The Rising Son

Rising Sun It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for It Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME XII. KANSAS CITY, MO.. SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 1907. NU M. MR. J. E. MOORELAND. The Y. M. C. A. was favored with a speech from one of those rare geniuses, who are only productive from the soil. Mr. J. E. Mooreland, International Secretary of Y. M. C. A. held his large audience spellbound Sunday with one of his brilliant addresses. His work in that field has been marked by a harmonius and a steady increase in the number of the association. His work in Kansas City has been greatly felt. Mr. Mooreland will be with us again. A WAY LATE MIDNIGHT STAG. In Honor of Mr. Barahi of St. Joseph There was a stag party given at the home of Arthur Pullam, 2424 Flora. The guest was treated to one of those celebrated and most famous Chop Suey suppers, accompanied by the necessary refreshment. Everybody had a good time, jokes being told by all men present. The men present were Messers Wm. Baker, Howard Riley, Hardy Watts, Eff. Fields, Wm. Houston, Thomas McCampbell, Eddie Roberts, J. Darahl, St. Joseph, Mo., and Wm. T. Washington. The joke was on Mr. Hardy Watts and Mr. Wm. Baker was appointed special guardian over the gentleman so that he could have his rug shook. The automobile story was very interesting told by Mr. Darahl. Mr. Pullam officiated as Host. 25 YEARS IN THE MINISTRY AND SERVED SEVEN CHARGES. Please allow space to speak of a clear-cut minister, Rev. A. A. Gilbert, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal church at Lexington, Mo., who for 25 years has served his people from two to five years and in no case have the people been willing to give him up; the present charge puts all men to wonder. This church was organized in 1869 and there never was a minister that served but three years in Lexington but the chief of all pastors A. A. Gilbert is now winding up his fifth year and the entire congregation wants him returned for five years more, but this contrary to the law of the church he must go. At St. Louis in 1904 Rev. Gilbert was elected to the general conference on the first ballot, his true friendship to his brother ministers who have not been so successful as himself goes to say that he will be elected on the first ballot October, 1907. He forms no combinations but goes out on his merits knowing that the men who have the voting to do will always stand for him that treats all men as they desire to be treated. PRESIDENT WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS IN TOWN. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams of Chicago and President of the Black Diamond Gas Company in company with Mr. J. W. Lingren, assistant to his private secretary, paid the Rising Son office a visit. They are en route to Chanute to look after some matters of the gas belts down in Chanute, Kas, and other parts of Southwestern Kansas. Dr. William reports the gas belt of this section to be in fine condition. Dr. Williams leaves at 4:15 over the Southeastern for Chanute. KANSAS CITY, MO., SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 1907. PROCLAMATION NO.1. The recent session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, held in the City of Fayette, was another demonstration of the progress of Pythianism. The minutes of that session have been printed and distributed to the various lodges, and I urge the members to read them carefully and note the important changes made in our laws. The coming Grand Lodge session to be held in the City of Sedalia, including the State Encampment in July, 1908, must be made a grander success than any meeting we have ever held. The indications point to a splendid meeting in Sedalia next year, and all Uniform Companies are warned to look out for their laurels. Toussaint Company No. 8 of Joplin, through her commander, serves notice on all Companies in the State that they will be there to compete for the honors. The meeting of the Supreme Lodge, held in the city of Louisville, Ky., September 3 to 7, inclusive, was a surprise to the veterans who have been in the work of Pythianism since its foundation. Never before in the history of our race has a more inspiring demonstration of the wonderful progress of our people been made. It was a demonstration that brought words of praise from the tongue and pen of such eminent men as Booker T. Washington and Henry W. Watterson. Washington, the founder of that industrial system of training which is destined to be the cornerstone in the foundation of the future commercial greatness of our people, and Watterson, that matchless journalist and authority on public questions of the day. In an editorial of the Louisville Courier-Journal, published during the Supreme Lodge meeting just closed, Mr. Watterson says: "The colored Knights of Pythias of the world in session here this week, have made an altogether excellent impression. The orderly method in which they have conducted their business, the gentlemanly manner in which they have borne themselves, and the exceedingly creditable appearance they presented in their parade, have elicited general comment and commendation. It is a pleasure to note such evidences of progress on the part of their race, and the Courier-Journal is glad thus to voice the good will of the city towards them." Booker T. Washington made a special trip from New York City to Louisville to address the Knights of Pythias, and his address was one of his most masterly efforts. Among the many encouraging things said in his address I give the following: "I have faith in what your organization is striving to do. I congratulate you on what you have done, and I bid you Godspeed in your efforts in the future, all of which I hope are constantly to be directed toward the betterment of your fellow man. Not a man have I seen in this vast crowd of people who showed any signs of intoxication. I say this, bearing in mind that I am in Kentucky and the city of Louisville. I challenge any race on the face of the globe to bring together such a crowd as is assembled here with more signs and evidence of genuine soberness." Supreme Chancellor Starks, who stands next to Washington as a leader of his race, said in his Biennial Report: "We have learned to organize and unite. We have proved that we are capable of self-government. Our business is done in a business way. We are surely rising to a position which in itself commands the respect of men. The problems of our race must be solved by plain, practical, foundational work such as we are doing. Two years hence we will again come up from our various jurisdictions bearing greater sheaves than before, our race and Order having the credit and God the glory." The next session of the Supreme Lodge will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1909, thanks to the able efforts of the following stalwart Pythians of Missouri, who would not cease their labors until victory crowned their well-fought battle: C. K. Robinson, Supreme K. of R. and S.; Dr. T. A. Curtis, Supreme Rep.; J. P. Maynard, P. G. C.; B. J. Carruthers, Inspector General; Chas H. Brown, Sup. Rep.; W. M. Johnson, Sup. Rep.; A. W. Lloyd, Supreme Rep.; B. E. Watkins, Captain of Mumford Company No. 12, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. D. W. Scott, P. G. C.; Hon. Nelson C. Crews, P. C., Kansas City, Mo.; W. W. Plumb, Topeka, Kas.; W. A. Gunnell, G. K. of R. and A.; William H. Robinson, Brigadier General of Missouri, and Colonel William H. Butler, First Regiment K. P., of Missouri, and many others whose names space will not permit me to mention here. Now, brethren, with all this to encourage us, let us start the work RIGHT NOW, and make preparations to hold up the standard of Missouri Pythians above all others. "Coming events cast their shadows before," so let us make the coming Grand Lodge meeting and State Encampment in Sedalia in 1908 the shadow of that mighty host of the Supreme Lodge that is to assemble in Kansas City, Mo., in 1909. It was said by Past Brigadier General R. C. Carter not long ago, that "a bird that could not fly fast must start early." So let us start early in order to give our slow-flying Pythian birds a good chance, and no excuse for not being ready. It is my earnest wish that all Uniform Companies give the State Encampment serious consideration and inform me as soon as possible of their intention to be present in Sedalia in order that the local committee may have a definite basis to work on. Given under my hand and seal of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Missouri, Jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., this 16th day of September, 1907. MARVELLOUS PROGRESS OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF MISSOURI. Missouri, held progress of Pythiai printed and distri tion and care them well in the City must be made the indications pe form Companies No. 8 of Joplin in the State that in the city of the veterans Never before of the wonder that brought we as Booker T. W order of that ind stone in the four and Watterson, of the day. In the Supreme world in session The orderly man remainly manner recredible appear comment and comment on the par the good will from New York is address was o things said in striving to do. Good speed in you be directed toward seen in this vast way this bearing I challenge as and as is assem- next to Washington We have prove done in a business commands to plain, practice we will again aves than before will be held in of the following labor until we remore K. of W. C.; B. J. Carruth Johnson, Sup. Rep. umfam Company. Nelson C. Crew W. A. Gunnell, C. Missouri, and G many other Now, brethren, and now, and make as above all of make the coming 1908 the shadow in Kansas City cutter not long ago let us start care and no exc form Companies me as soon order that the L I Lodge Knight Lodge N. A., S. A. W. LLOYD, Grand AL. KNIGHTS OF N 2007. BEAUTY CONTEST IS ON Everybody who takes the Rising Son and who wishes to enter some name or vote for the names which have already been sent in, cut out the coupon in the paper and send it to 914 E. 12th. You can vote as many times as you buy the papers and cut out the coupons. Let everybody take an interest in this contest. Let the names of every beautiful or good looking woman be sent in. If she is married put her in the married column, and if she is single put her in the single ladies column. If you are not a subscriber buy the paper at any one of Smith's Drug Stores. THE NAMES OF THE MARRIED WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ENTERED IN THE BEAUTY CON- TEST: MESDAMES. Minnie James. 285 Anna Mickles. 283 W. H. Hubbel. 284 Minnie Crosswaite. 287 Maggie Clay. 231 T. C. Chapman. 281 Frankie Givens. 281 Bessie Conway. 241 B. C. Miller. 183 Jno. Lang. 286 Harvey Wells. 240 Alvin Jordon. 189 Olivia Page. 191 Alrjan Smith. 46 James Hill. 173 Burt Hill. 78 Lester Davis. 172 Fidelia Mitchell. 183 Pete Campbell. 189 Alberta Thompkins. 231 Ida Field. 161 E. Martin. 181 J. N. Birch. 242 Fannie Morton. 167 Pearl Riley. 166 Bertie Kennedy. 203 Pearl Webster. 131 Jno. Rone. 191 J. S. Harris. 182 Bertie Wheeler Kennedy. 208 Hezekiah Walden. 183 Francis Jackson. 121 Katie Kennedy. 209 F. J. Peck. 222 Leona Redman. 241 Lena Jordon. 233 Laura Johnson. 83 Sallie Jordon. 261 Josephine Finney. 269 Lilly Savington. 82 Fannie Moss. 117 Dorothy Harris. 270 B. B. Francis. 109 Arthur Pullman. 272 C. Randolph (Kansas). 167 Frank Walker. 209 B. Henderson. 142 Katie T. McCampbell. 271 Martha Mosley. 184 Luella Reeves. 41 F. J. Weaver. 240 Lena Bruce. 260 Ada Thayers. 81 Hattie Adams. 245 Bessie Abrams. 233 Lilly Williams. 235 E. B. Ramsey. 230 Bertie Addison. 88 O. Taylor. 67 J. E. Perry. 172 Stella Ross. 188 Clara Walden. 175 Dan Willis. 190 Annais Garrett. 206 Dora Fisher. 95 Ella Hackley. 36 G. W. K. Love. 167 Mme D. Vincent. 163 Viola Ford. 91 M. Green. 164 Robert Riley. 221 Jas. Carpenter. 124 Benj Darden. 