The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME X. Rev. O. D. Vaughn of Carthage, Mo., preached at the Second Babtist church Sunday night. Mrs. Laura Lee who has been here for the past few months with her father, Mr. James Taylor, left last week for her home in Omaha, Neb. Dr. Taylor of Columbia is here visiting friends. Miss Henrietta Haydew of Independence is here visiting relatives. Bishop Grant preached a noble sermon at Higginsville Sunday morning. Every soul that ever knew the love of God was enthused. Quite a number from here were there. Mr. George Worsuff and Miss Flora Dorsey were united into matrimony Wednesday, Oct. 18th, at the bride's home. Rev. Wm Thirkles officiated. We hope them a long and prosperous life. Miss Hannah Harris departed this life Oct. 19th and was buried on the 21st from the St. John's M. E. church. She leaves a dear mother, one sister and two brothers, to mourn her loss. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Mr. Frank Saunders and Mr. Robt. Johnson of Kansas City were here a few days last week. Mr. Wm. Booker is very ill. A Great Hit. "My wife made a decided hit at the church social last night." "I don't doubt it. I bet she was the firest looking lody in the room." "Indeed she was, (but she made another kind of a hit. They were throwing bean bags at a dummy, three throws for a dime, for the benefit of the hospital fund." "Hit the dummy three times?" "Oh, no, with the first bag she hit a tray of dishes on the opposite side of the room. Cost me $4. Great hit."—Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Bad Accident. "Had bad luck with my automobile last night. Ran into a buggy and bent both of my axles, punctured a tire and busted the gasoline tank. Terrible expensive!" "Too bad, too bad! Anybody hurt?" "Nope, no one but the man and his wife in the buggy. They were killed. Couldn't get out of the way in time, you know." Warping the Scripture. A sympathizing friend stood over the little casket. He wanted to say something that might console the mourning ones. He could think of nothing more befitting than a passage from holy writ, but this is the way he delivered it: "Blessed are they that die at the eleventh hour." He Might as Well Go Back. If Hall Caine has come into the land of plenty with a view of taking his "Prodigial Son" home with him, he might just as well go back. Since the lad has been circulating in America he rather likes the taste of husks and will stay with us.-Denver News. Taking No Risks "I need more money," said the flying-machine inventor. "But I thought the machine was finished," replied the capitalist. "It is, but I've got to hire a man to fly it. Do you think I want to get killed?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Right Idea. Miss Alice Roosevelt, who will send a sewing machine to the empress of Japan, has the right idea of spreading civilization in the Orient. She evidently believes there is more to be gained in sewing machines than sowing missionaries. The Morning After Boston preacher has the audacity to say that "Colorado, like hell, needs more water." My, what a thirst he must have had the morning after he made the rounds of Denver.—Denver News. 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 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 1301, 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 Buccleuch. 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—un-sound 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. Kipling 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 Bot 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. Ul-Timed Wit. "Did he leave you anything when he died?" I asked of the fatherless girl, who cried, "Oh, yes, he did!" And I questioned me. "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. Bills 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. 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. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. See · Fourth · Page. The Inter-State Literary Association of Kansas and the West will convene in annual session at Kansas City, Mo., December 26, 27, 28. Each Literary Society is entitled to representation by three delegates, (one of whom may have a place on the program), and three alternates. New Societies, and those not having been enrolled at the last session of the Association, will be required to pay a membership fee of $1.50. Societies enrolled at the last session will pay $1.00 membership fee. The Executive Committee will convene in November for the purpose of making up the program. Any Society may become a member of the Association by application to the President or Corresponding Secretary on or before the first day of December, sending therewith the required fee. JAS. H. GUY, President, 429 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. I. M. HORTON, Chairman Ex. Com. 1608 E. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo. MISS A. F. MOORE, Cor. Sec. 1214 Vine St., Kansas City, Mo. If, as is now claimed by an eastern individual, St. Peter is or was a colored man, the "white trash" will have a hard time getting past him, while the mere fact that "celled punson" purloined a nice juicy hen while living in Denver will not be considered so serious as to bar him from the New Jerusalem—Denver News. Arranging His Toilet. The king of gamblers sat alone With a mirror in his hand; The king of gamblers sat alone With a mirror in his hand; Thus did the Friday prate. "That I might see," the king replied. "If my lid is still on straight."—A. U. Mayfield, Denver News. When All Others Fail. Dispatches tell us that but for a heavy rain which set in just as the fire department had exhausted all its energy, Butte, Mont., would have been completely wiped from the map. Another evidence of the necessity of being in touch with providence. A Redeeming Feature There is at least one redeeming feature about a parrot—it only repeats just what it hears.—Denver News. NOTICE! The Color Line. 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 Bear Dance. Little Bobbie-Pa, I want to see another bear 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. 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 man in the brown stone palace may enjoy life after a fashion, but he misses the satisfaction of the humble cottager who can sit in the front yard in his shirt sleeves and talk over the fence with his neighbor. "I have you know, sir," said the pompous individual, "that I'm a self-made man." "Ah, indeed," rejoined the meek and lowly person, "I thought there was a home-made air about you."—Chicago News. The Ead for Restitution. Another embezzler who escaped to Mexico years ago is sending back the money to cover his defalcations and pay all his creditors. Is it possible this thing is to become a fad?—St. Louis Globe Democrat. It's impossible for a man to see the point of a joke and feel it simultaneously. A man is as old as he looks, but a woman is seldom as young as she thinks she looks. Bessie, don't you want to stay in the parlor where your papa and Mr. Kawler are?" Skeltons in Trenches. The Bear Dance Not a Doubter. HEN WILSON IN TROUBLE. Iscandal Disturbs Serenity of Inhabi- tants of Binxiox It is rumored on reliable authority that Hen Wilson has left his wife again owing to some marital trouble between them. This is not the first time Hen and Sary Aim have had marital trouble. The last time before this Sary Ann struck it with a rolling pin above the left eye and he went out of the house and did not return for several weeks. Some says he went to the Co. seat and spent most of his time in a hospital. Finally he returned some a sadder and wiser man and him and Sary Ann made up again and started out together to try to live a different life with the devo of peace perched above their hearthstone, as you might say. But now ruction swift and terrible as broken out in their midst again. We got this straight or we wouldn't say anything about it in print. Mrs. Wilson herself told Mrs. Caroline Hooper that Hen had left home fol- owed by all the cooking utensils in the kitchen. Mrs. Hooper told it to ben Wade's wife and Ben Wade's wife old it to Mrs. Widow Henderson who old us. Sary Ann has a quick temper and when she gets mad there seems to be nothing else to do but for Hen to dig out for a while and wait until the clouds roll by. What the trouble was this time was that Hen went right into the house like a durn fool and set his self down on a new sofa pillow which Mrs. Wilson had just finished. Mrs Wilson stated that Hen might think that sofa pillows were made to sit on, but he was mistaken. Hen's where abouts is at present unknown—"Bing ville Bugle Items" in the Boston Post. ARTIST MET HER IDOL. John Ruskin's Self Introduction to His Admirer The London Outlook tells a pretty story of the late John Ruskin, artist, author, reformer, which snows that courtyard and chivalric gentleman and great writer in a playful mood: Mr. Ruskin was taking a morning walk down the road just in front of Brantwood, when he saw a lady seated on a campstool making a sketch of the house, and, with a courteous grace which was intensely his own, he addressed her, inquiring her reason for choosing the house in question for her subject. "It is the house of the famous John Ruskin," she frankly asked. "Have you met Ruskin?" she was asked. "No, indeed," she replied. "If I had, I would have deemed it one of the greatest privileges of my life." "Then, madam, if you care to follow me, I will show him to you." In a twinkling the stool and easel were packed up and the artist eagerly followed the guide. To her surprise and gratification, he led her up to the house, and entering, bade his guest follow, which she readily did. Or marched the stranger into the drawing room; then, placing his back to the fireplace, a familiar attitude, he exclaimed, to the amazement of his companion: "Now, what do you think of Ruskin?" From "The Glaur" From "The Glaour." He who hath bent him bim over the dead. Ere the first day of Death is lit. The first Danger is less. The last Danger and Distress. (Before Decay) effacing fingers. Have swept the lines where Beauty ling res). And marked the mild anguish at. The rapture of Repose that there. The fixed yet tender traits that streak The language of the placid cheek. And—but for that sad sproused eye, And for that still dreadless brow. Where cold Obstruction's apathy. Appalls the gazing mourner's heart. As if to him it could impact. The doom he dreads, we dwell upon. And for that still dreadless brow. Some moments, aye, one treacherous hour. He still might doubt the Tyrant's power. The first look by death revealed? Such is the aspect of this shore. 'Tis Greece but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly bloom. That hue which haunts it to the tomb. Here is the still death. That parts not quite with parting breath. But beauty with that fearful bloom. That hue which haunts it to the tomb. A violated Howering round decay. The farewell heam of Feeling past away. Spark of that flame, perchance of heavenly birth. Which gleams, but warms no more its earth. —Lord Byron. NUMBER 26 LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The Clerk Whistled. A Scotch minister instructed his clerk, who sat among the congregation during service, to give a low whistle if anything in her sermon appeared to be exaggerated. On hearing the minister say: "In those days there were snakes fifty feet long," the clerk gave a subdued whistle. "I should have said thirty feet," added the minister. Another whistle from the clerk. On consulting Thompson's Concordance," said the minister, "I see the length is twenty feet." Still another whistle; whereupon the preached beamed over and said in a stage whisper: "Ye can whistle as much as ye like MasPherson, but I'll not take any foot off for anybody!" In Crimean Times. In Crimean times (says the "Tattler") the Highland regiments were so full of Hiberians that many stories were current exploiting the fact. One gallant Scottish colonel, it was said, resolved to take the sense of the regiment on the vital question of adopting the plaid as an essential part of the uniform. When the orderly came to report the result, the colonel was scandalized to find that only two of his men favored the suggestion, "And who are there two gallant Highlanders?" he asked. "Ooch!" replied the orderly, "sure it's Corporal O'Brien an' Private O'Callaghan, sorr!" Bulk From the West The bulk of the commercial honey crop comes from the West and South west, and this year the supply is likely to be short. From Colorado Utah and Nevada the yield is reported to be poor to fair. California has a moderate crop, and other producing States only a fair crop. Producers are holding their stock at an advance over last year's prices, the advance amounting to about two cents per pound. How Schiffless. Jacob H. Schiff, head of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York, says he was powerless to ward off the things Equitable Hyde did to him and his company. How Schiffless of Mr. Schiff and how Hydeous of Mr. Hyde, Denver News. Ask 'Em. "Should the Schoolma'ams Marry?" is the question that is being freely discussed by some of the crusty old bachelor editorial writers of the papers just now. If these fellows really want to know why don't they put on a clean collar and go and ask the schoolma'am about it?—Denver News Oh. Joy! Colonel Demming, a geologist of Pennsylvania, has discovered in Colorado a vast deposit of mineral from which radium is made, and he says the price will now drop from $3,000,000 an ounce to only $1,000,000 an ounce. Now that is more like it. Three million dollars was a little high for most of us.