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. 14154 MISS EMMA SMITH SOPRANO. has been with the Blind Boone company four years. Her musical art is winning much praise for her, much to the appreciation of the people of this city of which she is a product. All her friends are glad of her safe return. 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 achievement 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 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.—Ex change. 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. The seventh annual session of the National Negro Business League is to be held at Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 29, 30 and 31. The Atlanta Negro Business League is well organized and is at work maturing plans for the proper entertainment of the hundreds of visitors who are expected. Reduced rates of one and one-third fare have already been secured from the Southeastern Passenger, the Trunk Line and the New England Passenger Association. Only one or two other lines to the far west are yet to concur in the arrangement. The program promises to be, as all of the League programs are, devoted to an intelligent discussion of those features of business development wherein the Negro people of the country are making progress. The Governor of the State of Georgia, the Mayor of the city of Atlanta and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce joined in the invitation asking that this session of the League be held it Atlanta, and everything will be done to make the visit of all who attend pleasant and satisfactory. Information with regard to reduced rates may be secured from C. F. Adams, Transportation Agent, 934 S St., N. W., Washington, D. C., or with regard to other matters connected with the coming meeting from the president Booker T. Washington, Tuskogee Institute, Ala. Miss Ida M. Thompson of 1523 Virginia avenue, Kansaas City, Mo., formerly a teacher in our public school, the Grand High Priestess of Missouri and Jurisdiction, made her annual visit to the Tabernacle, also attended the annual sermon of the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor. Rev. J. H. Jennings, pastor in charge of the Baptist church, preached the annual sermon. Reporter takes great pleasure in saying it was excellent and contained valuable information which showed deep thought and careful preparation. Many good thoughts were advanced 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. KANSAS CITY MO., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906. KANSAS CITY MO., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906. GEORGE E. TEMPLE. National Deputy Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows 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 Old 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 toller 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 toyism. 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 fundamental 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. 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. INDEPENDENCE, MO Mrs Minnie Bryant and daughter who visited her father Mr. W. G. Tucker returned to her home at Pleasaant Hill, Mo., accompanied by Miss Zella Webb, Thursday. The passion play played by Rev. Williams of St. Louis, Mo., at the A. M. E. church was well attended and appreciated by all. Miss Hattie Huse, Edner Rhodes, Lillian Chrisman, and Rosy Bush returned home from Lincoln Institute. Rev. Minroe returned home with his delegates from the Sunday school convention which convened at Jefferson City, Mo. Mrs. Yarnell's grand-daughter is visiting her who has been attending school at Sedalia, Mo. The wedding bells will soon be ringing on N. Hocker Ave. Prudence Court No. 166 O. O. C. of K. C. Mo., elected the following officers for the ensuing months: Mrs. Mary D. Marshall, Worthy Counsellor; Mrs. Nannie Wilson, W. Inspectrix; Mrs. Fannie M. Moss, W. Inspector; Mrs. Norcissis Potts, W. S. Directress; Mrs. Nannie Washington, W. J. Directress; Mrs. Myrtle Sloss, W. Orator; Mrs. Bertha Watkins, W. Register of Deeds; Mrs. May Miller, W. Register of Accounts; Mrs. Ruth H. Lange, W. Receiver of Deposits; Miss Doshia Johnson W. Escort; Mrs. Lala Williams, W. Conductress; Mrs. Ophilia Harrison, W. Asst., Conductress; Mrs. Francis Boyd, W. Herald; Mrs. Josephine Mayberry, W. Protector. The installation of officers will take place July 13th at 2 p. m. in Vendome Hall. Members from the Courts are invited to attend. Mrs. Arsenia Williams of Jefferson City, the Grand Worthy Counselor of the Courts of Calantha of Missouri is expected in the city at an early date to visit all Corts of O. O. C. Mrs. Thresia Johnson of St. Louis, Mo., the Grand Worthy Lecturer of the Courts O. O. C. of Missouri made her annual visit in the city last week. Her lecturers to the Court were beautifully rendered and waas very beneficial to members. The story of Damon and Pithius was also very beautifully rendered by our Grand Worthy lecturer, Mrs. Johnson was the guest of Mrs. Dr. Combs of 1396 Highland Ave, while in the city. A new Household of Ruth was instituted Saturday evening, June 2, at Odd Fellows Hall 18 and Grove, District Grand Master Edw. S. Lewis presided, assisted by members of Henrietta Household No. 160 and Queen Household No. 1332. There were 33 charter members. It will be known as Amazonia Household No. 2692, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. The following are the officers for ensuing term. Most Noble Gov., Mrs. Jas. Lee, Past Most NoNble Gov., Mrs. Mary E. Oldham, Right Noble Governor; Mrs. Richard Lemons, Noble Governor; Mrs. M. E. Adams worthy Treas; Mrs. Scottie Dickens, Worthy Recorder; Mrs. J. W. Holbert. After conclusion of ceremonies all repaired to banquet hall where a sumptuous spread was served, and highly enjoyed by the large crowd of inmates present. Ex. Dist. Gr. Master Eli Harris was also present, and spoke words of encouragement and good cheer to the newly made inmates. Green Pasture Lodge No. 128 A. F. and A. M. elected the following officers for the ensuing year, at their regular meeting Wednesday, June 13; Edw. S. Lewis, W. M.; C. D. Frazler, S. W.; B. F. Caargyle, J. W.; J. H. Wilkins Treas., and E. D. Baker Sec. All of the above were elected by acclamation, clearly demonstrating the fact, that peace and harmony prevailth. Lady or Gentleman agents wanted everywhere. Part or entire time. $2 to $5 a day. Steady income. Easy. Success sure. Particulars faree. Address Taylor Remedy Co., Dept. "D," Louisville, Ky. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS Miss Johnson of Mexico City, Mo. is spending a few days with Miss Stella Wilson. Miss Dahlia Thwaits leaves Wednesday for Seattle. Washington to spend her vacation with her sister. Mrs. A. Grisby of Manhattan, Kans. is visiting Mrs. Merritt. Furnished Rooms for rent in the Wales Building. Apply at Black Diamond messenger service, 123 West Sixth St. 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. 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 streamer makes only 9.8 meters a second. Mr. J. C. Stubbs of the Chicago postoffice spent a week in our city visiting his old classmate, C. H. Calloway. He will visit Lawrence and Tomeka before his return to Chicago. NUMBER 52 For Gay Window Gardens. 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 hold it before his congregation. "It do same thing," he explained, "dls heah thing makes es much noise es old Nick, does es much damage an ebenhes an horn sticking out in front." Struggle for Lucky Pins. According to an ancient bit of Sussex folk lore, when a bride returns home from church her single friends at once rob her of all the pins in her dress, under the impression that every maiden who is lucky enough to possess one will be married during the course of a year. Rays of Radium Are Common. Although it cannot be said that radium is plentiful in nature it has been discovered that the rays or influence which radium gives off are common everywhere. Very many of the most plentiful things and some of the most opposite character are known to be radioactive. When Trees Explode The shattering effects of lighting upon trees may be accounted for, in some degree, by the sudden evolution of heat and expansion of gases in the wood and the vaporizing of the water in the sap. A veritable explosion may thus be caused. Must Be on the Move Not long ago it was common, among all classes, to find a man living where his grandfather lived. Now how many do so. It is barely respectable, it is at least dreadfully old-fashioned, to stop in one place ten years.—Exchange. Penalties of Riches: Money is a mere medium of exchange until you begin to want more of it than you need. Thereafter in every increasing ratio the law of compensation exacts the payments and the penalties of riches.—John A. Howland. Human Needs "Man wants but little here below," mused the philosopher, "but if he's thorough, he wants it right. If it's a little bird, he wants it hot; and if it's a little bottle he wants it cold"—Baltimore American. Also. Elsewhere. In England it is not what you know that is of importance, but whom you know; not what you are, but who you are; not what you do for yourself, but what others will do for you—London Truth. Musical Jewelry. Musical jewelry is not unknown. A Milanese named Fassiocoio 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 thetas 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. Messrs. Moore and Harris, the enterprising firm of Undertakers and Embalmers, contemplate some improvements on their establishment at 8th and Michigan. These men have proven themselves the acme of enterprise and thrift during their business career in this city. POWER OF HEREDITY. WEALTH OF SENATORS EXPERIMENT STATION FOR THE STUDY OF EVOLUTION. Branch of the Carnegie Institution at Washington Which Is Carrying On a Most Novel Work on Long Island. Pew know of the "Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island," or understand the novel character of the work being carried on there. This "laboratory," as it is generally called, is a branch of the Carnegie Institution at Washington, and was established about a year and a half ago for the purpose of studying heredity in plants and animals. And as an outgrowth of the work thus far accomplished, there has just been appointed by Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Hays a committee on eugenes, whose purpose will VIEW OF THE MAIN BUILDING be to make a study of the heredity in man with a view to racial improvement. This committee will use for its data some of the researches that are being made into the heredity of plants and animals. The laboratory buildings are erected on a small fresh water pond emptying into the harbor beyond. Ten acres of land are utilized by the institution for its various experiments in botany and animal life, as shown by a number of neat inclosures containing demure-looking poultry, dignified goats cf a somewhat questionable parentage, judging by their outward appearance; cattle, sheep, a greenhouse, and a "vivarium" for the accommodation of insects. Adjoining the land belonging to the laboratory the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences has a build HUGE TOTAL WHICH LEGISLA- TORS CAN SCORL. Members of Upper Branch of Congress Who Are Worth Fortunes Which Mount Up Into the Millions of Dollars. The United States senate has an embarrassment of riches, at least the general public is disposed to view with disfavor, if not suspicion, the fact that the members of that legislative body of the nation should possess and control so much of the country's wealth. If one should take tablet and pencil and make a financial census of the upper branch of congress, they would discover that 36 members, less than one-half of the total membership, are easily worth $400,000,000, showing that the dubbing of the senate by some as the "millionaire's club" is not without warrant. A partial list of members would read about as follows: William A. Clark, $200,000,000—mining. Stephen B. Elkins, $20,000,000—railroads. Gen. Russell A. Alger, $20,000,000—lumbering. Nelson W. Aldrich, $10,000,000—street railroads. John Kean, $10,000,000—lherited. John F. Dryden, $10,000,000. Redfield Proctor, $10,000,000—marble quarries. George P. Wetmore, $5,000,000. Others whose wealth is counted in the millions, but the exact amount of which is not known, are: Philander C. Knox, Cabot Lodge, Henry M. Teller, Thomas M. Patterson, Levi Ankeny, Samuel H. Piles, George S. Nixon, George C. Perkins, Francis E. Warren and Reed Smoot, of Utah, who is about to be barred from his seat in the senate. To this list should be added the names of Frank B. Brandegee, of Connecticut; Charles A. Culberson, of Texas; Lee S. Overman, of North Carolina; Henry E. Burnham, of New Hampshire; William P. Dillingham, of Vermont, and Frank P. Flint, of California, for their wealth comes close to the million dollar mark, if it does not largely exceed that sum. Then there is a long list of names of those who are independently rich. Such members could schedule easily Nothin' Doin' The hobo approached the pompous citizen and asked for alms. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard," quoted the p. c. "Tain't to use, mister," answered the hobo. "Me aunt's jist as tight-fisted as me uncle, all an' de rest uv reel relishuns."—Chicago Daily News. Quite a Difference. Patrice—No; only in marriage.— Yonkers' Statesman. ing, to which it it at present making considerable additions, devoted to biological studies, while across across the way is the New York State Fish Hatchery, where millions of trout, shad, bass, smelt and cod are turned out yearly for the benefit of the lakes and streams throughout the state. C. B. Davenport, who has been associate professor of zoology at the University of Chicago for the past four years, is at the head of both biological laboratories at Cold Spring Harbor. In his report of the first year's work Prof. Davenport states that the institution's first efforts have been directed to studies of heredity, which, he declares, in spite of their importance for evolution, have been relatively neglected. To deal with this subject the laboratory has planned work, which it will undertake in cooperation with others, on all the main groups of animals and plants. Following this programme, two and a half acres of laboratory land have been devoted to the rearing of "pedigree plants," whose welfare has been watched by Drs. Britton and MacDougall, of the New York Botanical Garden, as well as by the botanist of the laboratory. What the laboratory is doing with plants it is doing also with insects. In fact, Cold Spring Harbor just now might be called an insect paradise, and applications for entrance to the laboratory from those minute denizens of the forest should be numerous. Besides special experiments that are being made at the laboratory with fish and snails, the principal investigations have been confined so far to domesticated animals—fowl, duck, pigeons, canary birds, goldfinch, goats, sheep, cattle and the plain, everyday "harmless, necessary cat." The two goats connected with the laboratory are Irish, and are decorated with certain peculiar "wattles" on the neck. The interest attached to these wattles, according to Prof. Davenport, depends on the fact that the are typical abnormalities and subserve no function. They have been repeatedly observed in man. Now, the question is, with these two Irish goats at the laboratory. How will the wattles appear in their descendants? The same kind of experiment is being conducted with the five sheep at the laboratory and with a pair of Jersey and Holstein cattle, from which Prof. Davenport hopes to improve the quality of the Holstein milk. The five cats with which the laboratory started have already had 13 kittens. above the hundred thousand dollar mark, and from that figure it would run up in many cases to $500,000 and more. Among such are Morgan G. Bulkeley, of Connecticut; Murray W. Crane, of Massachusetts; Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia; Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio; James B. McCreary, of Kentucky; Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia; James P. Taliaferro, of Florida; Eugene Hale, of Maine. The Croesus of the senate, William A. Clark, dug his fortune out of the ground in Montana. He was offered $150,000,000 for the United Verde mine. He refused, because the wealth is safer in the mine than it would be in banks or lands. It is a bank that THE CROESUS OF THE SENATE. THE CROESUS OF THE SENATE. cannot be robbed, and his drafts upon it are always honored. Gen. Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, who is credited with the possession of $20,000,000, is a lumber prince, an owner of forests, mines, mills and factories. He began early and worked late in the acquisition of a fortune. Since the Spanish war Gen. Alger's health has been wretched, and he has gradually lessened the tension of business demands. Senator Aldrich made most of his wealth in street railroad operations, consolidations and extensions. Although he has been in the senate since 1881, being fifth among senators in length of continuous service, he has had time to build up a fortune that is not inordinate, as fortunes go nowadays. One Case That e Knew Of "Have you ever known a man who had greatness thrust upon him?" "Well," replied the rising young statesman, "I might mention by father-in-law. I had the hardest kind of work with him when I went to get his consent."—Chicago Record-Herald. Fitting. Mrs. Shopper—I wish to buy a present for a servant girl. Can you suggest something appropriate? Salesman—Certainly. Give her a traveling-bag—Judge. DAME FASHION'S DECREES BY ELLEN OSMOND A WE were promised nothing but boiler and coatee and fichu and Eton in the way of summer coat, and now here we are with the long loose coat the height of fashion. A long loose wash coat at first thought strikes one as a rather slimmy affair, apt to forlorn very soon; out the wash coat of the day is no such failure. It is made of white linen and linen in lovely pastel shades; of white pongee; of a very fine white serge; and of white broadcloth. The cut is the circular, a seam down the middle of the back and then a generous sweep of material which makes the looseness and yet gives a certain smart fit that is very desirable. The coats as a rule are of three-quarter length long, the sleeves three-quarters and ample enough not to muss the dress. Most of the coats have contrasting collars. of the lingerion and materials mulls and hand-run plicity that machine-nebly be subject to the long have a sebe a little collar and big pearl if you w summer will considerably and one of black shoes not to be so son. Some trimmed not to be drained bl Neck ruffs of pale colored point desprit, just long enough to come a little below the neck, are in fashion. Pichus of much fineness are more of a novelty, but the shawl arrangements are not becoming to all, just the woman with the right kind of shoulders should go in for shawls and berthas, and such drooping "drapery." If a vote were to be taken, in all probability the corset skirt would be condemned as awkward, and yet if the corset skirt have a bodice of the same color it may be a costume to call forth general admiration. Suppose with a gray-blue chiffon broadcloth a gray-blue chiffon bodice be worn; then we would not have any prominence of waist line, no look as though the skirt had lost the upper part of its figure. A pink chiffon bodice and pink broadcloth skirt make up admirably together, give the pleasing contrast of filiminess and heavy material. No lace should be used with this, else it be fussy. Over in Paris they are getting weary NEGLIGEE WEAR FOR SUMMER DAYS NEGLIGEE WEAR FOR SUMMER DAYS The lingerie sack and lingerie petty-loat are very pretty and cool and fresh looking, but really should be confined to my lady's bedroom. The silk dressing sack looks less deshabilie, and is a very cool garment. We recently saw a charmug one, charming as to colors and pattern. It was made of Japanese ```markdown ``` silk, a good quality, with the softest of color harmonies—pale violets and greens consorting most amicably, and just a dash of black, a touch of white, to give character. The garment was a short kimono negligee, and the facing at neck and sleeves a band of lightish green crepe de chine. To hold the crepe out was used an interlining of coarse India linen, which interlining gave no stiffness but rather a padded look to the facing. Another rarely pretty China silk sack had for predominating colors pale blue and yellow and light green, was faced with pale blue crepe. Much of the becomingness of such an article of dress depends on the facing against the ke k, and the choice should of course LINGERIE NEGLIGEE. of the lingerie blouse and its over elaboration and are going in for exquisite materials untrimmed. Fine shirred mulls and silks, the narrowest of hand-run tucks, make an elegant simplicity that is refreshing after all the machine-made finery to which we have been subjected. And referring again to the long wash coats, all of these have a severe appearance; there may be a little braiding or embroidery on collar and cuffs, but very little, and big pearl buttons for trimming. If you would be really smart this summer wear with your white costume considerable black; an all-black hat and one of the long black lace veils, black shoes and gloves. White shoes are not so much in style as last season. Some of the long white coats are trimmed with black braid, but this is not to be generally recommended. The draped black hat is decidedly good with the white suit, and is a feature of the fashions of the day. The Peter Pan waist is another feature of which we have previously spoken; the Peter Pans come in every cheap ready-made class and also there are many high priced models. The small hat and the lingerie are most noticeable among the season's headgear, although the small hat ever has feathers or wings or quills to give it a wide circumference—and make it necessary that it have plenty of room, as noticed recently in a crowded car when a very stout man was completely routed by a bunch of feathers standing out perly from the otherwise modest little hat worn by an otherwise modest little woman. The lingerie hat is not small, is considerable larger than last year. As a rule it is trimmed only with folds and a large bow of ribbon in some delicate shade. It is meant to be the extreme of daintiness, and though its embroidery may cost a pretty penny its trimming must look simple. be for the color which suits best with one's complexion. If waist and petticoat of thin white goods is selected, we would suggest a dotted Swiss or figured material of some sort as preferable to the plain stuffs—looks less as though one had forgotten to put on one's outer clothes. Dotted Swiss makes up very nicely indeed and requires almost no trimming. The petticoat may have three untrimmed ruffles, the sack have a ruffle at the bottom, the collar alone be lace edged. Of course the negligee is made with low neck and short sleeves—in this day when even on the street are worn blouses without collar or stock it would seem strange to make the negligee with a high neck. Slippers and hose should not be incongruous with the lingerie negligee, both be the daintiest the wearer possesses. Gray is a cool looking color, and this summer we are given opportunity to buy beautiful lacey gray hosiery. White, of course, is appropriate with white negligee jacket and petticoat. When the summer bargain sales begin, it would be well for the woman who desires to add to her negligee outfit, to search the counters for summer left-overs, odds and ends of summer stuffs, embroideries and laces. Dainty Swiss embroidery gives tone to the negligee which a more showy trimming will not, and along in the summer fine embroideries are sold for about half what they brought early in the season. Flowered stuffs now being so much the rage a negligee costume of flower-bestrewn lawn or dimity would have a decided fashionableness. Soft silks—the wash silks—are ever good for the lounging costume, and they, too, are cheap late in the season. Dotted footing trims very prettily, is much better than an imitation lace. And ruffles of self material are fluffy and suitable; if the material is exceptionally pretty, perhaps they furnish the prettiest sort of ornamentation of negligee petticoat and sack. OF AID TO HOSTESS SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS A Paper Wedding Celebrates Second Anniversary—A Game Involving Knowledge of Characters Used in Music. Paper Wedding. A paper wedding celebrates the second anniversary, and it may be the jollest kind of an affair with little trouble and small expense. These occasions should be confined to the family and intimate friends and in consequence be very informal, full of good comradeship and sincerity. Table cloths and napkins come in really artistic patterns and are just the thing to use, also paper flowers to decorate with and for the centerpiece. Years ago when hot houses were an almost unknown quantity except with the very rich, flowers of paper were always used and considered the height of fashion. Doilies of lace paper come in all sizes, also paper holders for bon-bons, salted nuts and ices, so the table may be set without a bit of linen. Have the snapping-cracker caps to put on before refreshments; by having two of each color partners may be chosen. If the hostess wishes and it is practical, the guests may be asked to come in costumes of paper. The girls can achieve most charming toilets by purchasing for a trifle the last year's patterns from a modiste or a pattern maker. The men will probably have to content themselves with neckties of paper, and a huge boutoniere. Portieres and window draperies made from strips of crepe paper are astonishingly pretty, especially in pink and white. To make the decorations still more "papery" quantities of Japanese lanterns, parasols and fans may be used. For amusement a game could be concocted from the "flags of all nations" which are of paper and come in an envelope for the sum of ten cents. To the person guessing the most award a prize of a box of stationery or any of the numerous articles made from paper. A Musical Game. This musical game is most suitable for people who understand how to read music and are conversant with all the musical terms. It will be found of special interest to teachers who wish to entertain their pupils and at the same time instruct them in a way that does not seem like study. Provide cards and pencils for all and tell the guests to observe the objects in the room, as they have a musical significance. If as desired, the company may hunt in pairs, partners being found by the means of a familiar bar or two of music cut in two; when the air is completed the couple set out to discover what the peculiar articles scattered about mean. Here are the objects and a key: A quire of paper—A choir. Three dolls dressed alike—Triplets. A carpenter's brace—Brace. A watch—Time. A razor—A sharp. The chin rest from a violin—A rest. A card on which is written XL—Forte. A name written on a piece of paper—A signature. A pair of apothecory's scale—Scales. A base taken from a table bell.—Bass. A peck measure containing two beets—Two beats in a measure. A heavy string—Chord. A flat iron with a letter B on it—B flat. A card board letter C hanging from the gas jet—High C. A bit of tar—Pitch. A pipe stem—Stem. A large half-tone engraving—Half tone. A bank note—Note. A baby's shoe with an 0 on the sole—Solo. A love letter which starts out well, but has a blot half way down the page—Accidental. A necktie—Tie. A bar of iron—Bar. A door key—Key. A pocket rule or a tape measure—Measure. A 25 cent piece with a piece o, black court plaster pasted on it—Dotted quarter. A real flower and a lock of hair—Natural. A circular piece of card-board cut into three equal pieces—Thirds. To the one who correctly guesses the most give a prize of a musical instrument in the shape of a candy box. If something more elaborate is desired a photograph of one of the composers framed or a book of musical history would be acceptable. A short programme would complete this entertainment in a most fitting manner. Value of Good Water: Next to deep breathing the most valuable aid to retaining or regaining superb health is a regular habit of free water drinking. It helps the elimination process and opens all the avenues of waste as nothing else can do, thus keeping the system clean, the blood pure and the complexion clear and fresh looking. To Brighten a Switch. For brightening switches of false hair, dip them into common ammonia without diction. Half a pint is enough for this purpose, and the dipping is said to revive it and make the half look as if just cut from the head. CROCHETED CENTERPIECE. All Kinds of Crochet Work Are in Vogue and the Design Here Given Unusually Pretty. Abbreviations: Chain, ch; single crochet, r c; double crochet, d c; stitches, st. This may be crocheted with fine or coarse cotton thread, or silkateen, just as one prefers. It can also be made with a plain center of linen, buttonhole stitched all around, and the insertion border and lace crocheted around that. The lace is also a nice pattern to use independently, writes a contributor to Farm and Home. To make the centerpiece as represented in the illustration begin by making 5 ch st and join. Into the small ring thus made, work as follows: First row—12 s c. Second, 3d, 4th and 5th rows—Al- NOT HARD TO MAKE. ways with a c, increasing sufficiently to keep work flat. Sixth row—1 d c into every st and 1 ch between each d c. Seventh row—1 d c into each st. Twenty-first row—3 d c and 2 ch, always skipping 2 st of preceding row. Twenty-second row—3 d c into each loop of preceding row, with 3 ch between each 3 d c. Twenty third and 24th rows—Same as 221 row. Twenty-fifth row—S c into each st all around. Twenty-sixth row (lace)—5 ch and fasten with s c into st of preceding row, and so on. Twenty-seventh row—5 ch and fasten with s c into loop of preceding row. Make 3 such loops, and into the 4th work 6 d c, and so on. Twenty-eighth row—Make two 5 ch loops into the groups of 3 loops below, and ch 3, then 8 d c above the 6 d c of preceding row, ch 3 and so on. Twenty-ninth row—Makeone 5 ch loop, ch 3, and 1 d c into each d c of preceding row, with 1 ch between each d c. Thirtieth row-5 ch caught down with a s c into each loop of preceding row. OBJECTS OF EXERCISE. Exercise to Attain Grace, for Deep Breathing and Purifying of System, and for Good Figure. The beauty exercises, of the professional beauty of to-day, have three objects. The first is grace. There is no need of exercising awkwardly. Every