The Rising Son

FISHERSOR It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for It Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME X. LINGCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The recital by Clarence Cameron White on the 14th inst., represents another of the various instructive and entertaining evenings provided by the energy and forethought of President B. T. Allen for the benefit of the students of the institution. In addition to an excellent lecture course they have been able to listen this year to three of the best violinists the race has produced, in Joseph Douglass, E. S. Weir and Clarence White. Miss Pigeon, Department of Instrumental Music, accompanied Mr. White in her usual brilliant and classic manner; and, as in St. Louis, where by special invitation she went to accompany Mr. White, during his recital in that city, covered herself and Lincoln Institute with glory. Miss Carrie Carney, a superb vocalist, Miss Pansy Phelps of St. Joseph, violinist, and Misses Cassie Jones and Nellie Akers, as pianists, ably assisted Mr. White and demonstrated that Lincoln Institute's department of music, under the supervision of Miss Carney, head of department of vocal music, and Miss Pigeon, head of department of instrumental music, is one of the strongest in the country. The high character of the music given at all religious services of the school, concerts and public entertainments, shows the advisability of sending forth a concert troupe to tour Missouri and adjoining states in the near future. For information relative to Lincoln Institute's summer school address, Dr. B. F. Allen, president. The students of the graduating class of 1906 are receiving flattering offers of schools, and are susceptible to such offers; for further information, address Dr. B. F. Allen, president. BOTH MUST PUT SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL. The white man who can do the most for the Negro, who can aid him in his toslae march to better material and intellectual conditions, are the Southern white men, who are his neighbors. it is one of the encouraging signs of the times that there is growing up in the South a body of leading white men who feel that the future of the Negro race affects the future of the South, and that both self-interest and humanity require them to lend all the aid they can to this people.—Secretary Taft, at Tuskegee's Silver Anniversary. LOGAN'S MANUAL OF PRIMARY ARITHMETIC was written especially for teachers, by G. B. Logan, formerly principal of the noted Humboldt School of Kansas City, now assistant superintendent of Kansas City schools. It explains fully the "Logan Method" of teaching Primary Arithmetic, which is being introduced into many parts of the United States. It consists of model lessons with copious notes and suggestions, making the course complete and simple. The bright progressive teacher will need no other help. NEGRO DISFRANCHISED JUST THE SAME. Secretary Taft in his Tuskegee speech declared that the Negro is in America to stay and that no law can be framed to deprive him of the ballot. And still the Negro isn't voting to any great extent in Mississippi and in Georgia.—Boston Globe. 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. Accident Restores Hearing. William Wilkinson, an old man who, because of his deafness, could not hear a horse and cart approaching, was knocked down in a Leeds, England, street, and severely injured about the head. On picking him up it was found that his hearing had been restored. Tower of Gold. The famous "tower of gold" of Seville, a huge octagon in three stages, was so called by its royal Moorish builders because of its yellow color, which is brilliant in the Andalusian sunlight and moonshine. It is used as a prison by Peter the Cruel. Ye Editor Knocks Himself We would like to say some thing about the co. Bridges and tell the good people of this co. how the bridge prospects are progressing, but we cannot say anything which would be considered good authority.—Ducktown (Tenn.) Gazette. It is claimed by Mohammedans that their prophet Mohammed was an inspired man, as he asserted that the Koran—the Mohammedan Bible—was revealed to him by the Angel Gabriel during a period of twenty-three years. Britons Live More Sensibly. British people smoke one-third more tobacco than they did thirty, years ago, eat half as much again of sugar and drink forty per cent more tea, while the consumption of intoxicants has tended to decline. Bahama Island Vegetation. The plants of the Bahama islands have been found by Dr. W. C. Coker to embrace 580 species, including twenty useful fruits, twenty-five cultivated fruits and ten ornamental trees. Japanese Counterfeiters Japanese have been caught circulating counterfeiters of gold coins in Tacoma. The molds and batteries were made at Hiroshima, Japan. The Great Evil Done. In a book of reminiscences of an Irish land agent a Tipperary priest is quoted as having addressed his flock in the following manner: "It's whisky makes you hate your wives; it's whisky makes your homes desolate; it's whisky makes you shoot your landlords, and"—with emphasis, as he thumped the pulpit—"it's whisky makes you miss them." The Bravest Men. Undoubtedly the bravest class of men that ever trod the earth have been the poets. They could say more fool things about such sentiments as love, and get away with them, than all the rest of mankind would have the courage to stand for in a million years. The Stradivarius. Stradivarius violins are extremely rare, and of remarkable excellence in manufacture. Their age and their wonderful mechanical perfection necessarily make them sweeter in tone than less perfect and more modern instruments. Written by Robert Burns. Lady Nairne has been credited with the authorship of the song, "The Land o' th Leal," for over a hundred years. It is now settled that Robert Burns wrote the song on his deathbod. Lady Nairne changed it, making it ridiculous. Especially on Rent Day. To dig is better than to talk.— Springfield Union. Japanese Engagement Token The Japanese lover, instead of an engagement ring, may give his future bride a piece of beautiful silk to be worn as a sash. Book Worth $1,500,000. The most valuable book in the British Museum is "The Codex Alexandrinus," said to be worth $1,500,000. KANSAS CITY MO., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 190 Many Talled Kittens. Cats with nine lives and cats without tails have always been plentiful in Wapakoneta, O., but cats with two or three tails were never seen there before. Pelsier brothers are the proud possessors of three kittens with seven tails, two have two tails each, and one has only one common tail. The extra tails grow out of the kittens' backs along the backbone, are fully developed and almost as long as the natural tails.—Exchange. Word Is Overworked. Doubtless the most over-worked word in the English language, conversationally, is the word "proposition." Once you begin to notice it, it gets on your nerves. Some people can't talk thirty seconds without using it. A friend of ours used it twenty times in the course of two minutes' talk. It is maddening. Stop it. A little picture-esque conversation goes a great way. —Chicago News. Hubby's Precious Pipe. "Where is my new meerschaum pipe?" he bawled anxiously from the library. "Oh, here it is, dear," cried his wife, running to him with a queer dark object in her hand. "I knew how hard and unsuccessfully you had been trying to color it and so this afternoon I got out my paints and painted it in this lovely drawnwork pattern of brown and green and blue." First Shedding of Tears. It will be news to many that as a rule we do not weep until after the fourth month of life. One of the leading physicians of Europe says that he has been unable to satisfy himself that any asserted instance of weeping at an earlier age is genuine. Moans, screams, etc., go for nothing. The question has to do with shedding tears. Mexico Cave Dwellers The cave-dwellers of Mexico can travel a distance of 170 miles at a stretch, going at a slow but steady trot. Frequently a letter has been carried a distance of over 600 miles in five days, the carrier living all the time on a simple diet of pinole, a finely ground corn, mixed with water into a thin paste. If You Invite Anybody— Don't give vague invitations; they do not seem, and probably are not, intended seriously, and no one is complimented by a courtesy of that sort. If you really want a visitor, indicate the time or times when you will be free, and leave the invited to fix the date, or ask the visitor for a definite event. Wealth In Old Hotel Structure In altering an old hotel in New York city it has been found that the beams, floor boards and woodwork are of solid mahogany. The structure would prove a perfect mine of wealth if it could be razed, but the owner refuses to allow this to be done under any circumstances. Church Trumpet. At Braybrooke church, England, is still to be seen a monster trumpet, sixty-six inches long, which was used in the early part of the last century to summon the people to church instead of church Bells. It was also formerly used by the choir leader during service. An Old Puzzle Revived. Dancing men—and others—have a difficulty with the new fashions in finding their partners' waists. A century ago the Observer, in referring to a similar puzzle, exclaimed: "The heart that used to pant above the tucker now beats below the waist." Elephant Hard to Approach An elephant has so delicate a sense of smell that when in a wild state it can scent an enemy at a distance of 1,000 yards. Prussian Universities. The cost to the Prussian government of its ten universities a year is nearly $4,000,000. 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 de 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. King is Great Linguist The king of Greece is the greatest linguist among monarchs. He reads twelve languages and speaks most of them. Control of Africa All parts of Africa, except Abysgnia, Morocco and Liberia, are controlled directly or indirectly by some Eupropean power. French Africa is about equal in area to half the United States. Thank God for Gifts The Mohammedans have the custom, when they receive a present, of thanking God first, then the giver. If you do them a favor, they will say: "I thank God for your kindness to me." Some may comply rather thoughtlessly with this custom, which they have inherited from their fathers. But many certainly say it with their whole heart. Chinese Amazons. Women In China have the privilege of fighting in the wars. In the rebellion of 1850 women did as much fighting as the men. At Nankin, in 1853, 500,000 women, from various parts of the country were formed into brigades of 13,000 each, under female officers. Of these soldiers, 10,000 were picked women, drilled and garrisoned in the city. Astonishing! It is astonishing, though, how far a good complexion will carry a girl. I verily believe that nine out of every ten men are more attracted by a really good complexion and a healthy color than by fine eyes or pretty hair, or even a good figure—which is another valuable asset for a girl to possess.—"Ambrosia," in The World. Woman's Right to Be Attractive. Woman's Right to Be Attractive. To be as attractive and as pleasing as possible is a quite laudable ambition; and every woman, be she naturally plain or pretty, should make the most of such points of attractiveness as she possesses, cultivate each charm assiduously and by every legitimate means seek to enhance it.—Exchange. Uncalled-For Night of Agony Uncalled-For Night or Agony. A story is told of a man who, crossing a disused coal field late at night, fell into an apparently bottomless pit and saved himself only by grasping a projecting beam. There he clung with great difficulty all night, only to find when day dawned that his feet were only four inches from the bottom. Pigeons Mate for Life. When a pair of pigeons become mated they are practically "married." In a loft of fifty husbands and fifty wives each couple attends to its own household affairs, does not worry about its neighbors, but goes on building nests, laying eggs and raising young. They are very devoted to each other and divide all labor excepting laying eggs. Well, That's Only His Fair Share. When mother puts up preserves, father puts up the sugar—Boston Home and Abroad. Scarlet Is Mourning Garb Unmarried women in Brazil wear scarlet for mourning. 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 Still Poisonous Snakes in Europe. The Tyrolese government still pays for the extermination of poisonous snakes. It is the one European government which now does so. Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade The ostrich feather trade in the Sultan seems doomed, owing to the success of the South African ostrich arms. Ice on Telegraph Wires Ice on Telegraph Wires. Ice forming on telegraph wires sometimes increases their weight no less than 90 per cent. American Oysters for Shanghai. American oysters are sent as far as Shanghai. NUMBER 48 Henry Bergh's Name Honored. In 1866 the late Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and on its incorporation he became its first president. He made himself the butt of much ridicule by his persistency in discovering and bringing to punishment those who offended against its humane purpose, more especially as concerned horses; but when he died, in 1888, a chain of similar societies had been established throughout the Union and in foreign countries, and he was held in honor throughout the world.—New York Sun. Says She Saw Ghost of Sergius. At the exact hour of the assassination of the Russian Grand Duke Sergius his golddaughter, in the Alexis palace, declares he opened the door of her room, covered with bleeding wounds, and exclaimed: "Look, young princess!" French Soldiers Cannot Write In order to test the quality of mind of French soldiers, a set of questions—a kind of "general paper"—was sent to sixty-two soldiers at random. Of the sixty-two, seventeen could not write, and so did not answer at all. Water for Cows Experiments show that a cow, when in full flow of milk, drinks from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of water a month, the average quantity, determined by testing a herd, being 1,660 pounds for each cow. Man at Thirty. Love's young dream being once over, man is apt to drift past one's comfortable matrimonial stage. At thirty he needs to be very skilfully netted." "Ambrosia." In The World. To Color Hyacinth By putting the stem of the flower into a bottle of red ink, leaving it there for an hour, the hyacinth will assume a delicate pink color. "Real Comfort" Is Normal All we ought to expect is comfort, artistic if you choose, but complete at all events. That is quite enough for anybody. When surplus wealth comes, let the comfort grow into luxury. But to wear one's self out freeting for unattainable things, to barbier honor for them, is sheer folly. If the world could be brought to the point of seeing this there would be greater joy in living. Oldest University The oldest university in the world is at Pekin. It is called the "School for the Sons of the Empire." Its antiquity is very great, and a grand register, consisting of stone columns, 320 in number, contains the names of 60,000 graduates. Peculiarity of Buddhism The religion of the Buddha is cited as an example of recognition given by a great religious teacher to the lower animals. Alone does the doctrine of Buddha embrace a recognition of the dignity of the lower order of animals. Transforms Vegetables. M. Mollard of Paris, not satisfied with the usual grafting adopted by floriculturists, has started to transform vegetables. It is said he has succeeded in turning a radish into a potato. Polar Region is Healthful. The air is so pure in the Polar regions, so free from harmful microbes, that throat and lung diseases are unknown there. That section is also entirely free from contagious maladies. The speed of the electric current in copper wire is 463,500,000 meters a second. The fastest ocean steamer makes only 9.8 meters a second. True Friends. True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.