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Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for it Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. M. H. H. BISHOP ABRAM GRANT. Head of the Fifth District. The Mouthpiece of the A. M. E. Church, and One of the Most Able Negroes of Our Race. BISHOP ABRAM GRANT. Head of the Fifth District. The Mouthpiece of the A. M. E. Church, and One of the Most Able Negroes of Our Race. J. THE RIGHT REV. F. JESSE PECK was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He came from a long line of preachers. His father's grandfather was a preach- During his career as a preacher he has pastored many charges. He was 4 years at the Campbell A. M. E. church, Washington, D. C; at St. Joseph, Mo. 3 years; at Denver, Col. 3 years, and at Kansas City, Mo. 9 years, staying longer than any pastor of any church in the A. M. E. Jurisdiction. He attended school at the Catholic Brotherhood in Baltimore and finished Storer college at Harper's Ferry. He then attended Oberlin College and graduated at Howard University, Washington, D. C. During his brilliant career in Kansas City he has always taken a most prominent part in all the important affairs. He was the first president of Western University, and at present vice president of Douglass Hospital. He is a member of the Trustee Board, Wilberforce College. He is one of the leaders in the 5th District of the A. M. E. Assembly. He built the church in Washington, D. C. and Allen Chapel, Kansas City. He paid off off the debt of the Colorado church and installed the large pipe organ in the St. Joseph, Mo. It seems that his family are all preachers as his brother is a pastor in Los Angeles, Cal. Rev. Peck has been west 15 years and his influence is felt where-ever he goes. He is a young man with vigorous force and wonderful energy This progressive work snows conclusively that Rev. Peck should receive positions as secretary of Missions or some of the other higher positions in the A. M. E. church. A. E. has demonstrated his wonderful ability in the managing of some of the most important funerals that have been conducted in this city. He is reticent by nature and unassuming, but during his career his successful work points toward a turning period in Negro progress along this line. In the past week he had over seven funerals, showing the Negroes confidence in his creditable work, and the handling of funerals. WANTED, bright, energetic, young man as solicitor and collector. For information call at the office of the Son 914 E. 12th street. KANSAS CITY, MO., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1907. HE IS RISEN de Auster [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and a badge on his left shoulder]. One of the Aggressive and Most Successful Lawyers of the West. He was born at Poplar Mount, a country hamlet near Petersburg, W. Va. After completing the schools of his home hamlet, he spent four years with his father, who was a mechanic. At the age of 19 years he entered the Virginia Normal and college institution from which he graduated with the degree of A. He also graduated from the law department of Howard University, Washington, D.C. with the degree of L. L. M. and came to St. Joseph, Mo. January 1901 to practice law after having made the highest average of 15 law students who took the Bar examination with him in St. Louis, Mo. He practiced in St. Joseph, Mo., until coming to Kansas City, November 15, 1904. He has handled successfully many important cases at law of equity as well as criminal. Mr. Knox is well prepared to handle all kinds of legal cases. He is a regular at- D. K. Some papers are claiming that Booker T. Washington is a Democrat. This is not true. Mr. Washington in a speech in Washington, D.C. said, "I am not a politician but I am a Republican." President McKinley and Mr. Washington are close friends. tendant of the Baptist church. He believes the negroes should refrain from politics and give more attention to business. Mr. Knox is a cogent speaker and a logical thinker, and well versed in law, and is beyond a doubt the only negro in the state practicing law with the degree of L. L. M. He would be glad to have the members of his race give him a call. Mr. Knox is a pleasing man to meet. He has a very intelligent wife, a charming lady with a sweet disposition. Mr. Knox bids fair to contribute a great work to his race, and at present Chancellor Commander of John Lange Lodge, No 66 K. of P. A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND Praise the ship that carries you safely across the water. Stand by them who show themselves most favorable to our race. Patronize the business houses that appreciate your trade, and in return give good employment to members of our race. There are some large corporations who have Negroes filling good positions. The Rhodes Haverty-Huppe Furniture Co. has a Negro manager in one of their large stores in the south, Capt. I. H. Jordan was field agent for the same company for seven years. We call the attention of our readers to the large ad at the top of the back page of the paper, and advise you to govern yourselves accordingly. NUMBER 29 T. WASHINGTON. that Booker T. Washington is a Mr. Washington, in a speech in I am not a politician, but I am a Kinley and Mr. Washington one NELSON C. CREWS Kansas City's own Torch Bearer, who, because of his rich inheritance from nature, is destined to reach the goal for which he is so ably striving. 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. If you want the best work done cheap bring all of your job priming to the Rising Son. M. B. PROF. L. L. THOMPSON. A Great Meditate, and Divine Seer. This man will tell you what you want to know. His methods of magnetic healing are marvelous, showing his absolute mastery of occult forces. Prof Thompson received this divine secret from a dying Hindo whom he had befriended. He has traveled over the entire area of the Oriental World. There are only two men living who are in possession of these wonderful secrets, the great Prince Kooheca of India, and Prof L. L. Thompson. He will sell you a Hindoo charm for $500 and up. Let facts convince you. He has brought many families together that have long been separated. He is a veritably inspired Prophet. He transacts your business in a strictly confidential manner. Have you some long suffering trouble. Go to him and he will give you renewed hope. Thousands have been benefited by his wonderful power. He writes Hindoo Charts on parchment paper. He is here to give strength to the weak, and comfort the poor and humble. He moves the spirit and soothes the suffering soul. Go to his residence. 2139 Highland and see him at his workings. Truth tells and crowds come. Follow the crowd. WILSON DAWSON, Manager, Rising Son. A young man of much ability in business and an eloquent speaker. One who believes in the future possibilities of his race. His ideas are in harmony with the views of the best minds of the Negro race, in part are as follows: "If we would succeed as a race we must learn some principles which are necessary for a race's success. Success is but the test of great effort, which is made by a sacrifice and unceasing labor. Our interests are in concord and not in conflict, and upon industrial proficiency, the accumulation of wealth, organization, cooperation and unity rest the salvation of the Negro race." F. J. WEAVER. THE LOCATOR. The subject of this sketch, Mr F. J. Weaver, better known as the Locator, is the most busy man in K C. Real Estate, rental and loan agent, instigator and part owner of the Afro-American Employment Agency. Owns and controls more rooming houses than any one man in Kansas City. These are some of the enterprises that help to keep him busy. He employs 15 to 25 colored men and women the year round. Mr. Weaver has great confidence in the future of the negro race and says he feels greatful for the support the race in general has given him. Mr. Weaver is a thorough business man and is a fine example of what the negro in business should be. His word is his bond and this is the secret of his success, he is connected in a business way with some of the largest Real Estate firms in the city and his influence with these firms has been the cause of many colored families being able to rent good houses in respectable neighborhoods where they have heretofore refused to rent to colored people. Mr. Weaver is a race man in every sense of the word. In all of his business enterprises looking after the interest of the Negro is his first thought and he says it pays to be plain about the matter. If you want houses for negroes, say so. If you want positions for negroes say so, and the world will respect you for it. He says the thing for the negro to do is to invest their earnings in something. Buy homes, start a bank account, run a peanut stand, or a huckster wagon, anything that is honest. Make your money work and you wont have to work so hard yourself. Weaver is ready to consider any kind of a business chance or proposition where money and brains can be mixed. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION NOTES. Definite arrangements have been concluded for an exhibit from the industrial and art divisions of the Armstrong Manual Training School at Washington, D. C. This display will be large and comprehensive and is certain to attract favorable comment. Principal Bruce Evans will have general oversight of the exhibit, while the mechanical features will be under the direction of Mr. Arthur C. Newman, an expert in this particular line of work. Miss Frances B. Spencer, a talented young lady formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, has prepared a beautiful exhibit of hand painted china, valued at more than $500. Miss Spencer's artistic ability, is a natural gift, as she has had little special training and carries no diplomas. Her work is much sought after, and in all the more to her credit, because of its testimony of the inherent capacity of the race to grasp the fine arts. There will be a substantial reduction in railroad rates to Jamestown, of which due announcement will be made. All roads lead to the great exposition from April 28th to the trosts of fall time, and everybody will have an opportunity to witness the thousand and one evidences of progress made by both races in the past three centuries. Colored visitors will have access to every portion of the exposition. Every building will be open to them on equal terms with all other visitors. The Negro editors are suggesting a "Press Day" as one of the special features. Mr. Cyrus Field Adams, president of the National Association, is heartily in favor of having a conference of newspaper men during the summer. He prefers, however, to leave it to the editors themselves, rather than to call a formal meeting, so that many who may not be members of the association may participate in the "pow wow." The exposition managers would be glad to hear from the "press gang" on the subject, with suggestion as to the best time for such a gathering. An instructive illustration of the advancement of our people in the scientific practice of medicine and surgery will be a special building in which there will be an emergency hospital, under the direction of a colored physician and attended by colored nurses. The room will be fitted up with exhibits showing the work of colored physicians and such medical colleges and hospitals as are under their supervision. The executive committee has appointed the following subcommittee to act and to arrange for the details of this highly significant exhibit of the race's professional development: Dr. A. M. Curtis, Washington, D. C., chairman George C. Hall, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. P. F. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. W. A. Warfield, Washington, D. C.; and Dr. Joseph France, Portsmouth, Va. All are well known and stand at the head of their profession. JOHN H. HARRIS Mr. Richard Alexander as a Private Citizen of Kansas City. The subject of this sketch is a Kansas City resident of long standing. He came to Kansas City over 20 years ago. Since that time he has shown the community his splendid citizenship by his pleasant and congenial manner. He has always endeavored to be an industrious and courteous gentleman. He is an Elk of high standing holding an office in that lodge. He also belongs to the John Lange Lodge No. 66 K. of P. He has many friends in this community that he has made by his square dealing with the individual man. They all hope him great success in this city. 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 Johpeh 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. EDW, S. LEWIS, W. M. E. S. BAKER, Sec. Amazonia Household of Ruth No. 2692 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. LAULINE HOLBERT W. Rec [Name] Mr. N. J. Reynolds, a historical church woman of our race, and evangelist of the Colorado conference, is a pioneer citizen of Kansas City. She is visiting her son, Mr. Wm. Bowles, of 710 E. Sixth St., and a host of old friends. She was married in this city about 93 years ago to Mr. Byrson Bowles, and later moved to Colorado; since which time she lost her husband in that state, and later in 1895 was the second time married to Mr. John Reynolds. The great religious worker was inspired and moved by the spirit of Almighty oGd to go into all the world and preach the everlasting gospel. She started as an evangelist from the Colorado Conference appointed by Bishop Tanner in 1899. Having been successful in her work in Colorado, she came eastward and has been very active this year in the evangelical work in her home state. She visited a large number of churches in Missouri, and says she finds a great need of enthusiastic church women who will go into the mission THE CHURCH OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL CAPTAIN I. H. JORDAN. Capt. I. H. Jordan, a pioneer citizen of Kansas City who has been prominent in local political affairs for over 20 years has held good positions both private and public. He was in the employment of Rhodes, Haverty & Huppe Furniture Co. for over seven years as field agent and he has served as, Capt. of the Levy: Deputy Constable of Excelor Springs, Mo., and on commission United States Deputy Marshall. He has been a Mason for fifteen years. He has held the office of Supreme Grand Marshall of the A. S. & D. of W., and is now an employee of the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo. A. W. B. COUNTEE, Junior Member of the Firm of Countee Bros. is another experienced undertaker. Mr. Countee is an expert embalmer and peculiarly fitted for correct handling of corpse. Mr. Countee has contributed no small part in convincing his race that Negroes as well as white undertakers can conduct a funeral successfully. work with all their mind and strength to do something for God and humanity. The most interesting feature about the sketch of this character is that she is one of the founders of Allen Chapel in 1867 the first A. M. E. church, it was at that time located on Locust, between Third and Fourth streets. The first pastor of that church was Rev. William Owsley, who formerly resided in Carrollton, Mo. There were only eight members who constituted the organization which was perfected by the Presiding of Leavenworth, Kansas, Rev. J. C. Emery, who later became to be a Bishop. The following are the eight charter members of the church of which all are dead except Mrs. Reynolds, whose former name was Annie Brown; William Lewis, Robert Campbell, Smith Douglass, Peter Willis, Delpha Lewis, Nancy Rounds, Nannie Brown and Phenix Brown. Mrs. Reynolds will be glad to have her friends call while in the city which will only be about two weeks more, and then will return to Colorado Springs. She