The Rising Son

Rising Son VOLUME XI. KANSAS CITY, MO., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1906. NUMBER PROF. R. W. FOSTER, WHO BE-CAUSE OF HIS LONG SUCCESS FUL CAREER AS HEAD OF THE DOUGLAS SCHOOL SHOULD BE NAMED FOR PRINCIPAL-SHIP OF THE LINCOLN SCHOOL. ST. JOSEPH SOCIETY PLANS MANY SOCIAL FUNCTIONS ... FOR THE INTERSTATE. In view of the fact that the many social and literary clubs of this city are putting forth every effort to en- ed in other ways,—then in addition to these mistreatments there was talk of bringing foreigners into the state to take the place of negroes. "We cannot be satisfied when our job is at stake." E. E. Perkisn, secretary and treas- deeds and wild career of their sons and daughters. Don't you hear that song, "Oh, where is my wandering boy to-night. Oh, where is my boy to-night. Oh! Stop and think of the many old mothers tottering to their graves by the grief of the strong influencers that Moved! Mov Of all the candidates for principal of Lincoln School, Prof. R. W. Foster, stands out conspicuously preeminent. First, because of his long successful career as principal of Douglas School. Second, because of his fitness and years of experience for such a position. Third, because of being one of the greatest disciplinarians in the negro schools of this state. Fourth, because he is not seeking the office but letting the office seek the man. The Son is supporting Prof. Foster, for this position because he is deserving of it. As a manly negro he has always stood out prominently for his race. On every public question concerning his people he has always been on the right side. As a father of a large family he has so raised his children that his word is law in his household. As principal of Douglas school he has an immaculate record as one of the best principals Kansas City can afford. He is beloved by thousands of negro families with whom he has had occasion to deal from a parental standpoint. Again because the members of the board of education know him to be a responsible negro. Lincoln school at this period needs a young vigorous man like R. W. Foster. Thousands of negroes would like to see him get this position. If this position shall be given from a point of merit and deservedness then the members of the board of education should consider this candidate from a point of disciplinarianship, intelligence, experience and character. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. Methods of Teaching the Industries at Lincoln Institute, Dr. Benjamin F. Allen, President. Josephine S. Yates, department of English. Methods of teaching the Industries in Lincoln Institute, the Missouri State Normal and college for negroes, are practical and approved and in addition, contain many original ideas that may be accredited to its progressive and scholarly president Dr. B. F. Allen, who looks after every detail of work in the industrial department, as well as elsewhere, with the most minute care. Every encouragement is given the student to follow some industry, in fact every student is required to complete several branches of industrial work during the course and thus is he prepared to become a producer as well as a consumer. As an aid to an increasing zeal along industrial lines, President Allen is now giving a series of morning talks to the students. The fact is, these talks are made by the administrative head to the entire school, young men and young women alike, and outside of the classes in which there particular branches are taught, helps to emphasize upon the mind of the average student, the value, dignity, and necessity of labor and to enforce the principle that he who would be a valuable citizen in American, or any other progressive civilization, must be able and willing to do something well, very well. DR. T. C. UNTHANK TO TAKE THE PULPIT. Dr. T. C. Unthank has been summoned to preach a lay-sermon at Allen Chapel Sunday evening. He will take for his text, "Faith, Hope and Charity, and the greatest of these is charity. The other doctors, Lambright, Shannon, Perry, Thompson Birch and E. B. Ramsey will officiate at the collection table. The ladies are especially invited to give their money to Dr. Ramsey, captain of the collection team. The object of the sermon is to furnish Allen Chapel a room in the new addition at Douglass hospital. Some negroes who have city positions are trimming their sails for the county, but their wings will be clipped. ST. JOSEPH SOCIETY PLANS In view of the fact that the many social and literary clubs of this city are putting forth every effort to entertain the visitors to the Inter-state which meets here during the Christmas holidays, it is hoped that all delegates and visitors will come expecting to enjoy themselves and feeling that they will be well cared for as the citizens mean to leave no stone unturned. Local societies are co-operating with the Ex. Committee to make the 16th annual session of the Inter-State the most instructive and enjoyable meeting of its history. The purposed art exhibit has proven very popular among the ladies and it is expected to draw many exhibitors from other cities. Those who anticipate attending the sessions are urged to come early so as to be comfortably located in time to participate in the numerous social functions. The following are among some of the social affairs planned by society folks: Dec. 25, concert by Western University Choral society; Dec. 26, reception to delegates and visitors by citizens; Dec. 27, (afternoon) reception to delegates and visitors by Ladies' clubs of the city; Dec. 27, (evening) full dress ball by Shriners; Dec. 28, art exhibit and reception to visiting exhibitors and friends by Jewell Art Club of this city. Besides these there will be many other interesting entertainments to ard to the pleasures of the visitors and delegates. GREENVILLE, MISS., NEWS. Greenville, Miss., Dec. 7.—Perhaps the largest and most aggressive body of negro men that has ever met in this city, was the Stringer Grand Lodge of Mason, which assembled here during the week, and has brought to the city representative men from all parts of the state numbering 1010. This body shows the progress made by our people since 1865, as in the body was to be found, doctors, lawyers, merchants, ministers of high standing, planters, post-masters, clerks bankers and other representative men of the race. The body was presided over by Rev. E. W. Lampton, D D. grand, master, and who is also financial secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal church with headquarers in Washington, D. C. Dr. Lampton has been grand master of the grand lodge for a number of years and was re-elected at the close this week. This body stands for the highest development of the race, self-respect, self-independence and self-help. It believes that there is a possibility for the race in Mississippi, and by industry, honesty and thrift the race will carve out for itself a bright future. To this end home buying has been encouraged, the grand lodge itself having purchased 1,000 acres of land in the Delta, and which will eventually provide for the support of the aged members of the craft, together with widows and orphans of deceased members of the craft. The opening session was held last Tuesday, and was attended by many of the citizens. Hon. John W. Strauther, one of the leading business men in the Delta, an undertaker in Greenville, acted as mester of ceremonies and he was well up. Rev. C. T. Stamps made the opening praeyr and this was followed by music by the choir St. Matthew A. M. E. church, of which the Rev. R. A. Adams is pastor. Minor William Yegger, delivered an address of welcome, in which he commended the body of colored men upon their neat appearance, as each Mason wore full dress with but few exceptions. He said that he had lived in the state, and around Greenville all of his life and had always found colored people-to be his friends and he was a friend to the race. "And why not?" he said. Grang Master Lampton responded to the first address. He told themayor and Editor Smith that the negroes of Mississippi were not satisfied, because in some places numbers of their race even hanged without trial, burned at the stake, shot down and mistreat- ed in other ways,—then in addition to these mistreatments there was talk of bringing foreigners into the state to take the place of negroes. "We cannot be satisfied when our job is at stake." E. E. Perkisn, secretary and treasurer of the Masonic Benefit sociation, which is one of the most important adjuncts t o the grand lodge made his annual report. This report took up indetails the amount of money received and paid out, the amount paid to each widow and orphan. The receipts amounted to $126,000 paid about $90,000 paid out to the widow and orphans. This was considered a good showing, and in the future each will receive at death $600. Step by step the grand lodge is going up and lsp reparing for the race. It is now the strongest organization in the whole south, and is doing more to inspire the negro. RESOLUTIONS OF THE DONOR CLUB AN AUXILIARY OF AL. LEN CHAPEL ENDORSING R. W. FOSTER FOR PRINCIPAL OF THE LINCOLN WARD SCHOOL. Be it resolved that Prof. R. W. Foster, because of his great acts of charity and individual work in Allen chapel be endorsed for Lincoln School as its principal. Be it further resolved that be cause of his splendid work and help to this organization that he shall have our entire and sincere support for this position. Be it further resolved because of his general fitness, scholarly appearance and good disciplinarianship that we appoint a committee consisting of president, secretary and treasurer to present these resolutions to members of the board of education. JOHN T. MORELAND SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO A POSITION AT THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. John T. Moreland should have the support of all respectable negroes in this community for a position in the county. He has always been a consistent republican worker. He is a great factor to be dealt with in future campaigns. In the 9th ward, from which he hails, he is regarded by the committeemen as a deserving man for a position. NOW LET WAR BE WAGED AGAINST CLUBS AND GAMBLING DENS WHERE NEGRO YOUTHS ARE HURLED TO DESTRUCTION. The republican judges have been elected to every bench, except the criminal bench. What will they do to perpetuate their claims in the county and city. In this community are some negro institutions that are hell holes and the most damnable places for the downfall of young boys and girls. There is only one club at this writing that is exempted from this campaign and that is the Walters Catering Association at 1223 Baltimore a place for the gathering of all the waiters and railroad porters who wish for a place to stay while they are waiting for hours of watch to begin. Now the rest of the places the Son intends with its thousands of supporters both black and white to carry on an uncompromising and unflinching campaign against them. Like Frederick Douglas, the great negro torch-bearer who cried out: "Is God Dead?" Will the living get justice? Will the negroes rise up and smite their greatest evil dead? Will the negro preachers arouse themselves and organize a committee to wait on the republican judges and have them with all the power at the command of the white man to close these places? The preacher who hesitates in this call from God, shall go down on record in the Rising Son before its many readers as weaklings. This paper shall not cease its writings until our greatest race menace has been smitten dead. Every judge in county and city takes this paper. Let them be moved by God to do their duty by the negro race. Just to think of the mothers broken hearted, thinking of the mis deeds and wild career of their sons and daughters. Don't you hear that song, "Oh, where is my wandering boy to-night, Oh, where is my boy to night. Oh! Stop and think of the many old mothers tottering to their graves by the grief of the strong influences that carry their children to their graves by a premature death. Oh! Listen to the voice of Jesus calling on the negroes to get right. Will the noble men of the Negro Race rise up and assert themselves. Lay on MacDuff! Lay on! Come forth out of stylian darkness! Let there be light! The great ship of Destiny in which the negro is riding, let there be a strong pilot at the helm. Let the powers to be among the white people come to our assistance. Let Judges Brumback, McCume, Patterson, Goodrich, Parks, and our own noble L. B. Kimbrell come to our rescue. Let the negroes get a petition and have every judge and white man of influence sign to close these clubs. Oh! Let God move us to better our race. Metropolitan's New Switches Here Mr. C. N. Black, general manager of the Metropolitan Street railway has received the new switches for the McGee Street road. Because of the delay in receiving these switches operation on that road had to cease. In about ten more days cars will be running over the road. S Mme. DE VAUL VINCENT, 1018 Michigan Ave. Madame De Vaul Vincent, expert seamstress and dressmaking teacher. Mrs. Vincent's work is doing a great good among the negro women. In this community is a lady seamstress who, because of her individual efforts has rallied around her a number of negro girls who are learning every day the art of sewing. Mrs. Vincent has been especially fitted for the work because of her training in the ladies tailoring schools of New York and Chicago; having attended "S. T. Tailor" school of Tailoring in New York and the MacDowel Systematic school of Chicago. In addition to this she finished the technical course of Ladies Artistic Suit designing in the New York School of Kansas City. After this she took the post graduating course of Systematic Waist designing which gives to her four diplomas in her trade. This undoubtedly puts Mrs. Vincent in the rank with the best dressmakers of the city white or black. Mrs. DeVaul Vincent was born in Dayton, C 1872 and since coming to this city fourteen years ago she has followed the dressmaking trade exclusively, as she has worked in all of the first class white places of this city until two years ago when she opened up a school for the training of colored women in that art. Her work entitles her with the support of all the negroes' Any girl who lacks a trade or something by which they can become bread winners should apply to her for a special course. Mothers who have daughters should also send them to her for an entire sewing season. Moved! Moved! Take notice, the office of the Rising Son has been moved to 914 East 12th Street Come around and pay the new owner a visit. Come around and pay your subscription as a Xmas gift to the manager, or perhaps, send it in by mail. Thanking you for what you have done in the past. Bring us your news, and let us know what is going on in society. Phone your news to 780 Main, Home, or 780 Grand, Bell. Now come on, all together, and let us make this paper the Leading Journal in the West. Let us have from 10.000 to 15.000 subscribers. HOMES FURNISHED For Cash or on easy payments John B. Stetson's Hats Whenever you want a HAT Always go to LEWIS' FASHION In styles and quality they excel They always carry the latest Every hat is guaranteed Remember the name and location See big display in their windows COMPTON'S HOTEL 781 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Mo. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS Bell Phone 20 8 Main A COMPTON, Mgr. NUMBER 19 oved of the Som to Street or a visit. Con- tains gift to the ma- king you for whi y what is going o n, Home, or 78 and let us ma- test. Let us hau S ED ture MATTERS FEMININE. For the Shopping Tour. PRETTY PURSE EASILY WORKED IN CROCHET. Work of a Few Idle Minutes Will Result in a Useful and Ornamental Adjunct to the Out of Door Toilet. This pretty purse is easily worked, and may be made in purse silk of any color. The lower part is com- posed of small brass rings the size shown in illustration. They are worked with double stitches in crochet. Work as many doubles as will cover the ring closely; 32 rings are LIGHT COLORS FOR WINTER. Pale Tinted Gowns Strictly In Order For the Street. It really looks as though every woman would be compelled to have one pale dress for winter wear in the streets. There is something so elegantly smart about the pale tinted gown. It looks new and it carries with it an air of luxury which the dark colored dress does not always have. Then, beside these points, it is very becoming to almost everybody and there are few who can ignore these things. "It would surprise you," said a mod late, "were you to see the number of handsome, light-colored volles we are making up for street wear. One would almost think it were spring in ahead of late autumn and winter. "One of our loveliest and newest dresses is in pale tan volle, with a lining of white taffeta. The volle is made with box plaited skirt with the plats so arranged that there is a plain canal in the front and one in the back. The volle skirt falls over a foundation of white taffeta made plainly, with a little knife plaiting around the foot. This gown, with an Eton of tan volle, trimmed with deep brown velvet, is one of the handsome things of the autumn. "We make a great many ivory colored voles now and not a few in heliotrope, which is essentially a fall color. And, then, we are making up voles in rose color and in green. There is no end to the demand for these thin materials. Of course, for the everyday street wear there is more demand for checks, but for nice wear one must have volle or some other thin goods of the veiling family." Striped Silks Worn. Among the fancy silks one finds an abundance of stripes—stripes in all widths, stripes in white and color or in two colors, stripes in contrasting materials, such as satin and crepe, satin and chiffon, satin and velvet. Some of the striped silks in light coloring are exceedingly pretty materials for simple evening frocks, being only moderately expensive and requiring but little trimming because of their elaborate designs. A particularly successful silk of this type was in a soft shimmering texture of the radium class and had a white surface pin, striped closely with apple green. At two-inch intervals ran heavy quarter-inch stripes of the green, broken every four or five inches by little flower clusters of shades of rose and yellow. How to Know. "In selecting a silk petticoat," said the saleswoman. "I would never advise a woman to buy one that costs less than $6, for while cheaper ones may look quite as good the quality of the material cannot be much that the garment will give satisfaction. "Buy a soft silk it' preference to a stiff tuffeta, for it v' is better. "Be sure there it' a good quality of material in a puffet but beere purchasing. This can be easily told by the feel, at least persons familiar with silks know as soon as they touch the material whether or not it is good. A tuffeta that rustles between the fingers is best, while in a soft silk, the softer and more pliable it' is the better the grade of material." needed. When worked they may be sewn together by a needle and silk, or they may be joined by drawing through the edge of one ring when working the next (see design). The spun stitches are worked with needle and silk, as in point lace. The edge of the rings at the sides and bottom should be sewn together stitch by stitch. For the top work three doubles into top of ring, then work a sufficient number of chain to lie flat, work two trebles down into the depth between two rings. Next work on each side six rows of one treble into a stitch, two chain, pass over two stitches and repeat; these two sides are not sewn together. The purse is fastened by a steel clasp, which can be purchased of most dealers in fancy work. For the edge of the bottom work: First Row:—One single into the side of a circle, four chain, pass over about six stitches, one single into the next, six chain, pass over seven stitches, one double into the next, four chain, pass over six stitches, one double into the next. The number of stitches passed over must be regulated so that the center scallop is in the center of edge of circle (see design); repeat from beginning of the row on all the circles. Second Row:—Six doubles under four chain, three chain, one single into the first, six doubles under same four chain the last were worked under, eight doubles under six chain, four chain, one single into first, eight doubles under same six chain, six doubles under four chain, three chain, one single into the first, six doubles under same four chain, repeat from the beginning of the row. They Can Be Converted Into Dainty Embroidery Baskets. A dainty embroidery basket to hang on the back of the sewing chair in the family sitting room can be constructed from a wide-brimmed summer hat that has outlived its usefulness as headgear. If the straw is too badly discolored to be successfully cleaned get a 10-cent package of dye and color it any artistic shade—burnt orange, old rose or moss green for preference. Then line it with silkoline or China silk of a pretty contrasting tone and sew different sized pockets of the material at intervals around the edge—these to hold the thimble, tape measure, embroidery scissors, spools of thread and other indispensables. For a handle, sew on opposite sides of the inverted hat the two ends of a yard of inch-wide ribbon matching the lining, concealing the stitches on the outer side with jaunty bows. It the hat is inclined to spread over instead of lending itself to the basket shape, sew a quarter of a yard of ribbon straight across the opening immediately beneath the handle. This will keep the basket in shape while it will not intereer at all with its usefulness as a receptacle for fancy work. The same idea can be utilized in making duster-holders or handy catchalls for the bed rooms and kitchen, the linings in these instances being made of any thin, inexpensive material. For a duster-holder the lining should be simply a straight length of the goods, one edge being gathered and sewn around the edge of the hat and the other hemmed and finished with a drawstring. String Box. In a round tin of suitable size we have an almost ready-made string box, and all that is necessary to fit it for its new use is to pierce a small hole in the center of the lid, and then decorate the exterior in any manner. we fancy. It may be enameled or covered entirely with paper, on which some pretty floral design can be painted. In our sketch the box is ornamented with a ribbon near the top, under which a small pair of scissors can be slipped, and used for cutting the string when required. Eurs and the Complexion Squirrel is more becoming to dark hair, although it looks well with golden hair if the complexion is blooming. Neither chinchilla, squirrel nor other gray furs look well with a sallow complexion if they must come near the face. Reward of Duty. The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another—George Eliot. High Ideals of Honor. MARGARET SANGSTER'S GOOD ADVICE TO BOYS. The Tell-Tale Is Rightly Unpopular— Proper Life Is One in Which There Is Never Anything to Conceal. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. The one character that nobody can endure because he is simply too mean and too hateful for anything but contem- t, is a sneak. When a fellow is too cowardly to bear the blame if he happens to do something wrong, when he lets others suffer for what he has done or said, when he is a hypocrite, there is no atti- tude possible to him except that of abhorrence. Nobody can respect a coward, and the sneak in the school- boy world is always cowardly. In one of Dickens' novels, one that every boy should read, there is a cringing creature called Uriah Heepa. Nothing is too petty or shameful for this person who rings false like counterfeit coin from beginning to end. Perhaps you are so busy in reading the books that are published to day that you have not found time to read the books that stand in stately rows on the library shelves, full of quaint illustrations and belonging in the ranks of standard literature. Among these books are several by Charles Dickens that you ought to read. A boy who can resist the charm of David Copperfield or who would not be interested in Nicholas Nickleby, is not a boy after my heart. Although Dickens portrays more than one lad of the variety known as sneak, he describes manly fellows, too, with whom anyone would like to be intimate at school. Cowardlee is of several kinds. There are boys who have an abundance of physical courage, who would dash forward and seize the bridle of a runaway horse, or interfere in a fight between savage dogs, or rescue a child from sudden peril, if they could. Very seldom do we find a fellow who has this sort of headlong valor who is at the same time a sneak. It would almost seem as if the brave impulse, the real manliness told also on the spiritual life for good. Yet there are boys, and for that matter, men, who have shown courage enough to lead a forlorn hope physically, but who are moral cowards. One needs to cultivate beyond everything else a stern determination to see the truth to tell it. Whatever else we do, we never save ourselves at the expense of truth. In school life there are often temptations to break rules. A boy cannot understand why teachers make peremptory regulations, for examples about smoking, trespassing beyond boundaries and doing other things that if generally done would completely frustrate the well-being of an institution. A thoroughly manly boy makes up his mind that so far as he is personally concerned he will obey rules whether he likes them or not. A boy who is unmally pretends to observe the same rules, and sometimes gets credit for doing so, when at the same time he stoops to deception and in numberless little ways, by artifices and evasions, gets what he thinks to be the better of his teachers. He is not getting the better of his teachers. He is not getting the better of them, but he is decidedly getting the worse for himself. He is lowering his moral tone, and becoming more or less a sneak. Another form of sneaking always unpopular, and for the best of reasons, is indulged in by any boy who spies upon others or deigns to be a tell-tale. Whoever may insist to the contrary, the instinctive feeling of every schoolboy is right. It is not honorable to be a spy and to curry favor with one's superior by relating the misdeeds of other boys. Schools in which this system is in vogue are sending out unworthy graduates who will not comprehend the true meaning of honor and sincerity in later life. Boys should not permit themselves to tell tales of others. One is never compelled to throw blame on a classmate. The other side of the shield, however, makes it obligatory on the classmate to step forward and assume the responsibility for his own acts. The schoolroom is a miniature world. As we bear ourselves here, so shall we appear in days to come when we are out in the wider school of business or professional life. What you are to-day you will be ten years hence, 20 years hence. A boy who begins life by doing mean, low and cowardly things, will later on become a mean, low and cowardly man. There is a great lead that each fellow can do in bolstering up a strong, straightforward rectitude in those about him. This may be done in the simplest way by example. What you are, always makes an impression on the community, a much deeper and more forcible impression than what you say. For you the community is the school. It is your place for power and manly influence. You will find quite enough to do if you try to live fearlessly and purely. If you put down in yourself anything that is base and ignoble, and if day by day you live a life in which there is nothing to conceal. Never do or say a single thing of which you would be ashamed should your mother or your sister or your dearest friend find it out. As the sneak is an object of universal contempt, so the lad who is universally admired and loved is the strong, fearless fellow, who is a good comrade, who is the champion of the weak, who never fights anybody under his size, and who never has made acquaintance in his life with the word shame. Cultivate in yourselves a high ideal of honor. Look at the men in history who have been honorable and true, and who have worn the white flower of a blameless life through all their career. One of these days you will be citizens of this great republic. You will have to vote, perhaps to bear office, and at all events you will have plenty to do for your country. To do her work well you will be obliged to scorn all that is base, and live splendidly for all that is fine and noble. (Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.) "Box Party" Is Something New—Progressive Penguin Game. "Please come to my 'box' party next Tuesday afternoon at two. Bring a pair of scissors and an apron to protect your gown." Well, of all the invitations that from time to time have reached my desk, this one was certainly a new one. I responded with keen interest to find as usual that the "clever woman" was nothing if not original. The room was literally full to overflowing with boxes of all sizes and descriptions. There were a number of sewing tables, tubes of library paste and numerous rolls of crepe tissue paper of holly and pointes design. Then there was plain red crepe paper and white, scarlet ribbon and all sorts of Christmas "stickers" or seals. This was the idea as outlined by the hostess: "Last year," she said, "I received a number of dainty Christmas gifts, a plate, homemade candy, handkerchiefs, etc., and they were done up in the most attractive boxes. On pricing them, I found the cost almost doubled the original sum expended on the gifts, so I hit upon the scheme of making them. I hate to do anything alone, I asked you all to help me and to each make one or two boxes for your own use." "And that accounts why the 'clever woman' has fairly haunted the dry goods stores for empty boxes, why the man of the house has appeared with his arms laden with bumptious packages, and why there has been a corner in the market on Christmas papers," said the little neighbor from over the way. At half after four, I wish you could have seen the array of really beautiful boxes; some were covered with plain red paper, the little seals being used for a border or in a decorative conventional design. One lady said she hadn't had so much fun since she went to kindergarten. There seems to be a fascination about cutting and pasting paper that charms not only children, but grown-ups as well. For refreshments we had delicious tea made in the drawing room, served with a spoonful of brandied cherries in each cup and the most delectable muffins with cranberries in them. I should think a "box" table at a church bazaar would be a profitable undertaking. A Progressive Peanut Party. This is played exactly as all other progressive games, viz.: partners are chosen, tables found and score cards provided. In the center of each table there is a bowl containing 100 peanuts (in the shells) and a long, new hat pin for each player. Before being seated each guest has the right hand securely tied down to the side by a ribbon or fancy cord. There is a bell at the head table. When the hundred nuts have been speared from the bowl the bell is rung, cards are punched according to the score and the game proceeds. To choose partners have cards for the men bearing this jingle: "From sticking your neighbor refrents." "From sticking your neighbor refrain, Take care, kind sir, take care; Write the same for the ladies only instead of "kind sir" put "pretty maid." If inexpensive prizes are desired have a box of salted "jumbo" peanuts and a box of peanut candy. Peanut soup, peanut butter sandwiches and cake decorated with peanuts may figure in the refreshments. Those who have attended these parties say they are funny beyond words. MADAME MERRL. Cross-Stitch: Initial Letters. These letters continue a very useful alphabet for marking house and table linen. Being so distinct they are specially suited for marking blankets, for which purpose washing silk, mercerized cotton or wool should be used. The season's umbrellas bear witness to the extravagance of the age in their richly wrought handles. The latest examples are of clear, transparent crystal inset with precious stones. Some of the handles open and disclose miniature spools of cotton, needles, thimble, seissers, glove buttons and hooks and eyes. The powder puff and handkerchief hidden in the handle are an old story. The silk is of some dark, unabtrusive color, for any pronounced tone is in doubtful taste. An Enforced Companionship By FRANCES RIVERS (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Selfishness, that insidious foe that we keep more or less under control in our home is unloosed directly we start upon our travels. Sir John Hay had, by repheensible means, secured unto himself a first-class carriage. He had tipped porters handsomely and was watching the guard puff his cheeks preparatory to blowing them empty through the whistle that was to give the enginedriver the signal to start, when the handle of his carriage door was wrenched violently open. The girl who stepped up and in turned to aid the ingress of her companion, who, however, remained on the platform and, uplifting her hands, cried: "Gracious, I have left your hand bag!" Then, turning brusquely from the door of the compartment, she sped rapidly up the platform and dived into the interior of the station. The long-delayed whistle sounded and the guard locked the door of the carriage. Sir John had been annoyed out of all reason at the invasion; yet here he was, gesticulating, imploring, commanding delay, and offering back-sheesh on the intruder's behalf. The laws of the Medes and Persians were as nothing compared to the inexorable rules of Company's Time. Sir John