53 Erma Ford. 87 THE NAMES OF THE SINGLE LA DIES WHO HAVE BEEN ENTERED IN THE CONTEST: Beauty Contest Coupon as the most beautiful lady of Kansas City. THE WOMEN'S LEAGUE ENTER TAINMENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. Mrs. L. McCampbell spared no pains to make last Thursday's entertainment one to be enjoyed by the attendants. There was a large crowd present. There were several very hot contests to decide who the most beautiful ladies were. Among some of the ladies who sold for very high prices were Mrs. Frankie Givens sold for $180; Miss Katie Wright sold for $165, and several others such as Misses Bessie Patterson, Emma Collins, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Arthur Pullam, Miss Bertha Willoughby. Some of the men who bought these flowers were Mr. N. C. Washington, Mr. Lorenzo Hines, Mr. F. C. Mallone and Mr. W. T. Washington, who bought three of the beautiful flowers that were raffled. On a whole the entertainment was a great success. BEAUTY CONTEST. Notice—All who have names to enter in the beauty contest, please send them in. Those who desire to buy coupons can get them at the office of the Rising Son. Coupons can be bought from the paper. Everybody should take an interest in this contest. Some must win the prizes which have been offered. Buy your photo post cards of Eugene Vaughn, the stenographer. Sole agent in the West. See him and set your business before the public. Sold by Smith's Drug Store, 1301 East 18th St., and Carpenter & Watson's Confectionery, 1519 E. 12th Street. Orders taken over phone B 4821 Main—Home; M 6236 Residence; Quindaro, Kas. Office at 1005 McGee. Watch! Watch the Fairbanks sentiment grow in Missouri. There is a wheel-borse sitting in the saddle of the state committee now. Watch Missouri's war horse run! NUMBER 4 KANSAS CITY REGRETS THE LEAVING OF MR. C. N. BLACK, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE METROPOLITAN STREET BAN WAY, CO Of all the public servants who have contributed any amount of good to the Metropolis of the West, Kansas City, Mo., Mr. C. N. Black, general manager of the Metropolitan Street Railway, has done a great deal of good from the very incipient beginning. As the general manager of the company his work has been marked by a high degree of ability, strenuosity, original ideas, and a great deal of human genius which is found only in nature's own rich inheritances. The Kansas City spirit certainly made itself felt in his mind. He has left an impression upon this city which cannot be shaken by his sudden departure to San Francisco, but we are very, very glad in Mr. C. Fritts they have chosen another capable general manager of that company. And we are glad that he is able to take hold of that complicated system as one who has been familiar with its works. Mr. Fritts, 12 years ago, was assistant electrician at the old building on 12th and Charlotte, and he is at present occupying the position of general manager in place of Mr. C. N. Black. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The Sunday afternoon meetings of the Y. M. C. A. are growing more popular each Sunday. All men are welcome. J. E. Moorland, International Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, is in the city again for a short time. He will address the meeting Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This meeting will be held in the large well-ventilated auditorium of the new Lincoln High School, 19th and Tracey. This is expected to be one of the largest men's meetings ever held in the city. The membership campaign is now in full swing. One Bible class has been organized and are using the International Committee's Bible Outline No. 1, by Goodman. Meets Tuesday, 8 p. m. Night school opens in October. WHERE TO BUY PAPERS FOR THE BEAUTY, CONTEST We have received many phone calls from people who wish to secure papers to get the coupons for voting in the beauty contest. For their special benefit we wish to state that you can order them from our office or secure them from any one of Smith's three drug stores, or from McCampbell & Houston's drug store. PICTURES OF THE LADIES IN THE BEAUTY CONTEST. Beginning with next week we will run one picture a week of each of the leading ladies. Beginning with the 15th of October all the coupons will be given over to Prof. G. N. Grisham, chairman of the adjusting committee. Send in and buy more papers. Address, 914 E. 12th street. After 15th of October Prof. Grisham will answer all questions concerning the beauty contest. For people with references, neatly furnished rooms, bath, gas, telephone and use of gas stove. Meals served all hours of the day. 1114 vine street, cell phone East 2822 X. HER PROPOSAL "Now, Prof. Lewis, if you should observe a practical development of your ideas you would repudiate them immediately." The speaker was a lively girl enjoying her summer vacation among the hills of southern New Hampshire, having obtained quarters at a rambling old farm house originally built for a large family, with several extensions annexed afterward, readily accommodating as many guests as a small hotel; and noted among the summer idlers for sociability and freedom, the same choice spirits going there to rusticate year after year, some special interposition of providence being necessary to admit a new member. This, however, was Lillie Burton's first season, her special providence being an aunt who had been identified with the patronage of the house from its first opening to the summer boarder. conscience, rat her remark, estly convince man would me band than any in my esti so." Lillie tossed which she was she said, while fun, though a glowed in her days of mutt must have now est in you. depth of my f you are the c and I know only one I e the sustaining netic nature I be wofully inc void of bright When acquaintance became established and her qualities understood, she was an evident favorite with the men, meeting them on the common ground of good fellowship, but evincing no desire for an exchange of attention, the result being that they often failed to observe an empty chair beside the season's beauty if a place remained vacant near the "Bronze Lillie," all but Prof. Lewis, who continued to bestow his attentions with the same impartiality for which he was noted, it being the merest of chance happenings that now left him in her society for an uninterrupted hour. A very conservative man on most points, he was radical to an extreme where it might least have been expected, believing thoroughly in woman's emancipation, in the broadest sense of that abused term, a statement of these views having elicited Lillie's remark. "In spite of your opinion, he continued, 'I will venture to repeat my statement, 'that I consider women entitled to all the rights and privileges enjoyed by men, so far as she is mentally and physically capable of exercising them, and you know it is my belief that there will be little difference in the development of the sexes when given equal opportunities." His companion laughed. "You are not quite honest in what you say. If you were, you would have offered me a cigar when you lighted yours." He was not to be disconcerted by small points. "You will pardon my apparent neglect, I am sure, and possibly you may recognize the force of my qualification concerning capacity for enjoyment." He extended his cigar case, and she took one, biting the end with an elaborate travesty of his movements a moment before. Accepting the offered light, she leaned back against the trunk of the tree and resumed the conversation in a mocking toxe. "How much more sociable it is to have common interests and pleasures." Prof. Lewis was highly amused, and anticipated some fun presently, when the nicotine got in its work, but she was not to be caught that way, merely smoking enough to keep her light, and continuing the conversation vivaciously. "I am pleased to observe your readiness to take a hint. Your admiration of my feminine grace and beauty, as exhibited in the present enjoyment of equal rights and privileges, is also very evident." "The audacity of your assumption of grace and beauty is noteworthy and your adaptability is wonderfully charming. I trust the enjoyment is genuine?" He faced she must begin to feel the effect of the drug, but she ignored the thrust and continued her remarks. "On another point your argument is notably insincere. Equality between the sexes you doubtless forget includes liberty for women to enter one field where every man will practically seek to discourage her, whatever theories he may hold in regard to her emancipation. Fancy her exercising a right to propose marriage when the favorable opportunity arrives, or even going a step further and seeking the object of desire by weeks and months of assiduous effort. Would that meet your approval?" He was silent for a moment, and she anticipated her supposed triumph. "Does such a prospect appeal to you?" Looking at her from under half-closed lids, he admired the air of saney repose with which she regarded his supposed discomfiture. "Even from improbable extremes I do not retreat," he said slowly. "Am I to understand that you would approve such a course?" She nonchallantly watched a wreath of smoke curl upward, in imitation of his preoccupied manner of a moment previous. "As much of the results of marriage are more important to woman than to man, so much more readily that position ought to be maintained." He spoke reflectively, as though the full weight of the consideration had never occurred to him before. "Make it a personal matter, professor, and you can more fully appreciate it," she said in a languidly judicial manner. "Fancy yourself the recipient of a proposal of marriage. How it would elevate the woman in your estimation!" His manner grew abstracted and meditative, and his reply seemed in the nature of an assurance to his own conscience, rather than an answer to her remark. "The girl who was honestly convinced that some particular man would make her a better husband than any other, would not suffer in my estimation by telling him so." Lillie tossed away the cigar with which she was toying. "Prof. Lewis," she said, while her eyes sparkled with fun, though a deeper color than usual glowed in her cheeks, "during these days of mutual companionship you must have noticed my growing interest in you. I have not realized the depth of my feeling until recently, but you are the only man I ever loved, and I know now that you are the only one I ever can love. Without the sustaining influence of my magnetic nature I feel that my life will be wofully incomplete and utterly devoid of brightness. Can you find in your heart to return some measure of my affection? Will you be my husband?" "This is so sudden—so unexpected," murmured the professor, while Lillie Burton laughed in wicked enjoyment. "My heart beats responsively," he continued. "I think—that is, I—feel—yes, Lillie, I—1 do love you. I—1 will." He tried hard to blush, but was not equal to such an unusual effort. There was a short silence, then Lillie said abruptly: "It is growing cold out here. I believe I'll go in." Prof. Lewis reviewed the situation rapidly during the short walk to the house. He thoroughly appreciated the joke, but felt a possible undertone of seriousness in the matter. If so, what then? It could not be his wealth was attractive, for Lillie's was far greater. He admitted to himself that he liked the girl very much. Further, M. W. H. "I Will Venture to Repeat My Statement." more, he would not be bluffed. He would chance the fortune of a jest, learn if it held his fate disguised in pleasantry and test the spirit of his companion by a word in earnest, so he laid a detaining hand on her arm as they reached the plaza and said: "Lilie, I am serious in my jesting." She looked bravely in his eyes to assure, and be assured, of truth, while the color rose to her face and glowed redly through the summer tan, as she said, slowly: "If you are in earnest, then I will—I will be, too." She snatched away the hand he had taken, and slipping through the door, ran up stairs to her room. The professor sauntered along the piazza until he reached a convenient settee, on which he stretched himself and gave his thoughts to reflection. On the whole he was quite pleased, and the more he thought of Lillie the better satisfied he became. She was a charming girl and no mistake. Always sympathetic and invariably good-natured. He had noticed it. Yes, it was really worth while to give up his bachelor freedom for such a girl. Yes, he was—glad—to—do—it, and by that time he was asleep. They have a daughter now, in her 'teens, who is sometimes puzzled by their remarks to each other. "Lillie," the professor will say to his wife, "there is one thing about which I have never felt certain. Were you in earnest when you proposed?" To which she replies: "Have you ever regretted the proposition?" "I insinuated nothing of the kind." "Then don't ask foolish questions." And again sometimes it is she who observes: "It seems to me that you don't argue as strongly in favor of woman's emancipation as you did formerly." Then he endeavors to extinguish her by asking: "Would you desire Maude to obtain a husband through such methods as her mother employed?" But she has the last word: "I should trust in that case her judgment would prove superior to her mother's." The woman who ascribes her longevity—she lived to be 107 years old—to her habit of eating onions certainly has strong reasons for her belief. IS A CITY OF BEAUTY. Americans May Well Be Proud of National Capital. The original plans for the national capital, as approved by Washington and Jefferson, provided for a system of streets running east and west and north and south. These streets were cut at irregular angles by two systems of avenues, which radiated like the spokes of a wheel from the president's house and the capitol. The east-and-west streets were named for the letters of the alphabet from "A" to "W." A peculiarity of the system is that there is no "J" street. This was because few fonts of type made a distinction between capital "I" and capital "J" until 1818, and these streets were named before the dawn of the nineteenth century. The long avenues cross the streets and each other at angles which confuse the stranger, but at each crossing there is a little park or patch of green to relieve the monotony of a desert of asphalt. Where two