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. HENRY M. BEARDSLEY ELECTED MAYOR OF KANS M. ELECTED MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY TUESDAY, ARPIL 3. For the past several weeks Chattanooga, Tenn., has been in a fervor on account of the arrest, trial and sentence of Ed. Johnson, charged with assault. He was sentenced to be hung this week, but a stay of preceding was held to allow a review of the case by the Supreme Court. In the meantime a murderous mob gathered, stormed the jail and lynched the accused. His guilt was not clearly proven. The woman who was assaulted did not say positively that he was her assailant; he might have been a white man with blacken face, of Johnson's built. At any rate, the guilt was fastened on the accused and he suffered for it in an unlawful manner protesting his innocence to the last. And too, this lynching took place in a large city surrounded by every protection. It showed that the officers winked at the mob. The intervention of the Supreme Court placed the prisoner under federal control and for that reason the jailer will be held strictly accountable for the prisoner. The attitude of the federal government toward this class of lawlessness will be shown in this case and its development and termination will be eagerly watched. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. All classes are earnestly at work endeavoring to make a successful "finish" in June. Members of the senior class are making daily flights into the starry heavens into the intricacies of psychology; while the sophomore normal, another graduating class is attempting to solve the mysteries of past ages and "the riddle of the universe" as deduced from the pages of ancient history. The public rhetoricals of Friday, March 30, were of unusual excellence and interest. Nicholas Francis, senior '06, in an oration, "The Power of an Ideal," and Miss Ruth Cooper, junior, in a latin declamation, easily carried off the honors of the occasion. The musical selections were of pleasing variety and well rendered. The "Pink Tea" given by the seniors for the benefit of the class JVOLUME X. —Photo by Thomson. GAS CITY TUESDAY, ARPIL 3. organization was highly enjoyable and a financial success. Rev. T. A. Cuchon of Oklahoma, a recent visitor, gave a glowing account of the good work that is being accomplished along educational lines by Lincoln graduates who are teaching in that section. Among those whom he mentioned as doing excellent work were the Henderson brothers, Misses Zenobia Bruce and Lillian Brown, Laura Jackson, Mr. Seamon Hill, Miss Aurora Perry, a summer school student, and several others who are holding aloft the banner of their Alma Mater in that part of the moral vineyard, with credit to themselves and to Lincoln Institute. Because of these facts, school boards in the territories are accepting Lincoln Institute diplomas in lieu of examinations. Salaries are good, pay is certain, cost of living not exorbitant, land plentiful and fertile. All of which should be an incentive to ambitious young people desirous of making a successful start in life. President Allen's Sunday afternoon talkk, "Some Hindrances to Success," was full of interest for students, teachers and visiting friends in attendance, and contained as do all of the talks, at devotions, after dinner, and on Sundays, must valuable thought for the young and growing mind; and must in due time bear fruit in producing a thoughtful set of young people, duly impressed with the seriousness of life. All will admit that in our present condition as a race, this is one of our most urgent necessities—thoughtful people. The average number of residents to the acre in Paris is no less than 128 There are nearly 700,000 apartments or lodgings in the French metropolis which rent for less than $100 a year. about 17,000 bring $800 or more. Anything to Secure Peace. Turner—Your daughter told me to call and fix your piano. Pater—Well, what ails it? Tuner—Three strings busted. Pater—What'll you take to break the rest of 'em?—Cleveland Leader. KANSAS CITY MO.. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1903 For Gay Window Gardens. The peasants of Europe vie with one another as to which will have the gayest window gardens—a little strife that would lead to good results in this country. Put plants in every window you can, train vines over them, hang up baskets filled with plants that are easy to cultivate, such as the asparagus fern or the tradescantia.—Brooklyn Eagle. Nearly Akin. Not being able to find an appropriate likeness of his sarcastic majesty, an old colored parson tore a picture of a racing automobile from a newspaper and held it before his congregation. "It de same thing," he explained "dls heath thing makes es much noise es old Nick, does es much damage an ebenhes a horn sticking out in front." Struggle for Lucky Pins. According to an ancient bit of Sussex folk lore, when a bride returns home from church her single friends at once rob her of all the pins in her dress, under the impression that every maiden who is lucky enough to possess one will be married during the course of a year. Rays of Radium Are Common. Although it cannot be said that radium is plentiful in nature it has been discovered that the rays or influence which radium gives off are common everywhere. Very many of the most plentiful things and some of the most opposite character are known to be radioactive. When Trees Explode The shattering effects of lighting upon trees may be accounted for, in some degree, by the sudden evolution of heat and expansion of gases in the wood and the vaporizing of the water in the sap. A veritable explosion may thus be caused. Must Be on the Move Not long ago it was common, among all classes, to find a man living where his grandfather lived. Now, how many do so. It is barely respectable, it is at least dreadfully old-fashioned, to stop in one place ten years.—Exchange. Penalties of Riches: Money is a mere medium of exchange until you begin to want more of it than you need. Thereafter in every increasing ratio the law of compensation exacts the payments and the penalties of riches.—John A. Howland. Human Needs "Man wants but little here below," mused the philosopher, "but if he's thorough, he wants it right. If it's a little bird, he wants it hot; and if it's a little bottle he wants it cold."—Baltimore American. Also. Elsewhere In England it is not what you know that is of importance, but whom you know; not what you are, but who you are; not what you do for yourself, but what others will do for you.—London Truth. Musical Jewelry. Musical jewelry is not unknown. A Milanese named Fassicomo is said to have given his wife a bracelet which tinkled forth three different tunes. Desecrate Italian Churches There is considerable excitement in Italy over the increasing number of thefts of works of art in churches and monasteries. King is Great Linguist The king of Greece is the greatest linguist among monarchs. He reads twelve languages and speaks most of them. Railroads in Spain. There are now twenty-seven standard gauge and thirty-nine narrow gauge railways in Spain. Boot Blacking Machine A boot blacking machine has been invented. Weight of Ocean Cables. In Cyrus Field's original cable the weight of the ocean section was a ton for every nautical mile, 107 pounds being the weight of the copper conducting wire, the remainder being the weight of the insulating material and protecting sheaths of laid iron wire. The French cable of 1898, typical of the modern cables, has a weight of 681 pounds of copper conductors and 470 pounds of gutta percha insulating material to the nautical mile. Flow of Rivers The flow of rivers, as might be supposed, is the slowest at the bottom of the water and highest at the top. The average velocity of the entire stream is found, as a rule, at about six tenths of the depth. The friction of the bottom which retards the movement of the deepest water is much greater, relatively to the whole volume of the stream. In a shallow river than in a deep one. Treasure in Russian Churches Treasure in Russian Churches. The treasures of the various Russian churches are of fabulous value. Isaue's cathedral, in St Petersburg, is said to have cost $50,000,000. Its copper roof is overlaid with pure gold. In the Cathedral of Kazan the name of the Almighty blazes in days from a cloud of beaten gold, under which are solid silver doors, twenty foot high. Persians a Race of Dreamers According to Henry Savage Landor, who has spent much time studying business methods among these people, the Persian hates anything that savors of promptness. He is a dreamer, and, although he cannot be called absolutely lazy, as he is usually absorbed in deep thought, still he seldom has little leisure for anything else. The returns for his work, however beneficent, are too small for his expectations. Importance of Home Life French literature has ever savored largely of sensualism, its society characterized by libertinism. Given the same conditions in America and the same results will follow. If the United States, England and Germany are leaders among the nations in moral culture and sane advancement, it is because they have preserved the integrity of their home life.—New York Press. For Those That Are Nervous For a diet, milk, oysters, butter, eggs (raw or soft), cocoa, graham or gluten bread, beef, fowl, mutton, lamb or fish. Among vegetables, spinach, lettuce, string beans, brussels sprouts or stewed fruits are best. Be very careful not to eat too much. Best of all, forget that you are nervous. Get busy and shut it out. If necessary, even stop thinking. The Bravest Men. Undoubtedly the bravest class of men that ever trod the earth have been the poets. They could say more fool things about such sentiments as love, and get away with them, than all the rest of mankind would have the courage to stand for in a million years. The Stradivarius. Stradivarius violins are extremely rare, and of remarkable excellence in manufacture. Their age and their wonderful mechanical perfection necessarily make them sweeter in tone than less perfect and more modern instruments. Written by Robert Burns Lady Nairne has been credited with the authorship of the song, "The Land o' th Leal," for over a hundred years. It is now settled that Robert Burns wrote the song on his deathbed. Lady Nairne changed it, making it ridiculous. Deficient in Good Breeding Not only at election times was kissing a curtsey, but up to the middle of the eighteenth century the male visitor who neglected to kiss all the ladies on entering a room was considered deficient in good breeding. Derivation of Fork The fork takes its name from the Latin forca, a yoke looking like an inverted V. From this comes the Italian forca and forchetta (little fork). The latter word gives the French their fourchette, while the English go back to the former and retain the harder sounding "fork."—From D. M. Morrell's "Forks" in St. Nicholas. Much Depends on Worker The man who mixes the mortar, the man who lays the granite, the man who saws, digs, hews or harles—upon each of these the honesty of the world depends. * * * You may lie in your throat, and no one to be the worse of it; to lie with the hands is to add a stone to the fabric of the world's disgrace.—New York Times. Honeymoons Cut Short Brevity and economy in honeymoons, the London Express says, are becoming the fashion. Even wealthy people, it says, are "showing a tendency to limit the wedding tours to three or four days in Paris." Many go straight to their new home from the church and stay there. Chinese Stamps. Nearly all Chinese stamps bear dragons, hideous beyond description, as their central figures. Other stamps depict great pagodas and sacred towers, being supposed to guard the "luck" of a place and propitiate the spirits and frighten away the evil ones. Brutal Suggestion. To obviate the unseemingly sight of women interrupters at election meetings being forcibly ejected, the proposal has been made that at every ball a mouse should be kept, which could be let loose if necessary —London Telegraph. Professional Tooth-Stainers The trade of toothstainer is peculiar to Eastern Asia. The Latives prefer black teeth to the whiter kind, and the toothstainer, with a little box of brushes and coloring matter, calls on his customers and stains their teeth. To Restore Calf Bindings. Wash lightly with a soft sponge dipped in a preparation of best glue, dissolved in a pint of hot water, to which add a teapoufulous of glycerin and a little flour paste. Rub well with chamois flour when dry. Relief from Hiccoughs. Hicough may be relieved by sipping cold water, or holding the breath may also effectually check it. If these methods fail, a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in a half tumbler of water should be taken. A Man in the Moon: Although the moon is not a riotous ly bauariant abode, it is anything but the lifeless orb commonly supposed. It may be desolate and cold; but it is not altogether dead.—Scientific American. Where to Have a Boil Thomas Bailey Aldrich, commenting once upon the trials of Job, remarked that the only proper place to have a boil was between "John" and "O'Reilly." Still Poisonous Snakes in Europe. The Tyrolese government still pays for the extermination of poisonous snakes. It is the one European government which now does so. Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade The ostrich feather trade in the Sultan seems doomed, owing to the success of the South African ostrich arms. Ice on Telegraph Wires Ice forming on telegraph wires sometimes increases their weight no less than 90 per cent. American Oysters for Shanghai. American oysters are sent as far as Shanghai. NUMBER 43 Chinese Persimmons. There is a curious thing about Chinese persimmons—the greater portion are grown from grafts on the "black date" tree. The young date tree is cut off square, and the graft made on top. This results in a most curious appearance of a mature persimmon orchard. To a hight of about four feet there is the rough dark bark of the date tree, and then a sharp change to the light-colored smooth bark of the persimmon tree. Lives in Fear of Daylight. There are instances of men whose only exercise is taken in the hours of darkness. An eccentric millionaire who has a villa at Climiez, on the Riviera, feaqs the light of day as he would the plague owing to a witch's prophecy, and walks out only at night, a closed and shattered carriage always in attendance lost any accident might possibly delay him till the dreaded dawn. Praises Korean Women. An English missionary to Korea, John Perry, wrote to an English friend defending the good looks of Korean women, saying that "they have very good complexions, are tall and graceful, and when seen in their own rooms exceedingly picturesque, their pretty colored clothing often sweeping the ground, and they are also most attractive and affectionate." Origin of Modern Home In the Middle Ages there were two forms of house, the castle, built of stone and designed especially for defense, and the miserable but of the peasant, built of timber and stucco and thatch. When feudalism fell and the world became more secure, the modern home, designed for residence and not for defense, replaced the fortress. Value of Elephants An African elephant is of value only for its ivory, of which a full grown animal yields from $250 to $300 worth. On the other hand, a working Indian elephant can not be bought for less than $2,500 to $3,000. This is because of the greater intelligence of the Asiatic animal, which makes him valuable as a servant. Some Doctors Are So Finicky An eminent physician declares that two hours of sleep before midnight are worth six after that hour, but that doesn't mean that he is perfectly willing to have you call him out of bed at 3 o'clock in the morning to come over and tell you why the baby doesn't go to sleep - Somerville Journal. Parasols and Sunshades "I always thought," remarked an English judge, "that a parasol and a sunshade were the same," "No," replied the witness on the stand, "a sunshade is to keep the sun off; a parasol is to flirt with." Spider Builds Raft The raft spider gets the name from its habit of building a raft of dry leaves and other light materials fastened together firmly by threads of silk, in order to pursue its prey in the water. Three Causes of Death There are only three immediate causes of death: The stoppage of the functions of the cerebro spinal nervous system, of the lungs, or of the heart. Proper Plural of Money The correct way to spell the plural of money is "monies," not "monies." The form "monies" is an old form and is not in use now. Success from Failure After all, a successful failure is its own reward. It means certain promotion in the slow ranks of self-conquest. Coffee and Epilepsy Austrian and German physicians have fixed on coffee as one of the causes of epilepsy. If love is really blind, where does love at first sight come in? Fashion Noo treme does the wellgroomed girl Coess Her front hate in great floppy rolls that tumble down on the fore Dead to tieet her eyebrows No more do the eyes sparkle out from ander Der tangled tresses like a skye ter Hers orbs. ‘This was once the fash: not has “gone out." The best hair dressers have firmly tabooed it. Girls are now combing their hair in’ such qantier as 1 disclose to all observers the plegsant fuer that Providence has telly given them nies, smooth, white foreheads, In one of the voiffures now much fn vogue little curls are besprinkled all over the top o fhe head as if they grew there, Another mode is the essence of sim Pheity, It is Searly Vietorian.” You part the hair In the middle, comb it ent rach side and arrange it te stand ont over the vars. This demands a net for the back hair, A pretty Innovation In the dress coffure ie the weaving of a ribbon of fiver, gold or nulle across the head among the puffs of hair, ending ina knot or haw on one side, well toward the back, Extreme Styles the Mode. Gowns and hats that bespeak the trend of Paris styles are both: elato- rate