The Rising Son

Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. GEORGE Deputy Grand Master Grand [Name not visible in the image] GEORGE E. TEMPLE. Deputy Grand Master Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. George E. Temple, national deputy grand master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, and also grand secretary of Missouri, accompanied by R. D. Brown (both of St. Louis) spent Sunday in the city, the guests of Edw. S. Lewis, district grand master. They were delightfully entertained at dinner Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Ed- THE NEGRO'S DESTINY. President Roosevelt's address to the students of Hampton Institute on Memorial day is pregnant with wise counsel and good cheer for the negro race in this country. His words apply to the race everywhere throughout the country, and if his advice is accepted in the proper spirit the advancement of the negro toward the goals of respectability and dignity will be notably hastened. Mr. Roosevelt went to the bottom of the so-called race problem when he said that the only real way to help the colored man is to let him help himself. As a matter of fact there is no race problem, so far as material advancement is concerned, in regard to the negro race, any more than there is in respect to any of the immigrants who come to this country. In nearly every instance they start at the bottom, both in a social and economic way, and their chief problem is how to acquire homes and achieve independence. The immigrants have left a state of industrial slavery almost as bad as the slavery of the negroes in ante-bellum days, and they have come to this country to find freedom and comfortable homes. The only road to the acceivement of this ambition is patient industry and law-abiding, self-respecting citizenship. The same road is open to the negro, and he is not handicapped in any way except when he is petted and spoiled by sentimental theorists, or by his own lack of understanding of the conditions of the struggle and the prerequisites to success. Just as the only way for the negro to gain any social recognition is not to demand it, for such things VOLUME X. wards, 1227 Highland, and at luncheon by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Patterson, 2429 Flora boulevard. Brother R. D. Brown has the distinguished honor of having his membership in the first Odd Fellow lodge organized in America in 1843, Philomathean, No. 646, New York City. They left at midnight feeling highly gratified over the manner of their reception by members and friends of the order. never can be gained by compulsion, so the surest way, as the president points out, for him to achieve independence is to rely upon himself and by patient thrift and the upbuilding of his own character to become self-respecting and respectable. So far as all the real aims and objects of existence are concerned, the negro's destiny is in his own hands.—Exchange. The Son is always glad to publish the advice of our brilliant president, Mr. Roosevelt, to the negroes of this country. He has shown a manly and broad disposition toward securing to the negro race fair play. His advice is indeed most logical and valuable. Let us try to heed it. It is the opinion of this editor, that no young man has ever come to this city, who has so successfully ingratiated himself into the good graces of the better thinking people of the community, as has W. C. Hueston, and he has done this not by stooping but standing firmly, for what he thinks is right. We think that this young man has been a stimulant to the young men of the community, and we hope that he is to have a long residence in this city, for it was he, this spring, in the city election, that taught the managers of the last campaign, that money was not the object of all Negro campaigners, and now Mr. Hueston is held high in their esteem, this only shows what a young man can do if he is actuated by the right thought and purpose. If the Springfield mob murderers are not convicted, it will not be the fault of the Attorney General and our excellent Governor, Mr. Folk. KANSAS CITY MO., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1906. GEORGE E. TEMPLE, lowa of America. Deputy Grand Master George E. Temple, of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, spent the day in Kansas City, last Sunday, and delivered an address before a large assembly of Odd Fellows and Sisters of Ruth, by whom he was given a splendid ovation. His address was an eloquent and instructive exposition of the fundamental principles of Odd Fellowship, and made a lasting and beneficial impression upon all who heard it. Brother Temple's visit to Kansas City was made in the course of his annual itinerary throughout the western jurisdiction of the order, in the discharge of his official duties, in the interest of that great benevolent organization, of which he is one of the ablest representatives, and was necessarily brief. He left on a midnight train, Sunday night, for Coffeyville, Kan. To no other one man does the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Missouri owe so much for its rapid growth and stability, as to this able young devotee, who combines in one pleasing personality, the rare qualities of the successful promotor, organizer and diplomat. Among the Odd Fellows who have risen to eminence in the West, George E. Temple stands alone in the amount and quality of individual effort put forth for the benefit of the order. He has been a tower of strength to his own order in this state, which, under his administration has enjoyed a phenomenal growth, and has been a brilliant example to the aspiring promoters of other fraternal orders, by demonstrating the possibilities that are attainable, with an active and aggressive man at the helm. Brother Temple wears no empty honors. He has won his present high position in Odd Fellowship by hard, continuous, conscientious work, and, unlike the "man of destiny," who has had honors thrust upon him, this patient toiler has blazed his own path through the virgin wilderness, and therefore knows every inch of the ground. George E. Temple is deservedly the most popular member of his order. His popularity, like his honors, are the reward of real merit, and are largely due to the fact that he is able to meet men of every class and rank of life, on equal terms, without condesension or toydism. He is a good mixer in any crowd, because his hearty and genuine greeting to his fellow man, though a stranger, disarms suspicion, destroys prejudice and establishes a mutual confidence that is characteristic of human brotherhood. George Temple is one of the best examples of true American pluck and perserverance, backed up by sterling ability and true moral worth, and his well earned promotion to the exalted position of Grand Master of the United Order of Odd Fellows should be tendered him when the B. M. C. assembles in Richmond, Va., next October. His triumph would be the best vindication of the fundimental principles of the order, and demonstrate to the world that, Friendship, Love and Truth are the corner stones of Odd Fellowship in fact as well as inform. As the international head of the order, George E. Temple would infuse new life into every department of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and place it into the very front rank of the Negro organizations of the world. His indefatigable industry, sober judgment and natural aggressiveness, combined with his thorough knowledge of the constitution and laws of the order, would enable him to guide the destines of the order with a safe but fearless hand, to greater prosperity than it has yet attained. Temple has earned his "golden spurs," and should receive the just reward of merit. Justice, fair play, and the law of precedence demand his election to the office of Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows this year. Only one Negro delegate was selected by the Republicans to represent the Negro voters at the Federal Springs convention. We do not understand this new move. The Ninth Ward did not a single delegate, nor the Tenth Ward. The Eighth Ward managed to squeeze out one. But then we suppose the new party managers know their business. We are advised by a dispatch from Washington that Prof. Vernon took charge as Registrar of the Treasury last Tuesday morning and took the oath of office at noon of the same day. From the tenor of the dispatch Mr. Vernon has no patronage to dispose of. The Son wishes him success in his new field of labor. There seems to be some little chance for 25c gas. We hope the effort of Mr. Beardsley to secure to the people cheap gas, will avail as something. It is a shame that the people have been forced to pay $1 00 gas while 25c gas is within a stone throw. If there is a Negro in Kansas City who thinks that the manager of the Son does not know what the running of a newspaper requires, he will step down and out. Muster up a man who will give a guarantee to run the Son one year without running in in the ground and the "Son" is his. 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 malades. Speed of Electric Current 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. "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 barter 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. Many Tailed 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, conversally, 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 pictureque 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 phinole, 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. NUMBER 51 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, "dshe hhing thing makes es much noise es old Nick, does es much damage an ebenhes a horn sticking out in front." Struggle for Lucky Pins. According to an ancient bit of Sussex folk lore, when a bride returns home from church her single friends at once rob her of all the pins in her dress, under the impression that every maiden who is lucky enough to possess one will be married during the course of a year. Bays of Badium Are Common Rays or 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 Abys sinia, Morocco and Liberia, are controlled directly or indirectly by some Eupropean power. French Africa is about equal in area to half the United States. Bubble and Squeak By B. L. TAYLOR With some extracts from the unpub- lished work of the late Walter Blackburn Harte. (Copyright, tax, by Joseph B. Bowles.) ```markdown ``` The vainer one is the happier one is. Women can be happy on very little reality until they lose their looks. His wife, to keep him in good temper, stood over him and quoted some of his own writings to him while he made the fire. He began by cursing and ended by whistling. A witty bad woman one can half admire: a witty good woman one can always love. The emotional nature of woman, if only trained and rightly directed, might raise the world to man's vision of its future. High art has come to be high kicking, and the higher the kick the higher the—art! The fact escapes many readers of insufficient insight that underneath all the imagery of oriental writings there is a severe simplicity of style. They go directly to the matter. They give us a beautiful symbol for an emotion. We endeavor to so describe the emotion that every man will recall his own similar experience. We analyze the heart of sorrow. They veil the sun. Some minds are merely the manure of other minds; they grow little themselves, but they hasten the season of others. Funny people are never witty. Witty people are never funny! An apropos piece of flattery nips the wrinkle in the bud. A Dinner De Luxe Mr. Plates, the well-known publisher of subscription sets, gave a de luxe dinner last Thursday evening to the authors connected with his flourishing house, and not since the Mark Twain banquet has so distinguished a group of men of letters been seen as that which gathered at the old Clarendon hotel. Among those present were Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Wilimam M. Thackeray, Alexander Dumas, George Eliot, Honore de Balzac, Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, Louise Muhback (Klara Muller), and Mr. Plutarch. Letters of regret were read from William Shakespeare, Edward Gibbon and Henry Fielding. The after-dinner speaking was unusually brilliant. The following toasts were responded to: Miss Austen: "Pessimism and the Modern Lady Novelist." Mr. Dumas: "Some Indiana Romancers Who Have Influenced Me." Mr. Dickens: "Good Literature on the Installment Plan; the Age of Coupon." Mr. Balzac: "My Debt to Henry James." Mr. Plutarch: "The Commercialization of Literature." Mr. Plates: "Hands Across the Sea." Mr. Plates said in part: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful for this opportunity to express my pleasure in the fact that the cordial relations existing between you as authors and me as publisher have never been subjected to the slightest strain. Acrimony between an author and his publisher is too often the case nowadays. Sometimes an author feels that he is not receiving a sufficiently large royalty; sometimes he suspects (unjustly, of course) that more of his books were sold than his statements show; or he may be dissatisfied with the amount of advertising which is spent on pushing the sales of his works. I am happy to say that I have never received a line of complaint or criticism from any of my authors. On the other hand, you will give me credit for printing your masterpieces in the best de luxe bindings and making them known to appreciative millions. It cannot but please you to learn that, although none of your works are listed monthly among the "Best Selling Books," they sell steadily from year to year in countless thousands. It is true that I have never sent you a sixpence in royalties, and I appreciate the delicacy with which you have refrained from mentioning the matters; you understood the great publishing expense I was under. Still, I am ready to pay each and every one of you an honorarium of £10, which is I believe, the usual thing in such cases. Ladies and gentlemen, I drink: to your continued health and deathless popularity." After "Frenzled Finance" comes "Fraudulent Food." The professional exposers, like musicfaith, employ the double F when they wish a fortissimo effect. The department of superintendents has recommended to the National Educational association that the spelling of 12 words be changed in all schools in the United States; some of the new words being, "enuf," "tung," "fether," "thru." The ingenuity of the spelling reformers might be more profitably employed in other than educational channels. They ought to be writing street car advertisements for the manufacturers of such useful commodities as "Klee-Nit" soap and "Nufang" pants. The Care of Books. The following little helpful "Nevers" should be framed and hung up in every library: Never cut bread on a valuable book. It is likely to injure the binding. Never use your spectacles or false teeth for a book mark. You will never know where they are; besides, it injures the book. Never cut the leaves of a book with the carving knife until you have first wiped it clean. Never cut leaves with any sharp knife. Use a safety razor. Never turn leaves with your thumb. A pair of small tongs, such as come with boxes of bon-bons, is the best thing to use. Never put a hot iron on an open book, unless it is a Roycroft book, in which case the pyrography will be likely to improve its appearance. Never throw a book at the cook unless it is a cook book. It injures the corners and delays the dinner. Never rub dust from books. Telephone for a compressed air wagon. Never set a very young baby down on an open book, especially a valuable book. Never use your books, and they will keep an indefinite time. BERT LEON TAYLOR PUSH BETTER THAN PULL Queer as it may seem, the relative value of push and of pull is a plain fact of nature. If anybody doubts it, let him consider the following details, in which the Statesman shows the difference between the Asiatic and the European: In India, a man digging in the garden does not throw the earth from him, as the English gardener does, but pulls it toward him. The carpenter sawing wood does not drive the saw, but pulls it, in token of which fact the teeth of an