—Theophrastus. AROUND THE FIRE CAMP GUARDED LINCOLN'S BODY. W. W. Durgin Claims Peculiar Honors in Connection with Last Rites Over Martyred President. Says W. W. Durgin, of Stoneham, Mei: "I was the first orderly detailed to act as bearer at President Lincoln's funeral. C. D. P. DeWitt was asked to detail some one for the service and he selected your humble servant. "I sat one man this side of Gen. Grant. Don't remember who that officer was. Gen. Howard, Gen. Hancock and Gen. Hooker were there together. "After the funeral I was ordered to go on that melancholy journey with ```markdown ``` W. W. DURGIN. the remains of the martyred president to their last resting place. "There were 25 orderly sergeants, Capt. Comley and two lieutenants. From Washington we went to Maryland, where the remains lay in state for four hours. Then we went to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York city, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago and Springfield, Ill. "I was one of the eight who carried Lincoln's body into the tomb. "The morning after we got back to Washington I was detailed as orderly sergeant of the guard at Mrs. Suratty's house. "Gen. Townsend presented each of us with a medal and a copy of the orders that detailed us to the funeral. When he passed me the medal he said: 'If you live to get home, this will prevent some energetic persons from accusing you of an untruth when you say you was a bearer at Lincoln's funeral.'" THE GETTYBURG GUN. A Piece of Rhode Island Artillery Which Performed Good Service in War. The state of Rhode Island has now as a treasured relic a cannon which belonged to Battery B, First R. L. L. A., and a resolution is before the general assembly authorizing the appropriation of $300 for the erection of a tablet on the Gettysburg battlefield to mark the place where the gun was last in action. On the tablet will be placed the name of Alfred G. Gardner, "whose hand placed the shot in the muzzle and sealed it with his blood." The battery, better known as Hazzard's, belonged to the Artillery brigade. Second corps, with its captain commanding the brigade and Lieut. T. Frederick Brown commanding the battery. At Gettysburg the battery lost one officer and six men killed and one officer and 18 men wounded, and the five batteries of the brigade were so shattered that they had to be consolidated into three. During the fiercest of the fight William Jones was No. 1 and Alfred G. Gardner No. 2 at the piece. Gardner was in the act of taking the shot from No. 5, over the wheel, when he was struck by a rebel shell, which tore off his arm and shoulder and then struck the muzzle of the gun and exploded. Instantly killing Jones. Gardner lived for a very few minutes. Albert Straight was in command of the piece, and ran to Gardner, who took from his pocket his Bible, and, handling it to Sergt. Straight, said: "Give this to my wife, and tell her I died happy." Sergt. Straight then turned to the gun and tried to force down the shot which Gardner had placed in the muzzle, but owing to the bruised condition it would not go down in spite of Sergt. Straight's pounding it with an ax. As the gun cooled it gripped the shot in the muzzle as in a vise. Sailors for Our Navy A writer in the Sailors' Magazine, in speaking of the naval recruiting station at Seattle, says: 'Out of the almost 500 men examined here since June 26, less than a dozen sought to be one of the 'men behind the guns' because they were penniless, could not find suitable work, and sought the navy as a last resort. A fair percentage of the men who enlisted made their debut into the navy by opening bank accounts with Uncle Sam, the sums ranging from $400 down to a few $oose dollars.' MIKE'S GREAT SCHEME. "The boys in the army," said the captain, in spinning his yarn in the Chicago Inter Ocean, "were always talking about what they would do when the war was over and they were at home. They would never, so help them gracious, march a single mile. They would let the other fellows do the walking and they would ride. They swore by the great horn spoon that they would never wear a uniform of any sort, and they would never take orders from any man. They would fight shy of all organization and discipline and would do as they darned please for all the rest of their lives. "Michael Higgins, of our company, went further than this. He knew what he would do when he got home. He would buy a farm in the rolling country and build him a fine house with beds or lounges in every blessed room. He would sleep whenever he wanted to. He would hire a bugler and a drummer to come under his window every morning to play reveller. Just as they would get a fair start he would get out of bed, open the window, and say to their faces: "To the divil wid ye, ye, blatherin' spalpeens, Stop yer noise and get out of this quick." Then the drummer and the bugler would sneak away and Mike would go back to bed and rejoice that army days were over. "This was Mike's idea of revenge on those who had made a business of waking him up in the army. He would take solid comfort in being waked up that he might order the buglers and drummers to get out. We had a lieutenant who was almost as bad as Mike. He declared time and again that he would buy an island far out in the Pacific, where he could never by any chance see a soldier or a gun or hear a shot fired. He entered the regular army in 1866, worked his way to the rank of major, and was wounded on San Juan hill in 1898. "Even the major general commanding our division declared that when peace was declared he would retire to his old college town, seek the appointment of president of some university or college, and eschew politics and military affairs. But he was elected governor of his state before he left the army, was appointed a member of Grant's first cabinet, was later appointed president and receiver of a great railroad, was elected to congrses, and did not become president of a law college until many years had passed. "Most of the men who swore they never would join any organization became members of the G. A. R. and kept alive their old comradship. Many of the men who declared they never would march a mile or carry a knapsack went afoot to Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska with knapsacks on their backs. In 1865 I met scores of them traveling across the country sleeping out of doors as they did in the army, and too often foraging off the country as they did in war times. When I took the stage in Iowa I found four well-dressed, quiet fellows in the choice seats. They apparently were unacquainted with each other, and had little to say. They impressed me as successful business men well up in the ways of the world. "The second night out we learned that the hotel where we expected to spend the night had been burned down, and that the only other hotel in the small town was more than full. When we asked for accommodations, the worried landlord said he had from tour to eight people in every bedroom, that he had given up the dining-room to four ladies, that his parlor was in possession of people sleeping on the floor, and there wasn't a place for us. Thereupon one of my traveling friends said: 'What about the office floor here? Has anyone rented that?' The landlord said it was at our service, if we could sleep on the bare floor. "First one and then another and another of the travelers said as he had spent four years in the army he could sleep anywhere. The fourth man said: 'The same here,' and I fell in with: 'I am just out of the service.' Then, much to the surprise of the landlord, the quintet of soldiers spread newspapers on the floor, took blankets out of their packs, and were soon settled comfortably for the night. The next morning each one declared that he had sworn that he would never do such a thing as he had done that night, and that he had cut away from all army associations and habits. Each felt that he had had enough of roughing it, but in the next two weeks we did as much roughing it to the square inch as we ever did in the army. "One night an old farmer said we might sleep in his barn if we wouldn't smoke. I said at once that I had had the honor of sleeping in Col. Reedy's barn down at Reedyville, Tenn., and the farmer, holding out his hand, said: "By hokey, so did I, but my barn is better than Reedy's was at that time, because it is cleaner and has more hay in it, and it won't be necessary to sleep on your rifles." Looking at the man closely, I saw he was one of my old company, and, overjoyed at the meeting, the man who had slept in Reedy's barn made us comfortable in his own barn, bringing from his little house arm load after arm load of bed clothes. The next morning he reclaced at breakfast that his experiences in Nebraska had been as tough as anything he had struck in the army. We all came to the conclusion that our experience as soldiers had prepared us to do nearly everything better than we could have done without that experience." KING IS AGING FAST EDWARD BELIEVED TO BE NEXT MONARCH TO DIE. Washington.—In diplomatic circles here it is common talk that King Edward of England will be the next monarch to vacate his throne at the call of death. He is now fighting desperately, with the help of his doctor, to neutralize the deadening effect of 40 continuous years of high living. His majesty is aging rapidly. Though he always puts on a smiling face and braces his figure in public, he is unable to keep up appearances for long. His latest lengthy public appearance was at the opening of parliament in February. He drove from Buckingham palace to the house of lords, a distance of about one and one-half miles, had his state robes put on, read a speech of about 1,000 words and then returned to the palace. The programme was not an arduous one, but Edward was greatly fatigued before the close; his voice grew husky half-way through the speech, and he was almost a limp rag on the drive back to his London residence. At the slightest aliment his family invariably send for Sir Frederick Treves, the noted doctor, who performed the operation for appendicitis on Edward just before his coronation. Recently when Edward, while out walking, strained his foot at Windsor, Treves was summoned by special train, though all he could do was to tell the king that the trained nurse, who is always in attendance, had treated the foot correctly. If Edward cuts his finger a hurry call is sent out for Treves, or if he has a slight headache, the doctor has to be summoned. These precautions are necessary because of the general weakness of the king's health. His system is so full of the results of high living that 'he KING EDWARD OF ENGLAND. (General Belief Is That He will be Next Monarch to Die). slightest ailment may develop into his final illness. The king is on a diet, and he has been strictly limited as to the amount of alcohol and tobacco he can consume. He has been compelled to give up the belief, which he held until recently, that if he spent six weeks every year at Marienbad, taking the water cure, he could do as he pleased the rest of the time. He is now compelled to take the cure every day of his life, by living as abstemiously as any other sick man. Only a few weeks ago Dr. Ott, who attends Edward during his periodic summer visits to Marienbad, was summoned to Windsor for a consultation with the home doctors. Dr. Ott remained a considerable time at Windsor studying the changes in Edward's condition that have occurred since last summer. Dr. Ott would not have come to England unless something serious were the matter. King Edward's knee is giving him considerable trouble. He broke the kneecap when he was prince of Wales, eight years ago, and it did not need properly. The king's hair and beard that have been gray for a long time are now turning silvery, and his face is coming to have a drawn expression. His eyes are heavy, and are growing dull, while thick pouches and deep lines are becoming visible under them. The chief factors in the possibility that Edward will live for a few years longer are his absolute disregard of worry and trouble, and his courage. This latter characteristic he showed when several years ago Slipido, the anarchist, tried to assassinate him at Brussels. One shot had been fired, point blank, which missed the king, and Slipido was about to shoot again, when Edward, not flinching an Ibex, exclaimed compassionately, "You poor fool! You poor fool!" However, there are some lills that all the courage in the world cannot cure, though it may prolong life for a short time. Fished for Snake Under House Muskogee, Ind. T.—Jacob Watts, a fullblooded Cherokee, brought a large rattlesnake to the city, and after trying to get rid of it all day failed to find a buyer. He says he captured the snake, which for the past year has been living under his house, by looping a heavy cord and fishing for his snakeship for several days. Part of Finger in Cigar. Fort Dodge, Ia.-George Loubard, of Memphis, Tenn., while visiting rela- while smoking a cigar, and, breaking it open, he discovered a portion of a piece of the nail. It is believed some workman's finger was caught in the machinery and the several portion became accidentally mixed with the fill- ing. HANDLE MOUNTAIN OF MAIL Chicago.—Two million letters a day, 14,000,000 a week, 40,000,000 a month, a mountain of mail that every 21 days would fill the space occupied by the Masonic Temple—this is the enormous amount of mail handled at the Chicago post office. Following are some of the wonderful facts about the amount of mail that passes through the Chicago post office: There are 2,000,000 letters mailed daily in Chicago, 14,000,000 a week, 60,000,000 a month and so many in a year that human mind cannot grasp the number. The daily deluge of letters weighs 125,000 pounds, or 437.5 tons a week. There are 220 tons of other matter to be handled daily, or 1,540 tons a week. Placed end to end the daily letters would cover 188½ miles. Placed end to end in four months the outgoing letters would stretch around the world at the equator. The stamps in the letters would 21 BAYS MAIL WOULD FILL SPACE OCCUPIED BY MASONIC TEMPLE OR 1312 A TON 9 MAIL HANDLED BY CHICAGO POSTAL EMPLOYES. MAIL HANDLED BY CHICAGO POSTAL EMPLOYES. each day reach from one end of the city to the other. Three hundred and eighty years of time is consumed daily in writing these letters, a startling total of 2,660 years a week, over 14 centuries a year. And each of these letters that aggregate so wonderful a pile, must be handled many times. "When a letter is dropped in the window it falls on a carrier," explained Frank H. Galbraith, superintendent of mails, in tracing an envelope, "and is taken to the second floor. It falls on a huge steel table around which are 30 or 40 men. They arrange the letters so that the stamps are all one way. "A moving belt carries them to a stacker and then into the canceling machines, which handle from 500 to 600 letters a minute. "There are 13 machines, all working after four o'clock in the afternoon. From the canceling machines the letters go to the primary separation cases. "The real expert work then begins. The distributors must know where every town is in the state that he handles and the time of every mail train and work accordingly. It takes three years of work before a man can really appreciate the demands of this place." INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE. The Cossack Nagalika Used to Punish Russian Revolutionists — Heavy Whip Weighted with Lead. London.—Whenever the czar is in great difficulty he has recourse to the Cossack's knot. It is a horrible instrument, the heavy thong being weighted with lead at the end. The Times reported recently from a village in southern Russia that 50 Cos- A THE COSSACK'S KNOUT. sacks and 70 gunners appeared and knouted 18 peasants. One of them died and the schoolmaster became insane. Another telegram describes the flogging of 50 peasants in a Lettish village. Even the schoolmistress, who had taught her pupils revolutionary songs, got 25 strokes, and one revolutionist was nagalkaea until the bones protruded through the flesh. Shut 19 Days in a Mine. Hazleton, Pa.—The rescue of a miner in a French operation after an entombment of 25 days recalls the experience of Joseph Metuskey, of this city, better known as "Big Joe," and six other men. They were closed in at the Jeanesville mines for 19 days 15 years ago through the flooding of the workings by the tapping of an unsuspected body of water. "Big Joe" and his companions escaped to a higher chamber, and were perched there until the mine was drained. The flood occurred after the men had eaten their noonday meal, and they had little left in their dinner pails for supper. After the third day they had nothing to subsist on except the poisonous sulphur water. In desperation they chewed the wood from the pillars of the chamber. Twice as Good One Third the Cost Every day is bargain day in the Wave Circle. Come in and get ac- quainted. K C will help you cut down the living expenses and make doctor's bills a thing of the past. Do you realize that you can get the best and purest baking powder in the world K C BAKING POWDER at one-third what you've been paying for anywhere near K C quality. A 25 ounce can costs 25c. Think of the saving! Can you make money any easier? Get it to-day. The grocer returns the price of can if you are not satisfied. All Grocers Send postal for the beautiful "Book of Presents." FREE. JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago. STRAY STATISTICS. The average amount of sickness in human life is ten days per annum. Only one couple in over 11,000 live to celebrate their diamond wedding. British South Africa has a population of 1,133,756 white people and 2,308,355 negroes. While Europe has 107 people to the square mile, Asia has but 58, Africa 11 and Australasia one and one-half. During the lifetime of a healthy hea she will lay from 300 to 500 eggs. Her best laying capacity is during her second year. In France, out of every 1,000 inhabitants 123 are more than 60 years old, as against 73 in England and 79 in Germany. It is stated that there are about 225,000 miles of cable in all at the bottom of the sea. Each mile costs about $1,000 to lay. The Favorite Route East. Passengers from Chicago to St. Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York City, Boston and all points east, will find it to their interest by selecting for their journey the NICKEL PLATE ROAD from Chicago. Three through trains are run daily. On Monday Day Coaches and Luxurious Pullman Sleeping Car Service, New York City, also through Sleeping Car Services, ton and intermediate points. Rates always the lowest and no excess fares are charged on any train for any part of the trip. The NICKEL PLATE ROAD Dining Service is right up-to-date. Individual Club Meals are served at prices ranging from 35 cents also meals a la carte. All trains leave Chicago at St. Station. For full information address J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. How to Use Brains. A head man in a manufactory was watching a drayman tugging at a heavy case one day. The drayman's face was red, and the muscles of his neck were bulging. The overseer, says a writer in the Baltimore Sun, thought it was the right moment to offer practical assistance. "Wait a minute there," he said. "Let me use you how easy it is when you use a little brain with your muscle." And he grabbed a hook, struck it into the case, gave a yank, and went sprawling into the gutter under the dray. He got up, looked at the hook, and said: "Confound it, the handle comes off!" "Yes, sir," said the drayman, respectfully. "My brain told me that, and I didn't use it." Preparing to Get Even. "Yes," he said, "I wish to adopt a girl." "A little girl?" "No, a girl old enough to have energy and perseverance, and one who has had enough experience with the piano to make her think she knows how to play. And if she thinks she can sing, why, so much the better. I tell you I am going to get even with the people in the next flat, even if I have to adopt two musical prodigies." —Lippincott's Magazine. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE The public may rely on the medication. The public may rely on the medication. Sold only in questionable CORDIAL INVITATION Miss Barrows Tells How Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Helps Working Girls. Girls who work are particularly susceptible to female disorders, especially those who are obliged to stand on their feet from morning until night in stores or factories. Girls who work are particularly susceptible to female disorders, especially those who are obliged to stand on their feet from morning until night in stores or factories. Miss Abby F. Barrows Day in and day out the girl toils, and she is often the bread-winner of the family. Whether she is sick or well, whether it rains or shines, she must get to her place of employment, perform the duties exacted of her—smile and be agreeable. Among this class the symptoms of female diseases are early manifest by weak and aching backs, pain in the lower limbs and lower part of the stomach. In consequence of frequent wetting of the feet, periods become painful and irregular, and frequently there are faint and dizzy spells, with loss of appetite, until life is a burden. All these symptoms point to a derangement of the female organism which can be easily and promptly cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Miss Abby F. Barrows, Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio, tells what this great medicine did for her. She writes: Dear Mrs. Krabb: "I feel it my duty to tell you the good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier have done for me. Before I took them I was very nervous, had dull headaches, pains in back, and periods were headaches, I had been to several doctors, and they did me no good. Your medicine has made me well and strong. I can do most any kind of work without complaint, and my periods are all right." "I am in better health than I ever was, and I know it is all due to your remedies. I recommend your advice and medicine to all who suffer." It is to such girls that Mrs. Pinkham holds out a helping hand and extends a cordial invitation to correspond with her. She is daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years has been advising sick women free of charge. Her long record of success in treating woman's ill makes her letters of advice of untold value to every ailing working girl. Address, Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. A Positive CURE FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses, soothes, A Positive CURE FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm A Positive CURE FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm It is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. It cleans, soothes, heals, and promotes the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts. at Druggists or by mail; Trial size 10 cts. by mail. M.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MARKETER SOLE AGENTS FOR M.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1876 CAPITAL $2,500,000 if I could take you into my three large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite care with which every pair of shoes is made, you would be amazed at how much cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater quality than any other footwear. K. Doyle's footwear designs for W. L. Douglas Strong Made shoes for Dress Shoes, $8.50, $8.17, $8.18, Dress Shoes, $8.50, $8.17, $8.18, CAUTION — insist upon having W. L. Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine shoes are needed on bottom. Fast Color Equity used; they will not wear brass. Write for Illustrated Catalog. OF AID TO HOSTESS SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS At a Cake Party Merry Bakers and Cakes—Doll Party for Little Girls—Off to Europe. A Pie Party. Here is a novel pie party. The guests were given pie-shaped pieces of cardboard, with pencils, and told that the questions were to be answered by words all beginning with the sound pl; the key is given below: 1-Pertaining to fireworks. 1—Pertaining to fireworks. 2—A portico. 3—One who prepares the way. 4—A mineral. 5—A tube. 6—A fruit. 7—A large snake. 8—A size of type. 9—Reverence. 10—Of various colors. 11—An outlaw. 12—Musical instrument. 13—Nap of wool or cotton. 14—A kind of spice or pickle. 15—A plant. 16—A measure. 17—A square column. 18—Confuses type. 19—A guilde. 20—Devout. 21—A philosopher. 1—Pyrotechnics. 2—Plazza. 3—Pioneer. 4—Pyrites. 5—Pipe. 6—Pineapple. 7—Python. 8—Placa. 9—Plety. 10—Plebald. 11—Pirate. 12—Planó. 13—Pile. 14—Plemento. 15—Pie plant. 16—A pint. 17—Pillaster. 18—Pi. 19—Pilot. 20—Pious. 21—Pythagoras. A. Grandmother's Tea. A hostess who is ever thinking of how to give pleasure has issued invitations to eight guests, who are all the proud grandmothers of one or more children. Each person has been requested to come prepared to relate stories of the wonderful doings and sayings of these children, and the hostess says she expects to collect enough anecdotes and clever happenings to keep her in stock for the rest of the season. The table is to be set with an old-fashioned castor in the center, with nosegays of geranium and white tea roses at either end. The menu is to consist of pressed chicken, garnished with hard boiled eggs, potato croquettes, small sweet pickles, jelly, hot baking powder biscuits, with cup custard and sponge cake for dessert. Tea is to be the beverage. Gold band china will be used and a bouquet of pansies and a rose geranium leaf will be at each place. A. Pre-Nuptial Luncheon. This charming affair was given recently for a bride-elect. The table was a dream. In the center, to simulate a lake, was an oblong mirror surrounded by smilac and trailing vines. On this lake white swans floated, holding in their beaks narrow green ribbon which radiated to the place of each guest, where a swan was fastened to the place card. These birds had a box under the wings, large enough to contain the salted almonds. Pale candle candles were also at each plate in glass holders. In the beak of each swan was the smallest of envelopes, sealed with a gilt heart. The card inclosed bore the names of the engaged couple. Celery soup with chopped parsley sprinkled over the top was served first, then creamed sweet breads in heart-shaped pastry shells, Saratoga potatoes, hot rolls, white grape and nut salad, pistachio ice cream in form of hearts, with an arrow of white, and individual heart cakes completed this green and white luncheon. Creme de menthe was passed in the drawing-room afterwards and all gave toasts to the honored guest. The hostess wore white with green trimmings. A pretty feature was crowning the bride with a wreath of myrtle for good luck, and she gave each maid a pink garter to wear for a year to bring success in all affairs of the heart. MADAME MERRL A New Style. Artificial and ribbon flowers will now have to take a back seat in favor of a new style that has made its appearance in the New York shops. The new ones are made from Japanese palm fibre, and are so natural in appearance that it is quite impossible to tell them from the real article. This is particularly the case with carnations and American Beauty roses, for a further resemblance to nature is added by their being perfumed like their natural prototypes. So far as the expense goes, they cost but little more than the natural flowers. For Itching Scalp Massage the scalp each night for ten minutes until the hair ceases to fall, with & hair tonic; then use once a week. The massage and tonic will help this itching. Soothing After Dust Use cucumber lotion, half cucumber juice and half water. Again We Present Strong Flea for Making a Religion of Inhalations of Fresh Air. Would you grow strong? Breathe deeply. Would you feel well? Breathe deeply, admonishes Mme. Hebe. Do you care to keep young in appearance and feeling? Breathe deeply; yes, breathe deeply, but unless the air you breathe is pure it will avail you little. Cultivate the habit of enjoying deep breaths of pure air and you will soon find yourself unable to tolerate a close room. We should rise from healthful sleep refreshed, cheerful and ready for our day's work, but many of us, on the contrary, open our eyes tired, dull, headache, gloomy, or irritable, and all because of the air we have taken into our lungs all night. Frequently the air is already foul from the room having been used all day, yet we close windows and doors and light a lamp or gas, which many of us burn all night. What wonder, then, that we rise unrefreshed and half-sick? What wonder that our skins are an unhealthy color, our complexions muddy and thick, our eyes heavy., our heads dull Why do we persist in subjecting ourselves nightly to the poisonous influence of a close, unventilated room? There are several reasons given and by otherwise sensible and educated people, too, the predominant ones being "fear of draughts," "fear of night air," and "dread of getting up in the morning in a cold room." The excuse for the lamp or gas which we let burn all night is simply our "natural dislike for darkness." Now, do you realize that a lamp or gaslight absorbs oxygen and throws off carbonic acid gas very much the same as you do yourself? Place a lighted candle under an inverted glass jar, taking care to prevent any fresh supply of air to reach the light, and watch the result. After the flame has consumed most of the oxygen it will fall, for even a candle cannot live in poisonous air, though it was itself the agent that worked the harm. Again, do you know that you use up about 500 cubic feet of air an hour and that in a room ten feet square the air is unfit for you to use in about two hours? Think what a veritable poison box it must become before the night is over, especially if you have burned the gas as well. Do you wonder at the bad dreams that pursue you sleeping and the dull pains and great weariness that greet you on waking? And the remedy is so simple. A window open an inch or two top and bottom will insure a constant change of air all night. The very best air is to be had at night. FOR WORK ON CANVAS. Berlin Wool, Filosele, or Tapestry Wool May Be Used and Herringbone Stitch Applied. Herringbone stitched applied as a filling for canvas is a decided novelty; it makes a splendid firm border or stripe, or may be used for an all-over design. It is worked with two colors. FOR BORDER OR STRIPE. and the fact of the long part of the stitches being double in places, make it very strong. The actual working is clearly seen from the illustration, Berlin wool, filoselle, or tapestry wool may be used. Design for Pincushion. A very dainty little pincushion can be made by cutting two heart-shaped pieces of linen, enough larger than your cushion to leave a border an inch and a half wide on every side. Line these pieces with pink lawn, and in the center of the upper one embroider a small design in eyelet and solid work. Make a row of eyelets on both pieces of linen in the shape of a heart. When the embroidery is finished place the cushion between the two linen covers and lace them together with pale pink ribbon, running it through the eyelets and finishing the whole by bows of ribbon at top and bottom. A. Good Shampoo. A good shampoo is made of the following ingredients: One-half ounce of borax, one-quarter ounce bicarbonate of soda, one-half drachm of camphor, one-quarter ounce of glycerine, one pint of rose water, and one ounce of alcohol. The camphor should first be dissolved in alcohol, and the rest of the ingredients then added, having been first thoroughly mixed. Care of the Hair. All hair if properly cared for will be beautiful, even though the color may not be just what you would like. The hair should be carefully shampooed every ten days, using the green soap mixture for the purpose. Then dry the hair in the sun and rub on a good hair tonic. The hair tonic should also be applied each night, rubbing it well into the scalp with the finger tips. Dandruff. There is no positive cure for dandruff, but absolute cleanliness will keep it from being objectionable. The Fashions of the Day THE WOMEN'S WORLD TWO HANDSOME BLOUSES WITH EMBROIDERY WITH INSET LACE MOTIFS. The Matinee-Jacket Girl Shirt waists of snowy white, sheer waist of snowy white, all womankind arrayed in summer stuffs. It is hard to tell where the shirt waist stops and lingerie waist begins, for they are so closely related. One sees a charming negliggee shirt waist that looks like a boating cuff, the sleeves short with turn-back cuffs, the collar a lay-down, easy bit of neckwear finished with a soft, easy-looking tie. This promises to be a feature of waists of the summer of 1906, and one can readily see it has considerable to recommend it, perhaps the chief thing the unmistakable air of comfort. The pretty sailor is a very appropriate accompaniment. We must be either very short waisted to day or else very long waisted and ivelte—Empire modes or elongated bodice. The models shown in the illustration belong decidedly to the latter class. On the lingerie blouse of latest style we find the trimming slightly different from last year, the chief novelty, perhaps, the use of heavy lace and embroidery on sheer material, used in narrow inset lines. It is a pretty idea, emphasizes the fineness of the material. Not a few of the new lingerie blouses are quite low in the neck; there are some with a square neck, some V-shaped, and The matinee girl and the matinee tacket girl need not be at all alike; one loves to spend sentimental hours with a stage hero, one loves to lounge in budoir privacy and comfort. But in summer there are days when we are all matinee jacket inclined, when even the most energetic is glad to take to comfortable loose negligee and comfortable pillowed couch; wherefore it is well to present a little talk on present-day styles in negligee posture. One may spend a small fortune on tea-jacket and tea-gown, and one may attain very attractive ones for only a small outlay. Imported, hand-made lingerie affairs cost way up, are impossible for the average purse; but one may throw together oneself, if at all capable, some filmy stuff and feel quite content with results. There are figured swisses that that need but little trimming and are inexpensive and very appropriate for summer bouncing robe and sack; there are wash silks that are likewise inexpensive and pretty mulls, lawns, handkerchief linen—any number of materials. Empire styles are liked, the short-waisted girdle made of insertion and face like that with which the garment is trimmed. The loose sack, loose from short yoke down, is still in favor, and the other day we saw a novelty in the way of one meant to slip on over the head. This had a square neck, the opening large enough to go over the head easily, and there was avoided the usual problem of how to keep a loose sack closed—as a rule always unfastening at the most awkward moment. Of course, sleeves are all short, for coolness, and to give the dressy look desired. Sometimes the sleeve will be a mere ruffle, a deep frill. The flowered dimities and organdies are preferred by some, for the reason that there is less of a night-gown appearance in colored materials. Made up with three tiny frills at the bottom, a ace yoke and lace-trimmed sleeves, there is less of a night-gown appear. The designs of the day, the neat little cosbud patterns, are well suited to these dainty negligees. Challis is an excellent material to select for the light-weight tea-gown, and the challis of the season are particularly pretty for house gowns, cotton crepes are also effective, very good for the long-trailing Empire modes. With such a gown one should take others with the round Dutch neck—also styled the Alice Roosevelt. All sleeves are short. One sees such lovely shades of green this year, and though green hats cannot be said to retain the popularity of a couple of years back those that are abroad are generally extremely pretty. The green most approved is a soft gray green, not the brilliant emerald obtaining earlier. There is no color cooler looking in summer, more refreshing, and when becoming it is a wise choice for a warm weather frock. Charming green volleys are noticed, and some charming green taffetas. For evening wear crepe de chine is in high favor, and a favored trimming is the new ribbon embroidery. Touches of black velvet are much used, very pretty with summer gowns. It is seen rather on evening occasions than for the street, where there is observable more harmony than contrast. And speaking of street costumes, everybody is getting weary of corset skirt and abbreviated bolero, the short-waisted jackets that extend below the waist line are in better style; one sees numbers of excellent ones of this sort, they look so simple and neat, not ambitious and obtrusive like the tight-fitting corset. ```markdown ``` COMFORTABLE AND PRETTY. COMFORTABLE AND PRETY. pains to dress the hair in picturesque, high fashion, and with a careless looseness in harmony with the negligee costume. One can be comfortable and at the same time have regard for appearances—and if this is adhered to we shall find fewer criticisms. Japan and China, lands where women are supposed to spend their days in uninterrupted ease, lend us good ideas for negligee costumes, and we have borrowed the pagoda sleeves, modified the kimona to suit our ideas. We also borrow the foot gear of the orient to a certain extent, their cool sandals and silken shoes. The inexpensive Turkish slippers, which come in such delectable blues and bronzes, often are just the thing to accompany a lounging costume—depending, of course, upon the style and color of the gown or jacket. Dainty underclothes should be worn with the lounging toilet, ie nothing disturb the effect of exquisitness and repose. It makes one shudder to see an exquisite kimona above heavy calf-skin shoes, and one does not particularly care for a Japanese gown accompanied by Turkish footwear. Just a little thought, attention to details, is needed for right dressing—not a lot of money. ELLEN O8MONDE MAKING A GOOD LAWN. The Soil Must Be Moist and Contain a Considerable Percentage of Clay. The department of agriculture has fn press a number of farmers' bulletins which should appeal to the farmer. One of these, which will be Farmers' Bulletin, No. 248, is written by L. C. Corbett, the horticulturist in charge of the Arlington experiment station on "The Lawn." Mr. Corbett contends that the lawn is a signal of the inner soul of the householder showing an appreciation of beautiful home surroundings. A lawn is the accomplishment of every effort on the part of man to beautify the surroundings of his abiding place. The great increase of interest in suburban and rural life has caused a corresponding increase of interest in matters pertaining to the making and mainnance of lawns. Suburban railroads the extension of electric lines into the country and the return of man to natural ways of living are all features contributing to the growing interest in matters pertaining to lawn making. Mr. Corbett believes that a lawn should be beautiful and at the same time useful. Its beauty depends on the contour of the land, the color and texture of the grass, and the uniformity of the turf. The use of the lawn is to provide a suitable setting for architectural adornment and landscape painting. The ideal soil for grasses best suited for lawn making is one which is moist and contains a considerable percentage of clay. A strong clayey loam or a sandy loam underlain with a clay soil is undoubtedly the nearest approach to an ideal soil for a lawn. Since the lawn is a prominent feature it is hardly possible to make the soil for the lawn too rich. Stable manure posed and rotted.and which is as free as possible from detrimental weed seeds is undoubtedly the best material to use in producing the desired fertility of the soil. After a lawn has been established and it has gone into winter quarters, it is well to give the young grass a mulch of well decomposed stable manure which shall not be heavy enough to disfigure or mar the lawn, but should be so fine and well decomposed that it will be carried beneath the surface of the grass by the rains and snows of winter, leaving very little rough or unsightly matter to be raked off in the spring—Prairie Farmer. FOR BEAUTY OF THE EYES Wonderful What Happy Results Follow on a Protracted Walk in the Open Air. It was a matter of surprise to Emerson that the following little piece of advice by De Quincey should not have attracted more attention: "The depth and subtlety of the eyes varies exceedingly with the state of the stomach, and if young ladies were aware of the magical transformation which can be wrought in the depth and sweetness of the eye, by a few weens' exercise, I fancy we should see their habits on this point altered greatly for the better." He then describes the effect of walking as he had noted it in the eyes of the poet Wordsworth. "I have," he says, "seen Wordsworth's eyes sometimes affected powerfully in this respect. His eyes are not under any circumstances bright, lustrous, or piercing, but after a long day's toil in walking, I have seen them assume an appearance the most solemn and spiritual that it is possible for the human eye to wear. The light which resides in them is at no time a superficial light, but, under favorable accidents, it is a light which seems to come from a depth below all depth; in fact, it is more entitled to be held 'the light that never was on land or sea'—a light radiating from some spiritual world, than any that can be named."