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. --- JESUS --- VOLUME X. [Image of a figure in a flowing garment, possibly a saint or a monk, with a headband or headpiece.] Weight of Ocean Cables In Cyrus Fleld'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 661 pounds of copper conductors, and 400 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 The treasures of the various Russian churches are of fabulous value. St. Isaac'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 diamonds from a cloud of beaten gold, under which are solid silver doors, twenty feet high. "TOUCH ME NOT!" 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 Cimiez, on the Riviera, fears the light of day as he would the plague owing to a witch's prophecy, and walks out only at night, a closed and shuttered carriage always in attendance lest 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." Perslans a Race of Dreamers. 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, moulton, 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. Derivation of Fork The fork takes its name from the Latin furca, 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 further 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 hall a mouse should be kept, which could be let loose if necessary.—London Telegraph. Professional Tooth-Stainers The trade of tooth-stainer is peculiar to Eastern Asia. The latives prefer black teeth to the whiter kind, and the tooth-stainer, with a little box of brushes and coloring matter, calls on his customers and status 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 teaspoonful of glycerin and a little flour paste. Rub well with chamois leather when dry. Relief from Hiccoughs Hiccough may be relieved by slipping 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 riotously luxuriant 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 Tyrolean government still pays for the extermination of poisonous snakes. It is the one European government which now does so. Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade. Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade. The ostrich feather trade in the Sudan 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. EASTER LEGENDS AND CUSTOMS ORIGIN OF THE NAME. Do you know that our English word Easter is a survival of the Saxon name Eastre or Ostara, who was their goddess of spring, or of nature's resurrection after the long death of winter? So dearly was Eastre loved by the old Teutons that when Christianity was first preached to them they refused to give us their "White Lady," or to reduce her to the rank of "demon." So, instead, they gave her name to the great Christian festival. Easter was known and loved in different parts of Germany under different names; but in all the places she presided over and cared for all things new and beautiful—the flowers and the birds, harbingers of spring; the hares, typical of the productiveness of the earth. And in the hollow mountain in which she was believed to live she cared for the souls of the unborn babies; here, too, she watched over the agriculture of the land, caring for every plant, which her infant troop watered, each carrying for that purpose a tiny can. Easter sometimes passed over the land, moving through the air without wings, followed and surrounded by tiny-winged infants, by birds and butterflies and storks. In her hand she carried a wand laden at one end with flowers, while with the other she scattered them over the earth. Of course, this is an old tale, but JOCKY CLOWN HARIO FISH JOKKEY CLOWN CRUSHER JACKY JACKY CHINK HATE FISH TURK MOMA It is well for us to know the history of the name of the great feast, especially as all its customs have come to us and are followed to day. In the old time they celebrated the day by exchanging presents, as we do; especially by an exchange of colored eggs, typical of the life breaking from the tomb—as when the little chick breaks its shell and comes out into life. In some parts of Germany the children went to bed early, even as we do at Christmas time, so that the White Hare might come and leave for each one who had been kind and obedient and good and truthful a beautiful colored egg. The hare always came when all was still and every one was sleeping, and in the morning such a hunt as there was for the presents, in all sorts of out-of-the way places. Of course the mothers prepared the eggs, wrapping each in a piece of colored print stuff, or calico, as we call it, some pink, some red, or blue or green, and when the eggs were boiled in these cloths all the color was left on the shell. You can do that now, wrapping the eggs up tightly and separately in a piece of bright colored calico, smoothing it and sewing it in place. But be sure that the dye is 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 fast ened 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. S AND CUSTOMS not a fast color, or it will not come off onto the shell. The commonest prints should be used, those that will "fade," and the designs will be reproduced on the egg. Eggs may be really gilded by going over them with gum or varnish by means of a brush and then laying on gold leaf. These in some countries were reserved for the nobility only; but almost as pretty an effect may be produced by using "gold paint," which may be bought at any drug store. Boiling eggs in ordinary dye water is a common way of treating them for Easter, but a great improvement on that is to draw a design on the shell with tallow, or any greasy substance, and the dye will not color those parts; so that the design will stand out in white. Sometimes Easter eggs are buried in a deep dish filled with sand; the kind sold in bird stores is nice for the purpose. This "ostrich nest" is then passed around, and each keeps the egg that he draws out of it. Another pretty custom is to hide the eggs all over the house, each with a name attached to it, and have the members of the party hunt for those belonging to them. Great sport is witnessed every Easter in the White House grounds at Washington. Hundreds of boys and girls play games with their eggs, roll ing them down hill. Two roll their eggs together, and the one whose egg is unbroken takes the other. This sport is indulged in at Easter by the boys and girls of many lands. The queer looking eggs in the picture show some other ways of decorating them. Easter Brings Glad Message More than a mere cohesion is the time of the Easter festival. Those who have laid the forms of loved ones in the grave, and those who are approaching the end of their own lives, ask anxiously the question uttered long centuries ago by the patriarch; "If a man die, shall he live again?" Looking on the face of one on whom death has done its work, and noting the fearful havoc it has made, we may be forgiven for our faltering faith. It does not seem possible that the man can live again. Millions have passed out of that dread gate, and not one comes back, or utters a word audible to mortal ears. What reason have we to hope for anything beyond? To the anxious believer comes the assurance of Christ; "I am the resurrection and the life;" and after His words had been put to the proof, His declaration, "I am He that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore." 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 hut 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. 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. NUMBER 44 Value of Elephants. IN HIS NAME RELIGIOUS NEWS AND THOUGHTS DESIGNED FOR USE IN EVERY WELL-REGULATED HOME In a Clear, Starry Night. Lord! when those glorious lights I see with which Thy hast adorned the skies crowned with the sun of light And how their splendor tills mine eyes, Methinks it is too large a grace, But that Thy love ordained it so— That creatures in so high a place Should servants be to man below. The meanest lamp now shining there In size and luster both exceed The noblest of Thy creatures here. Of our friendship hath no need. Yet the nature itself must be For secret aid or public light. And from the world's extremest end Repair unto us every night. Oft had that stamp been undefaced Which first on us Thy hand has set How highly should we have been graced, Since we are so much honored yet! Good God for what but for the sake Of Thy love and art Would our Him nature take Were these exceeding favors done? As we by Him have honored been, Let us to Him due honors give; Let His uprightness hide our sin; And let us worth from Him receive Yea so is it by grace improve He by nature doth abweigh, That to thee dwelling above We may be raised from below. — George Wither. The Christian Conflict. Fight the good right of faith, lay hold on Eternal life—I Tim. 6:12. Paul was no perfectionist. He understood himself as well as the Gospel quite too thoroughly to fall into such a delusion. He not only disclaimed any such pretensions when he said, "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect," but he describes his own life as one of constant conflict, "So fight I," he exclaims, "not as one that beateth the air." It is no sham fight, but a desperate encounter. Using the phraseology of the boxing match, he tells us—in the ninth chapter of his letter to the Corinthians—how he bruises and beats down his unruly carnal nature and gives it "a black eye." The experience of the great apostle has been the experience of the strongest and maturest Christian ever since his day. Spurgeon, when writing to a friend about his repeated attacks of disease, said: "The tendency of my sickness to return still abides—like original sin in the unregenerate." Paul's conflict was just life ours; it was with that inside demon or "house-devil," as Rutherford calls it—of selfishness, which kept rising up in new disguises after he had snitten it down with sturdy blows. No one can become a true Christian until Jesus has been admitted into the soul. If this single process—which we call conversion—were the end of it, then the Christian life would be comparatively easy. But "self" is adroit and cunning, and persists in stealing back into the heart under all kinds of suble disguises. We sometimes gain a victory over it and imagine that we have attended its funeral, and, let there it is again up and lively as ever. This is the battle which we have to fight every day of our lives; it is the ceaseless conflict between self in some form and the claims of our Lord and Savior. There is another side to all this, a side that angels must delight to look upon. The victories which true grace is winning every day in human hearts are the trophies which will make the stars in the diadem of the conquering Christ. The story of self丹ials and self-sacrifice runs like a thread of gold through the Book of the Acts of the Apostles—it is the record that no scoffing skeptic can gainsay. Christ's people are never so exalted as when their pride is down in the dust; they are never so rich as when giving the most abundantly; they are never so full as when emptied of self; they never advance so nobly as when their ambitions of a worldly kind are set back; they never win such glorious crowns as those which are woven out of crosses home for Christ Jesus. Why has God ordered it that every Christian life shall be one of ceaseless conflict? If Paul is sinless to day in Heaven, why was he left to do battle with inward and outward foes at every step of his heroic career? Certainly for this one reason (whatever others there may be), that this life is only the preparatory training school for another world, and no man shall wear a crown unless he strive for it. No trut child of God should be discouraged because his Christian life is an incessant conflict with self in a hundred forms, or with the assaults of affliction. Fight without ceasing means "pray without ceasing," too.—Rev, Theodore L. Cuyler. Kansas in Proud Position. Kansas has the smallest number of paupers to its population of any state in the union. It spends more money for education than any other state in proportion to its population. It publishes some 805 newspaper publications, including dailies, weeklies, monthlies, etc. Out of that entire number only twenty ever publish any liquor advertisements, and four of the twenty are printed in the German language. It is not necessary to enlarge on the moral and religious uplift to a community which is made possible by the absence of an institution which as history is being written has degraded the human race and brought it down to the brute more than any other one thing known to men. It is a source of constant marvel that any Christian community can endure without constant and practical protest a business which has not one single good thing to its credit; which has centuries of ruin and dishonor, and shame, and broken hearts, and broken homes, and dwarfed and pinched and starved children, and bruised motherhood and wifehood laid at its feet and piled up high as an offering RESURGAM Sing! Heart of mine, And let the wondrous Music of thy voice Fill all the world with Light. Sing and rejoice! For in thy Risen Lord, Love hath dispelled The thought of night, And blessed hopes upspring, Like fragrant flowers From the awakened sod, Crembling with new vibration At the touch of God. There is no Death, For Life and Love Are His dominion- And every breath Of holy aspiration But draws our spirits Unto His; and we Are Risen indeed- To immortality. By Elizabeth Ruggles E explorers discovered that the Alaskan Indians celebrated their Easter in their own way, though, of course, without the religious significance that attaches to ours as a Christian festival. The Zulus have an Easter, and since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, the Hopi Indians of the Southwest have celebrated the "awakening" of nature in the spring. Indeed, the general celebration of an Easter is as noticeable in one's studies of primitive people, as is the use of the cross among them, and we find that with every people the cross has a significance which is more often religious that otherwise. Among the Indians of the Southwest, for instance, the cross signifies the four directions of the compass, and as their religion is composed of a worship of the elements necessary to the growing of their corn, the cross idea has a place in it. The Christian Easter, however, as it is celebrated among us to-day may be traced back to the early days of the Christian era. Although there is no data now in existence, the early disciples doubtless observed the anniversary of the resurrection in a way fitting to themselves and the times in which they lived. In any event, on the principle that all ceremonies have their foundation in a mere custom, it was early in the Christian era that Easter became an established holy day in the church, and now in all lands where a knowledge of the life and works of Christ has penetrated it is observed as a day of especial sacredness. Celebrating, as it does, an event—the event, indeed—upon which the Christian, or rather, orthodox Christian religion has been built, it is none the less a movable holy day. Concerning this peculiarity of the festival, there has ever been a great diversity of opinion among churchmen. From the earliest times disputes were held over the proper date of Easter. In some localities the actual anniversary of the date was festally observed, while in other localities the date was determined according to the prescription of the Mosaic Law. A General Council at Nicaea, however, held in 325, ended both this diversity and all controversy arising therefrom by giving authoritative directions to the following effect: "The festival of Easter is to be celebrated on the Sunday following the of the devil to one of the greatest passions known to the race.