Indian saw are set in the opposite way from those of an English saw. Even when the Indian workman has been induced to adopt the labor-saving machinery introduced from Europe he shows a strange perversity in sacrificing part of the benefit through his habit of preferring to pull rather than to push. Thus, in turning a wheel, as in raising water from a well or working a crane, instead of pushing the handle down and so getting the benefit of the weight of his body, he pulls it up, and so sacrifices that natural advantage. For the same reason the wheelbarrow has never become naturalized in India, although specially suited for a country where roads are still comparatively few, but footpaths abound. The Indian drill works in the opposite direction from the European bit and brace, and the pot is stirred not from left to right, as in the west, but from right to left. The same rule holds good in weapons of warfare. The Indian sword is made for cutting, not for thrusting, and the common daos and daggers are on the same principle. The Indian, in the use of the weapons nature has provided for offense and defense, does not hit out straight from the shoulder like the European, but strikes from above downward, or from right to left with a sweeping movement. Nor is the backhanded slap of which most English school boys have had personal experience known in the east. Kicking out is also rare, although it is coming in with football. Another physical exercise in which the difference is very marked is swimming. In India the arms are not extended outward, as in Europe, but the stroke is downward and inward. Nor does the Indian take a header into the water with arms extended. Those who have seen the famous divers at Delhi and elsewhere diving from the roofs of mosques into adjacent tanks will remember that they came down feet foremost and assumed a squatting attitude before reaching the water. Then in riding the Indian horseman keeps his position, not like the European (by holding on by the extensor muscles of the thigh with toes directed inward), but by grasping the saddle with the flexors—that is to say, with the calves of his legs, the toes being directed outward. An Indian scavenger sweeps toward himself, not away, like his brother in the west. When the Indian beckons some one to approach he does so with the palm of the hand downward; the European in the corresponding act turns the palm upward. Even in Indian writing there is an avoidance of movement of extension. This very apparent in the case of Persian, which is written from right to left, but it also holds good in Hindi and other Sanskrit languages. Nearly all the strokes are written downward; the upward sweeps common in English writing are very rare. That's Why. "Young Chaffer makes sight or everything." "Yes, he's lantern-jawed."—Houston Post. THE GIRL 3 BEAUTIFUL HOMES WERE BU AND LIVES IN WITH THE MAN FOR WHOM FUL HOMES ILT: JILTS THE BUILDERS A THREE-ROOM FLAT OF HER CHOICE Brooklyn.—There are three new, beautiful houses in Brooklyn that bear "For Sale" signs in their windows. There are three disconsolate young architects who built these houses, but who never go near them. And in a little three-room flat in the Flatbush district Mr. and Mrs. Clive Stevenson are happy. It was for Mrs. Clive Stevenson that the three homes were built—or rather for Miss Helen Strain. Or rather, to be exact, one was built for Mrs. Henry L. Ryder, another for Mrs. Noble T. Shaw, and yet another for Mrs. M. L. Pettingill. But then Mrs. Stevenson, Miss Strain, Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Pettingill are all the same person. She was Miss Strain, she became Mrs. Stevenson, and the three architects who built the three houses expected her to become Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Pettingill. Was a Spoiled Beauty. Miss Strain was a beauty, and Mrs. Stevenson is a beauty, and she would have been a beauty if she had become Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Shaw or Mrs. Pettingill. And, being a beauty, she was spoiled, although a few months ago it would have been hard to convince Stevenson, Ryder, Shaw or Pettingill that she was spoiled—or anything else than the personification of perfection in femininity—and Stevenson still believes she is perfect. She is now 22 years old, tall, slender, graceful, and as pretty as a girl may be. She was the daughter of Benjamin Strain—he signs it Benj.—who is a contractor and builder living on Eastern parkway. Her mother died when the girl was small. She was raised by her father, assisted by housekeepers, who bowed down before Miss Strain, and the father granted her every desire. She was a sweet tempered, good natured, merry, lovable girl—especially lovable—as is proved by the experiences of Stevenson, Ryder, Shaw and Pettingill, but, having had her own way all her life, she continued to have it. "Bossed the Ranch." She was sent, when 17 years of age, to an exclusive school in New York, and two years later she returned to her father's house "finished," as far as education was concerned. She knew but few of the girls of the neighborhood, and her friends were chiefly among her father's friends and business associates whom she met at the house. She presided over her father's establishment, lavished her allowance on dress, and "bossed the ranch." as she expressed it. It happened that one of her chief delights was to ride with her father in his light runabout while he visited the houses he was building, and in this way she impressed her image upon scores of hearts in many parts of Brooklyn. Her father, who still regarded her as "h.s. baby," and forgot that she had grown up and become a beautiful young woman, was puzzled because so many of the young architects and builders that he met in a business way came dropping into his house in the evenings to talk over unimportant matters of business with him, and then promptly forgot why they had come and turned the music at the piano while Miss Strain played And among those that came were Noble T. Shaw, Henry L. Ryder and Myron L. Pettingill—all fair to good looking, and all young contractors who were getting a foothold, and who, through their business dealings with Benj. Strain, had met and fallen in love with his daughter. It wasn't long before even Benjamin Strain realized that the young men did not come to talk business, and he dropped out of sight or went into the library to smoke his pipe when they called, instead of discussing materials, specifications and labor with them. During last summer Miss Strain went to her father's summer home down Long island, and it was druing her stay there that she received three proposals. Each of the young men knew of the intentions of the others, and they were vastly jealous of each other, but the girl showed no preference. Her answer to the proposals was unique. She did not refuse or accept any of them. She simply stated that she admired and esteemed them all, that she loved no one, and that she intended to marry the one of them that built the prettiest and best home for her. She stated that on May 1, 1906, she would inspect the home offered to her by her lovers, and if satisfied with the arrangements, the decorations, the general surroundings, and the architectural beauties of one house above the others she would accept it—and its owner. Got Busy at Once. She wanted a home, and she stipulated that the cost of the home, exclusive of the lot and furnishings, should not exceed $7,000, and that the total cost should be less than $10,000, and that not more than half of the cost price should be secured by mortgage. Building operations in Brooklyn immediately boomed. Shaw purchased a lot on Utica avenue, near Eastern parkway; Ryder bought land in Prospect park south; and Pettingill, who owned a lot near Bedford park, at once broke ground. The three young architects burned midnight electric lights drawing the plans and specifications, creating ideal homes, and each pushed the work on his house as rapidly as possible. There was much figuring of costs, much planning for convenience, beauty and utility to create a harmonious whole—for each hoped that the girl would fall in love with his house. Pettinigl elected to build an eight room brick and stone house, with a wide stone front porch facing the lawn, and harmonizing with the quiet, shaded street. His entire id a was for comfort and utility without waste of space. He devoted more time to the kitchen than to anything else, and it was ideal, with an inserted ice box, capable of being filled from the outside, with excellent laundry facilities. The depth of his walls gave opportunity for cozy window seats in the bedrooms. As for Ryder, he erected a cottagy looking house, half of cement, with wide porches and many nooks and angles. It was set down among the trees and was surrounded by large grounds, and at the rear was a tiny building for an automobile. It had a wide open fireplace in the library. The library, reception hall, stairway and the dining room were done in dark oak, the dining room having leaded windows, opening out upon a trellised veranda overlooking the lawn. He furnished it in mission style. And all the five bedrooms upstairs were in white woodwork, the floors hardwood, and the walls in the favorite colors of his bride to be—for when he looked over the house he considered her as good as won. He did not see how any girl could resist it. Shaw adapted his house to the neighborhood, and erected a pretentious place of the modified colonial style. His dining room and library arrangements were much like those of Ryder. He added a den for him- self, and, with much forethought, set aside one of the large upstairs rooms as a nursery. He built a big inclosed porch at the second story rear, surrounded by a five foot wall, wired in, as an outdoor bedroom for summer use, and he put the servants' rooms in the garret. Outsider Won Bride The houses were finished and furnished early in April, and Shaw, Pettingill and Ryder awaited anxiously for the test. Each called on Miss Strain and arranged to drive her to what each hoped would be her new home. Ryder was to call at ten a. m., Shaw at two p. m., and Pettingill at five p. m. They called. They grew impatient. They called again. It was not until the next day that they learned that Miss Strain had gone to New York early in the morning and married Olive Stevenson, a handsome young electrical engineer just out of scientific school. Then they were angry. Also Benj. Strain was angry. He was so angry he told the young couple to shift for themselves when they sought his blessing, and he was angrier when Stevenson took him at his word and departed with his bride. And he grew still angrier when, after waiting a week, he discovered that his daughter and his son-in-law were keeping house in three rooms in Flatbush. He sought them, asked them to forgive him, and offered to buy anyone of the three houses that Mrs. Stevenson would select, but Stevenson told him he could support his wife. So the young couple are living in a three room flat, while the three beautiful new homes constructed specially for honeymones are vacant. HORSE LEAPS OVER GO-CART Mother Faints While Animal Clears Child at a Bound Without Hurting It. Atlantic City, N. J.—A hair-raising escape from death by the infant daughter of Miles Barnett, a contractor, and the remarkable instinct of a runaway horse were the thrilling features of a runaway on the West side, where the rampant animal, seemingly about to trample the child, leaped completely over the go-cart, leaving the baby unscathed. The horse took fright at an automobile, broke away from the vehicle it was drawing and dashed madly through a thoroughfare crowded with wagons. Mrs. Barnett did not see the animal until it was almost upon her. Unable to draw her baby carriage away, she fell fainting to the side-walk. Jacob Kumpf, a butcher, bravely leaped in front of the horse and attempted to swerve it to one side. While the effort cost a.m. serious injuries, as he was knocked down, it undoubtedly caused the horse to take a leap over the carriage, in which the little girl, unmindful of the danger, was clapping her hands at the excitement. Duel to Death in a Canoe Fort William, Ont.-W. A. Thompson and Isadore Bouchard, while in a canoe on Helen lake, half a mile from shore, engaged in a combat, capsizing the craft. They then climbed to the top of the upturned canoe and engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle lasting nearly 30 minutes, when, their strength spent, they slipped into the water and sank. Fearfully Good Some men do right only because they are afraid to do something else. There is no Rochelle Salts, Alum, Limeor Ammonia in food made with Calumet Baking Powder Health- Economy. THE CADDY'S COMMENT. One That Was Not Very Complimentary to a Professional Player. Walter J. Travis, the golfer, set up his ball, and then made half a dozen swishes at the short grass with the driver, relates the New York Tribune. "I am not in good form," he said, "I am playing like a broker we had here last week. "This broker played once around, making a dreadful exhibition of himself. Of this, though, he was not aware. He was doing pretty well for him. "The man's caddy was an unusually quiet, stolld lad, a boy with a freckled face quite devoid of expression. "And since the caddy never once laughed or sneered at his bad play, the broker took a fancy to him. And he said at the end of the round, in the hope of getting a compliment: "I have been traveling for the last six months. I am quite out of practice. That is why I am in such bad form to-day." "The caddy replied, calmly: "Then ye've played before, have ye, sir?" SEVEN YEARS AGO A Rochester Chemist Found a Singularly Effective Medicine. William A. Franklin, of the Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co., Rochester, N. Y., writes: "Seven years ago I was suffering very much through the failure of the kidneys to eliminate the uric acid from my system. My back was very lame and soaked if I "Seven years ago I was suffering very much through the failure of the kidneys to eliminate the uric acid from my system. My back was very lame and ached if I overexerted myself in the least degree. At times I was weighed down with a feeling of languor and depression and suffered continually from annoying irregularities of the kidney secretions. I procured a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and began using them. I found prompt relief from the aching and lameness in my back, and by the time I had taken three boxes I was cured of all irregularities." Sold by all dealers; 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. DIETARY DICTA Dinner should be of a lighter nature in summer than in winter. A quart of wheat contains more nutriment than a bushel of cucumbers. There is a happy mean between eating everything and being squeamish. ing everything and being squeezable. Two pounds of potatoes contain as much nutriment as 13 pounds of turnips. Light soups, light desserts and light meals should have the preference in warm weather. Vegetables and fruits are to be used most generously at that season of the year in which they naturally mature. Beginning the dinner with soup is the very best way to get the whole system in condition for assimilating a hearty meal. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hale's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney the successful candidate to be highly desirable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALKER & CO., Toledo, O. Wholesale Drugs, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting as a system tester. System Testimonials sent free. Price 25 cents per system. Sold by all Drugsellers. One on the Doctor. Lawyer—I say, doctor, why are you always running us lawyers down? Doctor (dryly)—Well, your profession doesn't make angels of men, does it? "Why, no; you certainly have the advantage of us there, doctor."—Illustrated Bits. Not the Only Hot Place. "The most serious objection I have to dying," said the Bostonian, "is that I shall have to leave Boston." "Aw, don't worry about that," said the Chicagoan; "Boston ain't the only hot place."—The Bohemian. Voracity Angler—Do the fish bite around here? Native—Bite? Say, stranger, we have to muzzle 'em so they won't chew up the innermost bystander."