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. LEXINGTON NEWS. St John's M. E. church held their Quarterly meeting last Sunday, the 20th. It was held by Presiding Elder Smith. He spent several days here in seeing after the business of the church on the account of the death of Rev. Clark, who died on the 13th of January, 1906. Elder Clark was highly respected by the members of his church and the citizens generally. His funeral was preached by the presiding elder. The following ministers were present: Rev. A. A. Gilbert, Rev. C. C. Calhoun and Rev. Barterson. They all spoke words of praise of him as a Christian minister. His remains were taken to Topeka, Kan., for interment. He leaves a wife and seven children and other relatives with a host of friends to mourn his loss. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. The protracted meeting is still going on at the A. M. E. church over 20 additions have been made to the church. Rev. Barterson is here assisting Elder A. A. Gilbert in the meeting. Mrs. Maria Williams of Chicago was in the city several days this week looking after her property and will sell said property. Any one desiring to buy see A. W. Walker. She left for her home on the 24th, 1906. A surprise was given Rev. Mrs. Clark by the members and friends on Tuesday evening, which was highly appreciated by her. Mr. Hedge is expected to be a candidate for police judge. Dr. Ball is as busy as he can be and says there is a great deal of sickness and he is one of the best doctors in our city. Rev. Gilmore Hays was in the city looking after the Knights and Daughters of Tabor. We think that the colored voters of this town ought to come together and ask for something and the men that say that they will give us something we ought to stand by them. We have a number of men that are competent to fill any position in the city, therefore we ought to unite. United we stand and divided we fall. We had one colored man that served for four years and everybody said he made a good officer. We have others just as good. Now let us come together and ask for what we need. Mr. Al Williams of Kansas City was in the city Wednesday on business. Lexington, Mo., Jan. 23, 1906. Rising Son Publishing Co:—You will find inclosed 50 cents. A. W. WALKER A GAY LOTHAIRE The much touted "Christian Gentleman," B. Allen Morris, has rather peculiar records in love affairs. Although a twice married man, he ardently woes two of Detroit's blushing maidens at one and the same time. About a year ago a correspondent in the Informer told in glowing terms about the splendid Christian work a stranger, by the name of B. Allen Morris, was doing among the children of his neighborhood and about organizing them into a club and training them in the noble work of the Master. Mr. Morris was to all outward appearances, a gentleman of great piety and high Christian character. No one could blame the pretty maidens of Bethel church for saying that Brother Morris looked good to them, and when two of Bethel's female members seemed to be the elect of the polished gentleman, they were looked upon with envy. It was said that Brother Morris had become engaged to both of the fair young ladies, and indeed, was about to be married to one of them when a letter was received in this city from Kansas City, Mo., that reads in part as follows: Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24, 1905. Dear Sir: I am inquiring for my husband. He is quite a church worker among the young people. His name is Burt Allen Morris. We were married here in Kansas City the 29th day of June, 1903. We moved to Chicago. After a month he deserted me; then after a time he came back to Kansas City; then he deserted me here and went back to Detroit. Now I hear he is married to some woman in Detroit. He hasn't got any divorce from me. I am still his wife. He was a Mason and belonged to the Westport Lodge here, but he is suspended now. Will, you kindly inform me as to this woman, her name and address. I cannot understand my husband's treatment of me. The startling nature of the contents of this letter started an investigation that has resulted in uncovering a rather checkered career on the part of Morris, who only last fall matriculated in Wilberforce University, intending to enter the ministry. Mr. Morris is alleged to have been married in Chicago November 1, 1899, by Rev. J. F. Thomas, and again June 29th, 1904, in Kansas City, Mo., by Rev. F. J. Peck. Deserted wife No. 2 in Chicago and came to Detroit. Wife No. 1 applied for divorce in Chicago, but dropped it upon learning of his engagements in this city, and certain Detroit maiden consider now themselves exceeding fortunate that they were not duped into marrying the ofttime groom. The authorities of Wilberforce were communicated with and when they asked an explanation from the gay young man, he declared that he would straighten the matter up to their satisfaction, and left the University for that purpose, saying he was coming to Detroit. He has not been seen in this city, and his present whereabouts are unknown. He is a tall, brown-skinned man of about thirty years, with pleasing manners and gentlemanly bearing. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The high character of Dr. B. F. Allen's administration and of the work done in Lincoln Institute, has recently received tangible endorsement in the fact that the school board of St. Joseph has voted to accept the diplomas of the graduates from the Normal Department in lieu of examinations. There is at present a number of students from St. Joseph in the Normal Department; three young ladies, Misses Bell, Gross and Lee, are members of the Senior Class of '06 to be graduated in June. It will be remembered that St. Joseph, Kansas City and St. Louis, are the only places within the state exempt from receiving the diplomas of the State Normal Schools as equivalent to examination; and this action on the part of the St. Joseph Board will be an incentive for an increased attendance; and, if the plan works well, as it is bound to do, with the constant rise of standard in the character of work done in Lincoln Institute and in the other state schools, may induce the boards of the other cities mentioned to follow suit. Professor Elliff, inspector of High Schools, was so much pleased with the work he witnessed and took charge of personally, during his recent day's visit to the institution, that he requested Professor George, principal of Jefferson City High School, to come out and bring his Senior class. Accordingly for the first time in the history of either school, the Jefferson City High School dismissed for a special trip to Lincoln Institute. A large class of Senior boys and girls, accompanied by their principal, Pro fessor George, visited the junior class in Mediaeval History, the Sophomore class in geometry; made a general inspection of all of the buildings and the various forms of work. The visitors were very enthusiastic in their expression of interest, surprise and satisfaction. Dr. C. L. Lackay, who presented a gold medal to be given to the young woman of the senior class who ranks first in scholarship, recently placed the medal on exhibition in the window of a prominent jeweler and it has become an interesting topic of the city. On Monday at his own request the doctor delivered a most valuable illustrated lecture on "The Circulation of the Blood," before the faculty and students and took that occasion to display the books and deposit the same with Dr. Allen. It was received with rounds of applause and appropriate remarks from President Allen. It will be awarded on Commencement Day. A NEW BEN TILLMAN. The Rev. Thos. Dixon, author of "The Clausman," has taken Ben Tillman's place on the Negro race question. The following telegraphic clipping shows the Rev. Mr. Dixon to be Mr. Tillman's superior when it comes to heaping abuse on the Negro race. New York, Jan. 29.—Racial hate was manifested in most virulent form in the Baptist church of the Epiphany, at Madison avenue and Sixty-fourth street, yesterday afternoon, when the pastor, the Rev. Madison C. Peters, the Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., the author of "The Clausman," and several negro clergymen, supported by several negro laymen, engaged in a spirited discussion of the negro problem. The severest comment of the clergyman-lecturer-novelist-playwright was that virtue in negro women was so rare that any consideration of it was futile. His audience seemed to be evenly divided, one-half supporting him with an energy and fervor equal to that shown by the opposition. The The Rev. Mr. Dixon was the chief speaker, and it was understood that it was out of the vexed questions produced by "The Clansman," that the plan came to have him on the same platform with leading negro preachers and laymen. He wasted no time in getting into his subject, but without even a preliminary word, struck out as follows: "The only solution of the negro problem by which a race war within this century can be avoided is by a peaceful and friendly colonization of the African. This has never been tried seriously. President Lincoln would have accomplished this great task had he lived out his years. The man who freed the negro was, at the time of his death, preparing a scheme for removing him from this country. "The Negro is 4,000 years behind the white race and he always will be so. For that space of time he has occupied one of the richest and most fertile countries in the world and he never improved it in any way, never dug up any of the minerals, never built a ship or a house, or even constructed a cart until the white man came and showed him how. World's Debt to Humorists. Humorists are public benefactors. They teach the most useful and the easiest of all life's philosophies. They smooth away the rough places and hearten life with cheerful inspiration. They mellow the understanding and broaden the heart. They are negatively, at least, an aid to virtue, for vice cannot grow in an atmosphere of cheerfulness. Humor is such a powerful aid that one can understand why the all-wise Creator made it a part of the superior human equipment for the fight against evil. WHEN IS A MAN WISE? At forty man is wise, 'tis said, or never; At forty he must know the ways of men. And speak in sounding praise or toil with pen In some broad sphere of humanly endeavor, To prove himself efficient, bright or clever What sophistry! What bogus sage propounded So devilish a doctrine? Who is wise At forty—nay at fifty? Truth is bounded Only by the eternal verities. At sixty only is true wisdom sounded, And then by few. Old saws are mostly lies. Three-score is the age of wisdom and discretion: If then a man display a judgment keen. Nor fall in line with Folly's sad procession, He may be called discreet—"of age," I mean— But not till then. Truth forces this confession: Four-score is nearer to it than fourteen.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. Hir. Fair Companion—filipannly— Force of Science. Acetylthil is calcium carbine surrounded with an envelope of sugar. It is claimed to be of advantage in acetylene lighting on a small scale, as, unlike the pure carbide, it stops generating gas when the water is turned off, and begins again when more water is supplied. This avoids the generation of an excess of gas, which is wasted if no gasometer is at hand for storage. A novel means of propelling boats has been devised in Europe by A. Farcot of the Buchet factory. It consists of a framework of steel tubing, supporting a Buchet vertical motor of $ \frac{3}{4} $ horse-power, with electric ignition, the motor driving two paddle wheels with vertical blades. The paddle wheels and motor are fixed at the stern of the boat. They are mounted on a pivot, making it practicable to steer the boat in any direction, and giving facilities for getting at the machinery for olling and repairs. She Had a "Cinch on Him. A prominent railroad man repeats with great enjoyment a story that he heard from a conductor on one of the limited expresses between New York and the West. It appears that a dapper chap in the first chair car had managed to become unusually friendly with an attractive young man in an adjoining seat. When the train pulled into Buffalo, the masher, in taking leave of the fair one, remarked: "Do you know, I must thank you for an awful, awful pleasant time, but I'm afraid you wouldn't have been so nice to me had you known that I am a married man." "Oh, as to that," quickly and pleasantly responded the charming young woman, "you haven't the least advantage of me. I am an escaped lunatic." —New York Tribune. Advanced. A naval officer, according to the Buffalo Commercial, told of the trials of a colleague in marrying off his many daughters. In the same family was a son, an observant lad of ten years. Toward the close of the winter the officer informed his son that he was going to lose his sister Ethel, who was engaged to wed a young lieutenant. "I'm sorry to hear that dad," said the youngster, "because I'm awfully fond of Ethel. Still, we'll have Alice and Eva and Maud and Susle, won't we?" Then, after a moment's reflection, he added: "By the way, dad, this arrangement will advance Alice a number, won't it?" "Why, I thought Wade.leigh was a man of large means." "He used to be, but he owns six automobiles now." Documentary Proof of Idiocy. "Look here, old chap, I'll give you a valuable tip," said the experienced married man to the prospective bridegroom. "Don't let your wife keep a diary on the honeymoon. My wife did that, and now whenever we quarrel she brings it out and reads some of the idiotic things I said to her then." —London Tit-Bits. All Around Athlete. Ald. W. Anker Simmons, of Henley-on-Thames town council, has just accomplished a remarkable feat near the famous reach of the Thames at Hentley. He walked, ran, cycled, rowed and then swam 200 yards all under eight minutes. As Mr. Simmons is 48 years of age, the feat is all the more noteworthy. Find Wealth in Bag Discovering a bag in the streets of Sydney. Australia, a man took it to the police station, where it was found to contain gold and banknotes to the value of £850, and subsequently a hatless old man, a inanimate, who was wandering almessly through the streets, was found to be the owner. Eighteenth Century Earrings The eighteenth century saw the glorification of the earring, fashionable beauties outlying each other with the rarest and most beautiful jewels. There is no doubt that the earring is one of the prettiest feminine adornment and as such well deserves its present popularity. Worth More Than a Smile A generous stork visited a certain home uptown and left a pair of babies. A few days afterward the him and a friend who congratulated him and said: "I hear the Lord has smiled up on you." "Smiled!" excalmed the proud parent; "He laughed aloud sirl!" A. Lost Opportunity. "Woman just dropped dead in the bargain crush at the ribbon counter!" cried the floorwalked excitedly. "How inopportune!" exclaimed the head of the firm. "Our undertaking department won't be open until next Monday!"-Catholic Standard. A. Language Lesson: Hans Hansen called to see how his friend Ole Olsen was making out with his fine new job—street sweeping, Says Olsen: "Vall. I tank I like the shob all right." At which angrily retorted Hansen: "Shob? Doan say 'shob,' say 'yob.' Easy to Identify Sisters It is an easy matter to pick out sisters in a group of children on the continent, for girls of the same family are dressed just alike. In the Breton provinces, where the gala dress is quaint, the effect is fantastic on fete days. Benefit of Iron in Water Bits of iron will prevent water from becoming putrid. Sheet iron or iron trimmings are the best. The offensive smell of water in vases of flowers would be avoided by putting a few small nails in the bottom of the vases. No Use for Beef. In Uruguay, until within a few years, the sales of hides was the only part of the cattle industry that yielded any cash, the meat being mostly discarded as of no value. Must Keep Shoes Shined. In Paris even the poor man stops on his way to work to have his shoes shined. It costs him only 2 cents, and he might lose his job if he did not. Noserings as Aid to Beauty. In New Guinea the ladies wear nose rings, piercing the nose in the same way that civilized women pierce the ears. And Still Most People Do Boys wound get very little satisfaction out of being bad if people expected them to be—New York Press. The pear and apple are from Europe. NUMBER 35 "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 in 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 Myrrha Lochwizkaya (Ybert), one of the few Russian women who have attained eminence 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 whaleships. Toward the end of the century before last nearly all the east coast ports had whalers of their own. London bad 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 aver 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 boks, the tables with the arithmetic lessons still legible upon them.