and extreme. Materials are riek tn color and texture, and the way they are utitized expresses the un vsnal mode of doing things. Hats that are fashionable are trimmed in aS Erotesqie a manner as it is posst Me to think of, and frocks are cnt to meet extremes on all sides, The woman Who will make a suecess of her summer's dyess campaign will he the woman who dares to affect uh tra styles in dress for all occasions Even at this early moment society wemen are chinoring for exclusive novelties for Newport wear, And If whispers from the mart are correct very few of the extreme models are purchased before orders are given that this or that featre, which marks the Gistingnishing point, be emphasized to the limit, What the euteome of midsummer fashions will be rensains to be seen, . Abtitinepe mimanettana, Low crowns are the feature of all the Easter importations, with height Fiven only by the fancied: turnings none is tipped to such absurd angles gs were the winter hats, while leg horn straws appear at present in all the new spring colors, Milans and chip. straws, together with satin braid and tusean, appear in all the new shapes, and as bril Hiantly colored as the spring tulip beds. New ribbon trimmings fave single embroidered roses upon. thelr Mack backs and are used with charming effect upon a bhtek straw, the charming effect appearing appar ently separate from its ribbon back: ground. Many buckles will be used, mostly of tortoise shell A few of celluloid have dainty hand painted — flower wreaths upon them and show to best effect upon an all-black hat, Single flowers of exaggerated size and eantitully colored will be used by the modest milliner, tava Miia atia:. The etiquette of wearing gloves Is as subtle as the knowledge of the proper use of silver at a formal din ner. A shopping glove is always a one. Dutton affair, Tt should always be worn with a trotting costume, except in the case of the short cton sleeves, when there is the elbow length glove for the purpose, A dress glove for long sleeves has always two buttons and for evening the long mousquetaires are the thing A Pretty Matinee. Seltom does a woman look more fovely than In a dainty dressing sack, git \ “0 Git i Mit Brovided that article of apparel be of a style to suit her personal charms There are a host of pretty fabries in the shops waich may be had at ambitions with her needie, no matrer how inexperienced she may be, ean fashion an attractive marinee, | The small cost, and any woman who ts design shown is very simple in con struction and yet pretty and becom ing. A square yoke makes the gar- Ment smooth fitting over the shoul ders and 1s concealed by a broad col- tus, The sleeve is unusually graceful. It is banded near the bottom to form 4 pul and ruffle and may be beaut fie’ with a lace ruffle beneath, A soit silk, lawn, dimity or eballle may serve as material Various Trimmings. Bands and shaped trappings of plain material (rim the checked gingham in unusual fashion peculiar to the spring and summer modes, On one frock of light blue and olive green check, plain white madras shapes @ yohe of many points. At the tip of rach of these points (there are three in all), @ flat button and buttonhole appear to hold inch straps of white madras whieh extend over the full blouse underneath the white belt and terminate in button-trimmed points Just above the knee line, White straps also adorn the bishop sleeves. In the same way, continuing their im mense vogtie of the past two seasons, black and white checks have a novel touch added in trimmings of red or blue or green pipings and appliques. (I ‘ < WO ) Ail ae eo Ay) Yi yp, j WN. ee OF ame ie Cea os Pe 2) Brown chip with yellow and brown wings and tortoise shell pins Costume of Chiffon Cloth. There are a number of most daring reds, but they are so delightfully consorted with trimmings of subdued tones that their vividness is lost 4m their artistic effect. An excellent model is carried out in chiffon cloth trimmed with soft silk moire and black braid edged with a piping of red and white. This braid entlines the top of a deep hem and is repeat. ed in three rows stitched upon the shirt just below the hips. Each gore of the skirt, which is an unusually Wide model, Is set off by double eroups of inverted box plaits stiteb- ed down to the hips. There is a smart little Eton coat falling over a deep girdle of tomato red moire sup. ported by a long dull silver buckle, At the front and back, the coat 1s Stitehed in plaited effect and the plalts set off by stitehings of brald and buttons, The vest is of motre matching the girdle and about the neck is turned back to show a Jaunty underblouse of soft Hamburg linen, The “mele Callas. Nearly every woman who can wear a “stift collar (for they still go by that name) is busily at it, making up 4 supply of them. Every sort of cok lar that is just one remove from the old plain mannish kind is popular, from those just finished with hem: stitehing, with French knots, perhaps, trimming the hem, to those embrold- ered in big, effective eyelets all the way round, with a hundred pretty conceits in between, of collars edged with scallops, with a wee ruffle of the material springing ont under the edge and softening the assumed se verity of the style, Some of the pret: test of them are embroidered with color those French blues, which re: mind you, with curious irrelevance, of Dutch china, and a dull red or black being the favorite colors for the work. About Shoe Laces, Thick, clumsy laces should always be avolded, and in making a choice select those which have good tags, for it is a mere waste of money to buy those which have such flimsy ones that they come off at the first: provo- cation. Never buy shoelaces made of braid looking like that used for skirt binding, for these woolly things seem to be made for the express purpose of coming unfastened, Honey Candy. Half pint strained honey, % cup eranulated sugar, 1 tablespoonful but- ter, 1 tablespoonful vinegar, % tea- spoonful soda, Put honey and sugar in granite saucepan, When they be gin to boil, add butter and vinegar. Boil until brittle when dropped into cold water, Add soda, taking care the candy does not boil over. Pour into shallow, wellgreased pans. ‘Seasonable Materials, For early spring gowns Irish tweeds and fine-faced cloths are putting in an appesranee, Cashmere and merino are also likely to be in great demand, These soft, graceful falling fabrics lend themselves admirably to the mod- ern semiclassie modes, which are forming part of the new fashions for the spring and summer seasons, Done in Maze of Lace. White linen ws to be the highwa- ter mark of modishness, but it is linen glorified with lace until It looks Itke an exquisite piece of frost work, fluffed with little frills of snow. NO FOREIGN INTERFERENCE WANTED. Ie Ly E \/ Sea VV hie \ eo EE S oN >, Eo Zee jen Re a cas , ae 6) {NRE fs — @ a ee ‘ er “ZF AN Vie Lp Ti SNS ty Zh AA ZH a See wn _ yf S _ ah ‘Uncle Sam: “Thanks, Willie; but we do not need the assistance of your mailed hand. We are quite capable of making our own tariff laws.” FREEHIDE MOVEMENT FALSE POSITION ASSUMED BY THE MANUFACTURERS. They Seek the Removal of a Tariff Duty Which Helps the Farmer but Is in No Sense the Cause of the Present Abnormally High Price of Leather. Fotlowing up the move of the Na- tional Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association and the National Shoe Wholesalers’ Association the Massa chusetts Hoard of ‘Trade has adopted the following resolution in favor of free hides and will forward it as a petition to Congress: “Whereas the Revenue bill of July 24, 1897, created a tax of 15 per cent ad valorem on imported hides, and “Whereas after more than seven years’ experience ft appears that the operation of said tax Is of no general beneft, but on the contrary works a specific and decided injury to a great industry, and that a large number of manufacturers, merchants and work: men are adversely affected by the op- eration of this tax, and “Whereas it does not appear that any considerable body of persons of any class are benefited thereby, but on the other hand that the removal ‘of the present tax thereon would be effective in producing a reduction in the cost to the consumers of all shoes made from leathers, especially on heavy staple shoes worn by farmers and laborers; “Therefore we, the Massachusetts State Board of Trade, respectfully pe- tition and pray that your honorable bodies will take such action at the present session of Congress as will ‘bring about the repeal of said tax of 15 per cent ad valorem on hides im- ported into this country.” | No spectal significance attaches to this manifesto, ‘The fact that it ts: sues from the Massachusetts Board of ‘Trade imparts no added solemnity. If -you are moving for tariff tinkering “you can get almost anything you want In the way of support from Massachu- | setts commercial organizations, You can have the tariff’ revised while you wait, So brisk and voluminous has the business of tari! revision grown to be in that part of the country that ‘ft is found convenient to use blanks already prepared in which yon have only to insert the name or names of the article or articles on which you Wish to have the tariff lowered—hides, wool, foodstuffs, iron ore, coal, lum: ber, or whatever it be—and you can have a resolution or a memorial adopt- ed at the drop of the hat. Down in Washington they have become so fa- miliar with the products of Massachu- setts revision factories that they are | seeslrae perfunctorily, without sur: prise or comment, and pigeonholed So it is scareely worth while to bother about this latest output of the | Massachusetts Board of Trade. It might be remarked, by the way, that | for an industry that is ground down and paralyzed by an obnoxious tariff Hon hides the boot and shoe business ‘is making a truly phenomenal record of prosperity, ‘Trade at home has tn [creased at an enormous rate, while “the exports have increased $4.000,000 since 1960 and about $8,000,000 since 1895. All this under the Dingley duty of 15 per cent on hides, together with a duty of 25 per cent on imported | boots and shoes. | It is also worthy of note that the memorial says nothing about the re- | moval of the 25 per cent duty on boots and shoes, It seems never to occur | to the Massachusetts mind that with | the disappearance of the duty on the hide the duty on the finished product | of the hide must also disappear, Per: haps they will some day learn. this fact over there, It is a good thing for | them to know | It is not otherwise with the Nation | Al Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ As. sociation. They, too, should endeavor to grasp the idea that the tariff! on boots and shoes cannot and will not survive the extinction of the tariffon hides. Once convinced of this, one can Imagine them much less zealous for free hides. Their anxiety to add to present profits the small sum al- leged to be represented by the 15 per cent tariff on hides would in that event be materially assuaged. ‘The added cost of the soles of a patr of shoes—and ft 1s only in the sole that the imported duttable hide 1s used—1s estimated at from 2 to 7 cents. The truth probably Hes about midway be- tween these figures. But ft is false and unfair to assume that this added cost of 4% cents Is because of the 15 per cent duty on hides. The present high price of leather {s not in any way related to the tariff on hides. It is due wholly to a phenomenal in- crease in the use of and the demand for leather throughout the world. It is the result of a leather famine. So long as this condition continues the removal of the 15 per cent duty on the limited quantity of imported hides en- tering into the materials of shoes would not reduce the cost to the man- ufacturer by a fraction of a cent. It would probably have no effect what- ever on the price of sole leather, The Evening Post of New York avails itself of the free hide resolu- tions in a fresh attack on the pro- tective tariff. It is perturbed by the threat of the boot and shoe manufac- turers to advance the price of thetr products unless the tariff be removed. There is, however, no real cause for alarm. Tariff or no tariff the assoct- ation of boot and shoe producers will put up the price whenever they think it can safely be done. They have been threatening to do this for a year or two past. Why the threat has not been executed we do not know. We suspect it because of the certainty that, no matter what action the big manufacturers may take, there will he plenty of good shoes to be had at $3 to $3.50 per pair. Ten years ago a high-grade factory shoe retailed at $5. Today an equally good shoe—in some respects a better—retails at $3 to $3.50. The possible difference of 44 cents a pair in production cost is hot going to prevent Americans from wearing $3 and $350 shoes. Compe- tition will take care of that. Two facts stand out conspicuously in connection with the movement for free hides: 1. The present duty of 15 per cent on imported hides has no effect on the price of leather. 2 The same bill which provides for the removal of the 15 per cent duty on hides will embody a provision removing the 25 per cent tariff on boots and shoes and leather. It would be well if the shoe and leather people Yept these two facts in mind, Probably Misled. The German agrarian press is very much disgruntled over the probable action of the government of Germany in receding from its attempt to com- pel the United States to break down its protective tariff system. The editors were probably misled by the unau- thorized utterances of American. free traders, who talked as though it were a settled thing that we should surren- der on the first sign of an assault on our revenue policy, but they will have ample time to study up the situation during the year which is to be afford: ed us to further consider the situa. tion,—San Francisco Chronicle, That Cuban Folly. Concessions were made to Cuba two years ago through the influence of the American Sugar trust which injured the sugar industry of the United States and violated the solemnly de. clared policy of the Republican party, and these concessions were made to foreign republic which was set free and given a government at an expense of hundreds of millions of dollars to the United States.—Bay City (Mich.) find ese of us y AES A 5 oi ie Pig Sen Bae Ben. When tho grass is faintly greening in the Le shelter of the fence, When’ the daring “maple. blostoms.mak> the: tree toys shadow denne When the ‘habs’ dandelions peep above the chilly "mot, Hiding In thelr startled bosome all thelr feeaith of splintered eal, hen Wer nignthy may conecture that the reg, REIN. ts “drawing. NB With ie cee ganne ‘a-sailing In a@ sea of surple. sky. But the only ‘sign’ that’s certain—you've Obaerved ie hike ne not Is the hunch that's batting grounders_ on ‘ihe old bck tot. Mickey Peters, Fatty Johnson, Skinny Trrown’ nnd Nosey “Watta, Limpy Wilson, Ruste “thompson and that samay Rabbit Potts This the gang that. pools their, pennies and theif nickels and their dimes, Kicking. as. they. note the total, on "the Hardness of the times, Then thes co any bus a bat or two and targaln fora’ ball Though thes owe the Tan a little when they've pungled up thelr all, But we know that spring's approaching — that it's nearly. om the spot. When we see the Lunch bat grounders on the old Baek tot “ Haltimore Americas. tee Weta Men, Here {ts someone's conception of the western man: “He rolled the prairie up like cloth, drank Mississippi dry, put Alleghany In his hat, a steamboat in his eye, and for his breakfast, but- faloes some twenty-one did fry. He whipped the whole Comanche tribe one day before he dined, and for a walking cane he took a California pine, and when he frowned he was 80 black the sun ft couldn't shine. He whipped a ton of grizzly bears one morning with a fan, and proved him: self, by all these feats, to be—a west: ern man.” Live Fish Being Exported. A boat of a curlous sort is moored In the harbor of Lyons, France. It is eighty feet long, and is driven by a motor. The hold is constructed tank fashion, the cargo consisting of twenty-five tons of live carp and tench, which are being transported from the south of France to Holland. The ulti mate destination of the Anna is Utrecht, whither the boat is proceed. ing by canal, The voyage will prob: ably take about twenty days. Fierce Fiaht Between Deer. John Sanborn was the witness to one of the grandest battles that men of today are treated to when he saw a big buck deer with splendid antlers clash with a spike horn in a field at Whitefield, N. H., the other day. The smaller animal was knocked flat at the first blow, but jumped up and charged his antagonist. He desisted only when one of his horns had been broken off, tearing out a big plece of the skull with it, Wedding Finery Hard to Find, Some of the women of Norway, fe. recently participated in a weeding gown party. All present wore wed: ding finery of some sort. A piir of gloves was all that one woman could muster of her one-time troussea’., An: other had a pair of gownless sieves, while still another could only flad the yoke of a waist of thirty years ago. One shrewd matron borrowed an outfit from a recent bride, thus meeting the conditions. Ginna téen: tae. atau. Passengers by a train on the Ger- man Forgau-Wittenberg line recently were greatly annoyed at a long delay in a station, Finally they lost all pa- tience and went in a body to the en- ginedriver. They demanded the cause of delay, and received the reply that the engine had no water, and coull not get any, as the man in charge of the hydrant was off duty and had the key with him, Paper for New York Journals, Each evening the “paper express freight” leaves Portland, Me., bound for New York, The train consists each day of ten cars loaded with no other freight but paper. According to a con- tract made by the manufacturers, this much paper must be delivered each morning in New York city, Tie train has its regular schedule all a ong the line, and has yet to fail to reach its destination on time. Big Deer Chases. The farmers about Riverton, Conn., demand the life of a big buck deer which has an enomous spread of ant: lers. ‘They say that the animal has re- peatedly driven men to cover in the woods. The big fellow seems to have found that he can drive human heings about as he chooses and finds much enjoyment in chasing woodsinen to high roosts. Had Umbrella on String, A boy stood an umbrella in a Ben- nington, Vt, chureh doorway during service one Sunday evening. To the umbrella was attached a strong cord, an end of which the boy held, When the meeting was over it Is alleged that eleven different persons carried the umbrella the length of the strlag Woman a Registered Guic'>, Miss Cornelia T. Crosby, who has long been known to be a smart fisher and hunter, and has for years contrib: tited to sporting papers over the pen: name of “Fly Rod,” is now an acered ited guide in the Maine woods, who registers along with the others Rent Church Bell, The fire commissioners of New Britain, Conn., have decided to con- tinue to rent a church bell rather than buy one, on account of the exceeding: ly bigh price of bell metal at present, Calumet s Baking Powder The only high @rade Baking Powder sold at a moderate price. Com- plies with the pure food laws of all states . ‘Trust Baking Powders - ‘Trust Baking Powders sell for 48 oF 60 cents per Pound and may be iden- fled by this exorbitant Price, They are a menace to publio health, as food Prepared from them con- tains large quantities of Rochelle salts, @ danger ous cathartic drug. rr) Sit Means a pro- ‘ar ductive ca- pacity In dol- e (Aq lars of over Zid SiG per acre. ‘This on land which has cost the farmer noth- {ng but the price of tilling it, tells its own story. The Canadian Government gives absolutely freo to every settler 100 acres of such land. Lands adjoining can be purchased at from # to #10 per acre from railroad and other corpor- ations, Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada, For pamphlet “Twentieth Century Canada’* and all information apply to Supt. of Immigra- tion, Ottawa, Canada, oF to following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. 