—N. Y. Sun. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURSES NHEUmatism BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE This product has been continued by use of the manufacturer. The public may rely on the manufacturer's assurance, sold only in licensed stores. OF AID TO HOSTESS SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS. Appropriate Quotations for a Farewell Dinner—At a Bride Shower—A Character Party—Portrait Contest. Quotations for a Farewell Dinner. Here are some appropriate quotations for use at a dinner given in honor of a guest who is about to depart upon a long journey: "Though lost to sight, to memory dear." "Absence breaks slender ties, but invets strong ones." "I count myself in nothing else so happy." As in a soul remembering my good friends." "Where e'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untraveled, fondly turns to thee." "Farewell; a word that must be, and hath been; A sound that makes us linger; yet—farewell." "Though the deep between us rolls, Friendship shall unite our souls; Still in fancy's rich domain Often we shall meet again." "What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face?" The place cards may be painted with a bunch of for-get-me-nots, or tie a spray of artificial ones onto it with a bit of "true blue" ribbon. A correspondent asks for an entertainment for a linen "shower" and a luncheon menu. Make cards in shape of a heart out of pink cardboard, punch a hole and tie pink pencils on them. Next write the transposed letters of the words of the articles in a bride's trousseau like this: "hseos," rskit," etc. Transposed these letters become "shoes" and "skirt." Allow 20 minutes for this contest. Then for the "shower" I should hide the packages all over the rooms and make the bride-elect hunt for them to music, played "loud" and "soft." This will make no end of fun and, as each package is opened when found, it will take some time and provide ample entertainment. If the donors write an appropriate quotation it will add much to the enjoyment of all. Here is a seasonable menu: Strawberries served with hulls around a mound of powdered sugar, fried chicken, new potatoes in cream, sprinkled with parsley; asparagus on toast, tomato and shrimp salad with cheese wafers, cherry ice and small cakes, with the usual accompaniments of olives, nuts and bon-bons. A reader who signs herself "An Old Subscriber" requests some form of amusement for a large evening party of young people. Personally, I think there is no form of amusement equal to a costume party, whether dancing is indulged in or not. Anything that all can participate in is sure to be successful. Make it a character party and award prizes for the two best costumes. If each person keeps secret what they are to represent the affair will be much more interesting. A Portrait Contest. A hostess noted for her originality sent out invitations on red cardboard, written up and down the page "a la Chinese," having the usual date and hour and also "portrait contest" in one corner. When the guests arrived each one was presented with the figure of a man in conventional dress, but with no face. On the back was written the name of a man whose features were to be portrayed. Pencils were furnished and a half hour was allotted for the task. Each artist was to keep his subject a secret. When time was called the creations were pinned up for the edification of the company, who were to guess the originals and put them down in their catalogues. Then the hostess read the list of people who were supposed to have been drawn and the result was most amusing. The artist who had made the best likeness of the subject was awarded a prize, and to the one who rightly guessed the most portraits a second prize was given. A chafing dish supper was served, and for place cards there were tiny palettes with a little brush. The whole affair afforded the keenest amusement. MADAME MERRL Girl with Freckles One pint of rose water, one-half ounce of pulverized borax, one ounce of strained lemon juice. Use this lotion freely after being exposed to the sun. Never use soap and water on the face just before going out of doors or directly after coming in, since this practice is a fine freckle-encourager. A Wrinkled Lorehead Massage across the wrinkle, not di- rectly in the crease. Rub up and down across the wrinkle every time. Use a good skin food. For Dry Hair: When brushing the hair use a few drops of pure olive oil. EYES AND EYEBROWS. Upon What Soulful Beauty of the Eye Is Dependent and Upon What the Physical Beauty. If you think there is no power in a woman's eye, ask any husband and he will tell you that there's more meaning in a quick glance of disapproval than in all the works of the philosophers. Ask the lover and he will tell you that a woman's eye holds in its depths a mysterious and sweet wonder—that one look would mean misery to him, while a tender gance would open up the gates of paradise. A woman's heart shines forth in a look. Lips may frame false words, but the eye can never deceive, writes Mme. Qui Vive. If anger and hatred and revenge are a part of one's character the eyes are hard and steely. If one has tenderness in one's soul, affection and sympathy in one's thoughts, then the eyes are soft, lovable and radiant with the light of human kindness. No argument is needed to prove the importance of beautiful eyes. Look PERFECT EYES AND BROWS. into the eyes of your friend and read the message they give out. Gaze into the eyes of a wondering little child, and what do you see there? Beautiful eyes will glorify the plainest face. Without beauty of these soul windows, the face cannot be perfect. The physical beauty of the eye depends more upon its size and elongation than upon the color. If it is not well set in the head or if the eye is small and cold, no color can make it beautiful. The white of the eye, the sclerotic, should be quite clear and of a violet-white, rather than bluish. The cornea is sometimes spoken of as the "white of the eye," but it is a tough, colorless, highly polished surface, as transparent as crystal, through which the iris and pupil are seen. It is inserted in the sclerotic as a watch crystal is inserted into its case. The brightness of the eye depends upon the perfection of the cornea's essential qualities, and perfect vision upon its normal curvature. Nothing in the world can change or alter the color of the eyes. The color is deepened or intensified by emotions, and a joyous frame of mind is the greatest thing in the world to make a soul window shine up and be sparkling. The use of belladonna to brighten the eyes cannot be too strongly condemned, and feminine vanity should never take one to such extreme methods of beautifying. The practice is invariably followed by injury to the most delicate organ of the human body. USE THE BATH BAG. How to Prepare and the Beneficial Effects—A Word About Daily Beautifying. Wise women wonder why their sisters do not more generally use the invaluable bath bag. They are made by filling a thick muslin or thin calico bag with two-thirds of bran or oatmeal, blits of soap, and orris root, just to give a sweet savor. Let this soak in the water before entering the bath, and make a splendid latner all over the skin; if you use this only two or three times a week it will make the body smooth. But each bag is good for only twice using; once sour it does more harm than good. It is a great secret in most toilet preparations to use them while fresh. There is a most delightful cream which works veritable wonders if employed as soon as it is made, and never after it has mixed more than a week or so. Blanch for the purpose four ounces of sweet almonds and pound them till they are quite smooth, add the yolks of three eggs, and mix with fresh milk or cream; boil as you would a custard, stirring all the time, and remove as soon as it thickens; then add the perfume you prefer. Seal while hot. Every night before retiring is the best time for devoting just a little while to the care of the complexion and hands. Ten minutes can be spared and no more should be taken. It would else be time wasted. We cannot give our energy and hours to beauty work when so many more useful pursuits invite attention. Apply any inexpensive, harmless cold cream to the face and neck to remove the grime of the day, wipe with a soft old cloth, and wash with pure unscented soap, using the hands instead of a wash cloth. Rinse with an abundance of warm water and a dash of cold water, and apply a fine white cream for the night. Use a Cream. You must never massage the face without using some kind of cream. If you do not use the cream you break the tissues of the skin and cause wrikkles. But it is not necessary to use much of the cream. A very little on the ends of the fingers is sufficient. Make the movements light and in a circular motion, always up, never down. WARWICK CASTLE AND THE EARLS OF WARWICK A VIEW of THE CASTLE This summer an historic pageant of peculiar interest is to be given at Warwick castle, a famous medieval castle in mid-England. There are to be depicted 19 centuries of the history of the town of Warwick. Drulds will be summoned from out the dim pagan past, before the eyes of the wondering spectators will parade queens and kings long since molded to dust, ecclesiastics and barons, famous law makers and famous law breakers. The town of Warwick is situated on the Avon, not very far from Stratford; and not very far from another town of less fame but decided commercial importance, Birmingham. First Warwick was a British settlement, about 50 A.D., a Roman fortress. In 915 the town was rebuilt by Ethelfsida, daughter of King Alfred. The most notable edifice in the town is Warwick castle, principal residence of the earls of Warwick. The castle, beautiful for situation and having such close connection with various periods of English history, is a most fitting place for an historic pageant. Writing in "House and Garden, P. D. Ditchfield says: "Few of the historic houses of England can compare with Warwick castle in regard to either its natural beauty or its wealth of historical associations. It possesses all the characteristics of a medieval fortress of great strength and grandeur, and may be selected as one of the best examples in England of the castle of ancient days which played no inconsiderable part in the times of civil strife and in the political revolutions of our country's annals. Most of our castles are in ruins. They were held by royalists in the great civil war, and were 'slighted' by Cromwell in order to prevent them from proving themselves thorns in the side of the parliamentary party. Warwick, having been held by Lord Brooke, who fought on Cromwell's side, was spared, and therefore retains to-day all the features of its former greatness, a delightful study for the student of the military architecture of the middle ages." When King Alfred's militant daughter built the strong fortification, called the Dungeon, the defense was made against the Danes. Warwick was saved for a time, but in 1016 down swooped the Danish invaders and almost destroyed the fortress. Then we come to the day of William the Norman, and find the Conqueror, at once realizing the value of a position of natural strength, ordered the town and castle of Warwick fortified. In the reigns of Henry II, Richard I. and John, considerable sums were spent in repair of the walls and maintenance of a garrison. In the troublous days when Simon de Montfort led a revolt against the king, Warwick castle was attacked, the castle held for the king by William Maduit, earl of Warwick, and de Montfort wrought great destruction—"nothing of value was left save the herbage in the castle ditches." The castle and title now passed to the very powerful Beauchamps, and to certain members of this family Warwick castle owes much of its strength. Thomas Beauchamp, who flourished in the fourteenth century, erected Caesar's tower and St. Mary's church; his son built Guy's tower. Richard, son of the last named Thomas, proved himself a mighty soldier, added to the might of the name of Beauchamp and of Warwick, and Richard's son attained such favor with his sovereign, Henry VI., as to be crowned king of the Isle of Wight. But great families pass away; the Beauchamps fall, the Neville arise. We now come to that Warwick styled the king maker, Richard Neville. His marriage to Anne Beauchamp brought him the lands of the Warwick family, and was created carl of Warwick with succession to the heirs of his wife. We find the new carl of Warwick the most important figure in the wars of the Roses, impetuous in battle, great in ambition and power. Warwick brings to his castle and keeps prisoner there King Edward IV., that the cause of the duke of York may be advanced. The Yorks come to the throne, and Warwick alms to add further to his own power. But kingly favor is fickle, treachery betray and the carl of Warwick is slain on the battlefield; the house of Neville falls. Troublesome times follow for those that Warwick castle, uncertain the tenure of life of one dwelling therein. It is told that the wife of the duke of Clarence (created early of Warwick by Edward IV.) died by poison. Now we come to the Dudleys and their possession of the castle. John Dudley, created earl of Warwick in 1546, was the famous "Northumberland." of rare ability and consuming ambition, second only to the king in influence, who plotted to get the succession in his own family, and married his fourth son to hapless Lady Jane Gray. Northumberland was put to death for treason. Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Guildford Dudley were beheaded. The last of the Dudleys, Ambrose, died a peaceful death. Ambrose having no children, the title died with him. James I. granted the castle to Sir Fulke Greyville, Lord Brooke, a rather dilapidated gift at the time of its bestowal and requiring that the new owner at once spend thousands in restoration of his property. Sir Fulke was a man not unknown to fame, he was a favorite of both James I. and Queen Elizabeth, and Friend and biographer of Sir Philip Sidney. Among the many memories that cling about Warwick castle are those of days when Queen Elizabeth was entertained there, and here stands the tomb of Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, favorite of Elizabeth. But five miles from Warwick lies Kenilworth castle, long the seat of royalty, conferred by Elizabeth upon the earl of Leicester and scene of Leicester's famous entertainment of her imperious majesty. In the coming pageant, one of the scenes is to be the arrival of Elizabeth, and without doubt will prove most interesting feature of the spectacle. To return to the granting of the castle to Sir Folke Greville, Lord Brooke did not long have opportunity to enjoy the restored castle, meeting an untimely death at the hand of a servant. His successor was a strong Puritan, and in a Presbyterian chapel within the castle grounds Puritan mode of worship was followed. When an attack was made on Warwick by the king's forces, woolpacks were hung outside the gate house to protect from the cannon balls of the invaders, and they are still there. "No royal standard waved on Guy's tower, but a winding sheet and a Bible in order to show to the enemy that the Puritan leader was ready to die for his faith. The roundheads trembled for the fate of the Castle of Warwick; but it held its own." In 1759 the earldom was conferred on Francis Greville—the earldom did not go to Sir Fulke along with castle and land—and ever since title and estate have remained in the Brooke family. The wife of the present representative is the much talked of countess of Warwick, beauty, social leader, and now avowed socialist. Warwick castle is a veritable treasure house, filled with paintings and armor and historic relics of inestimable value. Those permitted a view of the treasures come away forgeful of the present, withdrawn in fancy to the days of knighthood and splendid pageantry. And those so fortunate as to view the coming pageant will have uproiled in panorama 2,000 years of history of a wonderful nation—a history that belongs to American as well as Englishman. Mr. Ditchfield gives us a description of Warwick written by