmen on passenger trains must not go through the coaches with overalls on, without first taking them off."—Albany Journal. Victims of Official Pleasure. The viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces, China, recently put out a proclamation that no pawshaw was to take arms in pawn. Being later himself in need of funds, he sent his own agents with arms to pledge. Five shops accepted them; and these afterward paid fines in the amount of $7,250 each. Needless Pother It is a reflection on our intelligence that we spend so much time on our food, and so much more time in talking about it. We must eat, of course, but what a needless pother there is about the dishes, and the cookery, and the garnish! — Illustrated London News. Poets and Irresponsibility. Poets are wayward creatures, largely irresponsible for their actions, or, at all events, provided with such curiously sensitive and inflammable organization that we feel it would be unjust to judge them by ordinary standards—London Telegraph. Frailty Common to Mankind. All men have their frailties, and whoever looks for a friend without imperfection will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults and we ought to love our friends in like manner.—Cyrus. Norway Loans to Farmers Farmers can borrow money from the government in Norway at 3 per cent interest, and still the Norse rush to other lands. The reason is that the collateral on which to borrow is rather difficult to get in Norway. Cigarette Case Saves Life. Returning to his house at Argenteuil, in France, Mr. Hugh Gooding was shot at by a discharged employee, the bullet flattening itself against a silver cigarette case, which he carried just over his heart. The Only Religious Test No religious test has been devised, short of burning a man at the stake—the ultimate and only satisfactory test—which will operate as a trustworthy criterion of sincere belief.—Mr. Asquith. Don't Forget That— Self pity is one of the states that interferes most effectually with making the right use of circumstances. To pity one's self is destruction to all possible freedom.—Exchange. Still Chance for Scientists. Unawarded for a long time, and therefore still on the list of the Lombardy institute, is the special prize by Commeno for the discovery of hydrophobia poison. Uncle Allen. "They say worth makes the man," philosophized Uncle Allen Sparks, "but nowadays he has to be worth a million to be much of a man." The Modern Way. The ladder of fame he scorned to climb, He knew of something greater, For he was a youth of the modern time And took the elevator. —Philadelphia Ledger. Lightning Rod Revival. There is a revival of interest in Lightning rods in France. 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 scaup of colored people for the past thirty years, and who after much time and experience, has prepared this great Tonic especially for the Doctor. The Doctor says that his experience and study has taught him that the scaup of the colored people require a treatment and testing these many years he has discovered the greatest. REMEDY the WORLD has ever known for the HAIR of colored people will make the hair GROW from one to three inches per month if the directions and instructions are carefully followed out. We have many cases on record where the above condition does not happen we do not hesitate when we make these claims. KINN -INE is the only safe preparation in the WORLD that is guaranteed to make the HAIR STRAIGHT and make dry hair smooth and stop it from breaking off and falling out; takes out all the kinks and knots, cures Dandruff, makes the hair soft and silky, and by nourishing the roots gives it new life and vigor, restoring it to its original state. READ WHAT A CUSTOMER SAYS OF IT Mrs. Rose Hott, Atlanta, Ga., writes: "I have been a good than anything I ever used. Send me three dozen more bottles of Kink-line on onegoes like hot cakes and works on the ones." LARGE BOTTLE SENT PREPAID for 35c FREE! To show what KINK-INE will do send 10c, and we will mail a sample postpaid. 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 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-choice. Ladies and Gents dine up staira. Z. T. JOBDAN, Manager GEORGE ANDERSON Buying and Selling Horses Saddle Horses a Specialty. 613 East 9t St., in rear. Kansas City, Mo. I Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business ```markdown ``` Properties and business of all kinds sold quickly for cash in a part of the United States. Don't wait. Write to-day describing 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 TAKEN FROM LIFE --- "Clothes That Gentlemen Wear" 1025 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. WE CARRY THE LARGEST line of London Woolens of any Tailoring establishment in the world and cater especially for the colored trade. oln Institute ATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. Lincoln MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A Lincoln Institute MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: COLLEGE, NORMAL, DUSTRIAL AND COURSES: Classical, College Pre- Model Training School, Me- dical Drawing. (Fine Arts and Me- dical Blacksmithing, Machine Gardening, Printing, Type Laundering. ADVANTAGES: Good Location with Modern Improvement Diplomas are licenses to teach state. A few deserving studen to earn their way. All appl of good moral character. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AL JEFFERSON CITY The Stoeltzing Stove NORMAL, PREPARATORY, IN-STRIAL AND DOMESTIC. 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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. TIN WORK a Specialty. .....A new line of.... Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1458. TH IS WEALTH... gain health and wish to retain the same essity of reliable prescription compounding, specialty of giving the most careful atten- scriptions just as the doctor writes them. to is TO PLEASE; PRICES RIGHT, ..HEALTH IS If you would gain health you remember the necessity of reliance which we make a specialty of protection.—We fill prescriptions just Our motto is TO PLE ..HEALTH IS WEALTH.. 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German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces 1329 Grand Ave. If you are constantly suffering with headache get your eyes examined; it may be your eyes causes it. The Rellable 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. Summer Schedu TO Excelsior Springs "The Beautiful Health Resor Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily thereafter as follows: Leave Union Depot 8:30 and 10:20 A. M.; 5:10 and 7:00 P. M. $1.00 Round Trip, 30 days limited $1.00. Tickets Wabash Office, 903 Main Street and Union Depot. THEODORE SMITH DRUGGIST. Stores: 908 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENT PHONES { Home 4211 Main Bell 1211 Grand PHONES { Home 566 Bell 217 KANSAS CITY, MO. Order in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Statistics of Registration; Missouri and Kansas Board We are Recognized by the State Missouri as Having the Ability to Together Drugs Scientifically. McCAMPBELL & HOUSTON PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE "The Store of Quality" and Vine Streets Kans "The Beautiful Health Resort" Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily thereafter as follows: Leave Union Depot 8:30 and 10:20 A. M.; 5:10 and 7:00 P. M. $1.00 Round Trip, 30 days limit, $1.00. Tickets Wabash Office, 903 Main Street and Union Depot. THEODORE SMITH. DRUGGIST. Two Stores: 908 E. TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. PHONES Home 4211 Main Bell 1211 Grand PHONES Home 5646 Main Bell 2170 Main KANSAS CITY, MO. 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. "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" "Maine" Anchor Also Make Suits to Your M OUR MOTTO: We Also Make Suits to Your Measure OUR MOTTO: YOUR MONEY'S WORTH "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 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. "FOLLOW THE FLAG" WABASH S. H. Finkelstein, Prop. Carries a complete line of Furnishing goods, Hats, Shoes and Umbrellas Resort" hereafter M.; 5:10 ya limit, sreet and ITH., DEPENDENCE AVENUE. Home 5546 Main Bell 2170 Main s, Stationery, Etc. more with the Goods. KEPER SS" Board of Pharmacy State of y to Put USTOSN ORE nchor