8. Crawford, No. 125 W. 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A Change in Japanese Characte:, For some decades past, there nis been, behind all the strenuous honest effort to do the best for the country’s. sake, the desire to win the complete approval of the western nations, a desire which has caused detractors of Jauan to say that her humanity, her self denial, even her gallantry, all ‘came under the head of “pla; ‘ug to the gallery.” The Japanese have deen ‘on probation ever since many of the present leading men were borm. ‘The strange change in temper of American newspapers after the open- ing of the Portsmouth negotiations /came ‘as a shock to the devout beltew- ers in American friendship, a thing which all classes here hold im wise and tender regard. In other direc~ tions, too, the sudden cooling of kind- ness on the accession of respect has not gone unmarked. The Japanese are sensitive in such matters, and they quite realize that in order to overcome a powerful foe and secure an Illustrious alliance, they have beem obliged to risk some ancient and pleasant friendships. This _expert- ence of one of the penalties of great- ness has doubtless deepened the pre vailing mood henceforth the Japan- ese will never ask what forelgn na- tions think of him. He is taking the responsibility for his own standards. There is no longer any “gallery.” All that matters in future {8 his estimate of himaelf—Mrs. Mary Crawford Fraser in the World”s Work. | dite Or i ETI , — CP ube | fa U0 ee Aad We PILLS = AREA eh “UAL KigNey o> Pr y Cea tree ree Ree eee es Softly the shadows are falling Over the disc of the sun. Trembles the sea as if ifing it Remorse for the deed it has done. Slowly the wind is abating. Here in the spray and the foam. Fondly you're watching and waiting. Your wanderer will not come home. Follow the sea gulls over. Crossing, recrossing their track. Never a tale of a rover Brings news of the good ship back. Bad were the kisses at parting. Momentful the shadows were said. Unless the tear that was starting— Your player was prayer for the dead. Memory, seeking forever. Come to the place the deep Weep for its dead but will never Discover the place of their sleep. —Lue F. Vernon, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer. THE EVERLASTING FEMININE (Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) "Be ye agoin' to sweep away the life of your own son—our son, Mary?" The old man's voice quavered and sunk into a whine. "I'm goin' to tell the truth," replied the old woman with a weary smile. "He threw it away himself and killed his brother—my baby. I saw him do it, and I'm goin' to tell the truth and let him be punished." "But Tom's your boy too, Mary—your oldest," persisted the old man. "What's he ever done to show it?" crieled the woman fiercely. "He struck me—yes, struck me with his own hand; not once, but twenty times. Aye, and he struck you too, Nat. I seen him do it more once. What comfort has he ever been to us? What pride have we in him, what hope for his future? No, no, Nat, we might as well give up and call our lives a failure. He's been a bad boy, and he's a bad man, and he's killed his own brother, and I won't do anythin' to save him." "But he was in licker when he did it," pleaded the old man. "You know Tom was not very bad except when he was in licker. And he wasn't himself when he did it. And he feels as sorry as anybody for it now. Not the gallows! Ah! Mary, not the gallows! and he slipped from his chair onto his knees and sobbed before her "Where's Peter?" demanded the woman, drawing back her skirts, which the man attempted to cling pathetically to. "Where's my Pete, who never did a wrong to anybody, and who always was bullied and licked by Tom? I won't save him, I tell you I wont." The day of the trial came, and the prosecuting attorney arose calm and confident. Here was an easy case, and it promised to be brief. He would get a quick conviction and the accompanying glory and would hurry along other cases and show a dispatch of business which would reflect great credit upon his office. The conviction was sure because the boy's mother was to go on the stand to testify against him. It was a lucky thing, because she had been the only witness of the murder, and without her testimony only the weakest sort of circumstantial evidence would have to be relied on. But he had it from her own lips that she proposed to tell the truth and bring the murderer to justice. It had been a brutal murder too—the killing of Peter Harter by his brother Tom. As nearly as could be found out he had been stabbed without warning simply because he exposulated with his brother for brutal language used to the old mother. It would be a good thing for the community, moreover, to get rid of Tom Harter. He always had been a bad egg, and a menace to peaceable, law-abiding citizens. Yes, it was a good thing all around, and the prosecuting attorney was very complacent as he arose to outline the case to the jury "This case, gentlemen, is fortunately so plain that it will be necessary A man and a woman stand in front of a table. The man is leaning on the table, while the woman stands beside him. Both are dressed in traditional attire. "Be you goin' to swear away the life of our own son, Mary?" to detain you but a few moments. In fact, I think one witness will determine the entire matter. Let Mary Harter be sworn." As the woman took her seat in the witness box an almost imperceptible but heart-breaking moan came from the white lips of the old man, whose side she left. It caught her ear, and she turned her eyes upon him. As she looked, his drawn face and terror-stricken eyes faded from her sight in a sort of mist through which she saw the face of her young lover of forty ```markdown ``` years ago. And in her old ears there rang again the passionate words he had whispered there in the days long forgotten. She saw him beside her at the altar on that day of days when all the future was bright and all the sky rose-colored. And out of the mist came the outlines of the cradle in which she had rocked her first-born—the cradle Nat had built with his own hands. Then she heard as in a dream the smug voice of the prosecuting attorney: "Now, Mrs. Harter, tell the jury your name and relationship to the M. "It will be necessary to detain you but a few minutes." "It will be necessary to detain you but a few minutes." prisoner and the victim of this brutal murder, and in your own words tell if you saw the deed committed and just how it happened." Turning bewildered eyes on the lawyer, the court and the jury the woman gave her name and address. Then gazing straight at her husband through tear-filled eyes, she said, with perfect deliberation and emphasis: "Tom and Pete had some words about some money and Pete got mad and said: 'I'll kill you, you low, good-for-nothin' blaggard; that's what I'll do,' and he struck him with a chair and drove him back into the corner. Tom was tryin' to defend himself, and he saw he was goin' to get his head broke, and there was murder in Pete's eyes, and Tom reached out for the knife that was on the table and struck at Pete. And it killed him. And that was all there was to it." During this testimony the prisoner and his father had leaped to their feet, the former with amazement depicted on his face, the latter with tears starting to his eyes, while the prosecuting attorney sat back with mouth wide open, so thoroughly paralyzed that he never protested as the old woman, at the end of her testimony, arose and stepped down from the witness chair. She never looked at the prisoner, but walked straight to her husband and, hand in hand, they walked from the court room. "I will ask that the case be dismissed," said the prosecuting attorney. "And I will recommend a study of woman's nature to every law student." Only One Remedy. Edwin James was one of the most brilliant English lawyers of his day. At one time he lived in some West End chambers, the landlord of which could never obtain rent. At last he had recourse to an expedient which he hoped would arouse his tenant to a sense of his obligations. He asked him if he would be kind enough to advise him on a little legal matter in which he was concerned, and on James' acquiescing, drew up a statement specifying his own grievance against the learned counsel and asked him to state what he considered the best course for a landlord to take under such conditions. The paper was returned to the landlord the next morning with the following sentence subjoined: "In my opinion, this is a case which admits of only one remedy—patience."—Baltimore Dally Record. Seeking Repose. The health officer looked up in surprise. "No diphtheria reported here," he replied. "Who's your doctor?" "There is no diphtheria that I know of," replied the visitor. "That's all the more reason you ought to be able to spare a placard. The truth is, I want to scare a collector away from the house."-Philadelphia Ledger, ```markdown ``` IN HIS NAME RELIGIOUS NEWS AND THOUGHTS DESIGNED FOR USE IN EVERY WELL-REGULATED HOME Love's secret is to be always doing things for God, and not to mind because they are such very little ones. Fancies that broke through language and escaped; All of which proves he The Law of Life. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ—II Peter 3; 18. Growth is the law of life. It is the expected thing in the world of nature. The shoot normally develops into the stem and the stem into the trunk, and the trunk spreads out into branches, on which appear the blossoms which presage the fruits. The multitudinous organisms that swarm upon or out of the earth tend to develop each according to its kind. Evolution is but a series of growths—only there the development is one of types, rather than just of individuals. Wherever we turn we see the manifestations of maturing life. A large part of the expected growth of life is physical. The babbling babe is a prophecy of the coming man. The child's frame is even now strengthening for to-morrow's burden. Each year, as it comes, adds a something if not quite a cubit to the stature. When the growth of the child is arrested, and it remains dwarfed and crippled, keen disappointment and grief result. The expected has not happened. Life to that extent has been defeated of its own purposes. We mourn the physical arrest of development. It is expected, also, that men should grow mentally. The mind of the child is not to represent the intellection of the full-grown man. Increased mentally must come with the years. In- dividuals vary as to their capacity for ideas, but up to the measure of their intellectual potential they are in duty bound to develop. More important than all is growth in grace. The moral and spiritual nature in man must have its dues. The moral dwarf is of all forms of arrested development most insufferable. There have been physical dwarfs in whom have resided, as in a cramped tenement, great souls. There have been feeble-minded persons—daft Willies or Sandies—whose spirits have been open to the profound impressions of heavenly truth. Both physical and mental development, on a pinch, may be dispensed with; but moral growth is absolutely essential. Whether one be blessed with more or less of the material possessions of life, it is supremely important that the soul should prosper, be in health, and steadily increase in stature. The world at large, however, thinks comparatively little of spiritual development. If a man is a great athlete, if he is a famous genius, if he can wrestle like a Samson or write verses like a Byron, the world asks few questions for conscience's sake regarding his private character. So long as he keeps out of prison, he keeps out of print; if he is conventionally moral, he is supposed to be passably acceptable. But that sort of thing cannot satisfy God, and should not satisfy the Christian. The believer has no business to be content with his own shortcomings or those of any other men. He must be stern with himself and strict with them, demanding the daily increase in the life of the blooms and fruits of a godly grace. Yesterday's growth will not do for to-day, nor to-day for to-morrow. Life for the believer is not a position, but a pilgrimage. The Christian is actuated constantly by an onwarding impulse which brings him nightly a day's march nearer the goal of a perfect character, to be finally reached in the presence of his God on high. Nothing less can content a child of God, nothing better can be offered an heir of Glory—Rev. C. A. S. Dwight. Do You Hear His Voice? There is a voice speaking to you and for you. You are in a babel of voices; loud and commanding, gentle and persuasive, or soft and fascinating, all mingled and confusing. They come from an active, driving world. They come from the group of friends to whom life seems only pleasant, or floating softly and sweetly as the breath of the evening, inviting you out into an unknown world of which you have dreamed and in which you are told there are no disappointments, no burdens and no sorrows. But distinct from all these, there is a Voice that speaks to your soul. A still, small Voice, scarce audible, yet distinctly heard; penetrating the secret chambers with peculiar sweetness or with startling pain. It is the voice of God. You may hear it. We are so constituted, so related to God, that we may hear His voice. We may be separated from God, we may be far away from His holliness, but we are never beyond the bond of that relation, are never beyond the possibility of hear- ing His voice that comes to us, sometimes in the tumult of passion, in the strife of conflicting interests, or in the trembling of doubt and fear; sometimes when we seem to be asleep and indifferent to all about us and before us, and sometimes when we are seeking to know the way and are asking for a guide. God is near us, not simply in His omnipresence, but in His closeness to us in having given us our being out of His own, and as always sustaining us by His breath. We are not always conscious of this, but when the voice is heard it touches chords and awakens responses that make us feel His presence. The Voice is a call to the right, to duty; a call upward into all that is pure and true and good. It asks you to look over all the possibilities of life, to study what is within your power best adapted to it, and open to you; it asks you to open your heart to all the appeals of humanity, all the longings and strivings of men for higher and better things and to all the lamentations of the bowed burden bearers, and to be to all a helper; it asks you to read the prophecies and to listen to the hopes of the future, to see that kingdom of glory which is coming nearer and nearer, and it says, "Enter into this life, come into touch with humanity, feel its aspirations and help to lift men everywhere, and of all classes, into the full measure of its possibilities and to the satisfaction of its desires, and in so doing come near to the Divine Christ yourself and be filled with the fullness of God. Take God into all your living, and come into such close relation to Him that His inspiration will direct you and His presence make you strong and great." Patience. Patience is the guardian of faith, the preserver of peace, the cherisher of love, the teacher of humility. Patience governs the flesh, strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stiffens anger, extinguishes envy, subdues; she bridles the tongue, refrains the hand, tramples upon temptations, en- dures persecutions, consummates martyrdom. Patience produces unity in the church, loyalty in the state, harmony in families and societies; she comforts the poor and moderates the rich; she makes us humble in prosperity, cheerful in adversity, unmoved by calumny and reproach; she teaches us to forgive those who have injured us, and to be the first in asking for forgiveness of those whom we have injured; she delights the faithful and invites the unbelieving; she adorns the woman and improves the man; is loved in a child, praised in a young man, admired in an old man; she is beautiful in either sex and every age. —Bishop Horne. "Lol It Is Nigh Thee." The surprise of life always comes in finding how we have missed the things that have lain nearest to us; how we have gone far away to seek that which was close by our side all the time. Men who live best and longest are apt to come, as the result of all their living, to the conviction that life is not only richer, but simpler than it seemed to them at first. Men go to vast labor seeking after peace and happiness. It seems to them as if it were far away from them, and if they must go through vast and strange regions to get it. They must pile up wealth, they must see every possible danger of mishap guarded against, before they can have peace. Upon how many old men it come with a strange surprise that peace could come to rich or poor only with contentment as at the very end of life! They have made a long journey for their treasure, and when at last they stoop to pick it up, lo! it is shining beside the footprint which they left when they set out to travel in a circle.