a seventeenth century tourist, and the picture is so quantily drawn we are tempted to present it. —Warwick "for a fayre and stately castle may compare with most in England. It is most in England. It is most sweetly and very pleasantly seated on a rocke very high, upon that pleasant rive, the Avon, that divides the shore in twain; whether the sumptuousness of the building with the richness of the furniture, the pleasantness of the seat, or the strength of the brave, ancient high towers with her own defensive situation, exceeds, it is hard to be determined." An Anchored Boarder. Winks—How often do you change your boarding house now, Jinks? Jinks—I never change at all. Winks—You don't. Perfectly comfortable, eh? Jinks—No, I'm mighty uncomfortable; but I've changed often enough to know I never gain anything by changing—N. Y. Weekly. The College. it is an institution great, Where wise men love to congregate to help them best serve How to translate a college yell. -Washington Star. FOURTH OF JULY FAVORS. What to Present One's Guests on This Gala Occasion—Sweet Peas Arranged as a Flag. Fourth of July favors are now in order. Simple favors are quite as charming for such an occasion as elaborate and expensive ones. The principal thing to be considered is that the favors are not like those to be had at all or most of the shops, that they are new, pretty and inexpensive. First among these favors comes the Liberty Bell, which stanch old emblem of our national liberty has now been reduced to the proportions of a candy or ice cream box. The liberty cap which is shown in the picture is made into a little pincushion or sachet and may be made of bunting, silk, satin or paper in the national colors. The shield decorated box in the illustration is for candy. The box is a white satin one and is hand painted. Cracker and cannon favors are exceedingly neat and attractive this season. They open and may be used for bombs or ice cream. The cannon and cracker favors are not ex- APPROPRIATE SOUVENIRS. pensive when bought at the confectioner's. Fan favors are perhaps more attractive than any other, especially as last season's fad for collecting all sorts of small, inexpensive fans is raging more fiercely than ever this season. The fans can easily be made at home. They may be of stiff paper, tissue paper, silk, satin, etc. A simple souvenir fan of the day could be made by decorating a white paper fan with the national colors, having red and white stripes for the lower half and a design of white stars on a blue ground as a border. This decoration may be painted on the fan if one is sufficiently skilled to do this, or stars and stripes may be cut from colored paper and pasted on. White gauze fans and those of white paper or satin are also attractive with a flag decoration, either of one large flag or of two flags crossed, painted across the center or on the side sticks. An exceedingly attractive decoration for a Fourth of July fan is also made of ribbon. Ribbon work is very popular this year on all articles of dress, and a fan trimmed with ribbon work, while calling for quite a lot of work on the part of a hostess, would at the same time be a most acceptable souvenir. It is perhaps because so few flowers of the same variety produce themselves in both a desirable shade of blue and of red that the sweet pea is halled with delight as a Fourth of July decoration. For the decoration of Fourth of July dining tables the sweet pea is used in many ways. One clever hostess has planned this year to have a large, low bed of the flowers in the center of her table, arranged exactly in the design and colors of the American flag. Then, as the guests leave the table, the flag will be broken up, and each will carry off a bunch of the flowers in one of the three colors. A Nice Neck. The neck needs as much care and attention to keep it in good condition as the face. You cannot expect to make it white, remove the lines, and fill out the hollows in a few days, when you have neglected it all winter. It should be massaged regularly at least once a day before retiring with a good massage cream, and rubbed up with a rotary motion. The muscles at the side of the neck may be developed by turning the head on the axis of the spine slowly from right to left and back again. Sponging in cold water will aid in keeping the neck firm. Hollow Cheeks To fill out the hollow cheeks, stimulate the circulation and build up the tissues, there is nothing better than the habit of bathing the face with very cold water every morning, also at night after the facial tubbing with warm water, pure soap and a correct complexion brush. Proper massage, with orange flower skin food and a rotary movement with the finger tips will prove helpful. Make it a practice to slip a glassful of hot milk at bedtime. For Red Eyes. Lotion for weak, tired or inflamed eyes: Fifteen drops of spirits of camphor, one teaspoonful of powdered boric acid, two-thirds of a cup of boiling water. Cool, strain through muslin and apply several times a day with an eyecup. Don't wear spotted veils and never read in a dim light. Bad eyes are usually the result of abuse or neglect. Suffered Two Years—Believed In Three Months C. B. FIZER M. B. C. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky. writes: M. R. C. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky. writes: "I have suffered with kidney and bladder trouble for ten years past." "Last March I commenced using Peruma and continued for three months. I have not used it since, nor have I felt a pain. "I believe that I am well and I therefore give my highest commendation to the curative qualities of Peruma." Pe-ru-na for Kidney Trouble. Mrs. Geo. H. Simser, Grant, Ontario, Can, writes: "I had not been well for about four years. I had kidney trouble, and, in fact, felt badly nearly all the time." "This summer I got so very bad I thought I would try Peruna, so I wrote to you and began at once to take Peruna and Manailin. "I took only two bottles of Peruna and one of Manailin, and now I feel better than I have for some time. "I feel that Peruna and Manailin cared me and made a different woman of me altogether. I bless the day I picked up the little book and read of your Peruna. "It is the business of the kidneys to remove from the blood all poisonous materials. They must be active all the time, else the system suffers. There are times when they need a little assistance. Peruna is exactly this sort of a remedy. It has saved many people from disaster by rendering the kidneys service at a time when they were not able to bear their own burdens." BITS FOR BACHELORS. Many men think themselves self-made who are really marriage made. The man who avoids matrimony on account of the cares of wedded life rivals the wisecare who secured himself against corns by having his legs amputated. Don't marry for beauty alone. Socrates called beauty "a short lived tyranny," and Theophrastus pronounced it "a silent cheat." The man who marries for beauty alone is as silly as the man who would buy a house because it had fine flowers in the front garden. It is in life as it is with a kite; it will not fly very high until it has a string tying it down. And so the man who is tied down by half a dozen responsibilities and their mother will make a higher and stronger fight than the bachelor who, having nothing to keep him steady, is always floundering in the mud. Behind the Times "Janie is so mortified at her husband's illness that she won't tell anyone what is the matter with him." "What disease has he?" "Old-fashioned consumption"—N. Y. Times. Leaving a Card "But, surely you are the man I gave some pie to a fortnight ago." "Yes, lily; I thought praps you'd like to know I'm able to get about again"→ Tatler. BUILDING FOOD To Bring the Babies Around When a little human machine (or a large one) goes wrong, nothing is so important as the selection of food to bring it around again. "My little baby boy fifteen months old had pneumonia, then came brain fever, and no sooner had he got over these than he began to cut teeth and, being so weak, he was frequently thrown into convulsions," says a Colorado mother. "I decided a change might help, so took him to Kansas City for a visit. When we got there he was so very weak when he would cry he would sink away and seemed like he would die. "When I reached my sister's home she said immediately that we must feed him Grape-Nuts and, although I had never used the food, we got some and for a few days gave him just the juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got stronger so quickly we were soon feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and in a wonderfully short time he fattened right up and became strong and well. "That showed me something worth knowing and, when later on my girl came, I raised her on Grape-Nuts and she is a strong healthy baby and has been. You will see from the little photograph I send you what a strong, chubby youngster the boy is now, but he didn't look anything like that before we found this nourishing food, Grape-Nuts nourished him back to strength when he was so weak he couldn't keep any other food on his stomach." Name given by Postum Co. 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We hope the proper of: ficials will do what is right in con- nection with the matter, After pounding over the great’ in- Justice which is exereised toward the colored race, in courts and out of courts, the Oklahoma Safeguard says: T believe when a man tells thd 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 Iynehed or not for bis erime, 1 have seen a southern white man who was convicted for rape on his stepdaush: ter, given a fair trial and sentenced to the pen, while Negroes who are morely aceused, 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 heen com pelled 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 focal collector time and time again, These efforts have been met with aromises, But this won't go all the ime, A payday must finally come, BOTH MUST PUT SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL. The white man who can do the most for the Negro, who can ald him in his toilsome mareh to better mate- rial and intelleetual conditions, are the Southern white men, who are his neighbors. It is one of the encour growing up in the South a body of aging signs of the times that there is Jeading 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 Tus kegee's Silver Anniversary 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 bal lot. And still the Negro isn't voting to any great extent in Mississippi and in Georgia. Boston Globe, ‘The manner and aetion of 4. M. Hor ton reminds us more of a Jack on a New York Bowery than a primary teacher, Mr. Horton's career in the sehoolroom has not been very inspir ing nor has his conduct been exetm: plary. ‘These facts are too well known for Mr. Horton to assume an air of boastful defiance, If he thinks the Son is afraid of him let him take np the gauntlet and we will see who will make the first score, True Friends. ‘True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but In adversity they come without invitation.—Theo phrastus. GRAND JURY REPORT ON THE LYNCHING IN SPRING. FIELD, MO. Innocent Negroes Lynched and Burned, The report of the grand jury to in vestigate the hanging and burning of three Negroes tn Springfield, Mo, on the Uth of April has been effected. The jury reported that no attack had been committed by the two Nes sroes on Mrs. Mina Edwards as al leged: that it was impossible for the two Negroes, Duncan and Coker, to have been at the seene of the alleged attack at the time that it was com- mitted; that Mrs, Edwards reputation was not good and that the sheriff and he police department were negligent in performing thelr duties, As to the number of indictments found by the grand jury it is belleved thot there are not more than twenty- five. Of this number four are said to be for murder in the first degree and the others for murder in the second degree, perjury and breaking jail. In opening thelr report to Judge Lincoln the grand jury submitted the follow. Eloquent About Mob Law. We preface our conclusions with the deckiration that mob law is an ine cxeusable crime and a shameful stain on the reputation of any intelligent community of citizens, who should enjoy and accord protection to the humblest under onr ample laws, in- volving as it does the dental of the right to trial of the party accused, It is dangerous to the lives and property of every citizen of the community. We find that the lynehing of the Neg: roes the night of April 1 was not only unjustifiable and unlawful, but was without reason or excuse, ‘The Iynchers consisted mainly of a crowd of irresponsible drunken men, who had no respect for law or order and no regard for the rights of others, and who took advantage of the occasion to commit acts of lawlessness that were absolutely barbarous and fiend- ish, and these acts were nothing more or less than the outward exhibition of their real inward criminality, Conceding that an attack was com- ‘mitted on the Woman as told by her at the time, we have investigated the facts as to the whereabouts of two vietims of the lynching, Dunean and Coker, and from the evidence taken, it is clear that those two Negroes could not have been guilty of the al- loged attack. Acording to the testi mony before us, the alleged assault could not have occurred later than $280 pom. on the night of April 13, and these two men, Dunean and Coker, were at work for the Pick Wick ‘Transfer company that night and did not leave their work earlier than 10 o'clock. 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 fs now in the Vermont State house. ‘The model will run today when an electric current is applied, as it did half a century ago, in his shop in Montpelier, Vt. Henry Bergh’s Name Honored. In 1866 the late Henry Bergh found- ed the American Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, anti on Its Incorporation he beeame Its first president, He made himself the butt of much ridicule by his persistency in discovering and bringing to punish+ ment those who offended axainst its humane purpose, more especially as concerned horses; but when he died, in 1888, a chain of similar soctettes had been established throughout the Union and in foreign countries, and he was held in honor thréughout the world.—New York Sun. A Man in the Moon. | Although the moon is not a riotous: fy luxuriant abode, it is anything but the lifeless orb commonly supposed. It may be desolate and cold; but it fs 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 hotl owas between “John” — and O'Reilly.” iii) habkadniie Analion is) Mubena. The Tyrolese government still pays: for the extermination of — poisonous anakes, It is the one European gov srnment Which now does so. Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade. ‘The osirich feather trade in the Su- tan seems doomed, owing to the sne- sess of the South African ostrich carms, Ice on Telegraph Wires, Ice forming on telegraph wires tometimes increases thelr weight no ess than 99 per cent, American Oysters for Shanghal. American oysters are sent as far as Shangbal. A Strangler's Mistake. Distinguished Stranger (in the West)—"That is a welldrilled squad of soldiers." American General—"Squad? Great Scott, man! ‘That's an army!" ‘There are indications that an im portant oil fleld may be developed by the application of modern methoda of petroleum production in the regions in Persia and ‘Turkey lying north and northwest of the Persian gulf, Business Man—What do you want? Applicant—1 came to inquire if you were In want of an assistant, Rusiness Man—Very sorry, 1 do all the work myself, Applicant—Ah! that would just suit me—Tld Bits, One half the world is down on auto- mobiles, and the other half is down under them, ‘There are no return tickets lasued from the frying pan into the fire. tManseehéd Wan te tadta Henpecked husbands are found even in India, A writer says: “To live as L have done in a Hindoo house, espe- clally when the real house mistress 1s a masterful and deeply religions wid- ow, who ts grandmother to the bables and mother to their parents, {8 no longer to wonder at the absolute tor- ror with which men speak of the ‘tri achehar.’ For the men of India are ~-poor souls!—the most henpecked tn 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 fluff in a machine resembling some- what the ordinary wiliow machine. Sate ant Olan: @ vapanese scientist named Mav sura has been studying the effects of diseases 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, is so sensitive to bodily condi- tion that it contains a veritable his- tory of the state of the individual to whom it belongs, for the period cov- ered by its growth. Derivation of Fork. The fork takes its name from the Latin furea, a yoke looking like an inverted V. From this comes the Itallan forea and forchetta (little fork). The latter word gives the French their fourchette, while the English go back to the former and re- tain the harder sounding “fork.” From D. M. Morrell’s “Forks” in St. Nicholas. Much Depends on Worker. The man who mixes ihe 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 Ile in your throat, and no one to be the worse of it; to lie with the hands ts to add a stone to the fabric of the world’s disgrace.—New York Times Honeymoons Cut Short. Brevity and economy in honey- moons, the London Express says, are becoming the fashion, Even wealthy people, it says, are “showing a tenden- cy to limit the wedding tours to three or four days in Paris.” Many go straight to their new home from the chureh 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 tow- ers, being supposed to guard the “Inck” of a place and propitiate the spirits and frighten away the evil ones. Brutal Suggestion. To obviate the unseeminely sight of women interrupters at election meet ings being forcibly ejected, the pro- posal has been made that at every hatl_a mouse shouid be Kept, which could be let loose if necessary.—Lon- don Telegraph. Peatenalonal: TeothStalnere The trade of tooth-stainer is pecu- | ilar to Eastern Asta, The natives pre | fer black tet to the whiter kind, and the tooth:stainer, with n Itkle box | of brushes and coloring matter, calls on his customers and. stains’ their tooth, To Restore Calf Bindings. Wash lightly with « soft sponge Aipped tu 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 chamols leather when dry. Relief from Hiccoughs. Hiccoush may be relieved by sip ping cold water, or holding the breath may also effectually check tt, If these methods fall, a teaspoonful of blear- honate of soda in a half tumbler of water should be taken Mr. J. C. Stubbs of the Chicago postoffice spent a week in our city “visiting his old classmate, C. H. Callo- ‘way. He will visit Lawrence and ‘Topeka before his return to Chicago. Origin of Russtans, Rurlk the Rodsen, or Oarsman, a daring sea rover, Ianded In 862 on the Russian shore of the Baltle with his brothers, Sineus and Truwer, He subjugated the country from Novgo- rod to the Volga, and his followers were called Rodsen or Russians, Rod- sen, in the Scandinavian tongue of the pertod, meaning oarsmen. Rurtk 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 klep- tomania ever brought to light was heard of in Paris, A certain woman had euch a passion for smoking and for cdloring meerschaum pipes that she had been for a long time stealing Pipes of this description from shops. In the flat which she occupled there was found no fewer than 2,600 pipes, not one of which, it 1s believed, she had paid for. New Geeret Ontes, One of the prosperous farmers of Fina, 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 pros- perous, 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 Wash- ington Post as a noble red man, law- yer Robert L. Owen has written a let: ter to the editor. “I hold as a self- evident truth.” he says, “that a man who {s ninety-nine parts Irish and one part Cherokee {s to all intents and purposes an Irishman, even if he is by the statutes of the United States ® Cherokee Indian." ‘Theory of Heat and Motion. + ‘The modern theory of heat and mo- tion seems to have been quite clear to the mind of a Dutch professor named Van der Linden as early as 1642, In @ medical treatise, written in Latin, the professor asserts his bellef that the heat of the human body consists in the vibration of the most minute par- ticles in its makeup. tie tla ia the A German astronomer has discover- ed that the man in the moon {s a wom- fan. “Hair, eyes, mouth, nose, chin, and bust,” says he, may all be dis ‘tinctly observed. In fact, the only thing that makes one doubt the ac curacy 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 larg- est 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 ean lighting devices. Flame 1s pro- duced as soon as the iiminating gas strikes a pellet of asbestos covered with a mixture of palladium and finely divided platinum, known as platinum black. Europe, in comparison with Amert- ca, jas not one-fifth the railway mile- age per gapita, 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 ts about 18. Imitate Jamaica Rum. The government of Jamaica has be- gun, in England, a serles of prosecu- tlons of sellers of counterfeit Jamat- ca rum. ‘The result of this iiliclt trade has been a reduction of distiller- fes in Jamaica from 150 to 108 in five years. Immense Southern’ Swamps. ‘The two largest swamps in the south, the Everglades and the Okefin- oke, cover an area of 500,000 square miles. ‘The trees are very large and ‘vegetation low. Both swamps teeni ‘with alligators and deadly moccasins. Languaye of Italy and Sicily. Among the natives of Italy and Sicily there are about 100,000 who Fepeak French; German Is spoken. by 12,000; Slavic by 30,000; Albanese by 110,000; Greek by $8,000; Catalanian by 10,000. 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.—Cv'epper (Va.) Exponent, Straw Blocks for Paving. Some of the streets of Warsaw, Po- land, are paved with straw pressed Into blocks and made hard enough to be used for this purpose, Happiness in the Hollows. Dar never wuz no lowgrounds er sor- row but a sunbeam found its way ter ‘um en set some bird a-singin’.—At- Janta Constitution. Huts of Russian Peasants. Nine-tenths of the peasants in Rus: sla live in huts without floors and too low for a tall man to stand in. THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST........ DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial, COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Mu- sical (Instrumental and Volcal), including plano, organ and har- mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewrlt- ing, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- dering, Farming and Gardening, ADVANTAGES: Slpendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influ- ences and Thorough Teachers, INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered write to WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., D. D. PRESIDENT, QUINDARO, - - + + KANSAS. Phones: Office—Bell—“White” 4302. Residence—Bell—“West 15. David T. Beals, President. F. P. Neal, Vice President. Edwin W. Zea, Cashier. W. H. Seeger, Second Vice President Statement of the Condition of the U i Nati 1 Bank KANSAS CITY, MO. As made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of business, April 6, 1906. RESOURCES. | LIABILITIES. Loans and al-counte 8 T4B8 $2 07 | Caplin tock swsensesnse'8 600090 09 U.S. Bonds at par. ..$600 000 0 lialpiueecetirciiccs Municipal bonds and | Padiviaed praia 0 BRN other high lass | Khearmed interest onde at par...c... 628 081 80—~ 1 128 om: 4o| Npyjousl PARK notes outstand | 9 4, Castana sight exchange. ss... 4 194 280 99 | Deposit ssn, 0000ST La G0 ne TOLAL so sses esse cone cose eessene cons G12 76 G73 OO] TOUR... sce esse seeceesesses cove B12 TO 673 80 DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. Directors—v, W. Whitehead, award George, L. T, James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Mer 11,0" Dean, Geo. We danes, Lee Cinrk: Gece D. ord. Gr W Leowcloy, Felis be LaPoree, David ty Henin, Wernanda & Neal, Wins H, Seeger, Edwin Ws Zens AA. Weber ‘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 putQp. He is now at 1 1206! East 18th Street 2 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 alt 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 unbellett —Arthur Stringer. | Why He Was Cheerful. “No man,” said Jerome K, Jerome, “should marry unless he is by nature ‘good provider'—unless without a twinge he can hand forth money right and left. “Some men can in a sunny, cheer. ful way, spend $10 or $15 on a dinner in a fashionable restaurant, while they become morose, sour and fear: ful for the future when they are obliged to give their wives a dollar or two for the days meat. 10000 00-00-0000! 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Remember please— Wn the iltie bite we collect here and there tat onablen us to run from year to 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. George K. Love has been appointed in the City Treasurer's office. You can secure a supply of Ozona by calling on The Rising Son, Wm. McKnight of the Baltimore took a flying trip to Chicago this week, Rey. Peck ,pastor of Allen Chapel, is bringing the church services to a higher standard, If you have any news the Son will appreciate it if you will send it in here Tuesday of each week. Meet your friends at McCampbell & Houston's Easter Sunday evening, and have a delicious cold drink with them. Presiding Elder Langsdale of the St. Louis district, preached an able and appreciated sermon at Allen Chapel last Sunday morning. ESS J. W. Bailey and John Williams both colored, have been appointed on the police force of this city. We wish both of them much success. Get the latest in cold drinks at Mc- Campbell & Houston's. Sherry and Apricot flipps, cherry glace, flowing stream, Queen's favorite. Rose and Violet are some of our winners. 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. J. B. Davis left last Tuesday for Louisville, Ky., to spend his vacation with his parents whom he has not seen for sixteen years. Mra, Davis of 617 East 6th was taken to her bed last Sunday night after church services and has re- mained there since that time. If the Knights of Pythias in this city wish to make the proper showing in connection with the Grand Lodge, which is shortly to convene, they must be up and doing. It is time to be getting in shape. It was a sad blow to the wife of Dan White, On Thursday he start- ed to work and dropped dead, Dan was well liked by his friends and leaves a wife, three boys and many friends to mourn his loss. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23rd, 1893. Gentlemen: Please send mo two bottles of Ford’s Ozonized Ox Marrow for the hair. I think {t {s one of the best hair pomades made. MRS. JOHN GAF. W. C. Hueston and C, H. Calloway have formed a law partnership, and are now occupying neat and commo- dious offices at 117 W. 6th street. Among the out-of-town visitors who came to attend the banquet given in honor of Prof. Vernon were: Joseph Hereford of Chillicothe, Prof. French, T. H. Kenner of Marshall, 8. W. King, Fred Ellett and Dr. Bllett of Excelsior Springs, Mo. Dr. Parks, the A, M. E. Financial Secretary, was at Allen Chapel last Monday in company with Bishop Grant. He talked on the A. M. E connection throughout the United States—which condition presents, in a general way, all that could be ex: peeted. George W. Little of Columbian Ho: tel took out of the city a crew of men to Pertle Springs, Warrensburg, Mo. They will serve the Druggis! Convention, which meets at Hote Minnewawa, All the boys are glad te get out of the city for recreation as they enjoy many privileges at the springs. The election of officers of John Turner lodge, No. 106, was held last Wednesday, Chas, Manroe was re- elected master, George Diggs secre- tary and Chas. Over senior warden. J. F. Cole junior warden. 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 busi ness career in this city. ‘We have repeatedly requested our readers and friends to send in their news items to the Son Tuesday of each week. The Son is not in a po: sition to send out a reporter for this class of matter as the expense of stich is too great for the support we get. Send in your items. Subseribe and pay for the Son and it will do fits part, 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 is a characterless woman.—Exchange. Referring to the above clipping The Son would ndvise 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. The Rising Son Pub. Co. prposes to issue a special number on the 30th of June, which date is the 10th An- niversary of its publication. No oth- er Negro publication has been able to survive for the same length of time in this community. ‘The arrangement of this edition will have some features which will tend to give unusual interest to our read- ers. We shall be very glad to secure an ad. from you for this number. Our ‘representative will call on you short: ly and give you rates. ‘Thanking you very kindly for past favors and hop- Ing to be able to serve you in the future we are very respectfully. FRENCH SUCCEEDS VERNON. The Regents of Western Univer- sity elected Prof. French of Sedalia, Mo., acting president to succeed Ver- non, during Dr, Vernon's four years of absence, in Washington, as regir- trar of the U. 8. Treasury. Mr. French’s selection is a happy ‘one, while we have no doubt, that either Caldwell, Moten, Vaughn or Gregg, would have made excellent presidents, yet we feel that the se- lection of French was a happy one, and we predict for the school four years of unprecedented success, dur- his administration. We extend to him the best wishes of the Rising Son. FIRST PAGE Chinese Amazons. Women in China have the privilege of fighting in the wars. In the rebel- lion of 1850 women did as much fight- ing as the men. At Nankin, in 1853, £00,000 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. . iti ie ee A story ts told of a man who, cross- ing 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. Gays She Saw Ghost of Sergius. At the exact hour of the assassina- tion of the Russian Grand Duke Ser- glus his goddaughter, 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 80 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 test- | ing a herd, being 1,660 pounds for | each cow 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 tt there for an hour, the hyacinth will | assume a delicate pink color. Ox two weeks before inventory—two weeks in which to get stocks to the lowest ebb before the semi-annual reckoning, July 1. How does that interest YOU? Because it makes money-saving opportunities most unusual---opportuni- ties that no economical person can disregard, Every department in the six selling floors is included, That means that whatever your needs, they can be sup- plied---personal apparel for man, woman or child, or housefurnishings complete for the home, And back of every sale is that iron-clad Emery, Bird, Thayer guarantee---"if the article is unsatisfactory in any way, return it at once with duplicate check, in salar ble condition and get your money back." Don't fail to get your share of the remarkable bargains offered during this month of June, ° Srnony, Sink, TRayero KANSAS CITY, MO. 3 Rooms Furnished Complete, $89.00 $8.00 Cash, $1.25 a Week MAY STERN & CO, 11th and Main Streets. ee Mrs, W. H. Hubbell’s Millinery and Notion Store 1906 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mo. Hats made to order. Your old ones made new or you can purchase anything in the millinery line you may desire We also have a nice line of Ladies Hose, Neckwear, Ribbons. etc, Also’Boys waists, Men and;Women's underwear, All kinds ot notions, We buy our goods at wholesale and can sell to our patrons as cheap as the downtown stores can, Save car fare and give us a trial, We keep Ozone Face Powder, Electrical Skin Food, Scalp Soap, OZONE IS THE BEST FOR THE HAIR, 1906 VINE STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. will entertain colored guests in search of health and pleasure. Centrally located, modern, electric lighted, large hall and verandas. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford W. King, Props Home phone 10. For terms call or write. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO. More About the Before-Inventory June Sale. Woman's Richt to Be Attractive. To be as attractive and as pleasing as possible is a quite laudable ambl tion; and every woman, be she nat- urally plain or pretty, should make the most of such points of attractive hess as she possesses, cultivate each charm assiduously and by every legt timate means seek to enhance It—Ex- change. — It is a question of where you poy as to what you get in Pianos of lower price. The record of our past is your best protection, For more than a quarter of a century we have been selling in Kansas City the best Pianos in the world in each cliss, 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 atiek to one price to all alike We sell $175 Pianos for $125. We sell $250 Pianos for $190. We sell $500 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 ig the same whether you pay cash or buy on time. There is no increase fer time payments, only. in terest at 6 per cent per annum for such time as you actually take a self—one, two, three, four, ete. J. W. Jenkins’ i . W. Jenkins’ Sons Music Co. 1013-1015 WALNUT STREET S, W. Agents for the Metrostyle Pianola. Best Place to Buy a Piano. ART DEPARTMENT Campbell Glass & Paint Co. : 1228 Main Street, Kansas City. Home Phone 5225 Main. Lady Attendant, Bell Phone East 538 X. Che A. T. Moore Undertaking Co. Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Parlors 1820 East 18th St., KANSAS CITY, MO. A Shoe Full of f Value and Wear--- ke For women, x Strong and well built. Y Flexible sole and military heel. 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It Is astonishing, though, how far a good complexion will carry a girl 1 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 an: other valuable asset for @ girl to pos: sess.—"Ambrosia,” in The World, A FIREMAN'S COURTSHIP By E. S. CHAMBERLAYNE (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles) Michael Hartigan, chief of the Sixth battalion of the fire department, is a man to know. "Young man," said he to me one day. "Iv all th' curyus things in the worrid, there's nothin' so dum curyus ez a woman. I thought so thin an' I think so now, an' I know a heap more about 'em now than liver I did thin "It come about like this. Nolan an me wuz both down to the owld Kelsey sthreet chimical—though 'twuz not owld in thim days. Captin Costello had it thim, an, a 'disagreeable man he wuz to be under. An't begin wil, Nolan an'me didn't hitch. Ther' wuz really nothin' butween us at furst, but only jist fwhat ye might call a standin' difference iv opinyun. But where men're shut up together day an' night in a little brick啄 wid workk enough for half ther' time, a little difference iv opinyun grows. Ther' isn't no ither way to do. "But Nolan an'me didn't need no engine house quarrel. We found wan outside, an' Maggy Hogan started it. I didn't know which saw 'er furst, the Nolan claimed I wuz thriny' to cut 'im out whin furst I began to go ther' Howiver that may be, go ther' I dil, an' it wud i took more than Nolan to keep me away. "You an' Mister Nolan don't seem to love each ither,' says she wan; evenin' whin, it bein' my day off, I wuz there ez usyul. "Ther is only wan person on top t' th universe that I love,' says I, 'an' ye know well enough who that is.' An' I looked at th' person wid me two eyes, stiddy. "Mister Nolan is a viry nice man,' says she, not lookin' up from th' boar where she wuz ironin'. 'He wuz here only last night. We wuz talkin' about you. An' I says it wuz a pity you an' im didn't like each ither bether, both iv ye bein' frinds i mine, so t' say. "So that's it,' says I, startin' up 'An' Nolan is th' man, is he? Viry well, Mister Nolan, you an' me will sittle this affair butween us.' An' I started for th' door. "Oh, 'what're we goin' to do?' says she an' I see by th' look in 'er face she wuz furried. "Do? says I, 'I'm goin' to do fer Nolan." "An' at that she caught me by th' arm 'don't' she says, wid a scared kind iv a pleadin' in 'er voice. 'Oh, Michael, don't do it. Don't. Wan—wan i'll sell be killt', she says. "Are ye pleadin' fer him? says I, pushin' er away, wid me eyes gittin' hard. "Fer him? Fwhat a foolish boy it is, she says, 'I wuz thinkin' i you. An' wid that she hid 'er face in me coat, an' I cud only kiss th' top iv 'er head. Ye may guess I wasted no time i lookin' fer Mister Nolan that night. "But the next afthernoon, whin th' boys wuz sittin' round in th' dumps, ez t' mostly wuz under Costello, I says to Nolan: 'Wud ye like to put on the gloves wid me, Mister Nolan'" "We'd a set iv boxin' gloves in th' bunk room, an' th' boys used to worrk out wid 'em occashun'ly, tho Nolan an' me had niver come together. "I'm not pertic'lar about th' gloves,' says Nolan. "Are ye fraid?" says I, mistakin' his meanin'. 'If ye be, I may say that it'll assist th' decision iv a frind iv ours. It seems to me, sich bein' th' case, that ye might—" "Ye needn't shop fer th' gloves,' says Nolan, pullin' off his coat. "Good fer ye, say I, seen' me misthake. 'Ye're a bether man than I mistook ye fer.' An' I pulled a coat; mesif. "Well, iv course, we had to use th' gloves to cover it wid; Costello wud i' had us on th' books for fightin' in quarters, else, an' th' boys wuz not really onto th' game fer th' furst few rounds. "Well, that wuz th' furst an' hast time we liver fought. The reason fer which was this' Nolan, bein' some'bin' proud in his looks, waited till payday to sittle fer th' two story teeth he put into his mouth. But I havin' to compuncshuns ez to me appearance, wuz over to see Maggy th' furst chanst I got. Whin she see th' ripe lookin' plum that me eye wuz, she says. 'Fwhatvier hev ye been doin' Michael, to git such a lookin' eye?' "I run agin a slight obsthrucshun', says 1. "It wuz niver done at a fire,' she says. "I niver said it wuz." "Thin ye've been fightin',' she cries, 'an' wid Peter Nolan, too. Ye must not do it,' she says. 'Ye must not co it. Michael. I shan't allow it. Do ye undershtme me?' "Ye towled us to sittle it,' says 1, 'an' sittled it will be.' "I'll niver hev it sittled like that," she says, 'Wan iv ye'll be kill, an' I'll not hev it. Promise me,' she says, 'promise me, Michael, ye'll not fight agin'. "Well, she begun to cry ez she says it, so ther wuz nothin' to do but make th' best it iv it' promise 'er, an' mebbe give 'er a kiss' er two in th' way iv cheerin' er up. So I don3 it, an' ther wuz no more fightin'. "Wan day ez I wuz comin' back to th' engine house from dinner I sthopped in at th' Hogan's fer a worrd er two. "Whin I come in who shud I see sittin' in th' Hogan's kitchen, ez big ez life, but Nolan himself. "Nolan wuz tellin' Maggr an' 'er mother a great sthory about cuttin' off wheels. Did I tell ye Nolan had been made driver ivh' chemical? Well, he wuz—he got it through his uncle fwhat' wuz foreman f Clancey, th' contrhactor—an' greatly wuz he set up by-it. An', ez I say, he wuz a-tellin' Maggy great sthories about cuttin' off wheels. "Ye don't know fwhat that is? Well, I shud explain to ye, thin, that it is th' amblushun to iv a young driver to cut a wheel off iv a wagon wild his own machine. Th' way 'tis done is this: Whin he's runnin' down a good, easy street, answerin' a call, an' sees a wagon on aheal iv im—most gin'rally an owld dray or some ither rickety thing wid th' wheels ready to fall off' he steers in behind it th' swings out; jist in time to ketch th' hind wheel. His horses bein' on th' run whin he strikes th' wheel, it goes to flinders, th' wagon drops down in th' street, an' th' newspapers puts in a piece about th' carelessness iv teemsters an' th' great danger to th' brave firemen—an' fer a month that partic'lar driver hez a head swelled to th' size in a barr1. "I sthoild it fer a bit, an' thin I says: 'Ye're somethin' iv a driver yerself, I understand, Mr. Nolan." "I kin drive,' he says, lookin' at mez if he'd like some wan to identify me. 'I kin drive. Ye're right there. I know a thing er two about drivin'. I'd like to find a few min in the 'th' day-partint to match me,' he says. "An' this cuttin' off iv wheels ye wuz tellin' iv, I spose ye're up to that? "D'ye mean to say I can't do it? says he, gettin' a little warm. 'Wud ye like to bet me anythin' I can't do it? "That's jist fwhat I wud,' says I, gettin' up an' comin' over to 'im. 'I'll bet ye fwhat ye will ye can't do it, an' niver can, fwhat's more. "I'll take ye,' says he in a minit. 'Fwhat' it be? "I see me chanst, an' I turned to Maggy. 'Will ye sthand by it, Maggy?' says I. "It rists wid you entirely,' says she, still a-laughin'. 'I he nothin' to do wid it." "But ye will decide th' winner? says I. 'Ye will chuse wan iv us?" "I looked at 'er straight, an' she give me a laugh an' a quick bit iv a look out iv 'er eye that made me heart jump like a thruck horse, an' she says: 'Yis, Michael, I'll chuse wan.'" "An' wid that I come away, conti to have 'er wid Nolan afther seein' that look in 'er eye." "Well, Nolan waited an' waited fer a chanst to git a wheel, an' his chanst come. It waz about four o'clock wan afthernoun whin a call come in from box辛ity-six. "Whin we turned into Fox street' an' Nolan let 'em out fe th' straightrun, I see a single runabout wagon on ahead iv us, goin' our way an' well over to th' right iv th' sthreet. 'He'll niver try that, says I to mesilf. But Nolan wuz more iv a fool than I give him credit for bein', an' in he turns behind th' rig. 'Howly Mother,' says I to mesilf, we're done fer, sure.' "An' th' thought had no more than got through me head whin th' smash come. He'd swung over too far behind th' rig an' come into on th' run. I heard a crash like two box cars comin' together, an' a telegraph pole an' th' side iv a house sailed pass me an' I landed like a sack i' meal. "Well, ez I say, I landed easy, an' ez soon I cud i cud git together sinse enough to know where I wuz, I looked around to see th' amount iv th' day- shrushun. An' ther' certainly wuz an abunjince iv it. Our two ingine horses wuz lyn' on th' ground wid th' pole broke—wan iv 'em had a strained shoulder an' niver ran agin—ther wuz a pile iv kindlin' wood an' scrap iron where the runabout wagon had been, an' th' half-dozen men prisint wuz scathered all over th' street, Nolan himself lyn' under th' wagon wud a broken leg an' his head cut open But th' worst iv it wuz that wan iv 'two men in th' runabout wagon had his shoulder broke. "Costello wuz before th' board, an' Nolan wuz before th' heard whin he got out iv th' hospittle—which was not soon—an' th' rest iv us wuz up to tell what we knew about it. An' iv course th' blame all come onto Nolan. Ther' is no doubt he wud've been fired in a howly minit but fer th' pull he had His uncle bein' foreman fer Clancey, th' contractor, stood by 'im, Clancez bein strong wid th' city hall people in thim days. An' that's all that iver savel Nolan. "An' Maggy? Oh, I come near fergittin' th' most important part. Th' next day, seein' how ivrythin' had come me way, I begun to feel sorry fer poor Nolan an' wuz minded to see if I cud do somethin' to aise 'im down. So I wint to Costello an' sthroked his fur, an' he purred around an' finally sint me to th' hospittle to see if their wuz anythin' we cud do fer Nolan. "Iv all th' curyus things, ez I think I towled ye, ther's nothin' in curyus ez th' ways iv a woman. Ther' lay Nolan wid his head tied up, an' ther', crouchin' on th' floor wid wan arm trown acrost 'im, wuz Maggy Hogan She looked acrost 'th' bed at me wid 'er eyes flashin', an' she says: 'How dare you come here?' "Fwhat th' divil', says I. 'Dye not know that I wan th' bet?" "Ye cowardly dog,' she says, 'er eyes fairly blazin'. 'Wend wud' kiltn' im, if ye'd had yer way.' An' wud that she give a cry: 'Oh, Peter,' an' turned to 'im wud 'er arm round his neck, an' kissed 'im where he lay. "I come out, and whin I wuz come back to th' ingine house, Costello says: 'Is th' anythin' we c'n do for Nolan' How is he comin'? "He wants fer nutbin', says I; an I towled th' truth." IN AND ABOUT THE METROPOLIS Sleeping in the Parks Rather Hard on These Places--Not Exactly the Beginning of Socialism. NEW YORK.—The metropolis is fairly along in its outdoor period of the year, and whether any considerable proportion of 4,000,000 people live outdoors or in is a matter of great pictorial significance. The aspect of the city changes wonderfully. Also the outdoor period brings with it many problems. The department of health sits up night over new questions—they are always new, old as they are. Those having a care for street encumbrances are hard pressed. Officials assigned to prevent the crowding of fire-escapes with things that fire-escapes were not built to hold are on their rounds of inspection. Possibly more laws are broken in summer than in winter, and more officials are out of town or are tired in summer than at other times. New York police justices continue in an increasing degree to temper the wind to the shorn lamb. Hucksters, peddlers and beggars are leniently dealt with. New York police justices continue in an increase wind to the shorn lamb. Hucksters, peddlers and I with. Just now the police are much puzzled by the Crane and others. The other day a man was arrests and for being definitely disrespectful to the grass trate discharged him. Just now the police are much puzzled by the new ruling of Magistrate Crane and others. The other day a man was arrested for sleeping in the park and for being definitely disrespectful to the grass and bushes. The magistrate discharged him. "The parks belong to the people," he said. A TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT WILL HAVE NO "LEAKS." The fight over the telephone question, one that is costing both the holders of the present system and the advocates of the new one a great deal of money by way of advertising, is still on and seems a good way from settlement. It is the same contest that has been taken up in many parts of the country. After all New York is very conservative—to put the case mildly. A new thing is not certain of having its first chance in the metropolis. Most of its experiments are with "sure things." Speaking of telephone reminds me of the new switchboard which is likely to be revolutionary, since it will accomplish no less a feat than shutting the telephone out of the conversation. A TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT WILL HAVE NO "LEAKS." The fight over the telephone question, one that is costing both the holders of the present system and the advocates of the new one a great deal of money by way of advertising, is still on and seems a good way from settlement. It is the same contest that has been taken up in many parts of the country. After all New York is very conservative—to put the case mildly. A new thing is not certain of having its first chance in the metropolis. Most of its experiments are with "sure things." Speaking of telephone reminds me of the new switchboard which is likely to be revolutionary, since it will accomplish no less a feat than shutting the telephone out of the conversation. In the new switchboard wires and plugs are so arranged that when the operator has connecter number he wants the conversation is to be heard best and by them only. If the telephone girl sought the connection. The value of this secret telephone system in t in Wall street and out of Wall street, which have be apparent. Neither the central office nor the lo taken into any secrets. Thus a message may be i yond either the present telephone system or the which are notoriously subject to "leaks." THE GAS TRUST WITH TEARS IN ITS EYES so arranged that when the operator has connected the subscriber with the number he wants the conversation is to be heard by the two parties in interest and by them only. If the telephone girl sought to listen she must break the connection. The value of this secret telephone system in the case of big institutions in Wall street and out of Wall street, which have their own "Central," will be apparent. Neither the central office nor the local switchboard central is taken into any secrets. Thus a message may be inviolate in its secrecy beyond either the present telephone system or the telegraph system, both of which are notoriously subject to "leaks." THE GAS TRUST WITH TEARS IN ITS EYES Just at this moment the public is more excited over the gas fight than over the telephone fight. The situation might look to an inhabitant of Mars, for instance, as funny as a comic opera—though whether a comic opera in Mars is really funny