—Denved News. It Did. "This watch will work like a charm," said the dealer. "And it will cost you but a dollar." We paid the dollar. By the way; did you ever see a charm that kept time? The dealer was correct, and we have no complaint to make. The watch worked like a charm—exactly like a charm. "Papa," he said one day, "sailors must be awful small men." "Why do you think so?" asked his father. "Because," answered Harry, "I read in the papers about one who went to sleep on his watch." When a man declares he is out of politics he doesn't always stop to explain why. Men often miss opportunity's knock because they are themselves so busy "knocking." The heaviest collection place doesn't always indicate the most religion. FOIBLES OF FASHION Embroidery Done in Chinese. Crepe de chine naturally suggests Chinese embroideries, and there are some really exquisite examples of this work shown in waists that are supposed to be suitable for almost any wear. One in white shows a flight of cranes all across the front, the whole thing worked in white on the white ground, the blouse fastening in the back so that the fronts are left whole and unbroken for the display of the exquisite needlework. Another in a dull blue one seam crepe de chine has a dado of flag lilies in the natural tones of purple and green rush leaves, the combination of soft blues and purples being extremely good, while a similar one in pale green is decorated with water lilies. Since all of this work is executed by hand one can guess that the price demanded runs close up to three figures for the finished blouse. Velvety Cream Gravies. Corn starch is better than flour, and it is well to know that the yolks of two eggs are equal to a tablespoonful of flour for thickening sauces. Sauces may be very easily varied in this way. French and German cooks decry the American way of thickening so often with flour and so seldom with eggs. A Petunia red etamine, with medallions of red velvet, braided with soutache. Washable Flannels. All the new flannels are so woven that they may be washed without fear of undue shrinkage, and the colorings, being woven in pattern rather than printed, are guaranteed to be of absolutely fast character. A clever use of one of the new flannels is suggested in the illustration. A white ground is striped with a plaid pattern, the plaid showing tones of rose and geranium red. A series of little tucks covering both appears in the front and the back is similarly disposed of. Large pearl buttons make the fastening down the front box plait, and two are linked together with a cord to hold the rollback cuff together at the wrist. The sleeve is very full at the top, narrowing to a fairly close fit at the elbow, and with the rollover cuff developed in the plaid. Fur Talk. Although it is early to talk of furs, still the styles are distinctly outlined by this time. Furs will be worn in the shape of coats, as usual. But the most sensational tidings of the season will be found in the fur trimmings. These are varied and beautiful, and fancy has run quite riot in the planning of the fur modes. One of the prettiest of fur trimmings is the fur rosette, which will be worn a great deal this year. This is made by setting a handsome jeweled button in the middle of a piece of fine velvet. Around the button there is sewed a border of fur which is carried round and round until it makes a big, handsome fur rosette. This rosette is used to fasten the belt or to make a trimming upon the bust or the stock. There are many ways in which it can be employed in different sizes, big and little. White and Black Now that the time has arrived that a coat or wrap of some sort is a necessity as well as a luxury, the woman who neglected this item of her wardrobe is busily supplying the deficiency. There is nothing surprisingly novel in this line and the newest coats are all empire models, which promise to be exceedingly modish and popular for winter wear. A charming and practical wrap of this sort is in white cloth, with a double collar and belt of same material and inset collar and cuffs of black velvet. The latter is headed by a hand of Oriental embroidery, which also makes the revers down front of coat. Two fancy buttons effect a closing for the belt. Useful Velveteen Skirt. The velveteen skirt is considered quite the correct accompaniment for separate bodices of all sorts and descriptions. It is gored, it is of circular cuts, it is shown in flounced and tiered designs, and it is displayed trimmed and untrimmed. Black, in HANDSOME FALL COSTUMES. the new fast dye, is far and away the favorite, and reasonably so, since a black skirt will carry any shade of waist with good effect. But dark hunter's green, a medium brown and some of the dahlia and plum shades are pressing the old reliable colors rather strong for first place in the whims and affections of the more youthful members of society. The celureture—for this is a most important feature—may be of either material according to the figure; but the average girl will find that a celureture built upon the well-boned and fitted lining of the corsage will afford a better out line than if it be of the velveteen of the skirt. Boudoir Confidences Buckles of peacock blue and green are licked. The popular velveteens have a soft chiffon finish. Fur boas will not be quite as long as those of last year, according to early models. The chiffon veil has a new use. It is tied into a big bow and tacked to the back of the hat, with floating end. A funny little round white hat of corded silk, for a child, has the straight brim edged with a band of mink fur. One of the new hats has a huge crown of gay-flowered black silk and not a few have scars of this antique material. There is the loveliest tea gown of champagne liberty sainn in empire style, covered with fluffy billows of champagne valenciennes. Delicate Macaroon Custards. The very name makes the "mouth water." Make ready one quart of milk, two eggs, an even tablespoonful of corn starch, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and fourteen macaroons. Scald the milk, beat the yolks of the eggs well and add them to the milk. Then add the corn starch, rubbed smooth in a little milk; then the sugar. Stir until it thickens, when remove from the fire and flavor with vanilla. Crush eight of the macaroons with a rolling pin and divide the quantity equally into six cups. Fill the cups with the custard to within an inch of the top, stirring the crushed macaroons through the custard. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add a little sugar, and spread on the top of each custard, then place on top a whole macaroon. Brown slightly in the oven and set away to get cold. Pretty Touch For Girlish Frocks. Big soft knots of ribbon upon the shoulders of a sheer frock, with ends falling gracefully to the girdle, passing under it, and continuing down the sides of the skirt front, to end in full bows at the top of a skirt flounce are seen upon the simple, girlish frocks of mousseline, net or gauze, otherwise untrimmed save by self-tuckings, shirrings, etc. Directoire Effect The very latest sartorian scheme for women is a set consisting of hat, neckpiece, nuff and cane to match. Such a set was displayed in a prominent shop window the other day and it is HANDSOME FA The first costume is of green cloth and green velvet. The shirt is of velvet encircled at the bottom with wide bands of cloth stitched at the edges. The blouse is also of velvet, with stole collar, center plait and girdle of the cloth bordered with stitching and embroidered with soutache. The sleeves are of velvet, finished with cuffs of the same and lact wrist ruffles. The other gown is of deep violet cloth. The safe to bet that not one woman passed by without seeing it. The dictators of fashion have been working up to the cane for some time with their other directoire effects. It has been shown in the smart fashion plates and even with the lay figures, but not actually placed on sale hereofore. The set shown as a starter was of mink, and the cane, about four feet long, was of polished brown wood with a gold handle beneath, to which was tied a brown velvet bow. All feminine eyes are now open watching for the first woman to carry it. Fall Girdles. The girdle will be all the style this coming winter and this is good news for the woman who likes to wear a girdle and who can make the article for herself. The winter girdles are made of velvet, which is gathered and boned and made to fit the waist line. The deeper the girdle the better, providing it fits well; and, if it be cut to a point in front and trimmed with lit tie knots of velvet and a few buttons so much the better for its general style. A Oid rose broadcloth coat robe, with bow and buttons of a darker red. Care of Our Best China Yes, there is science in it. Do you forget when washing gift edged china or any delicate china with gift designs that it must not be wiped dry. It should merely be placed on the table or in a large pan to drain until dry. Wiping such china will wear off the gold. China of this kind should never be washed in water containing borax ammonia or soap. A piece of flannelette should be placed over each of the gilded plates and saucers that are piled together in the china closet. This protects the gift from scratches. Hint for Fitting Collars When putting on a collar make need of bodice or blouse slightly smaller than base of collar band and notch bodice here and there while putting collar on. By so doing you avoid wrinkles. Exchange. ALL COSTUMES. short, graceful skirt is made with groups of platis. The jacket, with plaited basque, has stole-like revers of the material, to which is attached a rippled shoulder collar of the same. The turnover collar is of taffeta, matching the gown, and the belt is of cloth striped with bands of taffeta and fastened on one side with a buckle. The plain coat sleeves are slightly full the top. CARE OF THE BODY How to Acquire and Retain the Priceless Possession of Good Health Nature's Preparation for Winter. In the fall, when the cold weather is approaching, the fur of animals begins to thicken. Trappers catch animals in the winter because of the superiority of their fur at that season, their summer fur being very poor and thin. This thickening of the fur or hairy covering is a protection for the winter. Physical Reinforcements. One of the most sensible things a person can do, whether he is sick or well, is to reinforce his strength as fast as possible, by availing himself of all the assistance that he can secure by the enthusiastic and intelligent employment of the various physiological agencies that are within his reach. A corresponding change takes place in the vegetable world,—in the trees, plants, bushes and shrubs. As the cold weather approaches, they thicken their bark, draw in their sap, and the clorophyl of their leaves and the leaves fall off. Some little time before the leaves fall, we see the green color disappear. The clorophyl and the sap had been stored up for use in the spring, and thus preparation is made for winter. Corresponding changes take place in human beings if they subject themselves to natural conditions. A shrub that is left standing out of doors gets ready for winter. If it should be taken up in September and kept in a greenhouse at a temperature of 70 degrees, it would not make preparation for the cold weather. Put an animal in a warm building and keep him there, and his fur will not thicken for winter. Some interesting observations have been made concerning sheep. In the tropics they grow only thin hair, but when taken to Siberia they began to grow fine wool, which thickened with each generation until they had a thick woolly covering that was ample protection against the severities of the climate to which they were exposed. Leave a sheep out of doors and it gets ready for winter. Bring it indoors where it is not subjected to natural conditions, and it is not affected by meteorological changes. This same thing is true of human beings. Many people, when cold weather comes, hide away in their windproof houses, thoroughly barricaded against fresh air. Under such circumstances, the power to make heat diminishes, and they are afraid to come in contact with cold air, because they have coddled themselves too much as the cold weather has come on. When a person is in that condition, his vitality is lowered, his resistance weakened, and he is an easy prey to disease. There is no tonic so good as contact with cold air. The body rallies its forces to repel the cold, and while the forces of the body barricade themselves against cold, they are also barricading themselves against terms. All the vital functions are affected by the resistance of the body forces to the contact of cold. The stomach makes more and better gastric juice; the blood-making process goes on with greater rapidity, and more and richer blood is produced. One who can resist cold can resist pneumonia, consumption, diphtheria, in fact, he is prepared to fight every disease. This power of resistance can be cultivated by daily exposure to cold air. Go out of doors each day and get into the fresh air more and more. At night let the fresh cold air come in. The one who sleeps in a tight room will strive in vain to accustom himself to cold, for he will undo during the night all the good he has accomplished during the day. Woman's Kingdom Sacrificed. We have somewhere seen it asserted that the women who have done the most to move the world for good, were the women with natural-sized waists. We do not doubt the truth of this. Deep breathing has much to do with deep thinking; a constricted waist means small vital capacity; a natural waist means large vital capacity, and consequent ability of healthful, vigorous life and action. Said Miss Frances Willard, in one of her addresses: "Be it remembered that until woman comes to her kingdom physically, she will never really come at all. Created to be well and strong and beautiful, she long ago sacrificed her constitution, and has ever since been living on her by laws. She has made of herself an hourglass, whose sands of life passed quickly by. She has walked when she should have run, sat when she should have walked, reclined when she should have sat. "She has allowed herself to become a mere lay figure upon which could be fastened any lump or hoop or farthingale that fashion mongers show; and oftimes her head is a mere rotary ball, upon which milliners perch whatever they please—be it bird of paradise or beast or creeping thing. "She has bedraggled her senseless long skirts in whatever combination of filth the streets presented, submitting to a motion the most awkward and degrading known to the entire animal kingdom; for nature has endowed all others that carry trains and tails with the power of lifting them without turning in their tracks, but a fashionable woman pays lowliest obeisance to what follows in her own wake; and, as she does so, cuts the most grotesque figure outside a jumping jack. "She is a creature horn to the free com and beauty of Diana, but she is swathed by her skirts, splintered by her stays, bandaged by her tight waist, and plioned by her sleeves, until alas, that I should live to say it: a trussed turkey or a spitted goose are her most appropriate emblems." Physical Reinforcements. One of the most sensible things a person can do, whether he is sick or well, is to reinforce his strength as fast as possible, by availing himself of all the assistance that he can secure by the enthusiastic and intelligent employment of the various physiological agencies that are within his reach. The most important trio of natural remedies is dietetics, hydrotherapy and proper exercise. Other valuable agencies are pure air, light in various forms, electricity and cheerfulness. Most people could very materially increase their physical defense by securing the reaction from a daily application of cold in some form. Careful scientific observations have shown that such a treatment increases almost immediately the number of white blood cells in the general circulation, thereby increasing the ability of the body to capture germs as well as to repair diseased structures. A general who could so easily add to the fighting strength of his army, would certainly be regarded as a lunatic if he did not avail himself of the opportunity. Yet there are thousands of semi-invalids who do not concern themselves in the least as to how they may improve their weakened and waning life forces. There are multitudes of those who only need to adopt a wholesome and rational dietary to be speedily