—Phillips Brooks. Why Do We Condemn? Because another is "all wrong" is no reason for our condemning him. In the first place we cannot know that he is as unworthy as he may seem, and in the second place our own records are entirely too frail. No one of us would dare to be judged by our fellows strictly on our "merits"—the man who says or thinks he would is most to be pitied. And the failure in another that we are tempted to condemn harshly may be nearer victory than failure as God sees and knows. Earth sees the failures, because heaven sees the victories and the struggles. It was of heaven that Faber sang: There's no place where earthly failings Have such kindly judgment given. The only Man who never failed came not to condemn men, but to save them. Is it because we suppose that we can do better than He did to help others that we condemn so freely? To Find Joy. If we would find joy in our religion, we must abandon ourselves altogether to Christ. Many of us serve Christ so daintily, so delicately, with so much self-reserve and withholding ourselves from sacrifice that we never learn the reality of the joy of Christ. When we devote ourselves to Him wholly, the song will begin. Leaders of Coal Mine Strikers and Operators in Recrimination W. B. WILSON F. L. ROBERTS STRIKE OUTLOOK IN FIGURES. BY JOHN MITCHELL. (President of the United Mine Workers of America.) HE American people will place the responsibility of the miners' strike at the door of the railroads owning the big coal fields. They also will charge this great industrial conflict to the men who have large stocks of coal stored away and out of which they purpose to make vast fortunes. ple will place the responsibility of the miners' strike at the door of the railroads owning the big coal fields. They also will charge this great industrial conflict to the men who have large stocks of coal stored away and out of which they purpose to make vast fortunes. The mine workers entered into a conference with their employers in a spirit of earnestness and conscientiously endeavored to reach a peaceable settlement of our dispute. The question seemed irreconcilable. I am willing to let the public judge which side is at fault. The miners made concessions. The operators with one exception were willing to make none. We have no ulterior motives in taking the position that we do. No man has labored more zealously for industrial peace than I, and nobody regrets more than I the failure to attain it. Speaking for my people, I wish to say that there will be no riots or bloodshed in this strike. The miners are as law abiding as the operators of this country. The great coal strike is on. It began March 31, when more than half a million miners throughout the United States ladd down their tools under orders not to resume work until their demands are satisfied. It is estimated that one-fifth of this number will soon return to their places. They will go back under district contracts wherever operators agree to pay wages on the basis of the 1903 mining scale and conditions. The first large field to sign the miners' scale was that of western Kentucky. Operators and miners at a conference came to terms and signatures were affixed before adjournment. President Mitchell also received a W B WILSON Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers telegram from Iowa announcing the fact that 14,000 miners in that state had obtained their demands from the operators. "One third of the tonnage of southern Indiana also is signed," said President Mitchell. President Mitchell also received reports to the effect that the operators in the nonunion Irwin field of central Pennsylvania have given an advance to their miners and that the big Burwin-White company, a Pennsylvania concern, had taken the same step. "Do you still cling to your belief more than 50 per cent of the bituminous tonnage is ready to yield to the miners' demands?" Mr. Mitchell was asked. "I think it will be more than that," was the reply. Regarding the anthracite conference Mr. Mitchell would say nothing except, "Until I arrive in New York and STRIKE OUTLO IMMEDIATELY INVOLVED. Bittuminous miners ... 115,000. Anthracite miners ... 160,000. Distribution of Bittuminous Miners. FIRST TO STRIKE 115,000. Illinois ... 53,000. Indiana ... 16,000. Ohio ... 35,000. FIRST PROBABLE SPREAD 30,000. Missouri ... 8,000. Kansas ... 19,000. Texas ... 7,000. Indiana Territory ... 5,000. SECOND PROBABLE SPREAD ... 27,000. Iowa ... 14,000. West Virginia ... 7,000. Michigan ... 3,000. Kentucky ... 3,000. ACTION YET UNDECIDED. (Will probably join strike.) Western Pennsylvania ... 90,000. All other bittuminous miners ... 100,000. Anthracite nonunion ... 85,000. Nonunion miners ... 55,000. Involved in General Strike. Total strikers ... 550,000. Dependent on missing for bread ... 3,000,000. Household Science Specialist. Five years ago Miss Olive Davis, B. S., Wellesley, '86, came from the Rochester Mechanics' institute, where she held a lectureship on household science, to take charge of a newly opened college residence at Wellesley. Since that time three new dormitories have been opened under her management, and she has this year been appointed director of the halls of residence. This office has been created for her, and shows the admiration felt for her by the faculty, as a specialist in household science. BY JOHN H. WINDER. (Chairman of the bituminous coal Operators.) HE situation I regard simply as a disagreement between the operators and their men over business questions. I do not look upon it exactly as a strike. We have adjourned our conference without agreeing upon a new working contract, and, as a result, a suspension of work will follow. T I do not predict that the shutdown of the mines and collieries will be attended with violence. We and our men still are on friendly terms. They are as anxious as ever to protect our property and mines, the preservation and good condition of which are necessary for their own sustenance and welfare. No attempt will be made, so far as I know, to operate the mines with nonunion men. What the public is most interested in is the supply of coal. I presume that the bituminous supply now stored away will last, in some cases, only sixty days. In other cases it will last four months. No body can estimate accurately how severe the want to fuel may become, provided the shutdown of the mines continues for a long period. meet Mr. Baer and other anthracite operators I can make no prediction concerning the possible outcome of the meeting." Other members of the anthracite scale committee refused also to discuss the position which they will take. It was learned, however, indirectly that the list of demands which were rejected at the former conference by the operators will be modified. President Mitchell probably will insist upon an open clause providing for recognition of the union at all hazards. If any compromise is offered it will be in the way of wages. After the meeting in New York with the anthracite operators the result will have to be reported to the Pennsylvania Operator Who Fought to the Last to Prevent Strike and Who Favored a Renewal of the 1803 Scale convention of the anthracite miners to be held either in Shamokin, Wilkesbarre or Scranton. President Mitchell feels confident that a stampede will soon begin among the big operators. The first signs of a break, he declares, will come in Ohio and in western Pennsylvania, where the big mines of the Pittsburgh Coal company will be running under a double force by the end of next week. Illinois is regarded as the field where the chief battle of the great industrial war will be fought. The determination of the big operators in that state is firmer than elsewhere because of special grievances against conditions imposed by the miners' organization. Matched on the other side of the struggle, too, is the strongest branch of the United Mineworkers with nearly a million dollars in its treasury. OK IN FIGURES. Fund of United Mineworkers $3,000,000 Wage (daily) bituminous miners 2.50 Wage (daily) anthracite miners $1.75 Daily loss in wages (estimate) $650,000 Production 1905 (bituminous) tons 290,562,538 Production 1905 (anthracite) tons $0,000,000 Coal Stored Against Strike Anthracite, tons 20,000,000 Bituminous, tons 30,000,000 Daily consumption (bituminous) tons 1,000,000 Daily consumption (anthracite) tons 250,000 Anthracite Strike of 1902. Minerals and families affected 537,000 Loss to miners in wages. $28,040,000 Loss to other workers in mines 6,457,000 Loss to mine operators 6,520,000 Loss to railroads 26,000,000 Loss to other business interests 35,935,000 Total loss through strike $142,372,000 Senator Tillman Defends Senate Senator B. R. Tillman of South Carolina, whose second term in the senate will close next March, is engaged in writing "A Defense of the Senate" for publication. Discussing the task he has assumed, Senator Tillman admitted that his views of the senate had been tempered somewhat by his years of service in that body. He concludes that there is more public usefulness in the senate than he believed it to contain in the early part of his service. . Lewis Woods..... Business Manager. 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The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circu- lation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. The attention which Gov. Folk gave the election last Tuesday in this city is the source of much favorable com- ment by the citizens of this muniel pality. Mud is not the thing to sling when a man is trying to do better. Rev. T. W. Vernon will a Registrar of the Treasury. Key West Fla., Aug. 28th, 1904. I used only one bottle of Ford's Pomade and my hair has stopped breaking off and has greatly improved. When I started using this wonderful preparation my hair was seven inches long and now it is ten or more. I beg to remain, yours truly. MINNIE FOSTER. 314 Southard St. NEGRO VOTERS SCRATCHED KOEHLER. Two years ago Mr. Kochler appointed a Negro in his office ostensibly to prove that he was as good as former Republicans who held that office and who gave the Negro representation as he deserved for his fealty to the Republican party. Several weeks after the appointment the Negro was fired and so the representation ended. Mr. Elmer Jackson the Real Estate Agent on 18th and Woodland avenue, has been chosen secretary of the Negro Rep. Advisory Committee by Mr. Marks the chairman of the City Central Committee. We commend Mr. Marks' judgment as he has selected a young man of our race who has the executive ability as well as the business training to successfully conduct the business placed in his charge. The young man has two phones on his desk and his department is busy from morning until night. We need a few more young Negroes of Mr. Jackson's ability. SPLENDID REPUBLICAN VICTORY Negro Voters Loyal to The Ticket. The election of Tuesday resulted in a magnificent victory for the Republicans. Hon. H. M. Beardsley lead the ticket by 1,622 votes. The next largest vote was given Albert E. Holmes for city treasurer, 1,502. Mr. Beardsley will go in office with almost full party strength in the common council. Out of seven Upper House members the Republicans get five. Ten Republicans were elected to the Lower House out of fourteen. Thus it is seen that with those holdover Mr. Beardsley will be surrounded by almost full party strength. Only one of the general offices, that of city auditor was lost, Mr. Kent, by reason of his popularity and previous record in that office it is thought accounted for the defeat of Koehler. The Negro voters evidenced their loyalty by giving the Republican ticket great strength. They did little scratching except in the case of city auditor, Koehler. Periury Like a Gentleman. A Virginia man, shot in a quarrel, agreed to swear that the shooting was accidental if the shooter would support the victim's family. He swore, and died, and the shooter was acquitted. As an example of committing perjury like a gentleman this is unique.—Philadelphia Ledger. Honey as Excellent Food. Honey, which is described as "one of nature's best foods," is the subject of a report by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Formerly honey was the principal sweet, and it was highly valued 3,000 years before the first sugar refinery was built. "It would add greatly to the health of the present generation," it is declared, "if honey could be at least partially restored to its former place as a common article of diet." Beginning of Railroads England was in advance of the United States in its early railroad experiments. In the first years of the last century several roads using horse power and iron rails were in operation. Then Stephenson began introducing steam locomotives and by the success of his Rocket on the Liverpool & Manchester line in 1829 proved that steam was to be the future source of motive power. One Use for Garlic It has been known for many years that the volatile oil of garlic acts as a stimulant to the hair roots when locally applied. Recent researches tend to show that when the bulb is eaten freely it has a similar action. Not every one is in love with the odor and flavor of garlic, so in this country, at any rate, the discovery is not likely to rouse much enthusiasm. Red Mouse Caught in Maine An Augusta, Me., resident set a trap the other day and captured a very red mouse. The resident is said to have been perfectly sober when he went to visit his trap, but for the sake of avoiding all possibility of error he took his prize to a very sober reporter to prove his statement. Both agree that the animal was a very pronounced red. Practical Theology. The Japanese have thought it no desecration of the Buddhist temples to use them as prisons, on the principle that, Buddha having granted the victory, the temporary gift of the prisoners to his godhead is only appropriate—an eminently practical theological view which is very characteristic.—Country Life. No Fly A lady had been recommended by a friend to try this cure for neuralgia: Put a bottle of stout to warm by the fire, and wait until the cork flies out. The lady did so, and it was not until she had waited an hour and a half that she discovered it had a screw stopper—London Answers. From Frying Pan Into Fire. Henry Hearthfeld, of Cardiff, Wales, was accused of stealing lead from a roof, and broke jail and fled. After he had traveled 26,000 miles he surrendered and was tried on the charge of theft and acquitted. But he was held for trial for escaping from prison. Pine-Tree Money. Pine-tree money was silver money coined in Boston during the seventeenth century. The coins were in denominations of three, six and 12 pence, and received their names from the rude figure of a pine tree on the obverse side. Bark for Paper Manufacture. More than fifty kinds of bark are now used in the manufacture of paper. Banana skins, pea vines, coconut fiber, hay, straw, water weeds, leaves, shavings, corn busks and hop plants are used for the same purpose. The Useful and the Beautiful All worthy life rests upon doing sanctified by good will. Everywhere in the enchanted province of ideal well-doing he finds inscribed the maxim. "From the useful through the true, to the beautiful." Also Their Chances Hereafter The country is full of rich men and so they are dying every day, but the world's ultimate estimate of them depends upon something else than the riches they leave behind—Boston Transcript. Thankful for Small Mercies A man lost a leg in a railway accident and when they picked him up the first word he said was: "Thank the Lord, it was the leg with the rheumatism in it."—Atlanta Constitution. In Normandy, France, there stands a modern chateau, the brick of which is laid in such elaborate patterns that it gives the effect of intricate embroidery. Cost of Education. It costs London $20 a year to educate a child in school. In Germany the average cost is about $14, in New York about $31. Macedonia Tobacco. The best tobacco in Macedonia, which is a notable country for the growing of that crop, is in and around Drama. Human Nature Is Weak The whisper of a beautiful woman can be heard farther than the loudest call of duty.—Anonymous. To dig is better than to talk.