neither H. E. Wells nor Prof. Lowell has yet told us. Here is the legislature fixing 80 cents a thousand feet as the price of New York gas. Here is the gas trust protesting that this is confiscation, unconstitutional, rulinous and other things. Here is the gas trust in court with tears in its eyes after the privilege of collecting the full dollar and holding the 20 cents safely in cold storage for the consumer in case the final appeal shall show that the legislature really had the right to fix the price of gas at 80 cents. Then here are two of the newspapers offering to back up with costly course to pay more than 80 cents, or who shall be ill-tre meter. There is another trouble: There are thousand meters in New York. You put in a quarter and tie you when a quarters worth is gone. Now, the more dollar gas. How is the gas company to be force which call for no gas bills and leave all figuring out figuring of the wheels inside? newspapers offering to back up with costly counsel anyone who shall refuse to pay more than 80 cents, or who shall be ill-treated by the removal of a meter. There is another trouble: There are thousands of quarter-in-the-slot meters in New York. You put in a quarter and the light wavers and leaves you when a quarters worth is gone. Now, the meters have been figured for dollar gas. How is the gas company to be forced to change these meters, which call for no gas bills and leave all figuring out of the matter, except the figuring of the wheels inside? This is a burning question. "This," said a sad New Yorker yesterday, "is the real beginning of socialism." "This," said a sad New Yorker yesterday, "is the ism." The sad New Yorker forgot that the rate of ca- many commodities are priced by the legislature; laborers, hours of sleep, the treatment of children, a vast number of other things are determined by socialism it isn't quite the beginning of it. THE ATHLETIC EVIL AND EXERCISE FOR THE The sad New Yorker forgot that the rate of car fare is fixed by law, that many commodities are priced by the legislature; that hours of labor, age of laborers, hours of sleep, the treatment of children, the day of worship and a vast number of other things are determined by statute. So that if this is socialism it isn't quite the beginning of it. THE ATHLETIC EVIL AND EXERCISE FOR THE WORKING GIRL While New York has been whooping it up for Martin Sheridan, the mighty cop who hurled the discus to victory at the Olympic games, and for some of his fellow members of the American team—a large number of them Irish, by the way—some of the athletic incidents at Vassar and other girls' colleges have been provoking discussion here, especially in view of the remarks on athletics for girls made by Mayor Van Dyck, principal of the Woodward high school, Cincinnati, O. Vassar has never regarded bloomers as improper. In fact it had begun to appear that no one remained would condemn the "gym" costume so often commented upon as an ideal costume for women, leaving athletics out of the question. The protest comes from Mount Holyoke, from Smith, from Wellesley, that had student, that some of the cleavest athletic girls the good athlete is not a bad student, that some o are some of the cleverest students. Naturally the girl students themselves are re Gardiner, of Vassar, for example, insists that her helped rather than hindered her with her studies record without losing flesh or "points." The same who broke the record in the running high jump. THE PARKHURST CHURCH, OLD—NEW. the good athlete is not a bad student, that some of the cleverest athletic girls are some of the cleverest students. Naturally the girl students themselves are ready to protest. Martha Gardiner, of Vassar, for example, insists that her healthy interest in athletics helped rather than hindered her with her studies, that she broke the hurdle record without losing flesh or "points." The same is true of Dorothy Clarke, who broke the record in the running high jump. Another New York landmark is to go, and will begin going in a few days. It will be a little harder to recognize Madison Square without the old Madison Square Presbyterian church, better known to New Yorkers and to sightseers as Parkhurst's church. The valuable corner occupied by the edifice in which so many pungent words have been spoken by the American Isaiah, was wanted by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company whose stately building occupies all the remainder of the block. By an arrangement with the church society the company built a new church on the opposite corner, facing the square as does the old church. This new church, now complete, is a remarkable example of the modern tendency in church architecture. It is a complete return to the Greek temple style, without spire, turret or tower. A occupy the Fourth avenue front. Dr. Parkhurst himself has sailed for Europe pled by his assistant, Rev. Dr. Montgomery. I sojourn in Wales, will go to his summer home in panied by Mrs. Parkhurst. The doctor's departure coincides with the ar crusade for this city. There was a time when the forefront of any such movement that was real temple style, without spire, turret or tower. A beautiful series of columns occupy the Fourth avenue front. Dr. Parkhurst himself has sailed for Europe and his pulpit is now occupied by his assistant, Rev. Dr. Montgomery. Dr. Parkhurst, after a brief sojourn in Wales, will go to his summer home in Switzerland. He is accompanied by Mrs. Parkhurst. The doctor's departure coincides with the announcement of a new vice crusade for this city. There was a time when this energetic preacher was in the forefront of any such movement that was really to accomplish something. OWEN LANGDON. mer than at other times. mer than at other times. THE MEDIA ELECTRICITY This is a burning question. A woman lifting weights. ```markdown ``` THE BECOMING COLORS. What Is "Artistic" for Blonde and Brunette, and for Her That Is Neither One. Blue for the blonde and red for the brunette, with, to use an expression, if slangy phrase, any old color for the woman who is neither the one nor the other, but a sort of nondescript, seems to be the only hard and fast rule. Never mind if the blonde has pink and white skin, with gray-green eyes, in which no hint of blue may be noted, blue is selected for her, and wear it she must, ironically comments a writer in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. As a matter of taste, she should instead wear pale green, deep brown, cerise, blue, pink and black, with any blue that is selected at all, either a navy or a bright turquoise. Yellow for such a type makes an ideal gown for evening, and so will white over green. There is a mauve, with pink lights, that becomes this complexion also. If the eyes of such a blond are blue or violet, still she will not look her best in the pale blues; let her instead wear hellotrope, pink, purple, green in the lightest shades; white or black, crimson and mauve. A dark red-brown will also be very becoming and one shade of gray. The real brunette, with dark eyes and hair and plenty of color, has a large choice, except in black, which is rarely becoming. Cream, yellow, Indian red, ivory tints, deep and pale blues, cardinal red, all the tans, coral pink, fawn color, putty and the terra cottas; old rose and rose pink; all are becoming with pale blue, white and pale green, for evening wear. What is called a "fair brunette," where the skin is delicate and the eyes violet or dark blue and the hair dark brown, must be careful in selecting strong colors that will kill her delicate complexion. No such choice as bright yellow or vivid red, but rather the less pronounced shades of both, and all malze, golden browns, gold tans, pale coral, salmon pink and silvery blue. And the girl who is decidedly "brown," like the nut, must use certain colors that will bring out her coloring best. Warm grays, like the puce; red browns, rose red, nasturtium, ecru, apricot color, peach blossom, amber in its tawny tones and ivory white are all good for her. Where the hair is neither light nor dark, the eyes sometimes hazel, more times blue, and again' gray or blue gray, great attention must be paid to the coloring of the skin; if that is clear pink and white, all the shades of mauve and purple are good, and also the blues with green in them, and the greens with blue lights. On the other hand, if the skin is sallow, such colors are not becoming. EMBROIDERY DESIGN Intended for Working on a Handkerchief, Work in Satin Stitch and Border in Buttonhole. This design is intended for working on pocket-handkerchiefs. The work is in satin-stitch, with the exception of the border, which is in buttonhole; all should be raised by running out several times before the satin-stitch is done. Fine, soft, embroidery cot CORNER AND BORDER. on, or one of the beautiful mercerized cottons, should be used for the work. The size of the handkerchief should be decided on, then a piece of paper cut to size, allowing a margin, should have the design arranged upon it. Tracings must be taken of the piece shown; the border could be continued all round handkerchief, and the corner, of course, in all four corners; the whole can then be transferred to the handkerchief by means of blue tracing paper. Light Colors of Summer. It is only very recently that ladies have gone out upon the street afoot in gowns of light colored cloth. But this fashion prevailed last season, and will be still more popular this year. Pale Pink, light blue, soft yellow brownns and tans and creams will all be worn on the street, side by side, with silver, lobster, crab red and salmon. They make up very lovely suits, which do not soil easily, after all, for one keeps them for nice—not for marketing—and with a little care they last all the season. New Auto Coats Quite the opposite to the favored boiler is the new design in auto coats. These are expected to cover up the gown effectively, to have full length sleeves approaching a cape size in fullness and to be so loose and easy of fit as to be almost buggy all over. Flesh Reducing It is said that Vichy and Kissingen tablets will reduce the weight, that the combination acts directly on the fatty tissues. The best and sanest way of flesh-reducing is found in diet The pessimist hesitates to put his best foot forward for fear of stubbing his toe.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. An optimist is a man who declines to judge the future by the past.—Chicago Daily News. 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The Union Pacific railway passes within a few feet of the old structure and the "overland limited" glides by at the rate of 50 miles an hour. The residents of the community tell with great pride that the building was the "first capitol of Kansas." In 1854 Kansas was organized as a territory, and in June of the same year Gov. Reeder arrived to assume the duties of his office. Fort Riley had been established in 1852 and Reeder conceived the idea that the territorial capitol should be located in the vicinity of the federal post. Whether he thought such a location would be benefited by its proximity to the military post is not known, but at any rate the pre-slavery men did not take kindly to the idea of traveling 150 miles to Pawnee, as the new city was named. Besides, the town was a free-state settlement and the distance from Missouri rather discouraged any assistance from that state in time of trouble. Pawnee had been founded by a party of Pennsylvanians. At that time the Kaw was supposed to be navigable as far as Fort Riley, and the settlers were not impressed by the unfavorable location of their city. Gov. Reeder was, no doubt, personally interested in the location of the territorial capital at Pawnee, since he was a member of the Pawnee Town association and owned several acres of land in the vicinity. Gen. Lyon, the hero of Wilson creek, was then a captain at Fort Riley and had also invested in the Pawnee association. Probably 12 substantial buildings had been erected at the time of the meeting of the legislature. The bluffs of the river valley furnished excellent building stone, and the lumber had been hauled from Kansas City by way of the Santa Fe and Mormon trails to Fort Riley. Practically all of the legislators came from the eastern section of the territory, and two or three days were consumed in making the trip. July 2 the legislature met in the stone capitol—the senate on the second floor and the representatives below. All but two were pro-slavery men, and each had decided to get out of Paunee as quickly as possible. It was RUNS OF FIRST KANSAS CAPITOL understood beforehand that the legislature should adjourn and meet at Shawnee Mission, two miles from Westport, and the plan was soon put into execution. Every man, with the possible exception of two, was bitterly opposed to Reeder, and on July 4 a member made a speech about as follows: "We are about to declare the acts of Gov. Reeder an usurpation. It will be a proud event for Kansas—the expelling of the free-state delegates from this body. Kansas is a slave territory and it should always remain so. We have the power in our hands, and as long as we live we will keep and exert that power. Kansas is sacred to slavery." Nothing outside of organization was accomplished, and on July 6 the legislature adjourned to meet at Shawnee Mission. The town of Pawnee suffered an untimely fate in August of the same year. The lines of the military reservation were changed and Pawnee was included within its limits. The people were given until October to remove their property and those who believed that the government was "bluffing" and failed to move, experienced the unpleasant situation of having their houses torn down over their heads. The old capitol, however, was preserved, although no one seems to know why it did not share the fate of the other buildings. Of late years a movement has been on foot to persuade congress to cede the old building to the state of Kansas, but nothing definitely has been accomplished. The establishment of the army maneuvers at Fort Riley four years ago, brought up the agitation that Kansas ought to repair the old building and use it as a sort of supply depot for her militia. However, since congress has decided on Fort Sill as a permanent military rendezvous, such a step would be out of the question. The first capitol of Kansas seems doomed to crumble into ruins. Relative of Washington Irving. George Irving, the last surviving nephew of Washington Irving, marvelously hale and active at 82, is living at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York. Mr. Irving is practically the sole remaining member of the Irving family, of which he is engaged in writing a history. FAMOUS SWINDLER FREED. Englishman Who Fleeced Countrymen Out of Millions of Dollars Is Liberated from Prison. London.—Jabez Spencer Balfour, formerly a financial magnate and a member of parliament, who was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment in 1905 for extensive frauds in connection with the Lands Allotment company and the House and Land Investment Trust of the Liberator Group of companies, has been released from the Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight. For the last two years Balfour had acted as librarian of the prison. It is said that he probably will return to the Argentine republic from which he was extradited before his trial, where it is said he holds interests in different trade concerns. It is estimated that the poor middle class of England lost about $30,000,000 by Balfour's swindling operations. Balfour numbered his victims by thousands. Most of these "investors" were religiously inclined people of small means who thought it absolutely safe to intrust their savings to a (From a Photograph Taken in His Prosperous Days.) mar. of Balfour's position and supposed character. In parliament he was one of Gladstone's most devoted followers, he was a shining religious light and a famous temperance advocate. He "worked" a great English temperance society and almost made it abet him in his fraudulent operations, Ministers and plous folks were his best agents. Balfour's specialty was the formation of 'building and loan societies.' He founded his most famous one, "The Liberator Building society," on the ruins of the National Land and Investment society, round thousands of investors and then used their deposits in floating new companies of every aim and description. His operations nearly always had some religious "trimmings." For instance, when his "Liberator" company moved into its new offices, a resolution was adopted that "on the occasion of taking possession this day of our new premises, the directors desire to record their sense of thankfulness for the prosperity with which, as they believe, God has hitherto blessed their efforts in the establishment of this business," Balfour and his confederates divided between them $82,770, as the proceeds of only seven of many bogus companies. Among their building enterprises was the Hotel Cecil, Whitehall court on the Thames embankment, the Salisbury estate building and Hyde Park court. CIVIL WAR NURSE HONORED Monument to the Memory of Mother Bickerdyke Is Unveiled at Galesburg, Ill. Galesburg, Ill.