—Baltimore American. A low corsage never seems so modest to a stout as to a thin woman WOMEN'S INTERESTS How to Do Sash Curtains. All sorts of inexpensive ways of trimming sash curtains are being resorted to by girls who want something a little out of the ordinary, yet who feel that the money they want to spend upon fixing up their rooms can be spent more profitably upon other things than curtains. Cheesecloth is even used for some of the least expensive sash curtains, and they are made rather wider than the usual curtain, so that there is more fullness on the rods, and finished with narrow, full ruffles. Scrim curtains, with a band of drawn work just inside the hem, or a band of Hardanger (and both are easy to do on such a wiry, loose mesh etuff) are stunning, and cost almost nothing but the work. The dots in dotted Swiss may be embroidered either all over or in a border, or in motifs here and there. If you embroider them in color use embroidery cotton in one of the "old" shades of blue, or green, or red. Or Swiss is pretty left untrimmed. Stenciling "trims" beautifully, and is comparatively easy to apply, and heavy lace motifs, set in here and there, require nothing more than a plain hem to set them off, although heavy lace edges to match are sometimes used. Of Embroidered Pongee. Frock of embro little girl. The gathered skirt is trimmed with a festooned ruffle of the material. ```markdown ``` The blouse is plaited at the top to a yoke, which is cut in one piece with the front, and bordered with a ruffle of the pongee. The little revers and the cuffs are of velvet, the former ornamented with embroidered motifs. The girdle is of silk or velvet, finished on one side in front with a knot and long ends. New Ideas in Blouses There is promised a return of what is neither more nor less than the ornate silk or velvet blouse which now is worn under the name of a dinner jacket. Pale, yellow velvet was the material used in one of these waists which was worn with the white lace skirt, which, by the way, is the skirt de riguer to be worn with separate waists. The emerald green blouse in thick satin is another revival, and there are also seen satin blouses in many shades of purple, dead brown, buff, and the paler shades of yellow. Orchid mauve and deep ivory with white still lead in popularity, although if one possesses the treasure of a lace skirt the contrast of the pompadour colors is especially attractive. In the white waists liberty silk, crepe de chine, and a thick white surah are taking the lead, while in cotton there is revived as the fancy of the moment soft, thick ribbed white plique. Lace Buttons Lace buttons—those most satisfactory little things for fastening blouses and lingerie and baby things—are almost impossible to get, the supply never seeming to equal the demand. Just now it is worse than ever. It is a peasant industry—the Irish peasants most particularly—and the work is tedious and slow for the return it brings. Once it was a flourishing business, family after family doing that work in the long winter intervals between the work of the fields, handing it down to the next generation as a matter of course. But there's not much money in it, and the younger element of the present day is looking for something that means not only more money, but less work, and that in a different way—anything that doesn't require the patient, unremitting, careful placing of every thread. As a result, it is dying out, and unless in a few years it can be revived it will be a case of finding a satisfactory substitute. So far there's nothing on the market that quite takes their place. Just From Paris hats are somewhat startling at first, though one soon becomes acustomed to them. A This one shows one of the new high crowns with the brim narrow on one side, wide on the other, where it is turned sharply up. It is trimmed with beautiful plumes, fastened in front with a large rose. Hand Embroidery. A gray chiffon velvet showed a panel effect in front of solid embroidered chrysanthemums worked in gray silk. The effect of this design was unusually handsome, as no details were omitted. The girl who is at all skillful with her needle can embroider her own gowns or blouses and trim collars and cuffs with hand embroidery. French-ribbon embroidery is having a wide vogue for trimming in this way and for adorning dress accessories, such as collars, cuffs and belts. --- THE FASHION OF THE EASTERN WOMAN. Both wide and narrow French ribbon can be obtained in a variety of delicate shades for this kind of work. The patterns are usually stamped in a floral design which lends itself most gracefully to work of this nature. For instance a little velvet collar and cuffs on an Eton jacket made of navy blue chiffon velvet was embroidered in wreaths of forget-me-nots, the pale blue and green of the ribbon work forming an effective contrast to the dark background. Detachable collars to harmonize with one's suit or costume could be embroidered in both the ribbon work and silk embroidery, a combination which is frequently used with most effective results. WHILE THE TEA DREWS Brown and green are worn together. So are deep red and pale smoke-gray. The "pork pie" hat is the latest atrocity. In fact, arriving goes that you look well in. Lots of the three-quarter coats are in cutaway style. A muff of ermine, bordered with sable, is as rich as can be. The loveliest broche dress silks are shown on the counters. There's a little hat of vivid sulphur-colored felt for some daring girl. Little hats turned straight up in front are worn by pretty women. One or two tiny little muffs appear in the afternoon dress parade. Long wrinkled gloves of yellow suede meet the short jacket sleeve. Black gowns are so elaborate this year as to be more striking than colors. To Revive Roses. Wilted roses, seemingly fit only for the rubbish heap, may be completely revived and freshened. Put the stems of the roses in a tumbler of water and then place the tumbler and roses in a vessel of sufficient size to allow the entire bouquet to be covered. Cover the vessel tightly and leave undisturbed for twenty-four hours. By that time the roses will be found all fresh and invigorated as if just plucked from the bushes, with every petal covered with artificial dew. Wilted lettuce may also be freshened and kept in excellent condition for weeks if treated in the same way. Date Waffles. Separate two eggs and beat the yolks very light. Beat into them half a teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar and one of butter, and rub all to a cream. Add a cup of milk and one and a half cups of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of baking-powder; beat all till smooth, add a cupful of chopped, floured dates, and last fold in the egg whites. Bake in a waffle-tron, and as soon as each piece is done spread it with softened butter mixed with powdered sugar and the grated peel of a lemon, or serve with maple syrup. -Harper's Bazar. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES The bars of a grate often get a red tinge and will not blacken. Paint them with a little lemon juice, let dry, and blacklead in the usual way. The quickest and best way to clean piano keys is to rub them with new milk, then polish with a dry, soft duster. We think our lady readers will be pleased with the appearance of the keys if they try this. Leather-covered chairs, when dull yssll House gown of mauve chiffon cloth trimmed with embroidered bands in shaded mauves and mousseline ruchings. and shabby-looking, may be greatly improved in appearance by being brushed over with the white of an egg. Leather portmanteau and trunks may be treated in the same way. To remove tea-stains from cream or white cashmere, place the stained part in a saucer with sufficient gin to cover the stain, then run while covered with the gin, with a piece of material the same as the dress. In a few minutes the stain will disappear and leave no trace. Pink Silk Waist. Blouse of pink silk gathered to a yoke, or bertha, which is ornamented with multicolored Blouse of pink yoke, or bertha, wh with multicolored embroidery and finished with tiny revers faced with green silk. ```markdown ``` The gulpe is of mousselline de sole, ornamented with fagoting or open work embroidery. The cavat is of green silk. The sleeves form epaulets, and are finished at the bottom with the little green revers over puffs and frills of the mousselline de sole, the latter ornamented with the open work embroidery. About Tea Gowns. Buttons are used upon the tea gowns of the season but they are covered buttons, the button molds being covered with silk or with velvet. Thus decorated, they make very pretty ornaments. Often they are hand painted or a bit of embroidery is placed in the middle of the button. By treating the button in this manner, you get an ornament. It trims the gown and is both decorative and useful. The cord and tassel trimming is very much used these days and it is quite the thing to button your little tailor-made coat with a row of frogs. Hint from France. Crossing bands or folds whose ends fasten to a high girdle are features of many of the French blouses. Bands of rather heavy lace, such as clung and embroidered batiste set together and running vertically, form some fine blouses whose little transparent guipmes are, of course, of fine lace and mousseline, and other blouses of lace have large motifs of embroidered batiste for trimmings. Blouse for "Reforme" Gown. Blouse to be worn with one of the new "reforme" or princess skirts. It is of silk gauze, all covered with little plattings of lace attached by bands of embroidery. It is trimmed around the neck with motifs of silver embroidery. M The sleeves are all covered with lace ruffles and bands of embroidery, and are finished at the elbows with lace ruffles, headed by draperies and knots of ribbon. For Luncheon or Afternoon. A new old fashion, with charming improvements, is found in a suggestion for a luncheon or afternoon gown. It is particularly chic when made from the beautiful flowered silks. This one is pink flowered, light green taffeta, with surplice front and revers of green chiffon velvet and chemisette and stock of fine white lace. The double ruffles on sleeves are also lace and the plain band separating them is green velvet; the buttons used are rhinestone. The skirt is made with boxplats down front, back and on each side. Empire gowns of gray satin with tucked skirt and bolero piped and trimmed with darker velvet. White lace frills. Gray hat trimmed with violets. IN HIS NAME RELIGIOUS NEWS AND THOUGHTS DESIGNED FOR USE IN EVERY WELL-REGULATED HOME He Goes Before You. He goes before you, O my heart! Fear not to follow where He leads. He knows the strength each task des- tains. He knows the grace each trial needs. He's just a little farther on Along the dark and lonely way. His bleeding footprints you may trace, He goes before you all the day. He goes before you, O my heart! Through deepest depth, o'er highest height. He knows where lurks the ambushed fow. And what the battles you must fight; He sees the pitfalls you will meet. The place where you will faint or fall; The weariness, the pain, the tears— He goes before, He knows it all. He goes before you, O my heart! He does not ask that you shall bear A single pang He has not borne, He beckons on through toll and woe, Through storm or calm or tempest blast. And you shall see Him, as He said, For He shall lead you home at last. He goes before you, O my heart! Still follow on through gain or loss, And, for the joy that set before, and for the endure the cross, The path your falt ring steps must take Is one His nail-pliered feet have trod; Through garden, mount, and riven tomb He goes before you up to God. Pure Religion. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father.—James, ii., 27. Every right minded and sound hearted man or woman believes in religion. That is, that man has faculties fitting him for God, relations that blind him to God, duties owing to God. But what is pure religion? There are so many counterfeits. "How shall I tell the genuine article?" is what perplexes many a person who would like to be religious. Some persons treat it as a matter of shrewd calculation. They think that it is prudent and safe to be religious. It is a good prop for the state and makes good citizens. It is a certificate of character. Religious standing in the community is looked upon as a valuable asset, much the same as a bank account. It may also be a passport into heaven. Hence, such persons are regular observers of church services and perhaps large givers. But this religion of interest is a hollow counterfeit, it reduces plety to the level of mere business. It has the "form of godliness, but denies the fervor thereof." And it does irreparable harm to pure religion. Many take these formalities as true types of religion and they think that all plety is but hollow show, empty ceremony, sounding brass and tinkling symbol. There, again, is the religion of law. This regards God as a law giver who must be feared and served. It thinks of Him with trembling and awe. Hence with it penance, rigor and self-denial are the chief graces. It is a religion of the conscience, and thoroughly sincere. But its defect is that it only sees one side of God. It is narrow, harsh and austere. It makes religion a matter of gloom and robs it of all sunshine. It tends, too, to self-righteousness. It manufactures Pharisees. Its votaries become censors of others. They judge all by their own hard egotism, and whoever does not square with their narrow, severe standard they look disdainfully upon as publicans and sinners. The third type is the religion of love. This does not, indeed, forget that God is law and justice, but it recognizes that supremely "God is love." It looks upon Him as a father, only desiring the highest well being of His creatures. It worships Him, not with fear, but with rejoicing. It serves Him, not in the bondage of a slave, but with the freedom of a son. It is not hampered by the chains of the letter, but lives in the liberty of the spirit. It is the religion of the heart. It is the religion of joy. It is the ideal religion of the soul. This is the "pure religion" of our text, "undefiled before God" and the Father." And so we reach the last and fullest outcome of real religion, as defined in the latter clause of our text. Pure religion is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction. The religion of faith and love, of freedom and joy, starts in the soul the streams of charity and good-will. He who has it wishes all the world to share in its blessed sunshine. In one of Tissot's masterpieces Jesus is portrayed as moving through a multitude of sick, diseased and crippled. As He passes by the palid cheek glows with health, the enfeebled limbs grow elastic, and the whole sorrowing scene is changed into beauty, joy and gladness. So the final test of pure religion is that it touches the soul with the spirit of kindness and that as its possessor moves through the world he has a heart of sympathy, a word of gentleness and a hand of help for every struggling brother. And thus everywhere a trail of light and a song of gratitude follow upon his gracious steps—J. B. Remensnyder. The Seed We Sow. Who says he cannot do anything to help God in bringing about His purpose among men? Who of all among us but can do something? In some way or other our lives are counting. Either we are sowing thistle seed or the seed of flowers and golden grain. That is just as sure as that we live. We cannot open our hand without something dropping from it. What are we sending out on the wings of time—seeds of thistles and thorns, or seeds of roses and wheat? It is a question full of interest. Because some time there will be a gathering in of the harvest. Suppose someone should, send us out to work through the bright days of summer. When we receive our com- mission, we know that by and by we will surely come back to tell him who sent us what we have been doing and to bring back something to show how we have spent the hours. And when the days have gone by and the harvest-home is sounded, we all come trooping back. As we come into the presence of him who gave us our trust, we place in his hands nothing but a brown handful of weeds, from which the ripe seeds have been dropping all the way, to grow more of the useless plants. But we might have brought back sheaves of gold-ripe wheat. Many have done that, and for them they all have received the Master's "Well done." Ah, that is the life worth living! It is the true life. "Abide in Me." The word "abide" carries with it the ideas of residence and continuance. As used by Christ, it signifies being full of Him; having Him in the soul constantly and wholly; a complete identification of one' self with Him. It is to think as He thought, feel as He felt, will as He willed, choose as He chose, view things as He viewed them, and act as He acted. It is to pursue His ends, rely upon His grace, accept His righteousness, depend upon His strength and advance His glory. There must be the exclusion of creature-merit and ability, and the appreciation of Christ as the sole Lord of one's faith, the supreme object of meditations and