or three avenues are gathered together there is a circle or a square, usually ornamented by a statue, and always with grass and flowers and trees. There are 275 of these little parks less than one acre in extent, and 26 others that are more than an acre in size. There are also ten large parks in the central portion of the city, the largest being the Mall, reaching from the Botanical gardens at the foot of Capitol hill to the monument, a distance of three-fourths of a mile. The crowning glory of Washington's park system is Rock Creek park and the Zoological park, which are practically one. These have a combined area of 1,776 acres. Rock Creek park is not excelled in beauty by any driving park in the country. The drives wind about the valley of a swift stream flowing through great bowlders, and there have been no disfiguring "improvements." The roads are good, the bridges pretty and the fords paved, but otherwise one sees nature unprofaned by man. Few cities have the advantage of so wild a forest at their very gates. "Daughters" Preserve a Belle. One of the interesting exhibits in the Jumel mansion. Washington's headquarters, which is being made into a museum by the Daughters of the American Revolution, is a large piece of wall paper framed and glass covered. It is an exact reproduction of the wall paper originally on the walls of the long room and is all that remains of the paper with which the lower rooms were covered, the rest having been carried off by souvenir hunters. A sample of the original wall paper of the time of Mme. Jumel was sent abroad and copied precisely and the walls of the council room, tea and drawing room papered with it. But the vandalism of the souvenir hunter wasn't proof against the beauty of the historic design and bit by bit the paper was stripped until only one comparatively small section remained. Unwilling to lose this the Daughters had it removed and preserved by framing. It can be seen decorating the guard room any day between the hours of 10 and 5, when the house is open to visitors in charge of a caretaker. A curator is to be secured very soon whose business it will be to explain to visitors the history of the relics which the society is acquiring. Seeking to Defy Age. One of the prettiest young women in Washington, still in her blessed twenties, when the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when she must needs resort to artifice to keep up her cast-iron reputation for good looks, goes religiously to the beauty doctor twice a week. "An ounce of prevention, don't you know, as the apostle or the epistle, or somebody is wont to say," she laughingly explains. "I have my face steamed and peeled and manicured new when I am young, to keep the ravages of time at bay. I don't propose to give old age a chance at me. Look at the wife of Senator Blank," naming a woman in Washington old enough to be her mother. "She takes the treatment that I do, twice a week—she has done it for many years, and her face is as smooth and unlined as a doll's. Eternal vigilance is the price of beauty!" There are so few genuine old ladies any more—nobody passes the age of 30 nowadays—that the one or two notable exceptions in Washington are a relief to eyes o'erwearied with the "well-preserved." No Wonder She Was Scared A treasury clerk at Washington who is noted for his dry wilt, and who takes the keenest delight in playing practical jokes of a harmless nature on unsuspecting humanity, recently scored a good one on Cymbaline, the colored woman who is employed at his home as maid of all work. The woman had engaged in a wordy war with another colored girl, it appeared, and the latter had threatened to "gift de man after her." This, in the vernacular of the alleys and byways, meant that she would have the offending woman arrested. "Cymbaline," exclaimed the treasury clerk at the breakfast table the other morning, "I'm afraid that girl is going to make serious trouble for you." "What is she bin' doin' now, Mr. William?" asked the frightened servant. "Why," was the reply, "she has taken out a writ of annihilculous against you and says she is going to have you hornswobbled." "Laws a-mercy!" shrieked Cymbaline as she fled in terror to the kitchen. PROPRIETARY REMEDIES VS. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS PROPRIETARY REMEDIES VS. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS Statistics Show, of the Deaths from Misuse of Drugs in Two Years, Only Three Per Cent. Were Due to Patent Medicines, According to Figures Based on Medical Certificates. The press committee of the Proprietary Association of America will present at the next meeting of that body a report showing the number of accidental deaths caused by patent medicines in the two years ending June 30, 1907, as compared with deaths from other causes. Almost immediately after the beginning of the latest crusade against proprietary medicines this committee was instructed to collect data. This work was done through the clipping bureaus, which furnished accounts of all deaths, exclusive of suicide, due to the misuse of medicines, drugs or polisons. The result showed that only three per cent. could be traced directly to the products made by the members of the association. The greatest care is said to have been exercised in tabulating the figures received. Whenever the cause of death was doubtful, special investigation was made, no matter where the case might have occurred. The work of assorting and preparing the record was done in Chicago, and the original clippings and correspondence are in the possession of Ervin F. Kemp, 184 La Salle street, that city, the association's publicity agent. The report says, in part: "A large number of accidents, resulting fatally or otherwise, were caused by the carelessness of persons who left drugs, medicines or poisons within the reach of children. A large number, also, were caused by persons going to medicine cabinets in the dark and taking down the wrong bottle. In no case reported was any medicine, 'patent' or otherwise, held responsible for injury or death except when left ithin the reach of children or taken or administered in gross overdose." or administered in gross overuse." The committee says that it is unlikely that any cases of death from the use of patent medicine escaped the newspapers, but that it is probable that death from the causes tabulated did occur without receiving publicity. Physicians, of course, report the causes of death. The committee says that they would be the last to suppress the cause if due to the use of medicine not regularly prescribed. A recapitulation of the committee's findings show 4,295 cases of poisoning, of which 1,753 were fatal. The greatest number of cases, 1,636, with 803 deaths, is attributed to medicines other than proprietary remedies. There are on the list 90 cases of sickness and 43 deaths due to patent medicines. Analyzing its statistics, the committee finds 201 cases of sickness, with 143 deaths, due to strychine tablets, which are among physicians' favorite remedies and are often left within the reach of children. Under the head of miscellaneous prescriptions are grouped 44 cases where, the report says, it has been impossible after diligent inquiry to ascertain the name or the character of the drug or medicine which caused injury or death, beyond the fact that the medicine or drug was prescribed by a physician. Of these cases 18 were fatal. The committee says: "Under the head of 'All Patent Medicines' are grouped all those remedies which are recognized as patent medicines and which are advertised direct to the pubils for internal use. Competent authorities say that at least one-half of the medicines taken in the United States are of the kind known as 'patent medicine,' and yet in two years among 80,000,000 people there have been but ninety cases (forty-three fatal) that have been reported in the newspapers from the use or misuse of these remedies." Not in a single fully substantiated case is it ever charged that any patient medicine in recommended doses was injurious. In this connection it should be understood that in making death certificates and in reporting cases of injury to the newspapers from which these cases were secured, a physician had the final word, and in this connection is there any probability that the doctor will hide his own carelessness or neglect or that of a fellow practitioner whose support he may want at some time, and is there even a possibility that he might hide any responsibility that could be thrown at a patent medicine? Ask yourself these questions. Then when you have found the answer, consider that during all this most thorough and careful investigation covering a period of two years, in not a single established case was it shown that patent medicine in recommended doses was injurious. The most remarkable case reported was that of an Italian laborer in New York who suffered from pains in the chest. A physician ordered a porous plaster which the patient ate, with fatal results. Would Run No Risk. "Darling," said the young man as he bent fondly over her chair, "I would die for you." "Well," rejoined the practical but otherwise fair maid, "the rates of insurance are pretty low. Suppose you get your life insured in my favor for $10,000 and then die for me?" "And let some other fellow luxuriate on the insurance?" exclaimed the wise young man. "Well, I guess not." The impression given at the latest exposition in Berlin of invention is that liquid air will soon enter the field as a very serious competitor of steam and electric power. WITH THE FUNNY FELLOWS THE WAY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. "Mother," said little Willie Jones, "If there's no work to do, I'd like to join the other boys And go in swimming, too." "There's not a bit of work to-day," Said Willie's mother kind: "It's useful to know how to swim, So go-I do not mind." "I'd like to smoke and wish that I A briar pipe might own." "And so you shall," said Willie's pa, Proud of his mans son; Proud of his manly son: And to the store he went to buy A real expensive one. "Dear folks," said Willie to them all When he was twenty-three. "I love Marie, and we're engaged And married soon will be." "We love her so!" "She's just the girl!" "The only girl for you we'd choose!" Which goes to prove these lines are false And writ but to amuse. -Clifford Tremblay, In Puck. Mrs. Hobson's Choice. Mrs. Hobson—I wish I had something to read. Did you get only one Sunday paper? Mr. Hobson—Yes, my dear, but it is in two parts. "Well, let me have one while you are reading the other." "Certainly, my love. Which half would you prefer, the political half or the sporting half?"—N. Y. Weekly. DELVING. A Bill—Where in the world have you kept yourself so long? Gill—Under cover, old pal. Bill—Not bigamy, I hope? Gill—Nope; coal mining.—N. Y. Teelgram. No Reason to Be Sad. Full many a rose is born to blush unseen. Full many a gem will never gleam before us: Chicago Record-Herald. After the Honeymoon. "Do you remember the first time you ever saw me?" "Very well." "What did you think?" "I thought it was a pity you had no friend who was kind enough to tell you how unbecoming your hat was."—Chicago Record-Herald. Takes No Part. "He seems to be a good man, but he cheats in a horse trade. How can he reconcile that with his conscience?" "My dear sir, when a man trades horses his conscience always goes to sleep."—Chicago Tribune. A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION. "Why is it I feel so sheepish when I go sailing with you?" "Perhaps it's because our boat has a leg-cutton sail." "Only Dreaming." I wish that I might have a ship. The kind that sails the air, I'd give my creditors the slip— I would, I do declare. -Milwaukee Sentinel. NO DESSERT. Bill Shark—Why didn't you swim for that dude who fell off the yacht? Jim Shark—Oh, you see, he is one of those "candy kids," and Dr. Lobster forbade me to eat any sweets.—Chicago Daily News. Provided For. Now back to town to buckle down Will come the winter hoarders; But winter will be kind to those Who took in summer boarders. Houston Post. Caused by Kissing. Cause of death Eva—Do you consider kissing deleterious to the health? Jack—I don't know. I kissed a girl one time and black spots came before my eyes. Eva—Gracious! Was it heart disease? Jack—No; she wore a vell.—Chicago News. Food for Thought. Parshioner—That was an able sor- of yours, doctor, I have no doubt, but it was a little too deep for me. I found it hard to digest. The Rev. Dr. Fourthly—It ought to have been easy for you, brother. I had predigested it.—Chicago Tribune. Winged. "You used to say I made you think of angels." "Yes, but now you buzz and stab more like a mosquito."—Houston Post. THE ELOPEMENT. "Just throw down the few things you will need." (She throws them.)—London Judy. Throwing Away What He Pays For. "By george, I don't believe this magazine is worth the price they charge for it." "No wonder you feel that way. You always tear the advertising pages out the first thing."—Chicago Record-Herald. Missed. "You must miss your husband so, Mrs. Widderly." "Yes,' specially at meals. He could ask the shortest blessing of anyone I ever knew."