emancipated from their present state of invulidism. Others would in an amazingly short time be able to shake off the moss of disease if they would become sufficiently aroused to cease their sedentary life, and begin to engage in active, stirring physical exercise. Of course, at first there would be some rebellion on the part of the unused joints, and long time neglected muscles. The same sunlight that can place a halo of glory on all nature, can put color into the pale cheeks that have been so carefully shut away from its health and life-giving beams. "She will not let him in the house. Until he wines his feet. Then he calls out in her long-trained down. And wines up all the street." Things Out of Sight. At this season of the year, when cellars are being filled with the provisions for winter, the utmost pains should be taken to provide against the introduction of unnecessary dirt and decaying substances. Tubers to be stored in the food cellar should first be either brushed or washed, that no unnecessary dirt may be introduced into the room. Everything should be so placed and arranged as to facilitate frequent cleanings, and to prevent the accumulation of dust and dirt in nooks and corners. Each autumn and spring, the entire contents of the cellar should be literally "turned out of doors," and every portion of the room thoroughly disinfected with soap and water, fresh whitewash or in some other practicable way. At any time an odor of mustiness in the cellar should be considered a signal of danger, to be attended to at once. If a careful cleaning and airing does not remove it, more vigorous measures should be employed. Examine the drainage and the contents of the cellar, and remove the cause, if possible. If the cause is not discernible, the whole room should be disinfected, or, as may be needed in some cases, reconstructed. The basement or shed where fuel is kept should in no wise be neglected; a floor of some sort is essential to protect from dampness. Decomposing matter of any sort is to be avoided if one desires a healthy home. Medical Progress. The materia medica of twenty-five years ago is obsolete. No good doctor now treats symptoms—he neither gives you something to settle your stomach nor to cure your headache. These things are timely tinge calings—nature's warning bell, look out! And the doctor tells you so, and charges you a fee sufficient to impress you with the fact that he is no fool, but that you are.—The Philistine. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarcie in that.—Franklin. "The Call of the Wilderness." "The Call of the Wilderness." "The Return to Nature" cry, which is becoming so prevalent and insistent in these days of physical degeneracy, is according to Richard A. Haste, an effort of nature to preserve the race. "We are," he says, "becoming overcivilized. The red blood is thinking in our veins, and the marrow of our bones is drying up. The world is too much with us. We are wasting our powers and losing sight of our origin. "But there are times when we are reminded of our inheritance—the freedom of unlimited space and our kinship with the life of the wild. In the midst of our struggles to get on, when surfeited with books or brain fused with too much thinkig, when the fingers have grown numb with the handling of ledgers, and the eyes dim with gazing at the ever present dollar sign; in the agony of soul repression that attends this eternal strife of getting and spending, there comes to every one. Like the echo of a memory, the disart call of the wilderness. The call is insistent—the impulse to heed instinctive. It is at once a promotion and a recognition of the great law of race preservation. Recommended by Prominent Physicians and Chemists Calumet Baking Powder Perfect in Quality Economical in Use Moderate in Price Pillsbury's Vitos is the best and most economical breakfast food you can buy. Actually The Meat of the Wheat. It is white Its color proves its purity Its maker guarantees its quality Pillsbury Two honest pounds in every package Price 15c Per Package Ask your grocer) Not a Doubter. "I I have you know, sir," said the pompous individual, "that I'm a self-made man." "Ah, indeed," rejoined the meek and lowly person, "I thought there was a home-made air about you"—Chicago News. HOMESEEKERS RATES. Round Trip. Good for Twenty-one Days. To many points in Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Southwest Missouri, Texas and Nebraska. Tickets on sale October 3d and 7th, November 7th and 21st, December 5th and 19th. Excursion rate for the above dates. Seventy-five per cent of the one way rate for the round trip, with a minimum of ten dollars. The Missouri Pacific runs North, South and West from Kansas City daily. Visit the White River country between Carthage, Mo., and Batesville, Ark. Excursion tickets on sale at Union Depot and City Ticket Office, 901 Main Street. E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agent, Kansas City, Mo. Many men who would seorn to do a dishonest act in their business think it is allright to do dishonest tricks in politics. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and computer damage the whole system when it is exposed to mercury. All articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians as the damage they cause from them. Hall's Catarh Care, manufactured by F.J. Chemer & Co., Toledo, O. contains no mercury. Hall's Catarh Care is the best brand of the blended and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarh Care you can get the best quality from Hall's Catarh Care in Ohio, Ohio by F.J. Chemer & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Dr. Druggles. Price: $50 per bottle. CAN NOT ESCAPE. There's nothing in the world, I know, That can escape from love; For every depth it goes below, And every height above. It waits, as waits the sky The Ead for Restitution. Another embezzler who escaped to Mexico years ago is sending back the money to cover his defalcations and pay all his creditors. Is it possible this thing is to become a fad?—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Love may be blind, but it usually finds a way. WIS WOODS..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year 12.00 Six months 10 Three months 12 One month 10 Surtially paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write up. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of authenticity. OFFICE-No. 117 West Sixth St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion . . . 8.50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 2.00 For two inches, three month . . . 6.00 For two inches, six month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches twelve months . . . 13.00 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. HE CONDEMNS LYNCHING THE STRONG WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT IN LITTLE ROCK. "To Avenge One Hideous Crime by Another is to Reduce the Avenger to the Bestial Level," Said the Chief Executive. GRENADA, MISS., Oct. 26.—The special train bearing President Roosevelt arrived here at 11:40 o'clock last night. After a stop of five minutes the train started for New Orleans promptly on schedule time. SARDIS, MISS., Oct. 27.—President Roosevelt's train passed here shortly before 11 o'clock. The President had retired for the night. LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Oct. 25.—In his address in the city park here today President Roosevelt condemned lynching in strong terms, asserting that it is the duty of all in authority to drive out "the reproach and menace of lynch law in the United States." His opening words, "Fellow Americans," produced a renewal of the demonstration of welcome which had been given him. His utterances were followed closely by the large audience and at intervals he had to desist while his hearers gave vent to their approbation of his remarks. A large portion of the President's audience was composed of negroes and the chief executive's words pertaining to lynching were apparently deeply impressive upon them. The President's declaration that "If a President is worth his salt he's the President of the whole country," was given so earnestly that it speedily drew forth plaudits from the assembled thou sands. Referring to the race problem to which Governor Davis had alluded the President said: The Reference to Lynching. "The worst enemy of the negro race is the negro criminal, and above all the criminal of the hideous type so often hideously avenged. Every reputable colored man owes the duty to himself and to his race to hunt down that criminal. Now, as to the white man's side: To avenge one hideous crime by another is to reduce the avenger to the bestial level. "Another thing which makes this lynch law so abhorrent is that three-fourths of the crimes for which it is invoked are for others than that against the women of the country. Governor, you and I and all others in authority owe it to our people to drive out the reproach and menace to lynch law in the United States." The exercises in the city park were brought to a close at 12:30 o'clock and the presidential party was escorted through streets densely packed with cheering men, women and children to the Albert Pike consistory, where the luncheon was given, beginning at 2 o'clock. One aundred representative men of the state sat at the tables and several hundred others occupied balcony seats overlooking the scene. At President Roosevelt's right sat Lieutenant Governor John P. Lee. Senator Barry, Senator Clark and General Powell Clayton, ex-United States ambassador to Mexico, were among those occupying seats of honor. Referring to President Roosevelt's address at Little Rock, Ark., of Octo- --- ber 25th, and noting the interest manifested not by the Negro alone, but by the whites as well, we can feel assured that the better element of the white people of the South are as opposed to lynching as are the better element of whites in any other section of the country, and we look forward to the time when lynching in the South will be considered a henious crime, by that good element of southerners, when the North and the South will unite against such crimes. Dear Sir: I regret that you were not able to attend the recent session of the National Negro Business League, held in New York, August 16, 17, 18. It was in many ways the most successful session we have held. I am very anxious that you continue your interest in the organization, and am, for that reason, writing to suggest that you send at once check for $2.00 covering annual dues. We shall be able to place your name in the Proceedings of the -League, soon to be published, if we hear from you within the next few days. We shall see, of course, that a copy of the Proceedings of the League is sent to you as soon as published. Your badge will also be sent forward by the Registrar. Very truly yours. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, President In the Art Gallery. Sofleigh—I feel great reverence when I stand before one of those old masters. Don't you? N. Peck—Yes, I am greatly awed by one I have at home—Kansas City Drovers Telegram. Old Hats made to look like new at low prices at Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware Co., 27th and Cleveland avenue. At the Grand Opera House, beginning week of October 29th, "The Maid and the Mummy," Richard Carle's musical farce, will be the attraction at the Grand. The company is practically the one seen here last spring, among the principals being Fred Warren, George Beane, Edward Groh, Frank Smiley, May Boley, Adele Rowland, Janet Priest and Rose Walker. During the summer Mr. Carle added some new jokes and one new musical number, "The Little Village Cut-Up." The chorus of "The Maid and the Mummy was selected as carefully as the principals and it has received all most as much praise as the comedians and the prima donna. We have at last succeeded in uniting together the fragments of what was known as Y. M. C. A. J. E. Mooreland of Washington, D. C., one of the national secretary's paid us a visit several weeks ago. He brought to us hope and inspiration, and by the united efforts of a few of our sympathizers we have again organized and from the present outlook everything bids fair toward making it permanent. We have rented spacious quarters at 1512 East 18th St. We have baths and will soon have our gymnasium furnished. The expenses connected with it are normal. The young men of our city can now afford to let such a splendid organization go unnoticed. We have no are limit. Every man possessing good moral character from 16 to 116 years of age is eligible to become a member. We meet every Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Come over and I am sure you will come again. C. H. CALLOWAY, Chairman of the Membership Com. LOOK! LOOK!! LOOK!!! Don't fair to read about the Wonderful CURL-I-CURE. We invite the readers of this paper, who have seen our advertisement, and perhaps doubted the truth of same, to read the following testimonial, dated October 18, 1905, which is only one of hundreds of like nature we receive: Lincoln Chemical Works, Aurora, Ill. Gentlemen: I used your CURL-I-CURE for two weeks, and I must say it is the best hair preparation I've ever used. It is the only preparation that has served my hair so well. CURL-I-CURE does what it is said to do, and I do not hesitate in recommending it. 