time you exercise awkwardly you bring on certain awkward habits. Exercise in a graceful manner. The second object of the up-to-date beauty exercise is deep breathing. There is a perfect fad for breathing deeply. Each and every breath must come from the very depths of the abdomen and must fill the lungs full of air, the fresher the better. Deep breathing is to the beauty seeker of to-day what outdoor exercise was to beauty seekers of a few years ago. It is everything! The third object of the beauty exercises is the reduction of the weight and the preservation of the figure. Exercise, they say, will keep the hips small and the waist round. It will make one tall and it will make one graceful. Exercise constantly if you want to keep your form girlish as it was in your teens. With these three objects in mind, the beauty seeker begins her six o'clock exercises, which are undertaken with an eye to the keeping of her good looks and with no other end in view. Health can take care of itself if the figure and the looks are preserved. To Stimulate Circulation. Wrapping the body in a damp sheet, keeping the room warm enough so as not to chill, and having some one administer a gentle rubbing on the outside of the sheet will stimulate the circulation and give the body a warm, healthy glow, and will be highly beneficial to the nerves. Five minutes is long enough to remain in the damp sheet, and may be followed by a gentle rub-down with the salted cloth. PECK'S BAD BOY WITH THE CIRCUS By HON. GEORGE W. PECK Author of "Peck's Bad Boy Abroad." Etc. (Copyright by J. B. Bowles.) Pa and the Bad Boy Visit a Buffalo Ranch—Pa Pays for the Privilege of Killing a Buffalo, But Doesn't Accomplish His Purpose — He Hires a Herd for the Show Next Year. This is the last week pa and I will be in the far west looking for freaks for the wild west department of our show for next year. Next week, if pa lives, we shall be back under the tent, to see the show close up the season, and shake hands all around with our old friends, the freaks, the performers, the managers and all of 'em. It will be a glad day for us, for we have had an awful time out west. If pa would only take advice, and travel like a plain, ordinary citizen, who is willing to learn things, it would be different, but he wants to show people that he knows it all, and he wants to pose as the one to give information, 97 Pa Was Alive to His Danger. and so when he is taught anything new it jars him. Any man with horse sense would know that it takes years to learn how to rope steers, and keep from being tipped off the horse, and run over by a procession of cows, but because pa had lapped hissing posts in his youth, with a clothes line, with a slip noose in it, he posed among cowboys as being an expert roper, and where did he land? In the cactus. He was just meat for the natives to have fun with, and he has sure been hashed up on this trip. But the worst of all was this trip to the buffalo ranch, to secure buffalofoes for the show, and if i was in pa's place I would go into retirement, and never look a man in the face. Pa's idea was that these buffalofoes on the ranch were just as wild as they used to be when they run at large on the plains. When we got to the ranch at evening, pa put in the whole time until it was time to go to bed telling the ranchman and his hired man what great things he had done killing wild animals, and what dangerous places he The Buffaloes Licked Pa's Bison The Buffaloes Licked Pa's Bald Head—Pa Began to Pray. had been in, and what bold things he had done. He said, while the object of his visit to the ranch was to buy a herd of buffaloes for the show, the thing he wanted to do, above all, was to kill a buffalo bull in single-handed combat, and have the head and horns to ornament his den, and the hide for a lap robe, but the ranchmen would be welcome to the meat. He asked the man who owned the ranch if he might have the privilege, by paying for it, of killing a buffalo. on the regular cattle trail, are more than ten rods from who was concealed. Then we heard and we knew pa was alive to his ger. "There she blows," said the man, and then there was another and by that time the whole h about 20 was on the ridge, and shots came thick, and the herd on a trot for the shed where p to get their salt. When we had 12 shots and knew pa's gum empty we showed up on the rid The ranchman said he would arrange it all right in the morning, and pa and I went to bed. After pa got to snoring, and killing buffaloes in his sleep, I could hear the ranchman and his helpers planning pa's humiliation, and when I tried to tell pa in the morning that the crowd were stringing him he got mad at me and asked me to mind my own business, and that is something I never could do to save my life. Well, about daylight we were all out on the veranda, and they gave pa instructions about what he was to do. The ranchman said it was against the state laws to kill buffalo, except in self-defense, so pa would have to get --- In a blind, like the German emperor, and have the game driven to him. They gave pa two big revolvers, loaded with blank cartridges, I know, because I heard them whisper about it the night before, and they gave him a peck measure of salt and told him to sneak up to a little shed out in a field and conceal himself until the game came along, and then open nre, and when his buffalo fell, mortally wounded, to go out and skin it. Pa asked what the salt was for, and they told him it was to salt the hide. Say, I knew that the place they sent pa to wait for buffalo was where they salted the animals once a week, and started to tell pa, but the rancher called me off and told me I could go with the men and help drive the game to destruction. We waited until the ranchman had gone out with pa and got him nicely concealed, the way they conceal Emperor William when he slaughters stags, and pa looked as brave as any emperor as he got his two big revolvers ready for an emergency. The ranchman told pa that he had twelve shots in the revolvers, and he better begin firing when the big bull came over the ridge, on the trail, at the head of the herd, and as the animal advanced, as ne no doubt would, to keep firing until the whole 12 shots were fired, and then if the animal was not killed, to use his own judgment as to what to do, whether to run for the house, or lay down and pretend to be dead. Pa said he expected to kill the animal before three shots had been fired. haw before three shots had been fired. but if the worst came he could run some, but the ranchman said if he should run that the whole herd would be apt to stampede on him and run him down, and he thought pa better lay down and let them go by. Gee, but I pitied pa when we got out on the prairie and found the herd. They were as tame as Jersey cows, and the old bull, the fiercest of the lot, with a head as big as a barrel, came up to the ranchman and wanted to be scratched, like a big dog, and the calves and cows came up and licked our hands. It was hard work to drive them towards pa's blind, cause they wanted to be petted, but the ranchman said as soon as we could get the bull up to the top of the ridge, so the old man would open fire on him, they would hurry right along to pa's blind, cause they always came to be salted at the signal of a revolver shot. So we pushed them along up towards the ridge, out of sight of pa, by punching them, and slapping them on the hams, and finally the head of the old bull appeared above the ridge Bald Head—Pa Began to Pray. on the regular cattle trail, and not more than ten rods from where pa was concealed. Then we heard a shot and we knew pa was alive to his danger. "There she blows," said the ranchman, and then there was another shot, and by that time the whole herd of about 20 was on the ridge, and the shots came thick, and the herd started on a trot for the shed where pa was, to get their salt. When we had counted 12 shots and knew pa's guns were empty we showed up on the ridge, and watched pa. He started to run, with the peck measure of salt, but fell down and spilled the salt on the grass, and before he could get up the bull was so near that he dassent run, so he laid down and played dead, and the buffaloes surrounded him and licked up the salt, and paid no more attention to him than they would to a log until they had licked all the salt. Then the bull began to lick pa's hands and face, and pa yelled for help, but we got behind the ridge and went around towards the ranch, the ranchman telling us that the animals were perfectly harmless and that as soon as they had licked pa's face a little they would go off to a water hole to drink, and then go out and graze. We left pa yelling for help, and I guess he was praying some, 'cause once he got on his knees, but a couple of pet buffalo calves, that one of the rancher's boys drives to a cart, went up to pa and began to lick his bald head, and chew his hair. Well, we got around to the ranch house, where we could see the herd, and see pa trying to push the calves away from being so familiar, and then the herd all left pa and went back over the ridge, and pa was alone with his empty revolvers and the peck measure. Pa seemed to be stunned at first, and then we all started out to rescue him, and he saw us coming, and he came to meet us. Pa was a sight. His hair was all mussed up, and his face was red and sore from contact with the rough buffaloes' tongues, and the salt on their tongues made it smart, and his coat sleeves and trousers legs had been chewed off by the buffaloes, and he looked as though he had been through a corn shredder, and yet he was still brave and noble, and as we got near to him he said: "Got any trailing dogs?" "What you want trailing dogs for?" asked the ranchman. "What you want is a bath. Have any luck this morning buffalong?" "Well I guess yes," said pa as he dropped the peek measure, and got out a revolver and asked for more cartridges. "I put 12 bullets into that bull's carcass when he was charging on me, and how he carried them away is more than I know. Get me some dogs and a Winchester rifle and I will follow him till he drops in his tracks. That bull is my meat, you hear me?" and pa bent over and looked at his chewed clothes. "You don't mean to tell me the bull charged on you and didn't kill you?" said the ranchman, winking at the hired man. "How did you keep from being gored?" "Well, it takes a pretty smart animal to guide wise. "You see, when the bull came over the hill I gave him a couple of shots, one in the eye and another in the chest, but he came on, with his other eye flashing fire, and the hair on his head and on his hump sticking up like a porcupine, and the whole herd followed, bellowing and fairly shaking the earth, but I kept my nerve. I shot the bull full of lead, and he toottered along towards me, bound to have revenge, but just as he was going to gore me with his wicked horns I caught hold of the long hair on his head and yelled "Get out of here, condemn you," and I looked him in the one eye, like this, and pa certainly did look fierce, "and he hew up his head, with me hanging to his hair, and when I came down I kicked him in the ribs and he gave a grunt and a mournful bellow, as though he was all in, and was afraid of me, and went off over the hill, followed by the herd, scared to death at a man that was not afraid to stand his ground against the fiercest animal that ever trod the ground. Now, come on and help me find the carcass." Pa looked as though he meant it. "Well, you are a wonder" said the ranchman, looking at pa in admiration. "I have seen men before that could lie some, but you have got Anianis beaten a block. Now we will go to the house and settle this thing, and I will send my trusty henchmen out henching after your bull." Then we went to the house and got dinner, and the men drove up the buffalo into the barnyard and fed them hay, and we went out and played with the buffaloes, and pa found his bull hadn't a scratch on him, and that he would lean up against pa and rub against him just like he was a fence-post. The ranchman told pa they had been stringing him, and that the animals were so tame you could feed them out of your hand, and that he had been shooting blank cartridges, and the only thing he regretted was that pa would lie so before strangers. Then pa bought the Herd for the show, and next year pa will show audiences how he can tame the wildest of the animal kingdom, so they will eat out of his hand. The Sphinx Answered. "What is the secret of succ033?" asked the Sphinx. "Push." said the Button. "Always keep cool," said the Ice. "Be up-to-date," said the Calendar. "Never lose your head," said the Barrel. "Make light of everything," said the Fire. "Do a driving business," said the Hammer. "Aspire to greater things," said the Nutmeg. "Be sharp in all your dealings," said the Knife. "Find a good thing and stick to it," said the Glue. "Do the work you are suited to," said the Chimney.—Congregationalist. Chased Bear 17 Days Bangor, Me—Pearl Jenkins and Frank Gray, of Temple, started a black bear in Avon and followed him for 17 days, when they brought him down in the Carthage basin, near Saddleback mountain. They followed him from Avon, through Temple, Weld, the east part of Carthage, Washington and Perkins plantations. During the pursuit the bear led the hunters twice over Saddleback mountain and once over Bald. The bear from the start showed much cunning in his tactics to evade and escape them. The bear was just black, with fine fur and was a beauty. He weighed, with the internal parts removed, 304 pounds. JOHN HENRY "WOULD-BE ACTORS." Tommy Harper isn't a bad sort, but he has a bug that he was put in this world for the purpose of elevating the stage. Tommy thinks he could rush on and play Richard the Third to such an extent that the audience would rise up and carry him out on their shoulders. "In the first act you come in with an ax in each hand and you play the piano with the other. Then you go out and borrow a golf suit and some Scotch dialect, and you come on the stage looking like an Irishman. In this act you have four songs, two solos, a cake-walk and six months if jail if the audience catches you." Tommy thinks that with his voice he could make Jean de Reszke's notes look like a bunch of bad money. He's out to bet a couple of seven-dollar bills that he has Herbert Kelley fanned to a finish, and that when it comes to comedy Francis Wilson and Jeff D'Angellis aren't visible on the shell road. He says that if ever he can break into a play with Mrs. Leslie Carter he'll turn such a warm pair of goo-goo eyes on her that somebody will have to get up and yell for the fire department. But Tommy can't make good with his shape. He's as broad across the bosom as Col. Jack Carter. In the love passages his embonpoint would set him back about three feet. He can wear a full dress suit all right, but after it's set he looks like a load of new-mown hay. Tommy belongs to the Ancient and Honorable Order of Tack Hammers. He always knocks in a lady-like way, and his remarks don't register once in ten. He likes to go to a theater and squirt verbal seltzer water all over the place. His language is all fine and dalsy, but when he turns on the loud pedal he sounds like a dog locked up in the barn. He is one of those dubs who thinks he's missed his calling, and, no doubt, his calling has been shaking hands with itself ever since