—Chicago Record-Herald. Warming Up. "Spouter is a man who gets very heated in a debate." "I don't wonder at that. His speeches are always so full of hot air." WM. T. WASHINGTON, Editor and Owner. Office, 914 E. Twelfth St. RISING SON PUB. CO. WILSON DAWSON. Business Manager. Bell 'Phone 780 Grand Home 'Phone 780 Main OneYear ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... 1.00 Three Months ..... 5.00 Single Copy ..... 5 Strictly paid in advance. Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state, write us with a letter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week, and must be signed by the writer not for publication but as guarantee of authority. J. F. CRAIG Society Editor For one inch, one insertion..... $ .50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion..... 15.00 For two inches, three months..... 8.00 For two inches, nine months..... 10.00 For two inches, twelve months..... 15.00 Oldest Negro Journal In Kansas City TWICE ALL THE REST The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Colored weekly newspapers. All good causes are righted in the end. Go in peace and be more sympathetic. The Son is still Rising and going to the front. There is no use carrying a fight too far when you are conceded what you are demanding. Mr. Dickey, rest assured 60,000 Negroes will march down with you to capture Richmond. AN EXPERIENCE IN A DENTAL OFFICE. There was a mistake made in regard to the Stag Party being given in honor of Mr. Darrall of St. Joseph, as it was given in honor of Mr. Thos. McCampbell, who will leave for Kansas University to study medicine. On the anniversary of their birthdays, August 25 and Sept. 21, the Misses Carrie and Carita Watson of 1906 East Twenty-fourth street, were the happy recipients of a fine piano and a violin. Mr. D. Queenan, of 2113 Highland, arrived in the city from Washington where he was in attendance at the National Negro Baptist Convention. He reports a very favorable visit. He also visited his sisters and brothers in Philadelphia, Boston and New York. A KARNIVAL BALL. A BUSTER BROWN BALL. Your company is requested to be present at the Opening Ball, Tuesday night, Oct. 1. One pay ticket will admit two. Meet the Jockeys at this ball. NOTICE. In an article which appeared in the paper about four weeks ago in regard to one of the members of the Rising Son staff, Mr. Percy Crump, who is deceased. There was a mistake made by the Society Editor in failing to mention the wife and baby of the deceased, Mrs. Allie Crump and baby. DUNBAR HOTEL Largest and best Negro Hotel west of the Mississippi, thoroughly modern in every particular, steam heat and paivate bath. Located in the heart of business district and convenient to all street car lines. You will meet the best people in the city at the Dunbar. The Progress Study Club met Wednesday evening, September 30, at the residence of Mrs. Lucinda Day, 1411 Lydia for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. The officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. Florence Crews; vice-president, Mrs. Jenkins; treasurer, Mrs. Hill, secretary, Mrs. Baker, and Mrs. R. M. Frazier, reporter. Be it known to all concerned that Rev. J. E. Roberts is not in any way connected with the Red Bird Investment Co. Any and all parties with whom he may have dealt with in the past, in connection with the Red Bird Investment Co., will please call at 805 Independence avenue, Kansas City, Mo., to adjust all unadjusted matters. Very respectfully yours, L. S. Wilson. General Agent ODD FELLOWS' ANNUAL THANKS GIVING ENTERTAINMENT. The Odd Fellows will give a grand entertainment at Convention Hall on the night of Thanksgiving. The committee of arrangements are preparing a special programme for the occasion. No pains will be spared to give the people an enjoyable time. Prepare for the occasion. BEAUTY CONTEST NOTICE. Anyone from now on who wish to have names entered in the Beauty Contest must send in 25 votes or more before they can enter the contest. Coupon papers can be bought at McCampbell & Houston's drug store, and Smith's three drug stores. J. F. CRAIG, Chairman Notification Committee. Anyone desiring Coupons for the Beauty Contest can write for same to 914 E. 12th st., and enclose price for amount of coupons wanted. CRAWFORD'S DRUG STORE. THE STORE WHERE EVERY ONE GETS A SQUARE DEAL TELE- PHONE BUSINESS ESPECIALLY SOLICITED. CALL US UP OVER OUR PHONES: HOME 2027 MAIN, BELL 579 EAST. LOCATION 19th & VINE. ALL THE PATENT MEDICINES ON SALE. BLOOD MEDICINE ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL KINDS OF DISEASES, ALL KINDS OF PRESCRIPTIONS, IN FACT, EVERYTHING THE PEOPLE COULD GET AT ANY OTHER DRUG STORE. DYEING. Thos desiring first-class work that speaks for itself, visit the skirritorium First Class work a specialty. JOHN TRIGG, Prop... 1203 East 18th Street. Mrs. Jos. Jackson's nice furnished rooms with or without board. 1721 Woodland Ave. Negro Congressmen Since the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1863, many Negroes have held official positions. Two were United States Senators. Twenty-two Representatives; three, held diplomatic and consular positions; many have been officers in the army, six were Recorders of Deeds in the District of Columbia. A fine engraving of these Negro Congressmen has just been issued, giving accurate portraits of each; also the Congress in which they served and the years of service. In the picture, the two Senators, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, occupy the center of the group, surrounded by the other eighteen Representatives. In the background, the Stars and Stripes in color. This beautiful engraving, with a booklet containing biographies of these eminent men, is sold for one dollar ($1.00). This engraving is a graphic political history of the Negro in America. No home, library, office, or school-room will be complete without it. Send for one to-day. Our Progressive Language. "I don't mind smoked oak and mission furniture, but that's enough to drive any sane person from drink—in this place." The men referred to the sign in the downtown cafe, where tobacco may be bought from a "cligarist." There is no "juleper" or "beerist" yet in the place, and a plain bartender mixes cocktails. Make Country Life Better. The 12,000 deserted farms in New York state certainly indicate a disturbing tendency in the rural population. The young people drift to the cities or "go west," and when the elders die the farms are often left uncultivated. The hope of betterment here lies in country life being made more attractive. Home. Sweet Home The chief reason for leaving home is that one may the better enjoy coming back to it. Home is the place we have so studiously suited to our own needs that it fits us like an outer envelope. In no other house do we feel so absolutely ourselves. — London Truth. The Ampere. An ampere is that current of electricity that decomposes .00009324 grammes of water in a second. Negro Con Since the abolition of slavery Negroes have held official position ators. Twenty-two Representative sular positions; many have been corders of Deeds in the District of A fine engraving of these Neguesed, giving accurate portraits of they served and the years of servitors, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, or rounded by the other eighteen Re the Stars and Stripes in color. The let containing biographies of these lar ($1.00). This engraving is a gr in America. No home, library, or plete without it. Send for one to THE COLORED NOVEL P. O. Drawer 2318 Agents wanted. Receptive Will. If a man be willing, then any argument shall be matter of encouragement; but if unwilling, then any argument shall be matter of discouragement.—John Bunyan. India's Irrigated Land. India has 4,835,847 acres of irrigated land in the Punjab, an increase of 453,561 acres in one year. The crops are mainly wheat, sugar cane, grain and winter oilseeds. Hint to Housewives If you have a solid silver cake dish and no cake for it, don't discard it. Tie a pale mauve ribbon on it and keep it in the kitchen as a receptacle for potato peelings. Ungallant Suggestion: "He complains that his wife refuses to listen to him." "He should cultivate the habit of talking in his sleep." —Houston Post. Unpleasant Truth Tellers. We wonder why it is that those individuals who boast about telling the truth never have anything very pleasant to say. The fleshy woman's idea of heaven is a place in which she can take off her corset and sit around without looking unraceful. in the United States in 1863, many sons. Two were United States Sen- ters; three, held diplomatic and con- sul officers in the army, six were Re- Columbia. Negro Congressmen has just been is- each; also the Congress in which device. In the picture, the two Sena- occupy the center of the group, sur- presentatives. In the background, is beautiful engraving, with a book- e eminent men, is sold for one dol- aphic political history of the Negro office, or school-room will be com- day. RED AMERICAN CITY CO. Washington, D. C. OTEL St. Kansas City, Mo. ro Hotel norough- rticular, bath. GOOD MEALS. GOOD SERVICE MR. B. C. MILLER, Proprietor. MISS ANNA WARNER Special Instructor in Tech addition. Hours 9 to Location 18 BELL PHONE 2386 Instructor in Technic, Harmony and on. Hours 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 Location 18th and Past PHONE 2386 EAST Special Instructor in Technic, Harmony and Literary addition. Hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Home Phone 5327 Main Bell Phone MRS. V. L. NORTH ROOMS WITH HOT AND COLD BATHS. LUNCHEONS AT ALL HOURS. 1017-19 OAK STREET. KANSAS C Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the National Bank of Commerce Above Statement is correct. DAVID T. BEALS, President. EDWIN W. ZEA, Cashier. ION NATIONAL BA Kansas City, Mo. Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the UNION NAT Kansa Condensed Statement, as Made Condensed Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, at the Close of Business, August 22, 1907. Directors: C. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmeiser, J. P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clark, George D. Ford, W. D. Johnson, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, William H. Seegar, Edwin W. Zea. **DESCRIPTION:** Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside. It is also very easy to clean. It is waterproof and does not allow without a伞 the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers that their tires have only been pumped on twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially designed rubber. The tire is waterproof and does not allow without a soft roda is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being squeezed out between the tire and the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these tires is $49.99 per pair. The regular price of only 45.99 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. D. to approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.85 per pair) if you send us a letter of credit from the manufacturer. We will also allow a plated brass hand pump and two sandpiper metal puncture closers on full paid orders (the metal puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We will also allow you to send your Postmaster, Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased with your order, we will send you your order. We want you to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. Harmony and Literary m. and 1 to 5 p. m. and Paseo ST Bell Phone 392 Main KANSAS CITY, MO. Real Statement on of the Bank commerce MISSOURI 22nd, 1907. ES. $16,320,446.3 602,042.0 50,000.0 000,000.0 000,000.0 $16,041,778.71 1,280,000.00 5,175,632.22 $22,497,410.9 ES. $39,469,899.3 $ 1,000,000.0 2,049,088.3 1,000,000.0 35,420,810.0 $39,469,899.3 W. A. RULE. FERNANDO P. NEAL. Vice President. W. H. SEEGER. Second Vice President. NAL BANK y. Mo. Comptroller of the Currency, a _|_ _ Ld... rrr ree 4825 BISING SUN. Be rep )e Pa Fe ee NV Sia ah” \ ifrned te = a =k oF } } Tan) Ca Ween { iQ ah sean A WILSON DAWSON, Business Mer. MABEL VAUGHAN, Secretary and Stenographer. Remember please— ‘It's the little bits we collect here ana taere atenubles us to run from yenr to year.” All announcements and notices are ten cents per line, nianiciasinaiaicaeiaiceiii Mr. C. H. Countee is still in Chicago on his vacation. We are glad that Mrs. A. Lyle is up and able to get about. Mrs. Ervin, of 1025 Charlotte street, has returned from a delightful trip to St. Louis, She is looking well. Watch for the Beauty Contest pic tures which will appear in the next week's issue. ‘The Old Folks’ and Orphans’ Home will have a grand international ba- zaar at Vine St, hall, Friday, Nov. 1. Mr. J. H. Chisselle of 805 Indepen- dence avenue, has sold his property at 805 Olive. Mrs. Eliza Watson has returned to the city to live with her son, Prof. D. G. Watson. Rey. R. E. Lee is building a neat little church on Crystal avenue, near the Blue Valley school. There are no pictures this week for the ladies in the Beauty Contest be- cause the two cuts were spoiled, Why all this comment about the Reauty Contest as to who {s beautiful and who is not? You have a right to enter the Beauty Contest if you have anything at all on beauty. If you want any letters written or stenography work done of any kind please read the ad. of Miss Mabel Vaughan in The Rising Son, Mr. Roy Dorsey is organizing a pressing club, The people should join the club, as those needing clothes pressed will be greatly helped by it. Mrs. Zena Bell and Mrs. Ruby Bell, of Kingston, Mo., are the guests of Mrs, L. A. Arnote of 1021 Crystal avenue, BELL PHONE, 4886 GRAND. MRS. NANNIE BIBB, POMPS WIGS AND SWITCHES MADE TO ORDER. 