The Rising Son

RISING SUN 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 pidity, and as soon as it reaches the 10,000 mark we will change it in a cally. Go on, Rising Son, keep on Rising! THE SON HAS PLANNED TO DEVOTE A SPECIAL COLUMN TO THE INTEREST OF RELIGIOUS AND CHURCH. NEWS AND ALSO TO LODGES AND SOCIETIES. Mr. J. F. Craig, a member of the Second Baptist church and a high Mason will have charge of church and lodge news. Mr. Craig is a biblical scholar and fully competent to render efficient service. A young minister of the educated type, and has the highest respect and good will of a host of friends. All churches, lodges etc., are requested to make out your schedule and bring it into the office of the Son, No. 914 E. 12th street. Both phones 780 main and grand. Rpeorter of Lodges and Churches. INDEPENDENCE NOTES. Rev. Mrs. Fannie Brown and daughter and Mrs. Cox are visiting in Denver, Colorado. Miss Ida Tucker who has been quite ill since the death of her father is able to leave her home again. The churches are having quite a success here with protracted effort. Dr. Phenix has quite a practice here, we hope the report about him going to leave our city isn't true. Parents open your eyes, it will soon be time to elect teachers again. Prof. Chinn and wife of Glasco visited in our city Sunday. Rev. Brown, pastor of the M. E. church preached a noble sermon last night, it being his last sermon for this conference year. A $2,000 RALLY. The following business and professional men of Kansas City have signified their willingness to assist the Y. M. C. A. in raising $2,000 by the first of June as a building fund. That the public may know who is interested in this effort we will print the names and the amounts paid in cash and pledged to be paid by June first. The ministers, physicians, teachers, barbers, mail carriers, postoffice employees, hotel men, police and firemen. Executive Board Y. M. C. A.: Ed. ward Ross, James A. Lee, John Hubbord, D. C. Kirby, James Ford, J. W. Roberts. Mr. Edward Baker, Jr., is collector for the Rising Son. Please pay him your subscription and tell him where he can get a new subscription. Now don't give him the same old song that you stopped the paper six months ago or ordered it stopped. All Negroes who don't desire this paper please notify this office 780 M. and 780 G. Don't wait until our collector comes around. This paper is going to the front by the good loyal Negroes who want an enterprising Negro Journal. This paper cannot exist on air and news. We must have the money. Please take notice. Chicago, March 14, 1907. Dear Friend:— As per request of Prof. T. W. H. Williams, our Kansas City agent, we are herewet enclosing to you some printed information pertaining to the Black Diamond Development company. The pamphlet of the managers report of November 14 covers quite a history of the Black Diamond Development company from the date of incorporation up to that time, which will give you a very good idea of what this company has done. Since the issuing of this report I wish to say that well No. 6 has been drilled and finished and proves to be another good gas well; also the connecting up of our wells to the Kansas Natural Gas company's pipe line has been pushed with all energy and is nearing completion. This work would have been compiled much sooner, but account of the high water in the Neosho river and the bad weather which has prevailed in Kansas for several weeks, we have been unable to get pipe delivered from the city of Chanute, to our properties, six miles east. Fred A. Westcott, our manager, just returned from the Kansas field last Wednesday where he spent several days looking after the interests of the company, and the work that is being done is certainly very gratifying, and, barring accidents and unavoidable delays Kansas City will be burning Black Diamond company's gas within the next 30 days. Every stockholder will join us in JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION NOTES JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION NOTES W. G. Smith, artistic painter and interior decorator, of Cleveland, Ohio, will have an interesting exhibit of designs made especially for this occasion. He has had twenty years of active experience, and stands high in his calling—one in which few men of the race are engaged. He has had charge of the interior decoration of many public auditoriums and private dwellings in different sections of the country, and his work is entirely satisfactory. The embellishment of the St. Thomas Episcopal church in Chicago and the beautiful decorations in the home of the late Senator M. A. Hanna in Cleveland, are samples of what he can do in his line. At Jamestown, Mr. Smith will have two artistic ceiling designs, two types of mural decoration, and five panels, showing five different grains of wood used in making up the decoration scheme in buildings of various kinds. Mrs. D. A. C. Jones, of Washington, D. C., an energetic business woman, who entered the hotel business twenty years ago with fifty cents and has now amassed a fortune of over $70,000, is collecting an unique exhibit, and will give much of her time to the work of making the Negro department a success. In 1776, when the Colonial army un KANSAS CITY. MO.. SATURDAY. MARCH 23. 1907. rejoicing over the good work which has been done by this company in its first year of existence, and the grand successes we have made. The time will come in the near future when the name of Black Diamond Development company will be heralded in every community throughout the United States as one of the grand successes achieved by "Grace, Greenbacks and Grif." The Black Diamond Development company is another strong example of co-operation and consolidation of brains, money and energy, to which everystockholder has contributed his or her share in building its success. In regard to there beng any stock for sale will say, that there is a small amount of stock which can be had if taken at once, price being 35c per share with an allowance of 10 per cent discount for cash in amounts of $100.00 or more. In addition to this will say that there will be no stock for sale in a very short time as the company's finances are in good condition, as with the amount of stock now under contract will have sufficient money for all necessary needs to put on a dividend paying basis, and consequently the sale of stock will be closed as soon as the last share of this block of stock is contracted for. Hoping you will give this matter your immediate consideration and advise me of your wishes, I remain. A. WILBEFORCE WILLIAMS, President. der General George Washington moved forward to overtake the British under General Gates, a gun of curious make was left at the camp, which happened to be on the outskirts of a farm owned by a colored man, John Lewis by name. This gun, which has been preserved in the family of John Lewis as a sacred heirloom, has been kindly loaned to the Negro Exhibit, and will be found in the Negro Building at Jamestown. Scores of relics of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, related to incidents in which Negroes have had a part will be among the striking exhibits in the Negro Building at Jamestown. The field agents are asking prominent citizens of the various states to co-operate with them in the work of collecting exhibits, and are meeting with favorable responses at the hands of the substantial people everywhere. In answer to numerous requests, the Committee states that there are no funds to be used in paying persons for making exhibits for miscellaneous advertising, holding meetings, etc. All of the available funds are used in the construction and maintenance of the building at James-town, the employment of the few field agents for the transportation of exhibits to the building. Much of the work done by individuals must of necessity, be a labor of love and a contribution to a cause which carries benefits in which every member of the race will share in equal proportion. WASHINGTON, D. C. NOTES. Howard University — Post-Graduate Corse and Polyclinic. The history of the Medical Department of Howard University has shown that it is alive to the advanced progress made in Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry. The fixed and definite policy has been to make the school the equal of the best in the country and to prepare graduates for state board examinations. The Alumni, as a rule, are doing well and reflect credit on their Alma Mater. "Nothing succeeds like success," and the school has prospered every time and advance is made in raising the standard and the curriculum. Day instruction has been a success and the number of matriculates has increased. There were 288 registered for session 1906-1907—the largest number in the history of the department—and most of the students are graddates of high schools or have an equivalent preliminary education. The Medical and Dental Colleges are in full accord with their respective National Associations, and Howard University diplomas are recognized in every state and territory of the United States. The time has now come when our graduates need the facilities and instruction offered by a post-graduate course and polyclinic, and the Medical Faculty is ready to respond to their call—hence it has been decided to inaugurate a School of Post-Graduate Instruction in May and June, 1907, and we believe that this new feature will mark a very important epoch in the history of the school and attract a large number of practitioners to avail themselves of the ample facilities of the New Freedmen's Hospital, which is costing more than half a million dollars. is national in character and scope, and is destined to be a center of polyclinic education. Undergraduates attending the School of Medicine will increase just in proportion as this Polyclinic is a success. Parent will naturally wish their children to study at a school where ample facilities are afforded in every branch of medical, dental and pharmacetic instruction. As Howard University is the best place for the colored professional man or woman to specialize after a thorough course of study, it is the place to send the children to prepare for their life work. Howard University will then doing her whole duty—standing for higher education along all lines for those who desire such instruction and carrying out what was in the mind of the man whom we all love and honor—the great founder of Howard University. General O. O. Howard. Night School Secretary Shadd contemplates recommending to the Faculty that night instruction be given to those employed during the day, provided the Association of American Medical Colleges will approve of his suggestion. President Thirkield and Dean Reyburn consider it feasible and pust to the many bright young men and women who have passed the Civil Service and have positions in the Department at Washington. Many of these are well prepared for professional studies. The matter will be definitely settled at the meeting which will be held in the City May 6, 1907. As a large number of persons were refused admission last October, Secretary Shadd desires the names of all who wish to matriculate this October so that he may have data upon which to predict his request that Howard University be allowed to add this feature to the curriculum. With a Post-Graduate Course and Polyclinic, a five year's course for night classes and Quiz Corps to prepare graduates for State Board Examinations. Howard University will take first rank as a place for higher education. ELKS TURNED DOWN. State Corporation Commission Refuses Charter Asked for by Howard Faction Puts B. F. Howard Out of the State—Commission Held Norfolk Would Infringe on Rights Already Granted Dr. Adkin's Faction—Howard Operates Under Kentucky Charter. The branch of the Negro Elks, of which Dr. William E. Atkins, of Hampton, is the grand exalted ruler, has won a big victory before the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The decision of the Corporation Commission was announced a few days ago and it now seems possible that B. F. Howard, who heads the other branch of the belligerent Elks, will be prevented from doing business in the Old Dominion. Dr. Atkins and his faction secured a charter from the Commission last summer and Howard has been operating under a charter granted him in Kentucky. For the Best Regular Meals, and High Class A-la-Carte Service go to The Ideal Cafe One of the Finest American and European Dining Rooms in the West The New White Front at 910 East Twelfth St. Our food is the best; our cooks are the best; accommodation can't be beat. Give us a trial, if we please you, tell others; if we do not please you, tell us. Long experience has taught us how to give the people the best service at popular prices. Chas.H.Thomas,Prop. Kansas City, Mo. The Latonia Cafe and Restaurant 912 East Twelfth Street Who have been noted for their general satisfaction to its Patrons have undergone a remodeling, and attached a private Dining Room upstairs. It is now one of the nicest of its kind in the City, with its new electric fans. We carry the best the market can afford: Among which in their seasons are Black Bass, Catfish, Cropples, Oysters, Spring Chicken, Fancy Steaks, Chops and Fowls of all kinds. Neat waiters and everything served first-class, with soft drinks. J. S. FIELDS and WIFE Proprietors. A few days ago the Norfolk Lodge of Negro Elks, which, like the lodge in Newport News, is associated with the Howard faction, applied to the State Corporation Commission for a charter similar to the one now held by Dr. Atkins' faction. Judge D. T. Brooks and several other prominent lawyers of Norfolk, represented the Howard contingent. Dr. Atkins engaged the services of Judge Sidney J. Dudley and the Hon. S. Gordon Cumming and a protest was made against the granting of the charter to the Norfolk lodge. The attorneys for Dr. Atkins contended that the Howard faction desired to infringe upon the rights granted their faction in the Virginia charter. Judge Crump, the chairman of the Commission, informed the attorneys for Dr. Atkins that the Commission has decided to refuse the application of the Norfolk Lodge and therefore, under the terms of Dr. Atkins' charter the Howard faction will likely be unable to continue doing business in Virginia. The Atkins faction has been rapidly increasing since the fight started last summer and with the decision of the Corporation Commission, Howard's faction has suffered the greatest defeat yet. Richmond has one of the most progressive lodges of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in the country. For years it stood loyal to the Howard side, but on December 6th, 1906, by unanimous vote it withdrew from the Howard side and joined the Atklins forces. It numbers in its members of more than a NUMBER 28 hundred members many of the most substantial citizens of Richmond. Tae members are progressive and enthusiastic. Arrangements are being made for a great public installation in the near future. This promises to be one of the most interesting entertainments ever given in Richmond. Among the officers of the Lodge are: Mr. Andrew J. Brown, of the Richmond post-office, Exalted Ruler; Mr. A. D. Price, Trustee, Wr. Wm. M. Monroe, Trustee, Mr. Edward Cook, Trustee; Mr. Richard Washington, Treasurer; Mr. W. P. Burrell, Financial Secretary; Mr. Walter Cowan, Recording Secretary; Mr. W. F. Williams, Esteemed Leading Knight, Dr. W. H. Hughes, Messrs. Walter Peyton, J. H. Hayes, Esq. W. M. Miller, Edward Clay, Ws. Isaac Johnson, E. W. Brown and other well known men are among the members. Dr. R. E. Jones is the Grand Medical Examiner for the United Stated, and he is also Past Exalted Ruler of Capital City Lodge. Mr. W. J. Benjamin, also of this Lodge, is the Grand District Deputy. Grand Exalted Ruler, Dr. W E Atkins will be in Richmond soon, and will install the officers. Beginning with April the 1st this paper is going to give a diamond ring to the solicitor who can bring in the greatest number of subscribers. A free ticket to the Jamestown Exposition to the subscriber who gets the lucky number. A gold watch to the next highest number. MATTERS FEMININE. FAVOR SOFT STUFFS FASHION'S DECREE FOR THE COMING SEASON. Volles, Silks, Cashmeres and the Like Will Have Precedence—Serge Comes in Many of the Wonderful New Shades. It is definitely settled now that another period of transitory modes is below us with the same wavering between Directoire, Princesse and Empire effects that has characterized the fashion of the past two seasons. This being the case, it naturally follows that materials of soft, pliable textures such as volles, silks, cashmeres, etc. will take precedence over all others, all touch channels, broadeloths, modals and even suitings, have been reduced to a minimum weight, and will lend themselves very adaptably to this accepted order of things. Panama cloth in both plain and fancy weavings is being developed into the most fetching sping suit, trimmed with cloth and braid taffeta silk, or pass-mutteries. Also, it is proving a most desirable fabric for separate skirts which are assuming something of their original vogue. White and light-colored serges, bounseis, plain, checked and striped; ponges, and specially the natural color; four-nails, mossalines, and nearly all the variety of united silks and brocades are on the sping list. The two-tone checks, distinguished from their kind MONEY FOR THE HEATHEN How One Clever Woman Secured Her