The Rising Son

Hester Missing - Jan. 12, 17, 26, 1907 It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. Emery, Bird, Thayer Co., Browning @ King, Nebraska Clothing Co., Stevenson's, Hubbard's Shoe Store and all the largest white business firms advertise with us. Because, our circulation is twice the combined circulation of all the other Negro weekly newspapers. Besides, a standing of ten years in the community, from a point of authenticity we are foremost. From a point of educational instructiveness we stand preeminent. Our representatives are the most intelligent Negroes in the journalistic field of today. Our circulation is increasing at a wonderful rapidity, and as soon as it reaches the 10,000 mark we will change it into a daily. Go on, Rising Son, keep on Rising! --- VOLUME XI. Special Rising Son. Hon. W. T. Ver, the register of the United States treasury was in this city January to deliver the emancipation address of the 43rd, year of the freedom of the Negro. It was through Rev. L. G. Jordan, the secretary of the Afro-American council that the citizens of this community got an opportunity to hear the most distinguished orator. While here he was in the hands of such well known persons as Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, Col. R. W. Thompson, Rev. L. G. Jordan and Carry B. Lewis. His address was not political, but one of advice, encouragement and hope for the future of the race. Throughout his speech he argued for the better things that go to make good citizenship. H etold most pathetically of the part that Negroes have taken in wars and how they had tried to be of service to this great republic. He spoke of the work of Booker T. Washington and other race leaders. After discussing industry, sobriety, honesty, unity of purpose and the higher things that help his people to be brought to a favorable consideration of the American people he said: "The progress of the Negro in America since the emancipation is without parallel in the history of the world. The spirit of the AngloSaxon for progress along all lines has been exhibited by his former slaves, and the manhood and indestructible worth which these former slaves have exhibited should appeal for fair treatment to the manhood of every American. To argue that education should be denied him is to argue against the best interests of the government. Our best citizenship is that which knows its rights and is accorded them; which knows its duty and performs it. Ignorance in a country such as ours can not be made the mother of devotion, which is another name for patriotism, upon which rests the safety of the republic. In war the Negro has a record that he is not ashamed of. Let us not be content on our past efforts for race security. Let our accomplishments of the past be a guarantee of our future efforts. Unity of purpose and unity of effort have always meant much in the lives of nations. "The strongest of the race should help the weakest. Those who see the light should point the way to thoes who see it not. We should seek to reform those of the race whose tread has been other than upward. To go amongst these with a spirit of Christ showing them their weakness and convincing them of their errors is not only a duty to them, but to ourselves. These weights that are about us must be changed to instruments of hepfulfulness, and we who are leaders must labor for the masses. As was said in Holy Writ, "Righteousness exalteth a nation," os, rectitude of conduct, industry, sobriety and a struggle for the higher things of life will bring us to the favorable consideration of the American people." After the speaking he was given a grand reception at the Women's Industrial Club rooms, 728 Walnut streets. He left the next morning for Lexington where he spoke to a large audience on "The Negro in America." BURNS CHAPEL NOTES. This has been the best year in the history of the church. Total amount collected for all purposes since March 25 to date, $2,139.94. An average of over 200 per month. Of this amount $1,242.70 has been paid on church indebtedness. The Rev. Dr. J. M. Harris is a brilliant young preacher and financier of this church. Miss Daisy Lewis is one of the efficient workers. A recent Sunday she turned in $25 from her club. Sunday, February 16, will be the fourth and last quarterly meeting. The ladies are preparing for the church bazzar February 12, 13 and 14. Mr. E. W. Whaley, the Sunday School Superintendent, died January 24. You are always welcome at Burns. SADIE WASHINGTON. The House of Bishops had a very successful convention at Allen Chapel. This paper tried to get the proceedings of the entire session, but was unable to do so because of the illness of its representative. However, we will publish in our next issue the speech of Bishop Tyree, and a portion of the expressions of others. Hoping this will be satisfactory to our readers we will be better able to give you the facts and other particulars. However, those present of the bishops and general officers of A. M. E. church were H. M. Turner of Georgia, W. J. Gaines, Georgia; Abraham Grant, Kansas City, Kans.; W. B. Derrick, New York; B. F. Lee, Wilberforce, Ohio; L. J. Koppin Philadelphia, Evans Tyree, Nashville, Tenn., and C. Shafer, Chicago, Ill. General officers as follows: H. B. Parks, New York City; W. B. Chappel, Nashville, Tenn., B. F. Watson, Philadelphia Penn; H. W. Heard, Atlanta, Georgia; J Frank McDonald, Kansas City, Prof H. T. Kealing, and Rev H D Johnson, Philadelphia, Penn., and W. A. Louis, Nashville, Tenn. Rev. Peck was at his best in making them welcome. Mr. Geo. Teeters saw to it that each was comfortably located, and Nelson C. Crews did himself proud in his masterful address to that solemn body. His subject was "The History of the Church since its Beginning." 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 900 E. Tenth Street. WHITE UNDERTAKER BURIES A NEGRO. All the Jim Crow Negroes are not dead yet. One died in Nebraska last week. The relatives had nothing for a Negro undertaker to do. The white man who did bury the body told the relatives that it had been so long since he had buried a Negro that he did not know how to embalm a mixed Negro and Indian. MISSOURI STATE FERERATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS CALL TO THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. The Kansas City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs extends an invitation to the Missouri State Federation to meet in Kansas City for the convention of 1906. In acceptance of the invitation and in accordance with the constitution we call the state federation into convention at Kansas City, Mo., December 27th and 28th, 1906 at the 2nd Baptist church. The objects of this meeting are: To know what our organizations throughout the state are doing for the improvement of the conditions of the race. To compare plans and methods of work and suggest ways and means by which the women of the race may do more effective work in advancing its moral and social standing. To organize more thoroughly the colored women of the state for concerted action. To elect officers for the year 1907. In the National convention at Detroit, Missouri bore no small part in making that great meeting a success. Let us do as well in our state convention. The times demand our most earnest endeavor. On every side are ranged the ranks of the enemy, in-reinforced by our former friends. What can the women of the race do? There is work for us and we must not shirk it. Let us confer as to the best ways of doing it, not at some future time, but now. Each woman's club in the state of Missouri is entitled to send one delegate and one alternate for every ten members, and two delegates and two alternates-at-large. Each delegate must be provided with credentials—certificates of election—signed by the president and secretary of her respective club, which must be presented to the chairman of committee on credentials before admission to the body assembled in convention. Remember that the dues are but 5 cents per capita. Delegates will be at no expense for board and lodging during the two days of the session. For homes for delegates write Mrs. Lucinda Day, President City Federation, 1411 Lydia Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. ANNA H. JONES, Pres 2444 Montgall, Avenue, Kansas City. LAVINIA C. CARTER, Sec 2660 Morgan Street, St. Louis. The seventh annual session of the Missouri State Federation of clubs met at the Second Baptist church, December 27 and 28, 1906. The two days' sessions were well attended. The addresses were able and instructive. The annual address by the president, Miss Anna Jones, was a scholarly production. The convention voted to have it published so it will soon be in the hands of those who were not fortunate enough to hear it at the meeting. The reports showed that much work had been done during the past year and that the women were taking an active part in charitable work. Through the efforts of the federation a state reform school has been built for colored girls. A committee was appointed to continue the work in the interest of the school. The Women's League of Kansas City reported having bought a house which they hope to be able to use soon as a home for working girls. Mrs. J. Si lone Yates was elected president. MISS MARY RUCKER GREEN MISS AMANDA WHEELER, MISS T. J. McCAMPBELL. Mrs. Ruth Lange, deputy grand counselor, installed Ivanhoe Court No. 26 at their regular meeting. She went through a very impressive ceremony. Mr. F. J. Weaver has bought him a splendid driving horse in Elwood, Kan. It will be shipped here this week. The Great Republican Ship of Jackson County is Tottering. The Great Republican Ship of Jackson County is Tottering. Two years ago a gang of white republican wire fixers got together and framed a ticket pledge to the platform of Tneodore Roosevelt. This platform mind you, had in it the unwritten pledge that if the ticket was successful the negro would come in for his share of recognition. Through that vivid personality of Roosevelt and the blind following of 5,500 the negro voters that ticket was successful. When the negro knocked at the door of hope it was slammed in his black face. Just a few weeks ago that same gang of wire pullers and same ticket submitted itself to the black voters for renewed support. At the outset the negroes were up in arms, swearing vengeance on the ticket and those responsible for the ticket. The Son believes that if the election had occurred then the negroes would surely have defeated the entire ticket. Thos. R. Marks was made chairman of the county committee. He made a hurried summons of a few negro leaders. He took great care in calling in a few that he believed he could control. He promised these negroes that a few of their friends would be taken care of in the end. Unsuspectingly but like a Judas to their race a few of these negroes with honey in their mouth and sugar on their tongue and syrup flowing in words told the poor innocent and humble negroes of their race that all was well. They had seen the powers to be and that a solemn promise had been exacted from every candidate. Now supposedly negro wire pullers, what have you to say of this state of affairs? What is your remedy for the evil? What answer and explanation have you to carry back to your people? Why are your heads hung down? Why those silent tongues? Is it the funeral song of your political team they are singing? The humble negro never forgets. For in slavery he was taught never to break a promise or forget a wrong. At this writing the Son is only able to name but one negro who stood out uncompromising, unflinchingly, undaunted to almost the very end. He read between the lines and like a black Titan, yes like a black Horatius, at the bridge he stood alone. Alone save the stillness of the night air and the cool refreshing breeze to give him courage. It was Nelson C. Crews; every other negro leader who had been called in this conference could not read between the lines. But Crews as the Nestor in negro political circles saw the pitfall and like a Cicero uttered his strong oratory against it. Finally by the combined persuasion of every negro he was induced to lay down his fight. The Son under the management of Lewis Woods went farther and refused absolutely to swallow the whole republican ticket. The negro was finally persuaded to lay down his fight and work in harmony with the ticket. The party was so cessful and Crews in his closing speech said he would stay by the flag one more time. He would ask the negro to try them once more and if the party did not hew to the line he would put a stick of dynamite under the ship and blow up the entire ship and send it to hell. The time has come for in the county is Frank D. Ross, Oscar Hochland and Samuel Boyer who promised the negro recognition and broke their promise and there are many more all except the marshal. The negro is fast facing a great issue. It is the negro pitted against certain mean republicans who refuse to give us our rights. Away back in the time of Roman history when Cicero hurled his great thundering oratory at Cataline, and when Mark Anthony aroused the people into a frenzy and caused them to go searching like wild beast for Cassius and Brutus, there lived a gladiator named Sparticus. Bound and chained and forced to do his master's bidding, and You will have to hurry if you want one of those swell, clean, 3-room apartments, just completed at 416-18 East Sixth Street. Terms $9, and $12. per month. F. J. WEAVER, The Locator REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS Office, 911 Oak. Home Phone 6236 Main. 