1607 LYDIA, FLAT D, KANSAS CITY, Mo. Mrs. J. P. Sutton of St. Louis is the guest of her aunts, Mrs. A, J, Keith and Miss Maud P. Harris of 2101 High: land avenue. Prof. Jackson and his Military Band of Topeka, Kansas, were entertained at the Dunbar Hotel, 1015 Oak street, last Sunday. Miss Ida C, Washington, who has been ill in Chicago, has arrived in the city and will resume her school work immediately, as she has recovered. Mr. H. D. Earl, president of the Freeman Mining, Milling and Devel- opment Co, is at the Dunbar Hotel, accompanied by Mr. Knox. Mrs. Barrett of 1220 East Twelfth street will open in the near future a training school of hairdressing and manteuring for young ladies. All the beautiful ladies who have not entered the Contest have plenty of time to enter so please send in your names at once, ‘The Beauty Contest will end at Con- vention Hall. ‘There are so many beauties in Kansas City that it will take Convention Hall to hold them in the ending, in November. Mr. Wm, E. Flournoy has opened up the Ohio Cleaning and Dyeing shop at 1902 Vine street. Mr. Flournoy Is catering to the railroad porters and Negroes in general, ‘The funeral of the mother of Mrs William F. Fairfax, of 1322 Bast Four- teenth, was held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the body was shipped to Iowa. Mr. P. L, Pratt, the real estate man, has returned to the city. Mr, Pratt has been out of town, closing up sev: eral big real estate deals. Mr, Pratt has been very successful in handling real estate among his people. Mrs. C. EB. Brassfield of 1220 East 16th street has moved to 2314 Vine. Mr, Richard Fisher of 1720 East 18th street has just returned from a two weeks’ trip to Holden, Mo. Mr, Editor of Rising Son: I noticed some late arrivals, and thought as you asked for communications that prob- ably you would like these, as they are some of our leading teachers who have returned and some new ones. We noticed that Miss Anna H. Jones, teacher of Lincoln high school, Kansas City, Mo, has returned from er summer trip to Michigan and Ohio. Mrs. Geo. T. Wassom, wife of our much esteemed lawyer of this city, has returned from her vacation, after an extended trip to different parts of Ohio, Niagara Falls and Indi: ana, mucn rested, Mrs. Wassom {s ‘the science teacher of Western unt- ‘versity, Quindaro, Kan. palitt Della Clark has returned from Denver, Colo,, to resume her work as instructor in millinery and dressmak- ing at Western university. Miss Cleg of Lansing, Mich., has ar. rived to take charge of the domestic sclence department of that school. 1 ‘understand that there are a number ‘of new teachers added to Western unt. versity this year. The Misses Douglass from Colum: bia, Mo,, have arrived to take charge in the public school on the West Side, Kansas City, Kan. More anon, I send you these personals, as I like to see our nice people mentioned in tlie columns of our leading paper. E. F. Harris, City. Dr, E. B. Ramsey, one of Kansas City’s foreign physicians, has taken out his naturalization papers and is now entitled to vote and forthwith included among the colored —poli- ticians. The Phylis Wheatley Art Club will give an ice cream social on the roof garden of the Hotel Dunbar. All kinds of refreshments served for benefit of th Y. M,C. A. Good music by the Y. M. C. A. orchestra. There will be a masque entertain- ment given by Horace Burt and Jesse Rell at the Vine Street Theatre, cor: ner of Cottage and Vine, on Priests of Pallas evening. Everybody is in vited, FOR NEAT FURNISHED ROOMS CALL AT 1910 GROVE ST., MRS. JOHNSON. FOR YOUNG MEN ONLY. KANSAS CITY, KAN., NOTES. Rev. Bowren and Rev, E, A. Wilsor are at Washington, D, C., attending National Baptist Convention. Miss Tillie Warder of Abilene, Kan. Mrs. Penix is visiting in Colorado, Mrs. Eva Washington is improving slowly. Miss Blanch Robins has returned t her home in Lawrence after a twe weeks’ pleasant stay in this city, Mrs, Ellen Lee is having a delight ful time in Topeka, Kan, Mr. A. L. Reynolds, A. B.. former! of Jefferson City, also brother o Capt. William Reynolds, of Topeka, i teacher at Sumner high school. Miss Mamie Richardson has a bril Nant music class at Wichita, Kan, “The Wedding Belles are still Ring ing.” Cards are out announcing an other brilliant marriage September 25 Mrs. Ella Caldwell reports a delight ful time in Kentucky. Mrs. Laura Aldrich 1s improving slowly. Mrs. Mary Harris, delegate of Tru Reformers Lodge at Richmond, art attending Grand Lodge, She and oth erms will visit the Jamestown exposi tion before returning home. Mrs. EB. M, Roten is visiting friend: and relatives at Ottawa, Kan, Mrs. Katherine Weeden reported pleasant time at Colorado. Misses January and Williams 0 Leavenworth were the guest of Mis Effie C. Gant, 6th and State street. 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Smry, Bink, TRayerGo- KANSAS CITY, MO. \ RIILAWEUIN DID ; ——————___o n——__—_ Ws ia CREDIT and Watches too EASY PAYMENTS . W.F.Smith Jewelry Co. EMMETT E. VENRICK, Manager 103 EAST TENTH STREET i NOTICE 5 $10.00 to $20.00 OV ERCOA T = $10.00 to $20.00 At A. HK. Larsons 302 E. 12th Street ARGYLE BUILDING EXPERT TYPIST _and Graduate Stenographer Allkinds of business letters copied and written. Dictation taken. Office 914 E. 12th St. BOTH PHONES §2irséocna? _ MISS MABEL VAUGHAN, STENOGRAPHER a. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAY§ Bell Phone Main 1300Y, J. F. CORDELL, Mar. The K. C. 8 Artificial Limb Co. * K. C. BILT-WELL LEG Rinna ee Meaney of <x every style of Limb. 127% WEST EIGHTH STREET, WANene city, - . - . . - - MISSOURI DON'T FORGET THE NEW VINE STREET THEA- TRE AND AMUSEMENT HALL |is open every Wednesday for Dancing. The best orchestra in the city, the grea ‘Western Orchestra, classes every Friday. | Horace Burt, President. Jessie Bell, Treasurer, Jimmie Collins, Ticket Receiver. Chas, Hardin, General Manager | eo eer ee $18.00 SUITS FOR $10.00, THE LID. 308 E. 12th $+. The place where you get $5.00 hats for $1.50. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS. GAS AND ‘PHONE SERVICE. MEN ROOMERS DESIRED. CALL AT 1216 E, 12TH ST, BELL 'PHONE GRAND 3294x. MRS. S. GRIFFIN Has opened a At N. W. Cor. 18th St. and Woodland Ave. Neat Rooms, Furnished or Unfurnished. Prices very Reasonable. Good Location, right on Car Line Bell Phone, 1799 East. 1720-22-24 E. 18th St. PHONE Grand 3578X S. L. DAILY, Manager CScCAF E and Hiome Cookin zs MRS. S. L. DAILY Home Made Ices of all Kinds ISSOCOE.1Sth STREET Something New! Come One Comell W. T. GREEN Has Moved His PENNY ARCADE and Shooting Gallery To 713 MAIN STREET Don’t forget the number. His new place will be ele- gantly fitted up with every inducement for ladies and entlemen. : W. T. GREEN, Propr. IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Down Stairs at 557 Grand Avenue ane The Best Accommodation, with Rooming Houses at 508 and 512 McGee St. BELL PHONE 2502 MAIN KANSAS CITY, MO. REV. WILBUR P. THIRKIELD, D. D. ROBERT REYBURN, M. D., President. Dean, THE FORTIETH ANNUAL SESSION Will begin October 1, 1907, and continue eight months. FOUR YEARS’ GRADED COURSE IN MEDICINE THREE YEARS’ COURSE IN DENTAL SURGERY THREE YEARS’ GRADED COURSE IN PHARMACY AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR COURSE iN MEDICINE IS OFFERED Full corps of forty-five instructors. Well equipped laboratories. The NEW FREEDMEN'S Hospital just completed at a cost of $500,000 offers unexcelled clinical facilities. The Second Session of the POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL and PONYCLINIC will begin May 18, 1908 and continue six weeks for Medical Course and four weeks for Dental Course. The School is connected with a Great University of Seven De- partments; one thousand students and over one hundred professors+ For further information or catalogue, write F, J. SHADD, M. D., Secretary. gor R. Street, Washington Up-To-Date Barber Shop | Accommodations for Gentlemen. First-class Tonsorial Artist. You Are Always Next. Artist Charles Traller. W. E. ANDERSON, Propr. 1333} E. 18th St. KANSAS CITY, MO. _ Huy your photo post ecards of Ku ene Vaughan, stenographer and type writer. All kinds—Dunbar, Dultois Washington, R. R. Wright; also views of colleges, business houses, fairs, ete. Five cents each, or 59 cents per slozen, Orders taken over phone, Hell M4821 and M-6236, Samples shown hivon request, Residence, Quindaro, Kas, Call at 1005 McGee strect from 8 a.m. to 5 p. m. Mave you seen Weaver? If you have not, go and call him up! he will get you a job. THE CHURCH AT WORK Stirring Story of the Progress of Christianity in Uganda. From darkest Africa in 1875. Stanley sent out the challenge, through the London Daily Telegraph. "Now, where in all the pagan world is there a more promising field for a mission? Here, gentlemen, is your opportunity; embrace it." A DAUDI CHUA The Present King of Uganda. and men went forth to lay down their lives in the land of Livingstone. It was not only the fever that killed them. Uganda had extraordinary tra- gories. Among the rest was the death of the missionary, Bishop Hannington, who was murdered by an African chief by command of the wicked King Mwanga. Mwanga was the son of the king who first greeted the missionaries in 1877. Mtesa, the father, bade them hearty welcome, and was very desirous to know whether they had brought "the Book" with them. But his friendship was fickle; and the son who succeeded him was both a worse man than his father and a weaker one; and under his reign the missionaries were often in peril of their lives, and some of them, like Hannington, met martyrdom. It was a most discouraging sequel to the welcome accorded the missionaries by Mwanga's father, and there were those in England who proposed to give up the mission altogether. By that time Mackay was there, and by his courage and tenacity and the faithful devotion of others the mission continued. The son of the king who welcomed the missionaries became the murderer of the missionaries. But he, too, had a son. In 1885 Hannington was murdered. Twenty-one years later, in 1906, the son of Hannington baptized the present king, son of the man who murdered his father. Here, surely, was an example of poetic justice, and a proof of the value of holding on. Religion, says the Youth's Companion, has a firm hold in Uganda to day, and thousands attend worship every Sunday. Those who endured the persecutions of 20 years ago rejoice that times have changed. The life of Hannington was not thrown away. Men die, but the work lives. There is a verse in the Psalms which is full of promise for generations that have reached the limit of their upward progress: "Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth." NOTES. The Salvation Army is established in 52 countries and 'colonies' and preaches the gospel in 31 languages. "How shall we secure a greater attendance of young people at our Sunday schools?" inquires an anxious superintendent. If everything else falls, brother, try a box of fudges, says the Chicago Tribune. The heroes are not all dead yet. One of them returned from Japan last month, where she had been a missionary for 13 years. She left her two young children in America when she went to teach Christianity to the Japanese, and when she returned, they had grown so that she did not recognize them as they stood on the pier, waiting for her to disembark from the steamship. If the Japanese do not apreciate the sacrifice that she has made for their sake, remarks Youth's Companion, all mothers will understand how great it was. Agnes Payunter and Nellie M. Bryant, missionaries in Ceylon, write: "One of the objects worshiped on Komatai Lanke island was a huge, high post, with a few bunches of corn tied at the top." The convention of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of America will be held in Cincinnati, November 12 to 14. There will be an exchange of practical information about the work successful organizations are doing. Fetish Priestess Converted. At Badagry (where the first missionaries to the Yoruba country, on the west coast of Africa, landed in 1845), Bishop Oluwole recently baptized an old woman who had been a fetish priestess. Her husband became a convert to Christianity about 40 years ago, and was baptized in 1869. The bishop says, "It was with great joy that both the husband and the children witnessed her baptism." Ideal Church. "Every church should be one great Bible school and the minister's supreme function that of teaching the Word and so feeding the flock of God." England After Torrey Again. A strong movement is on foot to have Dr. Torrey visit the British Isles for a series of missions in 1908-9. MISSOURI STATE NEWS How to Sell a Farm. Henry Diem recently sold the old Swearington nomestead at $175 per acre, the top price for Nodaway County farm land so far as we have heard. Why did this land command this price? Liston; Henry Diem is an ideal farmer. He kept this farm in a high state of cultivation. He kept the fences up, the hedges trimmed, the buildings painted, and he did not stop on the farm. He went into the public highway around the farm and cut the weeds in the road, kept the outside hedges well trimmed and also used the King road drug liberally. In fact he kept everything as neat as a pin. So when the purchaser came along, he found this ideal farmer in his ideal home, and it looked so good to him that he did not hesitate to pay the above price and was glad to get the charge.