-- Springfield Union. Hair Dressing NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING FOR MAKING HARSH STUBBORN HAIR SOFT GLOSSY-LIVURIOUS FINE 25 GTS Not New or Experimental, but an Old, Reliable Preparation of Proven Merit. Nelson's Hair Dressing is an ideal Hair Pomade. It contains no strong, dangerous chemicals that can in any way injure the hair. You can use it just as long as you wish, or stop it any time without any bad effects. It does not affect the color of the hair. Nelson's Hair Dressing softens harsh, stubborn, refractory hair, prevents it from becoming dry and brittle, and enables you to do it up in any style consistent with its length, at the same time giving it that rich, glossy look so much desired. As a Hair Grower we recommend Nelson's Hair Dressing the equal of a fine scalp cream to the equal of Nelson's softens and invigorates the scalp, thereby removing dandruff and promoting the growth of the hair. Stops the hair from falling out, breaking off and splitting at the ends, which is nearly always due to lack of natural oil in the hair. Nelson's Hair Dressing is an excellent remedy for all kinds of Scalp Diseases such as Tetting, Hening and scaling of the Scalp, Dandruff, &c. Nelson's Hair Dressing is delightfully perfumed; put up in handmade 4-ounce boxes, and you can use it for drugsguits and agents at 25 cents a box. If you cannot find it in your town, send us 30 cents in stamps and we will mail you a full size box, postage paid. Address. Nelson Manufacturing Co., Richmond, Va. WE WANT GOOD AGENTS. WRITE FOR PRICES, TERMS, ETC. THE RIVER OF YOUTH. From all the golden hills of Dream, Dew-cool and rainbow kissed, It twines and curls, a silver stream, Through valleys hung with mist. Down past enchanted woods to where Romance walks ever young, Where kings ride forth to take the air On steeds with velvet hung— Where secret stairways tempt the bold, Where pirate caves abound, And many a chest of Spanish gold May solemnly be found! Through magic years it twines and creeps Past towers of peacock blue. Fast towers of peacock blue. Where still some captured princess sleeps And dreams come always true. Then gleam by gleam the light goes out. Then darkened, grief by grief, It sighs into our Sea of Doubt And manhood's unbelief! Why He Was Cheerful "No man," said Jerome K. Jerome, "should marry unless he is by nature a good provider—unless without a twinge he can hand forth money right and left. "Some men can in a sunny, cheerful way, spend $10 or $15 on a dinner in a fashionable restaurant, while they become morose, sour and fearful for the future when they are obliged to give their wives a dollar or two for the days meat. "These men should remain single. Otherwise they will make such husbands and fathers as my old friend, Crust. "Crust's daughter said one afternoon, in a tone of unutterable surprise: "Papa went away quiet gay and cheerful this morning." "Mrs Crust made an exclamation of annoyance. "That reminds me,' she said. 'I forgot to ask him for any money.'"—Exchange. Invented Electri Motor Although unknown as an inventor and almost blind and heavily weighted with his 86 years, Wareham F. Chase invented fifty years ago the first electric motor, the model of which is now in the Vermont State house. The model will run today when an electric current is applied, as it did half a century ago, in his shop in Montpelier, Vt. Young Japanese Professor. Yosaburo F. Sugita, of Tokyo, has been given the chair of language and literature of Japan at the University of Notre Dame. He is the son of a wealthy Japanese coal merchant. He is 20 years old, speaks and writes English fluently, is a brilliant French conversationalist and in bearing is studious and thoughtful. Griggs—Borely has got a job at last; he's working now in Hicks' livery stable. Briggs—What doing? Griggs—Hicks has some horses that won't take the bit, so Borely has to talk to them till they yawn—Boston Transcript. Dr. Prinzing of Berlin denies that the number of bachelors and old maids is increasing in Europe generally. He says that marriage is decreasing only in Sweden, France and Ireland. Jesse—What grounds have you for thinking that she loves him? Jack—He's 600 acres of the best coal land in the country—Cincinnati Enquirer. Prince Louis of Battenberg is a printer, and the only one known to have paid a dentist $1,000 for filling four teeth. MAKES HARSH STUBBORN HAIR SOFT AND PLIANT REMOVES DANDRUFF Briggs—What doing? THE E. Z. SHAVE. 07 East St. Kansas City, Mo. THE NEW CONGRESSMAN. With joy he views those lofty halls Whose noble, grand, historic walls Have sheltered famous men: Have sheltered famous men; And thinks how he the nation teach, And soon with some magnetic speech Awake those walls again. He knows the folks at home await His views upon concerns of state With ill-concealed restraint: With ill-concealed restraint; But hell not keep them waiting long, And when he does burst forth in song, What pictures he will paint! He sees himself another Clay! To seek the thickest of the fray He earnestly doth yearn; And if he's good, the leading chaps Will let him make, some day, perhaps A motion to adjourn. Switzerland's exports of machinery and implements in 1904 are valued at about $9,500,000. Electrical machinery and machines used for weaving, knitting and embroidery were the principal items. As this little country has no iron or coal, but must import these heavy materials by railroads, the exportation of machinery speaks well for its industrial skill. Among the clerks in the land office in Washington is Mrs. Anna Gridley, 80 years old, mother of the captain to whom Dewey said at Manila: "You may fire when ready." She is also the widow of a gallant naval officer who was killed in the fight between the Monitor and Merrimac. Business Man—What do you want? Applicant—I came to inquire if you were in want of an assistant. Business Man—Very sorry, I do all the work myself. Applicant—Ah! that would just suit me.—Tid Bits. It is believed that a piece of wood unearthed in excavating for the foundation of a big office building near the lower end of Manhattan island must have come from a tree which stood where New York is now, before the glacial period in North America. A Strangler's Mistake. Distinguished Stranger (in the West)—"That is a well-drilled squad of soldiers." American General—"Squad? Great Scott, man! That's an army!" There are indications that an important oil field may be developed by the application of modern methods of petroleum production in the regions in Persia and Turkey lying north and northwest of the Persian gulf. All the theatrical and amusement announcements of Paris are posted on pillar billboards that are placed at intervals along the boulevards. It is against the law to disfigure walls with posters. The Japanese cigarette has made its appearance in London. It consists of half an inch of broad strips of chocolate-colored tobacco, to which is attached a cardboard tube an inch long. Idaho is larger than New York and Maine combined and has inland lakes which cover an area of 510 square miles. Its smallest county is about the size of Rhode Island. Fortunately the child doesn't realize that he is the father to the man. PROMOTES THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR PREVENTS IT FROM SPLITTING AND BREAKING OFF. C. A. EVANS, BARBER SHOP For First Class Work. —Louisville Courier-Journal A Strangler's Mistake. WESTERN UNIVERSITY THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST. . . . . . DEPARTMENTS: State Industrial COURSES: Classics sical (Instrum- mony, Drawing and Book Binding, Tailoring, dering, Farming ADVANTAGES: S ences and Th INFORMATION: F to WILLIAM QUINDARO, Phones: Office—1 MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-National Industrial. SERVICES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-National (Instrumental and Volcel), including piano, organ, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Book Binding, Business Course, Stemography and Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooring, Farming and Gardening. AGES: Slpendid Location, Healthful Climate, Lands and Thorough Teachers. ATTENTION: For terms, prices and all inducements of WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. PRESIDENT, INDARO, KANU 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 David T. Beals, President Edwin W. Zea, Cashier. Stater Statement of the Condition of the Union Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business January 29, 1906. Total.....$12,187,400.66 Total.....$12,187,400.66 DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. Directors—P. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, Geo. W. Jones, Lee Chirk, Geo. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeeg, Edwin W. Zea. Hats made to order. Your old ones made new or you can purchase anything in the millinery line you may desire We also have a nice line of Ladies Hose, Neckwear, Ribbons, etc. Also Boys waists, Men and Women's underwear. All kinds of notions. We buy our goods at wholesale and can sell to our patrons as cheap as the downtown stores can. Save car fare and give us a trial. We keep Ozone Face Powder, Electrical Skin Food, Scalp Soap. OZONE IS THE BEST FOR THE HAIR. 1906 VINE STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. 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. 903-5 W. 17th, Kansas City, Mo. age, Normal, Sub-Normal and tory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Mu- ncluding piano, organ and har- mechanical), Carpentry, Printing use, Stenography and Typewrit- Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- Healthful Climate, Good Influ- and all inducements offered write N, A. M., D. D. KANSAS. Residence—Bell—"West 15. F. P. Neal, Vice President. W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President on NEWS&GOSSIP 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. You can secure a supply of Ozona by calling on The Rising Son. There is a remedy for ignorance, but none for knowing too much. The Knights of Pythtas (colored) have changed their hall to 1734 Grand Ave. John Rogers who has been afflicted for sometime, will be removed to the asylum. Get the habit of going to McCampbell & Houston's Drug Store, 2300 Vine St. If you have any news the Son will appreciate it if you will send it in here Tuesday of each week. Mrs. Lucinda Day visited her son, John, at Excelsior Springs last week. It is reported that Mr. Day is improving. Money is only one kind of wealth. A very inferior kind too in copparlson to industry and laudible ambitions. Earnest Hogan and Tom Logan, the stars of the "Rufus Rastus," will appear at the Grand some time soon. They are making a great hit. Rev. F. J. Peck of Allen chapel is making a struggle to lift another note. It is our church and all must help, you can give the widow's mite. FOR RENT:—Hall in good shape with gas and water, at 529 Missouri Ave. Anyone in need of such will please inquire in the saloon under the hall. 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. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23rd, 1893. Gentlemen: Please send me two bottles of Ford's Ozonized Ox Marrow for the hair. I think it is one of the best hair pomades made. MRS. JOHN GAF. The Knights of Pythias Lodge will hold its grand session in Kansas City in July and will go in encampment for a week. There will be a big time among the members of the fraternity and arrangements are now under way. The Attucks School is almost completed. The school board promised this school for some time. The supt, Mr. Greendow would like to see some demonstration of appreciation on part of the colored people. The Son will be glad to publish anything looking to that end. Hurray for the Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Sr. Just think, when he is released from the nerve-racking duties of the Register of the Treasury, he can return to "dear old Georgia" and greet a darling baby boy that we feel he will be more proud of than the highest and best office that could be given him in this fair land. Mr. Ernest Hogan, the inimitable "Rufus Rastus" of the footlights is yet more in private life. Mr. Hogan is a cultivated gentleman of education, a reader, a musician, conversationalist of ability and pleasing, in short a delightful man to know personally. As a showman he is acquainted with every detail of his great company. Nothing is too small for his observation. His support is loyal and recognize him as does the public, the premier comedian of his class of the American stage. Mr. Hogan is a comedian in the best sense. He expects to enter the more legitimate field at no distant day, supported by a company of good colored artists. He thinks the time is ripe for such an undertaking. As "Rufus Rastus," Hogan is simply great. The hurrah noted when he appeared in the Smart Set has been cut out. He does a clean, clear cut business that is not rivaled. He is infinitely funny; not because he is Hogan. Were he anybody else doing the same business as he does, it would be the same thing. The Jones Dry Goods Co. is keeping pace with the wonderful growth of Kansas City. Every now and then something along the line of improvements attract the down town shoppers. The Jones Dry Goods Co. is reputed to be shrewd buyers. In this connection the people are becoming educated for they know the shrewder the buyer the cheaper he can afford to sell. So superbly are the Easter decorations of the windows of the big store that it is hard to pass without stopping in. No Postage Stamps. Old Man—"If that young idiot in the parlor hasn't got sense enough to make shorter calls, he might as well be of some use. Ask him if he can spare me a postage-stamp." Daughter (after a trip to the parlor—"He says he's very sorry, but he called at the postoffice today to renew his supply of postage stamps, but he hadn't anything smaller than a five-hundred-dollar bill in his vest pocket, and they couldn't change that." "Eh? By Jinks! Well you ninny, go back to the parlor at once. Don't you know better than to leave your company alone like that?" No Yell at Vassar: First Vassar Student "Say, girls, there's one thing we've forgotten. We haven't any college yell. All colleges have yells, you know." Second Student "Why, of course. Stunge we never thought of it. Let's have one." Third Student "But I don't see how we can yell without taking the gum out of our mouths." Fourth Student "Let's let the yell go. It isn't very lady-like, anyhow." A Prediction That Came True. Mrs. Muggles—"Oh, I just tell you the earth is full of wonders! My poor, dear husband predicted the very day of his death." Caller—"He was rather morbid, though, for years, was he nct?" "Yes, indeed. He was always sayknew in my heart it would come true ing he was going to die soon, and I sometime, and sure enough it did." R. J. Collier of New York, who recently purchased the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, will present the property to the national government as a national park. The Son requests as much as do the patrons, that it has been compelled to turn over to the collector a long list of delinquents. We have tried in every way to avoid taking this action by calling or sending our local collector time and time again. These efforts have been met with promises. But this won't go all the time. A pay-day must finally come. Every time that life seems wintry take it as evidence that the gardner meant for more than a summer squash. "when suddenly he tackled me." "What do you mean by that?" she asked. "Why, in this case he caught me around the waist with both arms and I couldn't make him let go." "But why?" she inquired, with a sigh, "why under those circumstances did you want to make him let go?" Then she added, after a pause: "You men are queer creatures."—Cleveland Leader. What Pulque Brandy Will Do. Pulque brandy is described as a diabolical decoction from a species of cactus that if left on a desert island by itself would raise a riot. Fortunately for civilization, this fiery portion has not become an article of commerce, but is distilled and drunk by low-grade Mexicans, half-breeds and renegade whites of old Mexico, who can lay claim to a useful place in nature only by exterminating each other.-Portland Oregonian. Tinned Tabby. Miss Oldbird has had a suit of armor made for her cat Phoebe. Phoebe can now stroll forth into the night without the slightest possible danger of returning with a compound fracture of her wishbone. An Insinuation. Mrs. Hoon—Deacon Grimm is such a good man! Mr. Hoon—Yes, but I wonder if he doesn't sometimes suffer from conscience fag.—Tom Watson's Magazine. Tommy—"Pop, why do men swear more than women?" Tommy's Pop—"Because, my son, the women don't have to pay the bills." Rare Birds are Shot Rarely seen so far north, a rose flamingo and an Egyptian flamingo were recently shot on the sands near Calais. Glasgow, Scotland, spends on drink $16,000,000 a year, an average of $21.25 a head. French Eat More Bread. The Frenchmen eats nearly twice as much bread as the Britisher. This Piano Business has grown to the front rank in the big Piano businesses of this country. And it is by far the largest piano business in the Southwest. There must be a potent "why" for this. It didn't just happen so. It became so by selling the best pianos in the world. By insisting that even these best Pianos should be a little better for us than for the other dealers. And by persisting in selling reliable Pianos at fair prices. OUR ONE PRICE PLAN makes buying so safe and so easy. Indeed it's a pleasure to know your money is just as good as anyone else's. OUR NO COMMISSION PAYING PLAN—A tremendous step forward in clean, decent business methods, saves you money and guarantees to you our undivided responsibility. JUST NOW WE ARE HAVING a big sale of new and used pianos. There are many very remarkable—yes, special bargains, in new and used Pianos. Come see them. You're welcome, if only to look. J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co. 1013-1015 Walnut Street. S. W. Agents for the Metrostyle Pianola. Best Place to Buy a Piano C. COLLINS Corner 18th and Flora Ave. Do not pay car fare to go down town, but stop in and see our Grand Display Spring Millinery, Women's Spring and Summer Suits. Gents' and Boys' Furnishings. We can please you. Our prices are right. C. COLLINS Corner 18th and Flora Ave. C. COLLINS Corner 18th and Flora Ave. Save the Discount Rebate of 10c per thousand on all March bills paid on or before April 10th. Kansas City, Missouri, Gas Co. 912 GRAND AVE. Rebate of 1oc per thousand on all March bills paid on or before April 10th. 912 GRAND AVE. Gas Service, Main to Building Gas stoves loaned and connected FREE. Dorothy Riggs The Bostonians The Spring Styles of these renowned shoes are on display at our store. Price $3.50 and $4.00 Style Show John Kelly Historic A brilliant spring show of womans's shoe fashions. A presentation of all that is most desirable, new and beautiful in feminine footwear. A display of distinctive authentic shoe styles. Such is the Dorothy Dodd display now ready for your delectation. And never were styles more varied: They range from the most daintily feminine to the ultra mannish. Prices $3.00 and $3.50 OVIATT SHOE CO. 1105 MAIN ST. OVIATT SHOE CO. IIIIO MAIN ST. OF TAILORING FINEST ON EARTH 1025 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. Come early and order your suit and avoid the rush. 108-1110 Grand Avenue of great interest to both the casual visitor and to. Under no one roof has a more magnificent exp Is sure to be of great interest to both the casual visitor and to the prospective buyer. Under no one roof has a more magnificent exposition of hibit: our store is a beauty. No mistake about it. you to see it. We want you to see our Big Four Pianos ring, Emrrs ing, Huntin Ever been exhibit our store is a beauty. No mistake about it. We want you to see it. We want you to see our Big Four Piano arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY California or $25 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. On sale 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 an Supply all your want NEBEIM'S DEPARTMENT STOR 1 523 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOU Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 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. STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. N. B.