will preach next Wednesday night at the A. M. E. church in Westport. Give the Apple Its Due. Year after year the modest but most useful of all fruits comes and goes, with hardly as many words of commendation as it should receive to show the appreciation of the public. The strawberry and the peach receive more frequent attention, yet their value to humanity is insignificant as compared with the apple. It is therefore a pleasure to observe this in a recent issue of the Hartford Times: "The apple is a splendid fruit, although particular specimens of it are bum. The different varieties have a pronounced individuality. The personal equation is prominent. The difference between the Porter and the Baldwin—each a promological star of the first magnitude—is as marked as the difference between a Connecticut bank clerk and a Kentucky colonel. The man who invented or discovered the Baldwin conferred on humanity a boon and he did more to tickle the palate than has ever been realized. Of many uses is the apple capable. Whether it is eaten raw or converted into sauce or made the basic element of pie or subjected to other forms of artistic treatment by the American housewife, it serves a useful and important purpose. History has never done adequate justice to the apple. Poets have never adequately celebrated in song the virtues of the fruit. Political economists have never fully recognized the full part that the apple plays in the affairs of men." 3aw Things Optimistically Saw Things Optimistically. They are telling an ante-recess story up at the capitol bearing on the strenuous session now in progress. There had been an informal meeting of some of the Nestors just before the holidays and they were looking over the situation and figuring what if anything besides passing the appropriation bills could be done at the short session. The general feeling was pessimistic, for it was admitted that neither the house nor the senate was fully in accord with the president on all his propositions. But finally one of the members arose and said, gravely: "Gentlemen, away with these gloomy prognostications. I think the outlook for business is all right. We will get through with everything we came to together for. We have done well already and we will do better. We have already saved the dictionary of the United States, and before we get through, d—and if I don't think we will manage to save the constitution." UNION NATIONAL BANK Kansas City, Mo. Condensed Statement, as Made to the Close of Business Condensed Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, at the Close of Business, March 22, 1907. RESOURCES Loans and discounts..... $ 8,670,448.48 U. S. Bonds at part. $625,000.00 Municipal Bonds and Municipal Bonds Directors: C. W. Whitehead, Edward P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, George W. Jones, son, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Edwin W. Zea. Let some one read in the Rising Son what you are doing in business or society. Mrs. M. S. Henderson will rent you a furnished room at 1012 Oak street.. All conveniences. Mrs. Vonia Reece has opened an elegant cafe at 1115 Independence. The Star Cafe can take care of you at all hours. HAD PLAYED GAME BEFORE. Little Clarence and Gwendoline Astonished Whist Club. The Friday afternoon whist club had assembled at the home of one of its leading spirits when it was discovered that two members were absent, and therefore there were two hands short. The ladies were in a quandary till the hostess announced that her two children—Clarence, aged 11, and Gwendoline, aged 13—had picked up a little knowledge of the game from watching their elders. She suggested that as it wouldn't do to call the game off after so many had taken the trouble to come, and as she could think of no other way to get two substitute hands, the two children would at least help to fill out the tables—that is, if everyone was perfectly agreeable. "Just the thing!" declared all the ladies in chorus. The hostess was urged to bring them in at once, everyone would be just delighted. Clarence and Gwendoline were duly summoned and introduced. They took their seats modestly, the ladies promised to assist them on knotty points, and the game commenced. There were two prizes offered and both were of considerable value. Every woman present made up her mind to have one of those prizes at any cost. The game was entered into with abandon and no quarter was shown to anyone. So far from needing any assistance Clarence and Gwendoline seemed to hold their own pretty well. In fact, they seemed so perfectly at home that when in the stress of excitement a member failed to adhere strictly to the rules Clarence would call attention to the error gravely and Gwendoline with ladylike dignity. The upshot of the game was that when the afternoon was over and the final count was made Gwendoline and Clarence were in the possession of both prizes. The ladies took leave of their hostess in a body with profuse thanks for the pleasant afternoon, all declaring they had had just the loveliest time, and she had been so sweet to them all, they really must thank her again. But as the door closed after the last smile and goodby, there was an ominous silence in the ranks of the Friday afternoon whist club. "How nice to have children who can play whist so well," said one lady sweetly, with a small gleam in her eye. "Isn't it?" agreed another. "It must must be so nice to be able to buy lovely prizes and then keep them in the family!" And there was scarcely any sarcasm in her voice at all. The best story of a horse's jumps which comes to mind is that of a Cah Moved! Take notice. th Rising has been Moved! Moved! Take notice, the office of the Rising Son has been moved to 914 East 12th Street Come around and pay the new owner a visit. Come around and pay your subscription to the manager, or perhaps, send it in by mail. Thanking you for what you have done in the past. Bring us your news, and let us know what is going on in society. Phone your news to 780 Main, Home, or 780 Grand, Bell. Now come on, all together, and let us make this paper the Leading Journal in the West. Let us have from 10,000 to 15,000 subscribers. DAVID T. BEALS, President EDWIN W. ZEA, Cashier. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice President W H. SEEGER, Second Vice President George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. Fernando, P. Neal, William H. Seegar, Fernando P. Neal, William H. Seegar, ifornia cowboy. He was taking steers to Leadville, and had camped for the night on Bear river, near its conjunction with the Little Snake. In the middle of the night something occurred to stampede the cattle. The man mounted his bronco and rode hither and thither on the flank of the herd until their fright had died away. Four or five times the rider felt his horse give tremendous leaps, and with daybreak he discovered the cause. The cattle had climbed to a level plateau which is intersected by a canyon four miles long and from 1,500 to 2,000 feet deep. Its walls incline toward each other at the top, where the distance is 15 or 20 feet. In riding the man had kept the steers circling about this plateau. A dozen of them he found fallen down the canon and been killed. Hoof marks showed him that the great jumps made by his horse were occasioned by the animal's clearing the canyon each time it came to the taking off spot. Vaseline as a Hair Grower. Plain vaseline, the yellow product, rubbed into the scalp nightly or several times a week will prevent your hair from coming out and also induce a new growth. It is not a new remedy, but the petroleum has a wonderful effect on the growth of the hair. Many of the Irish girls who come to this country with such fine heads of hair owe the growth to kerosene, which is a favorite remedy for strengthening the hair follicles in Ireland. But as that is unpleasant to use, the vaseline comes next in order, possessing much the same properties. DROP CAKES MADE OF RYE. Simple Ingredients for Dish Universally Popular. Put into a sifter, one cup rye meal, one cup (white) Indian meal, one half cup flour. Small size cup makes about 18 cakes. Add a large pinch of salt and sift into a dish. Take one tablespoon of sour milk, or buttermilk and add one scant level teaspoon of soda or saleratus. Fill the cup with one-half cup of molasses and the rest water. Turn into the mixture, which should be rather stiff. If too much so, add a little more water. If one has no sour milk use sweet milk and dissolve the soda in a spoonful of hot water. In this way, if an egg is added it makes them very rich. Have a kettle of lard boiling hot and a dessert spoon and a cup of cold water. Dip the spoon in the water and take up with it, while wet a spoonful of mixture. Smooth with the hand and fashion into a flat round cake, perhaps three-quarter inch thick. Cook and turn same as doughnuts, and skim out and place upon brown paper. Very good, either hot or cold. An Exception to the Rule.—It's easy come, easy go, with Charlie Tickleham. Not when he comes to our house. It's almost impossible to get rid of him.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Redd—He says he never ran over a man in his automobile in his life. Greene—No; he's a lucky dog! He's always managed to strike 'em so they went up in the air!—Yonker Stateman. Moved! ne office of the g Son moved to LIABILITIES Lincoln Institute SUPPORTED BY THE STATE OF MISSOURI English, Normal, College Preparatory, College, Industrial, Agricultural and Business. 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. Free Tuition, Competent Teachers, Modern Buildings, Good Moral Tone, Healthful Surroundings, Reasonable Expenses. 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. F. J. WEAVER, THE LOCATOR Real Estate Rentals and Loans. List your Houses with me. Good Tenants Guaranteed Looking after Property for Non-Residents a Specialty Office 1005 McGee Street, Room Home Phone 6236 Main Bell Phone 4821 Main Rooming Houses for Sale on Easy Terms. Homes for Sale. Small Payment down Balance like Rent THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM ADVANTAGES: Eent Teachers, Modern Building Reasonable R al Course are Life Certificates th will be sent on FRANKLYN ALLEY WEAVY THE LOCATOR Estate R nd Loan Houses with ants Guarant s, Modern Buildings, Good Mo Reasonable Expenses. Life Certificates to teach in the will be sent on application. LYN ALLEN, Pres EAVEN OCATOR te Rent loans. s with me. Guaranteed [Name not visible] Most Reliable Coloaler in Kansas Property for Non-Resid e reliable Colored Rea Kansas City or Non-Residents a Sp VER, FOR Rentals, S. me. Good eed Let me Handle Your Property. I Will Make it Pay. I Make a Specialty of Securing Good Houses For Reliable Colored Tenants Money to Loan on K. C. Real Estate fored Real Estate ity ents a Specialty $3 and $3.50 Hats for $1.50 Ask for THE LID GLOVE---it's the best ever 308 EAST TWELFTH ST. SUITS FOR EASTER $16.50 KEYSTONE TAILORS L. R. SPRINGER, Prop. Serve Full Line of Oysters, Fish, Chickens and Meats. Open Night and Day. Call. Also Private Dining Koom Bell 'Phone 3661X Main. 709 Wyandotte St. OLD HATS MADE NEW WM. J. BROWN HAT CO: NEW LOCATION 813 Walnut Home Phone 6573 Main. Second Floor. First-Class Chef Good Music all the time GEO. WALDEN, Mgr. The Kansas City Breweries KANSAS CITY, MO. The Kansas City Breweries Co. KANSAS CITY, MO. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Hat Store in Kansas E L East Twelfth St ts From Factory to Introduce our line as City we will sell $3.50 Hats f LID GLOVE---it's ST TWELF J I T R E A S T $16.50 ONE TAX 12th and Grand Rock Oyster R. SPRINGER, P Second Floor. Heim's Bock Rochester Bock "The Beer That's Beer" Breweries Co. CITY, MO. FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U, S. A. RIGHT SORT OF CORN BREAD. Found Only in Tennessee, According to Nashville American. The best cornmeal in the world is made in Tennessee—though the output is limited and not much of it reaches the market where urbanites dwell. The steam buhrstone has driven the water mill almost into desuetude, only to be in turn crowded out by the modern roller mill. The ancient water mill still lingers in remote sections and mountain fastnesses where clear waters flow through pebbly channels in sylvan shades. More than one of these ideal mills may be found on Fighting creek in Sevier county, under the shadows of the Big Smoky, and near into Sugarland region, where the untaxed juice of the corn flows from modest and retiring stills. There are many such mills in the Unaka region, and in various sections of middle Tennessee, where the withering blight of modern civilization, with its canned goods and packing house meats, has not yet penetrated, and where one may Listen to the water mill Wears the weary hours away. But they don't bring the meal to town. The town-raised person's taste is too vitiated to appreciate it, says the Nashville American. When he eats corn bread at all with his oleo-margarine or canned soup, he wants the roller mill product, which suggested the idea of sawdust breakfast food to a Battle Creek Yankee. The right sort of corn bread is made from meal ground on a slow-running water mill from corn that has been well dried, the little end of the car shelled off for the chickens or pigs, the rotten grains carefully eliminated, and the corn run through a fan mill. Before being made into bread the meal is sited through a wire sleeve or sifter, the meshes of which are not too fine. Then it good bread is not produced it is the fault of the cook. The use of sugar in making any form of corn bread should be made a felony. There is as much difference between bread from properly ground meal and the common meal of commerce as there is between a Smithfield ham and a packing house ham. Some insurance companies refuse to Issue policies on the lives of those who dye their hair. To Fix Loose Knife Handles. Take the handle off and nearly fill it with a mixture of bath brick and resin—one part of the former to three parts of the latter. Then beat the steel beyond the blade till it is nearly red-hot, and press it firmly into the handle. It will be as firmly fixed as when new. Will Cater to Banquets and Parties at my place CO .. ££ Che Meaning of ister aS a SSSs8 = = Sr we = — = Ss Ne DY An Easter Day v . Out of the tomb of night aday has QNY risen; be not anxious, this day is all your own; do not hurry, for in ume icis ike YY all other days: neither delay, for NOW is passing, Farly turn your face to the f dawn and let ity fresh beams bathe away } all the stains of night, then should the \; a noon be dark with storms, your smile ¥ will still wear the rose tints of the morn, ing. This new day can be saved only 3 by spending it; therefore, in its care be , enduring; in its confusion be panent; in (: its sorrow be trustful; in ats trial be 4 noble; in its peril be heroic, Step softly \ among human hearts and leave so much \ of kindness along life’s pathway, that i ’ } gladness shall spring up bearing tribute Hj in the cool cventide of the world’s glad “> _ Easter. _ — ELMER EUGENE «ROM CANE IN ALN 3 The True Gladness of the Easter Day By Rev. William Byrne. (Catholic Vicar-General Archdiocese of Boston.) ASTER Sunday 1s the day on which the church commemorates the resurrection ot our Lord from the dead... . By raising Himself from the dead, Christ triumphed over all His ene- mies, and gave the most convincing proof of His divinity He fore told His resurrection. “The Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matt, xii, 40.) Speaking of the tem- ple of His body, He said: “Destroy this temple, and in three days T will raise it up.” (John fi, 19.) “On the third day He shall rise again.” (Matt. xX, 19 “I lay down my Iife that I may take it again. I have power to