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 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. ARE YOUR SOX INSURED? We Give Six Months' Guarantee Coupon $1.50 PER 1/2-DOZ. BOX Save Darning and Make Your Feet Happy M. D. STEVENSON & CO. 1003 WALNUT STREET SOLE AGENTS for KANSAS CITY overpowered by numbers, used as a tool, he became restless and with a band of followers he fled the city and at Capua, he addressed his followers urging them to stand together. In a burst of cloquence he cried out "O! Rome! Rome! Thou has been a tender nurse to me. Thou hast taught me how to pay you back. If you be men then follow me. Strike down yon guard. Gain the mountain pass. Do bloody work as did your sires in old Thermopolyae, Is Sparta dead? Is the old Grecian blood frozen within thy veins? If we must fight let us fight for ourselves. If we must slaughter; let us slaughter our oppressors. If we must die, let it be under the clear blue sky. By the bright water in noble, honorable battle." Must the negro continue to stand year in and year out the indignant abuse heaped upon us by the demagogues of old line politicians in the republican party? Let us not mention Lincoln and Garrison and Summer and Phillips. But let us rather pledge in our heart a solemn promise that we will wait patiently until our time and then we will all rise up and smite our enemy dead. Yea though I walk into the valley and into the shadows of death I shall fear no evil. Thy rod and staff they comfort me. Lord, God of host be with us yet lest we forget, lest we forget. Nos mortuos, te salutmus unto the end. 409 E. Phelps St. Springfield, Mo., Dec. 28, '06. Editor Rising Son:— Allow me to say a word relative to your paper that you have recently assumed editorship. We note with pleasure the steps you are taking to improve the paper in order that it may be a clean, newsy progressive Negro Journal, commensurate with the enterprising city of which you are an integral part. May the day hasten when the "Son" will have competent reporters; at least in the principal cities of Missouri. The obvious signs of improvements; and the bold stand you have taken against the vice and destructive places of resort, have prompted the writing of this letter. Hoping you Success I am Yours watching with interest the Negro in the journalistic field. WM. H. WHEELER. (Formerly pastor of Asbury M. E. Church for 5 years.) Use Chowley's Anti-Sweat Powder. For bad odor it has no equal. Price 25c by mail. 5113 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted. CAMPFIRE STORIES CAPTAIN ALLEN'S GRAVE. Man for Whom Allen Street Was Named Is Buried in England. Probably none of the foreign horn population swarming in Allen street, New York city, and few other New Yorkers, for that matter, are aware that the almost forgotten naval officer for whom the thoroughfare was named lies in a neglected grave three thousand miles across the Atlantic. A dirty slab, fixed against a house on the south side of St. Andrew's church yard, in Plymouth, England, is the monument of the courageous young commander who gave a painful twist to the British lion's tail before his daring raid in its home waters was checked. William Henry Allen, a young Rhode Islander, entered the navy as a "middy" in 1809. He was third lieutenant on the Chesapeake when she struck her colors to the British frigate Leopard in 1807, and he drew up the letter of the officers to the secretary of the navy, urging the trial of Captain James Barron for neglect of duty. As first lieutenant of the frigate United States he gained distinction in the action with the Macedonia in October, 1812. The following year he was made master commandant, and put in charge of the brig Argus, which sailed from New York on June 18, 1813, having on board William Crawford, newly appointed minister to France. By June 11 the distinguished passenger had been conveyed across the Atlantic, after a passage of 23 days, in which one prize was taken. Three days later the Argus proceeded to cruise in the English channel, and SACRED to the MEMORY of WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN Aged 27 Years. Late Commander of the United States BRIG ARGUS who died August 18th 1813 In Consequence of a Wound Received in Action with H.B.M. BRIG PERMAN August 14th 1813. A LEO in Permanence of U.S. War Department. Slab to Memory of Brave American Sailor. in the ensuing month she captured 19 sail, extending her depredations up to St. George's channel. At daybreak on August 14 the British brig of war Pelican, which had been sent to find the audacious Yankee, came upon the Argus just quitting another prize. The advantage in size and armament was on the British side. After a short pursuit the battle opened at six a. m., about 15 miles off St. David's, on the west coast of Wales. The vessels ran side by side within range of grape-shot and musketry. Within five minutes Captain Allen received the wound which cost him his first leg and in a few days his life. He refused to be taken below, but loss of blood soon so reduced him that he was unable to continue in command. The Pelican tried to pass under the stern of the Argus, but was balked in the attempt. The Argus then crossed her enemy's path, giving a raiding broadside, the poor aim of which seems to have lost the Americans their last chance of victory, for by this time most of their rigging was shot away and the vessel soon became unmanageable, the Pelican working around her at will. In that helpless situation the Argus surrendered, after an engagement of a little over three-quarters of an hour. The British loss was two killed and five wounded; the American loss was six killed and 17 wounded, of whom five afterward died. Naval authorities ascribe the American defeat to the disunity of force and poor marksmanship. The tatter is partly to be accounted for by the previous busy month of prize taking, which had closed with the capture of one the night before and another near morning, leaving the crew fatigued and unfit for a spirited defense. Captain Allen was brought to Plymouth and survived only four days. His late foeman buried him with military honors. The name of a "mildy" who fell in the same fight was added to his gravestone, but is now partly obliterated, and the rest of the record will ultimately be blotted out if the stone is not restored or replaced, perhaps some day making the location of this grave almost as difficult to find as that of Paul Jones was in Paris. The Armies of Europe A statistician has calculated that there are in Europe at this moment 9,500,000 men under arms. If they were all lined up the line would be 1,500 miles long. . THE TWENTIETH ILLINOIS Story of Their Scrape and Gen.Grant's Summary. Punishment. To a group of comrades of the Columbia post of the G. A. R. the other evening Capt. Oscar Lindwig told an interesting story of the summary punishment meted out by Gen. Grant to the entire regiment of the Twentieth Illinois infantry, which was referred to as a precedent by President Roosevelt in his recent communication to congress relative to his action in the affair at Brownville, Tex., where three companies of negro troops were summarily dismissed from the service for the act of a few in attacking citizens, says the Chicago Record-Herald. "I was • member of the Twentieth Illinois infantry for more than four years," said Capt. Ludwig, "and was with the regiment at the time of the vandalism cited. A sutler's store at Jackson, Tennessee, where eight regiments were assembled to intercept the confederates, was broken into and supplies estimated to be worth $1,240 were taken. "It was known at the time that men of all or nearly all of the eight regiments had participated in the raid for eatables and liquid refreshment. The only trace of the sutler's supply discovered, however, was part of a box of cigars in one of the tents of the Twentieth Illinois. "An official investigation failed to fasten the crime upon any of the soldiers individually, as no one would admit knowledge of the affair. The general feeling was that among so many it would be impossible to ferret out the wrongdoers and nothing would be done about the matter. And then no one cared to inform on his comrades. "But Gen. Grant was determined to put a stop to such disorder and to suppress any tendency to lawlessness among the troops. As none of the members would come forward to aid in securing a satisfactory explanation as to the presence of those few cigars in our quarters, the entire regiment was made to suffer. The officer commanding the regiment and the officer of the day were dishonorably dismissed from the service for neglecting to discover the guilty parties, and the whole Twenteth Illinois, officers and men, were fined pro rata according to pay an amount sufficient to cover the $1,210 loss to the sutler. My share of the fine was $5.18. The fines were deducted from our pay. "A good deal of good-natured fun was poked at us by the other soldiers for having paid such an exorbitant profit on the sutler's goods—the goods were said to have been worth only $500, and not $1,210, the amount of the claim put in by the sutler and which was allowed. It was the talk of the camp that some of the good things taken in the raid found their way to the officers' quarters. So the boys of the Twentieth used to answer the rallery of those of other regiments in this way: "Who robbed the sutler?" "Don't know." "Who paid for it?" "Twentieth Illinois." "Who ate the stuff?" "Gen. Grant's staff." "The verdict of the court-martial seemed uncalled for and unjust at that time, but all recognized that an example should be made in order to check the tendency to outlawry. It seemed hard, though, that we should be the ones selected for that purpose. However, there was no bitterness, no disloyalty among the men, as subsequent acts of the regiment on the battlefield showed. Within a month the regiment participated in one of the bloodiest battles of the war, Britton's Lane, in which we lost in killed and wounded one-fourth of our number." "SOLDIER" BORE A CHILD. Romance of Andersonville Prison Brought to Light. Discussion of the action about to be taken by the Georgia division, Daughters of the Confederacy, toward enacting a monument to Capt. Henry Witz, who was commandant of the Andersonville prison, has brought a hitherto unpublished story to light, says the New York World. The relator of the story, a resident of Americus, often visited the prison, where her husband was doing duty for the confederate government. Upon one of her visits Capt. Blitz said that he needed her assistance. He conducted her to a small tent just outside the prison stockade. Within was a woman—a federal prisoner, with a day-old babe in her arms, while by her side sat her husband, also a prisoner. The woman, in male attire, had been brought to the prison pen a few days before. The captured party, including her husband, were Ohioans, and when surprised by the confederates she hastily denounced a suit of her husband's clothes in order that they might not be separated. When the real situation had been discovered the day previous, through statements made by her husband, Capt. Wirz had the couple hastily removed to the tent, outside the prison, and there the babe was born. In the visitor the poor woman found a friend. She quokly returned to Americus and secured for the mother and babe necessary clothing and medicine, and such food and comforts as her then limited means allowed. Soon thereafter the Ohioan, his wife and babe were sent away from the prison. Many Editions of Bible. There are more than 4.000 different editions of the Bible in the British museum. * FIG I FIG II FIG III FIG IV Fig. 1.—A Good Pipe.—Note central location of draft, causing tobacco to burn uniformly and completely. Fig. 2.—Worthless Pipe.—Location of draft causes uneven burning, and accumulation of distilled matter. Fig. 3.—Corncob Pipe With Stem Cut of the Center Draft.—1, Unevenly burned tobacco; 2, smoldering; 3, distilled. Fig. 4.—Corncob Pipe With Stem Properly Placed.—Stem pushed nearly to the center gives even draft. SCIENCE AND INVENTION. DRAFT OF TOBACCO-PIPE. If Poor the Burning of the Tobacco Is Imperfect. What is the difference between a good and a bad pipe? One would think that smokers in general would know, but this is rarely the case, if we may believe Chaucey Thomas, who writes on the subject in The Technical World Magazine. Not one smoker in a thousand, or perhaps, in ten thousand, Mr. Thomas asserts, knows the elements of a good pipe. Attention is paid to the material, which has little, if anything, to do with the qualities of a pipe; and practically nothing whatever is thought of shape and proportion, the two things that make a pipe good or bad. Says Mr. Thomas: "I have known an engineer to talk by the hour Fig. 1.—A Good Pipe.—Note central burn uniformly and completely. Fig. 2.—Worthless Pipe.—Location of mulation of distilled matter. Fig. 3.—Corncob Pipe With Stem Oil burned tobacco; 2, smoildering; 3 Fig. 4.—Corncob Pipe With Stem Prop the center gives even draft. over the draft of his fire-boxes, and never once in half a life time think of the draft in his pipe that he smoked hourly." Yet, according to the writer, the question of a good or a poor pipe is bound up in that single word—"draft." He goes on to say: "A pipe made on the right principles is shown in section in Fig. 1. The bowl is as narrow and deep as is convenient; the hole in the stem meets the bowl at the very bottom and in the center, thus insuring a perfect and even draft, hence a complete and even burning of the tobacco. The 'cake' prevents the fire from burning the bowl, and thus prevents making its bore larger or uneven, which would in proportion spoil the draft. The sides of the bowl are thick, to keep in the heat, thus making the burning at the same temperature at the edges of the tobacco as in the center, and, when the pipe is not puffed, preventing undue cooling. Needless to say, tobacco should be consumed at an even temperature; to vary it from high to low for any cause ruins the flavor of the best kinds of the weed. It is commonly known that a 'cake' adds to the good smoking qualities of a pipe. This is due to two causes: the cake, being mineral, stays hot when the pipe is not puffed; and also, being of differ- NOVEL TWO-PART HOOK. Arrangement by Which the Danger of Being Weakened is Remedied. The ordinary hook, used by lumbermen for attaching a cable to a log is quite liable to become unhooked whenever the cable is slackened. To prevent such annoying occurrences A Novel Two-Part Hook. Mr. Elias Carlson of Kalama, Cowlitz county, Wash., has invented a two-part hook so designed that it cannot accidentally be unhooked. As shown in the accompanying engraving, the improved device consists of two overlapping hook members mounted to swing upon a bolt to which the usual shackle is secured. Contrary to the common practice, the hook members swing laterally toward each other, that is, the axis is parallel to the general planes of the hook members instead of being at right angles thereto, as in previous two-part hooks. The overlapping portions of the hook members are flattened at their adjacent sides, so that when they are swung to closed position the ends will offer no projecting obstruction to the free movement of a cable within the closed hook. In this po- --- ent material from the bowl, prevents the loss of heat. "By a 'cool' pipe, one means a 'dry pipe'; and this all depends on the stem, not on the bowl. A 'cool' pipe or a 'hot' pipe has little to do with the actual heat of the smoke coming from the stem into the mouth, but almost everything to do with the chemical qualities of the smoke. Any tobacco smoked at different temperatures produces different chemical results, and the tastes of these are falsely laid to the material of the pipe instead of to its construction. "A poor pipe—no matter if it cost $50 and was given to you by your best beloved—is shown in Fig. 2. The draft is everywhere uneven, and over half of the pipe, except on the very surface, there is no burning of the tobacco at all. This is not only waste, but—which is worse—spoils all the tobacco in the bowl. Not only is the tobacco burned badly, but a zone along the line of consumption is merely charred and smolders; besides this, the unburned but highly heated tobacco out of the line of draft is more or less distilled, the flavors from which mingle with those from the charred portion and location of draft, causing tobacco to draft causes uneven burning, and account of the Center Draft.—1, Unevenly distilled. Only placed.