—We are making a Specialty of Smoked and Salt Meats, Flour, Coffee and Teas, Tobacco, Etc. M. Brancato @ Bro. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh and Salt Meats, Oysters and Game in Season Bell Phone 2415 Main Y Home Phone 5595 211 W. 6th St. ```markdown ``` Come earn A 1108- sure to be of great in- tive buyer. Under ever been exhibit: our you to chickering, terling, AN To for Februa City Tick Rock Island System you can S DENEBEIH 521 and 523 MA ry Goods, Clo Boots and Queenswa STAPLE Our Spring Goods are now on exhibition and we invite you to call and inspect same and leave your order for your Easter suit. Suits to order from $20 and up Overcoats to order from $20 and up Trousers to order from $6 and up To our magnificent new store at PIANOS AND TWENTY OTHER MAKES. We Save You Money. 1108-1100 Grand Ave J. A. STEWART General Agent KANSAS CITY, MO. DON'T SOUND SO NICE AND SMOOTH DO IT PAL? GRAFT, THE VERB (AMERICAN) TO STEAL WE'S SWIPED OUR WOID WE HAVE OTHERS HE'S SWIPED OUR WOID WE HAVE OTHERS RAFT INDIAN FINE "When you were a little boy," said Peterkin, Jr., "were there any 'graffers'?" "That is a new word," answered Peterkin, Jr. "For want of a better word, then, we called them thieves." Four years ago the word "graft" was the jargon of the under world, of thieves and pickpockets and other criminals; to-day the dictionaries define is seriously as the misuse of power, position and privilege in public affairs, particularly, and in all walks of life generally, for the purpose of extorting or otherwise acquiring wealth; and everybody, cultured and uncultured, has added the word to his vocabulary. It has become one of the best known words; one of the best known, peculiarly effective words, in American parlance. President Eliot might use the term to-day and excite no protest from the thinking public, nor even from the pre-else English department of his own university. And yet only four years ago this tremendously significant little word was an associate of "yeggman" and "snitch," and similar patois of ragged gentlemen of law-breaking proclivities. Graft first came into prominence, first entered the popular literature of America, in the year 1901. Josiah Flynt, the prose specialist of the underworld, the writer on tramps and thieves, a Princeton graduate, used the word in the title of his book on the under worlds of the large eastern cities. This designation read, "The World of Graft." At that time the use and the understanding of the word were so limited that Flynt felt called upon to define it. So in his introductory remarks he wrote: "In regard to the word 'graft,' which is used freely in the text, I desire to state that it is a generic slang term Cloud Admiration Go Further. "Soon after the first linotype machine was installed in New Mexico," said former Delegate Rodey, at Washington. "a friend and myself went over to the newspaper office where it was working and took a look at it. It is a wonderful machine, as everybody knows. "My friend was much impressed. He walked around the machine and looked at it in awe and wonder, and kept saying to himself, 'Gee, whiz! That is an intelligent machine! Ain't that the derndest, most intelligent machine you ever DID see? It's plumb human!" "Finally he was overcome by admiration. He took off his hat and made a low bow to the machine and said: 'We certainly would feel highly honored, Mr. Machine, if you all would consent to come out and take a drink with us.'" Origin of the Hairless The tenth night out the crew of the ark was disturbed by the howling of the dogs. "That means bad luck," said Mrs. Noah. "I'll fix them." Going to the galley, she returned with a kettle of hot water and threw it over the howlers. Noah, in the morning, observed that one of the dogs was completely hairless. "Upon my word," he remarked, "we will now have a new breed of canines." "Thus originate the famous 'hairless' dogs one sees at a bench show. for all kinds of theft and illegal practices generally. In some cases it also covers transactions which are within the letter of the written law, but wholly outside the law, covering equitable treatment of one's neighbor. It is used mainly by tramps, thieves and the thief-catchers, but it is not wholly tabooed in upper world circles. "A grafter" is one who makes his living (and sometimes his fortune) by 'grafting.' He may be a political boss, a mayor, a chief of police, a warden of a penitentiary, a municipal contractor, a member of a town council, a representative in the legislature, a judge in the courts, and the upper world may know him only in his political capacity; but if the under world has had occasion to approach him for purposes of 'graft,' and found him corrupt, he is immediately classified as an 'unmugged' 'grafter'—one whose photograph is not in the rogues' gallery, but ought to be. The professional theft is the 'mugged' 'grafter'; his photograph and Bertillion measurements are known and recorded. "The world of graft is wherever known and unknown thieves, bribtakers congregate. In the United States it is found mainly in the large cities, but its boundaries take in small county seats and even villages. A correct map of it is impossible, because in a great many places it is represented by an unknown, rather than by a known, inhabitant, by a dishonest official or an unscrupulous and wary politician rather than a confessed thief, and the geographer is helpless until he can collect the facts, which may never come to light. The most that one man can do is to make voyages of discovery, find out what he can, and report upon his experiences to the general public." This comprehensive definition of the word by Flynt, from the world of "professional thieves," from the world of classified thieves, seems to have preceded other definitions by two years. But it popularized the word, it gave it a place in readable literature; and thence its complete popularization was demarkably rapid. Within the last year or two it has become practically a synonym for a thief who filches public moneys and money of large enterprises. It has been so largely used in the public prints and periodicals, and more recently in books, that it has spread abroad, and London and Paris and Berlin, in referring to many American disclosures, adopt the word without any translation. So to-day no American word is better known either in this country of in Europe. In the good old days graft had two well known meanings. The dictionaries defined it as a later form of "graff," a spelling of the past participle of the medieval word "graffen," a small shoot or seion of a tree inserted in another tree, but the graft determined the kind of fruit. This tail of the definition throws some light on the present meaning of the American word. It is easy to see how graft determines the kind of fruit Moving Comedy. "Yes, we are going to move to escape housecleaning." "And so are we. If I must confess it myself, I think it will take the new tenants two weeks to get rid of all the rubbish we are leaving behind." "The same here. Our house will need a mop and soap from cellar to roof. By the way, where are you going?" "915 L.—— street." "What? Why, that is where we are leaving." "Well, I declare! Where are you going?" "711 B—— street." "Why, that's where we are leaving." "Great Scott!" Likely Worth Seeing True art is always impressive, even to those who have been denied the benefits of an artistic education. For example, a copy of The Winged Victory was placed in the center of the library of the University of Rochester last summer. One of the workmen, a recent importation from Dublin, surveyed the headless and armless statue with some curiosity. "An' phat may ye call that fellow?' he asked. "That's the statue of Victory,' said the librarian. "Victory, is it?' said the man; 'begorra. I'd like to see the other fellow thin." these days; that is. if you make the word synonymous with money profit. these days, that is, if you make the word synonymous with money profit. The old definition in the dictionary went on to denote "graft, figuratively, as something which inserted in or incorporated with another thing to which it did not originally belong; an extraneous addition." And to-day it has the same figurative meaning. But, earlier than the present dictionaries or those of our grandfathers, graft had a slang meaning. The verb graft meant "to work." And gradually the meaning of "to work" meant to scheme for the purpose of gain; and later it meant to scheme for the purpose of gain, legitimate or illegitimate. It became a word of the under world. And it was so defined as long ago as 1859. George W. Matsell, chief of police of New York, a police justice and afterward publisher of the Police Gazette, wrote a book entitled "Vocabulum, or the Rogue's Lexicon." In it he defined the word "grafting" as "working" as helping another to steal. To work a man meant to pilfer from him; to graft meant to steal from a man. But among common, everyday people the word was as little known as the rogue expression "snitch" is known to-day. W. E. Henley, the brilliant English journalist and poet, used the word graft in 1897 in one of his remarkable ballads on London slum life. Henley knew London street slang as few men knew it; and in his "Slang and Its Analogues," published in 1893, there was this definition of the word graft: "Graft, the verb (American) to steal." However, since Henley ascribed the word to the jargon of thieves, it obtained no other standing, and remained a thieves word until Josiah Flynt boldly seized upon it as an effective word, and used it in the title of his book and gave it a lengthy and inclusive definition. Of course Flynt merely reflected the extensive use of the word among the crooks of half a dozen leading cities of the country; but he gave its meaning definite form and general color, and by the popularity of his book made the wide use of the word practically inevitable. So the word has now become applicable to a peculiar form of corruption in the daily life of American people—to the incidental gains, and when the word graft is applied to these incidental gains, the user means that the incidental gains may or may not—usually may—be larger than the legitimate gains. Flynt's comprehensive definition is the definition of the publicists of today. It is even for the popular definition of the word. And for significant strength graft has no rival in American parlance to-day. Yet, as a commonly understood word, graft is only four years old. Its antecedents are theft and robbery, but graft is more exact in its meaning, and more applicable to American conditions. In spite of its youth, it is distinctly one of the strongest existent Americanisms—Boston Herald. Letter Lost a Year. A letter was received at the postoffice department recently from a patron in a tiny town in Mississippi bewailing the fact that there had been a year's delay in the delivery of a letter to him. The postmaster who seemed to be at fault was called upon to make a report. He looked into the matter and then wrote the department as follows: "That letter must have dropped in my waste basket a year ago, because I discovered it there a few days ago, which was the first time the basket had been cleaned out in a twelve-month. I will clean out the basket oftener hereafter." The department will probably issue an order that waste baskets be kept out of mailing rooms, or that they be emptied of their contents every fortnight—Washington Special in New York Sun. No Room for Other Thoughts. "I am very much afraid that Bonnor is losing his interest in golf." "Why, whatever makes you think that?" "Well, just as we were starting for the links on Saturday he got an important telegram calling him to town. He actually hesitated five minutes whether he should go to London or to the links." "Then I suppose he decided to go to town?" "No; he went to the links, but he took five minutes to decide!"—Stray Stories. The Coffee Debate. TERRIBLE SCALP HUMOR. Badly Affected With Sores and Crusts —Extended Down Behind the Ears —Another Cure by Cuticura. "About ten years ago my scalp became badly affected with sore and itching humors, crusts, etc., and extended down behind the ears. My hair came out in places, also. I was greatly troubled; understood it was eczema. Tried various remedies so called, without effect. Saw your Cuticura advertisement, and got the Cuticura Remedies at once. Applied then as to directions, etc, and after two weeks I think, of use, was clear as a whistle. I have to state also that late last fall, October and November, 1904, I was suddenly afflicted with a bad eruption, painful and itching pustules over the lower part of the body. I suffered dreadfully, in two months, under the skillful treatment of my doctor, conjoined with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, I found myself cured. H. M. F. Welss, Rosemond, Christian Co., Ill., Aug. 31, 1905." A Father Who Was Not Fussy. The father of a large family in Gilbertville took his fourteenth child to the church to be christened. On entering the church, and while preparations were being made, the priest asked him by what name he would like to call the child. The father said he had forgotten the name the family had chosen, so the priest mentioned several, which were not the right ones. At last the father agreed to call it Michael, so when the ceremony was finished and the people were leaving he turned to the priest, and said: "I don't know what my wife will say, for we have a Michael at home, and this is a girl." —Boston Herald. England's Decline England is no longer going forward. And not to go forward is to go backward. She has had her day as a world-conqueror. Her dream of empire is fading. Her people are confronted with the problem of holding their own industrially, and, being unable to solve it, they see their property slipping from them and poverty creeping upon them.—St. Joseph News Press. A Happy Couple. Wife—"What a happy-looking couple those two are! I wonder haw long they've been married." Husband—"Oh, I guess they're only engaged." Mrs. Klubbs (severely)—I've been lying awake these three hours waiting for you to come home. Mr. Klubbs (ruefully)—Gee! And I been staying away three hours, waiting for you to sleep—Cleveland Leader. Salesman—Don't you want to look over some of prepared babies' food? Young Mother—But I haven't a prepared baby—Life. The published statements of a number of coffee importers and roasters indicate a "waspy" feeling towards us for daring to say that coffee is harmful to a percentage of the people. A frank public discussion of the subject is quite agreeable to us and can certainly do no harm; on the contrary when all the facts on both sides of any question are spread before the people they can thereupon decide and act intelligently. Give the people plain facts and they will take care of themselves. We demand facts in this coffee discussion and propose to see that the facts are brought clearly before the people. A number of coffee importers and roasters have joined a movement to boom coffee and stop the use of Postum Food Coffee and in their newspaper statements undertake to deceive by false assertions. Their first is that coffee is not harmful. We assert that one in every three coffee users has some form of incipient or chronic disease; realize for one moment what a terrible menace to a nation of civilized people, when one kind of beverage cripples the energies and health of one-third the people who use it. We make the assertion advisedly and suggest that the reader secure his own proof by personal inquiry among coffee users. Ask your coffee drinking friends if they keep free from any sort of aches and ails. You will be startled at the percentage and will very naturally seek to place the cause of disorder on something aside from coffee, whether food, inherited tendencies or something else. Go deeper in your search for facts. If your friend admits occasional neuralgia, rheumatism, heart weakness, stomach or bowel trouble, kidney complaint, weak eyes or approaching nervous prostration induce him or her to make the experiment of leaving off coffee for 10 days and using Postum Food Coffee, and observe the result. It will startle you and give your friend something to think of. Of course, if the person is one of the weak ones POOR BONI. Count Boni is sued for divorce Because he has acted too corce; It's the thought of the dough He'll have to let gough That's filling his heart with remorse —Houston, Post Eliza! If a colored girl is seen hopping across the Ohio river on cakes of ice, going south, it may be safely inferred that her former address was Springfield—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowning nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Ro, N. Y. Business Methods in Farming. Thousands of afarmers in the more opulent agricultural regions of the country still conduct their farms in a haphazard way, but everywhere the advantage and recessity of business spirit are being recognized. The west has been warned, for example, that the fertilizer problem of the east and the south will have to be met before many decades unless the soils are put under better rotations and economy of land is being preached. It is now generally accepted as a truism that the better the business man the agriculturist of today becomes the more profitable will be found that occupation which once described by a keen, though not wholly wise farmer in the statement that "farmin atn't all keepin' books, by a long shot."