lay it down and take it up again." (John x; 18.) ‘The resurrection of Christ was a ‘The Hope, Memory and Reality of Easter By Rev. Albert Parker Fitch. (OF the Congregational Church) mw tit] Resurrection, which we cele i brate on Easter day, means one = of two things to most people, It 1s cither a memory or a hope. ‘To the young into whose souls the wise years have not ground their experience of pain, their proof of the utter unrea- sonableness and malignant cruelty of life, If this life here were all, to them Easter is a farof& fading memory which has no especial significance for today, Jesus’ resurrection {s an in- Haiiely remote event, a magical won ier. It ocenrred under other skies, in a distant land, amid a wornout and fergotten elvilization. To be sure there is historical evidence for it, but they accept it, if they accept ft at all, with about as much vividness of per- contion as they accept the death of Alexander or the assassination of Julins Caesar. ‘Then, to older men and women, the resurrection is not so much a memory As a hope, It is a hope born of a fospevaie necessity. We remember Nile children who sleep in tiny zvaves today and our hearts demand that they be Easter graves. We re- momber great souls, passed on now, The Question Answered By the Resurrection By Rev. Reuben Kidner. Yf the Episcopal Churcl) with meaning of the resurrection AT '< shat tt confirms the vette in = te immortality of the soul, whieh all mankind everywhere have held. Sherates, just before the end. siys to his friends: “But that which I some time since argued at length, tat when I have drunk the poison 1 shall ae longer remain with you, but sail depart to some happy state ot the blessed."" On an ancient Greek tinh we read: “Mother, leave thy svlef, remembering the ‘soul which Zor has vendered tmmortal and un iecaying to me for all time, and has carved now into the starry. shies." ‘Tis ts another Greek — uiterance “Deing, thou art not dead! thou art miracle; that 1s, something beyond the power of any created being to effect. Christ by His divine power recalled His soul to His body, and avose from the tomb glorious and im: mortal. He appeared frequently to His apostles and disciples after His resurrection; and to cure the doubt: ing mind of St. Thomas, allowed him to touch the wounds. ‘The true significance of this fest val is well expressed in the gradual and sequence of the Easter liturgy. “This Is the day the Lord hath made; ‘Tet us rejoice and be glad, Christ our Pasch, 1s immolated.” “Let Christians offer praise to the Paschal victim. The Lamb has re jdeemed the flock. ‘The sinless Chris has reconciled sinners to his Father Death and Life waged a wondrous conflict. The Lord of Life by dying ‘tives and reigns.” . . The resurrection of Christ is the “mode! of our spiritual regeneration and | the pledge of Four immor- Gym | tality. Milton y soning Wa Wave, ved anaes (Hels and seen their deathless effort, theit far-reaching aspiration, thelr virtue, strength, wisdom, power, lHght—all the persistent heroism of the soul. AAC Tues whale Wier Spinner a KL had been reached, when the noblest song was quivering at last upon their triumphant lips, we've seen it all end. Virtue, strength, wisdom, power, light, all vanished! Nothing left: but ness to mother earth. And, seeing all ‘this, the resurrection is not a fading stands for a desperate hope. There must be something beyond, Some where, sometime these shall live But to the Christian, to that happy man whom Jesus has found, the resur | rection is not a memory and not a hope; he forgets both of these in his joy in its present reality. The Easter assurance of immortality is not a far- off promise, it is a present gift; not a future hope, but an immediate pos: session. For God has come into him and taken possession of him, and he is living for the things of God in the eternal light and power of God, and he is already one of the immortals. | QU Cdker Ret gone to a happier country. And m the isles of the blest thou rejoicest, and thou shalt not hunger or thirst any more, Yea, and thy gods are thy light, and glory is ever upon thee.” Thoughts like these occupied the minds of the blest and wisest long before the Christian era, Intimations of immortality abound in all litera: tures, ‘The resurrection is not a bott out of a clear sky. It is rather a stage in a process of evolution. It builds upon that which bas gone be: fore, It adds to what is already known, I confirms what was. sur mised, It gives form and shape to shadowy, but persistent and inde- swvactible hopes and longings. The thought of the ages prepared — the way for belief in the resurrection, and, when it happend, millions were ready to believe. @& ice LP Ss ey. i Se <=> ae sees Qi VT 7 Ee Sy es 1) PS A Se Lnati a hy &y wee O NO 4 oar sh eee ee SSS rere i AN EASTER SONG A song of aunshine through the rain, With shudder of despair and loss Achaia tet the hare ot pain, 84) Htc Mion toe LA ERS SUDAN Woe, agg, Wit toche. weve Fenty and. ghowty fa bee ad ot HP, sett ty eet and mat For Calvary and Easter Day, tit Calvary and Baster Day, Harti sadder day and aladdes: cay, artis WMeckeat ay and whitest day rere Sust au ay apartl Se AL PRI SS ; we ese O Mae <r GP af 4 6. Ss F OP ee PORE @ EE Paes u ¥ s CL at TBR Grew Symbol of Glad Easter All Nations and All Peoples Have Connected the Egg with the Creation or Renewal of Life. Seca Withciae Welles: cake CRAGIN Ga: FEE Mareh. The Western churches thought ‘that it should be identified with Sun- day, and observed it on the Sunday following the 1th day of Nisan, At [the beetnning of the fourth century, the Emperor Constantine succeeded tn having a canon passed by the ecumen: feal council of Nice, fixing and mak+ ing uniform the date of its observance, thongh as the rules laid down by this council for the date of its observance Fade it necessary to reconcile three tens, with no common measure, namely, the week, the lunar month /and the solar year, the determination | jot Kuster was for a long time a mat: ter requiring great nicety of ealeula- ition, and so, as the Egyptians were skilled in astronomical matters, this was left for a long time to the Alex: andrian sco to decide | ‘The rules decreed that the 21st of March should be regarded as the ver nal equinox. The full moon happening upen or next after the 2ist of March should | be regarded as the full moon of the) month of Nisan. The first Lord's day after that full moon should be observed as Easter day. | If the full moon chanced to fall on ReUaday, the next Sunday should be | Raster day. | As all the movable feasts and fasts depend on Easter, uniformity of time in its observance was an important matter, The roles adopted by the Nicene council makes it: possible for it to fall upen any Sunday of five weeks, commencing with March 22 and ending with April 25, ; The name Easter is derived from the name of the Saxon goddess of | spring, Kostre, Eastre, or Ostera, and may be traced back to the Phoeniciag | moon goddess, Astarte, so often asso ciated with the hare in Eastern myths. | Hence, perhaps, the use of the hare jin connection with the Easter eggs, | Which it is sald to lay, 1 Some think the name comes from the word oster, whieh means rising, Jand to Christians it, of course, is commemorative of the rising of Christ | from the dead ‘The mouth dedicated to the spring goddess of the Saxons was the fourth mouth, which answers to our April, and her festival was held in honor of the opening of the naturval year, ta | commemorate the setting free of the natural forees of germination and | stewin which the winter had chilled and crneitied | Each nation has had its own Raster customs, but many of them ean. be Htraced back to the ancient spring fes |tivals weleoming the return of the fsin tn te inet ihe one ‘oe the three great Christian feasts, and haw heen known as the Queen of Festivals and the Lord of Jays. It is ushered noby visit and fasting, but is, itself, time of tejoicins, Inthe olden daya A relle of the fire worshiping. time could be found inthe kindling of | new and pure fires, after the old ones had beon extingutshed, trou the Pas | ehal candle, the great and sacred eam j die which often weighed hundreds of ponds. ‘The washing of the feet at others by hish dignitaries of ehyreis and shite was, of course, done. in wemory of Christ's washing the tert 1 the apostles Musie, candles, bonflves, flowers mniracte plays, the pealins” of boils the exchange of gifts, the liberation Lot prisoners, the setting free of staves, the giving of alms or maunds, the | playing of games, some of them rnde | and rongh enonsgh indecd, during Kast Jer week--thege set-apart thé season trom others | Cental articles of food, such as tan. Jay eake, typifving the °bitter: herbs, | and hot cross buns ani eusturds were Poeaten in England In Ireland the peasants rose early to see the: sun | dance, which we may do by looking r}in a stream of water, as they did. | Most of the rider sports have died y| out, but the note of gladness in its ob i] servance still, dominates, — though s sounded in gentler fashion. 1] And the solemn observance of the » church, made beautiful by an impres -\elve ritual invested with all that light ,| pnd color and sound can add to a vere “| mony, inspire the faithful with the | (onght that once again light and Ite 1) Lave triumphed over death and dur ,| news, . A song of sunshine through the rain, Of spring actos the snow: A balm to heat the hurts of pain, ‘A peace surpassing woe. Lift up your heads, ye sorrowing ones And be ye glad of heart, For Calvary and Easter Day, Earth's saddest day and gladdest day, ‘Were just one day apart! OR days the shop windows have spoken eloquently though mutely of the advent of the great spring fes- tival which in some form or other the classes and masses of the people are obsery- ing. Easter lilies and tulips, violets and hyacinths all have spoken of the birth of a new year, of the springing forth of buds and bios: some, of the thritl. VA ; LP, exe a ing of bird songs, of the breaking of ice-bound waters, of the passing of winter, und of the return of the sun, bringing with it seedtime, and the birth of new hopes and desires, sym- bolized in the celebration of Easter And everywhere the egg, symbolic of the universe and of life, of the springing forth from the germ of new forces and powers, has been in evi “dence, ‘The Egyptians, the Jews, the Per slans and Hindus, the Syrians, the Burmese, the Chinese, the Australians, the Hawaiians—all have connected the ess with the creation or renewal of lie. ‘The fire worshippers of Persia, wor: | shipping Zoroaster as a prophet, be: lieved in a first great spirit from “whom came two brothers, Ormuzd and “Ahriman, Ahriman, showing jealousy of his brother, Ormuzd, was condemn | ed to darkness for thousands of years. Angered, he longed for revenge, and when Ormuzd made an egg contain ing good genii Ahriman made another full of evil spirits, and broke the two together, so that from the beginning good and evil were mixed, In mem ory of this legend of creation, the Persians at the festival of the solar new year, held in Mareh, exchanged colgred eggs as gifts ‘The Chinese Nave a story that the first man, Poo Koo Wong, eanie trom an egg, and that having been born he jused the upper part of the shell te [make the heavens, while the lowe part became the earth, |The Burmese tell that the first- man and woman, their Adam and Eve [were hatched fiom a single ess, The Syrians say that their gods from whom they were descended were hatched from eggs. ‘The Australians believe the earth was darkened space until one of thei race threw up an egg, which explode: and became the sin Hawail, the Islanders declare, was a | great ex which some manmoth bird dropped as ft passed over the seas | The Mayptians regarded the ess a fa sacred emblem of the renovation o mankind after the flood, and the Jew used Ht as a type of their departur from the land of the Egyptians, an with the Paschal lamb it was a par of the Passover feast ‘The carly Christians were, 0 conrse, Jewish, and when they besit to observe Easter as a Christian feas Rave to the egg as a part of the core monial of the season a new signif | cance, that of the resurrection fron the dead, Eggs were forbidden durin: Lent, and so naturally accumulated as the hens did not stop laying. Kat ing them on Easter day signitied tha fasting tine Was over and feastin begun, so they were connected wil Joy just as were the bells whieh, hash ed during the period preceding Baste day, broke into joyous pealing at it dawn | ‘The name for Easter In the romane \Tangnages—paques in French, pasau Jin dtalian, and paseua in Spanish | comes through the Latin paseha, fron the Chaldean form of the Hebrey | name for the Passover festival. Hene | the eggs are pace, pashe, paschal, 0 pasque eggs, as well as Easter exes. Whea the early Christians began t observe Fuster as a Christian festiva a controversy us to the time of tt observance, known as the Pascha controversy, and extending from th second to the fourth centuries, arose ‘The Eastern churehes kept it at th same time as the Jewish Passover the Mth day of the Jewish luna month of Nisan, which most ofte corresponds to our month of Apri TAKING OUT A STAIN. Dry Chloride of Lime Good in Obstin ate Cases. When & stain proves nnsnally ob stinate and absolutely refuses to come out by ordinary mevhods, wet the spot thoroughly and then cover with dry chloride of lime, Let it remain a few moments, rubbing well with the finger meanwhile, and then rinse until the Mme ts out, It will generally be found that the stain ix also gone, If not Apply again, A second application will remove anyihing that is removatls. Owing to the nature of the remedy, however, it ts far better to make a Second application than to leave the first one on until the stain is all gone, The chemical action of the time res moves 4 portion of the internal fiber of the material and Chis eats up the stained part ‘The proportion of ther removed is so small as to-do no injury, but it lett on toe long the Time will {nsinuate ttselr, taking a strong hold, and fnalls bite through the fabrie, oF weaken it so it will soon wear in holes: Chloride of lime fs the base of javelte Water, Which is so often recommend ed for the removal of stains, but using the powder itself is more satisfactory im many ways; and, ax it ean be bought in small cans with a sprink ling top, it is quite as convenient as when ia solution FOR THE NURSERY DESSERT. Simple Prune and Batter Pudding Is Very Good. Soak a pint of prunes over nisht, drain and remove the stones. In your Wooden bow! chop two ounces of byet Suet very fine, add four omees of sugar (halt a cup), the same of tlour, Jour eggs, A saltspoonfal of ground Cinnamon, alt a saltspoontut of grated mutines, and if yon use Liquor, @ dash of best rum, about two table Spoontuls. Mix this thoroughly with AU wooden spoon for five minutes, then beat in fone tablespoontuls of thick cream and two omnes of yea Tumbs (two heaping tablespoontuls, mix thoronehly and then add the prune pulp lightly, Batter and four your pudding baz or a stout eloth, and, drawing up the four corners of the latter, te them tightly, Drop Into a pot of boiling water tier and a half the depth at the pudding, and boil two hours and a halt ‘Then hang it up to drain about ten minnies, suspending from a hook over at dish Untie, tim out on a deep dish, diedse over with pewdered sugar amd serve with hard or foamy sauce, Mavored WAL lemon A Mate Palak A golden tin in a sett, benntifut shade, is going to Le one of the teal ing spring colors. It goes by the et phontons name of dead apricot, show ‘ing somewhat the same peachy yellow tints as that fruit One ean get an idea of it by look: ing ac the tan shows for spring, whieh Are un this