because he missed the boat. I've known Tommy for a long time, so he feels free to read his dope to me. Every time a new book comes out Tommy wants to get it dramatized and star in it. He tried to get "Janice Meredith," but Frank McKee cut across lots and headed him off. Tommy had an idea that if the part of Washington crossing the Delaware in "Janice Meredith" could be fattened up with a couple of topical songs and a comedy bit, he'd be aces for the road. He says that if he had seen "David Harum" first he would have made Billy Crane look like a plate of cold potatoes. Tommy told me once that if he could play the opposite part to Marie Dressler the public would have to bite its way into the theater. He thinks he has Pete Dalley down with both shoulders on the carpet. Winston Churchill "HE'LL FLASH THE INTELLIGENCE ON ME." "HE'LL FLASH THE INTELLIGENCE ON ME." and the stake-holder is ladling out the gate money. Tommy has an idea that it would be like finding money to dramatize Maj-Pond's "Eccentricities of Genius" and let him play all the people from Ann Eliza Young to Bill Nye. Tommy has been after me to get Dave Belasco to write him a play, but I've stood him off by telling him that I thought Sardou could fit him better. Every day he drives up to my ranch in a hansom to find out if Sardou has cabled yet. I've just punched out a parcel of paragraphs which I shall turn in to Tommy. I think it will do him good: "My Dear Tommy: I have at last secured a play for you. "The author wanted $20,000 for it, but we compromised. He took 80 cents in cash, and I promised him the rest. Perhaps they would—dead. "In the first act you come in with an ax in each hand and you play the piano with the other. Then you go out and borrow a golf suit and some Scotch dialect, and you come on the stage looking like an Irishman. In this act you have four songs, two solos, a cake-walk and six months in jail if the audience catches you. "In the second act you will be compelled to disguise yourself and look like a gentleman. You'll need a lot of rehearsals for this second act. "In the third act you'll play an elephant. The scene is in a boarding house. You'll have to leave your A trunk there. This act will be very funny if anyone laughs at it. "The fourth act is a dramatization of the Pennsylvania railroad time tables. You should cut quite a figure in this act. "The fifth act is at the bottom of a well. You play the pump. You ought to be a great success if you handle it with care. "In the sixth act you play the races with real money. You'll have to furnish it yourself. I'm only your manager-I'm not a bank. "The scene of the seventh act is laid on top of a mountain. You are discovered standing on top of the mountain. Then somebody moves the mountain. "In the eighth act you will appear as The Pride of Jennico. If you don't break your leg when you fall off the mountain. "In the ninth act you play the hose. If the audience has gone home by this time you'll have to go out and give an imitation of Edwin Booth. If that doesn't send them home we'll call for the police. "I'm sure you will like the play. Your salary will be $200 a week—some weeks. "Call and see me at your earliest convenience. Take the elevator. There isn't anything else in the building to offer you. Yours with love. "JOHN HENRY." You'd think that would detail Tommy temporarily, wouldn't you? But it won't. Hell forget it, and day after tomorrow he'll flash the intelligence on me that he has invented a stranglehold line of business that will put Loeye Harrison on the blink; and that when it comes to low comedy he has Dan McAvey going over the hills and away to the woodshed. You know, when a guy like Tommy once gets the worm in his noodle that he's cut out for an actor you couldn't coax it away with a mallet. (Copyright, by G. W. Dillingham Co.) Machine for Locating Springs. Adolf Schmid, a Swiss engineer of standing, has just patented in several countries a device which takes the place of the divining rod of superstitious tradition. It consists of a magnetic meridian. This instrument is carried about the field in which it is desired to locate water and whenever it passes over a hidden spring the magnetic needle will perform rapid and lively oscillations. Many tests of the apparatus have been made and in no case has a failure been recorded. Several of the fruit ports of Central America have called upon the United States—more particularly on New Orleans—for aid in stamping out and preventing yellow fever. Port Limon, which was formerly a pest spot for breeding the disease, has been entirely rebuilt in the last three or four years, and the result is so satisfactory that rival banana shipping ports wish to imitate its example CALUMET MAKING POWDER NOT MADE ON THE FOOT Calumet Baking Powder Is Most Healthful, Wholesome and Economical given for anything injurious to health found in Calumet Baking Powder. Do not be induced to pay 45 or 50 cents a pound for the Trust baking powders; they leave large quantities of Rochelle Salts in the food. The constant dosing of Rochelle Salts will derange the digestive organs. Your physician will tell you this. INVESTMENT IN MOTH BALLS Manner of Using the Preventive That Proved to Be a Signal Failure. A State street druggist, telling of the quaint characters whom he encounters in his business, recently said: "Late one afternoon one of the 'could sod' ambled up to the counter. 'Hov yee anything good to kill moths?' he asked, releases the Chicago Record-Herald. "Yes," said I, "we have moth balls, the best reedy known." "Give me tin cints' worth, thin," eaves be. "I made up the package, handed it to him, and he ambled out again. I had forgotten all about my customer until about four o'clock the next afternoon, when I was forcibly reminded of the transaction of the day before. After I had waited on my customers in their turn I walked over to another counter and was there confronted with my moth-ball investor. Without giving me time to make an inquiry, he said: "Are yez the young mon that sold me thin things yistiddy?" showing me the remains of about half a dozen of the white balls. "I answered in the affirmative, and also inquired what the trouble was." "Av all the con games I've run up against in me to meline, this bates thim all," he said. "To think of onyone running a decent down-town store selling the bolles of thim things to kill moths with, or anything else, for the matter of that. They might be all right for playing marbles, but for killin' moths niver. I may not be as young as yez are, young mon, but I'm just as stiddy, and I want to tell you wan thing. If yez can show me the man or woman that can throw wan of thim balls quick enough to kill a moth I'll not only ate iviry wan of thim yez have in stock, but I'll say nothing about the picture the ould woman and mesef broke in the fothe little game yez would have us play." He—It was decided some time ago that the mails could carry soft soap She—Umph I didn't know the capacity of males for soft soap had ever been questioned. Baltimore American. There may be not more than two inches of strawberries, but think of the size of the box with the humber higher every day.—Detroit Free Press. A trained nurse says: "In the practice of my profession I have found so many points in favor of Grape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly recommend it to all my patients. "It is delicate and pleasing to the palate (an essential in food for the sick) and can be adapted to all ages, being softened with milk or cream for babies or the aged when deficiency of teeth renders mastication impossible. For fever patients or those on liquid diet I find Grape-Nuts and albumen water very nourishing and refreshing. This recipe is my own idea and is made as follows: Soak a teaspoonful of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water for an hour, strain and serve with the beaten white of an egg and a spoonful of fruit juice or flavoring. This affords a great deal of nourishment that even the weakest stomach can assimilate without any distress. "My husband is a physician and he uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders it many times for his patients. "Personally I regard a dish of Grape-Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the ideal breakfast for anyone—well or sick." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. In any case of stomach trouble, nervous prostration or brain fag, a 10 days' trial of Grape-Nuts will work wonders toward nourishing and rebuilding, and in this way ending the trouble. "There's a reason" and trial proves. Look in pkgs. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." "IN THE LOVE PASSAGES." Would Stamp Out Pest Always the Same $1,000.00 Failure. Flattery and the Sex THE DOCTOR'S WIFE Agrees with Him About Food THE RISING SON, LEWIS WOODS,...... Busines Manager, Published Every Week RISING SON PUBLISHINGCO G@SRUBSCRIPTION RATES; Vour sears . on cout an a ae ont a me eatctly pid in advance Entered at the Poat Office at Kanone City, as Second Class Matter. Oorrespondente wanted In every city end town in this state. Write us. All vews matter intended for pub Woation should reach our office not la. ber than Tuesday, of each week and @uset be signed by the writer not for publication, but as guarantee of auth: enticity. WFIOK:- No. 117 Woet Siatt. St., Kaneas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, | tome feoh, one insertion on fr See inch. cartiutaeyieat insertion By | or ceoiaches ures mets acre bie | Fortes inctet eat oo A Forize dienes bemontng Se er wo inches twelve mowtha. oo 8 | CLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL +. IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. * The paid circulation of THe Risinc Son is more than double the combined circu- lation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. Sse Iudge Brumback remarked the oth er day that the people of Kansas City had underestimated Mr, Van Valking. burg asa lawyer, But the able man ner in which he has handled difficult cases in the United States court has demonstrated his ability and ranks him among the leaders of the bar. With reference to the school ques: tion, there are more things than one which should be considered. For in stance some responsibility devolves upon the school patrons, the parents or gnardian of the pupils to instill In- to their minds the necessity of strict attendance at school and their undi Vided attention to their teachers, In many cases ehildren practice truancy and other Irregularitiees which 0c casion the teachers and principals an noyance. If the parents would exert a Stronger concern and influence over their children it would at least serve to Improve matters. It is the parent’s duty to assist the teachers and. prin cipals by exereising a striet_ paternal influence over their ehildren, MARSHAL DURHAM REAPPOINTED A dispateh from Washington an- nounces the reappointment of Mr. B. Ro Durham as U.S. Marshal for the Western District, ‘The reappointment of Mr. Durham by the President: was a fitting recognition of merit, Mr Durham has made a splendid record. His official duties have been given the strictest. attention and his. of fiew Mas been condneted in a way that naught but the highest praise could be given him REPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER—THE NEW DEPART- MENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PROVES A NECESSITY AS WELL AS A SUCCESS, . Jas. A. Lee, attendance officer of the department of Compulsory Edu: cation reports that during the year just closed he investigaed between Lio and 1200 cases, Of this num ber about 300 were truants and 265 returned to. the various — schools, Many of these cases were caused by neglect on part of the parent to give due and proper attention to the child, Of the number of eases look: od after it was necessary to send only a very small per cent to the reform school, Each child classed as a tru ant was always given several chan- ces to reform before any aetion was taken, hence it was that only ten wore sent to the reform sehool. ‘The department will be able to do better and more effective work nxt yeear, Chinese Amazons, Women in China have the privilege of fighting in the wars, In the rebel lion of 1850 women did as much fight- tng 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 clty. Re sia ‘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 fury to Ine vestigate the hanging and burning of tliee Negroes in Springfield, Mo. on the Hth of April has been effected. The jury reported that no attack had Veen committed by the two Ne+ grove on Mrs, Mina Edwards as ale leged; that it was Impossible for the two Negroes, Duncan and Coker, to have been at the scene of the alleged attack at the time that it was com. mitted; that Mrs, Edwards reputation Was not good und that the sheriff and he police department were negligent in performing their duties. As to the number of indictments found by the grand jury It is believed that there are not more than twenty: five. Of this number four are sald to be for murder in the first degree and the others for murder in the second degree, perjury and breaking jail, In opening their report to Judge Lincoln the xrand jury submitted the follow. ania Eloquent About Mob Law. | We preface our conclusions with the declaration that mob law is an in excusable erime and a shameful stain on the reputation of any intelligent community of citizens, who should enjoy and accord protection to the humblest under our ample laws, in- Volving as it does the denial 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 lynching of the Neg- roes the night of April 14 was not only unjustifiable and unlawful, but was without reason or excuse, The lynchers 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 victims 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- leged attack. Acording to the testi- ‘mony before us, the alleged assault could not have occurred later than 9:20 p.m. 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 is now in the Vermont State house, ‘The model will run today when an electric current is applied, as it did half a century ago, in his shop in Montpelier, Vt. Henry Bergh's Name Honored. In 1860 the late Henry Bereh founds ed the American Society for the Prev vention of Crucity to Animals, an’ on {ts incorporation he became its first president, He made himself the butt of much ridicule by his. persistency fn discovering and bringing to punishy ment those who offended against its humane purpose, more especially as concerned horses; but when he died, in 1888, a chain of similar soctettes had heen established throughout the Union and in foreign countries, and he was held in honor thromghout the worll—New York Sun, A Man in the Moon, Although the moon is not a riotous: ly luxuriant abode, it is anything but the lifeless orb commonly supposed, It may be desolate and cold; but tt is not altogether dead.