—Boston Globe. Women. There is only one kind of women—namely, women. Against the eternal feminine the daily male has no chance at all. Schopenhauer did not approve of women. Women did not approve of Schopenhauer. The chief topics of conservation in female society are husbands and servants. The distinction seems arbitrary and doubtless is seldom drawn. Those whom the gods love (t. e., ladies of the chorus) dye young. The popular idea that women have no sense of humor is quite mistaken. They marry us—London Punch. Hard Hit. That last decision of the supreme court is likely to make the octopusters sit up and wonder where they are at. Their Mainstay. The men who make the magazines Would lose a lot of scads And have but half their present means Were there no corset ads. and says "I can't quit" you will have discovered one of the slaves of the coffee importer. Treat such kindly, for they seem absolutely powerless to stop the gradual but sure destruction of body and health. Nature has a way of destroying a part of the people to make room for the stronger. It is the old law of "the survival of the fittest" at work, and the victims are many. We repeat the assertion that coffee does harm many people, not all, but an army large enough to appeal the investigator and searcher for facts. The next prevarication of the coffee importers and roasters is their statement that Postum Food Coffee is made of roasted peas, beans or corn, and mixed with a low grade of coffee and that it contains no nourishment. We have previously offered to wager $100,000.00 with them that their statements are absolutely false. They have not accepted our wager and they will not. We will gladly make a present of $25,000.00 to any roaster or importer of old-fashioned coffee who will accept that wager. Free inspection of our factories and methods is made by thousands of people each month and the coffee importers themselves are cordially invited. Both Postum and Grape-Nuts are absolutely pure and made exactly as stated. The formula of Postum and the analysis made by one of the foremost chemists of Boston has been printed on every package for many years and is absolutely accurate. Now as to the food value of Postum. It contains the parts of the wheat berry which carry the elemental salts, such as lime, iron, potash, silica, etc., etc., used by the life forces to rebuild the cellular tissue, and this is particularly true of the phosphate of potash, also found in Graps-Nuts, which combines in the human body with albumen and this combination, together with water, rebuilds the worn-out gray matter in the delicate nerve centers all over the body and throughout the brain and solar plexus. Ordinary coffee stimulates in an unnatural way, but with many people it slowly and surely destroys and does not rebuild this gray substance so vitally important to the well being of every human being. These are eternal facts, proven, well authenticated and known to every properly educated physician, chemist and food expert. Peruna Is Exempt. The internal revenue commissioner has decided that Pe-ru-na as now manufactured is exempt from internal revenue license. The highest medical and pharmaceutical authorities in the United States have passed upon the product. It must be highly gratifying to the many friends of Pe-ru-na and the local commercial world that the product which has carried Columbus' name into all continents, again enjoys the same fixed status as any other recognized medicine—Columbus Dispatch. A Measure. First Politician—Think the railroads will reverse their attitude on passes? Second Politician—You bet; I've introduced a bill compelling them to enter the city on airships.—Brooklyn Life. FRANK J. CHENY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENY & Co., doing the work for the firm of Norease, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every one of the cases that cannot be cured by the use of HALYL CATARTH CURE. SWEAT to before me and said in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.D., 1868. A. W. GLEASON, NOVAY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarth Cure is taken internally and acts as a barrier between the numerous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials. F. J. CHENY & CO., Toledo, O. Towne—My sister was telling me that old Roxley's young widow is in at a resort in Indiana recommended for the purpose. At the end of two or three weeks he returned in a happy and jocular frame of mind, for he had managed to get rid of his superfluous flesh. The day after his return he was on his way down town, when he stopped at the butcher shop that supplied his household. Dashing inside, he demanded that the butcher cut for him twenty pounds of pork. The butcher at once compiled. The politician looked at the twenty pounds of pork for a moment or two, then began to walk away without further ado. "Send it to the house?" asked the butcher, thinking that his customer had overlooked the usual instruction. "Not at all, not at all!" smilingly exclaimed the politician. "We never eat pork; in fact, have no use for it. The fact is, I've fallen off twenty pounds and I merely wanted to get an idea of how much that looked like."—Harper's Weekly. He—"And shall you send the announcement of our engagement to the newspapers?" She—"Do you think it is necessary?" He—"Well, perhaps not You might tell it to your best girl friend as a great secret." Old Henpecke once did take his wife A Shakespeare play to view. It nearly cost Henpecke his life— "The Taming of the Shrew." Please remember we never say ordinary coffee hurts everyone. Some people use it regularly and seem strong enough to withstand its attacks, but there is misery and disease in store for the man or woman who persists in its use when nature protests, by heart weakness, stomach and bowel troubles, kidney disease, weak eyes or general nervous prostration. The remedy is obvious. The drug caffeine, contained in all ordinary coffee, must be discontinued absolutely or the disease will continue in spite of any medicine and will grow worse. It is easy to leave off the old-fashioned coffee by adopting Postum Food Coffee, for in it one finds a pleasing hot breakfast or dinner beverage that has the deep seal brown color, changing to a rich golden brown when good cream is added. When boiled long enough (15 minutes) the flavor is not that of rank Rlo coffee but very like the milder, smooth and high-grade Java, but entirely lacking the drug effect of ordinary coffee. Anyone suffering from disorders set up by coffee drinking (and there is an extensive variety) can absolutely depend upon some measure of relief by quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. If the disease has not become too strongly rooted, one can with good reason expect it to disappear entirely in a reasonable time after the active cause of the trouble is removed and the cellular tissue has time to naturally rebuild with the elements furnished by Postum and good food. It's only just plain old common sense. Now, with the exact facts before the reader, he or she can decide the wise course, looking to health and the power to do things. If you have any doubt as to the cause of any ache or all you may have, remember the far-reaching telegrams of a hurt nervous system travel from heel to head, and it may be well worth your while to make the experiment of leaving off coffee entirely for ten days and using Postum in its place. You will probably gather some good solid facts, worth more than a gold mine, for health can make gold and sickness lose it. Besides there's all the fun, for it's like a continuous internal frolic to be perfectly well. There's a reason for POSTUM Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Dr.Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a powerful, invigorating tonic, imparting health and strength in particular to the organs distinctly feminine. The local, womanly health is so intimately related to the general health that when diseases of the delicate womanly organs are cured the whole body gains in health and strength. For weak and sickly women, the health benefits are debilitated, especially for women who work in store, office or schoolroom, who sit at the typewriter or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, and for nursing mothers, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has proven a precious benefit because of its health-restoring and strength-giving powers. The "Favorite Prescription" is a unequaled and is invaluable in allaying an subduing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, apasmis, chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, and other distressing nervous symptoms commonly attend upon functional and organic disease. Many organs. It induces refreshing sleep relieves mental anxiety and dependency. Cures obstinate cases. "Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of "female weakness," painful periods, irregularities, prolapse or falling of the pelvic organs, weak back, bearing-down sensations, coagulation, inflammation and inflammation. Dr. Pierce's medicines are made from harmless but efficient medical roots found growing in our American forests. The Indians knew of the marvelous curative value of some of these roots and imparted that knowledge to some of the friendlier whites, and gradually some of the more progressive physicians came to test and use them, and ever since they learned the power by region of their superior curative virtues and their safe and harmless qualities. Your druggists sell the "Favorite Prescription" and also that "famous alternative, blood purifier and stomach tonic, the "Golden Medical Discovery." Write to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is an experienced physician and will treat your condition. Address him at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., of which he is chief consulting physician. Rank Partiality. Tobacco is a necessity and ice cream isn't rules a Pittsburg justice in passing on the Sunday laws. And yet the appoinments of equal suffrage insist that women are adequately represented in the government.—Philadiphia North American. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Hope For The Indian. There is a fair prospect that the Indian will keep his place in the procession. The Carlisle school's football players have recently beaten West Point, and they have often defeated other white colleges. A basket ball team of full-blooded girls from the Fort Shaw (Montana) reservation school have, in playing the game, taken a long string of feminine scalps from the girls of white universities in the west. The educated red man is displaying a cameraderie and an adaptability to the new conditions which promise success to him in civilization's struggle. One or more of them represent their end of the coming state of Oklahoma in congress. This is right. He is to the manner born. The real F. F. A.'s are the Indians. Some of them, in the coming time, will sit in Roosevelt's chair.—C. M. Harvey in the March Atlantic. Swell (writing to his tailor, who has applied for the sixtieth time for the settlement of a long standing account): "Sir" In regard to the settlement of your bill, I beg to inform that if, you worry me about it any more, I shall place the case in the hands of my solicitor."—Tit-Bits. Many a man who thinks he is marrying an angel may find that she is equipped with a pair of asbestos wings a few months later. "COFFEE JAGS." The Doctor Named Them Correctly. Some one said "Coffee never hurts any one." Enquire of your friends and note their experiences. A Phila, woman says "During the last 2 or 3 years I became subject to what the doctor called 'coffee jags' and felt like I have heard men say they feel who have drank too much rum. It nauseated me, and I felt as though there was nothing but coffee flowing through my veins. "Coffee agreed well enough for a time, but for a number of years I have known that it was doing me great harm, but, like the rum toper, I thought I could not get along without it. It made me nervous, disordered my digestion, destroyed my sleep and brought on frequent and very distressing headaches. "When I got what the doctor called a 'coffee jag' on, I would give up drinking it for a few days till my stomach regained a little strength, but I was always fretful and worried and nervous till I was able to resume the use of the drug. "About a year ago I was persuaded to try Postum, but as I got it in restaurants it was nothing but a sloppy mess, sometimes cold, and always weak, and of course I didn't like it. Finally I prepared some myself, at home, following the directions carefully, and found it delicious. I persevered in its use, quitting the old coffee entirely, and feeling better and better each day, till I found at last, to my great joy, that my ailments had all disappeared and my longing for coffee had come to an end. "I have heretofore suffered intensely from utter exhaustion, besides the other ailments and troubles, but this summer, using Postum, I have felt fine." Name given by Postum Co. (Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason Restaurant cooks rarely prepare Postum Coffee properly. They do not let it boil long enough. WONDERS OF THE HUMAN MIND. Traveler in His Dreams Is Carried Ear and Ear. A flash of light is not sluggish, sound travels rapidly, a bullet is no messenger boy, and an automobile which shoots a mile in twenty-eight seconds is moving along, certainly. When it comes to getting over the ground in a real hurry, however, to devouring distance in dead earnest, the dreamer marches proudly at the head of the procession. He makes the latest thing in the line of 150 horse power racing cars look like hay carts in a mud bank. A man sits in his chair after dinner and dozes; he awakes with a start and discovers, to his surprise, that he lost consciousness for exactly three minutes by the clock. Yet in those three minutes he journeyed from New York to Port Sald, transferred himself to St. Petersburg, loitered in Paris and London, and called up the Nile. What is of greater importance in this connection, he journeyed leisurely, almost indolently; he stopped at various "points of interest" and examined them thoroughly; he met with annoying and amusing experiences on steamships and trains; he talked with acquaintances whom he encountered in foreign lands, and he told some of them precisely what he thought of them—there was genuine pleasure in that. A dreamer can put thousands and thousands of miles behind him in the short space of three minutes and lazily enjoy himself in his wandering. By comparison, the chauffeur, with his life in his hands, is a slow coach; and he must attend strictly to bustness; he can engage in no conversation or sightseeing. The human mind is a wonderful vehicle. Some people in spectacles have analyzed it and think that they know what it is and what it can do. But they do not know and they never will know.—Providence Journal. Cost Him $50. "When Chief Justice Chase was presiding in one of the country courts of Vermont an appeal case from a justice's court came up before him so small and contemptible in its origin that he ordered it stricken from the docket. The case was where a turkey had trespassed upon the garden of a neighbor and got shot for its depredations. The owner brought suit to recover damages, and, failing before the justice, had appealed the case. Judge Chase was angry, and when he ordered the case from the docket said: "The lawyer who consented to appeal this case ought to be thrown from the window of the courtroom. Why didn't he have the case referred to some of the honest neighbors for settlement?" "Because, your honor, retorted the attorney, getting hot under the collar, 'it was our intention not to let honest people have anything to do with it.' "True, this was a neat retort, but it cost the lawyer just an even $50 for contempt of court."—The Green Bag. The Fruit of an Idea That hovels housed him, rags he wore, and often he appeared and often he appeared With shoeless feet, with unkempt locks And when 'twas scorned by other folk he cherished it the more. "The thing itself's impractical!" they told him, very frank. "And you're a visionist!" they vowed—some even said "a crank." The man who had an idea spoke no defending word. He let them think what'er they pleased, but went on undeterred. "A prophet's worth home," he thought, "most easily seen. One time a carpenter was scorned, a lowly Nazareme." As days went by with purpose firm and courage strong and true He fought the good fight, kept the faith, 'neath stormy skies and blue. Until on Wrong's redoubt, at last, Right's banner was unfurled. And the man who had an idea electrified the world. —Roy Farrell Greene in the Four-Track News for March. Mispronounced for Years "The English language is one that few of its users 'can have any luck,' as the slang phrase is," remarked a man the other day. "A young friend of mine, discussing politics, declared that one 'rigamee' went out and another 'rigamee' came in. Not until I thought of the word 'regime' could I imagine what he meant. Another mentioned some circumstance which he declared had filled him with 'chargin.' He mean 'chagin.' I have a friend who suffered for years with 'insommonia,' not knowing that it was 'insomnia' all the while. "I suspect that our mother tongue is the only one in the world which cannot be spoken by its own children. And if we, who are brought up on the language, cannot speak it, what can we expect from the foreigner?"