—Good Health. The Old Morning Glory The old-fashioned but ever popular morning glory still claims a prominent place as a quick-growing and beautiful vine for either foliage or flowers. Appearing every morning in all the richest shades of white, blue and red, often variegated and striped, the silky flowers add much to the beauty of the home and materially increase the charms of summer and autumn mornings. The morning glory has recently undergone some improvement at the hands of the professional florists, but it is an easily cultivated flower and should be a part of the floral display of every home. Baked Rhubarb. Rhubarb is almost a specific for curing the various small indigestions that accompany the early spring season. And it is so much nicer when baked than stewed, although I usually say "stewed" as a breakfast dish. But it peeled, cut into inch bits and plenty of sugar sifted over, it is set in a rather cool oven and allowed to cook it will be found so much less trouble and more delicate. Stir once in a while with a silver fork, and do not add any water. When cold it may be served in patty shell or tartlets, in a bowl that has been lined with macaroons or in pies. For Cleaning Bottles Salt and vinegar make an excellent solution for cleaning bedroom water bottles or wine decanters. A dessert-spoonful of rough salt put into a wine decanter, molested with vinegar and well shaken generally removes all stains. Protect the Trees. Trees should be protected during the summer as well as through the winter. The tree veneer does the work. The veneer is a guard against scald, bores, mice and rabbits. There is no Rochelle Salte, Alum, Lime or Ammonia in food made with Calumet Baking Powder NOT IN THE BAKING INDUCER TRUST It makes pure food. OLDSMOBILE It took 20 years to be able to build automobiles that are recognized as standard in quality, reliability and work- manship. Oldsmobiles are known all over the world as the standard—not excelled in the qualities that make an automobile durable, satisfactory and economical to own. A purchaser of an Oldsmobile knows he is getting a big dollar's worth for every dollar he invests. Write us for our agency proposition in towns not now under contract. OLDS MOTOR WORKS, LANSING, MICH. If afflicted with more excess, use Thompson's Eye Water PHONETIC PHENOMENON. How the "O" Came to Be Left Out in the Modernized Spelling of "Phenix." They were talking about spelling reform and the idiosyncrasies of English spelling in general, relates Success Magazine. "There's the that, very word 'phonetic,' said one of the men, 'that's a sample of English spelling. The reformers call their system the 'phonetic system,' and yet they have to spell 'phonetic' with a 'pho' to let people know what they mean. The very word that means 'spelled as pronounced' is as far from it as possible." "Now, now!" drawled his friend, "you're too hard on the good old English speller. You ought to be proud of 'phonetic'. Why, that word is so trimmed down, and saw off, and cut short, that I must a wawing laugh of it. I alone on a blank page. You ought to thank the language for the word. It is a beautiful word. That 'pho' might have been spelled like 'lough' and the 'net' like 'ette' in 'rosette' and the 're' like the 'hp' in 'liquor. That would be a good old English word 'phough'. But it is coming." Look at that word 'phenix'. It is spelled 'phenix' everywhere now and I remember it always ued to be 'phoenix'. The 'o' has gone. That shows— "Nothing!" said the objector. "What did it show? It was the phenix is a hard 'let' a phenix a hard 'let' a phenix a hard 'let' a phenix that round thing you saw was an 'o' was an egg. That's all. 'Twas just an egg and the phenix had the egg. That's all." The Other Way About. An American, who had spent more time gathering money than in studying grammar, while coaching in England remarked to the driver: "I suppose coachman, all their trees growed out of them hedges" "Oh, on, sir," responded the coachman; "all of them hedges growed out of the trees." Can't Hold On. "Are you fond of yachting, Miss Gray?" "Oh, yes! At the very thought of the inspiring breeze the straining sad, the rushing water, I can hardly contain my "Y yes—that's the way it affects me" Cleveland Leader Seasonable Hour Stern Parent--What time did that young man leave? Pretty Daughter—Just when you get home from the lodge, mama returned from her bridge party and Bridget came back from her night out—N. Y. Sun The Happy Man Orange—She's engaged at last, eh?" Who's the happy man? Lemon -- Her father. -- Los Angeles Herald. Different. "Bangley always speaks of his wife as 'dearest'." "Yes, but you ought to hear how he speaks 'to her'." --Detroit Free Press. TRANSFORMATIONS. Curious Results When Coffee Drink- ing Is Abandoned It is almost as hard for an old coffee toper to quit the use of coffee as it is for a whisky or tobacco fiend to break off, except that the coffee user can quit coffee and take up Postum Food Coffee without any feeling of a loss of the morning beverage, for when Postum to well boiled and served with cream, it is really better in point of flavor than most of the coffee served nowadays, and to the taste of the connoisseur it is like the flavor of fine Java. A great transformation takes place in the body within ten days or two weeks after coffee is left off and Postum Food Coffee used, for the reason that the polson to the nerves has been discontinued and in its place is taken a liquid that contains the most powerful elements of nourishment. It is easy to make this test and prove these statements by changing from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. THE RISING SON. and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week and must be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of authenticity. WFIOE-No. 117 West Sixth. St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion . $ 8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . $ 2.00 For two inches, three months . $ 8.00 For two inches, six months . $ 8.00 For two inches, nine months . $ 10.00 For two inches twelve months . $ 15.00 CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. The good people of this country regardless of color or race commend Gov. Folk in his fearless attitude on lynching. The Governor is determined to uphold the majesty of the law at all risk. "No people have as often been betrayed by their 'leaders' as have the colored people. And yet there are those who blame the race because they will not trust their leading men." Supt. G. V. Buchanan of the schools of Sedalia will be a candidate on the Republican ticket for superintendent of public institution. We do not know of a candidate backed by stronger influence and commendation than Prof. Buchanan and we believe he is the proper man for the place. The pessimistic mood of the Freeman in connection with Negro leaders asserts itself when it says: "We often hear the statement that 'our people will not follow their leaders.' Now, why is this? We will tell you why. It is because not one out of a dozen of 'our leaders' can be trusted. No people have ever been defrauded by their own leaders as have the colored people." The headquarters of the No. 11 Fire Co. on Independence avenue is in a deplorable condition. The roof leaks, the place is damp and dilapidated and is unfit for the boys to live in and keep healthy. If there is any place in the city government that needs looking after it is No. 11 Fire Co. We hope the proper officials will do what is right in connection with the matter. Mr. Thos. K. Neidringhaus, chairman of the Republican State Committee, spent several days in Kansas City this week in the interest of political matters. Mr. Neidringhaus' views on the coming state election are very hopeful, taking his position from the fact that the conditions are such that every republican will be gotten to the polls next fall to cast his ballot for reform and progress siveness in the state. After pounding over the great injustice which is exercised toward the colored race, in courts and out of courts, the Oklahoma Safeguard says: "I believe when a man tells the truth the other people should say "amen." It is nothing else but the color of the skin which gives rise or decides whether a man must be lynched or not for his crime. I have seen a southern white man who was convicted for rape on his step-daughter, given a fair trial and sentenced to the pen, while Negroes who are merely accused, not guilty, are burned at the stake. This is a "miscarriage of justice," and the Negroes should not stand for it." 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. Chinese Leather Poorly Tanned. Shoes manufactured by the Chinese are all made of imported leather, for the reason that the few tanneries in the empire are unable to turn out a satisfactory product. The leather is soft and spongy and practically useless for the manufacture of footwear. Hides in abundance can be obtained in China, but, as the natives are ignorant of the proper method of tanning, comparatively few are retained in the country for that purpose. Soldiers Cleared Line of Snow. In February of 1903 a terrible blizzard swept over southern Russia. Hundreds of peasants' huts were buried beneath the snowdrifts, while outside Odessa three trains were completely blocked. Word was at once sent to the neighboring barracks and over 4,000 soldiers, armed with shovels, promptly appeared upon the scene. In a very short while the lines were cleared. Not in His Line. A woman was detailing some social news to a newspaper reporter the other day and in describing her gown at a function stroke of her new diamond necklace. "It's a present from my husband, and cost $40,000. But"—fearfully—"don't put that in the paper." "Madam," returned the reporter, "you need have no fear. I'm not the financial editor." Artificial Vocal Chords A Viennese, whose larynx was cut out for cancer, has invented a speaking apparatus made of a rubber pipe fitted with artificial vocal chords, which he inserts in his throat when he wishes to speak. He spoke before the Viennese Medical Society at its last meeting. The voice is a high falsetto, but what he said was easily understood. Feather Headdresses Coming. We are wondering (says a fashion expert) whether we are slowly veering round to the elaborate headaddresses of the end of the eighteenth century. Plumes and other feather erections of size have been seen both in London and Paris (these more or less headaddresses) adorning the coiffure of fashion. The Coming Woman. On the whole the modern woman (says a correspondent) is slowly assuming large proportions, and the delicate, slender, finely-made figure of the past will soon become extinct as the dodo. There is already talk among ladies of repudiating the term "weaker sex" in favor of men. Unique Distinction of Texas. A Baltimore school teacher says that she once put a question to a boy pupil as to what was the distinguishing feature of the state of Texas. "Texas," replied the lad, "is celebrated for being the only one of the United States that is the largest."—Harper's Weekly. Most Curious Vegetable. The most curious vegetable in the world is the truffle, since it has neither roots, stem, flowers, leaves nor seeds. In some parts dogs and pigs are trained to dig for it, the animals being guided by their sense of smell. Woman's Work is Never Done. When a woman says she has been working hard it is a sign that she has been out calling alh day; and when she says she has had a quiet restful day at home, she has been making clothes for the children—New York Press. The Proper Aim. We should make a rich personality our great aim, instead of a fat pocketbook. If the aim is directed towards the picketbook the head will suffer, the heart will starve, and the life will deteriorate.—Success Magazine. Elephants for South America. It has been suggested that African and Asiatic elephants be imported into South and Central America, in the vast forests of which they would multiply and provide a future source of ivory. Teach Children to Save Teeth School children in Strasburg, Darmstadt and other cities of Germany not only have their teeth treated free of charge, but are taught how to masticate food with the least injury to the teeth. Curl Chrysanthemums Before chrysanthemums are exhibited at the various shows they are curled and frilled by specialists to make them appear to the best advantage. Question That Is Fatal: "What is the use?" Nothing—nothing in the world, if you are determined to insist upon the question. John A. Howland. Insult and Repartee. The difference between repartee and insult depends on whether you or the other man makes the remark.— Life. When He Is Unfortunate When He is Unfortunate: There is a title in the affairs of man when everybody seems to try to soak him—Exchange. Smallest Dogs. The Mexican lap dog is the smallest member of the dog family. Origin of Russians. Rurik the Rodsen, or Oarsman, a daring sea rover, landed in 862 on the Russian shore of the Baltic with his brothers, Sineus and Truwer. He subjugated the country from Novgorod to the Volga, and his followers were called Rodsen, or Russians, Rodsen, in the Scandinavian tongue of the period, meaning oarsmen. Rurik died in 879. The Russian warship Rurik, it will be remembered, went down off Sakhalin last summer. Steals 2.600 Pipes. One of the strangest cases of kleptomania ever brought to light was heard of in Paris. A certain woman had such a passion for smoking and for coloring meerschaum pipes that she had been for a long time stealing pipes of this description from shops. In the flat which she occupied there was found no fewer than 2,600 pipes, not one of which, it is believed, she had paid for. New Secret Order One of the prosperous farmers of Etna, N. H., was informed by his hired man that in the town of Canaan there was a secret order which had a large membership and was very prosperous, and hearing such a glowing account he inquired the name of the order. The young man replied that he was not quite certain, but believed that it was "Knights of Paralysis." Irishman or Indian. Having been described in the Washington Post as a noble red man, lawyer Robert L. Owen has written a letter to the editor. "I hold as a self-evident truth," he says, "that a man who is ninety-nine parts Irish and one part Cherokee is to all Intents and purposes an Irishman, even if he is by the statutes of the United States a Cherokee Indian." Theory of Heat and Motion The modern theory of heat and motion seems to have been quite clear to the mind of a Dutch professor named Van der Linden as early as 1642. In a medical treatise, written in Latin, the professor asserts his belief that the heat of the human body consists in the vibration of the most minute particles in its makeup. The Lady in the Moon. A German astronomer has discovered that the man in the moon is a woman. "Hair, eyes, mouth, nose, chin, and bust," says he, may all be distinctly observed. In fact, the only thing that makes one doubt the accuracy of his observation is that he saw not one woman but two—London Telegraph. Oldest Architectural Ruins. The oldest architectural ruins in the world are believed to be the rock-cut temples at Ipsambool, on the left bank of the Nile, in Nubia. The largest of these ancient temples contains fourteen apartments hewn out of solid stone. The ruins are supposed to be 4,000 years old. Rare Substance. Palladium, a rare substance little used, is the active agent in automatic gas lighting devices. Flame is produced as soon as the illuminating gas strikes a pellet of asbestos covered with a mixture of palladium and finely divided platinum, known as platinum black. Railway Mileage Europe, in comparison with America, has not one-fifth the railway mileage per capita, the figures being 4.5 miles per 10,000 of population, as against 25.9 miles in the United States. The mileage in Prussia per 10,000 of the population is about 18. Imitate Jamaica Rum. The government of Jamaica has begun, in England, a series of prosecutions of sellers of counterfeit Jamaica rum. The result of this illicit trade has been a reduction of distilleries in Jamaica from 150 to 108 in five years. Immense Southern Swamps. The two largest swamps in the south, the Everglades and the Okefinoke, cover an area of 500,000 square miles. The trees are very large and vegetation low. Both swamps teem with alligators and deadly moccasins. Language of Italy and Sicily. Among the natives of Italy and Sicily there are about 100,000 who speak French; German is spoken by 12,000; Slavic by 30,000; Albanese by 110,000; Greek by 38,000; Catalanian by 10,000. Horse Resents a Snub. Mr. Boston Hitt Saturday morning went in the stable to curry his driving horse and failed to speak to it, so the horse began to kick, kicking him right badly. -Cu'pepper (Va.) Exponent. Straw Blocks for Paving. Some of the streets of Warsaw, Poland, are paved with straw pressed into blocks and made hard enough to be used for this purpose. Dar never wuz no lowgrounds er sorrow but a sunbeam found its way ter 'um en set some bird a-singln' -Atlanta Constitution. Huta of Russian Peasants Nine-tenths of the peasants in Russia live in huts without floors and too low for a tall man to stand in. 