Offering. In a rash moment little Mrs. Blank had recruised to make some money during Lent for the Ladies. Aid society. Easter was only two weeks off and the brown jug was still pitifully empty. Suddenly an inspiration struck her—there was that bolt of dish toweling still unlamed, the roller towels and a couple of dozen wash cloths which were to be put in readiness for the summer cottage; she would willingly give five cents apiece for bringing the towels and three cents apiece for the wash cloths. The telephone was kept busy the next half hour and six "best" friends appeared the next day with thumbnails. The consequence was that $2 rolled into the jig and the "heather" were that much better off. The queer part of it is that Mr. Blank cannot be convinced that "she" made the money. Another case of man's stupidity, when it comes to talking finance with a woman. But I think it was a very clever trick to get the towels hemmed. However, that is neither here nor there as long as the missionaries got the money. Te Meet Kate The following contest was used recently at an evening party and seemed to fill in the time in a most enjoyable manner. For the benefit of those to whom it may be new it is printed in full. The hostess said she had a guest bearing a familiar name, whom she Two Dainty Garnments in the Season's Latest Styles. The seated figure wears a suit of black and white striped cloth, with 10 coat of black cloth trimmed with the stripe. The lacelet is loose fitting in the front and a smart touch is added in the shape of handmade lace*collar and cuffs. The buttons are enamelled to black and white. The hat worn with this is of rich bronze straw with white feathers and row of large dull silver colored beads. The brim is filled underneath with pink and bronze roses. The little girl wears a skirt of plant taffeta with *cibbon* shoulder straps over a white blouse. Her coat is of a navy blue with trimmingss of silk like the skirt and is cut very flaring and shows several inches of the skirt of last year by the combination of very light and very dark colorings, will continue in the race along with the irresponsible shepherd check, while nearly all of the light-weight materials will be shown up in new designs and popular colorings. Just another word about serge, which for years has held only an interior place in public favor. This year will see it in all the wonderful new shades and all of the soft pastel tints, and it will be developed as it has already in costumes for the Southland, in smart morning and outing suits. Ottener than not it will be self-trimmed with strappings, stitched bands reforced with soutache braids and fancy buttons. One such suit was of silver-blue serge. The other skirt was very plain and smooth, titting around the hips, flaring from just below in turned, double box plaits. There was a deep hem around the bottom, with three rows of machine stitching, and two little triangular-shaped pieces at each of the plaits at the top of the hem, and on each point a pearl button of the exact cloth shade. With this there was a jaunty little coat suggesting an Empire effect, in the back, but very close fitting in front, the seams stitched on either side. Two revers, one of the serge and the other of taffeta, and a taffeta collar, and two groups of two of the triangular-shaped strappings like those on the skirts, finished in a similar manner with the buttons, gave a smart tailored finish to the entire costume, which was wonderfully typical of the suits we are to do when the spring time comes along. would like to introduce, although she felt sure "she" was known to every one in one or more of the forms that she was accustomed to assuming. Programs were passed bearing these sentences: "Cate." 1. Cate never tells the exact truth Prevaricate 3. Cate kindly points the way. Indicate. 4. Cate has a twin. Duplicate. 5. Cate seizes the property of others. Confiscate. 6. Cate leads a country life. Rus- dicate. 7. Cate brings others into trouble. Implicate. 8. Cate adds to the difficulty of a case. Complicate. 9. Cate takes leave. Vacate. 10. Cate makes things run smoothly. Lubricate. 11. Cate on occasion denies church privileges. Excommunicate. 12. Cate settles on a particular spot. Locate. 13. Cate is an eloquent pleader. Advocate. 14. Cate imparts much information. Communicate. 15. Cate offers a perplexing problem. Intricate. 16. Cate develops mental and physical powers. Educate. 17. Cate has an influence for evil Intoxicate. 18. Cate believes in home life. Domesticate. 19. Cate will die if deprived of air Suffocate. MADAME MERRI DIRECTOIRE COATS ARE HERE. Depend Largely for Effect on Figure of Wearer. The directoire coats, as designed for the next season, are wonderfully artistic in conception, but depend largely upon the figure and pose of their wearer to make them as smart as they are intended to be. One just arrived from the other side shows a dull blue silk with rodere blouse front. This bolero is gathered closely at the waistline, so that the front is drawn around to the sides, and from there falls in two deep pluits to the tueses. The back is plaited in similar manner, caught in at the high waistline with a green-gold buckle, the plaits occuping in folds, which terminate in a single point some two or three inches lower than the side. The sleeves are short, reaching only to the elbow, and formed of box plaits, caught two inches from the bottom and left to flare. There is a rever collar, pointed in the back; the coat is edged with chenille bail fringe, and is altogether wonderfully smart and typical of anodes to come. Made of contrasting materials, these bolero jackets, and particularly those with the skirts, are especially effective and are bound to be popular, fashioned of allover embroidery to top a daltry filmy lingerie trock, or of embroidered linen, worn with one of the pretty simple skirts. Man Likes the Tidy Girl. The girl whose buttons are forever coming off, whose hair is always ill-dressed, and who habitually wears a half-finished air never finds favor in a man's sight. A dainty freshness possesses a potent charm for the masculine beholder. He cares little that the gown may be of the year-before last's fashion, so that it fits perfectly and all the little details of the toilet especially boots and gloves, be above reproach. Germany's Light for Sea Power ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. Since Germany began the race for sea power in 1898—and it is not yet nine years ago since the race began—she has made rapid strides towards obtaining a fleet of powerful battleships that will eventually only be second in Europe to the British fleet. In the preamble to the navy act of 1900 we read that it was incumbent on Germany to have a fleet of such strength that, even for the mightiest naval power, a war with her would involve risks calculated to jeopardize its own supremacy. The fleet that Germany means to possess is nominally intended for the protection of her over-sea trade and her colonies; but it is no exaggeration to add that the possession of 38 battleships will enable the German empire to have a greater say about world policy (Weltpolitik) than was contemplated under the first emperor. This fact, taken in connection with the dictum of Kaiser Wilhelm II., "Our future lies on the water," has given rise to some sinister forebattles in England, and perhaps we should not be wrong in assuming that the intended concentration of a new and powerful fleet in the North sea has shifted the center of gravity of naval strength from the Mediterranean to those waters. Since the passing of the navy act of 1900, an amendment to the same received the sanction of the reichstag in 1906; and coincident therewith the reichstag further adopted the proposal of the German admiralty entirely to abandon the building of medium-sized battleships, and to construct great battleships, equal, if not surpassing British Dreadnoughts in fighting qualities, as well as cruisers immensely superior in size and armament to those hitherto laid down in German yards. The German navy is a new creation, but its growth up to the year 1947 will assuredly continue on the lines approved and published, provided nothing, not yet anticipated, in the shape of a further amendment should supervene to hinder it. The potential value of the contemplated German navy, concentrated as it will be in the North sea, is fully appreciated by Kaiser Wilhelm, by the secretary of state of the German imperial navy, as well as by our own naval authorities. The intellectual author of the navy laws of 1888 and 1900, and of the amendment act of 1906 was Admiral Von Tirpitz, the secretary of state of the German imperial naval office. He also defended these measures before the reichstag, and steered them through the debates with considerable skill. Born March 19, 1849, at Custrin, the son of an eminent jurist who held a high judicial post in that town, with the title Ober-Landesgerichtsrath. Alfred Tirpitz became a naval cadet in 1865, and was afterwards at the naval academy from 1874-76. He subsequently devoted much attention to the torpedo branch of the service, and is responsible for modern German torpedo organization and the tactical use of torpedoes in the German navy. He was inspector of torpedo service, and was the first flotilla chief of the torpedo flotillas. Later he became chief of the staff of the naval station in the Baltic and of the supreme command of the German navy. He has made several long sea voyages, is regarded as an eminent tactician, and is the author of the rules for German naval tactics as now in use in the navy. In 1855 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral, and became vice admiral in 1899. During 1896 and 1897 he commanded the cruiser squadron in East Asia, and was appointed secretary of state of the imperial navy office in January, 1897. In the following year he was made a minister of state, and in 1901 received the heredi- tary rank of nobility, entitling him to the use of the prefix "Von" before his name. Admiral Von Tirpitz has often been in England, where he has a good many personal friends. At the time when there was no naval attahe in Carlton terrace he was frequently sent to the German embassy on special missions. He speaks English fluently and has a good knowledge of the English character, as well as of the views and mode of life of English people, and he is well-read in English literature. Admiral Von Tirpitz has always been on the side of those who deprecate the fomenting of friction between Germany and Britain. Among the birthday monors distributed by the kaiser recently, his malesty conferred the highest Order of Chivalry of the Prussian Crown on Admiral Von Tirpitz. This act of imperial and royal favor is beyond doubt intended as a further recognition of the admiral's many years' activity as a clever and capable organizer. In regard to his connection with the navy acts, which is spoken of above, it should be added that Admiral Von Tirpitz succeeded therein in giving practical shape to the thoughts and aims of Kaiser Wilhelm, at the same time surmounting all the very great difficulties connected with internal political conditions that confronted the development of the German fleet. The kaiser has always shown that he attached great value to Admiral Von Tirpitz's counsel, for he always found that he was capable of immediately seizing the point of a matter. As a man, the admiral has a gentle and kind sailor-like nature, and he is courteous and considerate to all who work under him and come in contact with him. Although body and soul a sailor, he is very fond of riding, and has a good seat in the saddle. Despite his 57 years he does not hesitate to put his horse to any fence he thinks him capable of "negotiating." Veteran Whaler Dead. Capt. William H. Allen, a veteran whaler, died a few days ago near New London, Conn., aged 81. To him belonged the honor of having made the most successful voyage on record in the annals of the whaling industry. This was in 1863, when, in command of the ship Onward of New Bedford, he cruised in the Eastern, Yellow, Japan and Okhotsk seas and off the California coast. On this voyage he captured 134 whales, the catch netting 6,873 barrels of oil and 62,000 pounds of whalebone. This cargo sold for $417,000, of which Capt. Allen's share was $39,836. The voyage covered three years. John B. Moran, district attorney of Boston, has been ordered by physicians to abstain absolutely from talking for an indefinite period. During the recent political campaign he strained his vocal chords badly. He smoked a great deal and that made the situation worse. Now he has been compelled to forego the society of "My Lady Nicotine" for a time, besides confining himself to whispered speech, and very little of that. Aged Scientist Honored. Aged time Honoree For the third time Sir Archibald Geikie has just been elected president of the Geographical society of London. Although over 70 years of age, he manages to fill many more important positions than most men would care to accept. He is a member of a great many European and American academies. He has written extensively on geological matters. Veteran Whaler Dead. Condemned to Silence Lady Isabel and the Curio Shop BY MRS. NEISH (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) "I don't know why it is," said Lady Isabel, "but the more one makes, the less one always seems to have." "Do you make so much, Isabel?" "No, only a scrap here and there," she said regretfully, "because, you see, it takes such an awful lot to make an income; but I wasn't thinking of myself." yet arrived, and Lady Isabel took me round and let me into several little secrets of the curio trade. "This box is Battersca enamel," she said; "you know, Marjorie, enameled on copper—at least, it ought to be." "I know," I said, "it's a lost art isn't it?" "Well, it's not quite as lost as you "You don't say 'No' in that tone, Marjorie, as though you thought me egotistic," said Lady Isabel, in a slightly aggrieved voice. "The fact is, I am trying to help a friend." "Really—how kind of you, dear. Who is it?" "Laura Staunton," she answered; "the dear girl, the youngest daughter of our old vicar. Like all clergymen, he had what David or Solomon on somebody called 'a quiverful' of daughters. I don't know why it should be considered in the light of a blessing to have a quiverful of daughters. It's very hard, at any rate on them; for he has left them all without a penny." "How are you going to help her?" I asked with interest. "Well," replied Lady Isabel, "she has opened a shop for nice second-hand things—now don't look like that Marjorie, I don't mean clothes, I mean things like grandfather's clocks and broken china and old fenders, and all that sort of thing," she added vaguely. "Oh, you mean curios—an old curiosity shop, in fact." "Yes," said Lady Isabel. "And now, Marjorie, dear—delightedly—'you've put an idea in my head. I'll make her call it 'Ye anciente curiosite shoppe'; but I must see she spells it right, or rather, wrong, it will sound so much more genuine." "It will certainly be an advantage in these days even to sound genuine," I said. "Yes, won't it," she answered very pleasantly, "especially as most of the things will be faked. You know they nearly always are faked at that sort of shop." "Really?" She nodded. "Yes—and I'll tell how it's done a little later on." "How are you going to help Miss Staunton's shop?" I asked her presently. "Well, for one thing, I am going to take Mrs. Barrington-Brown there to buy things; you see, we shall both be in town for a day or so next week." "I see, And Mr. Malcolmstein is he "I see. And Mr. Malcolmstein, is he to be taken there as well?" "No; I shan't take him there," said Lady Isabel hastily, "nor the Fliedermans; they know too much; but I dare say they'll pick me up some little things for her to sell. She's very pretty—Laura, I mean." "Is she faked, too?" I asked. is she taken, too. I ask her. Lady Isabel laughed. "No, my dear, she's not; she's absolutely genuine." * * * * * * * * "I've been going over the list of things in Laura's shop and rearranging them," said Lady Isabel the following afternoon. "Have you; how very good of you." "Oh, it's rather fun," she answered, bending over her table and writing something rapidly. "La Marquise Victorine—Victime de La Revolution," leaning on her shoulder as I read. "Who's she?" "It's for a small miniature I picked up cheap," said Lady Isabel airily. "It was very faded, so I got a little art I knew to touch it up for half a guinea." "And how did you find out who it was?" "I didn't," she replied frankly: "but if I don't know, I shall always put Vietime de la Revolution—there were so many of them, poor dears, so I shall always be safe." "Why call it anything?" "Only on account of the price," she answered seriously. "You see, Mrs. Barrington-Brown will pay so much more for something really historical." "I see," I said. "All the broken china has gone to be mended by a little man Mr. Fakenstein told me of—he lives at Whitechapel, or Notting Hill, where no one ever goes, or somewhere, and he's a Polish Jew, and frightfully clever and tricky. His name is Balenski, and you can't tell a Balenski-Chelsea figure from the real thing, if you're ever such an expert—unless, of course, you know his work." "Is that how collectors get their china mended?" "No," she said, "not collectors, only dealers. You see, collectors generally only care for genuine things; but then, of course," she added thoughtfully, "dealers must live, and if you can't tell the difference, it doesn't hurt anybody. Resides, collectors shouldn't be taken in, they ought to have a thorough knowledge of their subject before they attempt to begin to collect." "What a lot you seem to knew about the subject, Isabel." "Yes, Mr. Malcolmstein taught me a tremendous lot," she answered. "He told me how they make real old Worcester china and real Chelsea and Crown Derby over in Paris, and how they send it over here almost by the ton. And they make old English glass, too, over in Holland and in Germany, at a place called the Giant mountain—or the Giant something or other, but I think it was a mountain." A day or two later I went with Lady [sabel] to see Miss Staunton's curio shop. Mrs. Barrington-Brown had not yet arrived, and Lady Isabel took me round and let me into several little secrets of the curlo trade. "This box is Battersea enamel," she said; "you know, Marjorie, enameled on copper—at least, it ought to be." "I know," I said, "it's a lost art, isn't it? "Well, it's not quite as lost as you think," she answered thoughtfully. "This, for instance,"—she took up a little box as she spoke—"this is what I call a 'Balenskl-Battersea' box; but this one is genuine—I mean, it isn't mended yet." "And this," I said, taking up another. "Oh, that has just come back from Paris. It has had a new lid. Isn't it a pretty one?