—Stem pushed nearly to the unevenly burned tobacco—the total mixture being something to weep and cough over. The same thing is noticed in the corncob pipe, Fig. 3, when the reed stem is run into the bowl only to its inner edge. Now push the reed a little farther in, and you have a good pipe, as in Fig. 4. Besides forming the 'cake' common to all pipes, the corncob is light in weight, hence is easily held between the teeth; moreover, being of a cellular structure and full of dead air, the corncob retains the heat in the bowl, causing an even burning, whereas many other pipe substances, like clay, iron, or a dense, heavy wood, without the cake, change temperature rapidly up and down the scale, almost with every puff. "All fancy types of pipes are apt to be no good whatever. The plain bowl and stem, as in Fig. 1, are the best. All contrivances to 'catch' or to 'absorb' the 'nicotin' only drive a man to cigars or out of the house. The reason of this is that the liquid wastes from a pipe are mostly tar, and, if held in the pipe in out-of-the-way 'health' corners, decay and become a horror to the smoker. In the plain pipe, all this waste matter must be—and easily is—cleaned out either after or before each smoke, or there can be no smoke entitled to the name." sition the members form a practically continuous closed ring. In order to keep the members in closed position, explains Scientific American, they are attached to a spring, which is coiled on the bolt in a recess between the members. The extent to which the hooks may be opened is limited by a pin on one member, which engages a slot in the other. One of the principal advantages of the invention is that the hook is free from any projecting parts, which are liable to catch on brush, or the like, in logging operations. Another important feature of the invention is that the ends of the shackle are on the outside of the hook, and thus do not interfere with the cable. Japanese Lacquer Japanese lacquer is the most beautiful material of the kind in the world, and it has recently been the subject of a special study by two chemists, Messrs. A. Tschirch and B. Stevens, whose results are published in the Archiven der Pharmazie. The special qualities of Japanese lacquer are its brilliance, its great hardness and toughness, and its resistance to acids, alcohol and boiling water. It is made of the gum of the Rhus vernicifera, which grows and is cultivated in China as well as in Japan, and may be seen as an ornamental tree in Europe. The best gum comes from the foot of the tree in the hottest weather of summer. The art of bleeding the trees has been carefully cultivated, as well as that of preparing and cooling the lacquer. Finely pulverized mineral salts, as well as carbon, gold and silver are employed in producing polychromatic effects. Current of the Nile The current of the Nile at the Assouan dam is so strong that a boulder weighing 60 tons has been dislodged from its bed and hurled against the masonry. PALACES GOING UP UNCLE SAM BUILDING TWO HOTELS FOR STATESMEN. White Marble Apartment Houses, One for Senators and One for Congressmen, Will Soon be Ready for Occupation. Uncle Sam is building two apartment houses in Washington. They will be the most magnificent structures of their kind in this country, and will cost $2,500,000 apiece. Exclusively for use by congressmen, they will be to all intents and purposes detached wings of the capitol, though separated from the latter by several hundred feet. One of them will be occupied by senators and the other by representatives. These official "congressional flats," as they might be called, will be devoted wholly to the personal convenience and comfort of the legislative occupants, who will be surrounded by every imaginable luxury. In effect, they will be huge hotels, each of them occupying more ground than the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, though not so high; and the dining rooms will be on a great scale and very handsome—though "guests" will be at liberty to have their meals served in their rooms by messengers on the government pay roll and in uniform, if they so desire. Also, there will be magnificent barber shops; and, indeed, the only regular hotel feature lacking will be bedrooms, all of the apartments being intended for daytime use merely—a fact, which, nevertheless, will not bar occupants from utilizing their quarters for sleeping purposes if they wish. The two buildings, which are to be of white marble, will be exactly alike in respect to their exterior, and will not differ much so far as their interior is concerned. Flanking the capitol at either end, they will form with the latter a harmonious architectural whole, the great dome dominating the group as the central feature. It would suffice, then, to give a description of one, in order to convey a satisfactory idea of both—save for one or two differences, relating particularly to the number of rooms. In the southern flats, allotted to the lower house, there will be 410 rooms—one for each representative. On the other hand, in the northern flats the amount of space (comprising the whole of three floors) will be occupied by 99 apartments. Now, at the present time there are in the house 391 members and delegates; so that 19 rooms will be left over for a future margin. In the senate there are 90, so that quarters for eight additional senators from possible future states will be available. But, it will be observed, the smaller number of senators makes it practicable to supply them with much more commodious quarters and, while each representative will have only one room, there will be for each senator an apartment in the proper sense of the word, comprising a room for himself, a slightly smaller room for his secretary, and a bathroom. These senatorial apartments will be very handsomely decorated and furnished. A small army of uniformed messengers will be at hand to furnish the requisite service, and, with private staircases and private elevators for the exclusive use of the wearers of the toga, the whole outfit will be of the most comfortable, not to say luxurious description. Furnished private apartments in a white marble palace, with rent and all sorts of incidentals paid for by the government, are not by any means to be sneezed at, so to speak. In earlier days, when more simple manners prevailed, congressmen were content to rub along with fewer comforts and conveniences. Though the capitol was a much smaller building than it is to-day, the space it afforded was made to serve for committee rooms and all other legislative purposes. But congress, of course, has grown numerically, and, though the capitol has been likewise greatly expanded, the wants of members of both houses have multiplied. For a good many years past every senator has insisted upon having his private suite, and, the committee rooms in the senate wing being too few, the Maltyb building across the street, has been occupied for the purpose. Meanwhile it has seemed to many representatives that they were not getting their share of the ple, as it were, and so they have insistently pushed a movement for the erection of a building outside, which would contain suitable quarters for themselves. Thus it was that eventually $5,000,000 was appropriated to put up the two great apartment houses here described—the senate naturally insisting that the upper house should not be left out. Didn't Know Mr. Mudd. A long, lank, loosely built stranger strolled into the lobby of the National the other day. After looking around he walked up to the desk. "Is Mr. Mudd in?" he asked the clerk. "Mr. Mudd? Not acquainted with the gentleman." "Do I understand you to say you don't know Sydney Mudd?" "No; who is I.?" This was too much for the stranger. He regarded the clerk in silence for a moment and then turned on his heel and left the hotel. "That man," said the clerk, "lives over in Prince George county, Md. Everybody over there knows 'Marse Sydney,' and whenever a person says he doesn't know him it makes the loyal Marylander mad."—Washington Post. MAYOR OF SUNBURY Says Pe-ru-na Is a Good Medicine. Hon. C. C. Brooks, Mayor of Sunbury, Ohio, also Attorney for Farmers' Bank and Sunbury Building and Loan Co., writes: "I have the utmost confidence in the virtue of Peruna. It is a great medicine. I have used it and I have known many of my friends who have obtained beneficial results from its use. I cannot praise Peruna too highly." HON. Q. Q. BROOKS. THERE are a host of petty ailments which are the direct result of the weather. This is more true of the excessive heat of summer and the intense cold of winter, but is partly true of all seasons of the year. Whether it be a cold or a cough, catarr of the head or bowl complaint, whether the liver be affected or the kidneys, the cause is very liable to be the same. The weather slightly deranges the mucous membranes of the organs and the result is some functional disease. Peruna has become a standby in thousands of homes for minor ailments of this sort. Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1907. To Explore Greenland Coast. 10 Explore Greenland Coast. The duke of Orleans has announced to his friends at Copenhagen that he intends to start a new expedition next spring in the ship Belgica to penetrate as far as possible along the northeast coast of Greenland. The purpose is to join the Danish expedition, under Mylus Erichsen, which left last June to explore the same coast. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proner attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Pigeons Aid Physicians: Carrier pigeons as aids to a physician are reported from the north of Scotland. The doctor has a scattered practice, and when on long rounds he takes several pigeons with him. If one of his patients needs medicine immediately he writes out a prescription, and by means of the bird forwards it to his surgery. Here an assistant gets the message, prepares the prescription and dispatches the medicine. If after visiting a patient the doctor thinks he will be required later in the day, he simply leaves a pigeon, with which he can be called, if necessary. HEALTH AND SPIRITS HEALTH AND SPIRITS Are Restored by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in Cases of Debility and Despondency. General debility is caused by mental or physical overwork with imperfect assimilation of nourishment, or by some acute disease from which the vital forces have been prostrated and the entire organism weakened so as not to easily rally. To restore health it is necessary that the blood should be purified and made new. The case of Mrs. E. M. Spears, of 92 Mt. Pleasant street, Athol, Mass., is a common one and is given here in order that others may be benefited by her experience. She says: "I had been sick for a year from indigestion and general debility brought on by overwork and worry. I had tried many remedies, but found no relief. I suffered from swelling of the limbs, loss of appetite and dizzy spells, which became so severe towards night, that I sometimes fainted away. I was billious and my hands and arms would go to sleep for an hour or two at a time. I was so sleepy all the time that I could hardly keep awake. I had frequent cramps in my limbs and severe palms at the base of my head and in my back. My blood was impoverished. I was afraid to give up and go to bed fearing that I would never get well. "About this time Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were recommended to me by a friend in South Vernon, Vt. I felt better soon after beginning the treatment and continued until I was entirely cured. I consider Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a grand medicine for weak women." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectadet, N. Y. The Nation's Food Expert DR. H W WILEY Dr. Wiley is chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture. He is the man who recently studied the effect of boric acid and borax on the "poison squad." OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. SHIP HAS A NARROW ESCAPE. TO RAZE A NOTED PRISON. --- The Cotton Crop of Oklahoma. QUAINT NEW HAMPSHIRE STORE FILLED WITH ANCIENT RELICS. Historic Clock Brought to Little Town of Walpole About 150 Years Ago Among Possessions of D. W. Smith, the Shopkeeper. Walpole, N. H.—Walpole has an old curiosity shop of more than local fame. For a number of years Walpole has been noted for its summer visitors. Through them the little old curiosity shop has gained a wide reputation, and with its property, a lifelong resident of the town is now pointed out as one of the sights of the village. Walpole is one of the most historic places in the state, and lies in a historic country. Just across the river the first blood of the revolution was shed at the Westminster court house and the first bridge across the Connecticut was constructed. Here was the first settlement in this part of New England. Most of the houses are 125 years or more old and many date back even earlier. About ten years ago Daniel W. Meteor from the Heavens Just Misses the Ocean Liner. New York.—The narrow escape of a liner from destruction by a meteor is related by Capt. Anderson, of the African Prince, one of the vessels of the Prince line. Writing to his principals, he says: "On the evening of October 17 I was on the bridge with the second officer, when suddenly the dark night was as light as day and an immense meteor shot, comparatively slowly at first, because the direction was so very perpendicular to our position, then more rapidly, toward the earth. Its train of light was an immense broad electric-colored band, gradually turning to orange and then to the color of molten metal. "When the meteor came into the denser atmosphere close to the earth it appeared, as nearly as it is possible to describe it, like a molten mass of metal being poured out. It entered the water with a hissing noise close to the ship and the consequence had it struck the ship would have been annihilation without doubt and not a soul left to tell the story of another mysterious loss of a vessel in every way fitted to undertake the voyage. I am of opinion that some such cause must be attributed to losses so mysterious that neither steamship engineering nor ordinary theory can explain them." New State Will Raise 1,000,000 Bales the Present Year. Kansas City, Mo.—Some cotton brokers estimate that Oklahoma and Indian territory will raise 1,000,000 bales this year. This means $50,000,000 paid in cash in about one-half the geographical area of the state, or almost $50 per capita to every man, woman and child. The cotton is running from 35 to 37 per cent. lint. In Guthrie, 1,350 pounds of seed cotton produced 580 pounds of lint. The staple is good and late weather conditions have been favorable to color. The complaint of all cotton men is the shortage of cars and the scarcity of labor. To relieve the pressure railroad companies are moving both baled and seed cotton in open flat cars. The danger from fire is great, every passing locomotive scattering a shower of sparks. Once ignited a bale of cotton is almost inexhaustible. Fire eats into the lint faster than water can follow it. The safest way is to pick out the burning cotton by hand. Fire has been found in cotton bales after they had floated 200 miles down a river. Many costly fires have Smith, then quite an old man, became interested in family relics and heirlooms and began slowly to gather together a collection of antiques. Since that time he has picked up many valuable and historic articles from the most improbable places. He takes the material collected from miles around to his little red shop, near the center of the town, and there it lies until under his masterly touch it is transformed from a rusty relic of the past into a thing of beauty. Mr. Smith's shop itself looks its part. It is situated well back from the road, and is as ancient looking as the contents within. Mr. Smith himself is a quiet, unassuming person. He is white-haired and old, but his kindly eyes shine forth a welcome to all visitors. If one is able to strike him in a reminiscent mood he will tell interesting tales of his most valuable pieces, relating the deeds and lives of the first inhabitants of the town over 200 years ago. Many articles were picked up under peculiar circumstances, and their history is most entertaining. This building is his workshop and TO RAZE A HISTORICAL LANDMARK OF PARIS WILL BE TORN DOWN. Prison of St. Lazare, Where St. Vincent de Paul Died, Now a Moral Plague Spot — Was Sacked During Revolution. Paris.