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. One half the world is down on automobiles, and the other half is down under them. There are no return tickets issued from the frying pan into the fire. THE NEW CONGRESSMAN. 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-concealed 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; And if he's good, the leading chaps Will let him make, some day, perhaps. A motion to adjourn. —Louisville Courler-Journal. 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. 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 former and retain the harder sounding "fork."—From D. M. Morrell's "Forks" in St. Nicholas. Much Depends on Worker. The man who mixes the mortar, the man who lays the granite, the man who saws, digs, hews or harles—upon each of these the honesty of the world depends. * * * You may lie in your throat, and no one to be the worse of it; to lie with the hands is to add a stone to the fabric of the world's disgrace—New York Times Honeymoons Cut Short. Brevity and economy in honeymoons, the London Express says, are becoming the fashion. Even wealthy people, it says, are "showing a tendency to limit the wedding tours to three or four days in Paris." Many go straight to their new home from the church and stay there. Chinese Stamps. Nearly all Chinese stamps bear dragons, hideous beyond description, as their central figures. Other stamps depict great pagodas and sacred towers, being supposed to guard the "luck" of a place and propitiate the spirits and frighten away the evil ones. Brutal Suggestion To obviate the unseemingly sight of women interrupters at election meetings being forcibly ejected, the proposal has been made that at every 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 stains their teeth. To Restore Calf Bindings. Wash lightly with a soft sponge dipped in a preparation of best glue, dissolved in a pint of hot water, to which add a teaspoonful of glycerin and a little flour paste. Rub well with chamois leather when dry. Relief from Hiccoughs. Hiccough may be relieved by sipping cold water, or holding the breath may also effectually check it. If these methods fail, a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in a half tumbler of water should be taken. WESTERN UNIVERSITY THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST. . . . . . DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparational (Instrumental and Volcanic mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Book Binding, Business Coing, Tailoring, Dressmaking and dering, Farming and Gardenin ADVANTAGES: Slpendid Location ences and Thorough Teachers INFORMATION: For terms, prices to WILLIAM T. VERN PRESIDENT QUINDARO, Phones: Office—Bell—"White" 43 MENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-National Industrial. B: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-National (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ, lyric, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Book Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Farming and Gardening. AGES: Sipendid Location, Healthful Climate, Teachers and Thorough Teachers. ATION: For terms, prices and all inducements of William T. Vernon, A. M., D. PRESIDENT, INDARO, KANE Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell— DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book Binding, Business Course, 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 Union National Ba KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at business, April 6, 1906. Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. to the Comptroller of the Currency at business, April 6, 1906. Union National Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business, April 6, 1906. RESOURCES. Loans and di counts. $ 7 428 872 07 U. S. Bonds at par. $600 000 00 Municipal bonds and other high class bonds at par. 528 061 80- 1 128 061 80 Cash and sight exchange. 4 794 789 93 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock. $ 600 000 00 Mortgage. 400 000 00 Undivided profits. 32 944 68 Unearned interest. 98 574 00 National bank notes outstanding. 500 0 0 0 0 Deposits. 11 070 155 12 Total. $12 751 673 80 DESIGNATED UNITED S Directors—C. W. Whitehead, Edward Georill, O. H. Dean, Geo. W. Jones, Lee Clark, Geo. David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Ses A. Webb The well know MERC after an extended trip th west, is with us again. Ew Weber by the many stylish has put up. He is now at 1206½ East DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITOR T. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Sok Geo. W. Jones, Lee Clark, Gso. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeger, Edwin W. Zea. A. Weber The well know MERCHANT TAILOR after an extended trip through California and west, is with us again. Everybody remembers Weber by the many stylish and well-made suits he put up. He is now at 206½ East 18th St Directors—C. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merlero, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeger, Wm. W. Zea, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, Wm. H. Seeger, Wm. W. Zea 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. --- THE RIVER OF YOUTH. From all the golden hills of Dream, Dew-cool and rainbow kissed, It twines and curls, a silver stream. Through valleys hung with mist. Down past enchanted woods to where Romance walks ever young, Where kings ride forth to take the air On steeds with velvet hung— Where secret stairways tempt the bold, Where pirate caves abound, And many a chest of Spanish gold May solemnly be found! Through magic years it twines and creeps Past towers of peacock blue, Where still some captured princess sleeps And dreams come always true. Then gleam by gleam the light goes out, Then darkened, grief by grief, It sighs 'into our Sea of Doubt And manhood's unbelief! Why He Was Cheerful. "No man," said Jerome K. Jerome, "should marry unless he is by nature a 'good provider'—unless without a twinge he can hand forth money right and left. "Some men can in a sunny, cheerful way, spend $10 or $15 on a dinner in a fashionable restaurant, while they become morose, sour and fearful for the future when they are obliged to give their wives a dollar or two for the days meat. --- lege, Normal, Sub-Normal and ratory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Mu- including piano, organ and har- Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing course, Stenography and Typewrit- 1 Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- Healthful Climate, Good Influ- and all inducements offered write DN, A. M., D. D. NT, KANSAS. 2. Residence—Bell—"West 15. F. P. Neal, Vice President. W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President on Bank CITY, MO. The Currency at the close of April 6, 1906. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock $ 600 000 00 Arbus $ 400 000 00 Individued profits $ 32 944 68 Unearned interest $ 88 574 00 National bank notes outstanding $ 500 0 0 00 Deposits $ 11 070 155 12 Total $12 751 673 80 STATES DEPOSITORY. E. L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Mer- D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Felix L. LaForce, Ever, Edwin W. Zea. HANT TAILOR. Bough California and the body remembers Mr. and well-made suits he 18th Street FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" SO STRAIGHTENS The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Peak 70 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. See 24S Wwe SS ee 3 ts ED Tk t WAN 2 i a 7 er i | F a7 i ART q . i SoG “I | ae Aen aI 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 w year." ‘The Rising Son which has been in existence ten years in June, 1906, is going to prepare an extra anniversary number which will go before the pub- lic the latter part of June. Nice large unfurnished rooms for rent at 117 West 6th street. You can secure a supply of Ozona by calling on The Rising Son, A reputation smirched is the hard- est thing to clean in this world. Be what you wish others to be- come; let yourself and not your words preach for you. It you have any news the Son will appreciate it if you will send {t in here Tuesday of each week. Mynor H. Bass who 1s in the Douglass Hospital is rapidly recover- Ing and is expected to be out soon. ea Meet your friends at McCampbell & Houston's Easter Sunday evening, and have a delicious cold drink with them. | ee | Howard University will never elect fa colored man to the presidency, un- less the race put up a united front for the very best man available. When you want the best news con- cerning the Negro, place your name on the subscription list of the “Son” and thus have it delivered to your door. ' Mrs. C. E, Cummings and Mrs. Callie Edwards went Tuesday to St. Joseph as delegates to the diocean convention from St. Augustine's mis- sions. Get the latest in cold drinks at Me- Campbell & Houston's. Sherry and Apricot flipps, cherry glace, flowing stream, Queen's favorite. Rose and Violet are some of our winners. If the Knights of Pythias in this city wish to make the proper showing in connection with the Grand Lodge, which {s shortly to convene, they must be up and doing. It is time to be getting in shape. 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. 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 souve- nirs for the ladies, 2,300 Vine St. The punishment of the Springfield miscreants {s a proposition that is squarely up to Governor Folk, Graft: ers have gone down before his un- erring aim, but can he “land” big- ger game in the shape of wanton murderers and “bandits” who openly “damn the law?” ‘The “Springfields” are “in bad” just now. Springfield, O., and Springfield, Mo., seems to have touched the bot- tom limit in human depravity, but we shall not feel that we are out of the woods until the returns are in from the Springfields of Massachusetts, Kentucky and Ilinols.—Thompson, We have repeatedly requested our readers and friends to send in their news items to the Son Tuesday of each week. The Son {s not in a po sition to send out a reporter for this class of matter as the expense of such 1s too great for the support we get. Send in your items. Subscribe and pay for the Son and it will do its part, We desire to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Nelson Manufacturing Co., which will be found in another column. ‘This ts one of our old friends. You will notice they have changed the name of their preparation to Nelson's Hair Dressing. We have always found this firm thoroughly reliable, and would sug. gest that if you are interested in the improvement of your hair that you write to them. Mrs. Mayme Hardrick of Spring- field, Mo,, is visiting Mrs, John Hern- don. Colored people must undoubtedly learn to separate their social affairs from their business affairs, The youngest sister of Mra, James Crews died suddenly in Boston last week, Dr. J. F, Shannon is expecting his mother during the week to visit him. Mrs. Shannon is also expecting her foster mother during the week. | The violin recital given at the Sec- ond Baptist church last week by ‘Clarence White was enjoyed by a large number of people. A very in- teresting program was arranged. The seléctions rendered by Mr. White showed ideas of classical training. ‘Mr. White will shortly leave for Europe where he will finish his mu- sical studies. W. T. Vernon of Quindaro who was appointed registrar of the treasury by President Roosevelt, has been exon: erated of the charges filed against him and {t 1s expected that he will be confirmed without further delay. The Son is glad to know that the charges against Prof. Vernon were not sus: tained and it is sure that he will make an acceptable official at the National Capitol. A woman should remember, above all else, that her greatest asset is character. No matter what her per sonal attractiveness, her ability or her equipment may be, the capital which is above all is character. The roots of character remain the same in all ages. The most pitiable object in all the world {s a characterless woman.—Exchange. Referring to the above clipping The Son would advise that a nobler thought could not be produced nor a better utterance made. Character indeed is a priceless jewel. It is ad: mired in men but in women the ad. miration is two fold. Young Japanese Professor. Yosaburo F. Sugita, of Toklo, has been given the chair of language and Uterature of Japan at the University of Notre Dame. He is the son of a wealthy Japanese coal merchant, He fs 20 years old, speaks and writes English fluently, ts a brilliant French conversationalist and in bearing Is studious and thoughtful, Switzerland's exports of machinery and implements in 1904 are valued at about $9,500,000, Electrical. machin- ery and machines used for weaving, knitting and embroidery were the principal items. As this little country has no fron or coal, but must import these heavy materials by railroads, the exportation of machinery speaks well for its industrial skill, | 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 1g 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 Meee ECIGeE EL” “These men should remain single. Otherwise they will make auch hus- bands and fathers as my old friend, Crust. “Crust's daughter said one after- noon, in a tone of unutterable sur- prise: “‘Papa went away quiet gay and cheerful this. morning.’ “Mrs Crust made an exclamation of annoyance. “That reminds me,' she aald. ‘I forgot to ask him for any money.’ "— Exchange. Henpecked Men In India. Henpecked husbands are found even in India, A writer says: “To live as Thave done in a Hindoo house, espe- clally when the real house mistress 1s ‘a masterful and deeply religious wid- ow, who 1s grandmother to the bables ‘and mother to thelr parents, 1s no longer to wonder at the absolute ter- ‘Tor with whieh men speak of the ‘strl -achehar.” For the mex of India are —poor souls!—the most henpecked in | the world.” “Manufactured Wool.” Manufacturers pleasantly name shoddy “manufactured wool.” The term is speciously descriptive, for the material is made from the wools which have passed through the pro- cess of manufacture. Soft worsted rags of any kind—old stockings, or soft cloths made from long-stapled wools—are cleaned and torn into soft fluf in a machine resembling some- what the ordinary wiliow machine. Hair and Disease, ‘A Japanese scientist named Mat- sura has been studying the effects of Giseases and the varying physical state of the body upon the growth and thickness of the hair. He finds that hair, especially in the case of persons whose hair is of coarse struc- ture, 18 60 sensitive to bodily condi- tion that it contains a veritable his- tory of the state of the individual to whom {t belongs, for the period cov- ered by its growth, E Emery, Bird, Thayer May Sale of Undermuslins began last week and will continue the remainder of the month. It is the greatest collection of Summer Undermuslins we have ever offered in a May Sale by about $30,000. The prices will be interesting, too. Think of a stock of $75,000 worth of Muslin Underwear bought for the lowest cash prices from makers whom we have found by long experience to be trust- ‘worthy. See how necessary it is that this immense stock be sold. To do this we are going to offer UNPRECEDENTED VALUES. Look carefully to your needs, then come, the sooner, the better, to this great Emery, Bird Thayer May Sale for your Summer Undermuslins. If you can’t come in person remember you can shop safely and satisfactorily by mail. Send at once for the May Sale Sheet. ND just a word about Housefurnishings. Every Wednes- A day is “‘Housefurnishing Day" at Emery, Bird, Thayer's. On that day special prices are made in every Housefurn- ishing department---Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, Curtains and Draperies, Crockery and Glassware, Silverware, Basement Furnishings (stoves, refrigerators and the like), Sheets, Pillow Cases, in short everything for the complete furnishing of the house from the cellar to the garret. If you have furnishings for the home to buy, it will pay you well to attend one of Emery, Bird, Thayer's “Housefurnishing Wednesday” Sales. tats, Bird J @ un'ani Grand Ave. . ’ 0 rans ive, KANSAS CITY, MO. 3 Rooms Furnished Complete, $89.00 $8.00 Cash, $1.25 a Week MAY STERN & CO.,, 11th and Main Streets. ee ee Mrs. W. H. Hubbell’s Millinery and Notion Store 1906 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mo, Mats 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 self 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. He Took the Pool. During the college days of ex-Mayor Bessom, of Lynn, he had two of the professors of the college as guests at a hunting camp in the Maine woods. When they entered the camp their at- tention was attracted to the unusual position of the stove, which was set on posts about four feet high. One of the professors began to com- ment upon the knowledge woodsmen gain by observation. “Now,” said he, “this man has discovered that the heat radiating from the stove strikes the roof, and the circulation is so quickened that the camp is warmed in much less time than would be re- quired if the stove were in its regu- lar place on the floor.” ‘The other professor was of the opin- fon that the stove was elevated to be above the window, in order that cool and pure air could be had at night. Mr. Bessom, being more practical, contended that the stove was elevat: ed in order that a good supply of The Question Before the House Tt 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 tn 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 plano cus- tomers 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 in- terest 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 your. self—one, two, three, four, ete. J. W. Jenkins’ Musi . W. Jenkins’ Sons Music Co. 1013-1015 WALNUT STREET S, W. Agents for the Metrostyle Pianola, Best Place to Buy a Piano. C.:‘COLLINS Corner 18th and Flora Ave. Do not pay car fare to go down town, but stop in and see our Grand Display Spring Millinery, Women’s Spring and Summer Suits. Gents’ and Boys’ Furnish- ings. Wecan please you. Our prices are right. Cc. COLLINS Corner 18th and Flora Ave. Breen wood could be placed beneath it to dry. After considerable argument, each man placed a dollar bill upon the ta- ble, and it was agreed that the one whose opinion was nearest the guide's reason for elevating the stove should take the pool. The guide was called, and asked why the stove was placed fn such an unusual position, “Well,” said he, “When I brought the stove up the river, I lost most of the stove-plpe overboard, and had to set the stove up there so as to have the pipe reach through the roof.” He got the money.