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OZONE IS THE BEST FOR THE HAIR. 1906 VINE STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. THE WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON CENTENARY. On the 10th of December, 1805, at Newbury, Mass., was born William Lloyd Garrison, the man who set in motion the forces which resulted in the emancipation of the Negro in the United States from chattel slavery. We say "chattie slavery" advisedly, because other forms of slavery still exist in this good country. Mr. Garrison at the age of twenty-four consecrated his life to the cause of the slave. Because of an article against the domestic slave trade which he wrote in the Genius of Universal Emancipation, Nov. 13, 1829, he was indicted, tried and convicted of libel in Baltimore, and on failing to pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs was sent to jail for seven weeks. On the first of January, 1831, the first number of the Liberator appeared. The Liberator was published in Boston. In the salutatory address appeared these words, fit to be graven in the memory of every man who would serve the cause of freedom and righteousness: "I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard." With this motto Mr. Garrison began his warfare against slavery and continued it until the institution was forbidden by constitutional amendment, a period of thirty-five years. These thirty-five years cover the most momentous period of American history, and are deserving of study by every one who would be familiar with the stuggle for freedom and emancipation. It would be fitting for the Negroes of this section to pay some attention to the letter which follows. The National Business League has accomplished a great deal of good among the Negroes of the United States and more interest from the West is due the effort which Prof. Washington and others have put forth. Editor "The Rising Son." ansas City. Mo Dear Sir;—I think it fitting to remind your readers and our people throughout the country that December 10th will mark the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Lloyd Garrison, and it seems to me most proper that some form of celebration as nearly uniform in character as possible, be decided upon in which our people shall take part throughout the United States. I confess at the moment I have nothing definite in mind, but I think a discussion of the subject through the press and in other public ways will soon lead us to some form of definite opinion as to the proper method of having a fitting celebration of the birth of the man to whom our race and the world in general is so greatly indebted. If thought proper, I believe some proper committee can be organized that will be very glad to plan a way through which some such celebration would be uniform and be made successful. Since the anniversary comes on Sunday, perhaps one method of celebration might be to have addresses and sermons delivered in all the colored churches throughout the country bearing upon the life and services of Mr. Garrison on that day. Yours truly, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. HABIT IN APPETITE. Habit Said to be at Bottom of all the Trouble. The so-called cravings of appetite are purely the result of habit. A habit once acquired and persistently followed soon has us in its grasp, and then any deviation therefrom temporarily disturbs our physiological equilibrium. The system makes complaint and we experience a craving it may be, for that to which the body has become accustomed, even though this something be, in the long run SUIT'S CLEANED AND PRESSED $1 East Side Suit Club and Ladies' Wardrobe Ladies' Garments Carefully Cleaned, Pressed, Repaired or Remodeled. Telephone Main 87. J. T. PARKIN. S. E. Cor. Sth and Holmes, Kansas City, Mo WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OUR AD. IN THE RISING SON FOR FIRST CLASS GROCERIES PROMPTLY DELIVERED - GOOD SERVICE 509 May Street, Kansas City, Mo. Home Phone 4097 Main. C. A. EVANS, BARBER SHOP For First Class Work. 107 East 14th St. Kansas City, Mo. Buy your Taffy, Fudge and Peanut GANDY for 10c PER POUND at STANLEY'S WHOLESALE FACTORY 24th and Southwest Boulevard. distinctly injurious to the welfare of the body. There has thus come about a sentiment that the cravings of the appetite for food are to be fully satisfied, that this is merely obedience to nature's laws. This idea, however, is fundamentally wrong. Any one with a little persistence can change his or her habits of life, change the whole order of cravings, thus demonstrating that the latter are purely artificial, and that they have no necessary connection with the welfare or needs of the body. In other words, dietic requirements are to be founded not upon so-called instinct and craving, but upon reason and intelligence.—Russell H. Chittenden's "Economy in Foo" in the Century. He May Repent. Mr. Bryan asumes a tremendous responsibility by leaving the country for a year to its fate, and he may be compelled to repent in sackcloth and ashes that he permitted his curiosity to behold strange lands and people to lure him from his place on the watchtower. It is noe recorded that either of the Grachell left Rome while the crisis was still on—New York Globe. Let Not Your Angry Temper Rise. "Look her, waiter, I've been sitting here forty minutes waiting for my dinner. You told me everything was ready to serve." "It was, sir." "Then why didn't you bring it? You keep a fellow waiting so long that he eats a lot more. Seems to me it would be cheaper to serve quickly." "No, sir, boss; you see, when he gets so hungry he could eat everything, we keep him waiting till he gits so durn mad he can't eat nothin'. They's our orders, sir. What's left clear gain." Cramp in the Legs. People who are subject to cramp in the legs should always be provided with a good strong piece of cord, especially in their bed rooms. When the cramp comes on take the cord, Wind it around the leg over the place where he is cramped, take an end in each hand and give it a sharp pull, one that will hurt a little, and the cramp will cease instantly. People much subject to cramp in bed have found great relief from wearing on each leg a garter of wide tape which has several thin slices of thin cork stitched on it. Nothing Doing. Nothing Doing. A German who invented a telamobilioskop To detect when a vessel is approaching Another vessel on the ocean, Chose a mighty bad name For a fellow to make a limerick out of. —Kansas City Drovers Telegram. WESTERN UNIVERSITY. THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST. . . . . . DEPARTMENTS: Theological, State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Physical (Instrumental and Volmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Book Binding, Business, Tailoring, Dressmaking, Dering, Farming and Gardening). ADVANTAGES: Slpendid Locations and Thorough Teaching. INFORMATION: For terms, price to WILLIAM T. VER PRE QUINDARO, Phones: Office—Bell—"White" MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Nor- thern Industrial. AGES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Nor- thern (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ, keyboard, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Book Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Dressmaking, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cook- ing, Farming and Gardening. AGES: Slpendid Location, Healthful Climate, Grow- ers and Thorough Teachers. ATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offi- cial. WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. PRESIDENT, INDARO, KANSAS Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"White" DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book Binding, Business Course, Stemography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Slpendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered write to QUINDARO, KANSAS. Phones: Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"West 15. David T. Beals, President. W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President. UNION NAT ON NATIONAL BA UNION NATIONAL BANK KANSAS CITY, MO. Statement as made to the Close of Business RESOURCES. Loans and discounts. . . $ 6,788,846.9 U. S. bonds at par. . . $ 600,000.00 Municipal bonds at par. . . 344,591.33 Cash and sight ex- change. . 3,698,201.72 — 4,642,793.0 Total. . . $11,421,639.9 DIRECTORS—David T. Beals, Lovejoy, E. W. Zea, C. W. Whitehe F. P. Neal, F. L. LaForce, Edward C. D. Ford, W. H. Seeger. Statement as made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the Close of Business, August 25th, 1905. DIRECTORS-David T. Beals, L. T. James, J. P.-Merrill, G. W. Lovejoy, E. W. Zea, C. W. Whitehead, C. J. Schmelzer, Geo. W. Jones, F. P. Neal, F. L. 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It works directly upon the scalp and roots of the Hair, removes dandruff and other diseases of the scalp and skin, nourishing and stimulating the roots of the Hair, thereby causing it to grow rich, long and luxurious, at the same time stopping it from splitting, breaking off or failing out. STRAIGHTINE keeps the Hair soft and pliable, making it easy to do up in any style. Delightfully perfumed. NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE is sold by druggists and agents everywhere. PRICE, 25 CENTS A CAN. If you cannot get it from your druggist or one of our agents, SEND US 30 CENTS, in stamps, silver or Money Order, and we will send you one large can (one month's treatment) by mail, securely wrapped, together with our great FREE BRUSH OFFER. ADDRESS: AGENTS WANTED Write for Terms and Particulars NELSON M'F'G CO., Richmond, Va. Bell Phone Main 1196 X PIANO FURNISHED. The MINOR HALL to Rent For Dances, Socials, Entertainments, Etc. To Respectable Colored People only. MRS. A. V. MINOR, Mgr., 404 W. 6th St., Kansas City, Mo. STOVE REPAIRS FOR ALL STOVES AND RANGES. Both Phones, 1214 Main. S. A. METZNER 304 West Sixth Street Kansas City, Mo. College, Normal, Sub-Normal and Labratory, Normal, Sub-Normal, M. (1), including piano, organ and harp and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing Course, Stenography and Typewrit and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Lauding. Inn, Healthful Climate, Good Infra- rms and all inducements offered wri NON, A. M., D. D. DENT, KANSAS. 302. Residence—Bell—"West 152. Fernado P. Neal, Vice President. Edwin W. Zea, Cashier. ONAL BANI Fresh and salt Me and Notions ESPECIALLY CATR THE COLORED P R PATRONAGE THE RISING SON. NEWS & GOSSIP A. B. Johnson, Assistant Manager. 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 hat enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS Mr. John Hill's condition is unchanged. Miss E. A. Wheeler is suffering from a bad cold. Girl wanted to do collecting on this paper. Call at office mornings. You get your money's worth when you trade at Rau's, corner 19th and Flora. He is O. K. Go to Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware Co for up to date Millinery, 27th and Cleveland avenue. Mr. Ray is in the restaurant business and would be glad to have his friends call and see him. Best Millinery at lowest pices at Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware Co., 27th and Cleveland. Mrs. W. H. Hubbell has opened a millinery and notion store near the corner of 19th and Vine streets. Mr. E. Coneway is in the barber business on 10th street. Call and see him. He will treat you right. Mrs. Cora Morten left the city Thursday for Jefferson City to join her husband at Lincoln Institute. Rev. A. Gilbert was returned as pastor of the A. M. E. church. His many friends were glad to receive him. Good meals and good service, and old-fashion cooking may be found at the "Little Baltimore, 125 West 7th street. Colored people, get your groceries at Arthur Rau's, Northwest corner of 19th and Flora. Everything guaranteed. A nice line of Baby Caps at lowest prices at Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware Co., 27th and Cleveland avenue. Mr. William Hunter is still in the grocery and restaurant business. When you want anything in that line call on him. Call up National Printing Company for anything you want in the printing line. They will call and see you. Bell 'phone, Main 2719 X. FOR COLORED PEOPLE. 1409 Highland avenue, four room flat; $10 per month; city water. Apply Corbetts, 1025 Main St. Call and examine our line of children's School and Dress Hats, Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware Co., 27th and Cleveland avenue. Mr. A. E. Jenkins, after visiting his family for four weeks, has returned to Canton, Ohio, to resume his duties as head waiter at the McKinley House. When you want the best news concerning the Negro, place your name on the subscription list of the "Son" and thus have it delivered to your door. Misses Lulu and Annie Jones are at home to friends at 1804 E. 24th St. Mrs. Wm. Jones of 1317 Vine street left Monday night on a business trip to Chicago. Rev. Father Harper of St. Augustine Mission has had another relapse much to the regret of his parisoners and friends, who fear that his valuable service will come to a sudden end. All subscribers of the Son will please be ready to meet the demands of our collector next week as we need the money now due in order to continue business. A little now and then will aid us considerably. Mr and Mrs. A. W. Walker were in Higginsville Sunday attending conference. They met many of their friends and acquaintances among them were Mr. and Mrs. Warren and Dr. Cook of St. Paul's chapel, St. Louis and others. Negro Medical Student Makes 100 Per Cent. In Examination. Dr. Paec made 100 per cent. at the Kansas State Board of Medical Examination in Bacteriology. Thirty-one sat in the examination with him. Dr. Paec is a Negro and the first to obtain a round hundred in a test. PERSONALS. Miss Clyrindia Alexander of Manhattan, Kan., is here visiting relatives. Mr. A. W. Walker and wife were in St. Louis Monday on business. Mr. Henderson of Odessa and Miss Louesa Olden of Lexington were united in matrimony in September. They are now living near Odessa. We wish them a long and happy life. Rev. Norris, pastor of Second Baptist church, has resigned from hail church and is called to another field of labor. Mr. A. Williams of Kansas City was here Wednesday preparing to move his family to Kansas City, where he is now in business. We hope he may have success in his new field. Mr. Add Ray is in the restaurant business call and see him. Dr. J. Edgar Dibble, who was located at 908 E. 12th St, for five years, has moved his office to 18th and Lydia. Dr. Dibble has successfully practiced his profession and has a reputation as a surgeon. He was recently appointed by City Physician Saunders to vaccinate all Negro children in our city schoo. all. The doctor is nicely situated at his own home, 1729 Michigan avenue. Foolish Men. "Isn't it strange," said the reflective citizen, "that burglarars and highwaymen will take the awful chances they do, just for a few dollars?" "It does seem odd," responded Senator Sniffkins, "when there are safe, easy, remunerative propositions like politics and life insurances to go into." Astors Back to the Farm. Miss Margaret Astor Chandler, a great-great-granddaughter of the first John Jacob Astor, has started a dairy near Tarrytown, the home of Miss Helen Gould, and will conduct it in accord with the latest ideas of the board of health. As her income is already $30,000 a year. It is evident that it is occupation and not money that she seeks. Possibly the Case. "They say that Snooks has been earning $100,000 a year, and yet he accepts a government job at $8,000." "Well?" "How do you account for it?" "I don't know. Perhaps the hundred thousand was mostly in stage money." In the Beginning. Adam hung his hat on the nail. "Oh, Adam," cried his frightened spouse, "there was such a queer looking man came and insisted on kissing little Cain." With bitter tears they realized the office-seeker was abroad in the land. On to Him. "Yes," said the red-eyed clerk. I'm a little late this morning. The midnight oil, you know—" "H'm!" interrupted his employer, "oil, eh? Well, the next time you paint the town I'd advise you to use water colors exclusively." 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. 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. This would be a better world if the men who have lived in ti had lived up to their obituaries. Many a person prepares for a rainy day by appropriating his neighbor's umbrella. Vacation. We save our coin for many a day, Collect a good-sized hoard, Then go and spend it in a way We know we can't afford. What Rojestvensky Escaped. Pittsburg has sent Admiral Togo a box of stogies. After all, Rojestvensky may have known what he was about when he consented to get licked. 