—Selentifie American. Where to Have a Boil. ‘Thomas Bailey Aldrich, commenting once upon the trials of Job, remarked that the only proper place to have a boil was between “John” and “O'Rellly.” mhilt Saiasnatie Gaakes (a Busees The Tyrolese government still pays for the extermination of poisonous snakes. It 1s the one European gov- arnment which now does so, Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade, ‘The ostrich feather trade in the Su- tan seems doomed, owing to the sue- ress of the South African ostrich arms. Ice on Telegraph Wires, Ico forming on telegraph wires tometimes Increases their welght no ess than 90 per cent. American Oysters for Shanghal, American oysters are sent as far as @henchal. | The Son requests as much as do ‘the patrons, that it has been com: pelled to turn over to the collector a long lst of delinquents, We have tried in every way to avoid taking chis action by calling or sending our ocal collector time and time again. These efforts have been met with yromises. 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 march to better mate- rial and intellectual 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 leading white men who feel that the future of the Negro race affects the future of the Scuth, 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 fs 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 Mississippl and ip Georgian —Boston Globe, ‘The manner and action of J. M. Hor- ton reminds us more of a Jack on a New York Bowery than a primary teacher. Mr, Horton's career in the school-room has not been yery inspir- ing nor has his conduct been exem- 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 up the gauntlet and we will see who will make the first score. eniustinn 42 Sask: The fork takes its name from the Latin furea, a yoke looking lke an inverted V. From this comes the Italian forca and forchetta (little fork). The latter word gives the French their fourchette, while the English go back to the former and re- tain the harder sounding “fork."— From D. M. Morrell’s “Forks” in St. Nicholas. Much Depends on Worker, ‘The man who mixes the mortar, the man who lays the granite, the man who saws, digs, hews or harles—upon each of these the honesty of the world depends. * * * You may Ite in your throat, and no one to be the worse of it; to lie with the hands 1s to add a stone to the fabric of the world’s disgrace—New York Times ‘4. Honeymoons Cut Short. Brevity and economy in honey: moons, the London Express says, are vecoming 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 thelr new home from the church and stay there, Chinese Stamce. 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 “luck” 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 prov posal has been made that at every hall a mouse should be kept, which could be let loose if necessary.—Lon- don Telegraph, Professional Tooth-Stainers The trade of tooth-stainer 1s pecu- Mar to Eastern Asia, ‘The natives pre- fer black teed to the whiter kind, and the tooth-stainer, with a little box of brushes and coloring matter, calls on his customers and stains their teeth, To Restore Calf Bindings, Wash lightly with a soft. sponge dipped fu 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 welt 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 It. If these methods fail, a teaspoonful of biear- bonate of soda in a half tumbler of water should be taken. | Pe ty Hair and Disease. A Japanese scientist named Mat- 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 condl- tion that {t contains a veritable bis: tory of the state of the tndividual to [whom it belongs, for the period cov- ered by its growth. Uncalled-For Night of Agony. A story {s told of a man who, cross ing a disused coal fleld 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. 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 Typewrit- ing, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- dering, Farming and Gardening, ADVANTAGES: Sipendid 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. Says She Saw Ghost of Sergius, At the exact nour of the assassina- tlon of the Russian Grand Duke Ser- ‘glus his goddaughter, in the Alexis palace, declares he opened the door ot her room, covered with bleeding wounds, and exclaimed: “Look, young princess!” French Soldiers Cannot Write, In order to test the quality of mind of French soldiers, a set of questions —a kind of “general paper"—was sent to sixty-two soldiers at random, Of the sixty-two, seventeen could not write, and so dié 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. Man at Thirty. Love's young dream being once over, man is apt to drift past one’s comfortable matrimonial stage. At thirty he needs to be very skilfully netted.—“Ambrosia,” in The World. f 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 18, 1906. RESOURCES. LIABILITIES, Capltal tock wrersessesse8 600,000.00 Toans and discounte..........8 7,052,640.19| Surplus fund ccc Aan C8 bonds at pars 0.00 Undivided profita 222200000000. Tan sen.te Municipat bonds ana Unearned Interest "2220000000 8grnoo other “high clase National bunk. notes’ "oud: Bonds ate pares 00.0000 1,10040001| Vatandinge sts sees es 500,000.00 Cash and nigh exchangers, Aatngenor | Deposttess III Sager Total, oo. csessesseseeserees B12 208,080.21 | Totals... ssseseseeeceseee12,208,080.27 DESIGNATED UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. Directors. W. Whitehead, Edward George, LT, James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P, Mer TH, O. H. Dean, Geo. W. Jones, Lee Clark, Geo. D. Ford, G. W. Lovejoy, Felix L. LaForce, David Heals, Fernando t Neal, Wm: di, Beeger, Edwin W. Zeke To Color Hyacinth, By putting the stem of the flower into a bottle of red ink, leaving it there for an hour, the hyacinth will assume a delicate pink color. Control of Africa, All parts of Africa, except Abys- sinia, Morocco and Liberia, are con trolled directly or indirectly by some Eupropean power. French Africa is about equal in area to half the United States. THE RIVER OF YOUTH. From all the golden hills of Dream, Dew-cool and rainbow kissed, It twines and curls, a silver stream, Through valleys hung with mist. Down past enchanted woods to where Romance walks ever young, Where kings ride forth to take the air On steeds with velvet hung— Where secret stairways tempt the bold, Where pirate caves abound, And many a chest of Spanish gold May solemnly be found! Through magic years it twines and creeps, Past towers of peacock blue, Where till some captured princess sleeps And dreams come always true. Then gleam by gleam the light goes out, ‘Then darkened, grief by grief, It sighs into our Sea of Doubt And manhood’s unbelief! —Arthur Stringer. AI. Weber The well know MERCHANT TAILOR, after an extended trip through California and the west, is with us again, Everybody remembers Mr. 3 ‘Weber by the many stylish and well-made suits he a has put up, He is now at rs uw 1 x 1206: East 18th Street Where he will be glad to see his old triends and customers. Why He Was Cheerful. “No man,” sald Jerome K, Jerome, “should marry unless he is by nature a ‘good provider'—unless without a twinge he can hand forth money right and left. “Some men can in a sunny, 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. HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutic Colleges.) WASHINGTON, - - - DC. Thirty-Ninth Annual Session Will begin Oct. 1, 1906, and continue Eight Months. Students Matriculated for Day Instruction, Only. Four Years’ graded course in Medicine. Three Years’ graded course in Dental Surgery. Three Years’ graded course in Pharmacy. Instruction is given by didactic lectures. quizzes, clinics, and practi- cal laboratory demonstrations, well equipped labatories in all depart- ments, Unexcelled hospital facilities. All students must register before October 12, 1906, For catalogue or further information, apply to F. J. SHADD, M. D.. 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WHITE, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance Homes Soild on Easy Peyments Home rRoone Wek it, North Fira rest) RANMAN GIT, KaNens R. H. TODD, Tailor. Up-Staire 127 West 8th Street. BANSAS CITY, MO vet STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPHER. Matthew B. Brady and His Camera in the Days of the Civil War. Pen pictures of the scenes of the civil war have been made in countless numbers. Eye witnesses have laid bare their vivid recollections in bulky volumes. Artists have added wood-cuts, etchings, sketches and paintings to the great mass of material upon which our present day knowledge of the picture of the rebellion is based. But all these contain "a point of view." The impartial, unsympathetic, unnering mirror of events in the days of '61, as now, was the photograph camera, not so perfect then, perhaps, but thoroughly as reliable. And as the date of the stirring scenes recedes gradually into the yellowing pages of the world's calendar, it becomes more and more interesting to pick up some of UNION PICKET LINE IN FRONT OF FORT MAHONE, PETERSBURG, DE. (So close were the lines during the latter part of the stage that it became necessary for the pickets of the opposing army to intrench themselves. This was generally done in the manner shown, by wicker baskets filled with earth. Fort Mahone was one of the strong positions in the contender defences.) these fading proofs of the war cameras' story. Reproduced in this article are two photographs from the invaluable collection made during the years between 1861 and 1865 by Matthew B. Brady, the most enterprising photographer of those times. During the war Mr. Brady made his headquarters in Washington, and with rare discernment scattered his cameras in advance where things were going to happen. One man was with Sherman in the campaign that brought him enduring fame; another was with Grant in his battles and sloges around Richmond. Others were at Gettysburg and at all other places where soldiers were brought together in large numbers. The negative of the photographs GEN. GRANT AT HIS HEADQUARTERS AT COLD HARBOR, JUNE 11, 1864. (After the sanguinary battle of Cold Harbor, Grant decided to cross the James river far to Lee's right and attack Richmond from the south. The photograph was taken the day before the entire army had arrived at the banks of the James River, and the south side. By this move Grant left no opposing force between Lee and Washington, but he had so pounded Lee that the latter was in no shape to take advantage of the opportunity thus afforded him to march on the federal capital). here reproduced are among the small number of Brady's great collection that did not fall into the hands of the government in the '80s when financial reverses came upon the original owner. They were purchased at Washington for their great value to historians and are now stowed away in the war department building. This is the first time any of these negatives have been permitted for publication. The dangers and vast expenses incurred in obtaining these negatives can hardly be calculated at this remote day, but a thought of the difficulty and cost of transportation in war times and the maddening slowness of communication that prevailed will lead the imagination into stirring figures that are perhaps not far wrong. One of Brady's friends said that he "spent money like water" to maintain his corps in the field. He at least poured out money cheerfully with the firm expectation that his pictures would reap him a fortune. It was one of the great disappointments of his life that they did not. Perhaps this was due to the fact that like many men with the artistic temperament he never understood the value of a dollar. He died in New York a few years ago, a poor man. Three Shirts Instead of Two. The British soldier is now to possess three shirts instead of two. STORY OF BUCKNER. Commission Made Out for Him in Union Army Just Before He Took Command of Confederate Force. "I happen to know," said the captain, in telling the story in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, "that even after Buckner returned to Kentucky in 1861 the Unionists of that state hoped that after the neutrality craze had passed he would stand with them. I know also that as late as August 17, 1861, Uresident Lincoln ordered a commission as brigadier general made out for Simon B. Buckner. This was to be put in the hands of Gen. Robert Anderson, to be delivered to Gen. Buckner or not, at Anderson's discretion. Buckner remained in the Kentucky state guard until a few days after the battle of Bull Run, when he resigned, went south, to reappear in Kentucky in command of the confederate army that occupied Bowling Green September 18, 1861. "Before this, however, while in command of the Kentucky state guard, he had two or more interviews with his old Chicago acquaintance, George B. McClellan, in regard to observing the neutrality of Kentucky. Gen. Polk broke the neutrality September 3, and Gen. Grant occupied Paducah September 5. Before December 31, 1861, 28 union regiments of infantry and six of cavalry had been organized in Kentucky, and it soon became a battle ground. As soon as Buckner advanced to Bowling Green Gen. William T. Sherman advanced to Muldraugh's hill. "Sherman was a little impatient with the home guards and volunteers, but they were full of fight. In getting his men into position at Muldraugh's hill Sherman noticed a young man in civilian dress active among the troops. He sent for the young fellow, who promptly accounted for himself by explaining that he was a medical student acting as hospital steward, and had been called out in such a hurry that he had no time to get his uniform. Sherman insisted that he ought to have brought his uniform, hurry or no hurry. "As the young man turned away crestfallen he muttered something to an officer standing near. Sherman, suspicious, asked the officer what the hospital steward had said. The officer hesitated a moment and then replied; 'Well, general, he said that a general with such a hat as you have on had no right to scold him about not wearing his uniform.' Sherman pulled off his battered, old fashioned stovepipe hat, booked it over, and after a laugh called out: 'Young man, you are right about the hat, but you ought to have your uniform.' "When Gen. Buckner entered Kentucky he found several of his kinsmen in the union lines resisting him. One of these, Col. J. F. Buckner, he captured and held in the south for several months. Three other Kentucky officers named Buckner kept up the fight against him, and in 1862 he was captured by his old army friend, Gen. Grant. By the way, a confederate artillery officer captured at Fort Henry told me that Grant did him a good turn. After the surrender one of Grant's staff was looking for papers. The captured artillery officer explained that he had burned all papers in the fort the day before. Thereupon he was roundly abused by the staff officer, Gen. Grant, looking up, said quietly: 'No, no. I would not excuse an officer of mine who let important papers fall into the hands of the enemy. The captain only did his duty when he burned the papers.'" SHERMAN TOOK A POWDER How Gen. Howard's Temperance Proclivities Led to Amusing 一 When Gen. Sherman's army was at Goldsboro, N. C., says a correspondent of the Cleveland Leader, Gen. Sherman made a visit to the headquarters of Gen. Howard. While there, Gen. Sherman felt the need of a small drink of whiskey to drive off the marital effects of the climate on his system. Now, all the officers of the army knew of Gen. Howard's rigid temperance proclivities, and were strict in their respect for them. Gen. Sherman knew there was no whiskey in Gen. Howard's headquarters, and therefore did not mention his wants to Gen. Howard. Presently Dr. John Moore, the medical director, came in, and after a little conversation, Gen. Sherman gave him the wink and said: "Doctor, have you any