—Boston Herald. Messrs. Moore and Harris, the en- terprising firm of Undertakers and Embalmers, contemplate some m- provements on their establishment at 18th and Michigan. These men have proven themselves the acme of en- terprise and thrift during their busl- ness career in this city. HIS SEASON finds the “Doro- c thy Dodd” Oxfords in the field ABpden with a host of new and clever ideas, interpreted with such consum- ate skill and perfection of fine detail that, particularly in the “Bench Made"' models, their resemblance to the high grade, high priced product of the custom bootmaker is stronger than ever. The “Dorothy Dodd" Shoe has won its way to the front solely on its own merits. Its reputation is now inter- national. Why not try a pair? Oxfords $2.50 to $3.50. STACY, ADAMS & CO. $5.00 and $6.00 Shoes This is one ofthe top-notch lines. that pleases season after season. Styles and Quality always Best. OVIATT SHOE CO. CI. orbett System OF TAILORING FINEST ON EARTH 1025 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. 5 Our Spring Goods are now Gs. on exhibition and we invite j r{\ you to call and inspect same is iy and leave your order for f your Easter suit. Sults to order from $20 and up Overcoats to order from $20 and up § & Trousers to order from $6 and up Come early and order your suit and avoid the rush. THEIR FIRST QUARREL By JAMES BARRINGTON (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Miss Pinkerton always made a point of being down early for breakfast when she was a guest. On this occasion, however, Mrs. Henshaw was close upon her heels. She had been described by a fellow woman as "rithuously pretty and absurdly in love with her husband." "Good morning, Miss Pinkerton. Come and help me sort the letters, will you." Miss Pinkerton was only too delighted. "They seem to be nearly all for your husband," she said. "I don't want to be inquisitive, my dear, but do you read all the letters your husband receives from his old sweethearts?" Young wives are proverbially sensitive, and in the face of this question Mrs. Henshaw was almost upset. But she showed a smiling front, and opened one of her letters. "This is from Kate—Mrs. Tracy. She used to be my great chum. She writes such nice letters. Just listen to this: 'My darling Grace, if you can tear yourelf away from the partner of your joys and sorrows, who will, I dare say, manage to exist without you for a bit, I should like you to come and lunch with me to-morrow (Wednesday) at 1:30. If you come I am prepared to overlook your comparative neglect of me since your marriage. If you don't, beware! Yours ever, Kate.'" Miss Pinkerton's face softened. "I suppose you never have a game with Jack," she suggested, almost timidly, "get him into a little temper, for instance, just for the pleasure of undecelving him the next moment. He would think you quite clever if, for instance, you succeeded in frightening him with that letter." "Frightening him, how? I really don't—" "Why, don't you see? Read the letter aloud again!" Mrs. Henshaw did so, but still looked bewildered. "Stupid! stupid! Just knock out the word 'Grace' and you have a most Janner "STUPID! STUPID!" delightful love letter from an unknown woman." Mrs. Henshaw began to see. The idea was silly, but after all if it would please this somewhat difficult creature, what harm was there in it? And Jack would only be a bit astonished for the moment. Meanwhile Jack Henshaw, blissfully ignorant of what was in store for him, proceeded quietly with his toilet. Miss Pinkerton had got upon his nerves, and he rather regretted that his wife had thought it necessary to send her the invitation she had so persistently "fished" for ever since they had returned from their honey-moon. Jack Henshaw was by no means dull, and his foot had hardly crossed the threshold of his breakfast-room before he scented something decidedly unusual in the manner of his wife and her guest. "What in the name of all that's wonderful is the matter this morning?" he said. At that his wife, who had never frowned upon him since their marriage, gave him a look which he found difficult to analyze, and which left him even more bewildered than before. Then she rose hurriedly from the table and went to the window, only presuming to her husband's astonished gaze the spectacle of a pair of shoulders heaving convulsively. "It's about a letter," she sobbed. "Read it," exclaimed Miss Pinkerton. A piece of paper fluttered to the floor, and in a choking voice came the words: "I—I can't." "Then I must." Miss Pinkerton picked up the paper and stood confronting Jack with the air of a tragedy queen. She noted with some disappointment that her victim was to all intents and purposes quite calm. She had pictured his face turning to a greenish hue, but on the contrary it was quite bright and animated. "Your wife opened one of your letters by accident," she began, unblushingly, "and these are the wicked words which shattered her idol and dispelled all the dreams of her youth." Miss Pinkerton then read the letter, with a dramatic earnestness very much in contrast with the feminine levity of the writer. "My darling Jack (nause) If you can tear yourself away from the partner of your joys and sorrows, who will I date say, manage to exist without you for a bit, I should like you to come and lunch with me to-morrow (Wednesday) at 1:30. If you come I am prepared to overlook your comparative neglect of me since your marriage. If you don't, beware! Yours ever— I suppose I need not read the name in your wife's presence, Mr. Henshaw!" concluded Miss Pinkerton, and then she gave something like a gasp. For the effect of the letter on Jack had been marvelous. His cigarette was discarded. His callous smile had changed to a sickening look of shame. When he stood up he actually shook, and his lips apparently framed words, though for some time no sound came from them. At last he spoke, but his voice was hollow and scarcely recognizable. "No, it is not necessary to read the name," he said, with a shiver. He walked slowly over to the window with drooping head. Grace had turned to him with a look of wonder and alarm which deepened as he spoke. "Upon my honor, Grace," he said, "I cannot understand this. I assure you I have given this—this girl no encouragement that could induce her to write a letter like this after my marriage." His wife had dropped the flimsy mask that she had worn none too well, and confronted him with a pale face. She could find, however, nothing to say, except to repeat his last words. "After your marriage; what do you mean?" Jack made an idiotic attempt at jocularity, jingled some money in his pocket, and feebly laughed. "Well, of course you know that a man isn't answerable to his wife for his pre-niptial firtations." Mrs. Henshaw's self-control was breaking down under the weight of her discovery. With a sudden access of pardonable fury, and forgetful of the part she had been playing: "Who is she? What's her name?" Jack turned from the window with a look of astonishment, and muttered disjointedly: "Her name! Why surely! The letter! Miss Pinkerton read it! By George, though, she didn't read the name!" Then, with the eyes of both women upon him, a look of horrid enlightenment suddenly came into his face. "Great Jupiter, her name. Do you hear? Tell me her name at once! Which one was it?" There was complete silence for the space of ten seconds. Jack Henshaw counted them by the clock. Then Mrs. Henshaw rushed out of the room in tears. Jack turned to Miss Pinkerton, who had remained silent throughout, and now looked really frightened. "What will she do?" he asked, excitedly. "She would probably go to her mother," she said, in some alarm, "unless—" But Jack did not wait for the alternative. "That's what I feared! It's the more exasperating because it will bring your visit to such a sudden conclusion. Of course you will understand. If my sisters were here it would be different. I suppose Grace will go at once. I'll fetch a cab." And before she could stop him he was at the front door blowing excited double blasts on a cap whistle. Then he summoned a maid. "Miss Pinkerton finds she has to leave us suddenly. Will you please help her to pack?" Before the astonished spinster could find breath to reply she was bundled out of the room with more haste than dignity. Jack rushed up to his wife's room, three steps at a time. A very tearful "Come in" answered his knock, and in a very few moments Jack Henshaw had dismissed the idea that he was the injured person and was fully convinced that he was the hardest-hearted sounded living. His conduct was quite unjustifiable, but he could at least palliate it. "You see, I knew you were having me," he explained, rather lamey; "I also knew, or rather, guessed, that the letter was from Kate Tracey. I was beastly severe, I know, but I couldn't think what you were driving at. You know my old penchant for amateur acting; I saw the possibility of the situation, and couldn't resist it. And dear Miss Pinkerton—" "An! Where is she? I had quite forgotten her! It was her mad idea. A great scheme for making you ridiculous. Ridiculous, indeed!" "That reminds me," said her husband, going to the door, "dear Miss Pinkerton thought she would leave us. In fact, her cab's at the door now, No! don't trouble. I'll see her out and tell her you are too upset. I want to have a last word with her, as I don't expect we shall see her here again. The atmosphere is too dramatic for her dairy-fed constitution." Miss Pinkerton, for the first time in her life looking rather "sheepish," was in the hall, and the cab was at the door. Jack handed her in politely, and took the keenest interest in the arrangement of her luggage. "I am so sorry you have to leave so soon," he said, "but I quite sympathize with your feelings. By-the-bye, there was an empty envelope in Kate Tracey's handwriting on my place this morning. Do you happen to know—" But the cab had started. The British military force now in South Africa costs $400,000 a week, it is officially stated. A Suitable Monument to a Lover of Trees Not all of us go so far as that pagan Nature worshiper James Russell Lowell, and are minded to believe a tree among our far progenitors, but lives there a man with soul so dead as not to love a tree? And you remember what Lowell said about the beneficence of the man who plants a tree— "Who does his duty is a question Too complex to be solved by me; But he, I venture the suggestion, does part of his Now that our splendid forests, our apparently immeasurable wealth of trees, have been so rapidly diminished, even we wasteful Americans are beginning to appreciate the work of a man that thriftily books toward forest preservation, providing posterity with the blessing of trees, and as evidence of this we would instance the memorials to J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor day. These memorials are situated out in that western country where Mr. Morton lived, the more impressive one an arboretum, located just without Nebraska City, Neb. The Morton family has given to the village for a park a natural ravine that lies between their estate and the town, and in this park has been placed a bronze statue 1877 THE GARDEN THE FLOWER GARDEN. In honor of the Arbor day founder. With a background of greenery such as the original loved, the statue stands on a westward facing slope. These words are carved on the monument: "Love of Home is Primary Patriot- ism; Other Holidays Repose upon the Past; Arbor Day Proposes for the Future." "Erected by the Arbor Day Memorial Association in Memory of Julius Sterling Morton, MCMV." some pines catalypus g along the Back of bordering of small p a 40-acre In time the ful. The from the eight time from the 100 a Mr. B. G. Northrop, while secretary of the Connecticut board of education, back in 1865, suggested the annual planting of trees by the people of this country and was especially zealous in trying to interest children in such a work. I met Mr. Northrop out in Hawaii when he was a very old man and thought what a splendid illustration he was of the value of outdoor living. At the time Mr. Northrop was what many would call an old man, five and seventy years of age, but there he was traveling to the ends of the earth without nurse or companion, and as much in love with his tree project as ever in his early manhood. He gave lectures in Honolulu to the school children on the duty and pleasure of tree planting, told them of the value not alone to children of the future but to themselves; that in his youth the physicians had condemned him to an early grave, but that he was fond of life and decided to try to cheat the doctors—the cure was fresh air and outdoor work, plenty of vigorous exercise. Then he drew fascinating pictures of what each individual, no matter how humble, could do towards beautifying and making more habitable his particular fraction of this earth, and at least one of his hearers was straightway influenced to go to work at her particular fraction, to spread the gospel of transforming backyard and unsightly vacant lots into grateful places of verdancy and bloom. Looking back over this experience the writer is able to realize something of the immediate influence Mr. Morton's early efforts must have had on his neighbors out there in Nebraska when he took his quarter-section and went to work to make it a garden spot of beauty. And then we think of his later work, his crusade to have an annual day set apart for the purpose of tree planting. In 1872, the custom instituted in Nebraska; to-day Arbor day observed in almost every state and te ritory—in some as a legal holiday, in some as a school holiday. A very interesting article in the New York Sun gives a detailed description of Arbor lodge, the Morton homestead, and speaks of Arbor lodge as the "west's finest example of the science of forestry. From an unbroken, grass-covered claim, a frontier venture, it has been developed by care and skill into the best example the plains region knows of ornamen- Who plants a tree." tal tree culture—it has been described as a beautiful English estate transplanted to the American prairie." Here and there are still to be found reminders of the frontier days, the "claim" days, the great cottonwood perhaps chief reminder, the cottonwood the pioneer's friend; and there is an old orchard that bespeaks the brave pioneer effort. The old homestead has not been destroyed, but it has been greatly added to; to-day the prairie home is a stately country house. Arbor lodge is pleasant and fortunate for situation, in the rich valley of the Missouri, soil fleb but not heavy, the rainfall favorable to crop and tree growing. When Mr. Morton first began improving his quarter-section, he planted an orchard and set forest trees in groups about his house, and a double line along a quarter mile driveway. To-day these "verdant almoners" have grown to noble proportions; here stand splendid white pines, Scotch pines, elms, ash and maple trees. Near the main dwelling the trees are not ranged so regularly, those about the house are trimmed high, those trimmed low which screen the stables and servants' quarters. All about the borders of the farm a screen of trees separates from the highway. R GARDEN. some pines, ash, maple and elm; and catalpas grow near the roadway and along the drive. Back of the double line of trees bordering the drive are new plantings of small pines and shrubs. There is a 40-acre plantation of oak and ash. In time this grove will be very beautiful. The estate, which has grown from the original quarter-section to eight times that extent, now has more than 100 acres in timber and 25 acres in ornamental planting. It was just two years ago a landscape gardener began work here; the first year was spent in preparation, this season 40 species of trees and over 400 ornamental trees and shrubs have been set out. The unsophisticated Englishman looking for the wild and woolly in that vague region known as "the west," would be surprised to find him- Henry Ward Beecher self in such a beautiful park as the one at Arbor lodge. Imagine a 12-acre slope stretching away from a comfortable, inviting country house; near the dwelling old pines and beeces; a sweep of lawn, blue grass and white clover. Then the driveway planted by the pioneer, with its trees of varied beauty. And now we see the work of the landscape gardener, the carefully studied beauty; against a background of dark Norways and pines lighter foliage showing, groups of graceful shrubs and trees on the lawns, fringed with iris, althea, rose, and other bloom. On the whole place something like 20,000 trees, and more to be added each season. And the scientific farming brings its returns. Arbor lodge is not merely a show place, an expensive toy; the farm pays for itself. If the Morton children desired to plan a fitting memorial to their father, once secretary of agriculture, it was well that practical farming should be conducted side by side with the arboretum, the tree memorial. THE MORTON MONUMENT. WASHINGTON NOTABLES. George Cabot Lodge, Egyptologist, poet and student, is his father's private secretary in the United States senate. Senator Clark of Montana, the richest man in the senate, and one of the richest men in the country, is the most solitary man in public life in Washington. He has no close friends. Congressman P. P. Campbell of Kansas is regarded as one of the best dressed men in Washington. His correct sartorial taste led one of his friends to describe him as "the only member of the Kansas delegation who does not look like a Kansan." More than ordinary interest attaches to the personality of Rt. Kev. Shaku Soyen, who is now a guest at the Japanese legation, Washington. Next to the mikado, who is the head of the Japanese church, Bishop Shaku is the highest dignitary of the Buddhist religion in Japan. *—At a Japanese entertainment in Washington for the benefit of the famine sufferers in Japan Masuji Mijakawa, a graduate of the George Washington university law school and the first Japanese lawyer ever admitted to the American bar, introduced the speaker, Senator Tillman, as "one of the greatest, if not the greatest, man in congress." *—President Roosevelt frequently takes out Senator Lodge of Massachusetts as riding companion. Lodge is an indifferent horseman