affections, and the chief ground of dependence. There must be a coming out of self into Christ in such a way that there is a oneness of mind, heart, interest, life and effort. This Christ-unity must be progressive and continuous. Once formed, it is perpetual. The apostle John came into this conception of the Christ unification, and made much of it in his writings. In speaking of it, he says: "He that keepeth the commandments of Jesus Christ dwelleth in Him, and He in him; by this we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us." According to this representation, to have Christ abide in us is to be so possessed of His Word and Spirit that one thinks with Him, rejoices with Him, suffers with Him and acts with Him. It is to have Jesus as the basis of hope, the source of life, the fountain of joy, the inspirer of actions and the soul of soul. It is to have Christ walk and dwell and work in one according to His good pleasure. It is to have "the indwelling divinity," and the Christian His spiritual temple. This is the high privilege and honor of the humblest Christian. It is the portion of every renewed and sanctified believer. Happy is he who realizes its worth and uses it to his highest profit! Into the Sunlight. A tourist among the Alps tells of climbing one of the mountains in a dense and dripping mist, until at length he passed through the clouds and stood on a lofty peak in the clear sunlight. Beneath him lay the fog like a waveless sea of white vapor, and as he listened he could hear the sounds of labor, the lowing of the cattle, and the peals of the village bells coming up from the vales below. As he stood there, he saw a bird fly up out of the mists, soar about for a little while and then dart down again and disappear. What those moments of sunshine were to the bird, coming up out of the cloud, the Sabbath should be to us. During week days we live down in the low vales of life, amid the mists. Life is not easy for us—it is full of struggle, burden-bearing. The Sabbath comes and we fly up out of the low climes of care, toil, and tears, and spend one day in the pure, sweet air of God's love and peace. There we have new visions of beauty. We get near to the heart of Christ, into the warmth of His love. We come into the goodly fellowship of Christian people, and get fresh inspiration from the contact. Cur Appointed Work. Each has some appointed work to perform, some little niche in the spiritual temple to occupy. Yours may be no splendid services, no flaming or brilliant actions to blaze and dazzle in the eye of man. It may be the quiet, unobtrusive inner work, the secret prayer, the mortified sin, the forgiven injury, the trifling act of self-sacrifice for God's glory, and the good of others, of which no eye but the Eye which seeth in secret is cognizant. It matters not how small, Remember, with Him, motive dignifies action. It is not what we do, but how we do it. He can be glorified in little things as well as great things, and by nothing more than the daily walk, the daily life. Origin of Famous Hymn. Fanny Crosby's greatest hymn is "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," which has a beautiful story connected with its origin. In the streets of New York there was once a great rush of panic-stricken people. In the crowd was a mother with a little girl, who was pushed and hustled. The child was weak and delicate, and cried out piteously. The mother stooped down and caught the chili to her bosom. "Hush, my little one." she whispered, "you are safe now in mother's arms." Miss Crosby was told of the incident, and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" was the result. A DESPAIRING WOMAN. Weak, Nervous and Wretched From Wasting Kidney Troubles. Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and Garst Sts., South Dend, Ind., says: "When I began using Doan's Kidney Pills I was so weak I could hardly drag myself across the room. I was wretched and nervous, and had backache, bearing-down pain, headache, dizziness and weak eyes. Dropsy set When I begin using Doan's Kidney Pills I was so weak I could hardly drag myself across the room. I was wretched and nervous, and had backache, bearing-down pain, headache, dizziness and weak eyes. Dropy set in and bloating of the chest choked me and threatened the heart. 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Princess gowns predominate and they are fitted to the form by fine tucks, smocking, or groups of shirring alternated with vertical lines of dainty hand embroidery, of lace or of applied trimming. Hand embroidery vallantly holds its own and the magnificence that marks the matron's gown, and distinguishes it so conspicuously from that of her younger sister or daughter, is 7 no means confined to the embroidery lavished u on it. Masses of gold and silver are used, in lace, in gauze cloth and in bullion embroidery. Evening wraps, always an important feature in a woman's wardrobe, are this season absolutely essential. Skirts are at talning inordinate widths at the foot Color is lavishly used on hats as on gowns, and often we see a becoming hat, whatever its dominant color, worn with a gown of different hue. The hat models continue to be fashioned on rather exaggerated lines, but withal the modes are generally becoming. What One Woman Does. A mother of daughters who has phenomenal success in cleaning ribbons of all kinds and characters, washes them in warm water, rubbing on them white soap as she works. Then she rinses them and irons them wet. As soon as they are dry she rubs them between her hands until they are soft and then irons them again. They usually issue from the ordeal like new. The same woman has her own way of washing crocheted shawls. She puts the one to be cleaned into a pillow case, ties it up, and washes it very thoroughly in hot soap suds. Then she rinses it until all evidences of the soap are gone and hangs it out, still in this bag, to dry. The day for the work should be sunny and breezy. The idea of washing the wool in this way is to keep it from draughts and changing temperature, which are responsible for much shrinking. It should not be wrong. Dancing Dress. A white dancing dress of point d'esprit is made with a very plain skirt, tightly fitting about the hips, with nine gores, to give the necessary fullness about the feet. The fronts of the waist are cut on the bias, and the extra fullness is drawn up and fastened under a large button at the front of the decolletage. A folder inner vest, of pale blue and silver embroidery, forms the front of the waist. Revers and jabot of lace and a narrow belt of silver complete the trimming. In the hair is worn a silver butterfly, a white ostrich feather fan would add to the attractions of the costume. Slightly fulled, rather small sleeves are finished with a band of the blue and silver embroidery, from which falls a ruffle of lace. Small Fur Scarfs. Small scarfs which tie about the neck in a stiff demi-bow are very smart, not interfering with the lines of the figure and giving the touch of fashion without adding to responsibilities. They usually have pointed ends and the fur pieces from which they are made are of the finest obtainable, a bit of Russian sable, a selectedermine or mink, and costing oftentimes as much as the more conspicuous bits. In fact, the truly "smart" woman would rather have one tiny bit of the genuine, almost priceless sable, of Russian origin, than a whole garment of a commoner variety. A Of fine broadcloth and figured vel vet. Pretty and Becoming. Blouses made, so far as body and short sleeves are concerned, entirely of three-inch frills of goal valenciennes, and with a yoke and collar of heavier lace and moussline or chiffon are always pretty and becoming and give a maximum of effect for a minimum of labor. A simple blouse of chiffon or moussline, with heavily embroidered straps crossing in front below a little transparent V of valenclennes lace and with a rather deep frill of lace falling over the shoulders below the embroidered bands has sometimes more smattness than a much more ornate blouse, and this model is an excellent one for a costume blouse in chiffon or mousselline matching the color of skirt and coat, but made over white. All in Plum Color. Three-quarter fitting coat with skirt of mixed plum colored cloth having plum velvet accessories. Effective Fur Collar There is a new shaped fur collar which fits nicely over those princess dresses which are not furnished with top coat, and which also looks well over a long coat. It is a round cape at the back, and crosses in front and passes under the arms, growing narrower all the time till it crosses at the back in two small points. This also is knitted in pretty wool, and in soft cream angora it makes a skating muffler almost as pretty as fur. Another fur wrinkle is seen in the new muffs which have turn back cuffs at each end which are lined with contrasting fur. These fit down almost tight over the muff. Suggestion for Blouse. The vogue of the separate blouse is still prominent, and a suggestion for something out of the ordinary is offered. The material is a changeable pale blue and silver louisine, a trifle heavier and stiffer than the ordinary. With this embroidered batiste in an ecru shade, and sapphire blue velvet ribbon are employed for trimming purposes. The blouse is fulled at shoulder and throat seams, the embroidered batiste and knife plaitings of the silk making a bolero effect, and a ladder of little cavats in velvet ribbon decorates the front. The sleeve is merely a full puff with an elbow ruffle topping a deep and closely fitted lace cuff. Handsome Matinee Jacket. A handsome matinee jacket is constructed from the width of the lace joined by chiffon satin ribbon. The ribbon can be treated in either cascade or lattice-work effect. The jacket is cut very loose with broad, flowing sleeves and wide, round collar. Soft silk such as chiffon cloth or crepa de chine could be used to make a matinee jacket of this nature and broad or narrow ribbon employed. Loops of ribbon form effective trimming. It is well to cut this jacket considerably shorter in back than in front, as the effect is spoiled when a jacket of this nature is even length. Delicious Muffins. Take two cups of flour and mix well with two even teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. Add the beaten yolks of two eggs to a cup of milk and a tablespoonful of melted butter; and mix all with the flour, and then fold in the stiff whites of the eggs. Put immediately into hot gem pans and bake nearly twenty minutes. By adding another egg to this rule a Sally Lunn is made, which may be baked in two cake tins; when cooked butter one, and lay the other on top.—Harper's Bazar. Quilts of Lamb's Wool. An expert says down quilts have been superseded by those of lamb's wool, because of the tendency of those made of down to "shed." These wool quilts are deliciously cosy and light in weight. The wool comes in great sheets, just the size of the finished cutl, says the Philadelphia Record. As for covering there's wide choice in material and in coloring. The materials are silkoline, sateen, India silk and satin. As for colors, there's beauty of every sort. GREETING TO, THE NEW YEAR. Scotchmen Gather Annually in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. "The sad old churchyard of St. Paul's in London is quiet and deserted save for one night in the year," said an Englishman. "That night is New Year's eve. Then all the Scotch in London fill the place. "Since Dr. Johnson's time the Scotch residents of London have seen the New Year in together in St. Paul's churchyard. They begin to assemble at 9 o'clock and soon the yard is filled with Tam O'Shanters, plains, bare knees and bagpipes. "Scotch whisky is drunk freely as a safeguard against the cold, moist air. There are a lot of 'Hechs' and 'Hoot mons' to be heard. The bagpipes squeal and squeak till you think yourself in the pork department of a slaughter house. "Then suddenly everything is hushed. The Scotch clasp hands in a great circle. The twelve strokes of midnight boom out solemnly. "They die upon the air and in a tremendous chorus the Scotch sing 'Auld Lang Syne.' They sing it with feeling. Tears fill their eyes as they think of home. "Then the medicinal whisky passes about once more, there is a highland dance or two, hearty good nights and soon enough the churchyard is empty and silent again." His "Precious Stone" Was Glass "When we reached Ceylon," said a man who had gone around the world on a $600 tourist ticket, "I thought that we had struck at last a primitive and outlandish place, unsullied by a civilization's hands. "Strange outrigger boats filled the blue water and men dressed like women in bright silks with long, plaited hair and soft voices offered us strange fruits, flowers and carvings in ivory and dragonwood. "I bought for a rupee an uncut ruby that the vendor had first asked eighty rupees for. Ceylon is the land of jewels. They get there superb emeralds, rubies, amethysts and pearls. It seemed to me that I had gotten a bargain. "But the American consul said with a gurf, harsh laugh when I showed him my ruby: "A piece of colored glass. Germany ships here tons of this glass every winter, made up to resemble the precious stones that Ceylon yields. These glass stones sell readily to tourists. The poor fools think they are buying gems swiped by the miners from the mines." A Narrow Escape. Ex-Mayor Thomas Strahan of Chelsea, when passing a well-known art store in Boston, saw in the window a handsome painting which he admired. Upon inquiry he learned it was to be sold at auction at some later day, and made a note of the hour the sale was to take place, thinking he was fortunate enough to secure it for $65 he had just the place for it in his dining room. On the day of the sale the ex-mayor was a little late, and on his arrival the stentorian tones of the auctioneer's voice was heard saying: "I am offered 45. Who says 50?" Mr. Strahan promptly responded, "Fifty." Mr. P. bld 55. The ex-mayor bid $60. Mr.P. bld 65. The ex-mayor thought he would go $5 beyond the amount he had intended to pay for the picture, and bld 70. Mr. P. then bld 75. The auctioneer, after several vain efforts to draw out a higher bid, finally ex- claimed: "Sold to Mr. P. for $975." It took the ex-mayor several min- utes to recover from the shock.—Boston Herald. The Wanderer. No home is mine in the North or South, Roofless! No where to rest: No house to shut out the careless winds; I am tossed on the billow's crest. No name have I in all the world; No place in the nails of fame. No land to climb out of the step, None either to praise or to blame. Calmly climbing the steep ascent To the Valley of Agave. Aweared! The lesson is hard and long, Yet it covers a single page. Why do I learn each line? Why not Pass over the dark words of gloom? Aye! There's a voice that whispers of life Beyond the struggles, and tears, and tomb. "You are safe and warm and watched with care, Certainly." Comes the whisper From above: "You leave from the lonely winds and the sun— Sheltered in God's Great Love." — Reba Fay, in New Orleans Picayune. The Point of View. What right have you to carry a funeral in your face? The world has troubles of its own. Cheer up and change your point of view. 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There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies of mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed, it have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed; nits cause out of the ear and increase the inflammation can be taken out of the inflammation conditions of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness caused by cataract that cannot be cured by Hall's Cataract. J. CHENEY & CO., Toulouse, O. Mary had a little waist Where waists were meant to grow, And everywhere the fashions went Her waist was sure to go. Redd—Does he play much golf? Greene—Three days a week. "Is that all?" "Yes, he has to work the other four days of the week."--New Orleans Times-Democrat. --- EFFONTE B. HADSLEY NOTARY PUBLIC BROOKLAND Surprising. Men and women get along surprisingly well, considering how much the men know about the women and how much the women suspect about the men—Atchison Globe. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bear the Signature of Castoria Mr. Aller—Doctor, there's something the matter with my tongue. Doctor—My goodness! The whole end is burned off. You must have been patronizing a hot-chocolate soda-fountain. Wasted. Patience: Prieilla says there's nothing wasted in her house. Partrice: She's wrong I saw her kissing her pet dog. A few songs live forever, but the most of them are murdered by amateur vocalists. FACIAL PARALYSIS Nervous Distortion of Face Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. What appears to be a slight nervous attack may be the forerunner of a severe disorder. No nervous sufferer should neglect the warning symptoms, but should see that the starved nerves are nourished before the injury to the delicate organism has gone to an extent that renders a cure a difficult matter. The nerves receive their nourishment through the blood, the same as every other part of the body, and the best nerve tonic and food is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The experience of Mr. Harry Bemis, of Truthville, Washington county, N.Y., substantiates this. "I had been feeling badly for a long time," said Mr. Bemis, "and in the early part of September, 1902, I was compelled to quit work on account of my ill health. My trouble was at first extreme nervousness, then my sight became affected and I consulted an oculist who said I was suffering from parvus. He treated me for some time, but I got no benefit. I tried another doctor and again failed to obtain any relief. My nervousness increased. Slight noises would almost make me wild. My mouth was drawn so I could scourge eat and one eye was affected so I could hardly see. I had very little use of my limbs, in fact I was almost a complete wreck. "I am all right now and am at work. That is because I followed my wife's advice and took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She had used the same remedy herself with the most gratifying results and she persuaded me to try them when it appeared that the doctors were unable to help me. They acted very surely in my case; my face came back into shape and in time I was entirely well." Dr Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or by mail by the Dr Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. A booklet on Nervous Disorders sent free on request. The genesis of every fad is foolishness. ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP. BAD COLD, HEADACACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell. Anti-Gripine to a dealer who won't Guarantee It. Call for your MONEY HACK IF IT DON'T CURE. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. TODAY. Deafness Cannot Be Cured The Line. $16 AN ACRE 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE In Western Canada is the amount many farmers will realize from their wheat crop this year. The land that this was grown on cost many of the farmers absolutely nothing, while those who wished to add to the 160 acres the Government grants, can buy land adjoining at from $ to $10 an acre. Climate splendid, school convenient, railways close at hand, taxes low. Send for pamphlet "20th Century Canada" and full particulars regarding rate, etc., to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to the following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 123 W. Ninth Street Kansas City Missouri Editorial Musings. Rural Editor (meditatively)—How seldom we know what is best for us. Here I've been pitching into the interstate commerce law for sixteen months. Heaven forgive me! Assistant—Eh? "I should have been on that train which plunged into that open switch last night if kind Providence, in His inscrutable wisdom, had not saved me, I could not get a pass." Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Abundant Evidence. Editor—Have you any letters or other testimonials to show that you are a literary worker by profession? Applicant—If you will look at my pants, sir, you will find that they bag badly at the knees; and if you will pardon me for turning around, you will see that they are worn very shiny at the rear. Yes, sir. I am a literary man. You never hear any one complains about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. Uses of a Livery. Son—Father, I want to drive to Blank's Corners this afternoon. Do you need the span? Father—My son, to get to Blank's Corners, and back in time for supper, will require very hard driving. I think it will be wiser to hire a livery horse. THE RISING SON. Lewis WOODS..... Business Manager. Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHING CO SUBSCRIPTION RATES Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for pub- lization should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. FFIOEI—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 months .8.00 for two inches, nine months .10.00 for two inches, twelve months .10.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL . . . IN KANSAS CITY. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Dixon, the Negro hater, has challenged Booker Washington. The people are awaiting Bookers' reply with a great deal of interest. The interests of the tax payers of Kansas City have been duly protected by the city treasurer, Mr. Holmes, during his incumbency. This pleasant feature of his administration entitles him to renomination and election. The people of Kansas City are to enjoy a small reduction in the water rates. Some credit is due Mr. Elmer Powell of the water department, who has worked upon the question of a reduction in water rates for some time. The reduction amounts to about 19 per cent. Though comparatively small the people are thankful that much consideration. As the time ripens for activity in the spring campaign, grafters, fake schemes and would be newspaper men are setting stakes. Of course they expect to reap a harvest. Even one of the Negroes employed at the city hall, so we are told, is running around trying to get up a company to run a campaign sheet during the political season. The project may materialize but the Son will be there right on the firing line. FORTY YEARS OF FREEDOM. The Negro Race Problem. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than these people are to be free, nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. This was the prophecy of Thomas Jefferson, writing in 1821, in the evening of his long life, and only five years before his death. Long since has the first part of the prediction been filled; it came forty years after he wrote amid the thunders and lightnings of the civil war. Since then another forty years have nearly passed away and the nation is face to face with the question—"Can two races equally free, live in the same government?" It is the very greatest problem that confronts the Republic in these opening years of the new century, and it will require the united efforts of all the people to find the right solution to it. The day is gone, and, in interest of both races, it is well that is should be so. Democrats and Republicans have now an equal interest in formulating the conditions which shall retrieve whatever errors may have been committed and produce policies under the operations of which social order shall be concerned and our common civilization maintained. The burdens of responsibility is largely upon the South, but the South should not be left to struggle under it unaided by the other sections of the Union, in which the end is less and consequently more easily dealt with. We reproduce the opening idea of Thos. White, in the Freeman, on the above subject. Men will shake your hand if you have money; if you haven't they will shake you. The Doctor—Isn't it painful to think of the— The Professor—I presume it is. Let us not think of it.—Chicago Tribune. God reaches down only as far as a man can reach up. If you try enough you will seldom have to cry "enough." Health food is so called because a healthy person can eat it with impunity. Those who have once loved can never be satisfied with common friendship. You can't always tell—unless you are a woman. A girl is about as modest as she can ever hope to become if she will admit there is one other girl in town as pretty as she. If a man stays by a new Five Hundred game he feels next day as if he were market down to Four Ninety-eight. The boy who is ashamed of his work is never worth giving some other job. A Mess of Peas. Peter Piper had just picked a peck of pickle peppers. "By George," said he to himself, "I guess I'd better take some of these p's in for dinner." But after reflecting that there was only one p in each pod he decided it would be three times as quick to take the three p's out of each pepper. A. Small Beginning. "Well, well! so they've married. He first began to be attentive to her one day when he took her skating and—" "Ah! began at the foot, eh?"—Philadelphia Press. Barefoot—Boots. A New Mexico paper announces the marriage of Miss S. M. Boots to E. Barefoot. He now has Boots but she has become Barefoot. Thus it is seen that in entering into a marriage contract the woman is invariably the loser. But there is no denying that the match was one of an affinity of soles—Los Angeles Times. Mother Must Have Dozed. Lost—A perambulator containing a 6-month-old baby, the same having been left on Sunday outside a public house in Sossenhelm, or possibly in Hoechst or Unterliederbach. On the perambulator cover the following is embroidered: "Sleep well; mother watches over you"—Kriesblatt (Prussia.) Water a Real Food. Water is contained in all solid foods, animal and vegetable. It forms the greater part of all liquid foods. It is found in all the secretions of the body, as the bile and gastric juice. From these, and many other facts, scientists say, we must conclude water to be a real food. Death to His Hopes. A Kansas man called upon a young woman the other night. Of the Swedish man at the door he asked if the lady was at home. On being informed that she was, he inquired, "Is she engaged?" and nearly fainted on receiving the reply: "Yes, but ay tank he no in town to night." Salt to Believe Pain We all know, more or less, the agony of toothache and other pains, and how comforting a bag of salt is, often giving immediate relief, while a weak solution, used as gargle, is good for sore throats, not forgetting it is also beneficial as a dentifrice. Tigresa Hides Her Cuba. A tigress in a Paris menagerie has three cubs, but no one has seen them yet. Should anybody intrude, the tigress would eat them at once She and they will have to be severely let alone until she considers them large enough to appear. Annual "Mon" Fair. Dating from mediaeval times, the annual Stratford-on-Von "Mop" fair took place recently and eight oxen and twelve pigs were roasted at open fires in the streets in the presence of a record gathering from all parts of the Midlands. Favorite Trees of Birds. Birds of different kinds have their favorite trees. Blackbirds, rooks and jays frequent oak trees; the ash shelters wood pigeons and thrushes, the hawthorn all kinds of finches, whilst the woodpecker's favorite is the beech. Names. At a wedding at Poplar, England, the bride's name was Wedlock, and the bridegroom's was Marriage. Now, what do you say to that? Truly, the populations increase and nomenclature runs low.-Boston Herald. Cheerfulness Wins. A cheerful manner makes an important wireless connection with the heart of a prospective customer, and transmits an irresistible call for business.--Success Magazine. Cheerful Nurses the Best. Cheerful nurses make the patients cheerful. A nurse who is merely pretty may exercise a depressing influence in the wards.—The Hospital. Why? Why is it that girls who go to cooking school never learn to bake anything but cake?-Chicago Record-Herald. Convert Dogs Into Lamb Stolen dogs are said to be sold in Paris to butchers, who sell the meat, particularly the hind legs, as "lamb." Fossil pigs the size of cows have been found in Oregon. STOVE REPAIRS FOR ALL STOVES AND RANGES. Both Phones. S. A. METZNER 304 West Sixth Street 1214 Main. Kennesaw City, Ma. Value of Freedom and Education. A free population, ambitious to get the benefit of its own labor and enterprise, is the maklon of any country. With freedom will come more general education and a great uprise in Mexican life will result. By way of contrast Mexico and Sweden and Norway offer an interesting study. Mexico, with peonage and restricted education, has a wonderful and rich variety of natural resources. Sweden and Norway, with a cold and rather sterile country, have individual freedom, and are the only countries in the world in which every grown man can read and write. Therefore the Scandinavians have prosperity, good homes and a general and splendid civilization, while Mexico, with friendly climate and great natural resources, lags behind. But the signs of advancement are many and encouraging, and there is every reason for taking a cheerful view of the future of our sister republic.—San Francisco Call. Spread of Style in Arizona. Every symptom points to a tendency to spread on style in Tombstone. Among other instances in this direction the boys bought a pair of beautiful barber pole suspenders and presented them to the amiable dispenser who shoves the amber extract of cheerfulness over the mahogany of the Parlor saloon. He promptly donned the innovation, but claimed that he felt like he had a fence rail on each shoulder. Then when they became overburdenseme he would unbutton them and permit them to dangle in front, but he finally got them down line enough to go to church in Several old-timers, conspicuously court attendants from the other end of the county, have fallen into the habit of wearing boiled shirts, and it looks as if sky-blue overalls might be discarded as a full dress costume. Getting "powerful tony" in town nowadays.—Tombstone Inspector. Gates a Good Spender. Report has it that John W. Gates is making all the other plungers at Saratoga look small. Gates thinks and acts in thousands where the average man does the same things in dollar bills. He hardly recognizes small change when he sees it. His bets at the races are all up in three figures, he pays a dollar for a shave and tosses another dollar to the boy who shines his shoes. He buys a good dinner for a large party at a time and gives the biggest tips ever heard of. The chances are that even with his bix expenses he will break even or better on the present meet. At present h is away ahead of the game. New York's "Bichest" Rich. New York has the richest baby, the richest boy, the richest bachelor, the richest spinster, the richest married man and the richest widow in the whole wide world. Parts of this big claim might be overthrown on close scrutiny but we continually bear of little John Nicholas Brown, the richest baby in the world; James Henry Smith, the richest bachelor; William Ziegler, jr., the richest boy; Miss Stickney, the richest spinster; Rockefeller, the richest of all, etc. Model Dairy Farm Two brothers, Albert and Harry Fahrenstock, have a model dairy farm at Quaker Bottom valley, in Baltimore county, and the other day they had the members of the Baltimore stock exchange out to look at it. The visitors were driven over the 650 acres in wagons drawn by teams of eight nicely matched gray Percheron horses, and they found the dairymen and the stablemen all neatly uniformed. It is also reported that they found a scene of "unusual pastoral beauty." There are hills, valleys and tumbling splashing waters on the big farm, and the keynote of the management is organization and system. The result is success. Recently at a private musicale, Robert Cuscaden played a Bethoven selection which called forth this comment from one of his gushing feminine admirers: "Perfectly heavenly!" I haven't heard that for a long time. The last time was when it was rendered for me by a phonograph. Did you ever hear it on a phonograph, Mr. Cuscaden?" "No," said the violinist "I don't care music fried in lard." His Customary Luck Mr. Markinbrakes (determined not to make a blunder this time)—I was delighted with the way in which the little girl recited that selection. Elderly Matron (one of the guests—You evidently are under the impression that she is one of my children. She isn't, and I thought her performance was extremely tiresome.—Chicago Tribune. Keeping Him in Mind of It. He—But I thought you'd forgiven me for that and promised to forget it? She—Yes—but I didn't promise to let you forget I'd forgiven it! Politics: Outsider—If your party should lose its power, and you should be thrown out of office, would you be discouraged and take a drink? Politician—No, sir, I change my politics. —Cleveland Leader. THE E. Z. SHAVE. C. A. EVANS, BARBER SHOP For First Class Work. 07 East 14th St. Kansas City, Mo. WHEN TO CRITICISE. When your heart is warm with love, Even for your enemies; When your words come from above, Not from where the venom is; When you see the man entire, Not alone the faults he has; Find a somewhat to admire Underneath the paltry mass— Not till then, if you are wise, Will you dare to criticise. 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 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 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. 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. 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. The man who laughs his way through the world leaves it with just as much in his possession as the man who fights his way through. A. Brute of a Husband. "No, mamma," said the fair, but irate young matron, "I really fell that I cannot live with Augustus any longer." "What makes you say such a shock- ing thing?" "He is just shamefully suspicious." "Accused me of flirting with that young Lobson." "Why don't you tell him to prove it?" "I—I—well, I'm afraid that he would."—San Fransisco Call. Proof of one's temper is the loss thereof. When the sun sets, trouble is hatched. 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. 