—The dedication of the monument to Mother Bickerdyke, the famous civil war nurse, took place here the other day and was an interesting feature of the annual meeting of the G. A. R. of Illinois. An appropriation of $5,000) by the state legislature has been expended on the monument, which is the cny one to be erected in honor of a woman in Illinois by public funds. The pedestal is of granite, five feet high, and plain E MONUMENT TO MOTHER BICKER DYKE. MONUMENT TO MOTHER BICKERDYKE. in design. H. H. and Theodore A. Ruggles Kitson, of Boston, are the sculptors. The exercises were under the auspices of the Wow'n's Relief corps of the state. The oration was delivered by ex-Gov. Richard Yates, who paid a glowing tribute to the women for the part that they had took in the war. National Commander Tanner followed with a fine eulogy of Mother Bickerdyke and the old soldiers. Department Commander Smith and others spoke. Mathematical Hen Numbers Egg. A hen at Thorpe, Essex, England, has laid an egg on the shell of which is the figure 5 as clearly formed as if embossed by a die stamp. THE CHRISTIAN WORLD CONSCIENCE AWAKENED. Some Incidents of the Torrey-Alexander Revival at Philadelphia. There have been many instances of conscience awakened under the influence of the Torrey-Alexander revival meetings which are being held in Philadelphia. A milk dealer was paid a ten-year-old bill by a woman who said: "This debt has been preying on my mind of late, but my conscience now is free. At the internal revenue office $50 was received recently for the conscience fund. No one is free who has a troubled conscience. Those words, "Get Right With God" that blaze out across the Armory auditorium have sent conviction to many a heart. The stifling words of the evangelist have sent fiery darts into many consciences. No hell can be worse than the torture of a bad conscience. The man who has a conscience at peace with God and man carries a little Heaven in his breast. "Thrice is he armed," says the poet, "who hath his quarrel just; and he but naked though locked up in steel, whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. What health is to the body, that a good conscience is to the soul. Conscience is man's most faithful friend or his deadliest foe. Conscience may be "seared with a hot iron," then it is as good as dead. The fears of conscience can never be allayed until the wrong has been righted. A guilty conscience robs one of rest and prevents us from enjoying the fruits of prosperity. Wealth gotten dishonestly burns to ashes under the fires of a guilty conscience. The man with a stinging conscience considers every friend a constable sent from God to grasp his soul. An accusing conscience is a "rod for the fool's back." If you would be happy, friend, keep your conscience clean. GIPSY SMITH IN AMERICA. Famous English Evangelist to Spend Five Months in This Country. The National Congregational Evangelistic committee have invited Glipsy Smith, the famous English evangelist, to spend five months in America, beginning October 1. Referring to his proposed visit, Don O. Shelton, recording secretary of the committee, says: "It is the plan of the committee to arrange, so far as possible, for united evangelistic meetings in the cities to be visited by Glipsy Smith. In each city the largest available auditorium will be secured. It is expected that he will spend October in New York, November and December in New England, and January and February in the middle west. Each series of meetings will continue ten days. Full suggestions for thorough preparation for the united evangelistic campaign will be furnished by the Congregational Evangelistic committee. Dependence will be placed on prayer and on individual work, rather than on elaborate organization. Glipsy Smith is considered to be one of the most efficient evangelists of our time, and it is believed his coming will greatly aid the evangelistic work of the churches." Lord Ampthill of Madras Lord Ampthill, who has recently retired from the government of Madras province, has during the term of his incumbency been one of the most active Christian rulers of India. Upon several occasions he has denounced official programmes whose public functions were not of a character to commend themselves to his Christian conscience. During Lord Curzon's first visit to England Lord Ampthill was appointed acting viceroy, and it is generally believed that the retiring governor of Madras, when he returns to the east at some future date, will go back as viceroy in his own name. Lady Ampthill has been as active in all benevolent, educational and religious work as her husband, and she recently presided over the annual meeting of the Young Women's Christian association in the capital. It will be a happy day for the missionaries and Christian teachers of India, says the Chicago Interior, when Lord Ampthill returns to their field clothed with powers commensurate with his ability and experience. Chinamen Scattered Around World. More than 3,000,000 celestials are residents to-day outside the limits of the Chinese empire, of whom many have wandered almost literally to the ends of the earth. As we learn from China's Millions: In Slam 1,200,000 are found; in the Straits Settlements 1,000,000; Dutch East Indies, 250,000; Philippines 100,000; United States 100,000; Cuba and Porto Rico 90,000; Cochin China 75,000; Peru 47,000; Burma Borneo 20,-000; Hawaii 27,000; Borneo 20,000; Canada 11,000, etc. To the mines of South Africa 28,000 were shipped within a single year. Raise Much Money At the end of the year the fund created by the United Free church of Scotland to take the place of the property adjudged to belong to the "Wee Free" church, exceeded £150,000. The daily influence of contributions seems nothing less than a miracle. There is only One Genuine-Syrup of Figs, The Genuine- Syrup of Figs- is for Sale, in Original Packages Only, by Reliable Druggists Everywhere Always buy the Genuine- Syrup of Figs MANUFACTURED BY THE GOLF YARN BY LONGWORTH And a Kansas Story in Return by an Enthusiast at the Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, is a golf enthusiast who plays a good game, and Victor Murdock, of Kansas, a golf enthusiast who plays a very indifferent game, when swapping stories in the house cloakroom the other day, says the Washington correspondent of the Kansas City Times. "The most remarkable golfer I ever knew," said Representative Longworth, "was a man out in Cincinnati, who had a passion for the game, but who complicated that fervor with an appetite for Scotch highballs that was the wonder of Ohio. "His theory was that there should be a drink server on every tee, and he worked it by means of an army of caddies. One afternoon he came in and announced that he had renounced the game. "What's the matter, Jim?" said a friend. "Oh," he said, wrenantly, "it's no use. I give it up. Whenever I can see the ball I can't hit it; and whenever I can hit it I can't see it." Mr. Murdock told this one: "Out in my town Judge Dale, of the district bench, is about the best golfer in our club. One day he had a case on trial in which several small boys had been subpoenaed as witnesses. Addressing a bright youth of about 12 summers, Judge Dale solemnly inquired: 'My boy, do you understand the nature of an oath?' "Oh, yes, sir," quickly replied the youth. "I often caddied for you, sir." LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA Suffered Untold Agonies — Doctor Said It Was the Worst Case—Wonderful Cure by Cuticura. When you want anything done quickly, do not go to a man who is seldom busy. Do your clothes look yellow? If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make them white as snow. 2 oz. package, 5 cents. 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A writer has deseribed the common Tack snake as the mest puenactous fall the reptile fantly He is ale Ways ready fi a fight weosaid, “and: the man who doesn't understand his style of febting will do well to apotos \ large number of the sakes In the Worcester farm are Florida ratrters canght by Mr. Brows within the last thiree yoa a a Many things are not taught at school at the present day because they are declared to be obsolete, and some of Sosuspeet that table manners are among them If not, how are we to account for the ungtecefal manipula: tion of nite and fork that we witness so frequently, and the niisuse of table: ware generally. which is at times ale most barbarie? Lady's Pietor Free Scores of Operas. A German inventor has perfected an apparatus whieh, by easy manipula tion, throws the Words of an opera being sung on to the proscenium above the stage. The words appear fine by line as they are sung, and there is nothing about it to disturb the spectators, The apparatus is con- trolled by the prompter, and is stated to be quite cheap Influence of Music. It was Roger Racon who wrote: “Instrumental music and song brings power and vigor, SUrs up nature and helps her in all her motions,’ and the man who takes a daily dose of minsic will not only live longer, but better, more satisfactorily to himself and those about him, than ove who foes not. Exehanse Rupert Evidence, “When he gors to a Liberal meet ng he isa Liberal and when he goes oa Tory meeting he is a Tory,” sald A voter's wife toa canyasser. “But,” queried the eanvasser, “what Is he shen he is at home? and the lady save the nnexpectod reply: When he sat home he ts a nuisance.”"—Lom fon Mail A Careful Merrimac Man. A prominent busines man of Mets mac, Mass, while attending a horse trot, Was accosted by a fakir, who aid: “Take a hond "To this the Merrimac man replied “No, sir; 1 rave onty two hands, and 1 have to fep one on ty pocketbook and the ther on my wateh Judicial Reserve. Th may be doubted whether the Enge lish bench is able to maintain: the same reserve which was one of its characteristics Httle more than a cene tury ago, We have even heard of learned judges being seen jumping ine to omnibuses in Oxtord siteet,— Suliele tors’ Journal Mibatoninn keene” A woman who appeared in a Lone | don police court the other day was described as a “pawning agent.” She makes her living by payning things for her neighbors, who pay her a come mission because they believe she cam secure larger loans than they could, Nothing More Amusing. There is harcly anything more amusing than to wateh a millionaire bargaining over a penny. 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Our Motto: “YOUR MONEY’S WORTH” 605 Main Street, Keneas City Ma “Wolf Children.” Most of the known Instances of Wolf children have oceurred in north: ern India, In the Cawnpore and Lucknow districts wolves have fre: quently 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, I 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, in Chi ? in Chicago? It 0, you know the extremely convenient location of LA SALLE STREET STATION. It you are a stranger in the city, however, tt ts of great Importance that you learn about this magnificent and comparatively new terminal, used jointly by Rock Island-Frisco Lines—C. R. 1. & P. Ry. and C. & E. 1, R. R. It tw nearest the heart of the clty—closely adjoining the business sectlon— within enay walking distance of Stato Street shopping center and all the prin- cipal hotels. ‘Another advantage of entering the city through Ta Salle Station ts the second-mtory viaduct directly connecting the main walting-room with the Ele- vated Railroad loop—you can reach the North, Northwest, West or South sides ot the city by elevated tralta Tor & S-cent fare WITHOUT DESCENDING TO THE STREET. You thus avoid the dangers and delays of the great, crowded elty. ‘The Rock Island right-of-way into Chicago is elevated for more than eight miles out through the suburbs, Prompt arrival at Chicago terminal Is thus ae: sured . Englewood Unton Station, seven miles out, affords ready access to southern euburbe—all through traina atop here. Summer excursion tlckete to Chicago on sale at all points in Kansas, Ne- branka and Colorado daily, dune 1 to September 90, Rate: Fare and one-third for the round trip, with minimum of $20. Full details from J. A. STEWART, Ceneral Agent Passenger Department, Rock Island 412-413 Bryant Building, KANSAS CITY. MO. System Examples Influence Boys. Emerson was right when he sald, "We send our boys to school that the teachers may edueate them, but ine stead the boys whom they meet there educate them.’ ‘The greatest influ: ences over boys are the examples and sentiments of their associates.— Ex- change. Why on Earth? The majority of marriages present for the consideration of the curious one or two problems, ‘The first ts, “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 lald check for six hundred. —Lowell (Mass.) Citizen. oor ee eee ‘Hot Springs Special” Long looked for improved Train Service between Kansas City and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, Ig now provided for by the @ we on £8 Myers 8h Shae A ACIP a s % oe Z Webs 39 <2 Geeeem\e $2 eas =s se Beer 33 tJ > 1G Leaving Kansas City at 11:00 a. m. daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Indepen- dence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock, Through Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this “Hot Springs Special” is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Hot Springs Night Express 9:35 p. m. daily. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, Ruicnateaes , E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agt. Passenger Dept. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY MO, Home Telephone 6327 Main. Bell Telephone 740 Hickory Cross Breeding of Plants. It is only within a century. that hybridization or the cross breeding of plants has been practiced. Yet tt seems to have been in Lord Bacon's mind, as a thing to be achieved, more than 3) years betore. Love's Labor Lost. A canvasser who Was genlally en- tertained at a house, finally asked the man who had talked with him for his vote, "I'm not on the register.” was the response. “Tm only a bailift"— London Answers Reveraina Thins, ee European Plan All Modern Improvements HOTEL McRAY 721-723 Charlotte St., K. C., Mo Room and Board $5.00 per week. Rooms without Board §2. ingle Meals 25 conts. Hot and Cold Baths Included, BEN McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. “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 ulready run down,”—Baltimore American, Don't Worry. Learn to take things as they are marked on the calendar of life. Re- member that it is not tomorrow that you will live, but it Is to-day that you are living. Spithamna Bama ten Pia leu. KELLEY'S } FLOUR _ en B E ST Kelley’s Best | = Beats all the Rest. | IGH PATE Kely Miling Co, London's ..ord Mayors have, during the past decade collected more than $100,000,000 for charitable and beney- olent purposes. Shed Antlers Once a Year. Deer shed their antlers once a year, about midwinter, Ascertaining the age ota deer by their antlers is rather un- certain, D1 O1O1 010101010101 0101010101 O1 010101910101 01 S181 Ore | M. Brancato @ Bro. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh and ) Salt Meats, Oysters and Game in Season Rome Bhane 333.570" ~ 211 W. 6th St Aged Silver Ingots, The Bank of England contains sll- yer ingots which have lain in the Vaults since 1696, Spanish Nobles, Every @fteenth man in Spain ts a noble.