selidit powders in your quarters?" The doctor answered that he had. Gen. Howard spoke up and said: "Gen. Sherman, it is not necessary to go to the doctor's quarters. I have plenty of selidit powders here, and good ones, too; I will get you one." If there was anything in Gen. Howard's headquarters that Gen. Sherman did not want it was a selidit powder, and therefore he said to Gen. Howard: "Never mind, general. Give yourself no trouble." (Howard was then getting the powder and glasses of water ready.) "I will be going by Moore's quarters after awhile." Dr. Moore was a great wag, and quickly took in the situation and became a party to the joke on Gen. Sherman: "By the way, general, I don't believe I have a sellditz powder in my quarters, and you had better take the one Gen. Howard has." By this time Gen. Howard had the powder all ready for use and handed the glasses to Gen Sherman. Rather than offend Howard by saying he meant whisky, he drank the foaming stuff down, much to his own disgust, to the satisfaction of Gen. Howard, and the amusement on the staff officers. UNSIGHTLY STRUCTURES. Wooden Sheds and Stables That Are an Eyesore to the Citizens of Washington. "Now that there seems to be a disposition to get rid of the old and unsightly structures in this city," remarked a Washington gentleman interested in the matter, "I will invite attention of owners who are desirous of improvement to one class of structures, and of the District officials who may have this matter in charge, though I do not know whether there is a law which will govern in this specific instance. "I refer to the wooden sheds which are built upon the rear portion of city lots, and which usually about the alleyes. These sheds and outhouses of which there are thousands in this city, are not seen as a rule except from our back windows. In many instances they are neglected, are delapidated and sadly in need of repair. They are usually filled with rubbish, oftimes the accumulation of years. It is unquestionable that a great many are insanitary and are a menace to the health of the neighborhood. The fire records show that a great many incipient fires have their origin in these sheds. From my rear window the other day I observed several carloads of filth rubbish taken from a single shed, and this in a good quarter of town, too. The condition in some sections can easily be left to the imagination. I think that this class of owners and tenants should be severely dealt with in the police court. "Another class of buildings which are not seen from the street and house fronts is the alley stable. Being interested in this matter I made a tour recently through a number of alleys in my neighborhood for the express purpose of observing the condition of these nuisances. I confess my surprise at the results. Although some of the stables occupied by private parties were in excellent condition others were the opposite. I then visited a downtown section of the city, where private conveyances are not kept, but where the alley stables are used for all purposes, from night-liners to business trucks. In a large percentage of cases it is a matter of regret that the authority does not exist for the razing of these nuisances to the ground forth-with. "In some cities, and I know it to be the case in New York, the ordinances governing stables are very strict, and should necessarily be so in thickly populated sections. The fact that there is a great deal of interior open space in our squares is perhaps in favor of the general health of our city, but it in nowise affects the affirmative of the question that our alley stables should be more carefully looked after than at present. "Being interested in the civic improvement movement I have found from practical experience that the only really effective manner of abating such nuisances as I refer to is a summons to and a fine in the police court. One way to assist in this movement is to appeal or rather to make complaint to the police. I have ever found the members of the department willing to cooperate with us, and I trust that citizens likewise interested will bear this fact in mind. A complaint followed by a warning sometimes accomplishes the desired result, but it is the imposition of a fine, even though small, which really does the business in the end." GOVERNMENT HAS TO PAY Workmen at the Capital Put on Extra Charges for Official Work. Residents of Washington frequently complain that the cost of living at the national capital is rapidly on the increase. Foreigners claim that Washington is a close second to St. Petersburg in point of expense. Both statements are probably an exaggeration, but an instance quoted by a diplomat the other day in support of this contention shows the attitude of some American laborers toward the government. This ambassador sent for a carpenter, whom he asked to quote prices on a walnut bookcase which he wished built into his study. The carpenter, after taking the measurements and doing a bit of figuring, said: "I can build that bookcase for you personally, for $28, but if it is for the government I shall have to charge you $10 more." When the ambassador asked the reason for this remarkable discrimination, the carpenter said: "We reason this way: The British government can just as easy afford to pay $36 for that bookcase as not, but $26 is enough to charge you for it. If you're going to pay for it the price is $26." "Then I'll pay for it," remarked the ambassador quietly, and the deal was closed. Damning Amendment "Such an amendment," said Senator Tillman, during a debate, "would destroy the bill's meaning as the meaning of the epitaph on old John Skinn's tombstone was destroyed. An amendment was tacked to John Skinn's epitaph. It consisted of one word—the word 'friend.' It was put on in the dead of night. The epitaph previous to the amendment read: 'He did his best.'" Emperor's Gift to President The emperor of Japan has sent as a gift to President Roosevelt a piece of ancient steel armor elaborately embellished. It will be placed in the White House. The armor formerly belonged to a feudal Japanese word named Odasaqa prominently identified with Japanese histori 300 years ago. ... WHAT JOY THEY BRING TO EVERY HOME as with joyous hearts and smiling faces they romp and play—when in health—and how conducive to health the games in which they indulge, the outdoor life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and the wholesome diet of which they should partake. How tenderly their health should be preserved, not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injurious or objectionable nature, and if at any time a remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence should be used; remedies which are pure and wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, like the pleasant laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs has come into general favor in many millions of well informed families, whose estimate of its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use. Syrup of Figs has also met with the approval of physicians generally, because they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle in its action. We inform all reputable physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs, obtained, by an original method, from certain plants known to them to act most beneficially and presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a secret remedy and hence we are free to refer to all well informed physicians, who do not approve of patent medicines and never favor indiscriminate self-medication. Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup of Figs always has the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—plainly printed on the front of every package and that it is for sale in bottles of one size only. If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty cent size, or having printed thereon the name of any other company, do not accept it. If you fail to get the genuine you will not get its beneficial effects. Every family should always have a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial for the parents and the children, whenever a laxative remedy is required. TERRIBLE ITCHING SCALP. Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands and Limbs—An Old Soldier Declares: "Cuticura Is a Blessing." "At all times and to all people I am willing to testify to the merits of Cuticura. It saved me from worse than the tortures of hades, about the year 1900, with itching on my scalp and temples, and afterwards it commenced to break out on my hands. Then it broke out on my limbs. I then went to a surgeon whose treatment did me no good; but rather agravated the disease. I then told him I would go and see a physician in Erie. The reply was that I could go anywhere, but a case of eczema like mine could not be cured; that I was too old (80). I went to an eminent doctor in the city of Erie and treated with him for six months, with like results. I had read of the Cuticura Remedies, and so I sent for the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent, and continued taking the Resolvent until I had taken six bottles, stopping it to take the Pills. I was now getting better. I took two baths a day and at night I let the lather of the Soap dry on. I used the Ointment with great effect after washing in warm water, to stop the itching at once. I am now cured. The Cuticura treatment is a blessing, and should be by every one who has itching of the skin. I can't say any more, and thank God that He has given the world such a curative. Wm. H. Gray, 1903 Mount Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa., August 2, 1905." Pitied Pitcoe A man who had started with a friend on a week's automobile tour stayed away two weeks. When finally they got back to town, he went homes, and his wife received him coldly. What he dreaded was a scolding and an upbringing. "I am so glad to be back with you here, dear," he said; "但 I pity Pitcoe. Poor old Pitcoe?" "What is the matter with Pitcoe?" said the lady, sharply. "Ah, poor fellow," said her husband, "at this moment his wife is giving him the very deuce!" And that wily speech got him off. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. You may have observed that dressmakers never seem to tire of their efforts to improve on the work of nature. Yellow clothes are unsightly. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package 5 cents. There is something wrong about the father who is not a hero in the eyes of his little ones. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' factory, Peoria, Ill. Prosperity seems to be some men's earthly punishment. BEYOND OUR BORDERS. An official estimate places the acreage of timber in British Columbia at present at 182,750,000 acres. The number of quart bottles of champagne in the French caves last year was 109,968,363. The sugarcane estates of the West Indies have been made vastly more profitable by the introduction of steam plows and other labor-saving devices. A London dentist has made a proposal of marriage in one of the most novel ways which have yet come to light. He fell in love with an elderly patient who ordered a set of false teeth from him. When the teeth were delivered the woman found a neat proposal engraved on the plate which held the teeth. The British Zeitung am Mittag says that a Russian some time ago gave a ring worth $250 to a newspaper seller in the Friedrichstrasse for three copies of the Zeitung am Mittag. The period fixed by law during which the Russian could have regained possession of the ring recently expired, and the police have informed the newspaper seller that the ring is his lawful property. It is estimated that from 400,000 to 500,000 natives have died in Africa of sleeping sickness in the last ten years. The disease is, moreover, spreading with alarming rapidity, yet nothing is done to check it. The weight of opinion is that no person once infected ever recovers. Despite its name, sleep is not an important symptom, as it occurs only towards the end of the disease in a small number of cases. A curious case of museum robbery is engaging attention at Welmar. An agent offered some time ago to the Goethe-Schiller museum a series of Goethic manuscripts, which on examination proved to have been stolen from the museum itself. The agent explained that he had received them in good faith from a well-known antiquarian in Berlin. A search of the antiquarian's house brought to light many other documents belonging to the Welmar museum One on the Doctor A Baltimore physician who boarded a crowded car in Charles street, noticed a woman standing and a big German sprawling over twice the seat area that was necessary to him. Indignantly the physician said to his: "See here! Why don't you move a little so that this tired woman may have a seat?" For a moment the German looked dazed. Then a broad smile spread over his countenance as he answered: "Say dot's a joke on you, all right! Dot's my vife!" STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1s. LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CURRY makes out that he is senior business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforeseen, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each suit and every suit that cannot be claimed in HALL'S CATARRH CURE. SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC Hall's Catarach Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood, mucous surfaces of the system for testimony, free of F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Duggers and Free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. There is always room at the top, of course, but sometimes it's a whole lot more sociable at the bottom.—Puck. You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight to cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Pooria, Ill. You never make a mistake by talking to a man about himself. Nobody who understands the law of prices will wonder at a man making himself scarce when he feels cheap. Puck. If you use Ball Blue, get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz package only 5 cents. Taient often regards with envy the well-filled stomach of empority. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children, teething sorrows the gums, reduces inflammation, always pain, curves wind colitis. So a bottle. You can generally size up a man by the things he doesn't do. ALL HAIL PE-RU-NA. A Case of STOMACH CATARRH. MARY OBRIEN Miss Mary O'Brien, 306 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes; "Peruna cured me in five weeks of catarrh of the stomach, after suffering for four years and doctoring without effect. In common with other grateful ones who have been benefited by your discovery, I say, All hail to Peruna." Mr H. J. Henneman, Oakland, Neb., writes: "I waited before writing to you about my sickness, catarrh of the stomach, which I had over a year ago. "There were people who told me it would not stay cured, but I am sure that I am cured, for I do not feel any more ill effects, have a good appetite and am getting fat." "So I am, and will say to all, I am cured for good. "I thank you for your kindness. "Peruna will be our house medicine hereafter." Catarrh of the stomach is also known in common parlance as dyspepsia, gastritis and indigestion. No medicine will be of any permanent benefit except it removes the catarrh. A Great Tonic. Mr. Austin M. Small, Astoria, Ore., writes. "During the hot weather of the past summer I lost my appetite. I tried Peruna, and found it pleasant to take, a splendid appetizer and a great tonic." Young Men and Mechanics Wanted for the NAVY; ages 17 to 35 years; pay $400 to 500 all candidates must pass a physical examination; must be citizens of the United States, and able to speak, read, and write English. For full participation THE NAVY RECRUITING STATION, Second Floor Post Office Building, Kansas City, Mo., or Room 6 Corby Building, St. Joseph, Mo. 60 Bus. Winter Wheat Per Acre That's the sale of Salzer's Red Cross Hybrid Winter wheat. The send in stamps for free sample of same, as the original. Cruise Timothy, Graeser, Balls, Trescete, for fall planting SALZER SEED CO., Balls, N.L. La Crosse, Wis. If afflicted with use, Thompson's Eye Water When Delia Was Seventeen By Gertie De S. Wentworth-James (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) It is no use trying to keep a daily diary, because things don't happen every day! but on birthdays something always happens, so from to-day, June 1, I am going to keep a birthday diary. It is now half-past ten; the sun is shining, and I turned 17 just four and a half hours ago—according to what mamma tells me! Seventeen! Of course everybody—at least, Lady Landor and, Miss Cartwright and Erica—says that I am too young for my hair to go up and my skirts to go down, and that I ought to wait until next year, when I come out and am presented; but mamma agrees with me that an only daughter (especially when she hasn't any father) can't help growing up before her time; so I'm going to have a year's informal at home—feeling like a woman, yet finishing my lessons at the same time! I told Erica mamma had promised to give a garden party on my seventeenth birthday, so that people might understand I.was "out" in a quiet sort of way. "I think it a pity, dear," said Erica (sometimes I almost wish that my cousin had made her home somewhere except with us, when her people went away, because she always argues out my pet theories!). "You see, if a girl begins—er—things too early, she uses up all her best emotions before she is at an age really to understand the luxury of feeling." This morning as I lay in bed and watched the sun creeping through the blind till it reached my new white frock and dyed it gold, I thought about love, and tried to make up my mind whom I would marry. Of course, there is Dolf; but then he's going abroad for goodness only knows how many years—six, seven, perhaps, making me an old woman when he comes back; so, as I mean to marry early, he must be left out of the question. Bertie Rogers isn't tall enough, Archibald Wootton is too poor (at least I heard Lady Landor say his father's "financial affairs were in a very precarious state"), and Guy Lorene wears such hideous clothes. (I think it's a positive crime for any man, particularly a husband, not to be well dressed!) Then, as all those are impossible, it leaves only—Nigel Ross! And I certainly shouldn't mind Mr. Ross being left—as long as he was left to me! I never read over the description (In The World's Real 'nings') of "Roy Kethick" without thinking of him. "Strange, heavy-tidded, magnetic eyes, blue and full of things that should not be there; the mouth of a dreamer; the brow of a poet; the chin of a voluptuary; and the chest of a Norse king!" He is just like that, only more so! And now it's my birthday. He has sent me a great bouquet of white flowers; he is coming to the garden party this afternoon, and I am going to wear my new white frock which touches the ground all the way! Isn't it all lovely, and isn't the sun shining? 10:30 p. m.: My first grown-up birthday is over, and I am sitting before the glass trying to get my hair out of tangle (I French-combed it to make the plait thicker), and thinking how strange everything is. The garden party was lovely, until Dolf got silly and asked me to show him the new pups in the stable. Of course I couldn't refuse, and I really felt rather excited when he suddenly grab—er—clasped my hand across little fat Toto's back. "D-do you know I'm g-g-going away to-morrow, Delia?" he said, stuttering. "No, I didn't know you were off so soon," I replied, languidly. "Well, I am, and—and—Della, do you think you could—er—would care to—to—?" "To see you off at the station, Dolf?" "No, no! I—I—don't think I could stand that, because I'm going for years, you know." "Yes, I know." (Here I picked up one of the pups and kissed its pink nose.) "Well, Delia, if you—you—don't find any one else who seems to—to—to—suit you, don't you see, perhaps—oh! hang it all, dear, I love you awfully, and I want you to promise to marry me when I come back." "But you'll forget me after a month, Dolf," I said, leaning back against the dark stable door and smiling up at him. "I shall never, never forget you or leave off loving you all my life," he answered, in a voice that sounded very real, although the "Duchess," in The World's Real Things says that "the most truthful man becomes a liar when he dabbles in love." Just as I was thinking how dark and strong Dolf looked, and wondering exactly what I would do if he mentioned kissing me, I saw Nigel Ross turning round by the coachhouse. "I must go!" I cried, dropping Spotties on his mother's back—"I must go at once!" "Oh! Della, stay and hear me. Answer me, darling!" "Don't be silly! I can't stay—I don't want to hear." I whispered. Scarcely knowing what I said, because of my fear that Nigel (a man of twenty-four and a half), would thin that I was flirting with a boy of twenty! "I—I am sorry; I didn't mean to both- er you. Good-by," was Dolf's only answer, as he raised his straw hat and turned right away. The next minute I was speaking to Nigel, who also seemed quite nervous. It isn't much of a triumph to make a silly boy begin to stutter and stammer, but when it's a man with "strange, heavy-lidded, magnetic eyes, and the chest of a Norse king"—why, that's quite another matter! "I—er—I—er—was just looking round to see—" "To see the dogs?" I interrupted, thinking it would be tactful and womanly to help him out. "Yes," he answered, looking right and left, as if he was afraid some out would come along and disturb us. "They are the new lot, aren't they?" "Of course they are," I said, nodding towards the stables just as (oh! how I would have loved to shake my passee relative) Erica came along from the little door in the wall which leads from the grounds! "Oh! you are here?" she said, with a silly little giggle (like sixpence rattling in a glass) that is so absurd in a woman of her age. "Oh, yes, we are here!" I answered, in a tone that I am sure must have made her seem particularly foolish. Then we all waited without saying JOHNSON "I WANT YOU TO PROMISE TO MARRY ME WHEN I COME BACK." anything at all, and the very silence was enough to make Erica feel herself the inconvenient third. "Well—cr—" she began, after a moment. Now, to do her justice, I conclude that she was going to say: "Well—er—I must be going;" but, as ill luck would have it, at that instant Bertie Rogers came racing round the corner to tell me that mamma wanted me to say good-by to some people who were leaving early. "On, yes, I'll come along now," I said, of course pretending to be awfully delighted. "Erica will show you the puppies, Mr. Ross," I called out as we hurried off. Although it was a horrible pity to have a proposal of marriage interrupted like this, still, I daresay the "tantalisingness" of being kept waiting will only make him all the keener—at least, Nora says it will. After that nothing else particularly exciting happened, except that when Nigel (I am practicing calling him "Nigel" to myself, and I'm going to write "Delila Ross" in a minute, to see how it looks) said good-by, he held my hand with one of those magnetic pressures one reads about, and said: "I shall come in to-morrow, Delia, and then we'll have a long talk. Good-night, my birthday girl!" His "birthday girl!" Wasn't that quite sweet? And to-morrow will soon be here, and to-morrow we will have the wonderful "long talk!" Oh, dear! I wonder what my ring will be like! Of course I shall have diamonds, and I think a marquise, as half-hoops seem so old-fashioned somehow—everyone's mother has a half-hoop. In a way I agree with Nora in wishing that "Nigel" was dark. It takes so little to make a fair man look like a girl, while a dark one (take Dolf, for instance) always seems to—to—oh! I don't know. I wonder if I shall ever be really in love? Of course Nigel will be a good match, and as I am determined to marry while the "lilies and violets bloom," I couldn't find a nicer fliance (the dresses and dances so well, too); but, all the same, I shall never be in love with him. That will be all the more fashionable, I suppose; and then perhaps after I'm married some one will come along who—Oh, bother! there's a knock at the door—it must be mamma or Erica; I'll finish when they've gone. 11:45 p. m. It was Erica. She has just left. I can't understand it. It is most extraordinary—the most extraordinary thing in all the course of my experience. Erica came to tell me that she is engaged to Nigel Ross, who proposed to her over her puppies! Whether he proposed to her out of plique because he may have seen Dolf try to take my hand, I don't know; but I suppose it must have been so, as there is no other possible explanation. If it had been Nora, who is only just 19, I might have understood it; but Erica—Erica, who was 25 last birthday! She said she wonders that I hadn't guessed something of the sort. "Mr. Ross is only 24 and a half, isn't he?" I answered. "Yes, dear; but—" "Well, I hardly reckoned upon a case of disparity the wrong way round; but I hope you'll be very happy," was all I could say. Erica only laughed CHOICE FROM RELIGIOUS FIELDS The Question Asked and Discussed by Prof. James Orr of Glasgow. Prof. James Orr, of Glasgow, in a very striking paper, published in the United Free Church Magazine, gives the two following reasons for this argument: 1. It is the age of transition. The last century has seen a revolution there unmatched in history. For instance in 30 years, out of nothing have come the universities, with over 300 special and 2,700 elementary schools, and an aggregate of over 4,355,000 students! Twenty years ago, Japan had about 10,000 published books, 14 years later they had multiplied to about 500,000,000! Of course, in such conditions, old false faiths are swept away. If there be nothing to take their place, Japan is adrift without even an ethical ruler. 2. Japan has failed to develop a true standard of moral life. The defect is not one of practice only but of ideas or ideals. The benevolence of humanness, ascribed to this people, works within a very limited area, not including mercy to the indigent, outcast and wretched. And even the philanthropic spirit, now moving, is the fruit of Christianity's teachings. Dr. Pike, at the Tokio conference, showed that it is only since the introduction of the gospel that nearly 300 benevolent institutions have been founded but it has set the pace for all forms of practical benevolence. Morality is so low that even conscience seems practically alive only as Christian teaching quickens it, as seen in sexual sins, in the filthy Kujikiji (the Shinto Bible), and the lewd theaters." BRITISH SUNDAY SCHOOLS Nearly Seven and a Half Million Children Are Enrolled—Big Gain Shown. The British statistics of the Sunday schools of the United Kingdom will have interest for the many friends of Sunday schools in the United States. At the end of 1905, the scholars reached the splendid total of 7,364,304, and the teachers numbered 679,316, an increase on the previous year of 64,664 scholars and 5,198 teachers. The distribution of these large numbers of teachers and scholars over the various churches is interesting. The Evangelical Free Churches lead the way with 410,543 teachers and 3,569,149 scholars. Next come the established churches with 208,948 teachers, the scholars numbering 3,056,789. In the Scottish and Irish Presbyterian churches, there are 55,340 teachers and 744,414 scholars; while there are unclassified 4,485 teachers and 43,944 scholars. Here also is seen the welcome fruiture of the Welsh revival; for the increase in the twelfthment of Sunday scholars in the principality is no less than over 32,000. MINISTERS' SONS. A Splendid Galaxy of Names That Go to Disprove a Popu-ular Saying. The well-used saying about "minister's sons, and deacons' daughters" seems largely to have dropped out of vogue. Just as a parting saute, says the Homiletic Review, we might fire after it this notable list of names of ministers' sons: Agassiz, Hallam, Jonathan Edwards, Whatley, the Wesleyes, Beechers and Spurgeons, R. S. Storrs, A. H. Bradford, Cowper, Coleridge, Tennyson, Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Emerson, Charles Kingsley, Matthew Arnold, Dean Stanley, Macaulay (agrandson), Thackeray, Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Swift, Sterne, Hazlitt, Presidents Cleveland and Arthur, Peter Stuyvesant, Morse, the inventor, Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, Sir Evelyn Wood. Energetic Indian Missionary. Rev. Soilomon Baker is a Choctaw preacher in Indian territory. He traveled 640 miles on horseback in three months, and preached 55 sermons and held 48 prayer meetings. He started to attend a Bible institute 125 miles away, but his pony gave out when he had gone about 75 miles. So anxious was he to attend the institute that he walked over the mountains, sleeping under the blue sky on the way. That is a sample of home missionary work among the Indians. Missionary Work in Southeast Europe The Missionary association for southeast Europe was founded in Kartowitz, Silesia, Germany, in 1904. Its purpose is to send the Gospel to the Slavs and Gipsies of southeast Europe, at the same time preaching the Gospel to every creature. The first year, 1904-'05, of the preparatory school for its missionaries brought foul consecrated young men, so that the association seems to have no lack of future laborers. Spurgeon Coming Rev. Thomas Spurgeon has accepted an invitation to supply the pulpit of Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., during July and August. Mr. Spurgeon, hopes to combine his preaching duties with some holiday rest while in America. Save the Babies. INFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirtyseven per cent., or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a majority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAVELZ PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alx. Seed - Rohdea Salt - Anion Seed - Impurity - Dr. Carbonate Soda - Worm Seed - Chewing Sugar - Mineral Fluor. A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of G. H. Foster NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSIS - 35 CINES EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. GENERAL GLEANINGS The king of Ashanti has 3,332 wives. A young Jones is born every 40 minutes. The number of known stars exceeds 100,000,000. Contributors to the London Times are paid $25 a column. One man in six in the American navy is a total abstainer. The parrot appreciates music more than any other of the lower animals. Over 20,000,000 leeches were used annually 25 years ago, but now not 1,000,000 a year are used. The world's largest prune orchard —in Los Gatos, Cal.—contains 50,000 trees and yields an annual profit of $50,000. The mare is by no means singular. Everything goes, where money is the motive.—Puck. 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I claim that it has no superior hot or cold starching, and It Will Not Stick to the Iron No cheap premiums are given with DEFIANCE STARCH, but YOU GET ONE-THIRD MORE FOR YOUR MONEY than of any other brand. DEFIANCE STARCH costs 10c for a 10oz. package, and I will refund your money if it sticks to the iron. Truly yours, HONEST JOHN. The Grocery man Defiance WILL NOT STICK TO THE IRON Queen Victoria's Cats Queen Victoria was a great lover of cats, and when the court moved it was accompanied by a regular caravan of cats. Persian, Manx, Angora, Malene and tabby cats, all traveled in state to Barmoral, Osborne, Windsor or Buckingham palace, as the case might be. One Persian cat, of which the queen was particularly fond, wore around her neck a collar, on which appeared in silver letters the inscription, "I belong to the queen." Black Snake a Fighter A writer has described the common black snake as the most pugnacious of all the reptile family. "He is always ready for a fight," he said, "and the man who doesn't understand his style of fighting will do well to apoioize before the first blow is struck." A large number of the snakes in the Worcester farm are Florida rattlers caught by Mr. Brownell within the last three years. Table Manners Mary thines are not taught at school at the present day because they are declared to be obsolete, and some of its suspect that table manners are among them. If not, how are we to account for the ungrateful manipulation of knife and fork that we witness so frequently, and the misuse of tableware generally, which is at times almost barbaric?—Lady's Pictor Free Scores of Operas A German inventor has perfected an apparatus which, by easy manipulation, throws the words of an opera being sung on to the proscenium above the stage. The words appear line by line as they are sung, and there is nothing about it to disturb the spectators. The apparatus is controlled by theprompter, and is stated to be quite cheap. Influence of Music It was Roger Bacon who wrote: "Instrumental music and song brings power and vigor, stirs up nature and helps her in all her motions," and the man who takes a daily dose of music will not only live longer, but better, more satisfactorily to himself and those about him, than one who does not.—Exchange. Expert Evidence "When he goes to a Liberal meeting he is a Liberal and when he goes to a Tory meeting he is a Tory," said a voter's wife to a canvasser. "But," queried the canvasser, "what is he when he is at home?" and the lady have the unexpected reply: "When he is at home he is a nuisance."—London Mail. A Careful Merrimac Man A prominent business man of Meritmac, Mass., while attending a horse lot, was accosted by a fakir, who said: "Take a hand." To this the meritmac man replied, "No, sir; I have only two hands, and I have to keep one on my pocketbook and the ther on my watch." Judicial Reserve It may be doubted whether the English bench is able to maintain the same reserve which was one of its characteristics little more than a century ago. We have even heard of learned judges being seen jumping into omnibuses in Oxford street.—Solicitors' Journal. "Pawning Agent." A woman who appeared in a London police court the other day was described as a "pawning agent." She makes her living by paying things for her neighbors, who pay her a commission because they believe she can secure larger loans than they could. Nothing More Amusing There is hardly anything more amusing than to watch a millionaire bargaining over a penny. But the chances are that if he had not bargained he would never have become a millionaire.—Neue Freie Presse, Vienna. Ancient Military Leaders Plutarch relates that when Hannibal was asked who were the greatest military leaders in the world's history, he gave the first place to Pyrrhus, the second to Scipio, his own conqueror, himself taking third place. Family Umbrella There has been discovered at Greenock, England, an old-fashioned umbrella with whale-bone ribs, which must be quite 120 years old. When opened it affords shelter for a whole family. His Apology. "I'd like to take you home to dinner, old chap," said Mr. Younghusband, "but this is one of the days my wife and the hired girl go to cooking school." -Woman's Home Companion. Uncovers Famous Picture Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in the Paris Louvre has a new frame which reveals an edge of the famous picture heretofore covered. When Male Vanity Shows Itself. After a man has been told that his hair is getting thin on top for the first time in his life he finds out how to handle a hand glass. Oysters in Ye Olden Daves In Dresden, 300 years ago, "epicures" used to eat Venetian oysters that had been on the way three weeks. . Better Education for Girls. The greatest problem of education unsolved to-day relates to girls. Herefore their education has been a mere copy of that long ago established for boys. Some day a genius will come along and conceive thoughts which shall form the basis of an education which shall help girls to all their best possibilities without dissipating their strength on lines of effort established for natures in some respects entirely different—Collier's Weekly. Remedy for Influenza. Onion porridge is a good old-fashioned country cure for an influenza attack. Peel a large Spanish onion, divide it into fourths and put it into a saucepan with half a saltspoonful of salt, two ounces of butter and a pint of cold water. Let it simmer gently until it is quite tender, then pour into a heated bowl, dredge a little pepper over it and eat it as hot as possible before going to bed. Followed Husband in Death A case of a widow burning is reported from Margpur village in the Hurnal district, India. A woman who lost her husband two or three years ago recently made a funeral pyre, set fire to it and perished in the flames in the presence of a large number of persons. All efforts to dissuade her proved unavailing. The police did not arrive in time to save her life. Tricks That Do Not Pay: The only things that do not pay are nefarious lies, mean deceptions, low trickery, and cheap cunning, or superficial smartness, all of which, while undermining systems, soon wear themselves out and by exposing their weakness in ultimate failure, accentuate the abiding strength and sterling worth of sincerity.—Los Angeles Times. "Wolf Children." Most of the known instances of wolf children have occurred in northern India. In the Cawnpore and Lucknow districts wolves have frequently carried off infants, always males; and while many of them must have been eaten, others have been brought up and educated after the wolf fashion. Gallantry. The average female brain, we learn from a lecture by Dr. Hollander, is about five ounces lighter than the male brain. It is astonishing what a number of men one meets who, no doubt from motives of gallantry, lead one to believe that the matter is the other way about—London Punch. Examples Influence Boys: Emerson was right when he said, "We send our boys to school that the teachers may educate them, but instead the boys whom they meet there educate them." The greatest influences over boys are the examples and sentiments of their associates.—Exchange. Why on Earth? The majority of marriages present for the consideration of the curious one or two problems. The first is, "Why on earth that woman married that man?" The second is, "Why on earth that man married that woman?" — Barry Pain in The Tatler. Improving on Tennyson. "Bills to the right of us, bills to the left of us, bills that are ruinous!" papa dear thundered. "Frightful the charge was made! Senseless the price you paid!" Then on the table laid check for six hundred.—Lowell (Mass.) Citizen. Cross Breeding of Plants It is only within a century that hybridization or the cross breeding of plants has been practiced. Yet it seems to have been in Lord Bacon's mind, as a thing to be achieved, more than 30 years before. Love's Labor Lost A canvasser who was genially entertained at a house, finally asked the man who had talked with him for his vote. "I'm not on the register." was the response. "I'm only a balliff."—London Answers. Reversing Things "A man's hunt for health," said the philosopher, "is not conducted on the usual rules of races, for he never starts in pursuit of it until he finds it is already run down."—Baltimore American. Don't Worry. Learn to take things as they are marked on the calendar of life. Remember that it is not to-morrow that you will live, but it is to-day that you are living. Immense Sums for Charity London's Lord Mayors have, during the past decade collected more than $100,000,000 for charitable and benevolent purposes. Shed Antlers Once a Year Deer shed their antlers once a year, about midwinter. Ascertaining the age or a deer by their antlers is rather uncertain. Aged Silver Incots The Bank of England contains silver ingots which have lain in the vaults since 1696. Every fifteenth man in Spain is a noble. Lincoln Institute MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN. A. M. President. DEPARTMENTS: COLLEGE, NORMAL, PREPARED DUSTRIAL AND DOMINI COURSES: Classical, College Preparatory, Model Training School, Music (Inst Drawing. (Fine Arts and Mechanical), ing, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe- Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, Laundering. 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Window and Door Screens and Refrigerators 'Phone 1451. YOU ever been Chicago? In a convenient location of LA SALLE STREET city, however, it is of great importance that and comparatively new terminal, used jointly L. I. & P. Ry, and C. & E. I. R. R. City—closely adjoining the business section—State Street shopping center and all the prin- ing the city through La Salle Station is the meeting the main waiting-room with the Elec- the North, Northwest, West or South sides a 5-cent fare WITHOUT DESCENDING TO the dangers and delays of the great, crowded Into Chicago is elevated for more than eight prompt arrival at Chicago terminal is thus as- seven miles out, affords ready access to the dangers and delays of the great, crowded Chicago on sale at all points in Kansas, Ne- to September 30. The round trip, with minimum of $20. Full Have YOU ever in Chicago If so, you know the extremely convenient location STATION. If you are a stranger in the city, however, it you learn about this magnificent and comparatively by Rock Island-Frisco Lines—C. R. I. & P. Ry, and it is nearest the heart of the city—closely adjoin within easy walking distance of State Street shopping cipal hotels. Another advantage of entering the city through second-story viaduct directly connecting the main vated Railroad loop you can reach the North, North of the city by elevated trains for a 5-cent fare WHAT THE STREET. You thus avoid the dangers and danger city. The Rock Island right-of-way into Chicago is 6 miles out through the suburbs. Prompt arrival at a sured . Englewood Union Station, seven miles out southern suburbs—all through trains stop here. Summer excursion tickets to Chicago on sale a braska and Colorado daily, June 1 to September 30. Rate: Fare and one-third for the round trip, details from Have YOU ever been in Chicago? If so, you know the extremely convenient location of LA SALLE STREET STATION. If you are a stranger in the city, however, it is of great importance that you learn about this magnificent and comparatively new terminal, used jointly by Rock Island-Frisco Lines—C. R. I. & P. Ry, and C. & E. I. R. R. It is nearest the heart of the city—closely adjoining the business section—within easy walking distance of State Street shopping center and all the principal hotels. Another advantage of entering the city through La Salle Station is the second-story viaduct directly connecting the main waiting-room with the Elevated Railroad loop—you can reach the North, Northwest, West or South sides of the city by elevated trains for a 5-cent fare WITHOUT DESCENDING TO THE STREET. You thus avoid the dangers and delays of the great, crowded city. 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 assured. Englewood Union Station, seven miles out, affords ready access to southern suburbs—all through trains stop here. Summer excursion tickets to Chicago on sale at all points in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado daily, June 1 to September 30. Rate: Fare and one-third for the round trip, with minimum of $20. Full details from J. A. STEWART, General Agent Passenger Department, 412-413 Bryant Building, KANSAS CITY. MO. European Plan All Mo HOTEL Mc 721-723 Charlotte St., K Room and Board $5.00 per week. Rooms with Single Meals 25 cents. Hot and Cold Baths Inc BEN McRAY, P All Modern Improvements L McRAY Notte St., K. C., Mo k. Rooms without Board $2. d Cold Baths Included. McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. FLOUR 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. Single Meals 25 cents. Hot and Cold Baths Included. BEN McRAY, Prop. and Mgr. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT --- --- W Best Stoves Made. Largest Stock in City. 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It supplies the needed oil directly to the roots of the hair, softens and invigorates the scalp, there by removing dandruff and promoting the growth of the hair, and invigorates the scalp, there by removing dandruff and promoting the growth of the hair, which is nearly always due to lack of natural oil in the hair. Nelson's Hair Dressing is an excellent remedy for all kinds of Scalp Diseases such as Tetting, Itching and Scaling of the Scalp, Dandruff, &c. Nelson's Hair Dressing is delightfully perfumed; put up in handsome 4-ounce square tint boxes (like one shown in cut), and sold everywhere by druggists and agents at 25 cents a box. If you cannot find it in your town, send us 30 cents in stamps and we will mail you a full size box, postage paid. Address. WE WANT GOOD AGENTS. WRITE FOR PRICES, TERMS, ETC. ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS GENTS FURNISHERS SHOES SAM. H. FINKELSTEIN, Prop. Stetson Hats $1.50 Cleaned and Blocked. Our Motto: "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH" 805 Main Street, Kansas City MO "Hot Springs Special" Long looked for Improved Train Service between Kansas City and Hot Springs, Arkansas, and return daily, is now provided for by the Hot Springs Little Rock MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Fort Smith Coffeyville Leaving Kansas City at 11:00 a. m. daily. Arrive in Hot Springs to Breakfast. This train runs via Paola, Garnett, Neodesha, Independence (Kan.), Coffeyville, Ft. Smith and Little Rock. Through Sleepers and Chair Cars (all seats free) to Hot Springs. A special feature on this "Hot Springs Special" is the Elegant Dining Cars. This train connects at Little Rock with the Iron Mountain Trains for all Southeastern Points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Hot Springs Night Express 9:35 p. m. daily. For Excursion Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and all information, call or address E. S. JEWETT, Gen'l Agt. Passenger Dept. 901 Main Street. KANSAS CITY MO. Home Telephone 6327 Main. 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