—Maryville Tribune. Fixed Maximum Charge. For many years the railroad companies throughout the country have been making a uniform minimum charge on the transportation of commodities of 25 cents for each package, however small and whatever distance carried. As that charge was so uniform and as there were no complaints, the Missouri board of railroad commissioners never made any order affecting it. Recently the railroad companies have been filing with the commissioners amendments to their tariffs, increasing minimum charges to 40 cents. In many instances the 40 cents charge is in excess of the railroad commissioners' maximum charge. The commissioners recently investigated the matter and made an order fixing 25 cents as a maximum charge. Where Barry Got Its Name. Barry county was named for Commodore Barry of the United States navy. He was born in Ireland in 1745, and came to America about 1760, and was one of the earliest naval officers of the United States. In 1775 he commanded the Lexington that had four*on* guns and captured the tender Edward, the first ship ever taken by a commissioned officer of the United States navy. In 1781, while returning from France in the Alliance, he captured two vessels, being severely wounded in the conflict. He was the first senior officer with the rank of commodore on the establishment of the present navy. He died in the year 1803. Mines Sooiled the Well Water. Deep wells in the vicinity are being purchased in large numbers by the Webb City Water company whose franchise in this city expires soon. It is said that because the present water supply is laden with minerals the Webb City council is taking steps to secure control of the franchise now controlled by the water company. Citizens have objected to the contaminated water supply which years ago, before lead and vine mining became so common, was one of the finest in the country, but is now declared to be in bad condition. New Inspector at Rolla. Theodore Trans of Scranton, Pa., formerly connected with the Pennsylvania railway, was elected instructor in civil engineering of the Rolla School of Mines to succeed E. L. Clark, resigned, at a meeting of the executive committee of the school in St. Louis. The resignation of Prof. Clark was a surprise to the committee. It is understood that he has accepted a position in California. Look Out for Him The boy with the toy spider is startling nervous people in Maryville. Supreme Court's New Home Supreme Court's New Home. The handsome new Missouri supreme court building is now occupied by the judges, the clerk of the court and other attaches. The court will meet October 8 for the regular fall term. At that meeting and hence forth, the seven judges will be attired in gowns, which will be a new departure for the judiciary of Missouri. At this term of the court there will be only two first degree murder cases to be argued and submitted for final determination. These are J. M. Speyer of Kansas City, who killed his little boy, and William Jeffries of St. Charles county. Daughters of the Confederacy A chapter of the U. D. C. has been organized by authority of the president of the state chapter, Mrs. J. B. Gantt, at the home of Mrs. J. B. Porter, in Plattsburg. Mrs. John M. Phillips, state historian and member of the "Kansas City chapter," was present to conduct the organization. More than twenty-five ladies have given their names as eligible and anxious to become members. A Destructive Lightning Bolt. The Baptist church at Green Ridge, three miles from Sedalia, was struck by lightning recently. The spire was demolished, and 18 head of cattle, owned by Andrew Hobecker, and a horse owned by William Wharton were killed by the bolt. Five Bitten by Mad Dog. Five members of the family of John Turner, a farmer south of Windsor, were bitten by a dog affected with the rabies. A madstone was used to counteract the poison. WHAT WELL-DRESSED WOMEN WEAR THE FASHION OF THE EASTERN WOMAN. PRETTY AUTIN ♦ COSTUME OF FRANCE-FACE COSTUME. ♦ CLOTH, WITH HEMS, ETC., OF A DEEPER SHADE OF VELVET. The American woman fortunately is independent enough to choose her costumes for constant wear with a thought for comfort, and any fashion which does not so contribute to her happiness has small chance of success. By costumes for constant wear, day gowns and walking and carriage costume are referred to. Evening gowns are a different matter, for appearance rather than comfort is sought in such robes, and what is comfort compared with a striking toilette that need be endured for a few hours only at a time. There will of course, be many short coats, even Etons, shown in winter costumes, and the pony cut, so effective on certain figures in the coat, not the so-called jacket model, will be seen in winter walking and carriage costumes, but the long coats will be the favored model. Last winter a few French models showed long coats and this winter the fashion will be general. At THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Afternoon Gown. the present moment the three-quarter coats promise to be the most worm. The coat coming to within six inches of the edge of the skirt makes a most comfortable walking costume, and for carriage wear a trailing gown with a very long coat elaborately trimmed is always effective. Velvet and lace coats with fine cloth gowns are charming for carriage wear when one is going to a reception or a bridge party. In sleeves the wrinkled mousetraite will be much in evidence, for a time at teat, on new gowns, and the coats for cold weather will have full-length sleeves, and these will find favor, as they are sensible and the only comfortable mode when biting winds rage. No matter what the size of one's muff, there is more or less exposure of the wrists and consequent chill with the three-quarter or half length sleeve. For warm weather they are ideal, cool, and also pretty, so they will probably come in again for next spring and summer. The new plum and purple shades are to be the leading colors for some weeks to come, but it will not be long before they will be common, and some thing else will take their place in the wardrobes of the modish world. Many of, the plum shades are well suited to the average complexion among both the younger and the older women. There is no more becoming color to women of clear complexions than purple, and certainly no color which, in combination with either white or black, gives such distinguished effects. There are two distinct shades of purple which are equally fashionable this season—the pure eveque and the shade which combines eveque and prune. The former is the more generally becoming, but, for those who can successfully wear it, the latter is the more attractive. The charm of a purple filet net veil—the large veil which has a folded edge of tulle and above this a narrow design carried out in chenil peas—needs no emphasis. With pure white costumes, veils of this genre look eminently distinguished, especially when they are worn with cloche hats carried out entirely in the same shade of purple. Browns will be worn in all shades, but it is to be hoped that better taste will be shown in the future than in the past in adopting the various shades, for no color is more trying when it is not carefully selected to harmonize with one's coloring. The dominant shade of the hair should be matched; it may be in a lighter hue, but reddish brown should be worn with golden or wood-brown hair. The yellowish browns for golden brown hair, clear, dull wood browns for lifeless brown hair, and so on through the list, should be the rule. Becoming as the long skirt is, it will never gain the sway here that it had abroad. American women are too active, too various in their pursuits, to adopt long sweeping skirts for day wear, save for reception and other formal robes. For them the round skirt just clearing the floor is the best model of all. It is formal enough for a handsome reception gown and informal enough for a walking costume that may be worn on the same afternoon to shop in and to attend afternoon teas. Young women prefer them. They do not require holding up unless one finds the pavement suddenly musy or one has to cross a street, or a puddle. The skirt that sweeps must always be held up save indoors, and even then if one chance to enter a store, unless one cares little for neatness. It is not so many years ago that even the woman with but one new gown a season had all her costumes made with skirts that trailed in the back at least, and that had to be held up nearly everywhere she went, simply because women of wealth who traveled in their own private equip-ages only wore skirts of that length. Short skirts, and decidedly short ones at that, are the only proper length for winter walking gowns, that is for gowns intended for street wear exclusively, and one may call on one's friends, when one is walking as well as when one is driving. No matter what the latest Parisian decree may be anent the length of skirts, the American woman will not give up her short walking skirt. While long sleeves will be the proper length for day wear in both gowns, blouses and coats the coming winter, most of the theater blouses have elbow length sleeves. However, the woman with thin or ugly arms should adopt the long sleeve as soon and as completely as possible. KANSAS STATE NEWS. Millers Making Profits. The starting of a new mill at Abilene is the outcome of the excellent profits made by the millers of the central wheat belt this season. This has been one of the years for millers in a decade. The high price of flour and the strong demand from the East has brought large profits to the mills, and they have paid larger dividends than usual. The mills of this part of the state are sold ahead several weeks in their output, and the good quality of grain is making the flour a quality that gives it a strong place in the market. The big mills of the Northwest have been buying, and the local mills have had the advantage of the position to get the cheaper material for flour making. Then they have also been adding to their export trade and are shipping good sized quantities to Europe the prospect for the coming autumn is very bright for the Kansas millers. No Fractions of Licenses. Frederick S. Jackson, attorney general, in an opinion says that itinerant vendors of drugs and medicines cannot secure county licenses for a part of the county or for a part of the year. The last legislature passed a law requiring a license of $50 to be paid by each vendor. This license gave the vendor the right to sell his wares throughout the county for one year. Since the law became effective many attempts have been made to secure licenses to sell goods in a small part of a county or for a short time. County officials have been asking about this. Prizes For School Children. The county school superintendent, of Dickinson county acting under the county fair association, is offering $100 to the girls of the county for the best success in flower raising. The seeds were distributed by the teachers early in the year and the flowers are to be brought to the county fair next month. The boys get a similar amount for their success in raising corn for the fair. Nemaha Banner County. Nemaha county has raised the bumper wheat crop of Kansas this season; it is prognosticated that she will come out ahead of any other county on corn; she has surpassed any other county in muskmelons; she has raised 15 bushels of Jonathan apples in one orchard; she has even mustered up a half dozen fine peaches from one tree. Topeka's Sewer Scandal. Figures turned in by the men who have been making measurements of a Topeka sewer show that the city paid $2,362.37 for material for the sewer which was never put in. Added to the estimated steals on rock and earth excavation, the total amount of graft in connection with this sewer, according to City Attorney Drenning, is $12,882.37. The Glick's Golden Wedding. Ex-Governor and Mrs. G. W. Glick were married 50 years ago and their most intimate friends and the few relatives spent an evening at their home in Atchison to celebrate the event. The marriage occurred in Masillon, Ohio, and, two years later, Mr. Glick brought his wife to Atchison to live. Santa Fe Increases Wages. Apprentices in all the shops of the Santa Fe railroad have been granted an increase of two cents an hour dating back to September 1. This is for a ten hour day and makes the pay for the first year $1.25 a day, for the second $1.45, third $1.70 and fourth $1.95, the raise was granted voluntarily. Oil For Iola Streets. Iola is planning to try the experiment of oiled streets in lieu of paving. By properly grading the street and then applying the oil together with an asphalt substance which is a byproduct of the oil refinery, it is hoped to get a good substitution for paving at a large saving in expense. Hutchinson has some oiled streets that are quite satisfactory and the Iola experiment will be watched with interest. The character of the soil in Eastern Kansas is not thought to be so susceptible to oil treatment as is that of the Arkansas valley where sand predominates. Barber's Trust Dissolved. The county attorney of Douglas county, has notified the barbers of Baldwin, that they must dissolve their "trust" by which they agreed to charge 5 cents for neck shaves. He told them that notice of dissolution of the trust must be published in the Baldwin papers or action would be brought under the anti-trust laws. The Baldwin barbers have been shaving necks without charge, but united in publishing a notice to charge for them. Kaw Valley Potatoes Profitable. Potato raisers of the Kaw valley have finished digging this year's crop of tubers, and report large returns. It is said that the amount of potatoes shipped out of Topeka for the season will reach at least 60 carloads, and possibly more. Most of the crop has been sent to the South—Texas, Louisiana and other points where the crop matured early and could not be left in the ground. It is the report that growers from over the Kaw valley realized in many cases $150 an acre for considerable tracts of ground. C.B. FIZER M. R. C. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky., writes: "I have suffered with kidney and other trouble for ten years past. "Last March I commenced using Peruna and continued for three months. I have not used it since, nor have I felt a pain. "I believe that I am well and I therefore give my highest commendation to the curative qualities of Peruna." Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble. Mrs. Geo. H. Simser, Grant, Ontario, Can., writes: "I had not been well for about four years. I had kidney trouble, and, in fact, felt badly nearly all the time." "This summer I got so very bad I thought I would try Peruna, so I wrote to you and began at once to take Peruna and Manalin. "I took only two bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin, and now I feel better than I have for some time. "I feel that Peruna and Manalin cured me and made a different woman of me altogether. I bless the day I picked up the little book and read of your Peruna." "It is the business of the kidneys to remove from the blood all poisonous materials. They must be active all the time, else the system suffers. They are times when they need a little assistance. Peruna is exactly the sort of a remedy. It has saved many people from disaster by rendering the kidneys service at a time when they were not able to bear their own burdens. New and Liberal Homestead Regulations in WESTERN CANADA Some of the choicest lands in the grain growing belts of Saskatchewan recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada. Thousands of home- FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the choices in farming belts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been opened for settlement under the Regulations of Canada. The thousands of homes are now available. The property has been possible for entry to be made by proxy, the opportunity that many in the United States have been waiting for. Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, for himself or herself. Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sub Agent of the District by proxy, on certain conditions by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending housemaster. Lands in Manitoba or the North-West Provinces, excepting 8 and 30, not reserved, may be home-grown or over 18 years of age, to the extent of one-quarter section, of 160 acres, more or less. The fee in each case will be $10.00. Church schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate spills crops and grows rain-growing and palm oil industries. For further particulars as to rates, best For further particulars as to routes, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS LITTLE IVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. IN OLD VIRGINIA Complete in all Departments. Open September, October, November. Govia Norfork and Western Ry. Through Sleeping Cars St. Louis, Chicago, Toledo, Cincinnati to Norfork. Low rates now in effect. For all information call on your nearest Ticket Agent, with this ad., or write W. E. HAZLEWOD, T. P. A. 420 State Ave. Blg., Columbus, Ind. ALLEN HULL, D. P. A., W. B. BEVILL, G. P. A., Columbus, Indiana. FOR SOLDIERS' HOMESTEAD RIGHTS All soldiers who served ninety days or more in the federal army or navy between 1861-1865, and who made homeestead orders for less than eight years, must have an additional right is due someone and that it can be sold to me for spot cash, no matter whether patient issued or not. If soldier is not sold, he must be before June 20, 1873, I am sure that as follows: First, to the widow; and second, to the legal heirs, or next of kin. Talk to old soldiers, their widows, children, or next of kin, about this class of additional rights. Get away from the law, and make homeestead orders in early days. It's easy money. For further information address Comrade W. E. Moses, $2 California Building, Denver, Colo. LIVE STOCK AND ELECTROTYPES MISCELLANEOUS In great variety for sale at the lowest price by A. J. BELLOUG WISCONSIN PAPERCO., W. 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The great arches of heavy masonry and massive stone walls remind one of ancient times when the old master's one ambition was to brew a healthful beer. Studious Monks and wise Friars were wont to whet their wits and discuss great questions while "enjoying the bowls and bumpers" in cellers like those of the Weston Royal Brewery. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," is the brewery motto, and is adhered to with religious fidelity. From the choiceest hops and well matured malt from which "Royal Brew" is made, to the bottling works, which is equipped with the most modern and sanitary machinery. THE WATCH WORDS ARE "A Pure Health Tonic For Home Use" 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. Home 'Phone 5478 Main P.L.P. REAL ESTATE And INSU Houses On Easy Term 127 West KANSAS CITY, HOME PHONE 48 MAIN "The Beer that made America's Family Beer ROYAL THE WESTON ROYAL BREWING Kansas City Office Deep down beneath the surface of the Weston are the cellars of the Weston Ro- masonry and massive stone walls remind one ambition was to brew a healthful beer, wont to whet their wits and discuss great bumpers" in cellers like those of the West "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," is religious fidelity. From the choiceat hops and well m made, to the bottling works, which is equ machinery. THE WATCH "A Pure Health To LADIES, THERE IS A Madam Mamie De Vaule Making and L To learn all of the latest systems in Dres- to make you master of the dressmaking four different schools, with twelve yo- Kansas City. The price of tuition is while learning. Special Course in Sev I cordially invite all to visit the scho- bell Phone 507 Grand. We wish that our Kansas City, Kansas subscribers would be more prompt in paying their subscription. Our collectors have had a very hard time in making his regular rounds. Send your subscription to the office. We have a sum of over $300 at present due this office. Don't let our collector call again. Come promptly or send it to our office 914 E. 12th St. The Latonia Cafe and Restaurant 912 East Twelfth Street Who have been noted for their general satisfaction to its Patrons have undergone a remodeling, and attached a private Dining Room upstairs. It is now one of the nicest of its kind in the City, with its new electric fans. We carry the best the market can afford: Among which in their seasons are Black Bass, Catfish, 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. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Mr. Reid, the leader of the commonwealth Free Trade party of Australia, objects to being called in parliament by his first name. At a recent meeting there was a persistent Protectionist interjector, who at last called out: "Good old George!" Mr. Reid then focused him with his monocle, and fielly observed. "I have not the slightest objection to my friends calling me George, but when a man calls me George who would be glad to see me under a steam roller I call that man a hypocrite." Bell 'Phone 3136 Main PRATT. ATE RENTAL INSURANCE. For Sale ms, Like Rent. 8th Street MISSOURI. ESTABLISHED 1842 The Milwaukee Jealous" BREW Brewed From Hops and Malt 6 CO., Kansas City and Weston, Mo. Since 1912-14 Grand Ave. The old, picturesque and beautiful little city of Royal Brewery. The great arches of heavy and one of ancient times when the old master's her. 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"Will you love me when I am old?" asked the Bittenish damsel with the corkscrew curls, the false frizzos, the suspiciously bright tooth—and the large bank account. "Why, I love you now, don't I?" asked the plain, every-day, matter-of-fact, unidiplomatic man who was trying to provide for his future. And oh, brethren! the voiceless wynd that drifts across the open Polar sea was a hot wave compared to the atmosphere that surrounded him in a minute.—Judge. If you want to make a safe investment that will bring you a nice in come see Weaver's list of rooming houses on Page 7. The Secret of A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION New Revealed FREE What beauty is more desirable than an exquisite complexion and elegant jewels. An opportunity for every women to obtain both, for a limited time only. The directions and recipe for obtaining a faultless complexion is the secret long guarded by the master minds of the ORIENTALS and GREEKS. This we obtained after years of work and at great expense. 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Like Moses in the Rushes. The story of the finding of Moses in the bulrushes received a latter-day illustration recently at the Danish seaside resort of Hornback. A wealthy city merchant was passing a lake when he heard the cries of a child. He made investigation, and found a healthy infant lying in an aluminum cradle among the rushes. Man's Real Teachers The college is the front room in life's large schoolhouse, but the 50 years of perpetual study follow after all academic days. There are teachers named Love and Life and Work and Duty and Death. And the diploma represents God's approval and the consciousness of self-sufficing manhood. Few Have Perfect Eyes Only one person in 15 has perfect eyes. Short sight is more common among women who are born and live in town than among country folk. Short sight is not a proof of physical degeneracy, as can be seen in the case of Germans, who are a notoriously short-sighted people. Clive Of all the architects of empire the life of Clive is best calculated to influence the imagination. We deserve to be called the Benighted empire that we have taken 150 years to give concrete recognition to one of the greatest of Englishmen in history.—London Globe. Some Similarity There. Dr. Simms, a New York scientist, says people think with their toes. The young man who has just been kicked out by the girl's father will be inclined to agree with the professor, in so far, at least, as the hard thoughts which people think are concerned. Prosperity What Anacharsis said of the vine may aptly enough be said of prosperity. She bears the three grapes of drunkenness, of pleasure, and of sorrow; and happy it is if the last can cure the mischief which the former work—Lord Bolingbroke. Different This story has an air of probability: A young man, steady and industrious, found a young woman's name and address written on a box of blackberries shipped from a distant county. He did not start a correspondence, and they were not married. Good Shot! One of the most thrilling of the fish stories is that of an officer of a German steamer which arrived in New York, who was knocked insensible while shaving by a flying fish that winged its way through one of the port holes. Split the Difference In a dog case at Felixstowe, England, one witness testified that the dog whose loss was being sued for was worth $125, while another swore it was worthless. So the judge awarded $62.50 damages as a fair average. The Coal Miner The miners as a class are not hardly used. They have a healthy employment, are not meagerly paid, and as a rule their hours of labor are shorter than those of most workers.