at best, and when the president gets out on the road and urges his horse to the utmost Lodge has hard work keeping up and keeping aboard his horse. The orderles who follow, it is said, are constantly praying that Lodge will fall off some day. They do not like him. *—Ex-Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire, who is now at the head of the Spanish treaty claims commission, misses the opportunity he had in the senate of discussing public questions, and writes frequently to the newspapers on important topics. "What are you doing now, Chandler?" an old friend asked him the other day. "Oh," Chandler replied, "I am a publicist." "A publicist? What is a publicist?" Chandler grinned. "A publicist," he said, "is a man who attends to everybody's business but his own." —Congressman Slemp of Virginia is absent-minded. On a roll call recently he complained to the speaker that his name had not been called, although he was in his seat listening for it. "The gentleman was listening?" asked the speaker. "I was," answered Mr. Slemp. "The clerk will call the gentleman's name," ordered the speaker. Mr. Slemp walked away and three times the clerk shouted his name, but Mr. Slemp gave no attention until a colleague stopped him. "Present!" shouted back Mr. Slemp, although he had intended to vote "yea." SENATOR WAS "KIDDED." Reporter's Abbreviation Carried Into Print Resulted in Ludicrous Passages. The telegraph operators were spending their day off in a brisk walk through the faded autumnal country. "You know our habit of abbreviating or substituting short words for long ones?" said the Washington operator. "Well, this habit once did me harm. "Senator Grande had made a speech about education, and in wiring the speech out I substituted the short word 'kids' for the long word 'children', thinking that of course the operator or editors at the other end would have sense enough, in taking down the message, to substitute the long word for the short one. But they didn't, and Senator Grande's really eloquent and stately speech appeared in the next day's newspaper in this fashion: "My friends, you will remember Wordsworth's profound saying, "the kid is father to the man." I need not dwell on the vital importance to the community of imparting a sound moral and secular education to the kids in their impressionable years. The kids of this generation will be the fathers and mothers of the next. One said, "Suffer little kids to come unto me," and we should never forget that saying in behalf of all kids the world over." Stenographer's Stunt The official stenographers of the house have reported so far this session about 2,775,000 words, with the session perhaps a little more than half over. There is a busy, talking time to come, however, and the full bill will probably be about 6,000,000 words for the session. That is outside of the committee hearings, which will be more than half as much additional, so that the house will have sent to the printing office as the talk that has been made or to its members while at work on the floor or in the committee rooms approximately 10,000,000 words. The senate will easily double that, if it does not exceed it, although the senate often sits only four days a week, while the house is always busy at least five days, and sometimes sits on Saturday. That will be a round total of 20,000,000 words thus uttered at this session. Insectivorous. There have been many designations of Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, ranging from Tillman's "wasp of the Wabash" down, but in the opinion of many Marcus Alonzo Smith's is the best. Marcus Alonzo, who is the delegate in congress from Arizona and who has been fighting Senator Beveridge's plan for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as a state, said: "I think, after looking him over, that Beveridge is the stud cricket of the senate." ENA'S FINE CASTLES PRINCELY PALACES OF THE NEW QUEEN OF SPAIN. After Her Marriage to King Alfonso She Will Find Herself Mistress of Half a Dozen Magnificent "Homes." When in June the English princess, Ena of Battenberg, becomes the wife of King Alfonso and entitled to the title of queen of Spain, she will find herself mistress of at least half a dozen magnificent castles and palaces in Spain. First of all there is the splendid royal palace at Madrid, a great pile similar to Versailles, built by Philip V. It is a massive building some 500 feet square and its most striking feature is a magnificent marble staircase. Some distance outside of the capital is the ancient palace of Escurial, irreverently known as the gridiron on account of its curious shape. It has rooms and corridors totalling 120 miles in length. At Aranjeuz there is a brighter and more pleasant dwelling place, much more often visited by the Spanish court, while near San Idefonso is the palace of La Grania. THE FOUNTAIN EXERCISE GARDEN OF ONE OF THE QUEEN'S PALACES. Then King Alfonso has a delightful shooting box at El Pardo and a beautiful seaside home, the Miramar palace, at San Sebastian. At all these homes the usages and etiquette of two centuries ago are still maintained. Among the rules which Princess Ena is likely to find somewhat irksome is one requiring that the queen shall retire at ten o'clock in summer and half-past eight in the winter. Should the king wish to visit the queen's apartments after dark he must wear slippers over his shoes, have a black mantle thrown over his shoulders and a shield over his arm. He must also carry a lantern and a long sword and go unaccompanied. Two guards whose service begins at 11 o'clock pass the night in the antechamber to the queen's room. The king himself has a nocturnal guard. It consists of six gentlemen of the city of Espinosa. They wear a curious uniform comprising a blue jerkin, short braided trousers, silk stockings and a sort of a silver trimmed opera hat. Each carries a fine Toledo sword. When the king retires to his room these guards take charge of the key and give it up to no one until the next morning, when it is delivered to the grand master of the palace after the king has arisen. Perhaps the most trying feature of the life at court so far as the queen is concerned is the extreme lack of privacy. At one time even her religious confessions had to be made in the presence of the king and, although this restriction has now been done away with, still the minutest detail of the day's proceedings is mapped out in advance. It is said that the queen mother seldom has more than ten minutes at her disposal during the course of the day. In accordance with the custom of the Spanish court, the royal trousseau will be exhibited for the inspection of the public. This, however, will not take place in the royal palace, which is the residence of the bridegroom elect. It has not yet been decided where the display will be made, certain buildings in the vicinity of the palace being under consideration, such is the ministry of marine, the senate or the palace of the council of state. The trousseau of Queen Maria Cristina was shown in the ministry of marine, but that building is not at the moment in very good condition, and it would not be strange if another building would be chosen. The senate adjoins the marine ministry and its salons are very large. If the cortes are closed the government will decide in favor of the senate building, as it offers innumerable advantages for such a show, not the least being the absence of steps to its approach. According to the usage of the Spanish court all the articles of the trousseau are exhibited down even to the most intimate details of household linen, the dresses on lay figures and the jewelry and other articles in glass cases, the whole being under the care of the halberdiers. The latter, who form the guard of the king and are the successors to the ancient "gardes du corps," take their name from the halberds with which they are armed and with which they strike the floor as they announce the arrival of visitors, the number of blows varying according to the rank of the person entering. Very democratic is the court of Spain, and when there is an exposition of the royal trousseau entrance is free to all and representatives of every social grade in Madrid pass through the royal salona. GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON ‘Be goes to Alaska to explore and report on the flora of that country to he de- partment of agriculture, and here experiences adventures we cannot but con- Sider pleasing to a man of the Funston make-up; camps on the Klondike in the ‘winter, companioniess floats down the Yukon in a canoe. ‘The scheme now shifts to the eouth, young Funston with the insurgent army in Cuba, He serves 18 months, is wounded and returns to the United States, In 1898 he is commissioned colonel of the Twentieth Kansas volun- ‘unteers; goes to the Philippines, takes part in several battles, is promoted to brigadier general U. 8. V., for crossing Rio Grande river at Calumpit on little bamboo craft in the face of a heavy fire and establishing a rope ferry by means of which our troops are enabled to cross and win a victory. Continuing in service in the Philippines, he organizes and commands the expedition which captures Aguinaldo, He now becomes brigadier general U. 8. A. | CIPRIANO CASTRO OF VENEZUELA ust what sort of man Is this Cipriano Castro, on who a while ago threatened to invade the United Qi{|!!!{]] | States, land at New Orleans and lay waste the g \|]] | Mississipp! valley? Ly | He is described as a “short, stocky man, black “YY |] of beard and thick of neck, with protruberances G)))) |) beneath his eyes and a weary languor in his g |||] movements; a man whose chief delight 1s dancing, Hs, ||] | who feasts on sweetmeats when he is not smoking Hi #ia\ || cigarettes cr chewing aromauc gum." We seem hi .|] to see the man. Maer | Castro long has looked upon himself as man + i of destiny, decreed by fate to. unite all Latin : Ry|||\| | America, make stand against the world. That he \ lil] | possesses courage has becn proven, but that he ‘\\ lncks the essential qualities of man of destiny {s ee be] YY well known, Exotism, to be sure, he has in su- Sy \ perlative degree, but ignorance and lack of states- v4 N manship equal to the egotism. The story goes sclentinc man inva Ausverdam, the latter visiting at Cracas and attending the New Year's reception to pay his respects to Venezuela's president, Castro in- quired from what country the gentleman just introduced came, and when told for the life of him could not place the Netherlands. His ignorance of the rest of the world doubtless leads to his exaggeration of the importance of his own country, A fondness for fair women interferes considerably with Castro continuing a man of action, which once he was, a soldier and leader. To-day the dance claims him rather than the field, luxury has proved, as usual, enervating, [ PROFESSOR ALOIS BRANDL l nrc i = | A ’ we ZZ fh) Nes ig Ca AN NY ie a \\ al Several years ago Prof the works of English and number has now grown te literature have been his pt Prof. Brand!’s mission sent as representative to | man scholar tells us how g name was familiar to him he {s not well acquainted versed in his Emerson, Th many-sidedness of the gre without question one of t! MUCH T ‘ener Several years ago Prof. Brad! established a seminary for the close study of the works of English and American writers, beginning with 30 students. This number has now grown tenfold, leading authorities on English and American Mterature have been his pupils. Prof. Brand!’s mission to this country was one of special interest to him, sent as representative to the Franklin celebration in Philadelphia, ‘The Ger: man scholar tells us how greatly he has always admired Franklin, and that his name was famillar to him betore that of Shakespeare, Prof. Bradl confesses he {s not well acquainted with the works of living American writers, but 18 versed in his Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Our visitor speaks ‘of the many-sidedness of the great American Franklin, declares Franklin to-day 1 without question one of the most popular personalities in Germany. MUCH TALKED OF “UNCLE JOE” Is it that “Joe” Cannon looks a leetle lke =a Uncle Sam that he has attained the affectionate = |] name of “uncle,” attained a popularity that goes H ||), SQ] | with the name? So it appears to our dile fancy, Ht) S| and we offer it for just what it's worth, t —. NV Joseph G. Cannon has just” celebrated his ~ pe AW|| seventicth virthday, but years count for nothing A geape MBa IN|] with Uncle Joe, he ‘is as cheery and vigorous as (FB) RBM!) though old Time had not whitened his hair and to, voy added some wrinkles to his countenance. And 0s hoy Oh optimism is the characteristic feature of Uncle is AO BT] | Soe's make-up. ih! ame) | Uncle Joe has lved a pretty long time in \ eS S\VZM)||| Washington—member of congress 1873-91, | 1893- hy ||] 1903, and elected again in 190—and Is ina post- ee tion’ to say a few sarcastic things about young j QE “% men that spend a few days at the capital and tell Ts the country all's wrong, all's wrong, He mildly Li remarks, of course, the young men have their liv- EER ee acre ‘The gentleman whom one of the “young men” has referred to as the “czar of the house,” was elected speaker a little over two years ago, and last Decem- ber was reelected to the position. The Hon. J. G. Cannon is by no means the first speaker to be ealled autocratic, others given’ that name at moments that required a stand be made, decisive action taken, Uncle Joe's home, when he {s not in service at the national capital, 1s in Danville, Inois, He was born in North Carolina, but his family moved to Il- nois when Joseph was very young, He studied law, was admitted to the bar, in Vermillion county served as state's attorney. He occupied this position from 1861-68; five years later began his long congressional career. A man of much experience of affairs and men, 13 this member of congress, now in the ripe- ness of years three-score-and-ten, in their ripeness, but not their decay. MOT si Wiig \ | | 1A eee | Mi il AR i} i i} / ! AN TH I soraTay some one ai at Granby, Quebec, Cana the country to the north, | ed themselves into his in them at first, for he is qui fellows comes from his pe Ihuetrated; Hans von Pel ca; That Stanley; and at The Brownies, though luck, golden reward. An NOL @ Very Jvulls vac excner; he was born some 65 years ago, opened his ores | at Granby, Quebec, Canada, He was brought up among Scotch emigrants in the country to the north, and doubtless in this atmosphere the Brownies work- ed themselves into his imagination. But he must have paid small heed to them at first, for he is quite up in years before any reference to the lively little fellows comes from his pen. He gives us Squibs of California, or Everyday Life Ihuetrated; Hans von Pelter’s Trip to Gotham; How Columbus Found Amer! ca; That Stanley; and at last Tne Brownies. The Brownles, though mischievous sprites, have brought Palmer Cox good luck, golden reward. And myriads of children myriads of happy hours, Some one recently spoke of Gen. Funston as a very lucky man to have had an earthquake come along and give him another opportunity. Of course this is just as one may look at it—we may be sure the San Francisco responsibilities were such many a man would have journeyed far to avoid them. But Frederick Funston has shown himself a man that rises to his opportunities, and probably the writer referred to had this Funston quality in mind when he made his statement. Frederick Funston ts still a young man—was born in 186)—but he has seen a dea. of life tn his 40 years. He was born in that lucky state, Ohio, and at the tender age of two went farther west, to Kansas, He was graduated from the lola, Kan., high school and spent two years at the Kansas State university; for a short while worked as a reporter on a newspaper in Kansas City, and the next we hear he accompanies a United States Death Valley expedition as a botanist. In 1893 ust what sort of man is this Cipriano Castro, who a while ago threatened to invade the United States, land at New Orleans and lay waste the Mississippi valley? He is described as a “short, stocky man, black of beard and thick of neck, with protruberances beneath his eyes and a weary Janguor in his movements; a man whose chief delight 1s dancing, who feasts on sweetmeats when he ts not smoking cigarettes cr chewing aromauc gum.” We seem to seo the man. Castro long has looked upon himself as man of destiny, decreed by fate to. unite all Latin America, make stand against the world. That he possesses courage has been proven, but that he lacks the essential qualities of man of destiny {s well known, Egotism, to be sure, he has in su- perlative degree, but ignorance and lack of states- manship equal ‘to the egotism. The story goes that while once conversing with a distinguished From time to time we welcome to America German Prince and savant, recently gave grecting to a German authority on Shakespeare, Prof, Alois Brandi, head of the English department of the Berlin university. Prof. Bandl has an international reputation for work done in behalf of the study of English and American Iterature at Berlin university. He is an enthusiast on wnglish Iterature, a most de- voted student of Shakespeare. During a visit to England he began his study of English literature, and frequented the haunts associated with poet and masters of prose; made a pilgrimage to the Lake country and it was his work on Coleridge that earned the call to the Berlin university. Prof. Brandl’s renowned achievement was the discov- ery, in tie Mbrary of the Duke of Devonshire, of 12 unpublished dramas of Shakespeare, which dis- covery caused the greatest sensation’ in the lit- erary world. Is it that “Joe” Cannon looks a leetle like Uncle Sam that he has attained the affectionate name of “uncle,” attained a popularity that goes with the name? So it appears to our dile fancy, and we offer it for just what it’s worth, Joseph G. Cannon has just celebrated his seventieth birthday, but years count for nothing with Uncle Joe, he ‘ts as cheery and vigorous as though old Time had not whitened his hair and added some wrinkles to his countenance, And optimism {s the characteristic feature of Uncle Joe's make-up. Uncle Joe has lived a pretty long time in Washington—member of congress 1873-91, —1893- 1903, and elected again in 190—and fs in’a post- tion’ to say a few sarcastic things about young men that spend a few days at the capital and tell the country all’s wrong, all’s wrong, He mildly remarks, of course, the young men have their liv- ing to make, and that no doubt a longer residence THE BROWNIE MAN | How happy he made us, us youngsters of back—O, when was it the Brownie ian began to | delight our hearts? | Palmer Cox did not start out in life as artist | | and poet, but began as a railroad man, But all 1 the time his fingers ached to handle pen and pen- | cil, and after long, hard effort, struggles that only the strong can persevere in, he made his strike— i that strike we all look for some day. Tce strike \ ‘was accomplished by the aid of the Brownies, those handy and good natured elves that come, according to Scotch superstition, to ald hapless man in bis tasks. ‘The first Brownle book came : out in 1888, and two years later “Another Brownie Book” appeared, The demand grew and grew, and all in all eight Brownie volumes have been put forth—and let us hope others are to follow. i This man whose pictures and rhymes have enraptured so many children, has nor wife, nor W)} chick himself. Mr. Palmer Cox is a bachelor, and “Did you see where the chaplain gen- eral of that. aristocratic patriotic society prayed for all those who have not the fame ancestry as themselves?” “Well, that’s a matter of taste, Maybe tome people have their own “easons for accepting the Darwinian theory, but Adam and Eve are good enough for me."