—The famous prison of St. Lazare, one of the great historic landmarks of Paris, is about to be pulled down, and what for some years has been a moral and physical plague spot will give way to fine, open squares and commodious dwellings. Romantic and tragic memories cling about the old structure. St. Lazare, as its name indicates, was at first a lepers' hospital built at the end of the eleventh century on the site of a basilica dedicated to St. Laurent. It sprung rapidly into fame, for kings used frequently to visit it in token of humility and faith. In 1632, leprosy having practically disappeared in France, the hospital was handed over to St. Vincent de Paul, who established there a number of priests of his mission known as the congregation of St. Lazare. St. Vincent himself died at St. Lazare, and his cell is still shown to visitors with two stones worn hollow by the knees of the saint. St. Vincent's suc p of Oklahoma. taken place at compresses and railroad yards in the two territories this season. The demand for labor in Oklahoma and Indian territory was never before so great. It is desirable to run compresses the greatest possible number of hours. A number of compresses are idle on Sundays because the men are unwilling to work seven days a week, though offered $2.50 on Sunday. Keeps Currants 26 Years. Hagerstown, Md.—Mr. and Mrs. Levin D. Spessard, of Chewsville, Washington county, gave a reception at their home in honor of Victor D. Hartle and his bride, the latter being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spessard. At the dinner, which was served to the 60 odd guests, were pies made of currants that had been canned by Mrs. Spessard 26 years ago. The currants were as good as if put up only last year. Has Much Public Business Notwithstanding the public buildings owned by New York city it pays in rents $332,000 annually. home, where he spends all of his time when not traveling about the country. One of the most interesting rooms is filled with the skeletons of former glory, which he has gathered together from every direction. In one corner is an apparent pile of iron junk, but from this will come an ancient clock of majestic proportions. Bits of broken china almost worth its weight in gold will be cunningly glued together. Dattered pewter sets will be hammered into shape again. In the next room may be seen the objects ready for the finishing touches. As soon as he finishes an article Mr. Smith stores it in his rooms upstairs. Here several rooms are filled with beautiful pieces of furniture, precious china brought over from the old country many years ago, pewter plates and platters cherished by the thrifty Puritan housewife, as well as the many curious implements used in those days. The most valuable thing in the shop is a clock which Mr. Smith picked up several years ago in a farmhouse away back on the hills. The children had played with the works until they were almost beyond repair, and the case was about to be consigned to the woodpole. Its exact age is not known, but it is certain that it was brought to Walpole by one of the early pioneers, John Kilburn, about 1750. This clock is especially valuable to the town, as Mr. Kilburn was prominently connected with its early history. It is Mr. Smith's intention to present it to the library of Walpole. Mr. Smith has several high-boys, burseaus and desks brought from Holland and England fully 150 years ago, some of which are beautifully carved and inlaid. A picture embroidery made before the revolution is another valuable relic, as is a flintlock pistol captured from a British officer in the battle of Bennington by one of the ancestors of a prominent family near here. Other ancient firearms, including a sword from the battle of Bunker Hill, are numerous. In china Mr. Smith has several rare pieces of old Dedham ware which are estimated to be at least 125 years old. Its Taste "My husband," she said, "doesn't know what whisky tastes like." "Neither do I," replied the man who could quit drinking whenever he wanted to. "The stuff we get is all diluted with prune juice or something else that spoils the real taste of it." His Experience. "After all," said the philosopher, "the real joy of a thing is in the anticipation of it." "Well," replied Henpeck, "if there's any joy in matrimony that must be it"—The Catholic Standard and Times. cessors neglected the work commenced by him and the house was turned into a sort of reformatory for insubordinate priests and unruly sprigs of nobility for whom their parents had secured "lettres de cachot." The Lazarists having stored large quantities of provisions in view of a possible famine the mob of Paris sacked the establishment on July 13, 1789, the eve of the storming of the Bastille, and released 40 prisoners. During the terror many "cl-id-devants" were confined there before being tried by the revolutionary tribunal. It was from St. Lazare that Andre Chenier was led to the guillotine. After the revolution the surrounding lands were sold and built upon. St. Lazare itself remaining a prison, but only women were confined there. Many celebrated female offenders have been lodged at St. Lazare while awaiting trial, among them the famous Mme. Humbert. From the hospital which adjoins the prison a long subterranean passage leads to the plain of St. Denis and in 1871 a number of federales escaped from Paris through this tunnel. Of recent years the prison has been used solely for the confinement of the pitiful outcasts of society who are gathered in from the streets and boulevards of Paris. Letters Save Detective's Life Letters Save Detective's Life. Trenton, N. J.—A package of letters in his inside pocket saved the life of Isaac Updite. Updite is a detective employed by a railroad company, and it is his business to catch trespassers on the railroad property. He came across three tough looking individuals, and catching one of them, he chained him to a barbed wire fence while he turned his attention to the others. One of the men suddenly pulled a revolver from his pocket and ordered Updite to release his partner. Updite paid no attention to the demand. The tramp pressed his revolver against Updite's side and fired. The bullet cut its way half through a package of letters and railroad tickets and stopped. In the excitement the tramp was released from the rence and the three escaped in the darkness. He Mistook. He was treating his pretty city cousin to the opera. "Wouldn't you like to step out and get a libretto, Josh?" she said, as the first curtain fell. "No," said he, "by gosh. I wouldn't. A feller what can't set out a show 'thout sneakin' out 'twixt every act for librettos and cocktails and sich ain't no man, 'cordin' to my way of thinking." OIL WELLS IN THE APENNINES. French Corporation Obtains Valuable Concessions From Italy. Rome.—The existence of deposits of petroleum of considerable importance is not generally known even to the Italians. As early as 1853 a French company obtained a concession from the Italian government to explore a certain tract in the Apennines, near Placenza, and to exploit any deposits of petroleum found there. The success of this company was sufficient to cause the formation of another French syndicate four years ago and last July these two were absorbed by a Genoese company with a capital of $3,000,000. The wells already bored are some 95 in number, of which 70 are practically exhausted. The remaining 25 produced about 13,200,000 pounds of crude oil in 1905, and with the eight wells now boring it is expected that the total production for 1906 will reach over 22,000,000 pounds. The concession of the new company comprises about 11,000 acres, and, as it is said to be all petroleum bearing, a great development of this industry may be expected in the next few years. The wells, none of which are "pushers," reach a maximum depth of 1,300 feet and the engineers in charge say that those which are exhausted may be made to yield again by deepening. This has not as yet been undertaken, perhaps because by the terms of the grant it is necessary to bore new wells in order to maintain control of the territory. It is curious to note that a central motor is used to operate by means of cables the pumps of the various wells. It is said that in the refining process as carried on here there is a net loss of three per cent. $2,000,000 TO REMOVE A LAKE. Steel Trust Will Drain It Because It Floods a Minnesota Mine. Duluth, Minn.—The United States Steel corporation is preparing to spend nearly $2,000,000 in draining Trout lake, seven miles from Grand Rapids, Minn., and reducing what is now a beautiful body of water four miles long and a mile wide, to a mere mud hole. Trout lake is near the Canisteo mine, which has been opened by the steel trust. Into the deep shafts that have been sunk water from the lake pours constantly, making it necessary to work the pumps day and night. With the enlarging of the underground workings, the expense from the excessive moisture in the soil will increase. So the trust decided to get rid of the lake. For some time agents of the corporation have been purchasing and obtaining options on the land abutting the lake shore. This work is about finished, and it is expected that before long a deep canal will be built that will carry the water into Swan river, several miles away. The towns of Bovey and Colerain are situated at one end of Trout lake. They are beauty spots, especially in summer, because of the lake, which is a favorite resort for campers and fishermen. But these towns have nothing to say about the fate of the lake because they are practically controlled by the iron nine interests. REFUSES TO BURY DEAD. Richmond (Va.) Clergyman Does Not Believe in Funeral Services. Richmond, Va.—The people of Richmond were much surprised when it became noised abroad that Rev. John W. Dougherty, pastor of the Apostolic church, had refused to conduct the funeral services over the remains of Joseph Heywood, who was killed by falling from a smokestack. The funeral took place from the Denny street Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Charles H. Gallagher, the pastor, officiating. When asked to explain his course Mr. Dougherty said: "My authority is the word of God. In my ministrations as pastor I have served for 18 years, and my present convictions are the logical consequence of long periods of devotional thought. As to the burial of dead bodies, of course, I raise no objections. It is a necessary and sanitary practice. My protest is raised only where religious observances are called for. I hold this to be a violation of the principles and practices of Christ. Christ came to resurrect, not to bury, the dead, and although he was buried he burst his sepulcher, defying death and the channel customs of those who would bury the dead. I therefore hold that the dead should bury the dead. My mission is to save the living. It is nowhere in scripture recommended that the dead be buried by church observances, Christ distinctly by precept and example to the contrary of this practice." Will Keep Eyes on Men. Superior, Wis.—Several girls of this city have formed a girls' protective association. It is a sort of love trust. Its purpose is to keep tab on young men of the city. They will keep each other informed as to actions of the men and protect members of the society from attentions of any youth against whom there is the slightest breath of suspicion. If a member bears of any young man failing by the wayside she immediately reports to the rest. That young fellow is thereafter tabooed. On the contrary, if a young man shows signs of reformation this also is noted. He is correspondingly encouraged. The discovery of the organization has created quite a furore among young men of the city. All are wondering how they stand on the books of the society. Giant California Cedar. From stereograph, copyright, by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. Room in the Old Hutchings house-first in eight-foot Cedar tree, Yosemite valley, California GOLD IN PHILIPPIN Room in the Old Hutchings house-first in the valley—built around an eight-foot Cedar tree, Yosemite valley, California. GOLD IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Chicago Of 1845 in Old Directory. --- AURIFEROUS DISTRICTS FOUND IN TWO OF ISLANDS. Ore is Low-Grade but Can Be Mined With Profit—Bullion Bars Are Sent to Manila For Manila.—The chief subject of interest in the islands at this time is gold mining. After two or three years of pioneer work on the part of enterprising prospectors results are beginning to appear and even those who were most skeptical are no longer sitting in the scorner's chair. It has been demonstrated beyond the peradventure of a doubt that these islands contain gold in paying quantities. It is a low-grade ore proposition, however, such as that of parts of the Klondike and all of the auriferous region of South Africa, and offers no inducement to the man with the pan or cradle. In this case it takes gold to get gold. The two gold-bearing districts are the province of Benguet, in the northern part of the island of Luzon, and the island of Masbate, in the south. On many claims in both of these places considerable development work has been done. Probably in the neighborhood of $600,000, exclusive of labor, has already been expended in actual cash. Meanwhile nearly every day sees a bar of bullion come into Manila from one or of the various claims, bearing rich and eloquent testimony to the fact that there is gold here and that it is being extracted. These bars range in value from $300 to $1,200. The quartz from which this gold is taken assays, according to reports, all the way from $3 to $140 and $150 a ton. Of course, the latter figures are extremely exceptional, but con- Directory Published When Metropolis was a Small Town. Chicago.