—Yorkshire Post. Increase of Specialists Although at one time the term "specialist" was connected more with the medical profession, it has now extended to all professions and trades. In horticulture it is particularly noticeable. The Better Plan What's the use of complaining? Save your breath for shouting. You hang your pictures in a good light, why not place yourself there by showing the world a pleasant portrait? A Georgia Personal If the gentleman who lost his razor at the strawberry dance Wednesday evening will call at this office and identify it he can have his property again —Adams (Ga.) Enterprise. Turns Red to White The filtering power of charcoal may be demonstrated by pouring red wine in a funnel lined with a water filter containing some charcoal. The wine that filters through will be white. Perseverance. He that cannot persevere, that is not bound by the law of his nature to persevere, how can he ever arrive? —Thomas Carlyle. Lots of Sociability It is estimated that 3,000 marriages are performed daily throughout the world. Yet, every one is "the social event of the season." Rich Tobacco Lands. There are tobacco lands in this country which are bringing their owners a yearly profit of $2,000 an acre. Few Perfect Pearls. The reason that pearls bring in such enormous prices is that fine specimens are scarce. First, they must be perfectly round, then they must match. Not one in a thousand is perfectly round. Then necklaces are usually made so that the pearls are large in front and taper off gradually at the back. This adds to the difficulty of matching them. To make up a really well matched necklace may take years. Irish Art Every nation must have its own art; as distinct and separate from that of other countries as its language; and if ever Ireland is to find her soul and found her own school of art it can only be done for her by her own artists. A teacher from England or abroad would be a most dangerous experiment.-J. B. Yeats, in the Shaadie. Woman Is Hard Worker. There is one woman in Georgia who should disprove the common belief that the women of the south may be fascinating, but certainly are indolent. She is the manager of a large farm and in addition to her work on it is a carrier for the rural delivery of mail, covering a 40-mile route three times a week.—Boston Herald. Privileged Barristers The barrister in England is the very salt of the earth. He it is who makes the laws, who goes into parliament, who sits on the bench, who considers himself seven or eight degrees higher up in the social scale than any other poor middle-class mortal; and with all this he has absolutely no responsibility toward his clients. One Man's Error Causes Others to Err One Man's Error Causes Others to Err As often happens in a great crowd of men when people press against each other, no one falls without drawing another after him, and the foremost are the cause of the ruin of those that follow. So it is in common life: there is no man that erreth to himself but is the cause and author of other men's error.-Seneca. Infallible for Earache. Here is a remedy for earache never known to fail: Take a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper; gather it up and tie it; dip in sweet oil and insert in the ear. Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep warm. It will give immediate relief. Doleful Women Poets It was the late Mary Mapes Dofze who said that no sooner does Pegasus feel a side saddle on his back than he canters to the nearest graveyard, meaning that women poets are always more or less doleful in their strains. Cultivate Virtue Let us every day cultivate some little flower of virtue so that in the end we may have a garden of character bright and blooming, a solace and a comfort to ourselves and a delight to our neighbors.—Dr. Madison C. Peters. Golf Costs It costs from £50 to £80 per annum to remove the wormcasts by rolling or sweeping them from the greens of a golf course, before anything approaching accurate play is possible. Golf Illustrated. Naughty Puss Marjorie was playing with the kitten and received a severe scratch. She looked at the ugly red line, then she stretched out her hand toward the kitten and said sternly: "Tittle, dive me dat pin." The Caddie's Suffering. Macfoozler (playing an absolutely hopeless game)—here! What are you lying down for? Are you tired?" Caddie—"I'm no tired o' carryin', but I am sair whee' o' countin'—"Punch The Only Way A Tennessee woman returned from a summer resort to find her husband married to the cook—and then got mad about it. Possibly the fellow knew no other way of retaining her. Humanity's Ingratitude Life gives us so many beautiful, wonderful joys and rewards, it's strange we cannot more bravely bear the little fills and bardens. Useless Fear Many a woman has been jealous of a man who couldn't succeed in going wrong even if he were the only fellow at a summer resort. Automobile Obstacles The automobilist, would really get along very well as a rule if there weren't so many pedestrians cluttering up the highways. Let Glory Follow Virtue In great actions our only care ought to be to perform well our part, and let glory follow virtue. — Jacques Benigne Bossuet. Enormous Post Office Receipts. Manhattan's post office receipts amount to $4,370 daily. London has 300 clubs with a mem- bership of 280,000. The Way of Mankind. Most men are apt to believe what they least understand.—Montaigne. Bolting Negro Pythians Return to Mother Lodge. So Announced the Supreme Chancellor Yesterday. Booker T. Washington Addressed the Delegates Friday. Uniform Rank Drills Well. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 4.—(Special.)—At Liederkranz Hall yesterday morning the fifteenth biennial session of the supreme lodge of the Colored Knights of Pythias, the largest and strongest organization in the world, came to order when Supreme Chancellor Starke for the fifth time struck his gabel. There sat before him representatives from not only 27 grand lodges of the jurisdiction, but those colored men who in their several communities have stood the test, and come to be leaders of their people and examples of business integrity. Unlike most colored institutions, the Knights of Pythias is a business institution. The Supreme Prelate, C. D. White, invoked the divine blessings, and the real machinery of the organization which directs the uniform ranks, which has attracted much favorable attention since beginning its sessions last Sunday, had begun to move. The morning session occupied only a few minutes. Supreite Chancellor Starks announced his committee on credentials, consisting of J. C. Duke, of Arkansas, chairman; H. C. Wallace of Mississippi, Dr. E. E. Underwood of Kentucky, J. J. Woodson of Ohio and Dr. George N. Stoney of Georgia. Secessionists Back in Fold. The Supreme Chancellor, amid tremendous applause of the members, announced that a faction of the Colored Pythians, known as the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, had withdrawn from that organization to return to the mother lodge, and that the representatives of the only grand lodge in that particular jurisdiction had come to Louisville to be re-obligated and to their places in the original institution. Colored Pythianism. This is considered the beginning of the union of all colored Pythians throughout the world, and no part of Supreme Chancellor Starks' report will call more for the gratitude of his hundred thousand fellows than that dealing with the dissolution of that wing of the union which seceded 20 years ago. The uniting of all colored Pythians is due wholly to Supreme Chancellor Starks, who said when he took hold of the reins of government ten years ago that he dedicated himself to this end. One of the pleasant hours of the encampment at Camp Corbin, 28th street and Broadway, was that spent yesterday when the Major General of the Uniform Ranks of the now dead Eastern and Western Hemisphere was received with honors into the headquarters of Maj. Gen. Jackson, in command of the encampment. The afternoon session of the supreme lodge was taken up with the report of the committee on credentials and the conferring of the rank of grand chancellor on over forty candidates. Supreme Chancellor Starkes personally conferring the rank. The committee reported no contests, and also that the grand lodge of each state presented the full quota of representatives. This morning will come the reading of the Supreme Chancellor's report, which is always the big feature of the several sessions. Then begins the routine work of the lodge, and this will go on until Friday afternoon. At 5 o'clock this afternoon, at Camp Corbin, the "Escort to the Flag" will occupy the attention of the uniformed rank. Henry Watterson and Col. W. B. Haldeman have been invited to participate in the ceremonies. Among the more prominent colored people attending the lodge are: J. M. Hazelwood, West Virginia; John W. Strauther, H. C. Wallace, John W. Harris and the famous colored lawyer, Mollison all of Mississippi; Dr. C. M. Wade, J. C. Duke and J. J. T. Warren, of Arkansas; the Rev. Dr. E. B. Topp, Roscoe Conkling Simmons, New York journalist and orator, and A. W. Loyds, of Missouri; Wm. James, Kansas City; Nelson C. Crews, James Maynard and Mrs. W. C. Combs, Chicago alone has 100 delegates and visitors. THE AFRO-AMERICAN JOURNALS With very few exceptions every time that an Afro-American journal takes a stand on any question it costs the editor money. Other people can say and do anything they choose without injuring their business, for the reason they are not put on record. When a newspaper publishes anything it is read by thousands of people, as it is indelibly inscribed there in black and white, and cannot be disputed. An editor occupies one of the most touchy positions than any other business man. If he publishes local news he is criticised and called shallow-brained, while a few will compliment and applaud. If he takes a stand on politics he makes an enemy on the other side. If he boosts the church or preacher somebody will say that he is crazy, and if he doesn't the church people say that he is an infidel. Our experience has taught us that no Afro-American journal can come squarely out and stand up for the right without making enemies. And of course, will on some occasion lose money; but nevertheless, the average man manages to squeeze through. The Rising Son is not kicking about the patronage given it, but we do regret that so many people who know absolutely nothing about the newspaper business, and very little about any other, are always trying to tell some one how to conduct their affairs, and what should form the tops of its columns. The Afro-American journals are justly entitled to far more consideration than they are given. THESE ARE PRESSING TIMES. THIS POPULAR PRESSING COMPANY IS NOW PERMANENTLY LOCATED AT 1509 MAIN ST., AND IS BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER TO CLEAN, PRESS, DYE AND REPAIR GENTLEMEN'S AND LADIES' WEARING APPAREL. WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. LADIES' GARMENTS A SPECIALTY. HOME PHONE 6449 MAIN; BELL, GRAND 518X. STATE FAIR SEDALIA. Great preparations are being made for the Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Missouri State Fair, October 5-11th, 1907. Three new brick barns, practically fire-proof, with a capacity of 150 animals each are being erected. New walks are being laid and and the old ones repaired. Larger water main are laid and extended to all stock barns, affording an abundance of water for live stock and an increased pressure for extinguishing fire. The main boulevard is being laid with macadam under the supervision of the United States Department of Good Roads, thus furnishing a sample of permanent roadway for the inspection of visitors, built in the mose approved and practical manner. Every possible convenience for the comfort and entertainment of visitors is being provided, and the most successful meeting in the history of the institution is assured. The County Clerk has Premium Lists for distribution, or Secretary Ripley at Sedalia will furnish you with ful information. Fairbanks will open up quite soon. Watch his "smoke." Justice is a powerful weapon. The man who tries to wield the handle and flail will eventually be struck by the blade himself, but he who wields it justly can chase ten thousand foes. The Negro politicians, after doing their dirty bunco work, have sneaked away, each to his little hiding hole. All things come to him who waits. In the end all things are set right. Taft has not made good with the Negroes. He is the administration's man. Can Fairbanks carry Missouri? If he cannot carry Missouri he can carry 63,000 Negro voters of that state. FOR RENT. Nice furnished front rooms, up stairs, for rent, at 925 Campbell. TWO NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT AT 1320 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET. If you want the best work done cheap bring all of your job printing to the Rising Son. PROF. R. B. THOMAS WILL GIVE REGULAR THURSDAY NIGHT DANCES AT THE ARLINGTON, 18th AND HARRISON ST. A PRIZE WILL BE GIVEN AWAY EVERY WEEK. REFRESHMENTS SERVED. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED. PICTURES OF THE LADIES IN THE BEAUTY CONTEST. Beginning with a later edition of The Son, the paper will print the pictures of the first ten ladies in the married and single list in the beauty contest. 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