aew golden yellow effect A charming sown in dead ajrieot silk Was Worn on the stiuse in a net: abie production, It is not a color to be rashly attempted, bat if one ts sire of fis becomingness i ta an up: tosdate choice for an afternoon or evening gown Creamed Dried Beef and Celery. Oneqmarter pound dried beet one cuptud celery, ent into hall Ineh piven one and one halt eaptits ef milk on and one halt tablespoontuls each of butter and Hour, aneeishth teaspoon Tat popper Seal the beet if too salt, and drain well Melt the dat ber add the celery and boot, and cook tiring occasionally until the celery is SUzhtly browned Add the: flow tix until stuooth, pour in the milk, SU Unt boiling, add the pepper, alse sal Ht needed, and serve hot, garnish ed with toast point i. Now Waa: A fad has arrived and seized upon the feminine taney, whieh ke to have heatigees, tea owns, The coffee mati hoes and neeompanying petticoats the sume tint ae the bondolr color schone For instance shold ime roses be the wallpaper destin, then all these dalat {Hk and mull garments are of the amie yosy hue, and Soon thivongeh thay whole gamut of floral colors that cam be matehed in textiie Oysters and Celery. Cut ap and stow two enps of celery intl Hh ds transparent and the wate Salt abserbed: season with salt and wepper Shumer a pint ef oysters in heir own nice anti) the edges eurk season these also and ald te the col sy. Thieken half a-enp of rleh mith tnd pony over all and serve an rounds ME buntteved toast Therper's: Razae What Salt Will Oo. Salt aprinkled on any substance that sburning wil stop the smoke and nave Salt sprinkled upon coats that ave slazing trom fet ae brollius ches W4ll tuise dhe thames to die dawn Salt ised upon ear pets when sweep he will prevent moths and will also mnighien the eators, ‘ atcta Barclilane. ‘Yo make these Wish and peel nice ehite potatoes, then eat into. small balls With # potato seoop that comes fr thar parpase Boll im Mighty saat water, drain diy) and serve. with aelied butter and) minced parsley soured over then Cream Sponge Cake. One and onehalf cuptuls of sifted four, wo tablespoontuls of baking powder, one cupful of rolled sugar one teaspoonful of vanilla; break two *ges into a cup and finish filling with sweet cream, Put all tbgether and aur just enough to mis. TWO YEARS IN BED Or. Williams’ Pink Pills Cured Stub. born Rheumatism When Otner ‘Treatment Gave No Relief. Dr Williams’ Pink Pills have deen curing tho most stubborn cases of rheumatism for nearly a generation ‘and thousands of grateful pationts ave given testimony that eanuot be ignored. Mr. Robert Odbert, a machinist, liv- ing at 201 Cameron’ Street, Detroit, Mich, had a very distressing experi: ence With rheumatism for about two years. Ho makes the following state Ment: “About the year 1887 I felt tha effects of rheumatism which gradually grew worse until 1 was compiled to give up work for a time, The years of 7 and "OS Twas confined to my bed most of the time. I was under doctors’ treatment but found no relief. My legs Were swollen from the hips down ward and red blotches appeared al over them. Frequentiy they pained me so that Thad to bind them tigatly with strips of tinen, This sometimes relieved the pain but at olher times failed to do so. At times Thad to crawl to my Work, using two eratches. During these spells t suffered greatly from pain around my heart wiieu Lat tributed to the rhenmatiem “At last my mother wrote mo and asked me to Gy Dr Willams’ Pink Pills, 1 did and tn a short time T found myself gotting Detter and have trad no trouble since. may here ald that L consider myself perfectly enred T have not had the least sign of the disease since and feel better now than T ever did For these reasons 1 recommend Dr Williams’ Pink Pits | toany one atected the samo asf was” | Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by | atl druggists, or sent by mail, postpaid fon receipt of price. a cwnts por hx six boxes for $250, by the Dr Wil | Mams Medicine Co, Schenectady, N.Y. Careless Umbrella Owners. Over 22,000 umbrellas, lost tn Tan don, are taken tu policy headquarters every year. A Natural Romede Garfield Tout i made of simple Herbs Ly : pation, indigestion weadacte, iC tee lates ‘the iver, goutities the Blood, bring Good Health Found Out for Himse'f. Doubts being entertained as to the stability of the steeple of 81) Michaot's ehurch, Bath, England, the reeto climbed it and investigated, He is ae enthusiastic mountaineer, Shoor white goods, tn fact, any flat wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way thoy are Janndered, this being done ina manner to enhance their textile boat ty, Home laundering would he equal ly satisfactory {€ proper attention wu given to stareling, the first essential being good Starch, whieh has suflieient strength (o stiffen, without thickening the goods, Try Deflanee Starch ang you will be pleasantly surprised at tite improved appearance of your work ‘Pete: latin ta Monee: When Capt, Ronald Amundsen fott San Francisco for the east he mada speetal and particular arrangements for the transportation of hts dos. of which he sald his fatthtul dow which Is attached to me almost aa much as Tam to bin, ts the only ona Of bis kind to have made the morta west passage.” $100 Reward, $100. ‘The readers of thle paper wil in ploawed ¢9 Jeary aunt therm eat teat sreintnaon ied aan th a teat Dakar Malve’Catarem Care te tha omy pacttte fareinie Aitnts rhea) Taina) aratt (oath treatment. Haute ¢ atarriy Care. te taken tn teenally esting dieestiy upan'the Oot and coe ghelaces Sot tha eysteur thernuy. destrarting Ui Petit uf tha ike al wf uth Tnenainra in ding a venrk. The proprietire hast LEME at a te ueatven pomern chat they ite Sie Behe Fe a a aT Rie ee THESE cme alets 9 Tike thal Basal Mls dor eonsrtonsi Never Ia a sincere worl utterly toat Never a magnanimity falls to the ground, but there ia some heart ta Feet and acenpt At unexpectedly = Phillips Brooks, OVER $1,000 A YEAR AND “LIVING.” That ts the Story of a Michigan Farm a Wie Lives in Wselhew Baxade. Olds, Atberta. Dee. 10. 1996, | MroM.V. Mefunes, Detioit, Michtze | eae Sie sind Pods He will be tone years mest May since Feame to Olds fut have Hved here ever sia | Since Feame here wheat Dh 1 }from 25 to 4s bi per wore, oats fens J 6s te 115, that L know of 1 rai ed that lot Ma bit. to the acre ot J the finest wats Teer saw, and outs Jthat { sowed cttst day of May t | year went 7212 10 the acre and weigh Vid At ths. te the bushel, My ba | wont 40 bi, nat your andl 60 thls S03 | ane was not sown until the hatter purt Of May. Thad aeres of potatoes t | vear and sold 700 bushels and put 2t9 Hin tm the cellar, and ne bags ti plek | We have a fine Govenment Cream Jory at Olds, Our cows made $41 per head and 1 ditu't feed auy arain only praitie hay, sa you see we aye di ing well, We have the patent for our Homestead now and am very thankful that we came to Albesta We have made a little over 81.900. euel sear besides making one living 1 wonld not go baek to Michigan to Nve for anything, WL had my ehotes Of a Ucker ty Olds or a Adaere fam in Michisan 1 wonld take the ticket and in two vears Lconld buy any of theps Wacre farms, ‘This is the coun try for a poor man, as Well as a man with money T will close, thanking yon for our prosperity, 1 remain sours truly, (Signed) OTTO YETTING Olds, Alberta, Canada. Box 159. Information as to how to. secure low rates to the free grant lands of Western Canada can be secured of any Canadian Goverumeat agente, WM. T. WASHINGTON, Editor and Owner. Office, 914 E. 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THIS EASTER EDITION OF THE RISING SON IS THE LARGEST NEGRO JOURNAL ISSUED TODAY IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS BIG TEN PAGE PAPER IS THE BEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUN. THE NEW MANAGEMENT WILL ENDEAVOR TO CONTINUE ITS GOOD WORK. ```markdown ``` Easter Greetings; He is risen. It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh proflite nothning. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are jize. Then said Jesus unto the twelve. Will ye also go away. Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that Thou art Christ, the Son of the Living God, Jesus answered them. Have not I chosen you 12 and one is a devil. He spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. But this spake he of the spirit Christ raiseth Lazarus, four days buried. Jesus said unto Mary, I am the Resurrection, and the Life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. This spake he signifying by what death he should glorify God. And Lif I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said signifying what death he should die. I am come a light into the world that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Let not your heart be troubled; Ye believe in God, Ye believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you. Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. It was the preparation of the Passover and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King. But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them: Shall I crucify your King? The chief priest answereth, We have no King but Caesar. Then delivered him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away. And he, bearing his cross, went forth into a place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha. Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side and Jesus in the midst. "For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise from the dead." The third day he rose from the dead. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene, early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchel and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchel. But Mary stood at the sepulchel weeping and when she looked by the sepulchel she saw two Angels and Mary on turning her face saw Jesus standing, and knew not it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her: "Woman, why weepest thou?" She recognizing him saith Rabboni, which is to say Master, Amen. So this is Easter. 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 Math and Grand. The Glowing Possibilities for a Great Negro Journal in Kansas City, Mo. Negro Journal in Kansas City, Mo. This special issue of the Rising Son shows convolutively that the great mass of Negroes in this community are with us. Every five minutes we are being called up over our phones; asking us how we are getting along. Many visitors come to our office to inquire about us. Thus you see the trend of Kansas City history. Thus you see the trend of public applovat. Ten young men have taken charge of the oldest Negro journal in the city to bring it to a successful position in this community. The present owners of the paper are seeing the need of the people in this city, their back of a good Negro journal with a home circulation of about 15 or 20 thousand subcribers bought the paper with that end in view. In Kansas City and its immediate suburbs there are 50,000 Negroes and from among that mass they are endeavoring to secure at least 13. Kansas City is one of the most progressive cities in the United States. Again what has helped us in our comsie is that good class of white business firms who have from time to time given us advertisements to insert in our paper. But the Negroes of this city have played the most important part by paying their subscriber they can get another subscriber. The majority of the young men working on the paper are home boys. Boys who have graduated from the Lincoln High School of this city. The Negro citizens have seen them finish school from time to time. They have seen them grow to manhood; consequently when they ask the citizens for support they get it. These things are all gratifying as it stimulates the young minds and encourages their youthful vigor. These things show the trend of circumstances in the 20th century. They show the Negro is changing through the force of the immutable laws of nature. Every Negro who we reach is perfectly satisfied and shows his satisfaction by his cash support. The possibilities for a great Negro journal are bright indeed. Every young man connected with this paper has a special talent for some particular duty on the staff. Here is a list of the young men as they stand. Win T. Washington, Editor-in-chief; Wilson Dawson, Business manager; Horace Bolden, Society editor; Percy Crump, General solicitor; Edward Baker, Jr., Collector; Matthew Proctor; Reporter; Arthur Hubbard, Reporter; Daniel C. Houston, cartoonist; J. F. Craig, Lodge and Religious Reporter; John Driver, Collector. This is indeed encouraging. It shows that the owner has attempted to employ such young men to feed them intellectual food for the brains. Just as fast as they finish from the Colored High School we will attempt to give them something to do. The people have felt the force of this paper and they know it stands for the best interest of the race. We stand on a broad, open, clean platform. We are asking for 15,000 subscribers in eighty more months. Can we get them? Yes comes the answer faint but strong from the long precession of Negroes living in this community. Lift up your eyes to the blue skies. There shall come sunshine tomorrow. Negroes in Kansas City, lift up your eyes. Let us have in this great struggle 15,000 subscribers. 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! 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. 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. The Forum meets every Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock at Allen Chapel and subjects of vital importance to the face are discussed by some of the best minds. You are invited to attend the meetings. Prof. Foster, President. 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. I Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED. Properties and Business or all kinds sell quickly for cash in all parts of the United States. Don't wait. Write today describing how to have to sell and give cash price on sales. If You Want to Buy any kind of Business or Real Estate anyw- here, you can buy any property and in- quire. TOPEKA, KANSAS SPRING OPENING Easter Styles Are Here CREDIT TO ALL We desire to announce our Annual Spring Opening Exhibition which opens tomorrow (Saturday). The Exhibition will give our friends as well as the public an op- The Exhibit in the Corner SON HAT $3.50 to $5 The Best M Union Made $2.50 Equal in Quality to Hat Made "The Hot Store on the Corner J. B. STETSON HAT VERY STYLISH $3.50 to $ FASHION HATS The Best Union M $3.00 and $2.50 OUR SPECIAL $1.95 Equal in Quali Hat M LEWIS' Fashion S.E.COR. 11TH & WALNUT 101-1103WALNUT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. For the Best Regular Meals, and High Class A-la-Carte Service go to The Ideal Cafe One of the Finest American and Eur- dian Dining Rooms in the West The New White Front at 910 East T Our food is the best; our cooks are the best; accom- beat. Give us a trial, if we please you, tell others; if we do tell us. Long experience has taught us how to give the people at popular prices. Chas.H.Thomas, I Kansas City, Mo. The Latonia Cafe and Restaurant 912 East Twelfth Street Who have been noted for their general satisfaction to undergone a remodeling, and attached a private Dining Ro- It is now one of the nicest of its kind in the City, with fans. We carry the best the market can afford: Among seasons are Black Bass, Catfish, Croppies, Oysters, Spring Steaks, Chops and Powls of all kinds. Neat waiters and everything served first-class, with s J. S. FIELDS and W and we go to Royal Car American and European in the West 910 East Tw e the best; accomoda all others; if we do no to give the people the Thomas, P city, Mo. Antonia Restaurant elfth Street ral satisfaction to its private Dining Room d in the City, with its in afford: Among w es, Oysters, Spring Ch first-class, with soft and W For the Best Regular Meals, and High Class A-la-Carte Service go to 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. 