—What is believed to be the oldest city directory in existence is arousing great interest among members of the Chicago Historical society. With its yellow leaves and its quaint phrasing, the book is regarded as a volume most valuable to the society. Its owner, Lleut. William Moore, of the Stanton avenue police station, is considering offers for its purchase. "A business advertisement and general directory of the city of Chicago for the year 1845-1846, together with a historical and statistical account," is the title given the book by its compiler, J. Wellington Norris. The title page explains that the book was in its second year of publication. Concerning the previous edition the author, evidently a person of consequence, remarks in his preface that he "can not refrain from an expression of his thanks for the flattering interest" which his friends "have taken in the enterprise." Although admitting that he is "influenced by peculiary considerations," he declares that the volume is none the less correct. At the time of the appearance of the book the population claimed for Chicago was 10,864. This total, however, was accomplished by much careful padding of the informal census, most of which is admitted by the author in his preface or elsewhere. In his tabulated total he admits there were only 1,613 families in the "settlement." Copious illustrations, mostly of churches, appear among the opening pages, with a map of Chicago. A few scratches on the map near Thirty-first street are explained by the artist as "havystacks." Below that point, servative estimates, which appear reliable, place the average yield on some of the claims at $10 a ton. At present only one mine has a cyanide plant in operation and it has only begun, so that full demonstration of what can be done with the auriferous ore of the Philippines has not yet been obtained. Moreover, no mine has more than one ten-stamp mill in operation, while most of them could accommodate 300 or 400 of that capacity at not much greater cost. As some of the mines are more than paying their running expenses with this limited machinery it is argued that the prospect when capital is applied in large quantities and the mines are run at something like their full capacity is almost boundless. Factors which contribute to the optimism felt are the abundant and contiguous supply of good timber in the mining districts and available water. In Benguet transportation is not what it might be, but it presents no serious obstacles, while in Masateb it is excellent. Naturally, with the sight of the bullion bars arriving here and being purchased by the banks for transportation to San Francisco, and with the character of most of the men who are interested and showing their faith in the gold resources of the islands, a feeling of confidence and optimism prevails and it is believed that within a year or two the mineral wealth of these islands will make the world sit up and take notice. Has 17 Babies in 17 Years Des Moines, In—Mrs. Mary McIntyre of Grimes, Iowa, gave birth, the other day, to her seventeenth child. She is the mother of two pairs of twins. She has been,married 17 years and all her children are living. Mrs. McIntyre is a first cousin of Puglilst John L. Sullivan. and everywhere west of the river, the country is described as "pardle." The town contained 43 lawyers, 28 physicians, 17 clergymen, one dancing master, and had 18 hotels, six weekly and two daily papers, besides supporting "two flouring mills." The book was presented to Lleut. Moore by William Clancy, 4530 Wood lawn avenue, whose grandfather was the original purchaser. WILL TAKE FOOD FROM AIR Crookes' New Method of Making Nitric Acid Interests Scientists. New York—When scientists read the cabled report of Sir William Crookes' discovery of a commercial method of extracting nitric acid from the atmosphere they said there was no longer any fear of scarcity of food from overpopulation, because the result of the discovery would be a doubling of the world's crops. Nitric acid adds greatly to the productivity of the soil. Nitrate of soda, used for that purpose now, has grown so scarce, it is said, it soon will be exhausted. At present the cost of extracting nitric acid from the air is expensive. Prof. Charles F. Chandler, head of the department of chemistry in Columbia university, explained, but said that with the cheapening of electricity, which is employed in the process, nitric acid manufactured by the new method would be cheaper than nitrate of soda. "When a practical working process is perfected," said Prof. Chandler, "every waterfall in the country will be available for the production of the atmospheric fertilizer. Scientists have been working on this problem for a hundred years, but real headway has only been made recently." The Rising Son. Office 914 East 12th St. Kansas City, Mo. Advertising Rates, For one inch, one insertion ..... 8.00 For one inch, each subsequent insertion ..... 8.00 For two inches, three month ..... 8.00 For two inches, six month ..... 8.00 For two inches, nine months ..... 10.00 For two inches, twelve months ..... 18.00 OLDEST NEGRO JOURNAL ... IN KANSAS CITY, the paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Golored weekly newspapers. WILL IT BE A JIM CROW LAW. Monday night the negroes of the city had a mass meeting for the purpose of opposing the Jim Crow car law, which certain legislatures are trying to have enacted. Strong speeches were made against it by J. Silas Harris, Rev. S. Bacote, Dr. Dibble, Prof. Nelson C. Crews and others Mr. Crews as he always is equal to the occasion advised caution in our procedure. His talk from among the rest was deemed the most plausible course to pursue, however, many of the others had very sensible suggestions to offer. Mr. Washington reading a letter from a member of the legislature who had promised him to fight the proposed measure. All in all it was a very sincere meeting. A committee being formed which at a moment's notice is to act in behal of the Negro. The negro is asking the republican party to remember his brother Igp black. Remember when he called on us in the time of need. Will he remember our service. Are there any who would deny the negro his right. If so; Carthago delenda est. THE NEGRO CLUBS ARE A RUINA TION TO THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF KANSAS CITY The Son, in its last issue took a stand against one of the greatest evils Kansas City has to battle with, and that is in regards to the negro clubs which entice the young men and women from their homes. The negroes will never be a race until our good negro citizens come out boldly against such places which really act as boomerangs against the race. How many of my thousands of readers deep down in their hearts condemn these places, but have not the courage to come out against them. Mothers and fathers if you do not make a stand now you will regret it in after years. Just last year one of these individuals claimed that his place was a literary club for the benefit of the young men. Claiming that the purpose was to promote social, intellectual and the moral side of its members. The intelligent negroes sat passively by and allowed their positions and striving to be used to promote on of the greatest evils that the negro has to deal with. Thank God we have one stalwart preacher of the Gospel who is not afraid to speak out against these places and that is our own noble Rev. Samuel Bacote. Come on you strong minister of the Gospel, array yourself and begin battle against these damnable institutions. No more back-sliding but let there be a washing of linen. Let the negro women arouse themselves in behalf of their wayward daughters and sons. Come on fathers and recognize this crucial period of our progress and do something for your race. Just a little over a week ago Arthur Ashercraft, once a pupil of Lincoln school was shot to death in one 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 negro. 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 crime has been committed. Oh! Almighty God, who shapes the destiny of man and rules the mighty universe, come down upon your chosen people at this critical time. Give the negroes power to combat its greatest evil. O! God! Will you come among us. Will you help the negro in his undying crusade against these most damnable institutions, which are a menace to our race. 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 pres ent 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. Healthfulness of Washington. 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. It is somewhat surprising to learn that Finland, notwithstanding her political troubles, did a much larger foreign business in 1905 than in 1904. Her foreign commerce in 1905 was of the value of $98,584,400, consisting of $46,860,400 exports and $51,740,000 imports. The export increase over 1904 was $5,211,386, and the imports also increased by $173,700. The largest imports were breadstuffs, 796,618,000 pounds. Most of the wheat flour sent in by Germany, Great Britain and Denmark was of American origin. The chief 1905 export was lumber, valued at $23,989,900, an increase over 1904 of $655,200. Paper and wood pulp exported was worth $6,735,700. Other exports were butter, 34,980,000 pounds, and cattle, meat, milk and cream, valued at $8,009,800. All persons desirous of giving entertainment for the benefit of the Old Folks and Orphans Home at 2446 Michigan ave., will confer a favor upon the managers theof, 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 I Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED. Properties and Business or all kinds sold quickly in cash in all parts of the lined sizes. Don't wait. Write today describing how to have to sell and give cash price on same as well as prevent unpleasant conflicts. This organization is a member o f 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. 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 allike, 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. Help Furniture Free All calls given prompt attention We are Bonded by the Afro-American Employn We make a Specialty of Help for all kinds of Office 1005 M Home Phone 6236 Main Bell Phone 3662x Main Call and have your WAITERS Keystone Makers - of - High N. E. Cor. 12 Kansas City Help Furnished Free of Charge All calls given prompt attention. Reference: Mo. Sav. Bank We are Bonded by the Metropolitan Surety Co. Afro-American Employment Agency We make a Specialty of Securing Reliable Colored Help for all kinds of positions and odd jobs. Office 1005 McGee, Room 3 Home Phone 6236 Main F. J. WEAVER. Bell Phone 3662x Main A. RIVERS. Call and have your name listed for a job Keystone Tailors Makers - of - High - Grade - Clothing N. E. Cor. 12th and Grand. Kansas City, Missouri. For Cash or on easy payments Western & Sto Home Phone 3218 Main A STAND FOR NEGRO MORALITY. The Son's great fight against the powerful institutions of vice called clubs, which are carrying hundreds of negroes into the vortex of hell's running stream. This paper backed by the strong public opinion has endeavored to show to the people the great evil which has arisen in their midst by allowing these clubs and gambling dens to run loose and carry down to ignonimous degradation of the young men in this community. At no time during the history of the negro race since the civil war has our people been threatened by such a calamity. At no time during the history of our race has the young negro girls been exposed by being thrown into contact with individuals who are fresh from these dens and seduced them to leave their families and home to follow the evil ways of sin. What are the negroes coming to if they don't take a stand? A great tirade is being raised. This is the kindling of a flame that shall sweep the city. Nero burnt the imperial city of Rome and sent the eagles of war to destroy the Christian bands in Rome. But Christ said, "My word shall live on." Empires and kingdoms might fall and perish away. Through all the centuries one great command prevails, it is the will of God. Take courage, oh, humble negroes, send out your legions of war and like the Goths in their terrible march on Rome destroy the entire palaces where vice is sapping out our very manhood. A reform wave is sweeping the city and in its mad rush let it settle upon clubs and dens. Forty years ago the negro was given his freedom, and because of his ignorance and weakness he has been the prey of every evil scheme. Thank God he is coming into his own. It is written that the clubs must go. It is the handwriting on the wall. O! let us pray in unison that the great spirit may settle upon us. Good Lord deliver us from the entwining arms of evil. Will the immortal Savior send the angels of war to devastate and bring destruction to these great evils to our race. In the shadows of thy great walls, and in the arms of thy loving kindness let us have protection. O. Lord, will Thou hear the prayer of thousands of negroes and send unto us deliverance? Finished Use of Charge Union. Reference: Mo. Sav. Bank Metropolitan Surety Co. American ment Agency Securing Reliable Colored positions and odd jobs. McGee, Room 3 F. J. WEAVER. A. RIVERS. name listed for a job Go to—— e Tailors - Grade - Clothing 2th and Grand. v, Missouri. MES FINISHED Furniture ove Co. 1322 Grand Ave. 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 good as new. Justly Popular Brands. TOM MOORE, - - - - 10c Cigar LITTLE TOM, - - - - 5c Cigar HENRY GEORGE, - - - - 5c Cigar CINCO, - - - - - 5c Cigar ... SOLD BY... NILES @ MOSER CIGAR CO. 1004 Walnut Street. Kansas City, - - - Missouri. The Old Reliable BADGER LUMBER CO. Genuine Trade Mark. Expert Service 15th and Indiana IN 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, 50c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 SHIRTS, COLLARS, HATS and CAPS, GLOVES and MITTENS A. H. LARSONS 302 E. 12th St SHAVE 100. TONSORIAL ARTISTS HAIR OUT 250 J. B. Lester. S. L. Clemons. Duke Mayes. J. B. LESTER'S SHAVING PARLOR Hot and Cold Baths. 557 Grand Ave. Kansas City, Mo. 4 New Porcelain Tubs. Cigars, Tobacco and Pool. Massage and Hair Dyeing a Specialty. G. C. MOORE, DEALER IN Cash Groceries and Meats, Flour, Provisions, Etc. Goods delivered free to any part of the city Boll Phone 1265 x 1605 N. 10th Street, Kansas City, Kan. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE COLORED HELP A SPECIALTY MALE AND FEMALE OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. MRS. EMMA STOVALL 1014 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kansas. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Etot=\ Waiters’ Journal Edition. ‘ienticaian jammin terete p » ff Ne Ky, : (Pe NVI aia ak ! [eee Ml =ye 3 ian | ] i i YT OD @ eee aT JOUN T. MORELAND, Solicitor. Remember please— 10s the Hale Mle We colloeh Nes ane véere that enables us to run from year to year.” All kinds of hot and cold drinks at McCampbell and Houston, Get busy! The African, American employment agency will help you. nileatte aes Eliza Jessee will rent you a room at 1118 Campbell, rear. Give her a trial, It seems to be the intention of cer- tain negroes to hide everything that goes. Let some one read in the Rising Son what you are doing in business or society, Mrs. Maggie Heart once Maggie Jackson is in the city visiting from St. Paul. Rev, Ridley of this city, husband of Mrs. Ridley of Rosedale, Kans., died this week, The negro undertakers are doing the pulk of the negroe’s burying and the Son is glad of it. Mrs. Adele Miller is visiting Mrs. Pete Finney at 1721 Forest enroute to Jerome Arizona. Any one desiring to buy a fine square piano for $40 please call M at the office of the Rising Son. Walter Jackson, ex head waiter o! the Washington hotel was buried this week. His many friends bemoan his loss, If you want a room in town, with the companionship of good men, call | at the Bachelors’ Apartment, 1005-07, McGee, , Theodore Smith, the druggist, had a fire at one of his stores amounting to considerable damage. The place was insured. Uneda Domestic Hand Laundry Co., has opened up a splendid place at 2112-2114 E, 18th St. M. C. Jones is the manager, ‘Thus for they have given us noth- ing in the county but a few janitors Will they give us any office work? One or two clerks, If you want a good position call at the office of the African Amercan employment agency and have your name put on the list for a job. It seems to be the intention of some certain so called high class ne- groes to try and smother all the evils and dirt and abuses committed, but they are going to be exposed. Mr. F. J, Weaver, the room locater made a special effort to remember all of his roomers with a Xmas pres- ent. Not one roomer out of 300 was neglected, The presents ranged from 10¢ to $5.00 We wish to thank the friends for their services and the expressions of sympathy, in our late bereavement. J. M, DAY , JOHN WESLEY, VERA WESLEY. WANTED.