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. NATIONAL PRINTING COMPANY. Only Negro Printing Office in City. 205 Wales Bldg. Cor. 6th & Delaware. Many of us, if we get coffee like mother used to make, would raise a rough house like father used to make. There is no hope for a man who wastes his time arguing with women and babies. Is your life unhappy? Think of the man whose wife makes vinegar pie for desert. John McCoy MADISON The Superior Styles The Superior Leathers The "Neverwet" Soles HOE CO., STREET ST COMPANY OVIATT SHOE CO 1105 MAIN STREET PIONEER TRUST COM OVIATT SHOE CO., 1105 MAIN STREET PIONEER TRUST COMPANY Dwight Building 10th and Baltimore Avenue. KANSAS CITY, MO. ... $267,500 ... $267,500 transacts a General Trust and Banking Business. KANSAS CITY, MO. Capital ..... Surplus ..... Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business Sales Issued. and Mortgage Investments. nt 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. MICKELL ENCY GROCERIES, VEGETABLES AND NOTIONS. EST AVE. the Colored People. let any prices in my line. ber CHANT TAILOR. 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FINLEY, Attorney. Dealer in STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. FRESH AND SALT MEATS, VEGETABLES AND NOTIONS. 581 TROOST AVE. Especially Caters to the Colored People. Small expenses. Will meet any prices in my line. A. Weber The well know MERCHANT TAILOR after an extended trip through California and the west, is with us again. Everybody remembers Weber by the many stylish and well-made suits has put up. He is now at 1206'2 East 18th St The well know MERCHANT TAILOR, after an extended trip through California and the west, is with us again. Everybody remembers Mr. Weber by the many stylish and well-made suits he has put up. He is now at Where he will be glad to see his old friends and customers. --- Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware 27TH and CLEVELAND AVE., KANSAS CITY Dry Goods, Millinery, Shoes, Notion Household and Kitchen Utensils WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BUILDERS' HARDW CARPENTERS' TOOLS. and Hardware Co. VE., KANSAS CITY, MO. Shoes, Notions, Etc., Kitchen Utensils. BUILDERS' HARDWARE AND S' TOOLS. Cantrell Dry Goods and Hardware Co. 27TH and CLEVELAND AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO. Dry Goods, Millinery, Shoes, Notions, Etc., Household and Kitchen Utensils. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BUILDERS' HARDWARE AND CARPENTERS' TOOLS. 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, partiarchal 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. A man doesn't amount to much unless he is able to prove it. Fame is all well enough for those who can afford it. Professional jolliers have many female friends. --- College Cut Shoe FOR Smart Dressers This shoe adds the necessary touch of daintiness to your fall costume. Low or College cut-button with seamless fly-welted sole and custom trimmed. $3.50 OFFICERS: Bell Phone 1445X East. 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 game Bostonians are filling a fall engagement at 1105 Main St. They have brought the best styles from Boston to make this their "star" season here in Kansas City. The daily papers will from time to time have much to say about A. P. CANTRELL, Mgr THE BEST PIANO AND ORGAN BARGAINS AT SPLENDID SQUARE PIANOS $20 to $50 SLIGHTLY USED UPRIGHT PIANOS $85 to $125 FINE CHAPEL AND PARLOR ORGANS $15 to $125 SEND FOR SPECIAL PRICE LIST. arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY 1012-14 WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. S. M. CHANDLE First Class Artist in Barber Shop. BARBER SHOP and RESTA Popular Prices, Work Guaranteed Best Meal in the City for 10 and 15 112-114 E. 6th Street. KANSAS NDLER'S S. M. CHANDLER'S S. M. CHANDLER'S RESTAURANT Guaranteed 10 and 15 cents Popular Prices, Work Guaranteed Best Meal in the City for 10 and 15 cents -114 E. 6th Street. 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WAGNER Dealer in STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES, FRESH AND SALT MEATS AND VEGETABLES. EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY LINE. Spring Chickens at 12 cents per pound. Come and see me or phone your order. BELL 'PHONE 132 EAST. 1819 HOWARD STREET. SPLENDID SQUARE NEFORE Colored People OF THE WORLD Our Great Special Offer Pool Table A Dark Day Black, dull and gray So dark the day We had to light the lamp, and way Off in the west In wild untoward The sky in mourning black was dressed. Smoke hung in rings. The sparrows' wings Were drumming rain, and mutterings Of thunder care And sheets of dume Played in a wild, fantastic game! The clouds rolled back No more the black Of night; the sun streamed down the trunk. And golden bright Upon our sight There fell the beauty of the light. —Detroit Tribune. The MAN in the PORTRAIT BY HARRY LLOYD The sunshine never had looked so bright to Amy as on this glorious September day, as she stood on the vincelad porch of her cozy cottage and contemplated the thriving garden and the velvety lawn. The city with its distant haze of smoke blurring the sky seemed far away. The great world itself seemed to have retired an immense distance from her little Eden, and all the noise and the strife and the trouble seemed wholly away and apart from the new life into which she had come. And all doubts and fears had vanished, for there was Fred, strong and tender and true, to stand between her and every harm. Ah, Fred, and her eyes grew tender and an ectasy of joy filled her whole being. Of course she was still almost a bride, but the months since the springtime wedding had been so full of happiness that the entire future was rose-hued. While she still recived in these delightful day dreams she glanced toward the street and was surprised to see the figure of a woman leaning against the force. The woman was poorly clad and bore on her face the unmistakable marks of erring and marred womanhood. She leaned against the fence as though in pain and her face showed much pathetic evidence of sickness and weakness that Amy involuntarily hastened toward her. "You are ill," she exclaimed. "Can't I help you?" The woman turned a sullen and defiant face toward the dainty lady on the pretty lawn. Amy did not fall to notice that beneath the hardness and badness and illness, the face had lines of beauty. "She must have been a very pretty girl once," thought Amy "and she is yet young. She cannot be much older than I." But covering all the lines of beauty and of youth were the lines of dissipation, of wantonness, of brazen shamelessness, and over all like a mask was the expression of pride and defiance. "Such as you can't help such as me" she replied sulently to Amy's proffer of help. "But you are ill," persisted Amy, as a spasm of pain twitched the hard features and the woman leaned more heavily upon the fence. "You'd be ill yourself if you'd gone through what I have," she replied. "I can't slept for two nights, nor had a decent bite to eat, either. But I'll get into the city to night, and then I reckon I'll be all right. I've been walking for two days and I'm pretty well fagged"—with an expression of apologetic weakness. "Oh, dear, how dreadful," responded the young wife with pretty sympathy. "You must come in and rest and I'll make you a pot of strong tea. You never can walk into the city in your condition. It's a good ten miles." "Come in there?" faltered the woman, pointing toward the house. "Yes, indeed," replied the other, "and lie down a bit on the lounge while I make you some tea and fix you up a lunch." "Lie down in your pretty cottage A woman in a dress stands in front of a fence, looking at a man in a shawl. "Such as you can't help such as me," she replied, sullenly. while you wait on me?" And the woman laughed harshly. But the laugh ended in a sob and she broke down completely. "No'm, I won't do that. But I wish you'd let me just kiss your hand," and she grasped the other's hand impulsively and raised it to her lips. "It's the first kind words I've heard for many a month." she sobbed. Mrs. Dennison gently pulled her within the gate and before the woman knew it she was lying on the comfortable lounge in the bright little sitting room. ```markdown ``` Tired nature asserted itself and she dropped into a gentle slumber which lasted for two hours. When she awakened a dainty lurcheon was on a little table by her side, and the young hostess who had been watching her came forward with a warm invitation that she partake. Wonderingly she did so. "If there were more like you there'd be fewer like me," she said. "Perhaps it is not all your fault," suggested Mrs. Dennison gently. "No, before heaven, it is not," replied the latter passionately. A Gave a sharp cry, though I've plenty to answer for. But in the beginning I was honest. I believed him although I knew he was not of my kind, and that gentlemen were not in the habit of marrying shop girls. But he was so fair of speech and so honest of face that I believed him—and, of course, he tired of me and threw me aside like a broken plaything. I ought to have known it, but I was an ignorant young thing and I didn't know the world then. First I was broken hearted, but I was proud and—well, I simply drowned myself in wickedness. I thought I didn't care for a time, but lately I've been sick a good deal and I'm getting old and the river ain't far ahead of me. Oh, I know. Such as you don't know, and I hope and pray you may never know, but I've seen it many times. There's nothing but the river when we lose our good looks and get sick." "And this man," suggested Mrs. Dennison. A book of black hate, murderous in its intensity, came over the woman's face. "I heard a few weeks ago that the man was married and settled down. Married and respectable, while I was sick and hungry and an outcast and it drove me nearly mad. And that's why I walked fifty miles. I'm going to make him feel some of the things I've felt. As I loved him once now I hate him, and the whimpering chit he has married, and I'm going to ruin his life as he has ruined mine." "Oh, that would be terrible," exclaimed Mrs. Dennison. "How do you know she is a whimpering chit? Do you know her?" "No, but I know the tribe," replied the woman with a gesture so fierce that the other recoiled. "They draw aside their skirts when I pass. Well, I'll give this one a chance to see how it seems." "Maybe she is not selfish and proud, only loving and trusting," suggested the bride. "So much the worse for her luck then," replied the woman harshly. "I'll bring his face and hers to the dust." The woman arose to go. "You are an angel," she said, "and if it's any good to you you can know that you have the blessing of a poor, wicked unfortunate every minute you live." As she spoke she glanced toward the wall and her eyes fell on a portrait of Mrs. Dennison. "It's a fine likeness," she said. "Do you think so," replied Mrs. Denison. "There is a portrait of my husband—the best man in the world. What is the matter?" For the moment the woman's eyes lighted on the man's portrait she gave a sharp cry and began to tremble from head to foot. "Only one of my attacks," she replied, sinking on the lounge. "Please let me lie here for a minute or two." For full five minutes she lay there with her face in her hands, her whole body shaking and quivering as with some overpowering emotion. Presently she aroused herself and rose again and staggered toward the door. "Before I go I want to say some ```markdown ``` thing" she said. "Will you tell your husband my story? "I tell my husband everything," replied the young wife proudly. "Well," the woman answered, "you can tell him if you care to that your great kindness and sympathy so touched my heart that I have changed my mind, and I will not ruin the man and his young wife. In fact, I will pray heaven that she never finds it out. I reckon his conscience will punish him enough." "Oh, I am so glad," replied Mrs. Dennison, "cannot I do something more for you? "No," replied the woman steadily. "You have done a great deal more for several persons to-day than you have any idea of. Good bye and God bless you." Then she walked steadily down the path and vanished into the great world. DEATH RECALLS GRIM TRAGEDY. Years Ago Men Fought to the Death Over Mrs. Kennedy. By the death of Mrs. Thomas Kennedy in Harlem, another name was added to the tragic list that began its enrollment in the Onawa hotel, when Myles McDonnell fought six of Kennedy's followers and killed two of them. Mrs. Kennedy was the cause of the foul which resulted so fatally, and which finally included among its victims McDonnell himself. Kennedy and McDonnell were gambling partners, and Kennedy brought his wife to City Island, where McDonnell lived. McDonnell refused to allow Mrs. Kennedy to meet his wife, saying that he "wasn't a very decent man himself, but he drew the line of restecability around his own family." The next night Kennedy and Price attacked McDonnell in a saloon and beat him severely. Three nights later they waylaid him again in the Onawa hotel cafe and fought a Homerie battle which led to McDonnell's trial for murder. Mrs. Kennedy took the liveliest interest in the case, and when McDonnell was acquitted declared that If God were just McDonnell would never die a natural death. Some three years later McDonnell was shot and killed in Albany, and by a friend of the Kennedys, although the immediate quarrel did not arise from that association. Ever since the Onawa hotel affray Mrs. Kennedy has been in a hysterical condition, and indirectly it was the cause of her death - New York Press Rufe's Occupation Rufus's Occupation. Some folks have a special gift, They hater dig around an arm, shift. And dew the best they kin, an say, "I wish tew goodness 'twant this way." He wasn't built that way at all; He had a gift that that's renowned, The gift of settin' round. He'd set an 'set' an set, an set, An' when youd spose 'he might get Some tired of it he'd set some more Upon a box in Perkins' store; An' he was kettle beak, anyway. He was a whitter, anyway. His shavin' covered up the ground, While he was settin' round. The drought might come his crops ter knock. But Rufus didn't feel the shock; But still he did his settin' act; A flood might come his barn ter claim, But Rufus whittled jest the same, An' when his critters all was drowned He jest kept settin' round. Ole Death gripped Rufe ferevermore— He found him settin' in the store— But it might be nigh, it might be low; But of we foller—me an 'yew— I'd like to be a plunk or tew That Rufus' at best be bound That met merely so round. An Algerian Pompeii. "Under the title "Rome in Africa." Mrs. Aubrey le Blond has an illustrated article in "Good Words" on the Algerian Pompei at Lambessa and Timgad. What we owe to Vesuvius in covering up the city of Pompei and saving it from the gradual but complete destruction which all cities constantly inhabited and renewed must suffer, this we owe to the burning and forsaking of Timgad, which have left to us an entire town of the time of the Romans with its life and history plainly writ in stone. When the French government has completed its work of excavation it seems probable that Timgad will be the most perfect specimen of a Roman colonial city to which all travelers, interested in the life of two thousand years ago, will look for a magnificent lesson. Arthur Duffey to Race No More. Arthur Duffey to Race No More. Arthur F. Duffey has stated positively that he has run his last race and will never again be seen in a public sprint contest. If the Georgetown man is firm in his intention to quit athletics for all time, then the public has seen the last of the foremost American spinner and for a long period the fleecest man in all the world. He is the only amateur to accomplish a feat considered impossible—that of running 100 yards in 9 3.5 seconds. But at the annual track and field meet of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America held at Berkeley Oval in 1902 Duffey proved equal to the task, and under atmospheric, starting and timing conditions that were unquestionable. The late Laurence Hutton, the author, once stopped at the Tournaire on his way from Bar Harbor to New York, and, being short of funds after his summer outing, the clerk required identification before assigning him a suite of rooms. Mr. Hutton looked around the lobby and noticed "Joe" Jefferson, to whom he confided his predicament. Mr. Jefferson went to the desk and, slapping Mr. Hutton on the back, remarked to the clerk: "I don't know who Laurence claims to be, but he's the boy." He was given the pick of the house. CHINA SENDS BRAIN TWISTER. Absorbing Puzzle of Ping-Pong and the Saucers. China, as everybody knows, was the birthplace—or one of the birthplaces, for it had many parents—of the puzzle. Many of our best brain twisters were known to Chinamen thousands of years ago. The following is a fascinating little poser that we picked up in our wanderings in China. It was a favorite recreation of a certain Pong-Ping. The puzzle that he is shown in the illustration to be engaged in solving is simply this: He has placed six saucers or basins of graduated sizes in 45 a pile on one of his four mats, and he wants to transfer the pile to one of the other mats by moving one saucer at a time from mat to mat without ever placing a saucer on one that is smaller than itself. This can be done in seventeen moves if you go about it in the right way. Can you perform the feat? If you can, then try to find the fewest possible moves for removing a pile of ten saucers, and also a pile of thirty-six. A practical way of trying this puzzle is to use a pile of counters numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., downwards, and never place a counter on another that has a smaller number. When you have found the easy solution for six you will not be satisfied until you have mastered the case of ten. The case of thirty-six is given for the benefit of those readers who like a hard nut to crack. Solution. With six saucers, first make a pile of the three smallest (five moves), a pile of the next two (three moves), remove the bottom saucer (one move), replace the two (three moves) and replace the pile of three (five moves) altogether seventeen moves. With ten saucers you must first make a pile of six (seventeen moves), a pile of three (seven moves) and proceed as before. This will take forty-nine moves. Thirty-six saucers may be removed in 1,793 moves, by making piles of twenty-eight (763 moves) and seven (127 moves)—London Tit-Bits. Old Mill Now a Church It is always interesting to note a building which has been made into a church out of some purely secular structure, and a church which, having outlived its day in a generation, is sold for a purely commercial purpose. It is not often that a church or chapel bears the mark of its previous purpose as the church of St. J Exterior of Heath Mill Church. Cross of Reigate Heath, England, which was formerly known as Mill Chapel because it had been at one time a mill as the huge arms upon it still show us. It is served by the clergy of the parish church. The chapel stands in a very striking position and can be seen with its great gaunt arms from a long distance. Boots as "Cribs." One of the universities has instituted a special inquiry into the remarkable success which attended its students in a recent examination. It leaked out that the students wrote dates and names on their brilliantly polished boots with ordinary black-lead pencils, and by means of holding the feet in a peculiar position the writing was legible to the candidate, though invisible to any one who looked at it from another angle. Trout Pulled Box Into Stream Trout Pulled Boy Into Stream. Edgar Hagar, a 12-year-old New Hampshire boy, was pulled into the Arukee river, in that state, and nearly drowned by a big rainbow trout, which he had hooked. By clinging to a tree which had fallen into the river and at the same time fighting gamely for his prize, the boy finally tired the fish out. It weighed 10 pounds. Hagar weighs 60. Free to All. A young Maine couple went for a ride in the country on a recent Sunday. They saw a woman gathering apples in an orchard near the road and asked if they might have some "Guess so," was the startling reply "I'm stealing them." WAS TELEPHONING TO HEAVEN. But a Policeman Got Him Before Central Makes Connection. Astronomers who sought to signal the inhabitants of Mars have been beaten at their own game, according to the police, by "Professor" John R. Jones, who was arrested at the instance of Director Potter of the department of public safety as ne was in the act of telephoning to the Angel Gabriel for advice on how to restore to a client the regards which his lady love had transferred to another. Jores' device for communicating with Gabriel was a queer apparatus in the third story, consisting of a maze of cords, bells, nets and a receiver which looked like a tin funnel. The alleged imposter was taken into custody by Special Policeman Mortality and Peterson, who went to Jones in disguise and had their past and future revealed through the aid of the angel. After Moriarity laid down $14 Jones consulted his new fangled telephone to heaven. Here is what Jones told Moriarity to do: "Go home, take a pistol, stand in the back yard at midnight, and fire two shots, one toward Germantown, the other toward League island. Then put your finger on the tail of a blue maltese cat as it is going over a fence and everything will be lovely at home." Policeman Peterson told Jones that he was broken hearted because he had been jilted. For $2 Jones got into communication with Gabriel, then put some powder in an envelope for Peterson's friend. It was at about this stage when Peterson pulled out the warrant and Jones collapsed. Philadelphia Ledger. WENT BACK TO THE CLD GAME Tramp's New Vocation Didn't Seem to Promise Success. The householder stood at his gate speaking a cigar as the tramp came "I've asked over forty different persons what 'reciprocity' was." along, and the smile on his face encouraged the latter to say: "Boss, I'm not asking for charity, but for information. "Well?" "I've asked over forty different persons in the last week what 'reciprocity' was, and none of 'em was able to make it clear to me." "I think I can make it plain," replied the citizen. "Just come through into the backyard with me. Do you see that pile of ashes?" "Yes, sir." "Well, I want them wheeled out to the alley. You take off your coat, pick up the shovel, load the wheelbarrow, and when the ashes are in the alley you get 10 cents." "But the job's worth at least a quarter." "It may be, but in reciprocity——" "Say, mister," interrupted the tramp. "I beg your pardon for putting you to all this trouble." I got the wrong word. What I wanted to ask about was 'reciprocate,' and as you don't seem to know, and as I am in something of a hurry, I'll just reciprocity over the alley fence and reciprocate back to the regular routine." Great Britain's Oldest Tavern. Great Britain's Oldest Tavern. The "Seven Stars." Withy Grove, Manchester, claims to be the oldest licensed house in Great Britain, for it was licensed as a hostelry so long ago as 1356, fifty-five years before Manchester received the charter constituting it a free borough, but the smallness of the town may be judged from the fact that the tolls for its fares were a trifle above $20. There are many traditions connected with the "Seven Stars," one of them being that Dick Turpin and Guy Fawkes visited the place. At any rate, Harrison Ainsworth incorporated this legend into his story about Guy Fawkes. A room on the ground floor bears the words, "Ye Guy Faux Chamber." In 1745 it became the headquarters for the Manchester adherents of Prince Charlie, commanded by Col. Townley. The A The O oldest Licensed House in Great Britain hostlery also contains a chair which is said to have belonged to Byron's mother. Practice Nose Mutilation In some parts of the world, especially Italy and India, it has been customary to employ removal of the nose as a form of punishment, sometimes judicial, but chiefly as a mode of carrying out private revenge. Especially in some districts of India is it considered a suitable form of punishment or a husband to inflict on a, wife whose conduct he does not approve. FAMOUS "LUCK" OF EDENHALL Elfin Goblet Carefully Preserved by English Family. The best-known of all the "Lucks" of English families, the famous "Luck" of Edenhall, a beautiful cup of clear glass with the slightest tinge of amber in it, with an exquisite ornamentation in an arabesque pattern worked in gold and in red, blue and green enamel. It is an heirloom in the family of the Musgraves of Edenhall, Cumberland, a very ancient family, whose ancestors came over from Normandy with the Conqueror, and whose long line has never been wanting in heirs male, but has continued unbroken from that time Famous Luck of Edenhall. down to our own day. When and how they obtained the famous glass cup is not known. While history has observed complete silence on the subject, legend has been correspondingly eloquent about it. Everyone has heard the couplet: Should the cup ever break of fall, Farewell the luck of Edenhall; and of the origin of the cup more than one version has been given. The one which is most generally accepted, and which has been handed down from one generation to another, time out of mind, is to the effect that once, long ago, in the dim past, a serving-man of the Musgraves—a butler some say—went one night, as usual, to draw water from St. Cuthbert's well, which is close to the house. When near the well he suddenly came upon a very merry company of fairies, who were holding high revelry, and who were so engrossed in their frolic that they did not become aware of his approach until he was almost upon them, when they dispersed in a panic, running helter-skelter in great confusion and leaving behind them in their haste a goblet, which the serving-man caught up and made off with. He was pursued by the whole company, who soon discovered their loss, and who were almost beside themselves with rage. He sped along in headlong flight and they tore after him, but were unable to catch him, for, breathless and panting, he reached the precincts of the hall just as the foremost among them came up with him. The "little people" were furious, and the Elfn elf, in the frenzy of her passion, pronounced the famous curse. It reached the ears of the serving-man, who, carrying his treasure in triumph to his master, told him his tale. The cup was immediately delivered into very safekeeping and has been guarded with almost religious zeal by the family ever since. Thus runs the legend. The cup is of the highest antiquarian interest and is considered to be one of the finest examples of ancient glass in existence, while the case in which it is always kept is an exceedingly beautiful specimen of medieval art. Old Massachusetts Homestead. The Harris homestead, better known as "Crow's Nest," or "Pine Mountain farm," which is situated about one mile from Enfield village in Massachusetts, is one of the oldest and most historic homesteads in the state. The house was built 100 years ago by William Harris, who, with his Old Homestead Over 100 Years Old. father, were among the first settlers of Canaan. Some of the land about this historic place was deeded by the government, and has always been owned by the family. Ornaments of Leather Pouches Ornaments of Leather Pouches. The Belgian postal authorities have discovered that the natives of the Congo Free State are making a strange use of the postoffice property. For some time past the leather pouches in which the Congo mails were carried have been missing from the Brussels postoffice. They have now been traced to the Congo State. It has been found that the native postal officials have distributed them as presents among their female friends. The black women employ the pouches for personal adornment. Having cut out the ends they pull the bags over their heads, and fasten them around their waists by means of the leather straps. They are wearing them with evident pride. Intelligent Monkey in Hospital. Intelligent Monkey in Hospital. A performing monkey named Dolly is being treated for pneumonia at the Charing Cross Hospital, London. When she was brought to the hospital a Dr. Strickland asked her where the pain was. She placed her hand on her chest. The doctors say she is "very human," though they add that "she does just what she is told and is most grateful," which is some what contradictory. THIS AD IS WORTH 5 cents Cut it out; take it to your grocer; he will give you a 5c Wiggle Stick Filler Keeper. We will give one free to every woman in America to convince her it is the best and most convenient form of WASH BLUE Wont freeze, break, spill nor spot clothes. Once used always used. A hollow tube of wood, with Pine sticks inside, Two sizes, 5c or 10c. To the CROCER: We will reheom this in each through your pibber, or direct by the time value of 5c if we received by you in payment for a 5c Wiggle Stick, or in half payment for a 1c stick. LAUNDRY BLUE CO., CHICACO, ILL. (Capital) $750 (000.100). Referees: Dana a or Bradstress. Wiggle=Stick is round, never flat. The blue is inside, never outside. Beware of imitations. Beautify Your Walls and Ceilings! Alabastine THE SANITARY WALL COATING A Rock Cement in white tints. 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Lands adjoining can be purchased at from $6 to $10 per acre from railroad and other corporations. Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada. For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and all information apply to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Martin this) The World's Standard DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS 600,000 In Use. Ten Times All Others Combined Save $10.0. per Cow Every Year of Use with our Gravity Bottling Systems. and $5.5. per Cow over all Immitating Separators. Read for new Catalogue. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. Canal & Bendon Mile, 74 Concord Street, CHICAGO NEW YORK OVER AROUND BRANCHES AND LOCAL AGENTS. THE GRAND PRIZE A.J. Tower Co. MAKERS OF WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING, SLICKERS, POMMEL, SLICKERS AND MATS. POLLOWING OUR SUCCESSSES AT PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO AND OTHER EXPOSITIONS WE WON THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD AT THE ST. 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Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. Actors and summer girls have numerous engagements. The Perfect Pun. A perfect pun makes good sense both ways: the edges meet with a click like the blades of a sharp pair of shears. Sometimes the very thoughts fit tight together in antagonistic identity, as when the man said of the temperance exhorder that he would be a good fellow if he would only let drink alone; or when Disraeli (if it was he, wrote to the youth who had sent him a first novel: "I thank you very much. I shall lose no time in reading it," or, as when a man seeing a poor piece of carpentry, said: "That chicken coop looks as if some man had made it himself." Exquisite perverse literalness of thought. And the same absolute punning, the very self-destruction of a proposition, was the old death-thrust at a poor poet by the friend who said: "His poetry will be read when Shakespeare and Homer are forgotten." It was a ffe double-edged blade of speech until some cradle fellow, Heine, I think, sharpened it to a wire edge by adding, "and not till then," a bannality that dulled its perfection forever.—J. A. Macy, in the October Atlantic. It's impossible for a man to see the point of a joke and feel it simultaneously. Good News for All. Bradford, Tenn., Oct. 23d.—(Special.)—Scientific research shows Kidney Trouble to be the father of so many diseases that news of a discovery of a sure cure for it cannot fail to be welcomed all over the country. And according to Mr. J. A. Davis of this place just such a cure is found in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Davis says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is claimed for them. They have done me more good than anything I have ever taken. I bad Kidney Trouble very bad and after taking a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills I am completely cured. I cannot praise them too much." Kidney Complaint develops into Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism and other painful and fatal diseases. The safeguard is to cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills when they show the first symptom of disease. It is wrong to be envious, but just the same we never see a barefoot boy with his toe tied up in a rag that we do not envy him, sore toe, rag and all. TORTURING HUMOUR Body a Mass of Sores—Treated by Three Doctors but Grew Worse —Cured by Cuticura for 75c. "My little daughter was a mass of sores all over her body. Her face was eaten away, and her ears looked as if they would drop off. I called in three doctors, but she grew worse. Neighbors advised Cuticura, and before I had used half of the cake of soap and box of ointment the sores had all healed, and my little one's skin was as clear as a new-born babe's. I would not be without Cuticura again if it cost five dollars, instead of seventy-five cents, which is all it cost us to cure our baby. Mrs. G. J. Steese, 701 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio." Life: Visitor—Do you suppose it would be worth my while to try fishing 'round here? "Wal, the fishin' ain't good, but I don't know how ye value yer time." Important to Mothers: Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The man who stubs his toe twice on the same nail is foolish if he blames the nail. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. A man is as old as he looks, but a woman is seldom as young as she thinks she looks. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾ pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. A lot of people never think of their religion until they hear the church bells ringing. OUT OF THE ORDINARY A Difference in Sentiment. He sat beside her on a Moon-lit Beach in common parlance she was called a Beach He took a Book of Omar from his Coat And read to her this charming little Speech: "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thus Beside no singing in the Wilderness, Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!" "Twas later in the summer season when They read the Persian Rubayat again, And, as she passed the sparkling Ring to him. He read the Verse for Jilted Summer Men: "There was a Door to which I found no Key. There was a Door to which I found no He Was—and then no more of Thee and Merting Lambert in Rock A Wonderful Monument. I have been living now for some months," says an observing man, "at a distance of a mile away, in full view of the Washington Monument, looking directly upon its eastern face. It never seemed twice allike. It has its moods and changes of color, like the lops of the Swiss Alps. "This morning the base of the six hundred-foot structure was lost in a deep blue mist, which filled the valley for a depth of a couple of hundred feet. Then came a section of perhaps a hundred feet more, in which the shaft was purple and pink, the whole crowned with a white, blazing column hundreds of feet high, flashing back the sunlight, set against a deep blue western sky! "At another time you will see the cold, gray base of the monument rising above the deep green foliage which surrounds it, with the dark blue highlands of Arlington beyond, and overtopping all these, the graceful shaft pierces the heavens, towering far above the horizon line, until its top is lost in a sea of fleece clouds. It is a realized vision of Jacob's ladder, a real, visible stone causeway leading from heaven to earth." Ventriloguism Many birds form their sounds with out opening their bills. The pigeon is a well-known instance of this. Its cooing can be distinctly heard, although it does not open its bill. The call is formed internally in the throat and chest, and is only rendered gaudily by resonance. Similar ways may be observed in many birds and other animals. The clear, loud call of the cuckoo, according to Nicolardot, is the resonance of a note formed in the bird. The whirring of the snipie which betrays the approach of the bird to the hunter, is an act of ven trilquism. The frog also is said not to open his mouth in croaking, but to create his far-reaching sounds by the rolling of air in his intestines. Even the nightingale has certain notes which are produced internally, and which are audible while the bill is closed. So even the art of ventriloquism (if we may call it an art) which is nowadays but little practiced, but which in former times was highly esteemed, has been taught to man by the animals. Would Convert England to Islam. There are at present in Liverpool two Afghan visionaries—Gholam Ali and HaBa Ibrahim—who hope to attain Paradise by converting England to the faith of Islam. With this object in view they trumped from Kandahar to the coast and took ship to Liverpool. Their inability to speak a word of English did not strike them as likely to interfere with their mission, but they find now that it would be advantageous to learn the language, and they have declared their intention of doing so. They are willing even to work in the docks for a livelihood while they are learning. They have the comfortable assurance that even if they have to return home with their mission unfulfilled their journey has won them a Paradise of sorts, but this is not enough for them. They wish to deserve admission to the quintessence of heavens, and in spite of persuasion they refuse to be sent back to Afghanistan until they have tried at least to carry out their object. Apples Make a Preacher Rich F. Walden of Zillah, Yakima county Wash., is a retired preacher who went to the Yakima valley about 10 years ago, bought a tract of land at a low price and set out an orchard. Three years ago it came into bear irg. But Mr. Walden thought that he would sell it. He put it on the market, asking $10,000 for it. He fell ed to get a buyer that year, and he had the crop on his hands in the fall. The fruit that year brought him $12,500. The farm has not since been on the market. It is now producing every year from $12,000 to $20,000. Mr Walden lives in Seattle 10 months in the year, and spends two months hurl vesting and marketing his fruit crop — World's Work. Near Death in Locked Safe. Two men, father and son, were called in to examine the safe lock which worked unsatisfactorily, in Cotton Hall, near Burton, Stafford Eng., a few days ago. The son went inside to examine the workings, when the door was somehow closed, locking him in. The distressed father worked madly to release his son, who made frantic efforts to get out of his iron prison. It was half an hour before the safe was opened. The young man was alive, but almost suffaced, and in a state of collapse. MANY KNOW THIS—DO YOU? The following very interesting conversation between Mr. White, banker, and Mr. Wellman, retired, two prominent citizens of the town, was recently overheard: I never buy patient medicine" said Mr. White, the need of medical assistance I can give. I don't believe in taking a lot of stuff that I know nothing about. I know how, even that a great many do use it, and I am not getting a doctor every time. I mention constipation and stomach trouble because I suffered from that affliction nearly all disease. Once it gets a grip on you, it is serious, stubborn and hard to overcome. I never know a case that has been caused by a sick man, a sick man, but I do know of a number of bad cases that were permanently cured by a remedy called Mull's Grape Tonite. I have had factory results. I cured me, and I know a great many more persons it has cured, costs 20 cents for a small 100 or 200 cent cure, costs 10 cents for that that is in it but I do know it cures constipation and stomach trouble and that is more than my family doctor could do for I was first attracted to the remedy by the company's offer to give the first bottle free to any one who would write to me, and I was thankful for the benefit it has given and advise every sufferer from constipation to write to the Mull's Grapic Tonic Co. 148 The company is giving them their droughts address so they can procure a bottle free of expense." A LITTLE CHILD He that is to life beguiled By the clinging of a child Hath, I know, great store of grace, And with Love a dwelling place; For all heaven hath dreamed and smiled In the sweet face of a child. —Frank L. Stanton. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue, Large 2-in., package 5 cents. The Russ Company, Sou n Bond, Ind. AT LAST SUCCESS CAME. I knocked at the gate of my lord, Success; I stormed his threshold with eager din, I love him, the prize of my soul, no less, But he barred the gate lest I step within. And after Love took my heart to mate, And we built us a home in the wilderness. A stranger is beating against our gate, Crying: "Let me in! It is I, Success!" —Author Unknown. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. A Triumph Over Obstacles. Her first venture at cooking dinner in her own home had passed successfully, and they sat in silence at the opposite ends of the table, wondering at the novelty of it all, and gazing at each other. "Honestly, honestly—on your word of honor—did you like it, Fred?" she asked, finally. "Never enjoyed anything so much in my life," he said, and swallowed a lump. "Everything—everything—from soup to pudding?" "Every mouthful, from soup to pudding," he said bravely. "Oh, I'm so relieved, then," she said, as a huge sigh escaped her. "You see, I forgot to order the syrup for the sauce for the pudding, and I had to have something, so I took the cough syrup, and I was so afraid you'd taste it."—Exchange Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Newspaper Enterprise. People do not appreciate the earnest endeavor of the press to furnish news quickly. Some wonderful examples have been furnished in recent years of quick publication of current events, but none can excel a recent "sooop" landed by the Freeborn (Ia.) Courter. It is self-explanatory: "We came pretty near getting scooped on an item this week, but if it were not for the fact that we always have our weather eye open, we would have been left in the cold. Just as we go to press Oscar Sanborn is having three fingers cut off by a threshing machine. A doctor has been sent for. Details in next issue." - Ex. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Deiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. Lots of people take offense when there is none in sight. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever use for all affections of the throat and lungs—W.M. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1909. As a rule the "speak-easy" is an unspeakable nuisance. FITS permanently cured. No fitts or nervousness after first sake of day. Kirk's warmest Nervor tester. en. for FITS $2.00 total bottle and creation. dk. in Kirk's Nervor. Philadelphia, Pa. It isn't what your grandfather was but what you are, that reary counts. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children testing, the gums are soothed in inflammation, always pain, curse wounds. See a bottle. When it comes to triplets, it keeps a man busy trying to hold his own. ANTI-GRIPINE ALCOHOL IN MOST MEDICINES. Indispensable Requisite In Compound- ing of Some Prescriptions. It is of course true that some proprietary medicines contain alcohol and nearly all liquid medicines prescribed by physicians contain it. No honest man will defend the sale of intoxicants under the guise of medicine; but every honest man should protest against a system of wholesale cennation born of malice, or ignorance of pharmaceutical principles, and fostered by selfish interests. It is assumed that alcohol is the cause of intemperance; but there is a great difference between alcohol and whisky, if a substitute for alcohol could be found for use in the manufacture of medicines, its discoverer would render a great service to the profession of pharmacy and the science of medicine, for alcohol is a very expensive ingredient and a cheaper substitute would be gladly accepted. Unfortunately the word alcohol, in the minds of many people is associated exclusively with bar-rooms, drunkenness and all forms of degradation and vice. This is due to a lack of knowledge by the general public of the fact that alcohol is an indispensable requisite in drugs, tinctures and fluid extracts. All fluid extracts and tinctures on the druggists' shelves contain from 20 to 90 per cent of alcohol; and of all liquid medicines prescribed by physicians more than 75 per cent contain it in large proportions. Alcohol is required to preserve organic substances from deterioration and from freezing, and it is also required to dissolve substances not soluble in water, while it contributes to their preservation when dissolved. Diluted alcohol is largely employed in fluid extracts; and whenever a greater strength of alcohol is required as a solvent (for extracting medicinal principles) the medicine is of such a character as to preclude a large dosage; and for this reason preparations, even if containing 50 per cent or more of alcohol, are practically less intoxicating than beer. In such cases the character of the medicinal constituents is such as to absolutely forbid the taking of the medicine in any war except in very small doses and at stated intervals only. To assume that any great number of proprietary medicines are used as beverages is the veriest absurdity—Exchange. THE CHANGE OF LIFE INTELLIGENT WOMEN PREPARE Dangers and Pain of This Critical Period Avoided by the Use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. How many women realize that the most critical period in a woman's existence is the change of life that the anxiety felt by women as this time draws near is not without reason. How many women realize that the most critical period in a woman's existence is the change of life, and that the anxiety felt by women as this time draws near is not without reason? If her system is in a deranged condition, or she is predisposed to apoplexion or congestion of any organ, it is at this time 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 begin their destructive work. Such warning symptoms as a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, dizziness, headache, dread of impending evil, sounds in the ears, timidity, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquisite are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period of life when woman's great change may be expected. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the world's greatest remedy for women at this trying period, and may be relied upon to overcome all distressing symptoms and carry them safely through to a healthy and happy old age. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound invigorates and strengthens the female organism, and builds up the weakened nervous system as no other medicine can. Mrs A E G Hyland, of Chestertown, Md., in a letter to Mrs. Pinkham, says: 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. I had a good deal of soreness, dizzy spells, headaches, and was very nervous. I wrote you for advice and reinforced treatment in Jadith E. Dinkinsky's My Daughter's Pound 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." For special advice regarding this important period women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. It is free and always helpful. DIPTHERIA A treatment, beyond price in homes where there are children. Prevents and cures Diptheria and all other throat diseases. A harmless home treatment. Children like it. Write to-day for information. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examination U.S. Postal System in St. Louis, discharging california slaves. W. N. U. KANSAS CITY NO. 43, 1905. PRICE. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTIGRIPINE HAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE GRIP, BA I would call for W. Die SCALES FOR FARMERS. But the cheapest price is for the prince. Chicago Sales Co. Chicago, Ill. Coney Island Souvenir Post Cards. Six beautiful colored scenes for Coney Island Postal Card Co. Coney Island, N. Y. Suffered Over Two Years—Health Was In a Previous Condition—Caused By Pelvic Cattror. 1920 HEALTH AND STRENGTH RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA. Mrs. Emma Fleissner, 1412 Sixth Ave., Seattle, Wash., Worthy Treasurer Sons of Temperance, writes: "I suffered over two years with irregular and painful periods. My health was in a very precarious condition and I was anxious to find something to restore my health and strength. "I was very glad to try Peruna and delighted to find that it was doing me good. I continued to use it a little over three months and found my troubles removed. "I consider it a splendid medicine and shall never be without it, taking a dose occasionally when I feel run-down and tired." Our files contain thousands of testimonials which Dr. Hartman has received from grateful, happy women who have been restored to health by his remedy, Peruna. W. LOUGAS SHOES AND PRICES FULL IN THE WORLD ALL STYLES THE MONTH'S GREATEST SHOES MAKES SOLE AGENTS FOR W. LOUGAS SHOES Established July 8, 1906 W. C. DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS MORE MEN'S $3.40 SHOES THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. REWARD to anyone who can $10,000 W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their excellent style, easy fitting, and superior wearing qualities, achieved the largest sale of any $3.50 shoe in the world. They are just as good as any other shoe, and the difference is the price. If I could take your own my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest in the world under one rock making men's shoes, and show you the care with which every W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoe you would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the beast shoes produced in the world. If I could show you the difference between the shoes made in my factory and those of other manufacturers, I would show you the $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. W. L. Douglas Strong Made Shoes for Women's Dress Shoes, $2.50, $2.15, $1.75, $1.40 CAUTION—must never have W. L. Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. WANTED. A shoe dealer in every town where W. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. Full line of shoes. Please contact us at quickest. Fast Color Foam shoes are not sold. The UMU Public Library they will not wear brass. Write W. L. IRIDIUM, M.S. Rockingham, M.S. Western Life Idemnity Co. The Policy Holders' Committee at No. 77 Jackson Rivad, Chicago, will give complete information about the expenditure of $20000 of company funds as shown in the attached report. Mr. Lloyd will be the Life Insurance Company of Pennsylvania business made on or about February 20th, 1966, and the expenditure of $20000 September 20th, 1966, to purchase 8,000 shares of stock in the Security Life and Annuity Company, par value $1 in each share, Mr. Lloyd will be the Committee's representative. The Committee are now cited by Judge Kishitte to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt in making the last transaction. Make inquiry at once. REEVEY E. BURKS, Chatham. Corn Crib Sizes 400 to 1,000lb. Cheap and handy. Can be setup in ten minutes. We also manufacture Street Grass in Milwaukee and Lawn Fence, etc. THE DUNNINGWARD AFFENCO. CEDAR RAPIDS, 100A. Corn Grib Sizes 400 to 1,000 lb. Cheap and handy. Can be set up in ten minutes. We also share Sweet Corn Bios. Wire Fish and Lawn Fence, etc. BENNINGWILB & FENCKO CEDAR BAPDS, IOWA. RISIO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Ligature is not a cure. In those cases by drowning. CONSUMPTION KELLEY 5} FLOUR a B E ST: Kelley’s Best | en Beats all the Rest. IGH PATE Kely Milling Co Foxes and Their Burrows. For the statement that fores have Boles there is not only the authority Of natural history but of Gospel. The typical habitation of the fox is a hole fa the ground, “Running to earth” and “digging ont” are well known in- eidents of the English sport. The fox fs a wise beast in all things, wise @noel (oO rent the burrow of any ant mal; but in defanit of such abodes he fs quite capable of digging for him- felf, aud that with remarkable speed. Good Proof of Guilt. When William M. Evarts was) @ young man he defended in court & man named Edwards, who was charged with forgery, The trial was an interesting one, aud 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 hig fee with a forged cheek. @ratian Tavern Giane. A tavern sign seen in various parts: of England is “The Dog's Head in a Pot,” accompanying the painting of @ dog eating out of a three-legged pot, which may seem to mean that the host fa kind and his viands good. Another significant sien is “Five Miles from Anywhere, No Hurry,” seen in Hamp: shire, a pleasant reminder that it 1s an agreable place to linger. Nourishment in Skim Milk. In skimming milk the cream re- moved lessens the fat percentage, and for older people or fat children the skim milk ts equally desirable, in some cases better. In eating apples the skin, too, should be eaten. Pared Apples are not so nutritious, as the fash contents of the apple skin are Valuable to the human system. Peculiar 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 run: ning out of Albany: “Trainmen on passenger trains must not go through the coaches with overalls on, without first taking them off.”—Albany Jour: nal. Victima of Official Pleasure. ‘The viceroy of the Two Kuang prov inces, China, recently put out a proce: mation that no pawnshop was to take arms in pawn, Being later himself fm need of funds, he sent his own agente with arms to pledge. Five shops ae- cepted them; and these afterward pald 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 talle ing about it. We must eat, of course, but what a needless pother there ts about the dishes, and the cookery, and the garnish! — Illustrated London News, Poets and Irresponsibility. Poets are wayward creatures, large: ly irresponsible for their actions, of, at all events, provided Wath such a curiously sensitive and inflammable organization that we feel It would be unjust to judge them by ordinary standards.—London Telegraph. ‘Beality Gormmon ts Mankind, All men have their frailties, and whoever looks for a friend without imperfection will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwith- standing our®aults and we ought to love our friends in like manner.— Cyrus Norway Loans to Farmers. Farmers can barrow 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 Father difficult to get in Norway. Cigarette Case Saves Life. Returning to his house at Argem- teull, in France, Mr. Hugh Gooding was shot at by a discharged employe, 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 trust: worthy criterion of sincere belief.— Mr. Asquith, Don't Forget That— Self-pity 1s one of the states that in- terferes most effectually with making the right use of circumstances, ‘To pity one’s self is destruction wo all possible freedom.— Exchange, You can always see good bargains when you are broke. “FOLLOW THE FLAG” : AS Se ) Vl Summer Schedule ro ‘ Excelsior Springs “She Beautiful Health Resort” Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily thereafter as follows: "Leave Union Depot 8:30 and 10:20 A. M.; 6:10 So and 7:00 P. M. $1.00 Round Trip, 30 days limit, "Tikal: Walsh trib; Oh bila, Skrok ana Union Depot. 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TWELFTH STREET, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, Puowes {Beriatt Grand. Puowns| Bar sif0 usa KANGAS CITY, MO. Dealer in Drugs, Toilet articles, School Supplies, Stationery, Ete. Give us an Order by Phoneand Seeif We are not there with the Goods, Broce’ 090000000000 000 eee e e e @ ; In Institute? 3Lincoln Institute3 } MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH $ 2 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. 2 ; ; DEPARTMENTS: : COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARATORY, IN- : rd DUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC. @ 1 Claasteal, College Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, @ 5s ee ie § @ Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Woodwork- @ rs ing, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe-making, rere and ® @ Sone Printing, Typewriting, Sewing, king and & e ADVANTAGES: Good Location, Free Tuition, New Dormitories $ o with Modern Improvements, Bulldings Heated by Steam, @ e Diplomas are licenses to teach tn any public school in the @, state. A few deserving students are assisted in their efforts $ to carn thelr way. All applioaats mast present testimoniale < of good moral character. For further information write to @ @ © BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A.M.,L.L.D., Pres, @ 2 JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. i. Sonceceoeeeooooooooooooes STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS seeKO THM ee CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Macket Street, ST. LOUIS, MO MEALS AT ALL HOURS, Dyeters in any Style, Services atetot7y irevolass, Ladies.and Gente dine up air, 2, T. JORDAN, Manager f American Pian All Modern Improvements 721-723 Charlotte St., K. C., Mo. Room and Board $5.00 per week. Rooms without Board $2.50 gnd $2. Siugle Meals 25 cents, Hot and Cold Baths Included. BEN McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. ee | Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business No Matter Where Located nea all etna, wold Fe | pars hie the ad Linen. Don't walt Write today dered He EE ore, firlee on aatie. A. P. TONE WILSON, Jr. Heal Estate Spectallat TOPEKA, KANS. Db. D. DUDLEY DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groctries, Fresh and Salt Meats, Vegetables and Notions. : SOUTHWEST CORNER 6TH AND CHARLOTTE. Especially caters to the colored people, Mecavaowia Woce Ge Maik (Ball WiDWaia? Still Chance for Scientists, Unawarded for a long time, and therefore still on the list of the Lom- bardy institute, is the special prize by Commeno for the discovery of hydro: phobia poison. ‘<6 2 ” Maine “AS Anchor S. H. Finkelstein, Prop. - Carries a complete line of Furnishing goods, Hats, Shoes and Umbrellas # wt ot We Also Make Suits . to Your Measure | OUR MOTTO: | YOUR MONEY'S WORTH eos MAIN ST. KANSAS city, Mo. 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.” Ghe Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co. —————ge@seeecseeeee, °°” Best Stoves Made. a Largest Stock in City. jo cememl) Prices the Lowest, es whee" Peninsular Ls ee Steel Ranges, Stee! 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Pere een seria) “nd! cook the elevator | mourn time “Philadelphia Ledger, Lightning Rod Revival. ‘There is a revival of interest in Nghtning rods in France, Wanted His Money's Worth, A southern congressman tells a story of an old negro in Alabama who, in his bargaining, is always afraid that he may get “the worst of it.” On one occasion, it appears, this aged darkey went after a calf that he had pastured all summer, and asked what he owned for the pasturing: “I have a bill of $10 against you,” said the farmer who had undertaken the care of the animal, “but, if you are willing, I'll take the calf and call it settled.” “No sah!” promptly exclaimed the negro, “I'll do nothing like dat. But,” he adder, after a pause. “I'll tell you what I will do—you keep the calf two weeks longer and you can have it." ‘Harper's Weekly. 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Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Indepen- dence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. ‘Through Sleepers and Chair 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 tron 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’! Agt.Passenger Dept. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY MO, Telephone 740 Hickory. ‘Theatrical News. ‘The new Hamlet looked toward the gallery as a half dozen eggs struck the stage and exploded, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” So saying, he went out and told the ‘grave diggers, who suspected Poor Yorrick. One Omaha woman loves her hus- band so much that she will even per- mit him to read his newspaper with- out Interrupting him,