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, Croppies, 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. --- ```markdown ``` 1920 The American Collection Agency No fee charged unless collection is made We make collections in all parts of the United States. 413 Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kansas. We cordially invite every reader of this paper to be present and we ask you to take particular notice of the fact that while we give generous credit our prices for the newest fashions are as low as any cash store. GENESEE SHOES FOR MEN The Best $3.50 Shoe on the Market today. MENTER & ROSENBLOOM CO. 1017-1019 Walnut Street, Cut out this ad and we will accept it as $1.00 on any purchase of $10 or more D. E. LAUDFR8ACK, Mgr. ITS 00 de Hats any $2.50 MAKES LIFES WALK EASY fe n fth St. Are you For Easter you Ready Easter? Are you Ready For Easter? We can fit the whole family out with anything in DRY GOOD CLOTHING, SHOES a Come and see our At the Southwest C.COLLINS D GOODS, MILLING G, SHOES and GENTS FUR me and see our Large Spring Sto Southwest Cor. of 18th and LLINS DRY GOOD DRY GOODS, MILLINERY Our Store is Open Evenings. Come and s GROCERIES We'll save you money, give decidedly worth your while our price list. It's free and our prices and our methods. Come and see us for your GERIES AND MIL- ke you money, give you better goods and worth your while in many other ways. ist. t's free and tells you all about our and our methods. EVER GROCERY CO. 9th BOTH PHONES 1808 MAIN TO MRS. B. M. TRA Cream Pa GROCERIES AND MEATS We'll save you money, give you better gods and make it decidedly worth your while in many other ways. Send for our price list. t'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. Confections. Ice Cream and Ices our money's worth. Open until 12 o'clock BELL 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 M. MAIL ORDERS No matter in what town you live you can buy Men's and Youth's Suits, Topcoats, Raincoats, and Trousers by Mail on easy payments direct from our factory. State what garments you want and whether for Man or Youth, and we will send you samples, prices and terms. Address MENTER & ROSENBLOOM CO. FACTORY B Rochester, N.Y. 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. Ready DS, MILLINERY and GENTS FURNISHING our Large Spring Stock. Cor. of 18th and Paseo DRY GOODS CO. I see us for your BIS AND MEATS give you better goods and make it file 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 Ice Cream and Ices a Specialty arth. Open until 12 o'clock at night. HONE 3467X MAIN 1003 Walnut 105 East 10th St. NEWS&GOSSIP WILSON DAWSON, Business Mgr. PERCY D. CRUMP, Solicitor. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there that enables us to run from year to year." LOCALS. Does this paper show signs of progress? Read the big AD of Weaver and Rivers in this special issue. Mr. John Driver is now giving his valuable service to the Rising Son. Mr. John Driver will leave Monday for St. Paul, Minn., on a business trip. Mrs. Maggie Clay wife of Theo. Clay is on the sick list at 2444 Highland. Mrs. J. B. Davis is one of the finest woman caterist west of the Mississippi. Mr. T. G. McCampbell is still giving the city satisfaction as Foreman of a street gang. Mr. T. S. Botts of 910 E. 12th St is just recovering from an attack of the La Grippe. Attorney C. H. Calloway will go to Muskogee on a business trip about the 1st of April. All persons desiring a copy of the special Easter Number can get one at 914 E. 12th St. The Budding Genius Club holds regular meetings at the Hotel Compton on Thursday nights. Mrs. Shannon wife of Dr. Shannon has gone to Colorado Springs to stay five months for her health. Mrs. Susan Robinson, the mother of Mrs. Minnie James, of 1528 Lydia, has just recovered from a spell of sickness. Mrs. T. G. McCampbell of 2421 Flora is enjoying her trip immensely visiting her daughter in Los Angeles, California. Nelson C. Crews, Clerk of Police Court will leave for Chicago where he will take part in the political campaign of that city. Dr. Johnson is giving satisfaction at Smith's Drug Store 908 E. 12th street. He desires his friends to call and see him. The Royal Roosters had a nice night for their ball and it is expected they had a nice crowd. Look out for their banquet. Bessie Whitney, once a Lincoln High school pupil, now attending school at Nashville, sends her greeting to her school friends. The Highland avenue Baptist church literary meets every Monday night at 11th and Highland Ave. You are cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of 1669 Lydia spent several days in Brookfield, Mo., visiting her sister Mrs. Clay wife of Mr. Fred Clay. The Son is glad to be able to present this Edition to the many thousands and readers of this paper which is the result of much hard labor. Mr. Weaver has aquired the large brick rooming house at 1017 Oak. Mrs. A Rivers a well experienced lady will have charge of the place. Matthew Proctor is again with Countee Bro.'s undertaking establishment young Proctor is expecting some day to be in the business himself. Wm. Harrison of 564 in rear of Troost avenue was shot and killed last Wednesday night at 5th and Gillis Sts. It is not known who did the shooting. Wilson Dawson, Manager of Son, has been working exceedingly hard for the Easter Edition, will leave the city to-morrow on a business trip to Sedalia, Mo. Mrs. Osania Williams Grand Worthy Counselor of the Mo. K. of P.: Five Grand Division was unexpectedly detained in St. Louis and could not be at the Annual Sermon of that body. Mrs. Belle Harner and Mrs. Manole Stanton of St. Joseph, Mo., were in the city week until Sunday. Last Thursday night they were accompanied by Mr. Fred Spence to the meeting of the "Buddin Genius Club" at Hotel Compton. They favored the club with instrumental solos by special request. Hotel Waiters' Journal Edition. Ernest McCampbell was in town to play with the Jenkins against the K. C. Blues. He played a professional game of ball. He will pitch for the Washburn College against Baker University. Do you want to work? If so you can get any kind of work by applying to the Afro-American Employment agency at 1005 McGee St. Home Phone 6236 Main, Bell Phone 4821 Main. The "Building Genius Club one of our best literary and social clubs in the city; had a first class program last Thursday night; and served refreshment to members and friends at Hotel Compton. Mrs. Nannie E. Winfrey of Chillicothe, Mo., a member of a pioneer family of the state, will spend a few days visiting her relatives in the city. She will be the guest of Mrs. O. P. Morton at 614 Campbell St. W. T. Washington Editor of the Son has been ill two days this week. However, he is recovering fast. Business calls him out of town, he will leave tomorrow for Warrensburg, and Holden, Mo., in the interest of the paper. The colored men should visit Mr. Arthur J. Hilderbrant once with the Walk-Over Shoe Co., but now manager of Crosset Shoe Co., M. D. Stevenson, Prop., 1003 Walnut. He is genial and affable and the colored man's friend. This means money in your pocket. Cut out the big ad of The Manter & Rosenbloom Clothing Co., and take it to their store at 1017-1019 Walnut St. They will give you $1.00 for your trouble in value. Now don't delay, but act at once. The Jenkins Sons, played a very Creditable game of ball against the K. C. Blues notwithstanding that they were not in their best form, but their playing showed conclusively that they will be ready for all ball teams in their class this season. F. N. Rewick has re-opened his grocery at the same corner 6th and Charlotte Sts. He appreciate the return of his former customers and will continue to give them as good or better treatment as before. His Bell Phone number is 436 Main In this issue you will see the picture where Christ is Risen, drawn by the cartoonist for the Son, Mr. Dan C. Houston. Mr. Houston is a member, of our staff and specially detailed to look after all our special drawing for the paper. Any one desiring to have special hand drawing call the Office of the Son and we will send Mr. Houston to your residence. The O. - Q. Club held its regular meeting at 1723 Forest, Wednesday Evening and had a delightful time. Prizes were won by Miss Mable Emery and Mr. Jack Toalston. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Neveau, Mr. and Mrs. Malony, Miss Stella Neey, Miss Mable Emery Miss Hester Nichols, Mr. Richard Fisher Mr. Jack Toalston, Mr. William Fisher and others, their next regular meeting will be Tuesday evening, April the 2nd. Just a few days ago, a representative of the Son called on a certain Principal for his subscription. He refused to pay. Does he think this paper is being run on a little $1.50 that he is withholding from us? You are entirely mistaken. We don't need you but you will need us sooner then you expect. A man of your supposed standing, holding a position by the virtue of the race that refuse to support a race enterprize. We say Pooh! on that kind of a Negro Leader. Well we won't shed any crocodile tears, but we are going to tell the community things we know about you. Because we refused to write up some certain teachers, you thought you were getting back at us. Well you will hear from us. You are not to big for us to tell of your faults. You made a mistake this time. OUR POLICY—The management of this paper takes a decided 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 paper upon a high basis, to stand for the right, to speak out against, and expose the wrong, to commend 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 right for good in the name of God. To the Negroes who desire to see, to have and maintain a good Negro weekly newspaper, which has been the cry heard around and about 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 fulfilled. 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. Visitors are Welcome This merchandising center, outfitter to every member of the family, and furnisher to the home, extends a welcome to those living in territory contiguous to Kansas City and who will come this week for the purpose of selecting distinctive and exclusive Easter apparel, and, mayhap, furnishings for the home. The Store's vast stocks of merchandise, amounting to more than one and one-half million dollars' worth, representing to world's best, gathered from foreign and native lands, and offering a variety and price-range to suit every purse, invites your inspection. We are glad to show the merchandise whether you buy or not. Visitors are always welcome. Check parcels on the Walnut Street Floor. Come and go as you will. Ask questions. Feel at home. Do not feel obliged to buy because you have looked at an article. The merchandise is here for you to see and admire as well as to buy. But if you do not make a purchase, remember this. That when you get home, and for any reason whatever are dissatisfied with it, return it at once in saleable condition along with the duplicate check for cheerful refund. Could anything be fairer than that? The Parlor Floor Remember our Rest Rooms when fatigue C while waiting for friend will be found on the Parl Grand Avenue and Third Parlor Floors are also Room, with free service Home Telephones, the K ing Rooms and the Wom Emery, Bird, F. G. McCUI TAIL Cleaning and Suits Made All work promptly and neatly and deliver BELL PHONE E. 4369X Home Phone 5781 Main F. P. PE Baggage and 121 Independence Ave... Residence: 815 North Third Street WE MAKE BOTH CITI remember our Rest and Recreation when fatigue Overtakes you, waiting for friends. These are found on the Parlor Floor, beside Avenue and Third Floors. Our Floors are also the Telephone, with free service on both Bike Telephones, the Reading and Rooms and the Women's Lavatories. G. McCULLOUR STAILOR Building and Repair Items Made to Org omptly and neatly done. Written and delivered. E. 4369X ADDRESS I Main Res. Be F. P. PERRY, Storage and Exp dependence Ave., Kansas City 815 North Third Street, Kansas City WE MAKE BOTH CITIES EVERY DAY Remember our Rest and Reception Rooms when fatigue Overtakes you, or while waiting for friends. These rooms will be found on the Parlor Floor, between Grand Avenue and Third Floors. On the Parlor Floors are also the Telephone Room, with free service on both Bell and Home Telephones, the Reading and Writing Rooms and the Women's Lavatory. Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. All work promptly and neatly done. Work called for and delivered. BELL PHONE E. 4369X ADDRESS 2209 VINE Home Phone 5781 Main Res. Bell Phone 963 West F. P. PERRY, Baggage and Express 121 Independence Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Residence: 815 North Third Street, Kansas City, Kansas. WE MAKE BOTH CITIES EVERY DAY. Remember Where to go for first We use only the b and in season. Our "Full Satisfaction and Where to go for first-class meals We use only the best food, vied in season. Our motto satisfaction and Prompt 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 $1.25 ROUND TRIP $1.25 Train leave Union Depot 8:30 a.m. Returning leave Sedaia 8 p.m. Tickets on sale at Union Depot morning of Excursion and 901 Main Street. Something New! Come One Come All! W. T. GREEN Has Moved His PENNY ARCADE and Shooting Gallery To 713 MAIN STREET Don't forget the number. His gently fitted up with every inducer gentlemen. W. T. GRI The New Fren IS OPEN FOR B Down Stairs at 557 C Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest America in the West. One main dining room and one thing of the season to be served in first-class prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, Fish and F and Soft Drinks all the time. Good Music whi Open at Night. The Best Accommodation Houses at 508 and 5 forget the number. His new place will bed up with every inducement for la- W. T. GREEN, Pr The New French Cafe IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS On Stairs at 557 Grand Ave Sura Akins has the finest American and European dine- t. One main dining room and one private dining roo- se season to be served in first-class style. The best fancy Steaks, Chops, Fish and Fowls of all kinds. Drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals a night. Best Accommodation, with Ro- ouses at 508 and 512 McGee S Don't forget the number. His new place will be elegantly fitted up with every inducement for ladies and gentlemen. 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 CHANCE FOR YOU AT Madam Mamie De Vaule Vincent's School Making and Ladies' Tailoring To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting, to make you master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is four different schools, with twelve years' experience in the la- kansas City. The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you can while learning. Special Course in Sewing, 20 Days, S I cordially invite all to visit the school and investigate. Bell Phone 507 Grand. 1104 Charlotte St., Kam Mamie De Vaule Vincent's School Making and Ladies' Talloring The latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting, master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is schools, with twelve years' experience in the ha- The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you can Special Course in Sewing, 20 Days, S invite all to visit the school and investigate. 507 Grand. 1104 Charlotte St., Kan 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. PR REAL ESTATE And INSUR Houses For On Easy Terms, 127 West 8th KANSAS CITY, SHAVE 100. TONSORIAL ARTIST J. B. Lester. S. L. Clemon J. B. 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It is perfectly safe by applying 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. NSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes Dandruff, cure Tetrag of the Scalp, etc. This is nothing experimental about Nelson's Hair Dressing tested and is endorsed by thousands of satisfied users. That it does all and more than what we claim to it. constant use for over ten years, and is considered a necessary toilet article in thousands of homes. It is guaranteed free from all impurities drugs or chemicals NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING makes harsh, stubborn, kinky, curly hair soft, pliant and glossy, enables you to comb it with ease and to do it up in any style consistent with its length. It is perfectly safe and harmless. By supplying the needed oils directly to the roots of the hair, NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING toms up, invigorates and nourishes the scalp, stops the hair from falling out, increases its growth, and prevents the hair from splitting and breaking off at the ends, and gives the hair new life and vigor. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes Dandruff, cure Tetter, Itching and Scalling of the Scalp, etc. There is nothing experimental about Nelson's Hair Dressings; 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: Mike Kabelle Bird, Battle Creek, Michigan, will recommend it wherever you live. It does work well. writes: "I recommend it wherever I go. It has done wonders for me. Miss Willett M. Milnville. M. Milnville wrote for nearly four years and would not be without it. It is the most wonderful beautyifier on the market for colored people. There are others, but more like NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING cannot get it at your drug store, send us 30c. in We want good agents (male or female). Address NELSON MANUFACTURING at your drug store, send us 30c. in stamps and we will m nt good agents (male or female). ) Write for prices, to NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond His new place will be ele- nducement for ladies and 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 fowls of all kinds. Ice Cream while you eat. Meals at all hours. Station, with Rooming and 512 McGee St. KANSAS CITY, MO. Wincent's School of Dress Studies' Tailoring making, Cutting, Fitting and everything art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of its experience in the largest stores to try low in fact, you can make money living, 20 Days, $5.00 and investigate. 04 Charlotte St., Kansas City, Mo. Bell 'Phone 3136 Main RATT. TE RENTAL INSURANCE. For Sale ns, Like Rent. 9th Street MISSOURI. ARTISTS HAIR CUT 25c Clemons, Duke Maves SHAVING PARLOR Kansas City, Mo. 4 New Porcelain Tubs, message and Hair Dyeing a Specialty. S R G made PLE seen in considered a necessary toilet article in ce from all injurious drugs or chemicals. makes harsh, stubborn, kinky, curly you to comb it with ease and to do it ith. It is perfectly safe and harmless by to the roots of the hair, NELSON'S sites and nourishes the scalp, stops the growth, and prevents the hair from and gives the hair new life and vigor. moves Dandruff, cure Tetter, Itching Nelson's Hair Dressing; it has been enough of satisfied users. Try a box and an what we claim for it. NOW HAVE TO SAY: Mrs. C. Coventry, Fernandina, Florida, writes: "I have been an agent for your Nation's that Dressing for nearly four months. It is the best selling oil Lover sold." Mr. Kerns of Indianapolis, Indiana, writes: "It is the old Hunt. He insisted that the colored people should not use it. 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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. The average woman makes a strenuous effort to discover her husband's faults for the purpose of hiding them from other people. Poor Paint is Expensive If one is rich enough to repaint his buildings every year for the pleasure of having a change of color scheme, the quality of the paint used may cut little figure. But if it is desirable to cut the painting bills down to the least amount possible per year, it is of the utmost importance that the paint be made of Pure White Lead and the best of Linseed Oil. There are imitations in the form of alleged White Lead, and there are substitutes in the form of ready prepared paints. We guarantee our White Lead to be absolutely pure, and the Dutch Boy on the side of every key is your safety guard. Look for him. SEND FOR BOOK "A Talk on Paint." Give you a solution to the paint subject. Don't free SEND FOR BOOK "A Talk on Pain!" "gives valuable info- lation on the pain anion and free free use." New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Boz National Lead & Oil Corp., Pittsburgh HEAD TAX IS REMOVED. Secretary Straus Does Away with Cause of Friction. Recently there was a little notice issued by the secretary of the department of commerce and an announcement that the head tax on foreign diplomatic officers coming to America had been removed. It did not mean much to the average man who read it, few residents of this country knowing that there was such a tax or realizing what a long-standing source of annoyance it has been to foreign diplomats. As a matter of fact, however, there is such a tax on all aliens entering this country, and while it is only two dollars, and is included in the price of the steamer passage, it is still regarded as an affront by foreign diplomatic officers, putting them on the same plane with steerage passengers, when they are theoretically the guests of this government and people to be treated officially with marked consideration. Secretary Straus having been in the diplomatic service himself, knew how this trifling impost was regarded and his action in removing it is important as removing a decided and useless cause of friction. It may be said also that most of the steamship companies manage to make a trifle out of the general tax on the side, it being only two dollars, but always being charged as $2.50 additional on the ticket. This extra 50 cents, of course, the steamship company pockets. It does not claim that all of the tax is paid to the government, but apparently grabs the extra half dollar merely because it can, and there is seldom any row over it, because the amount is too small for most passengers to raise a klick over. FAILED TO MAKE CONVERTS. Washington Crowd Had No Use for "Reviifier." A tall, shivery and angular individual of the man kind blew into the Capitol during the session and made a vain search for the member from his district. It was explained that the reason he did not find his representative was that his representative saw him first. The man carried a strange-looking package, which he said was his "reviver." A curious crowd soon collected and plied the bearer with questions which he answered readily. In fact, he seemed glad to be plied with questions. He explained that mankind had been making a great mistake ever since the world began by eating, sleeping and drinking. These things, he added were utterly unnecessary to life and happiness. "Why," he exclaimed, "by the use of my revivifier man can live without food, drink, or sleep, just as the inhabitants of Mars and the planets in space do. We are of the earth earth. Instead we should be of the spirit spiritually. Now if there are any of you here who want to get out of the eating, sleeping and drinking habit, I can tell you—" "So can I tell you how to do it," broke in a hard-faced, muscular man in the crowd. "The answer is simple. Just get out of the living habit." Visitor Was Only Grateful A young man from the country was lazily ambling along a certain street in Washington, when he stopped in front of an engine house and looked in. "Have many fires here in Washington?" he inquired of a fireman standing at the door. "Quite a number," was the reply. "Have to go to all of 'ent'?" "Not unless they're in our district, or there's a general alarm." "Ever try to see how quick you can hitch up?" "Yes." At that instant there came an alarm. At the first stroke of the gong the men ran to their posts, the doors of the stalls opened, the horses ran out and were quickly hitched to the engine and hose-cart, and within a few seconds men, horses and apparatus were out of the door and speeding down the street. The young man watched the performance with undisguised admiration. "Well, I must say this is a derned obliging town!" exclaimed he. "There ain't many places where they'd go to all that trouble to show a stranger what they can do!" Dramatic Plea Ineffective While sitting in the lobby of a well-known hotel at Washington, largely patronized by southern men, one evening not long ago a correspondent overheard a story by a man who gave it to that pleasing cadence so characteristic of the southerner. It happened at a hearing, before a justice of the pence down in a Georgia town, of a negro who was charged with stealing chickens. The evidence was so much against him that, when the trial was concluded and the justice was about to render his decision, the defendant, uneasy at the prospect, felt it advisable to say something in his own behalf. "Judge," he exclaimed, "I hope de Lawd 'll strike me daid if I stole dem chickens!" The judge regarded the prisoner in half-amused silence for a minute or more and then said: "Since the Lord refused to inter fere, I must, Thirty days." Earth His Proper Sphere Congressman Parsons of New York was invited to join the party that ascended from Washington in the big racing balloon America, but before he could reply his quick-witted wife interjected the remark that he had been "up in the air" quite enough of late and that he would better remain or terra firma when he had a chance. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from simple native roots and herbs. For more than thirty years it has been helping women to be strong, regulating the functions perfectly and overcoming pain. It has also proved itself invaluable in preparing for child birth and the Change of Life. Mrs. A. M. Hagermann, of Bay Shore, L. I., writes:—Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—"I suffered from a displacement, excessive and painful functions so that I had to lie down or sit still most of the time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made me a well woman so that I am able to attend to my duties. I wish every suffering woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and see what relief it will give them." Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female illness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lydia E. Pinkham in advising. Therefore she is especially well qualified to guide sick women back to health. MAN OF DELICATE NERVES. Rosenthal, the Pianist, Made Much Trouble in Hotel. Rosenthal, the pianist, is one of those entitled to have his crankiness termed "the eccentricities of genius," says the San Francisco Chronicle. When he inspected his rooms at the Majestic upon his arrival very late the other night, he went softly to the adjoining doors, and placing his ears close to the cracks, exclaimed in broken English, "Zgodd, no sounds pass thees." After nodding his approval of the grand piano and the furniture he frowned at the tan-colored window shades. "Must be green." He was assured that a change would be made especially for him the next day. At five o'clock in the morning Rosenthal, clad only in his pajamas, came scurrying excitedly down stairs and into the office, where the drowsy night clerk was nodding at the desk. "Ze street cars! Noise! Must stopped! Nervous me! I cannot sleep." The clerk hurriedly sent for Manager Gustav Mann, and Mann spent two hours telling Rosenthal funny stories in German trying to divert his mind while the clerk was upstairs squaring the management for waking a guest on the Gough street side and ordering him to move at once to the Sutter street side as a gas pipe had burst under the floor and had to be repaired. FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA. Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep— Hands, Arms and Legs Affected —Cuticura Cured in 6 Days. "I had eczema nearly fifteen years. The affected parts were my hands, arms and legs. They were the worst in the winter time, and were always itchy, and I could not keep from scratching them. I had to keep both hands bandaged all the time, and at night I would have to scratch though the bandages as the itching was so severe, and at times I would have to tear everything off my hands to scratch the skin. I could not rest or sleep. I had several physicians treat me but they could not give me a permanent cure nor even could they stop the itching. After using the Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about six days the itching had ceased, and now the sores have disappeared, and I never felt better in my life than I do now. Edward Worell, Band 30th U. S. Infantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska." Coincident Inventions Almost at the same time two different inventors in different places have announced their success with electrical devices for seeing at a distance. They are J. B. Fowler and William H. Thompson. In Fowler's device four wires are required to accomplish the combined effect of distant vision and hearing. Details of the operation are withheld, however, on the plea of getting out a patent. Each inventor uses the name "Teleyeu." A Big Bargain for 12 Cents Postpaid. A Big Bargain for 12 Cents Postpaid. The year of 1966 was one of prodigial plenty on our seed farms. Never before did vegetable and farm seeds return such enormous yields. Now we wish to gain 200,000 new customers this year and hence offer for 12c postpaid Total ..... $1.00 All for 12c postpaid in order to introduce our warranted seeds, and if you will send 18c we will add one package of Bayer Earliest Caniflower, together with our curly plant and tool stock, vegetable and farm seed and tool tool. This catalog is mailed free to all intending purifiers. Write to day. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Crosse, Wis. Deserved Better Fate: Joseph Phillips, originator of the famous cling peach, the finest canning variety ever produced and the enricher of many orchardists, died in a hospital the other day at Yuba, Cal., a pauper. ```markdown ``` PE-RU-NA A MEDICAL COMPOUND In any medical compound as much depends upon the manner in which it is compounded as upon the ingredients used. First, there must be a due proportion of the ingredients. Each drug in the pharmacopeia has its special action. To combine any drug with other drugs that have slightly different action, the combination must be made with strict reference to the use for which the compound is intended. The drugs may be well selected as to their efficacy, but the compound ENTIRELY SPOILED BY THE PROPORTION in which they are combined. It takes years and years of experience to discover this proportion. There is no law of chemistry, of pharmacy, by which the exact balance of proportion can be determined. EXPERIENCE IS THE ONLY GUIDE. In compounding a catarrh remedy Dr. Hartman has had many years' experience. In the use of the various ingredients which compose the catarrh remedy, Peruna, he has learned, little by little, how to harmonize the action of each ingredient, how to combine them into a stable compound, how to arrange them into such nice proportions as to blend the taste, the operation and the chemical peculiarities of each several ingredient in order to produce a pharmaceutical product beyond the criticism of doctors, pharmacists or chemists. WE REPEAT, THAT AS MUCH DEPENDS ON THE WAY IN WHICH THE DRUGS ARE COMBINED AS DEPENDS UPON THE DRUGS THEMSELVES. The compound must present a stability which is not affected by changes of temperature, not affected by exposure to the air, not affected by age. It must be so combined that it will remain just the same whether used in the logging or mining camps of the northwest or the coffee plantations of the tropics. A complete list of the ingredients of Peruna would not enable any druggist or physician to reproduce Peruna. It is the skill and sagacity by which these ingredients are brought together that give Peruna much of its peculiar claims as an efficacious catarrh remedy. However much virtue each ingredient of Peruna may possess, the value of the compound depends largely upon the manner and proportion in which they are combined. The right ingredients, put together rightly, is the only way a medical compound can be made of real value. DO YOU SMOKE A PIPE? WHAT KIND OF TOBACCO DO YOU SMOKE? IF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED QBOID GRANULATED - PLUG - You have never gotten that solid comfort which a good "pipe smoke" should give a man. QBOID WILL NOT BITE THE TONGUE IT IS THE ORIGINAL OF THIS STYLE TOBACCO It has an elegant Aroma which no other pipe tobacco possesses, and its smooth, delightful flavor and free smoking qualities are the results of years of careful study and experimenting. 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, "postage paid," upon receipt of regular price—viz: Prices, 14 oz. tin box, 10c.; 34 oz. tin box, 20c.; 8 oz. tin box, 45c. and 16 oz. fancy tin box, 90c. Money refunded to any dissatisfied purchaser. Cut out this advertisement and send with money order or stamps. Write your name and address plainly, and address to LARUS & BRO. CO., Manufacturers, Richmond, Va. The best in the land is not always the most costly. KG BAKING POWDER 25 ounces for 25 cents is the purest and most efficient baking help in the country. It's a waste of money to pay more for baking powder not half so good! KC Baking Powder is made and guaranteed by Jaques Mfg. Co., Chicago. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. SKID FOR FREE ILLUSTRATIONS OF PROPERTY OF PRIVATE MONEY CURED DR3 THORNST AND MINOR 10:30 AM ST. KENNEDY CITY, MN 55105 ALL WOMEN SUFFER from the same physical disturbances, and the nature of their duties, in many cases, quickly drift them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, organic troubles, ulceration, falling and displacements, or perhaps irregularity or suppression causing backache, nervousness, irritability, and sleeplessness. Women everywhere should remember that the medicine that holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female ills is Over 200,000 American farmers who have set the past few years seas- fy to the fact that Canada is, beyond question, the greatest farming land in the world. OVER NNETY MILLION BUSHELS of wheat from the harvest of 1896 means good money to the farmers of Western Canada, the world has to be fed. Cattle Raising, Dairy-ing and Mixed Farming are also profitable callings and water in abundance; churches and schools convenient; markets easy of access. Taxes low. For advice and information address the Super-intendent of Agriculture, Ontario, Canada, or any authorized Canadian Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Nail Street, Kansas City, Missouri. READERS of this paper desiring to buy any- its columns should issue upon having what they ask for, refusing all substi- tutes or imitations. DEFIANCE STARCH never sticks to the truth. W. N. U., Kansas City, No. 13, 1907. ARE NOT CURIOUS WASHINGTON CITIZENS SHOW LACK OF INQUISITIVENESS. Leading Lights of the Nation Too Common at the Capital to Command More Than Passing Attention from Residents. Living in Washington is a man 99 years old who has passed nearly 80 years there and has never set foot, inside the capitol. At the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge, across the upper Potomac, is a woman past 80, who, living within half a mile of Washington all her life, has never been in Washington. The old Washingtonian, who is hale and intelligent, said when questioned that he'd never cared to go inside the capitol. There was no business calling him there. He'd always been perfectly willing to let the fools inside the capitol go their ways if they'd only let him alone. The old woman at the other end of the Aqueduct bridge observed in response to an interviewer's inquiries that she'd never crossed over to Washington because she'd never cared to. She'd always had enough work to do without gadding about. These two old persons fairly represent the lack of inquisiveness which is perhaps the strongest characteristic of the people who live in and around Washington. Washingtonians are probably the least curious people on earth. On New Year's day, when the president received the general public, the double line of people eager to grasp his hand curved in two directions out of the White House grounds and upon the streets till four or five o'clock in the afternoon, though the reception began at noon. Of the thousands in those two patient lines hardly any were Washingtonians. Washingtonians don't attend public receptions at the White House. The lines were made up of visitors who came here especially for the purpose and of folks residing here transiently. If, by dropping a cent in the slot, the average Washingtonian could be instantly whisked to the White House, there to receive the double mtt from the president, a "Deeledighted" or two, and a Hitle narrative about a bull moose or the art of hitting a timber wolf or a fawn in the left shoulder with an express bullet, it isn't in the least likely that the average Washingtonian would be attracted by the investment. This feature of Washington's characteristic indifference is a growth of comparatively recent years. Washingtonians did go to Mr. McKinley's public receptions in quite considerable numbers. They attended the public levees of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Cleveland, too, and they fairly swarmed through the east room when Mr. Arthur was president. But they have entirely remained away from these affairs at the White House in recent years. Washington folks don't flock to the capitol at all. The big people don't appear to interest them. Washingtonians are pretty close to the wires of government, and this may account for the lack of interest in the wire manipulators. A representative of congress is an almost inconsequential figure in Washington. A senator isn't so much either. Every day the vice president of the United States walks down Pennsylvania avenue from the capital, accompanied by some senator or other. The vice president is a very tall person—so tall as to make him an unusual figure, on account of his stature, and the silk hat atop of the stature, almost anywhere. But never a Washingtonian wheels around to gaze after the vice president. Hint for Vice President. A New York man visited the senate gallery in Washington and from his coign of vantage there had a good look at the vice president's carefully concealed bald head. On returning home he wrote to his congressman, saying: "If you have any influence with Mr. Fairbanks, for heaven's sake get him to cut off that sculpthock that he draps over the top of his head and admit that he is bald. The people will elect a bald headed man president sooner than they'll elect a man who tries to deceive them as to his baldness." Few Senators Hear Prayers. Attendance of prayers in the United States senate is not large, but it always includes Senators Platt and Depew, who usually sit together and withdrew before the business of the day begins. Sometimes there are only five or six who assemble to hear Dr. Hale's invocation. Upon a recent occasion there were seven, and a curious observer made a memorandum of their names. In addition to Platt and Depew there were Perkins of California, Smoot of Utah, Dick of Ohio, McCreary of Kentucky and Clark of Montana. Might Take a Chance. A coterie of Washington "cabbies" were waiting for their patrons after the show the other night. The numbers were being called out, and one by one the drivers hurried away with their fares. Finally but two remained, and then came the call for one of them. As he whipped up his horses he tanailizingly cried: "Come or along," and quick as a flash came the reply: "Ah, I might as well; my party is so cross-eyed he won't know his number anyhow." PUTNAM FADELESS DYES coet but 10 cents per package and color more goods faster and brighter colors. A friend in need usually needs all he can induce you to give up—and then some. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 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"I saw the rabbit coming through the air, and the next moment it appeared under my coat," said a man who was charged in an English police court with stealing a rabbit from a shop. Furthermore, he swore that that day he had taken only two glasses of beer. DURING THIS MONTH. Excellent Advice Which Our Readers Will Benefit By. Now is the time to get the rheumatic poisons and foul acids from the blood and system, states an eminent authority, who says that Rheumatism and Kidney trouble are caused by the blood, which often becomes sour from excessive acids, and also tells what to do to make it pure and healthy. Get from any good prescription pharmacy one-half ounce Fluid Extract Dandellon, one ounce Compound Kargon, three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Mix by shaking in a bottle and take a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. Just try this simple blood cleaner and tonic at the first sign of Rheumatism, or if your back aches or you feel that the Kidneys are not acting right. Any one can easily prepare this mixture at home. The Small Pharisee. A clergyman's daughter, before being put to bed, uttered this somewhat remarkable prayer: "And, dear Lord, this afternoon I saw out on the cold sidewalk a poor little girl, and she had no shoes or stockings on, and—and" (followed by a silence, as though the little mind were wrestling with the problem), she concluded: "but it's none of our business, is it, God?" BUTTON THEIR OWN WAISTS. New York Women Have Surmounted Great Obstacle. Marvelous as it may seem, New York women have lately discovered a way of fastening their waists up the back without calling for assistance. Thought not lacking in generosity, they became so tired of the outstretched palm of the chambermaids that they now feel that it is time to guard their pockets. The Gotham woman discovered that if she put her blouse on hind side before, with the sleeves hanging free, it could be fastened from top to bottom, with the exception of the hooks at the neck, and then turned around and the arms slipped into the sleeves without unduly straining the fastenings. So simple! So strange that no one had thought of it before. Or is it possible other women have used the plan and meanly kept it to themselves? Will the waist that buttons in the back now have a new lease of life? GOOD NATURED AGAIN. Good Humor Returns with Change to Proper Food. "For many years I was a constant sufferer from indigestion and nervousness amounting almost to prostration," writes a Montana man. "My blood was impoverished, the vision was bluemed and weak, with moving spots before my eyes. This was a steady daily condition. I grew ill-tempered, and eventually got so nervous I could not keep my books posted, nor hande accounts satisfactorily. I can't describe my sufferings. 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Of valuable 64 page illustrated need Medical Advice, describe and reply will be sent in plain Ladies Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga, Tenn. GLE BINDER TOBACCO NOT SO GOOD FRANK P. LEWIS, Poorie, Ill. Admirer of Tin Fen Smoker Package. The man who has made Lewis' Single Binder night Se Cigar famous among smokers throughout the West. WE COMPLETE YOUR HOME. With Everything in our Line uN Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, CHINAWARE, Etc. For Cash or on —— Payments . If you are thinking about making a pur- A chase it will be worth your while to come sé4jm a, 2-in and see us first. You can’t beatour goods fe cme J for reasonable prices, and terms made to (-=—4 Q 1 } suit. A large stock to select from. Three | | stores for your convenience. Rhodes, Haverty & Huppe Furniture Co. 611 Main Street | 1006-1008 East Eighteenth Street Kansas City, Kans. Store Home Phone, 4958 Main Home Phone 5077 Main | 612 Minnesota Ave. Home Phone 1073 West WASHINGTON, DO. C. NOTES. Moward University — Post-Graduate Corse and Polyclinic. The Mstory of the Medical Depart foent of Howard University has shown thar it is alive to the advaneed) pro: cress made In Medicine, Surgery and seotistry, ‘The fixed and definite poliey has been to make the school toe equal of the best in the country {to prepare graduates: for state tuard examinations, ‘The Jlunni, as s orale are doing well and reflect credit on their Alma Mater, Nothing snecoeds The suecess sto the school has prospered every Cos and advance is made in raising vodard and the curriculum Goo Instinetion has heen a sneeess the tiamber of matrientates has eased ‘hore were 288 registered 1 ion aT NOT the largest yin the history of the depart fy and most of the students are adiates of high) sehools oy ave au equivalent preliminary education. The Aiea) and Dental Colleges are in fii seeord with their respective Nu ‘ Assoeiations, and Howard Uni ¥ diplomas are recognized in ' tate and territory of the United T time has new come when our tates need the facilities and. in ction offered by a postgraduate ¢ und polyelinie, and the Medical #ooulty is ready to respond to thet hence it has been decided t tate @ Sehool of Post-Graduate (synetion in May and Jame, 1907 del we holieve that this new featur A very importint epoel fh tory of the school and attrac number of practitioners t the elves of the ample facil Wf the New Freedmen’s Hospital ie costing more than halt 1 dollars, is national in’ ehat and seope, and is destined ti ba comer of polyelinie education loreradnates attending th 5 of Medicine will increas h proportion as this Polyelini is 4 sttecess, Parent will naturall vost their children to study at selool where ample faellities are a forded in every branch of medica dental and pharmaceutic. instruction As Howard University Is the bes place for the colored professional ma or woman to specialize after thorough course of study, it is th place to send the children to prepay for their Mfe work, Howard University will then fh doing her whole duty—standing fé Wicher education along all lines fe those who desire such instruction ar carrying ont what was in the mind | tye man whom we all love and hon ‘he great founder of Howard U1 versity, General O. O, Howard. Night School. Seoretary Shadd contemplates re SS TE He AT ene AR ee cane eee ee Yi | Ree eee RN Sc eR Cae RS Le ee ee aS a MieeTy eons GET BUSY IF YOU WANT WORK! The Afro-American Employment | AGENCY | WILL GET YOU A JOB | We Make a Specialty of Securing Positions for Reli- | able Colored Men and Women | 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 transportatian is furnished | All calls given prompt attention. Reference: Missouri Savings Bank. We are bonded by the | Metropolitan Surety Co. | Office 1005 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo. tone Pion sain WEAVER, A. RIVERS. ommending to the Faculty that night instruction be given to these employ: ed during the day, provided the As. sociation of American Medical Cor leces will approve of his suggestion. President Thirkield and Dean Rey- burn consider it feasible and pust to the many bright young men and wo: men who have passed the Civil Ser- view and have positions in the De: partment at Washington, Many of these are well prepared for profes: sional studies, ‘The matter will be definitely settled at the meeting which will be held in the City May 6 107, As a large number of persons Were refused admission ast October, Seeretary Shadd desires the names of all who wish to matrienlate this Oc: tober so that he may have data upon which to prediet his tequest that Howard University be allowed to add this feature to the cnrrientum, With a Post Graduate Course and Polyelinie, a five year's course for hight elasses and Quiz Corps to pre pare graduates for State Board) Ex aminations, Howard) University will take first rank as a place for higher education ‘Mr. Edward Baker, Jr. ts collector for the Rising Son, Please pay him your subseription and tell him where he can get «a new subseription, Now don’t give him the same old song that you stopped the paper six months ago oy ordered it stopped, AML Nexroes who don't desire this paper please notify this office 780M. and 780.G. Don't wait unril onr ent. lector comes around, ‘This paper ts oing to the front by the good loyal Negroes who want an enterprisiy Negro Journal, ‘This paper cannot exist on air and news, We notst have the money, Please take notive, Beginning with April the Ist this paper is going to give x diamond ving to the solicitor who can bring In the greatest number of subseribers. A free ticket to the Jamestown Exposi- tion to the subseriber who gets the lucky number, A gold wateh to the next highest number. ‘A $2.000 RALLY... The following business and pro- fessional men of Kansas City have vignified their willingness to assist the ¥. M,C. A. in raising $2,000 by the first of June as a building fund, ‘That the publie may know who Is in: terested in this effort we will print tne names and the amounts paid in cash and pledged to be patd by June ‘first, The ministers, physicians, teach ‘ers, barbers, mail carriers, postoffice [emplorees, hotel men, police and fire |men. | Executive Board Y. M,C. Av Bd ward Ross, James A, Lee, John Hun vord, D.C. Kirby, Tames Ford, J, W ‘‘aherts. [Image of a woman with a white headscarf and dark hair, looking to the right.] REV. GEO. T. MOSBY. Pastor Second Baptist Church, Lee's Summit, Mo. He has been a resident of Kansas and Missouri for 27 years. His first charge was at the Second Baptist Church, Lebanon, Mo., eight years ago, and carried on a great work at that church. He was called from that place to Bethel Baptist church, Kansas City, Mo. During his five years pastorate of Bethel Church he was also serving as pastor of Lee's Summit at the same time, doing a successful work at Lee's Summit. Rev. Mosby believes in two sides of religion, the spiritual and business. During his career as pastor he also organized what is known as Mosby Cooperative Grocery company, and he is at present the president and founder of the Citizens Mercantile Grocery Co. of Missouri with capital stock of $15,000. Mr. Mosby is doing a great work along this line. DR. THEODORE SMITH, A Leading Exponent of the Negro as a Factor in the Commercial Theo Smith, the operator of three drug stores, has three men in his employ, paying them not less than $50 per month. Besides employing two delivery boys, he is paying over $1,800 a year for rent. He is the only negro in the United States operating three drug stores. He is paying more money for help than the highest paid Negroes of this city receives for salary. He came to Kansas City five years ago to work in the Eureka Drug store, and now he is operating three stores of his own. Mr. Smith contemplates running a summer garden and he also intends to renovate his Twelth street drug store. He is installing up-to-date cash registers in all of his places. Mr. Smith writes his checks freely to charitable institutions, and is always willing to give his support to anything that will benefit the race. Is such a man, who is contributing so much valuable aid to his race worth keeping in this community, or shall we allow a few jealous, bias, hungry physicians to drive him out of town. One of the most important things which has enable Dr. Smith to maintain his position in the community against the strong opposition of certain physicians is his valuable knowledge of various medicines. He has a knowledge of over 142 formulas and is constantly putting them on the market. It is through this information and long experience in the drug business which has enabled him to get by. It matters not what is your complaint. If it can be cured by drugs, Dr. Smith can reach your case by selecting from his large store of private formulas, a formula that will cure your particular case. In the last 18 months he has cured over 236 persons and has written testimonials to that effect. He has sent his preparations as far east as New York, and as far west as California, and as far south as North Carolina. Mr. Smith has been and is doing an extensive business ever since the negro physicians held a meeting and decided to boycott his store. The public has not been aware of what this genius has been doing but later on you will see more of his work showing to the Negroes that he is a great Negro leader in the commercial world and that he has made good. Here is one of his prescriptions for the rheumatism: Potassi lodidi zi Sodii Sol zi Tongaline zi Smith anagesic Co qs zi M—Sig—zi—tid After meals If you should have this prescription filled at any one of his stores it will cost you 75 cents and if it should fail to cure you, he will refund you your money. Come around and try some of his prescriptions. 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 enterprising 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. J. B. LESTER. One of Kansas City's Most Prominent and Aggressive Business Men. The subject of this sketch, Mr. J. B. Lester, is a native of Tennessee, but later moved to Iowa where he was reared. He attended the public schools in that state and on becoming age became interested in several kinds of THE MEMORIAL business. He is a self-made man of rare ability. One who has traveled from coast to coast and has been in every state in the Union except five. Coming to Kansas City about seven years ago he entered the business arena and proved a success. He is a married man with a happy family. Mr. Lester became engaged in the barber business, opened up a place at 557 Grand avenue. He has always been a promoter of things that are a benefit to his race. During the six years of his business career Mr. Lester has succeeded in acquiring a shop containing four elegant barber chairs, three new pool tables and four modern bath tubs. His shop is an up-to-date place, being patronized by a class of Negroes who believe in assisting their race in business. Mr. Lester shows his progressive spirit by the accumulation of property and becoming a member of several lodges. He has two nice homes and lots at 581-583 Tracy. He also owns two houses and four lots in Little Rock, Ark. His properties is valued at $10,000,00. He has lately acquired a fine horse and buggy. Mr. Lester represents the intelligent type of Negro, patient, calm and progressive. Being of the conservative class he should receive the endorsement and encouragement of his race. NEGRO'S EXHIBIT, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Prof. W. E. B. Dubois is to prepare an exhibit along educational and sociological lines. He is in hearty sympathy with the exposition idea, and realizes that in a large measure the Negro is on trial to show cause why he should not be convicted of incapacity to absorb the virus of civilization. Prof. Dubois is of the opinion that whatever may be the private notion of individuals as to the policy of separation, it is now the bounded duty of every Negro to come forward as a witness for the defense. Assurance has been given that several of the most notable of the painting of Henry O. Tanner, which made him famous, will be on exhibition in the art department of the Negro exhibit at Jamestown. One, now in the possession of the Wannamaker family, of Philadelphia, and for which a round sum was paid, has been loaned to the exposition company for the occasion. Mrs. A. M. Curtis, fiscal agent, went to Boston this week to confer with Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., and Mayor Fitzgerald and to conclude arrangements for the transfer of the Crispus Attucks monument on Boston Common to the Exposition grounds at Jamestown. The use of the historic statue of the famous Revolutionary patriot was granted largely upon the recommendation of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and it will occupy a conspicuous place in front of the $40,000 Negro building. Armstrong Manual Training School, the finest example the race has in America, of the city idea of industrial education, will have an imposing exhibit, planned by Principal W. Bruce Evans. The devices and mechanical inventions by Mr. Arthur C. Newman are among the many striking features. They are simply wonderful and must be seen in operation to be properly appreciated. There is now enough material in sight to fill the Negro building from cellar to garret, but a quality, rather than quantity, is the desideratum, the character of exhibits must, of necessity, undergo the most rigid scrutiny, to see that they are up to the standard. Exhibits of the Negro's highest capabilities will be welcomed to the last, and space will be cheerfully accorded all such articles. The Negro Exhibit will occupy six acres of the Exposition grounds, and will have several structures for the use of concessionaires, besides the $40,000 main building. Requests for concessions are constantly coming in, and contracts will be entered into at an early date. The press of the country is practically a unit for the exhibit, and enlightened public sentiment fully justifies the policy of placing our exhibits in a separate building—it to "Jim crow" the race, as the irreverent and thoughtless may assert—but to make sure that the race gets the credit due it for its skill and constructive genius. HENRY M. BEARDSLEY 6 THE WORLD'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN A great friend of the Negro Race and one who is not afraid to appoint a Negro to office. It is expected that he will fill one or more places with Colored men during the mid-year appointments. His one year in office HON. J. F. COLE, A Prominent Mason. A negro who has held several dis WILLIAM T. WASHINGTON. Editor-in-Chief Rising Sun. Great church worked, prominent MR. L. R. SPRINGER, THE PROP RIETOR OF THE SADDLE ROCK OYSTER PARLOR AT NO. 709 WYANDOTTE ST., IS A YOUNG MAN TO BE COMPLIMENTED ON HIS SUCCESS AND BUSINESS ABILITY. HE HAS TRAVELED FROM ONE END OF THIS COUN TRY TO THE OTHER, AND HAS SEVERAL TRADES IN WHICH HE CAN EASILY EARN A GOOD LIV ING IN EITHER ONE HE MAY CHOOSE TO WORK AT, IN THE --- has proved a great success because of his many accomplishments for Kansas City, among which was the bringing of the natural gas to our city. He is terminating the new Union Depot conference. These things among many other projects beneficial to our city will insure him a renomination and re-election. May this city increase its prosperity and wealth under his aide administration. 6 tinguished political positions, in this city, once a member of the executive staff of this paper and at present an employee of the mail service. THE BOSTON EDITOR politician and eloquent orator, who is making this paper the leading Negro Journal of the west. NEAR FUTURE HE WILL HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST CAFES FOR COLORED PEOPLE IN THE GREAT WEST. WE ARE GLAD TO SAY THAT KANSAS CITY'S COLORED POPULATION IS PROUD OF HER YOUNG MEN OF ABILITY, AND GIVES THEM CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY CAN DO. GIVE MR. SPRINGER A CALL AND TRY ONE OF HIS MEALS, THEY ARE FIRST.CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. --- 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 quality and as soon as it reaches the 10,000 mark we will change it in daily. Go on, Rising Son, keep on Rising! EDWARD ROSS. President V. M. C. A. The subject of this sketch, M. Ross, has lived in Kansas City for 26 years. He has been connected with the Second Baptist church during his entire life in this community, doing great work for the church. He has been identified with every race enterprise tending toward the uplift of the race. At present his steady and sincere work in the Y. M. C. A. is attracting great attention T. because of his splendid progress Mr. Ross took charge of the Y. M. C. A. when it had completely gone to almost failure. Prof. Starnes was the original organizer, but it was left to Mr. Ross to follow him and slowly build the institution on a stronger basis. At present his great work is continued to a $2,000 convass. Mr. Ross well deserves the hearty cooperation of his face. His work is an open book, even onward to make good Christians and citizens out of our young men. This is his great aim in life. He intends to build a large construction and to have a more complete outfit for the Y. M. C. A. 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 to years ago the Negro property owners of Kansas City, Mo., could be counted upon your fittune 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 homes 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, 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 concentrate our patronage to our Negro business enterprises so they will be 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 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 showing 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. He was born in East Tennessee. He attended the public schools of Nashville, Tenn., and graduated from the collegiate department of Fisk University in 1901, with representative honors. He was very prominent in athletics, upholding his institution on the gridiron. Mr. Calloway received his law training at the University of Minnesota, taking the entire course in three years. He entered the law of Wm. R. Morris, a prominent member of the Minnesota bar as his understudy. Mr. Calloway was a member of the Kent Literary Society of that institution, and he assisted his society in administering crushing defeats to a number of other societies of the university in debate. Mr. Calloway came to Kansas City two years ago, almost a stranger, but by perseverance and determination made some sturchn friends. He is building up a piece law practice. Mr. Calloway has taken quite a prominent part in various public affairs of the city. He is past chancellor in the Pythian Lodge and the Grand Attorney for the U. B. F. lodge in the state of Missouri. He was recently honored by the governor of the state as a notary public. Mr. Calloway with his pleas, manner will continue to make many friends in the city. LOCALS The splendid work of F. J. Weaver and A. Rivers of the "Afro American Employment Agency" is perceptibly seen in their securing of various jobs for unemployed Negroes. 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 rio 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 shave 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 abused—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. 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 Ato American Realty company is a good demonstration of that. And many other concerns can be cited. Remember that H. C. Johnson is in the Negro tombstone inngraver and can sell you tombstones cheap. From $6 and up. Give him a trial Office with Countee Brothers. 914 E. 12 h st. Both Phones 780 grand and midday. The Y. M. C. A. meets every Sunday afternoon 4 o'clock at their hall, 1542 E. 48th street. Mr. Ed. Ross President. Uncea Domestic Hand Laundry Co., has opened up a splendid place at 2112 2114 E. 18th St. M. C. Jones is the manager.