—Educated colored amen to travel and distribute samples and circulars of our goods among thelr ‘own people, Salary $80 per .month and expenses, Saunders Co, Desk 10, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, ‘The Son hopes that tle patrons of this paper will feel that its columns are open, but it also wishes to state that people not subscribing for this paper should at least order the paper when they send in their news, The insignificant remarks made by a two by four negro paper with a handful of subscribers concerning the litigations in this paper will not be noticed by the same, but we say you had better beware or some things shall be unraveled. Miss Beulah B. Doyle prior to her departure for Jefferson City enter: tained in honor of Miss Lena Tuck. er of Lincoln Institute. Fifty-two persons were present. Miss Tucker expressed herself as highly pleased with the reception, Madame De Vaul Vincent has mov- ed from her home on Michigan to her elegant place, 1004 Charlotte., She hae a large place for her sewing class and a much more spacious compart: ment. The people will do well in recognizing her splendid record and they should patronize her establis aunnt Miss Edna Tucker, the cousin of Mrs, E. B. Ramsey, has left for her home in Richmond, Mo. Dr. E. B, Ramsey has moved his office from 19th and Grand to the Northeast corner of 19th and Vine, over Crawbody drug store. Come around and give him a call, The Son knows that it is right. Be sure you are right and then go ahead We are right and we are going to keep on knocking away until the white judges hear our cry of help. F. J, Weaver {s one of the Negroes in this commumty whom the people should give their united support, Mr. Weaver is one of the Negroes who is doing something. He ts making un- usual progress in various lines. He is flow engaged in the Afro-American Employment Agency. Please pay the collector, Mr. Horace Bolden or Mr, Edward Baker, your year's subscription, Don't have the manager to appear tn person o1 have him to send a collection agent after you. We must have money in order to run this paper. It can not be run with a whole lot of news sent in without money. Now let every one rally! Let us fill ft, Have you a preserip. tion to fill? If so, why should you not choose your druggist as well as your physician, Your recovery de. pends as much on the proper com. pounding of your prescriptions as on the proper diagnosis and treatment of your ctse by your physician. If your druggist is wrong it 1s worth little to you to have your trade, We guarantee you purity, accuracy and skill, McCampbell & Houston, THE BONTONS CLUR. _ The Bontons Club composed of Mrs. S. J. Miller, Mrs. W. Hood, Mrs, 5. Green, Mrs, E, McRay, Mrs, H, John- son, Mrs. R. E. Savington, Miss Mamie Blue, Miss Ida Jack, Mrs. 8. Smith, Mrs, J. Smith, gave a private Ball and Card party, Friday 28th, at Seventh and Wyandotte, Dainty refreshments were served af- ternoon and evening. Whist prizes were given. GEORGE JONES. |While a pleasant stroll 1s on your mind, | Please try and make it in time, To No, 90) 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 finc time To show you the whole line. Tt may seem strange that the white press of the country with its men of letters, linguists and scholars, con- tinue to treat the word Negro as a common noun, when it is well known that the word, regardless of its deri- vation, is intended to denote a partic: ular race. The pity of it is that there are some Negro journals which per- sist in treating the word as a common noun, We have no aversion to the word, but when it is used out of re. spect for English, {t should be writ. ten with a big “N”, | The Son will attempt to explain in its next issue the difficulties in which it has been engaged. We will give the entire details of the trial in the Justice's court wherein this paper published an article in which it re ferred to W. C. Hueston in regards to an affair where Alberta Bailey, the daughter of our late professor was concerned, We will give the full statements of W. C Hueston on the stand before the court and the state: ments also of the Wetense, We wish every Negro ciuzen to read this Plece as there will,oe some startling rvealations coucern’ne its origin. Mr, James Cartwright of Denver, ‘Colo, well-known in Kansas City was the guest of his nephew, R. H. Hill, for several weeks, dating back to the holidays. During his rather pleas: ant stay in the elty he was highly entertained by several receptions given in his honor. At the home of Mrs, Reeves, 720 Cypress, the guests were Messrs, A. T. Moore, Jordon, Cartwright, R. H. Hill for several weeks dating back to the holidays, At the home of Mrs, A. T. Moore, Jor- don, Cartwright, R. H. Hill, D. Tur. ner, J. Hill, J. Driver. Ladies were Misses S. Hale, I Railey, E. Sweat: man, S, Sweatman, J. Johns, V. Sears, and sister, BE. Reeves, R. H. Hill At the home of Mr. P. Finney was a stag Present were Messrs. Chas, Fields, B. B, Francis, Chas, Monroe, D. Turner, F. Daniels, A. T. Moore, Anderson, R, H. Hill, J, Cartwright, Drs. J. BE, Dibble, Smith, Prof. J. 8. Harris He was entertained at RH. Hill's residence by Col Robert Simp- son and A. 'T. Moore. Those present were Messer Ira Avant, F, Daniel, Chas. Monroe, W. Dorsey, Pete An: derson, R, H. Hill, 1, Cartwright. Be Ing a Mason and an Elk he was high- ly entertained by these orders, He expressed himself as highly pleased ;with the people of Kansas City. Jew Becomes Catholic. The conversion of a Jew to Cath olicity, @ rare event, has just taken place in Venice, The convert, Fort! Felice, is 24 years of age. He was baptized by the patriarch of Ven- lee. You Can Easily Save More Than Carfare | Sale of Women’s Cotton, Mercer: ized, and Silk Petticoats Sale of Infant's Wear Including Undermustins | Sale of Women’s New Spring | Suits, Coats and Skirts English Mohair, worth up to $1.00 | per yd., for yd., 39c. a Lewis Hoffman, Wine @ Liquor Merchant. The Genuine CEDAR BROOK (W. H. McBray- er; Bottled in Bond. ECON- OMY RYE ithe best Penn- sylvania Rye made; Bottled in Bond. JAS. E. PEPPER WHISKEY Bottled in Bond. 1111 BROADWAY, Kansas City, Missouri. 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 CO- LUMBUS ADDITION, on Humbolt Avenue, just north How much more is this of Rosedale, for i}, than you now pay as rent? $100. to $250. Each || Rent goes on forever; these Five Dollars down and Five |) Payments would last only Dollars a month is all we }; two and a half years at ask for $100. and $150. lots; most. You would then own Ten Dollars down and Ten |! your home. amonth for the $200. and , $250 lots. 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, Kansas City, Mo. 115 Grand Avenue. Home Phone 4614 Main ae ieee eee Dea ely ee ea The Negro Civie League is com- prised of the following Negroes of this city: Rey. Jesse Peck, Rev, Samuel Bacote, Prof. G. N, Grisham, W. W. Yates, R. W. Foster, M. J. Har- and T. W. H Wil liams | Mitchells ee STORE OF THE PEOPLE” ..+ Sells... Reliable Goods ; At Low Prices. Complete line of Clothing, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, Hardware and Groceries. Money Cheerfully Refunded on Any Purchase not Satisfactory.” 1009-11 MAIN STREET 1009-11 MAIN STREET Co. BOTH PHONES. Main Store, win's. Hyde Park Store, mis SHIRT CO. = . a aa Tr GE My OE ni: a 3 STORES 803 Walnut 12th and Baltimore 9th and Wyandotie Best Places in Kansas City to Trade. TRY US. Prices Right and Good Treatment. ae "Phone 5478 Main Bell "Phone 3136 Main BAS REAL ESTATE RENTAL And INSURANCE. Fiouses For Sale On Easy Terms, Like Rent. A Naa a si Aster a ARSOOIATIONNG, (inn inses eed dona ftusioe LP ere Pee ties Mor in tie eomta Denintee | DR. E. C. BUNCH, Dentist. - TL have some vacant lots that I will exchange for rooming houses, furnt ‘ture In storage or equity in cottages. : See F. J. Weaver, $11 Oak St. SUBMARINES 10 2 BARTEE OFF oe Port joDrtae \) a eee Tht Ri im ‘ Tass, F)) Seem Na) RL | pa Bila ee iii) = ae = ag — == = re ——— a = —_ —- ~ ee es = —_ 9 ¥ —————— SS New York. —A battle royal between ecomarines, the most exhatsiive eon test ever held between these craft, 18 scheduled to tale place In the waters Of Narragansett bay and the wea of the Rhode Island coast this month Every conceivable twat to which a sithmarine bout can be subjected to determine tis reliability and etfoetive nse will be cmployed, a Week or more hoing devoted to each competitor, and on the result will depend the cholee of the United States government in the fusther development ef this branch of its m vice thay hax heen d An ay iation of $1,000,000 n va r the buildtag of sibs niarin nas the type ix de emment may keep pace with European powers in submarine aetivity more aiearly than it has been doing, Hicht of these curious erafi are now fy the American navy, and four more aye nearing completion at the Fore River shipyard. Ail these are of the Holland type. which has so far re. teined its supremacy in the opinion of naval authorities, though not without Ditter competition on the part of the Take Submarine company, with occa- mal charges of undue influence Some indieation of the — interest witch the coming tests will arouse among naval men of this country and the experts of foreign powers may be seen in the recent incident at the Fore River yard. Fore River, Mass., when Japanese officers stationed there dur- ing the building of some turbines for their government displayed a curl osity In regard to the new submarines that caused American oMelals to worry Japanese Watch Closely. On one of the preitminary trials of the submarines the Japanese officers chartered a yacht and followed the Hele boats until fnally the American officials asked them to desist. This re- suited in calling the affair to the at- tention of the higher authorities at Washington, and it came to public at- tention when President Roosevelt is: sited an order granting the Japanese permission to observe unhindered auything in the way of construction which they desired at the yard. From this it is inferred that the Japanese officials, as well as some from other natlons, may be on hand during the tests in Narragansett hay to gain as much Information as they can In regard to the probable addition to the United States navy. ‘That such observation will not be welcomed is evident from the attitude of the naval ‘oficlals in the Fore River ease, and {rom the cloud of secrecy and mystery which they have attempted to. throw over the preparations for the tests From the notices sent to prospective competitors outlining the require ments and the nature of the tests, no. ‘tices which the navy department itself declined to make public, the impor tance of the event In naval progress is evident, For one of the tests a storm at sea will be necessary, since each contestant will be required to demon strate its stability in as rough water as Neptune can be induced to furnish for the occasion, Point Judith’s ree ord for heavy weather in. winter Is euch that no difeulty ts anticipated 41 getting a storm sufficient to test} the aubniarines to the utmost during | the period of the trial | Another important feature will be | the submerged test, during which each competitor will be kept beneath the arface for 24 hours, when the erew Will be dependent extirely on the re sources of the boat for food, air and all iiving accommodations. ‘This will determine the habllabllity of the boats under water for longer perlods a have yet been attempied In official toate Limit to Safe Depth. Previous tests have lasted 17 hours, and the crews have declared that the }mit was by no means reached. The amount of fresh air carried and the SS TSA TS ATEN Jamon: used during the test will be eareiilly noted | A depth of 150 foet Ix about as great as submarines would be eatled on to reach im actual service, but in the comfng tests, fo quote the announce: ment to builders, “no boat will be ace cepted as fulfitiag all the require: ments of the navy department inless the boat will stand withont damsge i stresses due to an actual sub mergence of at least 200 feet." Other tests will inelude speed trials wer measured mile courses In Tight, eruisigg and awash conditions, sub nierged speed tials, firing of torpedoes In submerged and other conditions, mining, countermining, cable eutting an? handling torpedoes, The details of the tests, including the number of trials to each boat un lor the varying conditions, are left entirely in the hands of the trial board, ef which Capt, Adolph Marix, ULS. .N., fs chairman, The test 1s to last as long as necessary to complete the trials under every condition of [weather that Is desired, It was sug: ‘ested by the secretary of the navy that the date be changed on account ‘of the probabatlity of cold weather at that time, but no action was taken on this suggestion. | Winter weather is of small conse- quence to submarines in action, as | was demonstrated during a trial of the poste Submarine company’s Protector |in January, 1904, when the mast was jearried away by the tee under which |she was running, at a depth of some |30 feet, and she rose to the surface ;through an ice floe from five to ten |inches thick without suffering harm. [It may. however, be more of a factor in adding to the dimeulties of the 24- hour submerged test. Two Companies Compete. So far as is now anticipated, the only competitors will be the Holland and Lake Submarine Boat companies. Between these two the competition has always been most bitter. The fact that the navy department has stuck to the Holland type has aroused much criticism and the contest has been waxed with great warmth in congress. where charges have been made that the devotion of the department to the Holland type was due to political in fluence. ‘There have been previous tests in which the two designs have met, the most fmportant previous one having hoen in 1893, when three types were entered, the Baker submarine meeting | the other two, Since then, however, |and even since 1900 and 1901, when all the submarines now in the navy were jeontseat there have been tre mendons strides in thelr construction. | Each firm will be represented by its latest designs, embodying all that has | been Tearned about the science 0! | “subinarining” up to the present time ‘The Holland company will present the JOctopus, the first of the four new ‘| boats to be completed at the Fore Riv er yard. The Lake company recent) |completed a boat at Newport News |which it clans is the best possible Jexample of submarine construction |‘This was taken to Bridgeport, Conn. -|for the fintshing touches. Each of the |rivals, therefore, will be offering th extreme limit of its achievements t ,| the government | In-spite of the fact that some nava t J officers: are strongly opposed to sub- # marines and that their actual worth | in war is still to be demonstrated, the e| United States in deciding to continue h| their construction is merely following e| the example of European powers. Rus- w}sia and Japan cach ordered subma- e-|rines during the recent war, but none 1 }of them was put into use so far as ts I} known, France has thus far led the ts} way, and now has a fleet of over 50 in} sibmarines. They are, however, of al} varying sizes and types, the French having apparently been unable to de- ide upon a fixed type, . . Britain Uses Holland Type. he Great Britain pald small ettention he | to submarines till within a few years he] but now has a considerable fleet muck — eel scents a a en reese ausiinck hel a i y } — i Fi = a a i more homogencous in character than France's, the British admiralty hay: Ing practically adopted the Holland type. It has also been constructing submarines of 500 tons, belleved to be the largest that any nation has at- tempted. Germany has recently begun the construction of submarines with great zeal and plans to develop a consider: able fleet of the craft, while both Italy and Austria are beginning to acquire them, Juittle has been known of the naval activity of Russia and Japan since the war, but each nation fa be- lieved to be building them in its own yards, Six of the cight submarines of the American navy are practically identi- cal in size and type, being of 120 tons each. ‘They are the Adder, Grampus, Moceasin, Pike, Porpotse and Shark. The Holland tx older and smaller, be- ing the 6riginal one of the modern submarines to be adopted in our navy, while the Plunger is fdentieal with the others in practically every respect save that it ts slightly heavier. The cost of each, except the Holland, was $176,000, ‘Those now butlding at Pore River— the Octopus, Viper, Cuttle Fish and Tarantula—are larger than the earlier ones and show many devices not in clued in them, The Octopus, though details concerning it have been eare- folly guarded, 1s known to be of about 200 tons Some light has been thrown on the possibilities of the coming contest by the success achleved in submarine ex- periments in Narragansett bay off Newport during the past summer, the Porpoise and Shark belng used for the purpose. The officers in charge have refrained from making public the results of the experiments, but it is known that each has made over 500 miles with gasoline engines under con- ditions that rendered this notable. They have also accomplished more In maneuvers under water than had here- tofore been attempted, and the sub- marine department of the navy ts be- Heved to have been materially strengthened by the knowledge gained during the past year. Varying Methods Used. To the landsman there would seem smal! difference in submarines. The general principle of all {8 the same. When ready to go under the surface they are made almost as heavy as the surrounding water by admitting water to the ballast tanks and then dropping below the surface either by diving, through the movement of the bout and the use of the horizontal rudder or on an even keel by further admission of water In the methods employed, however, there are differences between the Hol- land and Lake types which are radl- cal in their effect on the effictency of the eraft, and friends of the Lake boat have maintained that in the coming test lis superiority will be demon- strated in spite of the government's previous adhererce to the Holland boat. ‘The great inerease in attention glv- en by naval powers during the past two or three years to submarine on struction, of which the Narraganset! bay tests are evidence, naturally ere ates interest In previous attempts 4¢ employ submarines in warfare, It Is popularly but incorrectly assumed that submarines are an extremely recent development of naval selence. Few people are aware that they were ac tually employed by the American col outes during the revolution and that during the civil war a federal cruiser was blown up by a confederate sub marine, The boats thus employed were, 0 course, erude affairs in comparlsdr with the eraft that will meet In com petition down the bay, but they wer interesting examples of early exper! ments and sufficiently refute the ne tion that submarines are strictly mod orn affalrs, But for an unforeseen ob stacle the submarine built by Davi Bushnell, a Connecticut Inventor, dur Jing the revolution wonld have blow! ,[ up one of the British men-ofwar lyin; Ltof Brooklyn at a time when the co onies were in dire straits and sticccss In Bushnetl's enterprise ‘would have seemed like a miracle sent from heaven by the under-water route, Had Washington's Approval. Bushneil'e plans were approved by Washington, and a turtle-ehaped boat holding afr enough to permit the sin- ele operator to remain under water half an hour was built. The operator sitceceded in getting under the bot- toms of eeveral of the British vessels, but found them copper sheathed, whleh prevented the attaching of the torpedoes with @ screw as had been the plan. It wes the primitive char- acter of the torpedoos available, there fore, rather than the limitations of the boat {tself, which caused the enter prise to fail, During the elvil war a submarine constructed by an Indiana shoomaker was employed by the confederates tn Charleston harbor, and they succeeded with it in staking the cruiser Hosa. tonic. The boat was a elgar-shaped craft carrying a crew of nine, and was propelled by oars ingeniously equipped. It has been claimed that she was run- ning practically on the surface when she made her attack and that there- fore her effectiveness as a submarine was not fully demonstrated. It remains, however, the only in- stance when a submarine hes been successfully employed in actual war fare, and the maaner ef the attack will never he known, for the explosion of the torpedo which sent the eruiser to the bottom did the same thing for the submarine, and there it still rests, a tomb of tron for the nine intrepid men who formed her crew. Before she was employed against the Housatonic several erews had lost their lives in experimenting with her, and this has been used by advocates of the submarine as proof that in time of need men will always be found ready to risk the dangers of the fickle craft. This has been still further dem- onstrated by the ability to secure crews for submarines in spite of the disasters which have befallen boats of ‘that type in the French and other | European navies during the past few years. Since the days of the erude subma- ‘rine of the elyil war the development of the submarine has been marvelous, but most of it has been based on the Introduction of the gasoline engine, ‘thus providing @ practical motive pow: er for the conditions that must be | met. The modern submarine, there- jfore, owes its standing to the samo | thing that has created automobiles as an important factor of civilization and ‘has made the perfection of the aero- [plane appear to be among the possk bilities of the near future. | Trained Teo Well. In Baltimore the rule of the trans- portation compantes {8 that children over the age of five years must pay full fare, those under that age being carried free. One afternoon not long ago there were among the passengers on a Charles street car a woman and her son, the latter a big boy of apparently seven years, but who was held in his mother’s lap as if he were a baby. Presently the lad grew restive, “Mommer, mommer,” he murmured. “Say, mommer!” ‘The mother, with a premontton of impending danger, tried to silence the youngster, but to no avail, for he con- tnued to call npon his “mommer.” Finally, the woman asked: “Well, what i it, son?” “Mommer, when do J say I'm onty five?” asked the frrepressible. “Cleanliness In Next.” We haye all heard that “cleanlinoss is next to godjiness,” but the origin of the proverb has been obscure, no doubt, to many. ‘This maxim {s an ab- stract religious principle contained in an old commentary on {salah where the practical doctrines of religion are resolved Into carefulness, vigorous: ness, guiltlessness, abstemiousness, and cleanliness. And cleanliness 1s next to godliness, which Is next to holiness. ~Sunday Magazine, louse Springs Neat Little Coup by Raising Salaries of Members With- out Going on Record—Mr. Roosevelt Cuts Loose Whea He Atten?s Parties—Other Washington Gossip. WASHINGTON.—Though refusing to go'on (>, some record by a yen and nay vote members of the a house of representatives the other day by 133 Cay yeas to 92 nays increased thelr salaries, so far 4 Beal) 13] us they are ablo, from $5,000 to $7,500 a year. | ——| They also gave the senators an opportunity to do 1 ye ke | as much for themselves, for they included them as hoo P REY] venetictarios | S < The salary increase went through the house 7 \ Sntaer } co easily that every one wondered why the raise } *"ee/| nad not been made before. It Was put up to Rep: eA Q) resentative Littauer to do the trick. Littauer, of ~? his own volition, will retire from congress noxt g March, and, accordingly, te won't be affected one at way or the other. Besides he {s a multi-million -— aire, and $2,500 a year isn't anything to him. So which he got through the increase won for him the undying admiration of the 385 other members of the house, to say nothing of the delegates and res!- dent commissioner from Porto Rico. Representative Littaucr had everything fixed when he called up tho lez- Islative appropriation bill, which had come back from the senate with amend- ments, He asked that all the amendments be disagreed with and the bill sent to conference, with the exception of the amendment to {ncrease the eal- aries of the vice president, the speaker of the house, and cabinet officers to $12,000 a year. To this he asked there be added an amendment increasing the salaries of senators and representatives and the delegates and ‘resident commissioner from Porto Rico froth $5,000 to $7,500 a year, and the salarics of cabinet officers from $8,000 to $12,000 a year. After some discussion the question was put on a rising vote and carried, 133 to 92. Instantly came a demand for a record vote from the grand stand performers who want their salaries increased but don't want any one to think they do. The speaker put the demand, and when 50 or more arose the speaker could count only 34, “not a sufficient number.” No one thought (out loud) to demand “the other side.” ‘The increase will become effective March 4 next. All the senators whose terms will begin then and all the representatives elected for the Sixtieth congress will get the benefit of it. PRESIDENT HAS A GOOD TIME AT RECEPTION. ‘When Fresident Koosevelt goes to @ recep- tion outside of the Whtle House he has a good time. He must be bored to the limit by being forced to stand at his own receptions, while the people file by him each individual's name being howled out by a leather-lunged army officer aid who stands at the president's left. The whole performance is stilted and unnatural, but it must be gone through with every so often. Vice President Fairbanks gave a reception the other night and suddenly without any “Star Spangled Banner" from the band or any ushering aids, the president appeared. He shook hands with Mr. Fairbanks and with his daughter, Mrs, Timmons, and with Miss Cannon, who were at Mr. Fairbanks’ left, and then he literally dug into the big crowd of people, hailing everybody whom he knew—that is the men—after the manner of a b joked with Democratic senators and representative gave thrusts, sharp but jovially good natured. The president's visit to the Fairbanks’ was | any means. He had such a good time wandering talking at length to whom he listed, that he stay time to put out the lights. Then he went downs check for his hat and coat in his hand, refused to the waiters in line, and then he disappeared into | Roosevelt is democratic enough to suit any of tl shockingly democratic to sult some of the millionai has brought a tremendous burden of dignity. he knew—that is the men—after the manner of a boy enjoying a holiday. He joked with Democratic senators and representatives and received thrusts and gave thrusts, sharp but jovially good natured. The president's visit to the Fairbanks’ was not a perfunctory one, by any means. He had such a good time wandering about where he chose and talking at length to whom he listed, that he stayed until {t was just about lime to put out the lights. Then he went downstairs, stood in line with a check for his hat and coat in his hand, refused to take precedence of any of the waiters in line, and then he disappeared into the darkness without. Mr. Roosevelt is democratic enough to suit any of the plain people; he is too shockingly democratic to sult some of the millionaire senators to whom money has brought a tremendous burden of dignity. SOCIETY GIRL§ ARE GOOD EQUESTRIENNES. op 3 There are 300,000 people in Washington, and Zz A nearly half of them ride horseback. The capital t Ly | 1s a riding center, and here one sees every known | ROLY] quality of horsemanship and horsewomanship. On | wa) Y the roads leading out of the city given over to ONG the riders it is possible to see the Cosgack seat, Whe the Arab seat, the continental seat, the English 6 @ seat and the American army and the American A *>| plainsman’s seats, though the two latter are prac- ‘nas TN tically one and the same thing—the easiest and Coy the most graceful riding seat in the whole wide Z world. (>) ‘The women ride constantly in Washington. & It Is @ good thing for the Washington-born girl whose parents are in civil life thet there always is a large contingent of Uncle Sam's army officers hela tata ip ieee etch ein ae yee Tia atg Mich gavh dol she would ride 28 o the foreign women, in a manner to their own discom- fort and to the discomfort of their mounts, to say nothing of the loss of grace in the saddle. ‘The army officers—the older ones with families, at least—taught their daughters how to ride before orders came sending these elder soldiers to Washington, The army girls as little children learned on the plains of the west, and if there are any more graceful riders in the world among woman- ‘kind than are these daughters of the blue, the representatives of the more ‘graceful forms of riding have not yet appeared in the capital. Miss Helen Hatfleld, daughter of Col. Charles A. P. Hatfeld, ‘Thirteenth United States cavalry, now stationed at Fort Myer, just across the Potomac from Washington, {5 one of the finest woman riders in the United States. She is a debutante of this winter, and ts an extremely popular and also strik- ingly good-looking girl. It has been said of her that she Is the best trooper in her father's regiment. She has the seat of a regular, and the horse doesn't. live of which she is afraid. The other Washington girls ‘strive to ride ke Miss Hatfield. FINE EXAMPLE OF ORIENTAL ART OF JOLLYING. The sultan of Morocco may be the head o! & backward nation and the source of anxiety to the world’s powers, but he is an expert at fing writing and the donation of literary bouquets. This is proved by @ personal letter recently received by President Roosevelt from the sultan. It was for- warded in a red plush and beautifully decorated case by Minister Gummere at Tangier, who has recently returned from a caravan journey to Fez. ‘The letter Itself is in classic Arabic and the trans Istion Is as follows: “Written In our Holy Court at Fez, 7th, Shoual, 1324. (November 24, 1906.) “In the name of God the Clement, the meret- ful. ‘There is neither power nor might but in God the exalted, the Almighty. “To the beloved, the most cherished, the exalted, the most gracious friend, most honored the United States of America, who {s the pillar of director of its most important affairs, the most tles of true friendship, to the falthful friend, The¢ “After offering praise to God, the Almighty ‘Kings, the helpful Lord, we have received your good will and the purest love which dwells in the and appointing the wise Samuel R. Gummere as your respected nation, in our holy country, who, sessed of perfect knowledge of the ties of {rien two nations, and of a desire to increase the same “As you request we receive the Minister w. welcome, and accordingly’ bestow upon bim our c thing he may present to us on behalf of Your | half of your nation, at the same time highly ay ‘our behalf. “We are certain of these relations of amity Jove which you have for us, and which we hope | (Com ore abe i ee, | wD a BA ES mc4 o@ es © Use rmarl a Se Le XY ~gN Ae Py wee il OSES AN EVERY-DAY SCENE. Pedestrian—What's all that fuss about in that house—a wedding? Resident—No. A new baby arrived last night and all the women in the neighborhood are going into ecstasies over it. "Who is that tall man all the women are crowding around?" "He is a minister, come to fix the date for the christening." "And who is the short man who attracts so much attention?" NOT A REAL FAIRY STORY. "Once upon a time," said little Harry's grandmother, who had been valled upon to tell a fairy story, "the was a poor old woman who had take quite a long journey in a str car. The motorman was careful, w he saw her waiting, to stop his exactly at the crossing, so that could get aboard without stepping the mud, which was very deep in street, and the conductor reach down kindly and carefully helped "Ah! I see. That no-account fellow, who is being pushed out of the way or run over, is the hired man, I presume?" "No; he's the father." Explaining It. "It was too much education that landed me here, mum," said the burglar to the visitor at the penitentiary. "I had an assistant who was born in Boston. One night we had a good second-story job, but he queered the whole thing at the last minute." "How do you mean?" asked the visitor. "When I told him to climb up the down spout, to get the swag out of the second story, he said: 'I refuse to do anything so paradoxical,' and just then the copper woke up and collared us."—Judge. Not to Be Stopped. Lord of the earth—such is man's part, So all the teachers say; Bring the grip germ gets a start He keeps the path of way. —Washington Star. QUALIFIED. "I can't believe, lieutenant, that you would be contented all your life in the country." "With you, countess, I certainly should! I've taken a great interest in farming of late!" "Really?" "On my word! I've even had hay fever!"—Lusture Blaetter. A Faulty Theory Do you know what I believe about myself?" asked the man with the mystical eyes and the straggling whiskers. "No. What do you believe about yourself?" mechanically asked the weary listener. "I believe that I am the reincarnation of Napoleon." "Nonsense! No matter how much confidence Napoleon had in himself, he wouldn't have wanted to start in at the bottom all over again."—Judge. The Wedding Prelude. Little Boy—Say, ma says you are going to take sister off. Engaged Youth (soon to be married) —Yes, in a few weeks she's going to my home, and my ma and pa will be her ma and pa. See? "I see. Then she'll be your sister, same as mine. Say, don't you do anything she doesn't like, for if you do she'll bang you around awful when your ma and pa ain't looking—N. Y. Weekly. His Opposite. Jenkins—I am told that the happiest marriages are between people who are exactly opposite in every respect to each other, so I am looking for a young lady of that sort, don't you know. Miss Pert—Then you have come to the right place. Come to the other side of the room and I'll introduce you to a bright, intelligent, well-educated girl. Why? Why always strive for "something new" Keep, overcome this fact in view: Mrs. Mulhooly—An' phy did ye give the name av Standish at the police station? Mr. Mulhooly—Sure. Oi was arristed fer bein' drunk an' disorderly, an' it isn't me wud be disgracin' the name of Mulhooly.—N. Y. Weekly. A Bargain. Nell--Isn't she a peculiar girl? She wouldn't look at him when he was rich, but now, after he's lost all his money she accepts him. Belle--Well, you know how crazy every woman is to get anything that's reduced. His Need. "What you need, my man, is change of scene." "Gee!" "What is your business?" "I'm a scene-shifter at de t'eater."—Houston Post "Once upon a time," said little Harry's grandmother, who had been prevailed upon to tell a fairy story, "there was a poor old woman who had to take quite a long journey in a street car. The motorman was careful, when he saw her waiting, to stop his car exactly at the crossing, so that she could get aboard without stepping in the mud, which was very deep in the street, and the conductor reached down kindly and carefully helped her up the steps. The platform was crowded with men, who considerably pressed aside so that the poor old woman could get into the car without a great deal of trouble. Many people stood in the aisle of the car, but all of them moved forward voluntarily when the poor old woman tried to get in, thus making it unnecessary for her to stumble over the feet of any of them in order to get past the door. The only man who had a seat was a cripple, who was wedged in between two large, richly dressed ladies, and who could not have surrendered his place to the poor old woman even if he had wanted to do so. But it was not necessary for him to exhibit any gallantry. A very beautiful and stylish looking young lady stood up immediately and offered her seat to the poor old woman, who accepted it thankfully. But the beautiful young lady said: "I do not deserve any thanks. I have done only what it was my duty to do." "Gee, grandma, that's no fairy story." "What would you call it, then?" "The worst lie I ever heard."—Chicago Record-Herald. Mysteries of Navigation. Sweet Girl (in a rowboat)—What is this place in the back of the boat for? Nice Young Man—That is to put an oar in when you want to scull the boat. Rowing requires both oars, one on each side, but in sculling only one is used. That is placed at the back and worked with one hand. Sweet Girl (after meditation)—I wish you would try sculling awhile. N. Y. Weekly. Easing His Mind. "And now, ladies and gentlemen," said the lecturer, as he closed his discourse on "The Wonders of Arctic Travel," "I am ready to answer any questions you may feel like asking." "Do you think, professor," spoke up one of his auditors, in a voice denoting much irritation, "that a man with a bad cough has any business coming to a place like this disturbing everybody around him?"—Chicago Tribune. A Loss of Literature. Mrs. Culture—I don't see what is the matter with the magazines. They used to be full of intensely interesting articles, but now they are dreadfully stupid. Mr. Culture (an omniverous newspaper reader)—I think it is likely, my dear, that all the intensely interesting writers have been engaged by the patent medicine proprietors.—N. Y. Weekly. Explosive. The Count—Have you asked for ze rich young lady's hand yet? The Duke—Yes, and I think lightning must have struck the telephone. The Count—Ah, maybe the wires are crossed? The Duke—No, I think it is her father who is crossed.—Chicago Daily News. BOUND FOR THE BENCH SHOW. ```markdown ``` He—I understand the man that Carry rye is engaged to is going to the dogs. She—That doesn't make much dif ference. I reckon. Carry rye is awfully fond of animals.—Rochester Demo crat. With the Mitte. "Exuse me, sir," said Mr. Buttinski, "but have you a good education?" "Pretty fair, pal," replied the man with oxlike biceps and beer-mallet hands. "Well, did you acquire it through a long course of study?" "No, I acquired mine in scraps." "In scraps?" "Yes, I am a pugillist."—Chicago Daily News. And It Won't Tell. Some well-meaning people go on the stage to elevate it and make it good. Others, with the best of intentions, fail to "make good" on the stage. While still others, after a little experience, leave the stage for good. Which one is right "goodness only knows!"—judge. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Dregs gain round money if it fails to cure. K W GROVES a signature is on each box. 250. If all a man's real wants are gratified he has no excuse for being un- happy. 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. Disease and Injustice. The sin which is termed dishonesty is the same evil as that which is called disease in living bodies or blight in the seasons; and in cities and governments has another name, which is injustice—Plato. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Records to Be Proud of. RECORDS TO BE PROOF OF Edward Wolfenden and Thomas Bleakieley have not missed a single session of the Baptist Sunday school at Upland, Pa., in 24 years. Thomas K. Draper has been present at every session for the last 20 years and Ellias Eves and William Taylor have attended every Sunday for ten years. 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All Kinds of Animals as Playmates for the Children. Children play a great role in French society, as all those who have read Gyp's inimitable "P'tit Bob" will readily admit, and now the small Parisienne insists on receiving on her fete day and at the New Year a live pet, instead of a costly doll or a mechanical toy. The demand has been creating a supply, and a lively trade is being done, not only in puppies and kittens, in tiny monkeys and in lambs, but also in tigers and leopards. Up to a certain age, these small felines are quite harmless, and, of course, as soon as they begin, so to speak, to show their teeth and sharpen their claws, they are sent off to one of the two magnificent "Zoos" with which the Gay City is provided. TWO SISTERS HAD ECZEMA Cuticura Cured Scalp Troubles of Two Illinois Girls—Another Sister Took Cuticura Pills. "I must give much praise to all the Cuticura Remedies. I used but one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, as that was all that was required to cure my disease. I was very much troubled with eczema of the head, and a friend of mine told me to use the Cuticura Remedies, which I did, and am glad to say that they cured my eczema entirely. Since then we have always kept the soap on hand at all times. My sister was also cured of eczema of the head by using the Cuticura Remedies. Another sister has used Cuticura Resolvent and Pills and thinks they are a splendid tonic. I cannot say exactly how long I suffered, but I think about six months. Miss Edith Hammer, R. F. D. No. 6, Morrison, Ill., Oct. 3, 1906." Senator Has Good Taste. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, is careless regarding his attire. Oddly enough, however, in the matter of feminine dress it is said he has developed such fine taste that his wife and daughter depend almost entirely upon his judgment in the selection of their hats, gowns and wraps. 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The letter came from a western postmaster at a small office and read: "In accordance with the rules of the department, I write you to inform you that on next Saturday I will close the post office for one day, as I am going on a bear hunt. I am not asking your permission to close up and you can discharge me if you want to. But I will advise you now that I am the only man in the county who can read and write." It is not likely that the postmaster will be discharged. Clover & Grass Seeds. Everybody loves lots and lots of Clover Grasses for hogs, cows, sheep and swine. We are known as the largest growers of Grasses, Clovers, Oats, Barley, Corn, Potatoes and Farm Seeds in America. Operate over 5,000 acres. FREE Our mammoth 14S-port catalog is mailed free-to all intending buyers; or send 80 IN STAMPS and receive sample of "perfect balance ration grass seed," together with Folder Plants, Clover, etc., etc., and big Plant and Seed Catalog Leaf. Our Salzer Seed Co., Box W, Le Crosse, Wise. 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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 Waiters 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 unfinishing 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 misdeeds 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 stygiian 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, McCune, 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. 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 headquarters in Washington, D C. Dr. Lampton Home Phone 5948 Main ROSENBERG @ GODSON. Dealers in all kinds of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh and Salt Meats, Glassware, Crockery Good Things to Eat at a Low Price. 333-335-337 West Sixth Street. PARISIAN CLOA COMPANY 1108-1110 Main Street January Sale No Parisian's Cleverest $25 $28 and $30 Suits $15 Tuesday's Wonder We early caught the drift of sty- tomes were the result. Early t is the benefit in this splendid opp All the stunning New and Long Reflecting the best fashion char- models, Broadcloths, Cheviots, W Plaids---whatever your heart is Beautifully S 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. Just the Suits to add zest to your Christmas---all reduced to $15 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 curve 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 master 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. Maor William Yerger, 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 mnebers of their race ewre hanged without trial, burned at the stake, shot down and mistreated 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. Perkism, secretary and treasurer of the Masonic Benefit sassociation, which is one of the most important adjuncts t 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 and about $90,000 paid out to the widows 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 is reparing for the race. It is now the strongest organization in the whole south, and is doing more to inspire the negro. 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? 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. Bell Phone 3975 Main AN CLOAK COMPANY Main Street Sale Now! Werful Reductions e---these remarkable tailored cos- to create---early to reduce. Yours portunity. Pony, Prince Chap, Eton Coat Styles actor of imported and New York Wide Wales, Two-Tone Checks and set upon. Milk Lined Coats In his first success at Drury Lane, Edmund Kean overheard a knot of old stage carpenters discussing vigorously the various players of Hamlet they had seen in their day. "Well," said one, "you may talk of Henderson and Kemble and this new man, but give me Bannister's Hamlet—he was always done 20 minutes sooner than any of 'em." BERNHEIM ..BU Use PRES We are particul being Save Yo on everything for this Store a migi trade. We Sell E ERNHEIMERS: Doll Dept., 2nd Floor. Toy Dept., 4th Floor. ..BUY.. 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