ground his teeth while the engine groaned, gasped, spluttered, shrieked, then slid into the comfortable level of long-journey time. Sir John experienced a feeling of lively annoyance. Companionship that has not been sought, although it may be will prove a boon, man invariably resents. But when the case is one of enforced companionship with the particular woman whom for five years the particular man has carefully sought to avoid, then the case but goes to prove the futility of fighting Fate. He turned to his companion. "There you see how little one's aid is worth when one can't even delay a train for you." She laughed—twas on a major note, and the moment of tension passed. "And to think that I have tipped those men for years and years!" he deplored, then added: "Fate having made us fellow-travelers as far as Swindon—I presume that you will await your mald at Swindon—we can surely behave like ordinary, courteous beings of the world and discuss such subjects as are not tabooed to the use of strangers." "I have most fragmentary ideas, but perhaps the weather—?" she suggested. "The weather! The subject always to hand. I think that, even before we reach Swindon, it would be only polite to offer you the hospitality of my rug. Is that permitted?" "Certainly, for since your name and condition are advertised by the brass plate on your gun-case, I may be supposed to have seen them, and, take them as a species of introduction." "The name has, since you remember it, an addition." "You forget that we are strangers, and that the Sir John Hay of the guncase is not necessarily my John Hay." There was perhaps the tiniest point of railery in her eyes. "True, that's true. And Sir John Hay—" "Would at this stage of our enforced acquaintance be anxious to inform himself of the news of the day." Sir John took up the Times. "May he be permitted to offer to his companion—?" "The Field. Thank you." She accepted it with a smile. "I regret, for your sake, that it is not the Queen." He became immersed in his journal, thus giving to the woman opposite leisure to inspect his face. He was decidedly good-looking, aristocratic, distinguished-looking, with the distinction promised at 20; traceable at 30, and now, at five-and-thirty, which she knew to be his age, very decidedly marked. There was a long, noisy silene. She broke it with a pretty pretense of hesitation: "I beg your pardon—" The Times was determinedly put aside, and Sir John, in his turn, looked at his companion, and in an instant things slid into their right proportions. After all, how absurd had been his idea that on the small income to which five years ago he could lay claim, he could have supposed he might support this exotic flower of womanhood. How had he ever ventured to suggest to her transplantation to the bleak air of his barren poverty! He had to admit to himself that he had no grievance even against her worldly-wise parents. "You were going to say—?" "That I fear the weather is getting worse, and ought we not to be somewhere near Swindon?" "The weather is certainly getting worse, but I am not in a position to be sure about Swindon. It strikes me that we have embarked upon a journey that has no perceivable end." "You have—" Miss Muir's eyes wandered, to the lunch basket—"with you a most attractive-looking hamper. The monotony of life gives way be fore an unopened surprise packet." "I am liberal-minded enough to offer to share." Pernaps it was the lunch that unlocked the heart of him. Before it he "You were going to say—?" had felt in Miss Muir's presence a little uncomfortable; but now, looking at her, she became familiar—own sister as it were to the woman he had loved. He talked of interesting, impersonal matters, was a cheery companion and a good-humored, and Miss Muir responded by a listening encouragement. They condied with each other—a sham condolence, for both were excitedly happy—over the inclement day of which, as hour after hour sped on, the weather became worse and worse. There is something peculiarly inspiriting in a rain storm from which one is protected. With Taunton reached at last, in the gloom of the dusk, came information that it was the terminus; that two previous trains had been already stopped there; that the waiting-rooms of the station were all blocked by passengers of the less distinguished classes; and that the entire accommodation of all the hotels was absorbed by the suite of a royal personage who was himself arrested and held prisoner. Demurely and dispassionately, as though the affair was neither interest nor concern of hers, with all the imposture of simplicity, she stood aside "BORN" and left to him the onus of arrangement. "We are still companions in misery," she reminded him. And ultimately an inn gave them harborage. Miss Muir established herself in a rocking-chair. The best will in the world to keep awake was not strong enough to come off successful in the conflict with warmth; for her chair, become its ally, swinging to rhythmic time, and the combination conquered her. Sir John took up his position on the opposite side of the fire, whence his romantic vision thrust itself forward as the lens to be used. His self-complacent, enviable bachelordom, which he had thought as long ago brought to perfection's point, now shivered under the featherweight of Rosa's presence—a little more slim, it might be, a little more attractive, certainly, yet not one whose impress he would have reckoned as likely to influence, for either good or ill, the well-considered structure of his life. Desire of acquisition gripped his heart. It would be crass stupidity not to make the most of this unlooked-for opportunity, for she might, to-morrow, go out of his life as she had gone once before. The fear became intolerable, and his face took on it an expression of resolution. He turned to her on passion's nerves. "Rosa." "Ah!" The woman awoke, moved, wondering, shy, but completely happy. Her eyes were soft with sleep. "John," she murmured. His face, from the altitude of his 73: inches, smiled down at her. "You woke me," she protested, reproachful. "Not without good reason." "No?" "I wanted to know that you were real." "Are you sure?" "Sure." She put out a hand: "Is that all?" "No. I had forgotten, all the time we were together, to ask far where you are bound." "Falmouth." "Falmouth! Not to my sister's?" "Yes. I have always kept up my friendship with Mary. "Then you knew?" "That you were to be those?" Yes. "And the train I was to go by." He could see that, her lip quivered. "No. That was really accident." He smiled. "A rare thing in the world is a woman with penetrating intelligence. Falling in love is no habit of mine. I did it once, some years ago, and the woman—pardon the descriptive inaccuracy—was a girl who then did not know her own mind—" Miss Muir interrupted: "She had to allow other people to make it, up for her." Sir John dropped upon his knees a her side. "Now, when Chance throws me with her again—" "Chance! Don't you really understand, John, or is a man with penetrating intelligence the rarest thing the world?" LOBBY FABLE LASTS BELIEF DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE COUNTRY. That Moneyed Interests Retain Representatives at the Capitol to Corrupt Statesmen Is Fixed Idea. The advance guard of the People's Lobby has arrived in Washington. Its members are familiarizing themselves with the looks of the capitol, the Washington monument, the Smithsonian Institution and the Botanical Gardens. The People's Lobby is based in part upon a belief that is firmly fixed and widespread among a certain class of people throughout the United States, namely, that Washington is littered and clustered with "lobbyists for big interests" while congress is in session. This belief is a curious instance of how tenacious of old stories a certain element of the American population is. Belief in the perennial existence of a big Washington lobby is a sort of tradition. A great many years ago, and especially during the period immediately following the civil war, there were a few well-known high livers in Washington who had the name, whether rightly or not, of being pretty strong at the capitol. These men were all in their graves long before the beginning of the ninth decade of the nineteenth century. They all died in obscurity and as a rule in poverty. Whatever pull they had ever enjoyed and used had been taken away from them. Around these few men clustered the vast bunch of bribery stories that have been handed down through the years. Most of these yarns are simply incredible. The late John Chamberlain, than whom no man of his day knew more of the inside dolings in Washington, used to lie back in his big chair and laugh until his sides ached when these narratives were repeated to him. For example, there is the old, old story of the poor but stubborn representative in congress whose vote was badly needed in certain Pacific railroad legislation. He took dinner with the so-called Pacific lobbyist one evening. The lobbyist helped him on with his overcoat when he took his departure. Out in the street the poor but stubborn representative dug his hand into his right hand overcoat pocket to get his gloves. Instead of his gloves he found some things in that pocket that crackled most pleasantly. He took the pleasantly crackling things out of the pocket and carried them to the light of a street lamp to have a look at them. They were five $10,000 bills. The poor but stubborn representative was not, of course, required to entertain any idea as to how those five $10,000 bills got into his right hand overcoat pocket. He voted for the measure in which the lobbyist was interested, of course. This yarn has been resurrected and reburnished year in and year out ever since the reconstruction period. The reasonableness of the story is indicated by the kind of currency the lobbyist is sold to use in his business—$10,000 bills. Almost all of the money in the overcoat pocket yarns make the bills of the $10,000 variety. A poor representative in congress, struggling along on his salary in so expensive a city as Washington, would of course be fixed out by a smart lobbyist with $10,000 bills as being the kind of money that would attract the least attention when he began to spend it. Yarns in which lobbyists are pictured as purposely losing vast sums of money at poker to senators and representatives whose votes they wanted all date back to ante-bellum antiquity, but once in a while this old legend is rechased even in modern times. There are scores and hundreds of lobbyist stories, most of them in a sort of hereditary circulation in the west and south, that are wholly and absurdly unbelievable by any sane man familiar with legislative conditions in Washington at this or any previous period. Many of the yarns are the more or less exaggerated stories of lobbyist happenings in connection with corrupt state legislatures adapted to non-existent conditions in Washington. The mythical woman lobbyist of Washington, too, has been ludicrously exploited, very often in novels that pretend to portray official and legislative Washington. The woman lobbyist is generally a strapping, queenly person, with inky masses of hair and flashing black eyes—the conventional stage adventures of the ten-twentieth' theatrical circuit—who holds the destinies of dozens of mildly infatuated senators and representatives in the palm of her illly hand, who visits them in their home libraries in the middle of the night to demand that they do her legislative biding or be cr-rushed, and who sweeps with Theodora stride through the corridors of the capitol, withering her enslaved lawmaking victims with her baleful glares and at the same time diffusing a captivating aroma of orris. Right along, every year, session after session, men come to Washington to attend to matters before congress. They represent certain interests and they make no bones about acknowledging it. They always know what they or their principals want. If they get it, well and good. In that case they pack up their grips and go away from here well pleased. If they don't get it, they pack up their grips and go away from here not pleased at all. New York Sun. DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? Profit by the Experience of One Who Has Found Relief. James R. Keeler, retired farmer, of Fenner street, Cazenovia, N. Y., says: "About fifteen years ago I suffered with my back and kidneys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting relief. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored About fifteen years ago I suffered with my back and kidneys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting relief. 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CHENEY makes oath that he is senior business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every of COUPLA that cannot be cured by the use of HALF C. TARRER CURSE. NOTARY PUBLIC Hall's Catarch Cure is taken internally and acts as a surface of the system. Send for testimonials, free. J. C. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Bulldworm for all customers. Sold by all Drugsalt, Inc. Take Hall & Family Plills for constipation. Thinks Clergy Are Losing Ground. Mr. Charles Booth, the great social scientist, in his volume on "Religion in London" is convinced that the clergy are losing ground by becoming servers of tables and organizers of charity instead of spiritual guides to their flocks. PUT DOWN "EDDICATION" IDEA. Farmers' Plea Had Weight Among Brother Agriculturalists. In the early forties, on a certain "town meetin' day" in one of the small farming communities of the Granite state, there was more than the usual interest and excitement. Some audacious Philistine had secured the insertion in the warrant of an article "To see if the town will appropriate $500 for a new schoolhouse." The sturdy yeomanry were out in force to fight down this proposition. The sympathetic moderator didn't "moderate" them worth a cent. The so-called "toney" advocates, conscious from the start of their numerical weakness, were conciliatory and persuasive, in the hope of thus winning to their standard sufficient of the opposition to carry the day. These hopes were dashed, however, when a veteran farmer, the Nestor of the guild, got the floor, and shouted in foghorn tones: "What do you want of skulehouses, anyway? This eddication talk is raisin' the old Harry with the boys on the farm! There's that Danny Webster—'s likely a young man 's ever raised in these ere parts! Got this eddication idee into his head—left the farm—never's heard of afterward!" This was a settler. "the toones" fed the scene, and the "noes" had it. NO MEDICINE. But Change of Food Gave Final Relief. A great deal of our stomach and bowel troubles come from eating too much starchy and greasy food. The stomach does not digest any of the starchy food we eat—white bread, pastry, potatoes, oats, etc—these things are digested in the small intestines, and if we eat too much, as most of us do, the organs that should digest this kind of food are overcome by excess of work, so that fermentation, indigestion, and a long train of ails result. Too much fat also is hard to digest, and this is changed into acids, sour stomach, belching gas, and a bloaty, heavy feeling. In these conditions a change from indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will work wonders in not only relieving the distress but in building up a strong digestion, clear brain and steady nerves. A Wash. woman writes: "About five years ago I suffered with bad stomach—dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation—caused, I know now, from eating starchy and greasy food. "I doctored for two years without any benefit. The doctor told me there was no cure for me. I could not eat anything without suffering severe pain in my back and sides, and I became discouraged. "A friend recommended Grape-Nuts and I began to use it. In less than two weeks I began to feel better, and inside of two months I was a well woman and have been ever since. "I can eat anything I wish with pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast, and are very fond of it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," n pkgs. "There's a reason." Suffer in Silence God has many names, though he is only one being.—Aristotle. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. On Par with Austrian Capital. The population of Chicago now almost exactly equals that of Vienna. FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ld., 631 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lives by Raising Queen Bees. Miss Flora McIntyre, sophomore in Berkeley University, California, pays her board and tuition fees by the sale of queen bees she raises. To prevent that tired feeling on ironing day—Use Defence* Starch—saves time—saves labor—saves annoyance, will not stick to the iron. The big 16 oz. package for 10c, at your grocers. New Market for Herrings. A new market for Yarmouth herrings has been opened in the Caucasus, some Scotch merchants having sent an experimental shipment there. The fish are being handled by Prince Louis Napoleon Murat. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. Australia's Chief Engineer. T. Roberts, chief mechanical engineer of the South Australian government, has been appointed, subject to the ratification of the various Australian governments, consulting mining engineer for the whole of Australia, with an office in London. The nomination comes from the Australian commissioner of railways. Worth Knowing. That Allcock's Plasters are the highest result of medical science and skill, and in ingredients and method have never been equaled. That they are the original and genuine porous plasters upon whose reputation imitators trade. That Allcock's Plasters never fail to perform their remedial work quickly and effectually. That for Weak Back, Rheumatism, Colds, Lung Trouble, Strains and all Local Pains they are invaluable. That when you buy Allcock's Plasters you obtain the best plasters made. Missed Chance for Fame. The astronomer, Lalande, narrowly escaped being made famous by a discovery. He accidentally struck Neptune with his glass on May 8, 1785, but supposed it was a star. He put it down in his notebook as a star and recorded its exact situation. Two days later he struck it once more and made a record of it. But when he looked over his notes he found he had it down as being in two different places, and as a star cannot move in 48 hours he supposed he had made a mistake in one of his notes. If he had used his mind a little mechanically he easily might have been a Columbus. A New Sleeping Car Story. A New Sleeping Car Story. Among the railroad visitors in town yesterday was F. A. Miller, general passenger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. He visited all of the general offices in town and at the Hollenden Hotel yesterday told a story of one of the sleeping car porters who was recently found asleep while on duty. This is contrary to the rules of The St. Paul Road, and the negro man was in trouble when found by the inspector on The Pioneer Limited. He had his wits about him, however, and in response to the inspector's inquiry as to what he was doing asleep, he said: "I'll tell you how it was, boss. I have only been with the company a short time and before coming here I was working on such and such a railroad. The line was so rough that I could not get any sleep. Since I have been working for the The St. Paul the road has been so smooth that I just could not keep awake." Mr. Miller says that while the negro had violated the rules, he was permitted to keep his job on account of his wit.—Cleveland Leader. May Throw Light on History. While excitement regarding the Hohenlohe memoirs is still rife in Europe, there is subdued talk in British military circles regarding the forthcoming appearance of a book which will contain some of the late duke of Cambridge's voluminous correspondence. A diary kept by Emperor Frederick of Germany is in safekeeping in England and the day may be far distant when it also will be published. Correct answers to numerous historical enigmas may be expected from such a publication. Thousands of Women suffer every month in silence, tortures that would drive a man to the edge of despair. The ailments peculiar to women are not only painful but dangerous and should receive prompt treatment before they grow worse. If you suffer from pain, irregular functions, falling feelings, headache, side ache, dizziness, tired feeling, etc., You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight six cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Habit is stronger than nature.— Quintus Curtius Rufus. Mrs. Winlow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation always pain, cools wind cures. See a lotte. Seeks Practical Knowledge Seeks Practical Knowledge. The Montenegrin minister of agriculture is a practical man. Poultry breeding is at present engaging his attention, and in his office he has had a hen sitting to hatch a special brood of chickens. There are now nine chickens chirping round his chair. LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF. Suffered for Three Years with Itching Humor—Cruiser Newark U. S. N. Man Cured by Cuticura. "I suffered with humor for about three years off and on. I finally saw a doctor and he gave me remedies that did me no good, so I tried Cuticura when my limb below the knee to the ankle was as raw as a piece of beef. All I used was the Cuticura Soap and the Ointment. I bathed with Cuticura Soap every day, and used about six or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment. I was thoroughly cured of the humor in three weeks, and haven't been affected with it since. I use no other Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers, U. S. N., U. S. S. Newark, New York, July 8, 1905." Young Man Extensive Traveler. Young man Extensive Traveller. Lord Ronaldshay, though only thirty years of age, probably has done more traveling for his age than any man living. Few people know more than he about the Himalayas and Persia. He has also found time to explore Kashmir, Baluchistan, Ladak, Thibet and the Persian gulf, to say nothing of Ceylon. All Cloth Hats, Children's Dresses, etc. made to look like new with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Success is often a hundred-to-one shot that the talent overlooms. National Pure Food and Drugs Act. National Pure Food and Drugs Act. The Garfield Tea Company's preparation requirements of The National Pure Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906, Serial No. 384, assigned by the Government, will appear on every package of their goods. 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IN KANSAS CITY, TWICE ALL THE REST. * vhe paid circulation cf ‘rie Ristnc Son is mgge chan double the féombined circu- n of all the other ay ansas City Golored a weekly newspapers. ————EEeEeeeee Peter Campbell, one of our negre officers is taking his vacation, Peter Campbell is one of the negroes: that does things. He bas landed more ne groes in polities! jobs than any other negro in the city, He has always liven a factor to be considered in pol itie THE NEGRO CLUBS ARE A RUINA TION TO THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF KANSAS aap The Son, tn bts Inst txsue took # stand aaainst one of the greatest evils Kansas City has to battle with, and That is im remands to the negra elihs which eutice the young men and we men from thelr home The negroes will never be a race until our good: nexto eltizens come Gut boldly ageinst sueh places whieh really act as boomerangs against the race How many of my thousinds of read ers deep dowa in their hearts condemn these phices, bit have not the cour age to come out gaint them. Moth ers and fathers if yeu do not make a stand now you will regret it in after years. dust last vent one of these individuals claimed that his place was a Hiterary club tor the benefit of the young men, Chiming that the yur Pose WAS to promate social, intellec Anal and the moral side of its members, ‘The intelligent negroes sat passively by and allowed thety positions aud striving to be deed to promote on of the greatest evils thet the negro hos to deal with, Thank God we have one stalwart preacher of the Gospel who is not afraid to speak ont against these places and that is ony own no- dle Rey, Samuel Bacote, Come en vow strong minister of the Gospel, anvay yourself and begin battle against these damnable institutions. No more biel sliding but let there be a washing of Hinen, Lett the negro Women arouse: themselves in behalf of thelr wayward daughters and sous. Come on fathers and recognize this erieial period of our progress and do something tor your race, dust a little over a week ago Arthur Asheraft, once a pupil of Lincoln school was shot to death in fone of these places. Now what are we going to do to rid ourselves of these evils. There must be a division in this city, ‘The good negro versus the bad ne: gro, It is from these places that crime originates. A man loses all his money, feels down and out, and. the first thing you know a erline has been committed, Oh! Almigthy God, who shapes the destiny of man and rules the mighty universe, come down. up- ‘on your chosen people at this eritical time. Give the negroes power to com: bat its greatest evil, Of God! Wil you come among us. Will you helj the negro in his undying — ernsade against these most damnable institn tions, which are a menace to our race St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 26. At the annual convention of the Inter-State Literary Society to be held in 8, Joseph during the Christ- mas holidays in addition to the liber al reward for the best original pro- duction in Oratory, Poetry, Music and English Composition the Exam- ining committee has arranged for an Art exhibit and contest. This con- fest will be opened to Art Clubs and Sewing Cireles will embrace painting, drawing, and faney needle work, The basis of representation 1s as follows: Each club 1s entitled to three delegates, a corresponding num- ber of alternates, the number of ex hibits shall be limited to nine, three to each subject, The prizes, nine in number, Will be in a series of three, classed as first, second and third Chis not members of the Inter-State are required to pay $1.50 to enter the contests. Clubs that are members pay an extra $.50 (50 cents), All exhibits are to be registered and numbered before the opening of the contest and the prizes will be award: ed by these numbers, The purpose of the Art Exhibit and contest as well as those in Oratory, Poetry, Mu- sie, and Composition is to give in- spivation and encouragement to the young men and women to become ac- tual contributors to the mental and material development of the race Literary Societies and Art Chibs that have not reported are urged to send a list of their delegates, pro: gramme numbers and fees not later than December 6th to W. A. Hill, chairman of the examining commit: tee, 152% Savannah Ave, St. Joseph, Mo: or to Mrs. W, L. Grant, Cor, See. 164 N. Fourth St, Kansas City, Kan, Ax the citizens of St. Joseph are very anxious that Christmas shall be he “homecoming” and “visiting” week for former residents, relatives, and friends, no means will be sparea in securing every possible eomfort for their gnests, Very low round trip rates may be obtained by writing Chairman W. A. Hil] at the address given above, The Art Exhibit will not be a part of the Inter-State programme, BURNS CHAPEL NOTES, Qmayterly meeting Dec 23, for the Sunday services, Rev. Dr, Hoggs, the presiding elder, will be here iss Edinonie Hubbel! is organist The ehair ts doing nicely. ‘Thanksuiving was a succes, Mrs Floenee Pater was chairman of day The Huns Literary will he, addres: sed hy Prof. J. Selear Kanis the first Foadaye vv onnintre Taare Fa Rev JM. Haris, DOD. the efth cient young pastor, addressed the Forum a few Sutdays exo on “Life's Deeper Meaning.” Negroes control fifty-one thonsand dollars Worth of praperty on Wood land ave, between Ist and 19th, You are abways weleome at Turns Chapel Sunday sehoot has been changed trom the afternoon to 9:30am. Have You Heard? CT HEN come and see Rice and Stewart's fine apartment house for gentlemen. 711 E. 12th. You should come. Up-to- date Rooms Uneed a Room. 1 Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business NO MATTOR WHERE LOCATED, Properties and Husiness of alt lands sod Atidkietorsash be ail paris of the tnited diate hunch watt, Welte today deserting Witat vou haveto sell aml give cash price If You Want to Buy any kind of Business of Meat Katate apy where, at Any pricy write ine sour tq uire Ineute. Lean dave Sou thine and money DAVID P. TAFF THE LAND MAN 413 Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS. 1000 00000090000000090005 FORD’S ‘ Proves sees { ” “OZONIZED OX MARROW"; sie. 80 : x ES y ites . 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Expert Service P 15th and Indiana 5 The ‘ Opportunity oy Comes to Two oy r [om ‘Hundred Men Pa eds aed Who care to save from $3.00 to Pe dS, yet $5.00 of their Overcoat money. 3 ays ae We told you yesterday of the Hy ¢ oe quality and style. We tell it dd ea A to you again today. They're Ed.) MRM =o made of an extra good quality ps BEA Ff. fancy cheviot; they're all wool; Pee they have velvet collars; they're ARE EG lined with an extra good quality uae. 9 Farmer's satin lining; they look joe os Oy like $25.00 coats, but they're not; aed maa they're worth about $12.00; some Rs stores get $15.00 for no better y ones. There's quite a stock of A oi them now; won't be by this time A... tomorrow. S es Good, Long, Warm, Stylish Overcoat 8 “The NEBRASKA”’ 1113-1115 Main Street anaemia Na a ta Little Rose Bud Cafe | People’s Best Eating Place. Only real French Cafe for Negroes. Meals at all hours. Open all night. Courteous treatment. Good waiters. We suit the people. A. P. SEYMOUR, Prop. 709 Wyandotte Street Justly Popular Brands. | TOM MOORE, - - - - 10c Cigar LITTLE TOM, - - - - 5c Cigar HENRY GEORGE, - - - 5c Cigar CINCO,- - - - - -.- - 5e Cigar |») SOLD BY... NILES @ MOSER CIGAR CO. 1004 Walnut Street. Kansas City, - - - Missouri. | Keep all Kinds of COAL | as cheap as any firm in | Kansas City. B.F.Cary Feed & Fuel Co. COAL, HAY and GRAIN S. E. Cor. Third and Grand Avenue ___ KANSAS CITY, MO, The Way of Prettiness. Wrappers of cashmere or French flannel, lined with china silk and em- broidered in color matching the In: ing, are as popular as ever, but al: hatross in white over color is pre- ferred to the cashmere and flannel, though it fs not so warm. The loose texture of the atsatross allows a gleam of the lintag color to show through, and the effect, especially in pink and white, is delightful. Feather stitching or herring boning finishes the hems, or perhaps all the edges are scalloped and buttonholed in color. FRANCK & WOLF HAT CC., 917 Walnut St., 2nd Floor MANUFACTURERS We make all kinds of New Hats and Repair old ones so they are as gcod as new. Starch Takes Stain Off. Apropos of starch, Its sphere of use fulness is greater than {s commonly known, Sometimes a delicate gar: ment is rained in construction by a few drops of blood from the seams: tress’ finger. Starch paste will ef- fectively remove all traces of such an accident. New Wrinkle in Gloves. Elbow gloves of white glace kid have the backs stitched in pale color: ings and are topped by a scalloped band or cuff of colored kid to match. THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST......++ DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, SubNormal and State Industrial, COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Mu- sical (Instrumental and Volcal), including piano, organ and har- mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book Binding, Business Course, Stqnography and ‘Typewrit- ing, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, CovlJng, Laun- dering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Sipendid Lecation, Healthful Climate, Good Infue 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—“qWhite” 4302. Residence—Bell—“West 15. Now is the time oO to buy your vercoats JN Black, Plain Gray Oxford Fancy Stripes, $10.00 for $8.50; $12.50 for $10.00; $15.00 for $12.50; $18.00 for $15.00; $20.00 for $18.00; $25.00 for $20.00. Suits, Black, Plain Gray, Fancy Plaids from $10. to $20. Underwear, 50¢, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 SHIRTS, COLLARS, eo and CAPS, GLOVES and MITTENS 302 E. A. H. LARSONS 233.5: SHAVE ice, | ToNscRALARrets| aim GUT aes J.B. Lester. S.L. Clemons. Duke Mayes. J. B. LESTER’S SHAVING PARLOR Hot and Cold Baths. 557 Grand Ave. Kaunas City, Me. 4 New Porcelain Tubs, Cigars, Tobacco and Pool. Massage and Hair Dyeing a Specialty. Go. C. MOORE, =" Cash Groceries and Meats, Flour, Provisions, Etc, Goods delivered free to any part of the city Bell Phone 1265 x 1605 N. 10th Street, Kansas City, Kan. Walk Over Shoe $3.50 $4.00 $5.00 f WE INVITE THE COLORED TRADE waist. Hubbard Bros. Home or Bell Phones 253 West. Prompt Service. EMPLOYMENT OFFIGE COLORED HELP A SPECIALTY : MALE AND FEMALE OFFICE HOURS: | 9to 12a, m., 1105p. m. MRS. EMMA STOVALL 1014 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kansas. KELLEY’S} FLOUR ee BE ST Kelley's Best t Beats all the Rest. GH PAT Kelley Miling Ca NEWS & GOSSIP JOHN T. MORELAND, Solicitor. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there that enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. The negro like a child will wait for the Republicans to do their duty by us. Elliza Jessee will rent you a room at 1118 Campbell, rear. Give her a trial. Let some one read in the Rising Son what you are doing in business or society. The Kensington Art Club will have its next meeting at Mrs. Harvey Wells 615 E 10th St. The negro undertakers are doing the bulk of the negroe's burying and the Son is glad of it. Mrs. Dan Willis spent Monday afternoon as the guest of Mrs. Harvey wells of 615 E. 10th. Mrs. Emma Kennedy, has returned from Omaha, Neb., and will spend the winter in Kansas City. Any one desiring to buy a fine square piano for $40 please call M. at the office of the Rising Son. Let Judge Harry G. Kyle give certain negro clubs a couple of $500 fines, and watch them go into the air. If you want a room in town, with the companionship of good men, call at the Bachelors' Apartment, 1005-07 McGee. Miss Sprague, a teacher at the Lincoln High school, has returned from Washington, D. C., where she buried her mother. Use Chowley's Anti-Sweat Powder. For bad odor it has no equal. Price 25c by mail. 5113 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted. The damnable clubs and gambling dens have ruined more young negro boys and girls than it would take to fill one of our public schools. Miss Liola Henderson of 1612 Lydia severely injured her hand by the coming together of one of the large swinging doors in the downtown stores. The Kensington Art club spent a very enjoyable afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Wheeler. There will be an election of officers in a few weeks. Mrs. Susan Robinson of St. Louis, the mother of Mrs. Minnie James has come up to Kansas City to spend the winter with her daughter at 1528 Lydia. A young lady whose name I am unable to give at present, came this morning from San Antonio, Texas, to take Nurse Training in the Douglass Hospital. Men who are at the head of gambling dens and destructive institutions for youths should not be allowed to run and control lodges and organizations tending to uplift youths. Mr. Alex D. Moore of Strong City, Kansas, is in the city visiting his sister Mrs. James Cowden. Together the attended the funeral of their uncle Mr. A. J. Moore of Dalton, Mo. The Son has differed with Nelson C. Crews upon many propositions, but upon one thing we have agreed and that is that these institutions of vice are a detriment to our race. Dr. Wm. J. Thompkins, recently of the staff of physicians and surgeons of Freedman's hospital, Washington, D. C., wishes to announce his office at 704 East 12th street; residence, Compton hotel. Both phones. The delegate to the Y. M. C. A. conference held in Ashville, N. C., Nov. 29 desires to extend many thanks to persons contributing the following amount toward defraying the expenses of the delegate: James A. Lee, $5.00; Second Baptist, $2.03; Robert Bennett, $2.00; Chas. West, $1.00; Mr. Krump, 25 cents. Total $10.28. It may seem strange that the white press of the country with its men of letters, linguists and scholars, continue to treat the word Negro as a common noun, when it is well known that the word, regardless of its derivation, is intended to denote a particular race. The pity of it is that there are some Negro journals which persist in treating the word as a common noun. We have no aversion to the word, but when it is used out of respect for English, it should be written with a big "N". Hotel Waiters' Journal Holiday Edition. I have some vacant lots that I will exchange for rooming houses, furniture in storage or equity in cottages. See F. J. Weaver, 911 Oak St. Plano and furniture mover, Packing, shipping and storage. Planos all are made to play, Yet on planos we work all day, Planos heavy or loud in tones Are easily moved by George Jones. HOME PHONE 5185 MAIN. Office 19 E. Tenth St. Good Shoes with Durability and GEORGE JONES. While a pleasant stroll is on your mind, Please try and make it in time, To No. 900 East Tenth St. And there you will find, a pleasant smoke of any kind; For George Jones has a fine line, Of cigars and tobacco, that will please your mind And Miss Vallie Bowman will find time To show you the whole line. The executive committee of the Interstate Literary Society of Kansas and the west is hereby called to meet at 1523 Savannah ave., this city, Saturday December 8, at 1 o'clock to arrange for entertaining the next session of the society to be held here Christmas. Societies are urged to get the names of the delegates and program numbers to the corresponding Secretary, Mrs. W. L. Grant, 1964. N 4th street, Kansas City, Kan., by Nov. 24th. N. P. Dudley of Philadelphia is in Kansas City giving demonstrations of the "Manklin from the University of Heidleberg." He shows mothers how they can save a great deal of sickness and expense in caring for their children; in fact he gives away some important information which has been guarded very carefully by the medical profession, and if he has not called at your home already he wishes you to drop him a card to the "Son" office, and he will call before he leaves the city. He makes no charge for his visit and every family should notify him if they have been missed. All persons destrous of giving entertainments for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans Home at 2446 Michigan ave., will confer a favor upon the managers they of, by first making known their intentions and securing the consent of the organization. This will enable the managers to protect the interests of the home as well as prevent unpleasant conflicts. This organization is a member of the Associated Charities and is under obligation to observe the regulations which govern all the other charities of the city that are considered worthy. Be it understood that whenever the home's name is used to raise money, all proceeds must be handed over to the home, but when the intention is to donate only a part of the proceeds and the name of the home is not used, then the managers will thankfully receive whatever may be offered. EVELENA BALDWIN, Pres. LUELLEN WILLIAMS, Sec. Please remember the meeting of the State Teachers' Association at Moberly during the Christmas holidays. Aside from a very high classed program that is being prepared, we shall have an educator of national reputation as the principal speaker of the week. No progressive teacher can afford to miss such a rare treat. "On to Moberly" is our war cry from this time forth. You who have delayed sending your subjects to Prin. A. R. Chinn, Glasgow, Mo., should hurry and send them as we desire to have our programs printed earlier this year. We can do so if you teachers will only act promptly and cooperate with us. All who send subjects will please be present and prepared at the time and place appointed. Have your pupils work so that the exhibits may be interesting. Yours for a successful meeting. E. W. EMORY, Cor. Sec'y. PROF. S. R. BAILEY AS A GREAT NEGRO PRINCIPAL LAID TO REST. Hush! For a great silence has come over the people in this community. A long procession is wending its way to Allen chapel. Accompanying the procession is that noble body of Masons doing honor to the dead. But who is that mouldering piece of clay lying in the casket. It is one of Kansas City's greatest Sons. They carry the casket into the church, and there the people may gaze upon that kind and benevolent face. Gaze your longest upon the body for the spirit has taken flight. It has gone to rest in peaceful slumber. Prof. Bailey is no more. No more shall he walk the premises of Lincoln school. No more shall he enter into our lives. The great living spirit of Christ has called him. He is moaned by his pupils; he is moaned by his many friends; he is moaned by his great number of white friends. The whole city moans his loss. Let us praise good men while they live for after they are dead we cannot pay them any debts of gratitude. Old King Hiram will pilot his body on to heaven. Across his tomb shall be written, "Thy work is done, well done good and faithful servant: enter thou here and you shall find rest." Good Shoes with Durability and Style It has always been our object to carry none but shoes of well known man- ufacturers. We believe that in this way do we serve our customers best as a STRONG & GARFIELD CO. HIATT SHOE CO. 520 M Kansas Lewis Hoffman Wine & Liquor Merchant. e Genuine CED. OOK W. H. McBri Bottled in Bond. ECO RYE the best Pe ania Rye made Bott bond. JAS. E. PEPP ISKEY Bottled in B 1111 BROADWAY, Las City, Miss Lewis H Wine & Merc The Genuine BROOK W er Bottled in OMY RYE t sylvania Rye in Bond. JAS WHISKEY B 1111 BRO Kansas Cit Lewis Hoffman, Wine @ Liquor Merchant. The Genuine CEDAR BROOK W. H. McBrayer Bottled in Bond. ECONOMY RYE the best Pennsylvania Rye made Bottled in Bond. JAS. E. PEPPER WHISKEY Bottled in Bond. Keystone Makers - of - High eystone Tailor of - High - Grade - Keystone Tailors Makers - of - High - Grade - Clothing N. E. Cor. 12th and Grand. Kansas Cit WHY Own Your It costs only a little more each payments than i as City, Missa WHY NOT Your Own Ho only a little more each month to buy a home or payments than it costs to rent one. Kansas City. Missouri. WHY NOT Own Your Own Home? It costs only a little more each month to buy a home on easy payments than it costs to rent one. You can buy lots in COLUMBUS ADDITION, on Humbolt Avenue, just north of Rosedale, for $100. to $250. Each Five Dollars down and Five Dollars a month is all we ask for $100. and $150. lots; Ten Dollars down and Ten a month for the $200. and $250 lots. How much more it than you now pay as Rent goes on forever; payments would last two and a half year most. You would then your home. COLUMBUS ADDITION IS HIGH, DRY and SIGHTLY And Near the Southwest Boulevard Car Lines. Go out and look at it. There is an agent on the ground every Sunday. For particulars see G. F. WINTER. 207-8 Shukert Building. 1115 Grand Avenue. --- 1105 Main Street, Kansas Ity. Mo. WAITERS shoe must be excellent on which the manufacturer is proud to place his name They combine style, character and durability to a marked degree. In shoes for women we offer the stylish and distinctive Dorotliy Dodd, the John Kelly, well known for its excellent wearing qualities and character For men we are showing "The Bostonians"—The Strong & Garfield and the Stacy-Adams, all shoes of well known character and wearing qualities ranging in price from $3.00 to $6.00. WE CAN FIT YOUR FEET BY MAIL. offman, Liquor chant. ne CEDAR T. H. McBray- Bond. ECON- the best Penn- made! Bottled E. PEPPER bottled in Bond. BADWAY, y, Missouri. To to e Tailors - Grade - Clothing ---Go to--- Missouri. NOT Own Home? month to buy a home on easy costs to rent one. How much more is this than you now pay as rent? Rent goes on forever; these payments would last only two and a half years at most. You would then own your home. Kansas City, Mo. Home Phone 4614 Main 520 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. "THE STORE OF THE PEOPLE" .Sells... Reliable Goods Reliable Goods At Low Prices. the line of Clothing, Shoe Notions, Hardware and Gr Cheerfully Refunded purchase not Satisfactory MAIN STREET Guernsey & Murray roce Co. OTH PHONES Main Store, 1121 Main St. le Park Store, ULTIMO SHIRT CO Complete line of Clothing, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, Hardware and Groceries. "Money Cheerfully Refunded on Any Purchase not Satisfactory." 1009-11 MAIN STREET BALTIMORE SHIRT CO. 3 STORES 803 Walnut 12th a Best Places in Prices Right 12th and Baltimore 9th aies in Kansas City TRY US. 803 Walnut 12th and Baltimore 9th and Wyandotte Prices Right and Good Treatment. Home 'Phone 5478 Main P.L. REAL EST And I House On Easy T 127 V KANSAS CITY Party service a specialty. Ba EMPLOYMENT BURE WAITERS' CATERING ASSOC 1223 BALTIMORE AV Bell 'Phone 4137x Grand. Ka On Easy Terms, Like Rent. 127 West 8th Street KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI. Party service a specialty. Barber shop and bath. Furnished Rooms to EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. Gentlemen only.Joe Ottey, Mgr. WAITERS' CATERING ASSOCIATION Mr. Clem James and John Huston are predated to give the best service 1223 BALTIMORE AVE. Bell 'Phone 4137x Grand. Kansas City, Mo. in the Tonsorial Department. DR. E. C. Office Hours 8 To 12m. 1 To 5 P. M. DR. E. C. BUNCH, Dentist. Office Hours 805 Independence Avenue. 8 To 12m. 1 To 5 P. M. KANSAS CITY, MO. Bell Phone 2170 Main 0 Bell 'Phone 3136 Main ATT. RENTAL ANCE. Sale Like Rent. feet MISSOURI. Furnished Rooms to men only.Joe Ottey, Mgr. James and John Huston, to give the best service Tonsorial Department. Home Phone 5646 Main. neem Gossip f; Goth ossip rrom otnam. Bits cf News Gathered in the Metropolis by Our Correspondent— Young Gould Shunned by Fellow Student;-—Suburban Cottages Displacing Flats—An Expensive Drill Floor. NEW YORK.—Kingdon Gould, eldest son of — George J. Gould, Is suffering the worst punishment \y that can be inflicted upon a college man—the pun- ishment of ostracism because his associates be lieve that he committed the worst offense a col y lege man can commit, that of “squealing.” F Young Gould, an’ everyday American boy, s KJ dared say that he wouldn't be kidnaped—and he SS » wasn't. He refused to wear a cap that was the badge of a freshman. From that day to this he has been systematically shufined by the very men who would have been his friends, He has tried to show that his resistance was only against in- sult; he has tried to make it clear that he is not U a snob, He owns an automobile, but instead of ca coming to college daily in it, as he might do, he comes up for a fivecont fare in the subway, When the freshmen needed a shell badly for its erew young Gould save the $600 necessary for it, He gives to everything liberally, but not ostentatiously. 3 Hat he was persistently snubbed, He concluded to try the experiment of letting is fellow students haze him, So one evening he was reported to the “Hack Avengers,” a secret society of hazers, numbering 15, ‘They took young Gould in hand and tortured him for two hours. Young Gould came back last aufinun prepared to enjoy the distinction of being hinseifa sophomore and having the fun ef it, Instead he found nothing Dut frosty glances. An official public student ostracism was already awatting for him There Is a seeiety In Columbia ealted “King s Crown.” Every student fs elicible ator frechinan year. It is a sort of college club, ‘There wero 64 candidates for elorrion—athtetes, scholars, literary men, popular fellows—all Kinds. Thove were 64 of the candidates elected. “Kingdon Gould of all alone failed of eleerion, Five blackballs were eaongh to reject. He got 1. It is the custom to pnt youns men of means or position on the sophomore show committee, whieh arranges the sophomore dramaties, one of the sovial events of the yeu. Youns Gould was left off this committee by his own class, He was eligible to the Engineering society: he did not join, He went to the sitimer camp at Morris, Conn., with his classmates and was elfxible to the elu. He did everything—had a valet serve tea and other refreshwents every day to his less fortunate classmates—tmt all to no avail, This year the name of Kingdon Gould does not apyear on the junior ball committee as his position shold have entitled him, He is no longer a sophomore; he has risen to the prond position of an upper-class man, But still there is the cold shoulder for Kingdon Gould, DECLINE IN POPULARITY OF FLAT BUILDINGS. SS —— SSS] Flat builders fn Manhattan and the Pron are f j toc plinning new houses, says a real estate au eS tart 1a. gies ! pority + Nt oA et Viats are not in such strong demand as they petal + were a few years ago, It Is believed that flat Spee | hls, which nis hnen tho chief farm of com trnetural activity in the recent past, will take an fia FP a a insucniteant piace among New Yore bulleing (Tae | operations far the noxt few years fi a= pT The dectine tn flat building has resulted from , SPTg 11[4) a conjunction of several pintent factors, ‘There are Lo elit Lilt QB too many ats: there are few available sites re go ES RM inainine: there is a growing dislike among the ~ AQ masses for Mat house homes; there is a constant 4 s ATE ay pressive of business on flathouse districts, re: SSRN a) suling Im an increased outflow of flat dwellers 10 sulnirban enitages These conditions ane reacting on the financial side of the flat house sity Ntion in- an nafavorable manner, Recause the market prices of tathouses were pushed to the top limit two and three years ago, when there was a real eearcity of flats and a genuine congestion of population, the new conditions Make the market prices of old fats look too high, ‘The fhereasing number of vacancies in flat-houses reduce the income from the properties. As a re: gull, iortgagelending companies refuse to lend as nmiuch money on flat: house mortsages as they Were lending a few years ago. ‘They also refuse te advance large building loans for the construction of new flat houses, because they do not consider the flathouses such a good form of investment as It thas been. Under such conditions, the stop in flat building is unavoidable. It is re garded as a benefit to the general real estate situation SNORT tenia! ate eet ee These conditions are reacting on the financial side of the flat house situ- tion in an unfaverable manner, Heeause the market prices of tat-houses were pitshed to the top init two and three years ago, when there was a real eearcity of flats and a genuine congestion of population, the new conditions make the market prices of old tats look too hizh. ‘The fnereasing number of vacaneles in fathouses reduce the income from the properties, As a re- gull, iortgagelending companies refuse to lend as much money on flat house mortzages as they were lending a few years ago. ‘They also refuse to advance large building loans for the construction of new fat-houses, because they do not consider the flathouses such a good form of investment as It has been, Under such conditions, the stop in flat building is unavoidable. It is re garded as a benefit to the general real estate situation, DRILL FLOOR WHICH COST $37,000. The most expensive floor In Greater New Youk Is that in the armory of the Fourteenth rege iment, at Eighth avenue and Fifteenth street, Lrooklyn. When entirely completed about $37,600 Will have heen spent on it, Its dimensions are 26 foot by 190, Hts area is about 45,800 feet im all ‘The armory fs situated over one of the veing of damp, marshy land which run through this sec- tion of Brooklyn, and give a great deal of trouble to builders of houses in the neighborheod, ‘The soggy ground has proved very deleterious to all kinds of floors, causing rot to set in early. ‘The armory Moor suffered especially, repairs becoming necessary so frequently that carpenters’ ills have footed up to nearly $100,000 in the last ten Fer ‘The armory officlils finally decided that they would have a foor that would stay put, regardless of cost. ‘The old floor was ripped up and cleared away. Heavy piles were then driven down until solid ground was reached, Beams were lald across these till a solid foundation was secured, A covers ing of conerete an inch thick Was laid on next and coated with black varnish. ‘A layer of cement was laid on this, followed by a bituminous composition Known as “mastic.” Into this were set blocks of Interlocking wood flooring. ‘These blocks are made of com) grain yellow pine, each 1% by 2% by 15 Inches in size, so fiited into each other that no sleepers or nails were neces- sary. Planed off and finished with oi, the floor ts now damp, germ, vermin, rot and fire proof, and while the process was expensive, the regiment now bas a floor it can stand on. HOTEL HAS 10,000 WORTH OF FLAGS. If the Ahkoond of Swat were to land in New York today and put up, say, at the Hotel Astor, yon would see the glorious standard of Swat, in brilliant bunting 25 feet large, floating over Long Acre square within the hour. Great Britain or Guam, Russia, Panama or the Isles of Greece, it makes no difference where an important guest comes from, his tlag ts here, New York, according to the latest figures, is the conter of the tla industry, not only as a pro- ducer but as a consumer, Everything from the small silk flag used for favors in table decora: tions to the hundred-toot monster made for spe- cial use 18 turned ont here, to say nothing of for eign flags, and in such tremendous quantities as to cause the uninitiated to wonder where they As steady customers it is probable thac Sew York's hotels take the lead fn making flag maxufacturing’a necessity. Your first-class metropolitan hos telry carries an assortment which would put a battleship to shame, At the Hotel Astor, for instance, the flag supply represents an investment cf $10,000. So cosmopolitan 1s the tide of visitors which stops there, and so frequent are the banquet engagements, which diving the season average three or four a night, that @ collection which will make avatlable the right flag at the right moment 4s tremendous. One may gee them flapping from the facade ‘any day—a patch of brilliant color in the grayish vista of the clty street, denoting thai an important personage from some foreign country is stopping ther, of that some swagger organization ix giving a banquet. They are lit erally the signal flags of hotel social life, Indicating aa do the veather bu weau's flags to the mariner what 1s going to blow iv A] eh eee ae (A ASse Lrg sg ed Sy = ‘ < rt Vr Bedi h he \GA/\ SE DUAN pea Bi UW SRY” | ety See | tasers be ae CRIME IN OUR LARGE CITIES Process of the Evolution of the Criminal From Boy- hood Traced By Inspector McLaughlin of New York—That City Clearing House for Crime —Few Reformations Recorded. - “When I first came {nto this office ‘under Inspector Byrnes,” began In- spector McLaughlin, “you could count the Itallan criminals in New York on your fingers. But vow—” He pushed back his chair and looked squarely at me,” writes Frederick Boyd Steven- son in the Brooklyn Eagle. “Now no one knows how many there are. It ts ‘the same with all other nationalities— ‘they have {ncreasod so rapidly that It 1s almost tmpossible to keep track ‘of them,” “And is there @ proportionate tn- crease in the criminals in other large cities of the United States?” - “Unquestionably, The fact of the Increase in New York would Indicate that. New York fs the clearing house for erlme in America. It not only {s the starting out place, but it Is the winding up place. New York has a much larger criminal population than any other city in America, and prob- ably than any other in the world. The crime problem in New York is getting away with us, and it has ar- rived at the point where we must do something, and do it promptly.” | “What is the first step?” “The first step,” said the Inspector decisively, “is to drive the crooks out of New York city.” __ “L give orders every morning to my | detectives when they assemble at the line up of criminals at police head- “quarters to arrest every crook they sce on the street at unscemly hours. ‘The detectives are carrying out my in- | gman Wa Wt x Ke oe 4 ! ¥) Nie 14 years structions. This morning we had 44 well known thieves in line. The morn- {ng after election we had more than 100," “And what happens to those thieves after their arrest?” “That is where the law falls down. We arrest the criminals—understand me, men and women who are known to be criminals, whose pletures are in the rogues’ gallery, and who have served terms in prigons—and the next morning the magistrates let them go. The magistrates claim that they can- not hold these criminals unless they are arrested on some specific charge— that the vagrancy law is not strong enough in this state, The result is that the criminals from such states as Massachusetts and New Jersey, whore they have strong vagraney laws, flock to New York, where they find a haven of refugo under our easy going sys: tem of justice. But m the meantime, let me tell you, I am having every crook arrested on sight. The police wil do their duty. If the magistrates set the crooks fre, that 18 another |affair. We know when we arrest a | crook that he is sate for that night, jand that he cannot commit a crime when he is in a cell, But I am in hopes of seeing a change in the law, A bill that we attempted to get through before will be again intro. duced in Albany, If that be passod criminals can be sent to the work. house when they cannot show that they are making an honest livelihood and hy continually arresting them and sending them up we can force them to go to work or get out of the city.” Has No High-Flown Theories. “But how about otner cities and | other states?” I queried. | ‘Then it was that the trait of the old thief catcher came to view. He smiled cynically as he said: “I am interested in driving the | thieves: out of New York city. Le’ | the other cities take similar methods | If they would all do that the criminal would have to go to work. I wouk have them earn thelr livelihoods a honest men do or put them all behing | the bars.”" ? “Then you do not believe in the tn | determinate sentence as advocated by | the Prison association?” | He shook his head, | "Nor probation?” | "See here,” he said suddenly, an || he set his jaw firmly, “Not one habit | ual criminal out of a hundred eve reforms. Once a crook, always | } crook, is an old saying that I hay | found to hold perfectly good. Som | years ago a well known thief came.t me and said he wanted to retorm an ‘|earn an honest livelihood, and | helped him. He seeured a place i | the house of a wealthy woman, Ne | long after that he stole the woman | dizmonds. When he was brought b | fore me he said: ‘I couldn't help stea ing those diamonds. I meant to b ‘| honest, but when I saw them in th drawer I couldn't resist the tempt tion lo take them.’ That fs the case with the majority of criminals, Now and then you may find an old erim- inal who wants to reform. But those cases are exceedingly rare.” ‘This feeling is shared by about all the men who are engaged in the occu- pation of running down criminals and endeavoring to prevent the perpetra- tion of crime. Robert Pinkerton once ‘expressed practically the same views to me, and only the other day Samuel J. Barrows, corresponding secretary of the Prison Association of New York, told a story where he was made the victim of a pretended reformed crim- inal. The man had come to him with a tale of reform; a small loan was made to him and repald, followed by confidence resulting in the advance of quite a sum of moncy for goods to set him up in business. Since that ad- vance no word has been heard from the so-called reformed criminal. The Incident, however, did not affect Mr. ‘Barrows’ faith, for he still belteves ‘there {s good in many criminals and that assistance should be given to them {o reform. But with the profes: stonal thief catcher it {8 a different matter. ‘They are dally brought in contact with such a low order of hu- manity and dally see the lowest side of degraded humanity, so that they naturally become incredulous when reform and crime are linked together. Pathology of Crime. But, nevertheless, there is a path- ology of crime. ‘The psychology of the thief or the psychology of the mur- derer not only 1s an Interesting study, but it Is also a scientific study. And coupled with the psychological ts the physteal side of the problem. If you suggest to the professional thief caich: er the possibility of heredity or atav- ism, nine times out of ten he will re. ply positively: “No; a thief is a thiet Just because he {8 a thief—that's all.” But back of the surface Indications specialists are beginning to trace a cause and a possible cure for crime. ‘The enre does not, perhaps, He in any great reform movement that can reach the habitual criminals of to-day. It lies, rather, in a cure for the future oe S OV Se “ @ ' 4s iy) LDPC aes. It is not difficult to trace the causes of crime. They may be expressed in ‘a few general words: Pauperism, en- vironment, physical disease, insanity, with all It soclologic relations; politi- cal corruption, anarchy and false eco- nomic and industrial conditions. As an elementary course in the synthesis of crimes one needs but to take a ‘glance almost any morning at the faces In the “line-up” of criminals at New York police headquarters. There you will see the young criminal just starting out on his career of crime, and there you will see the old and seared thief and murderer and all- around lawbreaker, with Intermediate specimens between the first and the worst stages. In the faces of nearly all the habitual criminals the pur suits of the men and the women can be read like an open book, In the faces of the younger offenders the reader {8 often stopped with a query. ‘There is a mixture of good and evil. General Criminal Types. New York criminal types may be taken as general types throughout the world. The extent to which this class prevails in the United States was shown by the complete census of 1890, when there were 215,000 criminals, {n- sane persons and paupers in alms: houses, in adition to 3,000,000 paupers at large in the United States. Since then these numbers have been greatly augmented. ‘This nation expends something like $200,000,000 a year tc protect the good from the bad. In other words every honest man {s com pelled to pay from $3 to $5 annually in order-to receive protection from the criminal classes and tt frequently hap pens that even then he is not protect ed, The evolution of the criminal {s the natural result of the present sys tem in regard to the care—or rathe’ the lack of care—ot the children o the poor, The boy of honest poor per | sons {s allowed to play in the stree with the hoy of tho criminal and the degenerate. With these vicious asso | clations the result {8 a criminal or 1 | drunkard, If a boy like this become {a man and has children what chanc have thesé children to become honest and useful citizens? Professor Poellmann, of the Univer- sity of Bonn, investigated the charac: ters of the descendants of a woman who was a confirmed drunkard. He traced her descendants for six gener- ations through a posterity numbering 834 persons, and obtained a record of 709 of them. He found that 107 were of IMlegitimate birth, 162 were profes- sional beggars, 64 ‘nmates of alms- houses, 181 women of bad repute, 76 convicted of serious crimes, and seven convicted of murder. Another statis- ticlan—the Rev. 0. McCulloch—traced the histories of 1,760 criminals and paupers who were descended from a criminal who lived in Kentucky in 1790, aud he ascertained that among these descendants, nearly all of wham were criminals, 121 were women of bad repute, In tracing 834 descend- ‘ants of two sisters who died in 1825, the Rev. Dr, Stocker of Berlin found that 76 of them had sorved 116 years in prison, 164 were women of bad re- pute, 106 were illegitimate children, 17 were degenerates, 142 beggars and 64 paupers. Three Tenets of Crime. Dr. G. Frank Lydston, professor of criminal authropology of the Chicago- Kent College of Law, says there are three tenets of crime: “J, The criminal and vice classes are the product of certain influences of heredity, congenital and acquired disease, and unfavorable surroundings Involving pernicious teaching and ex- ample, physical necessities and other social maladies. "2, ‘The influences result in a’class of persons of low grade of develop- ment, physteally and mentally, with a defective understanding of their true relations to the social system in which they live. Such persons have no true conception of that variable thing called morality, and, in the case of the criminal, no respect whatever for the rights of others, save in so far as It may be compelled by fear of punishment. Some become criminals, some paupers, inebriates or insane, “3, ‘These subjects are character ized, upon the average, by certain anomalies of development that const. tute the so-called stigmata, or marke of degeneracy. In them, vice, crime and disease go hand in hand.” Dr. Lydston classifies criminals un der the following heads: 1. Instinetive criminale: Born criminals, the moral imbecile, or 80 called moral instane, the stable fac tor in criminality. 2. Criminals by impulse: The oc casional criminal, criminals Wy pas sion, cMminals from accidentat or in tercurrent factors of disease, in ebriety,, necessity, or social excite ment. 3. Epileptic and insane criminals, 4. Political criminals. What Is the Remedy? Now, the anslysis of crime fs al well enough in its way, but tho prao ‘ “eG a re. ee ye ed tan ot = op te, cae MN - il 320 tical citizen asks: What is the rem edy for crime? The increre in the United States, and especially in New ‘York city, shows the necessity of some remedy. Inspector McLaughlin admits that the crimmals are almost beyond control in that city, and he believes that the law is to blame for this condition of affairs. The laws are numerous enough, for there are In the United States 824 anti-social acts classified as crimes, but the case he wishes to reach is not reached by a specific law. The !nspector wants a law that will provide that whoever has been convicted of a felony, or | whoever has been convicted as a pick. | pocket, thief or burglar, having no visible means of support, found loiter ing about public places or on the streets and unxble to give a satisfac tory explanation of bis presence, may be imprisoned for not more than st months. On the other hand, the sociologist will ask: “How will such a law prevent crime?” When the criminal is born, society does nothing to prevent him from con tinuing a criminal, In a period of 4¢ years In the last century statistic show that the population of this coun try increased 170 per cent, while th preportion of criminals increased 44! per cent. This does not look asgt w. had treated the crime problem® witt any great degree of Intelligence. FILLING UP THE CANADIAN WEST, ‘The American Settler Is Welcomed to Canada. A number of tho leading newspy pers on this side of the line have been noticing the growth of the Canadian ‘West in recent years, and draw atten- tlon to the factsthat there seems to be no abatement of the influx of settlers to that groat grain-growing country. ‘The Buffalo Express thus refers to the subject: “Canada West continues to grow. ‘There were 4,174 homesteads entries there in July of this year, as against 3,571 in July, 1905, Canada plumes herself over this fact, with becoming pride. But what appears to make our neighbors happiest is tho statement that of these 4,174 homesteaders, 1,212 were from this side of the line, Little ts said about the 97 Canadians who recrossed the border to take up homes in Canada West, or of the 808 from Great Britain, or of the 1,236 from non-British countries. It ap pears that the item in this July report that makes Canada rejoice most is this of the 1,212 American farmers who decided to try their fortunes in Canada West. |“ “The compliment 1s deserved. The 1212 were mostly from Dakota and other farming states, and go into Canada fitted better than any other class of immigrants for developing the ‘new country. They take capital with them, too, say Canadian papers proud- ly. In every way, they are welcome over there.” | As the Express well says, the American {s welcomed to Canada, and the reasons given are sufficient to in- vite tho welcome. The Ameriacn farmer knows thoroughly the farming |conditions that prevail in the Cana- dian prairie provinces, and 1s aware Jot every phase of agricultural devel- opment in recent years, | In practical knowledge of what ts | Wanted to get the largest roturn for |!abor and investment ho is by long |odds superior to any Buropean set tler. He knews what ts required to bring success, and he fs able and will- ing to do it, and his future causes no | apprehension to the successful Cana- jdian farmer. The agent of the Cana- dian Government, whose address ap- pears elsewhere, says that the differ jence between the manners and cus- toms of the farmer from Dakota, Ore- gon or Minnesota and the farmer from Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta {3 not nearly so marked as that be- tween the farmer of the Maritime provinces and the Ontario tiller of the soll, Hence the welcome to the free homesteads of the Canadian West, and there are hundreds of thousands of them left, that 1s extended to tho settler from the Western States. ‘Tea on the Down Grade. ‘Tea drinkers are finding scant en- couragement in @ report recently made by a large tea exporting house in Yokohama to {ts American cus- tomers, Incidentally it indicates that the United States is not alone in fac- ing increased cost of living. The re- port says: “Owing to the rapldly in- creasing cost of living in Japan labor costs more, and In consequence cul- tivation of the tea gardens is less generous and extensive than formerly, and less caro and skill are expended in picking and curing the leaf. Henco the average quality of the teas now offered for sale is below that of sea- sons prior to the war, and for the same reasons we are not likely in the future to see any reversion to the excellence of former years."”—New York Sun. f Seehhion Mother—What's Tommy been fight ing about? Little Sister—Oh, he's mad because Jimmy Smith has to wear spectacles and he doesn't—Detroit Free Press. 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It is some 50 years since the whole world was ringing with the startling tales of the great gold discoveries in California, and at that time the country had little other industry than pastoral pursuits. After the first gold fever had somewhat abated immigrants began to recognize the immense fertility of the soil, and the era of the great wheat farms commenced, many of them being from 10,000 acres to 50,000 acres in extent. Some of these still remain, though the tendency now is to divide these big holdings and invite settlement by small farmers, fruit raisers and cattlemen. On such big areas as these wheat farms wholesale methods are imperative, and harvesting can only be accomplished by the aid of machines, drawn by as many as 30 horses or mules, which cut and thresh the grain, delivering it in sacks ready for shipment. Large gang-gains, hauled by traction engines, are also employed. But great as was the production of gold and wheat, it was soon to be surpassed by that of the orchards, for which the state has earned such world-wide fame. Although 20 years ago California production made little impression upon the fruit markets of the United States, last year's shipments from her orchards, vineyards and gardens to points beyond the state aggregated some 1,000,000 tons! California is, above all things, a land of horticulture—of oranges, lemons, grape fruit, aprieets, peaches, pears, olives, prunes, quinces, guavas, bananas, loquats, nectarines,omeganates, cherries and plums. It is a land of many products—gold and silver, fruits, vegetables, flowers, wool, hay, cattle, cranberries, walnuts, almonds, sugar beet, melons and wine. This is not to be wondered at when the fact is grasped that the climate gives 300 days of sunshine every year, and that no rain falls from June to November. In the northern part of the state you may stand beside a field of corn of as fine growth as can be found anywhere in the world, which has never had a drop of rain since it was sown, has not been irrigated, and will, in all likelihood, be harvested without having been touched by any moisture whatever. Although the climate of the northern, central and southern portions of the state are substantially the same—l. e., agricultural and horticultural products being found in latitudes 700 miles apart—the rainfall diminishes as you go to the south, ranging from a total rainfall of some 40 inches in the north to some six inches in the south, the temperature differing but little. In the localities of least annual rainfall irrigation has been resorted to, and at the present time something like 2,000,000 acres, comprising 35,000 irrigated farms, are thus being watered. The canning and sun-drying of fruit are big industries, and the products are known the world over. The process of sun-drying peaches, apricots and prunes proves the dryness of the climate, as were there much moisture in the atmosphere it would be impossible for the sun to abstract, as it does, the whole of the moisture from the fruit. The lack of labor is the most serious trouble in California, especially to the orchardist; at harvest time there is work for every man, woman and child in the country, but the demand is greater than the supply. Every variety of soil and location is at the disposal of the farmer, so that if he has any hobby in agriculture there will be no difficulty in selecting the right spot for its exercise. If he prefers to pursue any special line—grain or fruit, grapes or vegetables, stock or poultry—the proper conditions are to be found, or if he prefers to pursue them all combined he may do so. Livestock raising is very largely and successful. ly engaged in, and stock growers are now supplied with the finest breeds of cattle for all uses, extensive herds being met with in all parts of the state. The foothill and mountain districts furnish rich pasturage—the higher mountain elevations in summer and the foothills in winter—and a large area planted to alfalfa during the last few years has added greatly to the livestock interests in the valley districts. Perhaps the most remunerative, and certainly the most attractive, of California's harvests is that of the orange; in some districts the country for miles round is almost one continuous orange grove. The justly-celebrated navel orange, seedless and perfect in flavor, may be accounted as the first in importance of any citrus product, and with its good keeping qualities is easy of transportation. No fruit tree is more delicate in its commencement or requires greater care, but no other becomes more robust at maturity. FINE SPECIMEN OF WHALE. Skeleton of Finback Sixty-Three Feet Long Mounted in a Museum. Its enormous jaws agape as if in a menace to the hardy intruder, the skeleton of a fnback whale, said to be the largest and finest in the United States, lies in one of the galleries "behind the scenes" at the American Museum of Natural History, says the New York Tribune. It has just been acquired through an agency by Dr. Herman C. Bumpus, the director of the museum, and will be exhibited to the public as soon as it can be prepared and put in position. It is an important addition to the institution's collection of the remains of monstrous creatures, which includes skeletons of a "chambered dinosaur" 70 feet in length, of a long-necked plesiosaur more than 40 feet long, and of a hadrosaur almost as large. The bones of the cataclean just acquired are those of a full-grown specimen of the finback and are practically complete. The total length of the skeleton as it stands is 63 feet. It has 61 vertebrae. The length of the longest rib is nine feet two inches. The skull weighs over half a ton, its circumference being 20 feet and its length 16 feet 2 inches. This species of whale, the common norwhal, is met in almost all seas and attains in the flesh to a length of from 65 to 70 feet. It is next in size to the "blue whale," the largest of all known animals, which reach a length of 80 feet, and sometimes even 85 feet. It is also the fastest of whales, being of slender build and possessing thin blubber. For the latter reason it is not of so much commercial value as some of the other species. "Father, you went through the scientific course at school, didn't you?" inquired a small boy. "Yes, my son; I spent at least two years on science." "Well, when you look in a mirror the left side of your face seems to be the right side, and the right side seems to be the left. The looking glass reverses it, doesn't it? "Yes." "Then, if that is so, father, why doesn't it reverse the top and bottom of your face in the same way?" "Why—er—ah," and his father suddenly remembered an engagement.—Chums. Good Young Men Barred. Some Kansas girls have formed a union and mutually pledged themselves "not to kiss any boy who does not faithfully promise to quit chewing tobacco." Now the boys who don't chew and never did are doing some pretty close figuring to ascertain where they come in.—Washington Herald. Why— THE HISTORY OF POLICEMAN FLYNN BY ELLIOTT FLOWER HE TALKS OF POLICE METHODS. "I Can See You Lookin' Wise an' Messurin' th' Thracke in th' Mud with a Fut-Rule." Policeman Barney Flynn was grievously troubled by a youth of the name of Horatio Mann. Horatio was a well-meaning young fellow, but he had erroneous ideas. He had read dime novels until he had become imbued with the idea that a detective is the greatest of created beings, and it was his ambition to be one. Hence his admiration for Flynn. He had heard stories of the policeman's prowess, and he haunted him. He wanted to know all about his methods and his exploits, and more than all else he wanted the policeman to get him a position on the force or with some detective agency. "I know I'm just made for a detective," he said frequently. "All my inclinations lie in that direction, and I revel in mystery." It will be seen from this that Horritto spoke reasonably correct English. Indeed, he had had a fair education, the only trouble being that it had not "worked in." However, as Policeman Flynn once remarked, "a ma-an can get book'l-arin' anny time iv his life, but it is not with sinse,fr sinse do be a nach'ral gift." Horatio had the book-learning, but he lacked the sense, and this it was that made him so annoying to the policeman. He could not be persuaded that the life of a detective was not one long romance, filled with disguises, thrilling adventures and fabulous rewards. He would make himself up in the most wonderful and outlandish way, and then drop in on Flynn to ask if that would not fool the cleverest "crook." Later he amused himself by shadowing people in the neighborhood, and writing out reports of his "work," which he submitted to Flynn for approval or criticism. "Ye wa-ant me fr to help ye to be a dayfivet?" said Polceman Flynn to him one day. "M-m-m, well"—drawing his hand over his chin in the old familiar way—"I'll tell ye what I'll do fr ye. I'll give ye fr po-lis examination an' see how ye come out. "T is not ye-er pla-an fr to star-art in as a pathrolman, io coarse." "Oh, no," answered the youth. "I feel that my talents are above that." "T is what I sup-posed," said Policeman Flynn. "Th' woods is full iv la-ads like you. Some iv thim wa-ants to be prisidlint iv a r-rallroad, some iv thim wa-ants to be editor iv a newspa-aper, some iv thim wa-ants to be ingr'ral manager iv anny ol' business that's big enough, but most iv them wa-ants to be day-tictives. Anny way ye put it, they can do better than th' fellies that's doin' th' wor-rk now. But 't is a shtrange thing to me that th' min that's makin' na-ames fr' thim-slives at th' top is niver th' wans that sta-arted in up there. Did ye iv think iv that?" "No-o, I can't say that I did," replied the youth. "Iv coarse nc.'t" said Policeman Flynn, "an' ye w'u'd n't think th'r-rule was fr ye if ye did. "T is not nicissary in ye-er ca-ase. 'Ye're too sma-art. Well, mebbe so. We'll thry it on. Ivery la-ad that wants to be a day-tive has to be examined, an' I'll put a few questions to ye. Sup-pose ye was in cha-arge iv th' day-tive daytive wr-ork an' a big burglary was committed, what w'u'd ye do?" "I'd look for a clue," answered Horatio, promptly and confidently. "I can see ye doin 'it'," asserted Policeman Flynn with a chuckle. "I can see ye goin' through th' pla-a 'an' lookin' wise, an gettin' down' oo, ye-sr knees 'fr to lixamine a bit iv mud through a magnifyln-'glass, an' thin goin' out an' measurin' th' thracks in' mud with a fut-rule. I can hear ye saying. This gr-reat crime was committed be a ma-an with a large fut an' a nail shtickin' out iv wan shoe. 'T is only necessary now fr to find th' shoe an' arrist th' ma-an.' Oho! yed ma-ake a gr-reat day-tictive, fr sure." "Is not that what you'd do?" asked Horatio. "I'm not ta-alkin' iv what I'd do," returned Policeman Flynn. "I'm ta-alkin' iv what th' gr-reat day-tive does. If ye was a r-real day-tive an' had this wor-rk fr to do, ye'd go to th' pla-ace an' luk wise, an' thin yed go back an ordher th' dhung net put out, ivery ma-an that c'u'd ha-ave done it an' lots that c'u'd n't wu'd be brought in an" "A arrested?" interrupted Horatio. "Fr'real," replied Policeman Flynn. "But what right would you have to arrest people against whom you had no evidence?" "Who's ta-alkin' iv rights?" retorted Policeman Flynn. "I'm ta-alkin' iv th' wa-ays iv po-lis day-tictives, an 'I don't want ye f'r to be botherin' me with ye-er fool questions. Ye'd ha-ave thim all brought in, an 'ye'd ixamine thim an'ma-ake thim prove they wasn't th' wans, an' sift it down till ye'd got it bechune a few iv thim. Tmibe ye'd la-and ye'er ma-an through some wan tellin' on him so's to keep r-right with ye, or mebse some telly on th' outside wu'd tip it off to ye-o ye'd give him a little more shwing. Oho! they're lots iv wa-ays iv getin' at that 'h' fac's without tra-acin' a cr-rime up. That used to be 'h' ol' way, but 't' is out iv date. 'First find out who did it an' thn arrist him,' was th' ol' rule, but now 't is, 'First arrist ye-er ma-an, an' thin find if he's th' wan, or if he knows the wan ye wa-ant. I iv coarse they're excipions, but this is 'reg' lar wa-ay.' "And what would be the next thing for me to do?" asked the youth, somewhat distressed by having his ideals thus ruthlessly shattered. "Ye sh'u d throw out ye-er chist, puff on a big see-gar, an' say, 'T was a ha-ard job, but I done it.'" "Is that all?" asked Horatio. is that all, asked Horatio. "Oho! is that all?" repeated Policeman Flynn. "If ye c'u'd see th' time some iv th' day-tictives puts in doin' it, ye'd sa-ay 't is enough." Policeman Flynn, it is hardly necessary to say, looks with some contempt on the average police detective, believing that he is a man who gets most of the glory, while the patrolman does most of the work, but that perhaps is natural in a man who is a patrolman from choice. "Still, a man may do work in his M. M. "Ye Sh'u'd Throw Out Ye'er Chiat Puff an a Big Seegar an' Say, 'Twas a Ha-ard Job, But I Done it.'" "Ye Shu'd Throw Out Yeer Christ Puff an a Big Seegar an' say, 'Twas a Ha-ard Job, But I Done it.'" own way, I suppose," suggested Horatto, after a moment of thought. "F'r sure," answered Policeman Flynn, "but 't is a ha-arder wa-ay." "An' if he does a really good piece of work he gets his reward?" "R-right ye are." "What is it usually?" "M-m-m, well," returned Policeman Flynn, thoughtfully, "that all day-pinds. Sometimes 't is wan thing, an' sometimes 't is another. Sometimes 't is promotion, an' sometimes 't is not D' ye ray-mimber th' time wint down th' chute an' arristed a gang in th cellar?" "Yes, indeed. Did you get a reward for that?" "I did." "What was it?" "I was docked th' price iv th' coat rooned goln' down th' chute." (Copyright, 1966, by Joseph B. Bowles). (Copyright, by the Century Co.) Rivals. Gunner—Why are those ships act ing so queerly out there in the bay? Guyer—I don't know. They are sister ships, though. Gunner—Well, that accounts for it. Guyer—Accounts for what? Guerre- Accounting for What Gunner—Why, I bet they are flirting with that big man-o-war over there. Chicago Daily News Her Prerogative: "No, I will never be a public speaker." "It is easy enough." "I wish you would tell me how: "You should practice making speeches to your wife when you are alone together." "You don't know my wife."—Iliuson Post Herculaneum to be Uncovered At last after nearly three years of effort, Pro.' Waldstein has secured the opportunity of continuing the work of excavation of Herculaneum, which has been attempted upon several different occasions and then abandoned, and now the hopes and expectations of archaeologists is to be realized, for it is confidently asserted that no ancient city could yield so rich art treasures as those of Herculaneum. Herculaneum is supposed to have been founded by Hercules when, on his return to Iberia, he landed on the coast of Campania, some 300 years before Christ was born, it being a Roman city, with all the rights and magnities attaching thereunto. suddenly decided to stop all further operations and begin anew with Popei. Poor Weber was nearly healed, well knowing he was on the very eve of discoveries that would startle the world. But there was nothing for it but uncover the last section of the beautiful theater, prop up the foundatics of the houses of modern Resina, a block up all existing tunnels, for of robbers, such as loot the tomb of the Libyan deserts for the benefit tourists. In the eighteenth century, too great quantities of precious papyril were found; and broken statues, bronze museums, fountains and other chie In A. D. 63 dread Vesuvius gave evidence of activity. Past and gone was the era in which old Strabo described the "lush meadows" that in the days of Augustus spread their green velvet in the very crater itself. On the final day of the cataclysm the whole world seemed to be shaken with earthquake whose traces are seen to-day in the cracked mosaics and villa walls of dug-up Pompeii. All archaeologists are agreed that the houses and villas of Herculaneum were far more magnificent than those of Pompeii. This has been proved by the House of the Papyril, which was dug out in 1754, but was afterward re-covered with debris from other excavations. This famous villa is supposed to have belonged to Lucius Calpurnius Piso. Here was found a treasure in the form of a library of nearly 2,000 rolls of papyrus, which gave promise of far greater riches to come. The history of Herculaneum shows a series of spasmodic efforts on the part of patriots and scientists to uncover its buried wealth. Toward the close of the fifteenth century some accidentally found fragments of mosaic and statuary led the archaeologists of the day to think that the long lost city lay beneath the soil at that spot. But not for another 200 years was anything made certain. In 1706 the Prince d'Elbeuf of Lorraine came to Italy with Philip V. and settled in the city of Naples, after marrying the Prince of Salsa's daughter. A few years later he built a beautiful palace near Portici, and its most precious ornaments were certain ancient marbles sold to him by peasants, who had found them while digging a well. Now, the Prince d'Elbentuf was a connoisseur of no mean merit. Amazed at the quantity and beauty of the antiquities that came to him so strangely, he began to dig on his own account, with unexpected success. His workmen turned up several beautiful statues before his eyes, and some of them he presented to Prince Eugene of Saxony and others to Louis XIV. Soon the municipal authorities of Naples began to object to this free booting, and stopped all further work. The prince's director had been Giuseppe Stendardi, who wrote a book on the lovely objects he had found. He died in Florence, whither he had to fly for political reasons. After this Herculaneum was let the for several years. The Neapolitans acclaimed Charles III. of Spain its king, and the year 1737 found a royal palace built at Portici. Charles was greatly interested to know that beneath his feet there was a marvelous Roman city lying intact. He began excavations, and at a depth of about 90 feet below the surface came upon the long buried city of Herculaneum under the miserable modern villages of Resina and Portici. The following year work was begun again in the well out of which d'Elbeut had taken his bronzes, marbles and terra cottas, and to the delight of the kingly archaeologist the workmen immediately came upon the fragments of the far-famed Bronze Horse, now in the Naples museum. There followed stately statues of three Roman consuls, together with an inscription showing that at a certain spot was the grand entrance to the theater of Herculaneum. This superb structure, by the way, was entirely excavated underground at various times during the following decade. It is worth noting that so far all work had been carried on by military engineers, sappers and miners. One of the most notable was Alec伯里耶, who had come from Spain with Charles. He entered into this work with all the spirit and enthusiasm of a treasure diver, but fell ill through exposure in damp tunnels, and was succeeded at various times by Francesco Borro and Peter Baudet. Not much was done under these; and when Carl Weber, a Swiss, had been at work for a few months it was suddenly decided to stop all further operations and begin anew with Pompeii. Poor Weber was nearly heartbroken, well knowing he was on the very eve of discoveries that would startle the world. But there was nothing for it but to uncover the last section of the beautiful theater, prop up the foundations of the houses of modern Resina, and block up all existing tunnels, for fear of robbers, such as loot the tombs in the Libyan deserts for the benefit of tourists. In the eighteenth century, too great quantities of precious papyrl were found; and broken statues, bronzes, mosaics, fountains and other objects of art were pieced together with infinite care and deposited mainly in the Naples museum. The authorities were most jealous lest any considerable work of art should go out of the country. It was not until about 1830 that work was again begun half heartedly on unfortunate Heracleanum, and 30 years later a big purchase of land was made and a force of men started to work underground by Florelli, whose name will always be associated with the "City of Mystery." King Victor Emmanuel II. deserves great credit for inaugurating still further work. He contributed something like 50,000f. to the funds, and began now excavations with a state and pomp that gave new impetus to the excavations. More than this, the digging was now conducted in scientific lines. Unfortunately, on Nov. 16, 1785, everything stopped peremptorily. The limits of the purchased land were reached—provokingly enough, just as a superb Roman public bath was coming into view before the entranced scientists. Had the work gone further, however, undoubtedly the streets of modern Resina above would have fallen in, very much as is the case today in Northwich, in Chesshire, England, which lies over vast salt mines. In 1884 fecile attempts were made to repair the subterranean theater, and a few insignificant fragments were picked up. That was the last attempt, and from that time to this day Herculaneum has remained as it was in the awful moment when utter destruction came upon it and it was buried with its fair sisters, Pompeii and Stabiae. DRUMMER HAD INGENIOUS IDEA. How the Agent for an Engine Worked Up a Big Business. His name is Barnes. Until recently he was a mechanic. Now he is a traveling salesman of distinctly novel variety. He lives in the prairie section of the middle west and when gasoline engines began to approach their present practicability decided that they were bound to replace windmills for farm purposes. "In this belief he secured an agency for the one he considered best, procured a sample and set it up on an ordinary farm wagon, from which he removed the pole. By a few simple connections he arranged in his wagon with steering gear, according to Spare Moments. One shaft with some sprocket wheels and chain made all the mechanism necessary in order for the engine to drive his combination at the rate of six miles an hour. He carried a pump jack and a small assortment of small pulleys, so arranged as to be capable of attachment to chains, washing machines and the like. His outfit attracts attention and makes talk, all of which has advertising value; while when he pulls into a farmer's yard he can show his prospective customer just what the machine will do. As a result he sells more engines than all other agencies in his territory; and as he carries his office in his pocket, his territory is limited only by his speed. 'Pothecary Shop Ahead' Young Capt. Scalby of the White Star liner Celtic was talking about the colored signal lights of ships. "In the past," he said, "all lights were white. I once knew a young Scottish sailor to whom the new colored lights were unknown. As he stood at the wheel one night a big steamer hove in sight, and the boy saw the great red and green lights for the first time. He rammed down the helm with a—loud yell. 'Preserve us!' he shouted, 'we're goin' right into the 'potho cary shop at Peebles.'"—Christian Register. PARISIAN CLOAK COMPANY 1108-1110 Main Street January Sale Now! Parisian's Cleverest $25 $15 $28 and $30 Suits Tuesday's Wonderful Reductions We early caught the drift of style---these remarkable tailored costumes were the result. Early to create---early to reduce. Yours is the benefit in this splendid opportunity. All the stunning New Pony, Prince Chap, Eton and Long Coat Styles Reflecting the best fashion character of imported and New York models, Broadcloths, Cheviots, Wide Wales, Two-Tone Checks and Plaids---whatever your heart is set upon. Beautifully Silk Lined Coats Just the Suits to add zest to your Christmas---all reduced to $15 "A Small Insight Into the Condition of the Negro Since the Death of Wm. McKinley. At the death of Wm. McKinley Negroes hung their heads and went thru the streets saying that we would not get another president to fill his place in regards to his attitude toward the Negro. But as this world goes hustling on great men from the theater of life, equally as great men arise to take their place. Trumping in the footsteps of Wm. McKinley came Theodore Roosevelt with his splendid principles of manhood and his broad expansive view of the Negro and his trials. No map is perfect, for if they were there would be no use in the making. Under President Roosevelt such negroes were appointed to offices as follows: Charles W. Anderson, of New York, as collector; Lewis, as assisting United States district Attorney of Boston; Crum, of Charleston; W. T. Vernon, as United States Registrar of Treasury; Dr. Furnish as resident minister to Hayti, and a greater number of minor positions were given to the Negroes, which all point to the fact that progress is being made instead of retrogression. Since that time also a great number of lynchings have occurred. A Negro was lynched in Delaware, one in Springfield, Ohio, several in Springfield, Mo., three or four in the western states, a great number in the south, including the general massacre in Atlanta, Ga., and yet the Negro is keeping triumphantly to the front. Whatever may come the Negroes destiny in this country has been carved out by the Almighty God. Notwithstanding the Vardarmans and Tillmans and Morgans, and Davises and Carmacks, the Negro continues to keep in the limelight of history. Just recently our own supposed beloved Roosevelt slapped us in the face with a disgraceful dismissing of the colored troops. All this to the non-seeing Negro tends to discourage his efforts, but to the Negroes who are destined to become leaders it only makes his courage clearer to follow and puts his obstacles directly in front of his eye. The days of the John Brown's are over. No more shall you see the Wm. Lloyd Garrisons, Charles Sunners, the Wendell Phillips, Lovejoys and Abraham Lincoln. These are days of a 'new century. The leaders of the Negroes must come from within their own ranks. He must rise up as it were and force his own leaders to carry him to the promised lands. Ethiopia shall spread her wings, Potentates shall come out of Egypt, and the world shall take on a new color. Yes, the leaders must come from our own ranks. A black Moses must come Forth. In the formation of the earth first came a gaseous substance and then followed with the scientific law of gravitation the formation of heavenly bodies. Each in his order prearranged. So it is with the formation of races. A disordered body and then gradually a more harmonious element and finally an arranged and well regulated order of men. McKinley died at the end of the 19th century, and then Roosevelt came as the shining light at the beginning of the 20th Century. If we should stop at him as the greatest man, then history shatt cease, and all men should stop their striving, but as John the Baptist spake, that there would come another greater than he, in the person of Christ, so there shall come another greater than Roosevelt in the person of some obscure individual. Out of the mouth of the Eater shall come forth meat, and out of the mouth of the strong shall come forth sweetness, Evolution, that is the wheel thru which the Negro is going. On all sides he is being welded together, until finally from his composit make up shall come forth the leaders in various avenues. Some woud say how about our present leaders? How about our dead leaders. Bruce and Frederick! Douglass? How about Kelly Miller, Dubois, Bowen and our great Booker Washington? As forerunners well and good. But great leaders must be created at the time they are needed. Our present leaders arose during the infant period of the Negro. At a time when all was well. At a time when the war was over, and white men sought to aid us. From whence must come our leaders now? From the rank of the negro. From the very nucleus of the race. Well may we say since McKinley's death the Negro has passed thru an evolution. Forty years from the Civil war the Negro has created his own foundation upon which to push his gigantic undertakings. Five years from the death of McKinley the Negro has begun his second period of evolution. Let us own it that there is one, who sways the harmonious mysteries of the world. In reply to the credit Old Ben Tillman is giving Booker T. Washington for being great, his father having been a white man, let me say here, that well thinking people know this to be a fact, and mothers and fathers have watched it, from the earliest existence up until the present time, that the traits of character go from the mother into the male children, and the father into the female children. Had Booker T. Washington the traits of his father, he would have been a licentious character, sneaking around in the southern states with white women. You can readily see why the majority of our mixed-breed women can not be trusted; it is the traits of the father. The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. A NEGRO WOMAN. Do the negroes want a good negro newspaper in Kansas City. If you do please send us all the news so that we can fill our newspaper with live, fresh matter. If you do please pay your subscription promptly, when our agents appear or drop by our office and settle up. The negroes need an authentic colored journal in this city. Have you readers enough race pride to do your duty with this paper. We are far behind when it comes to detail work for us to perform as a race. Will you manage to save out enough money for your paper. Will you wake up from your lethargy? The Negro Civic League is comprised of the following Negroes of this city: Rev. Jesse Peck, Rev. Samuel Bacote, Prof. G. N. Grisham, W. W. Yates, R. W. Foster, M. J. Harris, and T. W. H. Williams Wanted: Educated colored men to travel and distribute samples and circulars of our goods among their own people. Salary $80 per month and expenses. Saunders Co., Desk 10, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. Mrs. Mildred Mott has elegant furnished rooms for gentlemen at her new residence, 1309 McGee. Healthfulness of Washington. While the claim can be truly made that Washington is as healthful as the great majority of big cities, and is becoming more so with the progress and more general acceptance of sanitary measures. Washington has overcome and is overcoming some natural disadvantages. It is a question whether the Potomac country, with its long summers, short winters, generally humid climate, great number of creeks and small rivers and wide marshes, is naturally as healthful as the hills of New England and the cool, dry uplands of the west. The people who live in Washington, and whose ancestors have dwelt there for two centuries or so, defend the climate, and certainly about the usual percentage of people attain ripe old age. Divorces are said to be most frequent in small towns and villages. Perhaps it is because gossip is most active in such places. 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