—of course, it has no more intrinsic value than an enameled saucepan; but then, all values are only relative, aren't they dearest?" "What a pretty picture!" I said, turning away to a print that was lying on a small Chippendale table. She lifted it and handed it to me. "Yes," she said, "n'tit it? It is an old one—at least, it will be old by the time I sell it to Mrs. Barrington-Brown." She dropped a little "historical" label in the box as she spoke. "You'll see how well we're going to make it pay, Marjorie," she said with galery. "Do you think it is quite fair," I asked, feeling as I said it, that I was, I La Marquise Victorine—Victime de la Revolution. metaphorically speaking, rupping my head against a wall of brick. "Fair!" she echoed; "my dear girl, of course it's fair—I am only telling you some secrets. All trades have secrets—grocers and butchers, and artists, and—and every one." This dictum followed me as I turned from greeting the newly arrived Mrs. Barrington-Brown to speak to Lady Isabel's protege. "Well how are you getting on, Miss Staunton?" "Oh, very well indeed, thank you," she answered, and added hurriedly, "you know we never give a guarantee with anything that isn't right, and Lady Isabel only sends rich and ignorant people here who can well afford to buy out things, and she is very kind; she often almost gives away a thing to a woman who really is hard up, and she—" "I know," I interposed, "her distinctions of honesty are wholly imitable." "She's awfully clever, too," said Laura Staunton, glancing half apologetically at Lady Isabel, who was showing Mrs. Barrington-Brown her "Victime de la Revolution," "and I shall miss her awfully while she is abroad. She has been so very, very kind to me." "She has," I assented, "and she seems to be taking an especially great amount of trouble just now to make your fortune." "My fortune," echoed Laura Staunton, staring at me in amazement; "it doesn't affect me, I only get my salary." "Your salary!" I gasped, for even I was taken aback by this assertion. "Do you mean to say that Lady Isabel pays you a salary?" Miss Staunton nodded. "Of course," she said gratefully, "and a jolly good one, too." "But why?" I asked; "why should she pay you anything?" Laura Staunton looked at me in fresh astonishment. "Didn't you know?" she stammered; "I thought, of course, you knew." "Knew what?" "Why," she explained, "I thought, of course, you knew the shop was Lady Isabel's!" First Definition of "Lumber." "Lumber," according to the London Chronicle, acquired a new dignity "when it crossed the ocean and shook off all association with the lumber room. But the word's earlier history is still more curious, if the conjecture is right that makes 'lumber room' older than 'lumber,' its contents, and explains the former as 'Lombard room,' the room in which the Lombard banker and broker stored his miscellaneous pledges. Undoubtedly, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a 'lumber house' was a pawshop, in the lumber 'meant in pawn, and a man in jail was metaphorically 'lumbered,' or 'in Lombard street.' HOUSE A "HOODOO" TRAGIC HISTORY OF OLD WASHI INGTON STRUCTURE. Remarkable Series of Disasters Followed Residents of Building That Once Occupied the Site of the Russian Embassy. In addition to its architectural beauty and the brilliant life for which it furnishes a setting, the Russian embassy, in I street, facing Farragut square, is one of the historically interesting dwellings in Washington. Until the present owner of the mansion leased it to the Russian government a curious superstition prevailed that since the early days of the civil war the property has suffered from a "hoooo." When New York city was young and Gen. Tracy failed to capture the mayoralty of the city as then constituted there were persons in Washington ready with the "I told you so" of defeat, who boldly asserted that the political ill luck was part of the misfortune which overtook the general when as a member of Benjamin Harrison's cabinet he decided to live in the house which then occupied the site of the Russian embassy. Though the Tracys were warned that the property was ill fated, they ```markdown ``` Front of Russian Embassy. regarded the rumor as a foolish negro superstition and established their residence on the opposite side of the fashionable and beautiful park which fronted the home of the late Senator Hearst, of California, and which is to-day the home of Vice President Fairbanks. All went well for a while and the "haunt" was forgotten—thought to be "laid," no doubt, by the gayety and cheer that characterized the secretary's home. And then one morning Washington was horrified by a tragedy that annexed to the history of the premises a chapter of disaster that was written in letters of flame. This was no other than the terrible configuration in which Mrs. Tracy, Miss Tracy and one maid perished. The house and its victims were sacrificed a little before seven o'clock one morning in the early spring and to this day the origin of the fire remains a mystery. Preceding the civil war fashionable Farragut square was a mud hole. At that time the northwestern section of the city was regarded as a questionable neighborhood. In the uncared for and gloomy expanse one wretched hovel tottered in the mire, and here the spirits of darkness were said to be invoked by a a "charmer"—a negress of forbidding aspect. Following the improved condition of the neighborhood at the close of the war the shanty was replaced by a more respectable looking frame building. Its exterior belled its true character, however, when the mask of respectability was removed in a startling manner. That famous piece of statuary, "The Greek Slave," by Powers, had been brought to this country during the uncertain times of war. Of a sudden its whereabouts became a mystery, but it was thought to be somewhere in or near Washington. The search for the missing art treasure was diligently pursued until public interest in the subject was eclipsed by a sensational report that a beautiful captive—either cecoron, slave or creole—was confined in the redoubtable frame dwelling. Rumor asserted that this exquisite creature was without clothing and that her wondrous beauty was responsible for her being kept a prisoner. Just as Washington was scandalized to the point of probing the mystery the late W. W. Corcoran, of Washington, founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, who had continued his search for the Powers statue with unabated persistence, traced it to the neighborhood of muddy Farragut square. The house of ill omen was not a place in which anything of value was likely to be hidden, but, performing a brilliant coup, Mr. Corcoran, in company with a single member of the police force, affected an entrance one night and found the "Greek Slave" in inarble and the reported beauty in the flesh to be one and the same piece of perfection. The statue, as well as its owner, had fallen a victim to the inmates of the haunted house, and had not Mr Corcoran's suspicions been aroused the renowned piece of sculpture might not figure to-day as one of the leading attractions in Washington's famous gallery of art. Coal Cheap in China. Coal in China costs only 25 cent a ton at the mines. Both Kent Busy. Prot. Burgess, of Boston, is filling the Roosevelt chair in the University of Berlin and while he is pursuing his duties his wife is devoting much time to the pictures in the Kaiser Frederick museum, copying pictures by Greuze and Franz Hals. Year's Cigarette Output. The cigarette output of 4,368,729,018 in the calendar year of 1906 must have come as a surprise to the bulk of the trade, but more stunning yet its increase in one year of 842,240,425, an increase by nearly 300,000,000 larger than the increase of our cigar industry during the same year. This jump is the more remarkable in the face of the pronounced and unrelenting hostility of a half dozen state legislatures which have ostracized not only the manufacture but also the handling and consumption of cigarettes within the confines of their respective territories. United States Tobacco Journal. THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA. Were Treated at Dispennary—Did Not Improve—Suffered Five Months —Perfect Cure by Cuticura. "My three children had eczema for five months. A little sore would appear on the head and seemed very itchy, increasing day after day. The baby had had it about a week when the second boy took the disease and a few sores developed, then the third boy took it. For the first three months I took them to the N-- Dispensary, but they did not seem to improve. Then I used Cuticura Scap and Cuticura Ointment and in a few weeks they had improved, and when their heads were well you could see nothing of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 513 West 29th St., New York, N. Y., Nov. 1, 5 and 7, 1906." THE ARTISTIC WALL. One of Solid Color Will Always Give Best Effect. The dearest, daintest, most artistic wall is a solid colored wall. It furnishes a perfect background for all kinds of pictures, it throws them out in their correct proportions, and does not detract from their artistic value. The solid colored wall is also much better as a background for furniture, and harmonizes much more artistically with carpets and rugs than any other method of wall treatment. The less breaking up of color on a wall the more artistic it is. The most successful form of the solid colored wall is an alabastened wall. There is as much difference between tinted walls, as there is between shoddy and all-wool gowns. The shoddy gown holds its color for a few days, while the all-wool keeps its color to the very last thread, so also in solid colored walls, there are shoddy walls and permanently colored walls which retain their color down to the very last particle. The ideal wall coating never rubs off, never flakes nor chips off and is always ready for a fresh coat. If there is wallpaper on the wall, soak it off with warm water, then go over the plaster after you have removed the paper with warm water to remove every trace of paste. Have the wall thoroughly clean for a clown wall cannot be built on an unclean foundation. If there are any particles of foreign matter adhering to the wall scrape them off with a putty knife. Then if there are any discolorations on the wall, size it with a material made from cheap varnish, thinned down with benzine and japan added for a drier, then cover your wall with your tinting material. Be sure your man uses a tinting material mixed with cold water. If he comes to you and asks for warm water, you can make up your mind that there is glue in the material which he proposes to put on your wall, and you can be certain that you are going to have a shoddy wall, for glue means shoddy. Glue means that it will hold its color long enough for the man to collect his bill and not much longer. Insist on your tinting material being mixed with clear, cold water. Be sure that your man is made from pure materials, then you will have a permanent, artistic, sanitary wall. A wall that will be a "thing of beauty and a joy forever." FOOLED THE PREACHER. A Doctor's Brother Thought Postum Was Coffee. A wise doctor found out coffee was hurting him, so he quit drinking it. He was so busy with his practice, however, that his wife had to write how he fooled his brother, a clergyman, one day at dinner. She says: "Doctor found coffee was injuring him and decided to give Postum a trial, and we have used it now for four years, with continued benefit. In fact, he is now free from the long train of ills that follow coffee drinking. "To show how successful we are in making Postum properly I will relate an incident. At a dinner we gave, Doctor suggested we serve Postum instead of ordinary coffee. "Doctor's brother, a Clergyman, supposed it was old fashioned coffee and remarked, as he called for his second cup: 'If you do preach against coffee, I see you haven't forgotten how to make it.'" This goes to show that well-made—fully boiled—Postum has much the flavor and richness of good coffee although it has an individuality all its own. A ten days' trial will prove that it has none of the poisonous effect of ordinary coffee, but will correct the troubles caused by coffee. "There's a reason." Name furnished by Postum Co. Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich. FADED TO A SHADOW. Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer- ing from Kidney Complaint. Mrs. Remethe Myers, of 180 South Tenth St., Ironton, O., says: "I have worked hard in my time and have been exposed again and again to changes of weather. It is no wonder my kidneys gave out and I went all to pieces at last. For five years I was worked hard in my time and have been exposed again and again to changes of weather. It is no wonder my kidneys gave out and I went all to pieces at last. For five years I was fading away and finally so weak that for six months I could not get out of the house. I was nervous, restless and sleepless at night, and lame and sore in the morning. Sometimes everything would whirl and blur before me. I bloated so badly I could not wear tight clothing, and had to put on shoes two sizes larger than usual. The urine was disordered and passages were dreadfully frequent. I got help from the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills, however, and by the time I had taken four boxes the pain and bloating were gone. I have been in good health ever since." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Miburn C. Buffalo, N.Y. Purely Experimental. "Why in the world did you order a Welsh rabbit in this French place?" they asked her. "Of course, the cheese is about the same as you get everywhere, but how can you tell what a French Welsh rabbit will do to you afterward?" "I'm not afraid," she informed them, placidly. "I just want to see what sort of ragtime nightmare French it will speak." Stood the Text. Allcock's Plasters have successfully stood the test of sixty years' use by the public; their virtues have never been equaled by the unscrupulous imitators who have sought to trade upon their reputation by making plasters with holes in them, and claiming them to be "just as good as Allcock's." Allcock's plasters stand to-day indorsed by not only the highest medical authorities, but by millions of grateful patients who have proved their efficacy as a household remedy. Coldest European Winter. In the year 1814 the Thames froze and the English channel was for a time impassable because of icebergs. The coldest European winter on record was that of 1708-1709. It began early in October. In 1740 also the cold was so intense that birds fell dead to the ground. How's This? Wholesale Drugs, Toledo, O. Hall's Catfish Catch takes internal innermost, directly upon the blood and intestines of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drugs. City's Death Rate Reduced. The London death rate is now nearly 30 per cent. lower than it was at the coming into operation of the public health act in 1881. In that year the death rate was 17.1; in 1905 it was 15.1 a thousand. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Iceland ponies are a d in England. They are in great demand among the British who can afford to indulge their whims. FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases, permanently curd by Dr. Kline' Great Nerve Restorer. Seed for Free 8200 trial bottle and treatise, Dr. R. H. Kline, Ld., 631 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. True courage is not incompatible with nervousness, and herodism does not mean the absence of fear, but the conquest of it.—Henry Van Dyke. One trial will convince you of the peculiar fitness of Nature's remedy, Garfield Tea, for liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels, for impure blood, rheumatism and chronic ailments. 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In London there are 70,000 municipal employees, in England generally there are close to 2,000,000. Oats—Heads 2 Foot Long. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crossse, Wis., are bringing out a new oats this year with heads 2 foot long! That's a wonder. Their catalog tells! Spetz—the greatest cereal hay food America ever saw! Catalog tells! Our mammoth 148 page Seed and Tool Catalog is mailed free to all intending buyers, or send 6e in stamps and receive free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats and other cereals and big catalog free. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Advancement in Siberia. Agricultural schools have been established in several places in St.beria, and a certain number of steam plows, reapers and the like are now in use. WOMEN IN HOSPITALS Experiences of Mrs. Rockwood and Miss Tierney ```markdown ``` Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the symptoms given, the trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised. Out of her vast volume of experience in treating female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowledge that may help your case. Her advice is free and always helpful. Ask Mrs. Pinkham's Advice - A Woman Best Understands a Woman's Ills. MISS MARGARET TIERNEY A large proportion of the operations performed in our hospitals are upon women and girls for some organic trouble. Why should this be the case? Because they have neglected themselves, as every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in those dragging sensations, pains at left or right of abdomen, backaches, nervous exhaustion, inflammation, ulceration, displacements, and other organic weaknesses. All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the female system and if not heeded the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation. 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We need for pub- lation should reach our office not later than Tuesday of each week, and must be signed by the writer not for pub- lation but as guarantee of authority. HORACE W. BOLDEN. Society Editor. ADVERTISING RATES. For one rich, one insertion . . . $ .50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 20 For two inches, three months . . . 50 For two inches, four months . . . 100 For two inches, nine months . . . 150 For two inches, twelve months . . . Oldest Negro Journal In Kansas City TWICE ALL THE REST The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Colored weekly newspapers. The Son does not predict like the Kansas City Journal, that the Negro Department Store in New York will be a failure. We do not know why the Journal should make such a prediction. The Negroes of New York have succeeded in their greatest enterprises. The Afo-American Realty company is a good demonstration of that. And many other concerns can be cited. To the Negroes who desire to see, to have and maintain a good Negro weekly newspaper, which has been the cry heard around and annot the city. We wish to say that it will take a great deal more than talk to do that, however, we assure you that if you will subscribe for the Son and pay for it, and induce your friends to do the same, it will not be long until your desires be fullfilled. OUR POLICY—The management of this paper takes a deeded stand for honesty as the best policy. We propose to give every one a square deal and we only ask for the same. It shall be the constant endeavors of the new management to place this panel upon a high basis, to stand for the right, to speak our against, and expose the wrong, to comment the aggressive and successful, to encourage and defend the weak and struggling whose ideals are high and whose motives are pure, to champion the cause for the best interest of the Negro race. To fight for good in the name of God. If there is a law to prohibit any one from preaching on the streets, in the city the officers all over the city should see to it that it is not violated. If you go down on Eleventh street near Main, Walnut or Grand ave., at night you find some kind of street service going on such as the Salvation Army and others, who are not interrupted by the police. Last Tuesday night at the corner of 18th and Lydle Ave. a Colored Woman who was preaching there was interrupted by two big Irish policemen who stopped her. And told her that there were churches near where she should go to preach. Laws which are made to govern the people should not have any respect to person, and should not make bone of one and flesh of another. And it is hoped that some attention will be given by those in authority to matters of such public interest. In viewing Kansas City's Negro population we are very glad indeed to note that such a vast number of us are becoming enlightened to the extent that we are abandoning the habit of paying rent and are buying our own homes. In this particular the Negro has shown that he is endowed with the spirit of advancement which has been quite rapid. About 10 years ago the Negro property owners of Kansas City, Mo., could be counted upon your fingure to day they are way up in the hundreds, and are yet buying every day. Now that we are all striving to own our little home let us not forget (as it seems very plain that we are) that is not the end of our advancing duty as a race of people. We have colored enterprises of various kinds, owned and managed by our own race some are quite humble, be they ever so humble they are our own if we don't build them up there is nothing in store for them but failure. Our boys and girls are being educated, every mother and father wishes to see their son or daughter finish school with the highest of honors, and then secure good employment an become successful business people. They can't all become teachers, doctors or preachers, some must drift into business for themselves or work for some one else. Now what we need to do is to con- centrate our patronage to our Negro business enterprises so they will bound to hire Negroes as bookkeepers, clerks, stenographers and managers, instead of continually running to the white business firms and giving them our money to hire more white clerks, etc., and then put up fine buildings and tell us (after we have put them where they are) they don't serve colored people. Let us take notice to our Negro undertakers we have had them in our community for the past 12 years, at present there are three separate firms on this side and two across the river, the five firms are fully capable to supply any and all wants that we may exact of them, and to care for all the Negro deaths in the two cities, yet we are occasionally found running to some of the white undertakers and shoving our money to them, none of the white undertakers are giving our boys or girls employment only in the livery stables, but are building up their places and hiring their own boys and girls when they finish shool and paying them with our money. Our colored undertakers are hiring our boys and girls (not white ones) and if we will build them up they will hire more, it may be your son or daughter dear reader or it may be you. LOCALS. Mr. Horace W. Folden is Society Editor of the Rising Son. Any one having parties or social gatherings, please 'phone 780 Main or 780 Grand and we will send to your residence to take an account of the proceedings. One of the finest bar rooms owned by a Negro is at 119 W. 6th St. The place is open for business, but the grand opening will be next Monday and Monday night. A nice lunch will be served free of charge. Fine wines, liquors, tobacco and cigars a specialty, Messrs. Chas, Travlar and Lee Logan barkeepers, Louis Woods, Prop Mr. Chas, H. Thomas has entered the restaurant business at 910 E. 12th street. He is first-class caterer of many years of experience and will give to the people the benefit of what he knows about the business. This means much to the people who want the best service and are willing to pay for it. Mr. Thomas is an energetic and entertaining business man. There is a good field here for him and we predict a bright future for his success. The grand opening will take place Saturday night and all are cordially invited to inspect the new place. Green Pasture Lodge No. 128 A. F. and A. M. will hold a lodge of sorrow at Masonic Temple, Wednesday eve, March 27th, in memory of Johep Anderson, deceased, who departed this life February 22nd, and whose remains were sent to Lovejoy, Ill., for interment. All Master Masons in good standing are cordially invited to attend. Amazonia Household of Ruth No. 292 of The Grand United Order of Oddfellows will give a necktie social at Old Fellows Hall, 18th and Grove, Friday eve., March 29th. Each gentleman attending will be given a necktie and on entering the hall he will find a lady with an apron corresponding with his tie. He will then escort the said lady to the ice cream table. Admission 10 cents. MRS. M. J. CANTERBURY, M. N. G. MRS, M. J. CANTERBURY, M. N. G. MRS, LAULINE HOLBERT, W. Rec Sometimes some of our people are guilty of moving a corpse from a negro undertaker to a white one. Do you know of or have you ever heard of a white man moving one of their dead from a white undertake rto a colored one? Now let us get together and stick together. Break away from the people who are doing everything in their power to retard our progress. The whites only want our money; that's all. They don't want to be bothered with us but are continually trying to shove us off in some insignificant corner, pass Jim Craw bills and the like, pat us on the shoulder and we grin and hand over our money. We are all aware of the fact that as one of a race is elevated it gives credit to the whole, and as one degrades himself by crime so the race feels the sting and in its humiliation feels abased—especially is this true of the negro and how earnestly and energetically should we do all in our power to assist in any elevation either in a business an intellectual or a moral way. Teacher (in manual training school) —What may be regarded as the for- runner of the modern automobile? Shaggy Haired Pupil—Anybody that gits in its way—Chicago Tribune. I Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED. Properties and Business or all kinds sold quickly for cash in all parts of the United States. Don't wait. Write today describing what you have to sell and give cash price on same any kind of Business or Real Estate anywhere, at any price, write me your requirements. I can save you time and money. DAVID P. TAFF THE LAND MAN 415 Kansas Avenue. TOPEKA, KANSAS. SPRING OPENING The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Paxt 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. The American Collection Agency No fee charged unless collection is made We make collections in all parts of the United States. 413 Kansas Ave, Anthony P. Wilson, Atty. Topeka, Kansas. STEVENSON Has broken through to 10th street with Crosset Shoes. This store sells everything pertaining to a Gentleman's wardrobe. Clothing. Hats. Furnishings and Shoes. M. D. Stevenson & Co. Outfitter to Men. Are you Ready For Easter? Ready ter? Are you Ready For Easter? We can fit the whole family out with anything in DRY GOODS, MILLIN CLOTHING, SHOES and GENTS FURN Come and see our Large Spring Stock At the Southwest Cor. of 18th and C.COLLINS DRY GOOD DS, MILLINERY and GENTS FURNISHING our Large Spring Stock. t Cor. of 18th and Paseo DRY GOODS CO. DRY GOODS, MILLINERY CLOTHING, SHOES and GENTS FURNISHING Our Store is Open Evenings. Come and see us for your GROCERIES AND ME We'll save you money, give you better goods and decidedly worth your while in many other ways. our price list. it's free and tells you all about our our prices and our methods. BALSIGER GROCERY CO. 9th a BOTH PHONES 1808 MAIN GO TO MRS. B. M. TRAC Ice Cream Park E S AND MEATS give you better goods and make it while in many other ways. Send for and tells you all about our goods— goods. OCERY CO. 9th and Charlotte PHONES 1808 MAIN S. B. M. TRACY'S am Parlor GROCERIES AND MEATS We'll save you money, give you better goods and make it decidedly worth your while in many other ways. Send for our price list. It's free and tells you all about our goods our prices and our methods. BALSIGER GROCERY CO. 9th and Charlotte BOTH PHONES 1808 MAIN 1012 Independence. All kinds of Confections. Ice Cream and Ices a You get your monev's worth. Open until 12 o'clock BELL PHONE 3467X MAIN s. Ice Cream and Ices a Specialty worth. Open until 12 o'clock at night. PHONE 3467X MAIN All kinds of Confections. Ice Cream and Ices a Specialty You get your money's worth. Open until 12 o'clock at night. BELL PHONE 3467X MAIN ```markdown ``` SO STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can be put up in any style Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZONIZED OXMARROW" and is makes kinky or curly hair straight, as shown above. It uses the most stubby appliable and easy to comb. These results may be obtained from one treatment; 2 to 4 times. It uses Ford's Hair Pomade removes and creates the scalp, stops the hair from falling out or breaking off, makes it grow and, by victory, being elegantly perfumed and harmless, it is a toilet necessity for indies. Made has been made and sold continuously since about 1888, and label, OZONIZED OX States Patent Office, in 1874. Be sure to get Ford's as its use makes the hair STRAIGHT, Remember that Ford's Hair Pomade is put up only in 50 cts. size, and is made only by signature Charles Ford. Preset, on each pack, every bottle. Price only 50 cts. Sold by drugstores and dealers. If your drugrist or for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us 50 cts, for one bottle postpaid, or tries express paid. We pay postage and express charges to all points in U.S. A. When order is placed, we mention name of this paper. Write your name and address plainly to 1910 No fee charged unless collection is made We make collections in all parts of the United States. 413 Kansas Ave. Topcha Kansas. MENTER & ROSENBLOOM CO. 1017-1019 Walnut Street, First Door North of Emery. Bird. Thayer D. G. Co. Remains for Everybody. D. E. LAUDERBACK, Mgr. SON Home Phone 1 DR. E. C. BUNG Office Hours 8 To 12m. 1 To 5 P. M. Moved! Take notice, the c Rising 1017-1019 Walnut Street, First Door North of Emery. Bird. Thayer D. G. Co. Scuvenirs for Everybody. D. E. LAUDERBACK, Mgr. 914 East 12th Come around and pay the news around and pay your subscription to send it in by mail. Thanking you the past. Bring us your news, and let in society. Phone your news to Grand, Bell. Now come on, all this paper the Leading Journal in from 10,000 to 15,000 subscribers. SHAVE 100. TONSORIAL ARTIST J. B. Lester. S. L. Clemor J. B. LESTER'S SHA Hot and Cold Baths. 557 Grand Ave. Kansas Cigars, Tobacco and Pool. Massage EMPLOYMENT COLORED HELP A MALE AND I OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. MRS. EMMA 1014 North 5th St., --- 1003 Walnut 105 East 10th St. Street, Bird. DERBACK, Mgr. samples, prices and t Address MENTER & ROSE FACTORY B Home Phone 1655 Main. E. C. BUNCH, D Moved to his new lo P. M. Ka ved! Mo ke notice, the office o sing S DR. E. C. BUNCH, Dentist Office Hours Moved to his new location, 716 E. 12th. 8 To 12m. 1 To 5 P. M. KANSAS CITY, MO. has been moved to East 12th St. und and pay the new owner by your subscription to the mana- mail. Thanking you for what y your news, and let us know w hone your news to 780 Main Now come on, all together, and Leading Journal in the West 15,000 subscribers. TONSORIAL ARTISTS J. B. Lester. S. L. Clemons. Duke May- LESTER'S SHAVING P 557 Grand Ave. Kansas City, Mo. bacco and Pool. Massage and Hair Dyein 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. SHAVE 100. TONSORIAL ARTISTS HAIR CUT 250 J. B. Lester. S. L. Clemons. Duke Mayes. J B. LESTER'S SHAVING PARLOR Hot and Cold Baths. 657 Grand Ave. Kansas City, Mo. 4 New Porcelain Tubs. Cigars, Tobacco and Pool. Massage and Hair Dyeing a Specialty. Home or Bell Phones 253 West. EMPLOYMENT OF COLORED HELP A SPECIAL MALE AND FEMALE OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. MRS. EMMA STOW 1014 North 5th St., Kansas MRS. EMMA STOVALL 1014 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kansas. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT --- h Street my owner a visit. Come the manager, or perhaps or what you have done in us know what is going on 880 Main, Home, or 780 together, and let us make the West. Let us have HAIR CUT 285c Duke Mayes. VING PARLOR City, No. 4 New Porcelain Tubs and Hair Dyeing a Specialty. T OFFICE SPECIALTY EMALE STOVALL Kansas City, Kansas. FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U., K. A. Prompt Service. NEWS&GSSIP WILSON DAWSON, Business Mgr. PERCY D. CRUMP, Sollicitor. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there but enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Miss Ora Edwards of 1826 Flora is very sick. All notices and announcements will be published for 10c per line. Mrs. John Carpenter is now living in her new home at 1533 Park ave. Wait and watch for the Easter number. It will be just what you want. Eliza Jessee will rent you a room at 1118 Campbell, rear. Give her a trial. Mr. C. H. Thomas will open the ideal cafe at 910 E 12th Saturday evening. Mrs. V S. North had a very severe accident from which she is slowly recovering. Let some one read in the Rising Son what you are doing in business or society. They are still coming, Prof. J. Silas Harris and Prof. T. W. Williams paid subscriptions. Mrs. M. S. Henderson will rent you a furnished room at 1012 Oak street.. All conveniences. If you want the best work done cheap bring all of your job printing to the Rising Son. The negro undertakers are doing the bulk of the negro's burying and the Son is glad of it. Countee Bros., are the oldest negro undertakers in the city. Both Phones 780 main and grand. Don't be idle if you want work the Afro-American Employment agency will get you a good job. Prof. and Mrs. E. B. Thompson of Pleasant Hill, Mo., spent last Saturday and Sunday in the city. Any one desiring to buy a fine square piano for $40 please call M. at the office of the Rising Son. Officer, Peter Campbell called around and paid a subscription for the Rising Son. These are things that count. The What-So-Ever Club of Allen chapel was very delightfully entertained at Mrs. J. Woodland 2103 E. 9th street. Uneeda Domestic Hand Laundry Co., has opened up a splendid place at 2112-2114 E. 18th St. M. C. Jones is the manager. Mr. Wm. James, president Royal Roaster Social club is sick at his residence 1528 Lydia, but he is on a fair way to recovery. WANTED, bright, energetic, young man as solicitor and collector. For information call at the office of the Son 914 E. 12th street. If you are ambitious to become a master musician then it will pay you to study with Carl. H. X. Stewart 1726 Park ave. Bell phone E. 3482. Mrs. Dee Mickles is the guest of her sister in-law, Mrs. Anna Johnson Mickles. She will attend a theatre party to Rufus Rastus company at the Grand. A representative of the Son heard an excellent recitation in the room of Miss Maud Olden. The pupils works showing their thorough training in arithmetic. The colored groceryman is located at 921 Independence ave., with a fresh stock of fancy groceries and salt meats. Give him a call.—R. Smith, Proprietor. Why not let the "Son" Rise in your home to brighten the household. We are getting the news. We want you to make it your paper. As it is an educative Journal for Negroes. Let us know what you are doing in business or society, let the people read in the Rising Son when you or your visiting friends go and come. Both Phones 780 Main and Grand. Father Edward S. Willett of Cairo, Ill., has returned to Kansas City with his family and is located at 1016 Virginia. He has charge of the Episcopal church. The people of the city extend him a hearty welcome. Hotel Waiters' Journal Edition. The Y. M. C. A. meets' every Sunday afternoon 4:00 o'clock at their hall. 1512 E. 18th street. Mr. Ed. Ross President. You are cordially invited to attend Royal Roosters third annual Easter Ball at Vineyard Hall, 8th & McGee St., Friday night March 29, 1907 Admission 35 cents, Our Motto: Makke Everybody Happy. Persons desiring a full course in milliner work will see Mme. Benton Dean, 1627 Park. She is prepared to fill orders for Easter work. Persons desiring a new hat, she will be pleased to get your order. WANTED.—Educated colored man 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. Remember that H. C. Johnson is the Negro tombstone ingraver and can sell you tombstones cheap. From $6 and up. Give him a trial. Office with Countee Brothers 914 E. 12th st. With Phones 780 grand and main. Mr. and Mrs. F. Watts entertained the Housley Bros., at their home 1307 Highland avenue last week. And also Mr. Clarence Brown of Chicago in passing through Kansas City spent a day with Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Watts. The Son hopes that the 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 Forum meets every Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock at Allen Chapel and subjects of vital importance to the race are discussed by some of the best minds. You are invited to attend the meetings. Prof. Foster, President. Napoleon Washington is now collecting bills for the Negro Business Establishment. If you have any old bills to be collected let him know. He will collect them. Address, 914 E. 12th St. Give him your old accounts. When you have any legal business to transact, you should give the negro lawyers a chance. Foremost in this professional field stands L. A. Knox, G. T. Wasson, C. H. Calloway, I. H. Bradley, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Martin and others. T. W. Williams is representing the Black Diamond Development company of Chicago and would be pleased to have his friends see him and get facts about this wonderful company's stock. Address No. 1323 Jackson Avenue. Call Bell 3259 East. Prof. D. G. Watson, principal of the Blue township school, believes in encouraging young men. The Son hopes that every Negro will be come imbued with the same spirit. He came in the office of the Son, subscribed and paid a year's subscription. Mrs. O. J. Marshall had an informal reception in honor of the Rufus Rastus company. Those present were Mrs. Ruth Lang, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Purnell, Mrs. Woodland, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Adams, Miss Lillian Wells, Miss Wright, Mrs. Owen and Mrs. Hunter. Mr. D. Turner, one of the best Tuck Pointers of Kansas City just returned from Leave.worth where he finished a building for the home Telephone company and finished three buildings for the government. He is one of the negroes who is really practicing his trade. I. C. Stephens Grocery company is where you buy groceries and meats cheap for cash. Home made sausage a specialty. Our fresh meats are simply fine and prices are right. Call and give us a trial order. You will not regret it. 723-25 E. 8th streets, Kansas City, Mo. Please pay the collector, Mr. Horace Bolden or Mr. Edward Baker, your year's subscription. Don't have the manager to appear in person or 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! WAIT! LOOK! WATCH for our EASTER NUMBER. We are expecting to give the Negroes just what they have long desired. D. C. Houston our elegant cartoonist is a most able Negro along that line. He compares very favorably with McCutcheon the Celebrated Cartoonist of National Fame. The O. Q. Club had their weekly meeting at 1723 Forest avenue last Wednesday night. The prizes of whist were awarded to Miss Hester Nichols and Mr. Richard Fisher. Those present, ladies: Misses Mabel Emery, Stella Nealy, Alice Miller, Lilly Pennington, Men, Messrs. B. C. Fisher and Brother Jack Foalston, W. Nealy, Jack Harrison and others. The Banks Milwaukee Colored Giants base ball team issues a formal challenge to the Jenkins Son or any other colored team of Kansas City through the newspaper known as the Rising Son of Kansas City. THAD TURNER, Captain Address 194 Fourth Street. AreYouReadyforEaster? The Big Store With Over One and One-half Million Dollars Worth of New Spring Merchandise Is Ready To Serve Your Every Want The Women's Suit Room Is Replete With Everything New For the Men There are the "Chestarfeld" Suits and Topcoats For the Young Man "College Clothes" And so on throughout the family---correct and distinctive wearing apparel for all It is best not to be an eleventh hour keep in mind the fact that from this St plete stocks you can get what you w service---continuous, satisfying serv Emery, Bird, T lest not to be an eleventh hour shopper, but if you mind the fact that from this Store's immens- and stocks you can get what you want. This is a s- ---continubus, satisfying service both early and Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. It is best not to be an eleventh hour shopper, but if you are, keep in mind the fact that from this Store's immens- and complete stocks you can get what you want. This is a store of service---continubus, satisfying service both early and late. Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. Remember Where to go for first-c We use only the best and in season. Our "Full Satisfaction and Give us a call. If we and come back again you tell us. THE RED ST 915 Independence MRS. R. HUSTO IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC Easter Sunday TO SEDALIA, HOLDEN and Sunday, Mar VIA MISSOURI PA $1.25 ROUND T Train leave Union Depot 8:30 a.m. Re Tickets on sale at Union Depot r and 901 Main S NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING Where to go for first-class meals at We use only the best food, which and in season. Our motto Satisfaction and Prompt S Give us a call. If we please you and come back again, if we do you tell us. THE RED STAR C 915 Independence Avenue. MRS. R. HUSTON, Pro- ED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS er Sunday Excuse TO MA, HOLDEN and WARREN Sunday, March 31st VIA MISSOURI PACIFIC RY 25 ROUND TRIP $1 Union Depot 8:30 a. m. Returning leave S sets on sale at Union Depot morning of Excu and 901 Main Street. ELSON'S HAIR DRESSING Where to go for first-class meals at all hours. We use only the best food, which is fresh and in season. Our motto "Full Satisfaction and Prompt Service" Give us a call. If we please you tell others and come back again, if we do not please you tell us. THE RED STAR CAFE 915 Independence Avenue. MRS. R. HUSTON, Prop. IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS Easter Sunday Excursion TO Easter Sunday Excursion TO SEDALIA, HOLDEN and WARRENSBURG Sunday, March 31st VIA MISSOURI PACIFIC RY. $1.25 ROUND TRIP $1.25 Train leave Union Depot 8:30 a.m. Returning leave Sedalia 8 p.m. Tickets on sale at Union Depot morning of Excursion and 901 Main Street. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING A Delightfully Perfumed Hair Pomade PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR COLORED PEOPLE. This old, reliable preparation has been in constant use for over ten years, and is consider thousands of homes. It is guaranteed free from NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING makes hair soft, pliant and glossy, enables you up in any style consistent with its length. It by supplying the needed oils directly to the HAIR DRESSING tones up, invigorates and hair from falling out, increases its grow splitting and breaking off at the ends, and gives NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes D and Scaling of the Scalp, etc. There is nothing experimental about Nelson thoroughly tested and is endorsed by thousands as be convinced that it does all and more than what WHAT THOSE WHO KNOW reliable preparation has been in for over ten years, and is considered a necessary toi homes. It is guaranteed free from all injurious drugs, plant and glossy, enables you to comb it with case style consistent with its length. It is perfectly safe a saving the needed oils directly to the roots of the hair, DRESSING tones up, invigorates and nourishes the scalp falling out, increases its growth, and prevents the breaking off at the ends, and gives the hair new life DRESSING removes Dandruff, cures Tetra- of the Scalp, etc. nothing experimental about Nelson's Hair Dressing; tested and is endorsed by thousands of satisfied users. I think that it does all and more than what we claim for it. AT THOSE WHO KNOW HAVE TO S This old, reliable preparation has been in constant use for over ten years, and is considered a necessary toilet article in thousands of homes. It is guaranteed free from all injurious drugs or chemicals. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING makes harsh, stubborn, kinky, curly hair soft, pliant and glossy, enables you to comb it with case and to do it up in any style consistent with its length. It is perfectly safe and harmless. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes Dandruff, cures Tetter, Itching and Scaling of the Scalp, etc. There is nothing experimental about Nelson's Hair Dressing; it has been thoroughly tested and is endorsed by thousands of satisfied users. Try a box and be convinced that it does all and more than what we claim for it. WHAT THOSE WHO KNOW HAVE TO SAY: Miss Isabella Byd, Battle Creek, Michigan, writes: "I recommend it wherever I go. It has done wonders for me." Miss Willie L. Griffey, M.Minville, Tenn., writes: "I have used your Nelson's Hair Dressing for nearly four years and would not be without it. It is the most wonderful beautifier on the market for colored people. There are others, but none like Nelson's." NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING is put up in all drug cannot get it at your drug store, send us 30c. in s. We want good agents (male or female). Address NELSON MANUFACTURING S HAIR DRESSING is put up in 4 ounce square tin bins at your drug store, send us 30c. in stamps and we will ma good agents (male or female). Write for prices, te NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING is put up in 4-inch square tin boxes and sold at all drug stores for 25c. a box. If you cannot get it at your drug store, send us 30c. in stamps and we will mail you a box. We want good agents (male or female). Write for prices, terms, etc. Address NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, Virginia. hour shopper, but if you are, this Store's immens- and com- you want. This is a store of service both early and late. Q. Thayer Co. first-class meals at all hour, the best food, which is free. Our motto and Prompt Service If we please you tell other again, if we do not please STAR CAFE ence Avenue. STON, Prop. ATIC CIGARS Day Excursion and WARRENSBURG March 31st PACIFIC RY. DO TRIP $1.25 p. Returning leave Sedaiai 8 p. epot morning of Excursion main Street. 'S BRG made AMPLE. seen in considered a necessary toilet article it free from all injurious drugs or chemicals. kakes harsh, stubborn, kinky, curly, you to comb it with case and to do it with. It is perfectly safe and harmless. y to the roots of the hair, NELSON'S cures and nourishes the scalp, stops the growth, and prevents the hair from and gives the hair new life and vigor. moves Dandruff, cures Tetter, Itching Nelson's Hair Dressing; it has been sands of satisfied users. Try a box and what we claim for it. NOW HAVE TO SAY: Mrs. C. Covenia, Fernandina, Florida, writes "I have been an agent for your Nelson's Hair Dressing for nearly four months. It is the best selling article I ever sold." Gena Krennex, Iclanangell, Inc., writes "It is the only Hair Dressing that the colored people ought to use. It is the only one that cost my fair and easy cost." up in 4-ounce square tin boxes and sold drug sto.es for 25c. a box. If you 0c. in stamps and we will mail you a box. nale). Write for prices, terms, etc. RING CO., Richmond, Virginia. Something New! Come One Come All! W. T. GREEN AND PENNY ARCADE To 713 MAIN STREET Don't forget the number. gantly fitted up with every March 7 the place will be re W. T. The New F IS OPEN FOR Down Stairs at 50 Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest in the West. One main dining room thing of the season to be served in prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, Fli and Soft Drinks all the time. Good M Open at Night. The Best Accommodation Houses at 508 a forget the number. His new place is bed up with every inducement. On one place will be ready for all visitors. W. T. GREEN, P. The New French Cafe IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS On Stairs at 557 Grand A Nura Akins has the finest American and European t. One main dining room and one private dining r eason to be served in first-class style. The be fancy Steaks, Chops, Fish and Fowls of all kind drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals right. Best Accommodation, with R houses at 508 and 512 McGee Don't forget the number. His new place will be elegantly fitted up with every inducement. On and after March 7 the place will be ready for all visitors. W. T. GREEN, Propr. Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest American and European dining rooms in the West. One main dining room and one private dining room. Everything of the season to be served in first-class style. The best cooks will prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, Fish and Fowls of all kinds. Ice Cream and Soft Drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals at all hours. Open at Night. BELL PHONE 2502 MAIN LADIES, THERE IS A Madam Mamie De Vaule Making and L To learn all of the latest systems in Dre to make you master of the dressmaking four different schools, with twelve y Kansas City. The price of tuition is while learning. Special Course in Se I cordially invite all to visit the sch Bell Phone 507 Grand. LADIES, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR YOU AT Mamie De Vaule Vincent's School Making and Ladies' Talloring the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fittin master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent schools, with twelve years' experience in the The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you Tial Course in Sewing, 20 Days, invite all to visit the school and investigate. 507 Grand. 1104 Charlotte St., Ka Madam Mamie De Vaule Vincent's School of Dress Making and Ladies' Talloring To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting and everything to make you master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of four different schools, with twelve years' experience in the largest stores in Kansas City. The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you can make money while learning. Special Course in Sewing, 20 Days, $5.00 I cordially invite all to visit the school and investigate. Bell Phone 507 Grand. 1104 Charlotte St., Kansas City, Mo. Home 'Phone 5478 Main P.L.P. REAL ESTATE And INS Houses On Easy Terra 127 West KANSAS CITY. M. QUI Both Phone Kansas City's Largest a Why Should Grocerl L. PRAT REAL ESTATE RENTAL And INSURANCE Houses For Sale Easy Terms, Like 127 West 8th Street AS CITY, MIS QUINN 535 Main Both Phones Main 1202 City's Largest and Lowest Price Why Should You Buy You Groceries Here? REAL ESTATE RENTAL And INSURANCE. On Easy Terms, Like Rent. 127 West 8th Street KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI. We know of no better reason than that you get the very best good at lower prices than at any other store in Kansas City. Here is a sample of how we are selling good, pure Groceries: 3 bars Buttermilk Soap..... 5c 8 cans Scrubbing Lye..... 25c 8 pkgs Pearline..... 25c 1,000 boxes Water Queen Soap, regular retail price 6 bars 25c; our price, 9 bars.....25c 12 boxes Matches.....4c Scotch Oats, pkg.....71c Egg O See, pkg.....71c Fresh Baked Crackers, lb.....5c Fresh Baked Ginger Snaps, lb.....5c 100 sacks Choice Navy Beans, cct price, 8 lbs.....25c 10-lb pail Mackerel, 20 in pail.....85c 10-lb pail No. 1 Irtish Mackerel.....$1.25 10-lb pail Family White Fish.....50c Holland Herring, keg.....85c Smoked Salmon, lb.....15c 10-ck Codfish.....5c Boneless Codfish, lb.....10c 50 cases Guaranteed Fresh Candled Eggs, 30c value, for, per dozen.....23c Eagle Hams, lb. .....132c Q. Q. Q. best Hickory Smoked --- His new place will be ele- nducement. On and after ady for all visitors. GREEN, Propr. French Cafe FOR BUSINESS 57 Grand Avenue American and European dining rooms and one private dining room. Every- first-class style. The best cooks will and Powls of all kinds. Ice Cream stile while you eat. Meals at all hours. ation, with Rooming and 512 McGee St. KANSAS CITY, MO. CHANCE FOR YOU AT Vincent's School of Dress Studies' Talloring smaking, Cutting, Fitting and everything art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of ers' experience in the largest stores in very low-in fact, you can make money Living, 20 Days, $5.00 and investigate. 04 Charlotte St., Kansas City, Mo. RATT. TE RENTAL URANCE. For Sale ns, Like Rent. 9th Street MISSOURI. Fancy Kural Colorado Potatoes, bushel ..... 73c Fancy Cranberries, 2 quarts ..... 15c One car sugar, on Standard Sugar on, for other goods, 24 lbs ..... $1.00 Pure Sugar Corn, 5c; dozen ..... 58c E J. Peas, 5c; dozen ..... 58c Fine E J. 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Owing to the drought and the failure of the crops in South Central Russia, 30,000,000 Russians in 27 provinces have seen their means of subsistence swept away. Men, women and children, huddled in their miserable villages on the steppes of the Volga and the Caspian sea, are face to face with starvation. It is feared that ten per cent. may die before new crops can be gathered. The flooding of 40,000 square miles of lowlands in northeastern China has rendered 15,000,000 homeless. It is believed that fully 4,000,000 of these may perish. So pitiful are these calamities that the voices of the starving peasants have been heard around the world. America has been among the first and most generous in appreciating the dire need and in giving of her prosperity. But all that has been given as yet has scarcely touched the fringe of the famine-stricken districts. New York—The climax of the great Chinese famine is at hand. In the second province 4,000,000 men, women and children are starving—more than the population of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond. According to the latest reports, the situation is much more serious than that described in these columns a few weeks ago by a correspondent in Shanghai. Since early in the winter the 4,000,000 refugees have been homeless and destitute. According to the vicevor of Kiangsu, it is ten times worse than any famine known in China in the last 40 years. In point of mortality, it is the worst calamity that has bettaled mankind since the beginning of the new century. The end is not yet. As the Chinese winter reaches its height, more and more people must succumb to hunger and exposure. It is not a question of surviving, but of how many thousands must die. That the famine will last four months to come is a certainty. With all the generosity of other civilized nations, the relief is inadequate. 40.000 Square Miles Flooded. The messages received from China last December told of the beginnings of the famine. For 40 days and nights it rained constantly. The great canal, extending 700 miles from Tien Tsu to Gang Chan, close to the seacoast in the provinces of Chekiang, Klaungsu, and Shan Tung, burst its banks one 40,000 square miles of low plains were flooded. Fifteen millions of people in five provinces were more or less affected. Of these, 8,000,000 lost their property, including their buildings and food supplies. Four million were left absolutely destitute. To these beginnings, nearly three months of unspeakable misery have since been added. The intermediate stages were, in some respects, peculiar to China. The dwellings and farm buildings had mud walls and roofs of that ib. The walls melted like paper as the water leaked through them. The peasants were forced to abandon them and wade through water up to their armpits to reach dry land. Stores of Grain Lost. These Chinese farmers were a frugal people living on millet, rice, peanuts, sweet potatoes, maize, and wheat. At the beginning of the winter their store of grain was swept away. The horses, cattle, and even the dogs that survived were sold. Hunger reduced thousands to a diet of gruel made of beans, when they could be found, and sweet potato leaves. Then came reports of pitiful episodes peculiarly oriental in their nature. So intense did the suffering become that many sought death. Parents killed their children by throwing them into the water, then took their own lives. Aged people are being drowned, or poisoned with opium, to prevent their slow death by hunger. prevent their slow death by hunger. The viceroy in one of the flooded provinces tells of a family consisting of a father, mother, and two children, all of whom perished in a single day. The mother left the house in search of food. In her absence the father drowned the children. When the mother returned, she asked where the little ones were. Her husband replied that he could not bear to see them starve to death, and as there was no chance of feeding them, he had thrown them into the water. The distracted woman followed her children. The father, in utter despair, took his own life. Sell Their Children In some parts of the provinces of Henan, Kiangsu, and Anhui parents are selling their offspring, the girls for three dollars and the boys for two dollars Mexican, which means about one-half those amounts in American money. A correspondent declares that in the Sinchow and Paichow districts the starving people have been reduced to eating human flesh, and that it is being sold secretly among the sufferers. Early in the new year, the famine situation changed. The starving peasants flocked to the nearest cities in their quest for food. They are living in great camps, where the pitiful conditions are intensified a hundredfold. There are now fully 800,000 refugees at nine cities—Tsinkiangpu, Husian, Yanchow, Yaowan, Hsuechou, Suchi en, Hsien, Chinkiang, and Nanking. One of the largest gatherings is at Tsingkhangpu, on the edge of the famine district. Here there are five camps each with at least 10,000 refugees, or three times as many at one point as there were Cuban reconcentrados in 1898. The flour and bean shops of the city have been closed. There are no foodstuffs available. All are dependent on charity. In a large camp at Antung the institute peasants are also facing death. The Chinese officials acknowledge their helplessness, and say that the only feasible course is to let one bail the people die and endeavor to obtain seed and scanty food for those who remain. In Suchien, 20 per cent of the people have been living on gruel for weeks. All the cattle have been sold and the donkeys, sheep, hogs, and even the dogs have been eaten. FARO SCIENCES in HERUGEES' Camps. In these camps the starving people find shelter in flimsy hats of matted grass and strip the bark from trees, devouring them ravenously to allay the pangs of their hunger. In the better camps the people are fortunate if they receive a scanty tea cup of rice a day. This is usually supplied at the kitchens established by the relief committees. Some of the most plitful scenes in the camps are enacted as the crowds of refugees, emaciated, diseased, and in rags, besiege the kitchens for the dole of food which means their lives. J. L. Rogers, American consul of the district, who is acting as the special Red Cross representative among the famine sufferers, visited refugee camps at Chinkiang and Nanking recently. He was told that these were infinitely better than the other camps along the canal, yet he found the wretchedness, misery, and appalling horror of the sight almost indescribable. There is no attempt at sanitation, he says. The mat huts are crowded together, and each contains many men, women, and children, who are clothed in rags and are disheveled beyond description. To make matters worse, smallpox and other diseases have appeared among them. Widespread Measures for Relief. The famine will continue for five more months, or until the crop of spring wheat is harvested. Each sufferer needs little yet in the aggregate the requirements for their relief are formidable. It is said that ten cents a day will save a family, and $100 will relieve a small community. Assuming that the total number of destitute is 4,000,000, the relief fund must be $20,000 a day for five months, or at least $3,000,000. The relief thus far has been trifling in comparison with the need. In all parts of America purse strings have been loosened by men, women and even little children to save their kind from the pangs of hunger and death. The contributions range from five cents to $1,000 or more. Nearly every State is represented. Fund for Sufferers. A fund, started by contributions of $100 each from President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, is being raised by the Christian Herald of this city. From this fund $35,000 has been sent to China through the state department at Washington. The newspaper has promised to raise $50,000 a month additional for February, March, April and May. The Red Cross Society has raised about $60,000. Of this $45,000 has been sent to China. Several weeks ago 300 tons of foodstuffs were shipped from America to the famine district. The California Red Cross society was also instrumental in sending 2,500 bushels of seed wheat from San Francisco two weeks ago on the Siberia, free transportation having been offered by the Pacific Mail Steamship company. Five thousand bushels of seed wheat have been given to the Red Cross at Portland, Ore, and it is being gathered at Seattle for shipment. There are two relief committees in China. One is composed of Chinese, Europeans and Americans, at Shanghai. The other comprises missionaries exclusively. They are sending food into the districts where the greatest suffering prevails, but have been unable to do more than relieve the starving peasants that are near at hand, owing to the lack of funds. As early as possible in the famine the American Missionary society loaded 3,500 bags of millet and rice on boats and sent them up to the great canal to the starving peasants. Another consignment of 20,000 bags followed soon after. Thus far fully 16,500 more bags of grain have been distributed, making 40,000 in all. The Chinese officials realize that the crisis is at hand, and have taken extraordinary measures to aid their starving fellows. Taxes in the affected provinces have been abated. Many officials have had their salaries reduced, the saving being devoted to relief. The mints are running overtime to coin cash. The acute sufferers in some of the districts are receiving three cash (a sixth of a cent) a day for a month. It is also proposed to reopen old canals and rebuild old roads, and thus afford the starving an opportunity to earn a living. SOME FAMOUS LOVING CUPS. King Hail's Grace Cup and the Skimers' Peaceck Cup. Some of the old towing cups were called grace cups. Of the specimens now in possession of the English guilds and corporations the most famous is the Henry VIII. grace cup, which belongs to the Barbers' Co., of London. With its four globular bells hanging around the outer rim, says the Jewelers' Circular, this cup might well excite the envy of even the most honest collector of silverware. The name of the cup is derived from the fact that King Hal was the donor, the grace cup being intended to commemorate the union of the barbers with the guild of surgeons. The cover carried the Tudor rose, portcullis and fleur-de-lis, the final of the lid being mounted with the imperial crown, the English and French arms being beneath, supported by the lion and greyhound. The Skinners' Co. has a peacock cock, though it is in the form of a poacher. This large silver bird, with three chicks at her feet, stands on the silver badge which was formerly worn by the company's barge master, and around it are the engraved words "The Gift of Mary, y daughter of Richard Robinson, and wife to Thomas Smith and James Peacock, Skinners, 1642." The lady's two husbands were both masters of the company. Norwegian Whalers The Norwegians have whaling establishments in Iceland, Scotland, South America, Japan and elsewhere SOMETHING NEW TO HIM. Visitor to Washington Had Quee, Idea of Monument. A New Yorker just back from Washington is wondering what kind of odd specimens of humanity blow into the capital of this free and enlightened nation, says the New York Press. He says he had taken a Pennsylvania avenue car going uptown from the B. & O. station, and he sat next to a mild-looking old gentleman who seemed to be absorbed in the contemplation of a great national question or was wrestling with some secret sorrow, the New Yorker did not know which. In any event, the old man sat with bowed head, taking no notice of his surroundings until the car turned the corner at Fifteenth street, when the shake-up incidental to a curve brought him out of his reverie and he looked up suddenly to see the monument towering over the adjacent vicinity. "Pardon me," he said cautiously to the New Yorker, "may I ask what that lofty structure over yonder is?" "That's the monument," responded the New Yorker, who spoke of it as Washingtonians do, and was surprised to find a man who didn't know what THE monument was, even though he might be a stranger within the gates. "What monument?" inquired the old gentleman, not satisfied with enough for most people. "The monument to Washington, of course." The old gentleman gazed at it abstractedly until the treasury building hid it from view. "That's the first time I ever heard of a town erecting a monument to itself," he said slowly and to nobody in particular, and once more relapsed into his former conditions of inward contemplation. WORN AWAY BY HANDLING. Effect of Touch of Thousands of Hands on a Smithsonian Exhibit. The touch of thousands of human hands for more than a score of years every week day in the year has worn away a portion of one of the exhibits of wood at the Smithsonian institution at Washington. The exhibit in question is a carreta or ox wagon, and stands in the east wing of the institution. The part of the axle that has been worn away simply by the admiring touch of thousands of visitors protrudes several feet and is easily reached. The wonderful smoothness of the wood which has slowly but surely worn away is the result. The old ox wagon is made entirely of cottonwood, and is without a single piece of metal. It was built by Pueblo Indians and is the style used in New Mexico and Arizona. The design is that introduced in this country by the Spaniards many years ago. It is a clumsy affair, with two wheels that are far from being round. For many generations, however, this sort of cart has answered the purpose of transportation for the Pueblo Indians as well as other tribes. The axle that has been worn away is directly under the sign giving an account of the origin and history of the ox wagon. While reading, nearly every sightseer rests his hand upon the wood, perhaps does a little knocking for good luck, and perchance picks a splinter. Anyway, the axle end has been worn away, and to-day is as smooth and as shiny as a billiard ball. Rough on the Pilgrim Fathers Representative John Sharp Williams, the minority leader of the house of representatives, tells a good story which illustrates his views as to the cause of friction that occasionally occurs between the north and the south. He was discussing the race question with Representative Alexander a short time ago. Mr. Alexander is from Buffalo and was born in Maine, so that he represents the ideas of the north quite as thoroughly as Mr. Williams does those of the south "I'll tell you how it is, Alexander," said the minority leader, who, by the way, is one of the most popular men on either side of the house. "In the year 1620 a band of pilgrims landed on a rock up there on the coast of Massachusetts and the ideas they brought here have been passed down through their descendants from generation to generation until the present time. The ideas of those pilgrims tend to make trouble, and a lot of the friction that has occurred between the north and the south can be traced directly to them. Now, if instead of the pilgrims landing on that rock the rock had landed on the pilgrims everything would have been lovely, and we would have been saved any amount of trouble." Letters Are His Name. "Now and then," said a prominent member of the Cosmos club at Washington, "inquiries are made concerning the names of members of our club and I am embarrassed in endeavoring to explain the name of our distinguished scientist, Prof. W J McGee, whose enmity has placed him in the front ranks of geologists of the world. Every one assumes that W J are initials and almost invariably they printed with a period after them." "The fact is they stand for nothing at all. Prof. McGee's name is W J, and that's all there is about it. But I never expect to see the day when the newspapers will acknowledge the brevity of his name by leaving the usual period off after each letter." Easier Said Than Done. Steelmill, Sr. (of Pittsburg)—Remember, my son, to stick to your last. Steelmill, Jr. (absently)—But suppose she, too, sues for divorce?—Puck. Round About New York Gossip of People and Things in the Great Metropolis GOTHAM THE MECCA FOR BEGGARS AND IMPOSTORS NEW YORK.—Since the mendicancy squad was abandoned by Police Commissioner Bingham less than a year ago, practically throwing New York wide open to beggars, the streets swarm with impostors of every type and nationality, who ply their profession almost uninterrupted. The mendicants impede traffic on the busy thoroughfares night and day and simply laugh at the unspecialized police efforts against them. One rather surprising feature of the mendicancy problem in Gotham is that the largest number of beggars arrested are native-born Americans. According to James Forbes, executive officer of the committee of mendicancy, more than 1,000 beggars were arrested in Manhattan during the past year. Of this number almost 500 were native-born Americans. The statistics for the year before show the same large percentage of American-born "panhandlers." No reason has been exactly ascribed for this large number of American-born mendicants, but the condition is probably due in a large measure to the "wanderlust" in the blood of the young American. There are many classes of "panhandlers" or "plingers," as they pre- BANKERS and business men who appear to be familiar with the affairs of the Standard Oil company are not inclined to believe that John D. Rockefeller's fortune has dwindled to a paltry $250,000,000 or $300,000,-000. Ten years ago Mr. Rockefeller's wealth was estimated at several hundred million dollars by conservative interests in close touch with the Standard Oil company. The statement recently issued to the effect that Mr. Rockefeller's income was never more than $20,000,000 a year does not harmonize with the announcement that he is worth less than $300,000,000. Assuming that his income in the last ten years has been at the rate of $20,000,000 a year, and in this connection it can be said that Standard Oil dividends from 1900 to 1903 were much larger than they have been in the last few years, Mr. Rockefeller's income in the period in question was close to $200,000,000. This does not include accrued interest. TO ORGANIZE CLUB FOR NEW YORK WOMEN ONLY NEARLY everybody in New York is from somewhere else, and openly brags of alien attachments. There are sons and daughters of every state in the union, and a few others, who in the office, on the street and at annual banquets sing the altogether desirableness of the elsewhere so loudly and insistently that the patient but sorely tried and forgotten Gothamite wonders what can be the matter with elsewhere as a place of permanent residence. But there is a limit even to patience, and at last New York is to have a club for New Yorkers exclusively. Credit for the scheme, like that for many another brilliant idea, belongs to a group of brave women who contend that it is just as creditible to be a native of New York as to be a na- BELLAMY, poulterer to King Edward VII., visited New York recently, and paid special attention to the metropolitan restaurants. He visited every famous refectory in the city. Every one was subjected to his keen and critical observation. Now he has returned to England and stated that, in his opinion, the restaurants on his side of the Atlantic are better than ours. His main objections to the restaurants of New York are thus stated: The quality of our game and poultry is not good. Our restaurants try to provide too many dishes, and as a result none attain the perfection found in Europe, where fewer dishes are provided. Our waiters are quick, but not so efficient in other ways as those abroad. The restaurants here have not what Bellamy calls the ideal combination— A man in a suit holding a top hat and a cane. fer to be called, in this town and the graft is easy for all of them. A good "flopper," which in the vernacular of the mendicant is a beggar who sits on the sidewalk and is either a cripple or a pseudo-cripple, can take it easily a dollar an hour on one of the good streets in the up-town section. A clever beggar who works Broadway, which in the vernacular of the mendicant is "plinging the main stem," makes a swell living out of his hard luck stories, while some of the big panhandlers on Fifth avenue and Broadway sometimes get as much as five dollars at a touch. In the Bowyer and at the Battery the "plingers" usually let the pedestrians down easily with a dime "touch." They are the small try of the business and ask only for the price of a drink or a bed or a few pennies to get a bite to eat. Another class of beggars are those who work in the residential districts and pose as former policemen, firemen, sailors and soldiers, with large families on their hands, and usually some aliment which renders them unfitted for work. Still another class keeps a close watch on the newspapers and takes advantage of deaths or marriages in families. FORTUNE OF STANDARD OIL KING NOT DWINDLING In brief, Mr. Rockefeller's income from 1897 to 1906 inclusive was almost equal to his present fortune, based on the estimate of Frederick Gates. It would seem from Mr. Gates' statement that John D. Rockefeller has about two-fifths of his fortune tied up in Standard Oil and the remaining three-fifths in other enterprises. The consensus of opinion is that Mr. Rockefeller has transferred a large percentage of his securities to his son and other members of his family. If such is the case, the statement that Mr. Rockefeller owns only 20 per cent. of the capital stock of the Standard Oil company as compared with the popular estimate of 50 per cent. cannot be disputed. According to a friend of Mr. Rockefeller the latter is not a speculator, but an investor. For years he has been placing his income in gilt edge securities. The space he maintains with safety deposit companies is said to be larger than that of any other individual in the world. tive of any other old place. It is to be a woman's club in every sense of the word, and the entertainment of man guests will be limited strictly to the second Sunday evening of each month. Whenever a member develops a case of masculine friendship that seems to require greater attention than that, she will be expected to take it elsewhere. The business meetings for the purpose of comparing notes on these and other affairs will be held on the third Friday of every month at the Hotel Astor, in Longacre square. All the feminine best of the city is expected to join the club, which already has a membership past the half-hundred mark, it is asserted; but this surprising statement is accounted for by the fact that five years' residence is held to constitute a native. BELLAMY FINDS FAULT WITH OUR RESTAURANTS an English manager and a French maître d'hôtel. According to a number of the leading restaurant men of New York Bellamy's statements are in the main correct. That his remarks about the poultry is justified is accepted without dispute. Regarding his other objections opinion in general coincides with his. It is pointed out that, while the constant hurry of the New Yorker makes the New York waiter alert, it not only impairs his efficiency in other ways, but plays ducks and drakes with the chef's department. If a theater-goer in Europe acted as New Yorkers do at a restaurant he would not be served. Here the bulk of the theater-going people calmly walk in for dinner at about 7:15 o'clock. They order elaborate dinners and expect to get them. Sometimes the diner puts his watch on the table to keep attendants on the jump. In Europe this would not be tolerated. HISTORIC BROWNSVILLE OF TEXAS IT IS GOVERNMENT BUILDING It is not generally known that James Stillman, president of the richest bank in the United States and reputed to be the financial genius of the Standard Oil company, was born in Brownsville, Tex. Brownsville the days at that ready an tion for tain of c In fact this little city of 7,000 people, tucked away in the southernmost tip of Texas, has been not only the birthplace of many great men, but the arena of events which not only made history, but are doubly interesting because of the element of romance interwoven with them. At present it is a city of memories dreaming on the banks of the Rio Grande river, with a wonderful soil and climate capable of supporting its population many times over. By reason of President Roosevelt's discharge of the negro troops who raided the town, many have first learned of its existence and comparatively few are aware of the important part it has played in the commercial and martial history of this country. In the days of the civil war, Matamoras, the Mexican city which lies directly across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, was a harbor of refuge for many who had excellent reasons for leaving the states and, with Brownsville, offered practically the only port in this country from which the cotton crop of the south could be exported. By reason of these conditions both cities attained large populations and bid fair to be the commercial centers of that territory, but with the close of the war, when commerce returned to its normal channels, the twin cities of the border, as they were called, sunk back to their normal quietude and indulence. This was in the days before the railroad, when post wagon and horseback were the only means of travel, and it was in these days that the father of James Stillman did a semi-banking and trading business, first at Matamoras then at Brownville. The house in which the great banker was born is a comfortable brick cottage but no more than a cottage and when a mere boy his father decided that because of the feverish conditions in that section, it was best to send the boy and his mother north. The president of the City National bank of New York has visited the city of his birth but once since then and though he owns a large portion of the city of Brownsville, he administers his affairs through an attorney. Next to the house in which Stillman was born is another cottage equally unpretentious. This was the refuge of one Porfirio Diaz, who after an unsuccessful attempt to become president of Mexico, crossed the river in the night far above the city and exhausted both in mind and body, struggled through the dense growth which screened him from his pursuers until he reached his friends in Brownsville. There for many weeks he plotted and planned until one dark night he crossed the river with but few more supporters than a corporal's squad and secured a bloodless victory over a detachment of Mexicans encamped on the bank. This was the beginning of Diaz' successful invasion into Mexico, and it is generally believed to have far more the result of currency artfully expended than military force or strategy. When Texas decided to cast its fortunes with the United States, and in the general mixup which resulted, Mexico continued to claim sovereignty over much of the territory in which Brownsville is situated. Diplomacy failed to settle the matter and this little unheralded city became what might be termed the civic cause of the Mexican war. Gen. Winfield Scott, with his army, landed at Corpus Christi and from thence marched to Brownsville. The first battle of the Mexican war took place at Palo Alto, about three miles north of Brownsville. The Mexicans were repelled, retreating to the Rio Grande river with Scott's army in close pursuit. In a scrimmage at Brownsville, Maj. Brown was killed and the military post situated there has ever since borne the name of Fort Brown. At Brownsville the Rio Grande attains the proportions of a mighty river, and increases in dimensions until it reaches the gulf, 30 miles away. This explains the attractions of Brownsville for the cotton planter in the days of the civil war. The river at that time was crowded with boats ready and willing to slip out with cotton for Europe, and it was the captain of one of these boats who appreciated the wonderful possibilities of the country and lost no time in buying all the land which his means would allow. His name was Henry King and his widow now owns the famous King ranch which contains nearly 1,500,000 acres, on which graze from 80,000 to 90,000 fine cattle. It is claimed that this is the largest ranch under one ownership in the world and certainly Mrs. King has absolute control of more territory than many a prince of Prussia. The home ranch, known as the Santa Gertrudzis is nearly 100 miles north of Brownsville, and 50 miles from the gulf, but it is said that Mrs. King can go from the home ranch to her residence at Corpus Christi without leaving her land and it is a fact that the line of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico railroad extends through her property for 80 miles. For many years the water supply was the problem of this country and many of the cattlemen were upon the point of deserting it, but a few years ago artesian wells brought forth abundantly and now it is realized that the country is a place for man more than cattle. As an evidence of the royal way in which things are done in this old yet new country, Mrs. King has cut out a strip of her property of 75,000 acres for those who wish to test agricultural possibilities of this country. Many things in and about Brownsville are different from other sections and perhaps one of the most unusual features is that the country slopes up to the Rio Grande river. For this reason if water in any quantity is poured over the banks of the river it will flow for many miles inland, propelled by no other force than gravity. Taking advantage of this condition, a pumping plant is being erected on the river and canal and laterals are being dug for a total distance of nearly 200 miles, extending inland from 30 to 40 miles, which are expected to irrigate more than 1,000,000 acres of rich land. The trend of commerce is causing Brownsville to awaken, but it will be many years before it divests itself of the robe of romance which it has worn so long. THIS FOX A REAL MOUSER. Found a Weakling. He Is Raised by a Sympathetic Family. The following account of the effects of environment comes from a landowner in Silesia, and should prove interesting to all lovers of the animal world. One of the keepers came on a litter of young foxes, each about the size of a half-grown cat. There were 11 of them and ten were quickly disposed of in the neighborhood. The eleventh, however, was delicate. He seemed to have had a blow across the loins in babyhood and was but a sickly little fellow. His condition awakened sympathy in the household and he was taken in and nursed and petted into robust health. But care and gentle treatment are now showing their effect not only on young reynard's physique, but on his general behavior and the view he takes of things. Before all others he loves his kind master and mistress. Next to them he esteems the house dog. In fact, should a "pack" now come across his way foxy would probably show delight and an inclination to take each on for a game. Brushed and combed, it is his pride to show himself in the drawing room when requited or to accompany his dear lady on her walk. A few weeks ago he was missed, and it was found that he had gone to pay his devoirs alone at a house where he had been petted, getting no farther, however, than the front door, where he stood importunately scratching. Nor is it all 'take' on his part and no return. He has become a very expert mouser. By day, however, he loves best to recline before the kitchen fire on a little old rug he recognizes as his very own. SCIATIC TORTURE To Be Refilled. One of the suburbs of Chicago is the site of a well-known school of theology, from which go out each weekend many members of the senior class to try their voices as "supplies." A Locomotive Engineer Tells How He Was Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Pain that seems almost unbearable is a characteristic of sciatic rheumatism. In some cases the pain is knife-like, sharp or shooting; in others it is dull and aching. Sciatica is stubborn in realising treatment and the patient frequently suffers for years. This was the case with Mr. Herbert E. Spaulding, a locomotive engineer on the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway, whose home is at Longview, Texas. A passenger on a Monday morning train was surprised at the number of them who got off at the station. "What are all these chaps getting off here?" he asked the brakeman. "Them?" asked the brakeman. "O, they're returned empties, for the college."-Youth's Companion. 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 proper 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. "While running an engine some years ago," he says, "I fell off and hurt my knee and spine and I have always considered this to be the cause of my illness. The sciatica took hold of me from my heel to the back of my head. The pain was the worst I ever suffered in my life and my leg and back were twisted out of shape. I was under a physician's care for several months and for six months could not get out of bed. I also went to Hot Springs but came back in a worse condition than when I went. Coolles Show Affection. The Chinese laborers in the Van Rhu gold mines recently presented to their white manager a handsome silver tray to mark their feelings of affection, "as deep as the sea." "It was when I was down in bed that I heard of the case of a Mr. Allison, a much older man than myself, who had been cured of sciatica by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I began taking the pills and soon was able to get out of bed. When I had taken six boxes I was able to work about the house and yard. I kept right on with the pills until I was cured and I have never had any return of the trouble. I have been running an engine ever since." Defiance Starch is the latest invention in that line and an improvement on all other makes; it is more economical, does better work, takes less time. Get it from any grocer. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Scheecthead, N. Y. New York's milk supply comes from 80,000 farms, situated in six states, varying in distance from the metropolis from 10 to 400 miles. For flexibility, smooth finish, stiffness and durability. Defiance Starch has no equal-10c for 16 oz. WILLING TO LET HIM DIE. Stinging Message Sent by Farmer Worsted in Business Deal. Without self-sacrifice true friends ship cannot exist - Goethe. In the old colony town of S计uate, Mass., once lived Deacon J.—, who had a voke of oxen he desired to sell. The news reached the cars of Farmer T.—, who lived in another portion of the town, who was in want of a pair. He so visited the deacon, who met him with a gracious smile and led him to the oxen, which were chewing their cuds and to all appearances ready for any amount of toll. LUMBAGO AND SCIATICA ST. JACOBS OIL Penetrates to the Spot Right on the dot. Price 25c and 50c After some bargaining a difference of five dollars remained. Finally the deacon said: "I am old and feeble, and shall not live long, and five dollars will be of no account," so the bargain was made. Farmer T—took the oxen home. They proved worthless, could not work, and had been heated. He felt provoked at being sold, and, seeing a person the next day who was going to the part of the town, where the deacon lived, said: "You tell Deacon J—he need not live another d—d minute longer on my account." TACK THIS UP. Simple Advice Which May Prove of Untold Value. At the first sign of Backache or pain in the region of the Kidneys, or weakness and Urinary trouble, the following simple prescription should be used: A Positive CATARRH CURE ELY'S CREAM BALM CAITARR ROSE CON HAYFEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM CAITARR ROSE CON HAYFEVER ELY BROS. 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SPECIAL OFFER QBOID Tobacco is now on sale almost everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of boxes were consumed last year, and it is our purpose to place QBOID in reach of every pipe smoker in this country, and to that end we make the following offer: If your dealer does not handle QBOID Tobacco, we will send you any size box receipt of regular price—vizz Prices, 18 oz. tin, 20 oz.; 8 oz. tin box, 45e, and 10 oz. fancy tin needed to any dissatisfied purchaser. document and send with money order or stamps. press plainly, and address to . CO., Manufacturers, Richmond, Va. FREE! HERE HOMESTEADS IN Nebraska WITH YOU CAN GET A FARM OF YOUR OWN? Western Nebraska, along the lines of the tain free homestead lands that may be visions of the Kinkaid 640 acre Home- excursions to see these lands the first each month. FREE. 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CLEM DEAVER, General Agent, Landseekers Information Bureau, 1004D Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska. DOUGLAS TO $3.50 SHOES BEST LT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLLED AT ANY PRICE $1.50. Boy's Shoes, $3 to $1.25. Womens Misses' & Children's Shoes, $3.25 to $5 Shares are recognized by expert judges of foot, fit and wear produced in this country. Every detail of the making is looked at y skilled shoemakers, without regard could take you into my large factories. I show you how to wear well. I would then understand why they hold of greater value than any other makes. and price is stamped on the bottom, which protect them. Take My Submittee. Sold by directly at Café No. Submittee. W. L. DOUGL W. L. DOUCO $3.00 AND $3.50 SHOE W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 GILT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE EQUAL SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT A Men's Shoes, $5 to $1.50. Boys' Shoes, $3 to Shoes, $4 to $1.50. Misses & Children's Shoes W. L. Douglas shoes are recognized by expert to be the best in style, fit and wear produced in the part of the shoe and every detail of the making and watched over by skilled shoemakers, with time or cost. If I could take you into my large Brookton, Mass, and show you how carefully shoes are made, you would then understand what were the proper care of these shoes. W. L. Douglas shoes and price stamped on the bottom pins and interior name. Take No Substitute. Fast Color Express used exclusively. Catalog marked free. $3.00 AND $3.50 SHOES THE WORLD W. L. DOUGLAS W. L. GIFT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLED AT ANY PRICE SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES: Men's Shoes, $5 to $1.50. Boys' Shoes, $1 to $1.25. Women's Shoes, $4 to $1.50. Misses & Children's Shoes, $3.25 to $1.00. W. L. Douglas shoes are recognized by expert judges of footwear to be the best in style, fit and wear produced in this country. Each part of the shoe and every detail of the making is looked after and watched over by skilled shoemakers, without regard to time or cost. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better wear longer, and are of greater value than any other makes. W. L. Douglas names and prices are shown on the bottom, which promotes the wearer against high color and odor. Take No Substitute, so be sure to wear shoes designed for you. Fair Color Eggs used exclusively. Catalog mailed free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEUS ELECTROTYPES In great variety and are at the lowest prices by A. W. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO., 18 W. Adams St., Calgary Defiance Starch—Never sticks to iron—no blotches—no blisters, ma- ir ironing easy and does not injure goods. --- --- Burlington Route By having your walls decorated with Alabastine you will make them more artistic, more durable, more sanitary, and will make your home a more cheerful place to live in. Let us show you how easy and economical Alabastine is, and how the different tints and stenciled designs can be combined to produce exactly the effect you want. Write us today. Accept no substitute—must on getting Alabastine. The Alabastine Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., or 105 Water Street, New York City. SPECIAL OFFER ere, and hundreds of thousands of boxes were consumed last year, and it is our purpose to place **OBOID** in reach of every pipe smoker in this country, and to that end **wo** make the following offer: If your dealer does not handle QBOID Tobacco, we will send you any boxes. Defiance Starch—Never sticks to the iron—no blotches—no blisters, makes ironing easy and does not injure the goods. S N W RLD ES: Us. No. ear each their shape, it better. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., February 1, 1907. It is now nearly twelve years since Frederick Douglass, to whom the Negro people owe more than to any other man of our race, for the part he took in securing our freedom, died in Washington. His home at Anacostia, in the subrubs of Washington, still remains, however, and an effort is now being made to preserve this house with its memories and traditions and make it a permanent memorial to Douglass and the Negro people. An association, known as the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, has been formed to effect this purpose. The people of our race have a rare opportunity to honor the memory of Frederick Douglass and to show their reverence and love for the man, who during the trying times before and after the war, embodied in his own life, more than any other man of our race, the aspirations and the cause of the Negro people. I have been asked by the officers of the Memorial Association to assist in securing the comparatively small sum of money amounting to some $4,400 and interest necessary to clear off the mortgage on the property and so secure the property for all time to the Association and the Negro people of the United States. We should make Cedar Hill to the Negro people what Mount Vernon is to the white race. All of this can be accomplished if every member of the race would contribute, at once, a small sum of money and send it to me by Post Office order, check, or otherwise, as soon as this communication is read. I am making this appeal by the authority of the officers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, and with the approval and sympathy of Mr. Douglass' immediate family. Now is the time, when Mr. Douglass' birthday is being celebrated and talked of in all parts of the country, for the race to show its love for Douglass not only in words, but in deeds. I shall hope to receive, within the next few days this money, which can be sent in sums of twenty-five cents up. Each contributor will receive a receipt for whatever he sends. After the money has been secured to clear off the mortgage. I am sure steps will be taken to put the place in condition to serve the purpose mentioned. The following letters, written to me by the officers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, will make the situation clear; Washington, D.C., December 17, 1906. Dear Mr. Washington: There is an encumbrance of fifty-four hundred dollars ($5400), bearing 6 per cent. interest, payable semi-annually against the Douglass property. This property consists of about fourteen acres in the heart of Anacostla on a hill giving a beautiful view of the Potomac River and city for several miles. It is the opinion of experts that when the Government completes the new bridge and the reclamation of the flats, this property will be worth at least $5,000 an acre. Its actual worth is now $1,500 and acre. It is exempt from taxes by the act of Congress incorporating the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. The Association needs at least the $5,400 to lift the mortgage. In the course of time about nine acres of the property could be cut up into building lots and sold, and with the proceeds of such sale Cedar Hill could be endowed with ample funds to meet the wants of the Douglas Memorial Association in perpetuity. (Signed) Archibald H. Grimke, President Whitfield McKinley, Secretary. Francis J. Grimke, Treasurer The following pledges have already been received: Booker T. Washington . . . $150.00 Tuskoge; Ala. J. Douglass Wetmore . . . $100.00 5 Beckman St. New York City. Daniel Murry . . . 5.00 934 S. St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Robert Pelham . . . 5.00 2226 6th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Prof Kelly Miller (paid) . . . 5.00 Howard University, Washington, D. C. William L. Board . . . 5.00 1911 13th St., N. W. Washington,D.C. Archibald H. Grimke . . . 5.00 1413 Corcoran St., Washington, D. C. H. P. Slaughter . . . 5.00 2226 13th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. A. U. Craig . . . 5.00 Anacostia, D. C. James W. Johnson 25.00 For Robert Cole, New York City. James W. Johnson 25.00 For Rosamond Cole, New York City. James W. Johnson 25.00 For Philip A. Payton, Jr., New York City. J. A. Lankford 20.00 For Washington Negro Business 1210 V St., N W., Washington, D. C. Fred McCracken.....5.00 1523 N St., N W., Washington, D. C. Rev. F. J. Grimke.....5.00 1413 Corcoran St., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell.....5.00 126 T St., Washington z 126 T St., N W., Washington, D. C. Miss Angelina Grimke.....5.00 By Archibald Grimke, Washington, D. C. Lincoln Institute SUPPORTED BY THE STATE OF MISSOURI Wilberforce Graduates..... 25.00 By W. A. Joiner, Washington, D. C. Dr. W. S. Lofton..... 5.00 1543 M. St., Washington. D. C. John C. Dancy..... 25.00 THE MUSEUM 1319 L. St., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Booker T. Washington... 25.00 Tuskegee, Ala. Julius R. Cox... 10.00 Tuskegee, Ala. Bernard Walton... 5.00 322 Spruce St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. J. Singleton.....5.00 2102 Ward Place, N. W., Washington, D. C. J. A. Cobb.....5.00 609 F. St., N. W., Washington, D. C. I hope that much additional money will be sent at once. All money will be acknowledged with proper receipt. The heads of churches, Sunday schools, literary societies, and other organizations are urged to raise and forward collections for the above purpose. English, Normal, College Preparatory, College, Industrial Agricultural and Business. I shall be glad to furnish such additional information as may be desired. A seven weeks' Summer School is held every year, which gives teachers an opportunity to increase their scholarship, their teaching power and their grade of certificate. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Tuskegee Institute, Ala. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. The work of the spring term in Lincoln Institute begins Marca 4th and many teachers who have been employed in schools that close the latter part of February or the first of March, will enter the Institute and complete the work of this term, which with the summer school work will be of great assistance to the one pursuing the course, both in educational advantage and in securing unincreased s'alary for the ensuing year Diplomas from full Normal Course are Life Certificates to teach in the Public Schools of Missouri. Catalogs will be sent on application. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN ALLEN, President, Jefferson City, Mo. All parties who desire to teach will do well to avail themselves of these opportunities; and also should register the name and post office address with President Allen, as he has many applications for teachers, stenographers, etc., good paying positions, both within and without the state of Missouri. GET BUSY IF YOU WANT WORK! Miss Lu'a Parks, class of 'B, successful teacher in the, Fort Scott schools recently sent us some very creditable work executed by pupils under her training in the second and third grades. The Afro-American Employment AGENCY WILL GET YOU A JOB Scarcely a day passes but that one hears directly, or indirectly from some graduate who is making good in his or her chosen line of work. The hope of the race is in its young people hence these reports are very encouraging to all concerned. Parents Faculty and students, deeply mourn the loss of Orlando Ruttege, class of '07. Apppriate resolutions were drawn up by the Senior class of which the young man was a faithful, studious and obedient member. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. Grand Master, C. G. Williams was among the representative guests of the week. Profe sor Will ams expressed himself as very much pleased with the excellent condition in which he found the Institution. We Make a Specialty of Securing Positions for Reliable Colored Men and Women A very pleasing and instructive feature of life at Lincoln Institute is the after dinner talk, or better conversation of President Allen and the students during which current toples as brought forth in daily papers, standard magazines and high class books, are discussed and commented upon. Edward S. Lewis, Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Missouri, returned from St. Louis Monday a. m., where he spent Sunday attending the funeral of M. V. P.—D. W. Holland, better known as "Ucle Dick." He was a charter member of the District Grand Lodge, St. Louis, Hope Lodge No. 2117, Past Grand Master Council No. 49, and was also a member of Household of Ruth No. 1002, and St. Louis Patriarchie No. 50. Nearly 500 members of the subordinate lodges and 75 members of the Patriarchie in their handsome full dress uniform as well as the Juvenile Cadets, 25 were in line. The inmates of the various Households numbering 125 were met at the church, St. Paul's Chapel, A. M. E. It was said to have been one of the largest secret society funerals ever seen in St. Louis. Rev. Dr. Jones preached the funeral services. When out of Work don't waste your time hunting a job and chasing ads., but come to us and we will locate you. OUR TERMS ARE REASONABLE Hotel Crews and Domestic Help sent to all parts of the country when transportation is furnished All calls given prompt attention. Reference: Missouri Savings Bank. We are bonded by the Metropolitan Surety Co. This paper will begin a series of articles against the county ticket. The next subject will be the A. B. C. of the county ticket and the cotere of the gentlemen that compose it. Farewell, a last farewell to all their greatness, the county office holders. Office 1005 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo. Home Phone 6236 Main F. J. WEAVER, A. RIVERS. Bell Phone 3662X Main