—Rev. Charles M. Sheldon. The Rest Christ Gives. One of our Lord's greatest invitations contains the promise of rest to those who come to Him. He did not mean rest from work, for work is one of the laws of life, and is necessary to health and happiness. We never can find true rest in idleness. One writes: "Rest is not quitting The busy career; us the career; Rest is the ditting One's self to one's sphere." Nor is Christ's rest the rest of ease. The world's thought is that if we can get away from trouble, struggle, need and suffering, we shall find rest. In one of the Psalms we have the longing: "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away and be at rest." An old writer says about this longing: "David should have been praying for the strength of an ox to bear his trouble, not for the wings of a dove to flee away from it." The rest that Christ gives is rest in the soul. We need this rest in order to make our lives calm and strong. Restlessness makes us weak. It unnerves our hand, so that our work is not well done. It disquets our mind, so that we cannot think clearly. It disturbs our faith, so that we lose our hold on God and eternal things. We can do our best in any sphere only when we are at peace with God. Having this rest will give us a new secret of power, and put new impulses to work into our hearts. Hardships That Are Worth Something. No one could safely choose the best conditions for himself and his work; therefore God chooses for us. Yet we all believe, at times, that we could improve a little on God's assignment. Many a strong man who rejoices in hard work and scorns the idea of what he calls an easy time, chafes under the particular kind of hardship into which God has brought him. "If only I could see that result coming to pass," such a man says to himself, "I could stand any amount of hard work." Yet God has withheld for the present the result that is so eagerly longed for; and God is to be trusted Hardship is not hardship unless it is hard to bear; and hardship of our own choosing would not be stern enough to make character. We should be "Virtuous by accident . . . Strong for lack of test." and that sort of virtue and of strength lacks lasting power. Let us thank God that He never fives over the control. The Measure of Success. We count success, a good thing. But the measure of our success should be the measure of lives rounded to a bountiful fullness with good deeds, pure thoughts and holy purposes. The success which comes only from the gathering together of earthly treasures even though the glittering dust be pure gold and the sparkling baubles genuine diamonds, or sapphires, or rubles, or other stones of like precious worth, counts for little in the summing up of our lives, if they constitute our all and only treasures. We cannot wear them as spiritual ornaments, nor will they serve to satisfy a single immortal need in themselves alone. They are good things and pleasant things. So, too, are flowers and delicate foods. But all these have their place; and they should be kept subordinate to growth of character, nor even be permitted to become stumbling blocks in the way of our getting truer riches. The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness Only they who forget themselves truly enjoy themselves. It is in living for others that we find the highest comfort in life. Until we learn that we gain more through what we give than through what we get, we fail of the measure of happiness that is possible to us. A writer whose name and words are dear to thousands of hearts says, in emphasis of this truth, in a personal note: "If people knew how much happier the life of self-sacrifice is than the little, petty round of self-seeking, would they not burst their Liliputian bonds, and walk abroad, free souls, giving, as God gives, to good and evil alike? How one can feel as a Christian, and yet not have a heart full of love for everybody, is strange. How one can be a Christian, and not live for others—is it possible? Yet many are defrauding themselves of the true riches by being miserly in their love." Doing the Will of God. It requires a well-kept life to do the will of God and even a better kept life to will to do his will. To be willing is a rarer grace than to be doing the will of God. For he who is willing may sometimes have nothing to do, and must only be willing to wait; and it is easier far to be doing God's will than to be willing to have nothing to do—it is easier far to be working for Christ than it is to be willing to cease. No, there is nothing rarer in the world to-day than the true willing soul, and there is nothing more worth coveting than the will to will God's will. There is no grander possession of any Christian life than the transparently simple mechanism of a sincerely obeying heart. ```markdown ``` ASTER as a term to denote the "awakening." or rising of nature in the spring, is, odd as it may appear, older than the Christian religion. Early first full moon after the beginning of spring." Therefore, if the moon becomes full upon the day on which spring begins, the Sunday after the next full moon is, of course, indicated by the directions of the Council as Easter day. And if the moon becomes full on a Sunday, the next Sunday, similarly, must be Easter day. Naturally the most magnificent and imposing celebration of Easter is that which takes place in St. Peter's at Rome. The ceremony of observation is ushered in by a peculiar feature known as "the silencing of the bells." After the closing of the services in the famous Sistine Chapel on the Thursday evening preceding the dawn of Good Friday, the order is given that until a stated hour on Easter eve, no bell shall sound. While the rule originally was made to apply only to St. Peter's and to the Vatican, the residents of Rome accepted it, and until a very recent date even the bells usually sounded to call people to their meals were silent. To-day in Montreal and in Quebec the custom is in a degree observed, and when the children ask their parents why the bells do not ring, the customary answer is, "The bells have gone to Rome." On the morning of Easter day the Pope himself officiates at mass in St. Peter's. Seated on the sedia gestatoria, and wrapped in his most magnificent vestments, the Pope is carried from the adjoining palace of the Vatican into the great church. On his head he wears the holy crown typifying the union in him of all temporal and spiritual power. Beside him are borne the flabella, or fans of ostrich feathers, in which are set the eye-like parts of peacock's feathers, significant of the eternal vigilance of the Church. After officiating at mass the Pope is borne back through the church to the sound of music, and ascends to the balcony over the great central doorway. From that lofty point he pronounces the papal benediction upon the thousands who with bowed heads or uplifted faces, according to whether they be of the faith or not, crowd the vast church below. The celebration of Easter at Rome concludes with the illumination of the great dome of St. Peter'a, which is crusted with thousands of lights. At dusk one by one they appear until at last they all burn against the purple Italian sky—a gigantic ball of fire. Easter is the grand festival of the Russian year; so for weeks before- hand every one is busy with the sort of preparations which people in America make before Christmas. A gift, be it only a gaily colored egg, is almost obligatory, though all gifts are known as "eggs." The grand feature of the day is, of course, the church service. In fact, the church festivals are also the national festivals of Russia, and almost every "function" in court or private life begins with a religious service of some sort. About the only exception to this rule are balls and theatrical spectacles. The matin begins at midnight and is followed by the liturgy. The usual service in the middle of the morning is omitted, and most people are in their beds recovering from the open-eyed night. Naturally, the most magnificent celebration is at the cathedral of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, where the presence of the emperor, empress and all the court in full dress and uniforms adds to the magnificence of the service as a spectacle. There the beginning of the service is the passing of the procession of priests through the long suites of rooms in the Palace in their ceremonial search for the dead Christ. On their return from their fruitless search they find the doors closed and fastened, but they open swiftly at the announcement, "Christ is risen!" At this service the empress and her ladies and the grand duchesses and their ladies all wear the picturesque national costume adopted by Catherine II. as the court dress. It consists of a train and decollete bodice of velvet with an apron front of white satin. The long, angel sleeves are also lined with satin. The cornet-shaped head-dress, common alike to the ladies of the court in the ancient days of the czars at Moscow and to the peasant maids of the present day, is universally becoming. For the empress and grand duchesses this coronet is made of diamonds or priceless jewels; the veil which falls softly from it is of equally priceless lace, and the gown is of any hue of velvet, silk or satin they may prefer, and the wedding and coronation gowns are of cloth and silver adorned in any manner they elect. For the court ladies certain colors and designs are prescribed, and the coronet or lokoshnik, is of velvet to match, while the veil is of plain tulle. The empress' ladies in waiting for instance, wear dark green velvet embroidered with a prescribed pattern in gold. The maids of honor wear scarlet velvet with a simpler design. The ladies attached to the courts of the various grand duchesses wear the liveries of their several courts.—The Pilgrim. RHEUMATISM CURED The Disease Yielded Readily to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills After Other Treatment Failed. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure rheumatism because they supply the necessary elements to the vitated blood and enable nature to cast out the impurities and effect a cure. Mrs. A. Baker, of No. 119 Fitch street, Syracuse, N.Y., will furnish living evidence of the truth of this statement. "There has been rheumatism in my family ever since I can remember," she says. "My grandmother was a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism and my mother also had the disease in a mild form. About a year ago I had a hard cold and rheumatism caught me in my left knee. There were sharp pains, confined to the neighborhood of the knee and they seemed to go right into the bone. The pain I suffered was intense and I also had dizzy spells. "The doctors called my trouble urticial and sciatic rheumatism. When I didn't get better under their treatment my brother-in-law suggested that I try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I bought three boxes, and, by the time I had taken them, the pain and dizziness had entirely left me. I wanted to make sure of a cure so I bought three more boxes, but I didn't take quite all of them as I found that I was entirely cured. "Before I took the pills the pain was so severe that I had to cry at times and when I was cured I was so thankful and grateful and I am glad to recommend them to every one who suffers with rheumatism." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured severe cases of anemia, sciatica, nervousness, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus' dance that have not responded to other modes of treatment. All drugstores sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co. $2.50, Schenectady, N. Y. A new ground for divorce has been discovered in California, extending the old principles, "Love me, love my dog." Judge Harris, of Oakland, granted divorce to a woman because her husband had thrown her pet dog out of the window, breaking the leg, and otherwise cruelly treating it. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when it comes in contact with it. The articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they cause is not only to the skin but also to the blood from them. Hail's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. contains no mercury and does not contain the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hail's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the product from a reputable manufacturer, Ohio, by F. J Cheney & Co., Testimonials free. Sold by Dr. Ingrams, Price, 75c, per bottle. "Jury Fixing. Even in these days of exciting investigations and revelations there is no subject of more vital interest to the people than the charges that juries have been systematically tampered with in the interest of the corporations controlling the city railways. There is a somewhat confusing municipality of actions in connection with the matter at the moment, and the State Bar association does well to defer its proposed inquisition until the outcome of the present proceedings becomes known. The steps now being taken originated in the confessions of a discharged employee of the company, and while such testimony is accepted with caution, the corroborative evidence that juries were "padded" or bribed is very strong. In fact, the present general counsel for the street railway system admits that "there appears to be some ground for the belief that a ring did exist in the city court assistant clerks and detectives"—meaning detectives working for the railway. New York Herald. Prespiration and Peace. It will soon be getting so hot at Algeciras that the delegates will be likely to agree even if they have to yield a little all around. No diplomat likes to sweat.—Chicago Record-Herald. DECAYED STARCH. A Food Problem. An Asheville man tells how right food did that which medicines had failed to accomplish "For more than 15 years," he says, "I was afflicted with stomach trouble and intestinal indigestion, gas forming in stomach and bowels and giving me great distress. These conditions were undoubtedly due to the starchy food I ate, white bread, potatoes, etc., and didn't digest. I grew worse with time, till, 2 years ago. I had an attack which the doctor diagnosed as appendicitis. When the surgeon operated on me, however, it was found that my trouble was ulcer of the pancreas, instead of appendicitis. "Since that time I have had several such attacks suffering death, almost. The last attack was about 3 months ago, and I endured untold agonies "The doctor then said that I would have to eat less starchy stuff, so I began the use of Grape-Nuts food for I knew it to be pre-digested, and have continued same with most gratifying results. It has built me up wonderfully. I gained 10 pounds in the first 8 weeks that I used Grape-Nuts, my general health is better than ever before, my brain is clearer and my nerves stronger. "For breakfast and dinner, each, I take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts with cream, a small slice of dry toast, an egg soft boiled and a cup of Postum; and I make the evening meal on Grape-Nuts and cream alone—this gives me a good night's rest and I am well again." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkge. WOMEN'S INTERESTS Sleeves Are Folderroled. A trimming down the center of the sleeve is smart, and flat bands of lace with the material of the sleeve gathered in at either side of it make an effective design. The turned-back cuff of velvet and lace is still the favorite finish, but more often now are to be noted the ruffles of lace below the cuff. This fall of lace is so much more becoming to the arm than the hard line given by the cuff that it seems rather odd it has not been more popular. The long undersleeves of lingerie and lace that are now sold everywhere indicate clearly that, although short sleeves in waists and coats may be fashionable, the most incongruous and becoming fashion of bare arms will no longer prevail, but that when long gloves are not worn the arms will be shielded by these transparent cuffs. The fashion is one popular with the last generation, and laid away in many an old family chest will be found the old-fashioned undersleeves of finest needlework and lace made on just the same lines as those of to-day. T Half mourning gown of pale gray voile trimmed with darker velvet rever and shaded gray embroidery. Fancies in Lace. Those long-pointed shawls of white Spanish lace may now be taken from their sandalwood boxes, for nothing will mark as well the height of exclusive fashionables as the possession of one of these same old beauties. The new shawls shown copying the old designs are very expensive and are made of Spanish or Chantilly laces. Less expensive are the white and pastel shaded stoles of Cluny and Spanish laces, mounted upon foundations of mousseline and with their edges outlined by a single row of white marabou feathers. An all marabou scarf quite broad and flat has triangular flouces of Spanish lace four inches long edged with tiny white ostrich feather frills. Lace mitts, another voice from the past fashions, are being shown to equalize the demand for long kid gloves as the season advances. Armlets of suede in all colors to match the spring frocks will dispute the popularity of the mitts and will be quite as good style, but not as practical. It would be a curious anomaly if, with the increasing vogue for old-fashioned articles obtaining, we should find our love for walking pumps leading to black ribbon crossed ankles. Dress Novelties. Never in all the history of things to wear have there been as many novelties. The shops are filled with them and the windows are packed. Row after row they hang, all temptingly set forth for the woman who has the money with which to buy—new girdles, long lace stocks and beautiful neck ruffles. Some of the new things to wear are strikingly and startlingly elegant. And, in the line of elegant garments, net stands forth prominently. They are making cloaks of net, wraps of the same material, and whole gowns, dozens of them, all different, and most of them very pretty. For Evening Gowns. White brocade and white of all lighter kinds is the latest fancy for evening gowns brought in popularity by the beautiful way in which it combines with brown fur. Fur edgings are not only put on the bottom of the skirts, but are used in Greek key and other fanciful designs for the trimming put high up on the skirt and used on white chiffon and silk muslin evening gowns, and a Siberian hare, which is snowy white, pretty and comparatively inexpensive, comes in a trimming cut so that the width of the skin at the back of the fur is about a third of an inch. Narrow lace is used to top these fur trimnings where they are put on in patterns. Embroideries for Children. Although laces and embroideries are used to a considerable extent in designing small fashions, it is far more practical to employ narrow braids and strappings of silk. Delicate embroideries are always smart, but they must be guarded with a care that deprives the tiny wearer of much comfort, and in this age of freedom children are growing out of the idea of being uncomfortable for the sake of fashion. 2 4 3 So many other smart effects can be gained and worn with more ease. Tafeta dresses are really very smart, and the new silks in very wide widths are heavy enough to stand for much wear and tear. A dressy model in light green taffeta has the plaited skirt, finished with a deep hem finished with two blas bands of satin ribbon. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES Salt thrown on smoking fat removes all odor and smoke. Don't use a galvanized iron squeezer. When brought into contact with the lemon juice it forms a poisonous salt. Every well appointed kitchen should boast of one good sieve and a first-class skimmer of the wire-gauze sort, these are quite essential in addition to the ordinary perforated utensils. If the corks in bottles which contain acid or other strong chemicals are laid in hot paraffin until they are soaked with it, the contents of the bottle will have no effect on them, as paraffin is acid-proof. The average woman will find it much more satisfactory to buy potato chips, but when bought every housewife should remember to crisp them by placing them in the oven a few minutes before serving. Stylish Gown on Old Mode. A gown of cream-dotted painted chiffon had panels of rose pompadour ribbon, in that peculiar shade of lettuce green with rose shadow designs. frilled in turn with narrow ribbon plattings in the green shade. Narrow pompadour ribbon run through lace braid was used to outline the yoke and girdle. Bows of this ribbon had their silken ends fringed and knotted to a depth of four inches. Narrow black and colored velvet ribbons will be used again, run through filmy lace insertions upon the collars and cuffs of lingerle waists and gowns. A modish maid with a scantily filled jewel box may utilize this fashion for neck trimming, using the wider bands of velvet clasped about her neck when a low-cut gown is worn in lieu of the inevitable dog collar, after the vogue obtaining when Frances Folsom was a white house bride. Mohair for Home Wear. A gown made from black and white plaid mohair, is charming for housewear or informal affairs. The panel front in blouse and skirt is plain white mohair, trimmed on each side with narrow black and white silk braid. All over heavy white lace makes the stock and bib front and the girdle is plain white mohair. WHILE THE TBA DREWS Foulards, voiles and other loosely woven fabrics will be again in favor. woven fabrics will be again in favor. "Fraisette," a new Partisan color, is on the faded rose tint, shading into a brown mauve. Lots of gaiters are being made to match spring suits, worn, in nine cases out of ten, over black shoes. Pastel colored broadcloths trimmed simply with wide white silk braid make charming evening cloaks. Eyelets in tear-drop patterns—long things rounded at the lower end— 2 4 1 1. Velvet Vlaist. — House of wine-colored velvet, made with a group of plaits at each side and trimmed with an add little pliastion of the velvet ornamented with buttons. The wide turn-over collar is covered with embroidery, and with a chemises barely more than a standing collar is of lace or gin-ture, finished with an edge of silk, which also forms the crava. The full sleeves are finished with auffle of the main-tul trimmed with an appliqué of the same similar to the plastron. The girdle is of wine-colored taffeta, finished at the top combined with the tiniest of round ones make up one attractive design. It looks as though the leading types in winter wedding gowns, the princess and the Empire and the robe with court train, would flourish at Easter. Among slippers some of the plainest, primest of styles prevall. A quaint pair of pale blue kid ones have eyelets, through which a broad bow of inch-wide ribbon is tied. Black Velvet Bobs Up Again. Black velvet trimming is playing rather an important part upon the first spring frocks, and a touch of it seems likely to be used upon almost any material or any model. The black velvet coat collars and cuffs which were introduced upon the tailor coat and coat costumes of white Panama serge, mohair, cloth and even linen last summer are once more in evidence upon the white tailored frocks for southern wear and in some models are supplemented by bands or folds of black velvet upon the skirt. Mauve crinoline with mauve feather and heliotrope messaline chous. Poverty Soup. Place about one or one and one-half quarts water in a kettle, pare and slice two good-sized onions and put into water, cooking one-half hour; then pare and slice as many potatoes as desired for the soup, putting in salt and more water if needed (as little water should be used as possible in order to cook in good shape). When potatoes are nearly done as much as good rich milk should be put in as one desires, seasoning with butter, pepper and more salt if needed. Let this boil up and serve at once. No Large Bows. In notes upon lingerie it is a relief to say that the monstrous bows of colored ribbon so extensively affected last summer will happily be relegated to the extremists this year. They were plainly overdone and women will rebel against the free advertisement of needlework and lace which the vogue has created. Ribbons will be used, of course, but they will be the narrowest bands of wash ribbon, tied in unpretentious bows which end at the front and are not repeated on each shoulder and at the back. Taffeta Suits. Tallored suits of taffeta will be a la mode for summer wear and stand an excellent chance of supplanting the shirtwaist suit. The models now exhibited are three-piece affairs, the extra garment being, of course, a delicate lingerie blouse of linen or silk. The fate of the taffeta suit is yet in the balance, however, and one is quite safe in investing in a gorgeous model of the shirtwaist genre. 3 with a drapery of the velvet, which is fastened with a backlack. *House of white cloth*, made with groups of plains and trimmed with shaped bands of the material, ornamented at the points with buttons and forming a sort of plaston. The buttons are spond. The pretty cravat and girdle are of old blue velvet or liberty. The troussels are pregile of lavender cashmere. The troussels slightly draped and crossed, form wide box plains and are finished with a knot ribbon and long ends the foot cravat with a knot ribbon. The troussels are made to corresso and are finished with lace ruffles. The chemisette is of white buttress and tuned crosswise are trimmed with lace. *Girl's Empire Frock.* *Girl's empire trock of grenadine*, with embroidered dots. Both the skirt and short-swaled bodies are finished with lace. The troussels are finished with a gride of gauges. Ruffles of valenciennes lace trim the bottom and form the collar and sleeve. The cravat is of taffet or velvet. --- EVENTS OUT OF THE ORDINARY To an Old Lover There is silvery frost in your hair, old boy, There are lines on your forehead, too; But your clear eyes speak of the peace and joy That dawn in the heart of you. For the passing of youth you have no regret. No sighs for the summer gleam And the lovers' moon. They are with you yet. In the light of the lamp at home. In your summer of youth, in that sunny hour. That will come to you never again. When you wooded you love as the bee the sweets that you gathered then You have hived and stored for your later life. And your heart is the honeycomb— Ah. I've seen your face when you kissed your wife In the light of the lamp at home. O, you rare old lover! O, faithful knight. With your sweetheart of long ago. You are many days from the warmth and light Of the summers you used to know; But you need not for the glamour and gold Of the fields you were wont to roam — Oh, the fields or the hearts that are growing old Is the light of the lamp at home — THe lamp in the Catholic Standard and Times. Honors Paid British Army Nurse Honors Paid British Army Nurse. A unique spectacle was witnessed at Aldershot recently, when for the first time a military funeral with full honors was accorded to the remains of an army nursing sister. Some time ago, through the efforts of the queen, the Army Nursing service was recognized by the British war office authorities as an integral part of the army, and the sisters as nurses were given rank as officers. The funeral was the first which had taken place since the new regulations came into force, and the ceremony was carried out in full military style. The coffin was borne on a gun-carriage from the hospital to the cemetery, and was escorted by the usual firing party. Queer English Election Law. If a person's name gets on the English registry of voters, however improperly, he has an indefensible right to vote. Thus it happened in the recent election that a woman voted for a member of parliament. In another case, at Rayleigh, in Essex, a schoolboy, James Griggs, 11 years old, resting at Thundersley—found himself legally entitled to a claim to vote. At the Rayleigh polling station the lad presented himself on the day of the election, and, satisfying the officials in charge of his identity with the person named in the register, was given a paper and allowed to vote. Map of Connecticut in 1792 The Connecticut Historical society is in possession of a map of that state which was published in March, 1782. There is a key to the marks in one corner, and the marks are inserted to the extent that distinctions are made between the denominations of the churches which get mention. The town of Mariboro had 700 inhabitants at that time, but the census of 1900 reported only 300 in the same area. College Class Has Done Well The secretary of the class of 77, Dowbain, states that forty-six of the original fifty-three members are alive to-day. Lieut. Peary and Gov. Cobb were members of this class, which had thirteen lawyers, six teachers, six business men, four bankers, three clergymen, three manufacturers, two civil engineers, one artist, one railroad manager, one editor and one insurance man. Exhibition Within Whale. In a large field in the suburbs of Berlin the skin of an immense whale was, some while back, used as a shelter for an interesting exhibition of articles appertaining to the fisherman's calling. Entrance to the collection was gained by the monster's mouth, while a dozen glazed apertures fashioned in its hide afforded sufficient light to inspect the various articles on view. Smallest Conceivable Thing. The minuteness of the chemical molecule, the smallest particle of matter that can exist, can be conceived from the fact that measurements with the most powerful microscope in the world indicate that a comparatively large molecule multiplied 1,000,000,000 times would be less in size than a bean. Like Voice From the Past. A deed executed Nov. 25, 1791, has just been recorded at the registry at Fall River. The instrument starts off, "In the commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay." Charles Mason, the grantor, makes over $1712 acres of land in Swansea for "ye love and good will for my son, Charles Mason Jr. yeoman." Has Samuel Godfrey's Speech. Deputy Marshal Frank H. Chapman of Rutland, Vt., is the owner of the speech which was prepared by Samuel Godfrey, to be delivered by him from the scaffold at the time of his execution in 1818. Old Ladle of Historic Interest. City Marshal Talcott of Hartford, Conn., has an old Dutch ladle which is believed to have once been the property of John Haynes, who was governor of Connecticut in 1633. Has Violin Made Long Ago. A violin, said to be 206 years old, is owned by Susie E. Maxwell of Harpswell, Me. The instrument is inscribed as follows: "Chiafredo Grappa fecht, Sremone, Anno 17." BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM You cannot rear a strong nation on a feeble foundation. 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Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice also sent in sealed letter. Startling. "Philadelphia Awake!" is the glaring headline in a Quaker City news paper. New York Herald. In a Pinch. Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smart- ing, 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, Lo Ro., N. Y. Even with a doctor practice doesn't make perfect, but it often makes him rich. You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight be cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Pooria, Ill. Too Thin. There is a representative in congress from the west who is exceedingly thin. Being a very good natured man, this representative always takes in good part any joking reference to his slenderness; indeed, he is not averse to a jest himself in that connection, as is illustrated by an incident that occurred in a street car in Washington. It appears that just as the car was rounding a curve, a barly citizen hurched forward and sat in the congressman's lap. He recovered himself quickly, and began a profuse apology, when he was interrupted by the statesman's cheery "that's all right." "But," added the congressman, plaintively, "I wish, my friend, that you'd tell me whether you thought I was painted on the scat."—Harper's Weekly. The Gould Family The George Goulds are rejoicing over a new girl. She is number seven. The Goulds steadily refuse to contribute to the cause for alarm over race suicide. — Philadelphia Ledger. 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FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA 150 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Land adjoining this can be purchased from railway and land companies at from $6 to $10 per acre. On this land this year has been produced upwards of twenty five bushels of wheat to the acre. It is also the best of grazing land and for mixed farming it has no superior on the continent. Splendid climate, low taxes, railways convenient, schools and churches close at hand. Write for "Twentieth Century Canada" and low railway rates to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to authorized Canadian Government Agent--J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mention this paper.) PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecuted Pension Bureau in the law is adjusting claims since RISING SON PUBLISHING CO One Year ..... 12 10 Two months ..... 12 10 Three months ..... 12 10 One month ..... 12 10 Sussex paid in advance Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for pub- lication should reach our office not la- ter than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth- enticity. FFIOEI-No. 117 West Sixth. St., Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion . . . 8.50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 3.00 For two inches, three month . . . 5.00 For two inches, six month . . . 8.00 For two inches, nine months . . . 10.00 For two inches, twelve months . . . 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. The newly elected mayor was busy today receiving applicants for places. A huge wave of political reform is sweeping over this country. Its scope includes all sections. A few months of rest and the G. O. P. will be called upon to supply timber for the county and state of offices next fall. No. 11 Fire Station is in a horrible condition. The city would do well to either remodel or build a new station. The firemen cannot remain healthy in such a place. * The Nelson Crews Marching club was quite a feature in the city campa- ign. The club has quite a mem- bership of men who are known to be loyal to the Republican party. The Son does not agree with the Plain Dealer on the Shot Gun idea in the South. There are more conservative ideas which might be brought in play which would accomplish a greater good. Mr. Thomas Marks, chairman of the city central committee, who steered the Republican ticket to a triumphant success has been highly commended. The office of chairman is an important one, the duties are manifold and the position is a trying one. When, in face of all these difficulties, his efforts are crowned with success, he is entitled to honor and credit. When Mayor-elect Beardsley takes the executive chair, the office of president of the Upper House will become vacant. It is likely that the vacancy will be filled by either Mr. Hoffman or Mr. Havens. The selection of either of these gentlemen will create a vacancy in the Upper House. There has been some talk of giving the place thus made vacant, to Mr. John F. Weiderman. Mr. Weiderm would make an ideal selection for the office. KANSAS CITY. KAS If the Republican party leaders of Kansas City, Kansas, will take the panes to make a wise selection for the mayoralty candidate it is believed that the people will support the ticket and return the Republicans to power. So far as the joints are concerned it would be far better to allow them to run wide open than to have it said that the highest officials are bribers of the liquor trust. NEGRO MEDICAL PROFESSION IN KANSAS CITY. Few cities in the West offer a greater and more lucrative field for the Negro physicians than Kansas City. This fact, however, has become apparent only recently. Ten or fifteen years ago the colored people of Kansas City were somewhat indifferent toward employing physicians of their own race. At that time there were not many Negro physicians in Kansas City and our people had not been properly informed as to the ability and qualification of our Medical fraternity. The fact that the Negro physicians of today are as well schooled as are those of the white race did not occur to our people. The Negro press took the question in hand and brought about confidence and shortly afterwards this field was sought by a number of physicians the product of our race, whose merit asserted itself in a manner that can be vouched for only by those whose bodily afflictions required the attention of the profession. The result of a methodical effort on the part of the profession assisted by the press has been very satisfactory. Cures of many cases, remarkable for their complications, have been effected by our Negro physicians and are of to the credit of the profession. Drs. Holly, Unthank, Lambright and Shannon were among the first to evidence to the public that the profession commanded the same respect regardless of color. Then came Drs. Birch, Dibble, Perry, Ramsey and several others who are giving general satisfaction. Then we have two Negro dentists, Dr. Chapman and Dr. Carrion, who are doing a good business and building up a large clientage. The Son is very proud of our professional men and it is with much pleasure that now and then we give them a line of praise. 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 satanic majesty, an old colored parson tore a picture of a racing automobile from a newspaper and held it before his congregation. "It do same thing," he explained. "dis heah thing makes es much noise es old Nick, does es much damage an ebenhes an 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 lightning 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. 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. 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. IT IS at such a time, just before Easter, that this Store's preparedness is peculiarly noticeable and significant owing to the vast stocks of Millinery, Costumes, Tailored Suits, Wraps, Waists, Coats, Lingerie and Dress Accessories, from the world's leading creators of styles, all reflecting the authentic vogues characteristic of the Store's merchandise. Not only in apparel for women, but in attire complete for men and the younger generation, is the Store ready with correct and distinctive clothing and furnishings. Come either to look or to buy. Emery,Bird,Thayer Co KANSAS CITY. 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! —Arthur Stringer. 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. 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. 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 gohead 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. THE NEW CONGRESSMAN. With joy he views those lofty halls Whose noble, grand, historic walls Have sheltered famous men; And thinks how he'll 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 conceived restraint: With in-concealed restraint; But he'll 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: He earnestly doth yearn; And if he's good, the leading chaps Will let him make, some day, perhaps, A motion to adjourn. —Louisville Courier-Journal. 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. 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. 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. 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. Fortunately the child doesn't realize that he is the father to the man. WESTERN UNIVERSITY THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST. . . . . . DEPARTMENTS: State Industrial COURSES: Classical (Instrum- mony, Drawing and Book Binding, Tailoring, dering, Farming ADVANTAGES: Ski- ences and Th INFORMATION: Fo to WILLIAM QUINDARO, Phones: Office—1 MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-North, State Industrial. S: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-North, and (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ, keyboard, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Book Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Drafting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Farming and Gardening. AGES: Slpendid Location, Healthful Climate, Grown es and Thorough Teachers. ATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. PRESIDENT, INDARO, KANSAS Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"W 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 Blinding, 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. Statement of the Condition of the Nation KA As made to the Co RESOURCE Loans and discounts..... U. N. Bonds at par....260 000 Municipal bonds and other high class bonds at par.... 528 061 Cash and sight exchange..... Total..... DESIGNA Directors—C. W. Whitehill, O. H. Dean, Geo. W. Jor David T. Beals, Fernando P. Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. to the Comptroller of the Currency at the business, April 6, 1906. RESOURCES. ounts.....€ 7 428 872 07 ear.....860 000 00 s and class 528 061 80—1 128 061 80 exchange.....4 194 789 03 .....812 751 673 80 LIABILITY Capital Stock Surplus Undivided profits Unformed interest National bank notes outselling Deposits Total DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. W. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmego, W. Jones, Lee Clark, Geo. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, F. Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeger, Edwin W. Zea. The Season is H Bock Beer... Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of Directors—C. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merrell, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, Wm H. Seeger, Wm W. Zen. The Season is Here for Bock Beer...... THIS TRADE MARK IS THE GUARANTEE OF THE GENUINE POPULAR BREW. The Most Of all is Most Delicious ALL is Made By HE The Most Delicious Of all is Made By HEIM Wife, Sister or Friend No matter—she and the whole family will "Just Love It," if it's JERSEY CREAM. The substitution so often attempted may be avoided by insisting on the Bread with the Silver Tag Made by Matthaei's Bakery Ask them; ask anybody in good health—they all say the same—"I am for something good to eat." QUAKER BREAD—the bread with the blue Quaker tag. Observe the rigid rules of cleanliness enforced at Matthaei's Bakery and you will always ask for Matthaei's bread. All Grocers. Matthaei's Bakery 903-6 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. r, - KANSAS. Residence—Beil—"West 15. F. P. Neal, Vice President. W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President Bank TY, MO. The Currency at the close of 6, 1906. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock ..... $ 600 000 00 plus ..... 400 000 00 divided profits ..... 32 944 68 earned interest ..... 18 574 00 National bank notes outstand ing ..... 500 0 0 00 posits ..... 11 070 155 12 total ..... $12 751 673 80 ITES DEPOSITORY. L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Mer- ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Felix L. LaForce, Edwin W. Zea. 811 HEIM BEER HEIM ```markdown ``` 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." Dr. Theo. Smith, the 17th Street druggist is holding his own. You can secure a supply of Ozona by calling on The Rising Son. Rev. A. A. Gilbert of Lexington was in the city last week on a business mission. Get the habit of going to McCampbell & Houston's Drug Store, 2300 Vine St. McCampbell & Houston, the enterprising druggists, are doing a nice business. If you have any news the Son will appreciate it if you will send it in here Tuesday of each week. We are all going to McCampbell & Houston's Easter Sunday evening to their Soda Fountain Opening. Bishop Atwell visited St. Augustine Mission last Thursday night and confirmed a class of six persons. Meet your friends at McCampbell & Houston's Easter Sunday evening, and have a delicious cold drink with them. An effort to do good is within itself laudible even though it is not in keeping with the views of the veritable pessimist. 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. Mrs. W. H. Hubbell has a very attractive establishment of millinery art at 1906 Vine St. She has some very pretty patterns of spring hats. 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. Get the latest in cold drinks at McCampbell & Houston's. Sherry and Apricot flipps, cherry glace, flowing stream, Queen's favorite. Rose and Violet are some of our winners. St. Augustine will have splendid music as well as fitting decorations. The sermons selected for Easter Sunday will be very interesting and the attendance is expected to be very large. 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 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. 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 inimitably funny; not because he is Hogan. Were he anybody else doing the same business as he does, it would be the same thing. You and your friends are cordially invited to attend McCampbell and Houston's Soda Fountain Opening Easter Sunday evening, April 15th, from 6 to 12 o'clock. Music souvenirs for the ladies, 2,300 Vine St. Miss Victoria Overall has purchased a house at 1621 Woodland avenue, where she has established a studio divided in two departments, one for dancing and the other for cooking, in both of which she is making admirable success. Allen chapel will arrange a very appropriate program for Easter Sunday. Special music will be one of the features. Splendid decorations will also be arranged. The same is true of the Second Baptist church and other churches. Rev. J. C. Caldwell of St. Joseph is spending this week in the city. He is in council with Bishop A. Grant on the matter of the Young People's Conference, which is to be held here this fall. Rev. Caldwell is one of the brightest young men in the state. Messrs. Moore and Harris, the enterprising firm of Undertakers and Embalmers, contemplate some improvements on their establishment at 18th and Michigan. These men have proven themselves the acme of enterprise and thrift during their business career in this city. The big store of Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. supplies one of the greatest center attractions for the Easter shopping. The show windows are a feature of magnificence. The Easter season brings on a stir on the part of anxious buyers, the most fastidious of whom seem to find the object of their fancy at the popular store. Rev. J. M. Harris, D. D., pastor of Burns Chapel M. E. church, was recently elected vice president of the Methodist Episcopal Ministers meeting of this city. This meeting is composed of some of the leading white ministers, and meets every Monday morning at the Methodist Book concern. Brother Harris is said to be the first colored minister to receive such honor in this city. The committee on arrangements for entertaining the K. P. Grand Lodge to be held here July 24, 25, 26 and 27 of which Dr. J. E. Perry is chairman met at their hall, 1734 Grand Ave., last week for the purpose arranging matters of business importance. The committee issued orders to secure Convention Hall on the night of July 25th. Watch the Son for information concerning the affair from now on. 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. 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. 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 plano. Pater—Well, what all its? Tuner—Three strings busted. Pater—What'll you take to break the rest of 'em—Cleveland Leader. 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. L. 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 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 Hirdrances to Success," was full of interest for students, teachers and visiting friends in attendance, and contained as do all of the thes 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. 3 Rooms Complete $8.00 Cash, MAY STE Complete, $89.00 $8.00 Cash, $1.25 a Week 11th and Main Streets. Mrs. W. H. Hubbell's Millinery and Not 1906 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mo. Hats made to order. Your old ones may you can purchase anything in the m line you may desire Mrs. W. H. Hubbell's Millinery and Notion Store 1906 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mo. Hats made to order. Your old ones made new or you can purchase anything in the millinery line you may desire We also have a nice line of Ladies Hose, Neckwear, Ribbons, etc. Also Boys waists, Men and Women's underwear. All kinds ot notions. We buy our goods at wholesale and can sell to our patrons as cheap as the downtown stores can. Save car fare and give us a trial. We keep Ozone Face Powder, Electrical Skin Food, Scalp Soap. OZONE IS THE BEST FOR THE HAIR. 1906 VINE STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. 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. Especially on Rent Day. To dig is better than to talk.-- Springfield Union. Furnished e, $89.00 $1.25 a Week RN & CO., Millinery and Notion Store Kansas City, Mo. our old ones made new or nothing in the millinery may desire The Question Before the House It is a question of where you buy as to what you get in Pianos of lower price. The record of our past is your best protection. For more than a quarter of a century we have been selling in Kansas City the best Pianos in the world in each class. We have built up here the greatest Piano business in the West and have done it by fair, square dealing. We shall continue to travel that road. We shall stick to one price to all alike. We do not pay commissions to anyone for bringing or sending piano customers to us. Our price is so low we cannot do it. We sell $175 Pianos for $125. We sell $250 Pianos for $190. We sell $300 Pianos for $210 Any of our Pianos may be paid for in cash, or part cash, $10 or more down, and $6 or more a month. The price is the same whether you pay cash or buy on time. There is no increase for time payments, only interest at 6 per cent per annum for such time as you actually take—a very small item indeed. We carry over 500 Pianos in stock. Come and see. Count them yourself—one, two, three, four, etc. J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co. 1013-1015 WALNUT STREET S. W. Agents for the Metrostyle Pianola. Best P Corbett Sy OF TAILORING FINEST O 1025 Main St., Kansas City Corbett System TAILORING FINEST ON EARTH 25 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. 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 e early and order your suit and avoid the rush. C. COLLINS Corner 18th and Flora Ave. 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 Come early and or avoid th C. CO Corner 18th a Come early and order your suit and avoid the rush. 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. CO Corner 18th a C. COLLINS corner 18th and Flora Ave. Jane Kelly Henryson 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 S 1105 MA DVIATT SHOE CO. 1105 MAIN ST. OVIATT SHOE CO. 1105 MAIN ST. ```markdown ``` Style Show Best Place to Buy a Piano. The Bostonians The Spring Styles of these renowned shoes are on display at our store. Price $3.50 and $4.00 John Kelly Hawker Lace A HONEYMOON TRAGEDY BY W. T HEAD (Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Dollie Milburn was the curest and happiest and cosiest little bride in all Milville. She was so very young and so very innocent, so very inexperienced, and altogether so sancy and dancing and childishly irresponsible, that the older girls still unmarried agreed that it was really a shame that such a chit of a child should be allowed to marry and really it must be a great trial to Harry. "I will read the letter and out," she said. Then she blushed drew back. The very thought of a thing filled her with shame. She determined to put the matter out of her mind and wen about her work. But the green-monster had slipped one little teal into her young heart and so how she could not whistle or as she worked, and her rebell Harry, however, managed to struggle along very nicely under the load of his child wife. In fact, shocking as it may seem to appear, he seemed positively to like it. The truth is, Cupid himself had taken possession of the Milburn home and the young couple were living one long dream of bliss. Of course Harry was compelled to spend long hours down town doing foolish things in order that the home could be maintained. But that was only incidental and to be put up with in order that the delightful little doll's house could exist and have its being. So Harry went whistling to his work among the musty law books and Dollie sang away the day serene in the assurance that he would soon return. One bright morning when nature itself seemed in the ecstatic mood of the young couple, Dollie stood on the little front porch, watching for Harry's last salute at the corner, whose turn lost him to view, she noticed with the searching eye of love that he had changed his clothes and wore the gray tweed instead of the blue serge he had been wearing of late. Afterward in clearing up their bedroom, sure enough, she found the discarded blue serge suit piled hettershelter on a chair and left with the carelessness characteristic of the sons of Adam. It was then that the great tragedy of her life happened. As she was picking up the coat preparatory to hanging it neatly upon a frame, as was her loving custom, a letter dropped from one of the pockets, a dainty little square envelope such as women use, and carrying the odor of delicate perfume. It fell addressed side up, and the superscription lay there on the bed so close before her eyes that she could not help seeing it. The address was written in a delicate feminine hand: "Harry Milburn, Esq. Room 330, Security Building, City." and down in the corner was the word, "Personal." The incident gave her a distinct shock. She stopped her merry whistling in the middle of a bar and looked at the bit of paper with an expression of annoyance growing on her face. What woman was this, writing scented notes to Harry? And why was it marked personal, and why had he not told her about it? She leaned forward and examined the date stamped on the envelope. It was four days old. And he had not said a word to her about it. Good heavens! was he deceiving her? Was there another woman? Was he un A woman in a dress stands in front of a bed, holding a dress on a hanger. A letter dropped from one of the pockets. true? She gave a little shriek at the very thought. Then she laughed. It was all most ridiculous. She was nervous or something and was making a mountain out of a mole-hill. Surely a lawyer has to receive communications from clients and witnesses and—and all sorts of people. Harry was a man of affairs and not simply a plaything to have about the house. She started to whistle again, when the word "personal" caught her eye. She stopped again in the middle of a bar and her face again commenced to wrinkle with perplexity. ١٤٠٥ "I will read the letter and find out," she said. Then she blushed and drew back. The very thought of such a thing filled her with shame. She determined to put the whole matter out of her mind and went on about her work. But the green-eyed monster had slipped one little tentacle into her young heart and somehow she could not whistle or sing as she worked, and her rebellious mind would forever turn to that bit of paper lying on the bed, for she had not had the courage to touch it. COLLISION Eugène "Dolly," he said slowly, "I hoped you would not find it." Late in the afternoon she made up her mind to give Harry a good fright anyway. Then he would explain and they would make up in the most lovely manner. And she smiled and blushed softly at the thought of the making up. So when Harry arrived at early dusk he found no outstretched arms to greet him on the little front porch. Bounding inside in disappointment and alarm, he found Dollie on her knees beside the bed, with her head in her arms, sobbing. "Dollie," he exclaimed, "what is it?" "I found the letter," she sobbed. "Oh. Harry how could you?" He was strangely silent and when he did not come down beside her she glanced quickly up. A great fear entered her soul as she saw his white face and troubled eyes—a fear beside which the worryings of the day were as nothing. "Dollie," he said, slowly, "I hoped you would not find it. I knew I left it and worried all day last you should happen to find it. Oh, Dollie, Dollie, I was a blind fool, and the woman got me before I knew what happened, but I hoped to get through it without causing you any worry." A pail as of the grave settled upon her. She could not have moved if she wanted to. "Dollie," he said, "cheer up and we will get through this all right." He laid his hand on her head. She shrank from him and cried fiercely, "Don't touch me. Don't dare to touch me." He walked silently from the room and the house. She never moved. She did not know how long it was, but after a time he returned and threw himself down beside her. "It surely is not so serious as all that, Dollie," he said. "I am almost sure I can get the money in such a way that it will not make us pinch very hard. What hurts me most is to have been so gullible as to be fooled by a common adventures—and the insolent note is the last straw. But you see, Dollie, a man cannot always be wise and we learn some things only from experience. It is a common thing, you know, for a lawyer to go on a client's bond, and I had no suspicion she would run away, with all her social connections here. Dollie looked up with a bewildered stare. "What are you talking about?" she asked. "Why I went on the bond of that Mrs. Talson who was arrested for stealing the furs at the Blakeman house during the reception. And now she has run away and leaves me this insolent note saying that I can pay the money and add it to my bill for tees, and then frame the bill. I don't care so much for the money——" "Money!" shrieked Dollie, springing to her feet. "Money! Is all this about money—only money?" สุดท้าย "Why-what else?" asked Harry, now bewildered himself. And a minute later it would have taken a very close analysis to tell which was Dollie and which Harry. AMBITION CF AMERICAN BOYS. Satisfied With Aiming at Nothing Less Than the Presidency. Less Than the Presidency. "There isn't a decent servant to be had these days; no, not one, and why. Just because every one is so ambitious," complained a comfortable looking woman to her friend who was out in quest of a domestic. "All the American girls are too good to go into service," she continued, "and the foreigners are fast getting into the same way of thinking. Just to show you the aspirations of the young generation—you know my husband and is interested in boys. Well, he likes all kinds of boys, big and little, rich and poor. They all appeal to him, and whenever he gets a chance he enters into a conversation with some youngster on the street, in a car, anywhere at all. When we were in England, and travelling on the Continent, it was the same way; he was always scraping acquaintance with the little boys, and he always asked them in the course of conversation what they wanted to be. In the case of the foreigners it was invariably whatever their father happened to be. If he were a valet, why the boy had no ambition to be anything better than a valet, or a tallor, or shopkeeper, and so on up to a member of Parliament. Whatever the father might be, that thing was what the boy wanted to become. Now, in America it's different. There are only two things that the average American boy wants to be. Until he is eleven he wants to be like the policeman on his beat, but after that—they always answer my husband, 'What do I want to be? Why. President of the United States.' Talk about ambition!"—New York Times. Gave Him His Time. A Kentucky congressman tells an interesting tale of the execution of a noted desperado in that state some years ago. Just before the sheriff adjusted the noose he asked the usual question whether the man had anything to say. "No, I think not," began the convicted one, when he was interrupted by a cheerful voice shouting: "Say, Bill, if you ain't got anything special to say, would you mind giving me fifteen minutes of your time just to let these good people know that I am a candidate for their suffrages, and—" "Hold on, there!" shouted the sheriff, "who's that?" "John Blank," volunteered some one, naming a rising young politician, who has since represented his state for a number of years in the House of Representatives at Washington. "Who did he say it was?" whispered the condemned man to the sheriff. "They say it's its John Blank." "I thought I recognized John's voice," the desperado remarked calmly. "Well, he can have my time, all of it, but go ahead and hang me first and let him talk afterward."—Lippincott's. My Forces. I'm no self-made man, for I dearly can Trace each force that fashioned me From the years long ago, when a babe new born. In no college walls, in no learned hall's, Found my brain its forming tool: But in the press of work's hard stress I found it a great school. The god of life and the evil's strife I struggled on to find. And the labor to gain, the work to attain, Sharpened and shaped my mind. Then into life with its hardships rife, When success was almost won. Came a keeper sight and a brighter light, As though clouds burst the sun. We were in a blue, blue, A new light seemed to start. A heaven this of new-found bliss— And love awoke my heart! Squire Taylor's Boots Avery P. Taylor, or Squire Taylor, as he was commonly called, was a frequent visitor at my father's store in Fiskdale, in the early sixties, and was almost invariably found with his feet high up on the old wood stove and with stovepipe hat on the back of his head. One day while in this position John Daly entered the store with his son Johnny, a boy about 10 or 12 years of age, and asked to be shown a pair of boots for the boy. The old squire turned around and asked the old man if it did not cost him considerable to shoe that boy. "Why," he said, "here is a pair of boots I have had for years, and the taps are hardly worn yet." Young Johnny piped up in reply, to the great amusement of my father and the bystanders: "Yes, but if you had them on the seat of your pants they would have been worn out long ago."—Boston Herald. Asked the Wrong Questions. A native of Erin who used to work near the boiler room of the power station of the Waltham Gas Light Company, Waltham, Mass., conceived the idea that he would like to be a fireman. All his spare time he spent with the fireman, and when he thought he was sufficiently posted he applied for a fireman's license, and in due time he was notified to appear at the State House, Boston, to be examined. He failed to pass. Meeting him the next day, I asked him how the inspector used him. "Oh, very well," he replied, "only he didn't ask me anything I knew." THE ONLY MOURNER. TARIFF RETURNER PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL DIED MAR. 1906. TO SMASH TARIFF PROPOSITION FOR WIDE OPEN SYSTEM OF RECIPROCITY. Bill Introduced Which Would Give the President the Exclusive Power to Reduce All Tariff Rates of Duty for a Period of Five Years. The infinite possibilities of going wrong on the tariff question are strikingly demonstrated in a bill introduced Feb. 27, by Representative Curtis of Kansas. When once the reciprocity microbe or the tariff reform bacillus gets busy in the system there is no telling what may happen. Here is a statesman serving his seventh consecutive term as a Republican in the House of Representatives. He is, moreover, a member of the Republican majority of the Committee on Ways and Means. Yet he is found standing good for a proposition that would wholly take away from Congress its constitutional function of tariff making and transfer that function to a single individual. Here is the Curtis plan: A BILL Authorizing the President of the United States to enter into commercial agreements, and for other purposes. This is "playing it wide open," indeed. It would place in the hands of one man the power to smash to atoms the Dingley tariff law for a period of five years, and if, perchance, during a portion of that period, the one man should chance to be a free trade Democrat—Mr. Bryan, for example—while the Senate and House, either or both, were Republican, no special power of foresight is needed to tell what would happen to the policy of protection. Even though the one man were to be and continue a Republican and a protectionist, the Curtis plan would confer and impose a responsibility which no patriotic President would be willing to assume. Mr. Bryan might be glad of such a chance to install free trade with the whole world with one stroke of his pen. Grover Cleveland would have gloried in such an opportunity. We suppose there are some reasons why Mr. Charles Curtis should have been seven times consecutively chosen as representative in Congress from Kansas. He may have qualities and qualifications that are not to be ascertained by examination of the Congressional Record, that are not visible to the naked eye. Let us hope so. It is certain, however, that a fairly intelligent familiarity with the tariff question, to say nothing of a level-headed grasp of the principles of protection, is not to be numbered among this statesman's claims to distinction. The terms and provisions of the Curtis bill make this fact clear beyond peradventure. The bill should, if possible, be widely circulated and carefully-digested in the First Congress district of Kansas prior to the nomination of a successor to the present incumbent. All a Bluff. In one of the campaigns of the Civi. War a Union general made elaborate plans of offense and defense against the enemy which was in front of him and which he imagined was strongly fortified. One morning it was discovered that the enemy had withdrawn during the night. The army opposed moved forward to take possession of the fortifications and guns. When the latter were reached it was seen that the most of the guns which had looked out from these ramparts and caused the extra cautious general to cry vigorously for reinforcements and await their arrival were painted logs as harmless as wooden Indians. To be thus deceived was bad enough, but suppose that all along this general who was holding back his army had known that these huge muzzles sticking out from these earthworks were but impotent logs? Well, we very seldom build monuments to that kind of fighting men. This incident is recalled as we contemplate the German tariff bluff and the loud outcry from the noble array of patriots who were so scared of Germany's wooden guns. The worst thing about these fellows was that most of them knew just how little there was behind this German demonstration. They knew there was nothing but form and paint there. Yet they demanded unconditional surrender.—Cedar Rapids Republic. Welcome News in Louisiana The plan of the administration to sacrifice American interests for the benefit of its pet scheme with respect to the Philippines has met its just and proper due. It was a cold blooded scheme, pure and simple, without a single valid argument to commend it. It was railroaded through the House of Representatives by a liberal application of the executive lash and with the assistance of complaisant Democrats who failed to see the difference between bona fide tariff reduction in the interests of the whole people and the sacrificing of a prosperous domestic industry in the interest of a horde of semi-barbarous people who cordially detest everything American. The defeat of the Philippine tariff measure will be welcome news to the Louisiana sugar industry, as it holds out the hope that at length congress has come to realize the unfairness of constantly sacrificing the domestic sugar producers in the interest of the refiners' monopoly and of capitalists interested in exploiting our distant possessions. The reciprocity treaty, whereby Cuba was relieved of 20 percent of the duties on her sugar, was a gross injustice of much the same sort as the proposed Philippines measure, and the defeat of the latter holds out the hope that when the treaty expires at the end of the original five years the senate will refuse to renew it.—New Orleans Picayune. A Better Way Should Be Found A Better Way Should Be Found. This was a case in which the interests of the American and the Filipinos could not be reconciled. An injustice had to be done to some one, and the Chieftain is glad that the Colorado beet growers were not selected as a scape-goat to be laid upon the altar of national honor. We hope, however, that some method will be found by which the national obligations to the Filipinos may be discharged without putting the cost upon such a promising industry as beet sugar making.—Pueblo Chieftain. [Image of a man with a beard and mustache, wearing a suit and tie. The background is plain white. The man's face is slightly turned to the right, and he has a serious expression. The image is black and white.] "My Endorsement of Pe-ru-na is Based On Its Merits." —Ed. Crumbo. ED. CRUMBO, Ex-Mayor of New Albany, Ind., writes from 511 E. Oak street: "My endorsement of Peruna is based on its merits. "If a man is sick he looks anxiously for something which will cure him, and Peruna will do the work. "I know that it will cure catarrh of the head or stomach, indigestion, headache and any weary or sick feeling. "It is bound to help anyone, if used according to directions. "I also know dozens of men who speak in the highest terms of Peruna and have yet to hear of anyone being disappointed in it." Mr. Crumbo, in a later letter, dated Aug 25, 1904, says: "My health is good, at present, but if I should have to take any more medicine I will fall back on Peruna." FREE Oh, Boys! Oh, Boys! Earn this newly invested BREECH LOADING GUN or BASE BALL OUTFIT, consisting of large Mitt, Cap and large Balls. Spendid lead pencils at 50, each. It's dead easy boys we trust you. Write for pencil and circular showing Gun, Indian Suits, Tavel and other uniforms. Thirteenth Street Lead Pencil Company, 193 W. 19th Street, NEW YORK. KIDDER'S PASTILLES A Sure relief for Asthma Sold by all Druggists STOWELL & CO., Mrs. Charlestown, Mass. An undertaker never complains that he is worked to death. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it No man cares to be the silent partner in a matrimonial firm. Good Health! How to get it. How to maintain it: Take nature's medicine, Garfield lea, the mild laxative. It is made of hebs. It purifies the blood and establishes a normal action of liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Eva—I hear that they eloped at midnight by a dark moon. Edna—Yes: and her father detected the elopement and ran after them with a whip. Eva Gracious! And did he catch them? Edna—Oh, he wasn't trying to catch them—he was merely trying to speed the horse.—Judge. The Best Guaranty of Merit Is Open Publicity. Every bottle of Dr. Pierce's world-famed medicines leaving the great laboratory at Buffalo, N. Y., has printed upon its wrapper all the ingredients entering into its composition. This fact alone places Dr. Pierce's Fuzzy Medical Prescription all the more difficult; cannot be classed with patient or secret medicines because they are neither. This is why so many unprejudiced physicians prescribe them and recommend them to their patients. They know what they are composed of, and that the ingredients are by the most eminent medical authorities. The further fact that neither Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the great stomach tonic, liver invigorator, heart regulator and blood purifier, nor his "Favorite Prescription" for weak, overworked, broken-down, nervous women, has any antititles them to a place all by themselves. Many years ago, Dr. Pierce discovered that chemically pure glycerine, of proper strength, is a better solvent and preservative of the medicinal principles residing in plant tissues than is alcohol; and, furthermore, that it possesses valuable medicinal properties of its own, being demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic, and a most efficient antifurant. Neither of the above medicines contains alcohol, or any harmful, habit-forming drug, as will be seen from a glance at the formula printed on each bottle wrapper. They are safe to use and potent to cure. Not only do physicians prescribe the above, non-secret medicines largely, but many of the medicines —people who would not think of using the ordinary patent, or secret medicines. Every ingredient entering into the composition of Dr. Pierce's medicines has the strongest kind of an endorsement from leading medical writers of the medicine, or other medicines put up for like purposes has any such professional endorsement. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. Constipation is the cause of many diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the disease. One "Pellet" is a gentle pellet that can be used by gists sell them, and nothing is "just as good." Easy to take as candy. THE MODERN BLACKSMITH BLACKSMITHS in country towns important positions are allotted nowadays. Since the times of which early poets wrote the business of the horseshoer has broadened out to such an extent that he is recognized as running a shop second in importance to no other in town. In thousands of instances the blacksmith wields an influence in the town council; frequently he is the mayor. It is a common thing to find him an alderman, and in some instances at least, the residence of a FIGHTING OPIUM IN PEKIN Pekin, the capital of China, is fighting the "opium-shop evil." Efforts are being made to reduce the number of dens and to restrict the smoking of the drug and to curtail the loafing and vice that accompany opium smoking by compelling each shop to take out a license and to pay a tax according to the lumber of "lamps" in each shop. The shops are divided into four classes and the fees are graded accordingly from $1 a month to twenty cents for each lamp, payable on the 10th of every month. The recent proclamation of the Pekin sanitary department reads as follows: "Opium smoking is extremely harmful to the health and the shops where opium is smoked are the retreats of loafers. Such places should really be altogether prohibited, so that the people might enjoy more prosperity, and dens of thieves would thus be done away with. But as opium smoking has become such a habit it cannot be got rid of entirely and at once. The evil can only be removed gradually. "There are in the outer city of Pekin many oolium shops, and it is evil HAD TO BE IMPRESSED The driver of the Oaktown stage was a person of much amiability and a large fund of anecdote, but his memory was by no means of the best. The inhabitants of his native town made many excuses for him, but summer visitors found his falling a particularly trying one. "That man should be complained of and should lose his position as express agent and mail carrier!" said one exasperated man who had been obliged to remain in Oaktown over another night, owing to Ranny Peet's forgetting to call for him. "Well, now, I guess you didn't impress it on Ranny that he was to take ye," said an Oaktown man, moved to mild remonstrance. "Iimpress it on him!" echoed the summer visitor. "I wrote my name on his order book in the postoffice. TRAVEL BY STAGE COACH It was in 1658 that the first regular stage coach began running between the two capitals, London and Edinburgh. It ran once a fortnight and the fare was £4, which would be a good deal more than $20 to-day. The time taken to the journey is not accurately known, but between York and London it was four days. This lavish system of communication was not, however, kept up, as in 1763 the coach ran between London and Edinburgh once a month only, taking a fortnight, if the weather was favorable, to the journey. In 1754 a heroic effort was made to improve the London and Edinburgh coach. The Edinburgh Courant for that year contained the following advertisement: "The Edinburgh stage coach, for the better accommodation of passengers, THE ONE NEEDFUL THING Acadia College, Wolfville, N. S., had as its president for many years a very able New England divine, the Rev. A. W., Sawyer who was not given to much smiling or joking. On occasion, however, he knew how to press wit and even sarcasm into his service with great effect, and he was very popular with his students. When the large female seminary building erected near the college was nearing completion, the financial committee, of which Dr. Sawyer was a member, if not chairman, was charged in stentorian tones by a minister, fluent in speech, but without college training, with being guilty of deeds of darkness that needed to be uncovered. REALM OF THE MIND other in town. village blacksmith in a prosperous town is as fine as that of the banker. In a great many instances he has a good store of books; there are fine pictures on his walls. The earnings from his trade are invested in shops that are equipped with every modern appliance and in many other ways his general prosperity is made plain to the world. Men in the country now are more particular about having fine horses on their farms and naturally more careful about the way they are shod. There has been almost as much improvement in fitting a shoe on the foot of a horse as there has been in the work of a dentist in repairing the human teeth. And all this change despite the invasion of the equine field by the automobile! dent that the smokers are increasing every day, which is very bad. The department has taken into consideration the matter and arrangements have been made for those who will abandon the habit. In addition, the opium shops opened in the outer city of Pekin have been divided into four classes and are to be taxed after certain regulations. They are to register themselves according to their classes and the number of lamps for the payment of taxes so that inspection can easily be effected. "Shop owners are hereby informed of the regulations and that they are to come to this department for registration beginning from the 30th day 1st moon 31st year of Kuang Hsu. If any one dares to make a false declaration as to his class or the number of lamps, opens shops without license or refuses payment of the tax, if discovered, the building used for smoking opium will be confiscated and the owners strictly fined as a warning to these private dealers in opium shops. All must respect this order and not obsolet." I should like to know what more I could have done." "Well, now, it's like this," said the farmer, with a half-apologetic air. "Sometimes there's a number of orders on that book, and Ranny might happen to forget one of 'em, so what folks most generally do is fust tc write their names in the book, and then speak to Ranny about it when he's up on the trip before the one they want to go on. And then they ask Lemuil, the postmaster to kind of remind Ranny when he stops for the mail. And then we always deem it wise to be all ready to start in time enough so's we can walk down to the cross-roads and head Ranny off, just for fear it might slip his mind, allowing time to go back for a trunk in case there's one to be lugged."—Youth's Companion. will be altered to a genteel two end glass coach, being on steel springs, exceeding light and easy, to go in ten days in summer and twelve in winter, to set out the first Tuesday in March and continue it from Hosea Eastgate's the Coach and Horses, in Dean street, Soho, London, and from John Somerville's, in the Canongate, Edinburgh, etc. Passengers to pay as usual. Performed, if God permits, by your dutiful servant, Hosea Eastgate." In the days of stage coaches people sometimes clubbed together and hired a post chase for their journey as being quicker and less expensive, and Scottish newspapers occasionally contained advertisements to the effect that a person about to proceed to London would be glad to hear of a fellow "adventurer" or two bent on the same journey to share the expense. This charge of misappropriation of funds was made at the Baptist convention for the maritime provinces, held at Truro, N. S. The speaker resumed his seat, and for a little there was a painful silence. Then the comparatively slender form of Dr. Sawyer was seen to rise and move slowly and quietly out to the front of the platform. The dry old doctor brought down the house by looking up over his glasses and quietly remarking: "The good brother thinks there are some awful works of darkness that need to be uncovered. About the only thing I know of that needs to be uncovered is a gold mine." You ask me to a 'fireworks display!' In this, my star-ship through the vasty sky Of space. I make the mighty cycle of the sun. A million miles in one brief hour I sweep, And scarcely is the race of worlds be- gun! Must I leave, marvel at the small-like space. At which your engines crawl the world's small face? Peace; peace, O fool! Go on your petty way. Nor chatter of what your life's moment brings: I have to do with aeons—nor may stay, Urges my business with eternal things. Enjoy your little hour; laugh anwee, Then—crawl into your narrow grave, and sleep! It. Louis Globe-Democrat. American business men in all parts of the country are taking an active interest in the bill for the reorganization of the consular service now pending in congress. Objections to this measure seem to come only from the professional politicians, and it is not at all likely that the most important business interests of the country will be allowed to suffer in order that places may be kept open for political workers.—Pueblo Chieftain. Lewis' Single Binder straight 50 cigar, made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Tax-dodging, complicated with perjury, is one of the recognized recreations of the unco rich in this country. Magistrate-dodging, in connection with automobile "accidents," is another. No billionaire takes shame to himself for either of these forms of pastime. But subpoena-dodging is not quite on the same footing with tax-dodging, or even with summons-dodging. The distinction between a subpoena-dodger and a fugitive from justice is difficult to draw.—New York Times. HIGH CLASS AND The better class of druggists, everyone who devote their lives to the welfare of purest medicinal agents of known value scientific formula. Druggists of the best always under original or officinal name. They are the men to deal with when in all standard remedies and corresponding best of toilet articles and preparations. The earning of a fair living, with the conferred upon their patrons and assist reward for long years of study and man. Figs is an excellent laxative remedy and are selling many millions of bottles and remedies, and they always take please name of the Company—California Figs. They know that in cases of colds and of weakness or torpidity of the liver are over-eating, that there is no other remedy Syrup of Figs, and they are glad to serve. Owing to the excellence of Syrup of immense demand for it, imitations have individual druggists to be found, here of the profession and whose greed gets to recommend and try to sell the imitations sometimes have the name—"Syrup of or fictitious fig syrup company, printed the Company—California Fig Syrup Co. should be rejected because they are in they find it necessary to resort to mischief on a customer a preparation under does not bear the full name of the Calhe is attempting to deceive and mislead establishment, whether it be large or small and deception in one case he will do physicians' prescriptions, and should be Knowing that the great majority of doctors for our excellent remedy entirely throne where, in original packages only, at the exist it is necessary to inform the public any imitation which may be sold to the California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on an article and to demand the return of your druggists who will sell you what you wish. CLASS DRUGS AND — OTHERS its, everywhere, are men of scientific attainment, welfare of their fellow men in supplying the known value, in accordance with physician s of the better class manufacture many e- cessional names and they never sell false brands, with when in need of anything in their line, corresponding adjuncts of a first-class phar- parations and many useful accessories and with the satisfaction which arises from a k k and assistance to the medical profession, only and many hours of daily toil. They al- ready remedy and that it gives universal satisfaction bottles annually to the well informed pur- take pleasure in handing out the genuine california Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the frie- holds and headaches attended by biliousness the liver and bowels, arising from irregular other remedy so pleasant, prompt and ben- glad to sell it because it gives universal sat- syrup of Figs, the universal satisfaction wif notations have been made, tried and con- und, here and there, who do not maintain the greed gets the better of their judgment, and the imitations in order to make a larger prince Syrup of Figs”—or “Fig Syrup” and of a fancy, printed on the package, but they never Syrup Co.—printed on the front of the pail they are injurious to the system. In order to misrepresentation or deception, and wion under the name of “Syrup of Figs” owe of the California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the and mislead the patron who has been so un- large or small, for if the dealer resorts to he will do so with other medicinal agents, and should be avoided by every one who valu- osity of druggists are reliable, we supply directly through the druggists, of whom it may only, at the regular price of fifty cents per from the public of the facts, in order that all in sold to them. If it does not bear the full printed on the front of every package, do not return of your money, and in future go to on what you wish and the best of everything in his. Thous suffer every month in silence pair. The ailments peculiar should receive prompt treat- irregular functions, falling fee- HIGH CLASS DRUGGISTS AND - OTHERS. The better class of druggists, everywhere, are men of scientific attainments and high integrity, who devote their lives to the welfare of their fellow men in supplying the best of remedies and purest medicinal agents of known value, in accordance with physicians' prescriptions and scientific formula. Druggists of the better class manufacture many excellent remedies, but always under original or official names and they never sell filsle brands, or imitation medicines. They are the men to deal with when in need of anything in their line, which usually includes all standard remedies and corresponding adjuncts of a first-class pharmacy and the finest and best of toilet articles and preparations and many useful accessories and remedial appliances. The earning of a fair living, with the satisfaction which arises from a knowledge of the benefits conferred upon their patrons and assistance to the medical profession, is usually their greatest reward for long years of study and many hours of daily toil. They all know that Syrup of Figs is an excellent laxative remedy and that it gives universal satisfaction, and therefore they are selling many millions of bottles annually to the well informed purchasers of the choiceest remedies, and they always take pleasure in handing out the genuine article bearing the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. They know that in cases of colds and headaches attended by biliousness and constipation and of weakness or torpidity of the liver and bowels, arising from irregular habits, indigestion, or over-eating, that there is no other remedy so pleasant, prompt and beneficial in its effects as Syrup of Figs, and they are glad to sell it because it gives universal satisfaction. Owing to the excellence of Syrup of Figs, the universal satisfaction which it gives and the immense demand for it, imitations have been made, tried and condemned, but there are individual druggists to be found, here and there, who do not maintain the dignity and principles of the profession and whose greed gets the better of their judgment, and who do not hesitate to recommend and try to sell the imitations in order to make a larger profit. Such preparations sometimes have the name—“Syrup of Figs”—or “Fig Syrup” and of some piratical concern, or fictitious fig syrup company, printed on the package, but they never have the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of the package. The imitations should be rejected because they are injurious to the system. In order to sell the imitations they find it necessary to resort to misrepresentation or deception, and whenever a dealer passes off on a customer a preparation under the name of “Syrup of Figs” or “Fig Syrup,” which does not bear the full name of the California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of the package, he is attempting to deceive and mislead the patron who has been so unfortunate as to enter his establishment, whether it be large or small, for if the dealer resorts to misrepresentation and deception in one case he will do so with other medicinal agents, and in the filling of physicians' prescriptions, and should be avoided by every one who values health and happiness. Knowing that the great majority of druggists are reliable, we supply the immense demand for our excellent remedy entirely through the druggists, of whom it may be purchased everywhere, in original packages only, at the regular price of fifty cents per bottle, but as exceptions exist it is necessary to inform the public of the facts, in order that all may decline or return any imitation which may be sold to them. If it does not bear the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package, do not hesitate to return the article and to demand the return of your money, and in future go to one of the better class of druggists who will sell you what you wish and the best of everything in his line at reasonable prices. Suffer in Silence C.7 --- A LIVING DEATH. Vividly Described By a Citizen of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Andrew Johnson, 411 West Twelfth St., Sioux Falls, S. D., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills saved my life. My doctor, from a careful analysis of the urine and a diagnosis of my case, had told me I could not live six weeks. I was struck down in the street with kidney trouble, and for a whole year could not leave the house. Kidney Pills saved my life. My doctor, from a careful analysis of the urine and a diagnosis of my case, had told me I could not live six weeks. I was struck down in the street with kidney trouble, and for a whole year could not leave the house. I lost flesh, my eyes failed me, I bloated at times, my back hurt and I suffered a living death. There seemed no hope until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. Then I began to improve. The pain left gradually, the swellings subsided, I gained appetite and weight, and to make a long story short, I got well!" Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. "Did you order him to desist when he kissed you?" "No, ma." "Well, why did you not?" "Why, ma, you've no idea how timid he is."—Houston Post. 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Miss Ruby Mushrush Mrs. Alice Berryhill Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fall WINE OF CARDUI Going through the hospitals in our large cities one is surprised to find such a large proportion of the patients lying on those snow-wall beds women and girls, who are either awaiting or recovering from serious operations. Why should this be the case? Simply because they have neglected themselves. Female troubles are certainly on the increase among the women of this country—they creep upon them unawares, but every one of those patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at left or right of the abdomen, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, dizziness, flatulency, displacements of the organs or irregularities. All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the female organs, and if not heeded the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation. When these symptoms manifest themselves, do not drag along until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an operation—but remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of women from surgical operations. When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful periods, weakness, displacement or ulceration of the organs, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation, backache, bloating (or flatulency), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-leaf-alone" feelings they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. The following letters cannot fail to bring hope to despairing women. 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We want you to see our Big Four Pianos Chickering, Emrrson, Sterling, Huntington, arl Hoffman MUSIC COMPANY NELSON'S Hair Dressing MAKES HARSH STUBBORN HAIR SOFT AND PLIANT REMOVES DANDRUFF NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING FOR MAKING HARSH STUBBORN HAIR SOFT GLOSSY HIKINIOUS PROMOTES THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR PREVENTS IT FROM SPLITTING AND BREAKING OFF PROMOTES THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR PREVENTS IT FROM SPLITTING AND BREAKING 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, danish chemicals that can anyway injure the hair. You can use it just as long as you wish or stop it any time without any hair effects. It does not affect the color of the hair, and it does not irritate it. You can use it to hide hair tresses it from becoming dry and brittle, and you can use it to do it in any style consistent with its length, at the same time giving it that rich gloss look so much desired. 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WRITE FOR PRIORIES, TERMS, ETC. --- 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. City Ticket Office, 900 Main Street J. A. STEWART General Agent KANSAS CITY, MO. Rock Island System M. Brancato & Bro. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh and Salt Meats, Oysters and Game in Season 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. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co Our new Spring Goods Have Arrived in the most Com- European Plan All Modern Improvements HOTEL McRAY 721-723 Charlotte St., K. C., Mo A. Weber For Excursi call or address E. S. JE 901 Main Street Home Teleph --- Lincoln Institute MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARATORY, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC. COURSES: Classical, College Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Model Training School, Music (Instrumental and Vocal), Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Woodworking, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe-making, Farming and Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, Sewing, Cooking and Laundering. ADVANTAGES: Good Location, Free Tuition. New Dormitories with Modern Improvements. Buildings Heated by Steam. Diplomas are licenses to teach in any public school in the state. A few deserving students are assisted in their efforts to earn their way. All applicants must present testimonials of good moral character. For further information write to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A.M., L.L.D., Pres. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. The Stoeltzing Stove and Hardware Co CHEF'S OVEN Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burners, Furnaces, and all goods made by the... Peninsular Stove Cr German Heater, Soft Coal Basebeater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces All Modern Improvements European Plan Room and Board $5.00 per week. Rooms without Board $2. Single Meals 25 cents. Hot and Cold Baths Included. BEN McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. The well know MERCHANT TAILOR, after an extended trip through California and the west, is with us again. Everybody remembers Mr. Weber by the many stylish and well-made suits he has put up. He is now at Where he will be glad to see his old friends and customers. Bell Phone Main 1196 X PIANO FURNISHED. The MINOR HALL to Rent For Dances, Socials, Entertainments, Etc. To Respectable Colored People only. MRS. A. V. MINOR, Mgr., 404 W. 6th St., Kansas City, Mo. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. "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. Anchor Our new Spring Goods Have Arrived in the most Complete Styles for Men. Suits Hats Shoes and Furnishing Goods Suits Hats Shoes and Furnishing Goods ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS & GENTS FURNISHERS SHOES SAM. H. FINKELSTEIN, Prop. Stetson Hats $1.50 Cleaned and Blocked. Our Motto: "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH" 605 Main Street, Kansas City M N, Prop. I and Blocked: KEY'S WORTH" Kansas City MO Stetson Hats $1.50 Cleaned and Blocked. Our Motto: "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH" 805 Main Street, Kansas City MO "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 COMPANY PIONEER TRUST COMPANY Dwight Building 10th and Baltimore Avenue. KANSAS CITY, MO. Capital $267, surplus $267, Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business. 10. ..... $267,500 ..... $267,500 Banking Business. issued. Mortgage Investments. May, $1.00 will start an account. President Vice President Vice President Vice President Sec'y and Treas. Asst. Treas. B. P. FINLEY, Attorney. Cares for Real Estate and Mortgage Investments. Now is the time to begging Saving.—Dont delay, $1.00 will start an account. WALTON H. HOLMES, ..... President. F. C. MILLER, ..... Vice President. C. F. HOLMES, ..... Vice President. CHAS. S. GLEED, ..... Vice President. H. C. SCHWITZGEBEL, ..... Sec'y and Treas. BIRD H. McGARVEY, ..... Asst. Treas. E. L. SCARRITT, Counselor. B. P. FINLEY, Attorney. Our new Spring Goods Have Arrived in the most Complete Styles for Men. KANSAS CITY, MO. 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