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 handwork will never set the world on fire. If you find it hard to trust your feelings make them pay for what they want. Ignorance is sopposed to be bliss, but it isn't even a good counterfeit. .WESTERN UNIVERSITY THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST. . . . . . . DEPARTMENTS: State Industries COURSES: Classics sical (Instrumen- mony, Drawing and Book Binding, Tailoring, dering, Farming ADVANTAGES: Sle- ences and The INFORMATION: For to WILLIAM QUINDARO, Phones: Office—H MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-National Industrial. B: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-National (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ, drawing, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpenters, Book Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Coordination, Farming and Gardening. AGES: Sipendid Location, Healthful Climate, Studies and Thorough Teachers. ATION: For terms, prices and all inducements of WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. PRESIDENT, INDARO, KAN. 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, Stenography 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. Edwin W. Zea, Cashier. Statement of the Condition of the Nesti Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. to the Comptroller of the Currency at business January 29, 1906. Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of $12,187,400.66 Total DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY T. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Sch Geo. W. Jones, Lee Clark, Geo. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeger, Edwin W. Zea. W. H. Hubbell's Millinery and Notion DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Directors—L. W. Whitehatch, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, Geo. W. Jones, Lee Clurk, Geo. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Berns, Fernald P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeger, Edwin W. Zea. Mrs. W. H. Hubbell's Millinery and Notion Store made to order. Your old ones made you can purchase anything in the millin line you may desire To have a nice line of Ladies Hose, Neckwear, Rib boys waists, Men and Women's underwear. A 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 ot 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. J. M. TIDROW Up-to-Date Grocery and Meat Market Home Phone 4097 Main. 509 MAY STREET. 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. college, Normal, Sub-Normal and Diaparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Mu- l), including piano, organ and har- mal Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing Course, Stenography and Typewrit- and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- ing. Healthful Climate, Good Influ- sions. and all inducements offered write NON, A. M., D. D. DENT, KANSAS. 302. Residence—Bell—"West 15. F. P. Neal, Vice President. W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President ion Bank CITY, MO. the Currency at the close of mary 29, 1906. LIABILITIES. Capital stock ..... $ 600,000.00 Nurseries funded ..... 400,000.00 Undivided profits ..... 100,000.81 Unearned interest ..... 84,092.00 National bank notes outstanding ..... 500,000.00 Deposits..... 10,494,378.15 Total. $12,187,490 68 STATES DEPOSITORY. Morge, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Mer- o. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Felix L. LaForce, Eger, Edwin W. Zea. Millinery and Notion Store 1906 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mo. or old ones made new or nothing in the millinery may desire es Hose, Neckwear, Ribbons, etc. men's underwear. All kinds ot ```markdown ``` THE RISING SON NEWS&GSSIP Eugene Vaugan, Agt. Kansas City, Kas. 938 Split Logs A. W. Walker, Agent, Lexington, Mo Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there that enables us to run from year to year" LOCALS. Mrs. F. J. Peck is having a delightful time in California. Mrs. John Lange is getting along nicely with her art class. Get the habit of going to McCampbell & Houston's Drug Store, 2300 Vine St. Prof. R. T. Caleo will contribute an article to The Son next week on Dometic Science. All kinds of hot and cold drinks are still being served at McCampbell & Houston's. Go to McCampbell & Houston's for the purest and best in everything handled by an up-to-date drug store. Prof. G. N. Grisham spent the holiday week in Richmond, Va. He reports having enjoyed a good time. The Son is in receipt of $1.50 from Mrs. Amanda Crouch of Butler for one year's subscription to The Son. Dr. Chapman, Dentist, will move to 9 W. 9th St.. January 1, 1906. This is only four doors from the Junction. The Ozona Hair straightener, hair tonics, face powders, scalp soaps, etc. may be found at Mrs. Hubbel's, 1906 Vine street. Mr. John Lange was in Lincoln, Neb., last week. He reports one of the best seasons in the history of his business. Rev. Goin of Baltimore, Md., is holding a series of meetings at Allen Chapel. He is doing good work. His sermons are very interesting. To the readers of the Son in Kansas City, Kas: Our collector will soon be around to see you. We hope you will be in a position to respond. When you want the best news concerning the Negro, place your name on the subscription list of the "Son" and thus have it delivered to your door. Mrs. Francis Mock, after several weeks' illness is able to be about. Rev. S. W. Bacote closed protracted meetings at his church last Sunday. Have your prescriptions filled at McCampbell & Houston's Prescription Drung Store. Years of experience and registration certificate from Missouri and Kansas are the proofs we offer of our ability. All subscribers of the Son will please be ready to meet the demands of our collector next week as we need the money now due in order to continue business. A little now and then will aid us considerably. A. W. Lloyd, G. C. C. of the K. of P., was in the city last Saturday night and set up a lodge. Mr. Lloyd is doing a splendid work in the interest of the order. The lodges are thriving throughout the jurisdiction. None of the predecessors of Mr. Lloyd has equalled him in effecting general good in the K. P. ranks. We wish him continued success. Several days ago we had a casual talk with a factory representative of the Chicago typewriter and much to our surprise we learned that one of the big typewriter companies in the East declared a dividend of 65 per cent in one year. We had supposed that typewriters, like many other things, were domineered by trusts, but such an enormous dividend in a single year banished all possible doubt. We had contemplated buying a machine and after finding that the Chicago typewriter possessed so many improvements over other machines we concluded to equip our office with one. A good article complete for $35.00 gives us assurance the Chicago typewriter is not under the domineering influence of a trust. --- Individuals of princely rank once expected the kiss of respect from their inferiors, but this custom is almost obsolete. A kiss was conferred as a formal mark of favor by crowned heads at jousts and tournaments. Princess Margaret, daughter of James I. of Scotland, kissed the poet Alain Charter for saying so many nice things about her, though he was one of the ugliest men in the kingdom. Nation's Timekeeper. Americans get their correct time from a little room in the naval observatory on Georgetown heights, in the suburbs of Washington. The observatory was originally intended to detect errors in ship chronometers and to regulate them properly. This work constitutes one department at the institution, but perhaps its most important function is that of being the nation's timekeeper. Fishing Nets Are Sacred. To appreciate the dignity of the net-maker's profession one needs to know: the sacredness of the fishing net, and the protection which the law affords. At Gloucester they used to quararitine a town stricken with smallpox by placing fishing nets about it, for the legal penalty for disturbing the nets was so great that no one dared to break through. No Place for Her Mrs. Grundy is out of place anywhere cast of Suez. The extravagance and eccentricities of social life would outrage her fabled dignity. No one asks questions if you use, a latchkey or play billiards on Sundays or countenance the Macao lottery by taking a $10 chance. They are not scandalized if you attend a wedding in a Panama hat or a funeral in a white suit.-South China Post, Hongkong. European Newspapers Germany leads European countries in the number of publications with 5,500 newspapers, of which 800 are dailies. England is second with 3,000, of which 809 are dailies. France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Spain, Russia Greece and Switzerland follow in order. Asia has not less than 3,000 periodical papers, and Africa 200 dailies. America has 17,223 publications, of which 2,215 are dailies. Needs of California Juries. The jury that recently tried State Senator Emmons for bribery, at Sacramento, Cal., sat twenty-six days. During that time it consumed thirty-six $1 meals a day, 150 quarts of claret, 200 bottles of beer, sixteen quarts of white wine and thirty-six quart bottles of whiskey. All this at the restaurant, besides over two dozen bottles of whiskey sent to the jury room. One of the most interesting sights in connection with the rush of Christmas shoppers is the big Dry Goods store of Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. The store is being furnished with an annex or addition on the north, which is nearly completed. A more attractive or complete store cannot be found west of the Mississippi. Every convenience to make shopping easy and practical has been considered and put in use by the owners of the store until now there is no comfort for the great army of buyers but what has been supplied. It is a great Santa Claus hohse for the little folks. AT LAST SUCCESS CAME. I knocked at the gate of my lord, Success; I stormed his threshold with eager din, I love him, the prize of my soul, no less, But he barred the gate lest I step within. And after Love took my heart to mate, And we built us a home in the wilderness. derness, A stranger is beating against our gate, Crying: "Let me in! It is I, Success!" —Author Unknown. No, Cordellia, it isn't necessary to act foolish in order to live the simple life. Newspaper Enterprise. People do not appreciate the earnest endeavor of the press to furnish news quickly. Some wonderful examples have been furnished in recent years of quick publication of current events, but none can excel a recent "scoop" landed by the Freeborn (Ia.) Courier. It is self-explanatory: "We came pretty near getting scooped on an item this week, but if it were not for the fact that we always have our weather eye open, we would have been left in the cold. Just as we go to press Oscar Sanborn is having three fingers cut off by a threshing machine. A doctor has been sent for. Details in next issue."—Ex. A fuzzy taste the next morning makes a fellow feel down in the mouth. Ahe fact that age commands veneration possibly explains why there are so many old probates. There is a skeleton in every closet, but tails is no excuse for a continual rattling of the bones. VIRTUE'S PRIZE What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is virtue's prize. —Pope's "Essay on Man." Mrs. Booker T. Washington and son were in our city last week enroute to Los Angeles Cal., where she has gone to improve the health of her son. While here she was the guest of Mrs. D. N. Crowsthwaite of 1020 Virginia. She was given a drive through the city by Mrs. Jno. Lange, and was highly pleased with the visits to the public schools. MILLIONS GO UP IN SMOKE. The Money We Burn at the Shrine of Lady Nicotine. Tobacco Leaf reports the manufacture in this country during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, of 7,689,337,507 cigars, an increase of 185,020,437 over the output of the preceding year. Our export trade in these goods is quite insignificant, and import trade in foreign made cigars is little more than an inconsiderable incident. Our population of males who may be regarded as of "cligar age" is probably a little less than 24,000,000. Our domestic output was sufficient to supply eac. one of these with about 320 smokes during the year. As the census returns do not include statistics of smokers and nonsmokers, it is impossible to carry the calculation beyond t at point. The cigarette crop for the year was 3,368,212,740, an increase of 141,530,- 479 over 1904. We produced 21,131,- 861 pounds of snuff, an increase of 947,281 pounds. The output of smoking and chewing tobacco increased only about 2 per cent., from 328,650,- 710 pounds to 334,489,110 pounds. The total value of all this is not given, but the figures of the smaller output of that year are given by the census of 1900 as follows: Tobacco, chewing, smoking and snuff.....$103,754,362 Tobacco, cigars and cigar- ettes.....160,223,152 Total.....$263,977,514 The development of this industry is indicated by the censys figures, which show the value of the product for 1880 as $116,772,631; for 1890 as $195,536,862, and for 1900 as $263,977,514. The increase for last year will certainly bring the figures to more than $300,000,000, which is a very pretty sum to spend for this form of combustibles. Comparea with our domestic trade, our foreign commerce in the weed amounts to little. Our total importation last yera of tobacco in all its forms amounted to $22,145,846 and our exportation to $37,123,514. Estimating our consumption by welgnt, it appears that we burned at the shrine of our Lady Nicotine something like 300,000 tons of tobacco last year.—New York Sun. The Sons of Allen, were entertained by brother C. D. Frazier Thursday eve, January 4, at the residence of Mr. Montgomery, 919 Central St. with about thirty-five members and friends present. Brither Frazier spared no pains to entertain the club royally. There were two additions to the club. Remarks by Prof. Doilley and others. The affair was a grand one. Next business meeting will be held at the residence of Prof. Doilley, 2411 Forest Ave., Wednesday eve, January 17. The club will next be entertained by brothers L. D. Hines and W. M. Rice, Thursday eve, February 1, at the residence of Mrs Burnetts, 8114 Charlotte St. All members are requested to be present. B. F. CARGYLE, Pres. WM. RICE, Sec. Debts of Russia and Japan. Since the beginning of the war Japan has increased her debt from about $290,000,000 to $981,000,000, but of this amount she has on hand perhaps as much as $175,000,000 unexpended. In the same time Russia's debt has increased from $3,282,000,000 to about $3,700,000,000. Japan will probably receive about $100,000,000 from Russia in payment for the maintenance of prisoners of war, and Russia must also borrow money for her immediate needs at home. Japan, therefore, seems to come out of the war in better financial conditions than Russia, in spite of the latter country's vastly greater resources. No Call For Sympathy "I asked Jones why he didn't pay me that twenty he has owe me so long." "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. Addition is Easy. Miss Gausslp—Of course, that's only a rumor, but you can put one and one together and make two. Miss Sharpe (cautiously)—Yes, in dealing with rumors some people can put almost anything together and make anything they please. No Stoic. The waiter laid a bill of fare before him. "No," said Ardup, ignoring it, "I haven't fortitude enough to look through it. Bring me coffee and doughnuts."—Chicago Tribune. Dr. T. C. Chapman, Dentist, has moved to 9 West Ninth street. This is strictly in the shopping district and only four doors from the Junction. Locating the Trouble. "The russieighs had a great time at their house yesterday. They all expected to come right down with typhoid fever. The old man sent a hurry-up call to the health office that brought out the district physician and three sanitary policemen." "Did they discover the cause of the trouble?" "Yes. It was a dead fish in the pocket of their youngest boy." A Hard Schooling. "Popley is quite an entertainer. I heard him last night at an evening party." "Yes, he developed his talent in the nursery." "Gracious! that young!" "Oh! you misunderstood me; I mean his children's nursery. He's had so many to entertain there." A Fine Position. "I got a fine job in de business college." "Gee—wot d'yer do?" "De writin' teacher hired me to shake de table when de new pupils write "This is a sample of my hand-writing before I began taking lessons." An Insinuation. Algernon—Congwatulate me, deah boy. I'm engaged to Miss Peachley. Jack—Indeed! I had no idea she was in a position to support a husband.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Good Record. Mr. Goode—In all your useless life is there anything to which you can point with pride? Homeless Homer—Yessir. I ain't never beat no poor Chinaman out of his laundry bill. After 30. While she is under thirty a woman may get comfort out of the thought that she is younger than she looks. After that her only hope is to look younger than she is. This Language of Ours "Yes," said the slang specialist, with great earnestness, "that bum baseball team, by crooked playing, has won six straight games."—Baltimore American. Real Contentment. Money doesn't bring happiness, but it makes a fellow feel mighty contented when he is ordering a first-class dinner.—Atlanta Constitution. Russia Has 23,000,000 Horses. There are nearly 23,000,000 horses in European Russia. No other country in the world has so many horses as Russia. Jan. English Dictionary Dr. James S. Hepburn, of East Orange, N. J., compiled the first Japanese-English dictionary. Penny Changes Owners Often. A penny is estimated to change hands about 125,000 times in the course of its life. Has Lots of Leisure Now Has Lots of Leisure Now. Cupid used to be overworked until he invented the marriage ceremony.—Life. Smoking Reform. - Smoking is to be reformed by its friends. A convention of pipe smokers was held in Belgium to combat the abuse of tobacco. The best way to prevent the abuse of tobacco is to smoke slowly. M. Kos, the president of the convention, informed his hearers that it took him three hours and seven minutes to get through one pipe. It is obvious that at this rate of going one could hardly smoke more than four pipes a day. A pipe, according to M. Kos, will out last three hours if filled in a particular way—loosely, that is, at the bottom, firmly in the middle, and again loosely at the top. "Further," said he, "you must give up your whole mind to the process. Patience and determination make the true smoker." M. Kos went on to affirm that the object of the convention strange as it might appear, was to combat the abuse of tobacco. Those who smoke slowly get the greatest amount of pleasure out of their tobacco, while the nicotine is absorbed in the wood and does not reach the lips. No "Sandwich" Religion. "I do not believe in sandwiching courtship with religion," said the secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in New York recently. "No man can hold a hymn book with a charming young woman and pay attention to what the ministers is saying." He advocates separate churches for the two sexes. Emery, Bird Thayer Emery, Bird Thayer The Annual February Sale of Petticoats. Just as Emery, Bird, Thayer's January Sale of Muslin Underwear excels all others, so will this event be significant among all Petticoat Sales. The variety, the styles, the prices will make it so. There will be silk, mercerized and washable Petticoats at special prices during February only. The 1906 Summer Waists. ance styles depicting "what is and is to be" are now Summer waists. Over 150 new and distinct styles in this popular Waist Store. Especially does the Store critical inspection of every woman to this represent action for spring and summer wearing. The Annual Sale of Infants' Wear. January first and continuing through the month we will special showing of new white dresses for babies the mass in variety and daintiness any other collection of dresses ever made by the Store. The low prices and values in this Annual Sale will appeal to every mother. Prices on Portieres and Couch Co. Through canvas was recently made of eastern market for-the-market priced Curtains and Upholstery with that we're now in a position to offer a splendid coll drop pattern Portieres, Tapestry Pieces and Coust at 33 1-3 to 40 per cent discount. It will surely be able to inspect this gathering. Just the very thing you looking for may be here. Hermey, Bird, Thayer Co. Hoffman Music Co. GREAT MOVAL SAL Advance styles depicting "what is and is to be" are now ready in Summer waists. Over 150 new and distinct styles are here in this popular Waist Store. Especially does the Store invite the critical inspection of every woman to this representative collection for spring and summer wearing. The Annual Sale of Infants' Wear. February first and continuing through the month we will make a special showing of new white dresses for babies that will surpass in variety and daintiness any other collection of babies' dresses ever made by the Store. The low prices and the big values in this Annual Sale will appeal to every mother. Special Prices on Portieres and Couch Covers A thorough canvas was recently made of eastern markets for under-the-market priced Curtains and Upholstery with the result that we're now in a position to offer a splendid collection of drop pattern Portieres, Tapestry Pieces and Couch Covers at 331.3 to 40 per cent discount. It will surely be worth while to inspect this gathering. Just the very thing you have been looking for may be here. Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. Carl Hoffman Music Co.'s GREAT REMOVAL SALE! Now Going on. Unheard of Bargains in OGANS, MUSIC CABINETS, BENCHES, PIANO CARFS, SHEET MUSIC, MUSICAL MERCHANDISE There are Some Fine Piano and Organ Bargains: , $15 1 Hale Upright, $85 Square, $20 1 Bradbury Upright, $1 Zon Square, $18 1 Hart Upright, $9 1 Schaeffer Square, $40 1 Oxford Upright Organ Bargains, $15 to $28 MENTS. Open Every Evening. 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 arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY 1012-14 WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO California for $25 One-way tickets from Kansas City good in Pullman tourist sleeping cars upon payment of berth rate, or in reclining chair cars—seats free. To California for $25 One-way tickets from Kansas City good in Pullman tourist sleeping cars upon payment of berth rate, or in reclining chair cars-seats free. Two daily through trains over the Rock Island via El Paso-leaving Kansas City 9:50 a.m. and 11:00 p. m. Through tourist car via Colorado at 11:20 a.m. daily. February 15 to April 7, inclusive Two daily through trains over the Rock Island via El Paso—leaving Kansas City 9:50 a. m. and 11:00 p. m. Through tourist car via Colorado at 11:20 a. m. daily. Illustrated California book — in colors — our tourist folder and full information upon request. Ticket Office. 900 Main St City Ticket Office. 900 Main Street can Supply all your want NEBEIM'S DEPARTMENT STOR 1523 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOU Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Kids, Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Notions, Queensware, all Kinds Household Goods. You can Supply all your wants at DENEBEIM'S DEPARTMENT STORE 521 and 523 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Notions, Queensware, all Kinds Household Goods. Advance styles ready in Summer are here in this po- vite the critical live collection for The Annn February first make a special sh will surpass in vav ables' dresses even the big values in it Special Prices A thorough ca- for under-the-mark- result that we're of drop path Covers at 33 1 3 worth while to in- have been looking Emer r1 Hotel EMC DOS, ORGANS, MEN ANO SCARFS, SHE Here are S r Square, $15 Griffin Square, S 1 Bacon Squ 1 Schaeff PAYMENTS. To C for S One-way man tour rate, or February Two day via El Pr 11:00 p. 11:20 a. City Tick Rock Island System you can S DENEBEI 521 and 523 MA Goods, Clos Boots and Queensw STAPLE On sale daily J. A. STEWART General Agent KANSAS CITY, MO. I am gliding into the dark, the dark, To the sound of a dipping out, With the silent me spread, And the silent sea before, And far on the height is the beacon light I left on the fading shore. The waters swirl below, below, With the darkness swirling above. The sky is the magnificent mist my hand With the rush of a winged dove- And near on the height is the beacon light —Alice F. Tilden in National Magazine. THE DINNER HOUR BY GRAE G. BOSTWICK (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) "And so you write uplifting poetry Miss Howard," he asked in slightly bored tones. Jeannette froze him with a look. "No," interrupted Jeannette, hriedly "I don't receive callers—I have not time," she explained, rather lately, in answer to his surprised lo Jeannette froze him with a look. "Perhaps verse would sound better," he assented quietly with a quizzical shadow of a smile back of his pince nez. Jeannette ignored him majestically if that stunning adjective may be applied to one-hundred-and-ten pounds of youthfulness. "I must have put my foot in it—perhaps torn the delicate lace from a fragile fancy," he continued tacingly, interested by her provoked silence where the delighted conversational efforts of numerous charming maidens had failed. Jeannette flashed a sudden, sunny smile at him. He started as he looked, for the first time, full in her eyes. They were smiling eyes with sunny gleams in their warm, brown depths—not at all the eyes of a poetess as he had妨染 them. "If you want to win my undying hatred, pester me with remarks about my popular verse—silly stuff!" Jeannette said savagely. "Always alliterative?" he questioned smiling. "Merely a matter of habit," she replied, flushing under his laughing look. "What shall we talk about, then?" he questioned gravely. "Yourself," she responded with readiness. He looked at her commiseratingly. "Poor thing!" he said, "she doesn't know." Jeannette helped herself to salad before she asked, wrinkling her dainty brows in curiosity, "What, for goodness' sake? You look like a triple tragedy in bronze." Then, as a suspicion took shape in her mind, she laid her fork down and faced him fearfully. "You're not—" Words failed her. He nodded solemnly. "I certainly am, to my everlasting sorrow," he replied with feeling. Jeannette sighed. "Then, we two of a kind," she said, "and we were put together for a purpose. I'll really have to ask your name. My thoughts were wool gathering when you were—" "Rhyme-gathering, more probably," he interrupted, laughingly. "I'll confess that I've been trying in vain to find a suitable rhyme for—" "O, don't!" she exclaimed, "as if I didn't have troubles of my own. And the name?" she asked suddenly. "Walnwright—Orrrin Walnwright." "Not the Walnwright?" she asked in awed tones. "The same, please your ladyship," he bowed with exaggerated deference. "And here, I've been—I've been just too impertinent for—Ooh!" she stammered. He caught the amused gleam under the long eyelashes, however. "Let's form a truce and declare the subject barred," he offered. She smiled an eager assent. "Where shall I begin?" he asked, admiring her clear-cut profile with the long, slender curve of cheek and chin, the fine pallor of her skin that flushed at the slightest provocation, the quantitly arched brows that went to a slight point, lending a look of pluquacy to her small face. Her eyes, he noted, were far apart and large—tender, too, he decided, as well as humor M. "And so you write uplifting poetry?" ous—rather an unusual combination in a woman's eyes. "I'm only in town for a couple of days. Where did you say you were staying?" "I didn't say," remarked Jeannette trenchantly. "May I ask where you are staying?" "You may," she tendered, a wickedly mischievous gleam brightening her glance. "Then where—" Her soft laugh stopped his words. "I'm not staying—I live here," she offered conciliating. "Yes, and where? I mean to call," he said quietly. ```markdown ``` "No," interrupted Jeannette, hurriedly "I don't receive callers—I haven't time," she explained, rather lamely, in answer to his surprised look. His firn mouth twitched with suppressed amusement as he replied: "So be it, your ladyship." She glanced furtively at his strong face, and scolded herself for the interest it evoked. "Did you ever have an ideal?" he asked irrelevantly. Jeannette flushed for he had caught the look of admiration in her eyes. "Heaps of 'em," she responded readily. "I mean, did you ever cherish the likeness of a possibility and suddenly M. J. "I guess—perhaps," discover that it was a real flesh and blood creation instead of the figment of an unstable imagination?" She looked at him, curiously. "No." "Then you can't understand how one would feel under such circumstances—or that one would have the desire to—" He paused and looked into her eyes with meaning. Jeannette laughed and stirred in embarrassment. "You don't mean—" she began with her customary straightforward directness, "that I am the unspeakable—" "That is precisely what I do mean," he replied, gravely. "I didn't recognize the likeness at first. It was several minutes before you unbent sufficiently to bestow your smiles." "Gracious! You alarm me!" Jeannette's flippancy had saved her from many difficult situations of which this was not the least in her eyes. "What a child you are." He smiled in amused tolerance. "How long have you entertained this—this—" "Ideal," he supplemented softly. Her eyes dropped under his warm scrutiny. "I wonder if you could recall a time as far back as—" "Mr. Wainwright!" Jeannette bristled in simulated indignation at the possible implication in his words. "It was a spring day in early May," he continued dreamily, ignoring her exclamation, "a bevy of school girls with long braids down their backs were parading the park with their chaperon, an elderly lady with a gray curl down each side of her face." "Dear old Curlie!" exclaimed Jeannette, thoughtlessly. "The hat of the fairest one of them all—a slim, childish, elf of a girl—blew down the street, and a lad of tender years gave pursuit and rescued the offensive piece of headgear. He returned it, trembling with the boldness of his daring, to the owner, who would not even lift her long lashes as she thanked him faintly. I've always had an overwhelming desire to find that young lady and see for myself what kind of eyes she possessed, that she was so unwilling to use them." "And that was you—I should never have believed it." Jeannette laughed a bit absently. She was eating her ice slowly, unappreciatively, though it was her favorite confection. "And now that I have found the eyes," he continued, a new determination in his voice, "I mean to follow them up and see what lies back of them." "You'd be disappointed," Jeannette offered faintly. "I'm willing to take my chances," he looked at her searchingly. "I mean to see you to-morrow," he declared. The hostess had given the sign. As they rose, she said, laughingly. "I suppose you two have decided to collaborate on some great work or other." Wainwright questioned Jeannette with steady eyes. "We have, have we not?" he asked. Jeannette flattened a quick look into their frank depths. Her heart throbbed a bit as she replied in a low voice, "I guess—pee-hap." X Made a Temporary Abode on Iceberg (Special Correspondence.) Sea captains have all strange experiences, but that of Capt. Harry Turner, port captain of the Pioneer Tug company of Seattle, Wash., is unique in many respects. Wrecked in the north, the whole ship's company drifted for three weeks in boats and on an iceberg, and during that time a romance was developed and later consummated when the castaways were rescued. The experience of the captain differs from almost any other story of the deep, in that not one of the many people on board was lost or even injured. "I was second mate of the British bark Sunderland, owned by Cawlip, Forbes & Co. of London. She was chartered by a Montreal firm to carry a load of cement to Quebec, Canada. "Twenty days from London we struck a fog bank, and then our troubles began. We were anxious to make a quick passage, but the fog meant reduced speed. Day after day went by, and still no sign of a letup in the gray mist that enveloped us like a pall. Twelve days went by, and during that time we never caught a glimpse of the sun nor the stars, and of course could not get an observation. In the two weeks that we were in the fog the captain aged ten years, for he was constantly thinking of his wife and her friend. He was on the bridge most of the time, and seldom left except for an hour or two of sleep and a bite to eat. "On the morning of the fifteenth day in the fog I was on the bridge when I smelled ice. I at once sent a boy to call the captain, who had just turned in, and when he came on deck he, too, noticed it. That rendered our position more perilous than before, but all we could do was to keep even a better lookout than ever. While we were on the fo'e'sle head right before us loomed a white wall that sparkled and glimmered dully in the dim light. Before we could shout to the man at the wheel to put her hard down the crash came. We were then making about eight knots, and the force of the collision was such that it stove in the vessel's bow clear up to the heel of the foreast. Both the captain and myself only escaped by springing back like a shot. "The vessel was a total wreck and had only a few minutes to live. The scene on her decks was terrible; the masts had all fallen, and confusion reigned. Cries from the women, curses and yells from the crew, and above all the roar of the surf against the berg made a chaotic scene never to be forgotten. The captain was the only cool one on board. The accident seemed to have lifted a weight from his shoulders. Men can often face a real danger much easier than they can an anticipated one. "He took command of a few of the men and soon had the long boat, which had been secretly prepared for any such contingency, launched, and the women were hustled in like a flash. I was