—Kansas City Journal. The Very Idea! You women who complain because your dear, innocent bubbles make you carry in the coal, shovel snow off the walks, do the washing, scrub the floors, beat the carpets and other little bits of exercise, while they are downtown laboriously whirling around in a pivot chair, smoking cigars and winking at pretty girls, ought to be thankful you do not live under the Hindu laws, where the holy books forbid a woman to see dancing, hear music, wear jewels, blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty food, sit at a window, or view herself in a mirror during the absence of her husband; nor allows him to divorce her if she has no sons, injures his property, scolds him, quarrels with another woman or presumes to eat before he has finished his meal—Denver News. THE WHOLE LOT If we don't heed prevention, we will need a cure. 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Now for some time the St. Louis man had been much disturbed by his increasing avoirdupois, trying many remedies without success. At the instance of a friend, he recently took the baths "Have you ever made any effort to bring your colleagues to your way of thinking." "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "I don't care anything about their way of thinking. What I want is to bring them to my way of thinking."—Washington Star. Only the survivors believe in the survival of the fittest. For Your Liver "I had dumb chills and fever," writes Edna Rutherford, of Atlanta, Tex., "and suffered more than I can tell. I tried all the medicines I could think of and four doctors, but nothing helped until I began to take Thedford's BLACK-DRAUGHT I now feel better than I have in many months and thank God and you for your wonderful medicine." 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Wretchedness is very often caused by having all you want. HOLE LOT will need a cure. The Old-Monk-Cure Obs Oil of muscular aches or pains, from RHEUMATISM to SPRAIN FOR THE WHOLE LOT. WINCHESTER "LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS Carefully inspected shells, the best of powder, shot and wadding, loaded by machines which give invariable results account for the superiority of Winchester "Leader" and "Repeater" Factory Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells. Reliability, velocity, pattern and penetration are determined by scientific apparatus and practical experiments. They are THE SHELLS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT A New Poet. We take pleasure in announcing that D. M. Clark of Angelus is now regularity on the staff of the Carolina Citizen occupying the chair of poetry. Mr. Clark will furnish at least one original production weekly. We present this week "November Nineteen Four," a pathetic bit of verse, when the author has dedicated to th memory of a lady. In the order verses by Mr. Clark: "Friendship" "In Good Old Summer Time" and "Chosing One or Two." These will be followed by others, and as spring approaches we think we can promise our readers some choice sentimental productions from the pen of our bright young friend.-Citizen. Collection of Stamps. Hiram E. Deats, of Flemington, N. J., has one of the finest private collections of costly stamps in the United States, and Congressman Gardner has introduced a bill into the house of representatives to have the government purchase hem. Lewis' Single Binder costs more than other 56 cigars. Smokers know why your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Pooria, Ill. Astonished. A Chicago business man who last year made a trip to the Philippines brought back with him a Filipino youth, whose mental alertness had made quite an impression upon him. The Oriental was installed in the Chicago man's office as a clerk, and he did very well, notwithstanding the fact that he was a trifle shaky as to his English. One day the Chicagoan handed the Filipino a bill for some goods purchased by a customer a long time previously. In a few moments the Filipino laid before his employer the following effort: "My Dear Sir—This is to advise you that if you do not instanter send us the money you owe us, we shall be compelled to take measures that will cause you the utmost astonishment."—Harper's Weekly. MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT- no matter how bad the weather. You cannot afford to be without a TOWER'S WATERPROOF OILED SUIT OR SLICKER When you buy look for the SIGN OF THE FISH TOWER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BASE BALL. A J TOWER CO. BOSTON U.S.A. TOWER CANADA CO. TORONTO CAN 619 FIGURE 10.1. A man and a woman are fighting over a drum. No. 224. How to Play the Outfield No. 225. How to Play First Base No. 226. How to Play Third Base No. 227. How to Play Slip No. 228. How to Play Stoppage No. 229. How to Pitch No. 230. How to Coach. How to Splain a Team. How to Manage a Team. How to Organize a League No. 232. 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I could take you into my three large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite care with which every pair of shoes is made, would realize why W. L. Douglas's $3.80 shoe would be better than any other, it better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.80 shoe. W. L. Douglas Strong Made Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2.00, Bay's School & School District $2.00, $2.75, 71 MIL. CAUTION. Instruct upon having W. L. Doug has shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. Fast Color gellets used, then will not wear brassy. Write for local catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. SAVE HALF the price. You can't host our happy latest wheel on the reason. We are the buying with the reason. For the recently formed Trial. Two Years Guarantee. Remember we make what you need. We don't small molar horse. That's why we can give you a guard equalized and 30 days to make up your mind. Write for our vehicle catalog and complete selling plan. The Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co. Afflicted with] Thompson's Eye Water bore eyes, use! W. N. U., KANSAS CITY, NO. 14, 1906 CHESTER "REPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS stored shells, the best of powder, ing, loaded by machines which results account for the superior- er "Leader" and "Repeater" and Smokeless Powder Shells. society, pattern and penetration ed by scientific apparatus experiments. They are THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT He Promised to "Obey." A prospective Boston bridegroom, who meant to be master in his own house, called on the well-known clergyman, Rev C. W. Wendt, who was to tie the knot the following day, "I have heard," he said, "that you emit the word 'obey' from the marriage service. Will you kindly insert it to morrow?" Mr. Wendt obligantly promised to do so. "Wilt thou, loye, promise to love, honor, and obey?" was promptly answered by the bride without demur. The same question was put to the groom, who hesitated, stunned, and gulped, but answered, as had his bride, "I will," probably not wishing to create a scene. Later he reponchied the minister. "But you asked me to use the word 'obey,'" said Mr. Wendt, with a twinkle in his eyes; "how was I to know that you wanted it for the lady only?" You should have been more explicit—"Argonaut. Cause and Effect "I suppose he clasped you in his arms when the canoe upset?" "No; quite the opposite." "Quite the opposite?" "Yes; the canoe upset when he clasped me in his arms." AN URGENT APPEAL. President Faui Morton was entertaining at Manhattan Leach 750 agents of the Equitable Life. An agent out mute west asked Mr. Morton if he believed that advertising benefited life insurance. "Good advertising," the other answered, "benefits every form of business." "But what 'is good advertising?" said the agent. "Good advertising," returned Mr. Morton, "is the kind that strikes home, the kind that gives you a friendly feeling toward a concern. It makes you believe that it will be pleasant and profitable to deal with the a 'vertiser.' "A Derotc grocer, in my boyhood, inserted in the papers an advertisement that I think was a good one. I still remember it. It ran: "Twins are come to me for the third time. This time a boy and a girl. I beseech my friends and patrons to support me stoutly." Oldest National Speaker. Joseph G. Cannon is the oldest man ever elected speaker of the national house of representatives. He was also longer member of that body before becoming speaker than any other presiding officer. The youngest speaker the house ever had was R. M. M. Hunter of Virginia, who was only 30 years old and in his second term when chosen to preside. Electricity From Coal In the opinion of Thomas A. Edison, wonders are yet to be unfolded in the world of electricity. "We are groping on the verge of another great epoch in the world's history," he said in an interview at his laboratory in West Orange. "It would not surprise me any morning to wake up and learn that some one, some group of the 300,000 scientific men who are investigating all over the earth, has seized upon the secret of electricity by direct process, and begun another practical evolution in human affairs. "It can be done. It will be done I expect to see it before I die. "The first great change in the production of electricity will abolish carrying coal for that purpose," he said. "Instead of digging gross material out of the earth, loading it on cars, and carrying it, say, 500 miles, there to put it under a boiler and burn, and so get power, we shall set up plants at the mouth of mines, generate power there, and transmit it wherever it is needed by copper wire." "How many times has your husband been under the knife?" 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"Cold winter ahead," declared Uncle Goshall Hemlock "How can you tell?" he was asked. "Didn't ye hear the wild geese honk-in' this mornin'?" "Oh, that was Jed Busby's new automobile." "Thunder! Gol darn it all. That jest shows what the kentry's comln to." THE SPOTTED FAWN. (The following is by an unknown author and has not been in print for many decades.) Chorus... Oh! the Spotted Fawn; Oh! the Spotted Fawn. The life and light of the forest shade, With the red entief's child is gone. By Macaturah's flowery marge The Spotted Fawn had birth, And grew as fair an Italian girl As ever graced the earth. She was the red chief's only child, And wooed by many a brave. But to the gallant young White Cloud Her plighted troth she gave. Chorus— By Macaturah's flowery marge A bridal song arose, Nor dreamed they on that festal night Of close encircling foes. But through the stealthy forest, The white man came in wrath, Firey darts before them hurled, And blood was in their path. Hard to Bribe. Father—"I am determined to do something to prevent you from marrying oat scapegrace to reform him. As I can, drive you, I'll bribe you. Is there anything that would tempt you to give him up?" Daughter—"N·o, notning that I can think of unless it's another scapegrace." THE EMPRESS OF JAPAN. THE EMPRESS OF JAPAN. The empress of Japan is a noble and inspiring character, says the Chicago News. Her name is Haruko, and she is the daughter of a noble of the highest rank. She is two years older than the mikado. Her marriage took place in 1868. A further indication of the sacredness in which the imperial personages are held is shown by the incident which occurred when it was determined that the court ladies should adopt European dress. At this time great difficulty was experienced in getting clothes to fit her royal highness. The profane hands of a dressmaker could not be allowed to touch the personage of the empress, so a court lady had to pose as a model until the garments were gradually made to fit. Needed Them in His Business. Miss Gotrox—Nearly all my admirers think I should be able to get tips from you on the market. Gotrox—Encourage them in that lieft, my dear. It won't be long before I'll be ready to unload the stock I'm carrying—Puck. Ladies or Gentlemen Wanted Everywhere: $3.00 a day selling our toilet goods. Write at once. C. BROWN TOILET COMPANY, 5711 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. I Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business ```markdown ``` Properties and busi- ness. Fail kinds quickly for cash in a parts of the United States but waits. Write to-day describ- ing what you have to sell and give cash price on same. A. P. TONE WILSON, Jr. Real Estate Specialist TOPEKA, KANS. Lincoln Institute MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN. A. M. President. 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"FOLLOW THE FLAG" WABASH Summer Excelsior "The Beautiful Beginning Sunday, M as follows: Leave Union Depot 8 and 7:00 P. M. $1.00 $1.00. Tickets Wabash Off Union Depot. Summer Schedule TO Excelsior Springs Beautiful Health Resort Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily thereafter follows: Leave Union Depot 8:30 and 10:20 A. M.; 5:10 7:00 P. M. $1.00 Round Trip, 30 days limit, 0. Jackets Wabash Office, 903 Main Street and Union Depot. "The Beautiful Health Resort" Beginning Sunday, May 7th and daily thereafter as follows: Leave Union Depot 8:30 and 10:20 A.M.; 5:10 and 7:00 P.M. $1.00 Round Trip, 30 days limit, $1.00. Tickets Wabash Office, 903 Main Street and Union Depot. "Maine --- ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS & GENTS FURNISHERS SHOES SAM. H. FINKELSTEIN, Prop. Peterson Hats $1.50 Cleaned and Blocked. Motto: "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH" Street, Kansas C Hot Springs Special Ked for improved Train Service between Kansas, Arkansas, and return daily, is now provided. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Kansas City at 11:00 a. m. daily. Arrive in Hot Springs. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. This "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant Distance connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Eastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Night Express 9:35 p. m. daily. Cursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all in-ress. NEWETT, Gen'l Agt. Passenger Seet. KANSAS C Telephone 6327 Main. Bell Telephone 7 ER TRUST COM ONE CLOTHIERS SH SAM. H. FIN Stetson Hats $1.50 Our Motto: "YOUR 805 Main Street, "Hot Springs Long looked for improved and Hot Springs, Arkansas, an the Hot Springs Little Rock MIS PA R Leaving Kansas City at 11:00 a Breakfast. This train runs vi dence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. S Sleepers and Chair Cars (all s feature on this "Hot Springs S This train connects at Little Ro all Southeastern Points in Ark Hot Springs Night Express For Excursion Tickets, Slee call or address E. S. JEWETT, Gen 901 Main Street. Home Telephone 6327 Main. PIONEER TR Stetson Hats $1.50 Cleaned and Blocked. Our Motto: "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH" 805 Main Street, Kansas City MO "Hot Springs Special" "Hot Springs Special" Long looked for improved Train Service between Kansas City and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, is now provided for by the Hot Springs Little Rock MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Fort Smith Coffeyville Leaving Kansas City at 11:00 a. m. daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. Through Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Hot Springs Night Express 9:35 p. m. daily. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, call or address E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agt. Passenger Dept. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY MO. Home Telephone 6327 Main. Bell Telephone 740 Hickory PIONEER TRUST COMPANY Dwight Building 10th and Baltimore Avenue. KANSAS CITY, MO. Capital Surplus Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business KANSAS CITY, MO. ansacts a General Trust and Banking Business Capital ..... $267,500 Surplus ..... $267,500 Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business. Pays 2 per cent on Checking Accounts. Allows 3 per cent on Saving Deposits. Time Certificates Issued. Cares for Real Estate and Mortgage Investments. Now is the time to beging Saving.—Dont delay, $1.00 will start an account. OFFICERS: WALTON H. HOLMES, ..... President. F. C. MILLER, ..... Vice President. C. F. HOLMES, ..... Vice President. CHAS. S. GLEED, ..... Vice President. H. C. SCHWITZGBEL, ..... Sec'y and Treas. BIRD H. McGARVEY, ..... Asst. Treas. Cares for Real Estate and Mortgage Investments. Now is the time to beging Saving.—Dont delay. $1.00 will start an account. WALTON H. HOLMES, ..... President. F. C. MILLER, ..... Vice President. C. F. HOLMES, ..... Vice President. CHAS. S. GLEED, ..... Vice President. H. C. SCHWITZGEBEL, ..... Sec'y and Treas. BIRD H. McGARVEY, ..... Asst. Treas. E. L. SCARRITT, Counselor. --- Our new Spring Goods Have Arrived in the most Complete Styles for Men. Anchor Suits Hats Shoes and Furnishing Goods N, Prop. and Blocked. KEY'S WORTH" Kansas City MO "Special" Price between Kansas City daily, is now provided for by Fort Smith Coffeyville Arrive in Hot Springs to Barnett, Neodesha, Independence Rock. Through to Hot Springs. A special to the Elegant Dining Cars. The Iron Mountain Trains for Indiana and Texas. Daily. Berths and all information, Passenger Dept. KANSAS CITY MO. Bell Telephone 740 Hickory COMPANY IO. ..... $267,500 ..... $267,500 Banking Business. issued. Mortgage Investments. Day, $1.00 will start an account. President Vice President Vice President Vice President Sec'y and Treas Asst. Treas OFFICERS: