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. BURNS' CHAPEL NOTES. The Burns Chapel, corner 19th and Woodland, continues to move on nicely under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. J. M. Harris. Sunday November 19, was quarterly meeting day; the collection was $44. Collections for the quarter amounted to $568.40. Tuesday, December 5, the literary reopens for the winter season. A fine programme will be rendered each Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday, December 17, is Missionary Dally Day. 2:30 annual sermon by Dev. G. G. Logan, A. M., D. D., Holly Springs, Miss. Annual Conference meeting, March 14. Lexington, Mo. R. B., Secretary. A. Perfect Substitute. A young married woman, who was passing the summer alone on account of her husband having been summoned to Europe on a business matter, had a caller one morning, who asked if she were not lonely without her husband. "A little lonely," was the qualified answer. "But surely," said the visitor, "you miss your husband very much, now he is away?" "Oh, no," she said. "At breakfast and at dinner I just stand his newspaper up in front of his place, and half the time I forget he isn't there."—Cincinnati Enquirer. RINGING OUT THE CHIMES. Each hour has its appointed sound, All life is set in rhythmic times; The notes escape earth's narrow bound, But God is ringing out the chimes. —Helen Hunt. A. Triumph Over Obstacles A TRUMP 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. Begueatha Money and Anatomy General Isaac J. Wistar, founder and patron of the Wistar institute of anatomy and biology at the University of Pennsylvania, who died, not only leaves the greater part of his estate of $2,000,000 to that institution, but also bequeaths to it his right arm and brain to aid the cause of anatomical research. Among Those Missing. The football player with the bandaged head was limping over the scene of the desperate conflict the next day. "Fighting the battle over again, are you? some one asked him. "Not at all," he answered, with dignity. "I am looking for my car." They Get the Point Too. Yeast: They say your friend is as good at telling stories as he is at fishing. Crimsonbeak: He is, You see, when he's fishing and commences telling stories, the fish all gather about trying to catch the point. Circumstantial Evidence. Pickpocket (to lawyer who has got him free)—Even you believed me guilty. Lawyer—Oh, no, not in the least. "Then why did you leave your watch and pocketbook at home?" —Megendorf for Blatter. Nothing Can Be Done. If the President does not see any action that our government can take to stop the horrors now being enacted in Rusia, it is obvious that nothing can be done—Boston Globe. Boom. Football is a game of chance— Zip! boom! sizz! hurrah! and then Broken bones and ambulance— Faces ne'er the same again. Houston Post. Pertinent Query. "Let us become one." murmured the young man who was anxious to break into the matrimonial game. "Which one?" queried the fair widow who possessed wisdom begotten of experience.—Columbia Dispatch. LEXINGTON NEWS. Quarterly meeting was held at the A. M. E. church Sunday. The presiding elder, Rev. Barkksdale preached at 11 a. m. Rev. Clark of the M. E. church preached at 3 p. m. Rev. Reed preached at 7:30 p. m. Every one seemed to enjoy each service. There was preaching at the Baptist church Sunday by a minister whom we was unable to find out his name. Mr. William Brooker is no better. Mr. Al Cooley is improving slowly. Mrs. Gundey Berton is quite sick. Mr. Henry Colley of Independence was in the city Sunday. Rev. Berry of the Christian church returned home Tuesday. He reports he had a splendid meeting where he was. Mr. Samuel Berry went to K. C. Sunday on business. Mrs. Phinas McGill and her sister of Sedalia are in the city visiting his mother, relatives and friends. Mr. Ad Ray the proprietor of the restaurant paid up his subscription for the Rising Son. Miss Mary Olden one of our young ladles of this city who has been a reader of the Son for more then a year paid up her subscription and we hope others will do likewise. Mr. James Epps who has been in Odessa, Mo., building an M. E. church has completed the work and returned home. HIS EDITORIAL WEAPON AN EDITORIAL WEAPON An editor sweat and fumed and swore As he searched the office o'er and o'er For his trenchant weapon of steel. Some thief had entered his den that night And stole his instrument of might, And mayhap pawned it for a meal. He cried aloud in sore dismay: "A hundred plunks I'll give today To he who brings my weapon home!" And every man who heard the bribe Searched himself and kindred tribe, And dug his sleuth Sherlock dome. They brought a hundred pens to him, And carried pencils old and grim. But none appeased his gravest fears. But by and by the office boy. With heart overflow with hope and feu joy, Brought to light the long lost shears. -A. U. Mayfield, in Denver News. Life on the Water. On all the great lakes of China are found floating islands, which are enormous rafts of bamboo, overlaid with earth, and upholding above the surface of the water pretty houses and gardens. They are, in fact, aquatic farms, bearing crops of rice and vegetables, large sails being attached to the dwelling house as well as to each corner of the island whenever it is desired to move about. After gathering a crop of grain or garden truck from the surface of the lake, the floatfarmer casts his net into the water and from their depths brings up a supply of fish for his family. Odors of the Mountains If you notice a strong spicy and "woodsy" odor about any woman these days, do not imagine that she has adopted a new perfume. It is balsam that you smell, for the lady has just returned from the Adirondacks and brought with her a balsam pillow as a souvenir of her stay in the mountains. Of course she jammed the pillow into a corner of her trunk when she packed up to come home, and equally, of course, the strong smell of balsam permeated everything. It is as much a mark of the returning vacationist as is the coat of tan.—New York Press. Edward Honors Japanese. King Edward VII. has made Count Katsura, prime minister of Japan, a member of the Order of the Bath, and Baron Komura a member of the Order of St. Michial and St. George. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The football game played in St. Louis on Thanksgiving Day between the Lincoln Institute Tigers and Chicago Maroons resulted in a score of 11 to 6 in favor of the Tigers. Williams and Schweich. All of these young people, members of the class of '05, are engaged in teaching, have excellent positions and express themselves as very much pleased with their work. Dr. Allen delivered an address on Saturday before the Montgomery County Institute, on "The Best Gifts" that was highly appreciated by the large audience of white and colored citizens present on that occasion. The work of Misses Geneva Anderson, Mildred Williams, Messrs. Abingdon and Ross before the Institute assembled was in every sense highly commendable, and as graduates of Lincoln Institute, they are demonstrating in a most satisfactory manner the kind of material which Lincoln Institute is supplying to this state and other sections. The banquet recently tendered the teachers by the Zion A. M. E. church of Jefferson City was a fine affair and well attended. Beer in Mugs and Glasses. Bavarians have long insisted that beer is better and more wholesome if drunk out of stone mugs than out of glass. Dr. W. Schultze has now examined the matter scientifically and has found that beer is made injurious by a chemical process which dissolves the oxide of lead in the glass. Her Test. Her—Do you think this photograph looks like me? Him—Yes. Her—Then all is over between us. I know now that you are in love with me for my money alone. More Steam Needed Many a time it is the preacher that alls the congregation. You can pull a heavy train up a hill with a pony engine.—Denver News. Roosevelt's Classmate. Louis M. Brown of Glens Falls, N.Y., who was recently nominated for justice of the supreme court by the Fourth judicial district Democrats, was a member with President Roosevelt of the Harvard class og '80. Absentmindedness. An absentminded aeronaut in Massachusetts discovered that he had left his moneywrench on the ground, after he had gone into the air 900 feet, and started to walk back for it, when he stepped on a cloud with a hole in it and fell so as to wrench one of his ankles.—Denver News. Time Would Have Allayed Suspicion. Madam Gossip compelled a dear young bride of three months, at Greeley, Colo., to show her marriage certificate before the naughty old tongue would cease to wag. The wedding had been kept a secret. Had gossip kept it hands off until the honeymoon wore off the contract might have been kept a secret for years without suspicion of undue attention being paid each other.—Denver News. A Sheep grower says that he can produce 1,000 lbs of mutton with the wool on as cheaply as he or any other man can produce 1,000 lbs of beef. The state of Colorado includes nearly double the amount of forest reserve of any other state in the union. We have never neared of a business man going to a pool hall in search of an office boy. The man with millions can never understand why men with jobs should go out on a strike. There are still two things that Glasgow does not do for its citizens: Pick out their neckties and their cigars. The pocketbook nerve of some men is much more sensitive than their domestic nerve. NOTICE! 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 in or before the first day of December, sending therewith the required fee. JAS. H. GUY. President. 429 Kansas Ave., Toppea, 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. Skeltona in Trenches. A curious discovery has been made in the course of some excavations that have been in progress in St. Martin de Re, in France. The excavators unearthed trenches in which lay skeletons which were presumably those of the citizens who fell fighting there in defending the town against the English in 1627. Among the skeletons was found a spherical iron bomb containing a most black powder, which was found to consist of about a third of nitre, a third of carbon, and a fifth of sulphur, the remainder being iron oxide derived from the rusting of the iron shell. The Bear Dance. Little Bobble—Pa, I want to see another bejar dance, like the one that come along the street last week. Papa—I don't know where to find it, son, but you run in and tell mamma that we will go down to the comic opera tonight and see the big ballet. —Kansas City Drovers Telegram. 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. Not a Doubter. "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 embbezzer 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?" 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. HEN WILSON IN TROUBLE. Iscandal Disturbs Serenity of Inhabitants of Binnoville. 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 Ann have had partial 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 dove of peace perched above their hearthstone, as you might say. But now ruction swift and terrible has 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 MEET 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 ence 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 ex- claimed, to the amazement of his com- panion: "Now, what do you think of Rus- kin?" From "The Gigour" From "The Glaour" He who bath bent him over the dead, He who bath bent him over the dead. The first dark day of Nothingness, The last Danger and Distress. Before Decay's effacing fingers, Have kept the lines where Beauty ling tens. And marked the mild angelic ab, The capture the mould there, The where, The tender treats that streak the language of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded eye, And but for that sad shrouded eye, And but for that child changeless brow Where cold Obstruction's anpathy Appeals the gazing mourner's heart, The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon, Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, age, one treacherous he still might doubt the Tyrant's power. So far, so calm, so softly scaled. He's not a monster, he is scaled! Such is the aspect of this shore. Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair. And there is a loveliness in death. That parts not quite with parting breath. But beauty with that fearful bloom. The tomb Expression's last receding ray. A gilded Halo hovering round decay. The farewell team of Feeling past away. Sparkle of fame, perchance of heavenly birth. Which gleams, but warms no more cherished earth. —Lord Byron. NUMBER 31 "ILL PAY YOU FOR THAT." This title parable by an unknown author teaches its own lesson: A hen trod on a duck's foot. She did not mean to do it, and it did not hurt the duck much; but the duck said, "I'll pay you for that!" So the duck flew at the old hen, but as she did so her wings struck an old goose, who stood close by. "I'll pay you for that!" cried the goose, and she flew at the duck; but as she did so her foot tore the fur of a cat who was just then in the yard. "I'll pay you for that!" cried the cat, and she started for the goose; but as she did so her claw caught the wool of a sheep. "I'll pay you for that!" cried the sheep, and she rah at the cat, but as she did so her foot hit the foot of a dog who lay in the sun. "I'll pay you for that!" cried he and jumped at the sheep; but as he did so his leg struck an old cow who stood by the gate. "I'll pay you for that!" cried she, and she ran at the dog; but as she did so her horn grazed the skin of a horse who stood by a tree. "I'll pay you for that!" cried he, and he rushed at the cow. What a noise there was! The horse flew at the cow, and the cow at the dog, and the dog at the sheep, and the sheep at the cat, and the cat at the goose, and the goose at the duck, and the duck at the hen. What a fuss there was! And all because the hen accidentally stepped on the ducks' toes. "Hi! Hi! What's all this?" cried the man who had the care of them. "You may stay here," he said to the hen; but he drove the duck to the pond the goose to the field, the cat to the barn, the sheep to her fold, the dog to the house, the cow to her yard, and the horse to his stall. And so all their good times were over because the duck would not overlook a little hurt which was not intended. Famous Russian Poetess The poets' corner" in the cemetery of the Alexander Newski cloister in St. Petersburg has been augmented by the grave of Myrha Lochwlzkaya (Ybert), one of the few Russian women who have attained eninence for their poetry. She was the daughter of a prominent lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she was born in 1869. In 1896 her first volume of poems was issued, three other volumes followed. Her verse is characterized by Oriental touches, and her favorite theme is love. Don't try to be anybody but yourself. Few British Whaters Dundee is the only port in the British Isles that owns whalerships. Toward the end of the century before last nearly all the east coast ports had whalers of their own. London had thirty four ships. The falling off of the industry is due chiefly to the scarcity of "right" whales; but the turning point of the decay was taken when coal gas was discovered, and there was a fall in the importance of oils as illuminants. But each season Dundee sends her whaling fleet to the Arctic. So few are "right" whales within the circle now that the Dundee experts know them all, it is said. Wags over that the Dundee harpooners have names for each of them. Poor. Little. Babylonians. Eminet Babylonian explorers say that the multiplication table which the Babylonian child had to commit to memory extended to 30 times 30, and that he was easily conversant with two languages besides his own. The school rooms have been discovered and today it is possible to examine the school books, the tables with the arithmetic lessons still legible upon them.—Baltimore American. A low corsage never seems so immodest to a stout as to a thin woman. IN HIS NAME RELIGIOUS NEWS AND THOUGHTS DESIGNED FOR USE IN EVERY WELL-REGULATED HOME Lord, what a change within us one short hour. Specifically, Thy presence will prevail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take What hard grounds revive, as with a shower! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower; We rise, and all, the distant and the stands forth a sunny outline brave and clear. We kneel, how weak! we rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves or otherwise, that we are not always strong. That we are ever overborne with care; That we should ever weak or heart-Arxious or troubled, when with us is prayer. And lay and strength and courage are Duties and Privileges. "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations." —1 Pet. 1. 6 It is a curious fact that in the New Testament, which is a revelation of God to man and equally a revelation of man to himself, the word "duty" should appear only twice. In the popular conception of religion there is one very grave mistake—a mistake which has done much to disturb our filial relations with the Almighty, and to make the religious life a tiresome routine, a sort of a hard day's work for the sake of the wages to be received at sunset. Nothing could be farther from the heart of the Christ, and nothing could more effectually check the generous ardor with which tried and troubled souls should seek the divine presence for advice and succor. We are called the "children of God." I do not imagine this to be a figure of speech, but the statement of a literal truth. Well, to draw an illustration from home life, would you say that it is the duty of a son to love his mother, or of a daughter to love her father? Should the boy feel that while he ought to love his mother, it is very difficult to do so, because if he followed the bent of his nature he would be indifferent to her? In a like manner, it is not a man's duty to love God; it his inalienable right and his inestimable privilege. From the moment when he appreciates God's love for him his heart goes out in unrestrained confidence and trust, and that confidence and trust are the cornerstones of the temple in which he worships. And when he comes to see what this life is for, and how the Almighty has so arranged events that he can weave them into a wedding garment to wear in heaven, then he has the religion which Christ preached, and his gratitude, so far from being an irksome duty, is as irrepressible as the waters that bubble from the spring on the mountside. While in our relations with God there are no duties, but one privilege, in our relations with ourselves and our fellowmen there are many of them, and it often requires an effort to perform them. For example, it is 2 duty to love our enemies, and that is hard; it is a duty to bless them that curse us, and that is not easy, and it is a duty to resist the temptations which creep into the soul to corrupt it. It is something of a task to keep one's self unspotted from the world, for the spirit of evil knocks at the door with gay impudence and makes a thousand promises with no intention of keeping any one of them But even these duties would be transformed into privileges if we lived on a higher religious plane. Christ alone possessed a perfectly rounded system of religion. He had the whole, while we enjoy only a small part. It was not an irksome task for him to pray, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they co'—not in any sense a duty. His nature was such that he could not have done otherwise. He lived spiritually on the mountain top, while we are in the valley. Our religion, beautiful as it is, has still an element of the barbaric in it. God is near us, always near us, but we have not yet invited him to occupy our house. We can be grateful when he does what we think he ought to do, but when he does what contravenes our wishes, our state of mind is peculiar and forbidding. The ideal religion. If the first gray streaks of dawn are so inspiring, what will be the perfect day? When universal love of God gives rise to universal love of man, and real religion first checks, then destroys the selfishness which is our bane, and enables us to cling to him with even profounder filial affection when dear ones are being borne to the churchyard or when misfortune robs us of the comforts of life—and that time is surely coming—then duties will be altogether abolished, and we shall do his will simply and only because it is better than our own will, and do it gladly.—Rev. George H. Hepworth. The Life of Service. The life of service is the noblest. Not to have wealth, but to use it for the good of men and the glory of God is of greatest concern; not to be privileged, but to see the duty that each privilege involves; not to have a religious light, but to make it of use to God in the world of men. The truest joy will come to a man, not through what he gathers to himself of earthly or heavenly treasures, but through what he scatters abroad for the blessing of other lives. It is no credit to any one to have all in his lamp unless he let it spend itself in giving light for men to walk in. The true worth of the's knowledge a man has is not in his gaining distinction by it, but in his giving others the advantage of it. And the same is true of religious faith—its worth is in the service it renders. The bread of life broken into the disciples' hands by the blessed Christ they are commanded to give to the world's thousands to eat. Their faith is given to lift the world's burden of doubt, their hope to illumine the world's despair, their Christian love to heal the world's sores and rescue its oppressed lives. Little Things. It is the little streams that make the mighty rivers; the little blossoms make the garden gay. For the most part the men of fame and renown today are they who bestowed the greatest care on the little details of their daily work. Nothing is below our notice. The pride that will not stoop to the shadow on the ground can never bear the radiant light of heaven. He who cannot tame his spirit to obey a ruler's voice is never fit to rule his fellow-men. The greatest things of which this world holds record have come to greatness step by step, and we, too, if we would rise to power, must not despise the little things of life. In weakness lie concealed the seeds of strength; humility bears the prophecy of honorable esteem; only he who climbs life's ladder patiently and rung by rung will ever gain the top; and there are ladders set up on the earth whose tops reach to heaven. Once it was declared that the Creator behold all things and they were good. That benediction has not passed away, and in the daily life of ordinary men all things may bear the authority of heaven; our lives may be divine. The Keynote of Life The cry of an awakened soul is, "Lord, what wilt thou have me do?" The fields are white unto harvest, but the laborers are few. Thousands are simply idle, and by their negligence and selfishness they make true Christian service much more difficult than it would otherwise be. The keynotes of Christ's life were, "I must be about my Father's business," and "I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day." This service demands the best that we can give. To it we ought to consecrate our time, talents and possessions. When a sense of the responsibility attaching to the possession and profession of Christian principles takes possession of men they begin to realize the necessity for far greater consecration than has hitherto characterized them. The joy of service is the finest thought that can engage men. To know they are uniting with the faithful servants of Jesus Christ in soeking to save men from the depths of sin is an inspiration of the highest character. This brings peace and gladness to the soul, and is the truest badge of Christian profession. Rewards of Faithfulness There is no treasure of the accom- plished mind, no grace of the well devel- oped body, no refinement of the most fastidious taste, which will not be glorified and wondrously increased when used for the benefit of mankind or even of one stray individual. Thus in the lowliest ways there come rewards to human faithfulness. The nole doble not seek rewards, have no avidity for praise and are not anxious about heaven. But these things come by the love of God, by the eternal beneficence of life into every life: where a foundation has been laid for them in unselfish motives and gracious deeds. Jesus most truly represented the appreciation of God when he said, "Whosoever shall receive a little child in my name receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me." Life is not all toil and trouble. On the contrary, it is all ennobled by the ceaseless benedictions of God, which are showered upon all good deserving to be the light and happiness and heaven of our immortal souls. Willing to Be Helped. God will not permanently help one who leaves it all to God. Many a man begins the day with prayer to God for help that day against his special temptation; but when the temptation strikes he does not use his will power to seek God's help, and thus to let God help him. He sets his will against God and in the direction of sin, and expects God to oppose his sin-seeking will and force help upon him against his will. At night he looks back over the day, remembers his morning prayer, and wonders why God did not help him. It is blessedly true that God sometimes helps us in spite of ourselves; thwarts our unworthy intentions, and saves us, for the time, from the sin that we have planned. But it is also blessedly true that God will not do this always, but that he regards us as men, his offspring, not as puppets. Therefore we must not only pray in the morning to be helped; we must will to be helped at the hour when the attack is upon us. Doing Our Best. Let us learn to be the best we can. Never content with ourselves, though we may be content with others. And let us keep in the company of Jesus Christ—the ideal for man and woman who will make us discern between the appearance and the reality—who will lead us to the underlying truth of all things; in whom we shall find "the life that is life indeed"—therefore the Eternal life. CONCERNING FASHIONS HANDSOME WINTER CUSTOMS. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE SHORT CHAT ON SUBJECTS ESSENTIALLY FEMININE. Handsome Costume of Mauve Velvet Seen at the New York Horse Show—in Crepe de Chine—Some New Recipes Worth Trying. For the Little Ladies. Frocks and frills for diminutive girls to wear to parties are fascinating in the extreme and there is an endless variety from which to choose. Many of the smartest of this season's styles for little girls reflect the modes of the grown-up woman, and this is noticeable in the daytime as well as in the evening frock. The wide shoulders still prevail, and this is not to be wondered at, inasmuch as this style has proved most becoming. To further accentuate the length of shoulder the bertha and drop frill of lace and material are still in vogue. The simple baby waist gathered top and bottom and bloused either at the front or all round about is a standard model, and a more suitable one cannot be offered for the sheer fabrics of the present mode. Skirts are noted for their abundant fullness and yards and yards of goods are gathered into the belt to flare in an attractive fullness at the hem. New Style Darning Bag. A new style darning bag of cretonne is made in two compartments. The large one, or bag proper, is intended for the stockings, and the smaller one for darning cottons. Each compartment has a drawing string of its own. Under a panel of the cretonne, stiffened with cardboard and fastened to the bar at the top, is concealed a pad for needles. The drawing strings are of ribbon. Boudoir Confidences Chenille tissue makes very pretty small hats. Buckles of peacock blue and green are liked. Black velvet hats for weddings are having a furre. The new hats seem to call for the high mode of dressing the hair. The new herringbone suitings, especially in gray tones, are particularly stunning. Radium, crepe de chine, collienne and chiffon are likely to be leading silks for evening waists. Satin finished derbys, trimmed with a long curling plume, are among the new headwear shown for women. One of the new hats has a huge crown of gay-flowered black silk and not a few have scarfs of this antique material. Velvet a Popular Material. Not only for evening gowns, but for street and home costumes, velvet is much in demand. Many handsome coat suits are being made up and we shall undoubtedly see as many velvet as cloth gowns this winter. A dark blue velvet street gown was made with a wide circular skirt, with an applied band at the foot. The band. HANDSOME WIN The costume at the left is of violet velvet, the plain skirt hanging in soft, rich folds. The long-fitted jacket is double breasted and gathered slightly at the top to a little yoke, which is hardly more than a collar. The narrow collar is of black silk, edged with silver cloth, and the revers are of black-striped silk. Inside the collar and revers is an edge of pale blue velvet embroidered in silk, crossed and forming a little waistcoat. The full sleeves are finished at the elbows with cuffs trimmed to correspond. The other costume is in empire style, made over a princess slip of taffeta, which fastens in the back. The five-gored skirt is which was about six inches wide, was of dark blue broadcloth and was cut in square scallops on either side. The jacket was a short box coat bordered all around with broadcloth, which in its turn was edged with a fancy black silk braid. There was a collar and short revers of old blue and white embroidery on white satin, a small cuff of the same finishing the sleeve ```markdown ``` Handsome mauve velvet gown having the skirt shirred twice around the sides; satin bodice with high girdle and pointed yellow collar of embroidery; full elbow sleeves. Separate Bodices. Separate bodices—to call them shirt waists would be heresy—are seen in every outfit, and while not permissible for any formal occasion, still may be worn once in a while with a cloth or velvet coat and skirt. White waists can be worn with any color and are therefore most serviceable, but a light tone of the shade of the cloth suit is attractive in chiffon or silk—yellow, for example, with tan or brown, or pale blue with some dark pastel shade. The waist, whatever the texture and whatever the color, is now rendered as a nearly fashionable as a separate waist can hope to be, by elaborate trimmings of silk floss, ribbon, or the spangled embroidery. Real embroidery work done in embroidery silk, is popular and unquestionably attractive in its soft colors. Catmeal Soup. Melt three tablespoons of butter in a frying pan. In this saute two slices of onion, one-fourth of a carrot, cut in slices, and a sprig of parsley, without allowing them to take color. When the vegetables are so well softened add a second quart of water and a cup of oatmeal. Cook until tender, two hours or more, adding water as is needed. Pass through a sieve and return to the fire; thin if needed with white stock, milk or water; let heat to the boiling point, season to taste with salt and pepper, and just before sending to the table stir in two tablespoons of butter, a little at a time—Philadelphia Record. Varied Designs in Skirts The majority of skirts—particularly the walking skirts—are still elaborately plated, but there are some few smart models made with a large number of gores cut so as to give extra TER COSTUMES. of dark red, or claret-colored cloth, encircled near the bottom with a wide band of the same, the edges stitched and free. It is plaited just under the bust to the lining in fine plaits, where it is finished with a girdle of the material or velvet to match. The bolero is of velvet of the same shade, plaited at the bottom and finished with a band of the same. The fronts form a sort of plastron ornamented with buttonholes and two large fancy buttons. The waistcoat is of gray cloth, ornamented with silver buttons and furnishes the revers, which are embroidered in metallic colors. The chemi-sette and cravat are of white lace. width at the hem. One of the prettiest skirts seen this autumn is laid about the hips in one inch box plaits, which, opened out, hang gracefully and with good flare. There are an indefinite number of these models, all more or less on the same order. Some are made with very narrow box plaits arranged in groups of three and four, while wide tucks are also used in this same way in clusters of two and three at a time. New Arm Gloves. The new arm gloves, consisting of a long, wrinkled portion for the arm and a separate covering for the hand, the joining concealed by the wrinkles and by a bracelet, are winning their way to favor. For a dinner or any other function where the gloves are removed they are obviously superior to the old fashion of tucking the glove in at the wrist. One may now simply remove the short glove from the hand and the arm still remains covered from wrist to shoulder. Of course, while worn these cannot be told from the regulation one-piece glove. Millinery Matters. The newest felts are in pale colors, showing trimmings of mirror velvet and the inevitable wing or quill. These are of small jaunty shapes, with a high bandeau. Small shapes in velvet and satin mixed will be very smart. These show a tendency toward the tudor shapes—that is to say, a triple narrow brim of velvet and a round conical crown of satin, with a pouf of ostrich plumes at the side. The favorite Paris color is a golden brown, so bright that it almost becomes a yellow, taking in beautiful autumnal colorings. Harking to the Empire. The flash and sparkle of the empire are seen in all the trimmings of all the suits and all the dresses, and can be obtained by the use of silver or gold tissue, gilt buttons, tinsel braids and even yellow cloths. CREPE DE CHINE MAIS Chocolate Pie. Try this for a chocolate pie, if you do not wish for a cake pie with chocolate filling: Put one square of best unsweetened chocolate in a saucepan with two tablespoons each of sugar and hot water. Stir and boil until perfectly smooth. Have ready three cups of scalding hot milk, and pour a little of it over the chocolate, until thin enough to pour easily, then add the rest of it. Now beat three eggs slightly, add one tablespoon of sugar (the sugar in the chocolate will be enough for sweetness), one saltpuff of salt, and then pour the milk and chocolate over and strain into a deep custard pie plate lined with paste. Bake slowly and the moment it puffs and a knife blade put into it comes out clean it is done. It looks like a pumpkin or date pie. If you like the vanilla flavor add a teaspoonful. Never Worn Before A strictly new glove is the cheverette, without seams. It comes in three shades—tan, gray and felt. It has two fastenings—the clasp and one large pearl button. The felt shade is particularly attractive, and will be worn extensively, because it is neutral in tone and can be worn with any number of costumes. Dame Fashion takes an economical turn now and then. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES To polish iron or brass bedsteads go over them with a damp wash leather and then polish with a dry cloth. When machining hard materials, such as serge or holland, oil the thread. This will prevent it constantly snapping. To ease a tight screw apply to it a little ordinary vinegar, then use the screwdriver again and see how your task is lightened. As it is hard to make a few flowers stand as one wants them in a vase or bowl, a little bit of wire crossed and put in the top will serve as a useful holder and make the arranging much easier. The mica sides of oil stoves, which get so smoked and dirty, may easily be cleaned with a piece of flannel dipped in vinegar. Not a Case of Heredity. "She says her grandfather was one of the earliest settlers in this part of the country." "Her father evidently doesn't take after the old man, then. He never settles as long as he can get out of it." —Record Herald Good Prescription Ask it—I say, doctor, do you know of anything that will prevent seasickness? Dr. Quackem—Yes, Stay on land. Two dollars, please—Chicago News. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Beare the signature of Charles H. Mitchell In Use For Over 80 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Elections are good things not to increase one's respect for his fellowmen. To Prevent Chained Hands Many women who do their own work are much annoyed in winter with chapped hands. This may be avoided by using Ivory Soap for dish washing and toilet purposes. Dry the hands thoroughly each time after they have been in water, and rub with a little oatmeal-water or some good lotion. ELEANOR R. PARKER. The fellow who takes a tumble to himself doesn't always land in a soft berth. The Best Results In Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. It might be said, perhaps, that the man who passes a counterfeit bill effects a change of base. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Did you ever hear of a girl marrying the kind of man a fortune-teller said she would? FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after the first of the Kline's bottle and treadle. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treadle. DR.R.H.KLINE, Ltd., 891 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. It takes a feather-weight wife to make the heavy-weight husband shake in the shoes. Lewis' Single Binder straight 86 cigar, made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Nice Old-Fashioned Folk. Senator Pettus of Alabama, wears shirts made by his wife and socks which she has knitted. The old couple live in Selma when not in Washington, and new manners and customs have changed them little. Since their marriage, sixty-two years ago, she has made all his linen garments. Until about twenty years ago she adhered to the ways of her foremothers and spum the flax herself. Now she finds her eyes are faling and she buys the linen from a merchant in Mobile, but the remainder of the work is her labor of love. As she talks to her guests, whether at home or in Washington, her fingers are busy with knitting. Mrs. Pettus has a remarkable memory and tells entertaining anecdotes in a quaint, old fashioned ww. On every anniversary of their marriage the couple give a reception for the senate, and great is the shwer of gifts. Circumstantial Evidence. Pickpocket (to lawyer who has got him free)—Even you believed me guilty. Lawyer—Oh, no, not in the least. "Then why did you leave your watch and pocketbook at home?" —Megendorf for Blatter. Nothing Can Be Done. If the President does not see any action that our government can take to stop the horrors now being enacted in Russia, it is obvious that nothing can be done—Boston Globe. THE "COFFEE HEART." It is as Dangerous as the Tobacco or Whisky Heart. "Coffee heart" is common to many coffee users and is liable to send the owner to his or her long home if the drug is persisted in. You can run 30 or 40 yards and find out if your heart is troubled. A lady who was once a victim of the "coffee heart" writes from Oregon: "I have been a habitual user of coffee all my life and have suffered very much in recent years from ailments which I became satisfied were directly due to the poison in the beverage, such as torpid liver and indigestion, which in turn made my complexion blotchy and muddy. "Then my heart became affected. It would beat most rapidly just after I drank my coffee, and go below normal as the coffee effect wore off. Sometimes my pulse would go as high as 137 beats to the minute. My family were greatly alarmed at my condition and at last mother persuaded me to begin the use of Postum Food Coffee. "I gave up the old coffee entirely and absolutely, and made Postum my sole table beverage. This was six months ago, and all my ills, the indigestion, inactive liver and rickety heart action, have passed away, and my complexion has become clear and natural. The improvement set in very soon after I made the change, just as soon as the coffee poison had time to work out of my system. "My husband has also been greatly benefited by the use of Postum, and we find that a simple breakfast with Postum is as satisfying and more strengthening than the old heavier meal we used to have with the other kind of coffee." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. It pays to wear a smiling face And laugh our troubles down. For all our little trials wait Our laughter or our frown. Beneath the magic of a smile Our doubts will fade away. As melts the frost in early spring Beneath the sunny ray. It pays to make a worthy cause By making it our own: To give the current of our lives A true and noble tone. It pays to comfort heavy hearts, Oppressed with dull despair. And leave in sorrow darkened lines A gleam of brightness there. —Pittsburg Dispatch. A MASTER STROKE BY ANDREW J. HOWELL, JR. (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Randall Forsyth had been enthralled by an idea since his visit to Miss Juliet Glensmore the night before. He lay awake for hours pondering it; and, now that he was at his desk, he realized that he was preoccupied, decidedly to the detriment of his work. "This will never do," he thought impatiently, collecting himself; "I oughtn't to hesitate so. If it is a good opportunity I ought to take it and not wait on any other person's judgment. I only lack the grit; that's the English of it." His foot came down on the floor with a sudden stamp to indicate that his spirit was rising to the occasion. He closed his ledger, found his hat, and excused himself from the office on a matter of business. He hurried to the rooms of Krigshaw & Maclaine, attorneys at law. He was now bold in his determination. On the way he ran into Colonel Krigshaw himself, who was coming out of a barber's shop, and he entered at once upon his subject. The colonel was in a hurry and could not be detained, so he stopped Forsyth's lengthy explanation by a cheery, "All right, Randall; you'll get the stock. Put your acceptance in writing, and inclose a decent check on account." The die was cast, and he looked the proposition in the face, believing that he could carry the plan through to a successful issue. He walked slowly back to the office, reviewing the matter with a calm satisfaction. First there was Miss Juliet, level headed and resourceful. He would pay an unstinted tribute to her inspiration. In fact, she had suggested the scheme. Then the stock—it was rather curious that the $12,000 block of stock in the Norburg Mills should have carried with it through three transfers the office of vice president and manager. It was a small part of the hundred thousand, but the precedent in its favor would seem to be established. Yet he was determined to win the influence of certain other holdings to insure his election. As to the payment—ah, that would test his mettle! But it was as plain as daylight. There was his cash payment of $2,000. He would borrow the balance on the stock as security, obligating himself to pay $2,000 more per year and live on the remaining $1,000. The office had always paid $3,000. In five or six years he would be comfortably settled in business as a man of influence and position. There were numerous other side details of the scheme which he rehearsed while walking slowly back to the office, one of which had a decided bearing upon Miss Juliet—how could he afford to marry and live in a suitable style upon the $1,000 per year? He had always felt that Miss Juliet's manner had been one of condescending kindness. From her position as daughter of Mr. Asbury Glenmore capitalist and banker, and sister of two rising stars in the commercial world, she could look upon a clerk in an insurance office from no other standpoint. Yet he was constantly indulging day dreams with reference to her, and longed for the time when he ```markdown ``` "All right, Randall; you'll get the stock." would be in position to allow himself to love her. Would his good fortune extend to that happy fruition? After an hour or more he dispatched his formal letter to the legal firm, closing the purchase of the Norburg stock. His duties at the office became menial and exasperating, and he was constantly at the point of appraising his employers of his intention to leave their service, but he desisted as yet. At lunch time, as fortune would have it, he espied Miss Juliet. She was beaming from her carriage, a captivating vision of green and lace. "I have done it!" he said enthusiastically. "I Love bought the stock and I am now at work for the election to the office." "Now that is good!" she responded with a display of happy feeling. "I am going to tell papa, and maybe he can help in the matter. Randall," she continued, with a little touch of confidence, "I believe you will do well as manager of the mills." He gave her a long look. There was something in her manner that awoke a strange sensation and suddenly infused a confidence in his feelings towards her that he had never known before. He answered, "With your interest I can do anything." She flushed confusedly and turned the conversation. He was at the zenith of unclouded happiness—in the full flush of a brilliant prospect. Later in the day Forsyth found his way into the attorneys' offices. Maclaine was in his sanctum, dictating to A man in a suit carrying a briefcase is greeting a woman in a long dress and hat. Stood speechless. a stenographer, and greeted him with a bland, patronizing manner. "My dear fellow," he said at once, "I am sorry your note came too late. I have just written you a letter advising you that our friend Crosby had bought that stock belonging to the Miller estate. He came in some time before we heard from you, and closed the trade at a slight advance on your figures." "But," interrupted Forsyth hurriedly. "I settled the matter with Colonel Krigshaw early this morning; that is, at about 9:30. He will tell you about it." "The colonel has left the city," replied Maclaine. "Besides, the whole matter has been placed in my hands. I am truly sorry, but I can see no way to alter the settlement that has been made. Really, old fellow," he continued with a sympathizing assurance, "I am afraid you will have to give it up this time." Forsyth paled. "I will not," he said positively; "I bought the stock, and it is mine in all fairness." It was a plea in desperation. "Well, now, if it comes to that," said the lawyer, with a tantalizing smile, "perhaps I know my business. You seem to know yours. Suppose you get the stock." "It's a great shame!" Forsyth exclaimed. "I'll see what I can do." Then he wheeled out of the room. "Crack your whip," responded the lawyer calmly, as he retreated. It was evidently a case where the play would be against legal shrewdness, and he realized his disadvantage. In a short while his ire cooled, and his fall from the exalted height of a fond dream to an abyss of despair was sudden and dizzy. He yielded to disappointment, which fell like a crushing blow. His one happy stroke in business life had turned to naught, and he felt that there could be no other. Miss Juliet—he made a desperate resolve to go away at once, so that he could avoid seeing her again. When the next morning came he still adhered to this purpose. In the early afternoon he had resigned his position and was en route to the depot to go he cared not where, only to leave the city. He was still suffering the pangs of a deep, heavy disappointment. He stood waiting at the station, impatient for the gate to open, so that he could board the train. In the confusion and clatter of voices around him he became aware of some one calling, "Mr. Forsyth, Randall!" Turning, he espied Miss Juliet. When he reached her, she grasped his hand warmly, and, smiling cheerily, she asked, "Glad I've come to tell you good-by?" He stood speechless. "You foolish boy," she continued. "Papa heard about the trick they tried to play on you and made the matter all right with Krigshaw & Maclaine and Mrs. Miller. She said you were entitled to the stock and should have it. Papa is looking for you everywhere, but I stole a march on him, and came here. Shall we go back together?" SHOOT FROM THE TISBURY YEW Interesting Relic Secured by a Boston Clergyman. When Dr. Charles E. Banks was in England six years ago and visited Tisbury he saw in the old churchyard of that parish the famous yew tree which is said to have been planted by one of the Arundel family seven hundred or more years ago. It is about thirty-six feet in circumference, hollowed at the trunk and capable of holding about ten persons in the cavity. The vicar promised the doctor a shoot from the tree as soon as one could be procured. Recently the doctor received by express a young tree from the old giant, and it is now potted and ready for transplantation at the proper time. When it becomes acclimated this memorial of the old Tisbury will find a home in the new town on the lawn of Dr. Banks' summer home at Vineyard Haven. The yew is a large and beautiful evergreen tree, with a trunk often of great thickness, branching a few feet above the ground and forming a large and dense head. Fine specimens of it are frequently found in English churchyards, and, for this reason, it has been often mentioned in the elegiac poems of English authors. The yew tree obtained by Dr. Banks will have a deep significance and interest for the Vineyard people not only because it came from old Tisbury, but also for the reason that under the spreading branches of the parent tree Thomas Mayhew, known to fame as Gov. Mayhew, must have been carried to his baptism over three hundred years ago. —Boston Transcript This is the Approved Method. She runs to the gate as he comes, there to meet him; The joy hat she feels in her smile is suppressed. With wifely embraces she lovingly greets him; She knows he is weary and needs a good rest. But first it is certain he ought to have dinner. He'll feel a deal better, she's sure, after that; The lady is what we would all call a "winner." She knows what to do when she wants a new hat. She wears his pet gown and she's mighty good looking; She has, which is lucky, his favorite coat. The coffee is worthy the rest of the cooking; He seems to have all a mere mortal could wish. She talks to him gayly, her silvery laughter. Rings out at his joking so ready and pat. He has the suspicions of what she is after; But then it is cheap at the price of a hat. She brings his old jacket when dinner is ended. His slippers and pipe, not forgetting the match. And when the lounge he is fairly extended. She gets out her basket to darn and to patch. Oh, sympathy sneer at the marriage relation. But what half so sweet as that nice, cozy chat? And what does it matter if soon conversation insensibly turns to a new winter hat? —Chicago News. Lighthouse as Bird Trap: The night watch of the Cape May lighthouse was chatting with a visitor when something struck hard against the netting around the light. The watch went out upon the tiny circular balcony and returned with a dead bird in his hand. "A mud hen," said he. "Sometimes we get five or six in a night. Often we find robins and ducks dead on the balcony." "It's a fine life you lead here," remarked the visitor. "Yes; if it wasn't for the oil—the six gallons of oil that the light burns nightly. The government won't give us any machinery to hoist it up with. Consequently every day I must carry the whole six gallons up these 217 steps. That's hard on the heart." "It must be," agreed the visitor. "It would be so easy to rig up a rope and pulley, too, and draw the oil up that way." "It ain't allowed," said the watch. "In every oil-burning lighthouse the attendants must carry up the oil by hand. It does seem——" Plop! He slipped out to get another mud hen. Inconsistent Science "Did you like that scientific paper on germs and baleful bacilli that I read at the club?" said Ethel to her companion as they entered a Lexington avenue car. "Indeed I did, dear. I was shocked to know that almost every article is covered with disease germs." "Well," said the amateur scientist, "every word I spoke about the danger of infection is absolutely true." She fumbled in her pocketbook as she spoke. "No, dear," she added hastily; "it's my turn to pay the fares." She spoke rather indistinctly because she held a greasy, battered dime between her teeth as she used her hands to close her chatelaine bag—New York Press. Texas Railways. Texas is building or planning so many new railroads that it is next to impossible to keep track of them all. When they are all completed Texas will not fall far short of having 50 per cent more main track than Illinois, which was the state of greatest mileage until recently when the iron horse took a fresh spurt over the boundless areas of the Lone Star State—St. Louis Republic. Two Breaks from Party Lines William Travers Jerome of New York is not the only man who won at the recent election without having any party nomination. In Massachusetts John B. Moran, who ran for district attorney of Suffolk county (Boston) on the indorsement of the requisite number of voters, was elected over the fusion nominee of the Republicans and Democrats. To the amateur student of human nature the average woman in a hotel affords rare opportunities for the increase of his stock of knowledge of the other sex. She rings the bell three times to a man's once. She apologizes and explains so profusely to the bellboy that the lad comes down-stairs without the least idea of what he is to do. Your lady in a hotel will indicate some nine or ten letters a day, and each envelope seems to contain three sheets of the hotel's paper. She will send the missives down, one by one, to be posted, and each time she sends the naive message: "Ask the office to put a stamp on for me." She never makes out a wash list, but she "just knows" what she had, and one pair hasn't been returned. She indignantly refuses to confide more to "the office" when he inquires, but she affords a wealth of detail that in no way helps matters. They Get the Point Too. Yeast: They say your friend is as good at telling stories as he is at fishing. Crimsonbeak: He is, You see, when he's fishing and commences telling stories, the fish all gather about trying to catch the point. Facts and Proof. Hulett, Wyo., Dec. 4th (Special)—An ounce of fact is worth a ton of theory and it is evidence founded on facts that backs up every box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The evidence of people who know what they do. Mrs. May Taber, highly esteemed resident of Hulett, says: "I know Dodd's Kidney Pills are a valuable medicine because I have used them. I took seven boxes and they cured me of a severe attack of Kidney Trouble. They relieved me from the first dose, and when I had finished the last box I had no pain and my Kidneys are now acting properly." Dodd's Kidney Pills are now recognized all over the world as the greatest Kidney Remedy science has ever produced. They cure Rheumatism, Dropys, Gout, Lumbago, Diabetes, Urinary and Bladder Troubles, Bright's Disease, and all disorders arising from any form of Kidney Disease. Shoelaces. The modern shoelaces is an abomination; yet we have to put up with it. It is either a foot too long, or six inches too short. It is made flat, as a rule, but soon becomes twisted and kinky. One end is eternally getting longer than the other. The tips come off. In the old days we made strings of calf skin. Every farmer was a expert. We would cut a disc of leather three or four inches in diameter, stick the point of a sharp knife blade in a board, place the thumb nail the thickness of a match from it, and quickly draw the string through the opening, the preimeter being reduced the thickness of a match at every measure of the circumference. Pretty work! Then the square string was rolled between the sole of the shoe and the floor till perfectly round after which it was greased with tallow. Such a lace would last for months, but their Shine soon wears off giving them a appearance. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12 oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Socialist Accepts Gifts. Herr Bebel, the leader of the German Socialist does not let his war on capital hinder his accepting the large sums left to him by admirers. The last bequest just received by him will, it is estimated, give him $50,000 after gifts by him of $50,000 more to the relatives of his benefactor. Lieutenant von Kollmann, and to the Socialist party. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. Pertinent Query. "Let us become one," murmured the young man who was anxious to break into the matrimonial game. "Which one?" queried the fair widow who possessed wisdom begotten of experience.—Columbia Dispatch. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 20 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. The people who never find time to do things can always be depended upon to find fault. Buys Historical Building. General J. Watts de Peyster, of Tivoli, N. Y., will purchase the historic Port Johnson at Atkin, the baronial mansion of Sir William Johnson, and present it to the Montgomery County, N. Y., Historical Society. The only stipulation required by General De Peyster is that when the building ceases to be used for historical purposes it reverts to him. The man who is trying to keep his head above water realizes that a floating debt is a poor life pressurer. OUT OF THE ORDINARY The Maid—Not the Hat. Twas known as fact to the populace that Nancy Spriggs, of the comely face, Had worn a bonnet ten years with grace—But the reason, no one knew it. To the little church, of a Sunday morn, In sunny weather or thunderstorm. She daintily tripped, in demurest form—Did this economic malden. The men adored her; the women sniffed—Her hidden charm they would surely sift And tell the world she was quite unit To be granted condescension. To this small town where her homestead lies A stranger came, and with longing eyes He watched and waited to see the prize On whose glories men descanted. At last she came, and with ardent gaze He measured her beauty, but with deep amaze. Observed her hat—an old sunshade; What an oddity in woman! The hat was naught, for he craved the maid. And as her feet his heart he laid; As fair turn, his heart he laid— Did this conscientious maiden is proof enough and most welcoming tells That Nance now has a new bonnet, that's what I want. A Journal of Fiances. A newspaper which is, perhaps, the only one of its kind ever published has made its appearance at Zurich. The title, Journal Suisse des Flances, explains itself. A leading article says that the object of the paper is to supply a list of engaged couples to tradesmen for business purposes. There appear to be 12,000 engaged couples at present in Switzerland, says our Geneva correspondent. Their names and addresses are given in the first number. The new journal will appear twice a week, but those who do not take the new venture seriously question whether there will be a sufficient number of engaged couples every week to supply the "copy." "Bill Jones'" Prophecy of Winter. Old Bill Jones of Myrtle street was crossing Chestnut street, at the post office, at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon, when a small cyclone edited along, and took his hat about 90 feet into the air. Bill says it went up out of sight. It landed in among the granite fancy work of the ornate post office building. Bill got his hat after some difficulty, and decided to go right home, get out a screwdriver and take off the front gates before they became frozen in. "Because," said Bill, "that hat business settles it in my mind that winter's coming, and it's time for the gates to come off."—Manchester Union. First English Auctions The auctioneers of the United Kingdom cannot claim to belong to a very ancient profession, so far as that country is concerned. Though auctions were familiar institutions in ancient Rome, the first in these islands is said to have been held about 1700, when Elisha Yale, governor of Fort George (Madras), put up for sale his trophies of the east, and, although "auction" was defined in 1678 as "a making a publick sale and selling of goods by outcry," it does not appear to have been recognized then as a British institution. The word "auctioneer" does not occur before the eighteenth century. Big Waste-paper Industry. The Salvation Army industry in waste-paper provides some astonishing figures. Every morning horse-vans, men with hand-trucks, and men with bags go the round of the London business premises and collect the accumulation of paper and rubbish of all sorts. It is taken to the Army's settlement, where the unskilled workers set to sorting it. The waste-paper so collected is sorted into no fewer than fifty-two different classes. Last year the Army collected 7,035 tons of waste-paper, obtaining for it a sum well over $50,000. Glass Umbrellas: The latest adjunct to glass novelties is the glass umbrella, which is covered with "silk" spun from glass. These umbrellas, of course, will afford no protection from the rays of the sun; but they possess one obvious advantage—namely, that they can be held in front of the face when meeting the wind and rain, and at the same time the user will be able to see that he does not run into unoffending individuals or lamp-posts. Bee Hive Good Incubator A New York bee keeper discovered that the temperature of a hive is always about the same. He also noted that it felt strangely like the air in an incubator. Test by thermometer showed that it was exactly the same. His next move was to place twenty eggs on a false floor of cheese cloth in the top of a hive. In due time he was the surprised owner of eighteen chicks. Chinese Census-Taking. In China an odd way of taking the census prevails. The cities and towns are arranged in groups of ten houses. The oldest man in each group visits the nine houses which, with his own, make up the group, counts the members of every family, and sends his report to the imperial census bureau. Productive Honey Farm. A honey farm conducted by a woman at Glen Cove, L, I, has 600 hives of bees, each hive containing from 50,000 to 60,000 bees. From 50 to 108 pounds of honey are taken from each colony during a season. IN CONSTANT AGONY. A West Virginian's Awful Distress Through Kidney Troubles. W. L. Jackson, merchant, of Parkersburg, W. Va., says: "Driving about in bad weather brought kidney troubles on me, and I suffered 20 years with sharp, cramping pains in the back and urinary disorders. I often had to get up a dozen times at night to urinate. Retention set in, and I was obliged to use in bad weather brought kidney troubles on me, and I suffered 20 years with sharp, cramping pains in the back and urinary disorders. I often had to get up a dozen times at night to urinate. Retention set in, and I was obliged to use the catheter. I took to my bed, and the doctors falling to help, began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon came freely again, and the pain gradually disappeared. I have been cured eight years, and though over 70, am as active as a boy." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. The only difference between an old maid and a bachelor girl is a difference of opinion. MILK CRUST ON BABY Lost All His Hair—Scratched Till Blood Ran —Grateful Mother Tells of His Cure by Cuticura for 75c. "When our baby boy was three months old he had the milk crust very badly on his head, so that all the hair came out, and it itched so bad he would scratch until the blood ran. I got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. I applied the Cuticura and put a thin cap on his head, and before I had used half of the box it was entirely cured, his hair commenced to grow out nicely again, and he has had no return of the trouble. (Signed) Mrs. H. P. Holmes, Ashland, Or." Occasionally you hear of a "good fellow" who has developed into a model husband. C. F. Daly, passenger traffic manager of the New York Central lines west of Buffalo, and Warren Lynch, general passenger agent of the Big Four, were called to New York recently for conference with President Newman. A plan is said to be on foot to transfer Mr. Daly to New York as passenger traffic manager of the New York Central, to give Mr. Lynch the Chicago post, to retire George Daniels, general passenger agent of the New York Central, and to make H. J. Rhein, now general passenger agent of the Lake Erie and Western, general passenger agent of the Big Four. Mr. Daniels has confirmed the report as to his retirement. He will be made general advertising manager of the system. A rose by any other name would have its thorn. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the dissection portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, a constipation remediated by the cause caused by the intracranial noncousious lining of the Kustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a running sound of air and the ear is caused by the noncousious is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing and a hearing be destroyed forever, nine cases have been treated by *tatarin* which can be an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give one Hundred dollars for any case of deafness, and we will be able to be hired by Hall's Cataract Care. Send for circulars, free. We油 by Druggles. J CHKMNE & CO., Tolado, O Soil Take Hall's Family Pill for constipation No man is a fool who knows enough to keep his mouth shut. Submarine Cables. There are 376 submarine cables in the world, the length of which amount to 178,919 miles. Most of these belong to private parties, only 25,000 miles being owned by the various governments. All, however, bring daily orders from every land on the globe, for Pillsbury's Vites, the all-day food. It is generally by esmalest men who have the most colossal nerve. Are You Tired, Nervous and Sleepless? Nervousness and sleeplessness are usually due to the fact that the nerves are not fed on properly nourishing blood; they are starved nerves. Dr. Pierce's medical discovery makes pure, rich blood, the blood that properly nourished and all the organs of the body are run as smoothly as machinery which runs in oil. In this way you feel clean, strong and strenuous - you are tapped up and invigorated, and you are good for a whole lot of physical or mental strength and increase in vitality and health. The trouble with most tonics and medicines which have a large, booming sale for a short time, is that they are largely composed of alcohol holding the drugs in solution. This alcohol shrinks up the red blood corpuscles, and in the long run hurts the liver. It is exhilarated and better for the time being, yet in the end weakened and with vitality decreased. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery contains no alcohol. Every bottle of it bears upon its wrapper The Budge of Honesty, in a full list of all its several ingredients. For the druggist to use, it must just as good as 'to insult your intelligence. Every ingredient entering into the world famed "Golden Medical Discovery" has the unanimous approval and endorsement of the leading medical authorities of all the several schools of practice. No drug is so dangerous as wrongly like purposes has any encouragement. "The Golden Medical Discovery" not only produces all the good effects to be obtained from the use of Golden Seal root, in all stomach, liver and bowel conditions, as in dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, and kidney stones, bowel and kidneys ailments, but the Golden Seal root used in its compounding is greatly enhanced in its curative action by other ingredients such as Stone root, Black Cherry bark, Bloodroot, Manuka gum, chemically pure tripeptide red glycerine. "The Common Sense Medical Advisor" is sent free in paper covers on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing only. For 31 stamps the cloth bound volume be sent. Address Dr. K. V. Inoue, Ruff, N.Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation, biliousness and headache. One Year ..... 12.18 Two months ..... 12.19 Three months ..... 12.20 One month ..... 12.21 Safety 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 us. All news matter intended for pub- lization should reach our office not la- ter than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. OFFICE—No. 117 West Sixth. St., Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion .8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion .20 For two inches, three month .8.00 For two inches, six month .8.00 For two inches, nine months .10.00 For two inches, twelve months .18.00 OLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL . . IN KANSAS CITY. TWICE ALL THE REST. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circu- lation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. The daily press of Kansas City has seen fit to give Editorial comment on Judge Woffords remarks while sentencing a mullato criminal which met the universal resentment the Negroes of the community. Since the matter of the different complexions of the Negro race was not too delicate for the judge to give expression deeply tinted with contempt, it likewise merits a more open and decided comment by the daily press. The press and Judge Wofford are equally aware of the causes which lead to the numerous shades of the unfortunate race, but the judge spoke without thought and the press commented without reason or logic. The Rev. J. M. Harris of Burns' Chapel spoke upon the subject last Sunday in a manner which suggested a very uncomfortable feeling on the part of the Negroes for the broad and uncalled for loggery by the judge. NOTICE! Persons who will receive in their homes delegates to the Interstate Literary Society will please write on a postal card how many persons they will entertain and if ladies or gentlemen are desired, and mail same to either of the undersigned. The delegates and visitors are to be served meals at the church. They may be required to pay 20c per night per person. Meals at the church 15c and 25c. W. C. HUESTON, I. M. HORTON, 127 w. W. 8th 1608 E. 13th TO THE READERS OF THE SON J. B. Johnson, who the Son accepted a short while ago as an assistant on this paper, is in nowise connected with us now. He is not the man that we took him to be, and any soliciting or attempting to collect money for the Son by him should be treated with contempt. A Dozen Don'ts. Don't get gay. Don't depend too much on friends. Don't forget that the best kind of advise is example. Don't do all your pushing against the breechestraps. Don't be a good fellow at the expense of your family. Don't forget that your wife earns half of the money—or more. Don't forget that time wasted today is a draft on tomorrow. Don't work so hard trying to find a way to live without working. Don't forget that there woul be no tongue of gossip if there were not at least two ears. Don't keep all your good nature for use during business hours—take some of it home with you. Don't think that a brown stone front will keep the butcher boy from seeing the garbage barrel in the rear. —W. L. Maupin in Commoner. However, the man who thinks he will continue to have his own way after marriage is apt to have another think later in the game. Go after two wolves and you will not catch even one. Trust in God, but do not stumble yourself. The deeper you hide anything, the sooner you find it. Whether nome is heaven or the other place often depends on the cooking. If people aren't careful the gilt of their honesty wil wear off. AS NEGRO PARTY FEALTY IS VALUED. The time is almost ripe for activity among the Republicans locally. The pass word of the local boss "line up boys" will soon be heard on every corner. Again an earnest appeal for the Negro vote will be made. The Republicans are in the saddle in the city, county and state. The little representation given the Negroes at the City Hall is supposed to be a fitting (2) recognition for his fealty. The county officials do not seem to think they owe the Negro voter anything for his support nor do the state officials. The Son holds that the Republicans expect too much of the Negro voters for what is given in return. As soon as an office hunter bags his game he does not know his Negro supporter nor does he want to know him until the time comes to hunt the office again. Very inspiring (?) to the Negro. Very characteristic of our officials at Jefferson City as well as the office holders in the Court house. If per chance one of these officials meets a Negro who was an active champion of the Republican party interests, he begins to tell him troubles but the point he never reaches if it touches upon the question of Negro recognition. The spoils are divided among the office holders and the white party workers and the Negro gets nothing except the command, "Get ready boys, line up and let's elect our ticket." This old command is tune worn and shattered and will not work any longer. There will be no more lining up until the Negro gets something for something. A so-called Negro representative at the City Hall who holds his job by virtue of the colored vote, visits a big white restaurant with a basket, tips his hat, gets the basket filled with edibles, sneaks to some remote corner in a building across the street and there dines. Why does not this Negro practice what he preaches? Is there not a Negro restaurant in the whole of Kansas City fit to serve him? President Booker T. Washington has just received the information that the Russian and Danish translations of his autobiography, "Up From Slavery," have been published. The book is still a popular volume in all parts of the world. No man is a fool who knows enough to keep his mouth shut. A rose by any other name would have its thorn. CLIPPINGS OF RACE NOTES. The Negro bank at Muscogee, I. T., has a capital of $20,000. It takes us about four years to learn to speak, and the other three score and six to learn not to. But women do not think so. There are five incorporated Negro business corporations at New York City with a capital of $1,500,000. Hon. Harry Smith, Colored, of Cleveland, editor of the Gazette, has been nominated by the Republican of Cuyahoga county for the Ohio legislature. When are the Republicans going to begin hunting mayoralty timber? The interest of the common people here in Kansas City is not as closely guarded as it should by our chosen city executives. Give us cheaper gas. President Roosevelt stands today as one of the greatest men of the age. He is a champion of integrity, honesty and fair play. If all the American people were as broad, fearless and upright as our great president, what a grand and good country this would be. The people of Kansas City are patiently awiting the enjoyment of cheaper gas and cheaper water too. Kansas City, Kansas, and Independence are already enjoying the blessing of much reduced gas bills while the people of this city must rest contented until the politicians see fit to give them what they are entitled to. There must be a graft somewhere—and the people of this city are going to demand an explanation. The 13th is indeed an unlucky day. On that date a Negro mob in Atlanta, Ga., attempted to lynch a white man for criminal assault on a colored girl. By so doing they show that they adopt the barbarism displayed by others. This is wrong. We object to lynching because of its barbarity and not because of the particular person lynched. A mob is simply a mob regardless of the color of those who compose it.—The Freeman. Evidences are accumulating that that the Negro is doing some tail thinking along political lines. He is ceasing to be the tool of any local boss, or an asset of any particular party. He is beginning to have a definite and practical reason for the faith that is within him. 203-204 Hall Bldg., Corner 9th and Walnut Sts., Kansas City, Mo. The Christmas Store Busy days these for the Christmas Store. The six floors are thronged with Holiday crowds already—people who realize the advantages in buying now rather than waiting until the last minute. But there will be bigger crowds later on, some lines will necessarily be broken and there will be less time for exchange. That's why we urge you to come NOW. And by all means bring the children. Toyland is at it's best now. There are hundreds of clever things—funny little clowns, automobiles, trains, musical toys, dolls—all the well known toys as well as scores of novelties. It is a never to be forgotten journey through fairyland, this trip to the Emery, Bird, Thayer Toy Store. Emery,Bird,Thayer Co. Kansas City. Wife, Sister or Friend No matter-she and the whole family will "Just Love It," if it's JERSEY CREAM. The substitution so often attempted may be avoided by insisting on the Bread with the Silver Tag Made by Matthaei's Bakery Ask them; ask anybody in good health they all say the same—"I am for something good to eat." QUAKER BREAD—the bread with the blue Quaker tag. Observe the rigid rules of cleanliness enforced at Matthaei's Bakery and you will always ask for Matthaei's bread. All Grocers. Matthaei's Bakery 903-5 W.17th, Kansas City, Mo. JOHN P. TILLHOFF The Christ Store Busy days these for six floors are thronged ready—people who realize now rather than wait. But there will be bigger will necessarily be broken for exchange. That's what NOW. And by all means land is at it's best now clever things—funny trains, musical toys, dolls as well as scores of now forgotten journey through Emery, Bird, Thayer To Emery, Bird Kans Wife, Sister No matter—she and "Just Love It," is The substitution so avoided by insisting Silver Tag Made by Matth Ask them; ask any they all say the same good to eat." QUAKER BREAD—the Quaker tag. Observe cleanliness enforced and you will always bread. All Grocers Matthaei 903-5 W. 17th, The above is a casual thought given expression by one of our esteemed contemporaries. It shows the trend which is fast developing among the Negro of the serveral sections. Howell—Here's just what you want in the way of a vacation place; the advertisement says: 'All the comforts of home.' Powell—Those are just what I'm trying to get away from.—New York Sun. Blow Too Much For Pat. While Pat Kern, a sturdy young Irishman of Philadelphia, was standing on a ladder cleaning windows a lawyer approached and called out to him that an uncle living in Ireland had died, leaving him $100,000. Pat promptly fell from the ladder at the shock. He was not hurt, however, and soon went back to his task. "When are you going to quit work?" was asked. "When I get the money," came the retort. REPARTEE AND ROMANCE. "Tell me what it is about me That for you has such a charm." I was sure she couldn't doubt me When I answered her—"My arm." Then she looked up with a wink that I interpreted meant Haste, Saying: "If that's true, I think that We have little time to waist." "Clever girl." I murmured, "this is Happiness! Do you agree?" "Yes, she answered, "and a kiss is Cupid's proper repartee." That's the way of love's beginning— Smooth and simple as a song; When a girl is worth the winning, She will help a chap along! —Felix Carmen, in N. Y. Sun. When the sun sets, trouble is hatch- ed. Music may be the food of love, but marriage requires something more substantial. No man can be a hero to himself when he is up against the toothache. THE E. Z. SHAVE. C. A. EVANS, BARBER SHOP For First Class Work. 07 East 14th St. Kansas City, Mo. It is usually the painstaking man who succeeds in avoiding pain. Te who doesn't think he could improve on the most of nature's hand work will never set the world on fire. If you find it hard to trust your feelings make them pay for what they want. WHEN TO CRITICISE. When your heart is warm with love, Even for your enemies; Underneath the paltry mass— Not till then, if you are wise, Will you dare to criticise. Nice Old-Fashioned Folk Senator Pettus of Albama, wears shirts made by his wife and socks which she has knitted. The old couple live in Selma when not in Washington, and new manners and customs have changed them little. Since their marriage, sixty-two years ago, she has made all his linen garments. Until about twenty years ago she adhered to the ways of her foremothers and spum the flax herself. Now she finds her eyes are falling and she buys the linen from a merchant in Mobile, but the remainder of the work is her labor of love. As she talks to her guests, whether at home or in Washington, her fingers are busy with knitting. Mrs. Pettus has a remarkable memory and tells entertaining anecdotes in a qualit, old-fashioned war. On every anniversary of their marriage the couple give a reception for the senate, and great is the shwer of gifts. --- WESTERN UNIVERSITY. THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST. . . . . . DEPARTMENTS: Theological, State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Physical (Instrumental and Vocabulary, Drawing (Fine Arts and Book Binding, Businessing, Tailoring, Dressmaking, Dering, Farming and Gardening). ADVANTAGES: Sipendid Locations and Thorough Teaching. INFORMATION: For terms, prior to WILLIAM T. VERDEN QUINDARO, Phones: Office—Bell—"White" MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-National Industrial. NES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-National (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ, keyboard, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Book Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Farming and Gardening. IMAGES: Sipendid Location, Healthful Climate, Lands and Thorough Teachers. ACTION: For terms, prices and all inducements of WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. D. PRESIDENT, INDARO, KANE Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell— 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 Phones: Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"West 15. David T. Beals, President. Fernado P. Neal, VI W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President. Edwin W. Zea, Cas Statement of the Condition of the Uni National KANSAS As made to the Comptroller business, Thursday, RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $ 6,866,672 U. S. bonds at par ..... $ 600. 10.00 Municipal bonds and other high class bonds at par ..... 430,069.80 Cash and sight ex- change ..... 3,650,825 17— $ 11,556,807.6 DIRECTORS—David T. Beals Lovejoy, E. W. Zea, C. W. Whitech F. P. Neal, F. L. LaForce, Edward D. Ford, W. H. Seeger. NATHAN 1412 E. S Tol. Home DEA FANCY AND STAPLE CO. SALT MEATS, CO. BAKERY GOODS Goods Delivered at An Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. To the Comptroller of the Currency at Business, Thursday, November 9th, 1919 RESOURCES. Amounts ... $ 6,866,672.06 R.and. $ 600,00.00 Land class ... 439,069.80 ex ... 3,650,825.17— 4,680,804.07 TORS—David T. Beals, L. T. James, J. P. Men- W. Zea, C. W. Whitehead, C. J. Schmelzer, Geo- F. L. LaForce, Edward George, Lee Clark, O. H. H. Seeger. LIABILITIES Capital stock Surplus fund Unsecured interest National bank notes outside Deposits $11,556,807.83 ATHAN M. DRUIN 1412 E. 5th Street Tel. Home, 8562 Main DEALER IN AND STAPLE GROCERIES, FRI- LT MEATS, COUNTRY PRODU- BAKERY GOODS AND NOTION Goods Delivered at Any Time. 1412 E. 5th St. Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business, Thursday, November 9th, 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. LaForce, Edward George, Lee Clark, H. Dean, Geo. D. Ford, W. H. Seeger. FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, FRESH AND SALT MEATS, COUNTRY PRODUCE, BAKERY GOODS AND NOTIONS Goods Delivered at Any Time. 1412 E. 5th St. M. A. BROWN, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, Men's Ladies' and Children's Rubbers, Hardware, Nails and Other Articles. 24th and Elmwood Especially Caters to the Colored People. Cheapest Place in Town for Best Goods. GOODS. NOTICE 's Ladies' and Children's Rub Hardware, Nails and Other Articles. 24th and Elmwood aters to the Colored People. Cheapest Place in Town for Best Goods. DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, Men's Ladies' and Children's Rubbers, Hardware, Nails and Other Articles. 24th and Elmwood Especially Caters to the Colored People. Cheapest Place in Town for Best Goods. Hats made to order. Your old ones made new or you can purchase anything in the millinery line you may desire We also have a nice line of Ladies Hose, Neckwear, Ribbons, etc. Also Boys waists, Men and Women's underwear. All kinds of notions. We buy our goods at wholesale and can sell to our patrons as cheap as the downtown stores can. Save car fare and give us a trial. We keep Ozone Face Powder, Electrical Skin Food, Scalp Soap. OZONE IS THE BEST FOR THE HAIR. 1906 VINE STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. STOVE REPAIRS Both Phones. 214 Main. S. A. METZNER 304 West Sixth Street Kansas City, Mo. ratory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Mu- including piano, organ and har- Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing course, Stenography and Typewrit- d Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- Healthful Climate, Good Influ- and all inducements offered write ON, A. M., D. D. NT, KANSAS. 2. Residence—Bell—"West 15. Fernado P. Neal, Vice President. Edwin W. Zea, Cashier. ION Bank CITY, MO. The Currency at the close of November 9th, 1905. LIABILITIES. capital stock ..... $ 600,000.00 plus fund ..... 400,000.00 advised profits ..... 73,547.51 received interest ..... 84,002.00 national bank notes outstanding possits ..... 500,000.00 possits ..... 9,886,941.12 $11,556,607.63 T. James, J. P. Merrill, G. W. C. J. Schmelzer, Geo. W. Jones, Gege, Lee Clark, O. H. Dean, Geo. N. DRUINE On Street 562 Main IN COCERIES, FRESH AND ENTRY PRODUCE, AND NOTIONS time. 1412 E. 5th St. NOTIONS, children's Rubbers, and Other Articles. Elmwood in for Best Goods. inery and Notion Store Kansas City, Mo. old ones made new or being in the millinery by desire Hose, Neckwear, Ribbons, etc. n's underwear. All kinds ot and can sell to our patrons as Save car fare and give us a Artical Skin Food, Scalp Soap, FOR THE HAIR. KANSAS CITY, MO. PIANO FURNISHED. HALL to Rent Socials, Events, Etc. ed People only. 6th St., Kansas City, Mo. REPAIRS AND RANGES. HER 304 West Sixth Street Kansas City, Mo. $11.556,607.63 SHE RISING SUN. A Oem 0.>F4 Nesemet MM ory MS Ranh AD am wa Sia —) —— TK — i i Ay meray } i ( A) C5. 9 WR) ari clea a Aicae Eugene Vaugan, Agt. Kansas City, Kas, 988 Split Log. A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there that enables us to run from year to year." FOR COLORED PEOPLE, 1409 Highland avenue, four room flat; $10 per month; city water. Apply Corbetts, 1025 Main St. The Progress Study club met with Mesdames J. B. Hill and Josle A. Jones at thelr residence, 1306 Vine St. November 25. Miss Lillian Tooley is having a grand success with her recitals. She has filled fifty-seven engagements in Missouri and Kansas with requests from each place of engagement to re- turn, The people are highly pleased ith her work, Mrs. Geo, W. Diggs of 4332 Penn street desires to give some young girl or elderly lady a home to help around a little. Some person who has no permanent home, Any per- son desiring such, please call at the above number, The Ozona Hair straightener, hair tonics, face powders, scalp soaps, ete. may be found at Mrs. Hubbel's, 1906 Vine street. Elegant Flats, 1409 Highland ave., 7 rooms, bath and toilet, all new, can be arranged for two families; rent $15.00 per month. Apply Cor- bett’s, 1025 Main street. When you want the best news con- cerning the Negro, place your name on the subscription list of the “Son” and thus have it delivered to your door. 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 con. tinue business. A little now and then will aid us considerably. Persons desiring to secure sugges tive program for Willlam Lloyd Gar tison Contennial Exercises, December 10th, 1905, can secure same without charge, except for postage, by ad: dressing Mr. Hugh M. Browne Cheney, Pa. This program has been prepared by Hon, Archibald H. Grimke, of Boston, with the help and co-operation of Mr. Garrision’s sons Messrs. William Llody, jr., and Fran eis J. Garrison. The display windows of the big white store of Jones Dry Goods Co. are beginning to attract much attention, It seems to be the headquarters for Christmas toys for he little folks. Like wise a varied and beautiful display of suitable Christmas presents is ob: served. Another week and the jam will be on, But the system which the firm employs to handle big crowds is ‘one of its own and works like a charm. ‘The wants of its customers are expl- ditiously supplied anq thus no time ig lost or confusion encountered. A Thanksgiving programme was ren dered as follows Poem ...+-++0ee8se0+e MTB, J. W. Clay Paper, “Thangsgiving’, . .. .... sresaerasenverse Mth, MG J, Allen Poem ............Mrs, Josie A. Jones Talk, “Why We Observe Thanks- giving” ........Mrs. Lueinda Day Paper ....+0s.0ss.++.-Mrs, J. B, Hill Vocal Solo, “Believe” .......++5 sitsstenseeseee Mrs, C, B, Jones Select Reading ..Miss Sadie Saunders Remark, Appropriate to Thanks- giving ........Mrs. Jas. H. Crews By special request Mrs. D. E. Me. Knight favored the club with an In strumental Solo, Delegates were elected to the In. terstate Literary, after which light re freshments were served. All reported having spent an enjoy. able afternoon, Kitchener Tall and Wiry. Tord Kitchener, whose recent ap- pointment as military autocrat in In- dia caused Lord Curzon to resign his position as viceroy, has been thus de- scribed by G. W. Stevens, war cor. respondent: “He stands several in- ches over six feet, straight as a lance, and looks out imperlously above most men’s heads; his motions are deliber- ate and strong; slender, but firmly knit, he seems built for tireless, steel: wire endurance rather than for power agility.” 2 Re, What Says Fashion? ber the Dorothy Dodd shoe . \ matter of selecting YOUR wijle Se rice $3.00 and $3.50 Strong & Garfield’s Sy Dress Shoes yey, While the patent shoes are so ex- tremely popular for dress wear this line S ph will afford all the choice styles in Blucher oo ) and Button for your selection. fy ; Price $5.00 and $6.00 fy ma Oviatt Shoe Co. Zesee | 105 Main. a | Mr.Mideon Bansfield, who is attend- ‘ing college at Lawrence, spent Thanks- ‘giving at the home of his parents, 3020 Chestnut. | ’ Carl Hoffman Music Co.’s =—GREAT— REMOVAL SALE! Now Going on. Unheard of Bargains in PIANOS, ORGANS, MUSIC CABINETS, BENCHES, PIANO STOOLS, PIANO SCARFS, SHEET MUSIC, MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, Etc. Here are Some Fine Piano and Organ Bargains: 1 Starr Square, $15 1 Hale Upright. $85 1 Griffin Square, $20 1 Bradbury Upright, $198 1 Bacon Square, $18 1 Hart Upright. $165 1 Schaeffer Square, $40 1 Oxford Upright, $185 Organ Bargains, $15 to $28 EASY PAYMENTS. Open Every Evening. Come in. & ar! Hoffman “ MUSIC COMPANY Ge, Ae ad) 3 NUT sT.KANSA The Son notes with pleasure the progressive spirit of Mr. John Day, won of Mrs. Lucinda Day, of 1411 Ly- dia avenue, Mr. Day is teaching in the Douglass school and his work shows marked signs of advancement, His determination to make a mark in life 1s an encouraging example worthy of emulation, ‘Thanksgiving Day was thoroughly ‘observed by the churches throughout the city. Dinners were served and patronized Mberally by our citizens ‘and friends of tho various places of worship. Mrs. L. J. Holly was summoned by telegraph to Washington, D. C., Tues- day, to be at the bedside of her moth: er who is seriously ill, Mrs, A. E. Jenkins and Mrs, Marie Rothwell gave'a reception last Friday Jevening in honor of tnelr sister, Mrs os Rice of Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr, Lloyd Bailes of the University of Lawrence spent Thanksgiving with ‘his. parents. age LAST SUCCESS CAME. Owight Bullding 10th and Baltimore Avenue. KANSAS CITY, MO. COPIA cess dei seiee eves oe ve sean anion 46 bu Seu ae aa ov 44 G2U7/600 BUPPIUS .. oe oe oe oe oe oe 0 oe tee ce ce ee oe ce oe oe te oe oe 9267600 Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business, Pays 2 per cent on Checking Accounts, Allows 3 per cent on Saving Deposits, Time Certificates Issued, Cares for Real Estate and Mortgage Investments. Now Is the time to beging Saving.—Dont delay, $1.00 will start an account. OFFICERS: WALTON H, HOLMES, 0... 6. 6. ce ce ee ce oe oe oe oe Presicient, Le Chis 1h cori coca dado cog Go on ULI LS C.F, HOLMES) oo oe ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee as Wlce President. CHAS, &, GLEED, o.oo. oe ce ee ce ee ce ee ee oe oe e+ Vice President, H, C, SCHWITZGEBEL, .. .. 6. 0. oe we ve oe ve oe Seely and Treas. BIRD H. McGARVEY, .. 6. 66 oe ce ce ce ce ee oe ee ee oe Att. Treas. £, L. SCARRITT, Counselor. B, P, FINLEY, Attorney, | a I 8. M. CHANDLER'S First Class Artist In Barber Shop. Pool Table BARBER SHOP and RESTAURANT Popular Prices, Work Guaranteed Best Meal In the City for 10 and 15 cents 12-114 E. 6th Street, KANSAS CITY, MO. 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 wil derness, ‘ ‘ A stranger is beating against our gate, Crying: “Let me in! It is I, Sue cess!” —Author Unknown, No, Cordellia, it isn’t necessary to act foolish in order to live the simple life. Newspaper Enterorise. 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 “scoop” landed by the Freeborn (Ia.) Courier. It ts self-explanatory: “We came pretty near getting scooped on an item this week, but if it were not for the fact that we al- ways 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. re a a a era ama a Sa a a a ce NELSON’S STRAIGHTINE NATURE’S GREAT HAIR DRESSING | Batic. Makes ee : Harsh mes Wa? <->) Powerful ee toe Stubborn “ep | Wal i oh eo alr HAIR ~<A Ue Wey Vy — Grower \\S }/BES hs Soft and = \\ Js" \ HAIR RRND Pliant ~ | ty is ZB ‘ } fi Positive Cure and Removes X. 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We want good agents, Write for price, terms and testimonials. G. A. BIGKELL Deater in STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, ~< ~ FRESH AND SALT MEATS, VEGETABLES AND NOTIONS. © $81 TROOST AVE. Especially Caters to the Colored People. Smali expenses. Will meet any prices in my line. A fuzzy taste the next morning makes a fellow feel down in the mouth. Ahe fact that age commands vener. ation possibly explains why there are so many old reprobates. There is a skeleton in every closet, but tais is no excuse for a continual rattling of the bones. AA. Weber The well know MERCHANT TAILOR, after an extended trip through California and the Se ir wilirty caain! very body roeambers Gtr Weber by the many stylish and well-made snits he jeu catcuicinayal i 1206: East 18th Street 2 SIERO ee te een people misunderstand him. CAN NOT ESCAPE, ‘There's nothing in the world, I know, ‘That can escape from love; For every depth it goes below, And every helght above. It waits, as waits the sky Until the clouds go by, Secure when they are gone And when they stay. —Henry David Thoreau. | REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. “No, 1 don’t mama; I've got tired of hearing them talk about munificent ownership.” Even the fellow who boards ‘roun¢ may occasionally get a square meal. ‘Tommy—"Pop, what is a phantom?" Tommy's Pop—“A phantom, my son, is a good bit like a drunken man’s promise,”” When David killed Goliath he dem onstrated that it Is better to carry a sling In your hand than your hand in a sling. Wigg—"D'Auber's work is full of striking effects.” Wagg—“Yes; he used to be a walking delegate before he took up art.” Work is a joy when the loved ones share the fruits. When it comes to triplets .¢ keeps a man busy trying to hold his own. A lot of people never think of thelr religion until they hear the church bells ringing. Less a woman has to complain about the more she complains. It isn't what your grandfather was but what you are, that really counts. No Call For Sympathy. “I asked Jones why he didn't pay me that twenty he has owe me so Jong.”” “What did he say?" “He seemed to have some sort of impediment in his speech.” “Well, I wouldn't worry about that. The impediment in his pocketbook is a good deal more serious,”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Charles Schleicher | DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries. Fresh and Salt Meats. Country Produce and Spring Chicken GOODS DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF THE CrTy, Home Phone 2615 Main, 1002 East toth Street, Especially Caters to the Colored People. Fe C. COLLINS COR. 18th AND FLORA We Are Now in Shape to Handle Fall Trade mm In our several departments we have STYLISH MILLI- NERY, WOMEN’S SUITS and WRAPS, GENTS’ AND BOYS’ FURNISHINGS,BOOTS and SHOFS, NOTIONS and DRY GOODS of every description. We can fit you out at prices that are right. Call and see us. Ea Why Not Save Car Fare aed C. COLLINS COR. 18th AND FLORA / DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRESH AND | SALT MEATS, VEGETABLES AND NOTIONS | Cigars and Tobacco, i Eepecaly Catereto the culnrea Peoples Everything New ond Freshy Goode elivered. ie : MRS. EMMA VIA, sea ForResrT, DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries and Produce Fresh Mik and Cream at All Times. The Only “lace to Buy the Best Provisions at Lowest Prices. Especially Caters to the Colored People. Notions and Candies. Try Our Milk and Cream. No Stolc. The waiter laid a bill of fare be fore him. “No,” said Ardup, tgnoring it, “I haven't fortitude enough to look through it. Bring me coffe and dough- nuts.’—Chicago Tribune. PRESIDENT OUTLINES ISSUES OF THE DAY Important Recommendations as to Legislation Made in Annual Message to Congress—Large Part of Document Devoted to Corporations and Railroad Rate Legislation—Relations of Labor and Capital Dealt With Fully. The message of President Roosevelt, read at the first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, congratulates the people on the continued prosperity of the nation. The close relationship and mutual dependence upon each other of capital and labor are pointed out, and the message continues: Corporations. Yet, while not merely admitting, but insisting upon this, it is also true that where there is no governmental restraint or supervision some of the exceptional powers are for the common good, but in ways which tell against this common good. The fortunes amassed through corporate power in those that wied them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign that is to the Government, while some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, it is essential to be capable of supporting and by and large accountable to some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct. I am in no sense hostile to corporate power, and any effort to present all combination will be not only useless but in the end ticious, because of the contempt for the failure of the corporation to effectively produce. We should, moreover, recognize in cordial and simple fashion the immense good effect by corporate agents in a country serving us and our country, and devoted to their service and there fore normally to the service of the public by their officers and directors. The corporate power of the trade union has come to stay. Each can do and has done great good. Each should be favoured so long as it does good. But it acts against law and justice. The President shows the impossibility of the individual states dealing successfully with corporation greed, and the necessity of conferring power upon the general government even to the extent of a proper amendment to the constitution. He says: It has been a misfortune that the national laws on this subject have hitherto been of a negative or prohibitive rather than positive nature, and that they have in part sought to prohibit what could not be effectively prohibited, and have in part in their purpose allowed and what should not be allowed. It is generally useless to try to prohibit all restraint on competition, whether this trumpet be reasonable or unreasonable, and generally hurful. Events have shown that it is not possible adequately to force an enforcement any law kind by increased judicial courts. The Department of Justice has for the last four years devoted more attention to the enforcement of the anti-trust legislation than to the enforcement of any law been accomplished; particularly marked has been the moral effect of the prosecutions, but it is increasingly evident that the enforcement of the enforcement result in the way of economic change. The successful prosecution of one device to devise the law immediately develops the possibility of a more punitive purpose. What is needed is not sweeping prohibition of every arrangement, good or bad, which may tend to restrict competition, but which will prevent any restriction of competition from being to the detriment of the public—as well as such other abuses in no way connected with restriction of competition. The first consideration to be kept in mind is that the power should be affirmative, administrative body created by the Congress. If given to the present Interstate Commerce commission or to a reorganized administrative body such commission should be made unique and administrative. I do not believe in the government interfering with private business, believe in the government undertaking any work which can with property be done in private hands. But neither do I believe in overseeing any work when it becomes evident that abuses are sure to obtain therein unless there is governmental action to indicate the exact terms of the law which should be enacted, but I call the attention of the Congress to certain existing conditions upon some competent administration upon the case being brought before it whether a given rate prescribed by a railway commission be unreasonable and unjust, then after full investigation of the complaint, to prescribe the limit of rate—the maximum reasonable rate, as it is commonly called—this decision to go into effect within a reasonable time and to review by the courts. It sometimes happens at present, not that a rate is too high but that a favored shipper is given the maximum rate, which would have the right to fix tubs already established minimum rate as the maximum and it would need to be reduced by the commission to cure railroad companies of the practice of giving improper minimum rates. I call your attention to any request by the commission to cure the commission power to initiate or originate rates generally, but to regulate the roads, complaints and the investment. A heavy penalty should be executed from any corporation which fails to regard this power to establish a maximum rate as being essential to any scheme of real reform in the matter of railway roads, and it unless it is granted to the commission there is little use in touching the subject at all. Continuing, the President earnestly disclaims any spirit of hostility to the railroads, pointing out the benefits to be derived by the fair-dealing roads in the even-handed administration of justice. In this both the honest railroad man and the honest shipner alike would be benefited. Ending the subject, the President says: The question of transportation lies at the root of all industrial success, and the substance which has taken place during the last half century has been the most important factor in the growth of the new industrial conditions. Most of us we do not wish to see the sun of our great country as a ward for his talents. Still less do we wish to see him penalized; but we do desire to be so handled that the strong man shall be given no advantage over the weak man. We do not want the small town as for the big city, for the small shipper as for the big shipper. In the old days the highway of commerce was open to all; it belonged to the public and the traffic along it was free. All we was open to all; it belonged to the public and we must do our best to see that it was open to all on equal terms. Unlike the old highway it is a very difficult and better that it should be managed by private individuals than by the government. But it can only be so managed or not because, in my judgment, public The necessity for safety appliances on railroads, recommended in the President's message to the last Congress, is emphasized, together with the necessity for a law regulating the hours of labor of railroad men. On the labor question, the message says: There has been demand for depriving courts of the power to issue injunctions in the case of the special situation of the equity powers of courts, but most be unwise. It is true that some judges have misused this power; but this does not justify the power the power may impose on an improper the power the power to call a strike by a labor leader would justify the denial of the right to strike. The procedure by requiring the judge to give due notice to the adverse parties before granting the writ, the hearing to be ex-acted, the hearing to be seen poor at the time and place ordered. What is due notice must depend upon the facts of the case; it should not be used in the case of a case in which or the jeopardizing of life or property. Of course, this would not authorize the issuing of a restraining order or injunction, because it is not already authorized by existing law. In any great labor disturbance not only are employer and employee interested, but employers and employees are every considerable labor difficulty in which interstate commerce is involved should be investigated by the government the facts officially reported to the public. treated simply and solely on his worth as a man, that all his personal and property belonged to the safeguarded and neither to wrong others nor to suffer wrong from others. Insurance The great insurance companies afford striking examples of corporations whose business as extended on air beyond the Jurisdiction of the states which created them as to pre-vent regulation by the parent States. In my last annual message I recommended "that the congress carefully consider whether the power of the Bureau of Corporations cannot contain transactions in insurance." Recent events have emphasized the importance of an early and exhaustive consideration of this question, better safeguard than the several states have been able to furnish against corona of the fragrant kind which has been exposed. The Revenues. Touching the question of tariff and revenue ,the views of the President are as follows: Economy in Expenditures. The necessity for economy and a rigid scrutiny of appropriations is made manifest, with this proviso: Yet, in speaking of economy, I must in no wise be understood as advocating the false economy which is in the end the worst extravagance. To cut down on the navy, for instance, would be a crime against the nation. To fail to push forward all work on the Panama canal would be as great a folly. The currency question is dealt with as follows: Every consideration of prudence demands the addition of the element of elasticity to our currency system. The evil does not contain the rigidity of the money, the rigidity of this volume, which does not respond as it should to the varying needs of communities and of seasons. Inflation must be avoided, but some provision should be made to ensure that money during the fall and winter months than in the less active seasons of the year, so that the currency will contract against speculation, and will expand for the needs of the business world. The emergency department is at irregularly recurring intervals obliged, in the interest of the business world—that is, in the interests of the business world—by providing a remedy for avert financial crises by providing a remedy. It should be provided by Congressional action. Federal Elections. On the subject of federal elections, the President says: "The power of the government to protect the integrity of the elections of its own officers and affirmed by repeated declarations of the Supreme court. There is no enemy of free government more dangerous and none so indouduous as the corruption of the electorate. No one would oppose it, and it would seem to follow that none would oppose vigorous measures to eradicate it. I would oppose it against burying the corruption in federal elections. The details of such a law may be safely left to the wise discretion of the Conformist constitution it is possible to go, and should include severe penalties against him who gives or receives a bribe intended to influence the expenditures for nominations and provisions for the publication not only of the expenditures for nominations and elections of all candidates, but also of all conventions and expenditures made by political committees. I desire to repeat this recommendation. In political campaigns in a country as large as the United States, there should be much expense of an entirely legitimate kind. This, of course, means that many contributions, and some of them of the money of the campaign, of fact, in any big political contest such contributions are always made to both sides. It is entirely proper both to give and receive contributions, and to connect with either gift or reception. If they are extorted by any kind of pressure directed, in the way of favor or immunity, then the giving or receiving becomes not only improper but criminal. It will undoubtedly be shaken an act which shall guard with reasonable certainty against such misconduct; but if it is possible to secure by law the full and consistent contribution to and expended by the candidates or committees of any political parties the result cannot but be wholesome. All contributions or committees for any political purpose should be forbidden by law; directors should not commit such purposes; and moreover a prohibition of this kind would be, as far as it went, an effective method of stopping the evils aimed at such contributions both the national and the several state legislatures for any officer of a corporation from using the money of the corporation in political campaigns; and moreover such use of money in connections with any legislation save by the employment of counsel in public manner for distinctly legal Army and Navy. The President insists upon the necessity for a well trained body of soldiers as a nucleus for an army in time of trouble, and that maneuvers of a practical kind should be undertaken to adapt the forces to actual conditions of warfare. An increase in the artillery force so that the coast fortifications can be adequately manned is also recommended, with liberal appropriations for the building and bringing to a state of perfection of the United States navy. Naturalization Laws. Of our present naturalization laws, the message says: During the past year evidence has accumulated to confirm the expressions contained in my last two annual messages as an important step in appropriate legislation for our system of naturalization. I appointed last March a commission to make a careful examination of our naturalizing laws, and to avoid the notorious abuses resulting from the improvident or unlawful granting of citizenship. This commission, composed of an expert witness, has examined the Department of Justice and of the Department of Commerce and Labor, has discharged the duty imposed upon it, and has submitted a report of testimony to the Congress for its consideration, and, I hope, for its favorable action. The distinguishing recommendations of the commission are: First. A federal bureau of naturalization, merce and Labor, to supervise the administration of the naturalization laws and to re- administrate of naturalizations pending and accomplished. Second. Uniformity of naturalization certi- tion. Third. More exacting qualifications for citi- ness. Fourth. The preliminary declaration of intention to be abolished and no alien to be murdered must be timely days after the filing of his petition. Fifth Jurisdiction to naturalize aliens to be confined to United States district courts in civil actions in which the amount in controversy is unlimited; in cities of over 100,000 inhabitants the United States district courts to have exclusive jurisdiction in the finalization of the alien residents of such cities. Merchant Marine. On the subject of the merchant message, the message says: To the spread of our trade in peace and the defense of our flag in war a great and prosperous merchant marine is indispensable. We should have ships of our own and sea-rail owned down to the sea, and in case of need we can reinforce our battle line. It cannot but be a source of regret and uneasiness to us that the lines of communication with our allies should be sharply under foreign control. It is not a good thing that American merchants and manufacturers should have to send their goods to us, and that we should be they wish security and dispatch. Even on the Pacific, where our ships have held their own better than on the Atlantic, our merchant vessels should be bestowed by other governments on their own steam lines. I ask your earnest consideration of the report with which the Merchant Marine commission has followed its long and careful inquiry. Praise of the good work of the pension bureau with an acknowledgment of the debt the country owes to the veterans of the Civil war follows. Immigration. Continuing, the message shows clearly the necessity for checking the steamship companies in their activity in promoting the importation of undesirable immigrants, while pointing out how warmly welcome is the man of good health and moral character, who bids fair to add value to the community. An increase in the strengency of the immigration law is advocated. On the subject of Chinese immigration the message urges the necessity for courteous treatment of the Chinese students, business and professional men who visit this country, while asserting unalterable opposition to the admission of coolies or skilled or unskilled labor from China. Civil Service. Some paragraphs of the message are devoted to an elucidation of the workings of the civil service law. The assertion is made that the effects of the law have been excellent. Pensions for members of the Life Saving Service are shown to be desirable, and a high compliment is paid the members of the service for their self-sacrificing devotion to duty. The Philippines. Despite the series of disasters which have afflicted the Philippine islands since the American occupation—the rinderpest, the locusts, and the drought—conditions are shown to have steadily improved and tranquility is now almost universal. The Filipinos are beginning to realize the benefits of education, and a school at tendance of 70 per cent is the result Referring to trade between the islands and the United States, the message says: Discussing the needs of Alaska, the President recommends that the territory be given an elective delegate who will be able to speak with an authority on the needs of that section of our country. The message concludes: Admission to Statehood. I recommend that Indian Territory and Oklahoma be admitted as one State and that New Mexico and Arizona be admitted as one State. I recommend that the territorial subdivisions, which are matters of convenience only, as binding us on the question of admission to the four Territories, be added up time in the Congress during the past four years than the question as to the statehood to be granted to the four Territories above mentioned, and that has been developed in the discussions of the question I recommend that they be immediately admitted for further time; and the inability of making the four Territories into two States has been clearly established. The assembly issue licenses for gambling. The Congress should by law forbid this practice, the harmful results of which are obvious at a The Panama Canal. the treaty between the United States and the Republic of Panama, under which the construction into Panama canal was made by the United States Senate on Feb. 22, 1904. The canal properties of the French Canal Company, April 23, 1904, on payment of $40,000,000 to that company. On April 1, 1905, the Commission was reorganized, and it now consists of the gloomy Benjamin M. Harrod, Rear-Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, Mig. Gou, Peter C. Hains, and O. Solomon, Jr. of the oil company. Active work in canal construction, mainly preparatory, has been in progress for less than a year and the progress that pending two projects can have caused to the canal have caused to the debate. First, the question of route; the canal will be built on the Isthmus of Panama. Second, the physical obstacles on this route that American engineering skill will not be able to overcome without serious difficulty, as the canal will prevent the construction of a reasonable time and at a reasonable cost. This is virtually the unanimous testimony of the engineers have investigated the matter for averages. What is needed now and without delay is an appropriation by the Congress to meet the current budget. The first appropriation of $10,000,000, out of the $15,000,000 authorized by the Sponsor act, has been haunted. There is barely enough of it remaining to carry the commission to the end of the year, and before that time all we must cease. To progress for any length of time now, when the progress is deplorable. There will be no money with which to meet pay-roll obligations and none to materialize and supply; and there will be generalization of the forces, here and on the lithium, now working so harmoniously and effectively, appropriation. Estimates of the amount necessary will be found in the accompanying report to the Secretary of War and the commission. KNOTS USEFUL TO MECHANICS The art of the sailorman is useful to the mechanic in so far as it relates Fig. 1. Slinging a Plank on Edge for Scaffolding. to knots. A. D. Williams, Jr., in the American Machinist, gives some pointers on knots that will be appreciated by riggers and men who have to do with scaffolding. Mr. Williams states that in supporting a swinging scaffold it is often advantageous to use light material while at the same time strength is required. He shows a Fig. 2. Sheep's Shank for Taking Up Slack. knot that may be used to swing a plank to the greatest advantage by securing its strongest position to hold the weight. Figure 1 shows this knot in place. As Mr. Williams describes it the knot is very simple. A close hitch is made around the end of the plank; then one of the parts is twisted around the plank until the ends lead WHERE GOOD SISTER BALKED. W. H. BERRY AN ILLINOIS MAN. Proposed Operation Not at All to Her Taste. An old lady of his flock once called upon Dr. Gill with a grievance. The doctor's neckbands were too long for her ideas of ministerial humility, and, after a long harangue on the sin of pride, she intimated that she had brought a pair of scissors with her, and would be pleased if her dear pastor would permit her to cut them down to her notions of propriety. The doctor not only listened patiently, but handed over the offending white bands to be operated upon. When she had cut them to her satisfaction and returned the blips, it was the doctor's turn. "Now," said he, "you must do me a good turn also." "Yes, that I will, doctor. What can it be?" "Well, you have something about you which is a deal too long and which causes me no end of trouble, and I should like to see it shorter." "Indeed, dear sir, I will not hesitate. What is it? Here are the scissors; use them as you please." "Come, then," said the sturdy divine, "good sister, put out your tongue."—London Answers. Typhus Fever Stamped Out Typhus Fever Stamped Out Writes Dr. Andrew Wilson: "Typhus fever was once very rife in our big centers of population. In Edinburgh it was often epidemic, being bred in the dirty, overcrowded slums of those days, amid the squalid, poverty-stricken crowd. At one time they had 120 cases in the hospital. The clearing away of the slums and the activity of sanitary bodies, who were told that the typhus germ can only breed amidst the impure air of overcrowded places, sufficed to put typhus fever on a very different plane. Today many students and even practitioners will tell us that they have never seen a case of this allment." HOUSEKEEPER HOUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT ```markdown ``` For Dining Room and Kitchen. The corners of rooms often contain space that serves no practical purpose in the domestic economy of the house. If they can be utilized for some kitchen or dining room convenience space may be saved elsewhere in these rooms, to the great convenience of the family, or the help in the kitchen. The kitchen suggested, here reproduced from the Country Gentleman, gives all the conveniences of a kitchen cabinet, closets, shelves and kitchen table. The broad corner shelf, with the broad shelf on either side, furnishes more room than even a very large table, that from its shape must occupy a large amount of space. The arrangement shown in the cut, however, takes very little space in the kitchen, and that too, where the space is not usually utilized. --- as shown in the sketch. Figure 2 shows an arrangement for shortening a piece of rope without cutting it. This is a sheep's shank. The rope is brought back on itself, making two or more bights, and a half hitch is taken around each bight. This knot will not slip and will nearly fall apart of its own accord if the strain is released. To prevent this a piece of wood Fig 3. A Bowline in a Bight. should be placed in each end at the loops marked A and the rope should be pulled tight on them. The handiest knot to hitch an auxiliary tackle on a fall is illustrated in Figure 3. The steps necessary to make it are there clearly shown. This knot the writer claims has all the good points of the simple bowline and is really a "bowline in a bight." Mr. Williams shows the right way to rig a tackle to pull a weight in Fig. 4. He says there is a right way and a wrong way. The right way gains the leverage of one Fig. 4. The Right Way to Rig a Tackle additional part of the rope in the tackle. The wrong way might be illustrated by the same cut if W was the post and A the weight. New Treasurer of Pennsylvania Is from the West. W. H. Berry, the Democrat who has been elected state treasurer of Pennsylvania, is a native of Illinois, having been born in Madison county fifty-three years ago. He left there at the age of 17. His father was an inventor, The Pompeian bricks, now so familiar in building construction, and the machines for their manufacture, were the product of his brain and industry. William H. Berry followed in the footsteps of his father and became a mechanical engineer and is to-day president of the Berry Engineering Company of Chester, Pa. For nearly twenty years he has been a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church and there has scarcely been a Sunday in that time that he has not conducted services somewhere. Friday Is Her Lucky Day. The whaleship Hillman, which arrived here on Friday, seems to disprove the old superstition that Friday is an unlucky day most materially. We learn from the first officer of the vessel that the Hillman sailed from this port on Friday, that she took the first blackfish on Friday, her first whale on Friday, made her first port out on Friday and finally arrived here on Friday with 3,500 barrels of whale, 2,100 barrels of sperm oil and 61,000 pounds of bone on board and sent home. Is Friday unlucky? The owners of the Hillman, we presume, are inclined to the opinion that it is not.—New Bedford, Mass., Standard. Little Things Worth Looking After. We think it mean and miserly to look after the little things. And for that reason, more than for any other, human life is cursed with poverty and pauperism. There is less meanness in a poor man's saving a penny than in a rich man's saving a million.—Chicago Journal. R'S ASSISTANT A different arrangement of drawers, closets and shelves can be had, to suit one's own special needs, the cut being given more as a suggestion than as a plan to be absolutely followed. If more table-top room is desired more of the corner can be cut off, bringing the "cross-corner" part of the cabinet a little further out into the room. The little cabinet with glass door above this corner table can be used for the small articles of cooking—spices, flavoring extracts, dried fruits, tea, coffee, cocoa, etc. The open shelves can have sliding or hinged glass doors to keep out dust, if desired. Such a device aids greatly in saving needless labor in housekeeping, for all the ingredients of cooking are right at hand, and near the kitchen range. --- NT ```markdown ``` JOYS OF MATERNITY Mrs. Potts Tells How Women Should Prepare for Motherhood The darkest days of husband and wife are when they come to look forward to childless and lonely old age. Many a wife has found herself incapable of motherhood owing to a displacement of the womb or lack of strength in the generative organs. Mrs Anna Dette Mrs. Anna Potts Frequent backache and distressing pains, accompanied by offensive discharges and generally by irregular and scanty menstruation indicate a displacement or nerve degeneration of the womb and surrounding organs. Mrs. Anna Potts, of 510 Park Avenue, Hot Springs, Ark., writes: My Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "During the early part of my married life I was delicate in health; both my husband and I were very anxious for a child to bless our home, but I had two miscarriages, and could not carry a child to maturity. A neighbor who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advised me to try it. I was growing stronger, my headaches and backaches k了me, I had no more bearing-down pains, and felt like a new woman. Within a year I became the mother of a strong, healthy child, the joy of our home. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is certainly a splendid remedy, and I wish every woman who wants to become a mother would try it." Actual sterility in woman is very rare. If any woman thinks she is sterile, let her try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free to expect or would be mothers. WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT Useful, Reliable, Attractive, Lasting, Up to Date and Authoritative. No other gift will so often be a reminder of the giver. 2300 pages, 6000 illustrations, entirely enlarged with 25,000 new words, a new Gazetteer, and new Biographical Dictionary, edited by W. F. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., L.D. U.S. Commissioner of Education, Grand Prize, World's Fair, St. Louis. Get the Best. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Largest of our archives. Regular and This Paper editions. 110 pages and 1400 illustrations. Write for "Dictionary Wrinkles" Free. G. & C. MERRIAM CO., Springfield, Mass. SPRAYING Pays Big Write us to-day and find out how you can make big money by representing us in your own neighborhood. HOOK-HARDIE CO. Box 19 Hudson, Mich. A jolly father of a family is about as jolly as some of the jokes he tells. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT CHANGED Announcement of important changes in the traffic department of the Wabash and Wheeling and Lake Erie railroads and of the appointment of a new general manager for the eastern Gould line, the Western Maryland, have been made. Vice President B. A. Worthington of the Wabash lines east of Toelode has issued circulars announcing the appointment of C. H. Newton to be joint agent of the Wheeling and Lake Erie and Wabash-Pittsburg terminal railroads at Toledo, effective on Dec. 1. It is also announced that the office of general freight agent of the Wabash at St. Louis is to be abolished, and S. B. Knight, the present incumbent, has been appointed industrial agent. Horace Clark, general manager of the Western Maryland and West Virginia Central railroads, the Gould tidewater lines, has resigned, and Alexander Robertson, formerly general manager of the St. Louis Terminal railroad, has been appointed in his stead. Kelly Gets Higher Position. Instead of R. F. Kelly coming to Chicago to supersede Frank Walmer as assistant general passenger agent of the Wabash at Chicago, it was announced yesterday that Fred H. Tristram, formerly assistant general passenger agent at Pittsburg, will have the Chicago post, and Mr. Kelly will succeed Tristram at Pittsburg. This promotion will place Tristram next in authority to the general passenger agent of the Wabash. The coal man should stick to the right of way. Piso's Cure cannot be too hisy spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'BRIEN. 33 Third Ae. N. Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1903. Narrow-minded men and women talk about persons instead of things. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces fussification, allays pain, helps colic. See a book. Too many men are looking for tr ble instead of work. SOME BRIGHT SMILES MERRY JESTS PUT UP IN SMALL PACKAGES. Norah Proved an Apt Scholar—Hard Shot for Uncle Jagsby—Mrs. Hoolahan Hard to Please—The Mule and the Auto. Hard to Trace. "Excuse me, sir, but you have taken luy umbrella." "But this umbrella has my initials on it." "I can't help that, sir. You will have to see the man who gave it to me." "Where did he get it?" "He said it was loaned to him by a friend who has since moved away."—Milwaukee Sentinel. An Apt Scholar. Mrs. Beacon Street—I'm glad your uncle left you some money, but please, Norah, don't call it a legacy. Say limbacy. It is very improper to say leg; always say limb! Norah—Yis, ma'am, an' shall I warrum oop that limb o' mutton for dinner, or will ye zeh hov it cowd? The Kind Mother Used. The bride was out marketing for the first time. She had ordered a generous number of eatables, and the next on her list was eggs. "I shall want a dozen," she said. "Will you have case eggs?" asked the clerk. "Really I don't know," answered the girl, wrinkling her pretty forehead. "If I recollect, mother always used hens' eggs." --- An All Round Kicker. "What is the difference between a mule and an auto?" "The front end of a mule is comparatively safe; while there is no safe end to an auto."—Houston Post. Up to Him. The Flance—"But you admitted to my sister yesterday that you were in the wrong." The Flancee—"Suppose I did?" The Flance—"Well, then, why don't you make up with me?" The Flancee—"I will as soon as you apologize." Evening It Up. Wicks—"Hear what Sniffkins did when the collection plate came around to him in church last Sunday?" Hicks—"No. Dropped a button in, I suppose." Wicks—"Not even that. He leaned over and whispered, 'I paid the pastor's fare this morning in the car. We'll call it square.'" Empty Boast. Uncle Jagsby—What, crying because you lost your ball? Well, you must be more careful. I never lose anything. Willie—Why, paw says you almost never can't find the keyhole. A Sure Thing. A doctor who posed as something of a wit was passing a stonecutter's yard when he stopped to speak to the proprietor, who was at work on a tombstone. "Ah," said the doctor, "I suppose when you hear some one is ill you get ready for contingencies; though, of course, I suppose you never go beyond the words, 'In memory of —?' "Well, that all depends," was the response, "If you be a doctorin of the patient I goes rl,ht on."—Harper's Weekly. Painful Reminder Ruffin Wratz—"No, I didn't get a cant out o' the cunnel. He didn't give me no chance. As soon as I'd said, Say, boss,' he kicked me down the steps." Saymold Storey—"Sarved ye right, ye durn fool. If ye'd been readin' the 'lection returns you'd be' knew he ain't a boss no more." COOD BLOOD FOR BAD Rheumatism and Other Blood Diseases are Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "In the lend mines I was at work on my knees with my elbows pressed against rock walls, in dampness and extremes of cold," said Mr. J. G. Meukel, of 2975 Jackson avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, in describing his experience to a reporter, "and it is not surprising that I contracted rheumatism. For three years I had attacks affecting the joints of my ankles, knees and elbows. My ankles and knees became so swollen I could scarcely walk on uneven ground and a little pressure from a stone under my feet would cause me so much pain that I would nearly sink down. I was often obliged to lie in bed for several days at a time. My friends who were similarly troubled were getting no relief from doctors and I did not feel encouraged to throw money away for nothing. By chance I read the story of Robert Yates, of the Klauser Manufacturing Co., of Dubuque, who had a very bad case of rheumatism. I decided to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, the remedy he had used. In three or four weeks after beginning to use the pills, I was much better and in three months I was well. The swelling of the joints and the tenderness disappeared, I could work steadily and for eight years I have had no return of the trouble. My whole family believe in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Both my sons use them. We consider them a household remedy that we are sure about." What Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for Mr. Menkel they are doing for hundreds of others. Every dose sends galloping through the veins, pure, strong, rich, red blood that strikes straight at the cause of all ill health. The new blood restores regularity, and braces all the organs for their special tasks. Get the genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at your druggists' or direct from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Boom. Football is a game of chance— Zip! boom! sizz! hurrah! and then Broken bones and ambulance— Faces ne'er the same again. Houston Post. Cures Blood, Skin Troubles, Cancer, Blood Poison, Greatest Blood If your blood is impure, thin, disease, hot or full of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and lumps, scabby, pimply skin, bone paines, catarrh, rheumatism, ankle paines, skin disease, take B. B. tanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) according to directions. Soon all sores heal, aches and pains stop, the blood is made pure and rich, leaving the skin free from every eruption, and the rich glow of perfect health to the skin. At the same time, B. B. B. imatures, the skin is strengthens weak kidneys. Just the medicine for old people, as it gives them new, vigorous blood. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, with directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and special free remedies. B. B. B. is especially advised for chronic, deep-seated cases of impure blood and skin disease, and cures after all else falls. His Talents Inherited "Buttincky is a great football player isn't he?" "Yes, he inherited his talent in that direction." "That's so? His father was a great gridiron celebrity, eh?" "No, but mother was a great bar gain day rusher." Cable Tolls to Japan. It costs $1.76 a word to send a message to Japan; and, with war raging in the far East, the cable tolls for war news are something tremendous. But as the people will have the war news in connection with their morning dish of Pillsbury's Vitos, the cables are kept busy day and night. There wouldn't be any fun in being bad if the preachers wanted you to be. 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 ought to be ashamed of him self to marry for money when he doesn't get it. You always get full value in Lewis Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Greatest of all great things is love—if it's the real thing. Christian Science. In the United States there are about 400 Christian Science Churches, with about 100,000 adherents. According to Mrs. Eddy, its founder, the church is making tremendous strides in popularity, in which respect it resembles Pillsbury's Vitos, the popular cereal food. People who wear glass eyes should not throw stones. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Even the football players bust he headstrong if he would buttin. Flattery should always be diluted with fact. Investments in Mexico. At the Mexican government financial agency t's estimated that $700,000,000 of American capital is invested in Mexico and the sum is growing rapidly English and French investments amount to about $50,000,000. Twenty-six companies, with an aggregate capital of $10,000,000, have been registered in London in two years for working Mexican mines Mexico is reaping the result of good credit and the protection of life and property.—Philadelphia Record. SEWING SCREEN AN ORNAMENT. Pretty and Useful Article That Is Easy to Make. A pretty and very useful article is the sewing screen. This may range in height from three to four feet, and in width from two to two and a half feet. The screen consists of two upright pieces of narrow wood connected by three short pieces of the same width—one at the top, one at the bottom, one one in the middle of each panel. Over the back of each panel is stretched a plain piece of denim or a flowered piece of cretonne. Suppose the screen to be painted white and the back pieces blue in color. Get cretonne flowered in blue poppies, or some such dainty design, and make a large pocket for the top and bottom of one side of the screen by cutting a strip a foot or more longer than the width of the screen and gathering it to a tape an inch below the top. Gather the bottom edge and sew it to the foundation of the screen, tacking the sides to the wood with little brass tacks. Long, almost headless, brass nails are driven in a row into the wooden bar across one panel of the screen, and a few small hooks are screwed into the top of the opposite side. Spools of various sizes are slid over the nails, and the hooks are used to hang up emeries, scissors and little things of that sort during the process of sewing. Smaller bags attached to the sheen are for buttons, tapes and the host of small things one requires while sewing, while a small pin cushion hangs on a hook at the top of one corner and a needlehook is conveniently attached to the other. The big pocket on the screen is for the work itself and patterns. If a carpenter makes the screen it might be curved at the top, and the little shelf attached to one side might also be curved. This little shelf is covered with plain blue, having the edges of the cloth tacked down with little brass tacks. Two little hinges fasten it to the wooden cross bar, and a strap on one side, with a loop at the end, is hung upon a hook to support G The Sewing Screen. it when the shelf is in use. Such a screen may have bows of ribbon on the pockets and be made as lovely as it is useful. Its two sides are fastened with hinges, and fold up when not in use; while, if hinges are not accessible, straps of cretonne are tacked at the top and bottom of the woodwork, in contrary directions on the outer and inner side, and serve the purposes of hinges admirably.—New York Journal. A Bottomless Pit. A bottomless pit has been found in the mountains of Hualilial, back of Kailua, Honolulu. It is about four feet in diameter. The pit is peculiar from the fact that it sucks in the air with remarkable force. Pieces of paper placed over the mouth do not float gently down, but are suddenly drawn in and disappear with startling rapidity. The air rushing into the pit can be distinctly felt by people standing on the edge. There has been no attempt made thus far to reach the bottom of the pit or to determine its character. Strange sounds are heard in Honaunau. Every night the inhabitants of that section distinctly hear a note similar to the blowing of a deep steamship whistle. Nobody has been able to discover any cause for it, and considerable anxiety is felt by the superstitious. The noise is heard for about five seconds, and then subsides for a space of about ten minutes and then resumes for another five seconds. — Montreal Herald. Where the Lady Was Going. An official of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn railroad tells the following: "The ticket agents in the Boston office of our railroad are greatly troubled by patrons who, when wishing to purchase tickets, lay down a coin and neither tell where they are going nor how many tickets they want. This necessitates one or more questions on the part of the patient agent. "One day a little elderly lady approached the window of the office, placed a large family umbrella on the slab, and, after fumbling nervously in her pocketbook, pulled out a quarter and laid it down, without a word to the ticket seller. "Where are you going, madam?" asked the ticket agent. "Oh, I'm going to the doctor's," was the tremulous reply." Chance for Inventors. Nature knows how to economize. Inventors still have room for increasing the economy of lighting. Sir James Dewar lately pointed out that of the energy of the candle, oil and coal gas only 2 per cent. is transformed into light; of the incandescent lamp, 3 per cent.; arc lamp, 10 per cent., and magnesium lamp, 15 per cent. But 99 per cent. of the energy of the Cuban firefly appears as light, only 1 per cent. being wasted. EX-GOVERNOR OF OREGON Makes Use of His Family Pe-ru-na In for Colds. CAPITOL BUILDING. SALEM. OREGON. A Letter from the Ex-Governor of Oregon. The Ex-Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it continually in the house. In a letter to Dr. Hartman, he says: STATE OF OREGON, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus, O. Peruna medicine G. Columbus, G. Dear Sirs:---I have had occasion to use your Peruna medicine in my family for colds, and it proved to be an excellent remedy. I have not had occasion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M. Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Peruna for other ailments. The reason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cold. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR FREE PERUNA ALMN O READ ON THIS COUPON IS GOOD FOR $1.00 ONLY FREE Upon receipt of your name Address GOOD FOR ONE DOLLAR PURCHASE Druggist's Name His Address And 10e in stamps or silver to pay postage we will mail you if you have never used Mull's Grape Tonic, and will certificate good for one dollar toward the purchase of your druggist. Address MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO., 148 Third Ave., Roc YOU WRONG YOURSELF TO TORN from Constipation and Stomach Trouble. Why suffer or take needles with constipation or stomach trouble, harminess, natural, positive cure within your reach? CONSTIPATION AND STOMACH TORN cause blood poison, skin diseases, sick headache, bitterness, typhoid fever and every kind of female trouble as well as many others. Your own physique all this is true. But don't drug or physique yourself. Use MULL'S GRAPE TORN the natural, strengthening harmless remedy that builds up the tissues of and puts your whole system in spandrel condition to overcome all attacks to take. The children like it and does them great good. 35 cent, 50 cent and 1.00 borties at all druggist. The 1.00 bottle costs as much as the 35 cent borties and about three times as much as the 50 cent great saving in buying the 1.00 size. MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO., 148 Third Ave., Roc WINCHES "LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHOT Carefully inspected shells, the best shot and wadding, loaded by man give invariable results account for city of Winchester "Leader" and Factory Loaded Smokeless Pet Reliability, velocity, pattern and are determined by scientific and practical experiments. THE SHELLS THE CHAMPION FOR Free Peruna Almanac for 1906. READ O GOOD FOR $1.00 ON PURCHASE Script of your name uggist's Name Address to pay postage we will mail you a sample free. Mull's Grape Tonic, and will also mail you a dollar toward the purchase of more Tonic from NIC CO., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Ill. YOURSELF TO SUFFER Trouble. Hauses with constipation or stomach troubles when there is a cure within your reach? AND STOMACH TROUBLE Stick headache, billionsness, typhoid fever, appendicitis, piles as well as many others. Your own physician will tell you that physic yourself. Use GRAPE TONIC remedy that builds up the tissues of your digestive organs. Good condition to overcome all attacks. It is very pleasant at all droughts. The $1.00 bottle contains about six times about three times as much as the 50 cent bottle. There is a cure. NIC CO., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Ill. UNCHESTER "R" AND "REPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS By inspected shells, the best of powder, wadding, loaded by machines which variable results account for the superior-Winchester "Leader" and "Repeater" Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells, density, velocity, pattern and penetration determined by scientific apparatus practical experiments. They are SHELLS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1906. And 100 in stamps or silver to pay postage we will mail you a sample free, if you have never used Mull's Grape Tonic, and will also mail you a certificate good for one dollar toward the purchase of more Tonic from your druggist. Address MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Ill. YOU WRONG YOURSELF TO SUFFER Why suffer or take needless chances with constipation or stomach troubles when there is a perfect, harmless, natural, positive cure within your reach? the natural, strengthening harmless remedy that builds up the tissues of your digestive organs and puts your whole system in spendid condition to overcome all attacks. It is very pleasant to take. The children like it and does them great good. The $1.00 bottle contains about six times as much as the 35 cent bottle and about three times as much as the 50 cent bottle. There is a great saving in buying the $1.00 size. MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO. 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Ill. "LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS Carefully inspected shells, the best of powder, shot and wadding, loaded by machines which give invariable results account for the superiority of Winchester "Leader" and "Repeater" Factory Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells. Reliability, velocity, pattern and penetration are determined by scientific apparatus and practical experiments. They are THE SHELLS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripe to a dealer who won't Guarantee it. Call for your MONEY BACK IF IT DON'T CURE. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. MING W. L. DOUCLAS $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $4.00 Clit Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOES MARKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1876 W. L. DOUGLAS MAKE AND SELL three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvest." Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent - J. S. Crawford. No. 125 W. Ninth Street North City, Missouri. W.L. DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS MORE MEN'S $3.50 SHOES THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. $10,000 REWARD to anyone who can disprove this statement. W.L. Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their excellent style and quality. They are the largest sale of any $3.50 shoes in the world. They are just as good as those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00—the only one that is made for you. You can buy my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest in the world under one roof making men's fine shoes, and show you the care with which every pair of Douglas shoes is made, you would realize the quality of the shoes are the best 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 cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoes on the market—day or night. W.L. Douglas Makes Made Shoes for Men, $2.00, $2.00, Boy's School and Dress Shoes, $2.50, $2.50, $1.75, $1.50 CAUTION: Insist upon having W.L. Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. Good quality shoes and price stamped on bottom. WANTED: W.L. Douglas shoes are not sold. Full line of samples sent free for inspection upon request. Fast Color Epoxies used; they will not wear brass. Past Color Eyelids used; Eye will not need Brassy. Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Styles. W.L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. DEFIANCE STARCH easiest to work with and starches clothes nicely. Peruna is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratulation and commendation testifying to the merits of Peruna as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in the Union. Dr. Hartman is receiving hundreds of such letters daily. All classes write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor artisan, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, the preacher—all agree that Peruna is the catarrh remedy of the age. The stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their greatest enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise and testimony. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well-nigh universal. Peruna is the best safeguard known. 1234567890 PRICE. 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE THAS NO EQUAL FOR WEAKNESS FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE FREE HOMESTEAD LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA. Magnificent climate - farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance—schools churches, markets convenient This is the ern of $1.00 wheat. A Sure relief for Asthma. Sold to all progesterone users. Charleston, Mass. 25 LITTS PISO'S CURE FOR CURSE WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Beer, Wine, Coffee, Foods. Use in time. Sold by drugrists. CONSUMPTION KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Foxes and Their Burrows. For the statement that foxes have holes there is not only the authority of natural history but of Gospel. The typical habitation of the fox is a hole in the ground. "Running to earth" and "digging out" are well known incidents of the English sport. The fox is a wise boast in all things, wise enough to rent the burrow of any animal; but in default of such abodes he is quite capable of digging for himself, and that with remarkable speed. Good Proof of Guilt. When William M. Evarts was a young man he defended in court a man named Edwards, who was charged with forgery. The trial was an interesting one, and Mr. Evarts by brilliant work secured his client's acquittal. He had a strong belief that the man was innocent until the trial was all over. Then he changed his opinion. Edwards paid Mr. Evarts his fee with a forged check. English Tavern Signs. A tavern sign seen in various parts of England is "The Dog's Head in a Pot," accompanying the painting of a dog eating out of a three-legged pot, which may seem to mean that the host is kind and his vains good. Another significant sign is "Five Miles from Anywhere, No Hurry," seen in Hampshire, a pleasant reminder that it is an agreeable place to linger. Nourishment in Skim Milk. In skimming milk the cream removed lessens the fat percentage, and for older people or fat children the skim milk is equally desirable. In some cases better. In eating apples the skin, too, should be eaten. Pared apples are not so nutritious, as the ash contents of the apple skin are valuable to the human system. Peculiar Order to Trainmen. 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 running out of Albany: "Trainmen on passenger trains must not go through the coaches with overalls on, without first taking them off."—Albany Journal. Victims of Official Pleasure. The viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces, China, recently put out a proclamation that no pawnship was to take arms in pawn. Being later himself in need of funds, he sent his own agents with arms to pledge. Five shops accepted them; and these afterward paid fines in the amount of $7,250 each. Needless Pother. It is a reflection on our intelligence that we spend so much time on our food, and so much more time in talking about it. We must eat, of course, but what a needless pother there is about the dishes, and the cookery, and the garnish! — Illustrated London News. Poets and Irresponsibility. Poets are wayward creatures, largely irresponsible for their actions, or, at all events, provided with such curiously sensitive and inflammable organization that we feel it would be unjust to judge them by ordinary standards.—London Telegraph. Frailty Common to Mankind All men have their frailties, and whoever looks for a friend without imperfection will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults and we ought to love our friends in like manner.—Cyrus. Norway Loans to Farmers Farmers can borrow money from the government in Norway at 3 per cent interest, and still the Norse rush to other lands. The reason is that the collateral on which to borrow is rather difficult to get in Norway. Cigarette Case Saves Life. Returning to his house at Argenteul, in France, Mr. Hugh Gooding was shot at by a discharged employee, the bullet flattening itself against a silver cigarette case, which he carried just over his heart. The Only Religious Test No religious test has been devised, short of burning a man at the stake—the ultimate and only satisfactory test—which will operate as a trustworthy criterion of sincere belief. Mr. Asquith. Don't Forget That— Self pity is one of the states that interferes most effectually with making the right use of circumstances. To pity one's self is destruction to all possible freedom.—Exchange. You can always see good bargains when you are broke. ```markdown ``` OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Post 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. CENTURY Dining Room 1923 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dysers in any Style. Services strictly first-class. Ladies and Gents dine up staira. Z. T. 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