given command and told to shove off, but the captain's wife would not leave him, and we had to wait until the other boats were launched and every one safe from the vessel before the captain would come in and allow us to shove off. We were not more than fifty yards from the vessel when she threw up her stern and went down, nose first. "We were, of course, cast down, but soon started to look ahead and try to figure out what would become of us. There were ten of us in the long boat—two women, the captain, myself and six sailors. We had three beakers of water and quite a large amount of food, so had no fear of starving. "What did hurt us, though, was the fact that more than three hours after the ship struck the fog cleared, and from that time we saw scarcely any. But the sight that we did see caused us to wonder how we had escaped so long, for we were in a perfect field of ice. There were seven large bergs within the radius of a quarter of a mile and we were in the center. It was a mystery how we escaped striking before. Of course it was very cold, so cold, in fact, that we had to row to keep warm. The little boat seemed awfully cramped after the big vessel, but we made out as well as could be expected. The women bore up remarkably well, but I could see that the captain's wife had a hard struggle to keep back the tears. We drifted all that night and by morning were so cold and stiff that we were made for anything. Fog and Ice. Camp on a Berg. Typical Iceberg. "Finally one of the men suggested that we try to climb the berg that had sunk our vessel. The suggestion was no sooner made than we were all eager to try it. But climbing it was more difficult than we thought. The sides were almost smooth, and after seeking in vain for a sloping face we gave it up and pulled to another and smaller one about two miles off. That one had a long sheer to the water and we had no difficulty whatever in getting on board. We piled all the quilts and blankets on the ice and made a tent for the women, which at first they refused to occupy, stating that they would take their chances Scene from Top of Berg. with the rest of us and would not have anything better than the rest. On Top of the Berg. "But a few hours in the cold made the little tent with its warm blankets look more welcome and they finally crawled in. We got all the stores up from the boat and piled them safely on the berg. The top of the beg was flat and made a beautiful roof garden, if I may use that term. Anyway, it was a welcome retreat for us and it gave us a chance to stretch our legs and exercise enough to keep the blood circulating. "We had a small alcohol stove and over that the women cooked our first supper. It tasted fine. It was only fried ham and biscuit washed down with a small amount of black coffee, but never in my life did anything taste better. The hot coffee was particularly fine. After getting things straightened up we arranged for watches, so as to be sure never to miss any passing vessel. I had the first watch, and to tell you the truth, I enjoyed it. The top of the berg was 100 feet above the water, and as the night was fine and clear a beautiful view was to be had. "In the meantime breakfast was served as was' supper the previous night and we all enjoyed it immensely. As we drifted farther south the ice gradually melted and became honeycombed until it was unsafe. We then had to take to the boats once again and strike out for the track of the Atlantic vessels. Two days after leaving the berg we saw smoke on the horizon. Then we started to pull. We pulled until our arms were almost pulled out of the sockets, but we got close enough to make ourselves seen. We, were picked up by the steamer Nottingham and taken to Liverpool." PROBING THE SENSE OF SMELL. English Scientist Satisfied Gas Is the Fundamental Basis. Is the sense of smell excited by gases of particles? According to Dr. John Altken, an English specialist, gas is the fundamental basis of the sense of smell. In experiments he first investigated musk, of which it is possible to detect by smell a microscopic quantity inconceivably minute, a fact well known to scientists. Dr. Altken carried out his researches upon the cloudy condensation basis, according to which, if odors are attributable to particles, the latter form nuclei of cloudy condensation in supersaturated air, and thus make their presence visible. In the case of musk, no such nuclei were detected, proving that musk does not give off solid particles, but evaporates as a gas or vapor, and that it is gaseous particles from the musk that act on the sense of smell. Of twenty-three other odorous substances, not one gave its perfume in solid particles, nothing but gases or vapors escaping from them. Dr. Alitken points out that the nostrils appear to substantiate this theory. The perfume of snuff, for instance, is a soft, velvety sensation, while the effect of the solid is sharp and biting, more allied to pain than pleasure. At an early hour William Reed, the genial proprietor of the Main street meat market, received an order for hamburg steak. He proceeded to grind the meat into the proper consistency. The machine used was slightly out of order and in need of a dose of lubricating oil. It groaned and shrieked and caused several passers-by to turn and smile. Patrolman Thomas McLaughlin, returning from his beat, came along, and, hearing the protesting machine, he stepped to the door and shouted: "Hey, Bill, they'll make just as good sausage if you kill them before you grind it up." Boston Harold Advice to a Butcher. Tumors Conquered Without Operations Unqualified Success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in Cases of Mrs. Fox and Miss Adams. Fannie Fox Miss Luella Adams One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy, Tumor. So-called "wandering pains" may come from its early stages, or the presence of danger may be made manifest by excessive monthly periods accompanied by unusual pain extending from the abdomen through the groin and thighs. If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation, ulceration or displacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital operation; secure Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once and begin its use and write Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., for advice. Read these strong letters from grateful women who have been cured: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: (First Letter) "In looking over your book I see that your medicine cures Tumors. I have been to a doctor and he tells me I have a tumor. I will be more than grateful if you can help me, as I do so dread an operation."—Fannie D. Fox, Bradford, Pa. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— (Second Letter.) "I take the liberty to congratulate you on the success I have had with your wonderful medicine. Eighteen months ago my periods stopped. Shortly after I felt so badly I submitted to a thorough examination by a physician, and was told that I had a tumor and would have to undergo an operation. "I soon after read one of your advertisements and decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. After taking five bottles as directed, the tumor is entirely gone. I have again been examined Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound It's as difficult to get a man to admit that he snores as it is to get a woman to admit her age. 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. One Consolation. "Well, Nick," said Alice softly, "Whatever troubles may Arise to disconcert us And cloud our married way, There is one consolation That lends a softening touch— While Congress is in session, This glad relief to give, We will not have to live In Cincinnati much." Knew What Was Coming. Mr. Tiptop—As you are a fluent guest, you would probably enjoy the French comedy by the French company at the theater. Will you accept me as an escort? Miss Westend—Er—I am not feeling very well this afternoon. You understand French, I suppose, Mr. Tiptop? "Dear me, no. I don't know a word of it." "Oh! Thank you, Mr. Tiptop, I will accompany you with pleasure." Patience—They say popping the question is as hard as pulling teeth. Patrice—Yes, and both operations are often performed without gas. Yonkers Statesman. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE continued until the last publication of limitations, sold only in Kansas City, NO. 5, 1906. W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 5, 1906. PISO S CURE FOR CURE WITH THE FULL Best 777/777/777 Use in the case of drowsiness CONSUMPTION by the physician and he says I have no sign of a tumor now. It has also brought my arm around. I once more, and am entirely a lydia. I think we have a lydia of Lydia Pikham's Vegetable Compound in the house."—Fannie D. Fox, Bradford, Pa. Another case of Tumor Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "About three years ago I had intense pain in my stomach, with cramps and raging headaches. The doctor prescribed for me, but finding that I did not get any better he examined me and, to my surprise, declared I had a tumor. If I found that it meant my death warrant, and was very disheartened, I spent hundreds of dollars in doctoring, but the tumor kept growing, till the doctor said that nothing but an operation would save me. Fortunately I corresponded with my aunt in one of the New England States, who advised me to try Lydia E. the Vegetable Compound before submitting it to the doctor, taking a regular treatment, finding to my great relief that my general health began to improve, and after three months I noticed that the tumor had reduced in size. I kept on taking the Compound, and in ten months it had entirely disappeared without an operation. But I was not happy with Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and words fail to express how grateful I am for the good it has done me."—Miss Luella Adams, Colonade Hotel, Seattle, Wash. Such unquestionable testimony proves the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and should give confidence and hope to every sick woman. Mrs. Pinkham invites all ailing writers to write to her at Lyman, Mass. for admirers. Just look in front if you would find The copper's trusty mitt. Rich, Juicy Radishes Free. Everybody loves juicy, tender radishes. Salzer knows this, hence he offers to send you absolutely free sufficient radish seed to keep you in tender radishes all summer long and his great SALZER'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK. with its wonderful surprises and great bargains in seeds at bargain prices. The enormous crops on our seed farms the past season compel us to issue this special catalogue. SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY. and receive the radishes and the wonderful bargain Book free. Remit 4c and we add a package of Cosmos the most fashionable, serviceable, beautiful annual flower. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Drawer W. Le Crosse, Wis. When a young girl blushes, people exclaim: "You are as pink as a rose," but when an elderly woman blushes people say: "You ought to see your face. It is as red as a beet." DOCTOR CURED OF ECZEMA. Maryland Physician Cures Himself— Dr. Fisher Says: "Cuticura Rem- dies Possess True Merit." "My face was afflicted with eczema in the year 1897. I used the Cuticura Remedies, and was entirely cured. I am a practicing physician, and very often prescribe Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap in cases of eczema, and they have cured where other formulas have failed. I am not in the habit of endorsing patent medicines, but when I find remedies possessing true merit, such as the Cuticura Remedies do, I am broad-minded enough to proclaim their virtues to the world. I have been practicing medicine for sixteen years, and must say I find your Remedies A No. 1. You are at liberty to publish this letter: G. M. Fisher, M. D., Big Pool, Md., May 24, 1905." Man's Inhumanity. Husband—This house is as cold as a barn, all the doors are swinging open, the children yelling, no signs of supper, no— Wife—Why, my dear, how unreasonable you are. You are absolutely brutal. The idea of talking that way, after I worked like a slave the whole afternoon trying to finish this "Heaven Bless Our Home" motto for the front hall. Honesty the Best Policy. He (Trying to play a tramp card)—“As I passed your house last evening I thought I heard an angel sing.” She (stiffly)—“I was at the theater last evening. Mrs. Mulhooly and her twins were at our house, visiting the cook.” A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug administration to refill money of PAZO GINTMENT falls to cure in $ 6 to it 14 days. 80c. There are but few contented people who do not occupy space in cemetery. Whose Say-so Is Best? ‘With nearly all medicines put up for @ale through druggists, one has to take the maker's tay-s0 nlono at'to thelr cura: tive value, Of course, such testimony tg not that of a disinterested party and Sccordingly te not to fe given the same credit asf ‘written from disinterested motives, Dr. Pierce's medicines, how- ever, form a single and therefore striking exception to this tule, ‘Their claims 1 the confidence of invallds doce not rest solely "upon, "lr makers’ any «0. ot go. hele ingredients are matters of ublle knowledge, boing printed on exch Separate bottle wrapper.” Thus Inve sulferers are taken Into Dr, Pierce's ful confidence.” Scores. of Jotaing meatea fen have writien enough to A volumes in praise of the curative value of the soveral ingredients entering Into these oa Known modicines, 0° 0 seal Tignes Eh Sfaenres. Mea : : foun i Bboy 0 ett Ohio! 5a Tete ed ee i, het ia ame r. Pierce's reste, reseription cures the worst cases male rome, brols yu anteversion and retro correcta aes a tee fons te plvic caters and § mele fn iuind. ite nge & patent nor ote 6 pee ot secret medieie, but the *Ravarite Prascrioy ion’ of"s ‘regulary educated phyuician, ot jarge experience in tho cure of woman's ise allpenta, who, frank and’ coud Ree rs ipahee ant AB Sctiption* wcomposed of Ot nother edt cine put up for. irieeai ‘special malac ee find sold through”drugeista, can 1b aah fist the metir fe’ pot afraid to dea? dius frankly, openty_ and. hhonorabiy. by letting srory paient the tho same Lnow exsetly she : ‘Mick women are {nvited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond- ence 1s guarded’ as nacredly ‘sccret, and womanly confidences are protected y professional privacy. Address Dr, BV. ferce, Buffalo, N. How to prescrve health and beanty ts fo yee Pee Fk Sense Med- jeal Adviser. It-is free. For & paper: govered copy, send Di. BV. Peres, Buf. falo, N. YX 21 one-cent stamps. to aover malling only ; in cloth binding 31 stamps. ‘Dr. Hiotoo'e Pellets cure cometipation® Husband—What d'’ye call these things? Wife—Those are brand new 1905 X unlaundered Duke of Mariborough shirts, which I got for you at Jobb, Lott & Co.'s great .ire sale. Husband—They are three sizes too small. Wife—There was nothing larger left, and I had to take them, or lose & big bargain. “That's my best work,” said the poet, after reading his verses. “I'm thinking of having it copyrighted. Would you?” “Copyrighted,” replied the critic. “No, if I were you I'd have it patented.”—Philadelphia Ledger. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT 10 SUFFER from Constipation, Bowel and Stomach ‘Trouble, ). What is the beginning of sickness? z Gonattpation. & Wise & Constipationt Failure of the bowels to. ree the wasto matter which lies in the ntary anal where it decays and polsons the en Ure system, Eventually the results aro death under the name of some other dis- tase, Note the deaths from typhold fever tnd appendicitis, stomach and bowel trouble at the present time. 2 ‘What causes Sinerieatoet chs Nofiest to reapond to the call of me rire promptly, Lack of exorcise. Exces- sive brain work. Mental emotion and im- Droper diet, Q. What are the results of neglected Copatipattont A nen causes mote suffering thao any other disease, It causes rheu- tism, colds, fovers, stomach, bowel, Hlaney,'lung and hoart troubles, eto. It is HiSigestions Ayspepsia, dinrrhoea, toes of n, dyspepsia, diarr of sloet and etrength are its symptomis—piles, Sppencicte ‘and fistula, ‘are: cat by nstipation, - Ite consequences are known to all physicians, but few sufferers realize their condition until it is too late, Women become confirmed invalids as a result of a PP physictans recognise thist . ns 2 Yee. The first question ist doctor asks you fs “are you constipatedt”* That is the secret. z ‘Can it be cured? ‘Yes, with proper treatment, ‘The ‘common error is to resort to physics, auch ills, salts, mineral water, castor oll, in Hons, etc, every one of which Je’ in fous.’ ‘They weaken and increase the malady, You know this by your own ex perience, What then should be done to cure it Geta bottle of Mull’s Grape Tonic at ‘once. Mull's Grape Tonic will eaten ‘ure Constipation and Stomach Trouble if the shortest space of tne. No. other GaetNation goolivety and permaneatiy. mnst{pation positively and permanently, z What is Bull's Grape Fonict Js is Compound with 40 per cent. of the ee of Concord Grapes. It exerts poculiar strengthening, healing influence ‘upon the intestines, so that they can dc their work unaided, The process is gradual ‘Dut sure. It is nota physic, but it cure: Constipation, Dysentery, Stomach anc Bowel Trouble, Having a rich, fruity grape flavor, it As serany to take. As i fonle it is unequalled, insuring tne systen against diseqse, At strengthens and build Up waste tissue. 1. Where ca Mul's Grapo oule b ha "A. Your druggist sells it, ‘The dolla bottlo contains nearly three times the 60 cent size. Good for ailing children and nursing mothers, A free bottle to all who have never use 4¢ because we know It will cure you. 0 FREE BOTTLE me FREE, Send this coupon with your name and Sontage ahi'we willauppiy yon a ample trem it Fouhave never used. Afutra: Grape Fonte, aad Mil 'aino bend’ you a certificate Wood for #100 Towant tae purchasg of tore Toule trom your drugatete MULL's Guar Tosrc Co., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Il. Give Full Address and Write Plainly, $8 cent, 20 cent audet.o0 hottien at all druggiats, Thos W boitietoncatne about nix ties aa much PUG cone bottle and. about three times ws Ruch as the so'cent hottie There lew great saviag in Duyty the #100 alse, Seo ee ee eee The uine has @ date and number stameet on the label—taxe no other from your druggist. Yeast—When I go home from the club at night late my wife always esbuts me up tight. Crimsonbeak—Well, you deserve to be shut up if you go home tn that con- dition.—Yonkers Statesman. Cigar smoke will kill the lice on plants but that isn’t going to help the plants any: If thelr owners are not spinsters, they won't let thelr bus: bands smoke in the house. To write the Good Old Farmhoure verse Or. fen perchance could do much worse ‘Than write Down-Cellar up. You next must write Up-Garret down, ‘ shen tke foe further” proot ‘The Hain Upon the Hoof, Be sure you don't fc t te ons ted SUR ee er ¥6na ‘memory to sting. For final we ‘we make it quick A useful ‘tine to tell; 7, Sten east Be ef, Hoke ast do ot, —McLandburgh Wilsos. Adventurous Career Ended. A most adventurous career has end- ed in the death a few days ago at Arklow, County Wickton, of Mr. EB. Walsh. After serving some time tn the Royal Irish Constabulary, Walsh went to the gold diggings of Califor nia, and from there drifted to the sil: ver mines of Colorado, where he work- ed side by side with Messrs. Mackey —known afterwards as the Silver King—O'Brien, Flood, and Fair, who were miners there, and subsequently became millionaires. He joined the Federal army; and took part in all the leading battles of the Civil War. At the struggles of Fredericksburg he was in the division which cut a way through the Confederate army, by which the remnant of the Irish Bri- gade under Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher retreated after the headlong charge they made of the strongly for tified batteries of Marge’s Hill. Mr. Walsh was severely wounded, and lay all night amidst the heaps of slain Picked up next day, he recovered, an¢ continued in the ranks till the end of ie struggle, Wild Geese ae Deccye. tn 8 shipment received by a firm on the fish wharf this morning from a consignor in the mountains of North Carolina were six eagles and six wild geese, all alive and hungry. The eagles were of the bald and American varleties and were large birds, The wild geese, it Is stated, were caught several months ago and have been trained to act as decoys for wild ducks and geese. The birds have had the web of one foot split and the bone of one of tho wings removed so that when they swim or fly it {s in a circle and they have to come back to the point from which they started. Put overboard they cry to. the geese flying and attract them to alight, so that the hunter can get a good shot at the wild ones. The geese, it is stated, bring high prices, $100 often being paid for a well-trained wild decoy goose.—Washington Star, Buried Treasure Found. While playing in the grounds of a Dutch church at Kroonstad, Trans vaal, two Boer children made an in- teresting discovery a few days ago. They were digging a hole in the ground, when below the surface sev- eral gold coins were unearthed. They con‘inued to dig, gradually add- ing to their precious store. Coming upon the scene, the sexton was aston- {shed to see the youngsters with a minature pile of English golden sov- ereigns. Very soon he also was at work, and it was not long before treas- ure to the value of nearly £1,000 in gold and silver coinage, was brought to light. Inquiries were made with a view of tracing the owner but so far the money is unclaimed. During the war the church was used as a hospital and for housing refugees, and it is surmised that the treasure must have been buried by someone who is now dead. Crucifix a Deadiy Weanen. Surprised to find his wife, who had left him some months previously, packing a portmanteau in his house in Paris a few days ago, Grandjean, a gunsmith, ordered her to leave. As she descended the stair he took a crucifix from the wall and struck her fn the back, The crucifix was in reality the handle of a stiletto, the blade of which spread out on pressing the spring, and the woman was ser!- ously injured, The weapon is a relic of the revolutions in South America during the last century, Grows Under Difficulties. A remarkable flower is to be found in Siberia, It will grow in the cold- est climate from frozen earth, and bear beautiful blossoms in the month of January. In the duration of its bloom the flower resembles somewhat the convolvulus, each blossom last- ing but a day. The flower is star- shaped when it opens, its petals be- ing of the same length as the leaves, and avout half an inch wide, ‘aihioee Ae ake The strangest military body In the world ts a band of cavalry at Saint Marle de Moorvay, a province on the east coast of Africa, which is under the rule of the French Governor-Gen- eral of Madagascar, These soldiers go about their military operations on oxen, The animals are lean creatures, and it {8 said they move with surpris- ing rapidity. Famous for Bed Ticking, In writing of Amoskeag, N. H., a paper published in 1831 calls atten. tlon to the fact that the village was noted for the manufacture of bed ticking. There were 5,000 spindles in the three mills and the settlement comprised 400 people, “ ‘Equal te Amoskeag’ means par excellence in the bad ticking line,” says the story, Swift & Company ‘FALL WHEAT RAISING IN ALBERTA, The Spring Wheat Areas Are Rapidly Increasing. It fs only a few short years since the impression prevailed that a large Portion of the Canadian West was un- fitted for agriculture. To such an extent did this impression prevail that districts larger than European principalities were devoted solely to ranching purposes, and flocks and herds roamed the ranges. But the agriculturist was doing some hard thinking, and gradually experiments were made, slowly at first, but sure- ly later on. As a result, today in Southern Alberta, which was looked upon as the “arid belt,” large quantl- tles of the finest winter wheat in the world are now grown, and so satis- fied are the farmers and buyers that the industry has passed the experi- mental stage that elevators by the score have been erected in the past two years and others in course of erection, to satisfy the demands that will be made upon them in the near future. Manitoba, “No. 1, Hard” spring wheat has achieved a world-wide reputation, and there ean be no. ques- tion that ere long “No. 1 Hard” win- ter wheat from Alberta will attain similar repute. The great market for this production will undoubtedly be the Orient, and, with increased rail- way facilities and the erection of ad- ditional elevators and flouring mills, @ largely increased acreage will be broken to winter wheat The increase ‘of population in Southern Alberta in the past year has been largely due to settlers from the United States who have brought in capital and en- terprise, and who have been uniform: ly successful in thelr. undertakings. A few more such years of growth and “Turkey Red" winter wheat — will wave from Moose Jaw to the foothills Information regarding lands in the Fall and Spring wheat belts may be obtained of any Canadian Government Agent. Kicker—The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. Bocker—Yes, but the cheerful recipitant never gets any credit—New York Sun, Lewis’ Slagle Binder atraight'So, Many smokers prefer them to 10c sae Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, Lil. Bees are partial to sweet things, but that is poor consolation to the girl who happens to be stung by one. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Tans PAR ATIVE HOM Qulutng Tabet Drag ERvECSyanurvietn tack se" Any man can wear open-work stock ings if his wife refuses to mend them. Piso's Cure for Consumption ts an {nfallible medicine for coughs and folds. —N, W. SaMUsL, Ocean Grove, N, J., Feb. 17, 190. The best way to avenge an injury ‘fs to forget it. Year 1908 Sales. ‘The total distributive sales for 1905 exceeded $200,000,000, ‘This total 1s realized from the sale of fresh meats (beef, mutton and pork), provisions, produce (poultry, butter and eggs), soaps, glues, oils, bones, fertilizers, feathers, casings, hides, wools, pelts and other by-prod: ucts derived from cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry. Margin of Profit. ‘The industry is operated on a mar- gin of less than 2 cents to each dol- Jar of sales. Swift & Co, do not sell at retail. Their entire output ts sold at wholesale to many thousands of deglers in various parts of the world. There are hundreds of local slaughter- ers throughout the United States, who buy thelr live stock in compet! tlon with the packer doing an inter- state and International business, Like- wise the packer must sell in compe- tition with tho local slaughterers, There are no secret processes In the Industry, no complicated and expen sive factories, and as Ive stock can be purchased in almost every hamiet and city, and the preparation of meats fs simple In the extreme, local slaughtering will long remain a fac. tor in the production of fresh meats and provisions, Beonomic Advanteaces. ‘The large packing houses will, how- ever, always have these advantages: Locations at the chief live stock cen- ters, with the opportunity to buy the best Hve stock; manufacturing tn large quantities, at the minimum of expense; utilization of all waste mate- rial; refrigeration; mechanical applt ances; highly efficent business man- agement. These advantages are re- flected in the quality of the packer’s output, a quality that has reached its highest’ development in the products bearing the name and brand of “swift.” Purchasing Live Stock ‘Tho principal live stock centers ure Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Bt. Pr! —— NS on ee & ee a ma. 2s? «©6©TO sweeten, Dispels colds and Kyi To refresh, headaches when ed oa ‘To cleanse the \ bilious or con- Sess system, stipated; Rew, \ Effectually For men, women SB man; and Gently; \ and children; Ss SOR ea There is only Acts best. on é ABLE one Genuine the kidneys Al Syrup of Figs; and liver, Ry ef to get its bene- stomach and on, g wat ficial effects bowels; L213" Always boy the genuine — Manufactured by the PCA TLE 0 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP C LS Lovisville, Ky. San Francisco, Cal. Mew York.AY. a The genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by all first-class eo aes of every package. Price Fifty Cents per bottle. a =A PCC OMEC C CMEC COMEC C.COMCGC) Snes SS is AGENTS: WANTED p RUDOERS Provinces, x71, Asthma, Complete outiit can be cazried in pocket | STOWKLL #00, Mitra, Guatiesowus Maus —sells readily and profits are large. DEFIANCE STARCH—'c77.: f address 7, S, HOWLAND, a SDEFLANCE’ 18 GUPARIOR QUALITY. 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. A, DEFIANCE STARCH oa ee =P aD =p aD Louls, St. Joseph, St. Paul and Fort Worth. The same methods of pur- chasing cattle, sheep and hogs prevail at all cities. At Chicago, which tn the largest market, thero are about two hundred and fifty buyers, repre- senting packers, local slaughterers in various elties and exporters. Of this number, less than a score are employ- ed by Swift & Company. ‘The farmer ships his live stock to Chicago, consigns them to a commis sion firm at the Union Stock Yards, who sees that they are unloaded and put in pens, Then tho buyers inspect them, make their offers to the com- mission dealer, who accepts or rejects as his judgment dictates. All buying must be finished at 8 o'clock each day, and tho buyer must pay spot cash, If the commission man has no satis factory offers, he can hold his stock over to the next day. Ho gets his commission from the farmer, and nat- urally strives to get tho highest pos: sible price for his client. Wholesale Distributing Houses. A wholesale distributing house Ian giant refrigerator, but Instead of shelves there are trolley rails, from which are suspended hooks to hang the carcasses. Some of the houses cost as much as a hundred thousand dollars to build and equip. As a rule they are of pressed brick, the insides being Hned—floor, walls and ceiling — with highly pollshed hardwood, ‘The floors are covered daily with fresh sawdust, and all are kept spotless!y clean, There are over three hundred of these wholesale houses In vartons clties of the United States, and the public is always welcome to visit them. Packing Plants. ANl the Swift & Company plants are located at the great live stock mar kets, In the heart of the great aerl cultural sections, where can be pur- chased the finest grades of cattle, sheep and hogs. We have seven pack- ing plants, employing at each frow two to elght thousand persons The following gives the locations and sizes of the different plants: Packing Plants, Floor Butldings, Space, Land, ‘Acres.’ Acre, Acres. Chicago ......44% 87% 47 Kansas City . 7% 80 19% Omaha ....... 6 26 28 Bt. Louls 10... 7% 1998 1% Bt. Joseph .... 6% = 25% 19% St. Paul ...... 6 13 16 Fort Worth ... 3 15 22 Employes. The total number of persons em- ployed in all the Swift packing plants and branch houses aggregate over 26,000 persons. Conditions for em- ployes in tho various manufacturing and operating departments ts contin- ually Improving with the construction of new butldings and the Installation of new and up-to-date equipment. Sanitation and Hygiene. Tho housewife makes no greater ef- fort to keep her kitchen clean than wo doto keep In sanitary and hygtente condition our abattoirs, They are thoroughly serubbed at the close of each day's operations, and antomatic appliances are used wherever postl: ble In order to eliminate the personal handling of meats, Rigid rutes gov- cerning these points are strictly en forced; laxity means dismissal, Visitors Always Welcome, No other Industry in the world gives such a cordial welcome to vistt: ors ag Swift & Co. We keep open house the year around, and matntain a corps of specially trained guides, with special elevators and rest rooms. In one year we have entertained over ‘a quarter of a million of men and women; in one day—Grand Army Day, 1901—wo entertalned 23,000. Among our visitors have been ambas- sadors from forelgn governments, princes, noblemen and distingushed e{tizens from all lands and eminent folks from every state In the Union We wish to familiarize the pubile with our methods, and the best way to do that is to let the public seo for itself. We have no secret processes or methods in any department, Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon, Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon are more widely and favorably known ean any other brand. Thelr popular tty Is due to the uniform quality and flavor of tho meat, and to thelr fine Appearance when recelved from the dealer. Each pleco ts branded on the rnd, “Swift's Premium U, 8. Inspecte ed," and wrapped In cheesecloth and white parchment paper. Look for the brand, “Swift's Prem» fum,” when buying hams and bacon, Swift's Silver Leaf Lard Is a strictly puro Inrd, kettle rend ered, and put up in 3, 6 and 10-pound sealed pails, It 1s America’s Stand ard Lard, and enjoys a high repute tion and an enormous sake, + Swift's Soaps. An Interesting feature of a trip through the Chicago plant Is a visit to the soap factory, one of the largest and most complete In this country. There we manufacture numerous tok Jet and laundry soaps, and washing powders. Among which are: Wool Soap, widely and favorably Known; for telet and bath, and wash Ing fhe farrles Crown Princess Toilet Soap, highly, perfumed. Swift's Pride Soap, for laundry and household use. Swift's Pride Washing Powder, um surpassed for all cleaning purposes. Swift's Specialtics, Swift's Premium Ham Swift's Premium acon Swift's Premium Silced Bacon, Swift's Premium Lard Swift's Winchester Ham Swift's Winchester Bacon Brookfield Farm Sausage Swift's Silver Leaf Lard Jowel Lard Compound Swift's Cotosuet Swift's Jersey Butterine | Swift's Becf Tstract | Swift's Beef Fluid | Swift's Premium MIN-Fed Chickens Swift's Soaps. Woo! Soap Scented Tollet Soaps | Swift's Pride Soap | Swift's Pride Washing Powder