—Balti- more American, + One on the Doctors, The Boston Herald tells a story of physician of Salem, Maas. who, talking to & group of friends, said: “I wantel to be @ soldier, but my parents persuaded me to study medicine.” “Ob, well,” rejoined one of the party, “euch is life. Many a man with wholesale atpirations has to content himself with @ ‘Fotail business.” | One Kind of Investigation, “You are taking a great deal of inter- xf im this investigation.” “Yes,” answered the statesman. “I have to give it close personal attention I want to make sure it doesn’t develop anything I don't care to have known.”— Wasktnaton Stas, Complexion bad? Tongue coated? Liver deranged? ‘fake Garfield Tea, An M. D.’s Praise A Valuable Agent. adioines preatiy “entanees the. medic medicines greatly enhances the medi- sinal properties ‘which it extracts and holds {fm solution much better than alco- hol would. Tt also possesses medicinal properties of ite own, boing & valuable Jemulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and anti- ferment. It adds greatly to the efficac of the, Biack Cherrybari, Golien Seal foot, Stone root und Queen's root, con- tained in “Golden Medical Discovery” in subduing chronic, oF lingering coughs, bronchial, throat’ and lung affections, for allot which these agents are recom: mended by standard medical authorities, In all cages whore thera isn wasting away of fosn, loss of appetite, | wit weak stomach,'as in tho carly stages of consumption, there can be no doubt that Hiycorine ‘acts.as a valuable nutritive and aids the Golden Seal root, Stone root, Queen's root and Black Cherrybark in Promoting digestion and building up tho ean and strength, controling the eough ‘and, bringing about @ healthy ‘condition of the whole system. Of course, It must not bo expected to work miracles, It will aot cure consumption except in its earlier stages. It will cure very severe, obstin- Ato, chironie coughs, bronchial and laryn: geal troubles, and’ chronic sore throat Jwith hoarseness. In acute coughs itis ‘not so effective. It fs in the lingering coughs, or those of long standing, oven when "accompanied by bleeding’ from lungs, that it has performed its most marvelous cures. Send for and read the little book of extracts, treating of the Proportion and uses of the several med lcinal roots that enter into Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and learn why ‘this medicine has such 4 wide rango of ‘application in the cure of diseases. It Is sent free Address Dr. i. V. Pierce, Buffalo, ‘N.Y. ‘The “Discovery” ‘con: | tains no alcohol or harmful, habit-form ing drug. Ingredients all pritited on cach bottle wrapper in plain English, |, Sick people, especially those suffering from diseases of long standing, are invited | to consult, Dr. Wieren by letter, free. Al correspondence is held as strictly privat and sacredly confidential, Address Dr RV. Pierce, Buffalo, N. ¥. | Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent fre on rooeipt of stamps to pay expense 0 | wailing ony. Send 21 one-cent stamp for paper-covered, or 81 stamps for clot! | bound copy. TRUE SOUTHERN CHIVALRY Kentucky Colonel Didn't Apologize, But He Came Very Near Doing It. Many stories have been told of south em chivalry, but the palm apears to go to a story told by a former governor of Kentucky while visiting Philadelphia re: cently. According to the narrator, a genuine Kentucky colonel boarded a’ strest car which was very crowded, and somehow he stepped on the foot of a very pretty woman, Of course, the woman expected the colonel to apologize, just os did everybody else who heard her give a mouselike squeal when the colonel’s foot came down, And she looked as though she expected an apology, but the colonel, divining, her thought, doffed his hat and said: "No, madam, I'm not going to apologize. When the good Lord was so gracious as to make’ women so beautiful and. charming and with such wonderfully small feet that a man hax to tramp en them ‘o find them, then I don’t think that an apol- ons “The compliment was too graceful for the woman to resist, and all that fol lowed was a smiling ‘acknowledgment of the colonel's gallant speech. BOY'S HEAD ONE SOLID SORE. Hair All Came Out—Under Doctor ‘Three Months and No Better—Cuti- cura Remedies Works Wonders. Mr. A. C. Barnett, proprietor of a gen- eral store in Avard, Oklahoma, tells in the following grateful letter how Cuticura cured his son of a. terrible eczema, "My little Loy had ‘eczema, His head was one tolid sore, all over his scalp; his hair all came cut, and he suffered very much. 1 had a physician treat kim, but at the end of three months he was no better. I re- membered that the Cuticura Remedies had Cured me, and after g.ving him two bot tles of Cuticura Resolvent, according to directions, and using Cuticura Soap” and Ointment on him daily, his eczema left him, his hair grew again, and he has never had any eczema since, We use the Cuticara Soap and Oimtment, and they keep our skin soft and healthy. I cheer- fully ‘recommend. the Cuticura, Remeslies for all cases of eczema, A, C. Barnett, Mar. 30, 1905.” No one ia himself when his nerve cen- term are exhausted, whether fron exces sive tive oF trom luck of proper ood. The Quality, of one's thought, ambition, en: ergy, aims and ideals, Js largely a matter ‘ot health,—Success Magazine. How’s This? offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any TSM GA anak BS ear by inane MAFTBCUFC: 5, CHENEY & C0, Toledo, 0. ‘We, tho undorstned: have Rovwa FJ. 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Forty, YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must havo PAREGORIO or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produca sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who havo been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, cach of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labolling them “Doison.” The definition of “narcotic” iss “4 medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poisonous doses produces stupor, coma, convul- stons and death.’ Thotaste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of “Drops,” “Cordials,” “Soothing Syrups,” eto. You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. 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PATENTS tere ramen Sed Bie Rgewebes th Pee DEM SIONS WANT FARM for $10,000 Wet i : Pa aN SEY Tae NT an W. N. U., KANS. CITY, NO. 20, 1506, Queen Victoria's Cats. Queen Victoria was a great lover of cats, and when the court moved it was accompanied by a regular caravan of cats. Persian, Manx, Angora, Malese and tabby cats, all traveled in state to Barmoral, Osborne, Windsor or Buckingham palace, as the case might be. One Persian cat, of which the queen was particularly fond, wore around her neck a collar, on which appeared in silver letters the inscription, "I belong to the queen." Black Snake a Fighter A writer has described the common black snake as the most pugnacious of all the reptile family. "He is always ready for a fight," he said, "and the man who doesn't understand his style of fighting will do well to apologize before the first blow is struck." A large number of the snakes in the Worcester farm are Florida rattlers caught by Mr. Brownell within the last three years. Table Manners Many thinnes are not taught at school at the present day because they are declared to be obsolete, and some of us suspect that table manners are among them. If not, how are we to account for the ungraceful manipulation of knife and fork that we witness so frequently, and the misuse of tableware generally, which is at times almost barbaric?—Lady's Pictor Free Scores of Operas. A German inventor has perfected an apparatus which, by easy manipulation, throws the words of an opera being sung on to the proscenium above the stage. The words appear line by line as they are sung, and there is nothing about it to disturb the spectators. The apparatus is controlled by the prompt, and is stated to be quite cheap. Influence of Music. It was Roger Bacon who wrote: "Instrumental music and song brings power and vigor, stirs up nature and helps her in all her motions," and the man who takes a daily dose of music will not only live longer, but better, more satisfactorily to himself and those about him, than one who does not—Exchange. Expert Evidence. "When he goes to a Liberal meeting he is a Liberal, and when he goes to a Tory meeting he is a Tory," said a voter's wife to a canvasser. "But," queried the canvasser, "what is he when he is at home?" and the lady gave the unexpected reply: "When he is at home he is a nuisance."—London Mail. A Careful Merrimac Man A prominent business man of Merrimac, Mass., while attending a horse trot, was accosted by a fakir, who said: "Take a hand." To this the Merrimac man replied, "No, sir; I have only two hands, and I have to keep one on my pocketbook and the other on my watch." Judicial Reserve. It may be doubted whether the English bench is able to maintain the same reserve which was one of its characteristics little more than a century ago. We have even heard of learned judges being seen jumping into omnibuses in Oxford street.—Solicitors' Journal. "Pawning Agent." A woman who appeared in a London police court the other day was described as a "pawning agent." She makes her living by paying things for her neighbors, who pay her a commission because they believe she can secure larger loans than they could. Nothing More Amusing There is hardly anything more amusing than to watch a millionaire bargaining over a penny. But the chances are that if he had not bargained he would never have become a millionaire.—Neue Freie Presse, Vienna. Ancient Military Leaders Plutarch relates that when Hannibal was asked who were the greatest military leaders in the world's history, he gave the first place to Pyrrhus, the second to Scipio, his own conqueror, himself taking third place. Family Umbrella. There has been discovered at Greenock, England, an old-fashioned umbrella with whalebone ribs, which must be quite 120 years old. When opened it affords shelter for a whole family. His Apology. "I'd like to take you home to dinner, old chap," said Mr. Younghusband, "but this is one of the days my wife and the hired girl go to cooking school." — "Woman's Home Companion. Uncovers Famous Picture. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in the Paris Louvre has a new frame which reveals an edge of the famous picture heretofore covered. When Male Vanity Shows Itself. After a man has been told that his hair is getting thin on top for the first time in his life he finds out how to handle a hand glass. In Dresden, 300 years ago, "epitures" used to eat Venetian oysters that had been on the way three weeks. Better Education for Girls. The greatest problem of education unsolved to-day relates to girls. Herefore their education has been a mere copy of that long ago established for boys. Some day a genius will come along and conceive thoughts which shall form the basis of an education which shall help girls to all their best possibilities without dissipating their strength on lines of effort established for natures in some respects entirely different—Collier's Weekly. Remedy for Influenza. Onion porridge is a good old-fashioned country cure for an influenza attack. Peel a large Spanish onion, divide it into fourths and put it into a saucepan with half a saltspoonful of salt, two ounces of butter and a pint of cold water. Let it simmer gently until it is quite tender, then pour into a heated bowl, dredge a little pepper over it and eat it as hot as possible before going to bed. Followed Husband in Death. A case of a widow burning is reported from Margpur village in the Hurnal district, India. A woman who lost her husband two or three years ago recently made a funeral pyre, set fire to it and perished in the flames in the presence of a large number of persons. All efforts to dissuade her proved unavailing. The police did not arrive in time to save her life. Tricks That Do Not Pay. The only things that do not pay are nefarious lies, mean deceptions, low trickery, and cheap cunning, or superficial smartness, all of which, while undermining systems, soon wear themselves out and by exposing their weakness in ultimate failure, accentuate the abiding strength and sterling worth of sincerity.—Los Angeles Times. "Wolf Children." Most of the known instances of wolf children have occurred in northern India. In the Cawnpore and Lucknow districts wolves have frequently carried off infants, always males; and while many of them must have been eaten, others have been brought up and educated after the wolf fashion. Gallantry. The average female brain, we learn from a lecture by Dr. Hollander, is about five ounces lighter than the male brain. It is astonishing what a number of men one meets who, no doubt from motives of gallantry, lead one to believe that the matter is the other way about.—London Punch. Examples Influence Boys. Emerson was right when he said, "We send our boys to school that the teachers may educate them, but instead the boys whom they meet there educate them." The greatest influences over boys are the examples and sentiments of their associates.—Exchange. Why on Earth? The majority of marriages present for the consideration of the curious one or two problems. The first is, "Why on earth that woman married that man?" The second is, "Why on earth that man married that woman?" —Barry Pain in The Tatler. Improving on Tennyson. "Bills to the right of us, bills to the left of us, bills that are ruinous!" papa dear thundered. "Frightful the charge was made! Senseless the price you paid!" Then on the table laid check for six hundred.—Lowell (Mass.) Citizen. Cross Breeding of Plants It is only within a century that hybridization or the cross breeding of plants has been practiced. Yet it seems to have been in Lord Bacon's mind, as a thing to be achieved, more than 30 years before. Love's Labor Lost. A canvasser who was genially entertained at a house, finally asked the man who had talked with him for his vote. "I'm not on the register." was the response. "I'm only a bailiff."—London Answers. Reversing Things "A man's hunt for health," said the philosopher, "is not conducted on the usual rules of races, for he never starts in pursuit of it until he finds it is already run down."—Baltimore American. Don't Worry. Learn to take things as they are marked on the calendar of life. Remember that it is not to-morrow that you will live, but it is to-day that you are living. London's Lord Mayors have, during the past decade collected more than $100,000,000 for charitable and benevolent purposes. Deer shed their antlers once a year, about midwinter. Ascertaining the age of a deer by their antlers is rather uncertain. The Bank of England contains silver ingots which have lain in the vaults since 1696. Every fifteenth man in Spain is a noble. Lincoln Institute MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN. A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARED, DUSTRIAL AND DOMES COURSES: Classical, College Preparatory, Model Training School, Music (Instruc Drawing. (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Cav ing, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe-mi Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, New Laundering. ADVANTAGES: Good Location, Free Tuition with Modern Improvements, Buildings Diplomas are licenses to teach in any p state. A few deserving students are assis to earn their way. All applicants must of good moral character. For further i BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A.M. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSO The Stoeltzing Stove and ALL, PREPARATORY, IN-AND DOMESTIC. 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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. Wholesale and Retail Agents for.... Peninsular Steel Ranges, Steel Oven Cook Stoves, Base Burers, Furnaces, and all goods made by the.. Peninsular Stove Or German Heater, Soft Coal Baseheater, Cole's Hot Blast, Air Tight for Coal and Wood, Clermont Oak Stoves, Schill Steel Ranges and Furnaces TIN WORK a Specialty ...A new line of..... Window and Door Soreens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. 1329 Grand Ave. Y convenient location of LA SALLE STREET city, however, it is of great importance that and comparatively new terminal, used jointly R. I. & P. Ry. and C. & E. I. R. 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Another advantage of entering the city through second-story viaduct directly connecting the main vated Railroad loop—you can reach the North, North of the city by elevated trains for a 5-cent fare WT THE STREET. You thus avoid the dangers and d city. The Rock Island right-of-way into Chicago is ele miles out through the suburbs. Prompt arrival at C sured . Englewood Union Station, seven miles out southern suburbs—all through trains stop here. Summer excursion tickets to Chicago on sale at braska and Colorado daily, June 1 to September 30. Rate: Fare and one-third for the round trip, w details from Have YOU ever been in Chicago? If so, you know the extremely convenient location of LA SALLE STREET STATION. If you are a stranger in the city, however, it is of great importance that you learn about this magnificent and comparatively new terminal, used jointly by Rock Island-Frisco Lines—C. R. I. & P. Ry. and C. & E. I. R. R. 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